Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (IC): Thread 2

[Skjaldbakka]

Megiddo will move forward and focus the last of his mental energies into a ray of ice and snow, lashing out at one of the emberlings.

(1d20+5)[16] ranged touch attack
(2d6+2)[10] cold damage (x1.5 if they are fire subtype)

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 2

Megiddo has trouble firing his ray around Grigor and misses the target.

The man that was moving towards Grigor earlier is able to clearly make him out and moves forward, but still keeps his distance, obviously content to let the emberlings close in first.

Grigor does not waste any time engaging the foes. He swiftly slices into an emberling, which promptly drops to the ground (( Attack: 1d20+8=17, Damage: 1d10+4=13 )).


Round 3

The large man that has been commanding everyone move closer to the battle himself. As he does so, Grigor is again buffeted by unseen force (( 9 damage ))

A figure emerges from the wagon, pulling with him some sort of giant snake or worm that possesses a face full of writhing tentacles.

(( Megiddo again

Map #6 ))

[Skjaldbakka]

Megiddo will speak a few words of power, mentally admonishing his ally for spoiling his shot. With an accompanying gesture, he sends four streaks of silver energy flying out towards his foes, two striking the remaining emberling, and two striking the approaching human bandit.

(2d4+2)[8] Magic Missile vs. Emberling
(2d4+2)[6] Magic Missile vs. Human

OOC: both at the human if the emberling is no longer a valid target for whatever reason

[Lycar]

Grigor, human cleric

Grigor is mighty annoyed when he is suddenly being beset by enemies, some of them summons no less before he gets to shoot his bow even once.

Oh well, Olidamarra knows no plan survives contact with the enemy. Speaking of which, Grigor decides to simply drop the arrow, keep the bow in his left to bring his buckler to bear and pulls the bastard sword from his back as he takes a deft step to the right, using his overhead pull to hack down on the human trying to get past him.

"Like hell you do..."

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Attack: [roll/]1d20+8[/roll], dmg. (1d10+4)[11]

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 2 (cont.)
The bolts strike their targets. The human yells in pain, but the emberling merely hisses.

The human steps forward and hurls his lantern towards Megiddo. The lantern doesn’t even make it far enough to land at the cerebremancer’s feat. But it does free the man’s hands to unsheath a very large sword. “I’m gonna git ya, wizard.”

Despite being focused on Megiddo, the guard sees Grigor coming and manages to deflect the sword with his armor (( 1d20+8=13 ))


Round 3
“All right! Enough of this!” the larger man shouts as he closes in on the fray himself. Megiddo then feels a strange imprint on his mind as if something is making an attempt to throw everything in his head into chaos. But the attempt is extremely feeble and Megiddo doesn’t even have to put up a token resistance (( 1d20+10=29; Includes elf bonus vs. enchantment ))

Meanwhile, the remaining emberling takes a few steps away from Grigor before hurling a bolt of fire at him. The bolt strikes Grigor in the back (( 9 fire damage ))

The man with the tentacle worm begins to lead the beast to the fray.

(( Map #7 ))

[Skjaldbakka]

Megiddo will cast scorching ray at the bearded figure, and then move to the right, drawing his sword as he moves.

(1d20+5)[11] ranged to hit
(4d6)[11] fire damage

[Lycar]

Grigor, human cleric

Grigor just attacks the human again as he bites his lip to tune out the burning pain from the summon's last attack.

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Attack: (1d20+8)[18], dmg. (1d10+4)[8]

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 3 (cont.)
The ray of fire homes in on the psionicist, but at the last minute, its path suddenly changes and it blows harmlessly past him.

The guard still in camp crouches over the previously downed bandit.

The other guard engages Grigor, but the cleric deftly deflects the blow with his own sword. Grigor takes advantage of the opening this provides and cuts the man down.

Round 4
“$#!%! Get your ass down here!” the bearded man shouts at the remaining guard. He then advances on Megiddo. As he does so, he draws a large falchion that looks to be made of some sort of crystalline substance. “You want to play that way? I can play that way, too,” he hisses as the crystal begins to emit a purple glow.

The standing emberling hurls another bolt of flame at Grigor, and it hits home (( 10 fire damage )).

The man with the tentacle worm pushes it towards Grigor. “Go, get him!” he shouts with a raspy voice.

The monster slaps at Grigor with its tentacles, but they are of no use against Grigor’s armor.

(( Map #9 ))

[Skjaldbakka]

Bearded Man is wearing metal armor:

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Megiddo fends off the bearded man with his longsword as best as he can, while speaking arcane words of power. His hand spasms open and closed as it is bathed in crackling electricity, which lashes towards the bearded man almost of its own volition. Megiddo then quickly steps back, trying to get into a better position to cast another spell.
(1d20+10)[28] DC 16 Concentration Check to cast defensively
(1d20+4)[18] to hit with Shocking Grasp (includes +3 bonus)
(5d6)[12] electricity damage

Bearded Man is not wearing metal armor:

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Megiddo quietly steps back, then hisses out a few quick words and points at the bearded figure, an arrow of acid springing forth to strike at him.
(1d20+5)[11] to hit
(2d4)[8] acid damage

[Skjaldbakka]

Also:
Knowledge Psionics on the sword and what the purple glow might mean? (1d20+18)[31]

Knowledge Planes on the worm?: (1d20+15)[32]

[Lycar]

Grigor, human cleric (AC 22, HP 27/43)

Seeing that he and Megiddo are about to be forced into melee while some caster is safely away, Grigor changes tactics. Stepping away from the worm beast and closing in on the metal-armoured bearded man, Grigor mumbles a quick prayerto his patron god.

"Olidamarra, please help out your humble servant and shield us from our enemies' eyes."

With that a mist begins to rise around Grigor, encompassing him and everyone in a 20' area around him.

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5'-step of invincibility due south to get away from the worm. Yes I know that way he eats a AoO of beard-guy, but he is trusting his armour and buckler to save him. On the other hand, beard-guy gets his own AoO if he tries to catch up with Megiddo.

Also Obscuring Mist hould give us some respite from the caster and maybe even the emeberling. Although this thing could possibly burn away the fog like a fireball spell does.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 4 (cont.)
The large man lets out a pained grunt as Meddigo’s spell electrocutes him.

Megiddo recognizes the man’s sword as being made of a psychically resonant substance known as deep crystal. When properly treated, deep crystal is as strong as steel and can be charged with psionic energy. Weapons charged with such energy can release it on impact, further harming the victim of the attack. The purple glow suggests that the man’s sword may be so charged.

Megiddo does not recognize the worm as any sort of extraplanar creature.

The remaining guard follows orders. He gets up and begins moving to the fray, drawing his sword as he does so.

The bearded man curses again when he realizes that Grigor is also a spellcaster. He quickly changes focus in an attempt to disrupt the cleric’s spell, but his falchion is neatly deflected by Grigor’s armor. However, it retains the telltale glow of psychic energy.

Grigor completes the spell, and a thick fog surrounds him and the nearby area.

Round 5
(( New Initiative, Tell, Ricar, and some of Burne’s Badgers respond

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1. Tell (1d20+3=22)
2. Bearded Man (18⁺)
3. Half-Orc (18)
4. Megiddo (17)
5. Vacra (10)
6. Badgers (8⁺)
7. Evil Guards (8)
8. Ricar (6)
9. Grigor (1d20=3)

Tell’s Up. He is just inside the entrance to the Moathouse))

(( Map #11 ))

[Skjaldbakka]

Tell will walk up and shout at the human guard, pulling his bow and knocking an arrow. "Oi, where you think you're going, bub?" He lets fly the arrow:

(1d20+9)[29] to hit against "human guard 2"
(1d8+3)[9] damage

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 5
The guard drops to the ground, an arrow sticking out of his neck.

Unable to see Megiddo, the bearded man continues to attack Grigor, but his blow is again deflected by the cleric’s armor.

A burning glow is visible, making its way through the mist conjured by Grigor. It seems that the emberling is making its way around, searching for its prey.

Suddenly, a murderous scream comes from behind Grigor. It seems the man that lead the tentacle worm to the fray found the cleric through the fog. With a great howl, he swings his sword, but cannot see through the mist well enough to even come close to making contact.

The worm creature also finds Grigor, but both the mist and armor protect him.

(( Megiddo Up. Map #13 ))

[Skjaldbakka]

Megiddo will take a step towards the glowing portion of the mist, and try to finish off the emberling with his sword.

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Since fire spells burn away obscuring mist, is the emberling burning away the mist in spaces it passes through? If so, miss chance would not apply to my attack.

(1d20+2)[15] to hit
(1d8-1)[7] damage
(1d100)[100] 1-20 is a miss from concealment

[Shhalahr Windrider]

(( The emberling is burning off the mist around him, but it is too small to have any lasting effect on the squares it has already passed through. However, the fire will negate its own concealment. ))

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 5 (cont.)
The emberling reacts quickly when it sees Megiddo’s shadow coming at it from the mist, barely dodging the sword.

The Badgers and Ricar follow Tell out to the drawbridge.

(( Grigor Up.

Map #14 ))

[Lycar]

Grigor, human cleric

Grigor, now having some respite from the numerical superiority of his enemies, engages the bearded man in deadly silence, adjusting his position to get his foe between him and the other enemies.

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Step south-east. This time the map update worked.

Attack: (1d20+8)[12], damage: (1d10+4)[7]

[Skjaldbakka]

Tell will move forward to the woman the guard stopped to help, and shout across the battlefield "Surrender now, or this woman dies!"

Bluff: (1d20-1)[9]

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

(( Last map update did not include Megiddo’s proper position after he attacked the emberling. Fixed it. ))

Round 5 (cont.)
Even through the mist, the armored figure sees the blow coming in and neatly dodges.

Round 6
Tell is, of course, unable to see the reaction of those in fog, but it sounds like the battle continues.

The thick fog hinders the bearded man as he adjusts his position and takes another unsuccessful swing at Grigor.

The emberling, however, has more success, slamming Megiddo with a heavy, flaming fist (( 1 bludgeoning, 4 fire damage )). The creature’s flame ignites Megiddo’s clothes (( Reflex: 1d20+5=6; Additional 5 fire damage )). Seeing such a successful hit, the creature starts making a strange gravelly noise that could be interpreted as a laugh.

The worm and its handler follow after the direction Grigor went. They find him. The beast is still unable to get past Grigor’s armor, but its handler manages to cut into Grigor with his gigantic sword (( 15 damage )).

(( Megiddo Up. ))

(( Map #18 ))

[Skjaldbakka]

OOC:

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Reflex Save for Handy Haversack. Other equipment has hardness of 5 or higher. (1d20+5)[9] Handy Haversack is leather, so hardness 2, and most likely takes full damage from fire, unlike most objects.

Megiddo will try an put himself out as a move action (assuming it works like the fire elemental burn, which requires a move action to try to put yourself out). (1d20+5)[12]

If he puts himself out, he will attempt to cast Acid Arrow at the emberling, and then 5ft step back.

Casting Defensively (DC 17): (1d20+10)[17]
Ongoing Damage (DC 13): (1d20+10)[17]
Attack Roll: (1d20+5)[10]
Damage Roll: (2d4)[2]

If he does not put himself out, he will take a 5ft step back, drop prone so he can roll around on the ground (for the +4 bonus), and try to put himself out again. (1d20+9)[22]

Edit - Since there are no NPC enemies before Tell's action, and Tell can't see Grigor for Grigor's action to effect what he does, I'll go ahead and post it:

Tell's Action

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Tell casts a sleet storm, centered at the center of the obscuring mist, so it hits the same area, except it is taller. Anyone moving in the mist has to make a DC 10 balance check to move at half speed; failing stops the movement, failing by 5 causes them to fall prone. Additionally, everyone has total concealment in the sleet storm, and the sleet storm is also a distracting spell effect, so DC 16 concentration check to cast while in the sleet storm. It also puts out fires, so the emberling's burn ability would be negated.

"Reinforcements are on the way, Meg!"

He then shifts to wolf form and moves 50ft towards the obscuring mist.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 6 (cont.)

(( Yeah, it is only a move action. ))

Megiddo quickly smothers the flame.

(( Do you still intend to use the acid arrow? Why is it struck out? ))

(( As to the pack: I don’t think leather is particularly flammable compared to most items that would have normal half-damage from fire. So that half-damage before hardness still applies. So the pack may be singed a bit, but no damage. ))

[Skjaldbakka]

OOC: I assumed a 12 would not pass the save to put out the fire. If it does, then he fires the acid arrow.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 6 (cont.)
(( The description is unclear that a save is required, other than going by the general “Catching Fire” rules, which may or may not apply to the Burn Special Attack. In any case, and Emberling’s Burn DC is just 11, and generally the DC for this sort of thing is the same as the DC for the initial attack. ))

The emberling dodges the acid arrow.

Ricar and the Badgers run towards the fog bank.

(( Grigor up. If it should be important, Tell’s actual postion on Grigor’s turn is (19, 38) ))

(( Map #21

[Lycar]

Grigor, human cleric

Okay so the foes aren't wailing on Megiddo, that is good. But they are really giving him trouble, which is bad. Retreating another few steps south-east, Grigor swings at the bearded man again, seriously considering to risk a casting.

Map.

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Step to 23,58. Attack bearded man (1d20+9)[12] for (1d10+4)[10] damage.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 6 (cont.)
The psionicist easily evades Grigor’s attack.

Round 7
Tell casts his spell and then rushes right towards it.

Grigor hears a strange crash come from nearby, from the general direction of the bearded man.

Everything else is lost in the blinding sleet and howling wind.

(( Megiddo up. ))

(( Map #23 ))

[Skjaldbakka]

Megiddo will attempt to move away from the center of the storm.

(1d20+3)[18] Balance Check

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 7 (cont.)

Megiddo makes it out of the sleet in time to see the figures that were with Tell apprehensively approaching the sleet storm.

“Be ready in case one of them comes out!” one says to the other.

Another notices Megiddo, and shouts, “Who goes there?!”

(( Grigor Up ))

(( Map #25 ))

[Lycar]

Grigor, human cleric

Grigor, being unable to fight efficiently and wounded, takes another few steps southeast and prays for some healing.

(Ow, this is bad. Too many bad guys, not enough good ones. But hey, the limited visibility levels the playing field somewhat. That's just like you like it, eh Olidamarra? Still, I could do with some healing down here, you know, just in case... I know you favour the bold but being prepared is none too shabby either, eh?)

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Go to 24,59, cast CMW by sacrificing Sound Burst. (2d8+6)[15]

[Skjaldbakka]

Tell will skirt around the edge of the sleet storm. Once he reaches his destination, he will revert to humanoid form as a swift action.

(1d20+3)[14] Balance check to move out
(1d20+3)[17] Balance check to move back in

OOC: I was under the impression that having 4 or more legs gave a bonus on balance checks, but could not find that rule, so did not include that.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

The Moathouse: Planting 10, Early Night

Round 7 (cont.)
Grigor slips and falls as he tries to move through the storm (( Balance: 1d20-6=-1; Grigor falls before he can move. )). However, that does not stop him from successfully healing himself (( Concentration: 1d20+2=17 ))

Round 8
Tell finds his position. (( You may be thinking about quadrupeds getting a stability bonus against being tripped. ))

Grigor hears some grunting and clanking nearby.

(( Megiddo Up. ))

(( Map #28 ))