Variel's WotR

Game Master Neltji

refl save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

are we up now?

Yes, and I show you at 8/31hp remaining Maelchar with 2 fort saves still.

Reiko, it was an illusion to make the minotaur look smaller than what it really was.

Good news! I was thinking maybe there was an invisible wizard kicking around casting silent spells. :)

Reiko avoids the minotaur's falling axe and returns the favor, slashing at the creature with both her blades.

FULL: TWF on Big Minotaur

fort save, dc ?: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
fort save, dc ?: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

ouch.. what are these for? I didn't see you ask for anything but the reflex save

If he's still capable of attacking after failing the fort save, Maelchar lays into the nearest opponent.

to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
dmg if hits: 3d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 2, 6) + 3 = 17

it was after the bites from the flies...your still up don't worry...

Attack through soft cover

Samantha swings her glaive at the minotaur in the hopes of ending it's existence here and now.

Attack1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 Damage 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

Var, Garith is under the affects of Alter Self still, so has an effective 18 str, so +1 to attack and damage, so that Crit did 14 damage if the confirm hit. Radiance is Good aligned, right?

Yes radiance is good aligned and bypasses the DR but hte shield did not.

Garith targets the big behemoth after alerting everyone of the fake minotaur. RAdiance slices easily through the skin doing a solid amount of damage to the minotaur. Reiko follows this as well with a nice katana strike with her enchanted blade. It too bypasses the skin and draws more blood. The minotaur's blood is flowing freely but it has not succumbed to the damage yet. Samantha swings with the glaive but the bodies in front block her attack at the last second even withthe size of hte minotaur. Surely next round she will targe the beast's head and cleave it right off.

Down below MAelchar hits the peryton directly overhead for great damage but the magical hide of the beast resists some of the damage.

Zeriax, Pakak, and Irabeth to go still. Will bot once I get off work and get home tonight.

No need. I'm back. Thank you though.
Pakak fires again at the airborne of their foes.

Ray of Frost, ranged touch 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
dmg 1d3 ⇒ 3

Glad to have you back Pakak, I was starting to worry about you.

Pakak fires a ball of ice into the peryton and he connects solidly bypassing the magical damage reduction needed to pierce their skin. Zeriax lines up a pair of shots at point blank range hoping to destroy the threat and focus solely on the giant demonic flies.

Flurry of Arrows 1 on peryton: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 for 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Flurry of Arrows 2 on peryton: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 for 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

The second arrow hits for almost max damage but magical skin prevents just enough of the damage to keep it around.

Irabeth targets the minotaur again with her longsword. 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21 for 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Top of Round 5
The peryton strikes at Zeriax with its gore and hooves again. Cleaerly it is trying to get up the stair and is attacking the figure that is blocking its progress. Pakak appreciates the gesture though as it keep him from being the target of the attack.

gore 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 for 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
hoof 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 for 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
hoof 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 for 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

The flies attack Zeriax with one moving in as the other steps out of combat.

attack 11d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
attack 21d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
attack 31d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

The minotaur up above target he source of the most damage thus far and targets Garith with his Radiance and shield combo. Must destroy the holy ones!! As he missed all fothe attacks last round he takes some of the power off and swings for accuracy this time.

battle axe 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24 for 3d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5, 5) + 6 = 19 Not sure your current AC GArith if this hits or not. This is the last round of Pakak's ward. It will be down at the start of your guys turn.
battle axe 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 for 3d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 2, 4) + 6 = 18
gore 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 for 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Almost forgot the map. Good guys up with minotaur and peryton severely damaged.

[ooc]I think this round was a completely whiff for the bad guys. Makes up a bit for last round.

Reiko presses the attack, bringing both blades to bear again.

FULL: TWF on Big Minotaur

Maelchar takes a swing at the nearest demon fly hoping to eliminate a threat... leaving the peryton for Zeriax to dispatch.

to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
dmg if hits: 3d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 5, 3) + 3 = 13

Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19 Damage 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Samantha has not been striking overly lucky but tries her best none the less.

Noticed you had me TWF-ing so last rouch Garith's AC was 26. but Garith is going to drop a shield and equip his heavy shield since the Light Shield doesn't get through DR for an AC of 22+2[sam]+2[prot evil]+1[pakak] (27 AC, now 26)

Garith Deftly blocks the Minotaur's attacks and responds by switching out his Heavy Shield and attacking.
radiance: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
for 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
oops

Between the combined efforts of Samantha, REiko and Garith the minotaur falls to the ground. The mass of the body shakes the building alerting everyone that 1 of the champions of BAphomet assigned to protect the wyrdstone shard has fallen.

Down below, MAelchar hits the giant fly above him doing some nice damage. Due to his oracle abilities the wapon counts as cold iron and bypasses the DR of the giant fly. It looks quite shaken but still holds on to life.

Pending Pakak and Zeriax's attacks the peryton and 1 giant fly might be down as well.

Pakak warns the others, "My ward is popping like a soap bubble oson if it hasn't already." And he flings another ray of frost towards the peryton

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Possible crit, to confirm, ranged touch again 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Dmg if confirmed 1d3 ⇒ 1

Good thing you critically hit the peryton as 1 damage was not enough to kill it.

Pakak flings another ball of ice at the peryton and hits it squarely between the eyes. The ice freezes its eyes and by the time it thaws the peryton drops from the air almost landing on Maelchar.

Maelchar, fragile already from previous attacks looks with shock as the Peryton begins to fall, almost on him. He panics for a moment not sure which way to jump to avoid the creature's dead weight and as he pauses to make a decision, it falls, missing him anyway. He utters a brief prayer to Iomedae, thanking her for protecting him, then turns a determined gaze on the remaining flies, hoping Zeriax can take down one, or even two of them with his arrows.

"Nice shot, Pakak, right between the eyes!"

"Sorry about it's landing " The dwarf says

Zeriax fires both arrows at the giant fly this time as the peryton has collapsed.

arrow 1 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 for 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
arrow 2 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 for 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

The first arrow hits solidly and is almost a perfect strike but is not enough to kill the giant fly. the second arrow misses horribly leaving the fly still able to attack this round.

Top of round 6
2 giant fly attacks on Maelchar and 1 line of acid at Zeriax and Maelchar.

acid attack DC 14reflex for half 2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10
bite 1 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
bite 2 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

No map update as no real movement, just minotaurs and peryton dead.

Garith should be able to make it to I:30 and make a slash with the Radiance: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
for 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

confirmation: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
for 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

"Mael, no!" he shouts, seeing his fallen comrade. "Enough of this, wretched insect!" divine wrath heavy in his voice!

That would require you to move through the walls Garith. AS it stands I don't think that is an option. Of course if Zeriax and Maelchar make a withdraw action then you could effectively change places with Maelchar.

I don't think Maelchar needs to withdraw, as he is now down with an addition 14 points of damage, that puts him at neg 6

With the Minotaur slain Samntha moves down the stairs where she spots ugly flying beast which she attempts to hack down.

Not one hundred percent positive on how the map works out here but I'm pretty sure I can get a hit in here. due to reach.

Attack1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 Damage 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Maelchar I still need a reflex save from the acid attack. I know you resist 5 already so hopefully you save and don't take the last 5 damage. that would put you at -11...

If everyone does a conga line then Pakak can act and move out, Zeriax fires twice or heals Maelchar and 5ft to pakak spot. Samantha takes zeriax's spot, Garith takes Maelchar's spot and Reiko can tumble past the flies to get everyone still taking an action this round. Just a suggestion looking at the map to try and help. Its possible that 2 flies could be killed as well this round. 1 for sure.

reflex save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

I guess I'm at -11, one point away from another death, sigh... the dicebot really hates me

on the good side, when I bleed next round, the flies will each take a point of damage, lol

I'm good with that plan unless, more directly, I can leap off the stairs from Pakak's area, land in the open spot in the elbow of the stairwell and then move attack from there. Variel, just let me know what rolls you'd like to see.

"Maelchar!" Pakak says in surprise, and then hastily moves to not to block the paths of others, particularly those who can heal the noble aasimar.

He also flings another ray of frost, this time at the fly.

Ranged Touch 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 2

"No Maelchar..." - Zeriax whispers, crouching down next to his friend and unleashing the healing powers from Terendelev's scale.

Scale Healing: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (7, 7) + 10 = 24

There goes the last one - but what a heal... BOOM!!

After its effects, the monk steps back away into the position previously occupied by Pakak.

As per the 'conga line' tactical maneuver :D

Maelchar opens his eyes, blinks at the fading glow that is the last of the healing aura surrounding him... He looks up to see Zeriax backing away, putting away his scale.

"Thank you, Zeriax, and you, Terendelev. I feel... much better."

He stands shakily and realizes his weapon is gone, and he has only one remaining for the day, so he pulls out his morningstar, gripping it tightly...

standing up is a move action, which i can draw as a part of... can I take an attack too? or does waking up count as a standard? Well, IF I can, here's my attack roll: (the weapon is magical, but not cold iron iirc)

If any of the flies are in range, he will take a swing at that fly.

to hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
dmg if hits: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Maelchar, Standing will provoke 2 aoos from the flies while in a prone position. As far as drawing a weapon I believe you actually have to move and not take a move equivalent action.

Reiko, ths stairs are walled in so you can't jump from Pakak's spot down.

Pakak you are able to hit the fly but it shrugs off the cold damage as it turns its multifaceted eyes towards you jst as you disappear upstairs.

amended action... disregard above

Maelchar draws his weapon without rising and if any of the flies are in range, he'll take a swing from his prone position

(use the above roll, just -4 for attacking while prone, right? which would result in a 15 to hit, yes?)

to hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
dmg if hits: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

"Thank you, Zeriax, and you, Terendelev. I feel... much better."

Keeping the bow taut, and ready to fire, Zeriax acknowledges Maelchar's words - "I am here, friend" - he nods in return.

Cool. Unless I'm reading things wrong I can't acro past the flies without dipping into a second move action. If that's the case, just ignore the attack I'm throwing in on the off chance that I can get a slash in.

Reiko streaks down the stairs and tries to dance beneath the remaining flies, carving a path with her blade.

MOVE: Conga downstairs
STAND: Slash

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 1 = 23 One-time DM Bonus

Reiko hurries down the stairs and literally jumps the giant fly that is at the bottom of the steps. The giant flies were so caught off guard that they could not react quick enough to target the nimble ronin.

Zeriax takes the distraction to use the last of the scale's healing abilities for the day to bring Maelchar back from the almost dead.

Not to be one without a weapon and press an attack even from a poorly tactical position Maelchar swings with great power at the fly above him. He connects and the wounded fly flutters and falls to the ground.

Samantha moves to Zeriax's old position but the stairs are too confining and she cant connect.

With Maelchar alive I cant have you in the samw space unless you are squeezing so I hope you are ok with that... Garith moves down the stairs vowing to not leave a comrade behind. He takes a protective stance over Maelchar and swings at a fly hitting it as well but not killing it. His shield is placed to protect Maelchar more than himself but this is perhaps just a trick to make the flies attack him instead.

Giant fly attacks on Reiko as she is providing flank
bite 1 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
bite 2 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Neither of the bites connect and witht he full force of the group upon them the flies easily crumble to death in a flurry of blows.

Not wasting time on you needing to hit a AC of 18 for 20hp each. You guys can easily do that. Besides, their job is done, Maelchar almost died and is infected, the last healing scale power was used and resources are running low.

OK, guys, should we do a quick look over of the two rooms the Flies/Peryton came from - just to see if there are any important materials lying around there? At the very least, it would be cool if some casty folks could sweep the rooms and the guys we just beat with detect magic. Or should we just move on to the room the minotaur was guarding... bearing in mind that the monster's crash may have been a mystical alert for the baddies around town to return quickly?

Reiko cleans and sheathes her second blade and returns upstairs to examine the door the minotaur was guarding.

Perception (listen @ door): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Perception (detect traps): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Disable Device (trap or unlock door): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Aye, a quick lot sweep of the other's rooms, standing guard at the top of the stairs.
I'd guve Pakak the Rod cause magic, or Garith, who's pretty tank-ey, or Sam out of harm's way and still pretty tough?

Reikok as you look upstairs att he door you realize that the door has the same type of lock as the door downstairs. You know very well that it is going to be tricky and almost impossible for you to get without some help.

Reiko crouches on the stairs and draws the team's attention with a rap from the butt end of her scabbard on the stairs. She catches Zeriax's eyes. "We have another clever lock to defeat. Tempus fugit."

edit - I'll search the minotaur for a key.

While reiko deals with the lock Smantha draws forth the rod and washes blenty of healing over Maelchar

[OOC]Assuming that protection from evil is expired by now so Maelchar use as many charges of CLW as you need to get full before we move on ./OOC]

Zeriax moves upstairs, and meets up with Reiko, checking the door.

Think this one merits a take 20 - doing so for Perception = 31 (32 to locate traps, 33 vs. Evil Outsiders) and Disable Device = 33 in case the door is locked. Will simply try to unlock it, without noise, and without opening it.

Pakak takes a deep breath, and strokes his turtle while he waits.

Which isn't nearly as dirty as it sounds

Reiko attempts to help with the lock picking effort.

Disable Device AA (if allowed): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Pakak, you could sweep the Minotaur, Flies, and the last two rooms on the middle level with magic while you stroke that turtle. :)

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

thank you Samantha - 3 charges will do it

Maelchar looks much batter after application of the wand. He smiles and shrugs slightly to readjust his breastplate. "I'm ready to go on, thank you."

Garith also stands at the door ready for a fight.

Sheet updated. We're gonna need more of these at this rate...