Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
Arcalinte shoots back across the ceiling to try and position himself between Ajithu and the creatures. Then he strikes at one of them to try and take it down before it can recover from the supernova!
The blue exsiccate lashes out at Shocca as she tries to get across the room, tendrils sweeping down like a curtain to block her way. She gets part of the way north before they strike and wrap around her. (14 dmg after DR, and grappled). She injects herself with her serum and undoes most of the damage.
Arc flies northward, but attracts opportunistic attacks from both yellow and green in the process. Tendrils strike against him from both sides, pummeling him before yellow establishes a solid hold (17 and 19 damage after DR, and grappled). He doesn't let being grabbed stop him from attacking, and he lands a solid blow on yellow.
Ajithu and Achlyss still up. All AoOs except red's have been spent.
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Arc (157 dmg, grappled by yellow)
Ajithu (156 dmg, sickened 4 rd)
Achlyss (50 dmg, grappled by red)
Shocca (132 dmg, grappled by blue)
Yellow Exsiccate (89 dmg, -2 AC, regen suppressed this round)
Red Exsiccate (80 dmg)
Blue Exsiccate
Green Exsiccate (52 dmg, regen suppressed this round)
Borai Death-Touched Vanguard 15| SP 236/236 HP 111/111 RP 11/11 | EAC 35 KAC 37; | F +17; R +15 (imp evasion); W +8 | Init +6 | Perc +23 | Entropic Strike: +21 (7d6+14+15; 10' reach)
Thoroughly entangled with the red one, Achlyss rolls with it rather than seeking to escape. He extends his hands to each side as if he will rip the thing in two.
With the exsiccates busy, Ajithu manages to complete a spell and heal Arc's wounds (I'll assume Arc lowered to 5ft above the ground, which would let him both reach the foes with melee attacks and be in range to be touched by mystic cure). Despite being entangled, Achlyss' empowered blows fall solidly upon the red exsiccate. Entropic energies tear apart its husk-like body and leave it with more holes than solid structure, but aren't quite enough to finish it off. (Very badly injured, but still regenerating)
The yellow exsiccate tries to crush Arc in its grasp. While its tendrils twist and tear, Arc still manages to fight off their grip enough to get free of the grapple. (20 dmg after DR, but the grapple was lost) The red exsiccate doesn't bother with trying to strip off Achlyss' unappealing flesh, instead moving to strangle him. (Deals 18 dmg after DR, maintains grapple) The blue exsiccate continues squeezing Shocca (Deals 23 dmg after DR, maintains grapple)
The green exsiccate turns its attention to Arc, perhaps sensing the risk he poses with his flames. Its tendrils strike home, grappling the solarian (20 dmg after DR, grappled)
|||| INIT ||||
Arc (145 dmg, grappled by green)
Ajithu (156 dmg, sickened 3 rd)
Achlyss (68 dmg, grappled by red)
Shocca (155 dmg, grappled by blue)
Yellow Exsiccate (89 dmg, -2 AC)
Red Exsiccate (164 dmg)
Blue Exsiccate
Green Exsiccate (52 dmg)
[dice=Needler @ ]1d20+28[/dice] [dice=P Dmg]8d6+15[/dice] [ooc]Includes x Inhibitor, x if it hits.[/ooc
Acrobatics, Escape:1d20 + 21 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 21 + 4 + 2 = 43If their KAC is higher than 33... Shocca's leaving this tower ASAP. lol
Shocca shrugs out of the undead alien's tentacles. "Get out of my face, creeper!" She takes a deep breath, and runs for it again.
Acrobatics, Tumble:1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 21 + 2 = 36DC 15 + 1-1/2 × the opponent’s CR +2 so... If the exsiccates are CR 12 or lower I pass, CR 13 or higher I fail...
Acrobatics, Tumble:1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 21 + 2 = 40DC is also 15 + 1-1/2 × the opponent’s CR +2 so... this one will pass if the previous did.
I moved my token as if I passed. If I do fail the first Acrobatics check, I trigger AoO from Red & Blue with EAC 32 and KAC 33 against AoOs.
Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
Arcalinte breathes a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Ajithu."
Then he ignites his blade and attacks the creature holding him!
Enhanced by her serum, Shocca slips out of the tendrils gripping her, then dives through a tangled web of tendrils in her way as she escapes out of the reach of the exsiccates! (The serum did the trick!) Meanwhile Arc plunges his fire-wreathed blade into the green exsiccate! Its dry, husk-like body burns bright.
@Ajithu: No AoOs spent by any of the exsiccates yet.
|||| INIT ||||
Arc (145 dmg, grappled by green)
Ajithu (156 dmg, sickened 3 rd)
Achlyss (68 dmg, grappled by red)
Shocca (155 dmg, grappled by blue)
Yellow Exsiccate (89 dmg, -2 AC)
Red Exsiccate (164 dmg)
Blue Exsiccate
Green Exsiccate (101 dmg, regen suppressed this round)
Achlyss strikes with incredible fury behind his swings, but they fall short of solidly connecting with the red exsiccate. To the south, Ajithu risks casting another spell and gets lucky, with the yellow exsiccate's tendrils striking all around him and his armor without injuring him. (Arc gets healed!)
The exsiccates grow more frenzied as you start fighting back. Yellow joins green in squeezing the life from Arc (Dealing 19 dmg after DR). Blue and red turn their attention on Achlyss, with red briefly twisting the borai vesk into an awkward position that leaves him vulnerable. Both exsiccates strike with full devastating force, with red lifting Achlyss and smashing him against the elevator. (Crits for 47 and 40 dmg after DR. I'll assume that Achlyss uses mitigate on the first one to reduce damage taken by 14)
Green tries to flay Arc again. The solarian endures the flaying, the infusions of healing magic keeping him conscious.
Arc Fort:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
(15 dmg after DR, sickened 1 rd)
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Arc (132 dmg, sickened 1 rd)
Ajithu (156 dmg, sickened 2 rd)
Achlyss (68 dmg, grappled by red)
Shocca (155 dmg)
Yellow Exsiccate (89 dmg, -2 AC)
Red Exsiccate (164 dmg)
Blue Exsiccate
Green Exsiccate (101 dmg, regen suppressed this round)
[dice=Needler @ ]1d20+28[/dice] [dice=P Dmg]8d6+15[/dice] [ooc]Includes x Inhibitor, x if it hits.[/ooc
Nothing like a GM Bot rolling a 1! lol.
"Yeehaw! I'm alive!" She takes a step to get a better view, and loads a special cartridge into the rifle. "Sleep well, monster."
Needler @ Blue:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (6) + 21 = 27Contains a Tranq dart! If this hits, DC 23 Fort save or they "fall into a deep sleep after 1 round, gaining the asleep condition". Not sure what the Cover is counted here, since they are on the ceiling.
Shocca fires her tranquilizing shot, but it just barely fails to lodge into the body of the blue exsiccate. Achlyss suffers two misses as well as the red exsiccate keeps him at bay by gripping his arms with its tendrils as he swings.
|||| INIT ||||
Arc (132 dmg, sickened 1 rd)
Ajithu (156 dmg, sickened 2 rd)
Achlyss (68 dmg, grappled by red)
Shocca (155 dmg)
Yellow Exsiccate (74 dmg, -2 AC)
Red Exsiccate (149 dmg)
Blue Exsiccate
Green Exsiccate (101 dmg, regen suppressed this round)
Corrected enemy damage since yellow and red are still regenerating.
[dice=Needler @ ]1d20+28[/dice] [dice=P Dmg]8d6+15[/dice] [ooc]Includes x Inhibitor, x if it hits.[/ooc
Shocca watches Ajithu run through the tendrils with a raised eyebrow. Note to self, send Ajithu an invitation to the local hot yoga studio. I've seen dinosaurs more flexible..;)
Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
Arc strikes the green exsiccate once more, his plasma-sheathed blade burning bright as it tears through desiccated undead flesh. Despite his earnest wishes, the exsiccate refuses to die, though it does look further weakened. While he's attacking, Ajithu tries to escape out to the eastern side of the room, but swirling waves of tendrils catch him in their grasp as he flees. (Dealing 23 dmg and grappled. I've moved you back to where they would have caught you. You would have a standard left over afterward, so feel free to double up on actions next round)
The red and blue exsiccates continue their determined battering of Achlyss (Dealing 21 dmg after DR and maintaining the grapple) To the south, the green exsiccate assaults Arc with the full force of its tendrils, lacerating his body and grabbing him once more. (15 dmg after DR, grappled by green)
|||| INIT ||||
Arc (147 dmg, grappled by green)
Ajithu (179 dmg, sickened 1 rd, grappled by yellow)
Achlyss (89 dmg, grappled by red)
Shocca (155 dmg)
Yellow Exsiccate (59 dmg, -2 AC)
Red Exsiccate (134 dmg)
Blue Exsiccate
Green Exsiccate (135 dmg, regen suppressed this round)
(Dealing 23 dmg and grappled. I've moved you back to where they would have caught you. You would have a standard left over afterward, so feel free to double up on actions next round)
Ajithu was never that far West. Would he have been caught just North of Arc?
Shocca, seeing the other side of the room is having difficulty, moves around the outside edge to fire a needle into the weaker monster. "This might burn a little. I hope."
Shocca fires at the green exsiccate and embeds a needle deep in its body. It twitches at the injury, but doesn't seem particularly sedated (immune to nonlethal). Ajithu tries to cast his spell, and while the yellow exsiccate tries to crush him during his moment of concentration, he somehow manages to wriggle and twist well enough to avoid the tendrils crushing him further. He releases his magic and heals much of his grievous wounds!
Amazingly lucky on that one!
|||| INIT ||||
Arc (147 dmg, grappled by green)
Ajithu (129 dmg, sickened 1 rd, grappled by yellow)
Achlyss (89 dmg, grappled by red)
Shocca (155 dmg)
Yellow Exsiccate (59 dmg, -2 AC)
Red Exsiccate (134 dmg)
Blue Exsiccate
Green Exsiccate (161 dmg, regen suppressed this round)
Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
Arcalinte tries to try and make another strike to get the creature dead and no longer grappling!
Arc plunges his plasma-wreathed blade into the green exsiccate once more, and this time tears straight through the core of the undead creature. Its tendrils burst into wriggling lines of flame and dust that fall as rain across the room. One exsiccate is down. To the north, Achlyss swings at the red exsiccate, but finds its grip on him continues to impair his swings. He strikes only a few outlying tendrils without inflicting any damage to the creature's core.
The remaining exsiccates continue their assault. Yellow tears at Ajithu, reopening wounds that only just sealed thanks to his magic. The blistering pain of having his skin peeled once more overwhelms his senses. He's left barely standing as yellow's tendrils recede. (41 dmg and sickened is extended to 4 rds)
Ajithu Fort:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
To the north, the red exsiccate manages to keep a hold of Achlyss yet again, slowly and gradually crushing the life out of him. 20 dmg after DR, grapple maintained) Blue, not liking the feel of undead flesh and finding Achlyss busy with red, uncannily glides along the ceiling a few feet and then reaches down to Ajithu. The new tendril attack takes the kalo by surprise. They wrap around him tight, squeezing and crushing with incredible strength. As Ajithu's vision dims, the rest of you see his back and arms compressing until there's an audible pop and he falls limp in the exsiccate's grip. The creature takes the opportunity to stab into its now-helpless victim and tear strips of wet skin and flesh free before the Ajithu's armor's life-preservation functions kick in and seal him in. (43 damage on a crit, knocking Ajithu into unconsciousness)
So, since this is the first KO in this campaign, lets talk about the house rules for death and dying. You can find them in the house rules document linked at the top of the page. The idea behind these rules is to avoid people popping in and out of consciousness, prevent hoarding RP, and give people some agency to keep contributing and playing even while KO'd. If they don't end up working, we can tweak them. Here's the summary: - You automatically stabilize, no need to spend RP. However, you cannot spend RP to get back in the fight, nor does healing your HP above 0 return you to consciousness. Instead, you enter trauma shock for 1 minute, which keeps you unconscious. At the end of 1 minute, if your HP is 0, you die. If its above 0, you return to consciousness. - While in trauma shock, any extra damage from incidental attacks can't kill you, but massive damage or a coup de grace can. See the normal rules for those two mechanics. - Although you are out of the fight because you can't regain consciousness, there's a consolation prize: "Heroic Surges". Each round on your turn while you're in trauma shock, you can briefly return to consciousness to do one of four minor actions to aid the rest of the group. You can flavor this as minor magics, gadgets, contingencies going off, or anything you like. The four options are Distract, Encourage, Crawl and Communicate.
The Four Heroic Surges:
Distract - By shifting slightly, toggling the flashlight in your armor, producing a minor magical effect, or even croaking out a word or two, you create a distraction that aids an ally. Choose a creature within 30 feet. The next attack against that creature gains a +2 circumstance bonus to its attack roll. Alternatively, you can choose for that creature to take a -2 penalty to its next attack roll. Either effect only lasts until the beginning of your next turn.
Encourage - By offering encouraging words or a sign that you’re still kicking, you spur an ally forward. Choose an ally within 30 feet. On their next turn, they can take an additional guarded step as a free action. Alternatively, a movement speed of their choice is increased by 10 feet for 1 round.
Crawl - You move yourself 5 feet.
Communicate - You summon up the strength to speak, either out loud, or by sending a digital message. This message should be relatively short, around what you can convey in one round with combat banter.
Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
"AJITHU-KO! Arcalinte exclaims seeing them fall. Then he turns to the exsiccate who took him down. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT! FOR THE SUN AND THE FURY!"
He strikes at them with a flurry of burning blows!
[dice=Needler @ ]1d20+28[/dice] [dice=P Dmg]8d6+15[/dice] [ooc]Includes x Inhibitor, x if it hits.[/ooc
Shocca runs forward, staying out of reach of the tendrils. "Hold on, Ajithu, we're coming for you."One more turn to try and take these down. She eyes Arc's opponent, seeing if he went down. That was quite the string of attacks. If Yellow goes down, she'll go North to attack Red (as shown on map). If Yellow is still standing, she'll go twenty feet east of Yellow and attack it. (Not including an inhibitor.)
Needler @ Red:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (12) + 21 = 33Includes Basic Inhibitor, -2 to AC if it hits.
Ajithu hears his distraught teammates calling out to him as he passes out of consciousness. He merges ever-so-briefly to cause his watery helmet to bubble violently, hoping to catch the attention of one of the creatures.
Arc's flurry of strikes falls upon yellow with flashes of flame and light. The creature takes two critical blows before it too erupts into a shower of burning fragments. Over to the north, Shocca fires a needle into red, injuring it and slowing its movements. Meanwhile, the bubbling from Ajithu's body draws the blue exsiccate's attention away from Arc.
|||| INIT ||||
Arc (147 dmg)
Ajithu (0|0 knocked out, sickened 4 rds, trauma-shock 10 rds)
Achlyss (109 dmg, grappled by red)
Shocca (155 dmg)
Red Exsiccate (148 dmg, -2 AC)
Blue Exsiccate (-2 next attack)
Borai Death-Touched Vanguard 15| SP 236/236 HP 111/111 RP 11/11 | EAC 35 KAC 37; | F +17; R +15 (imp evasion); W +8 | Init +6 | Perc +23 | Entropic Strike: +21 (7d6+14+15; 10' reach)
Still wrapped tightly with the red creature, Achlyss flexes one massive arm around the creature's vitals. Swirls of chaotic energy crackle around the enemy.
Though Achlyss misses his first swing, his second connects with a devastating impact! It bursts apart, seemingly destroyed by the impact, before its constituent tendrils form together once more! (Regeneration) In the process of it healing, Achlyss manages to slip free from its grasp.
Red attempts to bludgeon Achlyss once more with its tendrils, but this time he fends it off with huge sweeps. To the south, a distracted blue still manages to grab Arc in its grasp and start squeezing. (21 dmg after DR)
[dice=Needler @ ]1d20+28[/dice] [dice=P Dmg]8d6+15[/dice] [ooc]Includes x Inhibitor, x if it hits.[/ooc
With the closest threats neutralized, Shocca fires a dart at Ajithu that injects healing nectar into his veins. "Welcome back. Take a step out of the fray, I'll be there with some Feel-Good-Patches in a second." She switches to a com with just Arc and Achlyss for a private message. "The tides have changes to our favor. Looks like you have a handle on this, I'll get the kalo back on his feet. Call out if you need anything."
Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
Arcalinte struggles against the tendrils, trying to turn it back on the creature.
Shocca's healing needle sinks into Ajithu, setting his broken bones and scabbing the most grievous of his wounds. Bubbles continue rising within his helm, assuring you all that he's still alive and once more distracting blue from its assault. Arc struggles within blue's grasp, but doesn't manage to break free. (doesn't matter for a nat 1, but don't forget you add your str mod to that countergrapple attempt)
To the north, Achlyss smashes red into pieces once more, and once more it rapidly reassembles itself amid the web of tendrils. (It cannot die unless its regen is suppressed)
The red exsiccate surges directly from forming back together into a focused assault on Achlyss, wrapping its tendrils around his arms. (Dealing 23 dmg after DR + grappling)
Arc Fort:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19That just barely makes it
The blue exsiccate, driven by its twisted desire for warm blooded companionship even as its fellows are eradicated around it, tears at Arc's flesh. Arc is flayed severely, but he manages to endure the painful assault (Taking 12 dmg and sickened only 1 rd) The attack loosens blue's grip on Arc and lets him free.
Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
Arc, I moved you up one square so you're not also catching Ajithu in that. Waves of flame blast out from Arc, engulfing the badly injured exsiccate and turning it into a rain of burning ash. The remaining exsiccate shields itself better and gets through with only a minor injury, though you notice it struggling to heal itself.
Achlyss Reflex:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
Achlyss leverages entropic forces to part the wave of flame from Arc and get through unscathed.
Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
The last of the exsiccates finds itself pummeled by a full assault from Achlyss and a precisely placed needle from Shocca. Its dry husk of a body cracks under the powerful blows and its movements slow. However, even under such stress and with the help of Ajithu's distraction, it still manages to reach out once more to Arc, a final (?) attack of seeming desperation. Its tendrils grab him, crushing with enough force that he almost blacks out (19 dmg after DR, so you have exactly 1 HP remaining. Grappled).
[dice=Needler @ ]1d20+28[/dice] [dice=P Dmg]8d6+15[/dice] [ooc]Includes x Inhibitor, x if it hits.[/ooc
Note to self: Buy literally anything that causes fire damage. All I have are P and Acid. Hopefully Acid works too.
Shocca drops her rifle and pulls out her caustolance. She leaves her microlab alone for the moment, preferring the acidic blast from the weapon rather than her own scientific miracles for the moment. She aims, takes a deep breath, and fires at the last undead monster.
If Acid doesn't do it, we need to keep Arc alive another three rounds for him to go boom-boom. If we can't do that, and Achlyss can't do Fire damage, we may have to retreat.
Male Half-Elf Solarian 20 | SP 198/198 HP 146/146 RP 12/12 | EAC 35(37) KAC 36(38); DR 5/- Resist Fire 20 | F +16; R +15; W +16 | Speed 25 ft. | Init +6 | Perc +30
Arcalinte, now almost burnt out, struggles to try and finish the creature off before it finishes him!
Shocca's acid attack and Arc's sonic strike both land upon the final remaining exsiccate, shattering its body and tearing it to pieces. However, no sooner than it has seemingly destroyed than it starts pulling back together... its regenerating once more! (acid and sonic won't cut it)
Arc slips out of the exsiccate's grip as it falls apart. Achlyss follows with a pair of haymakers against what's left of the creature, but he can do little to stop it from pulling itself back together. (Its at 0 HP right now, so additional damage won't help until you add some fire)
The exsiccate's husk-body draws together with a long rasp before it lashes for Arc one more time. Ajithu's distraction comes at exactly the right time, sending half the tendrils toward the kalo at the last moment. Arc dodges the rest and pulls through unscathed.
(Distraction made the difference, otherwise it would have been a hit exactly!)
