A crossbow bolt skims just over Anthys' ear to slam into a hill giant at almost the same moment as his longsword!
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Initiative (Round 2) Students (Yellow disabled, Blue shaken, White grappled))
Bold should go!
One of the newly-arrived students is pummeled by a magical ball of ice and then toss around like a ragdoll by tyrannosaurus rex!
Initiative (Round 4) Xilt + Tzleztor
Bold should go!
The bearded wizard, still standing on the upraised palm of the statue, nods at you in appreciation of the awesome displays of magic you've shown. he intones sternly. Slipping his wand into hidden pocket in his robes, he points his finger at a giant and a tiny, pea-sized bead of flame streaks towards the foe before exploding!
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Xilt's conjured balls of magical lightning electrocute one of the hill giants, while his familiar's magical staff sends beams of pure fire into the chest of another!
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My cousin was in the Spire when it fell. A mental image of an anassanoi is transmitted along with feelings of concern, but frankly it's hard to visually tell this one apart from the others you've seen. Perhaps anassaois recognise each other as much by psychic auras as sight? All three exude feelings of eagerness to leave this place where they've been effectively enslaved and to join other free anassanois in the resistance.
Tull whaps the student with the flat of his axe!
Initiative (Round 4) Xilt + Tzleztor
Bold should go!
Experience Points (Instalment # 39)
Xylian:
+Previous: 62469 Zar (genie, efreeti): 1280 Antitampering Countermeasure Trap: 960 Ferys (Devil, Hacker): 1920 TOTAL: 66629/71000 Zharis:
+Previous: 68205 Zar (genie, efreeti): 1280 Antitampering Countermeasure Trap: 960 Ferys (Devil, Hacker): 1920 TOTAL: 72365/71000 LEVEL UP! Theodore:
+Previous: 51280 Zar (genie, efreeti): 1280 Antitampering Countermeasure Trap: 960 Ferys (Devil, Hacker): 1920 TOTAL: 55440/71000 Amhesha:
+Previous: 51280 Zar (genie, efreeti): 1280 Antitampering Countermeasure Trap: 960 Ferys (Devil, Hacker): 1920 TOTAL: 55440/71000 Tulgram: +Previous: 58940 Role-Specific Bonus XP: 4800 Zar (genie, efreeti): 1280 Antitampering Countermeasure Trap: 960 Ferys (Devil, Hacker): 1920 TOTAL: 67900/71000
Like three people speaking simultaneously, a trio of distinct telepathic voices respond at the same time, and it's hard to pick out a single strand. Tired but--glad to be--seen my cousin?--physically okay--you are not like us!--war over?--Thank you! Realising they're telepathically speaking over one another, they seem to hold a quick conference amongst themselves and then one broadcasts feelings of gratitude and urgency: We are well enough to travel--is there a safe place we can go before more of the invaders from beyond catch us?
Folks, just an early FYI that I'm going to be away on a camping trip for a few days next week. I think we should be able to get this encounter done before then.
@Farrokh: Actually yes, picking up an item does provoke an AoO--my mistake. As that happened last round and she's now dead anyway, we're just going to roll on. @Everyone: Just an early FYI that I'm going to be away for a few days next week on a camping trip.
Initiative (Round 3) Xilt + Tzleztor
Bold should go!
Like a massive floating whirling dervish, Farrokh six-handedly devastates the battlefield, cutting down almost every foe within reach!
Apologies for the slow-ish posting everyone--one of those weeks where I'm behind on everything! Also, just flagging early that next week I'm away on a camping trip for about four days.
Initiative (Round 2) Students (Yellow disabled & grappled)
Bold should go!
Lorian springs across the quadrangle and reaches the elderly monk with healing magic just in the nick of time to save his life! Meanwhile, Nikita heals the student being chewed on by The Rock's dinosaur ally. But intending to follow his master's last orders even in the face of overwhelming odds, the other student continues his attacks on Tull! Near the northeast side of the quadrangle, a door opens and two more students rush out intent on defending the monastery!
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Initiative (Round 3) Xilt + Tzleztor
Bold should go!
Angered by the crossbow attack, the hill giant responds with a powerful overhead smash to the top of Adeah's head! Another giant swings for Farrokh, while a third hurls a rock at the tiny wand-wielding Tzleztor! Meanwhile, towards the rear of the battle, the other giants see their leader in peril and rush into the fray hoping sheer weight and numbers will make up for their deficit in skill and strategy!
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With every shot counting due to limited ammunition, Adeah sends another crossbow bolt deep into the fleshy abdomen of the nearest hill giant. He staggers . . . but doesn't fall!
Fortunately, Tulgram's hardy constitution rallies enough to finally halt the robotic transformation before it's too late!
Pai blasts the old master with electrified water, hurtling him into a nearby weapon rack. When the deluge finally stops, the man is unmoving . . . and barely breathing.
Berato's shadowy form is harmed by the greatsword-wielding giant, but the powerful Cleric of Torag gets close enough to smash her kneecap with a warhammer!
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Although the devil is destroyed, its insidious spell continues to affect Tulgram! The duergar's voice becomes tinny and halting, his movements jerky, and his face unmoving and emotionless as his insides continue to turn from flesh to advanced circuitry and gearwork! A search of the data center and the computers turns up nothing else of interest, but it's a snap for the group's skilled computer technicians to open a digital channel to the resistance. In moments, they implant a hidden code that will allow extensive access and influence over the occupation's entire network! Although dazed by the sudden turn of events, the huddled anassanoi technicians--obviously having been mistreated--send telepathic messages of gratitude and concern to escape before more occupiers return.
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Initiative (Round 3) Xilt + Tzleztor
Bold should go!
Xilt's conjured balls of lightning and pure force slam into the heavily-armored hill giant, hurting her badly--but she's still in the fight! Meanwhile, Zoarth blasts another hill lighting with lightning!
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Initiative (Round 1) Students (Yellow dying & grappled)
Bold should go!
An arm-bar and a leg-lock are met with a butchering axe, lethal spells, and the teeth of a tyrannosaurus rex as the Pathfinders live up to their reputation for extreme violence! In an instant, one of the students flops around, bleeding and unconscious, in Ginger's gore-soaked mouth. But focused on the intruders, the master springs into the air with incredible leg muscles and tries to bring down Pai!
Stunned Condition:
A stunned creature drops everything held, can’t take actions, takes a –2 penalty to AC, and loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any).
Attackers receive a +4 bonus on attack rolls to perform combat maneuvers against a stunned opponent. GM Dice:
Theodore flicks out a paw and sends the hacker devil back to Hell before it can again invade the computer system!
Initiative (Round 3) Xilt + Tzleztor
Bold should go!
Despite their size, the giants are clearly out-matched by the sheer fighting prowess of the Pathfinders! With masterful skill, Anthys dispatches the stone giant.
Initiative (Round 1) Students (Blue grappling*)
Bold should go! *Grappled Condition: A grappled creature is restrained by a creature, trap, or effect. Grappled creatures cannot move and take a –4 penalty to Dexterity. A grappled creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and combat maneuver checks, except those made to grapple or escape a grapple. In addition, grappled creatures can take no action that requires two hands to perform. A grappled character who attempts to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability must make a concentration check (DC 10 + grappler’s CMB + spell level), or lose the spell. Grappled creatures cannot make attacks of opportunity. A grappled creature cannot use Stealth to hide from the creature grappling it, even if a special ability, such as hide in plain sight, would normally allow it to do so. If a grappled creature becomes invisible, through a spell or other ability, it gains a +2 circumstance bonus on its CMD to avoid being grappled, but receives no other benefit.
The students leap to follow their master's shout, one trying to get Nikita in an arm-bar and the other a leg-lock on Tull![/ooc]
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Initiative (Round 1) Students
Bold should go! Initiative:
The master is silent for a moment, seeming to ponder Spica's and Pai's words. Then, suddenly and without warning, he shouts in flawless Taldane: "The book-thieves have returned!" He and the the two students in the quadrangle instantly assume a fighting stance!
Pai:
The master's words are somewhat halting and jerky--as if he's not thinking clearly. In fact . . . he could be under some kind of enchantment! GM Dice:
"You are mistaken," the old master says flatly. "What you seek is not here. Leave now." Lorian and Spica: The Vudrani word for "thief" is clearly visible on the base of the bust.
Just a note to myself on APL: Lorian: 10
Average: 9.67, rounds to 10. Playing subtier 10-11, with Pai and Nikita receiving out-of-subtier rewards.
Theodore starts to scale a row of mainframe computers until he gets high enough to swipe down at the hacker devil from above, claws sinking deep into the surprised fiend's scalp! A second later, Zharis jump jets with perfect aerial skill on top of the same mainframe row and sprays the badly-wounded devil with acid--only to find the liquid sloughs off the creature's skin with no effect! Seeking to escape back into the virtual world, the devil's flesh starts to turn into floating bits and bytes of pure data!
With eyes downcast, the student says in a quiet voice "Please be welcome to the monastery. I will take you to the master." He pulls the gates open wide and motions for you to enter into a large quadrangle. Two towering edifices face each other across this meadow, one reverently decorated as a temple, the other austere as a library. Overgrown wildflowers choke former pathways between the buildings. At the center lies a sunken pool teeming with lotus flowers. An elegant tiger statue crouches, preparing to pounce, beside the pool. Several doors line the courtyard--one on the south side is slightly ajar. And just as Pai said, an alcove on the western side contains a plinth holding a wooden bust unmistakably depicting Nikita! A word is written in Vudrani underneath it. In the northeast corner, steel glints from two weapon racks. An aged, white-haired man sits on a chair beside the weapon racks, his back upright. His eyes focus on you as you approach. He says gruffly, in accented Common. "Few strangers come to the Monastery of Unremitting Tide. What is your business here?"
Initiative (Round 2) Xilt + Tzleztor
Bold should go!
Although nearly petrified, the dinosaur is spurred on by its rider to try to impale Farrokh with its horns. The rider then hops down, picks up her massive greatsword, and swings for the levitating wizard's head!
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In the form of a terrifying six-armed monster, Farrokh tries to unleash Hell on the triceratops! The dinosaur's skilled rider helps it avoid the initial flurry of blows, but soon the mount tires and takes several punishing blows just as Farrokh's magic gradually turns its skin to stone!
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Initiative (Round 5) Theodore
Bold should go!
Using Tulgram's shoulder as an improvised bipod, Amhesha sends another supercool slug spinning towards the devil at supersonic velocity! Meanwhile, back outside, Xylian wipes his rarely-used sword clean of imp guts and returns to guarding the entrance.
The sounds of fighting suddenly cease as Lorian's loud, clear voice rings out across the small island that houses the monastery. Some seconds later, a heavy latch can be heard being unlocked. The gates are pulled slightly inward to reveal a young man with a shaved head. Wearing the distinctive loose-fitting attire of a martial artist in training, his eyes widen with surprise when he sees you. "May I be of assistance?" he inquires meekly.
Initiative (Round 2) Xilt + Tzleztor
Bold should go!
More boulders rain down from the rear ranks of the hill giants as those closer to the Pathfinders wade in with massive clubs!
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Despite his innards turning to robotic circuitry, Tulgram knows an even greater threat are nanobots taking over his mind! He manages to inject himself with a powerful inhibitor to slow the nanobot threat.
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