Nycholas takes a few steps back from the door as the poison works through his system. Luckily, it doesn't seem to effect him that much. "Uhh, what is this? I'm not good with magic traps. Will destroying the door stop the trap?"
"Huh. Well. They didn't put up much of a fight. There's no way these snakes could have beat Signifer Chaid." Nycholas swings his sword in a vertical circle, bits of residual arcane power discharging from the blade and preparing it to be used for Spellstriking again. "Is everyone OK?" The young eldritch knight looks around at his companions and lets out a long breath. It had been something of a mad rush from touching the trapped idol to now. He pulls out his healing tools and gets to work.
Is Nycholas poisoned from the sneks? I'll roll a Treat Poison just in case. Treat Poison Nycholas vs Poison DC:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33
You treat a patient to prevent the spread of poison. Attempt a Medicine check against the poison’s DC. After you attempt to Treat a Poison for a creature, you can’t try again until after the next time that creature attempts a save against the poison.
Critical Success You grant the creature a +4 circumstance bonus to its next saving throw against the poison.
Success You grant the creature a +2 circumstance bonus to its next saving throw against the poison.
Critical Failure Your efforts cause the creature to take a –2 circumstance penalty to its next save against the poison.
Damn. How's that for a welcome back post. So, if the first attack kills Orange, Nycholas will use an action to Step into Oranges' place and Attack Yellow. If the second attack kills Orange, Nycholas will use his third action to step into Oranges' space.
Nycholas moves up, transforming his glaive back into a greatsword so he and Wymond can work in tandem in the confined hallway. "I'm just looking for my friend, Chaid. Have you seen her?" He asks rather casually, while slicing at one of the sneks.
Activate Shifting Weapon Rune ◆ to transform the glaive back into a greatsword. Stride ◆ 25'. Strike ◆ Orange
Nycholas runs after the dwarf whom is running after a snake, preparing to defend himself from the inevitable ambush.
Cast ◆Shield. Move ◆◆ 40' If Nycholas can see the fleeing snek once he gets to the intersection, he'll use the remainder of the move speed (30') to go after it. Nycholas will use the Sheild Block Reaction if something like a trap attacks him at the intersection, or use the Recognize Spell Reaction of a spell targets him.
Nycholas' stony skin absorbs most all of the damage and poison from the arrows that manage to bypass his enchanted plate armor. The primal magic that lengthens his stride surges and he leaps across the snake pit, bypassing the pit of writhing wigglies and bringing his glaive down on the somewhat uglier new snakeman, discharging the the toxins absorbed by his protective magics through his weapon, leaving the new snake and his ally with a chemical burn.
Cast ◆Jump and Jump 30'. Spellstrike (Somatic, Verbal) ◆◆ with Acid Splash (4th Level) Spellstrike vs Blue:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35 S Damage:2d8 + 6 ⇒ (1, 7) + 6 = 14PLUS 2 Force Acid Damage:1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8PLUS 1 Acid Splash Damage. Possible Crit:1d8 ⇒ 2
So, 14 Slashing Damage + 2 Force + 9 Acid for a total of 25 damage. 50 + 2 (Deadly D8) + 2 persistent Acid damage if it's a crit.
Nycholas advances. Upon rounding the corner he sees two enemies, and decides to use his longer legs to engage the furthest one, leaving the closer one for Wymond.
Trigger A creature within your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it’s using.
* This archetype offers Attack of Opportunity at a different level than displayed here.
You lash out at a foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If your attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, you disrupt that action. This Strike doesn’t count toward your multiple attack penalty, and your multiple attack penalty doesn’t apply to this Strike.
Nycholas also can't see much from where he is, so he prepares for combat with protective magics and transforms his greatsword into a polearm with greater reach.
Cast ◆Shield. Enter ◆ Arcane Cascade. Activate ◆ the Shifting Property on Nycholas' weapon to change it into a glaive @Lilika: I already have a Longstrider Wand for Nycholas! It's personal range only spell, or else I would have got one for everyone, but it's on the Druid spell list so you can cast from the wand onto yourself =)
"That's how you deal with traps. Beat them into submission." Nycholas checks on Triath. "I guess that's not really disabling the trap. We should hurry, in case it resets."
Manipulate
Source Core Rulebook pg. 248 4.0
Requirements You are holding healer's tools, or you are wearing them and have a hand free
You treat a patient to prevent the spread of poison. Attempt a Medicine check against the poison’s DC. After you attempt to Treat a Poison for a creature, you can’t try again until after the next time that creature attempts a save against the poison.
Critical Success You grant the creature a +4 circumstance bonus to its next saving throw against the poison.
Success You grant the creature a +2 circumstance bonus to its next saving throw against the poison.
Critical Failure Your efforts cause the creature to take a –2 circumstance penalty to its next save against the poison.
"Ahh! More snakes!" Nycholas reflexively strikes at yet another large snake. Whilst acid spells had served him well against the previous snakes, the eldritch knight does not want to splash acid on his companions who may be adjacent to the snake further on. He pulls his greatsword back and swings horizontally, the tip of the blade dragging against the stone wall and throwing out sparks. As the blade tip leaves the wall, and just before the sword impacts the snake, the blade bursts into flame.
Eyes closed, breath held, Nycholas stands stock still on the other side of the teleport for a few moments. When he doesn't die, he opens one eye and looks around, then exhales loudly with relief that there is no poison or crushing rock. "Well. That wasn't so bad!" Whence he hears the shouting, he hefts his sword and follows what appears to be the only path forward.
Seeing nothing useful within the statue room, Nycholas moves towards the trap, slashing his greatsword horizontally as he goes. The greatword leaves a silvery vapor trail as it cuts through the air, from which a ghostly rapier coalesces, ready to defend Nycholas. "Whatever. You only live once." He glances back at Lilika. "If I don't come back, tell Imariel Yelvaris..." Pause. "Actually, don't tell her anything." Expecting poison or underwater-ness beyond the portal, he takes a deep breath and touches the snek.
Whilst Nycholas has 16 Int and 14 Wis, canonically he's a dumb teenager ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Move to Statue. Cast Shield. Hold breath. Touch statue.
"MMhh. The different levels seem mostly isolated from each other, to me. If there's no more snakes down here, I don't think the others are further down. Was there any part of the snake levels you guys couldn't explore? A walled off area or something?"
A creature within line of sight casts a spell that you don’t have prepared or in your spell repertoire, or a trap or similar object casts such a spell. You must be aware of the casting.
"Yeah. Magic of the mighty... sheep. Just focus on it and you can use it to push people away. It'll come into your mind, you'll just... know how to use it. I don't need it cuz I have other spells. You should take the aeon stone, too, Wymond. The ring and the stone don't need your hands, so you can keep hold of your weapon."
"I'm not even tired yet." Nycholas interjects, awkwardly loud, when Marcel suggest returning to town.
Nycholas has a bag of holding I, so we can find lots of loot afore we need to go back. Nycholas is avoiding town because his fiancée doesn't know he's gone back into the Spire, so he's not gonna suggest going back lol ,Oh, looks like Lilika has a bag of holding too.
The aeon stone would be useful for Wymond for when he has nothing better to do with his last action. Shield is a solid cantrip.
GM Tarondor, was there anything interesting about the room behind the hidden door Nycholas saw in the statue room, or is it just a bedroom as it appears? giant snek bedroom.
"Here." Nycholas says, producing a yew wand from his bag of holding and holding it out to Lilika. "Royst said you're a druid, so I brought this. Ordered one for myself, merchant sent two. Never responded to my letters about returning it." After some finagling, he removes a ring from his gauntleted hand. The ring is a heavy chunk of iron, shaped to resemble a rams head with curled horns. "I found this the first time I came to the Spire, looking for Chaid DiViri. There was some kinda wizard machinist at the top of the tower above the ground floor level. Found this stuff too." He gestures broadly at everything he is wearing.
Nycholas wears a beautiful set of elegant, blue tinted plate armor. His right hand and arm sport plate to protect his sword arm, his left only protected by leather and mail so as not to prevent him from completing the intricate somatic components of spells. A blue surcoat bearing gold threading and simple blue gems protects the armor from the elements. A tome hangs from his hip on a golden chain. The tome is a large, leather-and-gold-plate bound book, the leather dyed blue with delicate golden filigrees and lettering. The book is fixed shut by a gold pin lock, the pin attached to the cover by a fine golden chain. The title, written in ancient Azlanti, is "Mirror's Edge". The greatsword is designed much like its companion book: a slight blue sheen to the steel, fine golden wiring snaking around the handle and guard, and the same "Mirror's Edge" engraved on the base of the blade. "I don't think I have anything for you, Marcel. My fiancée is a sorcerer, too."
Nycholas gets Studious Spells at 7, so now he can prepare 2x Enlarges a day for free! Nycholas also gets Weapon Specialization as well, so +2 to weapon damage. Took the Fleet General Feat.
"Dumb ogres. Didn't even try to help the snakes. I think I saw a door back here I wanna check out." Nycholas leads back to the statue room where he thinks he saw a door.
Oof. Tough positioning! Since two of them have reach, I think we need to bait them out or we're just going to have all three wailing on poor Wymond. And if they don't wanna come out our casters can just pelt them from afar.
Nycholas draws an iron nail from his spell component pouch and slams it into his breastplate, casting another enlarge spell on himself. He and his impressive armor grow in size as he strides up to Triath, brandishing his huge greatsword. "If you're so hungry, why don't you come out here and eat someone your own size?" Nycholas calls, gesturing to Wymond that he should back up. They can come out and face our swords, or stay in there and face nature's wrath.
Cast Enlarge (Somatic, Verbal) ◆◆.Stride 20 ◆ (can't move Nycholas' token right now, but he'll end up behind the warboar).
Potential AoO vs First to Provoke (10' Reach):1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33 S Damage:2d12 + 6 ⇒ (1, 8) + 6 = 15
AoO Rules:
Trigger: A creature within your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it’s using.
You lash out at a foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If your attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, you disrupt that action. This Strike doesn’t count toward your multiple attack penalty, and your multiple attack penalty doesn’t apply to this Strike.
Probably Delay tbh. Can't do anything but move up in this situtation, maybe wait and see if a baddy tries to exit the big room to get more efficient use of her actions?
Also, Nycholas isn't lorge anymore. 5 min duration
I forgot to bring it up last time, but Nycholas has +2 initiative from the Incredible Initiative General Feat. I've got +2 init next to Perception, but I wanted to ask if you wanted me to format it differently so it's easier for you to see.
Nycholas jumps when Slaagh speaks. "Ah! Who are you?!"
Sorry, fell asleep before adding the RP part of the post :P Is this the creep that was following Marcel around? Arcana Rapier:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19 Arcana Prism:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
Each Treat Wounds takes 10 Minutes. Nycholas has Continual Recovery so he can Treat Wounds every 10 min instead of once/hr/person. 1 HR total if you're all fine with that and we're not interrupted by anything in that hour. Wymond could also LoH/Refocus a couple times to speed things along, if time is of the essence.
