Miteke's Legacy of Fire

Game Master miteke

Makes sense. In that case...

Gnasher rages, but waits for the creature to appear from the gloom. At the first sign of an appendage he strikes! It looks only a little shaken by the strike, impressive considering how violent Gnasher was.

Get (-59 HP, shaken 1)

Still traumatised by the constant waves of brass constructs, Seif-al-Din and Shadow continue to leg it up the stairs.

LOL!

Seif and Shadow hightail it for the top, leaving the others to defend as best they can! Unfortunately, upon reaching the top they are confronted with a large efreeti sized door. How do you open it? It only took you one move action to get there so you have an action left for dealing with the oversized door. As noted this is a DC 15 strength check, but if both Seif and Shadow worked together, Shadow could do the strength check while Seif turned the knob or whatever serves as a nob in this dungeon.

Strength: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19.

Working in tandem, the two of them manage to get the door open.

@Seif
Welcome to the first level (see link). A passage with a vaulted ceiling leads westward. Three domed alcoves extend from either side, each holding pedestals that display open and empty treasure coffers. A large, red-skinned, obviously dead humanoid with obsidian horns and jutting tusks hangs upside down from the ceiling between the westernmost alcoves, suspended from its heels by iron chains. A rather ominous sign, one might say.

Urah also flees, though he heads back towards the entrance, undead or no undead.

Which means...

The Get pops out of the deeper darkness and attacks the doughty Gnasher who had the audacity to scuff his dark hide.

to hit bite, demoralized: 1d20 + 22 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 22 - 2 = 22
and though it misses, pop goes an image.

❖❖❖❖❖❖ Combat Card Round 1 ❖❖❖❖❖❖
Ongoing effects not mentioned below:
Bold may go.

Malgrim Gryh (-0 HP)
❖❖❖ Round 2 ❖❖❖

Gnasher (-0 HP, 4 images, shield - AC 24)
Urah (-0 HP, invisible, fly)
Seif (-0 HP)
Shadow (-0 HP)

Get (-59 HP)

Knowing it is *probably* an efreet, Seif-al-Din attempts to confirm his suspicion.

Knowledge(Planes): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37.

Not setting one foot inside the room for the moment!

It is an efreet. A quite dead one.

Guess we know what happened to their missing boss...

Keeping the way clear as Seif-al-Din and Shadow move past, Gnasher smirks, realizing Urah was probably invisibly on their heels. As the worm-like monster reveals itself from the darkness and bites at him, Gnasher is relieved to only lose an image. Calling to Malgrim as he taps the heals of his magic boots together, "Malgrim, do we continue up or do we deal with this thing here and now?" As his question finishes, he lifts his bardiche and chops repeatedly at the vile creature.

Shield + 4 , Mirror image @ 4, Haste +1 AR/AC/R, Xtra attack enlarged rage 2/27 168 HP (fast healing 3) AC24/T9/FF21, Due to enlarged rage and reckless abandon, 5 ft step Full Attack + 1 keen adamantine bardiche PA/RA,
attack: 1d20 + 20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 20 + 1 = 22 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (5, 5) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 32
attack: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 15 + 1 = 34 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (8, 8) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 38
attack: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 10 + 1 = 27 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (6, 6) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 34
haste attack: 1d20 + 20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 20 + 1 = 22 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (8, 2) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 32
intimidate: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26( demoralize)
attack: confirm crit: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 15 + 1 = 35 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (5, 5) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 32

"Leave...whaterver it is doesn't matter to us." Malgrim will head up the stairs.

I am going to do an acrobatics check to try and avoid an attack and move away. I will take the -10 to move at my full speed since I think the stairs are already difficult terrain to go up and chances of this working is pretty small anyway.

Acrobatics-10 vs CMD: 1d20 + 18 - 10 ⇒ (2) + 18 - 10 = 10

Yep, that will provoke.

@Malgrim
From the rules: If you attempt to move through an enemy’s space and fail the check, you lose the move action and provoke an attack of opportunity.
So what do yo do with your second action since you are stuck there?

to hit bite: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38
damage: 2d8 + 12 ⇒ (5, 8) + 12 = 25
Malgrim takes 25 damage for his audacity!
Malgrim Gryh (-25 HP)

@Seif
The knowledge check took no time so you still have two actions. What would you like to do with them?

We had this discussion before. That is only if you move through a square that is actually occupied by an enemy. I never moved through his squares, at least based on the map. He is just so large that he obviously has more then 5 ft reach so I could not withdraw without provoking. I should be able to double move to where I am on the map.

Seif-al-Din will wait for his allies. He isn't foolish enough to deliberately trigger multiple combats at once, especially when he is by himself ;-)

We had this discussion before. That is only if you move through a square that is actually occupied by an enemy. I never moved through his squares, at least based on the map. He is just so large that he obviously has more then 5 ft reach so I could not withdraw without provoking. I should be able to double move to where I am on the map.

Wow, I rally can be quite dense. Sorry about that. I even vaguely remembered the conversation and reread the skill just to make sure, but my brain STILL refused to accept the rule.

Malgrim takes a blow but escapes up the stairs. Does he go through the door left open by Seif and Shadow? I believe he has the movement to do so and made it to where he is in one move action. Note that Gnasher and the creature are not visible from the top of the stairs due to the darkness spell.

Gnasher hits once, but it is a doozy, loping off a number of its legs.
Get (-59 -70 = -129 HP)

@Malgrim
Stairs are not difficult terrain unless they are steep from what I remember. I was not treating these as difficult terrain for anyone else, so you still have another action.

Urah flies up through the darkness to slip through the door.

❖❖❖❖❖❖ Combat Card Round 1 ❖❖❖❖❖❖
Ongoing effects not mentioned below:
Bold may go.

Malgrim Gryh (-25 HP, one action left)
❖❖❖ Round 2 ❖❖❖

Get (-129 HP)

Seif (-0 HP)
Shadow (-0 HP)
Gnasher (-0 HP, 4 images, shield - AC 24)
Urah (-0 HP, invisible, fly)

Since the central part of the stairs is open, I will stop closer to the edge to make sure I see it and shoot down. I am not sure if that puts me in Point Blank, so I am leaving that out, please add in the 1 pt to hit and damage as needed.

Malgrim gets close to the door and fires a single blast of mud down at the creature.

No gather power, so I am just going to do a Composite Blast with no add on's to avoid taking any more Burn.

Mud (Earth/Water) Blast w/Elemental Overflow , DA: 1d20 + 14 + 3 - 3 ⇒ (19) + 14 + 3 - 3 = 33

Damage, B, Mud (Earth/Water) Blast w/Elemental Overflow , DA: 10d6 + 17 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3, 2, 6, 6, 3, 6, 5, 2, 5) + 17 + 6 + 6 = 72

Well, that worked out great. AC 33 probably hits. So I do 72 Magical Bludgeoning damage. If I am in Point blank it goes to AC 34 and 73 Magical Bludgeoning damage.

The shot is a blind one with the deeper darkness in place...

total concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 95

... but the thing is so dang huge it is hard to miss and Malgrim hears the tell-tale sound of the mud making it's squishy impact, not to mention the wailing of the Get. 73 damage hurts!

Of course the thing goes crazy on Gnasher.

to hit bite, power attack: 1d20 + 22 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 22 - 4 = 21
pops an image, 3 left
to hit claw, power attack: 1d20 + 20 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 20 - 4 = 24
mirror image: 1d4 ⇒ 1, hits!
damage, power attack: 1d10 + 8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 8 = 21
to hit claw, power attack: 1d20 + 20 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 20 - 4 = 17
to hit sting, power attack: 1d20 + 20 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 20 - 4 = 34
mirror image: 1d4 ⇒ 3
pops an image, 2 left

Gnasher fast heals a bit of that back and the get looks like it is barely hanging on.

Gnasher (-21 + 3 = -18 HP)

❖❖❖❖❖❖ Combat Card Round 2 ❖❖❖❖❖❖
Ongoing effects not mentioned below:
Bold may go.

Seif (-0 HP)
Shadow (-0 HP)
Gnasher (-18 HP, fast healing 3, 2 images, shield - AC 24)
Urah (-0 HP, invisible, fly)

Malgrim Gryh (-25 HP, one action left)
❖❖❖ Round 3 ❖❖❖

Get (-202 HP)

Watching Malgrim proceed up the steps, Gnasher is not able to dodge all the creatures attacks. Roaring as the claws him Gnasher taps his heels together chopping repeatedly at the vile creature with his bardiche.

Shield + 4 , Mirror image @ 2, Haste +1 AR/AC/R, Xtra attack enlarged rage 3/27 150 HP (fast healing 3) AC24/T9/FF21, Due to enlarged rage and reckless abandon, 5 ft step Full Attack + 1 keen adamantine bardiche PA/RA,
attack: 1d20 + 20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 20 + 1 = 27 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (7, 8) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 37
attack: 1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 15 + 1 = 21 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (2, 2) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 26
attack: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 1 = 23 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (4, 6) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 32
haste attack: 1d20 + 20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 20 + 1 = 22 for damage: 2d8 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 ⇒ (3, 7) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 9 = 32
hmmm if last rounds 27 missed, that means none of these attacks hit either.

Gnasher is unable to connect, not even once, as the hard hide deflects his ill aimed blows. No limb lopping this time. And that last attack? Let's just say that the stairs were in more danger of collapsing than the creature.

Seeing that the other two are still fighting the creature, Seif-al-Din sighs, then casts Bless, and directs Shadow to pounce on the thing.

With a yowl, Shadow dives down on the beast, pouncing and raking furiously!

Gore, Bless: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 17 + 1 + 2 = 29, for 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14 Magical Silver damage, +2d6 ⇒ (3, 5) = 8 Holy damage.
Miss Chance (High=Hit): 1d100 ⇒ 55.
Bite, Bless: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 17 + 1 + 2 = 32, for 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17 Magical Silver damage, +2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5 Holy damage.
Miss Chance (High=Hit): 1d100 ⇒ 71.
Claw, Bless: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 17 + 1 + 2 = 39, for 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 Magical Silver damage, +1d6 ⇒ 5 Acid damage, +2d6 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4 Holy damage.
Miss Chance (High=Hit): 1d100 ⇒ 68.
Claw, Bless: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 17 + 1 + 2 = 35, for 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 Magical Silver damage, +1d6 ⇒ 3 Acid damage, +2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6 Holy damage.
Miss Chance (High=Hit): 1d100 ⇒ 67.
Rake, Bless: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 17 + 1 + 2 = 33, for 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14 Magical Silver damage, +1d6 ⇒ 4 Acid damage, +2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 Holy damage.
Miss Chance (High=Hit): 1d100 ⇒ 19.
Rake, Bless: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 17 + 1 + 2 = 29, for 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 Magical Silver damage, +1d6 ⇒ 3 Acid damage, +2d6 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9 Holy damage.
Miss Chance (High=Hit): 1d100 ⇒ 90.

Malgrim gathers the forces of nature to himself once more and sends a massive blast down.

Gather Power, Empower and send an Empower Composite Blast down.

Mud (Earth/Water) Blast w/Elemental Overflow , PBS , DA , Bless: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 3 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 14 + 1 + 3 - 3 + 1 = 21

Damage, B, Mud (Earth/Water) Blast w/Elemental Overflow , PBS . DA: 10d6 + 17 + 6 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 3, 5, 1) + 17 + 6 + 1 + 6 = 69

Miss Chance, Low Misses: 1d100 ⇒ 86

Nope.

Give me a DC 20 handle animal check from you or a DC 15 intelligence check from Shadow (she is smarter than the average cat). The problem is that Shadow cannot see the creature through the deeper darkness, she can only hear the combat. The part of the Get of Iblis that is showing is on the opposite side of the column of darkness. And if Shadow DOES jump on it, attack and kill it, remember that the shaft is pretty long, AND the bottom might be dangerous. Shadow might fall to her death if she leaps atop the creature. Or if she gets shaken loose.

If given the order to attack (using the attack trick), I would think she would race down the stairs and make a normal attack.

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20.

On the nose!