All but the third fail to land, which connects with a resounding crack.
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From his position floating near the pit, Lehk attempts to wallop his foe, dealing damage while perhaps knocking them back into the open space while it persists.
Unwilling to be struck by his own spirit again, Lehk attempts to sweep the leg of his foe and then flood them with negative energy from his dark cloud. (+3 HP Regen for me: 101/208)
My intimidate check was 54; the DC is 10 + the target’s Hit Dice + the target’s Wisdom modifier. Standard penalty applies if you're smaller than me. I'm medium sized.
Lehk feels a sense of slow, tiring, dullness takeover, that he hasn't needed to tolerate since being turned- he's tired. Focusing his energies on his roar, rather than his sluggish limbs, he becomes Fear.
Lehkazeran watches Nephre fight the statue at the center, and decides to stay away from her...just in case she loses her mind again. Instead, he channels his energies and effort into fighting the multiarmed foe, then makes a quick sweeping kick to attempt to disbalance the guardian.
Beacon of Evil: A dread vanguard unleashes the powers of his vile masters to strengthen both himself and his allies.
At 4th level and every 4 level thereafter, a dread vanguard gains one additional use of his touch of corruption ability per day. As a standard action, he can spend a use of his touch of corruption ability to manifest the darkness in his soul as an area of flickering shadows with a 30-foot radius centered on him. These shadows don’t affect visibility. The antipaladin and all allies in the area gain a +1 morale bonus to AC and on attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws against fear, and also ignore the first 5 points of hardness when attacking unattended inanimate objects. This lasts for 1 minute, as long as the dread vanguard is conscious. At 8th level, the aura grants fast healing 3 to the dread vanguard as well as to his allies while they remain within it. Additionally, while this aura is active, the antipaladin can use his touch of corruption ability against any targets within its radius by making a ranged touch attack.
(+2 if vs Fear or Stun)
"I have had about enough metal men..." Muttering under his breath, Lehk refreshes his aura extensions, then cats Bloody Tears & Jagged Smile. "When the clever little ones find you, metal ghost, I will add the pieces of you to my hoard. Fear. Us."
Lehkazeran runs on the wall, maneuvering around the foam and drops back onto the ground in front of the door to the south. Confident he's won the day, he opens the door, preparing to give Nephre time to "relax" and preparing choice words about the value of mental discipline and self-control.
Lehk sticks to the plan, holding position by his doorway and readying an action to Counter Punch, but not rejoining the fray. triggers: A hostile creature making an attack roll
A hostile creature attempting a combat maneuver A hostile creature using a spell or a spell-like ability
And 8 rds of 'Nauseated'. Lehkazeran spits acid on the ground in disgust as his fangs barely taste blood. Whatever Nephre has done has made her much much less appealing as prey.
Crit Confirm?
+1 acid
Auto miss on 5 from smoke :(
Following Koro's suggestion, Lehkazeran nips again at Nephre, biting harder this time, to perhaps ease the load against Koro while he played at being the bait. After he attacks, he'll retreat 30' to the door.
"Poor Choice, beast..." Lehkazeran roars! He catches Nephre's blow with a painful thud, and throws himself back at her with a powerful gust of wind from his wings. He gains altitude necessary to stare her level in the eyes, and pushes the very essence of FEAR toward her damaged mind. The others can feel the oppressive nature of Lehkazeran's mental assault weighing heavy in the room. And it is terrible.
If you fail the will save: If you exceed the DC to demoralize a target by at least 10, it is panicked for 1 round or frightened for 1d4 rounds (your choice) and shaken thereafter.* A Will save (DC = 10 + your number of ranks in Intimidate=21+Wis Mod) negates the frightened or panicked condition, but the target is still shaken, even if it has the stalwart ability.
An asterisk (*) indicates the total duration cannot exceed 1 round plus 1 round for every 5 by which you exceed the DC.
8 rounds of nauseated and,
19+14+15+18+14+16+6=102 damage
Crit confirms:
+1 acid
+1 acid
"Stand down, or bleed out," Lehkazeran snorts, gliding over to Nephre and nipping at her in a series of warning bites. A great deal of restraint keeps him from attempting to latch on and drain her here and now. I need 2 DC 27 Fort Saves for each bite that hits: one vs 8 rounds of nausea, and the other vs d4 Strength drain.
"Or if they're so clever...why did they die?" Lehkazeran snorts.
His already overlarge confidence getting at the sight of taken foes, Lehkazeran launches himself at the closest enemy with a powerful kick.
Lehkazeran glances backwards at the rest of group, still fighting these creatures, whatever they be, that would dare stand against him. And their insolent ways must not be tolerated. He would put them in their place. "You are dirt beneath my feet! Bow before your betters!!"
"I think I've had enough of fire for now. Begone, useless thing." Lehkazeran steels himself and then flaps his wings with a mighty snap, hurling a gust at the Efreeti to try and disorient him.
Lehkazeran dodges some of the second fireball that comes his way, and trusts his scales to absorb the brunt of the rest. He similarly floats between most of the blows aimed at him, taking only a glancing blow.
A glance at Nephre and the look on her face convinces Lehkazeran to leave her with the Efreeti on her side of the platform, and instead focus on the one closest to him. He flaps five feet towards his prey, and unleashes a blindingly faery series of blows.
"You can't hurt me. But I can hurt you."
Lehkazeran growls low, waiting for someone to make the first move...
Lehkazeran smiled wickedly at Dymer. "More, we do not share with the living."
Now that the distraction of feeding has subsided, Lehkazeran tosses a glance back to Dymer, picking up on their forgotten conversation from a few minutes prior: "Power over Death, Power through Death, and the Power of Death. We hold our rightful place over the living, governing and letting the priveledged few feed us their lifeblood--a great honor for them. It is as good to be the predator, as it is bad to be the prey."
Lehkazeran shrugs, and begins stripping the living goblin of equipment and gear, intending to carry the small humanoid around by the ankle until it wakes. "More fun for me, then."
As the others investigate the room and its trappings, Lehkazeran samples the blood fromThe various goblins, drinking his fill. Coming across the unconscious one, he alerts the others to his find.
Lehkazeran shrugs and some pieces of the goblin go flying from his mouth. "If you say so. Never met one like me, like I was, and if I did, I'd show no such restraint. When you turn, you become something else. The distinctions between the races of the living are no longer my concern. It is us, and you. Perhaps I'll put in a good word with my family for you Dymer, if your tastes change. You are a most interesting specimen, I will admit."
As soon as the tentacles release him, Lehkazeran absconds with the nearest goblin and makes a messy show of draining her of blood. "... Delightful, he says. "Anyone care for a taste? Plenty to go around, and it'll spoil soon enough."
Lehkazeran let's loose a low growl as he said to radiate dark energy. He smiles as the tentacles tug at him, ignoring them completely as he folds his wings back to prevent their damage.
Beacon of Evil: A dread vanguard unleashes the powers of his vile masters to strengthen both himself and his allies.
At 4th level and every 4 level thereafter, a dread vanguard gains one additional use of his touch of corruption ability per day. As a standard action, he can spend a use of his touch of corruption ability to manifest the darkness in his soul as an area of flickering shadows with a 30-foot radius centered on him. These shadows don’t affect visibility. The antipaladin and all allies in the area gain a +1 morale bonus to AC and on attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws against fear, and also ignore the first 5 points of hardness when attacking unattended inanimate objects. This lasts for 1 minute, as long as the dread vanguard is conscious. At 8th level, the aura grants fast healing 3 to the dread vanguard as well as to his allies while they remain within it. Additionally, while this aura is active, the antipaladin can use his touch of corruption ability against any targets within its radius by making a ranged touch attack.
Lehkazeran flaps forward to the edge of the fog, such that the goblins are within his aura, even if he can't see them, and laughs. "You will die soon, come forward and it shall be quicker." Continuing to laugh, he casts Blood Supply on himself.
Lehkazeran breaks into a toothy grin upon seeing his next meal. Now he wouldn't need to eat one of the goblins he was working with. Convenient. "Oh how nice," he says, slowly and with substantial menace in his tone. "I hope your like it here; this will be your tomb, too."
Lehkazeran watches other people doing the busy work and nods along. So far his contribution was to be absolutely terrifying, and it was going swimmingly. Absolutely Draconic.
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