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

Game Master Abraham Z.

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 - 202 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 attempts to avenge Hector, striking the dragon twice, once critically, leaving it still standing, but wobbling.

What can Tytus do?

Tytus draws his bottled lightning and moves a bit closer.
I am at this moment almost useless!

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

16:00 Round 9

Caduceus - 40 dmg (+either 63 or 26 dmg); life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Reflex needed vs Breath Weapon;

Crag Linnorm - 192 dmg;

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);

Tytus draws a bottle of lightning and moves closer to the dragon.

Start of Round 9

Once again, its wounds seem to close up somewhat.

The linnorm drops Caduceus from its grip and lets loose with another horrific blast of magma shooting from its mouth.

Fire dmg: 15d8 ⇒ (7, 2, 5, 4, 3, 3, 8, 8, 7, 7, 2, 5, 3, 7, 2) = 73 Ref DC ? for half, so after Caduceus' fire resistance is applied either 63 dmg or 26 dmg. In either case, Caduceus is still conscious after the breath weapon, but if he fails the save vs the breath weapon he'll take another 10 from life link at the start of his turn, which will drop him into negative territory.

Pathfinders are up but I suggest holding off on posting your actions until we see what happens with Caduceus' save vs the breath weapon. I'll update the tracker with the life link results after resolving the breath weapon save.

Reflex vs : 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Unable to dodge away, the paladin feels the burning breath rain down upon him.

All is not lost. Life Link may be ended as an Immediate Action. Also, Hero's Defiance has a casting time of Immediate if I would be brought to 0 hp. I think I will maintain the Life Link and rely on the spell to keep me up, as I have plenty of LoH left. This will allow me to attack and get off a LoH as a move action (so I can survive the lingering magma that will hit again (or echo or aftershock or whatever it is).

Hero's Defiance: 4d6 + 2 + 1d6 + 15 ⇒ (6, 2, 3, 2) + 2 + (3) + 15 = 33

Feeling a divine surge of restorative energy, Caduceus miraculously remains on his feet. Panting heavily, "I continue to defy you monster! And by The Inheritor's hand, I will persevere. I will avenge the fallen Flame. I shall strike you down!"

Longsword {SMITE / grappled}: 1d20 + 21 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 21 - 2 = 33
Damage {SMITE}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 4) + 9 = 17

Longsword {SMITE / grappled}: 1d20 + 21 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 21 - 2 = 22
Damage {SMITE}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (3, 5) + 9 = 17

Longsword {SMITE / grappled}: 1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 16 - 2 = 16
Damage {SMITE}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (3, 1) + 9 = 13

If I take enough damage to drop below 0 hp, my Aegis of Recovery would kick in.
AoR: 2d8 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (5, 6) + 3 + 6 = 20

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

16:00 Round 9

Caduceus - 80 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - 209 dmg; prone, unconscious; dying.

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

Tytus - 53 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 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 is unable to avoid the full force of the linnorm's magma breath, leaving him barely standing. A moment later, however, as his own mystical link with his comrades begins to sap the last of his life force, Caduceus defiantly summons the strength of a hero to fight on! Life link heals Tytus and Anen 5 each, and does 10 dmg to Caduceus, which would drop him, but Hero's Defiance keeps him conscious.

Then the servant of Iomedae strikes out. Only one of his blows hits, but it is enough to drop the wounded linnorm, who collapses with a thud!

"By all the laws of mortal and man!"

The Chelaxian appears and quickly joins his party. HE kneels down beside the lifeless body of Hector.

"This man laid down his life in our defense. A true champion if there ever was. Please, are we able to help this man?"

"Do we need to pour acid in the wounds to stop the unnatural healing?" He begins to empty a few vials of holy water into beasts wounds. I seriously have no idea how to shut down regeneration in something that seems to be fireproof.

"Drowning always works, although how we'll get this thing to a stream I don't know."

I don't have a teleport prepped, and I've used my bond spell. IF we rest I can prep two TPs and pop back to Absalom and back.

Keep hitting it or it'll get back up. We can try a variety of elements and materials till we stumble on the right one. We know its not force.

Fire
Acid
Cold
Electricity
Sonic?
Adamantine
Cold Iron
Silver

Tytus will nod to the fallen Comrade and open his bottle of lightning.
Electricity: 1d8 ⇒ 8

The dragon does not stir as Tytus blasts its carcass with lightning. However, Caduceus continues to feel the burning of the magma on his skin.

Magma residue, fire dmg: 6d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 6, 6, 1, 6) = 30 Reflex DC ? for half

Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

30 points on six dice? Why can't I be healing that well?

So, what's the plan?

Looks like the lightning stopped the regeneration, which is good.

"Alright, so I say we find someplace safe to set up camp, cover up Hec's body with a sheet, lick our wounds, and wait a day. Tomorrow I can prepare for a journey back to Absalom, get Hec brought back from the dead, and then come back and finish up our task for Master Zorath."

If we are able to rest safely, I'll prep the following spells:

I'll also be carving a series of symbols and letters into a tree near our camp site and memorizing the sequence to attempt to become Studied Carefully or Very Familiar with the area before I teleport tomorrow.

If we are staying the day and night, maybe look for the lair? That seems like a thing that is done when slaying large beasties.

@GM Abraham: if you give me the updated health /hit points, I will tell you how I will top everyone off. (Right now the money is on paly channels.)

Heccan stands and dusts himself off. He nods to Anen. "A good a plan as any Master Tyln. Thank the nine that your arcane skills are legitimate and they are practiced by a master. If only I could be as versatile." Heccan glances toward Caduceus then back down at the lifeless body of Hector. "Though, and I certainly curse myself for even thinking about such things at a time like this, and admittedly my knowledge of these creatures is somewhat, very well extremely limited, I do think I recalled actual scholars say that these overgrown salamanders like to hoard things, namely treasure." The Chelaxian gets a gleam in his eye "I think we owe it to the Flame of Liberty to ensure this foul beasts riches are recovered, and of course dispersed to the needy." Heccan offers the group a sheepish grin. "Oh, are we now kings of some sort? I do think those scholars mentioned killing one of these entitles us to land or something, though I do believe they were drunk or under the influence of one of their foul smelling herbs at the time."

"An interesting point. There is a spell that allows you to create a map to a dead creature's horde, but I don't know it, and it needs to be cast while the body is, ah, fresh."

"I'm not opposed to scouting around a bit for this treasure."

Anen will cast heightened senses off a wand and fly up a bit to have a look around.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 2 = 20

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

16:00 Round 11

Caduceus - 90 dmg; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10);

Crag Linnorm - 197 dmg; prone;

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

Tytus - 48 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

Well, I sort of hate to do this, but...

After Tytus hits the unmoving monster with his bottle of lightning and it does not respond, the pathfinders seem to breath easier, believing themselves out of danger.

Round 10

Prayer has now expired.

Caduceus takes only minor damage from the magma residue (Successful Reflex save means 15 fire dmg, reduced to 5 by fire resistance, leaving Caduceus at 85 dmg total) and the paladin pours some holy water on the beast for good measure, in hopes of arresting any regenerative power it may have. (Caduceus, your life link also triggers at this point, healing Tytus another 5 and bringing you to 90 dmg. You've used your move and standard (retrieve and use holy water) but could use your swift for Lay on Hands. Let me know if you wanted to do that.

Anen and Heccan both begin to make plans for the future, including not only the restoration of brave Hector to life, but also the fame and riches that may accrue to Linnorm Kings such as themselves. Anen even activates Heightened Awareness and flies up in the air to begin looking for the dragon's treasure.

If Tytus has any thoughts about the situation, he keeps them to himself.

Start of Round 11

Unfortunately, the pathfinders' presumption of safety is, indeed, premature. With a roar of pain and anger, the wounded crag linnorm awakens and strikes out at its nearest tormentor, Caduceus! Although it is prone and attacking less powerfully than normal, it is still a dragon!

Caduceus, decide about whether or not you wanted to use Lay on Hands before opening the spoiler.

Tytus will nod to the fallen Comrade and open his bottle of lightning.

Electricity: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Looks like the lightning stopped the regeneration, which is good.

I think we are all a bit surprised as every other time there was a mention of 'wounds closing'. I think we believed due to a lack of that description we proceeded as if it was down after the lightning. We (at least I) would have begun to attempt a beheading/coup d'grace or somesuch. It's not a big deal, it's only the next round and it would not have changed anything I did. Not certain about other players though. There was just a sense of relief that this fight was finally over.

Still feeling the effects of the combat, the paladin continues to heal his wounds.

Swift LoH: 4d6 + 2 + 12 ⇒ (1, 3, 6, 6) + 2 + 12 = 30

Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

Assuming it is our turn.

Longsword vs prone {SMITE}: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24
Damage {bypass DR}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 1) + 9 = 14

Longsword vs prone {SMITE}: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36
Damage {bypass DR}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 5) + 9 = 20

Longsword vs prone {SMITE}: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Damage {bypass DR}: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (2, 2) + 9 = 13

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

16:00 Round 11

Caduceus - 86 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (0/?);

Crag Linnorm - 197 dmg; prone;

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

Tytus - 48 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

Caduceus' lay on hands means he is at 60 dmg before the linnorm attacks.

The prone linnorm bites the paladin of Iomedae, sending foul poison into the his veins.
20 dmg from the bite
poison dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6
Con drain: 1d4 ⇒ 4 ouch! This reduces Caduceus' maximum hp by 22, to 85, dropping him.

Before resolving the rest of its attacks, Caduceus do you want to use Heroic Defiance and/or Aegis of Recovery?

Hero's Defiance: 4d6 + 2 + 1d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 5, 4, 5) + 2 + (1) + 15 = 33

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

16:00 Round 11

Caduceus - 93 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (0/?); weapon dropped in square; unconscious; prone; dying; Stabilization check needed; Fort save vs Poison needed;

Crag Linnorm - 197 dmg; prone;

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

Tytus - 48 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

Caduceus heroically defies the power of the monster and remains standing!

Claw 1, prone, no PA: 1d20 ⇒ 16
dmg: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Claw 2, prone, no PA: 1d20 ⇒ 20
CRIT CONFIRM? Claw 2, prone, no PA: 1d20 ⇒ 8 Does not confirm
dmg: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Tail, prone, no PA: 1d20 ⇒ 15
dmg: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 = 11
healing from Aegis of Recovery: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 8) + 3 = 16
Grab: 1d20 ⇒ 6 Grappled (even with penalty from being prone and Caduceus' bonus to AC from Smite)
Constrict dmg: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (1, 3) + 12 = 16

Unfortunately, the foul beast continues to maul the brave servant of Iomedae. His aegis of recovery offers some additional defense as it crumbles to dust, but even that cannot protect him from its tail, which squeezes the life force from him, leaving him limp and dying!

Pathfinders are up!

With Fey Foundling and Inheritor's Light, the healing from the Aegis would be an additional six (6) more hit points. Not certain if that will make a difference in the scheme of things.

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

16:00 Round 11

Caduceus - 87 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (0/?); weapon dropped in square; unconscious; prone; dying; Stabilization check needed; Fort save vs Poison needed;

Crag Linnorm - 197 dmg; prone;

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

Tytus - 48 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

It might indeed make a difference - total updated in the tracker above. By my tally, that still leaves you at 87 dmg, or 2 into unconsciousness. I suggest you wait on rolling Caduceus' save vs the poison until after your comrades have acted. If one of them can hopefully get some healing to you, it could get you awake to do more LoH and/or channel. Also, fyi, the linnorm is only barely standing, so if someone can hit it, it shouldn't be hard to knock it unconscious again, at least long enough to get Caduceus awake.

Heccan wheels as the creature roars to life. "Codes and Codicils!! Damn ye beast!"

Heccan taps into his power and unleashes the only spell he knows work, another barrage of magic missiles.

caster check + spell penetration: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
MM: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 2, 3, 1, 4) + 5 = 19

Heccan, go ahead and use my reroll on that SR check.

Roger!

One more time: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

Roger!

One more time: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

lol, I'll use my own reroll (shirt or folio). Now its a mission.

Come on!: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

"Delightful."

Glitterdust, DC 22.

Tytus is at this moment a bit lost what to do. His only idea is to whirl the chain of his dorn duergar around the beast neck and start strangeling him, but this is no option if the beast is still moving.
Using his wand he heals himself once more.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

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

16:00 Round 11

Caduceus - 87 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (0/?); weapon dropped in square; unconscious; prone; dying; Stabilization check needed; Fort save vs Poison needed;

Crag Linnorm - 216 dmg; prone; unconscious;

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

Tytus - 48 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

With a bit of extra luck, Heccan manages to hit the dragon with more bolts of force, dropping it once again. Heccan, it looks like you rerolled your SR check three times, but it doesn't matter because you got it (on the nose) with your second check - which uses your reroll.

Pausing before adjudicating Anen's and Tytus's actions to be sure that this is what they really want to do. The linnorm is down but probably still regenerating (as far as you know) but based on the amount of damage it just took, you think you probably have at least a round before it wakes up. As stated upthread, if you review your knowledge check from the start of the fight, you may find a hint about what will help turn off the regeneration. Perhaps more importantly, if neither of you does something to help him this turn, Caduceus will likely die. (He's at -2 hp, which will become -7 from life link with Tytus, and he's poisoned; unless he makes his Fort save vs the poison he'll take another 2d6 dmg and another 1d4 Con drain).

Heccan wipes his brow and eyes the scene. "I fear this thing will be the death of us if we do not act swiftly." Seeing Caduceus bleeding, Heccan draws a wand. "I am reluctant to use this, but I fear we have no choice. He draws on the wands dark power and taps Caduceus. [b]"We have lost enough today."

Heccan uses a charge of his Infernal Healing wand on Caduceus, granting him fast healing 1 for 1 minute. As for the re-rolls, something got screwy there. I failed first one outright, used GM re-roll and whiffed again, then used my own re-roll and hit it. When I went to post, it went all wonky for some reason.

Just to clarify, Heccan has already used his actions in the current round knocking the linnorm out, and it's in this same round that Caduceus will likely die if he doesn't receive healing (or gets very lucky on his save vs the poison), so the only ones who can possibly do something about that are Anen and Tytus, both of whom have already posted other actions. I was basically asking them to confirm those choices since it's not clear to me whether or not they recognized the situation - it's easy for some details to get lost amidst many posts in PbP - so this is the equivalent of - in FTF gaming - me saying "are you sure? your friend looks pretty beat up over there..."

If neither of them has posted again by tomorrow morning I'll just move us along.

As for the wonkiness with the rerolls, no worries, just glad that it worked out for you eventually.

Thank you for taking the time clear all of this up.

I can't heal him. I am nowhere near Cad and can't heal without a wand, which I don't have in hand. I have no boons or anything that would let me cast any healing magic. I've expended my arcane bond ability so even casting a reach infernal healing is out of the question as I do not have one prepared. I would have assumed that after combat Cad would have started expending resources to heal himself with however many rounds we had before the Linnorm was back into the positives, but I think we were mostly planning out what to do in the future since it seemed like the linnorm was no longer regenerating.

It literally came back the next round (So I don't think we have even left initiative yet). I healed and then poured holy water on the beast.

On a positive note, I think I know what to do once I'm back up.

@Anen, fyi it has been clarified in a faq that drawing a wand is liking drawing a weapon: you can do it as part of a move action to move if you have a bab of at least +1. So you could draw a wand while flying over to Caduceus to heal him; however, it doesn't look like you have UMD so I don't think you could use a wand of cure light?

Also, I realized that Caduceus position would have to shift when the magma hardened into another wall. I've taken the liberty of shifting him slightly, so he's not in the wall.

And yes, Caduceus' summary is correct - we've never left initiative and during the 1 round (round 10) that the dragon was down, Caduceus used his actions to heal himself (swift), retrieve holy water, and pour holy water on the creature. Heccan used his actions to move over to Hector. Anen used his actions to cast Heightened Awareness on himself and fly up to look around. Tytus did not use any actions during round 10 (Tytus, are you here and reading these posts?). I realize that this may be a bit confusing since, after the creature went down, I didn't explicitly say "ok, we are still in initiative" because doing so would have invited exactly the kind of metagaming that makes an ability like regeneration kind of pointless, but I was also very careful to not say anything to indicate that the battle was over. This is one of those ways that PbP can suffer compared to FtF play - if we were all sitting around the table together I would just have waited a few moments to see if anyone did anything and then I would have stood the dragon back up. But in PbP that's harder to capture that same dynamic.

In any case, I'm handling childcare for the next few hours - I'll move us along later tonight.

On a positive note, I think I know what to do once I'm back up.

Your optimism is admirable!

Lol, thank you kindly. :D

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

16:00 Round 11

Caduceus - 92 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (1/?); weapon dropped in square; unconscious; prone; dying; Stabilization check needed; Fort save vs Poison needed;

Crag Linnorm - 216 dmg; prone; unconscious; Glitterdusted?;

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

Tytus - 41 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

Anen covers the unconscious frame of the linnorm in glittery dust...

Meanwhile, Tytus uses his wand of Cure Light Wounds to give himself some additional healing.

Caduceus' life link provides Tytus with some further healing, but unfortunately brings the paladin even closer to death.

Caduceus, you need to make a Fort save vs poison and a Stabilization check: you can choose which order you wish to do them.

Stable?: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9 Fey Foundling provides a +2 vs Death effects. I included it in the roll, but not sure if it applies
Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 15 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 15 - 2 = 29

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

16:00 Round 12

Caduceus - 93 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (1/?); weapon dropped in square; unconscious; prone; dying; Stabilization check needed; Fort save vs Poison needed;

Crag Linnorm - 206 dmg; prone; unconscious; Glitterdusted?;

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

Tytus - 41 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

Caduceus manages to fight off the poison's effects, at least temporarily, but he slips closer to death.

Start of Round 12

Haste and Greater Invis have now expired.

The unconscious linnorm remains motionless.

Heccan, Tytus, Anen, and Caduceus are up. I'll resolve Caduceus' life link when I actually adjudicate his turn.

Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 15 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 15 - 2 = 30

Anen moves forward, drawing his wand of infernal healing, and applies it to Caduceus.

If the Linnorm attacks or breathes at me I'll be casting Emergency Force Sphere as an immediate.

Tytus moves over to his fallen comrade and uses his wand of cure light wounds.

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

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

16:00 Round 12

Caduceus - 83 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (1/?); weapon dropped in square; prone; Fast Healing (r22);

Crag Linnorm - 206 dmg; prone; unconscious; Glitterdusted?;

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

Tytus - 41 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

I'm adjudicating Anen and Tytus' moves before Caduceus - although he posted before them, he actually comes after them in the initiative order and this is one of those times when it makes a difference.

Anen moves to the fallen paladin and applies the foul touch of devilish healing to him. What Iomedae thinks of this is unknown to mortals such as ourselves. Fast healing will apply on Caduceus' turn

Tytus moves forward (I've moved your icon on the map) and uses his wand of cure light wounds to apply more conventional healing to Caduceus. The paladin's eyes flutter open. Barely. Caduceus, I've healed you 10 from this (8 + 2 from Fey Foundling; I think Inheritor's Light won't apply since you've dropped your weapon); does that seem correct?

By my tally Caduceus is now at +2 hp, but at the start of his turn he'll take 5 dmg from his life link with Tytus, which will knock him unconscious again. He could end the life link as an immediate action, which would leave him conscious and able to act. Caduceus, do you want to do that? If not, you'll be unconscious again. Note that if you do this, you won't have your swift action available. Regardless, you've passed your second consecutive save vs the poison and are no longer poisoned.

Heccan and Caduceus are up!

Eyes flutter open. He skin crawls with innate 'wrongness', but for the moment he cannot figure out why. Thinking it may spread, he severs the link between himself and the party.

I cannot corrupt the others! There is enough evil afoot.

Inspired by earlier words, the paladin pulls a worn blade from his pack. Though not magical, it seems to be well made. In fact, other than the craftsmanship, the blade appears to be perfectly mundane. Except for the very metal it was made from. Caduceus grabs the pommel and flicks away the scabbard and drives the blade into the linnorm's prone form.

Ending the life links

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

16:00 Round 12

Caduceus - 82 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (1/?); weapon dropped in square; prone; Fast Healing (r22);

Crag Linnorm - 206 dmg; prone; unconscious; Glitterdusted?;

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

Tytus - 41 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

Caduceus swiftly ends his mystical link with his comrades, draws his cold iron blade, and attempts to drive it into the ribs of the fallen creature.

Caduceus, you'll still need to make an attack roll. It's helpless (treated as having a Dex of 0), and prone, but you are also prone and prayer and haste have both expired; smite is still active however. Good luck!

Caduceus also heals 1 point of damage from infernal healing; by my tally he is at 82 dmg, or +3 above 0.

Waiting on Caduceus' attack roll and Heccan's turn.

Finally?: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
Damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 5) + 9 = 18

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

16:00 Round 12

Caduceus - 82 dmg; 4 Con drain; life link on all; Smite; Enlarged (16:05); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (10); Poisoned (1/?); weapon dropped in square; prone; Fast Healing (r22);

Crag Linnorm - 224 dmg; prone; unconscious; Glitterdusted?;

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

Tytus - 41 dmg; Heroism (17:40); Long Arm (16:10); Haste (r11); Prayer (r9); Fly;

Anen - 4 dmg; Overland Flight 40' (19:00); Shield (16:10); Mage Armor (17:00); Prayer (r9); Fire Resistance (20); Heightened Awareness;

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

Caduceus' cold iron longsword seems to sizzle as it plunges into the inert linnorm's flesh.

Heccan is up!