"Arggghhh... I have no idea!"
"Aieee! Don't let them knock you down! They'll eat you alive, several at a time!"
"Not good! What are they?"
Rin frantically searches his memory for something useful to use at a distance.
"Stay back, let's blast them from as far away as possible."
Even as he speaks, Rin is grimly aware that he'll need to be a lot closer than he is to do much good.
"Needlefang drakes! They can turn a herd of cattle into but bones. Pellor, preserve us!"
"Heh, this'll be fun.." Raivek grins as he moves closer to the swarm.
"I agree that we should stay back and... Raivek, where are you going?" Drivish hurries to keep up with Raivek.
Lafiel leaves her trunk and hurries after Raivek. She moves extremely quickly as she pulls out a shuriken, throwing it at one of the swarms. The shuriken flies and hits the general area of the swarm, but the light is too low and there are too many drakes for anyone to see what exactly did that shuriken do.
Rin moves closer, straining to see where the densest concentration of drakes is.
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Qadim-Sul moves to the front of the line, ready to protect the more fragile others of the band.
The tiny drakes swarm the nearest food, Lafiel and Qadim-Sul, knocking them both prone with the force of the assault.
Pull-down (minor) vs. LA, Q-S. Fort (1d20 7=16, 1d20 7=13)
Lafiel is badly mauled by the things (-10hp), but Qadim-Sul's armor protects him.
Swarm of Teeth (std) vs. LA, Q-S. AC (1d20 8=19, 2d10 4=10, 1d20 8=12, 2d10 4=17)
Rin mutters a hurried incantation as he seens Lafiel and Quadim fall and directs a bolt of flame between the needlefangs.
"Needlefang fritters anyone?"
He darts back to keep out of range of the drakes. Despite his light tone, the ease with which Lafiel and Quadim went down has him worried and it's clear that whatever damage he's done to the needlefangs, it won't be nearly enough.
Scorching burst on needlefang drakes: (1d20 3=19, 1d20 3=20)
Scorching burst damage: (1d6 3=4)
As Drivish moves it sounds as if he is hyperventilating and barely perceptible frost is forming around his mouth. Once Drivish closes with the swarm he unleashes a bestial roar that echoes through the dark forest. The noise is accompanied by a blast of frigid air.
S1: 11 vs. Reflex; S2: 18 vs. Reflex
Damage = 7 cold
While the frost still hangs in the air Drivish swings hard with his Halberd, cutting back and forth across the swarm.
Attack = 12 vs. AC
Damage = 13 or 4 on a miss
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Lafiel:
2 attacks against LA (1d20 10=14, 2d10 4=11, 1d20 10=17, 2d10 4=8)
1d6 -> [5] = (5)
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Qadim-sul groans and clambers to his feet, hoping the swarms don't take advantage of his exposed defenses. "Come to me!" he yells to the swarm attacking Lafiel. He then whirls his blade into the swarm near him, as lightning flashes and leaps to the other swarm.
S2: Lightning Clash vs AC (1d20+6=14); Damage (1d8+4=8)
S1: secondary attack vs Ref (1d20+4=24); Lightning damage (1d6+4=10)
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Qadim-sul:
Aura attack on Q-S (1d20 10=14, 2d10 4=14)
Close to death but saved by Barshevy's Healing Word, Lafiel manages to get up while numerous drakes run all over her, biting viciously. Bleeding, she slowly tries to retreat from the fight, and tries to maneuver herself in a better position for the rest of battle, letting the tougher members of the group take the brunt of the drake's attack.
Dire Wolverine Strike: (s1)13 vs AC, 6 damage; (s2)13 vs AC, 7damage
Raivek hurries to position himself between the swarms and slashes about in a wild fury.
Twin Strike: (s1)19 vs AC, 4 damage; (s2)19 vs AC, 9 damage
Hunters Quarry damage: 5
Unrelenting in his fury, he slashes to his left, thrusts to the right, trying to do as much damage to the swarm as possible.
Also, in the future, when asking a question about things like moving through a space, it will delay things less if you post contingencies for what you'll do depending on the answer, thanks.
And finally, yes, everyone reset to 1 action point after the rest the night before.
Yes, i know i'll draw OA.
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As Raivek hurls himself into the fray, he is bitten savagely by several of the drakes, but not so badly as it could have been. (-11hp), but his dire wolverine strike has little effect.
Swarm OAs on Raivek (1d20 8=26, 1d10 4=11, 1d20 8=9, 1d10 4=13)
Drawing on his reserves, he slashes about with ever greater fury, killing a few of the drakes.
Lafiel, literally sweeping needlefangs from her bleeding body as she stands, backs away from the swarms. Qadim-sul, meanwhile, also stands and attacks the drakes but the crackling electricity does no apparent damage Both Lafiel and Qadim-sul suffered further bites as they stood and moved against the swarms, but only Lafiel took further damage.
"Get clear. My powers don't discriminate." yells Rin before firing a carefully aimed ray of freezing power at the first swarm and moving sideways to get better aim at both swarms next time.
Ray of Frost v swarm 1 (Int v Fort - on hit is slowed): (1d20 3=18, 1d6 3=5).
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Drivish moves up to the drakes and attacks with his halberd, managing to take out one or two with the butt end.
Barshevy, meanwhile, advances and heals the worst of Lafiel's wounds.
Rin backs up and, shouting a warning, sends a beam of frost down, taking down another cat-sized drake. (also half damage)
The drakes themselves immediately converge on the ranger between them, knocking him prone and going on the attack. As Raivek lies unconscious, the drakes continue to shred his body, leaving little but bones.
Two pull-downs on Raivek (1d20 7=16, 1d20 7=14)
Two swarms of teeth on prone Raivek (1d20 10=14, 2d10 4=16, 1d20 10=28, 2d10 4=22)
Raivek:
Lafiel
Qadim-sul
Drivish
Barshevy
Rin
Qadim-sul:
Drivish:
Aiming at the area behind the drakes, Rin mutters an incantation and throws up his arm. A small pellet of ice flies through the air and expands into a cloud of dangerously freezing mist.
Damage (full on Swarm 1, half on Swarm 2): (1d8 3=11)
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Revision: Raivek is not knocked prone when the drakes attack, thanks to Drivish's distraction. One still hits, but for substantially less damage.
However, both aura attacks still hit, and the total damage is enough to kill.
He had taken 11 from the OA, 14 from the regular attack, and 21 from the auras, for 46, putting him at -17hp and dead on hp.
Drivish swings on the swarm before him, his body adjusting as it cuts through the drakes, allowing him to cut through the other swarm.
24 vs. AC
damage = 10
Secondary Attack on S2 = 25 vs. AC
Damage = 12
And shift back to N12.
Horrified at Raivek's ghastly death, Lafiel shouts to the rest of the group "We need to take them down one swarm at a time !" then starts moving quickly around a tree.
Deft Strike (Shuriken);Damage;Sneak Attack (1d20+9=23, 1d6+4=5, 2d8=3)
Lafiel throws her shuriken and hits the swarm. The shuriken hits a medium sized drake in the back of its neck, breaking it and leaving the drake down.
Qadim-sul howls in pain as the swarming drakes' aura of teeth bite into him. Watching in shock as Raivek falls, his face darkens and a thunderous expression comes over his face. Lightning dances across his skin, and the very air around him darkens and rumbles ominously.
Qadim-sul slashes again at the swarm in front of him. With a flash of lightning, he disappears, only to reappear a moment later with a thunderous roar between the two swarms.
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Deft Strike (Shuriken);Damage;Sneak Attack (1d20+9=23, 1d6+4=5, 2d8=3)
Lafiel darts around the swarms and releases another shuriken, taking out another drake, but so many remain . . .
I had marked s1 too, though I guess Drivish's mark superseded mine.
Qadim-Sul's thunderclap scatters drakes from the swarm he focused on, greatly weakening it (bloodied), and the thunder continues to reverberate, seeming to leave the creatures disoriented.
As Drivish starts his passing attack, the nearest swarm moves around him, but cannot find purchase. He does substantial damage to both swarms before dodging out of the way.
Aura attack on Drivish (1d20 8=12, 1d10 4=9)
The priest meanwhile moves up and puts forth a burst of radiant energy, restoring health to the injured (+5hp to Lafiel and Qadim-Sul, putting Lafiel at full, I believe).
Barshevy's Beacon on s2 (1d20 3=12)
Rin launches another jet of cold at the second drakeswarm in a desperate attempt to at least slow their advance.
"Get out of the blasted way," he screams, already thoroughly un-nerved by Raivek's hideous death. "You've seen what they can do."
In his agitation, the ray misses completely.
Ray of Frost on swarm 2 (on hit slowed) - oh yes, it's v Fort: (1d20 3=9, 1d6 3=5).
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The weakened swarms, still shocky from the thunder, both attack the nearest target, the genasi. The first has no effect on him, perhaps because of Drivish's distraction, but the second manages to pull him down and, as you are learning, lance him many times with sharp teeth (-15hp).
Meanwhile, Drivish is able to take advantage of the first swarm's lack of attention and cause some damage.
s2 atk prone Q-S (1d20 10=26, 2d10 4=15)
Drivish's attack on marked s1 (1d20 8=23, 1d10 4=5)
s1 is no longer slowed. s1's last two saves vs slow (1d20=15, 1d20=19)
s1 is no longer taking thunder damage (but did this round)
Saves vs thunder (1d20=11, 1d20=5)
Qadim-sul:
-13hp, putting you at -7, I believe.
As Drivish starts his passing attack, the nearest swarm moves around him, but cannot find purchase. He does substantial damage to both swarms before dodging out of the way.
As Drivish starts his passing attack, the nearest swarm moves around him, but cannot find purchase. He does substantial damage to both swarms before dodging out of the way.
I think the aura happened before I moved. And sorry, no ranged flanking. It's melee only and only while adjacent, so no reach weapon flanking. Actually, the quickstart rules from Gameday and Keep on the Shadowfell said you could flank with a ranged weapon, but the PH says no.
Lafiel, who has been fully healed by Barshevy's praying, moves her dagger to the other hand, pulls out another shuriken and throws it at the swarm damaged by Qadim-Sul's magic, which then overran him and is ravaging his body. Somehow through a series of feints and lures, she maneuvers the swarm right where she wants it, away from Qadim-Sul, who is still lying on the forest floor. The shuriken flies well, damaging a few drakes before it stops while hitting a quite large drake's eye.
"Barshevy, Go around the trees to near Lafiel if you can. Lafiel, don't get any closer. My armor seems to be holding off the swarms, so I will try to draw them away from Qadim-sul."
Drivish puts everything he has into attacking the swarm, knowing he's the only thing keeping them from killing Qadim-sul. Just in case it's not enough, he takes a step back a hastily spits out a cloud of freezing cold.
23 vs. Reflex on S1; 22 vs. Reflex on S2; damage = 8
DM, can I use the attack on S1 instead and only use the breath weapon on S1? Oh, and mark S1.