Mikka looks at Rasinia shouting, "Get down!"
Her hands flickering quicklyy she feels the fire build in her, manifesting in a small sphere of pure heat that leaps from her outstretched hand to erupt between the two beasts, enveloping the area in roiling flame.
Reflex save . With Evasion, she takes no damage.
looking good folks... now let`s see how the tigers react...
Only the first of Montegue's strikes hits, but it's enough. The fire extinguishes, and standing in its place is an orc wearing hide armor, struggling to remain upright. His eyes roll back and he sinks to his knees.
As one door to the elemental plane of fire closes, another one opens. Rasina deftly dodges Mikka's spell.
The Smilodon right next to Alia: ; takes 15 points
Swiftpaws (asleep): ; takes another 29 points
The Kamadan: ; takes 15 points
The dire tiger in M7 (1, Artimus; 2 the giant beetle; 3-4, Montegue; ) moves to M5, pouncing on Montegue.
Claw; (confirm critical) ; damage
Claw; damage
Bite; (confirm critical) ; damage
Total, 71 points of damage. Montegue goes down.
The dire tiger in B8 (1-4, Alia; 5 Nadeq; 6, Mikka; 7, Rasina; ) recognizes Nadeq from earlier in the day and moves 5' (to C7) to close on the goblin.
The sleet and ice on the ground keep this from being a 5' step, so the move would have provoked an attack of opportunity from Alia, if she'd had a melee weapon at hand. This isn't a charge, so the smilodon can't use pounce, and gets only one attack.
Bite ; damage
Under other circumstances, Nadeq, we presume that a is a successful grab, but since you've activated the pufferfish armor, the smilodon get points of damage from the spines, and makes his save versus poison.
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The kamadan is free from its bond with its deceased mistress, and many other animals would take this opportunity to flee. But the kamadan is a nasty sort, and its natural inclination is to erupt with savagery. Rasina, you take the full force of its attack.
left claw ; damage
right claw ; damage
bite ; ,
snake 1 ;
snake 2 ;
snake 3 ;
snake 4 ;
snake 5 ;
snake 6 ;
Do I understand correctly that that's 17 points of damage? (and no saves versus poison!)
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Chamomile, Artimus, and Nadeq act before the orc (at 0 hit points) and his faithful giant beetle.
All that is correct. -- From now going forward, with complex fights, I intend to note everybody's status every time I do an "actions this round" post.
Two other notes:
- The beetle is the orc's companion animal, and has stayed on the defensive, protecting its master. Throughout the fight, the orc has been trying to speak to Artimus.
- The dire tigers have exhibited loyalty to the reclaimers as a whole, but if they were under any sort of charm effect by either of the human reclaimers, that enchantment is broken.
Do I presume that Chamomile is spending a full round rousing Durnast?
Chamomile indeed tries his best to wake Durnast up again this round.
If it only takes a Standard Action, AND he succeeds at the task, he will zip over to B-7 (Alia`s square),
where he threatens the Sabertooth if it provokes (and possibly provides Cover vs. AoO`s to Alia?).
Though protected by the veil of Invisibility which Durnast had granted him before the battle broke out, Cam knows how paper-thin that protection is against the endless malice of the Desolation. Feeling Fireballs shudder around him, seeing bodies blackened and charred while the Sabertooths rip at those still standing, Cam knows that waking his master is the only way to save him and the other brave warriors they travel with. <Wake, for the sake of all, for loyalty, for... that dish of sahuagin caviar you promised me back in Tolmankar...!!!> ...And Durnast`s eyes snap wide-open.
In his last ¨action¨ post, Chris[/ooc]]--+--+--
Chamomile, Artimus, and Nadeq act before the orc (at 0 hit points) and his faithful giant beetle.
I think if we can leave the Orc alive, we can learn more about what was actually going on...
Yes, awakening Durnast is a standard action.
To flank the Kamadan, Chamomile has to reveal itself to the creature. (If it can't sense you, it isn't flanked.) Cam doesn't have to drop the invisibility; just calling out would be enough. But it would be able to try and attack you.
Artimus and Nadeq are holding their actions?
To flank the Kamadan, Chamomile has to reveal itself to the creature. (If it can't sense you, it isn't flanked.) Cam doesn't have to drop the invisibility; just calling out would be enough. But it would be able to try and attack you.
Sure, calling out doesn´t even seem necessary, the ¨Kamadan¨ could have heard rustling leaves
(since it´s a square with heavy foliage by the map) or possibly even have smelled Cam.However it does it, the Kamadan can realize something is very close behind it.
Cam DOES announce his presence to Rasina via Telepathy, letting her know she can make the most of it. (Full Sneak Attack)
Seeing Montague drop, Artimus looks up at Veren and calls out "Help the others." Before charging the smilodon.
He brings his sword up high over his head, striking down at the creature with his most powerful swing, hoping to distract it from finishing off the fallen monk.
Attack
Damage
Seeing Montague drop, Artimus looks up at Veren and calls out "***"
Being in a silence area of effect and all.
Before charging the smilodon.
The beetle does indeed wheel after Artimus, trying to chomp down on him. ; for hit points, plus, it attempts to grab him as he passes by. , which is enough to keep Artimus grappled.
brings his sword up high over his head, striking down at the creature with his most powerful swing, hoping to distract it from finishing off the fallen monk.
Artimus, do you want to apply that attack to the giant beetle, or attempt to break free before its turn?
Oh, excellent, then. Yes, the grab will miss Artimus as well.
So the paladin's bade strikes the dire tiger. He pulls it back into position, and sees nothing more than a thin line of red form on its haunches, starting to bleed. The tiger turns to look at you, and its pupils, on eyes the size of grapefruits, dilate. You wanted its attention? The basso profundo growl tells you that you've succeeded.
Nadeq withdraws from his own dire tiger, taking his full turn to move to D2.
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The orc (acting with his orc ferocity) realizes that he can't speak. He digs two identical vials out of his pouch. He offers one to Veren and attempts to drink the other himself.
This provokes an attack of opportunity from Veren.
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The giant beetle diligently continues its assault on Atimus. It moves through J4 to K5 and attempts yet again to capture the paladin in its steely grip. .
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Rasina: You're up.
Veren:
Male Human Reclaimer: still dying.
Female Reclaimer: still dead
Mikka:
Durnast: waking
Alia:
Swiftpaws: asleep and dying
Dire tigers: wounded, both of them
Montegue: dying
The Kamadan: wounded
Chamomile:
Artimus:
Nadeq:
Male Orc Reclaimer:
Giant beetle:
"Alive! I'm still alive!!!
Alia's vision clears and the black spots induced by the fireball slowly diappears. A quick glance around tells her of the the situation.
Swiftpaws' body is horribly scorged and battered but he is still breathing.
The time to mourn is not upon us. As long as I am alive, I will fight. She steels herself against despair and think cooly of the situation.
Hearing Durnast move behind her, she calls to him: Durnast, can you use the spell you used with the Bender's brothers to fascinate the tiger? Then move it from me so that I can help Artimus, Montague and Veren with their tiger. Then we can all focus on that one.
Rasina feels the chaos of the combat swirling around her, but she is focused on the foe in front of her. She hears Chamomile announcing himself to her, and hopes he can distract it enough for a killing blow.
Full Attack on Kamadan, MW rapier , damage , plus sneak attack if applicable
Dagger +1 , damage , plus sneak attack if applicable
Hasted attack, MW rapier , damage , plus sneak attack if applicable
Nadeq flees the stalking cat. He notice the Orc reclaimer trying to communicate with his friends, and see him handing over what he assume is a potion of healing, to Veren. Not knowing if the orc can be trusted he don't know what to do. On one hand he risk letting a competent spellcaster into the fight again on the other hand if the Orc is trying to surrender, he might end the fight by dismissing his spell.
If only he was able to read the Orc and its intensions.......
Sense motive
Veren nods at the orc, taking the vial and frantically motioning for the orc to make the beetle stand down. Not fully trusting the orc's vial, he grips its neck between two fingers and uses the rest of the hand to pull out a small flask () unstoppers it and takes a small step to Montague, bending down to let the restorative fluid (only "slightly fortified" with liquor) slip down Montague's throat.
Is that Chris improv´ing (from Ravn´s ¨Nadeq flees the stalking cat¨ without giving actual directions), or did I miss something?
Normally, movement like that provokes an AoO unless you declare a method you are avoiding the AoO with (5´ step, Tumble, Withdraw). I´m not certain from Nadeq´s post whether he is A) holding off on deciding his action until after the Sense Motive result (in which case it looks like would provoke by that movement, though he never specified WHERE he´s moving), or B) if he was giving up his turn to make a Full Round Withdraw Action. But how he moved away from the Sabretooth is rather important for whether he provokes an AoO and what actions he has remaining after moving.
Ravn brought up that Nadeq was supposed to have been in A6 (instead of D6?), but adjusting for that would also mean adjusting the position of the Sabertooth - I say we keep the Sabertooth where it is, and say that Nadeq was in D6 (where he took 19 pts of dmg from the Ice Storm before the single attack for 11 pts from the Sabretooth, which should both be subtracted from his HPs) and go from there.
Looking back at the sabretooth´s previous single attack on Nadeq:
The dire tiger in B8 recognizes Nadeq from earlier in the day and moves 5' to close on the goblin.
Under other circumstances, Nadeq, we presume that a is a successful grab, but since you've activated the pufferfish armor, the smilodon get points of damage from the spines, and makes his save versus poison.
I don´t believe that the spines have any special ability to foil Grapple attempts besides the bad effects (damage, poison) resulting from the spines. Saying that the spines´ damage (3) is applied as a penalty to the Grapple roll (as if it was an AoO against an un-Improved/provoking Maneuver), I think a roll of 25 - 3 = 22 would STILL beat Nadeq´s CMD, which is very low - And actually, I notice that it looks like Chris made a type-O and rolled 1d2 instead of 1d20 for the Tiger´s Grapple roll (that result still seems successful to me anyways).
...But it looks like Nadeq should be starting his turn Grappled (and Raked?) by the Sabretooth, and would be unable to move away without a (very low chance) CMB check (or Escape Artist, if he had it), though he could still try Casting a Spell or even use a Bead of Force - Even though a ranged attack provokes, the Sabertooth´s single attacks aren´t that bad, and ranged attacks aren´t penalized by AoO damage like Maneuvers or Spellcasting are, and Nadeq still has decent HPs remaining (at least pre-Rake).
@Rasina: I don´t see any reason why you should have a better to-hit with your +1 dagger vs. your MW rapier. MW gives you +1 to hit, the same as +1 magic weapons. Including that bonus, both rapier attacks would hit AC 17 instead of AC. 16 :-/
@Rasina: I don´t see any reason why you should have a better to-hit with your +1 dagger vs. your MW rapier. MW gives you +1 to hit, the same as +1 magic weapons. Including that bonus, both rapier attacks would hit AC 17 instead of AC. 16 :-/
** spoiler omitted **...
Chamomile: Wakens Durnast and then moves to flank the Kamadan with Rasina.
Artimus: moves to the smilodon and attacks (dodging the giant beetle)
Nadeq: -- not having heard from Ravn, I decided that Nadeq would Withdraw from the smilodon in the ice storm area.
Male Orc Reclaimer: gives Veren a flask, and drinks something from an identical one. Looks healthier.
Giant beetle: doggedly pursues Artimus, attacking all the while.
Rasina: Full attack on the Kamadan; the dagger struck well, catching the Kamadan in its (main) throat, a blow that would have been impossible were it not for Chamomile forcing it to split its attentions. It's heavily wounded, but that only makes it more vicious and dangerous.
Veren: moves to M3 and draws a potion of cure light wounds, and feeds it to Montegue's dying form, bringing the monk back from the brink of death.
Male Human Reclaimer: still dying.
Female Reclaimer: still dead
Mikka: you're up
Durnast: waking
Alia:
Swiftpaws: asleep and dying
Dire tigers: wounded, both of them
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Are you trying to kill us? ;)
Hey! That's my job!
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Rasina is correct.
When making a full attack action, a hasted creature may make one extra attack with any weapon he is holding. The attack is made using the creature's full base attack bonus, plus any modifiers appropriate to the situation. (This effect is not cumulative with similar effects, such as that provided by a speed weapon, nor does it actually grant an extra action, so you can't use it to cast a second spell or otherwise take an extra action in the round.)
I think Mikka's correct, that she can make an attack, either melee or ranged, as part of the casting of the spell. But she can't take an additional (attack) action in the same round.
a lot about positions
As for the grab thing. Well i'm not sure, but since Chris, and not I, moved Nadeq i'm just rolling with it (oh and by the way, that was what he would do. Last time he entered melee it didn't end well). To avoid any further confusion i say we either continue as it is or Chris rules wether or not Nadeq is grabbed and held by the tiger, and therefore can't move. Either is fine by me. Though if he is grabbed he will cast sanctuary or melt into stone (He would prefere that spell if it is possible) to get away from it last round, instead of withdrawing
Defensive casting
Mikka chants quickly, series of rapid syllables as fire blossoms in her hands. She hurls a ball of flame at the smilodon.
I had Nadeq Withdraw as a full-round action, which avoids attacks of opportunity for the first 5' of movement, and the dire tigers have a reach of only 5'. (His pufferfish armor, with the poisonous spikes, kept him from being grabbed by the dire tiger last round.) But thank you for poking me to remember that the smilodons are actually 10'-space creatures. Map is updated to reflect that.
The orc
Mikka blasts the big cat nearby, drawing its attention.
Durnast and Alia?
Alia will fire on one of the smilodons. The one targeted will depend on Durnast action.
If he manages to fascinate the smilodon in front of her, she will target the one close to Artimus. If not, she will fire on the one in front of her, taking an AoO.
1st Attack with haste, deadly aim, point blank shot manyshot and rapid shot
damage + damage
2nd Attack with deadly aim, point blank shot and rapid shot damage
3rd Attack with deadly aim, point blank shot damage
haste attack damage
The orc ** spoiler omitted **
Taking a quick decision Nadeq dispells his silence spell and yell to the orc in goblin
For those who speak goblin
Taking a quick decision Nadeq dispells his silence spell and yell to the orc in goblin...
How are you dispelling the silence spell? There's nothing in the spell description that suggests the caster has any continuing control over its duration.
If you decide to cast dispel magic this current turn, it would work. "You automatically succeed on your dispel check against any spell that you cast yourself."
Taking a quick decision Nadeq dispells his silence spell and yell to the orc in goblin...How are you dispelling the silence spell? There's nothing in the spell description that suggests the caster has any continuing control over its duration.
If you decide to cast dispel magic this current turn, it would work. "You automatically succeed on your dispel check against any spell that you cast yourself."
Edit: he will however inform Durnast who i think is actually the only one he can talk to in stressed situation since one of Nadeqs tongues is abyssal. Durnast could then have Cam tell the others via telepathy. But i think it reasonable that it wouldn't reach everyones ears this round even though speaking is a free action. It's kind of like the message spell situation.
I'm afraid that's going to take a little more work, Nadeq.
Nothing gives Chamomile the ability to speak Abyssal. You are out of range for the pseudo-dragon's telepathy. And, it looks as if Chamomile has more pressing issues at the moment than initiating contact with Nadeq.
Waking to find himself prone, severely bruised, and with one boot in a snow drift, Durnast lurches to one foot before standing hesitantly. <Thanks, Cam> he wills as his loyal companion zips away to the jungle behind the Kamadan monster. The situation still looking just about as grim as before he passed out, Durnast decides it is no time to hold back on his most powerful spellcraft. Finding the crystal prism and mineral dust in the pouch where he remembered stashing it, Durnast almost whispers an otherly refrain as he adjusts the prism´s rate of spin from it´s lanyard, focusing the growing cloud of colored lights into a cloud just above the Smilodon immediately threatening Alia.
If Nadeq DOES tell me about his assessment on my turn, Durnast will basically agree and tell everybody via Message <Lay off the Orc, he doesn´t look like a threat anymore. ...A Kamadan and 2 Smilodons with a taste for Humans, on the other hand...> along with a Message just for Nadeq <What in the Abyss are you doing anyways?>
If the Smilodon PASSES its save, (as a Free Action) Durnast wills the spell effect to move to {F-G,11-12} (covering the Kamadan but nothing else), and maintains Concentration.
First, Durnast can't necessarily tell whether the smilodon makes its save or not. That's a Sense Motive roll, and that's not a free action.
Second, he can move the rainbow pattern next round, if you like. But if he sets the spell over the smilodon and immediately whisks it away, the creature is certain to successfully save.
In other words, you can't keep attacking foes until you find one that fails its save.
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Nadeq was yelling in Goblin, and then trying to attract Chamomile's attention. Does Durnast speak Goblin, by any chance?