GM Abraham's Curse of the Riven Sky (9-11) [Gameday VIII] (Inactive)

Game Master Abraham Z.

Tytus, how are you double moving and also making an attack? Please show the path of your movement on the map.

Anen flies 30 feet forward and casts acidic spray at the linnorm.

caster level check: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 2 = 24

DC 25 Reflex save for half. If it fails, it takes 5d6 damage next round, reflex to negate.

Acidic Spray: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 6, 6, 4, 5, 5, 1, 2, 2) = 36

I believe you cn double move as part of a charge, no?

I believe you cn double move as part of a charge, no?

Yes, that will work if that's what Tytus wants to do, and will even give another +2 on his attack from charging. But will also require him to take a straight path to the attack, which will lose him flank, so it'll be a wash. And it may possibly provoke. If Tytus will post his movement path as requested this will be simple for me to resolve. As it is, I can't resolve his action until I know what squares he moved through. If he doesn't post I'll just go ahead and make my own best guess about how to resolve it.

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White line indicates wall of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 4

Caduceus - dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - dmg;

Hector - 73 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 29 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Anen sends a blast of acid towards the dragon but, like his friend Heccan, watches his spell fizzle harmlessly. (Sorry, I knew this fight would be tough for you all but your bad luck and its good luck is making it even worse)

Hector is up and still waiting for clarification from Tytus.

Hector does a full withdrawal. I believe that still means an AoO on the 2nd sq of movement due to reach

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White line indicates wall of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 5

Caduceus - 15 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - dmg;

Hector - 68 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 51 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly; Fort save vs poison needed;

Anen - 24 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Since I haven't heard from Tytus I'll just rule that he used his actions, as stated, to double move into position. This means that his earlier posted attack is ignored as invalid, but it also means that he is able to get within 15' of the dragon without provoking an AoO (This is why I was asking for a clarification - the linnorm has 20' reach but because of the way that pathfinder does diagonal movement, Tytus could have moved to 15' distance without provoking by entering from the 4th diagonal.

Hector withdraws from the monstrous creature, provoking its ferocious bite!
AoO Bite, PA: 1d20 ⇒ 5
... luckily, however, the wounded warrior is able to elude any further damage. For now.

Start of Round 5

The magma from the second blast cools, creating a second wall of stone across the battlefield, and shunting Caduceus and Heccan slightly to the side.

The crag linnorm now turns its attention to the new foe that has presented himself, perhaps as a distraction? Perhaps as a strategem? Perhaps as a self-sacrifice? The dragon cares not - the tiefling will be delicious regardless!

Tytus, is your current AC (with haste) 23?

Bite, PA: 1d20 ⇒ 8
dmg: 2d8 + 20 ⇒ (2, 6) + 20 = 28 Fort save vs poison

Claw 1, PA: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Claw 2, PA: 1d20 ⇒ 11
dmg: 1d8 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28

Tail, PA: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Caduceus' life link heals his comrades - Hector, Tytus, and Anen - while damaging himself.

Pathfinders are up! The bold may act! Remember to show the path of your movement!

Heccan shakes his head in frustration. "By all the nine! This thing will kill us all!"

Heccan unleashes another volley of conjured missiles, hoping they can find their mark.

Heccan will cast Magic Missile again.

Caster Check + Spell Penetration: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
MM: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 2, 4) + 5 = 21

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 5

Caduceus - 15 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - 21 dmg;

Hector - 68 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 51 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly; Fort save vs poison needed;

Anen - 24 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Heccan's magic finally finds a way, as the bolts of force land unerringly, tearing chunks from the brawny creature's hide. The linnorm puffs annoyance from its fiery nostrils.

The bold may act!

Trying to aid Hector, Caduceus once again calls for succor from his mistress.

Channel: 6d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3) = 10 Seriously W T F?
plus blah blah, Caduceus is fully healed...for the moment.

He then strides toward the savage monster.

Sorry, I was playing to little with PF1 lately. Tytus is using the extra movement provided by haste to move where he is.60 feet fly + 30feet haste means 90 feet, means 18 squares. I have added my flightpath.
And yes my AC is 23
Feeling the poison Tytus tries fend it off using some inspiration].
Fort: 1d20 + 1d6 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (16) + (3) + 8 + 2 = 29
He then attacks.
Attack: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 401d10 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Haste: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 311d10 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24
Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 311d10 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26
Confirm: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 331d10 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26
The Linnorm is sickened

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 5

Caduceus - dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); AoO possibly provoked?

Crag Linnorm - 70 dmg; sickened;

Hector - 58 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 47 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 24 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); 10 healing from channel?;

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Earlier... Tytus manages to fly in upon the linnorm without provoking and attack it once, hitting it with his adamantine dorn-dergar. He's surprised to see that it does much less damage than he would expect, though it does appear that his attack makes it sick to its stomach. Hopefully it won't begin puking fire!

Being sickened does not change the result of the creature's two attacks on Tytus - they both still hit, but it does reduce the total damage that it does to him by 4. Incidentally, it's a nuisance for your GM to have to go back and re-check results that have already been adjudicated. I'm doing it in this instance because this fight is crazy hard and I'm trying to help you out in any ways I can, but going forward I'll probably just consider it as water under the bridge (meaning, in this case, that you would have lost the benefit of the sickened effect). I hope this seems fair.

Also earlier... When the linnorm makes its attacks against Tytus, the brave tiefling is horrified to see its wounds also closing, healing all of the meager damage he had just done! Yeah, this fight is that ridiculous. The CR is only one more than the Ice Devil fight, but it feels like it should be more.

Caduceus calls for healing aid from holy Iomedae, but it seems she is a little busy at the moment, as she gives only a pittance. Caduceus, who was within 30' when you channeled? Hector I assume from your post. What about Anen? Also, was it your intention to move to 15' from the linnorm - it's not entirely clear from the map - but it will provoke if so - don't forget to show your movement path, please.

Tytus fights off the effects of the poison in the dragon's bite and then unleashes a barrage of attacks, benefiting from a flank with Caduceus. Unfortunately, once again, he sees that his adamantine dorn-dergar is far less effective than he's accustomed to. It does, however, appear that the linnorm is again sickened, and also that Tytus' critical strike did indeed find a gap in the creature's armor.

Tytus, please explain your attack bonuses to me. Why is your iterative attack 8 lower than your primary and haste attacks? Also, were you including flank in your attacks? And what's the source of the sickening effect?

The bold may act!

The dorn duergar is a two handed weapon and I am using Furious Focus. I was indeed including flanking. If this is no longer the case please reduce the hit by two. Lastely Tytus is using sickening assault.
Sickening Offensive* (Ex):
When the investigator damages a studied target, that creature is also sickened for 1 round.
I am well aware that I will be most likely be dead by this round, but I will take one for the team.

As far as I can tell, only Hector and Caduceus were in range of the channel.

Yes to final location. I was hoping to maybe be able to attack next round with a 5' step.

Hector moves next to one of the walls of cooling magma, and call's upon a spark of Ranginori that resides within him to launch a lightning bolt at the linnorm.

SR check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

electricity dmg: 10d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 5, 3, 4, 1, 1) = 31 vs. DC 19 reflex save for half.

using boon from #8-00, one of two check boxes

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 5

Caduceus - dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - 85 dmg; sickened;

Hector - 58 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 47 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 24 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

@Tytus, sounds good, thanks for the clarification.

As Caduceus advanced upon the linnorm, the monster snapped at him with its terrible bite. Yes, on top of everything else, it has Combat Reflexes.
AoO bite, sickened: 1d20 ⇒ 6
... fortunately, it missed.

Hector launches a bolt of lightning towards the linnorm and, fortunately, it seems to work!
Linnorm Reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 20
... unfortunately, the creature dodges to miss the worst of it. Fortunately, this isn't PF2 with its critical success rules!

Anen is up!

Anen casts slow on the linnorm.

SR: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 2 = 20

Well, shoot. Sorry guys, a 12 didn't do it last round, an 8 isn't going to this round.

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 6

Caduceus - 72 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); grappled

Crag Linnorm - 75 dmg; sickened; grappled;

Hector - 53 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 74 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly; Fort save vs poison; unconscious? (depends on results of Fort save); prone; weapon in square; dying; stable due to life link;

Anen - 19 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Anen sends another spell towards the monster but it too seems unable to breach the creature's defenses against magic.

Start of Round 6

The sickened beast turns its wrath now upon Tytus!
Bite, PA, sickened: 1d20 ⇒ 11 dmg, PA, sickened: 2d8 + 18 ⇒ (8, 4) + 18 = 30 Fort save vs poison
Its bite knocks Tytus unconscious, who now falls to the ground.
Falling dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 2

The linnorm turns its wrath towards Caduceus...
Claw 1, PA, sickened: 1d20 ⇒ 19 dmg, PA, sickened: 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25
Claw 2, PA, sickened: 1d20 ⇒ 7
Tail, PA, sickened: 1d20 ⇒ 20 dmg, PA, sickened: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (6, 5) + 8 = 19
CRIT CONFIRM? Tail, PA, sickened: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Tail Grab, PA, sickened: 1d20 ⇒ 3
... savagely striking the paladin with a claw and its tail. The tail, moreover, catches him tightly in its grip, pulls him close, and begins to squeeze!
constrict, sickened: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (1, 2) + 10 = 13

As if all this wasn't bad enough, the pathfinders can see that its wounds are beginning to close up!

Caduceus' life link heals Hector, Tytus, and Anen; whether or not this is sufficient to wake Tytus up depends on the result of his Fort save.

Pathfinders are up! The bold may act.

Just confirming that my AC and CMD are 28 due to Smite Evil being active. Not certain if that makes a difference on the grapple, but it may change what I'm going to do.

Just confirming that my AC and CMD are 28 due to Smite Evil being active. Not certain if that makes a difference on the grapple, but it may change what I'm going to do.

Confirmed, even with penalties from Power Attack and Sickened added in, and rolling 3 on the die, it still beat your CMD 28.

Heccan gasps as Tytus is knocked from the sky. Shaking his head, he once again tries the only thing that has thus far shown any effect on the rampaging beast.

Heccan will cast magic missile again.

Caster check + spell penetration: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
MM: 5d5 + 5 ⇒ (2, 5, 1, 3, 3) + 5 = 19

Once again, the sorcerer is disappointed to see his magic ineffective against the terrible dragon.

Anen draws upon his arcane bond, and casts another acidic spray.

Arcane bond to cast.

SR: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 10 + 2 = 28

Acid damage: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 3, 5, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 2) = 24

Oh man, that's funny. DC 25 Reflex save for half.

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 6

Caduceus - 72 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); grappled

Crag Linnorm - 99 dmg; sickened; grappled;

Hector - 53 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 74 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly; Fort save vs poison; unconscious? (depends on results of Fort save); prone; weapon in square; dying; stable due to life link;

Anen - 19 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Linnorm Reflex, sickened, grappled: 1d20 ⇒ 8

The beast takes the full force of Anen's spray of acid and growls with annoyance.

The bold may act!

Tytus: 1d20 + 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (16) + (4) + 10 = 30
Tytus would like to quaff a potion but knowing that the linnorm will attack him once he moves he stays and plays dead for the moment.

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 6

Caduceus - 72 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); grappled

Crag Linnorm - 99 dmg; sickened; grappled;

Hector - 53 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 74 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly; prone; weapon in square;

Anen - 19 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Tytus resists the power of the linnorm's poison and lies still, hoping that it will not notice that he is still alive.

Tytus, go ahead and give me a Bluff check.

Caduceus and Hector may act!

Edit: Tytus, rules-wise, since the linnorm is grappled, it cannot take an AoO (barring some special ability that I'm not aware of, and that it doesn't have), so you could freely drink your potion without fear of an AoO. What might happen after that, I can't say.

Hector moves closer and calls upon the last ounce of Ranginori’s gift to launch another lightning bolt at the linnorm.

SR check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

electric dmg: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 1, 4, 4, 1, 6, 2, 4, 4) = 33 vs. DC 19 reflex save for half.

using boon from #8-00, 2nd of two check boxes

Straining for breath, Caduceus strains against the muscled coils squeezing about him. He then calls on inner reserves to heal himself yet again.

Break grapple vs DC ??: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28

Swift LoH {self}- no AoO: 4d6 + 2 + 12 ⇒ (4, 6, 5, 1) + 2 + 12 = 30

Bluff: 1d20 + 1d6 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (1) + (5) + 2 + 3 = 11
As the sky is blue at the moment Tytus instead flies away from the linnorm to the others.

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 7

Caduceus - 57 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - 89 dmg;

Hector - 48 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 69 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 14 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

... and we now resume our previously scheduled battle royale. Sorry for the delay - hope everyone who partook had fun at Paizocon online.

Hector sends another bolt of lightning at the ferocious beast but unfortunately this one fizzles to no effect.

Caduceus attempts to break free from the monster but unfortunately cannot escape the grip of its tail. Fortunately, Iomedae can heal him even in this peril. Caduceus, was your healing from LoH a flat 30 or do you add anything to that? Or is that only when you channel?

Tytus takes advantage of the linnorm's preoccupation with Caduceus to grab his weapon and fly away.

Start of Round 7

Grapple: 1d20 ⇒ 1
The dragon squeezes tightly on Caduceus but somehow Iomedae must be smiling down upon her brave warrior because the creature somehow manages to let him slip through its grasp. It roars with frustration, hunger, or both.

Being so close, Caduceus cannot help but notice that its wounds are continuing to close.

Once again, Caduceus' life link heals Hector, Tytus, and Anen. 5 healing to each of them; 15 damage to Caduceus.

Pathfinders are up! The bold may act!

I included the bonus healing already. That was the '+12' added to the roll.

Hector casts grace swiftly (no AoO for movement), circles back around to the far side of the linnorm, and attacks.

Attack #1 w/Rapier +2 w/ prayer, haste, flank: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 23
#1 dmg w/ Prayer & 5 precision if applies: 1d6 + 9 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 1 + 5 = 21

Tytus will stop out of the range of the dragon and start healing himself.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Trying to gain some momentum, the paladin attacks with a flurry of desperate swings.

Longsword {SMITE / HASTE}: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (17) + 21 = 38
SMITE Damage {ignores DR}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 3) + 9 = 16

Longsword {SMITE / HASTE}: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
SMITE Damage {ignores DR}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 5) + 9 = 18

Longsword HASTED: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (15) + 21 = 36
SMITE Damage {ignores DR}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (2, 5) + 9 = 16

LoH {SELF}: 4d6 + 2 + 12 ⇒ (2, 4, 5, 6) + 2 + 12 = 31

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 7

Caduceus - 26 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - 121 dmg;

Hector - 48 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 63 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 14 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Hector moves into position and stabs at the linnorm but the same bad luck that was afflicting the monster has now moved to the flame of liberty.

Tytus heals a bit of his grievous wounds.

Caduceus heals himself and then swings powerfully at the beast, striking it twice and, for the first time, the attacks seem to fully harm it. It squints evilly at the hero.

Anen and Heccan are up!

Anen casts stinking cloud on the linnorm, taking care not to catch Cad or Heccan in its effects.

No SR, Fort Save DC 23 to resist. It's probably good at fort saves, but it gets around the SR at least.

Fort: 1d20 ⇒ 17
The linnorm appears unaffected by the cloud.

Heccan is up!

Oh, I just realized that I forgot to ask if a linnorm is considered 'a dragon'. Smite Evil states that the first successful attack against such a creature would double the damage bonus for each paladin level. So, an additional four points. It ain't much, but I think we're gonna need it all.

Yep, a linnorm is definitely a dragon. I'll update the tracker.

Crap. Speaking of forgetting things, I forgot about the second round of my acidic spray. Linnorm gets a reflex save, DC 25. Save negates damage.

Acid damage: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 4, 5) = 23

Heccan curses and once again tries to penetrate the wrym's magical defenses. He is glad the others cannot see the look of worry on his face as he lets another volley of magic missiles fly.

Caster Check + Spell Penetration: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
MM: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 3, 3) + 5 = 19

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 8

Caduceus - 26 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - 144 dmg;

Hector - 77 dmg; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Tytus - 63 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 14 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

linnorm reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Heccan manages to strike it with several more bolts of force.

Start of round 8

Target? 1 - Cad, 2 - Hector: 1d2 ⇒ 2
The horrifying monstrosity now turns its attention back to Hector.

Bite: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Hector attempts to parry the blow but he is not fast enough, as its jaws rip flesh from the arm of the flame of liberty...
dmg: 2d8 + 20 ⇒ (7, 2) + 20 = 29
... leaving him barely standing.
Hector, Fort save vs poison needed.

Pausing the dragon's attacks since what it does next will depend on the result of Hector's save.

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

damnit! not a time to roll a 1!

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 8

Caduceus - 72 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); grappled;

Crag Linnorm - 134 dmg; grappled;

Hector - 84 dmg; 3 Con drain; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); poisoned (0/?); prone; weapon dropped in square; dead;

Tytus - 58 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 9 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Sigh, no, I'm afraid not a good time for a 1.

The linnorm now turns its attention to the paladin of Iomedae...
Claw 1: 1d20 ⇒ 5
Claw 2: 1d20 ⇒ 2
Tail: 1d20 ⇒ 15
dmg: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (1, 3) + 10 = 14
... both of its claws miss Caduceus, but its fearsome tail manages to connect. Caduceus, confirming that your current AC is 28 (including your smite benefit)?
Grab: 1d20 ⇒ 18 Caduceus, you are grappled.
Constrict dmg: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (4, 6) + 12 = 22
... having once again grabbed ahold of the paladin, the dragon squeezes him tightly, enabling him to easily see that the linnorm's wounds are continuing to close up, healing themselves.

As his life link once again activates, healing both Tytus and Anen, Caduceus mystically senses that he is no longer connected with Hector.

Pathfinders are up! The bold may act.

Though I try to run a challenging (but fair) table, this is the first actual PC death I've had since my second-ever time GM-ing when, with John Compton looking on, I rolled boxcars on a constricted level 1 PC and killed them outright, not having even realized they were in trouble. I'm sorry, Hector.

On second look, with HASTE, AC is 29, but I doubt that is going to make a difference.

Caduceus strains again to free himself whilst releasing healing energy into himself.

Break the Grapple {CMB+SMITE}: 1d20 + 22 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 22 + 6 = 37

LoH: 4d6 + 2 + 12 ⇒ (1, 6, 5, 6) + 2 + 12 = 32

Does anyone have Breath of Life (First Aid Gloves or the like), and can get to Hector?

Rules question. I assume that I cannot channel when grappled, as I cannot properly display/present my holy symbol. Not that is make a difference at the moment as no one is in range to benefit from it.

Nope, sadly. If we were to get a lucky break and drop this thing I can plane shift to a planar metropolis, get him back on his feet, and get back here, if we were wanting to continue to try to finish this module. I think with our party compisition, though, we may just not be up to it.

Anen casts his last slow.

SP: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 10 + 2 = 22

Not going to do it.

Heccan cries out as Hector goes down. "Damn Damn Damn! Damn it all to the nine!"

Heccan launches another barrage of magic missiles, feeling more and more futile.

Caster Check + Spell Penetration: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
MM: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 4, 4) + 5 = 20

Sorry I cannot be more helpful in this fight. Most of my repertoire is not of much use here. If I can hit with these MMs, my hope is they add up.

Conditions: Bless; Prayer on all but Heccan; Haste on Hector, Caduceus, Tytus; White lines indicate walls of stone 5' high;

16:00 Round 8

Caduceus - 40 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); grappled;

Crag Linnorm - 154 dmg; grappled;

Hector - 84 dmg; 3 Con drain; Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); poisoned (0/?); prone; weapon dropped in square; dead;

Tytus - 58 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 9 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20);

Heccan - dmg; Mage Armor (02:00); Cat's Grace (16:10); Shield (16:10); Greater Invis (r11);

Caduceus, re your AC, unfortunately he still hits, but only barely. Because the tail is a secondary attack its to-hit is lower.

Caduceus is unable to break free from the tight grip of the dragon's tail, though thankfully Iomedae is able to ease his wounds somewhat.

Caduceus, re actions while grappled, as far as I'm aware, the only restrictions of being grappled are that you cannot a) move; b) do two handed actions (such as wielding a two-handed weapon); c) take AoO; d) if you cast a spell or SLA you need to make a concentration check. So I don't see anything preventing you from channeling (or full attacking with your longsword, for that matter). It's possible that you are thinking of being pinned (which is a more severe form of being grappled)? Feel free to revise your action in light of this if you would have chosen another action (don't worry about the die roll already made).

Anen tries another spell but once again finds that the beast's resistance to magic is too great.

Heccan's magic missiles have better luck, however, and strike with full effect.

Tytus is up (and Caduceus if you wish to revise)

Oh, I will definitely revise.

Will post a bit later.

So, I have not had a character 'grappled' in over four years. I honestly had it in my head that Cad was pinned and could take no other standard action other than break the grapple. That is why I ried to break the grapple the first time it had me as well. Totally my bad for not realizing long established rules. My apologies everyone. That sucks, because we really needed the attacks. Well, here goes nothing.

Seeing Hector fall, Caduceus cries out. "You may have slain the man, but this I swear; you will NEVER extinguish LIBERTY!"

Longsword {SMITE-Y Goodness}: 1d20 + 21 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 21 - 2 = 38
Damage {SMITE-Y Goodness}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (3, 3) + 9 = 15

Longsword {HASTED}: 1d20 + 21 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 21 - 2 = 32
Damage {SMITE-Y Goodness}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (1, 6) + 9 = 16

Longsword {SMITE-Y Goodness}: 1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 16 - 2 = 17
Damage {SMITE-Y Goodness}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (2, 5) + 9 = 16

CONFIRM?: 1d20 + 21 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 = 21
EXTRA DAMAGE {SMITE-Y Goodness}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (1, 3) + 9 = 13

Using a few things on this next roll:
#1 Dragonfoe {From Dragon's Demand - Chronicle Sheet (2)} It allows for a reroll for an attack or caster level check against a dragon.
#2 Kassen's Boon {City of Golden Death Chronicle Sheet} Add 1d6 to a d20 roll or recall a spell slot.
#3 Oracle class ability: Legalistic. add +4 on any roll I make to fulfill a promise. Its a morale bonus, so it only adds +3 to this check

CONFIRM?: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 3 + (5) = 29
EXTRA DAMAGEDamage {SMITE-Y Goodness}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 4) + 9 = 17