Eyes of the Lich Queen IC

[Sallera]

Grimmgang's powerful strike sets the squid's body swaying, but creates more of a dent than an injury. Drasil has better luck, tearing through more of the leathery skin keeping the creature in one piece. As the others pause to heal their wounds, the zombified hulk recovers from the blow, attempting to sweep its wooden nemesis aside.

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Attack on Drasil: (1d20+19)[34]
Damage: (2d6+9)[16]

[TekHed]

"Do not let up!" Shard shouted as it swung towards the massive dead eye...

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Swift Action: reenter Crystal Guard's Glare stance
Free Action: Drop Wand
Vanguard Strike: (1d20+13)[21]
Damage: (2d6+8)[19] + 5 cold (rolled in the OOC)
If successful, everyone gets another +4 untyped bonus to hit on top of Xaxhan's Inspire Courage

AC 30
Law Devotion: 5 rounds

HP 19

DR 5/Adamantine

[TheFallenOne]

The tentacle impacted on the wooden body with a loud crack, but the body held together, and Drasil retaliated without hesitation. Grimmgang switched back to a more accurate and less wide swing, aiming for one of the prior wounds to continue his attempt at splitting the zombie in half.

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(1d20+10)[18] (1d6+9)[14] (3d6)[10]

touch - (1d20+12)[17] (1d8+7)[14] (3d6)[13]
regain Mountain Hammer

[Postmodernist]

Xaxhan, having recovered his strength sufficiently to rejoin the battle, stabbed at the dead hulk's mortified flesh again with his flashing blade. I may never eat calamari again, the Seren thought to himself as he struck again.

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Swinging at this ugly bastard again. (1d20+13)[18] (+4 from IC, +4 from Shard's Vanguard Strike. Damage: (1d8+5)[11] slashing + (3d6)[8] frost + 3 Sonic. Ye gods, I hope that this thing dies this round.

[MoleMage]

Daiya decides that forgoing the benefits of using a sword is worth the safety offered by standing out of reach of the squid, so she draws an arrow and fires.

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(1d20+17)[33](+4 from Xaxhan and Shard each?)
(1d6+3)[6] Damage (do I add anything else to this?)
(2d4)[4] miss on 2
(3d6)[11] Frost damage

[Sallera]

The giant squid shudders, creaks, and slowly tears itself almost in two as the accumulated damage proves too much for its long-dead form to bear. Finally, with a rain of alchemical preserving fluid and less pleasant substances, its body gives way, the magic sustaining it unable to compensate for the lack of connecting tissue.

Even as its tentacles slump to the floor, a crash from the north heralds the collapse of something structurally significant, and flames are beginning to creep past the western door. The temperature in the room has continued to rise, and now you can easily feel it even through Xaxhan's frost-song; it will likely be a minute, perhaps half, before it reaches dangerous levels.

[Postmodernist]

Xaxhan dashes to retrieve his mandolin from its position on the floor, his temporary troglodytic scales secreting some sort of sebaceous substance apparently designed for temperature regulation. It was strange to experience environmental extremes as another species. I should have bought that trinket Iriel had tried to entice me with, he mused as he went over to rifle through the priestess' belongings.

"I'm still a bit battered. If anyone of you might be willing to mend my wounds, I'd be terribly appreciative. It's hard enough to sing through teeth like these, let alone when you're coughing up blood." He glanced around the room, looking for anything portable and valuable.

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Roll bardic knowledge: (1d20+9)[12] to determine if any of the artifacts are worth anything.

[TheFallenOne]

"You know, that could've been worse. Fighting a sea monster would have been lot more unpleasant if we actually were at sea." He raised the sword covered in various fluids of the squid to his nose, giving it a curious sniff, and immediately grimaced. "Get yourselves patched up real quick while I check the door. We have little time."

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check lock, if closed pick it
(1d20+5)[8]
(1d20+5)[20]
(1d20+5)[18]
(1d20+5)[12]
(1d20+5)[20]
(1d20+5)[12]

if no success by then I switch to brute force and Mountain Hammer it

[Sallera]

The wooden door, while beginning to warp, is unlocked, and a few seconds of effort suffices to wrench it open, revealing a darkened corridor leading to what is presumably the building's overhanging eastern wing. Daiya can tell that Dura's dagger, breastplate and a small black gem in a pocket hanging from her belt are magical, and a quick inspection from Xaxhan reveals that her boots are of red dragonhide, although she seems to have carried no coin. Shard's ministrations take some time to apply, and the heat in the room continues to rise as the flames eagerly consume Vorgaard's fine carpets; remaining longer would likely be unwise.

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You've got time for an application of Lesser Vigor each (although they will of course take time to have any effect). After that, you can manage two or three Cure Moderates, if you wish, but lingering longer than that will start dealing fire damage each round. Retreating into the eastern corridor and closing the door would give you another minute, at least, if you need it.

[TekHed]

"Yes, my friends. I do believe you all nearly witnessed the end of this." it said retrieving it's wand from the floor. "The Cruciform will abate your wounds."

Wielding a crystalline stalactite in each hand, Shard alternately poured green and blue light into it's comrades, moving between them swiftly while they hurriedly worked to salvage what they could. Immediately after, each of them could feel the cool soothing touch of relief as their bodies began to mend from within.

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So yes, lesser vigors in this order:

Xaxhan, Daiya, Drasil

Then Cure Moderate Wounds for

Xaxhan: (2d8+3)[15]
Daiya: (2d8+3)[11]

...at which point Shard is closing the doors behind them as they pour into the hallway. He will then as they move forward, activate his light immediately, then give himself a lesser vigor, then a CMW: (2d8+3)[13], and then a Cure Moderate Wounds to Drasil: (2d8+3)[6]

Total Charges: 4 each

[MoleMage]

"Well, that was unpleasant. Where do you suppose Dura's man with the book is right now? We need to catch him before he bolts. And I expect he will be bolting as soon as he has it. I doubt even fear of zombified sea monsters could keep on of these Claw from furthering their own cause at the cost of their allies'. How does such an organization keep running?"

[TekHed]

"Well at least he won't be bolting by boat..." Shard answered.

"With fire behind us and darkness before us, our direction is clear." it added, beginning to glow more brightly to illuminate the corridor.

[Sallera]

After giving your wounds a chance to heal, you make your way along the lushly carpeted corridor, Shard's glow illuminating brass reliefs of legendary scenes and a few unlit hanging lanterns. As you reach the halfway point, the loud whumph of a large and stubborn fuel source being suddenly ignited resounds throughout the hall; apparently alchemical preservatives are quite the friend to fire when sufficiently provoked. The other end of the corridor leads to a half-opened door, on the other side of which is the promised library.

The chamber is as spacious as one would expect of a collector of history, row upon row of oaken shelves sagging under the weight of hundreds of heavy leather-bound tomes. Stained-glass windows line the walls looking out over the water, wreathed by continual flames in appropriate colours and depicting nobles and kings in various styles of finery. Three soldiers in garishly-painted armour - each apparently attempting to outdo the other in the bloody designs of their personal standards - stand among the shelves, and a slender woman in blackened chain, her head shaved aside from a central topknot, turns to face you from the back of the room, tucking a small book into her pocket.

"Oh, sacrifices. Is that Dura you're carrying? How cute. No, no, you're right, we shouldn't be standing around here when the house is on fire. We just thought we'd keep her waiting a bit, you know, and it's a very nice library..."

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Initiative:
Grimmgang
Daiya
Shard
Enemies
Xaxhan

[TheFallenOne]

"Perhaps it will be a nice grave as well. Thanks for the fire by the way, made handling those ogre mages so much easier." That was a lie as they used the coals from the braziers to depose of them, but making an Emerald Claw feel stupid was worth it, and perhaps it would anger him into a careless action.
Grimmgang and Drasil advanced on the first soldier with a sudden sprint, the wooden companion giving him a bite in the calf to lower his guard for the dwarf's slash at the man's throat.

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Grimmgang moves to G15
Mountain Hammer
Sword - (1d20+8)[20]
Slashing damage - (1d8+3)[4] + Maneuver damage - (2d6)[10] + Skirmish damage - (2d6)[9]

Drasil moves to G14
(1d20+6)[12] (1d6+5)[7]

[TekHed]

Shard moved towards one of the massive bookcases, and slammed it's shoulder into it, attempting to bring them crashing down like dominoes upon their foes.

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If Grimm drops C3 Shard will go for the southerly stack, if not the northerly one.

Let's see how this looks:

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[MoleMage]

Sensing Shard's intent, Daiya moves to join him, adding her strength to the effort.

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on my phone, no character sheet.

[Sallera]

Grimmgang's rapid assault catches the burly cultist unawares, and he bounces against the bookshelf before falling under a pile of dislodged histories. Shard is at first incapable of causing the shelf to do more than sway unsteadily, but as Daiya adds her efforts, it topples over, knocking against the one behind and turning the southern end of the room into a mountain of damaged reading material, with one unfortunate soul buried in the middle.

The woman at the back pouts, grasping the handle of a metal girdle about her waist and snapping it outward to reveal three long, flexible metal strands. "You killed the Krulaks? Who are we supposed to get to row the boat now, you?" As she flicks the edge of the weapon toward you, it seems to extend to an impossible length before one realizes that only a shadow of the metal is stretching across the room; it soon proves substantial enough, however, attempting to wrap around Grimmgang's neck. Yanking the shadow tight, the woman dances up the side of the bookshelf, balancing on the spines of poorly-shelved books as easily as solid ground and coming to a rest atop the shelf. Taking advantage of her attack to fade into the shadows, the third cultist brandishes a greatsword as he advances on Grimmgang, abruptly reversing the direction of his strike while the afterimage keeps swinging. A muffled string of curses heralds the survival of the buried man as books and shelves alike are furiously shoved aside, although he doesn't emerge from the pile of wood and parchment quite yet.

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On Grimmgang:
Ranged touch: (1d20+6)[7]
Damage: (5d6)[16] + flatfooted until your turn (Fort DC16 negates)

Attack: Higher of (1d20+6)[8], (1d20+6)[7]
Damage: (2d6+1)[11] (+ (1d6)[2] cold, if both hit)

Ethras is ~20ft above floor level.

[TheFallenOne]

"You killed the Krulaks? Who are we supposed to get to row the boat now, you?" The toothy grin spreading over Grimmgang's face is almost unnaturally wide, more akin to a grimace of pain if not for the gleam of malevolent joy in his eyes. Perhaps it did succeed in irritating his assailants, for he only needed to casually lean sideways to avoid both the sword and the strand wreathed from shadow.
Rounding on the nearer man, he came in low and thrust his sword upward, aimed straight at the heart through the stomach.

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Drasil H15, Grimmgang H17

attack - (1d20+8)[24] damage - (1d6+5)[11] cold - (3d6)[12]

Emerald Razor touch - (1d20+10)[17] damage - (1d8+3)[6] Skirmish - (2d6)[3] cold - (3d6)[15]
if Drasil hits sacrifice Skirmish to regain Mountain Hammer

[MoleMage]

Daiya quickly assesses the field. One foe down. One buried. One engaged with Grimmgang. Only one more enemy remaines, so Daiya sheaths her sword and advances, firing off a barrage of missiles.

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[Postmodernist]

Xaxhan strums his mandolin, summoning the ancient power of Silver Dragons which resided in his blood. He infuses the tune with supplementary magic, bolstering it with arcane might.

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Swift action: Inspirational Boost. Standard: DFI. +3d6 frost damage for everyone.

[TekHed]

Shard's footsteps crunched heavily upon the scattered tomes as it made it's way towards the fallen warrior. Standing over the Claw, it made a heavy downward horizontal slash into the opponent, drawing some of his lifeforce into it's own light.

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Move up to L15

Swift action: spend 3 Turn Undead's to repower law devotion, +3 to hit for this action

Crusader's Strike at C2: (1d20+12)[28]

Damage: (2d6+4)[12] + (3d6)[10] cold

Healing to Shard if hits: (1d6+3)[7]

[Sallera]

Grimmgang and Drasil tear apart the shadow-swathed cultist with ease, and Shard manages to accurately judge the buried man's location, clambering over fallen books and staining the pile red with a deep cut. Daiya's missiles knock Ethras back a step, but she simply steadies herself against the wall with one hand and lashes out with the whip again, the metal strands glowing red as a tongue of fire flashes across the room toward Grimmgang.

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Ranged touch on Grimmgang: (1d20+6)[26]
Damage: (6d6)[28] fire

[TekHed]

Seeing Grimmgang burst into flames like a charbroiled dwarf-kebab brought great concern to Shard's features.

Rushing forward while re-drawing it's crystal wand, Shard moved up behind Grimmgang, and fed life-giving energy into the grievous burns.

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Move to H16 (stepping on Claw corpse in the process no doubt)

Draw Wand as part of move action.

Cure Moderate Wounds: (2d8+3)[12]Hmmm...a solid average result.

[Postmodernist]

Xaxhan's hands slide up and down the fretboard of his mandolin, the timbre shifting as his taloned fingers pick lightly at the strings. He again empowers the song with eldritch energies, the vibrations ensuring that he and his comrades' weapons find their marks. With that, he draws his sword and advances upon the top-knotted villain.

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Inspirational Boost and IC for +3/+3. Draw sword an move up 30' to I15 next to Drasil.

[TheFallenOne]

A scream of intense pain transitioned into an outburst of blasphemies so vile they would make a sailor's wife gasp. Grimmgang quickly touched the moonstones on his belt and when the fire faded he just stood there, staring at Ethras with eyes that promised pain and suffering. The left half of his beard was heavily reduced, and the eyebrow gone completely, the sickening smell of burned hair and flesh filling the air. Blisters and boils covered much of his skin, but as divine energy flowed into him they moved like a swarm of insects, diminishing, mending. His shield hit the ground with a thump, and a gleaming silver mist began enveloping him.

Drasil meanwhile was furious after witnessing the attack and with no way to reach Ethras atop the bookshelf, she instead tried to tear apart the shelf's frame to make it collapse.

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drop shield, activate Mithralmist, full Healing Belt
(4d8)[13]

Drasil moves to G23
(1d20+9)[14] (1d6+8)[11] (3d6)[3]

[MoleMage]

With her right hand, Daiya draws her bow, advancing a step to keep the magics of her foe in sight, while with her left she fires another barrage of the missiles to keep the target off-balance.

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Five-foot step to be within 60 for detect magic to work, draw bow, magic missile.
(3d4+3)[8]

[Sallera]

Daiya once again grants Ethras an undoubtedly painful set of bruises, but she simply smiles absently as Drasil bites into the wooden shelf, placing one of her feet against the wall and wedging the other behind the bookcase. With a brief burst of dark energy, she shoves the shelf hard, burying Drasil in a cascade of tomes. The shelf itself cracks against the next one in line on its way down, sending the northern stacks into another rolling rain of leather and parchment. The woman herself clings to the wall like some mockery of a spider, surveying her handiwork with the air of a regretful child as smoke begins to leak into the room from behind you.

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Drasil takes (4d6)[12] damage, and is pinned until she succeeds on a DC20 Strength or Escape Artist check.

Note that the area covered with books and fallen shelves (anywhere ~20ft in front of a shelf in the direction it fell, so east for the southern and west for the central and northern shelves) counts as difficult terrain.

[TheFallenOne]

While Drasil clawed her way out of her tomb of tomes, Grimmgang forced his way through the ruin of the shelf. Abandoning the sword, he reached for bow and arrow and pulled back. Noticing with satisfaction the arrowhead as well was glowing with an icy blue aura, he took careful aim at Ethras and released.

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Strength check - (1d20+2)[5]

Move to G21, drop sword
attack - (1d20+11)[19] piercing - (1d8+6)[8] Skirmish - (2d6)[6] Cold - (3d6)[10]

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and I use Mithralmist again

[MoleMage]

Drawing an arrow to cheek, Daiya fires at her foe, hoping the chill she felt was to her advantage.

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(1d20+11)[13]
(2d4)[7]Miss on 2
(1d6+3)[7] Bow
(3d6)[16] Cold

[Postmodernist]

The Seren bard advances, drawing a tiny package from within his rucksack as he approaches the upended bookshelf. As he moves forward, his form blurs and reforms atop the bookshelf, closer to their opponent. He hurls the tanglefoot bag at the villain, hoping to restrain her.

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Move to I21, drawing tanglefoot bag in the approach. Swift action teleport to I23 with the anklet of translocation. Throw Tanglefoot bag: (1d20+9)[13] vs. Touch AC.