Actually, I just realized I cannot use it at all this turn. According to the handout it is an immediate action. Using an immediate action on your turn counts as your swift action for the turn, but I already used my swift to activate studied target.
Battlefield Conditions: Dim Light
Chak Yuen Chen(-0,Fine)
Grimaldus(-0,Fine)
Ikit(-0,Fine)
Trade Prince Charlie Robert McGee Thronfiddle Blackros(-0,Fine)
Eshimka(-87,Fine)
Thunderhoof(-0,Fine)
Chaine(-0,7 Weapon Damage)
Knowledge Religion DC26:
Eshimka, Nightwalker, CE Huge undead (extraplanar, nightshade)
"This towering, night-black giant has demonic features, including
a huge pair of ram-like horns. Its arms end in massive blades."
1 Question @31, 2 Questions @36
Eshimka gives a sinister laugh as the party assaults her close and up front. "You think you are at an advantage? Think again!"
Swiftly, before anyone can even react, Eshimka casts a spell!
Spellcraft Metamagic Quicken DC19:
Unholy Blight.
You call up unholy power to smite your enemies. The power takes the form of a cold, cloying miasma of greasy darkness. Only good and neutral (not evil) creatures are harmed by the spell.
The spell deals 1d8 points of damage per two caster levels (maximum 5d8) to a good creature (or 1d6 per caster level, maximum 10d6, to a good outsider) and causes it to be sickened for 1d4 rounds. A successful Will save reduces damage to half and negates the sickened effect. The effects cannot be negated by remove disease or heal, but remove curse is effective.
The spell deals only half damage to creatures who are neither evil nor good, and they are not sickened. Such a creature can reduce the damage by half again (down to one-quarter) with a successful Will save.
Will Save DC19 Half and prevent Sickened Effect:5d8 ⇒ (5, 4, 8, 1, 7) = 25 Neutral Characters take 1/4th for passing DC19 Will Save.
Then she turns her attention to Grimaldus. "You are the healer, no doubt. Pity your friends will fail when I end you." She slashes with her arm blades at the Half-Elf.
Battlefield Conditions: Dim Light Chak Yuen Chen(-(12 or 6),Will Save DC19)
Grimaldus(-104+ (25 or 12),Will Save DC19)
Ikit(-(12 or 6),Will Save DC19)
Trade Prince Charlie Robert McGee Thronfiddle Blackros(-0,Fine)
Eshimka(-87,Fine)
Thunderhoof(-(25 or 12),Will Save DC19)
Chaine(-0,7 Weapon Damage)
Knowledge Religion DC26:
Eshimka, Nightwalker, CE Huge undead (extraplanar, nightshade)
"This towering, night-black giant has demonic features, including
a huge pair of ram-like horns. Its arms end in massive blades."
1 Question @31, 2 Questions @36
M Aasimar (Shoanti) Brawler/Skald 11 - HP 123/123 - AC 20/T: 15/FF: 18 - Perception +4 - Fort: +16, Ref: +11, Will +11* - Init. +2
Thunderhoof begins his heroic song as the battle is joined against the monstrous Eshimka. The mighty bull's mooing is punctuated by his pearly coat beginning to shine with divine light.
Standard to activate planar wild shape to gain the celestial template. Move action to inspire rage.
Inspire Rage wrote:
+4 strength (morale)
+4 constitution (morale)
+4 strength (enhancement)
+3 will saves (morale)
-1 armor class
Access to savage dirty trick (DC 27)
Access to lesser celestial blood
no spellcasting
Active Spells: Protection from Evil, 2/11 Blessing of fervor (cast on round 12) AC/Ref one, Last wall +3 to sacred AC (negated by vindicator sacred shield) and saves (Chaine), Longstrider, Martyr's Bargain 1/11
Current AC (with prot from evil and fervor): 41
Total Damage: 20/104
welp, let's have a bit of a shock on Eshimka (and kill my char off in 11 rounds, because... f~&* that first crit and her +28...)
The moment Eshimka's might blade seems to land with the confirmed crit a quick incantation is cast, delaying the damage of that strike for 11 rounds, buying the young vindicator some time, looking up to Eshimka, bloodied but still proud and standing before taking a step backwards and casting defensively Cure Serious on himself.
Male CG Human (Shoanti/Varisian) Cavalier (Strategist) 13 - Init +2, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +1, Lookout Perception +13, AC 31/ touch 12/ ff 29; hp 108/108, F+12, R+8 W+7, Speed 20 ft.; Challenge 5/5; Tactician (60') 4/4. Banner: 60 feet: +6 morale bonus on saves vs. fear and +5 morale bonus on charge attacks. BUFFS:
Blessing of Fervor to gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves; Resist Fire 30; Bless; Air Walk; Protection from Evil
"Ikit, Charlie: save Grimaldus! Thunderhoof, Chak: go to town on him! ESHIMKA! FOR FOUR YEARS YOU HAVE PREVENTED ME FROM RETIREMENT! I ALWAYS RETURN TO THIS ACCURSED PLACE TO PUT YOU BACK INTO YOUR HOLE! THIS IS THE LAST TIME! GO ROT IN HELL!"
+1 Cold Iron Valiant Lance, Mounted charge vs. Challenged target, Banner, Flank, Bless, Blessing of Fervor, With Skald-fueled Rage in Ma Heart!!:1d20 + 21 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 21 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 38 for dmg:3d6 + 3d8 + 57 + 15 ⇒ (2, 3, 5) + (4, 3, 7) + 57 + 15 = 96 cold iron good magical damage
lesser celestial blood: +1d6 if evil outsider:1d6 ⇒ 6
LASTWALL PHALANX (+1 sacred bonus to AC and saves vs. evil creatures per adjacent ally) in effect for entire party; Continuous Auras: 30 feet: +6 morale bonus on saves vs. fear; 60 feet: +3 morale bonus on saves vs. fear and +2 morale bonus on charge attacks.
AC 35; 41 vs. Eshimka; F+14, R+10 W+10
PS: I only count 68 melee dmg vs. Grimaldus and not 104 as I believe Eshimka's 2nd attack didn't land on Grim's AC 41...
Chaine Grimaldus is a holy vindicator. His +6 sacred bonus to AC from his class is lost the first time an attack hits his AC. So if his AC was 41 against the first attack that hit him, but after that it would have dropped to 35 for the remaining attacks.
WILL:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
Chak takes the rage and the additional attack.
As a free action I will use my Martyr's Shard 3 boon to ignore 5 points of DR possessed by undead creatures with my nodachi attacks for the 1 minute. I will use the the blessing boon to deal an additional 1d6 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28 damage and ignore the DR completely of the first attack that hits.
Summary First hits (natural 20) for 74 or 108 if AC 29 confirms (no DR)
Second AC 22 for 51 damage (DR at -5)
Third AC 28 for 42 or 74 if AC 26 confirms (DR at -5)
Bite AC 26 for 22 (full DR)
Last AC 40 for 41 or 69 if AC 35 confirms (DR at -5)
it is literally that 20 crit that screwed me over, I have no other words for it :( then again... +28... FML I do however now have the +1 from Chaine from Last Wall (and it drops my save addition to +1... Sidenote... early morning posting screwed up my top part, it's 36 AC now
Male CG Human (Shoanti/Varisian) Cavalier (Strategist) 13 - Init +2, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +1, Lookout Perception +13, AC 31/ touch 12/ ff 29; hp 108/108, F+12, R+8 W+7, Speed 20 ft.; Challenge 5/5; Tactician (60') 4/4. Banner: 60 feet: +6 morale bonus on saves vs. fear and +5 morale bonus on charge attacks. BUFFS:
I adjusted Grimaldus and Chaine's end square: Chaine and Silvermane are both hovering protectively 5-feet above Grimaldus and also adjacent to Chak and Thunderhoof: Grimaldus +4 sacred bonus to AC; Thunderhoof and Chak: +3 sacred bonus to AC. Feel free to move back Grimaldus back one square to the south: if you do so you get +3 sacred bonus to AC instead of +4 as you lose Chak's +1 in the equation...
Swapping out his metamagic rods, Charlie moves closer to the melee then unleashes an Intensified Burst of Radiance
Take blessing of fervor for movement speed; Free actions: Drop rod of empower. Snap fingers for Intensified. Move action Airwalk closer. Standard cast spell.
dmg:10d4 + 10 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3) + 10 = 39 SR check:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28 If evil, takes damage regardless of save. DC:18 Reflex. Success=Dazzled, Failure=Blinded for duration:1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds.
If Eshimka gets a ten or better on its Die roll for Reflex save, will use Misfortune to make it re-roll--Sorry, was not close enough to make it re-roll that crit.
As Chaine and Chak slash and attack Eshimka relentlessly, the giant of an undead creature falls.
Reporting one ESHIMKA SUCCESS.
That battle lasted a lot less longer than expected.
You now have a choice, Pathfinders. Retreat and recover (Stepping out for now and letting other tables gather successes), or fight a dragon. (Continue combat, placed where you are, but a dragon flies in and you start the encounter right away.)
Ehm, depending on the dragon... but ehm... need to wait at least 10 rounds before I get that dreaded 68hp hitting me in the face, so I would prefer... rest...
Male CG Human (Shoanti/Varisian) Cavalier (Strategist) 13 - Init +2, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +1, Lookout Perception +13, AC 31/ touch 12/ ff 29; hp 108/108, F+12, R+8 W+7, Speed 20 ft.; Challenge 5/5; Tactician (60') 4/4. Banner: 60 feet: +6 morale bonus on saves vs. fear and +5 morale bonus on charge attacks. BUFFS:
Do I hear an implied statement that meeting the said conditions would be much, MUCH preferable? :) I've never run a special so I have no idea how that whole 'meeting objectives as a group thing' works...
We have to earn enough total successes in each objective across all the tables (usually expressed as a multiple of the number of tables depending on the difficulty and repeatability). If an objective is not meant it usually means the loss of a boon on the chronicle.
Male CG Human (Shoanti/Varisian) Cavalier (Strategist) 13 - Init +2, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +1, Lookout Perception +13, AC 31/ touch 12/ ff 29; hp 108/108, F+12, R+8 W+7, Speed 20 ft.; Challenge 5/5; Tactician (60') 4/4. Banner: 60 feet: +6 morale bonus on saves vs. fear and +5 morale bonus on charge attacks. BUFFS:
IN THAT CASE! I SMELL A DRAGON FIGHT! (as long as the dragon is not... overly obsessed with Chaine's.... lance... :P) But seriously: I will defer to Grimaldus on this. I'm good one way or the other.
IN THAT CASE! I SMELL A DRAGON FIGHT! (as long as the dragon is not... overly obsessed with Chaine's.... lance... :P) But seriously: I will defer to Grimaldus on this. I'm good one way or the other.
I won't stand in the front line... but if we do, I will need a channel for 1 round, see how we are with hp... also, any chance we know what type of dragon we are going to be playing hug with?
If you die, I will pay for you to be raised. This is my last adventure before level 12, so I don't really need the money anyways.
I have 28 PP saved up atm, so I am fine with that raise dead down the line, money wise that might be an issue as I am sitting on 2.2k gold :P
Active Spells: Protection from Evil, 4/11 Blessing of fervor (cast on round 12) AC/Ref one, Last wall +1 to sacred AC and saves (Chaine), Longstrider, Martyr's Bargain 3/11, Channels 4/11
Current AC (with prot from evil and fervor): 34/36
Total Damage: 0/104
Channel:6d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6) = 18
if someone can give me 1 tap with a wand to top me up I will be good to go
Forgot that I still have the ablative barrier spell last round so I should have 1 lethal and 5 nonlethal damage on me as the spell doesn't specify it only converts physical damage to nonlethal.
Chak will read a scroll of heightened awareness on the first round (using it for the +4 to initiative)
Chak will activate the shield spell in his ioun stone on the second round.
Her dark armor riddled with arrows and sliced by a dozen blades, Eshimka staggers back from the nearby Pathfinders attacking her. With one blade-arm she beckons for more of her shadowy minions to reunite with her body and heal her wounds, but other Pathfinders have slain too many for any to answer her call. For the first time, Eshimka seems worried, fighting for her survival rather than leading her army.
Table GMs, the Eshimka Defeated condition is now in effect, ending the ongoing hazard.
Charlie will pull out a wand and cast Protection from Evil on Chaine's Horse, then move into the middle of the party for the Haste spell (and to keep close to Grimaldus, in case Breath of Life is suddenly required.)
seeing i didnt get wand tapped i am at 02/104 hp wise :)
Active Spells: Protection from Evil, 4/11 Blessing of fervor (cast on round 12) AC/Ref one, Last wall +1 to sacred AC and saves (Chaine), Longstrider, [/b]Martyr's Bargain 3/11, Channels 4/11, Prayer
Current AC (with prot from evil and fervor): 34/36
Total Damage: 2/104
Looking at the creature above them a quick prayer was made granting the party a prayer before looking up at the dragon, wondering if this was a wise action before hoping all goes well.
Male CG Human (Shoanti/Varisian) Cavalier (Strategist) 13 - Init +2, Senses: Normal Vision, Perception +1, Lookout Perception +13, AC 31/ touch 12/ ff 29; hp 108/108, F+12, R+8 W+7, Speed 20 ft.; Challenge 5/5; Tactician (60') 4/4. Banner: 60 feet: +6 morale bonus on saves vs. fear and +5 morale bonus on charge attacks. BUFFS:
Since off-map does not appear to be an option, Silvermane/Chaine will be Air Walking just above Grimaldus to provide Lastwall Phalanx bonuses to 3 PCs: +4 to Grimaldus, Silvermane and Chaine; and +3 to Chak and Thunderhoof.
Adult Umbral Dragon
Immune to Cold, Death Effects, Energy Drain, Sleep, Paralysis, and bears Spell Resistance. Special Attacks; Breath Weapon, Crush, Shadow Breath, A lot of Spell-Like abilities.
Chak flies up and attacks the dragon!
It looks rather annoyed now.
Battlefield Conditions: Dim Light Grimaldus(-2,Suffer 68 Damage in 9 Rounds)
Thunderhoof(-0,Fine)
Ikit(-0,Fine)
Chak Yuen Chen(-0,Fine)
Trade Prince Charlie Robert McGee Thronfiddle Blackros(-0,Fine)
Adult Umbral Dragon(-45,Fine)
Chaine(-0,7 Weapon Damage)
Charlie walks upward for a bit then unleashes an intensified Burst of Radiance
dmg:10d4 + 10 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 1, 3, 2, 4, 1, 4, 2) + 10 = 35 SR check:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
If evil, takes full damage regardless of save. DC:18 Reflex. Success=Dazzled, Failure=Blinded for duration:1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds.
If it gets a nat-20 on an attack roll, charlie will use Misfortune on it. OR if any party member is within 30' and wants to re-roll a save, Charlie can Misfortune that (Immediate action, so just once per round, and can only Misfortune someone 1/day)
