[3.5] Ryclend Deephold

[Gryndel]

Rd 1...

Drynch moves forward (F-G, 12-13), axe and shield ready. When he sees the spectral sorcerer and Rukesh unable to move, he growls, "Foul undead, your unholy existence is near the end."

He casts Flame Strike, engulfing the enemy in divine fire.

A second spectral shape materializes above Drynch, seeming to float down through the balcony (H 12). It reaches out toward the dwarf, who ducks aside just in time to avoid the attack.

A third spectre appears through the wall next to Halad (D 19) and tries to grasp the elf. Alert and agile, the ranger dodges the attack.

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Start rd 2 Rukesh gets another save...

Flame Strike
Damage (9d6)[23]
Refl DC 19 = 1/2 (1d20+8)[24]

OOC: The arrows are magical (due to Arcane Archer) if that makes a difference...

It does, noted.

Initiative
Rukesh 23 (hold)
Spectral SorcererS1) 19
Halad 15
Drynch 13
Spectre2 13
Spectre3 4

Wounds
Drynch 38
Rukesh 9
Halad 13
Sorcerer 28

[Daryk]

Seeing no other way out of the ghostly figure's reach, Halad easily cleared the pit trap and dodged for the other side of the room (F14: 50' move, and can't fail the jump check). As he moved, the elf nocked two arrows, and let them fly simultaneously at the spirit that had cast a spell at them.

Using Many Shot:
To Hit: (1d20+12)[24]
Damage #1: (1d8+7)[9]
Damage #2: (1d8+7)[13]

[Grodech]

Round 2:

Rukesh DC 18 Will Save: (1d20+4)[9]

Just to clarify, in case he gets out of the hold, he can't reach the spectral sorcerer, correct?

[Gryndel]

Rd 2

Rukesh remains held in place.

The spectral sorcerer casts another spell, summoning a pair of Hell Hounds (E11, F11). It flies down and back through the passage and vanishes. The Hell Hounds attack Drynch with fiery breath (fire dmg total 11)

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The spectre would get AoO, and be able to move up to Halad anyway. Plus the sorceree's no longer there. Want to revise? Cooshee attack?

Initiative
Rukesh 23 (hold)
Spectral SorcererS1) 19
Hell Hounds 19
Halad 15
Drynch 13
Spectre2 13
Spectre3 4

Wounds
Drynch 49
Rukesh 9
Halad 13
Sorcerer 28

[Daryk]

OOC: Oh right... 5' squares, not 10'! Let's make it C10, and use the Many Shot on H1. I'll take the AoO, and Ryn (and Craban, by the expedient of simply hanging on) can keep up with Halad. I absolutely do NOT want the animals engaging specters. Hellhounds sure, but not specters. Speaking of which:

Ryn Attack vs. H1 (Ryn engaging from D11):
To Hit: (1d20+8)[14]
Damage: (1d8+5)[9]

Also speaking of which, Ryn has Evasion, and Craban has Improved Evasion. Do you want separate saves for them vs. the Fireball?

[Gryndel]

Yes, saves for both.

AoO (touch vs AC 17) (1d20+6)[13]
Damage (1d8)[6]

[Gryndel]

Rd 2

Halad moves away from the spectre, who fails to hit on the opportunity. The elf moves up next to Rukesh and fires a pair of arrows into the nearest Hell Hound (22 dmg).

Drynch grumbles deeper as the situation worsens, dismissing the Enlarge spell (now F 12). He rumbles his deep voice into invoking Divine Power into his form.

Both spectres close in on their target and attack again, neither having success.

Start of Rd 3 = Rukesh save...

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Initiative
Rukesh 23 (hold)
Spectral SorcererS1) 19
Hell Hounds 19
Halad 15
Drynch 13
Spectre2 13
Spectre3 4

Wounds
Drynch 49
Rukesh 9
Halad 15
Craban 13
Sorcerer 28
H1 24

Spells
Drynch Divine Power (+9 BaB, +6 Str, 8 Temp HP, rd 1/9)

S2 to G12, S3 to B11... BINGO!

[Daryk]

OOC: REF Saves, as requested:

Ryn (Evasion): (1d20+8)[26]
Craban (Improved Evasion): (1d20+10)[15]

Round 4:

Halad took a step back (to D9) and loosed three arrows into the specter looming over Rukesh, trusting Ryn to deal with the wounded hellhound.

To Hit #1 (w/Point Blank Shot): (1d20+17)[27]
Damage #1 (w/PBS): (1d8+7)[11]
To Hit #2 (w/PBS): (1d20+17)[18]
Damage #2 (w/PBS): (1d8+7)[15]
To Hit #3 (w/PBS): (1d20+12)[16]
Damage #3 (w/PBS): (1d8+7)[12]

Oh, and add two points of damage to H1... I forgot to add PBS to those arrows.

Ryn attack against H1:

To Hit: (1d20+8)[19]
Damage: (1d8+5)[7]

[Gryndel]

OOC: REF Saves, as requested:

Ryn (Evasion): [roll0]
Craban (Improved Evasion): [roll1]

Round 4:

Halad took a step back (to D9) and loosed three arrows into the specter looming over Rukesh, trusting Ryn to deal with the wounded hellhound.

To Hit #1 (w/Point Blank Shot): [roll2]
Damage #1 (w/PBS): [roll3]
To Hit #2 (w/PBS): [roll4]
Damage #2 (w/PBS): [roll5]
To Hit #3 (w/PBS): [roll6]
Damage #3 (w/PBS): [roll7]

Oh, and add two points of damage to H1... I forgot to add PBS to those arrows.

Ryn attack against H1:

To Hit: [roll8]
Damage: [roll9]

Ryn took no damage, Craban took 13 from the fireball.

Ok on the pbs dmg to H1.

[Grodech]

Round 3:

Rukesh DC 18 Will Save: (1d20+4)[19]

[Grodech]

IF he can act this round, Rukesh will take a route to the hellhounds that puts him in E10 without an aoo, and will attack H1.

Attack (evil outsider, I believe, which the sword is bane for): (1d20+17)[36]
Damage: (1d10+11)[16]
Bane Damage: (2d6)[3]

[Grodech]

Critical chance: (1d20+17)[35]
Additional damage if crit: (1d10+11)[21]

I don't think bane damage doubles in this case, but if it does add :(2d6)[6]

[Gryndel]

IF he can act this round, Rukesh will take a route to the hellhounds that puts him in E10 without an aoo, and will attack H1.

Attack (evil outsider, I believe, which the sword is bane for): [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Bane Damage: [roll2]

There's a spectre in B11, it'd get AoO.

You can keep the rolls if you attack it instead.

[Grodech]

It's not on the last map, so I wasn't aware of it. He will attack it instead. Reduce to hit and damage by 2 and ignore the bane damage as I don't think it's an evil outsider.

[Gryndel]

Sorry, thought I loaded this already...

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[Gryndel]

Rd 3

Rukesh breaks the paralyzing enchantment and attacks the spectre. He strikes a mighty blow on the undead (37 dmg).

The passage in the north wall suddenly fills in with solid stone.

The Hell Hounds attack, H1 on Ryn and H2 on Drynch. Both sets of fiery fangs clamp down on air or armor with no affect.

Halad...

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Initiative
Rukesh 23 (hold)
Spectral Sorcerer (S1) 19
Hell Hounds 19
Halad 15
Drynch 13
Spectre2 13
Spectre3 4

Wounds
Drynch 49
Rukesh 9
Halad 15
Craban 13
Sorcerer 28
H1 24
S3 37

Spells
Drynch Divine Power (+9 BaB, +6 Str, 8 Temp HP, rd 2/9)

[Daryk]

Seeing Rukesh ably defending himself once again, Halad shifted targets to help his animal companion against the Hellhound.

Attacks (Round 4):
Halad (from D9, all including PBS):
To Hit #1: (1d20+17)[30]
Damage #1: (1d8+7)[13]
To Hit #2: (1d20+17)[21]
Damage #2: (1d8+7)[11]
To Hit #3: (1d20+12)[28]
Damage #3: (1d8+7)[8]

Ryn:
To Hit: (1d20+8)[17]
Damage: (1d8+5)[10]

[Gryndel]

Halad's first arrow vanquishes the nearest Hell Hound. His next two arrows and Ryn's bite kill the other summoned hound.

Drynch swipes at the spectre, hitting twice (total 45 dmg).

That spectre touches Drynch (4 dmg, 2 negative levels), draning his life energy.

The other spectre touches Halad (2 dmg, 2 negative levels), draining his life energy.

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Initiative
Rukesh 23
Spectral Sorcerer (S1) 19
Halad 15
Drynch 13
Spectre2 13
Spectre3 4

Wounds
Drynch 49 (+4 temp HP, 2 neg lvls)
Rukesh 9
Halad 17 (2 neg lvls)
Craban 13
Sorcerer 28
S2 45 (+10 temp HP)
S3 37 (+10 temp HP)

Spells
Drynch Divine Power (+9 BaB, +6 Str, 8 Temp HP, rd 3/9)

H2 should be gone too

[Grodech]

Rukesh continues his attack on S3.

Attack 1: (1d20+15)[34]
Damage: (1d10+9)[14]

Speed attack: (1d20+15)[18]
Damage: (1d10+9)[14]

Attack 2: (1d20+10)[25]
Damage: (1d10+9)[15]

He also activates the 50% miss chance on his ring crystal.

Stats: AC 31 vs S3 (Dodge), HP 87/96
Condition: greater displacement - 50% miss chance

Note to self, Greater displacement remaining: 5 of 15 total

[Gryndel]

Crit chance on Attack 1?

Doesn't matter, its dead anyway. Want to move?

[Grodech]

Undead, so can't crit anyhow.

C9, D9, E9, F10

[Gryndel]

I think this is right now

[Daryk]

His aim less steady after the strike from the now vanquished specter, Halad fired three more arrows at the remaining one.

Attacks (Round 5):
Halad (from D9, all including PBS):
To Hit #1: (1d20+13)[16]
Damage #1: (1d8+7)[11]
To Hit #2: (1d20+13)[15]
Damage #2: (1d8+7)[13]
To Hit #3: (1d20+8)[27]
Damage #3: (1d8+7)[14]

Ryn retreats to the corner (B17) out of fireball radius from the rest of us.

[Gryndel]

Halad slays the second spectre with three arrows. The room falls quiet.

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Remember, the passage forward, where the sorcerer went, is now blocked by stone.

Wounds
Drynch 49 (+4 temp HP, 2 neg lvls)
Rukesh 9
Halad 17 (2 neg lvls)
Craban 13
Sorcerer 28

[Daryk]

Nocking another arrow, the elf called out, "So, do we stay, or go?"

[Grodech]

"There was three, right?" Rukesh asks. "Did we get them all?"

[Daryk]

"I think the third put that stone wall in our way... and it's not an obstacle to it," Halad said, bow still drawn.

[Grodech]

"Then we should probably head back, heal up and come back with something to get through that wall." He looks at the dwarf "Drynch?"

[Gryndel]

Drynch nods, "Aye, lets go."

He moves to the center of the room (E9), pulls out his key, and waits for the other two.

[Grodech]

Rukesh follows suit, in F9.