DM Carbide's Core Emerald Spire

Game Master John Woodford

Viridian slips and slides across the icy floor, ending up behind Iladora and casting a potent cure spell on her.

Round 6 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Klarkosh-acted
Mrs. Book-
Iladora-
Corbrae-
Lybram/Lil' Fella-out of the fight
Meresiel
Automaton
Viridian/Blitz

Klarkosh casts a spell defensively and touches Iladora, sending electricity coursing through her. Iladora, take 17 HP electricity damage.

Mrs. Book, Corbrae, and Meresiel can act! Meresiel, I think you have two more rounds of nausea remaining. Mrs. Book, I think you can hold your breath as you move through the cloud, and can reach the other side with a double move--the cloudkill spell specifies that holding your breath won't help, but stinking cloud doesn't.

Mrs. Book books it trough the cloud while holding her breath and slips into a corner she hopes will provide safety.

"Vir is down? Oh dear!"

Round 6 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Klarkosh-acted
Mrs. Book-acted
Iladora-
Corbrae-
Lybram/Lil' Fella-out of the fight
Meresiel
Automaton
Viridian/Blitz

Mrs. Book hustles into the room, slipping a bit as she hits a patch of unexpectedly-icy floor and catching her breath once she's out of the cloud.

Iladora, Corbrae, and Meresiel to go!

Klarkosh: AC 16 T 9 FF 16 HP taken: 17
Automaton: AC 17 T 11 FF 16 CMD 21 HP taken: 9

Thank goodness for Viridian's healing!

Still clinging to consciousness, Iladora swings again at Klarkosh!

Greatsword vs Klarkosh: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Damage: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (5, 1) + 12 = 18
Ouch.

Ouch - and Viridian does not have another like that...so we gotta get this guy quick. :(

Corbrae can cast cure moderate wounds, and I think she has at least one appropriate spell slot left.

I do, even if it's my last!

Corbrae, sensing the danger, moves near Iladora and heals some of her wounds

CMW: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (5, 6) + 5 = 16

Round 6 (ongoing):

Iladora misses, Corbrae heals her further, and Merisiel tries to end her nausea.

The automaton slides southeast to stand over Blitz and swings again at Iladora. The floor is slick enough that it nearly falls over when it swings.

Viridian can act!

Blitz tries to stabilize but the wound continues to flow red.

uncon : 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 -3 hp

While Viridian pumps Iladora with healing

”We got him this time, by the Green I know it!“

CLW : 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Round 7 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Klarkosh-acted
Mrs. Book-
Iladora-
Corbrae-
Lybram/Lil' Fella-out of the fight
Meresiel
Automaton
Viridian/Blitz

Klarkosh glances over and sees Mrs. Book reenter the room. "More of you? Feeble little fools, you come to your deaths!" He casts the same spell defensively, successfully keeping his concentration, and touches Iladora again for another 17 HP electricity damage.

Mrs. Book, Iladora, and Corbrae can act! Meresiel, one more round of nausea.

Klarkosh: AC 16 T 9 FF 16 HP taken: 17
Automaton: AC 17 T 11 FF 16 CMD 21 HP taken: 9

Mrs. Book nails Klargosh with a magic missile, doing

force damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4) + 2 = 7

It's not much but it is usually reliable!

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
dmg: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

By Abadar's most sacred Cault, I have enough of this! I offered you peace, and you rejected it. You caused enough suffering, enough pain, enough death. Your reign ends now, Klarkosh.

Corbrae moves and strikes at the man-machine.

Thanks to the combined efforts of Corbrae and Viridian, Iladora manages to fight through the next wave of electricity.

Greatsword vs Klarkosh: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Damage: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (1, 6) + 12 = 19

Round 7 (ongoing):

Mrs. Book announces her presence in no uncertain terms, blasting Klarkosh with a pair of magic missiles. Iladora swings, narrowly missing the wizard. Corbrae steps up, crying a challenge, and hits Klarkosh with what should have been a deadly blow.

It rebounds from him without doing any apparent damage.

I should've done this earlier, for anyone who could see Blitz attacking Klarkosh.

The elf throws up.

sorry I didn't see a response. Could we have given Lybram a potion before he died?

No; the spell put him at -CON HP, enough to kill him outright. Nothing short of breath of life would have saved him.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

No spoiler for me :(

spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

me neither

Iladora, did you want to take a 5' step in addition to your attack? The automaton can attack you without having to move in difficult terrain.

No, because that would make Corbrae the only one in range of Klarkosh. I'm harder to hit than she is.

If you take a 5' step east, you're still adjacent to Klarkosh, but then if the automaton wants to attack you it'll have to move 5' in difficult terrain, and you'd get an AoO on it.

Sure I can do that, I just thought that would put me adjacent to the automaton as well. Moved myself on the map.

Sorry if this wasn't clear: the automaton is wielding a guisarme, a reach weapon.

Round 7 (ongoing):

Iladora gets inside the automaton's reach. It slips back, but its focus on moving on ice leaves it open for an attack from the ranger.

AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
AoO damage: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (5, 1) + 12 = 18

And Iladora makes it pay, chopping into it. Its core begins to spark. Its attack on Iladora goes wide.

Viridian is up!

"Be careful. It will probably explode when we destroy it."

Blitz stabilize : 1d20 ⇒ 6
-3 hp

”Hold on Blitz!!!“

Viridian taps Iladora with cure wand, stepping west to avoid reach if needed

clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

”We got to drop them quick! “

Viridian heals Iladora of some of her wounds.

At the bottom of the round, the cloud of reeking vapor vanishes.

Round 8 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Klarkosh-acted
Mrs. Book-
Iladora-
Corbrae-
Lybram/Lil' Fella-out of the fight
Meresiel
Automaton
Viridian/Blitz

Klarkosh steps back and casts a spell, sending a wave of flames over Corbrae, Iladora, and Viridian! Take 13 points of fire damage, with a DC 16 Reflex save for half damage.

Mrs. Book, Iladora, Corbrae, and Meresiel can act! Meresiel is no longer nauseated.

Klarkosh: AC 16 T 9 FF 16 HP taken: 17
Automaton: AC 17 T 11 FF 16 CMD 21 HP taken: 27

Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
dmg: 1d10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

attack Crit?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
dmg: 1d10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

Corbrae, now badly burned, follows the mage and grit her teeth. The bardess rises her sword and slashes with fury

Meresiel wipes her mouth and drags her dead friends body off to the side.

Gods be damned this is bad

Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

"It'll have to wait its turn," Iladora says through gritted teeth, never taking her eyes off Klarkosh. She closes the distance again and strikes.

If I can't 5-foot step, this will provoke from the automaton.

Greatsword vs Klarkosh: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (1, 5) + 12 = 18

Mrs. Book sends a magic missile from her wand into the automaton.

force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Not impressive, but every little bit counts.

Mrs. Book, your last magic missile attack had two missiles, and this one has only one. Do you have a 3rd level wand?

I do not have a third level wand. The last missile came from her spell reserve. Check out the resources block on her character. At this point the only spell slot she has left is from her arcane bond. I was heavily debating with myself whether to use it or not on the automaton but decided against it. I hate having absolutely no spells left.

I think you'd get 3 missiles, though--it's one every odd level.

I was stuck thinking she was 4th level and cheated myself. So I need to give myself one more missile...

force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Somehow I knew I was going to roll a 1!

Viridian tries to dodge

reflex : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

whew

He will tap himself with a wand - step away from reach as needed

clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

well I think that was a wash
Say, did we all put on the same red shirts for this landing party?

This is a pretty amazing run of bad rolls to hit (except for Corbrae, who hasn't gotten lucky enough to do damage through Klarkosh's DR), although at least the automaton has been similarly unlucky.

Corbrae follows the wizard and cuts at him again, hitting but once again failing to leave a mark on him. Iladora likewise follows, swinging at Klarkosh and once again missing. Mrs. Book blasts the automaton with a tiny bit of force. Meresiel gets out of the icy area with Lybram's body.

The automaton steps back into the slick area and strikes at Iladora, also missing.

Viridian heals himself.

Round 9 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Klarkosh-acted
Mrs. Book-
Iladora-
Corbrae-
Lybram/Lil' Fella-out of the fight
Meresiel
Automaton
Viridian/Blitz

Klarkosh takes one more step back, putting him up against the door, and casts another spell. There is no visible effect, but Corbrae, Iladora, Viridian, and Meresiel suddenly finds themselves in the grip of unnatural terror.

DC 19 Will save or panicked; if you make the save, you'll be shaken for the next round.

With his move action he reaches behind himself and opens the door.

Mrs. Book, Iladora, Corbrae, and Meresiel can act! Mrs. Book, from your current position you can't see the wizard. Also, remember that the area in the blue circle is difficult terrain, so a normal move wouldn't get you there and you were unable to cast expeditious retreat while you were nauseated.

Klarkosh: AC 16 T 9 FF 16 HP taken: 19
Automaton: AC 17 T 11 FF 16 CMD 21 HP taken: 29

I put Mrs. Book back to where wse could get to. From that location she will smack the Automaton about a bit again with her wand.

force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Hah! Take that dice bot!

Will save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Corbrae feels an intense fear, fuelled by her many wounds...

Not only she can't harm Klarkosh, but the mage-machine can easily kill her!

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

The elf sweats and looks ready to run.

Ack...

FYI:

Panicked: A panicked creature must drop anything it holds and flee at top speed from the source of its fear, as well as any other dangers it encounters, along a random path. It can’t take any other actions. In addition, the creature takes a –2 penalty on all saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. If cornered, a panicked creature cowers and does not attack, typically using the total defense action in combat. A panicked creature can use special abilities, including spells, to flee; indeed, the creature must use such means if they are the only way to escape.

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Hah! I didn't have much hope for that one.

Iladora forces her mind to obey her despite the wave of overwhelming magical fear. The mage has been surprisingly difficult to hit, so Iladora checks her swing for more accuracy.

5' step, attack vs Klarkosh. Will not use Power Attack this round.

Greatsword vs Klarkosh: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3) + 6 = 14

Round 9 (ongoing):

Mrs. Book blasts the automaton, chipping away at it further. Corbrae and Merisiel drop whatever they have in hand and flee screaming. Iladora feels the spell beating at her, but manages to resist the worst of its effects. Even shaken, though, she's able to land a solid blow on the wizard.

The automaton takes a short step out of the ice and attacks Iladora. Once again, she dodges it, avoiding death by inches.

Viridian is up!

Klarkosh HP taken: 33
Automaton HP taken: 34

Blitz stabilization CON : 1d20 ⇒ 5

bleeds more -4

Viridian shakes will : 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

has some situational modifiers to will vs enchanted etc. cannot recall if bard or bless was active to provide +1 …otherwise he runs

Unfortunately, this is a necromancy spell, not an enchantment, and Corbrae wasn't running inspire courage. Also, since you were holding your CLW wand you drop it.

Round 10 (ongoing):

Klarkosh steps back and casts another spell, trying to blind the ranger.

Iladora, DC 17 Fort save or blinded.

Iladora and Mrs. Book can act!

Where does Klarkosh step back to? Is that a hallway behind him?

The cylinder is positioned so the passage runs north-south. I checked how you had to have it set to get to the door to this room to make sure.

Mrs. Book does not have a lot of options and keeps on zapping the automaton.

force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Fortitude: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Utterly unable to see, Iladora moves forward and attacks the last place she saw Klarkosh.

Greatsword Power Attack vs Klarkosh: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
50% Miss chance (high to hit): 1d100 ⇒ 10
Damage: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (5, 4) + 12 = 21

Well this isn't good.

Man, except for the automaton's attack rolls the dice are not on your side.

Seeing his spell take hold, the wizard cackles. "I've got this one. Machine! Kill the other one before she pounds you into scrap! If the serpentfolk attack before I can build more of you I'll have to retreat."

The automaton picks its way across the icy floor, but can't get close enough to Mrs. Book to attack her.

Viridian runs away.

Round 11 (ongoing):

Iladora hears Klarkosh retreat (the metal parts of his body make a lot of noise), then feels the impact of a force missile. Take 6 HP, and it's a DC 8 Perception check to pinpoint his location well enough to attack him.

Iladora and Mrs. Book can act!