Way of the Wicked (Monster Edition)

Game Master Diamondust

Igoroskandrallanotly waits by the door, ready to sprint for the wall once the door has been opened.

WAGGGHHHHHHH!!!! Agghh roars as he charges across with his heavy shield. Keep running

Dahlia keeps up with Aggghhh and keeps up a full defense.

Reginald will grab a shield for now, incase he would need the extra defense.

would you guys like an enlargment spell? Would enlarge the door as well I think. I was on a family trip and didn't get a chance to post.

Only Fiain is hit as he charges across(7 damage).

You can make that strength check against the door, with +2 from charging

Are they Cold Iron arrows?

Strength: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Womp womp.

Right after the dog slams into the door Mei climbs the wall with the rope over a shoulder gritting her teeth and dashing up the wall in a mad run for the top of the wall shields held to cover her as she climbs.

The arrows count as magic but otherwise are standard arrows.

Fiain charged through the old door, pushing aside the crate they had used to hold it closed. The lock was rusted over and so the door could not be locked. In front of him was a spiral staircase leading 20ft. up to the level of the walls.

Anyone else want to move in round 2?

Seeing the door burst open, The Captain hefts his shield and begins his run.

The door opened, Igoroskandrallanotly took off right on the Captain’s heels, sprinting for the entryway.

Run full-round Action to move 4x my speed (120 feet).

Augh keeps the door up to block arrows.

Reginald Raises his guard shield and sprints across the open field as well.

Run action

Kahmunash follows the crowd in running to the now open door.

Eat-in-Shadow rushes alongside Mei, his hands sticking to the surface of the wall like a gecko's.

Climb (climb speed): 1d20 + 3 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 8 = 28

climb: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

climb: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

You can always take 10 on climb checks if you have a climb speed.

Mei and Eat-in-Shadow make it to the top of the wall while the others dash across to the open door, arrows fly as they run across, hitting the door and the dirt, but also two of the monsters. Richter(take 5 damage) and Reginald(take 7 damage). The staircase leading up to the wall is clear for now.

The soldiers in front of Mei pull our their swords and move forward together. "Reinforcements are coming. You are far outnumbered!" From across the complex on another part of the wall a deathly scream rings out. The men look over, doubt creeping in, they thought you few were perhaps the only ones.

Round 3
Monsters turn

Through the door, Igoroskandrallanotly grins. "Now, let's secure the wall." He moves up the stairs to the door leading to the side of the wall Mei and Eat-in-Shadows had climbed up, then threw open the door for the others to go through and attack the guards up there.

Augh drops the door and rushes inside, climbing the stairs to get to the guards.

"We may be, but in the dark you are alone."
Eat-in-Shadow calls forth total, eye-blinding darkness again coalescing around him, a cloak of shadows dampening the light.

Standard action to dampen light to total darkness in a 10' radius around me. All non-magical lights are suppressed. Move action to get 10' to the side, hoping to give Mei a flank in the next action.

Mei as part of her move draws two kukris now using her reach and stepping into the dark to attack

attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

attack 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

damage 2: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

damage bite: 1d4 ⇒ 2

A few snakes look up at Igor as he makes his declaration and Dahlia mutters, "Nice."

She then drops the total defense and double moves into the tower and as far up the stairs as she can get.

Mei, you have two critical hits to confirm.

Kruegar ascends the staircase to the wall, readying his weapon for glorious combat once more.

attack crit: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

crit damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

bite crit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

bite damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Kahmunash sticks behind his more melee-focused compatriots, and tries to line up a stare + Daze combination again on one of the guards currently fighting the others.

Reginald stays at the bottom for a bit nursing his wound.

Would anyone happens to have a bit of healing magic? It seems these shields are as useful to me as they were to the guards. Rationally, I probably should have hypothesized that. Unfortunate.

Thanks for the PM AGGGH. I thought I'd posted but maybe it got ate?

"Prey is prey, even in numbers." the Hound snarls, and darts forward to snap at the nearest bowman.

Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage?: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Everyone makes it to the tower and starts heading up the stairs to be greeted by two of the archers coming inside the south entrance to the tower. They have dropped their bows and wield longswords and shields now. Two archers still remain outside on the wall with their bows. Fiain attacks the swordsmen but snaps at the air. Kahmunash tries to daze a swordsman but his mind is strong and it fails. They attack Fiain and miss.

Mei and Eat-in-Shadow stop the other guards from entering the tower, they flank one and Mei cuts and bites him. The guard draws his sword and the other 3 fire arrows but the dim light hinders them, only one hitting its mark on Eat-in-Shadow(3 damage).

Round 4
Map

Reginald scratches his chin, he had wanted to personally inflict some more revenge on these uncivilized brutes, however the arrow in his gut kept him wary and so he stays out of sight for the time

Here, perhaps this will help you my good... er, malodorous fellow.

Reginald makes a small gesture and utters an arcane phrase
sizz di daastrix And suddenly Mr. (un)clean doubles in size.

Casting enlarge person on Aaagh the unclean.

Augier grunts in what might pass as thanks and keeps goingup the stairs.
Can I reach someone to attack? I if, I attack

Greatsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 92d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 5) + 6 = 15

The Hound snarls as the human dodges his attack, and he empowers his limbs with dark energy.

Swift action: Strength of Hell. +2 attack rolls, +1d6 damage, -2 AC until my next turn.

Bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 6) + 4 = 11

Claw: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + (2) + 4 = 7

Bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Damage: 1d4 + 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + (1) + 4 = 9

If I kill one, I step to the next nearest and continue unless there are no other people within 5 ft. step range of my first target.

Aggghhh, your sword is 3d6 atm ;)

Ducking under the enormous greatsword, Dahlia scampers to the unoccupied wall and tries to put an arrow into the soldier in the open doorway.

Bow attack,damage: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 91d8 ⇒ 1

"It's times like this that make me wish I was better at combat than I am at giving my foes nasty looks"

Stare & Daze attempt again on another one of the guards

Taking a long route around the stairs to get to the guards, Igoroskandralalnotly slashes with a claw at one of them.

Moving into flank with Fiain, then attacking the guard.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (6) = 11
Confirm?: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 2 = 12
Critical Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

With a guard flanked Mei attacks furiously attempting to disembowel him.

attack a: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

attack b: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

damage a: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

damage b: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

damage bite: 1d4 ⇒ 2

crit?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

crit damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

If the guard survives Mei's attack
Eat-in-Shadow renews the attack, growling as the arrow strikes him. One of his claws finds purchase in soft flesh.
Attack 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Damage 1: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Attack 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Damage 2: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Otherwise
Taking cover behind Mei, Eat-in-Shadow uncoils his rope and ties it to the closest anchorpoint, so that the others will manage to climb up.

The stairs creak at the sudden increase of weight. Aggghhh finds the path blocked by the others and climbs over the north rail and goes around the long way to attack the guards. He is not used to the extra size and his swing goes wide.

1 of Fiain's claws rips into the guard, who also happens to see Kahmunash out of the corner of his eye and freeze up, unable to move(dazed). Igor flanks with Fiain and slashes the guard with his own claw. Richter joins the battle flanking with Aggghhh and cuts a guard with his longsword.

The archers outside the door come to their friend's aid and shoot through the door at Igor and their arrows fly across the room to clatter against the opposite wall.

Mei and Eat-in-Shadow wound the guard they are flanking who then decides to retreat along the wall. Retreat action, but Eat-in-Shadow still gets an AoO.

The archers reload and fire again but their aim is horrible.

Round 5
Map

The Captain raises his sword once more, slicing at the guard next to him.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Augier flanks with The Captain and stabs at the guard he faces

Greatsword,Reach,Flank: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 243d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 2, 2) + 6 = 15

AoO: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

After swiping at the running guard, Eat-in-Shadow uncoils the rope and fastens it to the nearest support, throwing it down for the others to climb.

Igoroskandrallanotly glances at the archers outside that fired at him, then mutters to himself, "That was foolish, getting in the path of those archers. Well, let's fix that." He swipes at the guard with both claws.

Claw 1, Flank: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 = 13
Damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (4) = 7
Claw 2, Flank: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 2 + (1) = 7

If the guard falls, I'll take a 5-foot step into the space he previously occupied. I'm also updating my stats to reflect the chain shirt I grabbed earlier.

Stare & Daze again, targeting any that I can reach that are currently threatening someone else in the party

Reginald will keep watch at the bottom of the stairs while defending himself.

total defense action

Mei charges the archera with the kukri flashing with blood.

attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Dahlia takes a shot over the stairs into the next guard.

Attack;damage: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 181d8 ⇒ 4

The Hound mauls the wounded swordsman.

Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Claw: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Claw: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Those inside the tower slice and maul the guardsmen, killing them both and claiming the tower as yours. The archers outside fire more arrows through the door but both fly harmlessly across the room.

Eat-in-Shadow finally secures a rope though it may not be necessary anymore. Mei charges into the 3 remaining guards on the other side of the tower and cuts 1. They drop their bows and draw longswords to fight back. They work together and start flanking her, 2 of them wounding her(4+4 damage) sides.

Round 6
Map
Mei is still on the wall. The map I made was not long enough so pretend the grey part of the wall extends past the top of the pic.

Now what? We scattered! Kill archers?

Dahlia steps into the doorway and pops a shot at one of the archers around Mei.

Attack;Dam: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d8 ⇒ 8

Using the wall (take 10) Mei takes a withdraw down and across back to the tower the monsters have taken.