Against the Dragon: An ECL 20 Mini-Adventure

[Orran]

As soon as Seto's initiative comes up.

[PhoenixRivers]

Disintigrate results:

Touch attack on ground (anything but a 1): (1d20)[15]

@Anyone on the surface:

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A 10x10 section of rock vanishes, exposing a mountain of rock, formed into something vaguely resembling a human. It's like an elemental, but bigger, much bigger. You estimate your 10x10 block only exposed perhaps a quarter of the creature.

EDIT: No ready actions trigger (all are in response to the dragon, not other hostile creatures).

Turn is still Seto's. A standard action has been used.

[Orran]

Seto moves 20 ft south, raising his elevation by 5ft. Staying in the area after loosing a disintegrate is rarely a good move.

[PhoenixRivers]

Seto is now at F-10 (altitude +15). Ceiling is immediately above you.

Terry and Theda's proposed actions:

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Damage broken: (4d8+15)[38]

Several attacks slam into the creature, cracking some of its rough exterior.

[PhoenixRivers]

@Ghrem:

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Unfortunately, you've been moving in a predictable manner, and were by far, the most isolated from the group.

Dragon's Action.

Bite: (1d20+31)[48]
If Hit: (4d6+35)[45]
If threat: (1d20+31)[48]
If Crit: (4d6+35)[50]
Miss Chance: (1d2)[2] Miss on 1
Blind Fighting Reroll (if needed): (1d2)[2] Miss on 1

Claw: (1d20+29)[49]
If Hit: (2d8+27)[40]
If threat: (1d20+29)[49]
If Crit: (2d8+27)[34]
Miss Chance: (1d2)[1] Miss on 1
Blind Fighting Reroll (if needed): (1d2)[1] Miss on 1 *** Miss ***

Claw: (1d20+29)[48]
If Hit: (2d8+27)[36]
If threat: (1d20+29)[37]
If Crit: (2d8+27)[30]
Miss Chance: (1d2)[1] Miss on 1
Blind Fighting Reroll (if needed): (1d2)[1] Miss on 1 *** Miss ***

Wing: (1d20+29)[47]
If Hit: (2d6+27)[30]
If threat: (1d20+29)[34]
If Crit: (2d6+27)[34]
Miss Chance: (1d2)[2] Miss on 1
Blind Fighting Reroll (if needed): (1d2)[1] Miss on 1

Wing: (1d20+29)[35]
If Hit: (2d6+27)[36]
If threat: (1d20+29)[48]
If Crit: (2d6+27)[34]
Miss Chance: (1d2)[2] Miss on 1
Blind Fighting Reroll (if needed): (1d2)[1] Miss on 1

Tail: (1d20+29)[40]
If Hit: (2d8+42)[55]
If threat: (1d20+29)[44]
If Crit: (2d8+42)[52]
Miss Chance: (1d2)[2] Miss on 1
Blind Fighting Reroll (if needed): (1d2)[1] Miss on 1

Every one of these is compared to a touch AC, and, unless you possess Uncanny Dodge (or BlindFight, or something else that allows you to retain dex vs unseen attackers), treats you as flat-footed.

[Tehnar]

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Every attack that didn't miss due to concealment, hits. Total damage sustained 166.

Fort save due to massive damage roll (from tail attack): (1d20)[12], fail on 1.

Ill post Ghrems actions once his turn comes up (last in the initative order if I am correct).

[PhoenixRivers]

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Massive damage rules are not in effect.

At high levels, this rule is almost foolishness, and is recommended to be removed in several WotC sourcebooks for high level play.

Every PC and every creature in this encounter (with possible exception of some summons) is easily capable of doing 50 damage in a single hit. Giving everyone a 5% death chance on attacks? It's just not good play.

@Tehnar:

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Per invisible combat rules, you are aware the location that the attacks come from. The attacks came from the south, over 5 feet away.

[Tehnar]

@Phoenix

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Actually some attacks might have missed, depending on what sort (if any) of cover Ghrem has relative to the Dragon.

[PhoenixRivers]

@Tehnar:

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As anything underground can move through sand/dirt/etc with the difficulty that machetes move through houseplants, there isn't cover. Instead, the sand is granting total concealment, which is outlined in the 50% miss chance.

[PhoenixRivers]

Terry and Theda Attacks have resolved.

Ghrem, after resolving the damage you've taken, it's your action, and you're no longer flat-footed.

[Tehnar]

Ah, sorry, thought Kagrenac took his turn before me, would have posted sooner.

Move action:
Move silently (full speed) from (10 ft north of D1, 30 ft below the surface) to (10 ft north of D1, surface elevation).
Move Silently (with a -5 penalty for moving full speed): (1d20+27)[30]

Second Move Action:
Move Silently (full speed) from (10 ft north of D1, surface elevation) to (H3, surface elevation).
Move Silently (with a -5 penalty for moving full speed): (1d20+27)[34]

IC: You see a battered, bruised and bloodied Ghrem emerging from the North wall. He is taking care to move silently, but points, at a 45 degree angle to the ground towards the west.

End turn for Ghrem.

[PhoenixRivers]

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A open hole is exposed from I5-J6, extending 10 feet down. Sand has begun to spill in from the sides. (no mechanical effect, yet).

Kagrenac does, and did. He posted several posts earlier. Did quite a bit of damage to the elemental, too.

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Elemental damage taken: 163

Elemental Action:
Now it can see. Hm.
@Any on the surface:

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Attacks:
2 Slam attacks, at Ghrem. (Ghrem has cover vs the attacks, for +4 AC)

Slam 1: (1d20+42)[44]
If Hit: (6d8+16)[33] +2 additional damage for earth mastery
If Threat: (1d20+42)[44]
If Crit: (6d8+16)[52]

Slam 2: (1d20+42)[58]
If Hit: (6d8+16)[47] +2 additional damage for earth mastery
If Threat: (1d20+42)[52]
If Crit: (6d8+16)[43]

[Tehnar]

After the first hit strikes him, Ghrem falls.

[PhoenixRivers]

The second hit hits again, regardless.

Top of the order. Torvin, then Seto.

[mostlyharmful]

Cast Enerveration on to giant elemental from wand

To Hit (d20+35)[37] Negative Levels (d4)[3]

[PhoenixRivers]

It hits directly, and the necromantic energies seep into the elemental.

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Elemental Damage taken: 163
Elemental status effects: 3 negative levels

Torvin may move if he likes, else it's Seto's turn.

[Orran]

Seto uses his empowered enervation SLA, since negative levels are good, and more negative levels are better (or should that be worse?)

"RTA" - (1d20+16)[22]
"Negative Levels" - (1d4)[1] x1.5=1

Edit: Boo

[PhoenixRivers]

Another successful touch attack, another accuracy debuff.

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Elemental Damage taken: 163
Elemental status effects: 4 negative levels (effective damage taken 183)

[mostlyharmful]

Torvin shifts to D13.

[PhoenixRivers]

Current Initiative placement:

Torvin
Seto
Theda/Terry
(OpFor)
Kagrenac
Monolith

Active player is bolded.

[Toliudar]

Theda/Terry

At Theda's gestures, the elementals spread out to surround the larger opponent, and whale away.

Terry burrows forward a bit and batters away at the creature.

Theda shakes her head as she glances across at Ghrem's battered body. She looks up significantly at Kagronac.

"It's up to you to save him, bud."

She changes into a delver, burrows a bit closer to the monolith, and lashes out with two claws.

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The Elemental at H7-I8 takes a 5' step west and full-attacks the elemental monolith.
Attack1: (1d20+14)[21] Damage: (2d8+9)[15]
Attack2: (1d20+14)[19] Damage: (2d8+9)[19]

The Elemental at L8-M9 takes a 5' step north and full-attacks the elemental monolith.
Attack1: (1d20+14)[32] Damage: (2d8+9)[16]
Attack2: (1d20+14)[24] Damage: (2d8+9)[16]

Terry, still entirely underground, shapechanges into a slightly different delver, moves 5' north, and attacks twice. He now takes up F9-H11, and extends to a point 20' below the surface. I'm rolling his miss chances twice thanks to blind-fighting:
Slam 1: (1d20+27)[32] Damage: (1d6+18)[24] Acid damage: (8d8)[33] Miss on 1 (1d2)[2]
Blindfight reroll: (1d20+27)[39] Damage: (1d6+18)[23] Acid damage: (8d8)[37] Miss on 1 (1d2)[1]
Slam 2: (1d20+27)[29] Damage: (1d6+18)[20] Acid damage: (8d8)[39] Miss on 1 (1d2)[2]
Blindfight reroll: (1d20+27)[29] Damage: (1d6+18)[22] Acid damage: (8d8)[21] Miss on 1 (1d2)[2]

Residual acid damage from Terry's strike last round (2d6)[8]

Theda moves 5' north, shapechanges into a Delver, and full attacks the elemental:
Slam 1: (1d20+42)[60] Damage: (1d6+18)[23] Acid damage: (8d8)[42]

Terry is now AC 31 (flatfooted 30) Theda is AC 50

Listen checks: Terry: (1d20+14)[33]
Theda: (1d20+44)[60]

Spot checks: Terry: (1d20+14)[33]
Theda: (1d20+51)[55]

If the two earth elementals who went north aren't dispelled/killed, this is about the point at which they'd be turning around.

[Toliudar]

Crap

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Forgot Theda's second slam attack:
Attack: (1d20+42)[47]
Damage: [roll]1d6+18[roll]
Acid damage: (8d8)[26]

[Toliudar]

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And again, the damage on the second slam attack: (1d6+18)[21]

[PhoenixRivers]

The second elemental strikes true a couple times, but barely does anything to the creature. The delver strikes, however, brutally dissolve large chunks of its form.

OOC: Blindfight only rerolls the miss chance, not the whole attack.

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Monolith Damage: 301
Status Effects: 4 negative levels
Effective damage: 321

[PhoenixRivers]

OpFor Actions (DM/Non-participant Only):

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Really DM/Observer Only, lol:

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Moves to A9-D12.
Move Silently: (1d20+32)[39]
Casts Righteous Might, grows, now occupies A9-D13 (and 5 feet left of the A row as well)

Turn Passes to Kagrenac.

[Superglucose]

Avorals, as typical, will be defensively Empowered Magic Missiling anything they see.

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(5d4)[12]*1.5 (18)
(5d4)[13]*1.5 (18)
(5d4)[12]*1.5 (18)
(5d4)[13]*1.5 (18)

72 further damage.

And Lord Kagrenac will maintain his readied action, but also speak, There isn't a damn thing I can do right now, he's dead. We have to get him out of here, and then I can bring him back, but only if we can scrounge up 25,000 gp worth of diamonds. Alternatively, reincarnation. Kagrenac thinks for a moment, Well, Lorkhan does approve of shinies and making new life...


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Not much I can really do at the moment. The Dragon is hiding from me (coward) and I can't really get underground. However if we do retreat, it's worth noting that I can use a Miracle or two to create 25,000 gp of nonmagical items (say... diamonds?) I think if 1 wish can create 25,000gp of diamonds then 2 miracles should be able to create at LEAST that much, but I'll leave that up to the GM. Then I can True Resurrect our fallen comrade.

[PhoenixRivers]

Elemental:
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Full attack (Kagrenac):

Slam 1: (1d20+32)[49]
If Hit: (6d8+12)[37]
If threat: (1d20+32)[51]
If Crit: (6d8+12)[37]

Slam 2: (1d20+32)[50]
If Hit: (6d8+12)[28]
If threat: (1d20+32)[50]
If Crit: (6d8+12)[26]

Top of the order, Torvin's up.

[Tehnar]

Guess that is it for Ghrem then, if you don't have revivify or something like that?

[mostlyharmful]

move action to get in touch range of Ghrem, cast limited Wish to Revivify him

as a free action I'll Prestidige some smoke into the shape of a green man running away from a dragon as fast as he can.

[Superglucose]

Guess that is it for Ghrem then, if you don't have revivify or something like that?

Get your bum over here so I can heal you.