Boss Rush - Group 2

[Vladislav]

Margrave - Eric the Cleric
Darius - Sum Moner the Wizard
Shade Kerrin - Hatia the Warmage
Nixed - Dragos the Barbarian

Please post your characters and discuss strategies. I will post a "preview" of your first battle later today.

[Nixed]

Dragos

Don't suppose text color is all that important, but out of habit I'll do that here too and go with "Red"

Barbarians are pretty easy strategy wise I'm pretty sure Rage, charge, hack viciously with large sword, keep others free for magical/sneaky shenanigans.

[Shade Kerrin]

Hatia has always been done in Dark Orange, might as well maintain the habit.
Also, the recruitment thread said 2 flaws 1 trait, is that still open?

And being a level 1 Warmage, I only have 2 decent options:
Magic Missile spam(average 14 damage over 4 rounds)
Fist of Stone - Truestrike -attack -truestrike -attack -truestrike -attack(average 16 damage over 7 rounds

[Vladislav]

Also, the recruitment thread said 2 flaws 1 trait, is that still open?

Yes, you're going to need all the help you can get.

[Shade Kerrin]

Well then, I have taken Spellgifted as a trait and Unreactive as a flaw.

I also forgot about my warmage Edge in my earlier calculations.

[Darius]

Sum

Hmmm...I may need to look into enlarge for our barbarian friend unless Margrave wants to take Strength domain instead?

[Vladislav]

Interestingly enough, this group has a player named Darius, while the other group has a character by the same name. Hurray, confusion!

[Margrave]

Eric the Cleric is here!

Hey all! Hi Darius (the real one)

Just so you know, the party will be going into battles with bless in effect:

Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

[Vladislav]

Greetings dear adventurers! You have been hired to eliminate a menace, to protect a village from a local bandit gang. You organized the villagers into a makeshift militia, patroled the surrounding roads, fought bandits, tracked them all the way to their camp, defeated them, and made the countryside safe again. Or have you?

The bandits' leader, an illegitimate son of a local noble, managed to escape. Hot on his trail, you discovered he's in the nearest city, possibly attempting to recruit new people to the gang. He must be stopped!

You received information he's in a local tavern, The Green Goblin, and that is where the final confrontation will take place.

Location: common room of a tavern.
Features: Furniture, innocent bystanders.
Lighting: sufficient
Buffing time: 1 round before charging in.

[Darius]

Sum

Looking over at Dragos, the puny fire elf says to the human, "Give me the nod, and I will make you as big as an ogre!"

ooc: Will enlarge Dragos if he would like AND if he will still fit in the door.

Also, do we know what this guy looks like? Do we know anything else about this guy? Henchmen with him, weapons used, caster, etc?

[Margrave]

Eric the Cleric

Eric had blessed the party before going on this merry chase and had locked the spell to last the entire day. The seasoned cleric casts detect magic so that he may separate the more powerful target from the others in the room based off of magical items or effects in place. He then readies his shield and morningstar before entering.

Party Effects:
+1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

[Vladislav]

ooc: Will enlarge Dragos if he would like AND if he will still fit in the door.

I haven't actually decided on the door size, so to be fair, let's randomize
(1d2)[2]
1 = double door, can enter Enlarged at no penalty
2 = regualr door; if Enlarged, he'll have to squeeze, meaning he loses his first round action.

Also, do we know what this guy looks like? Do we know anything else about this guy? Henchmen with him, weapons used, caster, etc?

You know what he looks like. For everything else, you can try a DC 20 Gather Information check, if you want. I have to warn you though, fail by 10 or more, and he will be aware you're looking for him. Which could be bad.

In other news, Eric the Cleric is NG, and Deathwatch has the Evil descriptor.

A cleric can’t cast spells of an alignment opposed to his own or his deity’s (if he has one). Spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaos, evil, good, and law descriptors in their spell descriptions.

[Margrave]

In other news, Eric the Cleric is NG, and Deathwatch has the Evil descriptor.

Huh? That is funny - any chance he can take disrupt undead instead?

(I am a bit rusty - haven't played in a while )

[Vladislav]

Ok, go for Disrupt Undead

[Margrave]

Thanks - will cast detect magic instead...perhaps Eric may see the fellow buffed or some of his magic items, eh?

[Shade Kerrin]

((To be fair, what's so evil about knowing how close someone is to death?))

"No need for subtlety here, lets move in"

Hatia tightens her grip on her weapon and prepares to enter

[Nixed]

A grunt of agreement given to Hatai, and at the sign of readiness from the others the big man pushes his way through the door. A quick look around the room given, scanning for their target as he steps in to allow the others quick access. "Which one of you is getting the first round?" called back in his best attempt to avoid being noticed as anything more than casual patrons.

[Vladislav]

A tall dark-haired Elf stands up from behind one of the tables; his body is covered in a dull-gray chain shirt, and he moves with deadly grace and precision. The armor, as well as his sheathed blade glows faint with the light of magic in Eric's eyes.

So, you've come for me, you who have given me so much trouble in the past. You have bested my bandits, defeated my traps, but now you must face me. So come. Come and let us finish this little game.

Bag guy init: (1d20+4)[18]

Map:

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{table]10| | | | | | | |
9 | | | |BG| | | |
8 | | | |TT| | |BA|
7 | | |CC| | | |BA|
6 | |CC|TT| |BM| |BA|BK
5 | | | | | | |BA|
4 | | | |CC| |CC|BA|
3 | | |CC|TT| | |BA|
2 | | | | | | |BA|
1 | |Wr|Br|Cl|Wi| | |
|A_|B_|C_|D_|E_|F_|G_|H_[/table]


Wr = Warmage
Br = Barbarian
Cl = Cleric
Wi = Wizard

BA = Bar
TT = Table
CC = commoner
BM = Barmaid
BK = Barkeep

BG = Bad Guy

[Vladislav]

[[ would you like to me to just roll init for everyone to accelerate the process? ]]

[Shade Kerrin]

((Would be best, but I'll put mine here first time))

Hatia scoffs at her mark's posturing, already performing the gestures for her Magic Missile

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Initiative:(d20-5)[14]
Damage:(d4+4)[5]

[Nixed]

(( I agree with that, it seems to make things run smoother ))

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Since I'm here though
(1d20+3)[23]

[Vladislav]

Ok, I'll just roll for everyone from now on.

Cleric Init (1d20+6)[19]
Wizard Init (1d20+4)[9]


Order:

Barbarian
Cleric
Bad Guy
Warmage
Wizard

Go for it!

[Nixed]

The barbarian draws his massive sword as he circles the room, advancing on his prey. A primal battle cry bellowed as he does.

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Move to A6
Rage (8 rounds) STR 20, CON 20, AC 16 (-2 for rage, +1 dodge)
Ready action: Attack if enemy enters range.

[Darius]

Sum

Since the casting time of the spell is one round, Sum makes sure he is near the barbarian and begins casting enlarge person.

[Margrave]

Eric the Cleric

Scanning the crowd, it is obvious to Eric that Guy Bad needed to be stopped. He calls out in a heroic voice, "Give it up, villain, you are DOOMED!" He casts a spell and moves to D6.

ooc:
Cast doom on BG. Will DC 14 or shaken.

A shaken character takes a -2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.

Anything magical by the way?

Party Effects:
+1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.[/QUOTE]

I am worried.

[Vladislav]

His blade and chain shirt are magical. Will save (1d20+4)[13]. I'll post his turn a bit later, bear with me.

[Vladislav]

The elf's taken aback by the spell effect, sneering evilly, we'll see who's doomed here. For but a brief second, he assesses his enemies ...

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Knowledge (local) check to fuel Knowledge Devotion (1d20+5)[8]

He advances toward the priest, drawing his rapier as he does so. As he stabs with the weapon, Eric sees blue electric sparks surrounding the blade. Quite possibly, it will be the last thing he sees in this life ...

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Move to E7, attack (1d20+8)[18], damage (1d6+1)[3] plus (3d6)[10] electricity. [[Bonuses from Knowledge Devotion to be added]] EDIT bonuses from Knowledge devotion are +1 attack and damage

EDIT 2: I don't think it matters, but in case it does, Shocking Grasp also provides +3 to attack roll against metal armor. Seems like he 1-shotted you anyway ...

[Margrave]

Final Edit to hide stuff so less cluttery.

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ooc: Um, since he failed his save, he missed, correct? -2 to attack due to shaken affect.

edit: The only reason why I ask is because I am going to assume that it was a rapier of spell storing and it had the shocking grasp.

spell storing weapons cast the spell after hitting, if I recall:

Spell Storing: A spell storing weapon allows a spellcaster to store a single targeted spell of up to 3rd level in the weapon. (The spell must have a casting time of 1 standard action.) Any time the weapon strikes a creature and the creature takes damage from it, the weapon can immediately cast the spell on that creature as a free action if the wielder desires. (This special ability is an exception to the general rule that casting a spell from an item takes at least as long as casting that spell normally.)

So, the +3 would not be there nor would it be a touch attack, yes?

Edit #2 Also, I am a wee bit concerned the CR may be off seeing the rolls and basing it off of the spell storing item hunch. A +2 weapon is 8000gp, right? If he has that and is a normal 3rd level character (which is what I thought we would be up against and since the shocking grasp was 3d6), that is beyond wealth by level for a PC (2700gp) let alone an NPC (2500gp). This doesn't take into effect his enchanted armor, either.

All was explained and rectified. No worries!

[Darius]

Sum

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I deleted Sum's actions after taking a look at full-round actions (the enlarge person spell) and it would be a waste for him to try to cast enlarge person at this time with the barbarian half way across the room and Sum unable to move and cast the spell.

The following actions are based off of the cleric taking a dirt nap...

IC:
Sum moves to within 15' to C5 and reaches into his spell component pouch for some colored sand and flings it into the air towards his foe.

ooc: cast color spray, Will DC 16 (don't forget the -2 due to being shaken)

Color Spray Effects:

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2 HD or less
The creature is unconscious, blinded, and stunned for 2d4 rounds (2d4)[5], then blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds (1d4)[2], and then stunned for 1 round. (Only living creatures are knocked unconscious.)

3 or 4 HD
The creature is blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, then stunned for 1 round. (1d4)[3]

5 or more HD
The creature is stunned for 1 round.

[Shade Kerrin]

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1, I think we should have some sort of standard code for IC/OOC comments. That or an OOC thread.
2, Will there be signals for the start of each round?