Male LG Nagaji Scaled Fist 12 | HP 90/90 | AC 23(27)(32)(36), T 22 (26), FF 20(24)(29)(33) | CMD 41, FFCMD 38 | F +13, R +14, W +14 Init +3/7 | Perc +2/4 | Stunning Fist Uses 13/13 | Ki Pool 13/13 |
Narayan caroms into the stony creature near Bo, hoping to free the archer up to rain down destruction on the rest of them!
Full Attack:
Mighty Punch!!:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26 Magic Lawful Good Cold Iron Silver Bludgeoning* + Holy + Acid:2d8 + 13 + 2d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 7) + 13 + (4, 5) + (5) = 37 Elbow Smash:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32 This attack is only made if the previous one hits
Nonlethal MLGCISB* + Holy:2d8 + 10 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) + 10 + (3, 1) = 21 Intimidate:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22 Shaken for DAMAGE rounds on success
Male LG Nagaji Scaled Fist 12 | HP 90/90 | AC 23(27)(32)(36), T 22 (26), FF 20(24)(29)(33) | CMD 41, FFCMD 38 | F +13, R +14, W +14 Init +3/7 | Perc +2/4 | Stunning Fist Uses 13/13 | Ki Pool 13/13 |
Selter'd described following Narayan so I thought that was the assumption and missed your later note on that. Luckily, easily remedied :-p
Still invisible, Not-Trixie decides discretion is the better part of valor. A soft snap can be heard echoing off the rocky walls, followed by the scent of licorice as Bo, Narayan, and Selter feel the wizard's familiar magic bolster them.
Casting haste, affecting Not-Trixie, Bo, Narayan, and Selter.
Arcing arounf, the next flyer closes with Bo and takes a swipe with its claws, but the archer easily dodges aside.
Round 1 Initiative wrote:
30 Bo Goh
25 Narayan (Damage: 6NL)
20 Vendalfek
14 Not-Trixie
14 Red
13 Harbinger
9 Selter
7 Yellow
7 Blue
Taking a moment to see how Harbinger is getting down. He can have been climbing down behind the rest of the party, just not sure if his Climb modifier is good enough without Taking 10.
Since the creature is right in front of him, Selter draws his blade, slashes at it, then steps back.
+1 adamantine scimitar att:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17, if hits, scimitar dam:1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
knowledge nature to figure out about them:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
Selter easily recognizes a pack of gargoyles, earthen-type humanoids that blend into terrain as ambush hunters. His scimitar cuts through the stony flesh with no trouble thanks to its enchantment, their main defense being against physical attacks. DR/magic.
The remaining gargoyle swoops in to claw at Narayan with no effect while Selter's foe hovers closer, unleashing a flurry of claws and horns, but only catching the druid with one of each.
Male LG Nagaji Scaled Fist 12 | HP 90/90 | AC 23(27)(32)(36), T 22 (26), FF 20(24)(29)(33) | CMD 41, FFCMD 38 | F +13, R +14, W +14 Init +3/7 | Perc +2/4 | Stunning Fist Uses 13/13 | Ki Pool 13/13 |
Grateful that the gargoyles have to swoop lower than was wise, Narayan wastes no time in smashing them back to earth!
Full Attack:
Mighty Punch!! (Haste):1d20 + 20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 20 + 1 = 39 Magic Lawful Good Cold Iron Silver Bludgeoning* + Holy + Acid:2d8 + 13 + 2d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (8, 7) + 13 + (4, 5) + (4) = 41 Elbow Smash:1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 1 = 20 This attack is only made if the previous one hits
Nonlethal MLGCISB* + Holy:2d8 + 10 + 2d6 ⇒ (7, 2) + 10 + (5, 4) = 28 Intimidate:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26 Shaken for 28 rounds on success
Bo Goh puts his arrows into his foes eyes, causing the gargoyle to collapse in a heap before piercing the next gargoyle with his last shot. Narayan backhands the gargoyle to the ground, following up with an elbow before realizing he has already pulped its skull. Rounding on the other, a flurry of blows crushes its chest.
Stealth:1d20 ⇒ 4
From across the cavern, another gargoyle wings out of the darkness. Raising a wicked axe, it swipes at Bo, managing to get a lucky strike in! The wound burns from dark ichor, spreading the pain up Bo's veins.
Double Axe on Bo:1d20 ⇒ 20 Confirm on Bo:1d20 ⇒ 13 Damage on Bo:1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Not-Trixie almost conjures another spiked orb of force, but decides against it given the firepower of her companions and flies into the darkness in search of more hidden combatants.
Bo resists the poison flowing through as the burn subsides, as Not-Trixie moves to continue overwatch. The Harbinger floats to just above Bo to cover his next movement, striking at the clearly tougher gargoyle.
As Harbinger carves a bloody furrow in the gargoyles stonelike skin, the earth itself rises up next to Selter. A salt-white form raises fists to slam down on the druid!
Slam on Selter:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24 Slam on Selter:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18 Slam Damage:2d10 + 18 ⇒ (7, 9) + 18 = 34
Male LG Nagaji Scaled Fist 12 | HP 90/90 | AC 23(27)(32)(36), T 22 (26), FF 20(24)(29)(33) | CMD 41, FFCMD 38 | F +13, R +14, W +14 Init +3/7 | Perc +2/4 | Stunning Fist Uses 13/13 | Ki Pool 13/13 |
Narayan hurls himself at the salt elemental, scaly fists rising and falling against the gritty crystals!
Buffs:
Shield Other - dur 4 hours
Longstrider - dur 4 hours
AC = 24 and HP = 32 of 75
Hsss! Ssself does not like sssalt thing. Selter takes a step back and Schrazt! and fades from view.
casting Greater Invisibility I will roll a cast defensively check in case I am still within its reach.
concentration check:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34DC is only 23
Not seeing any more foes hiding in the cave, Not-Trixie turns around and tries to remember something useful about the strange salt creature. Burrowing? she wonders to herself, tracking the now-invisible Selter. Or just assembling itself out of the salt?
Not-Trixie recognizes a powerful earth elemental taking on the coloration of the cavern, having used its earth glide to approach unseen. While not quite strong enough to be called an elder elemental, it is obviously a brute of a foe. As Selter moves away, the head-like part of the form seems to follow his steps as he moves away, obvious indications of its tremorsenses.
Bo Goh launches arrows at his foe, finding them less accurate than expected as the bane fails to effect it. Even so, the combined wounds are enough to send it tumbling to the floor.
As Narayan leaps into the fray one massive column-like limb swipes at him from 15 feet away but does not connect. His strikes shatter fragments off of the elemental but each blow is blunted by the incredibly toughness of its form. It remains standing as Narayan completes his forms.
Not-Trixie watches silently, not wanting to negate her invisibility just for some miniscule damage compared with Narayan’s powerful fists. Vendalfek, could you relay a message for me?
Yo, I’ve been asked to broadcast a message that you all are wonderful people and you’re doing a great job. Vendalfek continues preening himself atop his dinosaur perch without a care in the world.
Buffs:
Shield Other - dur 4 hours
Longstrider - dur 4 hours
Greater invisibility - dur 3 rnds
AC = 24 and HP = 32 of 75
A hissing voice from the air says, Ssself sssaysss to be careful! Sssalt thing could come back.
Then he begins invisibly tapping himself with his wand.
wand clw chg 1:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 wand clw chg 2:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 wand clw chg 3:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 wand clw chg 4:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 wand clw chg 5:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 wand clw chg 6:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
While heading over to look at the south end of the cavern.
Will take the 6 healing rounds to slowly and quietly move over there and climb up onto that ledge.
Not-Trixie nods, then realizes she too is invisible. "That's right, Selter," she confirms out loud. "It looked like some kind of large earth elemental - tread lightly if you have to touch the ground." She starts to fly further into the cavern, then turns back around. "Selter, you mentioned a presence in the wall upstairs. Do you think this is the same one?" As the wizard waits for an answer, she flies slowly around the various caverns looking for other dangers.
The creature you sensed in the ground above was only Medium size, clearly not the Huge elemental.
The rest of the cavern seems empty for the most part, save for a pile of gemstones on the thirty foot high ledge. Selter sees that the tunnel past the twenty foot rise continues to the south before turning out of sight.
Buffs:
Shield Other - dur 4 hours
Longstrider - dur 4 hours
Airwalk - dur 9 minutes
Greater invisibility - dur 2 rnds
AC = 24 and HP = 32 of 75
No not sssame one. But might be sssame type. Cave continuesss around corner. Let usss be more careful. Let Sself try to hear or sssee sssomthing... Selter casts another spell on himself and moves a bit further forward. airwalk to avoid tremorsense
Male LG Nagaji Scaled Fist 12 | HP 90/90 | AC 23(27)(32)(36), T 22 (26), FF 20(24)(29)(33) | CMD 41, FFCMD 38 | F +13, R +14, W +14 Init +3/7 | Perc +2/4 | Stunning Fist Uses 13/13 | Ki Pool 13/13 |
Narayan waits for Selter's scouting to pay dividends, the anxious shifting of his own bulk sending minute tremors through the ground for any earthen hunters to detect...
Selter marches through the still air, finding the tunnel narrowing and continuing further to the east. Air currents play over his scales, hinting at greater depths ahead.
As Not=Trixie picks away at the pile, a severed hand is revealed, bearing a ring emblazoned with a maw of teeth. The hand does not respond to her attempts to move it magically.
Male LG Nagaji Scaled Fist 12 | HP 90/90 | AC 23(27)(32)(36), T 22 (26), FF 20(24)(29)(33) | CMD 41, FFCMD 38 | F +13, R +14, W +14 Init +3/7 | Perc +2/4 | Stunning Fist Uses 13/13 | Ki Pool 13/13 |
Narayan scoops up the grisly trophy. "A maw of teeth sseemss... bad? Is this enchanted or dangerous?"
Not-Trixie recognizes the grisly trophy to be a hand of the mage, while the ring is of protection +2. There seems to be nothing fell about either magic.
If none need ring, Ssself can make sssome sssmall ussse of it. Ssself thinksss heading down into cavesss isss time.
I have a +1 deflection bonus, so it would help my AC by 1. I don't have an amulet, so I could wear the hand of the mage. However, I'm not dying for either item if one of you would like either.
Selter finds the tunnel ends at a sudden drop off. A wide shaft opens up in the earth and descends into darkness below. Opposite the entry tunnel are other irregular ledges. The walls of the shaft and ledges are of the same white crystalline substance as the rest of the cave system.
Oblivious to his needless insight, the dim monk shares it anyway. "Again, the only clear path seems to take us further down. We should be on the lookout for trouble, as it seems at the bottom of every shaft has been some sort of guardian."
Selter floats to the edge. Looking down and across to the far ledges. Trying to see anything of interest or danger.
perception:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32
If he sees nothing, Selter asks the others, Folks want self change to go look again?
Selter sees the shaft descends 20 feet below before opening out into empty space. As far as his vision extends, all that can be seen is empty air. Underneath the southeastern ledge, Selter can see a large colony of bats roosting.
Does a swarm count as an 'animal' for wild empathy? I could try Garden of Peril on them or change into an air elemental to whirlwind and batter them to bits.
You recognize multiple swarms of bats at rest. Wild empathy would work against a single bat, but holding the attention of entire swarms long enough is unlikely without assistance of enchantment magic that can target large numbers of creatures.
Male LG Nagaji Scaled Fist 12 | HP 90/90 | AC 23(27)(32)(36), T 22 (26), FF 20(24)(29)(33) | CMD 41, FFCMD 38 | F +13, R +14, W +14 Init +3/7 | Perc +2/4 | Stunning Fist Uses 13/13 | Ki Pool 13/13 |
”Hmm...” Not-Trixie muses. ”I can conjure a wall of wind to protect us, but it won’t necessarily drive away a swarm of bats - just block them from passing through. Though I suppose I could create the wall in the middle of each group...”
Not sure what that would do, TBH. But if we decide to go with that course of action, Not-Trixie will swap out daylight for wind wall. Otherwise, she’s got some AoE blasts like cone of cold she could Quick Study.
Yeah, I think I have to try it. Just because, Why Not!
Buffs:
Shield Other - dur 4 hours
Longstrider - dur 4 hours
Airwalk - dur 8 minutes
Wild Shape - Medium Air Elemental - dur hours
Mage Armor - dur 1 hour
AC = 23 and HP = 75 of 75
Not-Trixie, pleassse to be usssing thisss on Ssself. He holds out a wand for her. mage armor
After a moment, Selter changes into a man sized tornado and goes whirling off toward the bats.
Air elemental has enough movement reach anywhere in the cave and try to pick up all the swarms. For me it is reflex save DC=20 or take d6+9 damage. Then a second reflex save or be picked up by the whirlwind.
whirlwind damage:1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Whirlwind (Su):
Some creatures can transform themselves into whirlwinds and remain in that form for up to 1 round for every 2 HD they have. If the creature has a fly speed, it can continue to fly at that same speed while in whirlwind form; otherwise it gains a fly speed equal to its base land speed (average maneuverability) while in whirlwind form.
The whirlwind is always 5 feet wide at its base, but its height and width at the top vary from creature to creature (minimum 10 feet high). A whirlwind’s width at its peak is always equal to half of its height. The creature controls the exact height, but it must be at least 10 feet high.
The whirlwind form does not provoke attacks of opportunity, even if the creature enters the space another creature occupies. Another creature might be caught in the whirlwind if it touches or enters the whirlwind, or if the whirlwind moves into or through the creature’s space. A creature in whirlwind form cannot make its normal attacks and does not threaten the area around it.
Creatures one or more size categories smaller than the whirlwind might take damage when caught in the whirlwind (generally damage equal to the monster’s slam attack for a creature of its size) and may be lifted into the air. An affected creature must succeed on a Reflex save (DC 10 + half monster’s HD + the monster’s Strength modifier) when it comes into contact with the whirlwind or take damage as if it were hit by the whirlwind creature’s slam attack. It must also succeed on a second Reflex save or be picked up bodily and held suspended in the powerful winds, automatically taking the indicated damage each round. A creature that can fly is allowed a Reflex save each round to escape the whirlwind. The creature still takes damage but can leave if the save is successful.
Creatures trapped in the whirlwind cannot move except to go where the whirlwind carries them or to escape the whirlwind. Trapped creatures can otherwise act normally, but must succeed on a concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) to cast a spell. Creatures caught in the whirlwind take a –4 penalty to Dexterity and a –2 penalty on attack rolls. The whirlwind can have only as many creatures trapped inside at one time as will fit inside the whirlwind’s volume. The whirlwind can eject any carried creatures whenever it wishes as a free action, depositing them in its space.
If the whirlwind’s base touches the ground, it creates a swirling cloud of debris. This cloud is centered on the creature and has a diameter equal to half the whirlwind’s height. The cloud obscures all vision, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. Creatures 5 feet away have concealment, while those farther away have total concealment. Those caught in the cloud of debris must succeed on a concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) to cast a spell.
