Erryn digs a small vial out of a pouch and drinks it one gulp, relieved by the sudden warmth that comes with it. She then takes aim at the mind of the closer of the "shadow drakes" with a basic spell.
Battle Medicine on Self, DC 20:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22 Healing:2d8 + 15 ⇒ (4, 1) + 15 = 20
◆ Battle Medicine on Self.
◆◆ Cast daze on Blue, basic DC 19 Will save against 4 damage, stunned 1 on critical failure.
Erryn's magi causes the drake to screech somehow even louder as her spell works while she quickly patches herself up from the cold blasts.
The scaled creature lashes out at Khaul before it in a frenzy - biting at the dwarf before smacking at him twice with its tail. None of the strikes piece the dwarf's armor, and it then streaks swiftly through the air back west where Kahul can see it's outline blend into the shadows.
Quickblade's shot indeed goes wide. It does get the creature's attention though - it flies right into the bowman's face to snap at him! I did err last turn - as these are tiny blue would've needed to Fly into Khaul's space to attack him, so would only have been able to do the one attack. Apologies
Male Human Inventor 9 | HP 107/107 | AC 28/30 | F+16 R+15 (+17 Bulwark) W+14; cold and fire resist 4/6 Void resist 1| Perc +11 (Initiative +13) | Shield Hardness 10 HP 80/80 | Speed 30 ft | Hero Points 2 | Exploration: Defend| Active Conditions: Enfeebled 3, Critical Overdrive 9 rounds, +10 speed 10 minutes
Cautious now, chilled and with his healing offline. Liam moves forward with shield readied. Quickly enough to get out of the path of the fire, hopefully.
Shield up, Liam advances quickly across the room and towards the shadowy region to the west. The drakes and that larger creature his as the inventor approaches, but as Liam moves he sees not only more track in the floor but also what looks like a control panel in the southern wall between a pair of statues.
Ezran fires off another magical bolt at the injured drake. But as it lurks in the shadows to the west, the dark around the dragon seems to intensify as the ray races towards it. The oddly-enhanced shadows give the creature a chance to evade the magical attack!
Even on top of the normal dim lighting to the west of the map (W and NW from the pillar's path), the drake seems to have done something to blend even further into the shadows there. That Ray is a miss, unless Ezran is Hero Pointing the flat check.
Meanwhile the larger creature lets out a roar as Liam nears it. It scrabbles toward the armored hunk and lashes out at him in a frenzy. A vicious chomp draws blood, and while its following tail slap is ineffective a backswing of that tail slips past Liam's guard to knock the inventor out!
Quickblade moves up and launches another bolt. The shadows around his target intensify again as the ammunition approaches but the ranger's aim is too true and you hear a satisfying yelp as it embeds into the dragon's scales.
The beast rears its head back in response and hurls another orb of firgid shadow right at the archer, before flying out of sight (of him: Liam and Khaul can see its still right there)
more Cold damage:3d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 6) = 16to Quickblade; DC 18 Basic Reflex
NG M Dwarf Champion-6; HP 115/115; Focus 1/1; HeroP 1/3; Potion lesser healing 1/1; AC 30(with shield); Fort +15; Ref +9; Will +14; slash resist/3; poison resist/3; cold resistance/2; mental resistance/2;Perc +11; +1 to saves vs disease,; +7 healing from first aid; battle medicine 1/hour Active conditions: Shield (hardness 13, hp120/120). Default exploration: Defend;Action Symbols: (◆), (◆◆), (◆◆◆), (◇), (↺); sheet
Khaul will have used his reaction to block the damage with his shield. He normally uses either shield block or champions reaction, whichever would trigger first.
Male Human Inventor 9 | HP 107/107 | AC 28/30 | F+16 R+15 (+17 Bulwark) W+14; cold and fire resist 4/6 Void resist 1| Perc +11 (Initiative +13) | Shield Hardness 10 HP 80/80 | Speed 30 ft | Hero Points 2 | Exploration: Defend| Active Conditions: Enfeebled 3, Critical Overdrive 9 rounds, +10 speed 10 minutes
"Thank you," breathes Liam, though he keeps his eyes on his attacker and not his rescuer.
He snaps his mace out at point-blank range, then makes for the controls. (The close range is helpful--how could he miss? The head of the mace is forcefully repelled magnetically toward--oh, probably not the best time to get into all that.)
If he doesn't immediately see how to disable the trap, he turns and readies his shield instead. He can deal with that once he has a moment to breathe.
* Attack:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 for bludgeoning damage:1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
* Stride
* If it's possible to [attempt to] disable the trap in one action, he'll do that. Otherwise Raise Shield.
Khaul will have used his reaction to block the damage with his shield. He normally uses either shield block or champions reaction, whichever would trigger first.
Unless I am missing something, Kabul’s shield was not raise this round as you needed to spend two actions Striding
Ezran's lightning singes his targets while Liam lands a good thwack on the creature before him. The invenotr then moves down and out of the incoming path of the fiery pillar and raises his shield against a counterattack. Deactivating the trap from the control panel would be Two actions (◆◆), and would require either a thievery or Arcana check (both trained+ only)
The larger beast snarls and looks at Liam as he retreats, but seems wary about chasing the inventor closer to the flaming trap to the south. Instead, it launches out its own freezing sphere of darkness out towards Erryn and Ezran before scrambling back into the shadows.
NG M Dwarf Champion-6; HP 115/115; Focus 1/1; HeroP 1/3; Potion lesser healing 1/1; AC 30(with shield); Fort +15; Ref +9; Will +14; slash resist/3; poison resist/3; cold resistance/2; mental resistance/2;Perc +11; +1 to saves vs disease,; +7 healing from first aid; battle medicine 1/hour Active conditions: Shield (hardness 13, hp120/120). Default exploration: Defend;Action Symbols: (◆), (◆◆), (◆◆◆), (◇), (↺); sheet
Khaul shivers as he eyes the two dragons he is about to face.
"Yer lot been a stealin from me kin since a'fore time recorded." he snarls.
Raising his shield he stalks toward them.
Now the Big one is more dangerous... but maybe I'll have me a chance if I can finish off the litl'un first?
The Hammer of Torag slams into the red drake...
strike red:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 B damage(magic):2d8 + 4 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 = 13 flat check?:1d20 ⇒ 20 Bah, pity those rolls are not around the other way.
Reaction to use either shield block or champions reaction, which ever triggers first. I'm guessing the shield block here :-)
* raise shield
* stride
* strike
Is the blue dragon dead? I don't see it on the map, but it is still in init, and I don't see it being attacked..
I'm not 100% sure I'm allowed to stand on whatever the liquid is here, but I am for the moment. IF it looks like acid or something equally harmful, I'll likely adjust my position slightly.
I'm not 100% sure I'm allowed to stand on whatever the liquid is here, but I am for the moment. IF it looks like acid or something equally harmful, I'll likely adjust my position slightly.
The Blue dragon is actually sharing the space you began your turn in (tiny-sized). If you would prefer, we can have you have attacked at that with you still having a third action from not Striding. That first swing misses either way.
As Khaul tries to drop a drake, the firey pillar continues to move along its path, cutting of Khaul's view of Liam as it moves over where the inventor had just been standing not moments before!
Quickblade can make out his target in the shade, but as he fires the shadows around the creature intensify and cause the bolt to miss. It Reacted to make the Flat check harder than normal shadows/dim light.
Still hurt, that drake then flies right up to Kahul Flies into your square lashes out at the dwarf in a frenzy
Male Human Inventor 9 | HP 107/107 | AC 28/30 | F+16 R+15 (+17 Bulwark) W+14; cold and fire resist 4/6 Void resist 1| Perc +11 (Initiative +13) | Shield Hardness 10 HP 80/80 | Speed 30 ft | Hero Points 2 | Exploration: Defend| Active Conditions: Enfeebled 3, Critical Overdrive 9 rounds, +10 speed 10 minutes
"It's magic..." mutters Liam as he sets his weapon down to work the control, "Should've expected..."
But while outside of his true area of expertise, Liam is certainly knowledgeable about magic. He didn't quite have the knack for wizardry, but when his brother had suddenly developed magical powers it was Liam's research that helped him learn control.
Which means this is exactly what he knows how to do.
"Fire.. trigger's here.. and this should do it!"
He turns around, shield up, to observe the result of his attempt.
Free: Drop weapon
◆◆ Disable with Arcana:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
◆ Raise Shield
Almost too bad I got Critical Overdrive, I'm not actually using it much.
NG Male Human Wizard 3; HP 32; Hero Points 1; AC 17 (18 w shield); FORT +7 REF +7 WILL +8; Perc +6
Ezran yelps as he tries to dodge the freezing sphere hurled his way. He grunts as he takes the full brunt of the spell. Balling his fists, he tries his best to recover and launch another electrical surge, seeing it be effective against the elusive drakes.
REF:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
◆◆ Cast Electric Arc at Red and Green Drake ◆ Cast Shield
Electric Arc Basic REF save DC 19:2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 = 6
Liam tries to work on the controls, but the magitech composing it is a bit unfamilair to him Not a Success on the Disable attempt Ezran's lightning is a bit more effective.
Twitching slightly from the latest shock, the large shadowy beast tries to savage Kahul in a frenzy of strikes. But yet again the dwarf's armor and shield hold up against the barrage. The creature slinks back further into the shadows, hissing.
NG M Dwarf Champion-6; HP 115/115; Focus 1/1; HeroP 1/3; Potion lesser healing 1/1; AC 30(with shield); Fort +15; Ref +9; Will +14; slash resist/3; poison resist/3; cold resistance/2; mental resistance/2;Perc +11; +1 to saves vs disease,; +7 healing from first aid; battle medicine 1/hour Active conditions: Shield (hardness 13, hp120/120). Default exploration: Defend;Action Symbols: (◆), (◆◆), (◆◆◆), (◇), (↺); sheet
Khaul happy for the dragon to keep its distance and reasonably confident in his ability to intercept it should it try and tackle one of his fellows, directs his ire on the small red drake.
Khaul happy for the dragon to keep its distance and reasonably confident in his ability to intercept it should it try and tackle one of his fellows, directs his ire on the small red drake.
"Take that, you fiend!"
* raise shield
*strike
*strike
Is there a flat check I should be adding for strikes against these annoying creatures being concealed?
There is: it'll React strongly against your first strike to intensify and hide in the shadows even vs you, though the second swing wouldn't need anything given your darkvision.
Flat:1d20 ⇒ 12
Huzzah!
Kahul finally manages to land a solid blow on the drake harassing him, sending in smacking limp on the stone floor. The victorious sight is a bit hard to take in for most of you though as the pillar continues its path and moves between the dwarf and the circuit's center.
NG Male Human Wizard 3; HP 32; Hero Points 1; AC 17 (18 w shield); FORT +7 REF +7 WILL +8; Perc +6
Ezran shivers as he tries to shake of the effects of the cold blast. Wanting to put an end to this threat, he unleashes some of his diminishing power toward the large creature. Three bursts of pure magical energy hurl towards the drake.
Quickblade's bolt lands true! And a pair of follow-up spells from your companions - their sight now unimpeded by the disappearance of the flame - finally cause the final beast to drop.
Catching your breath, you can hear the sounds of doors opening as the deactivation of the fire trap seems to have unsealed some of the nearby rooms and freed the Pathfinders trapped within them. The noise of them hurriedly getting to safer circumstances echoes down the halls while you have a moment to recover.
Quickblade, would you be all right with letting me handle the Treat Wounds first? I've got Continual Recovery, so that will let us work on folks in quick succession instead of having to wait an hour to try again.
Likewise, Erryn gets to work treating the party's burns, scrapes, and other injuries.
