Test Your Might 8

[afroakuma]

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"The new creatures look like horribly abused human children, with dead-looking flesh and spurs of bone protruiding from all angles. They cower in dread as they appear."

"In front of the writhing, pustulent mass appear five terrible humanoids, broken and wounded. Each bears a gash in its gut through which viscera extrude, and bears horrible scars. Their mouths are lampreylike, surmounted by two expressionless, beady eyes. Two antlers protrude from each cracked brow."

Knowledge them if you like.

[Adumbration]

A sidenote: Oooh, boy, you're screwed.

Carry on.

[afroakuma]

Oh, you like that?

[Keld Denar]

NEW ROUND!

Liam delays...he knows better than to try to do **** while the casters are shananananananananananananiganing.

Traj will also delay.

Vist will cast Teleport, touching Liam, Traj, and Keld (self +3). He teleports himself and party in formation so that Liam ends up in L5.

Then Vist will cast Quickend Melf's Unicorn Arrows (PHBII pg.119), targetting Y with all 3 attacks. No save, no SR.
Ranged Touch1 - (1d20+13)[27] Damage1 - (1d8+8)[16]
Ranged Touch2 - (1d20+13)[30] Damage1 - (1d8+8)[12]
Ranged Touch3 - (1d20+13)[22] Damage1 - (1d8+8)[13]

Each successful hit results in a bull rush. My check is automatically 21 due to the spell description. So, you roll 3 checks to resist bull rushes. If I win by 1-4 points, you get pushed away 5', if I win by 5-9 points, you get pushed 10', if I win by 10-14 points, you get pushed 15', and if I win by 15-19 points, you get pushed 20'. Do this 3 times, pushes are cumulative for the number of hits. Its a [Force] effect. Isn't that a ****ing awesome spell?

Traj comes out of delay, initiating Pouncing Charge and charging to M3 attacking Z
Primary MH - (1d20+24)[33] Dmg - (2d6+6)[14]DFI - (6d6)[19]
RRotF MH - (1d20+24)[40] Dmg - (2d6+6)[11]DFI - (6d6)[21]
Primary OH - (1d20+24)[31] Dmg - (2d6+6)[12]DFI - (6d6)[15]
Secondary MH - (1d20+19)[35] Dmg - (2d6+6)[16]DFI - (6d6)[20]
Secondary OH - (1d20+19)[38] Dmg - (2d6+6)[13]DFI - (6d6)[20]

Liam comes out of delay, and pouncing charges to J4, provoking an AoO, and attacking X. Liam rages and flurries, PAing for 2.

Primary - (1d20+27)[32] Dmg - (1d8+34)[39]DFI - (6d6)[15]
Flurry - (1d20+27)[34] Dmg - (1d8+34)[39]DFI - (6d6)[16]
RRotF - (1d20+27)[40] Dmg - (1d8+34)[36]DFI - (6d6)[21]
Secondary - (1d20+22)[26] Dmg - (1d8+34)[40]DFI - (6d6)[23]
Tertiary - (1d20+17)[28] Dmg - (1d8+34)[42]DFI - (6d6)[25]

If X can cast spells or has any spell-like abilities, add 1 to hit and
Primary - (1d6+1)[4]
Flurry - (1d6+1)[2]
RRotF - (1d6+1)[7]
Secondary - (1d6+1)[2]
Tertiary - (1d6+1)[5]
damage to each hit due to Favored Enemy and Weapon Bond (Ranger and Occult Slayer respectively)

Also, any hits force a concentration check, DC15 + damage + effective spell level to prevent them from losing their full round action summons. Also, MUA's bull rushes result in "violent movement" which forces a DC20+spell level concentration check to distrupt casting.

That means I think you owe me 16 concentration checks :P

Got all that?

Your turn!

[afroakuma]

In that case;

tinkered.

Standard action summon.

Care to revise, now that you're facing a fleet of scaries?

[Keld Denar]

tinkered.

Standard action summon.

Bah, it cheats us precious...its cheats us!!!!

Revising tactics. Man, I put like, 30 minutes into that post...

[afroakuma]

*shrug*

A) I have a reasonable justification,

B) Your uber-optimized characters aren't exactly playing fair either

C) there's no way I'm letting you get away from the evil I just pulled.

[Keld Denar]

Vist will cast Evards Black Tenticles at the corner of HI and 78, extending 20' in all directions.

[roll=EBT Grapple]1d20+21[/roll]

And I don't remember if there is SR on EBT...crapo.


Liam will delay until after the monsters.

Traj will delay until after the monsters.

Your turn.

[Keld Denar]

Fail grapple...
EBT Grapple - (1d20+21)[23]

and in case there is an SR check.

SR - (1d20+12)[16]

wow...fail rolls....

[afroakuma]

No, there is not. You're in the clear. Adumbration, I can feel your smirk.

As the tentacles materialize, Vist feels his connection to the spell energies grow stronger and more forecful. Then the force turns to a strong pulling. Slowly, he feels his own magical energy pouring through the link, becoming grossly depleted.

Enjoy a -16 to your CL for the next 24 hours, Vist.

Alrighty.

[afroakuma]

Polytrotoi roll (Upper left to lower right, horizontally first)
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[1] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[15] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[3] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[2] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[9] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[6] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[6] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[1] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[12] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[3] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[15] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[14] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[12] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[17] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[11] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20-2)[1] - Grappled

New guys: (Upper left to lower right, horizontally first)
Opposed grapple - (d20+12)[25]
Opposed grapple - (d20+12)[21] - Grappled
Opposed grapple - (d20+12)[26]
Opposed grapple - (d20+12)[22] - Grappled

[afroakuma]

*awaits rage*

[Keld Denar]

Wow, cheaty...I should have figured...

[afroakuma]

I was really hoping you'd try something like that.

And no calling cheats; you even had advance warning from Adumbration. Should have suggested a certain amount of caution.

[Keld Denar]

There is no counter to that, is there? Not even like, Heal?

[afroakuma]

Not that I can think of offhand. You'd need a spell that specifically restores magical connection to something.

What do they use to fix dead magic areas in FR?

[Keld Denar]

Uh...Wish? Farkifiknow.

So, if you have a negative CL, can you still cast instantaneous spells that don't have level dependant variables?

PS, its still your turn.

[afroakuma]

Yep; wish.

[Keld Denar]

Anyway, EBT does SQUEEZE - (1d6+5)[6] damage to anyone grappled. As long as its there, might as well get some mileage out of it...

[afroakuma]

I'm sorry; the lousy work Internet and the forum jamming are slowing me.

You can cast a spell at a lower caster level than normal, but the caster level you choose must be high enough for you to cast the spell in question

So, no. You're boned.

Y begins a muttering drone that sends a shiver down your spines. The ground seems to twitch very slightly, but his magic has not yet resolved.

Z double-moves to N14.

X can't get past the tentacles, so it double-moves such that the center of its body is on O2. A viscous, bloody substance covers evervything it passes over.

[Keld Denar]

Can you check real quick to see if Wall of Stone is close or medium range? That determines a lot of my next actions. Can you get onto d20srd?

[Adumbration]

It happens to be Medium range: 100 ft + 10 ft/level, with an effect of stone wall whose area is up to one 5-ft. square/level.

[Keld Denar]

Ok, couple minor things. A, I never equipped any of my casters with weapons. Could I give my wizard a simple non-magical sling? I usually equip them with one, but made the characters in a hurry to start the challenge.

Regardless, Issendir pulls down his IWIN stone (standard) and throws it into orbit around Keld's head (move).
EBT - (1d6+5)[10] the trapped guys all take this much from the grapple.

Traj initiates Pouncing Charge moving to M15, making a full attack against Z.
Primary MH - (1d20+24)[34] Dmg - (2d6+6)[13]DFI - (6d6)[17]
RRotF MH - (1d20+24)[25] Dmg - (2d6+6)[15]DFI - (6d6)[18]
Primary OH - (1d20+24)[28] Dmg - (2d6+6)[15]DFI - (6d6)[14]
Secondary MH - (1d20+19)[36] Dmg - (2d6+6)[15]DFI - (6d6)[18]
Secondary OH - (1d20+19)[29] Dmg - (2d6+6)[15]DFI - (6d6)[11]

Keld casts a Wall of Stone with DSP - (1d20+12)[27] and positions it on the lines to the right side of Traj was, and where Keld is, behind Keld and Vast, and on the left sides of Vast and Liam. Double thick.

Liam readies an action to attack anything that comes within axe range.

You're go.

[afroakuma]

IWIN stone? ...disturbing name.

What squares is the wall of stone occupying?

Sure, give your wizard a sling, provided it's not going to let you do some sort of evil trick that I don't know about yet.

Is it? Or is it just to throw rocks with?

As Traj approaches the athlios, he feels a crushing sense of misery and despair. Crushing despair plus cancel every morale bonus he's currently holding, will you?

[Keld Denar]

That depends on whether or not DFI is a moral bonus. IC is a moral bonus, but DFI is just untyped fire damage. I wouldn't mind losing the RRotF though. I'll do it if I get to keep the DFI, otherwise I'll stay put. How far is the aura?

And if you read Wall of Stone, its only a few inches thick, no reason it can't occupy the space between my squares and the squares around my characters.

And no, I'm just gonna throw rocks with the sling.

[afroakuma]

What is RRotF, anyway?

Aura hits him 30 ft. out.

I wanted to know how far up it reaches.

[Keld Denar]

How far up what reaches?

RRotF is Righteous Wrath of the Faithful, cleric5 spell from Spell Compendium. Its basically Haste with a +3 bard song minus the movement increase.

EDIT:
So, whats the verdict on DFI? Does the dispair cancel the DFI, or not?

[afroakuma]

If RRotF specifically states that it is a morale effect or is based on emotion, then it dies.

Dragonfire Inspiration... I'm inclined to say it's gone because it seems to derive off of enchanted motivation giving a supernatural link to draconic power. If someone wants to argue that, though, I'm willing to listen.

The despair cancels rage, bravery, heroism etc. so take all of those into account. Heroics is, I believe, immune, because it's not morale-based.

[Keld Denar]

Does it suppress it, or dispel it? Also, since Traj doesn't have any source of bonus damage OTHER than DFI, he's gonna stay put if you rule that way. Thats cool? EDIT: It is called Dragonfire "Inspiration" so I'd say you aren't that far off on your ruling. He will sense the aura, and then back up back to his starting space and ready an attack to hit whatever closes on us.

WEEE! With 2 characters effectively worthless, its now 2 against...a lot! I'm liking my odds because due to the Law of Conservation of Ninjitsu, the fewer ninjas present, the more powerful the individual ninja. Liam is SUPREMELY POWERFUL!

Oh yea...and RAWR!

[afroakuma]

Does it suppress it, or dispel it?

Dispels morale-based buffs.

Also, since Traj doesn't have any source of bonus damage OTHER than DFI, he's gonna stay put if you rule that way. Thats cool? EDIT: It is called Dragonfire "Inspiration" so I'd say you aren't that far off on your ruling. He will sense the aura, and then back up back to his starting space and ready an attack to hit whatever closes on us.

Glad to know that it's fair. If he charged, then I'd have to rule that he use the remainder of his full action to stop within the aura, unless he has some ability to sense the power of supernatural effects before experiencing them. Does he? You mentioned that he "sensed" the aura...

WEEE! With 2 characters effectively worthless, its now 2 against...a lot! I'm liking my odds because due to the Law of Conservation of Ninjitsu, the fewer ninjas present, the more powerful the individual ninja. Liam is SUPREMELY POWERFUL!

Oh yea...and RAWR!

Well, you're facing off against a horde of suffering incarnate (bleeding incarnate, two misery incarnate, five wounding incarnate and eighteen breakability incarnate, to be precise) so it's only fair that you be on the receiving end of some...