Colin unleashes another ferocious kitty before tapping into his arcane schooling to free himself from the floor.
The tiger bounds past two pirates to get to the salty sea witch in the back of the room. The pirates swing at the cat as it bounds past. One manages to cut a slice int he striped hide.
The cat attacks the witch who curses the beast. It lands a claw and bite and holds on.
The pirate with the pistol and rapier also curses, saying something about ruining his buzz. He staggers to his right while stabbing at the cat. His drunken attempt misses by a mile.
|AC 16*, T 12, FF 16*|HP: 47/47|F +7*, R +6*, W +8* (+7 vs MA, +2 vs divine/Fire/NE/death/ED/Necr/Evil)|Init 0, Perc +1*|CMB +5*, CMD 13|10/10 Sacrifice, 1/1 Pyrotechnics, 1/1 Godless, 1/1 Rally, 1/1 Rova, 1/1 Liberate, X
Seeing as the obstruction separating himself from the pirates is more formidable by far than the obstruction separating his upper half from his bottom bottom half, V accepts his current predicament for now.
"Evidently, it's time for The Floor Show!"
concentration DC 16:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28
His body and mask almost immediately begin to erupt in leaping embers, small heat distortions, and minuscule puffs of phosphorus-smoke, before closing and opening his palm with a flourish to reveal a tiny dragon made of radiant etheric flame, which winds and whizzes chaotically through the melee before exploding right in the pistolier's face!
I cast snapdragon fireworks, using False Focus to replicate magnesium (+1 round of duration) and saltpeter (+1 damage), with a DC 19 Reflex save for half damage and no dazzling.
fire damage, Sacrificial Boon vs Ol' Benjamin Gunn:1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Seeing his companion, Titus, still trapped, Colin will whisper a word of freedom, attempting to allow Titus to wriggle free of the stone. Then he conjures magical motes which flare and explode with light, blinding those in the back of the room.
Immediate action to cast Liberating Command on Titus - you get a free escape artist check to escape the entangled status with a +14 bonus. Then cast glitterdust on the two pirates in the back, DC 20 will save or be blinded.
Colin snaps an enchaantment toward Titus then spins to unleash a cloud of glitter at the pirates. One of the pirates gets it right in the eyes, while the other resists the cloud.
The gunner steps back to hsi left and takes another stab at the raging tiger. The savvy dog is no dunce with the bade and stabs the tiger through. The cat roars then vanishes.
***ROUND 2***
Colin
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pirate gunner (-2)
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Riptide
Vanzetti entangled/anchored
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red pirate
blue pirate blinded
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Titus entangled/anchored
Fixed damage for the gunner. They were occupying same square but fixed now. Riptide and Vanzetti up!
|AC 16*, T 12, FF 16*|HP: 47/47|F +7*, R +6*, W +8* (+7 vs MA, +2 vs divine/Fire/NE/death/ED/Necr/Evil)|Init 0, Perc +1*|CMB +5*, CMD 13|10/10 Sacrifice, 1/1 Pyrotechnics, 1/1 Godless, 1/1 Rally, 1/1 Rova, 1/1 Liberate, X
Another pyrotechnic comnes whirling circuitously toward the gunner's face...
Snapdragon firework, as above, Sacrificial Boon vs Ol' Benjamin Gunn:1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
...but that's nothing compared to what comes next:
Augmented as by alchemist's fire and saltpeter (+1 damage): FIREBALL!, DC 21, aimed at the far wall so its radius stops just short of Riptide and Titus:8d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 6, 1, 5) + 2 = 32
Riptide enters bloodrage, setting his bestial nature free, growing to large size. He attacks the pirates.
Starting with red, if he drops, will attack blue (has reach). Adding flank for tiger, so if red drops, attacks will be 2 less.
[dice=Rage, PA Bite] 1d20+16-2+2 for [dice=magic B,P&S dmg]1d8+11+4
[dice=Raging PA Claw#1]1d20+16-2+2 for [dice=magic B&S dmg]2d6+11+4
[dice=Raging PA Claw#2]1d20+16-2+2 for [dice=magic B&S dmg]2d6+11+4
Did none of Riptide's first round of attacks manage to hit, per this quoted post?
The rolls were:
22 to hit, for 20 damage
19 to hit for 21 dmg
26 to hit for 23dmg
(I had thought that all the attacks must've missed, but looking at the results of the latest round of attacks, I'm thinking you may have missed accounting for Rip's first round of attacks entirely...)
@Rop, sorry must have forgotten to add that damage.
Riptide finishes clawing the pirate to pieces.
The gunner once again dodges the firework dragon but is distracted and takes the full brunt of Vanzetti's fireball. The fire engulfs the gunner and singes the pirate badly.
The last pirate manages to clear his eyes, only to see a raging half orc descend on him, tearing him to shreds.
Out of combat.
The room to the south of the agents smolders as smoke pours from the door. Both Vanzetti and remain trapped in the floor.
Actions?
***ROUND 2***
Colin
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Riptide
Vanzetti entangled/anchored
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blue pirate (-32) blinded
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Titus entangled/anchored
I think you're looking for a CMB or escape artist check to escape - or something like dim door or similar. I don't see any reason you couldn't take 20 on it (which, if my poking around in your character sheet is correct gives you a 23). So DM- If levitate doesn't work, would a 23 on a CMB check get him out? If not, I can grease him to get it up to a 33 (Though I suspect Vanzetti would find it quite distasteful to be coated in such an unpleasant substance. Though it might just be absurd and ridiculous enough that he decides to add a bit to his act that features him greasing himself up, then summoning a giant pig to chase him around).
I believe Titus still has the escape artist attempt from Liberating Command with a +14 bonus.
Colin will go peer into the room, and cast detect magic and loot the corpses, as well as searching the room in general.
Titus breaks free of the stone with a little help. Vanzetti still tries to liberate himself.
Levitate would not work. Grease would allow a +10 check on escape artist as well as having the effect of covering Vanzetti with a coating of slippery grease. Cannot escape via CMB check. He can try to muscle it (str check) or hack at the stone itself.
|AC 16*, T 12, FF 16*|HP: 47/47|F +7*, R +6*, W +8* (+7 vs MA, +2 vs divine/Fire/NE/death/ED/Necr/Evil)|Init 0, Perc +1*|CMB +5*, CMD 13|10/10 Sacrifice, 1/1 Pyrotechnics, 1/1 Godless, 1/1 Rally, 1/1 Rova, 1/1 Liberate, X
I've still got several rounds of snapdragon fireworks - could I bombard the 5-ft squares around me without catching myself and disrupt the floor-matter enough that way?
Riptide pulls out his adamantine falchion. "Sorry 'bout this, Black Death..."
He the starts to hack and slash at the stone, chopping at it at an angle, like a log of wood, trying to remove enough of the floor to free his compatriot.
Riptide quietly says to his compatriots, "Indeed, I'd feel better making certain no enemies are behind us. Let us secure this floor before heading up."
After searching their fallen enemies and a cursory look around the room, Riptide moves to the door that leads back to the hallway. He'll use his wand of shield, then long arm before heading back into the hall.
The group, after managing to free Titus and Vanzetti, search the cahrred corpses of the pirates. They find a few useful items...
useful items:
potion of cure moderate wounds
2 amulets that radiate magic
masterwork rapier
a ring that radiates magic
a dagger that radiates magic
a cloak that radiates magic
They also find some keys, a bit singed but still useful. The agents use the keys to unlock the bedrooms on the first floor. The bedrooms are in disarray and smell of sweat and stale booze.
Riptide finds a stone loose in the floor of the northernmost bedroom. He easily pries off the stone...
Riptide:
You find a leather bounds book tied together by a leather strap.
Colin pours over the amulet and determines to to have protective qualities to the wearer. Nat armor +1.
Vanzetti conducts his own inquiry and believes the cloak to magically aid its wearer to resist danger. Resistance +1 The ring he intuits to be also protective +1 and the dagger having a similar magical enchantment +1.
The agents look about but see no other things of note on this floor of the manor.
"Hey, you brainy types, check out this book I found. As for the loot, I can't really use the amulets, since I have this one that aids my natural attacks. But I'd be happy to use the ring, if you don't object."
Barring any objections, Riptide puts on the ring of protection.
Male Human: Init +4 Perception +11 : Base Atk +4; CMB +5; CMD 18AC 20, touch 12, flat-footed 18 hp 45 Fort +8, Ref +3, Will +6 CL2/FTR3
I step around Rip and I wait at the side of the wall waiting the door open, holding a position of advantage should anything come walking out of the door. Sword and shield raised and at the ready.
Riptide opens the door and sees what appears to be a bedroom. Standing behind the bed, he sees a grizzled half orc. He looks about frantically as the door swings open.
Riptide enters the room, potentially provoking an opportunistic attack from halforc. Rip then enters rage, embiggening himself, and tries to gum the half-orc, rather than bite him.
i.e. attempting nonlethal bite
