Keos instructs his wolf as Philetius and Mordiskitos follow behind Arie but do not enter the cavern. Arie has a blissfully blank look on her face as she enters, ignoring Philetius’s query...
Combat...or something like that! Round 1: The bold may post!
Seldanna rises off the ground and flies across the room after Arie, her long red hair and green robes flowing out behind her as she moves across the room to get closer to her captivated companion. "Yes, we can't let her just walk into danger. Is the harpy anywhere to be seen?"
Seldanna flies after Arie as well...from her view, as well as from her uncaptivated companions' current LOS into the cavernous room, no harpy can be seen...
The melodious voice continues to sing...and you're quite certain it's coming from the room Arie has entered...
Combat...or something like that! Round 1: The bold may post!
Male Human (Taldan) Fighter 10 - HP: 104/104 - To hit +24/+16 (2d6+17+9) - AC: 29 (30* if adjacent to a single foe) /T: 16 /FF: 26 - Perception +2 - F: +14 / R: +10 /W: +12 - CMB +18(25) - CMD +34(38) - Speed 30 - Init. +6 - DR 2/-
"An invisible opponent?!?!" Rogar half asks, half warns the others before pulling his googles out and setting their lenses on the pink colour and moving towards the spot where the melody originates from
Lenses of Situational Sight, Rogar now has See Invisibility.
Rogar moves boldly into the cavernous room...and through his lenses he detects what is obviously a harpy in the SE corner, singing her enchanting song...
Rogar: Knowledge (Nature) DC16:
This particular harpy is a warbird; you may ask a question for every five over the DC.
Momoko flies forward to see the Harpy. "Let me sing you my own song." She casts a spell upon the harpy to watch as its mind begins to fry.
Sensory Overload DC19 Will Save:
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target 1 creature
Duration 1 round /level
Saving Throw Will negates (see text); Spell Resistance yes
You overload the target creature’s senses, making it difficult for the target to concentrate. For the duration of the effect, the target must succeed at a Will save at the same DC as the original effect to perform any standard or full-round action. On a failure, the creature loses the action that triggered the saving throw. If successful, the creature is able to take the action, but this spell effect is not negated.
Sorry Momoko, I may not have been clear in my last post. Rogar can only see the harpy because his Lenses of Situational Sight allow him to see invisible creatures...currently he's the only one that can. Do you have a capability that allows you to see the invisible harpy? If not, feel free to change your action/move...
The party is taken aback as a wall of stone mystically appears sealing off the southernmost room, appearing just behind Arie and Momoko...
It's a good thing someone followed Arie into the room...I think it might've been a close call for her to survive this encounter if no one had...
Then you hear inspiring words coming from above, 50' above to be precise, from atop the roof of the cavernous room. "Attack these interlopers, my brave and fearless harpies!"
Those outside the room see harpies, some with bows and some with morningstars, appear at the edge of the roof...
Knowledge (Nature) DC16:
These particular harpies are warbirds; for every 5 over the DC, you may ask a question.
Just a reminder that the harpies on the map at the edge of the roof are 50' high.
Arie moves SE next to the harpy that only Rogar can see...
Seldanna, a look of disgust on her face at the sight of the hideous harpies, reaches into her spellpouch and this time pulls out what appears to be an egg...an egg clearly well past prime eating state. She tosses the mouldy, blackish egg up into the roof, spitting a couple of arcane words like a curse.
The egg explodes at it reaches the ceiling, bursting into a cloud of thick, pungent gas.
Stinking Cloud (FORT DC21) centered 40' up in the air at the spot marked X on the map. With 20' radius I think that should catch all the harpies up there except for the red one.
If there was the sound of spellcasting, Philetius will take a spellcraft check to identify the spell: Spellcraft:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14, unfortunately failing to identify the spell before it resolves.
He will cast Invisibility Purge, so anything within 30 feet of him cannot be invisible, then will move up Air walk going up at 45 degree angle counts as half-speed, so he will move 20 feet into the air, along the wall and will rage.
He should be able to hit any of the ones to the south. They might have cover, being 50ft up in the air, but he is furthest away and I think most likely to have a good line of sight on them.
Keos has LOS on the ones to the south...but he has no chance of hitting the one he heard inspiring them as she’s not in sight and would be near impossible to pinpoint by her voice alone...so I’ll alter his target to one of the harpies and he can save his adamantine arrows...
Rogar, the harpies will act before you but I’ll take that as your action come your turn...just an fyi in case this would change your action: the pink harpy in the room with you is currently on the ground...
I’ll advance us with a post in a couple of hours...I was stuck in traffic coming home from work for over two hours and just got home...
...but most of the harpies prove surprisingly resistant to it...however, yellow starts retching uncontrollably...
Philetius rages while air walking close to halfway up the wall...
Keos looks hard for the harpy leader but, not seeing her, he instead targets the grey harpy on the west end of the roog, barely visible at the edge of the stinky cloud. His first shot takes it through the throat while the second finishes it off and it drops like rock to the landing. Mordiskitos awaits till the bird-women come into range of his teeth and claws...
The yellow harpy flies out of the stinking cloud perching on the roof further east as it continues to retch. The blue harpy flies NE, landing on the steps, and fires off an arrow at Keos; the red harpy, never in the cloud, fires off two more arrows at the ranger...
...two of the arrows strike true, piercing the ranger in the lower extremities...
The orange, black, and green harpies swoop down out of the cloud, each taking a hack at Seldanna, Philetius, and Mordiskitos with their wicked morning stars...
Philetius, I don't think air walking has an affect on combat, so it looks like you have an AoO against the green harpy...
Momoko moves to Arie, then casts the spell Invisibility Sphere until she can figure out a better option to help the party out.
Affected Recipients Arie, Momoko.
...and the wolf is able to sink its teeth once, deeply in the warbird's thigh...
Philetius, I'd say it's likely black came within 20' but not orange...
As the warbirds swoop to attack, black and green underestimate the length of Philetius as he introduces them to Tim in a most hammering fashion...
Thinking quickly, Momoko moves to Arie's side and they both disappear from the harpy's site. Frustrated as her prey vanished, she stops singing and shrieks loudly, looking fiercely at the only one she can see...as Rogar can see everyone in the room, he doesn't know what the ruckus is all about...
Arie, since the song has stopped, you'll still be under its spell for this round, but you will be back in action in the next round...
Those without earplugs can hear a muffled voice coming from the southeast...
Round 3: The bold may post!
Harpy Leader?
Arie (-10; spellbound till next round)
Philetius (-15)
Seldanna (-10)
Keos (-28)
Mordiskitos (-10)
Harpies (Grey dead, Yellow nauseous, Black -28, Green -24, Orange -21)
Rogar
Momoko
Philetius brings Tim down, crushing in the green harpy's skull as it falls limply to the ground...he then swings at black but she dodges the hammer...
Mordiskitos teeth again find traction in the orange harpy and Keos's first arrow pierces her heart and she too falls...Keos second shot goes just wide of the black harpy...
Round 3: The bold may post!
Harpy Leader?
Arie (-10; spellbound till next round)
Philetius (-26)
Seldanna (-10)
Keos (-28)
Mordiskitos (-10)
Harpies (Grey dead, Green dead, Orange dead, Yellow nauseous, Black -28)
Rogar
Momoko
Rogar shrugs off the hit, and answers in kind...one mighty swing of his sword cleanly separates the warbird's head from her neck as she falls spurting blood...she will sing no more...
Momoko, since the harpy was dead before your post, you can change your action, if you wish...
A regal harpy appears with a purple crown, perching near her red warbird's. Seeing the carnage and many of her followers dead, she screams, "NOOOOO! My lovely warbirds! You will pay dearly, interlopers!" Eying Philetius as he pulls Tim from the green harpy's crushed skull, she declares, ""BE DEAF! BE BLIND!"
Philetius: Fort Save DC18 (x2):
Save twice (once for deafness, once for blindness) or be deaf and/or blind.
Round 4: The bold may post!
Harpy Leader
Arie (-10)
Philetius (-48)
Seldanna (-19)
Keos (-37)
Mordiskitos (-21)
Harpies (Grey dead, Green dead, Orange dead, Pink dead, Yellow nauseous, Black -28 sleeping)
Rogar (-10)
Momoko
A slight gesture of relief makes its parise in Keos when she watches as the Leader of the Arpias makes her entry into action, had been waiting for her for some time and had her best arrows ready for the moment. It entrusts Erastil as he tens the rope, aims cautiously and shoots as fast as he can trying to take down that dangerous beast as quickly as he can. "I'll wipe you off the face of heaven forever and make a plummet with your feathers"
Any issue with Philetius charging uphil to Red? He has 40ft movement and will be going 35 ft forward and 35 ft up, so total of 70 ft, which should fit within a double move. If no charge, he will double move up and just not get the attack in. This will also bring his invisibility purge up, though he is 55 feet in the air, so not sure if it will affect the invisible party members.
Philetius shrugs off the spell and makes an air charge, smashing Tim into the red warbird's while Mordiskitos promptly dispatches the sleeping harpy...
Keos targets the newly appearing harpy leader; all three of his arrows prove accurate, piercing her in multiple places as she squawks in pain...
Momoko, from inside the room you cannot see any other harpies...does mind thrust allow you to strike those you cannot see? If not, you may change your action. FYI, you do notice a large air vent in the ceiling...
Round 4: The bold may post!
Harpy Leader (-88)
Arie (-10)
Philetius (-48)
Seldanna (-19)
Keos (-37)
Mordiskitos (-21)
Harpies (Grey dead, Green dead, Orange dead, Pink dead, Yellow nauseous, Black dead, Red -51)
Rogar (-10)
Momoko?
Arie D'Nostica. CG Female Kitsune (Appears to be a Varisian human most of the time) Bard 9 CG bard 9 | HP 66/66 | AC 21 FF 15 Touch 17 | CMB +7 CMD 22 | F+7 R+12 W+8 |Init +4 | Perc +7 SM +20 Speed 30' Spells: 0: 6 1)5 2)4 3)4 | Conditions: none
Arie stops shambling, shakes her head, grunts and looks around.
"Harpies? How in the nine hells did they get me?!"
She then gets a grim look on her face and begins a loud spoken word performance, more slam poetry than anything.
"Harpies? Foul smelling, misbegotten, idiotic Harpies? Let us count the ways these disgusting beasts may be vanquished! Ah, it appears way number one is by arrow! Number two..."
Inspire Courage. +2 Morale bonus on saves versus charm and fear, +2 competence bonus on weapon attack rolls and damage.
With little else for options being in here, she takes the most immediate route to fly out.
What is Happening Momoko Double Move Fly 120ft to get out of here while invisible.
Seldanna flies up into the air to the same height as the perched harpy, trying to send the blue robed one into a magical slumber like its black friend.
Rogar, while you can fly up to the vent, you can't fly cleanly through it, so you have to kinda crawl just a bit to emerge on the roof near Momoko. Sorry, I wasn't clear on that as I meant to expand on that when Momoko flew out previously and I forgot to...
Rogar flies up to the vent and emerges out of it next to Momoko...
Round 4: The bold may post!
Harpy Leader (-88)
Arie (-10)
Philetius (-50)
Seldanna (-19)
Keos (-37)
Mordiskitos (-21)
Harpies (Grey dead, Green dead, Orange dead, Pink dead, Black dead, Yellow nauseous, Blue sleeping, Red -51)
Rogar (-10)
Momoko
While it's dang near impossible to show on the map, you, Momoko, and Arie were in an enclosed room with a ceiling; other than the pink harpy, which was already in the room when you entered, all other harpies were hiding on top of the roof of that same room (I mentioned it in an earlier post but I probably should've kept an OOC note on all my posts to make it clearer). The leader waited till some of you entered before enclosing it with a wall of stone to separate the party and set up an ambush. The only way out of the room currently, is through a vent in the ceiling...
Seldanna starts to enjoy the harpy's song which surprisingly, even to herself, starts to make her recall positive memories of her stepmother's terrible bedtime singing.
