Initiative:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33Ha, can't even beat it on a 20.
Since I rolled higher than an 11 on initiative score I'm taking an Immediate Action to move and I'm not flat-footed using Foolhardy Rush. You have the initiative Thunderbeard.
Since my character wouldn't know much about you, I'm going with a logical attack routine. Of course, you'd need to roll a 44 to avoid my AoO (luckily, you didn't go far enough to provoke), and waltzing into full-attack range doesn't seem wise...
Seiyasha 5' steps south, using a round of Greater Invisibility as she does so to turn invisible (Cannot be seen with See Invisibility/True Seeing, but your Blindsense will still work; also using a swift action to pull Greater Bane). Immediately, she unleashes an invisible torrent of blows against Shanalotte's armor.
Attack 1 (Feint vs Sense Motive):1d20 + 62 ⇒ (8) + 62 = 70
Attack 2 (Haste Power Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs Flat-Footed):1d20 + 25 ⇒ (14) + 25 = 39
Attack 3 (Haste Power Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs Flat-Footed):1d20 + 25 ⇒ (12) + 25 = 37
Attack 4 (Haste Power Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs Flat-Footed):1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45 Attack 4 confirm:1d20 + 25 ⇒ (1) + 25 = 26
Damage:3d8 + 10d6 + 14 ⇒ (1, 5, 7) + (3, 2, 3, 6, 1, 1, 5, 2, 1, 4) + 14 = 55(+1 automatic strength damage, and AC -4 or one round)
Attack 5 (Haste Power Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs Flat-Footed):1d20 + 25 ⇒ (12) + 25 = 37
Attack 6 (Haste Power Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs Flat-Footed):1d20 + 25 ⇒ (5) + 25 = 30
Attack 7 (Haste Power Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs Flat-Footed):1d20 + 25 ⇒ (13) + 25 = 38
Attack 8 (Haste Power Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs Flat-Footed):1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33
Attack 9 (Haste Power Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs Flat-Footed):1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16
Your move. With your monstrous flat-footed AC, power attack was clearly a bad move, but I'd have no reason to suspect that yet.
Woof, that's a hard hit. Ok, AC is dropped to 50/23/45. I don't think you moved your token, so I'll do that for you real quick.
Free Action to spend a black blade Arcane Point on Energy Attunement: Fire
Free Action to activate Deific Shroud. You are dazzled while looking at me (unless you have the fire subtype).
Standard Action to use Gentle Rest. If my touch attack connects, you are staggered for 1 round (no save). If you're Undead the duration is 6 rounds (no save)
Huh... I totally missed that on the map. Alas, blindsight only lets you pinpoint me; I still have full concealment. Also, I forgot that you're automatically flat-footed vs my greater invisibility, so I don't need to keep feinting to use Medusa's Wrath.
Concealment (<50% = miss):1d100 ⇒ 31
Also, I *am* immune to fire... still dazzled, though, which is annoying. Until...
Seiyasha invisibly draws a shuriken, crushing it in her hand, and casting a self-centered Deeper Darkness that nets out the daylight effect.
Self Attack:1d20 + 29 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 29 - 4 = 31 (I assume this would only miss on a one)
Self Damage:1d3 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
A voice yells "Timber!" from the air, and the trees on either side of Shanalotte fall, attempting to pin her in place.
Dirty Trick (Entangle) vs CMD:1d20 + 54 ⇒ (4) + 54 = 58 Dirty Trick (Pin) vs CMD:1d20 + 54 ⇒ (12) + 54 = 66 Pin duration:1d6 ⇒ 5 (Pinned and entangled for 5 rounds, giving -6 to AC, though Shanalotte can recover from the condition as a standard action)
And then the black blade goes flying from her grasp.
Disarm:1d20 + 48 ⇒ (4) + 48 = 52
As Seiyasha grabs it, the sword turns invisible and is whisked away into the air.
Four more punches come flying out of the darkness.
Attack 5, Bane Medusa Sneak Flurry vs FF AC -6:1d20 + 29 ⇒ (5) + 29 = 34 Attack 6, Bane Medusa Sneak Flurry vs FF AC -6:1d20 + 29 ⇒ (18) + 29 = 47(1 Str, AC -4 for round)
Attack 7, Bane Medusa Sneak Ki Flurry vs FF AC -10:1d20 + 29 ⇒ (15) + 29 = 44 [ooc](1 Str) Attack 8, Bane Medusa Sneak Flurry vs FF AC -10:1d20 + 24 ⇒ (11) + 24 = 35(1 Str)
Finally, she draws and clutches another shrunken, triggering a Silence spell on herself and all squares within 20'
Total damage: 251 for this round (though I may have undercounted the first attack). If she somehow survives, Lady Shanalotte is pinned, entangled, disarmed, and in a Silence field.
(Other note: Staggering is really useful in 4 vs 1 boss battles... but had it worked here, you're effectively trading your standard action to deny me my move action, which is a dangerous use of a turn).
Sounds good. (BTW, I'm not using my alias because I want to keep it under 10 posts).
Seiyasha flies through the forest, getting close (but not too close) and slings several concentrated shadows at Shanalotte.
Shadow Conjuration: Gloomblind Bolts. For each bolt that hits, make a DC 30 Reflex save or be blinded for one round. Make a DC 30 Will Save—a success means that each bolt only does 20% as much damage, and only has a 20% chance to blind.
Swift Action to Cast Quickened Empowered Fireball. Using Mantle of the Firekeeper to change the range to Touch. Using the Maximize Magus Arcana. Spending 5 Stamina to add +5 to attack roll
As a note: If you are immune to fire damage you still take half damage from my own fire attacks (half damage is untyped, similar to flame strike. For each attack that deals fire damage you are sickened for 1 round
Lady Seiyasha leans back, and throws a Shadow-Conjured Web at Shanalotte. DC 30 Will save to disbelieve, if you succeed, the spell only has a 20% chance of affecting you. Following this, DC 30 Reflex save or be hit with a Web spell centered on your location.
Spell Resistance check:1d20 + 15 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 15 + 1 = 24(I think equal does beat spell resistance; I'll leave it to you if you want to let this one through.)
And, laughing, she turns ethereal, and flies 40 feet up into the air. (3 Ki to use Abundant Steps)
Finally, noticing her enemy's spells, Seiyasha activates her Diamond Soul ability. I now have SR 22
EDIT: Hi, Rednal! The first battle involved me throwing down my meanest tricks, so I'm trying to play out the second one a different way to see how we both are at spells.
Also dot. Still working on finishing Azrielan, but enjoying the fight. Also, Thunderbeard, Shanalotte has SR 25, not 24. But you're right, it's just like AC.
@Rednal- I'm willing to one-on-one anyone after she's done.
Also dot. Still working on finishing Azrielan, but enjoying the fight. Also, Thunderbeard, Shanalotte has SR 25, not 24. But you're right, it's just like AC.
Actually, I think it is 24. 11+Character Level. Looks like Thunderbeard bypasses, I'll make up a full post when I have more time.
Unfortunately, as I'm ethereal, you miss automatically. I'm also not sure if you can see me with your blindsight.
The Lady of Laughter casts displacement, activates her Justice judgement (+2 to hit on later rounds) and flies another 25 feet higher (or to 40' above your reach again)
Azisael chuckles. "You trying to encourage me to go in and beat them both senseless so neither wins?". He concentrates on his vision, allowing him to see into the ethereal realm.
"Cat and mouse now, unless either has a means of attacking into, or from, the ethereal realm."
Azisael chuckles. "You trying to encourage me to go in and beat them both senseless so neither wins?". He concentrates on his vision, allowing him to see into the ethereal realm.
"Cat and mouse now, unless either has a means of attacking into, or from, the ethereal realm."
Sits back and reaches into its jacket pocket, bring out a gold cigarette case, it takes one out, puts it into its mouth and then lights it from a gold lighter from its pocket, putting the case away Cronnoss looks at a fight gold wrist watch. Takes a deep puff and let's it out slowly.
"Did you know gold is made I the very last moments of a dying star. Just as the gravity well falls in on itself and the outer shell of plasma and hit gas explodes out into space. The shockwaves sent into the calapsing stars core has the levels of power to compress matter and fuse gold as an element. Intaresting no. Kind of puts the idea of power into perspective. As for the lady's, they will be at again soon, they seek only to find a weakness to exploit. "
Sorry! Did I say Abundant Step? I meant the other one, whatever turns invisible.
The Lady of Laughter flies higher, to put the distance again at 40', then ends the etherealness, and makes a perform check.
Save vs Frightful Presence; also save vs. Fear Aura, because I forgot to mention it before. Each one is DC 25 will save or shaken, so not a big deal. That's my turn, turns out it's harder to *leave* the ethereal state than I realized.
Only half paying attention to Cronossuss explanation, "Gold, silver, copper. Such useless metals, yet mortals fall all over themselves trying to acquire the stuff. Their greed makes them weak, and easy to manipulate."
"They think they can buy power, failing to understand that a being must be born with innate power, or long and hard study to master it."
Important tip: Your armor appears to let you shrug off sneak attacks or critical hits. Use it! (The sneak attack damage is the first 6d6 out of the 10d6 I do in each attack)
Nice! You’ve shrugged off quite a few of my attacks, and kept me from benefitting from spacing or rounds of etherealness. Plus, your +6 weapon tears through my DR, and got some good attacks in.
With regeneration, I’m now down 101 damage, putting me at 79 HP remaining after my turn (though I do still have my healing tattoo, I'd rather not resort to that since it's 1/day and thus not available in every fight). Which means it’s time to get brutal.
Unfortunately… a quickdraw light shield is readied, but not secured like a buckler or heavy shield, which means it can be disarmed.
The Lady of Laughter angles downward in midair and, turning unexpectedly, swats at Shanalotte’s arm with her tail in a slapstick maneuver, grabbing at the shield as it loosens.
Grabbing it with both hands, she slams the shield into her knee.
Attack vs unattended object (Attack 2, sickened):1d20 + 27 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 27 - 2 = 44 Smash damage vs hardness 15, HP 20:3d6 + 12 ⇒ (6, 6, 3) + 12 = 27 (Yes, I looked up the stats for smashing a large-sized light mithral shield—while 15 penetrating damage doesn't destroy it—and minor artifacts CAN'T be destroyed, only broken—it does gain the broken condition, which I assume means I can now use it as an improvised weapon although I might be able to do so before damaging it too)
The shield holds but dents inward and a piece of the top edge breaks off; as Shanalotte stares at the damage to her precious shield, the Lady of Laughter takes the opportunity to jab the end of her tail into Shanalotte's eye.
Dirty Trick (Attack 3, sickened, bane, judgment, spinning kick strike vs flat-footed):1d20 + 54 ⇒ (17) + 54 = 71 Duration:1d6 ⇒ 1(Blinded for 1 round unless you take a standard action to clear it)
Hmm... your flat-footed AC went up between battles. That's going to make this tricky... but I did steal your shield, which knocks it down to 43.
Attack 4 (sickened, bane, judgment vs. flat-footed):1d20 + 25 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 25 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 = 45 Damage (sneak attack):3d8 + 10d6 + 14 ⇒ (2, 8, 8) + (2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1) + 14 = 61(+1 Dex damage through pressure points, AC lowered by 4 for the rest of round, FF AC is now 38)
Ooh, I had considered detonate earlier. And Sacred Geometry is strong, but probably appropriate in a game like this.
Also, as mentioned in discussion, I was using Medusa's wrath wrong. The crit doesn't go through, and you've only used a total of 2 armor points... so, counting regeneration, you're down 83 points at the end of the turn you just took.
You're also at 10 Dex, not 9. And the spells you're using aren't affected by the fact that you're blind, since they hit a large area, so good call there. I'd also say you can probably avoid your own firefall if you want to, though you DO take damage from detonate (5 points—you take half, then resist half via fire immunity)—which puts you down 88 points.
I haven't rolled anything for Detonate yet since it doesn't trigger until next round. I'm trying to see if you'll risk eating the damage to finish me off.
Let's see... I'll roll saves anyway, and we'll see whether SR matters. Normally, I'd try to pin your wings and send you crashing to the ground, but that's not actually an option here.
Of course I'll risk detonate... I *do* have Improved Evasion...
Reflex vs spell:1d20 + 26 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 26 + 2 = 30(Alas, Fort is my only not-good save)
Alright, let's get medieval.
The Lady of Laughter feints to the side, which I'm not even going to roll because I'd succeed my feint on a natural 1.
Now, clobberin' time! No need to get fancy.
Attack 2 (sickened, bane, sneak, judgment vs. AC 37):1d20 + 25 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 25 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 = 30(Wow, and there's the natural 1 that would've let your spell through, dang)
You're at 8 Dex, now. Assuming you shrug off two more sneak attacks, and regenerate 2, that puts you at 171 HP lost. I missed a touch-fireball above, though (for 45 unresistable damage), and going back, with my regeneration, I should be down 141 damage, which means I only have 39 hp left before my tattoo triggers.
It's whatever. My sight has returned which means time for the retaliation.
Swift Action to cast Dimensional Blade. All of my attacks will be targeting your Touch AC for the rest of this match.
Full-Round Action Spell Combat. Casting Second Fireball and using it as a Touch Attack w/Spellstrike. Spending my last 5 points of stamina on the Spellstrike. Keeping Power Attack off.
Dimensional blade normally only works for one round... are you doing something different?
Also, ow, my HP. That's 192 points of damage in one round, damn you and your nat 20s!
Your first crit would have completely killed me (and not allowed my tattoo to heal me by 180) except for my regeneration, which I would argue still takes a coup de grace or something to win. But wow, I'm down to 33 hp out of a maximum of 360. Not good!
Is it a 1?:1d20 ⇒ 5(and I ignore your detonate with evasion)
Can I kill you before you kill me, without resorting to blind/pin/daze dirty tricks? Hmm.
Attack 1=Auto-feint
Attack 2 (sickened, bane, sneak, judgment vs. AC 36):1d20 + 25 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 25 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 = 48 Damage:3d8 + 10d6 + 14 ⇒ (6, 6, 1) + (4, 4, 5, 2, 3, 5, 5, 2, 4, 4) + 14 = 65(-1 Dex, -4 to your AC for the rest of the round)
I think that's game, but it's a very narrow victory, and I think I only won by a combination of good reflex saves and massively damaging your dex (it's currently at 3)
Azisael chuckles. "You trying to encourage me to go in and beat them both senseless so neither wins?".[/b]
Looks up the last post did not happen. Rewind time,
"Well that was a bad idea remind me not to fight you again. Astral, and As for you beating both let alone any one of the lady's, I would like to see you true."
Looks up the last post did not happen. Rewind time,
"Well that was a bad idea remind me not to fight you again. Astral, and As for you beating both let alone any one of the lady's, I would like to see you true."
You have no memory of fighting Cronossuss.
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Azisael's eyebrows furrow at her first comment. "Again?"
"Well my death wish isn't currently quite that high." Azisael grins, "But for enough souls it may have been worth the attempt."
Other than hoping for a nat 1 on a save against something like baleful polymorph I'm not sure I could touch the Lady of Laughter. I wouldn't hit enough. It would take me two rounds to boost my to hit higher, then I'd be burning a swift and 2 arcane points per round to target touch, needing an 8+ on my first iterative - or spamming touch attack spells and hope I can land enough - not likely with her damage output that I'd be receiving in return.
Lady Shanolotte I'd expect to fair better against. I'd still have to largely target touch AC, but her fire theme wouldn't effect me much. Not sure if I'd win that fight though.
Honestly, I think with that level of power, it's quite likely to come down to "who fails a save against a Safe-or-Suck they are not immune to first" with a natural 1...
