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LB doesn't need to cast Grace, as W6 has already absorbed the AoO (I assumed that was why W6 was sent dancing round the dragon). Instead, he can use another Smite Evil to target the dragon, if he prefers.

Right - he'll do that then. Total damage with smite and crit should be 77 in that case.

Lightbringer glances down at Darkheart’s fallen form, his own armoured carapace crushed and rent. Offering a silent prayer to the Silver Flame, he hefts his sword and charges at the dragon.

Swift action, cast Grace – movement avoids Attacks of Opportunity.
Full round action: Charge to V9 and attack, using power attack, furious focus.
Charge attack: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40 damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (3, 1) + 20 = 24 Attack counts as magic, good and silver.
LB earlier chose Darkheart as his Smite Evil target. I am assuming the dragon is not somehow part of Darkheart, but if it is and smite evil applies, add +4 to hit, +13 to damage and the attack overcomes DR.

EDIT: Crit confirm roll: Charge attack: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37 damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (2, 5) + 20 = 27

Nice work Ez and Gil! Now, to survive their retaliation ...

LB's second attack is a crit. Also, Rod's righteous might has expired this turn so he's no longer size Large.

Thanks on both accounts, wasn't paying attention. And thanks for rolling the crit Aubrey - better rolling than I often get for my characters!

Lightbringer uses a swift action to Lay on Hands for 4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4, 4) = 15

He then takes a five foot step to V11 and makes a full attack fighting defensively, using power attack, furious focus.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25 damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (5, 1) + 20 = 26
Attack 2: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36 damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (4, 2) + 20 = 26
Attack 3: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (2, 3) + 20 = 25
Attack 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (3, 3) + 20 = 26

That was one hit on LB, not enough damage to take him down, so Kaz doesn't take any of W5's attacks.

Initiative chart corrected
W4 25+
Janosz 25-
W6 21
W7 20
W2 17+
Lightbringer 17-
Rodergo 16+
W3 16-
Ezreal 13
Gil 12
Faith 10+
Kazadar 10-
W5 9+
Haladon 9-
W1 8
Darkheart & Dragon 4
Warforged 773 2

Updated map.

Effects (Durations as per start of round 1; we are now part way through round 2 I think):
All: Telepathic Bond (116 minutes 3 rounds), Bless (5 minutes), Extended Haste (4 rounds)

Ezreal: Overland Flight (12 hours 56 minutes 8 rounds), See Invisibility (126 minutes 9 rounds), Arcane Sight (10 minutes), Greater Invisibility (5 rounds), Summon Monster VI (7 rounds), Shield (12 minutes 4 rounds)

Gil: Invisibility (8 minutes 8 rounds), Fly (8 minutes 9 rounds), Obscuring Mist (11 minutes 2 rounds), Greater Invisibility (6 rounds)

Haladon: Communal Air Walk (16 minutes 8 rounds), Divine Bond (12 minutes 2 rounds), Divine Favor (2 rounds), Good Devotion (2 rounds)

Janosz: Communal Air Walk (16 minutes 8 rounds), Gravity Bow (expired), Longstrider (2 hours 57 minutes), Good Devotion (2 rounds)

Kazadar: Communal Air Walk (16 minutes 8 rounds), Righteous Might (3 rounds), Good Devotion (2 rounds), Divine Power (4 rounds), Chains of Light (6 rounds)

Lightbringer: Communal Air Walk (16 minutes 8 rounds), Weapon of Awe (4 minutes 9 rounds), Bull’s Strength (7 minutes 9 rounds), Ironskin (5 minutes), Good Devotion (2 rounds)

Rodergo: Communal Air Walk (16 minutes 8 rounds), Righteous Might (3 rounds), Good Devotion (2 rounds), Blade Barrier (10 minutes 3 rounds), Spiritual Weapon (6 rounds)

Ez is up.

Is he looking pretty dented by now or still going strong? By the way, LB took a 5 foot step to U10 on his turn, and Rod's position also hasn't been updated on the map I can see.

Out of interest did any of LB's last round of attacks hit W3?

W3 is next if he's still standing.

Lightbringer’s eyes flash silver as he takes a moment to self-repair, before stepping back into the fray, his sword swinging – although he fights with uncharacteristic caution.

Swift action to Lay on Hands on self for 4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 2, 4) = 13. Five foot step to U10. Full attack, fighting defensively whilst also using power attack – first attack on W3, will switch to W5 if W3 falls.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33 damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (6, 3) + 20 = 29
Attack 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 Plus action point, best of 1d6 ⇒ 1 or 1d6 ⇒ 5 result 26- damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (2, 1) + 20 = 23
Attack 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (6, 1) + 20 = 27

The enemy warforged’s adamantine glaive bounces off Lightbringer’s magically enhanced plating.

Ref save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

He manages to dodge the worst of the dragon's breath ... but is not deft enough to avoid Darkheart's arcane flames. He is bathed in fire, leaving his plating blackened and cracked.

LB has 50 hit point remaining ...

Ah ...

Fort: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30

Unholy energies swirl about Lightbringer, eating at his carapace, but do not fell him.

Whoa. Does this guy have a visible (in)holy symbol or anything?

W3.

“Darkheart, I am coming for you,” Lightbringer intones, his eyes flashing silver. “You have one opportunity to surrender.”

As a swift action, Lightbringer chooses Darkheart as his smite evil target.

The warforged paladin then grips his greatsword with both hands and leaps into the air, racing above the remains of the ammo dump, his sword swinging at the nearest enemy warforged.

Full round action to airwalk to T10, staying 5 feet above the ground, as a charge action. Charge attack W3 from above, using power attack with furious focus.

Attack: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (10) + 23 = 33 Damage: 2d6 + 20 ⇒ (2, 5) + 20 = 27

Attack counts as good, silver and cold iron.

I missed where W6 and W7 were prior to them drinking their potions – I assume somewhere to the right of W5?

I'll aim to post actions today / tonight.

LB will move up to S17.

Lightbringer’s eyes flash silver. “So be it,” he repeats. He briefly swivels his head to nod at Faith, then turns back to face Darkheart.

Init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

Lightbringer turns his head slowly, scanning the recently emerged warforged troops, the dragon-construct, his gaze resting at last on Darkheart.

“I have listened to your lord’s words,” the paladin replies. “I have heard them – and rejected them. We were made to fight a war that is ended. Your lord preaches a new war, one that in the end he would lose – but destroy many lives, warforged and human in the process. Do not be seduced by this dark path Darkheart. You and I could do much good together … will you leave your Lord of Blades and forsake this path you are on? If you will not forsake evil … then regretfully I must destroy you.”

Sorry for the long wait Aubrey and all!

Nice. Ez is living up to that cataclysm mage title.

Right, sorry about the delay, dice rolls for the above:

Power attack charge: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (12) + 24 = 36 damage: 2d6 + 23 ⇒ (2, 4) + 23 = 29

Lightbringer charges downwards through the air towards one of the warforged soldiers, swinging his greatsword down in an overhead chop.

Charge attack to R10, attacking W19.

Run out of time to work out modifiers and dice roll .. .coming later ...

Updated initiative
Gil 23
Arcane Ballista 20+
Lightbringer 20-
Rodergo 19
Janosz 16
Haladon 14
Kazadar 10+
Ez 5+
Warforged Archers 0

Map updated.

So it is Gil's turn - she has acted but we await confirmation on position. Then the arcane ballista.

[dice=Reflex]1d20 + 9 [dice=damage]2d8 + 2 half damage, DR/2, so LB takes 5 hp.

The DR 3/evil supersedes the DR 2/adamantite, so damage is 4.

[dice=Ref save]1d20+11 [dice=Damage]2d8+2

Half damage (6) plus DR 3/evil = 3

Just a reminder, the only visible characters are LB, Kaz, Rod and Hal. Also, we're under the effect of LB's good devotion feat which grants us DR 3/evil and our attacks are good-aligned for 1 minute.

I should have remembered that - thanks for the reminder!

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 damage: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 2 = 14 half damage, DR/2, so LB takes 5 hp.

Who's next?

We know - or assume - that the warforged alchemist will be in the command tent, but we don't know what else would be in there. Might be good to take on the commander, but we know we can probably take out the titan in one round - rolls permitting - and would be good to do so before it gets a chance to hit us. Maybe we take the command tent and others aim to take out the titan from range?

Also, I think Gil and/or Ez are aiming to target the ammo dump in some manner?

Where to next Kaz? Do we mop up over here or move onto the next big targets?

Uh ... yeah, he does, sorry, missed that.

Janosz makes a full attack on the warforged titan using rapid shot, many shot, deadly aim and precise shot.
attack 1: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 37 damage: 4d6 + 22 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 2, 6) + 22 + (2) + (2) = 41
attack 2: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (3) + 19 = 22 damage: 2d6 + 11 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 11 + (1) + (2) = 18
attack 3: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34 damage: 2d6 + 11 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 6) + 11 + (3) + (6) = 29
attack 4: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25 damage: 2d6 + 11 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 1) + 11 + (5) + (4) = 24
attack 5 (haste): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (14) + 19 = 33 damage: 2d6 + 11 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 1) + 11 + (1) + (3) = 22
The two additional 1d6’s are fire and electricity damage.

Possible crit on attack 3:
crit confirm: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34 damage: 4d6 + 22 ⇒ (6, 1, 6, 4) + 22 = 39

Sounds like a plan.

Abandoning stealth, Lightbringer surges forward in the air, high enough up to clear the catapult, charging towards the towering titan, his sword swinging.

As an immediate action, LB activates Good Devotion, granting himself and allies within – feet at the start of his turn DR 3/evil for 1 minute and making their attacks count as good for overcoming damage reduction. Airwalking charge to N7, 15 feet up, attack titan.
power attack charge: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (3) + 24 = 27 damage: 2d6 + 23 ⇒ (4, 1) + 23 = 28

Are Kaz and Haladon also planning to charge the titan?

Lightbringer is going to delay slightly so that anyone who wants to take an action now that will break the invisibility effect for them can do so, but anyone who wants to remain invisible a while longer can indicate so to him; ie, he'll act after Kaz, Haladon, Janosz and Rod unless they indicate otherwise to him.

Does anyone want another round of positioning / spellcasting before becoming visible?

LB's planning to attack, which will end the invisibility sphere effect; ok with all parties?

OR he may not attack this round, to give anyone else who wants it one more round of invisibility to move into position.

Aubrey, is it possible, as we are airwalking, to charge the warforged titan over the top of the normal troops and catapult from this position?

Lightbringer continues to airwalk forward at a steady pace so as to allow his companions to remain within the invisibility sphere should they so choose. LB airwalks forward to N17, staying fairly low at the moment – how high is the glass shard wall by the way?

Everyone in this group is on foot (except Ez who is flying) but hasted, is that correct? The plan changed a couple of times, so just want to make sure we are on the same page. This puts the group’s speed at double that of the slowest members (LB and Kaz at 20), making it 40 (although some can move faster). LB will double move directly forward if that suits everyone? This presumably puts Lightbringer at N24, with Rod staying just behind him at N25. If anyone wants a slower advance (to cast spells, make ranged attacks or what have-you), let me know, or if I have the speed situation incorrect adjust the end point accordingly.

As the invisibility sphere is centered on LB and everyone probably wants to stay within its area at this point, do we all need to delay / sync our initiatives to Lightbringer?

I believe the plan was that Gil was headed towards the catapult command post (where we expect the artificer to be) and ammo dump, NOT the purple command post (which is not shown on the detailed map) – this is where we expect Darkheart to be (in case there is any confusion on that front). Given the detail on the tactical map, it probably makes most sense for the rest of us to be heading towards catapult 1; that way we have the bulk of the enemy forces (including any reinforcements sent from the overall command tent) on our right flank, rather than roughly split over both flanks as they would be if we head towards catapult 2.

LB will be in about N40. Assuming he is the target of the invisibility sphere, everyone but Gil should be within 10 feet of him. We may need to delay to sync our initiatives to stay within the sphere. Rod will be at N41.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Initiative: 1d20 ⇒ 5

"No battleplan - of ours - ever survives contact with the enemy," Lightbringer concurs with Ezreal over the telepathic bond. "I had not seen the ballista-forged. We will need to take them out first."

Yeah, LB is speed 20 prior to haste etc.

LB is ok to be the centre of the invisibility sphere; he will cast weapon of awe on his greatsword and Ironskin on himself (both last minutes / level, so duration should be ok).

“We should aim to advance as quickly as we can – using spells to increase our speed if possible – towards the nearest catapult. Move as a group so as to assist each other if we come under assault, but not so close that we make too tempting a target for area assaults from the catapults or the alchemist. If we can move under cover of invisibility or some other magical cover, all the better. If possible, it would be ideal to harry both titans from range as we move, to prevent them from reloading and firing; if not feasible, we concentrate on moving as quickly as we can. Once we reach the catapult we will come under attack from the titan and other warforged – if we have not already by this point. Those of us most suited to should engage the defenders, whilst Matilda and anyone else with the expertise to do so assesses the catapult. If it can be turned against the other catapult – good. If not, disable it. If possible, we should not engage Darkheart until we have dealt with the catapults and their crews. Holy Flame willing we will succeed.” Lightbringer looks about at the others. “Does this plan sound suitable? If so, let us take twelve to eighteen seconds to cast preparatory spells, then move.”

"I suggest you set up the tent inside the keep - the courtyard will soon be the target for more living spells," says Lightbringer. "However we approach, we need to make it soon."

Cassandra's voice follows the ranger into the battlements. "Minutes only. It would need to be refreshed to cover that ground and footprints would be visible unless it's stone from here to the destination."[b]

[b]"Lightbringer, are any of your warriors able to run a catapult if it were captured? How many would be necessary to load one of those canisters?"

“I had not thought to use the enemy’s war machines against them. Some of those here may have training in using siege equipment – I would have to ask.”

"All right! Let's get an overview, shall we? By the way, how long does the invisibility effect last?" Janosz scrambles up the interior wall and peers over the battlements. "What is your plan for your troops? Stay inside and support us with missile fire?"

“If you will accompany me to the enemy catapults then yes, I would suggest that the best use of most of the warforged troops here will be to provide missile cover. Some may be both willing and capable enough to strike with us.”