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Ovid simply stares at the opening once blocked by webbing.

"Well, no reason to dwell on the dead. Let's see what's back there."

"What're you looking for, Kev?" Ovid steps out of the shadows behind Kevaras and peers over his shoulder at the rubble.

Perception, searching the rubble: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

"Nice little place they've got here. Wonder if they've got any more surprises..." Ovid grins and creeps down the hallway.

Stealth up to O12: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

Perception, because why not? 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Who or what is Dre in the map.

if it's a villian move me to M19 and apply the folloing attack.

Malize summoned a Dretch in the first round.

Dancing Cobra vs Sl1(vs Reflex), 4 more damage to it on a hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 231d10 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Ovid continues his assault, stepping forward and striking at the lizards surrounding the demon.

Five Storms, shift to L20 and attack SI1 and SI2(vs Reflex), 4 damage and slide SI1 to M20 on a hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 231d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 141d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Ovid grins and swings his spear through his new opponents.

Five Storms(vs Reflex) vs SI1, SI2 and SI3(I assume on of the twos was supposed to be a 1): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 241d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 271d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 171d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Crit, that's 14 + 1d6 ⇒ 14 + (1) = 15 damage to SI2, and for Flurry of Blows, 4 damage to the one I assume is SI1 and slide to M20.

Meanwhile, Ovid continues to stand in a dark corner and keep watch.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Ovid creeps forward at Keveras' side.

Stealth: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

"Wonder if whoever did this is still around?"

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Side road.

Likewise.

Santander feels a strange affinity for the staff, "Can I keep it?"

"Knock yourself out. I'm not going to take it."

Arcana: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

"Just be quiet and die with some dignity." Ovid adjusts his grip and drives his spear into Naubos' chest.

Shift to K23 and attack with Dancing Cobra(vs Reflex): 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 2 + 2 = 151d10 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Ovid dashes forward and stabs at Naubos, looking for any openings.

Dancing Cobra, move(not shift) to L24 and attack(vs Reflex, 2 extra damage if he makes an OA against me this turn), 4 damage and slide him to K24 on a hit. 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 201d10 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

"You can handle one ghost, right Corpus? I'll go deal with that fool." Ovid ducks away from the ghost and runs back to the entrance. One kick to get the ghost out of the way, then he loops the end of his spear behind the traitorous drow's knee, causing him to stumble forward.

Dancing Cobra, move to K24(OA from St3) and attack Gh1(vs Reflex), on a hit 4 damage to Naubos and slide him to K25: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 251d10 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Ovid darts towards one of the ghost and thrusts his spear straight through it.

Open The Gates of Battle vs St1(no OA from moving away from Gh2, vs Reflex, 4 damage from Flurry going to St1): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 182d10 + 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (4, 2) + (5) + 6 = 17

Ovid steps into the room.

Minor, activate Harmonious Discipline(2 temp HP), then move to K19. I'll be glad when we fight somewhere that isn't mostly difficult terrain again.

Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

"I don't know any details about it. I was sent here to recover it, but I was not given any information about it." Naubos replies.

"Well then, I guess we'll just have to go get it and find out." Ovid opens the door.

Spending one surge.

I've lost the temp HP from Harmonious Discepline, so +2 damage to my next attack.

Ovid seems to simply fall back into his own shadow, only to reappear behind Corpus and the ghost. Then, with a flick of his wrist he slashes at his foes with lashes of shadow.

Minor, draw my spear. Move, Shadow Jaunt to I8(insubstantial until EOMNT). Standard, Masterful Spiral(vs Reflex, close burst 2, enemies only, force damage, Miss: Half damage, Effect: I have +1 reach until end of encounter) vs J, Gh1, E, Gh2, and G:

EDIT: Crit on G, 32 + 1d6 ⇒ 32 + (3) = 35 Force damage to G. EDIT EDIT: 4 damage to E from Flurry of Blows.

Meanwhile, Ovid darts forward and attacks the genasi viciously while her back is turned.

Open The Gates Of Battle, move to H11 and attack(vs Reflex, extra damage if target uninjured): 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 2 = 102d10 + 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (1, 10) + (4) + 6 = 21

Or I could miss horribly. That's always an option.

Ovid dashes forward and throws a shuriken at the halflings.

Move to H15 with the movement portion of Dancing Cobra, activate Harmonious Discipline(2 temp HP) and a ranged basic attack on J(Forgot to include the bonuses from my ki focus on my sheet, so they're here.): 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 10 - 2 = 171d4 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

"Hope you three are better than you look. Otherwise this won't be any fun." Ovid twirls a shuriken in his hands.

I21. Init: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Spending one surge. I also have 18 AC, but since I'm also in melee most of the time I'll take the Robe.

Ovid: All set - and it's only now I realize you took the Assassin multiclass feat, very cool :)

I needed a multiclass that gave Stealth, and Ovid's from a sect that practices sinister shadow-based magic. It was an obvious choice. (Why did I just reference a one-off image from a webcomic? Oh, yeah, no life.)

Ovid darts across the room and once again halts the human's advance.

Dancing Cobra, move to G20(provoking an OA, AC 20) and attack(vs Reflex, 2 more damage if target attempts an OA on me), 4 damage and slide H4 to I20 on a hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 111d10 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 = 16

"Where do you two think you're going?" Ovid dashes to the retreating bandits and quickly strikes at each.

Five Storms, shift to J20 and attack(vs Reflex, close burst 1), 4 damage to H2 and slide to J21: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 121d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 261d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

I don't see a crit on the die rolls, I see 2 13s, am I missing something?

I just saw a twenty and overreacted. Missed that it was the end result and not the roll.

Ovid simply smiles and launches himself at the guards, sweeping through their ranks.

Harmonious Discipline(minor, 2 temp HP, +2 damage to next attack after temp HP removed), move to L21 and use Five Storms(vs Reflex, close burst 1), 4 damage to H2 and slide to N22 if hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 201d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 201d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Crit, 14 + 1d6 ⇒ 14 + (6) = 20 damage to H4

Ovid steps into the building almost leisurely. Then, in one quick movement, a small shard of metal is flying across the room and Ovid only smiles.

Move to G20 and attack H1 with a shuriken: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 121d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

C20. Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

This round, Ovid will probably just throw a shuriken at the dwarf and enter the cave. After that, close bursts. Lots and lots of close bursts.

"Worse things to do with our time than kill a wizard. Just don't try to betray us."

"Alright, I'll go take a look. Just stay quiet until I get back."

Moving into the cavern, to J23 if possible. Initiative, Stealth, Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 231d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 311d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

I only took 2 damage overall, so no real need to spend a surge.

Ovid stabs fiercely at the fisher, sending it tumbling to the ground.

Harmonious Discipline's temp HP is out, so +2 damage to my next attack. Open The Gates of Battle vs CFS(vs Reflex), 4 damage and slide it to I11 on a hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 252d10 + 8 ⇒ (10, 9) + 8 = 27

Ovid leaps from cavern wall to the side of the ledge and back again, attempting to reach the ledge.

Hopefully wall jumping counts as an Acrobatics stunt and not a plain Athletics check. If this parkour/wire-fu thing I'm attempting is Athletics, just subtract 7 from the roll. Acrobatics to move to K13: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

I only made two attack rolls. The other two were damage rolls that I only rolled out of a sense of obligation. Also, I meant to go to L11, I don't know why I put something different.

Oh, and I forgot about the ranged basic attacks some of us have because they're dull. If half the party wasn't immobilized, I'd recommend that we all just run past them and search the wagons because it just isn't worth the effort killing them when we can just pass by them to reach the wagon.

So, twenty feet up means I can't teleport up to the ledges, meaning only two people in the party have a chance of attacking them without having to climb up. I see a lot of failed Athletics checks in our future.

Anyway, sorry for my inattentiveness, on with the show. Minor, Harmonious Discipline(2 temp HP and +2 damage to the next attack after the temp HP are taken off), then move to L8, (triggering OAs, +2 to all defenses against OAs) and use Five Storms(vs Reflex, close burst 1) (4 damage from Flurry pf Blows goes to the minion I didn't attack hit, if any): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 261d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 111d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 131d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Ovid quietly creeps closer to the wagons, wishing his companions were quieter.

Can I Stealth to I10? 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Ovid picks up his spear and follows behind, not really caring which way the group heads next.

I don't. He's as apathetic about what happens next as Ovid is.

Another Five Storms, although I don't know how many I can catch in the burst. 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 81d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 181d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 241d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Ovid continues to assault the tentacles.

Time for Five Storms, attacking as many as possible:

You know, I'm uniquely unsuited to this skill challenge, what with the complete lack of relevant skills and with all the enemies' defenses being effectively 20 when I'm using Implement-based attacks.

No, you can always make two attacks. They just have to be against different targets.

None of my skills are that relevant, so I'm just going to beat the tentacles. Also, as a being native to the Shadowfell I would presumably know if we just got sent there, correct?

"Nice place you have here. Homey." Ovid makes his way to the altar, the shadows clinging to him like black cobwebs. "Bit too many tentacles for my taste. Let's see what I can do about that." Ovid swings his arm, and the shadows scythe through the tendrils.

Moving to the altar if possible and using Masterful Spiral. Burst 2, so I think I can get all of the tentacles in the burst. (vs Reflex, Force damage until the end of the encounter I have reach 2)

EDIT: Ovid, you surely can. I went for flavour and took the Cha build because it synced in nicely with drow, but I will take another look. If he's going to burn the feat on some kind of weapon proficiency, it might as well be one that keeps him alive longer.

They're all Cha builds. You just focused on Wisdom while your mantle choice focuses on Constitution, which is just odd all around. What I'm saying is, get more constitution. You'll live longer.

Fortunately I have Move 8 thanks to Dancing Cobra. Move to H33, slide her to I33 if I hit. Corpus, deal with EE1. Kevaras, stabilize some people. Malize, stop EE2 before it blows something up. Or, you know what, just blow it up. I'll handle the warlock until you all get done in there.

EDIT: Yeah, there's a reason Otto uses a halbred in Sleeper. Ardents give out great buffs, but they just aren't that durable. Can I recommend the Constitution build if/when you rebuild him?

I'm bloodied too. Specifically, 9/23 HP. Cursebite is deadly when the people your using it on have around 24 HP.

Ovid pauses to catch his breath and grins. "Now where do you think you're going?" Ovid dodges around the pew and kicks the woman back towards Corpus' axes.

Second Wind(14/23 HP and +2 to all defenses, no longer Bloodied), spend an AP and use Dancing Cobra, move to H27, provoking an OA from Myrissa, and attack(vs Reflex, 2 more damage if she tries to make an OA on me this turn)(Flurry of Blows, 4 damage and slide her to H26): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 161d10 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Five Storms, shift to I25 and attack(vs Reflex, close burst 1 vs DrP and Myr, if I hit Myr she takes 4 extra damage and is slid to G25): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 231d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 211d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

"Don't think you're getting out of this without a few bruises, lady!" Ovid ducks past the drow and stabs at the warlock.

Open The Gates of Battle: Move to H24(ignore OA from Sdh) and attack(vs Reflex)(4 damage and slide her to F24 if hit): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 153d10 + 5 ⇒ (4, 1, 3) + 5 = 13