Nadeq holds his spell untill Mikka has determined wether they are real wolves or some thing more evil.
Last call for any pre-battle prep: we'll run Round Three tomorrow.
If they are something sinister or battle seems unavoidable, she will cast entangle DC16 during the first round to get as many of the wolves as possible.
If we were gathered around a gaming table, Mikka, I would be raising an eyebrow. How do you imagine entangle would work in a desert terrain?
Durnast's actions for Round 2 are dependent on what he can see after Flying up 30'...
(At the least, once he sees the creatures more directly, he will give everybody a 'heads up' as to what we're facing)
Make that Shillelagh
Last call for any pre-battle prep: we'll run Round Three tomorrow.
Alia's horse will be right behind her in J-K 41-42.
Swiftpaws moves to Alia side J40.
Durnast, on Round 1, you cast fly and rise up to 30' above the ground. And yes, you see them.
Perception:
At this distance, you can tell that there's (1, 2, 3, ...) ten of them. The two on the ends, left and right, are much larger than the others, as tall as the tallest horse you've seen, and built like a cross between a wolf and a bull. Between them are eight smaller creatures, about the right size and shape for wolves. They are coming towards the ridge in a V-shape, so the center wolves will crest first, followed by those nest to them, and so on, with the greater monsters showing up last.
The creatures on the ends are large enough for you to get a better look at, given the distance. In facial feautres, they resemble wolves with matted dark fur torn away in places. Their flesh is sickly gray where their fur is torn away. Their eyes are stark white, virtually the same color as the clouds of pulverized-bone dust that billow out behind their hooves.
"They look like wolves, spread out in a V with the point towards us. The two on the outside look as big as a bear...
And all of them... look strange... they could be undead or like that beast in town..."
Round 2: Casting Sleet Storm 80' diameter, DC10 Acrobatics to walk (not Run) @1/2 Speed, Fail = no move, Fail by 5+ = Prone, catching all of them (?) or as many as possible (at least one biggie).
Round 3 (before the wolves act): Casting Stinking Cloud 40' diameter, catching as many as possible escaping the Sleet Storm, overlapping Sleet Storm area if possible (and again, trying to get at least one 'biggie'). Fort DC18 each Round in Cloud or Nauseated 1d4+1 rounds.
Durnast probably moves another 20' or so higher in the air while doing this.
Past this, Durnast has Fireball, Color Spray, Grease available as Prepared Slots (+Pearl of Power 3, which can also resurrect a Scorching Ray if that is called for), as well as other spells/scrolls that could help someone else if they get into trouble.
Past this, Durnast has Fireball, Color Spray, Grease available as Prepared Slots (+Pearl of Power 3, which can also resurrect a Scorching Ray if that is called for), as well as other spells/scrolls that could help someone else if they get into trouble.
Have a fantastic time at Hot Springs, Quandary. If you do check in again, I have a question before you go.
Have a fantastic time at Hot Springs, Quandary. If you do check in again, I have a question before you go.
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Thanks,
Yeah, that's right, I still have Pearl of Power 3 but I got confused or didn't mark off Fireball correctly.
Round 1, Out of Combat
Alia Wolfsdottir -- begins K25, moves to K40, dismounts
Swiftpaws the wolf -- begins
Artimus Borne -- begins in L27, dismounts and moves to L24
Durnast Kal -- begins in K28, casts fly and flies 30' straight up, reports what he sees.
Chamomile the pseudo-dragon -- holds on to Durnast. Wheee!
Mikka -- begins in I29. Dismounts and readies a spell in case they're dangerous.
Windrazor the eagle -- begins
Montegue -- begins
Nadeq Shuzar Qedan -- begins
Rasina Songhair -- begins in K29, moves to M40, dismounts
Richard Trannyth -- begins in I26, dismounts and moves to I24
Round 2, Out of Combat
Alia Wolfsdottir -- readies an action to shoot anything coming over the ridge, and to see what the lupine creatures are.
Swiftpaws
Artimus Borne -- readies sword and shield
Durnast Kal -- casts sleet storm on a point on top of the ridge.
Chamomile -- remains with Durnast.
Mikka
Windrazor
Montegue
Nadeq Shuzar Qedan
Rasina Songhair -- loads crossbow
Richard Trannyth -- casts shield of faith
Round 3, In Combat
24 - Durnast
21 - Mikka, Swiftpaws
19 - Alia, Windrazor
18 - Montegue
17 - Rasina, Chamomile
15 - Nadeq
7 - Artimus
1- Richard
?? - Them!
Mikka utters the rhythmic syllables of her spell, her staff thickening visible and filling the air with the scent of oak. She gabs a potion from her belt and quickly swallows it, her pale blue sking taking on a toughenes textured look.
As Durnast inform them of their numbers Nadeq pull out two wands and use them on himself, and then readies to throw his web spell, holding it so he catch as many of the lesser wolves in the web.
Montague readies himself for combat, stretching and popping his muscles and ligaments. He then begins to repeat his concentration mantra, and imagines the flame in the darkness. He then grabs his crossbow, and prepares to shoot as soon as one of the beast is within range.
Rasina realizes she will probably only get one shot before they are on her and Alia. She vows to make it count.
Attack crossbow , Damage
Sneak attack
AoO
ATTACKS
WINDRAZOR CLAWS FLYBY
Round 1, Out of Combat
Alia Wolfsdottir -- begins K25, moves to K40, dismounts
Swiftpaws the wolf -- begins K27, moves to J40
Artimus Bourne -- begins in L27, dismounts and moves to L24
Durnast Kal -- begins in K28, casts fly and flies 30' straight up, reports what he sees.
Chamomile the pseudo-dragon -- holds on to Durnast. Wheee!
Mikka -- begins in I29. Dismounts and readies a spell in case they're dangerous.
Windrazor the eagle -- begins with Mikka. Stays with Mikka
Montegue -- begins in L31. Limbers up.
Nadeq Shuzar Qedan -- begins in P28. Casts shield
Rasina Songhair -- begins in K29, moves to M40, dismounts
Richard Trannyth -- begins in I26, dismounts and moves to I24
Round 2, Out of Combat
Alia Wolfsdottir -- readies an action to shoot.
Artimus Bourne -- readies sword and shield
Durnast Kal -- casts sleet storm centered at G4, catching 8 of them.
Chamomile -- remains with Durnast.
Mikka -- runs forward to J13, drawing her weapons. (The sleet storm effect hides G10, H10, I10 and J11. If any wolf comes out of the sleet storm near you, you'll be able to step forward 5' and attack with a full-round action.
Montegue -- loads and double-checks his crossbow.
Nadeq Shuzar Qedan -- dismounts and casts expeditious retreat.
Rasina Songhair -- loads crossbow
Richard Trannyth -- casts shield of faith, moves back to M27.
Durnast's sleet storm blocks all sight into the area, from A8 to G11 to N5.
Round 3, In Combat
24- Durnast -- casts stinking cloud centered at Q15, completely obscuring the ridge, and rises another 20'.
21- Mikka -- holds her action until a foe appears.
21- Swiftpaws -- hears shouting up ahead, in a langue he can understand.
A deep voice, profound and wise, commands: "Hobble them. Kill their mounts, then flee. We will engage them when they are exhausted."
21- The Wolves -- Two wolves appear out of the stinking cloud, their eyes white and rheumy, their black fur matted in some areas, missing entirely in others, revealing a brittle skin stretched taunt underneath. They are now at O11 and Q9.
Mikka, they are too far away to reach with a single move action. Did you want to charge, or hold your position, waiting for something to come out of the blizzard ahead of you?
19- Alia, these are ghoul wolves, undead animals with extremely keen sense of smell. Odds are good they were attracted to the bodies with fresh blood you've just left behind.
The one in the lead is 155' away from you. Do you want to fire now, or wait till they get closer?
19- Windrazor -- Does windrazor move off to engage the wolves on his own, or wait for Mikka to move with him, or hold position?
18- Montegue -- shoots. and hits the wolf in the forefront for points of damage. The wolf takes the shot straight into its skull, in front of its right ear, but isn't fazed at all.
17- Rasina -- holding till the wolves close.
17- Chamomile -- sticks with Durnast.
15- Nadeq -- casts web, centered on the front wolf in O11.
Their saves: (ensnared), (free to move). Both wolves now have total cover.
7- Artimus -- holds until the larger wolves appear.
5- The Big Wolves -- A wolf the size of an ox, as disheaveled as its smaller cousins, saunters out of the billowing nauseating gasses and stops at U8. He takes a moment to survey the party.
held - Artimus casts a spell and sinks to one knee in shock. "It's undead," he chokes. It's all undead."
1- Richard --
"Undead .. ?"
"Foul otherworldly spawn !"
"Thyr grant me the strength to repel this abomination"
When the wolves come in range, channel energy to turn undead.
You asked that Richard be moved back to the center of his allies in case they needed to be healed, so I placed him in M27, within a 5'-step of Artimus or Nadeq, and right next to the spot at which Durnast would fall, were he to be knocked unconscious. The normal-sized undead wolves are struggling with a web in O18 and Q16, 85 and 100 feet away from you right now. The giant wolf occupies U8, V8, U7, and V7; 120 feet away. Other creatures are hidden by the sleet or the noxious fog. So, it'll take them a while to get close enough for your Turning to work.
"Ghoul wolves" says Alia between clenched teeth, "they will not stop until we are dead"
Alia concentrate on the lead wolves, and four arrows arch toward her targets, first on the one in O18 and next one the one in Q16 if the first one fells.
1st Attack with deadly aim, manyshot and rapid shot
, damage + damage
2nd Attack with deadly aim and rapid shot , damage
3rd Attack with deadly aim, , damage
Mikka and Windrazor charge towards the wolves striking at the nearest of the undead beasts.
Mikka and Windrazor charge towards the wolves striking at the nearest of the undead beasts.
As Alia arrows take flight, she catches the movement of Mikka running towards the wolves.
"Mikka, come back! Do not tackle them on you own, they will trip you and try to kill you on the ground"
Hair raised at the deep voice, Swiftpaws moves to put himself between the ghoulwolves and the horses.
As Alia arrows take flight, she catches the movement of Mikka running towards the wolves.
"Mikka, come back! Do not tackle them on you own, they will trip you and try to kill you on the ground"
Rasina turns to Alia, with a wan grin, and replies "Good luck trying to get her to listen to you, she never listened to me before."
When the wolves come in range, channel energy to turn undead.
You asked that Richard be moved back to the center of his allies in case they needed to be healed, so I placed him in M27, within a 5'-step of Artimus or Nadeq, and right next to the spot at which Durnast would fall, were he to be knocked unconscious. The normal-sized undead wolves are struggling with a web in O18 and Q16, 85 and 100 feet away from you right now. The giant wolf occupies U8, V8, U7, and V7; 120 feet away. Other creatures are hidden by the sleet or the noxious fog. So, it'll take them a while to get close enough for your Turning to work.
Cheers for the answer.
Round 3, In Combat
24- Durnast -- casts stinking cloud centered at Q15, completely obscuring the ridge, and rises another 20'.
21- Swiftpaws -- hears shouting up ahead, in a langue he can understand, and moves forward, to defend the horses.
21- The Wolves -- Two undead wolves appear out of the stinking[cloud. They are now at O11 and Q9.
21- Mikka -- charges, arriving in N11. She attacks, and misses. The wolf looks up at her and grins with razor-sharp teeth in anticipation.
19- Alia -- raises her bow and fires two shafts high, seemingly aiming at the sky above the billowing cloud of nauseating gasses. But the arrows come down, striking the wolf right in front of Mikka, killing it.
Two more arrows rise and fall, damaging the wolf in Q9.
19- Windrazor -- flies by the ghoul wolf in Q9, missing it on both strikes.
18- Montegue -- shoots the wolf in Q9 for 7 points of damage, killing it.
17- Rasina -- holding till the wolves close.
17- Chamomile -- sticks with Durnast.
15- Nadeq -- holds for an active foe to appear.
5- The Big Wolves -- A wolf the size of an ox, as disheaveled as its smaller cousins, saunters out of the billowing nauseating gasses and stops at U8. He takes a moment to survey the party.
5- Nadeq -- resolves his held action, and casts web, focused on the enormous wolf and taking care not to catch Mikka.
It attempts to avoid the web but (save: ) fails. It's entangled and has total cover.
4- Artimus casts a spell and sinks to one knee in shock. "It's undead," he chokes. It's all undead."
1- Richard -- casts consecration, and the sands beneath him shift a few inches.
Round 4
24- Durnast high above the fray in K28 -- holds his action, waiting for a target to present itself.
21- Swiftpaws, now in J30-- stands guard over the horses, alert for danger from all sides.
21- The Wolves -- three more of the wolves come into view, two from the sleet storm and one from the rolling pea-green fog. They take up positions at K11, M8, and Q10, ready to circle around Mikka.
21- Durnast drops his held action, calling out to Mikka: "Can you take a fireball?" Depending on her answer, he'll either try to take out all three wolves with a spell that will also damage Mikka, or else try to hit one with scorching ray.
21- Mikka, out in front by herself in N11 --
19- Alia, well in the rear at J40 --
19- Windrazor beginning its turn in flight above S11--
18- Montegue, still in L31, in the middle of the PCs --
17- Rasina, back with Alia in L40 --
17- Chamomile, with Durnast --
5- The Big Wolves, somewhere off your left flank and entangled in U8 --
5- Nadeq, in Q28 --
4- Artimus, in L24 -- will probably mount up and charge forward, if the druid remains all on her own out there.
1- Richard, in the center of the PC cluster at M27--
If Mikka moves back to the other ones and Durnast fireball takes the wolves, Alia fires at the remaining ones, taking a step forward to K39.
1st Attack with deadly aim, manyshot and rapid shot
, damage + damage
2nd Attack with deadly aim and rapid shot , damage
3rd Attack with deadly aim, , damage
Otherwise, she curses loudly and runs forward to K18.
Grinning at the wolves Mikka yells out, "Do it!"
The air around her ripples at her body begins to shift, an incandescent glow rising from her skin to engulf her entire being.
5- Nadeq -- resolves his held action, and casts web, focused on the enormous wolf and taking care not to catch Mikka.
Nadeq moves over to Rasina and touches her with his wand of shield
"I think we both could benefit from a little extra protection" he says with a smile.
I aimed to catch as many of the lesser wolves as I could. I think the big ones will have an easier time forcing the web than the small ones.
I know, but Alia and Montegue went first and decided to kill both the smaller foes.
If Mikka moves back to the other ones and Durnast fireball takes the wolves, Alia fires at the remaining ones, taking a step forward to K39.
1st Attack with deadly aim, manyshot and rapid shot
1d20 + 9 , damage 1d8 + 12 + damage 1d8 + 9
2nd Attack with deadly aim and rapid shot 1d20 + 9 , damage 1d8 + 12
3rd Attack with deadly aim, 1d20 + 4 , damage 1d8 + 12Otherwise, she curses loudly and runs forward to K18.
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Round 4
24- Durnast high above the fray in K28 -- holds his action, waiting for a target to present itself.
21- Swiftpaws, now in J30-- stands guard over the horses, alert for danger from all sides.
21- The Wolves -- three more of the wolves come into view, two from the sleet storm and one from the rolling pea-green fog. They take up positions at K11, M8, and Q10, ready to circle around Mikka.
21- Durnast calls out to Mikka: "Can you take a fireball?"
21- Mikka, out in front by herself in N11 -- laughs and assumes the form of a fire elemental.
And Durnast uses his pearl of power to recast fireball. Mikka and the wolves are subject to () points of fire damage. The wolves ( , , ) all take the full brunt of the blast, and all look very ragged. Mikka, please make a Reflex saving throw (DC 17) to avoid 2 points of fire damage.
19- Alia, well in the rear at J40 -- fires four arrows in three lazy arcs. Hearing the incoming shafts, the wolves look up, and all three fall dead on the ashen sands.
The only remaining foe that you can see is the large ghoul wolf trapped at U8-V9, and currently under total cover. But Durnast saw a total of seven regular wolves, plus two giant ones.
19- Windrazor beginning its turn in flight above S11--
18- Montegue, still in L31, in the middle of the PCs --
17- Rasina, back with Alia in L40 --
17- Chamomile, with Durnast --
5- The Big Wolves, somewhere off your left flank and entangled in U8 --
5- Nadeq, in Q28 -- starts to moves back to Rasina. It'll take more than a double-move.
4- Artimus, in L24 --
1- Richard, in the center of the PC cluster at M27 -- ready to Turn Undead if any get within range.
Windrazor climbs to survey the entire area.
Alia, sorry to miss your "fire elemental" instruction. Is it all right that I just followed your first directives and let you kill them all?
--+--+--
All right. Let's put you in M30.
--+--+--
Windrazor flaps hard and rises on the thermal updrafts common in a desert. He
A half mile to the north, there's another ridge, higher and steeper than the one directly in front of the party. Past that, maybe three miles away to the north-east, is a lonely hillock, on top of which squats a gray structure. It's far enough away from the road that land-based travellers would miss it.
Alia, sorry to miss your "fire elemental" instruction. Is it all right that I just followed your first directives and let you kill them all?
It's fine, we posted at the same time. I'll move forward next round.
Rasina realizing they are undead, will drop her crossbow and draw her weapons , and move toward Nadeq.
"I am guarding Alia's flank, please make sure they don't get behind us!"
Round 4
24- Durnast -- holds his action.
21- Swiftpaws -- stands guard over the horses.
21- The Wolves -- three more of the wolves come into view, two from the sleet storm and one from the rolling pea-green fog. They take up positions around Mikka.
21- Durnast calls out to Mikka: "Can you take a fireball?"
21- Mikka -- laughs and assumes the form of a fire elemental.
And Durnast uses his pearl of power to recast* fireball. Mikka and the wolves are subject to 22 points of fire damage. The wolves all take the full brunt of the blast. The fireball is at a temperature incompatable with Mikka's form, and she takes 2 points of damage.
*
19- Alia -- fires four arrows in three lazy arcs. Hearing the incoming shafts, the wolves look up, and all three fall dead on the ashen sands.
The only remaining foe that you can see is the large ghoul wolf trapped at U8-V9, and currently under total cover. But Durnast saw a total of seven regular wolves, plus two giant ones.
19- Windrazor -- rises and looks around.
18- Montegue -- holds his action.
17- Rasina -- moves forward to L30, drawing her weapons as she does so
17- Chamomile -- flies around Durnast
5- The big Ghoul Wolf on the east side of the field (Combat maneuver check: ) breaks free of Nadeq's webbing and moves to P10-Q11, within striking distance to Mikka's blazing form. It surveys the smouldering, arrow-ridden wolves surrounding her. "Oh, we can't be having that," it says with a huge, rumbling voice, filled with the calm malevolence of the grave. Its voice is louder than necessary, and at first, you suspect that it may be speaking for the benefit of the rest of you. But then you realize what it was signalling.
From out of the sleet storm, another great wolf appears, frost along its flanks but otherwise a close match of its kin. It comes loping up to Mikka, arriving at K11-L12, and (Intimidation check: ; never mind) attacks, trying to bite the fire elemental.
It (attack roll: ) just barely manages to hit, thanks to the other wolf flanking. The bite does amount of damage. Also, Mikka, please make a Fortitude save to avoid being paralyzed.
The attack also initiates a trip maneuver. The Ghoul Wolf (combat maneuver: ) succeeds, and Mikka is on her hands and knees.
On the other hand, the Ghoul Wolf isn't immune to Mikka's burn abilities. (Reflex save: ; it avoids catching on fire) It takes points of damage.
"Thanks," rumbles the newly-arrived Ghoul Wolf, licking the burning patches of fur from its dessicated snout with its bone-dry tongue.
"Another one you owe me," replies the other, calmly but with gravity.
5- Nadeq, in Q28 -- moves to Montegue and casts shield.
4- Artimus, in L24 -- thinks it's a good idea to get the undead things' attention away from Mikka. He mounts up, and spurs his horse forward. "I doubt either of you will live long enough to see that debt repaid." His stallion gallops to L18-M19.
1- Richard, in the center of the PC cluster at M27 -- ready to Turn Undead if any get within range.
Round 5
any time Montegue -- holding his action.
21- Swiftpaws --
21- The normal Ghoul Wolves --
21- Mikka --
21- Durnast --
19- Alia --
19- Windrazor --
17- Rasina --
17- Chamomile --
5- The big Ghoul Wolves --
5- Nadeq --
4- Artimus --
1- Richard --
GM
An elemental is a being composed entirely from one of the four classical elements: air, earth, fire, or water. An elemental has the following features.
Immunity to paralysis, poison, sleep effects, and stunning.
Not subject to critical hits or flanking. Does not take additional damage from precision-based attacks, such as sneak attack.
Proficient with natural weapons only, unless generally humanoid in form, in which case proficient with all simple weapons and any weapons mentioned in its entry.
Proficient with whatever type of armor (light, medium, or heavy) it is described as wearing, as well as all lighter types. Elementals not indicated as wearing armor are not proficient with armor. Elementals are proficient with shields if they are proficient with any form of armor.
Elementals do not breathe, eat, or sleep.
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Excellent. Thank you for the correction. (The "not subject to flanking" seems very strange to me, but research indicates that such has been the case ever since 3rd Edition.)
Everybody, Mikka was not hit. Artimus is still riding out to her defense, though.
As planned previously, Alia runs forward to K18.
Swiftpaws maintains his guard near the horses, senses in alert.
"Please Nadeq, can you give me a hand with the wand?'
Montague now well shielded spends a Ki point if necessary to move within range of the attacking wolves.
If he still has an action to attack Unarmed strike (Treat as magical). Damage
Richard holds back, standing on his consecrated ground.
Waiting to either turn them, or destroy them.
Or go to the rescue of anyone who needs his aid.