(#B-21) "Against the Unliving" w/ QM rainzax (Inactive)

Game Master rainzax

Sir Miles - what is your Recovery DC?
And, the outcome of your check result?

Sir Miles - what is your Recovery DC?

And, the outcome of your check result?

Well, if Sir Miles is Dying 2, then the DC is 10+2=12. My check result was 9, which would be a Failure, so he is now at Dying 3

Sir Miles condition worsens.

Dorenea dodges Ezren's frosty ray.

The party continues to struggle on with two of their best fighters down!

Again, whatever foulness stirs below continues - the dirt lump on the ground struggles some more... still nothing yet emerges yet...

Dorenea again takes easy prey - Endra!

◆) Slowed 1
◆) Feint (vs Endra)
◆) Strike (vs Endra)

Feint vs Endra (Perception DC 18): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Shortsword (agile, versatile P/S, slashing) Strike vs Endra (AC 20 or 18 Off-Guard) w/ Sneak Attack (2d6): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 261d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 102d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8 @ 10 damage

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THE LAST KNIGHT

Standing with Denufair: Indifferent (= Failure + Critical Failure + Success)
Terrain: Cliffs around island are Sheer
Difficult Terrain: Inclined Slopes
Obstacles: Rocks
Weather: Dim Light under the Moon
Monster ID: Religion (DC 20)
Monster Intel: Weak to slashing 5 and positive 5

Ezren @ 27/32

SOMETHING!? @ ??/??
Jaehaera @ 0/33 @ Wounded 2, Prone, Dropped Weapon, Unconsciouss, Stable
Sir Miles @ 0/27 @ Dying 2, Prone, Unconsciouss
Dorenea @ (AC ??, HP -16/??) @ Sudden Surge (☑☑□)

Flory @ 13/26
Endra @ 29/39

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Flory, Endra, and Ezren are Up!

Flory sighs. ”The best laid plans…”, she muses.

Then she looks at Sir Miles. ”…have a silver lining”

She moves closer to the fray, and makes sewing motions in the air. The spider’s bleeding stops.

Stride, Cast stabilize on Sir Miles

Endra is a scout by training. Close-up brawls are not really her thing. But seeing Miles on the ground brings out a sudden necessity in her. She begins viciously slashing at Dorenea.

◆ Strike: dagger attack (agile, finesse), S damage (versatile): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 141d4 ⇒ 3
◆ Strike: dagger attack (agile, finesse), S damage (versatile): 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 11 - 4 = 171d4 ⇒ 1
◆ Strike: dagger attack (agile, finesse), S damage (versatile): 1d20 + 11 - 8 ⇒ (3) + 11 - 8 = 61d4 ⇒ 3

yeesh... certainly using the hero point here.

Hero points, first attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Wow. Somewhere in an alternate reality there is a witchwarper draining my luck.

Ezren continues to stand tall, shooting elemental energy from his eyes! He looks like a mage possessed!

◆◆ Ray of frost: spell attack, cold damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 242d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 = 12

Critical Success The target takes double damage and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds for 1 round.

Success The target takes normal damage.

◆ Cast a spell: shield

Sir Miles condition stabilizes.

Endra engages Dorenea, but her dagger fails to connect.

Ezren's frosty ray turns some of the rotten skin frozen! (Damage pending)

The party continues to struggle on with two of their best fighters down!

The dirt lump on the ground struggles some more... again, whatever foulness stirs below continues... but nothing emerges quite yet...

Dorenea continues her skirmish against brave Endra!

◆) Slowed 1
◆) Feint (vs Endra)
◆) Strike (vs Endra)

Feint vs Endra (Perception DC 18): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Shortsword (agile, versatile P/S, slashing) Strike vs Endra (AC 20 or 18 Off-Guard) w/ Sneak Attack (2d6): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 331d6 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 152d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6 @ 42 damage

Endra goes down!

Flory and Ezren suddenly find themselves exposed!

Invigorated, the zombie-thief's movements again begin to accelerate!

Penalty to speed subsides; Sudden Surge fully recharged!

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THE LAST KNIGHT

Standing with Denufair: Indifferent (= Failure + Critical Failure + Success)
Terrain: Cliffs around island are Sheer
Difficult Terrain: Inclined Slopes
Obstacles: Rocks
Weather: Dim Light under the Moon
Monster ID: Religion (DC 20)
Monster Intel: Weak to slashing 5 and positive 5

Ezren @ 27/32

SOMETHING!? @ ??/??
Jaehaera @ 0/33 @ Wounded 2, Prone, Dropped Weapon, Unconscious, Stable
Sir Miles @ 0/27 @ Wounded 1, Prone, Unconsciouss, Stable
Endra @ 0/39 @ Dying 2, Prone, Dropped Weapon, Unconscious
Dorenea @ (AC ??, HP -16(+d)/??) @ Sudden Surge (☑☑☑)

Flory @ 13/26

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Flory and Ezren are Up!

Hey, I won't have the chance to do much again, but I do have a holy water on my body. It may not matter due action economy efficiencies. Also Jaehaera is only wounded 1. Flory treated wounds after the first fight, and a successful Treat Wounds removes the wounded condition, and no matter how I went down, you only increase the wounded condition by 1 after being brought down. To get Wounded 2, or 3, I'd have to fall, be brought back up and fall again without having Treat Wounds

Flory turns to Dorenea, and her cloak billows around her. She gestures, and it lashes out at the zombie.

Cast gouging claw, Reach Spell

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 6) = 10S

Hero Point

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 = 12

Keeping the dice from the original roll (duh :) ), but replacing the original ability modifier with the correct die roll.

cold damage: 4 + 4 + 1d4 ⇒ 4 + 4 + (2) = 10

So much for tanking

DC12 Recovery: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Flory's claws fall shy of Dorenea.

Ezren's icy blast chills her fetid flesh. (10 damage total)

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THE LAST KNIGHT

Standing with Denufair: Indifferent (= Failure + Critical Failure + Success)
Terrain: Cliffs around island are Sheer
Difficult Terrain: Inclined Slopes
Obstacles: Rocks
Weather: Dim Light under the Moon
Monster ID: Religion (DC 20)
Monster Intel: Weak to slashing 5 and positive 5

Ezren @ 27/32

SOMETHING!? @ ??/??
Jaehaera @ 0/33 @ Wounded 2, Prone, Dropped Weapon, Unconscious, Stable
Sir Miles @ 0/27 @ Wounded 1, Prone, Unconsciouss, Stable
Endra @ 0/39 @ Dying 2, Prone, Dropped Weapon, Unconscious
Dorenea @ (AC 22, HP 64/90) @ Sudden Surge (☑☑☑)

Flory @ 13/26

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Ezren is Up!

Posted but then deleted when I remembered that Ezren has something useful in his inventory...

Endra!

The mad mage approaches the archer, draws a healing potion from his pack, and carefully pours it into her mouth.

◆ Stride
◆ Interact: draw lesser healing potion
◆ Interact: administer lesser healing potion to Endra: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (7, 2) + 5 = 14

Endra awakens, and is Up!

Endra blinks awake, confused for an instant before she regains her bearings.

Not today…

Feeling around on the ground, she grasps her dagger, stands and slashes.

◆ Interact: grab dagger
◆ Stand
◆ Strike: dagger attack (agile, finesse), S damage (versatile): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 281d4 ⇒ 4

Endra delivers a good slash (9 damage) - then once again draws the ire of the zombie-thief!

"Stay Down!"

Shortsword (agile, versatile P/S, slashing) Strike w/ Sudden Surge vs Endra (w/ free Off-Guard) vs AC 18 w/ Sneak Attack (2d6): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 271d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 102d6 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3 @ 13 damage

Endra @ 1 HP

Sudden Surge Cooldown (rounds): 1d4 ⇒ 3

Amazingly, the plucky fighter still stands! "NO!" Dorenea screeches, and tries to cut her down again!

◇) Sudden Surge to Strike (vs Endra)
◆) Slowed 1
◆) Feint (vs Endra)
◆) Strike (vs Endra)

Feint vs Endra (Perception DC 18): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Shortsword (agile, versatile P/S, slashing) Strike w/ MAP (-4) vs Endra (AC 20 or 18 Off-Guard) w/ Sneak Attack (2d6): 1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 14 - 4 = 291d6 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 142d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11 @ lots of damage

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THE LAST KNIGHT

Standing with Denufair: Indifferent (= Failure + Critical Failure + Success)
Terrain: Cliffs around island are Sheer
Difficult Terrain: Inclined Slopes
Obstacles: Rocks
Weather: Dim Light under the Moon
Monster ID: Religion (DC 20)
Monster Intel: Weak to slashing 5 and positive 5

Ezren @ 27/32

SOMETHING!? @ ??/??
Jaehaera @ 0/33 @ Wounded 2 1, Prone, Dropped Weapon, Unconscious, Stable
Sir Miles @ 0/27 @ Wounded 1, Prone, Unconsciouss, Stable
Endra @ 0/39 @ Dying 2, Prone again, Dropped Weapon again, Unconscious again
Dorenea @ (AC 22, HP 55/90) @ Sudden Surge (□□□)

Flory @ 13/26

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Flory and Ezren are Up!

With Endra dropped again, Ezren is directly facing their foe and quickly acts to try to freeze off more zombie flesh.

◆◆ Ray of frost: spell attack, cold damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 293d4 ⇒ (4, 3, 3) = 10

Critical Success The target takes double damage and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds for 1 round.

Success The target takes normal damage.

◆ Cast a spell: shield

Flory’s cloak snaps at Dorenea once more!

Reach Spell, Cast gouging claw

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 1) = 11S

Dorenea loses an entire leg to Ezren's frost - it freezes right off! - crashing to the ground and shattering into a million icy shards.

The spine that lashes forth from Flory eviscerates her - would she was alive, spilled entrails would spell her end! Instead, she struggles on without guts in her center, desperate to snuff out the last two lights of the party, then feast on the remains!

Eyeballing the two, she gives one-legged lumbering chase (-10 speed) towards Ezren or Flory?: 1d6 ⇒ 6 Flory!

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Endra @ 0/39 @ Dying 2, Prone again, Dropped Weapon again, Unconscious again
Dorenea @ (AC 22, HP 19/90) @ Sudden Surge (□□□)

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But first... Endra is Up!

DC 12 recovery flat: 1d20 ⇒ 16

Again Endra returns to the living.

This time she grabs her weapon, stands, and carefully steps away.

◆ Interact: grab weapon
◆ Stand
◆ Step NW

Ezren's ice and Flory's claws give the doomed party renewed hope!

Dorenea then moves in to cut it back down - targeting Ezren or Flory: 1d6 ⇒ 5 Flory!

◆) Slowed 1
◆) Stride
◆) Strike (vs Flory)

Shortsword (agile, versatile P/S, slashing) Strike vs Flory (AC 17): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 201d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 @ 11 damage

Miraculously, Flory survives the assault!!!

"NO. YOU SHOULD FALL!!!!!!!"

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THE LAST KNIGHT

Standing with Denufair: Indifferent (= Failure + Critical Failure + Success)
Terrain: Cliffs around island are Sheer
Difficult Terrain: Inclined Slopes
Obstacles: Rocks
Weather: Dim Light under the Moon
Monster ID: Religion (DC 20)
Monster Intel: Weak to slashing 5 and positive 5

Ezren @ 27/32

SOMETHING!? @ ??/??
Jaehaera @ 0/33 @ Wounded 2 1, Prone, Dropped Weapon, Unconscious, Stable
Sir Miles @ 0/27 @ Wounded 1, Prone, Unconsciouss, Stable
Endra @ 0/39 @ Dying 1, Prone again, Dropped Weapon again, Unconscious again
Dorenea @ (AC 22, HP 19/90) @ Sudden Surge (☑□□)

Flory @ 02/26

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Flory and Ezren are Up!

[dice=DC 12 recovery flat]1d20

Again Endra returns to the living.

This time she grabs her weapon, stands, and carefully steps away.

◆ Interact: grab weapon
◆ Stand
◆ Step NW

Endra does none of these things and instead improves to Dying 1

Away from the light. Away!

Ezren is rattled by the zombie-sans-one-leg approaching so close to him. He steps away and again aims his frosty-eyes at her.

◆ Step E
◆◆ Ray of frost: spell attack, cold damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 213d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 4) = 7

Critical Success The target takes double damage and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds for 1 round.

Success The target takes normal damage.

Dorenea shambles upon single leg, unexpectedly dodging Ezren's ray narrowly!

Flory is Up!

Flory smiles at the zombie’s approach. ”Come into my parlor…”

Her cloak lashes out, floating around at her shoulders.

Cast gouging claw, shield

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 1) = 8

Flory is staggered by the zombie’s near-fatal blow, but still keeps her wits about her. When their foe lurches away from Ezren’s spell, she whips her cloak into its path, the hem tearing through the rotting flesh like a hot knife. The upper half tumbles to the ground with a wet squish, the lower half soon afterwards.

And with that, a harrowed dog emerges from the pile of rubble... and runs away!

Beneath where he was digging, yet another corpse.

But the island is silent.

And the witch and the wizard have time to revive the fallen spider, the twice-fallen fighter, and the twice-fallen investigator, patch up their wounds, and leave alive without further incident.

Endra is still catching her breath as her wounds are tended to.

Let's not do that again...

She looks over the zombie for any proof that might help when they report back.

I presume we can head back to report on the full loss of his team, or do we need to chase the dog?

Flory nods in agreement. ”So much more peaceful now”, she says. ‘B]”Snug as a tomb”[/b]