Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
Aww, maybe we should destroy the slave masters first, before we free the slaves? I don't want them to get hurt or killed..Their slavers, however, deserve to be hurt and killed
Kermit, Brallenera, I have moved you roughly in line with marching order. Then moved everyone up... I'm confusing myself!
Rounding the final bend, you come face-to-face with another yaenit demon, leading human cultists in the ritual torture of slaves.
More iron slave cages line the outer walls of this cavern. A row of wooden stocks stand next to small pots filled with glowing coals. A half-dozen slender brands and skewers dangle from pegs hammered into the cavern walls.
Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
Victor and Brallenera swing widly, but Zadim shows them how it's done.
After Nanny's amazing, how have I never heard of this spell, two of the humans seem confused and call out in shock.
The red cultist prays to Lamashtu to bring down his foes.
DC13 will save for everyone, failure gets you...:
Bane fills your enemies with fear and doubt. Each affected creature takes a –1 penalty on attack rolls and a –1 penalty on saving throws against fear effects.
The cultist on silver fires a ray at Zadim.
ranged touch attack:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Blue stumbles away and activates a smokestick.
Torture’d grown tired of hurting people by now, Round 1 wrote:
Nanny
Zadim
Brallenera
Victor
Silver tooth cultist
Blue cloak cultist (hoodwinked)
Red face cultist (-22, hoodwinked)
Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
Will save DC 13, Hardy:1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 2 = 24
The spell tries to insinuate itself into Brallenera's mind.... only to find itself face to face with multiple mini-Brallenera (axe included), who all grin before delivering many acts of gory violence on the poor spell.
Most spells that affect an area function as a burst, an emanation, or a spread. In each case, you select the spell’s point of origin and measure its effect from that point.
A burst spell affects whatever it catches in its area, including creatures that you can’t see. It can’t affect creatures with total cover from its point of origin (in other words, its effects don’t extend around corners). The default shape for a burst effect is a sphere, but some burst spells are specifically described as cone-shaped. a burst’s area defines how far from the point of origin the spell’s effect extends.
Bane being a burst centered on the caster as point of origin...
How does Zadim move, *and* full attack? Normally, if you have to move, you only get a single attack, unless you have something like pounce. What am I missing?
Monster 'Summon' abilities function as per Summon Monster, which means they have a 1 round casting time - so it doesn't take effect until the start of its next turn, unless the Yaenit is an exception to that rule?
EDIT: Ah, it *is* now my turn!
Ignoring the cover provided by Zadim, Victor hacks away at the Yaenit.
Summon monster as an SLA is two sets of conflicting rules bashing together. In the previous yaenit encounter (when it failed to summon) I read the rules twice, searched for clarifications, went through a bunch of discussions and settled on SLAs are standard action unless called out as taking longer.
I am happy to be corrected, if you can find something definitive, or even just a position of principle from a dev, that would make me feel a lot better about it.
Two-Weapon Fighting *is* a full attack action, not a standard.
Core Rule Book:
Full Attack: If you get more than one attack per round because your base attack bonus is high enough (see Base Attack Bonus in Classes), because you fight with two weapons or a double weapon, or for some special reason, you must use a full-round action to get your additional attacks.
Italicised for emphasis.
Re: Spell-likes, I had always thought that since the Universal Monster Rule for summoning said:
A creature with the summon ability can summon other specific creatures of its kind much as though casting a summon monster spell, but it usually has only a limited chance of success (as specified in the creature’s entry).
That meant it had a 1 round casting time, as well.
That said, I am *very* happy to go with the interpretation you are running with, because that means that monsters which have, say, Raise Dead or Resurrection as a spell-like suddenly became a *heck* of a lot more sexy, since you could use them in the middle of combat :-)
Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
The yaenits ignore Xim’s flames, but Victor’s blade cuts through.
The silver-toothed cultist is severely burnt, however.
Brallenera then decapitates the wounded cultist in front of her.
Kermit’s arrow clips the edge of a cage and ricochets into the ceiling.
Zadim’s flashing blades sink deeply and precisely into the demon.
Torture’d grown tired of hurting people by now, Round 2 wrote:
Nanny
Zadim (-21, bane)
Brallenera
Victor
Silver tooth cultist (-24)
Blue cloak cultist (hoodwinked)
Red face cultist (-55, hoodwinked, dead)
Kyra
Yaenit with runes
Yaenit with orange patches (-49)
Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
| HP 56/60 AC 20, T 14, FF 17 | CMD 26 | F +7 R +9 W +5; | Init +3 | Perc +10 | SM +10
Unable to see around him, Zadim stands his ground, preparing to strike any foe that gets within a few feet of him.
Perception:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Readied action if senses an opponent within 5 feet:
