I could stand at M46 or M45 if someone (Kargas?) occupies the other of those two spaces. Don't want to get flanked by the rat in the alcove and one of the wights.
O:45 then? We could speak to them from the entrance... Besides, truth is I doubt any of us would be standing there talking to the wights, with our back to the rat, right? ;)
Initiative Order: Mundarion--24
Krezen--23
Rat 4--22
Sorjla--20+
Gemheart--20
Rat 2--18
Rat 1--17+
Rat 5--17
Wight 1--17-
Jan--16
Hozela--15
De'arv'ki--14
Yessai--13
Rat 3--10
Wight 2--9
Hathnor--3
Mundarion is the first to react, and he starts by enchanting his bow.
Casting Gravity Bow
Everyone is now on the map, with the three of you and the six allied NPCs crowded around the entrance. Sorry for the delay, I just wanted to make sure I had all the stat blocks ready. It is now Krezen's turn.
As Krezen prepares to attack, one of the rats scampers fowards, past the wights and towards you.
Meanwhile, Sorjla chants in draconic, and a shimmering barrier surrounds her,
Casting Greater Stunning Barrier on herself
When she is so protected, the grig flies over Krezen and Gemheart's heads and lands next to the charging rat, whilst singing in recitative
"The power of Lady Tamara shan't allow thee to harm my companions!"
Wight 2's reflex:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 another reflex save:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
The wight reals back as Gemheart's magic entwines her.
Meanwhile, the rats scurry in and attack. Rat 5, from the south side of the room, darts up and bites at Sorjla:
Bite:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Though to no avail.
Meanwhile, the other wight moves past his rat companions and strikes at Hathnor with his spear, leaving himself vulnerable to Sorjla in the process:
Sorjla's AoO:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Gah, the forum keeps eating my posts.
Jan's tumbling skills are enough to get past the rat unharmed.
Hozela moves forwards, and calls out
"Be light on your feet, and strike the undead!"
A swirl of energy pulses out to most allies.
Hozela casts Haste on Jan, Krezen, Gemheart, Yessai, Sorjla, and Hathnor. She's only sixth level, so the other NPCs aren't affected.
De'arv'ki fires at one of the rat whilst turning invisible vanishing trick. crossbow at R1:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
though to no effect.
With her speed enhanced by Hozela, Yessai lashes out three times at the nearest rat:
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
But her aim is terrible today.
Another rat moves out of its crevice and bites at Yessai:
R3 bite:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
but their teeth aren't strong enough to harm the gith.
The other wight's expression becomes firm, and he moves forwards, sword at the ready, towards Sorjla.
"If you stand opposed to us, then I will ensure you pay with your lives!"
He slashes his sword at the grig:
1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33 2d6 + 21 ⇒ (4, 2) + 21 = 27 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Sorjla grimaces in pain, but is able to remain awake.
The east door starts rattling harder, as if someone or something will burst through any moment.
Mundarion, meanwhile, fires his bow at one of the rats:
arrow fired at R1:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 3) + 1 = 7
The rat writhes in pain, but is still kicking.
Krezen utterly obliterates the rat. As it dies, its body dissolves into a blob of black and grey energy. The blob initially begins to fade, but then it rises above the ground and darts towards the door to the southeast of the room, passing through it!
Sorjla shifts back in the air and fires her bow twice at another rat:
at R1:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 at R1:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7
It, too, dissolves into dark energy which hurries its way to the southeastern door.
Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g
Gemheart takes a step into N45, then bursts into a mass of smooth stones that shoot forward through the two rats, flow around Jan and swirl in I45 and reform into Gemheart.
0 SP for 5d4 damage, +1 SP for Energy Leap, 0 SP for stone blast, 0 SP for Selective blast (taking Jan from blast area) //REF 18 for half damage. If it matters, stone blast ignores SR and doesn't count as magic in any way (so can penetrate globe of invulnerability and such). It's bludgeoning damage though so DR would apply.
bludgeoning dmg:5d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4, 5, 2) = 21
Gemheart uses his remaining move action to direct the Energy Sphere he cast on W2 to move and land back on W2 (causing damage and same effects again, REF 18 save for half dmg and REF 18 save or entangled and cant move)
With a piercing shriek of pain, the grig falls to the ground unconcious.
Sorjla's stabilization roll:1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 2 - 1 = 10
Her breathing regularizes, but she's still barely out.
Sorjla is unconcious and stable at -1 HP.
The wight staggers, barely conscious. Chunks of his flesh are falling off and he can just manage to remain standing.
The other attempts to break free of the restrains Gemheart had placed on her:
strength check:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
And when that doesn't work, she tries again:
strength check:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 The save DC was 18, right?
Gemheart's entanglement is very powerful, though, and the wight remains restrained.
At last, the first wight crumples into dust, utterly destroyed!
Wight 1 is out.
But now, the southeast door finally bursts open, and out run two more creatures. These are wight-ified rats, two of the same rats you destroyed a few moments earlier. Behind them, another chamber holds six coffins, two of which hold the other two dead rats!
"Fools!"
The non-rat wight hisses
"Those who meet death's embrace in this chamber shall join our ranks!"
Mundarion fires his bow again:
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
but misses.
The map has been updated, including a new chamber. It is now Krezen's turn.
And to make things easier, here's the updated initiative chart: Mundarion--24
Krezen--23
Sorjla--20+
Gemheart--20
Rat 5--17
Jan--16
Hozela--15
De'arv'ki--14
Yessai--13
Wight 2--9
Hathnor--3
Rat Wight 1--0
Rat Wight 2--0
Rat Wight 3--0
Rat Wight 4--0
"You do not understand what you are up against" - Krezen snarls as Sorjla falls - "Make him regret his deeds!" - he urges his companions onward.
Starting Inspire Courage = +2 to morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +2 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.
Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g
from last turn Gemheart was in I45, so he is going to move over to M48 and then repeat his last move (blasting through enemies) to appear in N56. His blasty form should pass through all enemies in the current room that are visible.
0 SP for 5d4 damage, +1 SP for Energy Leap //REF 18 for half damage. If it matters, stone blast ignores SR and doesn't count as magic in any way (so can penetrate globe of invulnerability and such). It's bludgeoning damage though so DR would apply.
bludgeoning dmg:5d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 1, 5, 1) = 15
The sphere on one wight remains, hopefully killing it.
piercing:8d4 ⇒ (2, 4, 2, 2, 4, 3, 1, 1) = 19
Wight 2 reflex:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Rat 5 reflex:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
The final rat dies, and it fades in a puff of black smoke as its soul drifts to the southeast chamber.
At long last, the wight is destroyed! As her body crumples into nothingness, her spirit rises upwards, though the ceiling and towards the top of the Pyramid.
The Rat Wights, meanwhile, are still kicking. The fifth and final Rat Wight climbs out of their coffin.
The first two rat wights dart up and bite at Hathnor:
rat wight 1:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 rat wight 2:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
But neither of them can penetrate his armor. The next to rat wights run up behind them.
Mundarion fires an arrow at the first rat wight:
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
but misses.
And now we are back to Krezen's turn, followed immediately by Gemheart and then Jan.
Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g
KREZENBOT
Krezen 5' steps over Sorjla to attack the rat-wights with his Bardiche.
haste on him so he has 2 attacks, and has reach, and will attack the most wounded of the two first and then if it dies move on to the other. arcane strike +2 is in effect and weapon is already +1 so magic to overcome DR
crit reroll (i think we are doing the +20 thing or no? i forget how that all worked but here it is. if the +20 thing isnt happening then just take that off
Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g
Gemheart mirror's Krezen, 5' stepping forward to unleash attacks on the nearest rat-wight.
haste and reach. no arcane strike though. furious focus on the first attack with power attack. he will use Improved Energy Blade as a swift action to add destructive blast dmg to his first attack
attack:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31 dmg:1d12 + 6 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 + 1 = 18 dest.blast dmg:5d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 4, 3) = 13piercing, DC 19 reflex or enemy is entangled and unable to move. STR or Escape Artist DC 19 to leave its square.
Oh, also, I've been forgetting: I apply a debilitation when I hit something with a sneak attack (not sure if that's a hit though). In this case if I hit I will apply the disoriented condition to the rat which gives it a -2 on attack to hit anyone and an additional -2 to hit me.
Krezen destroys the two closest rat wights with ease, while Gemheart dispatches the fourth one. Jan moves forward and downs the penultimate rat. The sole remaining rat wight is still in the corner of the inner chamber. Having just come out of their coffin, the rat wight turns around and crawls back into its hole, seeing no reason to fight a battle it has no hope of winning.
Rat Wight 5 burrows under the coffin at W58. If you want to chase after it and try to finish it off, you can. Otherwise, this encounter ends. Finally!
The two powerful wights were carrying a few things that survived the wights' disintegrations:
One wight carried a pair of warhammers, whilst the other carried a halberd. The wight with the halberd also had a belt which glows with some sort of magic.
Each wight carried a pouch which each contained two potions. Searching the coffins in the side chamber reveal six more potions and a scroll. There are no coins, gems, or valuable art objects to be found here; any such valuables that these undead acquired were kept by their lord. There's also no sign of the final wight rat--just some inanimate skeletons of rats and various humanoids.
Now, assuming those of you who make the perception check tell those of you who don't, anyone should be able to make the spellcraft/psicraft check for each of the magic items. I'm putting them outside of the perception spoiler to make this post easier to read.
spellcraft DC 18 (Warhammer 1):
This is a +1 Warhammer with no other enhancements
spellcraft DC 21 (Warhammer 2):
This is a +1 Throwing Warhammer
spellcraft DC 21 (Halberd 2):
This is a +1 Called Halberd
spellcraft DC 23 (belt):
This is a +2 Belt of Incredible Dexterity.
DC 18 (potion 1):
This is a potion of Inflict Moderate Wounds.
DC 20 (potion 2):
This is a potion of Inflict Serious Wounds.
DC 18 (potion 3):
This is a potion of Inflict Moderate Wounds.
DC 20 (potion 4):
This is a potion of Inflict Serious Wounds.
DC 18 (potion 5):
This is a potion of Inflict Moderate Wounds.
DC 18 (potion 6):
This is a potion of Bullet Shield (Ultimate Combat).
DC 18 (potion 7):
This is a potion of Inflict Moderate Wounds.
DC 18 (potion 8):
This is a potion of Bullet Shield (Ultimate Combat).
DC 20 (potion 9):
This is a potion of Inflict Serious Wounds.
DC 20 (potion 10):
This is a potion of Inflict Serious Wounds.
DC 28 (scroll):
This is a scroll of Harm, but with a caster level of 13 instead of the usual CL 11.
Blinking, Sorjla stands up.
"Yes, thank you, Jan. And everyone else, too. I was very nearly made into a wight, and without thee I would surely have perished. You risked your lives protecting me, which is more than most would have done. I can heal thee further now."
I've lost track of how much healing everyone needs--Sorjla can probably Chanel Energy/convert low-level slots until everyone is at full hit-points.
"What the Splinter of Karavakos had done to those wights was simply cruel. As wights, they kept all their memories of life, yet the Splinter kept them enslaved to his will, with nerry a chance for them to resist. I am grateful to have escaped such a fate, as, I imagine, are the now-destroyed wights."
"Hmmm... this hammer has a simple first-order enchantment. Three of these potions would be healing potions for undead, but would be harmful to us. This other one protects from missile attacks. The other items are a mystery to me."
BTW I have taken no damage and don't need healing.
