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Sad news, folks.
First, I'm sorry for my absence these past three days or so. My day job workplace has just SERIOUSLY cracked down on internet use in the workplace, and maintaining these threads during the week is going to become an impossibility.
I must, regrettably, resign my GM's hat. You guys have been a great bunch of players, and I feel pretty terrible about having to cancel.
If anyone wants to step up and take over the campaign, I'll figure out what I need to do - just let me know.
Thanks again, guys.
Sad news, folks.
First, I'm sorry for my absence these past three days or so. My day job workplace has just SERIOUSLY cracked down on internet use in the workplace, and maintaining these threads during the week is going to become an impossibility.
I must, regrettably, resign my GM's hat. You guys have been a great bunch of players, and I feel pretty terrible about having to cancel.
If anyone wants to step up and take over the campaign, I'll figure out what I need to do - just let me know.
Thanks again, guys.
Ojore moved behind it so that it would have to run toward him or the entangle spell - and I don't think that anyone made a point about getting right up next to it - but nobody is likely to be more than a move action away, given that we'd entered into a dialogue with the thing.
It's up to you guys - I can't run missing players. It's tough to allocate time to games, as it is. Time to come up with a plan of action, by the way. Hash it out in the discussion thread if you want; I know some of you are hurting and low on resources.
@ Ojore: Animal companions act on their own initiatives; summoned monsters do not (and there's some debate as to whether or not eidolons do or don't).
Nesipho's blade fails to find purchase.
Ojore is up.
Does Jelani have any healing left? Go ahead and roll it, if you want to heal up.
The combined efforts of Schrim, Syndir, Farid, Seamus, and Kamlann finally still the undead creature's flailing. Weary and winded, the party is treated to a moment of silence - at least on this floor of the pagoda.
There's definitely no surprise round happening here, Ojore. (And initiative always precedes attack rolls).
I didn't see a roll for Shange, so:
Shange's initiative roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Initiative order looks like:
Elsir @ 27
Nesipho @ 16
Ojore @ 14
Nicoleta @ 13
Kargath @ 10
Skum @ 8
Shange @ 5
I don't think we need the map for this one. Elsir, you're up.
Bah, right you are - which means neither attack hit Kamlann.
Kamlann, disregard my previous indication. No further damage or saves.
Yeah, it's definitely initiative time.
Skum's initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Swallowing hard, the armored ulat-kini does its best to maintain some kind of pride, as Ojore circles it. It seems to stiffen, expecting an attack.
The Blasphemer is the demon's voice. The demon Sifkesh, it says with reverence.
The monk five-foot steps to space W10 and attacks Kamlann.
Undead's claw attack 1d20 ⇒ 12 (modifier withheld)
Undead's claw attack 1d20 ⇒ 19 (modifier withheld)
Undead's claw damage 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
I need a Fort save from Kamlann!
Finally finding purchase, one of the monk's filthy claws finds Kamlann's flesh.
Bravely, though trembling, the armored ulat-kini growls back in middling Common.
Live near. Shrines there. You know this. We know you know this! The Blasphemer tells us. We know. We ready.
Intense frustration building between the monk and the mercenary, Kamlann's furious swing is too wide, connecting with only air.
It is Jelani's turn.
The ulat-kini snarls at Ojore, seemingly able to understand him well enough. Pointing angrily in the druid's direction, the creature hisses in broken common, temporarily abandoning his aberrant tongue.
The tall stones, yes. Pillars. That's what you want. Get under them. We know! We know! You go; you die. We know; we ready.
Then, growling, his attention shifts back to the group, and to Elsir in particular.
You know too. You know we there. This one is not a scout. Scouts dead. This one will be dead, too. Surface-elf is like under-elf. Like to kill us to make room for you. Yes, yes!
Kamlann, my critical threat did not confirm, then. 3 damage. Very on-topic Fort save, by the way. : )
Farid, unless you're squeezing (-4 to most attacks and -4 to AC, I think), you can't normally occupy the same space as an allied creature. Instead, I'm going to suggest that someone five-foot step back after their attack so that you can five-foot step in on your next turn.
Seamus' scimitar manages to land another scratch despite the supernatural invulnerability of the undead thing - the pirate isn't holding back.
Kamlann is up.
I'm picturing a dwarf wearing a pair of brass knuckles that has "DIPLOMACY" engraved on one set and "NEGOTIATION" on the other.
The monk continues to shrug off the party's attacks, flailing and shrieking with wild abandon in its last moments.
If this creature's heart is black with evil, then the creature itself is too insignificant for Nicoleta's supernatural senses to register it. As Elsir attempts a little diplomacy, the creature watches both the elf and the lion with wariness.
The skum replies in a deeply sinister tongue.
The skum gestures at Nicoleta, halfway through his reply.
Despite the brave talk, the creature seems afraid for its life.
Back from moving!
Farid, I don't think you can charge, and you don't appear to have moved your mini.
Seamus' blade scratches the creature, but Syndir's blade is no use and Kamlann's botched spell strike is foiled. Still standing, the monk wails away at Kamlann, shrieking like a banshee all the while.
Undead's claw attack 1d20 ⇒ 4 (modifier withheld)
Undead's claw attack 1d20 ⇒ 20 (modifier withheld)
Undead's critical confirmation claw attack 1d20 ⇒ 15 (modifier withheld)
Undead's claw damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
(Kamlann has shield on, yes? Also, Fort save!)
Reposting the current initiative. Schrim is up.
Monk @ 20
Schrim @ 16
Syndir @ 15+
Farid @ 15-
Seamus @ 9
Kamlann @ 7+
Jelani @ 7-
An easily-deflected slash is all that Schrim manages to execute.
Roaring with either fear, frustration, or both, the skum seems to surrender.
It grumbles, in broken Common.
Leave me... go. Leave me, peace.
The undead monk, surrounded but not demoralized, lays into Kamlann with his filthy claws.
Undead's claw attack: 1d20 ⇒ 4 + (modifier withheld)
Undead's claw attack: 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (modifier withheld)
Blinded by the fury of his impending doom, the monk only makes a gruesome spectacle of itself, shrieking as it flails at the mercenary.
Schrim is up.
Well, Ojore is up, and the skum only risks falling in if he ENDS his turn on the slope. Ojore, it's your turn.
Hm. Elsir, take a look at the map and place your pit, please. The enemy is surrounded by your allies, so don't forget about the 5-foot slopes.
1.) Sorry for my absence on Friday; that's a big Abandoned Arts day and I'm also getting ready to move.
2.) I'll be out of commission Thursday, Friday, and then next Monday and Tuesday. Moving!
3.) Jelani has proved unreachable. I'll need a volunteer to NPC him until he can be written out properly.
I'll be attempting (for the last time) to get in touch with Fireclaw today.
Nicoleta is up. Kargath, I don't think that you can make a grapple attempt as an attack of opportunity.
Shange's claws scrape across the thing's metal armor. The ulat-kini growls.
Kargath is up.
The skum is finishing its' turn.
Attempting to escape - perhaps in vain, due to the heavy armor that it wears - the creature grunts as the lion grazes it.
The skum has double-moved to space AN29.
@ Shisumo: Then let's assume for the sake of simplicity that you anticipated Ojore's spell. I've moved you to the edge of the entangle radius.
The ulat-kini moves out of the twisting entangle spell, (into space AI26).
That provokes from Shange - go ahead and take the attack Ojore, and then I'll continue with the ulat-kini's turn.
The monk's attention shifts, suddenly. As Kamlann's arcane-augmented blade sinks into the creature's middle, the undead first regards the scimitar, and then its possessor.
It snarls.
Jelani, you're up. The last (apparent) remaining undead has 12 damage on it (reflected on the map sidebar).
@ Nicoleta: Yes; the reason is that we rolled initiative and you're up last. Your intention to move (and Ojore's and Nesipho's intentions to cast) are what triggered initiative. You're up, though!
@ Ojore: Since you didn't, I've moved Shange.
@ Kargath: Go ahead and move your "mini." Shange is in the spot I would've moved you to, and I'm not sure where you want to be exactly. I assume you're not cool with provoking.
Wow, that's an impressive-looking spell effect laid out like that.
Skum's Reflex saving throw: 1d20 ⇒ 10 (modifier withheld)
The skum saves against the effect, but still has to deal with the difficult terrain. It takes him two move actions to get to AI25.
Dodging the worst of the grasping vines and roots that erupt from the jungle floor at Ojore's command, the ulat-kini is nonetheless hampered by the overgrowth. As he breaks from cover, you can see that this "skum" wears heavy-looking metal armor. Scale, from the look of it. Encumbered by armor and slowed by Ojore's spell, the creature becomes quickly and plainly frustrated as it attempts to break away from the affected area.
Seeming to struggle with the common tongue, the creature blurts out:
N... no! Stop! Stopp...ing?!
Shange doesn't take orders from ulat-kini, unfortunately.
Shange is up.
Okay, so I guess the Discussion Thread just wasn't updating for everyone? That's good news; game on.
It is Seamus' turn, then Kamlann's.
Yeah, R7 had 14 damage.
I'll just use Farid's attack roll, minus the charge... which kills it.
Farid, do you want to use your move action?
The ulat-kini makes a break for it, as he seemed ready to do.
Ojore, your readied action goes off. Place your entangle spell on the map, if you would. After it's been placed, I'll attempt the Reflex save.
Apologies for my unplanned absence on Friday.
Ojore already went immediately before the ulat-kini, so the initiative order is unchanged.
Alright, well that's just shy of a week with no input from 1/3 of our players. Oterisk has been active lately and is just not responding to the thread; not sure about Jonasty.
Let me start collecting opinions as to what to do. Thoughts?
The "x" at R5 indicates a previously-existing monk corpse.
Still, that leaves Schrim and Seamus to declare interest, and we're going on 4 days, now. Let's give it the weekend.
Correct. Waiting on Elsir to place the grease, now.
Hha. Oh, Zeuth isn't angry. He'd be angry if you left him in the bar. Despite the evil alignment and the sinister-sounding class, Zeuth isn't a supervillain. He's just got an IQ of 200 or so. He sees human(oid) life as a math problem (murdering one man to save two is a net gain!), and he sees right through Natty's big "show" of dragging him out of the bar to save his hide. He might even thank him later, if he can swallow his pride. : P
Actually, Zeuth likes Natty more than anyone else so far.
Shisumo: you mentioned conflicting player expectations, but I know I haven't PMmed you. Without naming names, are there players who are concerned about Zeuth, or Natty, or some other element of the game?
Due to backstory reasons, I have to kill Ayala, but that's about it. : P
Sorry, I totally forgot to mention that I updated the map.
Nesipho, you can actually place your spell effects on the map, within the range of the spell.
Ojore has readied an entangle spell if it chooses to run.
Elsir, you can actually place your grease spell on the map, too.
Skum's Reflex save vs. grease: 1d20 ⇒ 15 (modifier withheld)
The skum does not fall prone.
Map link is still at the top of the page.
The skum will be acting before Nicoleta, which means it may get a chance to run and/or hide (although there's entangle and grease to deal with, and the skum may not have the terrain-ignoring advantages that Nicoleta and Ojore have).
Okay, so... before I ask for a volunteer to run Farid for however long we're going to give him and/or the remainder of the combat... can I get I simple "still here" post from everyone who is still both present and interested?
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