GM Ansha's Clash in Kaimuko Wood

Game Master Ansha

GM Ansha wrote:

No one is able to identify the magical wakizashi...
Not so fast!

Spellcraft on wakizashi: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

No, so fast. (That is, you needed a 28 to identify it.)

The mutated lieutenant's eyes roll up into the back of her head and she crumples to the ground.

Init Order - Round 1

Lt Riko (sleeping, blurred, confused)
Aoi
Hekk
Goran
Khugron
Omar
Xasay
Honor Guards

Goran and Xasay are up!

Surrender...your commander is downed...do not throw your lives away....
Goran tries to talk them out of a fight.

diplomacy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

well...was worth a shot...lol...*facepalm*

Xasay spends his turn distracted by a passing shadow.

As one might expect from people corrupted by the Abyss, the mutated soldiers do not seem impressed by Goran's oratory. Instead, they charge into the fray with an inarticulate battlecry!

Most of them double-move, but one is able to reach Khugron and attack with his longspear.

One mutated deserter stabs at Khugron, connecting and drawing blood (10 damage)

Meanwhile, Lt Riko continues to doze, her form slightly blurry.

Init Order - Round 2

Lt Riko (sleeping, blurred)
Aoi
Hekk
Goran
Khugron -10
Omar
Xasay
Honor Guards

The party is up!

Combat reflexes, Improved Disarm, +5' to reach due to bloodline: 1d20 + 19 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 19 + 2 + 2 = 28
As the first foe approached, the tip of the bec de corbin did a quick motion, causing the grip to weaken on the longspear before the hammer slammed into its chest.

Rage, power attack, furious focus: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 19 + 2 = 281d10 + 27 ⇒ (9) + 27 = 36

Recalculating attack to make sure it is correct as it has been a while and Rage Song adds more. 24 Str, +4 for Blood rage, +4 for Omar's rage song, so 32 str (+11). Base attack +11, +8 for level and +2 for the weapon (+21) +11 for damage, +5 for using a 2 handed weapon, +9 for power attack and +2 for the weapon, so d10+27

Waiting for a ruling.

Omar continues his song as he double moves up to Khugron

♪♫♪♫ ♪♫ Keep on rocking in the free world!♪♫♪♫ ♪♫

He had single moved last time but his map position did not stick...so double move this time

RageSong +4 str/con, 1d6 vs evil outsiders, scent, ghost raging, +3 will saves, -1 AC

"Time to die!" Khugron bellowed as the weapon lashed out again.
Second attack: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 181d10 + 27 ⇒ (8) + 27 = 35
If the first foe is not standing, smack the second foe.

What weapon does Lt Riko has?

Hekk rushes up along side Khugron to deliver his own attack on the foe straight ahead of him.

To hit bardiche, power attack, rage: 1d20 + 15 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 15 - 2 + 2 = 23
Slashing cold iron damage, power attack, rage: 1d10 + 13 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 10 + 2 = 33

Lt Riko is armed with a long spear and a katana.

Khugron is able to handily disarm the first attacker to reach him, but he is unable to capitalize on it with his second attack. Hekk is a step behind him and drops the deserter in a spray of blood.

Init Order - Round 2

Lt Riko (sleeping, blurred)
Aoi
Hekk
Goran
Khugron -10
Omar
Xasay
Honor Guards
—HG1 -68

Aoi, Goran, and Xasay are up!

UMD: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (2) + 18 = 20 The familiar will cast Ill Omen at Riko again while Aoi hex her with Misfortune. DC25 Will roll twice take worse

Then Aoi will pick up the longspear.

Goran waves his hand and says a quick prayer to Sarenre and a brilliant explosion of light appears amongst the group in front of Hekk and Khrugon

burst of radiance, DC 16 save

BoR: 5d4 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 4, 4) = 15
blind/dazzed: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Skipping Xasay again.

One of the deserters affected by Goran's spell clutches at his eyes, while the other two just squint harder.

Four of the five remaining deserters flap their wings and take off to support their commander, giving Khugron a wide berth as they go. The other one, blinded though he is, stabs at the nagaji.

Honor Guard longspear: 1d20 + 10 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 10 - 1 = 27

Blindness miss chance, odds hit: 1d100 ⇒ 4

For a moment, it looks like his thrust might prove dangerous, but Khugron is able to dodge it.

The beating of more wings fills the air as other airborne deserters bombard the party with branches burning with blight fire--Aoi and her familiar, Goran, and Xasay are all caught in the bombardment.

Bombardment, DC 18 Reflex half: 6d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 4, 1, 1, 6) = 20

Init Order - Round 3

Lt Riko (sleeping, blurred, dazzled)
Aoi (REFLEX save needed)
Hekk
Goran (REFLEX save needed)
Khugron -10
Omar
Xasay (REFLEX save needed)
Honor Guards
—HG1 -68
-HG2 blinded
-HG3 dazzled
-HG4 dazzled
-HG5 dazzled
-HG6 dazzled

The party is up!

Did Riko saved against the Misfortune or not?

Familiar Improve Evasion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12Aoi Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Aoi hands her familiar the longspear and hex Riko with Evil Eye (saving throw -4), then the familiar will Coup de Grace the lieutenant with the longspear, with raging song.

CDG dmg: 3d8 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7, 6, 2) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 21 more if the spear is magical
DC 31 Fort save or die, saving throw -4, if failed against Misfortune from last round then roll twice take worse on ability check, attack roll, saving throw, or skill check, including this one
Miss chance, high hit low miss: 1d100 ⇒ 27

is the blight fire actually fire? if so I have resistance 10....might mae a difference depending on save..will hold my action until i find out and if Aoi's cdg has any effect

reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

is the blight fire actually fire? if so I have resistance 10....might mae a difference depending on save..will hold my action.

See the OOC text in this post for info on the blight fire.

With a sigh of annoyance, Hekk pokes at the remaining enemy in front of him.

To hit bardiche, power attack, rage: 1d20 + 15 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 15 - 2 + 2 = 16
Slashing cold iron damage, power attack, rage: 1d10 + 13 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 10 + 2 = 32

To hit bardiche, power attack, rage, iterative: 1d20 + 15 - 2 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (9) + 15 - 2 + 2 - 5 = 19
Slashing cold iron damage, power attack, rage: 1d10 + 13 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 10 + 2 = 34

meh

yeah i missed the part that said cold...the fire thing threw me for a loop..was kinda hoping i'd be able to shrug it off...oh well...10 hp damage it is...

I am a putz, apologies for being away this long AGAIN.

Reflex save, Water Conquest: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 That includes a +1 bonus versus cold, but might this stuff happen to count as Necromantic? If so, I'd get a further +4...not that it presently matters.

A VERY embarrassing interlude in which Xasay finds he must hurriedly disentangle his metal stencils from each other is abruptly ended by a blightfire volley he was not at all prepared for.

Looking up and seeing mutant soldiers now practically in his face, Xasay gingerly backs away...

defensive casting, DC 21: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

...and begins singing a dreadful subsonic funerary chant, his voice like a swarm of bees and more felt than heard, building into a quick crescendo before he throws his hands out at the soldiers, and their entire world is plunged into maddening shades of black and white!

All within the 30-foot cone before me must make a DC 18 Will save or panic for 8 rounds (or be shaken for 1 on a success), AND they all take a -2 penalty on that save!

That taken care of, he turns back to the urgent business of finishing the task of disentangling his strange tools, a painstaking project of black-on-black-on-black he appears, if only for a moment or two, to almost literally become absorbed into!

Aoi hands off Lt Riko's longspear to her familiar, who then proceeds to try to finish the mutated lieutenant off. The three honor guards hovering overhead do not appreciate the attempt, and stab at Aoi as she hands off the weapon--and then at the arbiter--with their own longspears. Both Aoi and the bronze orb takes several puncture wounds and the familiar clatters to the ground. Attempting a coup de grace is a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, as is directly handing off a weapon to someone else--I'm counting it as "manipulate an item." And yes, the honor guards also have Combat Reflexes.

Meanwhile, Hekk makes quick work of the remaining honor guard to the south.

A moment later, Xasay wakes up from whatever he was doing and blasts the quartet of honor guards to the north with a fear spell--and then goes back to whatever shiny thing caught his eye the next moment.

1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 = 21
1d8 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 6 = 20
1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 = 25
1d8 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 6 = 19
1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 = 25
1d8 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 = 17

Odds hit: 1d100 ⇒ 30

1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 = 24
1d8 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 = 17
1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 = 19
1d8 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 = 17
1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 2 - 1 - 1 = 16
1d8 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 = 17

Odds hit: 1d100 ⇒ 94

Init Order - Round 3

Lt Riko (sleeping, blurred, dazzled, misfortune, evil eye, confused)
Aoi -49
Sputnik, arbiter familiar -34
Hekk
Goran -10
Khugron -10
Omar
Xasay -20
Honor Guards
-HG1 -68
-HG2 dazzled, panicked
-HG3 dazzled, shaken
-HG4 dazzled, blinded, panicked
-HG5 dazzled, panicked
-HG6 -66

Note: All remaining honor guards are hovering 10' above the ground.

Bold are up!

Omar continues his battle song as he draws a javelin with one hand and moves closer to the hovering guardians

♪♫♪♫ My mind raced
And I thought what could I do
And I knew
There was no help, no help from you
Sound of the drums
Beating in my heart
The thunder of guns
Tore me apart
You've been
Thunderstruck
♪♫

javelin, hero: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 17 for
dmg, hero, rage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 10

He regrips his weapon after the throw.

not sure which is which number but aim for one of heavily injured and non panic ones

Aoi hands off Lt Riko's longspear to her familiar, who then proceeds to try to finish the mutated lieutenant off. The three honor guards hovering overhead do not appreciate the attempt, and stab at Aoi as she hands off the weapon--and then at the arbiter--with their own longspears. Both Aoi and the bronze orb takes several puncture wounds and the familiar clatters to the ground. Attempting a coup de grace is a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, as is directly handing off a weapon to someone else--I'm counting it as "manipulate an item." And yes, the honor guards also have Combat Reflexes.

Immediate action Emergency Force Sphere appears that shields Aoi, her familiar, and the soon-be-dead lieutenant, as Sputnik skewers Riko with longspear.

Per Wall of Force but hardness 20 and HP 80, block line of effect = no AoO. Unless their attacks penetrate Wall of Force then none of the attacks will hit or can be triggered.
Aoi cackles and watches the puny guards being powerless against the invisible wall, taking no damage.
"Hello? Why don't you attack us as we execute your lieutenant? What happen to your longspear and your funny combat reflex? Don't you care about your leader?"

Reflex, DC 23: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Aoi pulls a trump card and encases herself, her familiar, and the sleeping deserter lieutenant in a 5-foot-radius hemisphere of force! The 8-foot-long longspear in she just passed into her familiar's hands is suddenly a lot less feasible as a weapon--in fact, the familiar loses its grip on the weapon and the longspear is shunted out of the sphere. Does the arbiter have another weapon it can use to attempt the coup de grace?

The mutant deserters, meanwhile, rage helplessly as their own longspears bounce off of the sphere of force. One deserter's cry of rage turns into a yelp of pain as Omar's javelin catches him in the back!

Init Order - Round 3

Lt Riko (sleeping, blurred, dazzled, misfortune, evil eye, confused, emergency force sphere)
Aoi -10, emergency force sphere
Sputnik, arbiter familiar, emergency force sphere
Hekk
Goran -10
Khugron -10
Omar
Xasay -20
Honor Guards
-HG1 -68
-HG2 dazzled, panicked -10
-HG3 dazzled, shaken
-HG4 dazzled, blinded, panicked
-HG5 dazzled, panicked
-HG6 -66

Note: All remaining honor guards are hovering 10' above the ground.

Bold are up!

** spoiler omitted **

[dice=Reflex, DC 23]1d20+5

Aoi pulls a trump card and encases herself, her familiar, and the sleeping deserter lieutenant in a 5-foot-radius hemisphere of force! The 8-foot-long longspear in she just passed into her familiar's hands is suddenly a lot less feasible as a weapon--in fact, the familiar loses its grip on the weapon and the longspear is shunted out of the sphere. Does the arbiter have another weapon it can use to attempt the coup de grace?

Good call. Aoi and Sputnik probably have to switch to Riki’s katana for the CDG, on the next turn.

Goran takes a step back and fires a spray of fire at the honour guard in front of him..
burning hands, dc 15: 5d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 2, 2, 3) = 9

Typical burning hands damage :(

Typical burning hands damage :(

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Grabbing some javelins Khugron sent two of them flying at the closer foe, but both tumbled into the underbrush

Javelin Furious focus 40 to 60 range: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 2 = 15
Javelin 2nd attack 40 to 60 range: 1d20 + 4 - 2 - 3 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 2 - 3 = 4

next round..fireball...i'm not kidding...i'm nuking those fools...