Male NG Wayang Arcanist 7 | HP: 44/44 | AC: 18 14 (14 Tch, 16 12 Fl) | CMD: 13 (11 Fl) | F: +4, R: +5, W: +6 | Init: +2 | Perc: +13, SM +0 | Speed 20ft | Active conditions: mage armor
Tenibri retrieves the gem he found and throws it into the room, near Elessia. The gem cracks cleanly in two, the two halves sinking briefly into the softening earth as the ground begins rising into a vaguely humanoid form.
Actions:
Move: retrieve elemental gem Standard: activate elemental gem with a 45' throw
I'm basing the distance for the throw on the range of a summon nature's ally V spell (i.e. caster level 9); also, summon nature's ally is a 1 round casting time, so the elemental won't act until next round.
Male Human (Chelaxian) Ranger (Sable Company Marine) 5 | HP 44/44 | AC 19/12/17 | Init+7; Perc+9 | Fort+6(+7) Ref +7 Will+3(+6)
Dax flies down the corridor.
fly:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
And banks around the corner to get past Seldiir’s bulk.
The mephit then scowls at the unharmed skeleton and breathes fire at it.
fire damage:1d8 ⇒ 7 dc13 reflex for half
Female Ratfolk Spellslinger 1/Arcanist 4 | HP 37/37 | AC 15/14/12 | CMD 13 | F +5, R +4, W +7 | Init +3 | Perc +3 | AR 3/7 | Conditions:
As the skeletons are being dealt with, Loam presses further into the room. From behind the safety of the elemental, she tries to disrupt Elessia's casting.
Male NG Wayang Arcanist 7 | HP: 44/44 | AC: 18 14 (14 Tch, 16 12 Fl) | CMD: 13 (11 Fl) | F: +4, R: +5, W: +6 | Init: +2 | Perc: +13, SM +0 | Speed 20ft | Active conditions: mage armor
GM:
Tenibri has the counterspell arcanist exploit. This requires expending a spell slot 1 higher, or--if you have the same spell prepared, the same spell slot. Tenibri doesn't have a 4th level spell slot (obviously), but he has the conjurer's focus exploit, which allows him to cast--you guessed it--summon monster III (at a cost of 3 arcane reservoir points).
Can he use the conjurer's focus exploit (at a cost of 3 arcane reservoir points) to power the counterspell exploit (at a cost of 1 arcane reservoir point)? The text of both exploits below:
Counterspell wrote:
By expending 1 point from her arcane reservoir, the arcanist can attempt to counter a spell as it is being cast. She must identify the spell being cast as normal. If she successfully does so, the arcanist can attempt to counter the spell as an immediate action and by expending an available arcanist spell slot of a level at least one higher than the level of the spell being cast. To counterspell, the arcanist must attempt a dispel check as if using dispel magic. If the spell being countered is one that the arcanist has prepared, she can instead expend an available arcanist spell slot of the same level, and she receives a +5 bonus on the dispel check. Counterspelling in this way does not trigger any feats or other abilities that normally occur when a spellcaster successfully counters a spell.
Conjurer's Focus wrote:
An occultist can spend 1 point from her arcane reservoir to cast summon monster I. She can cast this spell as a standard action and the summoned creatures remain for 1 minute per level (instead of 1 round per level). At 3rd level and every 2 levels thereafter, the power of this ability increases by one spell level, allowing her to summon more powerful creatures (to a maximum of summon monster IX at 17th level), at the cost of an additional point from her arcane spell reserve per spell level. An occultist cannot have more than one summon monster spell active in this way at one time. If this ability is used again, any existing summon monster immediately ends. This ability replaces the arcanist exploit gained at 1st level.
It turns out, she can't possibly make the concentration check against 18 damage from the Earth elemental so counterspelling isn't relevant. Otherwise it seems to me like it would work.
Round 2
Loam Yin hits with a bullet.
Seldiir smashes at the north skeleton, and when Dax hits it as well it crumbles.
Lara misses, her arrow deflected away by a protective magic.
Round 3
The earth elemental slams Elessia once, and her concentration falters losing her cast spell.
|AC 17, T 9, FF 17|HP: 37/37|F +5, R 0, W +10 (+1 vs Human magic, +2 vs cold climate/slipping, +4 vs Fey/plant magic)|Init -1, Perc +11|CMB +4 CMD 13 (15 vs trip)|9/9 Geomancy, 1/1 Shape, 2/2 GL, 1/1 Inured, 1/1 Soothsayer
Elessia avoids the thunder cloud, but gets spit on by the slug.
Round 3
Tenbri moves in closer.
The final skeleton continues swinging at Seldiir:
B Morningstar:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 Damage:1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Elessia realizes she needs to take more aggressive action steps forward and channels negative energy twice (using quick channel).
Negative Energy:3d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 1) = 7 Negative Energy:3d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 3) = 7 This hits the Earth Ele, Loam Yin, Eniac, and Dax but misses Angrboda/Seldiir. DC 16 will for half (two saves)
|AC 17, T 9, FF 17|HP: 37/37|F +5, R 0, W +10 (+1 vs Human magic, +2 vs cold climate/slipping, +4 vs Fey/plant magic)|Init -1, Perc +11|CMB +4 CMD 13 (15 vs trip)|9/9 Geomancy, 1/1 Shape, 2/2 GL, 1/1 Inured, 1/1 Soothsayer
The vortex follows Elessia, and strikes again...
aggressive thundercloud, CL 5th, DC 17 Reflex save to negate:3d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 5) = 12
Female Ratfolk Spellslinger 1/Arcanist 4 | HP 37/37 | AC 15/14/12 | CMD 13 | F +5, R +4, W +7 | Init +3 | Perc +3 | AR 3/7 | Conditions:
"Some people are drawn to nearby magic, and rightfully so," Loam says. "I'm glad we managed to keep all this intact. If I have my way, I'll be studying it for weeks."
With her now visible you can tell that Elessia was a Changeling Cleric of Calistria, so she may have known about the engine based on her fey/hag connections.
Also, it becomes obvious now that she was using Vos and the hobgoblins- probably with a hefty amount of charm person involved. Her true purpose all along was to get to the magic in the basement.
