Ebonfist's #3-20 The Sundered Path (Inactive)

Game Master EbonFist

"Those...rodents? Ha! Do you think I would bow to those rodents? No! They bow to me. As you should, as well. Do you not comprehend the glory which is before you? Render unto me my rightful tribute and you may pass," the dragon haughtily replies.

Legend holds that when Round Mountain was ripped from Nar-Voth, an underworld imperial dragon hatchling was taken with it. Whether or not it survived into maturity is unknown.“

Kioshi remembers the teachings in his history class

@All: The above is from Kioshi’s knowledge roll at scenario start.
@GM: I assume my knowledge check above reveals that these dragons are evil.

Kioshi immediately starts casting a spell at the dragon!

Enervation 4th level spell : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 271d4 ⇒ 4
crit? : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 81d4 ⇒ 4

Kioshi points his finger and fires a black ray of negative energy that suppresses the life force of any living creature it strikes.

You must make a ranged touch attack to hit. If you hit, the subject gains 1d4 temporary negative levels (see Special Abilities). Negative levels stack.

"Do you accept alchemical bombs as tribute?"

Diazepane reaches for his bombs.

I'm assuming we go into initiative, I will wait for results before rolling.

Kal's smile grows large and knowing, as his hair blows calmly in the non-existant breeze

Kioshi doesn't negotiate with terrorists!

It would be hard to miss such a large target if you only have to touch them and the black beam strikes home.

Round 1, the Bold may act
Tofu
Kal'Ryon
Diazepane
Kioshi
Dragon -20HP

Knowledge: 1d20 ⇒ 16
Arcana +19, Planes +16, Nature +19

Diazepane will step foward and throw two bombs, frost bombs unless contraindicated by knowledge.

Frost Bomb, 3rd range increment, RS: 1d20 + 8 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 4 - 2 = 21 vs touch
Cold: 5d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 5, 5, 4, 6) + 8 = 29 plus DC 22 vs staggered
Miss?: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Frost Bomb, 3rd range increment, RS: 1d20 + 8 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 4 - 2 = 20 vs touch
Cold: 5d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 5, 3) + 8 = 22 plus DC 22 vs staggered
Miss?: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Apparently Diazepane played outfield and has quite the arm.

Kal allows the rage to overtake him as he swings the fearsome adamantine blade, softly at first- slowly stepping forward toward the dragon.

Rage. Swift: Arcane Strike. Move: 30 ft. Action: Readied

AC 26, Mirror Images 5. Reach 10 ft

Hey, been busy once again. System outages and Vaccine booster shot knocked me down for a while. My 2 rounds of preparations will be giving Fly and Heroism to Kal'ryon.

Tofu conjures magic to morph and change Kal'ryon even further. With flight unrestricted and power in his veins, the Elf empowers him once more to grant him a boost in size.

Enlage Person Kal'ryon.

Hi GM: I think my action was to cast the enervation. Dragon up! ;-D

Despite the impressive throws, Diazepane's first shot misses...though it seems to go right through the dragon. The second hits square. Both the splash and the direct hit seem particularly effective.

Which makes sense because Diazepane knows these creatures are vulnerable to cold and immune to fire paralysis and sleep. They also have fiery breath weapon and are resistant to mundane physical attacks.

Refl: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Fort: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

"Ah well, I was hungry anyway. I'll pick the valuables off your carcasses before devouring them."

Abruptly, everyone realizes that they're facing a DRAGON, a terrifying prospect.

Almost as abruptly, Kal'Ryon finds himself facing that dragon by himself as a wall of stone springs up between him and the others (As indicated by the gray line).

Round 2, the Bold may act
Tofu DC23 Will save or Shaken
Kal'Ryon DC23 Will save or Shaken
Diazepane DC23 Will save or Shaken
Kioshi DC23 Will save or Shaken
Dragon -73HP Staggered
The wall seems to be more a nuisance than a barrier as it is only 5' high and there is space above it.

will save : 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Kioshi casts an icy prison spell!

“Eat that ice you hoarding dragon!“ Kioshi shouts.

DC 24 reflex partial with 1 arcane reservoir point and potent magic to increase dc by 2. See spell description GM.

Diazepane's four-leaf clover flashes as he realizes he's fighting a dragon.

Will, Four-Leaf Clover: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 2 = 23

Nice! I think that's the first time the clover has made a difference.

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Diazepane will fly forward, just so Kal'Ryon doesn't get isolated, also to narrow the range.

Frost Bomb, 2nd range increment: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 10 - 4 = 12 vs touch
Cold: 5d6 + 8 ⇒ (4, 5, 6, 5, 2) + 8 = 30 plus DC 22 Fort vs staggered
Miss?: 1d8 ⇒ 1

13 splash on a miss, DC 22 Reflex for half.

Will Save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
The elf hops on his trident and takes flight!
Fly over wall, maintain 10ft

Buffs Active on Kalryon: Heroism, Fly, Enlarge Person.

Will Save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Will Save, Quibble: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

A feeling of dread swells through the now enlarged Kal- and he forces himself and his mirror images forward. Slowly and methodically as he slowly picks up speed and breaks into a full run Charge

+3 Guisarme, Charge: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (2) + 21 = 23
Adamantine, Arcane Strike: 2d6 + 29 ⇒ (6, 4) + 29 = 39

AC 22 (-2 Charge, Penalty for size, + Shield), Reach 20 feet. Shaken. Heroism

Edit: Stupid Dice

Fort: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

Refl: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Diazepane nails the dragon with another bomb before Kal'Ryon charges in. His swing goes wide.

Then, Kioshi completely encases the dragon in ice.

Strength Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Strength Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Strength Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Strength Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Strength Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

There isn't much the group can do to the dragon while it's trapped in there and it takes it about half a minute to free itself, the ice shattering around it into thousands of pieces.

Round 7, the Bold may act
Tofu
Kal'Ryon Shaken
Diazepane
Kioshi
Dragon -183HP
You have 5 rounds of actions in there but you have no line of effect to the dragon, so that precludes most attacks and spells.

In the 5 rounds, Diazepane will drink an extract of shield, an extract of alchemical allocation, and then a potion of fox's cunning. He'll also move to within 30'.

Frost Bomb, PBS, RS, FC: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 1 + 1 = 13 vs touch
Cold: 5d6 + 8 ⇒ (3, 2, 3, 6, 3) + 8 = 25 plus DC 22 Fort vs staggered
Miss?: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Frost Bomb, PBS, RS, FC: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 + 1 = 14 vs touch
Cold: 5d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 1, 3, 3, 1) + 8 = 18 plus DC 22 Fort vs staggered
Miss?: 1d8 ⇒ 2

He's caught off guard when the dragon actually does break through the ice.

Sorry I only now think of this but don’t dragons have spell resistance?

caster level check enervation : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
caster level check ice prison : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Kal takes a potion of remove fear

Kal simply waits until the creature breaks free, before lashing out at it with his pole arm.

+3 Gusiarme: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (3) + 23 = 26 Adamantine: 2d6 + 29 ⇒ (5, 3) + 29 = 37
+3 Gusiarme: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28 Adamantine: 2d6 + 29 ⇒ (4, 1) + 29 = 34

AC 24, 4 mirror images

Gonna wait on that result of the spell resistance before rushing head first against the dragon.

Yea. Kal hasn't thought that one through ;)

Sorry I only now think of this but don’t dragons have spell resistance?

Because that would change basically everything that has happened so far in this fight we're going to pretend like the answer is "No." But going forward, I'm going to do a better job about demanding checks when they're needed.

The dragon has barely made it out of the ice before Diazepane drops two more bombs on it, preventing it from attacking or escaping by the simple expedient of making it dead.

The ledge it lays on overlooks a massive chamber and as you look down you see an enormous 7 story pagoda awaiting you.

But that is a story for another time...

"Far out, man. Righteous work." The elf goes up to the dead dragon and starts poking it. "Where to next?" The elf ignores the pagoda.

Kioshi is surprised.

”That was lucky I think. Let’s move on!“