The gnoll at the base of the steps dashes across the room (G,13) and slices its scimitar into the distracted Sajan's back, driving a deep gash.
Scimitar (flank with G,16) hit
The gnoll beast, critically wounded, is clearly having trouble seeing with its smashed in nose. Despite Sajan's restraint it frenzies, lashing out with claw and teeth in an attempt to bring its halfling tormenter down. The barbarian dodges under the first claw but catches the second, her leathers tearing and with a scream of glee the beast sinks its teeth into her shoulder, tearing at the muscle.
Claw 1 vs Nuveril miss
Claw 2 vs Nuveril hit
Bite vs Nuveril hit
The remaining gnoll warrior switches its attack to the bleeding and encumbered Sajan landing another brutal wound this time to his chest.
(flanking with G,13) hit
Overcome by the priest's spell of fear, Arjun turns and runs out the door. The adjacent gnolls slashes out instinctively with its scimitar at his back as he goes.
AOO hit possible crit
Confirm? (saved by the mutagen no crit)
The gnoll priest moves along the balcony, surveying the scene. It chants a guteril discordant incantation before pulling a small brass horn from a pocket and blowing it. A deafening wave of sound crashes over Nuveril, Grall and Sajan (and the gnoll beast).
Nuveril
Grall
Sajan
Gnoll Beast
Fort save Gnoll Beast pass (just)
The gnoll beast shakes its head still capable of movement after the blast. From its wounds it should be staggered but something, magic, force of will, something is keeping it up and able to fight.
Save vs effect:
Round 7, initiative 4
"Arjun, come back!", Linah cries out as the alchemist runs past her and out of view. Alarm turns into steely resolve as Linah gathers her strenght and steps into the door frame to channel a burst of healing energy into the room.
Round 7, initiative 4
"Arjun, come back!", Linah cries out as the alchemist runs past her and out of view. Alarm turns into steely resolve as Linah gathers her strenght and steps into the door frame to channel a burst of healing energy into the room.
2d6
Linah moves into the room emitting a pulse of healing energy that revitalises friend and foe.
Battle at the Guild Hall
Round 8
Grall 14a
Sajan 14b (fort save pending)
Gnolls G10,G11 14c (G10 is wounded, G11 is down)
Victoria 14d
Khalid 14e
Nuveril 10a (stunned 1 round)
Gnoll G13 10b (wounded)
Beast Gnoll 6a (staggered but not feeling it)
Gnoll G16 6b
Arjun 5 (fleeing)
The Emmissary 4a
Linah 4b
Effects
Bless (Linah, Khalid, Grall)
Enlarge Person (Sajan)
Bulls Strength (Grall)
Mutagen of Dexterity, Shield (Arjun)
Success
The shockwave washing over Sajan, he shakes his head groggily as he barely resists the spell, but he finds new resolve in Linah's channel, some of the slashes dealt to him by the Gnoll's healing.
Sajan releases the grapple on the giant Gnoll, slamming his fists into its face repeatedly.
Linah's healing burst brings the fallen gnoll (G11) back to consciousness. It is prone, weaponless and still looks very badly wounded.
Grall attempts to lay the beast Gnoll low with attacks, if he hits and drops it with his first attack he switches his bite to the normal Gnoll.
MW Falchion attack, enraged, bless, bulls str pwr attack damage
bite enraged, bless, bulls str pwr attack damage
Caught up in her focus on the huge gnoll, Nuveril is totally unprepared for the wave of sound which blasts over her from behind. As her ears ring, her fingers involuntarily unclench from her weapons, and the ancestral hammer of the pugwampis that just struck such a mighty blow clunks to the ground at her feet.
Throwing off the stun, Grall rips into the gnoll beast, a creature that should not be, with his sword, his divinely enhanced strength scoring again and again through its thick hide. And still, with its life blood pouring on to the ground, it will not fall. It screams again in rage and hate, winding up for a brutal attack on the gnoll.
And then Grall's teeth rip its throat out. The gnoll beast takes a stumbling step forward and then it falls to the ground with a crash. Dead.
With the beast down, Sajan turns on his attackers. A giant fist, sparking with electricity, sends one crumpled to the ground (G,13) and the monk spins on his heel to pound away at the other, knocking its shield out of the way and clubbing it brutally in the face.
The gnoll by the doorway (G,10) steps away from Khalid and attacks Linah ferociously with its scimitar. At the same time the prone gnoll (G,11) throws itself at her feet in an attempt to hamper her defense.
Aid other (attack) fail
Linah is unfazed by the distraction, kicking the gnoll in the face and forcing it back but the attacking scimitar slips through her guard regardless and scores a deep cut in her side.
Scimitar hit possible crit
Confirm? no crit
Felliped darts in between Khalid and Linah chanting an incantation Nuveril heard earlier. Both gnolls attacking Linah are caught in a fan of light and color and fall unconcious.
rounds
Casting Defensively pass
Will Save 1 fail
Will Save 2 fail
Khalid stumbles and just manages to avoid falling at the priest's feet.
The room comes back into focus for Nuveril.
The wounded gnoll between Grall and Sajan has nowhere to go. It hacks desperately at the monk with its scimitar and only Sajan's natural agility allows him to escape further wounds.
Scimitar
Arjun has left the building.
The priest is clearly frustrated at the quick loss of its strongest ally and rapidly deteriorating tactical position. Disregarding Khalid, it moves around him to a more defensive position on top of the steps (C,8) and draws its glowing morningstar. It quickly chants another incantation and an ebony greataxe materialises in the air next to Linah. The axe floats in space seemingly sucking in the surrounding light and then hacks downward at the priestess, slipping past her defenses and striking her in the shoulder.
Spiritual greataxe hit possible x3 crit!
no crit !
Khalid moves up the stairs to engage the priest, slashing at the follower of the Rough Beast with Tempest as he arrives...
Attack:1d20 + 6 + 1 (bless)
Damage:1d6 + 4
Round 7, initiative 4
Linah staggers back and grunts out in pain from the onslaught that has opened bleeding wounds in her side and shoulder. Screening herself with her shield she darts for cover . Breathing heavily and leaning against the wall Linah reaches out for the healing power of the Dawnflower .
Under assault from the shadowy axe Linah dashs around the corner into the entry chamber. The axe returns to the priest's side, hovering in the air. Linah casts her healing spell.
Battle at the Guild Hall
Round 9
Grall 14a
Sajan 14b
Gnolls 14c G11,F11 (blinded, unconcious and stunned)
Victoria 14d
Khalid 14e
Nuveril 10
Gnoll G16 6
Arjun 5 (fleeing)
The Emmissary 4a
Linah 4b
Effects
Bless (Linah, Khalid, Grall)
Enlarge Person (Sajan)
Bulls Strength (Grall)
Mutagen of Dexterity, Shield (Arjun)
Spiritual Weapon (Gnoll priest, 1 round used)
Grall turns his savagery on the remaining Gnoll, cutting, slashing and biting into it, blood and gore flies everywhere...
Grall yells something at the Gnoll in his language...
MW Falchion attack, enraged, bless, bulls str pwr attack damage
bite enraged, bless, bulls str pwr attack damage
Grall's savage attack eviscerates the hapless warrior. It is left without a right arm and half of its chest. At this stage Grall and his clothing are covered in blood and gore with the sole exception of his magic chain shirt which remains pristine. It is an odd contrast.
Sajan rushes up the stairs with a speed that belies his size, moving as close to the emmissary as possible before lunging for him with a massive fist, attempting to grasp his foe by the neck.
VS CMD (Grapple)
Shaking her head furiously, Nuveril finally manages to escape the paralyzing ringing in her ears. Registering that she is unarmed, she quickly reaches down to snatch up her hammer before turning back toward the rest of the room to see who is to blame for her being magically disabled and disarmed for the second time in less than an hour....
Khalid's strike on the priest is a miss, sliding of its fine shield and some kind of invisible barrier similar to Khalid's own.
Sajan moves in close to the priest and attempts another grapple. Testing his strength against the priest's he senses that it is benefitting from some strength enhancing magic of its own. And it is clearly no stranger to close combat, feinting a move backwards and then a rush forward to slip the attempted grapple. But Sajan will not be denied, reading and adjusting for the move and grabbing the gnoll around the neck.
Felliped moves into the room (G,10), getting close enough to repeat her burning spell, turning the priest's morning star red hot. It retains the weapon, grunting from the pain and shooting the gnome a look that promises a slow death if the gnoll can do anything about it.
damage
Khalid's slashes again fail to penetrate the priest's hefty defenses, even with it grappled.
Nuveril retrieves her hammer and moves, casually straddling one of the sprayed gnolls.
Arjun remains out of sight.
Caught in Sajan's hands, and with the group closing, the priest does not panic, testing the monk's grip and weighing its options. A move of the gnoll's head is the only warning Sajan has as the shadowy great axe slashes across his back and his foe laughs in pleasure.
Spiritual Greataxe hit
Taking advantage of its spells work, the gnoll tries to work the ball of its morningstar out and around, screaming to its dark god to bless its strike. Sajan takes a heavy blow to the back of the head, swaying on his feet and his vision goes dark ...
Morninstar (grappled) hit
(smite)
Round 9, initiative 4
After catching her breath Linah rushes into the room just in time to see the priest of Rovaug tear into Sajan. "Sajan, no!" she cries out and another burst of healing energy fills the room .
Grall would have moved towards the priest last round thanks.
Waiting for the final action from Sajan and Linah but Grall would move into position to attack the priest, if needed passing through an AOO in order to block the priest/get the flank
then attack
MW Falchion attack, enraged, bless, bulls str pwr attack flank damage
Prrriest you arrre just prrrey, now you will die!!!
Battle at the Guild Hall
Round 9
Grall 14a
Sajan 14b (prone)
Gnolls 14c G11,F11 (blinded, unconcious and stunned)
Victoria 14d
Khalid 14e
Nuveril 10
Arjun 5 (?)
The Emmissary 4a
Linah 4b
Effects
Bless (Linah, Khalid, Grall)
Enlarge Person (Sajan)
Bulls Strength (Grall)
Mutagen of Dexterity, Shield (Arjun)
Spiritual Weapon (Gnoll priest, 2 rounds used)
Grall bounds up the steps past the badly wounded Sajan. His agility isn't enough to get him past the swinging morningstar without risking a hit. The priest again seems to be weighing up its options in terms of who to focus on but the chance to strike out at the Gnoll is too good to ignore and its winds up a mighty blow trading accuracy for power. Grall takes a powerful blow to the ribs getting into flanking position with Sajan.
AOO Morning Star (higher ground, power attack) hit
Uncommonly, the barbarian's strike is off target, the priest taking each hit on its shield.
Her pupils still dilated with rage, Nuveril doesn't realize until she arrives at the foot of the stairs that she has come up practically elbow-to-elbow with her nemesis, the Gnome. She has time to do little more than growl threateningly in Felliped's direction before Linah shoves between them to reach Sajan.
The priest seems to chuckle under its mask at Grall's words.
Mongrel currr! I am the Emissary of the Carrion King, servant of the Rough Beast! His power flows through my veins. I will eat your flesh!
I'm wary if the priest might have Combat Reflexes so heres an acrobatics check, coupled with a knowledge religion to see if Sajan knows anything more about these emmissaries.
Acro
Kno: Relig
Rising groggily to his feet in a somewhat clumsy maneuver instead of his normal acrobatic grace, Sajan continues to fight- launching a powerful blow with the Sentinels Fist into the priests face as he rises.
Elemental fist (shock)
Damage
Shock damage
Sajan's fist flies past the priest's blocking shield, blows through its magical protection and slams into its face, the spark of electricity partly dislodging its mask. Beneath you can see a scarred and pockmarked face, graying hair. The priest is old, for a gnoll. A veteran of a hundred fights. It stumbles back a step and for the first time its confidence seems to waver.
The gnolls at Nuveril and Linah's feet show no signs of regaining consciousness.
Knowing the priest can't afford to drop its weapon, Felliped repeats her burning spell. This time its effect seems to be particularly potent. Wisps of steam stream from the gnoll's hand and right arm and this time it cannot help but yelp out at the pain.
damage (max!)
The damage on the priest is starting to add up. Its right arm is scarred and blackened and it seems groggy from Sajan's attack.
MW Falchion attack, enraged, bless, bulls str pwr attack flank damage
bite enraged, bless, bulls str pwr attack flank damage
Possible crit! MW Falchion attack, enraged, bless, bulls str pwr attack flank damage
** spoiler omitted **
Well his chances of living through your 37 damage are certainly not looking good :)
Khalid moves around looking for a position but is unable to flank the priest.
Tempest lashes out, sweeping over the blocking morningstar and is slowed but not stopped by the priest's magical barrier, scoring a serious cut to its hip which slows the gnoll further.
Despite looking lacerated to within an inch of her life, when Nuveril catches sight of the gnoll at the top of the stairs, she clutches her weapons with purpose and dashes between Sajan's enlarged legs to attack.
** spoiler omitted **
Rising groggily to his feet in a somewhat clumsy maneuver instead of his normal acrobatic grace, Sajan continues to fight- launching a powerful blow with the Sentinels Fist into the priests face as he rises.
1d20+11 Elemental fist (shock)
1d8+6 Damage
1d6 Shock damage
Sorry completely missed the spoiler but no combat reflexes so it doesn't matter. Knowledge check doesn't add much you haven't heard already. The priesthood is the archenemy's of Saranrae's. They live to kill and destroy in the name of their god who seems uncaring of whether they worship him or not. Such destruction is sometimes purposeless, sometimes not. The pale mountain gnoll tribes are said to have abandoned Lamashtu in favour of the Rough Beast and local legends speak of a dark temple to the God on the base of the mountain itself.
You know nothing specific about emmissaries of the God. I guess you can compile the above into the fact that a priest spending its time negotiating with a tribe worshipping Lamashtu is a bit odd. Priests of rovagug are not known for their skills or tendancy toward diplomacy.
Nuveril slips past Sajan on the steps but her own assault on the priest is turned away by its armour and shield.
A moment later you can hear a hollow booming coming from the north. THOOOOOM. THOOOOOOM. THOOOOOOOOOOM. It sounds like the warning alarm from the northern watch post.
There is still no sign of Arjun....
With Linah back in its sight, the priest re-directs its spell to her with a snarl. The priestess is ready for it this time however, parrying the head away easily with her scimitar.
Spiritual Greataxe miss
Badly wounded and surrounded by enemies, the priest will not give up, calling out again for aid from its dark god and seemingly inclined to take as many of you with it as it can. Its morningstar sings in a whirlwind of motion before the priest sends it at Sajan, all of its hate and malice behind the below. But the monk is ready, already stepping inside the arc of the descending blow and stealing its momentum with a strike of his palm.
Morningstar (higher ground, power attack) miss
(smite, power attack)