Gamble tries to trip the knight again, but she must be too wiley. A short blade of flame appears in Gamble's hand. He stabs then raises the shield.
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I *think* the GM wants to make sure your goal was to become Hidden until the end of your turn, since that didn't do anything mechanically in context of the rest of the actions.
Gamble thanks the ghoul with a brief toss of his head backwards. "I have more fire than you can extinguish, Iomedan," he says as he grabs for the knight's leg. Gamble then stabs at the knight as a short blade of flame manifests in his hand. He steps back.
Gamble's eyes gleam as an arid wind whips around the middle of the room. A flaming sword manifests in his hand as he strikes at the frenzied knight . His blade shrinks to a dagger-sized tongue that he thrusts at the knight while raising his shield. "You need better insults," he quips back.
Condolences :(
OK. Commander shouldn't be getting back up now.
Gamble growls in frustration. "I should have stayed where I was appreciated," he mutters to himself. He launches a ball of fire at the prostrate commander as the air around him begins to swelter. He then discorporates into burning ash once more and swirls through the commander and into the room. "We have more company coming. I couldn't stop him in time."
[url=https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=4301]Ash Strider[/ooc]
Apologies. I was unexpectedly in the hospital this weekend. Fortunately, it turned out not to be critical, just very painful.
I have tried my best to be clear in the damage expression for Ash Strider who the first creature to receive the damage is, and I don't believe there has been an incident where more than one target received damage from Ash Strider due to misunderstanding. As Plunk noted, my other abilities do affect multiple targets.
Gamble stumbles to regain his balance. He thinks a moment, debating as the Iomedans gain the advantage. Deciding, a bracelet at his wrist jingles, then he discorporates into a cloud of ash and swirls away toward Rohan and the next door. "We're not finished, Rohan."
Rohan is missing the 3 extra damage he took from flying flame. Since weakness applies after saving throw, I don't have a good way to put it in-line except as an occ comment after the dice expression.
Apologies, I was multitasking and neglected to copy the rules texts. All three (channel element, elemental blast, and flying flame) has the Concentrate trait, but they do not have the Manipulate trait.
Gamble: I just looked at Flying Flame ... that can fly 30 feet from you in a path of your choice. Is there a reason you're not having it fly through and attack all 3 of our enemies? Ah! Thanks! I misread that it was a 30 ft line. I had been going back and forth about using Aerial Boomerang and Flying Flame. I wanted to leave the boomerang on the knight and drive him away, but it doesn't stop where you want it to, so I went back to Flying Flame.
"Witch? That's the best you could come up with?" Gamble says as an arid wind begins to swirl around half of the room. He thrusts with a spear of flame at the knight. The spear fades as he concentrates to summon a hawk made of flame, which dives at the knight. It soars on toward the commander and then the final knight.
I did intend to target the knight with my Ash Strider damage, but with a 17, I figured it didn’t matter (and I neglected the target tag in my dice expression).
Isn't the door already locked? It has an X on it.
Gamble's eyes gleam as an arid wind whips around him, and he strikes out at the commander with a sword of flame. Then, after a moment's concentration, he explodes into a cloud of hot ash. He swirls through the knight before flowing to the space in front of the door where he rematerializes inside the residual ash cloud. "Doors are no barrier to flames," he teases.
Yeah. My means of dealing with darkness is making light. My potion of water bresthing seems silly now.
EDIT EDIT: Never mind, blocking the door is the priority.
He's "covering" the door. I think we need to try to immobilize her or at least keep her from getting into that room. Less so, stopping the knight from opening it.
"The ranger is going to make a break for it!" Gamble shouts to the others.
◇ Sense Motive:
I can get out of the way! :)
My initial thought, looking at the map, was to Lightning Dash back through Commander and the knight in the doorway (Plunk would need to be offset to avoid the damage). However, if you guys think it would be a good idea, I can Ash Stride through the knight blocking the closed door and under the door to (maybe) make them divert actions to following after me.
I understood his post as: Move away from the knight
It does not let me through small spaces, correct. I was under the impression Mataranka shut the door they busted through. I’ll revise if I miss understood.
Google Slides was behaving weird on my tablet. AOE was 3x1-3x1-1x1.
Gamble grins as more guardians are summoned. More to burn. He strides over to the side of the door. Concentrating, he disappears in a flash of light that leaves an afterimage of a lightning arc in the eyes of the living. He reappears next to the commander. "They exaggerate. We're white alert at best."
Lightning Dash (overflow): For an instant, you transform yourself into a being of pure lightning and fly forward, shocking anyone in your way. You propel yourself forward in a 35-foot line. You can move through creatures during this movement, and this movement doesn't Trigger reactions that are triggered by movement. Each creature you move through takes 3d12 electricity damage with a basic Reflex save against your class DC. You return to your normal form in the final square of the line. If you're in the air, you fall unless you have a fly Speed.
Level (+3) The length of the line increases by 5 feet, and the damage increases by 1d12.
There's a shield and that consecration bonus. I mean, she's wearing plate of some fashion, so most of her AC is an "item bonus" (I know, not how NPCs are designed). EDIT: @ GM: -12 due to Fire weakness (I can also just add it into the damage string).
Forget the door locking, only violence this turn. LOL
Fixed my actions. I blame sleep deprivation. EDIT: I agree with Plunk's logic.
"Your eyes must deceive you," Gamble says to the Iomedan with a smirk as he raises his shield. A bastard sword of pure flame manifests in his hand. He swings the blade at Shevarna. The blade immediately shrinks down to a more nimble size, and he thrusts it at her.
Could be helpful in choosing combat maneuvers.
Did you include the Fire Weakness 3? She is currently within the 10 ft aura.
Inside the Room: "My worst? Not until your friends join us," Gamble says evenly. The air in the room becomes dry and warm. A breeze rustles the loose pages and the Iomedan's hair. Tiny wisps of flame roll across the floor, then Gamble snaps a whip of flame that was not in his hand a moment ago at the woman. No sooner does the whip vanish than a raptor of flame manifests in his empty hand and dives throw the knight and into the door.
GM (in room): The ash cloud that us Gamble swirls through the seam around the hidden door, over the desk, and past the Iomedan woman. The heat from his form flares as he passes around her. He reincorporates a step away from her, ash still swirling around him.
As the other villains break away to storm through the keep, Gamble concentrates on the flame within him. Dry, hot wind begins to swirl around the arsonist. He concentrates a moment before exploding into a cloud of white ash.
Ash Strider: You discorporate into a cloud of whirling ash and Stride. If you have a fly Speed, you can Fly instead. This movement doesn't trigger reactions, you can move through occupied spaces and tiny cracks, and you ignore any difficult terrain and greater difficult terrain that wouldn't impede smoke. The first creature you pass through during this movement takes 3d6 fire damage with a basic Reflex save against your class DC. Ash lingers around you after your movement is complete, granting you concealment until the start of your next turn.
Level (+2) The damage increases by 1d6.
If charge the room wins, Gamble will Ash Stride back through the secret door (start outside the secret door at initiative).
Ah. A mechanism to open it out here was what I meant. OK. Back to disabling the trap, I suppose.
We can still open/figure out how to open the secret door, right?
Gamble, as a cloud of ash, flows into the wall and almost immediately flows back out to the others. When he reincorporates, ash still swirling around him, he says, "There is a woman in there. I didn't see a way to open the door."
"I can try," Gambel says. "There does need to be enough space for the wind to pass. Do you see a seam?" The air begins to move around Gamble, and the temperature rises. With a moment of concentration, he discorporates into a cloud of white ash and tries to flow through the seams around the hidden door.
Ash Strider: You discorporate into a cloud of whirling ash and Stride. If you have a fly Speed, you can Fly instead. This movement doesn't trigger reactions, you can move through occupied spaces and tiny cracks, and you ignore any difficult terrain and greater difficult terrain that wouldn't impede smoke. The first creature you pass through during this movement takes 3d6 fire damage with a basic Reflex save against your class DC. Ash lingers around you after your movement is complete, granting you concealment until the start of your next turn.
Ha! I thought the secret door we knew about was the outside one. Oops. I had been politely ignoring the inner one. I'm good with trying the secret door. And, yes, I can turn to smoke and move through anything porous enough for smoke to pass through, subject to GM discretion.
Disable the alarm is Gamble's suggestion
"Can't you just disable it now? We can keep watch while you work," Gamble says.
”Maybe we should look for another entrance,” he suggests.
I can be door opener, but Plunk has the better Perception modifier.
Gamble stifles a grimace. "Fine." He slinks along the wall toward the door he indicated , checking for a lock before he tries to slowly open it.
"One of the doors to the right, I think," Gamble says.
Gamble moves toward the front, near the mummy, as they begin their infiltration. |