Let me know if I've got anything wrong. I just placed some of you guys who didn't post a location, or if I didn't see your post.
Heathy, I see you've got a hall running off map - unless I screwed up. It's easy as all hell to shift the whole deal and continue off what we've got. Just say shift it all down 8 and right 6 or something like that.
In the room....
(enemies won initiative; spots dmpc'd; no surprise for them)
a small 1foot by 1foot slat opens in the roof. at the grid intersection where Harvak and Stiggy's avatars are, a spell springs to life; in a 10 foot radius, a burst of trippy shimmering lights. Your head grows heavy (Stiggy, Harvak, Gittik) and your sight grows dim; you have to stop for the night(unless you make a wil save d.c. 16) Wil Save d.c. 16, or you have to stand or sit, fascinated, by the trippy lightshow.
Altai and Elgan are out of the limits of this spell.
In the hall....
(again, enemies won initiative; spots dmpc'd; no surprise for them)
Riese sees the two gnolls previously alluded to come around the corner at L1 on the next story up; one stops at L1 and fires on Riese. One Clambers down the stairs to L4 to acquire a straight on shot with his composite longbow.
The sniper on the stairs hits for 8. The one at the top of the stairs is hampered by Riese's covered position. If Riese has mage armor on, he is missed. If Riese doesn't have mage armor in effect, he takes 10 more in damage.
So unmage armored Riese takes 18; mage armored only 8.
Welcome to the Hotel California.
The party's attack.
Riese concentrates on his wand, firing off at the gnoll who's arrow struck him. 1d20 7=16 concentrate, 1d20 3=17 ranged touch, 1d6=5 damage.
He then moves back down the hall and out of the firing line of the gnolls.
Clutching his side with the arrow in it he says to the group with clenched teeth "Gnolls coming to the party....I'm hit..."
The gnoll tries to duck behind the bannister for cover, but the freezing goodness stabs him like cold, steely knives.
It doesn't kill the beast, it eerily laughs out it's indignity in hyena heckles.
The gnoll tries to duck behind the bannister for cover, but the freezing goodness stabs him like cold, steely knives.
It doesn't kill the beast, it eerily laughs out it's indignity in hyena heckles.
C1 is in the effect of the spell which your character can surely see; if you want to do that, make a wil save dc 16.
For clarity, squares c-f1, c-f2, and d-e3 are filled with darting, strobing, shimmering lights.
Riese is at A4,...you can go to c4, e4, or f4...and attack.
Stiggy's vast experience with potables finally pays off. He's drunk elven wine with a bigger kick than that puny spell. He can hear Riese outside talking about gnolls, and he's been shot.
Stig teeters to C4.
Riese is at A4,...you can go to c4, e4, or f4...and attack.
Beldan, Elgan, Becton, Harvak and Gittik left this round.
Stig teeters to C4.
Sorry just woke.
Change that to G4 - double move.
Yeah...you don't hear anything. A 1 foot by 1 foot slat opens in the ceiling
spellcraft, dc 12: (because you don't see it cast (dc17) but see the end results, I think it's easier):
Stig teeters to C4.Sorry just woke.
Change that to G4 - double move.
"Kree-gah, dwarf! Gazkar bundolo!!!" says the gnoll
speak gnoll?The other one emits a yodelling hyena giggle.
"Yoo're loocky aam nae sober ye sack lickin' dug loon. Nae offense tenser."
Yeah...you don't hear anything. A 1 foot by 1 foot slat opens in the ceiling
spellcraft, dc 12: (because you don't see it cast (dc17) but see the end results, I think it's easier)
Beldan moves to G2 and attempts to hide in the shadows under the upper gallery.
Yeah...you don't hear anything. A 1 foot by 1 foot slat opens in the ceiling
spellcraft, dc 12: (because you don't see it cast (dc17) but see the end results, I think it's easier)
Thanx!!! I think I'll use bomangani for humanoids' languages.
wrt alchemists' fire, best I can reckon is it's a ranged touch attack, modified +4 to the victims' a.c. due to his being behind cover.
And, if the roll is under a 14 (size of the hole+4 for size) it'll break open on the roof and rain alchemist's fire down on folks for 1 h.p.
"Yoo're loocky aam nae sober ye sack lickin' dug loon. Nae offense tenser."
"I will get drunk then, when I eat your steaming liver, dwarf."
The gnoll retorts in barking commonish.
"Acshully Ah hink yoo'll need tae bevvy mah bluid. Th' liver trensfoorms th' kergo ahmmediate like an' ye willnae gie a buzz aff it."
"Ur ye can gang doonstairs an' bevvy frae th' keg loch me. That's prubebly a whole lot mair tasty."
Tenser starts woofing at them like a sleeping dog in r.e.m. sleep.
"Aye....I'll drink rum dwarf! Out of your skull!" retorts the gnoll.
"Nae huir uv a coothie ur ye."
"A coothie? Mnyaaaaaaaaar!!!"
"Ahh feeble wizard magiks"
Will save 1d20+1=19
Harvak makes his wil save. He can act.
You can get to F4 and attack with a missile; Stig's in G4. And you can't get the one in L1, just the one in L4.
You wanna shoot him with an arrow, or chuck a throwing axe at him?
Harvak F4Long bow 1d20+4=12
I'll letcha keep the first hit roll.
Harvak puts an arrow in the gnoll, adding to the damage. It flies right between the wooden pillars of the bannister. The gnoll screams a wounded dog as he takes one in a fleshy thigh.
Gittik, Elgan, Becton still to go this round.
Elgan's Spellcraft roll: (1d20 1=10)
When the shimmering spell appears, Elgan backs up against the wall and hisses like, well, a cat! He tries to figure out what it is, but with being indoors, and all of the unusual goings on in the basement, he is just a little flustered, and doesn't realize it is relatively harmless.
But after delaying for a moment, and realizing that none of his companions are falling over dead, or having their faces melted off, he begins to try to figure out where the spell came from. His eyes have just settled on the hole in the ceiling when he hears the scream of pain from the hallway, and Reise's faint call for help.
Without hesitation, the druid-as-cat turns and flies through the doorway, heading towards the sounds of battle.
Dashing past the legs of the armored cleric, Elgan reaches Reise, who is leaning heavily against the wall, and drags him down the hallway out of the range of fire.
"Oooh, lights pretty...."
"aaaaaooOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo!
Becton heals Riese 9 h.p. with the wand.
I'll have Becton at B2 and Elgan at c2.
The gnoll at L3 fires twice at Harvak. Harvak takes 9 h.p. in damage.
The gnoll at L1 fires twice at Stiggy. He's hit once for 5 h.p. in damage.
The pale wizard shows up at k1 on the second level nest to the gnoll at the top of the staircase. A weird smile on his face. Dressed in black. It's hard to make him out, as he seems to be vibrating.
Round 3!
"Oooh, lights pretty...."
You can try to save again, this round.
Can you help me figure out where everyone is before I post a map? I've got it open on my desktop here.
Stig will continue to double move toward them.
Gittik shakes his head to clear it of the seductive display of colour, then snarls as he realises he was being ensorcelled.
Sorry, drove to work...
Riese=a4Becton=b4
Elgan=c4
Harvak=f4
Stig=g4
Beldan=g2
Altai=c3
Gittik=d3
Gnoll shooter on stairw at L4
Gnoll shooter on next level from ground at L1(not on ground floor)
Wizard at k1 on next level from ground (not on ground floor)
Nobody's on the ground floor. Stig with a double move can close to L5. He'll be on the stairs, ready to hit the gnoll shooter at L4.
I won't consider it "engaged in melee" for other shooters in your party THIS round, because you're moving there and they're shooting while you're in transit theoretically.
Gittik shakes his head to clear it of the seductive display of colour, then snarls as he realises he was being ensorcelled.
It's a 1foot by 1foot roughly squarish hole; you can jump off the top of the chair, but you can't get through there physically.
Altai pokes his head around the corner and draws a bead on the bow-wielding gnoll.
The gnoll yelps as another cold knife is in him. He's looking greatly harried. Stiggy might contemplate trying to blow on him, to see if the gnoll would fall over.