AoO:1d20 + 4 - 4 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 - 4 + 4 = 22more if the katana is masterwork or better Dmg:1d8 ⇒ 8
UMD:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (12) + 18 = 30 Sputnik will use the wand of Dimension Door they got earlier after Aoi grabs the longspear, teleport it and its master out of the sphere. Then Aoi will drop (besides the spears as free action) a Fireball with Reckoning(switching as swift action) at the two guards.
[dice=UMD]d20+18 Sputnik will use the wand of Dimension Door they got earlier after Aoi grabs the longspear, teleport it and its master out of the sphere. Then Aoi will drop (besides the spears as free action) a Fireball with Reckoning(switching as swift action) at the two guards.
[dice=Fireball, DC22 Reflex]8d8+8
Riko's longspear was shunted out of the force sphere, so Aoi won't be able to grab it on her way out (but presumably, she doesn't need to, since she seems to intend to deny the weapon to Riko). Also, the two remaining honor guards are pretty much off-map by this point, and I don't think Aoi has line-of-sight to them through the elevation change and the intervening trees. Do you want to try something different instead of the fireball?
[dice=UMD]d20+18 Sputnik will use the wand of Dimension Door they got earlier after Aoi grabs the longspear, teleport it and its master out of the sphere. Then Aoi will drop (besides the spears as free action) a Fireball with Reckoning(switching as swift action) at the two guards.
[dice=Fireball, DC22 Reflex]8d8+8
Riko's longspear was shunted out of the force sphere, so Aoi won't be able to grab it on her way out (but presumably, she doesn't need to, since she seems to intend to deny the weapon to Riko). Also, the two remaining honor guards are pretty much off-map by this point, and I don't think Aoi has line-of-sight to them through the elevation change and the intervening trees. Do you want to try something different instead of the fireball?
I supposed the forest fire here is already bad enough......Could the familiar ready action to teleport Aoi and itself out of the sphere/out of harm if Aoi detonates the Fireball inside the sphere, in a way that Aoi and the familiar is not hurt?
@GM
Are any of the guards targetable with a composite longbow at the moment? If so, he targets them with a full action. If not he readies an action to fire when one comes within 110 feet (range increment) and sight with the first attack below.
[dice=AoO]d20+4-4+4 more if the katana is masterwork or better
18 on the die with a katana is a critical threat, if you want to roll that.
Aoi wrote:
Could the familiar ready action to teleport Aoi and itself out of the sphere/out of harm if Aoi detonates the Fireball inside the sphere, in a way that Aoi and the familiar is not hurt?
Although the idea sounds cool, I really have no idea how to implement that. By RAW, the familiar’s readied action would end up preempting the fireball, which means that by the time Aoi cast the spell, she’d no longer have line of effect to the inside of the force sphere.
Hekk wrote:
Are any of the guards targetable with a composite longbow at the moment? If so, he targets them with a full action. If not he readies an action to fire when one comes within 110 feet (range increment) and sight with the first attack below.
The trees and smoke from the blight fire probably made it impossible to see the two honor guards at this point, so I’ll assume the readied action here.
Goran wrote:
You're the last one left...surrender...there is no point for it to go on any further... Goran pleads with the last remaining warrior.
“Ph'nglui mglw'nafh qlippoth wgah-nagl fhtagn!” is Riko’s only reply. (Confused Abyss-corrupted gibberish for “no thank you,” you guess.)
18 on the die with a katana is a critical threat, if you want to roll that.
Aoi wrote:
Could the familiar ready action to teleport Aoi and itself out of the sphere/out of harm if Aoi detonates the Fireball inside the sphere, in a way that Aoi and the familiar is not hurt?
Although the idea sounds cool, I really have no idea how to implement that. By RAW, the familiar’s readied action would end up preempting the fireball, which means that by the time Aoi cast the spell, she’d no longer have line of effect to the inside of the force sphere.
"You point your finger and determine the range (distance and height) at which the fireball is to burst. A glowing, pea-sized bead streaks from the pointing digit and, unless it impacts upon a material body or solid barrier prior to attaining the prescribed range, blossoms into the fireball at that point." There is technically a small fire bead travel time before it detonate, that's the timing Aoi and Sputnik is looking for. I will think of something else if you don't think it would work.
Confirm:1d20 + 4 - 4 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 - 4 + 4 = 11(More if the sword is masterwork or better)Crit dmg:1d8 ⇒ 5
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 50/50|F +3, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|25/25 Perform, 3/3 Sooth, 3/3 FWIT, 1/1 comic relief
Quick as a wink, the shadow-crocodile vanishes while Xasay looks at Riko with renewed interest, tapping on the force shield as much out of curiosity in the thing itself as to get the attention of those inside.
GM Ansha wrote:
“Ph'nglui mglw'nafh qlippoth wgah-nagl fhtagn!” is Riko’s only reply. (Confused Abyss-corrupted gibberish for “no thank you,” you guess.)
Using the UMD result above Aoi will have Sputnik teleport them out to a safe distance, then Aoi will dismiss the Emergency Force Sphere "If you wanna talk it out, now it's the chance." Aoi says to Riko.
The battle continues to rage around the Pathfinders, with aasimar and tengu on one side and corrupted aasimar on the other. Between the two remaining honor guards' panic and Riko's debilitating eye issues, the party find themselves in a lull in the fighting. Riko does manage to locate her longspear, though (move action to move to where the weapon fell, though she doesn't pick it up--also, Goran and Xasay get an attack of opportunity each on her as she moves).
Meanwhile, a handful of aerial bombardiers attempt to drop more branches burning with blight fire on Goran and Xasay. (23 cold damage, DC 18 Reflex for half--or someone makes a ranged attack to hit AC 17 to negate the damage for the round.)
Riko and the remaining honor guards will fight to the death, but you have 7 rounds until Riko's mydriatic spontaneity wears off and she's able to fight again, and 4 rounds until fear wears off of the surviving honor guards, plus another several rounds before they get back into the fight.
As such, we'll say everyone has 7 rounds of actions they can take before combat resumes. Unless prevented somehow, Riko spends a move action to pick up her longspear on round 8.
"Negotiation failed, it seems."
Sputnik fly to 25ft away from Riko and clicks the Ill Omen wand at her, and Aoi starts casting spells at Riko.
If Riko failed her save vs evil eye at round 3, the -4 on saving throw last 12 rounds
Round 7
First she has to make sure Riko doesn't run away from the martials
Shadow Trap DC20 Will or entangled and can't move more than 5ft away from where she's at, roll twice take worse.
Did Hekk not attack with his readied action because I said he would target guards instead of bombardiers? Which is the icon for Riko? Could you make all baddies circular or outlined in a certain color to make it more obvious? And just to be clear, Riko is no longer protected behind a force field, correct?
Did Hekk not attack with his readied action because I said he would target guards instead of bombardiers? Which is the icon for Riko? Could you make all baddies circular or outlined in a certain color to make it more obvious? And just to be clear, Riko is no longer protected behind a force field, correct?
Riko is the one with a face at the top (the guards just look like a torso and an arm about to draw a sword). I'll see what I can do about the icons. Yes, Riko is no longer inside a force sphere. As for the readied action, that was just an oversight on my part. You do target and hit the bombardiers, so that will negate the damage they might have done in Round 6.
CN Male Nagaji 19/T 11/FF18, BAB +8 F+13/R+6/W+3 CMB +15(+17 w/Disarm) CMD 26(28 vs disarm) rage 9 of 12 left Bloodrager 4/Brawler 2/Fighter (High Guardian) 2 HP 72 / 72 Init +3, Per +13
Sorry, I usually check in the morning before I go to work but had to leave early. Guard duty is fine
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 50/50|F +3, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|25/25 Perform, 3/3 Sooth, 3/3 FWIT, 1/1 comic relief
Xasay slashes at Riko as the mutated aasimar makes a stumbling dash for her long spear, drawing a line of blood. Aoi’s spell completes, and Riko’s movements became even more sluggish- it almost seems that she’s fighting against her own shadow.
In the interest of not drawing this fight out too much, if y’all could post seven rounds of actions at once, it would be helpful. Especially if those actions involve attacking Riko.
CN Male Nagaji 19/T 11/FF18, BAB +8 F+13/R+6/W+3 CMB +15(+17 w/Disarm) CMD 26(28 vs disarm) rage 9 of 12 left Bloodrager 4/Brawler 2/Fighter (High Guardian) 2 HP 72 / 72 Init +3, Per +13
Khugron charged forward as best as he could to join the others in dealing with Riko, pounding him into pulp.
Riko ducks Goran's blow as she passes as well. She retrieves her longspear, still struggling to move and staggering about drunkenly. Hekk and Khugron fall upon her then with polearm, tooth, and claw. She snarls and hisses at them as their blows land, but Aoi's spells make it impossible for her to fight back. After a handful of blows from the pair, she collapses in a pool of blood.
The battle still rages around the Pathfinders, although occasionally, additional bombardiers attempt to drop burning branches on the largest cluster of the party.
Riko is slain in Round 9. Bombardiers attempt to drop burning branches on Hekk & Khugron in Round 8, but I'm assuming Omar will spend an action to drive them off again. More bombardiers show up in Rounds 10, 12, and 14. The two surviving honor guards return to the fight in Round 14. I will assume no actions posted mean you are not doing anything in Rounds 9-13, so I'll pick back up with another update later with us in Round 14.
Goran: It's your choice whether to channel or use a wand, but wand charges are not a renewable resource. The party has plenty of time to gather together to be affected by a channel or two before the honor guards return.
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 50/50|F +3, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|25/25 Perform, 3/3 Sooth, 3/3 FWIT, 1/1 comic relief
Rounds 9-13:
Xasay uses the hiatus to make us of a curious implement: A long wand consisting of three rods (one of coral, one of quartz, and one of tar pitch) bound by three rings (one of copper, one of silver, and one of gold), all etched in a strikingly colorful mercury-sulfur compound with what the suitably educated would recognize as long strings of Lirgeni mathematical equations. Holding it at both tips, he twiddles it in his hands, then points it with a flourish at himself and others in turn, each of whom are suddenly struck by a strange premonition....
Today's lucky numbers are...!: mine:1d20 ⇒ 12 Goran:1d20 ⇒ 18 Khugron:1d20 ⇒ 16 Hekk:1d20 ⇒ 20<--- We have a loser!!! Ow, sorry Hekk! Omar:1d20 ⇒ 3
After a lull in the fighting, the two surviving honor guards come flying in from the same directions they flew out. Spotting one of them, Aoi flings a fireball in his general direction--the mutated aasimar is incinerated instantly.
As before, the honor guards are hovering/flying 10' off the ground. Also, as of round 14, only HG4 (blue) is visible--the other is hidden behind a rock outcropping.
The party is up (minus Aoi, who threw a fireball)!
Xasay, Aoi incinerated the only visible target you've got right now. What do you want to do instead?
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 50/50|F +3, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|25/25 Perform, 3/3 Sooth, 3/3 FWIT, 1/1 comic relief
Xasay finishes making the rounds with his weird (in multiple senses of the word) wand.
Aoi's lucky number:1d20 ⇒ 6
He then tries to hide, as much out of instinct as anything else.
CN Male Nagaji 19/T 11/FF18, BAB +8 F+13/R+6/W+3 CMB +15(+17 w/Disarm) CMD 26(28 vs disarm) rage 9 of 12 left Bloodrager 4/Brawler 2/Fighter (High Guardian) 2 HP 72 / 72 Init +3, Per +13
KLhugron waited, not in the mood to go chasing after a flying foe.
Goran, I'm going to assume you readied an attack here. I'm also assuming that Hekk's readied action was to drive off bombardiers this round.
GM Only:
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Between Omar and Hekk, the next wave of bombardiers are driven off. The sole surviving honor guard flies low and, spotting Hekk, dives toward him as he crests the rock outcropping. Goran is quick to send arrow at the guard, and it buries itself in his wing. A moment later, Aoi incants another spell and lobs a second fireball. This one flies past the honor guard before detonating, catching the mutant aasimar in its blast (but not Hekk). The aasimar crashes to the ground, smoke rising from his body.
Combat over
Seeing Lt Riko and her honor guards fall, the remaining deserters surrender to the Twenty-Four Masks and the Tianji aasimar soldiers. The tengu and uncorrupted aasimar accept their surrender, disarming them and rounding them up. Captain Tai Dan approaches the party shortly thereafter.
"What do you want us to do with these prisoners?" he asks, gesturing to the deserters.
If you choose to examine the prisoners, give me a Sense Motive and/or Heal check.
CN Male Nagaji 19/T 11/FF18, BAB +8 F+13/R+6/W+3 CMB +15(+17 w/Disarm) CMD 26(28 vs disarm) rage 9 of 12 left Bloodrager 4/Brawler 2/Fighter (High Guardian) 2 HP 72 / 72 Init +3, Per +13
You both determine that the corrupted aasimar seem to be suffering from some sort of mental malady in addition to the physical corruption they've undergone. The deserters claim that they acted in the way they believed was best for Tianjing, and readily admit to the influence Riko held over them and the Shepherd’s convincing arguments. Omar also recognizes that the captured deserters wholeheartedly believe that they were acting in Tianjing’s best interests.
While Omar and Goran look the POWs over and Khugron keeps watch over them, the rest of the group police the fallen deserters' equipment.
Detect magic shows that six of the honor guards' crossbow bolts (one per honor guard) are magical. Lt Riko's longspear, tatami-do armor, belt, brooch, and cloak are also magical. In addition, fourteen potions between them are magical.
Give me Spellcraft checks if you want to identify them.
male Human Cleric 8, HP 75, AC 22, T 13, FF 18, F +10, R +7, W +11, Initiative +1, Perception +9
They appear to have siffered some sort of mental affliction...leading them to be used and controlled. They honestly thought they were doing the right thing. Poor fellows...they'll need some sort of guidance and spiritual cleansing after this, I fear....
Between Goran and Aoi, you identify them items as:
Longspear +1
Tatami-do +1
Belt of giant strength +2
Cloak of resistance +1
Potion of lesser restoration
Potion of invisibility (CL5)
12 potions of Cure Light Wounds
6 screaming bolts
Also, the brooch was an aegis of recovery , but it was spent during the combat and crumbles to dust when you handle it.
