Wrath of the Righteous- Beer and Pretzels (Inactive)

Game Master drbuzzard

"I'll just grab this out and sit here for a minute or so and use this wand on your repeatedly."

Tanrov takes out the wand of cure light wounds he has and uses it on Kevin 5 times

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

29 healing enough or more?

Some of the color returns to Kevin and he says to Tanrov "Thank you, I'm feeling much better now. Are we ready to revive him?"

Healbot will also channel, excluding the foe.

6d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 6, 5, 6, 5) = 27

Uelarik will detect magic and will help search the dwarf and the area.

He has magic armor and a magic weapon.

Uelarik attempts to identify both.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40; armor
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34; weapon

He had a magic shield too.

+1 shield
+1 plate
+1 spell storing light hammer

Tanrov will take all the gear off the dwarf and leave it to one side. "Anyone want it?"

Kevin looks over the armor, "I'll take it if Tanrov doesn't want it. THe shield and hammer I have no use for. Let me heal the dwarf and see what we can learn from him."

Kevin casts cure light wounds on the dwarf. When he awakens he says, "My name is Kevin. You are lucky to be alive. I am tired of having to kill those that have a chance at redemption, but I will do what I must. Would you like to redeem yourself? You can start by telling us where the Sword of Valor is and what else you know about this fortress."

CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

Tanrov stands beside Kevin and at his works supports him with

"Yes friend, I would not want to have to discipline you further please help us. I shall be monitoring your words for truth as I am an Inquisitor of the Grey Lady."

Aid Kevin Diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Tanrov activates Discern Lies

The dwarf wakes, and starts blubbering "Please don't kill me! I know where the sword is!"

However as he starts to blubber, the door to the west opens and a winged, eeeevil looking minotaur steps into the room, and there appears to be more beings behind him. You hear a voice calling from the next room "Shut your traitorous mouth brother!"

init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Init: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Initiative: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 = 8

init: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Ok, sorry about th delay.

The Minotaur and dwarf move up and engage.

Minotaur atts Kevin
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 17dmage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 4) + 18 = 26 hit

Dwarf attacks Kevin
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 19dmage: 1d10 + 21 ⇒ (2) + 21 = 23 hit

PCs are up.

Kevin calls upon his Goddess to heal him and send her wrath into his weapon. He then calls upon his mythicness to strike more accurately while attacking and to gain an extra action the then attacks the minotaur.

LoH: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 6, 6) = 23
+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA 1st Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21 Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 9 = 14
+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA 2nd Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18 Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 9 = 16

Swift: LoH 1 Mythic Point Free: Amazing Initiative Xtra Standard: Divine Bond: Keen and +1, Full: Attack

Tanrov takes a 5 ft step forward and attacks the minotaur as well and still has divine favour on, no haste

Earthbreaker cold iron+1+df: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25 Damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (6, 6) + 20 = 32

Earthbreaker cold iron+1+df: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (4, 4) + 20 = 28

Uelarik ignites a greater flaming sphere on the minotaur.

damage: 6d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5, 1, 3, 5, 6) + 3 = 27; DC 25 Reflex negates

Kevin misses twice.

Tanrov, hits twice.

reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 19 and thn the ball of fire kills the minotaur.

Healbot heals Kevin.

heal: 4d6 + 8 ⇒ (6, 2, 1, 3) + 8 = 20 +50% =30.

Dwarf attacks Tanrov again.

to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 18 damage: 1d10 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22 hit
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 20 damage: 1d10 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22 threat

confirm: 1d20 ⇒ 9 damage: 1d10 + 42 ⇒ (4) + 42 = 46 yes

Minotaur moves up and attacks Kevin.

to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 20 damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 2) + 18 = 24
confirm: 1d20 ⇒ 4 damage: 4d6 + 36 ⇒ (2, 6, 2, 5) + 36 = 51 nope

PCs are up.

Tanrov falls after taking massive damage -15 hp, stable

Those triple crits are mean.

Kevin was only down 3 hp due to his LoH. You might want to redirect that towards Tanrov.

Seeing his companion go down, Kevin tries to remove the minotaur from the fight, after healing himself.

LoH: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 1) = 7

+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA 1st Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 9 = 16
+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA 2nd Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 9 = 18

Tanrov was uninjured before this past round, so I suppose she held her action.

You might want to spend some resources here or this dwarf will beat you all like a rented mule and it will be a pretty damned short campaign.

I can't tell from your character sheet if you have mythic power attack (you should). If you do, spending a mythic point to kill that attack penalty would be a good idea.

As it is, you missed twice.

I've got it and I've already spent the mythic on it, that's why there is no -3 to the attacks. I've only got 1 mythic point left and a smite. I'll smite the dwarf next if I live that long.

Uelarik moves the greater flaming sphere to the dwarf.

damage: 6d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3) + 4 = 26; DC 25 Reflex negates

He then hits the dwarf with magic missile.

damage: 4d4 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4, 1, 3) + 4 + 4 = 18

reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 2 fail and the magic missile hits.

As Kevin wasn't really injured I'll apply that 30 points of healing to Tanrov now using faith's reach.

Dwarf attacks Kevin.

to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 1 damage: 1d10 + 21 ⇒ (9) + 21 = 30 miss
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 15 damage: 1d10 + 21 ⇒ (9) + 21 = 30 hit

Minotaur attacks Kevin.
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 8 damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (6, 3) + 18 = 27 miss
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 8 damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (5, 6) + 18 = 29 miss

PCs are up.

Do spells drop when unconscious?

Not unless they ned concentration.

Tanrov casts Cure serious wounds on himself making a concentration roll to cast and not be attacked

Concentration to cast: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

CSW: 3d8 + 8 ⇒ (7, 4, 1) + 8 = 20

He then using a point of Mythic Power to do a sudden strike on the dwarf, the opponent is flat footed

Earthbreaker+df+tier: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31 Damage+df+sneak: 2d6 + 20 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 20 + (4, 4) = 36

hit

Kevin realizes the group is in real trouble and calls down the wrath of Sarenrae on the dwarf. He then attacks the dwarf.

+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA Smite 1st Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 3 = 21 Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 9 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 9 + 8 = 23
+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA Smite 2nd Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 3 = 29 Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 9 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 9 + 8 = 23
+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA Smite 2nd Attack Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 8 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 8 + 3 = 25 Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 27 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 27 + 8 = 45

AC now 28 vs dwarf.

The shame is, the crit misses (all misses).

However you are fairly close, so spending a mythic point will make it hit (it would be another point to try and confirm).

Uelarik will haste the group again.

He continues to direct the flaming sphere at the dwarf.

damage: 6d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 6, 4, 5, 2, 6) + 4 = 30; DC 25 Reflex negates

Doesn't the dwarf have a glaive? Being the dude on the cover of the book? And how did he get 30AC? Guessing here.. Plate +2 Dex +1 and say Armour neck and ring +1 = AC24

Seeing as Uelarik actually goes before Kevin, he casts Haste which gives +1 to hit, does that make Kevins attack hit? Kevin has no mythic points left afaik.

The dwarf is using a dwarven war axe instead of a glaive because they suck (using a reach weapon without the ability to keep enemies at length and avoid getting cornered and useless is a very bad idea, so I'm not willing to nerf a boss like that). He has a shield. There's also these crazy things called buffing spells and feats.

If you want to simply say I'm cheating, you can do it more directly I suppose. I rebuild about everything you fight in here you realize, because as listed you're be plowing through this module without any challenges. The AP, as is standard, is designed for a group of 4 players, with a 15 point buy and no skill at optimization. Given that I can't force you to make bad choices in your builds, there's no way to make you find the as written module hard.

If you've read about how this AP runs, you'd have hear it goes off the rails power wise around this point. A GM has to redo pretty much everything or you'd sleep through it.
If you'd prefer that, we can, though and I let you have your game of 'I Win'.

Well no that's not what I was saying, GM's change stuff not really cheat, and you could have said he had a shield, that makes a difference, and yes I understand about buffs. We are also only 3 and a healer and if you wanted my dude would be cactus right now, it's just getting tot he point that, we may not be able to beat this guy as his AC is so high and he can almost hit us at will for lots of damage, I also didn't take mythic power attack to not be total munchkin, which you seemed to earlier dissuade, so colour me confused at you now saying it's a good idea for the 14 STR Paladin to have that ability, when he is already pretty nerfed combat wise.. he did roll an 18 and miss.... that's a 90% miss chance... at a guess I think i have a 60% miss chance buffed.. just expressing confusion.

He missed on an 18 as an iterative attack. I am assume you always optimize.

But say we assume the haste went first, then the crit hits, and actually does confirm because then it isn't an iterative attack. Bad guy just got whalloped hard.

But as for taking major damage, that's how mythic works. Having taken my home game to the last book now, it's clearly a game of rocket tag. I have to pull major shenanigans to make bosses last more than a round (or even long enough to go). I don't know that I've had a combat last 3 rounds in a long time, and honestly if I'm not careful my bad guys rarely get more than one shot off.

Having a dedicated healer optimized to the task is actually to your benefit, especially as broken as some of the mythic healing gets.

Ok, healbot channels since there's multiple injuries, excluding enemies.

6d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 2, 5, 5, 1) = 23

With the haste Kevin laid a wallop on the dwarf.

reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 1 who also fails to dodge the owie hot ball, and he looks mighty rough.

He will activate smite good, and lay into Kevin.

to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 7 damage: 1d10 + 30 ⇒ (3) + 30 = 33 hit
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 1 damage: 1d10 + 30 ⇒ (7) + 30 = 37 miss

Minotaur goes and attacks Tanrov since he's lying down on the job.

to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 20 damage: 2d10 + 18 ⇒ (6, 4) + 18 = 28 threat
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 15 damage: 2d10 + 18 ⇒ (9, 8) + 18 = 35 miss

confirm: 1d20 ⇒ 6 damage: 2d10 + 18 ⇒ (1, 1) + 18 = 20 fail

PCs are up.

I'll go with what you say then and bow to your wisdom

Kevin calls out to his goddess, "Praise be to the Dawnflower and may your healing fire cleans me" as he heals himself and attacks the dwarf.

LoH: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 6, 1) = 16
+3 Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA Smite Haste: 1d20 + 12 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 12 + 3 + 1 = 18 Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 9 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 9 + 8 = 27
+3 Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA Smite 1st Attack: 1d20 + 12 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 3 + 1 = 33 Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 9 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 9 + 8 = 26
+3 Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA Smite 2nd Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 3 + 1 = 24 Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 9 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 9 + 8 = 27

+3 Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA Smite 1st Attack Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 12 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 12 + 3 + 1 = 31 Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 27 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 27 + 8 = 46

Kevin puts him down. Still a minotaur present.

Uelarik moves the flaming sphere back to the minotaur.

damage: 6d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2, 5, 6, 5, 6) + 4 = 31; DC 25 Reflex negates

Tanrov will get up Does getting up in Kevins threatened space trigger the no AoO's from my Escape Route Teamwork Feat? and then moves away from the Minotaur and out the doorway via Kevins threatened spaces to avoid AoO's using his Escape Route Teamwork Feat

Yes, escape route keeps you safe.

reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 4 fail

Minotaur burns, but it is the first damage it has taken. Damage is high enough that you smell nice roast beef.

Minotaur attacks Kevin for hurting his boss.

to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 4 damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 3) + 18 = 25 miss
to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 20 damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 4) + 18 = 26 threat
confirm: 1d20 ⇒ 12 damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (2, 1) + 18 = 21 miss

Healbot channels again, excluding baddies.
6d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 1, 4, 6, 1) = 21

PCs are up.

Kevin heals himself again and then attacks the minotaur.

LoH: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 5, 2) = 14

+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA Haste Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 1 = 22 Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 9 = 20
+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA 1st Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 1 = 16 Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 9 = 19
+3 Keen Cold Iron Scimitar w/PA 2nd Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 1 = 17 Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 9 = 16

The dice have turned on your. All miss.

Uelarik keeps roasting the beef.

damage: 6d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 3, 4, 4) + 4 = 32; DC 25 Reflex negates

reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 2 fail, getting towards medium.

Tanrov realising that Healbot had healed him now moves back into range of the minotaur using Escape Route to stop any AoO and he delivers a power attack on the minotaur

Earthbreaker cold iron+1+df+haste: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17 Damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (3, 3) + 20 = 26