The Last Paladin IC (Frosty)

[Maquise]

Your thrust impales a schir, which then melts into a smouldering mound of sludge which then seeps into the earth, disappearing. The remaining three attack again, without success.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 47/60 + x healing  AC: 20  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 55/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

The paladin keeps at it, hoping that this first kill will snowball into a quick victory. Trombe also keeps on distracting the schirs for his rider.

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack a schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[20]
Damage: (2d6+4)[4][5](13)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[17]

[Maquise]

The fight continues, seeming to swing in your favor. You wound a schir, and they are unable to land a blow on you.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 47/60 + x healing  AC: 20  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 55/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

Schirs...why did it have to be schirs. Karrin is already developing a hatred for them. At the least incubus had the decency to die quickly. More slashing!

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack a schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[32]
Damage: (2d6+4)[2][5](11)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[23]

[Frosty]

Crit confirm
Attack (+1 high ground, +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[27]
Damage: (2d6+4)[1][3](8)

[Maquise]

Your blow staggers your mark. The schirs rally, but to no avail; you remain unscathed.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 47/60 + x healing  AC: 20  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 55/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

Surprised that her graceful slice didn't finish off another schir, she tries again!

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack a schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[17]
Damage: (2d6+4)[6][5](15)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[17]

[Maquise]

You just miss a killing blow. The schirs' retaliate viciously.

Take 15 damage.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 32/60 + x healing  AC: 20  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 55/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

Mustn't overextend! With blood dripping down her cheeks, she slices once again!

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack a schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[31]
Damage: (2d6+4)[6][1](11)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[24]

[Frosty]

Crit confirm
Attack (+1 high ground, +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[23]
Damage: (2d6+4)[1][1](6)

[Maquise]

Another schir is destroyed. The remaining two seem to rethink their strategy, instead attacking Trombe.

Trombe takes 21 damage.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 32/60  AC: 20  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 34/55  AC: 19  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

(If Trombe gets hit, Ride check for Mounted Combat feat to protect Trombe: (1d20+9)[16])
Trombe, surprised from all the punishment he just receives, starts backing off just a bit, fighting more defensively than before while still trying to be somewhat of a distraction.

"No one hurts me steed!" *stab*

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack a schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[26]
Damage: (2d6+4)[3][6](13)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another (-4 Fight Defensively): (1d20+3)[6] (Aid attempt failed)

[Maquise]

You wound the offending fiend, but take a halberd blow to the stomach.

Take 12 damage.
Fort (DC 25): (d20+11)[30] OR
Sickened for (d4)[1] rounds.
Sickened for 1 round.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 20/60  AC: 20 + 4 vs one schir  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  Smite Evil vs unhurt Schir, LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 34/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

(Ride Check for Mounted Combat (1d20+9)[18]
Taking a mighty blow to the gut, Karrin is forced to ask for divine aid to bolster her defenses somewhat. She tries to return the favor to the wounded schir's gut.

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Swift Action: Smite Evil vs the unwounded Schir (+4 AC vs it)
Standard Action: Attack the wounded schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[13]
Damage: (2d6+4)[1][2](7)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[11]

[Maquise]

You skirmish, neither side gaining quarter.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 20/60  AC: 20 + 4 vs one schir  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  Smite Evil vs unhurt Schir, LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 34/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

(Ride Check for Mounted Combat feat (1d20+9)[16]
Maybe there is something to be said about employing a shield. These low-ranking demons are proving very tough. If Karrin can't even fight these off with confidence, how can she destroy the generals of the lower planes? The paladin swings again

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack the wounded schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[22]
Damage: (2d6+4)[4][1](9)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[26]

[Maquise]

Your blow staggers the fiend, whose retaliation only lightly injures you.

Take 5 damage.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 15/60  AC: 20 + 4 vs one schir  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  Smite Evil vs unhurt Schir, LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 34/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

(Ride Check for Mounted Combat feat (1d20+9)[16]
"Just...DIE...ALREADY..." says Karrin through gritted, and bloodied teeth. Give her an Incubus to fight any day!

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack the wounded schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[16]
Damage: (2d6+4)[4][3](11)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[21]

[Maquise]

You are still locked in combat, neither side gaining an edge.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 15/60  AC: 20 + 4 vs one schir  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  Smite Evil vs unhurt Schir, LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 34/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

(Ride Check for Mounted Combat feat (1d20+9)[19]
If it weren't for the multiple stab wounds, Karrin would actually be bored by now. Trombe can't even pierce the schirs' tough hides reliable, and thus is reduced to being a distraction, and Karrin's sword arm is getting tired. The paladin attempts a downward slice to split the schir down the middle.

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack the wounded schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[25]
Damage: (2d6+4)[3][3](10)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[21]

[Maquise]

(Sorry, I thought I posted.)
Your blow strikes the fiend's horns, but still leaves a nasty blow. You parry their retaliatory strikes.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 15/60  AC: 20 + 4 vs one schir  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  Smite Evil vs unhurt Schir, LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 34/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

(Ride Check for Mounted Combat feat (1d20+9)[28]
"Why...is...this...one...so...tough!?" says Karrin through gritted teeth as she swings!

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Karrin:
Power Attack: off
Standard Action: Attack the wounded schir
Attack (+1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another): (1d20+12)[24]
Damage: (2d6+4)[5][1](10)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[22]

[Maquise]

Your final blow obliterates the foe. The last schir hesitates for a moment.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 15/60  AC: 20 + 4 vs one schir  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  Smite Evil vs Schir, LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 34/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

(Ride Check for Mounted Combat feat (1d20+9)[26]
With only one left, Karrin tries to finish this in just 2 blows or less if possible, wanting to get back to the others. After all, she does have divine guidance vs this one.

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Karrin:
Power Attack: -2/+6
Standard Action: Attack last schir
Attack (+4 Smite Evil, +1 high ground, possible +2 Aid Another, -2 PA): (1d20+14)[19]
Damage: (2d6+15)[4][3](22)

Trombe:
Standard Action: Aid another to give Karrin +2 attack
Aid Another: (1d20+7)[8]

[Maquise]

Your attack sends the schir reeling. It withdraws and flees.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 27/60  AC: 20 + 4 vs one schir  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  LoH 4/6, Bless Weapon

Trombe
HP: 46/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

Taking but a few seconds to refresh herself and Trombe, the Paladin quickly steers Trombe back towards the rest of the group. "Gallop quickly, Trombe! Ride like the wind!"

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Channel Positive Energy to heal herself and Trombe: (3d6)[2][6][4](12)

[Maquise]

You ride over the plains to where you left the villagers. Mirabelle and Lyanna stand in front of the gulley that the prisoners hide in. The dretchs swarm towards them.

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Init:
Karrin: (d20+1)[19]
Mirabelle: (d20+1)[10]
Lyanna: (d20+2)[4]
Dretches: (d20)[10]
Prisoners: (d20)[2]

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 27/60  AC: 20 + 4 vs one schir  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  Charging, LoH 4/6

Trombe
HP: 46/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:

Seeing her friends alright for now, Karrin breathes a sigh of relief. Still, her work is not yet done today. She spurs Trombe, and they charge forward to strike with her lance and then runs past a dretch!

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Karrin:
Power Attack: -2/+6
Full-Round Action: Charge Dretch with lance at 18-O then Ride-by-Attack to 14-T
Attack: (+2 Charge, +1 High Ground, -2 PA): (1d20+10)[12]
Damage (Spirited Charge x3): (3d8+30)[37]

[Maquise]

The demon ducks to the side, just avoiding your lance.

Three of the dretches form a line in front of you. They in unison spew a cloud of noxious fumes which encompasses you.

Fort (DC 13):
Karrin: (d20+11)[14]
Trombe: (d20+11)[12]

Trombe is nauseated.

The remaining dretches turn to Mirabelle, and a dark wave descends upon her. She turns and flees. Lyanna steps up in her place.

[Frosty]

Karrin Ye
HP: 27/60  AC: 20  Saves: 11F / 7R / 7W
Conditions:  LoH 2/6

Trombe
HP: 46/55  AC: 17  Saves: 11F / 10R / 6W
Conditions:  Nauseated

Trombe stumbles from side to side, obviously too affected to to any coordinated charging. "Damn you, dretches. Feel the wrath of my lance!"

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Karrin:
Power Attack: -2/+6
Free Action: Nudge Trombe to 5ft step forward to 13-S/14-T
Attack: (+1 High Ground, -2 PA): (1d20)[1]
Damage (+6 PA): (1d8+10)[7](17)