[dice=Alie]1d20+14 +2[/dice], +2 vs illusions
[dice=Valrar]1d20+11[/dice]
[dice=Wynnreyell]1d20+13[/dice], +2 vs fear and enchantments
[dice=Shump]1d20+11[/dice], Immune charm, disease, fear
[dice=Rhino]1d20+5[/dice], +4 vs enchantment
[dice=Tortuga]1d20+18[/dice], +2 vs enchantments
[dice=Gaius]1d20+14[/dice], +4 vs enchantment, +10 vs mind affecting, +2 vs transmutation, +1 vs death
[dice=Sir Ambrose]1d20+13[/dice], +4 morale vs enchantment, +4 untyped vs enchantment, +2 vs sleep, paralysis, stun, +2 vs aberrations, undead, outsiders SLA's, SU and spells, +1 vs death
[dice=Ambassador]1d20+7[/dice], SR24
I just noticed something else. I thought Gaius had death ward on himself but that doesnt seem to be the case. Each of the Astradaemons attacks imposes a negative level. The deathless armour gives a chance to negate.
Deathless 25%, low is bad for Gaius:1d100 ⇒ 15 Deathless 25%, low is bad for Gaius:1d100 ⇒ 62 Deathless 25%, low is bad for Gaius:1d100 ⇒ 36
So that is 3 negative levels however I notice that Gaius also has a Scarab of Protection listed in his equipment. Gaius, are you wearing this and if so how many charges does it have left? You have a Talisman listed in your equipment as well and they share the same slot.
Male Samsaran (Dual-Cursed) Lunar Oracle 17 (AC 28/20/18; HP 139/139; Fort +13, Ref +23, Will +14; Init +13; CMD 17; Perception +26)
It is fully charged, and yes, Gaius is wearing it.
EDIT: To be clear, the 'Talisman of the Summoned Steed' is actually a slotless wondrous item (which is more akin to a Figurine of Wondrous Power), not one of the neck-slot Talismans, which were created years later. I can see why it might be confusing.
Male Human (Taldan/Ulfen) Swashbuckler 15 | HP 102/157 | AC 40/26/25 (currently 41/27/25) | F +15, R +22, W +14 | CMB +12, CMD 30 | Init +11 | Perc +1 | Fortification 25% | Panache 3/8 | Charmed Life (+5) 3/6 | Imp. Iron Will 0/1 |
Active Conditions:
Planar Infusion II (+1 Fort, +2 Demoralize, +2 Crit Confirm, Curse Terrain 1/day), Freedom of Movement, Fly, Stoneskin, Heroism, Haste
Valrar tries to get closer. "You aren't fit to mock life, much less lead."
Vahlo tries to slip past the astradaemon without getting swung at but is far too slow. Its huge jaws snap forward but he manages to parry away the attack. His own blow against Vahlo is much too slow and he easily avoids it.
Your parry roll beats his nat 20 result, he attacks at 10' so you cannot riposte.
Shump lashes out at the daemon, wounding it badly, but his attacks are somewhat foiled by its flickering nature.
Two hits for 78 damage
Rolls:
Shump miss chances done in BaB order. The third iterative misses anyway. I know people tend to take haste attacks at the end but attacks are supposed to be done in BaB order so haste comes second.
Miss chance, low misses, 1st attack:1d100 ⇒ 62 Miss chance, low misses, haste attack:1d100 ⇒ 39 Miss chance, low misses, 1st iterative:1d100 ⇒ 83 Miss chance, low misses, 2nd iterative:1d100 ⇒ 35
Round 2
Gaius - unconscious
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Vahlo
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Wynnreyell
Alie
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Astradaemon
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Sir Ambrose
Valrar
Shump
Bold may act.
Group Effects: Haste
Status, anyone can read:
Alie 142|125, deaf 5|5
Gaius -6|131, deaf 5|5, staggered 5|5
Sir Ambrose 110|110
Shump 150|150, smited
Valrar 111|146, 7 negative levels, death ward
Wynnreyell 93|117, smited, 1 negative level
The Ambassador 60|63, 2 negative levels, deaf 5|5
Sir Ambrose launches himself at the Astradaemon. Teeth, claws and finally a body slam send the creature crashing out of the air to bounce off the roof and down the side of Skyreach as it splatters on the stone flagstones far below.
Gaius remains lying on the air, unconscious but not bleeding due to the power of his scabbard. Vahlo glances briefly at his unconscious form and smiles. He quickly strikes out three times at Sir Ambrose, but only a single blow gets through. He then takes a step above Shump and, with his final strike, he drives his blade into Gaius, twisting it visciously.
Sir Ambrose is hit once for 37 damage and gets bleed 1. Gaius is hit for 28 damage after energy resistance and dies. I appreciate that might seem harsh but is absolutely considered part of his tactics I am afraid. If someone can do something about that attack then go ahead
As Gaius expires his invisibility purge spell ceases to have effect and Vahlo fades from view.
I believe this is right as Gaius is no longer a legal target. If you have see invisibility active you need to give me a caster level check as he is currently benefitting from non detection. The greyed out token is Vahlo's last kknown location. Given he has already 5' stepped this turn he should still be there unless he has some way to move as a free action which would be unusual.
Male Human (Taldan/Ulfen) Swashbuckler 15 | HP 102/157 | AC 40/26/25 (currently 41/27/25) | F +15, R +22, W +14 | CMB +12, CMD 30 | Init +11 | Perc +1 | Fortification 25% | Panache 3/8 | Charmed Life (+5) 3/6 | Imp. Iron Will 0/1 |
Active Conditions:
Planar Infusion II (+1 Fort, +2 Demoralize, +2 Crit Confirm, Curse Terrain 1/day), Freedom of Movement, Fly, Stoneskin, Heroism, Haste
"Rip him to shreds!" Valrar bellows, plunging as necessary to get near and fix Gaius.
If I need to move down to reach Gaius, here's my tumble:
Acrobatics:1d20 + 1d6 + 23 ⇒ (13) + (2) + 23 = 38
First Aid Gloves, Breath of Life:5d8 + 9 ⇒ (3, 4, 6, 2, 7) + 9 = 31
You do not need to move, Gaius will simply have dropped to the roof at this point. Gaius, I believe dying will mean most if not all the spells on you are no longer in effect. Those on Sir Ambrose are fine as are your magic vestments. On the plus side I am going to say that your stagger and deaf conditions also go away. Your scarab uses another charge and prevents the breath of life negative level.
I am not sure how the gloves interact with the sacriligeous aura as the gloves dont really have a concentration check value, just a caster level. I am going to say it bypasses the aura.
With a shudder Gaius takes a breath but remains unconscious.
Round 3
Gaius - unconscious
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Vahlo
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Valrar
Wynnreyell
Alie
Sir Ambrose
Shump
Bold may act.
Group Effects: Haste
Status, anyone can read:
Alie 142|125, deaf 4|5
Gaius -3|131, unconscious
Sir Ambrose 72|110, bleed 1
Shump 150|150, smited
Valrar 111|146, 7 negative levels, death ward
Wynnreyell 93|117, smited, 1 negative level
The Ambassador 60|63, 2 negative levels, deaf 4|5
Vahlo 61 damage, Smite 2, Touch 2
Astradaemon Dead
Male Samsaran (Dual-Cursed) Lunar Oracle 17 (AC 28/20/18; HP 139/139; Fort +13, Ref +23, Will +14; Init +13; CMD 17; Perception +26)
Sir Ambrose (who, with Scent, should know precise which square Vahlo is in, if he is adjacent), roars in defiance, shifts across to a flanking position, and tries to tear Vahlo limb from limb!
Alie dashes forward and rouses Gaius back to consciousness. Wynn sends a hail of arrows but none come even close to hitting. Sir Ambrose tries to tear into him but between invisibility and his skilled defence he only manages to land two blows.
Vahlo takes 92 damage
You fools, you are falling into the hands of Torch, you will doom us all! Fall off, let us talk and together prevent Torch from destroying the Society.
Round 3
Gaius
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Vahlo
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Valrar
Wynnreyell
Alie
Sir Ambrose
Shump
Bold may act.
Group Effects: Haste
Status, anyone can read:
Alie 142|125, deaf 4|5
Gaius 29|131
Sir Ambrose 72|110, bleed 1
Shump 150|150, smited
Valrar 111|146, 7 negative levels, death ward
Wynnreyell 93|117, smited, 1 negative level
The Ambassador 60|63, 2 negative levels, deaf 4|5
Vahlo 153 damage, Smite 2, Touch 2
Astradaemon Dead
male Ftr 2/ Cav 6/Pal 8 HP 150 | AC 41/40; Touch 15; FF 39 | F +20; R +9; W +11 | CMB +24; CMD 40 | Speed 20 ft | Init +0 | Perc +1 | Stealth: -6 Cavalier/Ftr/Paladin
Can I reach Vahlo?
assuming i can
"Talk! After you KILLED our friend? His tiger will maul you if there's anything left!" Shump swings towards where the arrows went and where the tiger attacked.
How does his AC go up by 4 with the extra buffs? Divine Vessel (axiomatic) nets out at +2 and he looks like he is dex capped with his armour so aspect of the wolf doesnt help. Have I missed something? I will post an update tomorrow, your heal spell goes off.
Gaius heals himself fully, again! Fine Vahlo snarls, so be it
With that he takes a step towards Alie and unleashes a series of blows against Gaius. This time stay down! He then turns on Alie and delivers a viscious blow, as the sword punctures her leg crawling black energy rolls down the blade, blackening the flesh whereever it touches.
He hits Gaius twice for 33 damage and Alie for 78 damage. Alie, do you want to do anything about our 3 on the fort save? I will move on to the group when that is resolved.
Male Human (Taldan/Ulfen) Swashbuckler 15 | HP 102/157 | AC 40/26/25 (currently 41/27/25) | F +15, R +22, W +14 | CMB +12, CMD 30 | Init +11 | Perc +1 | Fortification 25% | Panache 3/8 | Charmed Life (+5) 3/6 | Imp. Iron Will 0/1 |
Active Conditions:
Planar Infusion II (+1 Fort, +2 Demoralize, +2 Crit Confirm, Curse Terrain 1/day), Freedom of Movement, Fly, Stoneskin, Heroism, Haste
Valrar heads closer and swings with all his speed.
Alie relocates to a safe distance. Valrar strikes repeatedly but each blow is blocked. Wynns arrows all go well wide of the mark. Even Shumps powerful blow is quickly deflected by the extremely skilled opponent. This just leaves Sir Ambrose.
His jaws snap out, crushing armour and bone and then a single huge paw crushes the poor mans skull.
Vahlo crashes to the ground, quite dead.
We remain in initiative, each of you has one round to do something. You didnt thnk it would be that easy did you?
Rolls:
Alie spell failure:1d100 ⇒ 92
Round 5
Gaius
Valrar
Wynnreyell
Alie
Sir Ambrose
Shump
You may each take one round of actions.
Group Effects: Haste
Status, anyone can read:
Alie 64|125, deaf 3|5
Gaius 98|131
Sir Ambrose 71|110, bleed 1
Shump 150|150
Valrar 111|146, 7 negative levels, death ward
Wynnreyell 93|117, 1 negative level
The Ambassador 60|63, 2 negative levels, deaf 4|5
Male Human (Taldan/Ulfen) Swashbuckler 15 | HP 102/157 | AC 40/26/25 (currently 41/27/25) | F +15, R +22, W +14 | CMB +12, CMD 30 | Init +11 | Perc +1 | Fortification 25% | Panache 3/8 | Charmed Life (+5) 3/6 | Imp. Iron Will 0/1 |
Active Conditions:
Planar Infusion II (+1 Fort, +2 Demoralize, +2 Crit Confirm, Curse Terrain 1/day), Freedom of Movement, Fly, Stoneskin, Heroism, Haste
It'd be at least somewhat in character to start tearing up the double-corpse, but I'll hold off on that.
Valrar hovers where he is, content in this victory.
The group gathers together, confidant in having defeated the renegade Decemvirate member. Above you, hovering over the roof of Skyreach, the glowing red disc begins to spin and arc red lightning from it to Vahlo's Decemvirate Helm and his blade. Each of you feels an unpleasant buzzing sensation and your ears begin to pop.
The Ambassador, apparently alarmed, begins projecting images to all of you of the top of Skyreach exploding and of a massive wave of magical energy being directed from here out into the Cairnlands surrounding the city where the Whispering Tyrant waits. Clearly whatever ritual Vahlo was attempting is going awry and unless someone does something about it quickly it might devastate a good section of Absalom!
How do we stop the ritual exploding!:
Each of you have one round of actions to try and do something to stop the magical devastation which is about to occur. You can do one of the following:
Attempt a Knowledge Arcana check to control the energies
Diffuse the energy with a dispel or greater dispel (cast level check needed)
Attempt to create some sort of physical barrier (wall of stone, force etc)
Do something else which manipulates elemental energies
You have until the end of tomorrow to post what you would like to do after which I will go ahead and describe what happens.
Male Human (Taldan/Ulfen) Swashbuckler 15 | HP 102/157 | AC 40/26/25 (currently 41/27/25) | F +15, R +22, W +14 | CMB +12, CMD 30 | Init +11 | Perc +1 | Fortification 25% | Panache 3/8 | Charmed Life (+5) 3/6 | Imp. Iron Will 0/1 |
Active Conditions:
Planar Infusion II (+1 Fort, +2 Demoralize, +2 Crit Confirm, Curse Terrain 1/day), Freedom of Movement, Fly, Stoneskin, Heroism, Haste
Thought I had another Dispel boon, can't find it so maybe not. I'll just go with Knowledge.
The Ambassador puts its vast store of collective knowledge to the task.
The group gather together to try and blunt the failing ritual while Gaius brings some much needed healing to several of you. Just as Shump suggests heading to the ground there is a groaning, tearing noise. The glowing red disk implodes, dragging all of you into it and then explodes outward, seeking to deliver the magical energy to the waiting Tyrant.
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, the groups interruption has disrupted things and instead you find yourselves crashing to the ground near the Wall of Names. Vahlo's Decemvirate Helm smashes into the Wall with a loud crack and red lightning continues to spill from it.
At this point we go back into initiative. Each of you is prone. The new map is up.
Each of you gets a fortitude save to take half, DR will apply to the bludgeoning which I think only affects Sir Ambrose. If you have any DR or electrical resistance let me know and I will adjust your damage.
