Antichrist Nero |
While the adventurers quaff the protective fire warding potions doled out to them by Johann, they hear infernal chanting in the darkness down the stairwell...
Nero Antichrist is also preparing for battle...
Live morf su reviled!
Neveah ni tra ohw, rehtaf ruo!
Nero casts two spells on himself...
Michael Johnson 66 |
The party stands at the entrance to the stairway that descends into the Roman Catacombs...(Area 1 on the dungeon map).
Mwikali |
Mwikali will cast heroism on all our fighters [Johann, Fox, Alphonse, and Ihrin]
Iron Skin and Mirror image on herself.
Michael Johnson 66 |
Mwikali will cast heroism on all our fighters [Johann, Fox, Alphonse, and Ihrin]
Iron Skin and Mirror image on herself.
Sounds like 6 rounds of spell casting for Mwikali... Probably about us much time as it would take for Johann to pass out two potions to each party member and for everyone to drink them both, so that looks like 6 rounds of prep time for Nero as well. Anyone else want to do anything during the extra 4 rounds that they aren't drinking Johann's potions?
Alphonse Veritas, Oathkeeper |
Alphonse will cat Bless Weapon and Veil of Positive Energy on himself.
I imagine we are descending the stairs AS we buff, not just casting and quaffing at the top of the stairs. When we get closer I may cast Blessing of Fervor as well.
Michael Johnson 66 |
Alphonse will cat Bless Weapon and Veil of Positive Energy on himself.
I imagine we are descending the stairs AS we buff, not just casting and quaffing at the top of the stairs. When we get closer I may cast Blessing of Fervor as well.
Noted. We can assume the party reaches the bottom of the stairs just as they finish buffing on the 6th round.
Antichrist Nero |
As the party is buffing and descending the stairs:
From the darkness below, the sepulchral chanting of the Antichrist continues:
Emoc modgnik yht...
Enod eb lliw yht...
Yad siht su evig...
[Sound of a potion being quaffed...]
Mwikali |
DC19Spellcraft: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (5) + 22 = 27
DC18Spellcraft: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (12) + 22 = 34
DC17Spellcraft: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28
DC17Spellcraft: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (13) + 22 = 35
DC17Spellcraft: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25
DC17Spellcraft: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25
Antichrist Nero |
Ihrin Ardlean Dracul |
Ihrin moves in
Reflex: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 2 = 16
Perception: 1d20 + 21 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 21 + 5 + 2 = 45
This is to spot him as I get +5 to notice invisible creatures and objects
She challenges the Lich
""Quid es tu in somnis PRODIGIUM?"
Ihrin then strikes at the Lich
Tiger Fang: 1d20 + 16 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 16 + 2 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 = 10
Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Holy: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7
The Ogon Fox |
The Fox drinks his potion of haste after the potions given him by Johann, and he's ready to move in.
Antichrist Nero |
Ihrin moves in
This is to spot him as I get +5 to notice invisible creatures and objects
She challenges the Lich""Quid es tu in somnis PRODIGIUM?"
** spoiler omitted **Ihrin then strikes at the Lich
Lady Ihrin's keen senses detect her invisible foe through the whirling ring of force blades.
Bravely, she plunges through the blades, and is slashed for 13d8 ⇒ (8, 5, 1, 1, 8, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 7, 3, 4) = 57 damage! Forcing herself to ignore the pain, she slashes at the invisible lich, but Nero deflects Tiger Fang with his devil-skull morning star! *CLANG!*
Ut in somnis etiam non habent, parum soror. Et ego dico tibi somnia de te mihi?
Johann Kaltgeboren- Cobra! |
As Mwikali tells the group of his spell preparations, Johann determines that his bear form will do little to grab the slippery devil. Instead, he changes to his snake form on the way down the stairs, looking forward to sinking his fangs into the blasted scourge of humanity.
As the blade barrier springs into place, Cobra Johann is able to five foot step to the edge of the barrier and, timing it carefully, strike the 10 feet at Nero.
Bite PA vital strike & damage: 1d20 + 17 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 17 + 3 = 306d6 + 21 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 6) + 21 + (6, 5) = 60 str 6 bab 12 pwrattk -3 size-1 amulet 3; 1.5str 9 pwrattk 9 amulet 3 amulet 2d6
whew! look at that vital strike. Let's see if 30 is enough...
oh shoot. invisible. I will presume, but please correct me, that I know where to strike because Ihnrin already did. here is the roll for it.
d100: 1d100 ⇒ 35
Lord Perpireen McGibel |
Lord P is in two minds, this not his problem as a fey he has to keep out so fighting Nero was something he could not do. But.... there was wiggle room, He could help his friends. He made up his mind. Hidden as best he could he flow down, and took out his tiny wand of healing.
Alphonse Veritas, Oathkeeper |
Alphonse calls down a blessing of speed from God, and steps forward unflinchingly into the barrier of blades.
Casting Blessing of Fervor on everyone but Nero, of course. I'm taking the +2 AC and Ref saves.
Reflex: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 25
He is cut to ribbons, but barely slows as he mends his own wounds.
Lay on Hands: 7d6 + 15 ⇒ (5, 2, 6, 3, 4, 4, 1) + 15 = 40
"You have one chance to surrender and face your eternal punishment with dignity. Take it." Alphonse says as he looms over the lich.
Michael Johnson 66 |
Alphonse calls down a blessing of speed from God, and steps forward unflinchingly into the barrier of blades.
Casting Blessing of Fervor on everyone but Nero, of course. I'm taking the +2 AC and Ref saves.
He is cut to ribbons, but barely slows as he mends his own wounds.
"You have one chance to surrender and face your eternal punishment with dignity. Take it." Alphonse says as he looms over the lich.
Mythic blade barrier deals 13d8 ⇒ (3, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 4, 6, 3, 6) = 45 to Sir Alphonse...
Antichrist Nero |
ROUND 1, MYTHIC INITIATIVE SECOND TURN:
Chuckling dryly, the Antichrist dashes away down the corridor into the next chamber, withdrawing cautiously to avoid the opportunistic strikes of Lady Ihrin, Cobra Johann and Sir Alphonse!
Come now, Sir Alphonse! You don't truly believe I will give up so easily, do you? Come and see how I have prepared for your return to the Catacombs... HAHAHAHAHAAA!!
Full withdraw 60 feet south into area 2 on the map, just to the east of the altar in front of the Fountain of Blood...
Michael Johnson 66 |
Antichrist Nero |
The Antichrist has just withdrawn into the chamber south of the stairwell, from which can be heard the splashing and gurgling of the Fountain of Christ's Blood...
The Crusaders of the Catacombs recall this chamber: Forty feet square with a twenty-foot-high ceiling, an archway opening into an eastbound corridor in the east wall, and the south wall dominated by a great fountain. A pale marble crucifix with rose quartz Christ is mounted on the south wall, nearly eighteen feet tall, the sacred wounds in hands, feet, head and right side spilling blood red holy wine into a rose quartz basin filled with the healing elixir of Christ's blood...
But Sir Alphonse Du Veritas, whose angelic eyes can penetrate the darkest night, can see that the Antichrist has decorated the fountain in a way certain to inspire powerful passion in the Mighty Ones...
I have taken the liberty of redecorating since your last visit, Crusaders... I hope you appreciate my aesthetic... Hehehehehehhh... crows the Beast 666...
The Ogon Fox |
The Fox looks at the blade barrier before him, searching for even the slightest of openings around it. Then, suddenly, the monk's body vaporizes, becoming a gaseous form of himself. His newly fluid body rises in the air and compresses into a tiny space, slipping over the whirling blades.
Up to you, MJ, whether there is space for me to avoid the blade barrier, but I figured I should be able to find something as small as what is noted in the spell description:
A gaseous creature can’t run, but it can fly at a speed of 10 feet and automatically succeeds on all Fly skill checks. It can pass through small holes or narrow openings, even mere cracks
Once I'm through the blade barrier I would dismiss the gaseous form, because it moves pretty slowly.
Ki pool now 5/6.
Michael Johnson 66 |
The Fox looks at the blade barrier before him, searching for even the slightest of openings around it. Then, suddenly, the monk's body vaporizes, becoming a gaseous form of himself. His newly fluid body rises in the air and compresses into a tiny space, slipping over the whirling blades.
Up to you, MJ, whether there is space for me to avoid the blade barrier, but I figured I should be able to find something as small as what is noted in the spell description:
Quote:A gaseous creature can’t run, but it can fly at a speed of 10 feet and automatically succeeds on all Fly skill checks. It can pass through small holes or narrow openings, even mere cracksOnce I'm through the blade barrier I would dismiss the gaseous form, because it moves pretty slowly.
Ki pool now 5/6.
Ogon Fox slips past the blades in gaseous form unharmed. Clever Fox!
Antichrist Nero |
The blood of Christ grants an eternity of servitude in Heaven, Lady Ihrin. But the blood of Atilla the Hun runs in your veins, does it not? Those who drink of the blood of the dragon shall also have life eternal... An eternity spent hunting the blood of others by night... Your little brother Vlad shall be the greatest vampire to ever stalk mankind, my dear!
Ihrin Ardlean Dracul |
"You are wrong, the blood of the grave flows through me, my body was born from the earth itself my body small. My father adopted me, for I rose from the grave!"Ihrin says having her Tiger Fang and Ice Tusk out ready to take out Nero.
Ihrin Ardlean Dracul |
"I have been blessed already Nero, I have had two lives. One ancient one current. The last one was nice for a while. I had a caring brother, who let me have everything I wanted, but also broke my things when he was displeased. Still, he loved me in his own way. I loved him too.he did eventually go mad, I know not why. His music and speech changed his little hints of jealously more violent, I don't remember much after the beach and the attendants I had but I do remember i went there because you told me too." She says Looking to her father.
"Father, I knew from my first breath in that hole. The one my young body crawled out from that I wasn't normal. You the kind general Vlad Dracul, The Dragon, Ruler of Wallachia, the land this body,My body was strong, you saw me in the tavern defending myself from those bigger than me. You took me in and raised me, And I will appreciate it. I truly will Father, I will" She says walking towards her father seemingly in no real stance just simple almost peaceful.
Lord Perpireen McGibel |
Well now Lord P, was not stopped by a spinning blades.
Spell craft 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (15) + 22 = 37
Flying over the top of them and sing his Acrobatics to get bast any the come close.
Acrobatics takes 10+31=41
Running along the blades throw and past them. While Stealthed.
On the other dise it taps the most hurt with a Wand of CMW, for a free 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (5, 7) + 10 = 22 HP back
The Ogon Fox |
Will DC 20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
The Fox freezes in place as Nero's magic takes hold!
I'm going to take care of the next roll now. On my turn in round 2 (after Nero's 2nd turn in this round) I'll be attempting another save as a full-round action:
Will DC 20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
So I am paralyzed during Nero's 2nd turn, but after my turn I will be free for round 3.
Ihrin Ardlean Dracul |
Ihrin lounges forward to strike
Attack One: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Holy: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7
Attack Two: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Holy: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
Wakizashi: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Cold: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Holy: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6
Ihrin Ardlean Dracul |
"Quid frater: Quare hoc fecisti fiet tibi? Tu sis tam pulcher solebat vir potens es tu enim quod voluisti, et hoc est ..." She says as she steps up and attacks him.
Perception: 1d20 + 21 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 21 + 5 = 42
Ihrin Ardlean Dracul |
Forgot heroism and My own bonus so the Attacks are Katana #1=26,katana #2=25 Wakizashi=17