Standing in the Balance (IC)

[JKTrickster]

Looking as his new allies were getting ready behind him, Iados gave himself some time to stretch. After all this was going to be his first workout in a very long while. Even with his manipulation over time, handling four experienced spellcasters was no easy task. But then again, what's the fun in things being easy?

Looking at the two armies, Iados realized that they would only get in the way. Flying down onto the floor, Iados raised his hand as a large clock symbol appeared in front of him. Suddenly a huge gust of wind burst forward, knocking the enemy army backwards. Smiling at his handiwork, he once again flew into the air. Holding his sword at the ready, Iados was prepared for anything.

Iados casts Cyclonic Blast on the ground, aimed at disrupting the enemy's front ranks. Then he flies back up to taunt those spellcasters some more

[Lonewolfe208]

Iados' Blast doesn't seem to have the desired effect, A few of the soldiers stagger and you see a few dark skinned elves break from their midst to attack the ground force.

As Iados begins to rise above his allies, he is suddenly struck at high speeds, sending him, and his attacker sideways through the air.

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Trickster, Make a Grapple check, as you flew back upwards you were football tackled in mid air by a creature that is moving insanely fast through the air. Demidos, it's your turn.

[JKTrickster]

Did the creature get past my miss chance?

If so, I have a Freedom of Movement buff on me and the grapple check automatically fails

Iados was surprised at the speed of the attacker; it had been a long time since anyone has been able to get that close to him. Still that meant that there was a potential for this fight to get dangerous. As the attacker tried to grab him, Iados speed himself up. Bending the time around him, Iados easily evaded the grab.

"Oooh that was close," he said as he smiled to the newcomer. "But you just need to be a little faster."

[Demidos]

Playing with the guardians of Time can be a dangerous endeavor, Flutter says, seemingly unfazed, his eyes glowing yellow and beginning to slit. His form shudders, and seems to grow, but in fact splits apart, revealing many copies of himself.

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Edit, urgent need to be elsewhere for the next two hours. Tldr, each copy flies down to the ground and hopefully kills a large amount of enemy mooks.

[Lonewolfe208]

As Flutter's copies descend on the enemies, they pull away layer after layer of fighters, revealing a pair of identical men, sitting back-to-back with axes that look to be almost 3 sizes too big for each of them to wield, on their laps. The air around these figures glow a violent red.

[Man on Fire]

"Lets get this party started!" nanny yells and charges at one of the men with the axes, ready to uneash fury of fists from hell.

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Pretty much all I said [url=http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=13473776&postcount=77]Here[url] again.

Attack rolls for single size increase, if enemy she charges is bigger, +1 to everything:
(1d20+53)[59]
(1d20+49)[51]
(1d20+43)[44]
(1d20+39)[57]
(1d20+18)[31]
(1d20+13)[22]

Damage rolls:
(4d6+5)[21]
(4d6+5)[19]
(4d6+5)[16]
(4d6+5)[23]
(4d6+5)[20]
(4d6+5)[23]

[Lonewolfe208]

"Lets get this party started!" nanny yells and charges at one of the men with the axes, ready to uneash fury of fists from hell.

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Pretty much all I said [url=http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=13473776&postcount=77]Here[url] again.

Attack rolls for single size increase, if enemy she charges is bigger, +1 to everything:
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]
[roll5]

Damage rolls:
[roll6]
[roll7]
[roll8]
[roll9]
[roll10]
[roll11]

The man staggers under your blows.

[greenpotato]

Appleleaf flys down and swarms around the two axemen, flashes of light spark from the swarm and strike one of the axe men

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Move down into the squares that the two axemen occupy and subject them both to a swarm attack for (5d6)[19]
Also hitting the one that nanny attacked with an eldritch glaive (d20+21)[32] vs touch and (17d6)[70] damage

[Lonewolfe208]

Nanny is faced with a menacing howl, as the axeman she struck swings his axe, from a sitting position, at her head.

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To hit
(1d20+76)[94]
(1d20+56)[62]
(1d20+46)[47]
(1d20+36)[55]

Damage if they hit:
(5d10+20)[51]
(5d10+20)[48]
(5d10+20)[49]
(5d10+20)[58]

[JKTrickster]

Hmm is that it? Nothing else happens? Okay let's see if I can get their attention...

Looking down, Iados saw that the enemy was beginning their counterattack. Looking around, Iados realized that it was a lot easier to stall for time instead of beating back the forces outright. The longer the battle was, the better it would be for the defending army. And without the giants and the wizards, it would be almost impossible for any of the army to actually get through.

Intentionally provoking the enemy army, Iados hoped to draw their attention away from directly attacking the main camp. Flying overhead, he waved his sword several times in the air. "I'm right here!" he said with a smile.

[Lonewolfe208]

Masses of arrows and other projectiles fly at Iados, And the winged creature makes another pass at you.

[JKTrickster]

Uh....rolls?

[Lonewolfe208]

As Iados puts himself in the line of fire, thousands of arrows fly true in the sky, aimed directly at the time lord. Many miss their mark, but some hit home.

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Arrow damage.
(40d8)[205]

Down below, The axemen begin to chant, one begins to glow red, whilst the other glows blue. The red axeman swings his giant blade into the ground, causing a wall of fire to erupt between Nanny and himself.

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Nanny, Roll reflex to jump out of the way.

[Man on Fire]

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Reflex Save (1d20+31)[32]. Also, Orcish Juggernaut has sava against all magical damage (even if they don't allow one), if this attack qualifies, fort save (1d20+41)[45]

[JKTrickster]

Thousand of arrows fly through the air, clotting out the sky around Iados. It formed a heavy cloud above him, threatening to fall down and strike him out of the sky. Against any other man this would be a formidable challenge, and even likely to be a fatal death. But Iados isn't dumb nor is he rash; he would never put himself in a precarious situation.

Even as the arrows whizzed past him, Iados didn't move an inch. It seemed like he knew exactly where he should stand in the sky so the arrows would just fly right by him. But even as some of the arrows seemed to find their mark, they would suddenly slow down, slowly disintegrating into dust before they could even reach him. Small concentric white clocks appeared around him as more and more of the arrows dissolved into midair.

Turning around to face his real opponent, Iados smiled. "Now, there's no need to be rash. I'm only here to talk after all. Why don't you tell your leader to remove your troops first as a token of goodwill?"

[Lonewolfe208]

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Reflex Save [roll0]. Also, Orcish Juggernaut has sava against all magical damage (even if they don't allow one), if this attack qualifies, fort save [roll1]

Nanny barely jumps out of the way of the arrows, suffering some minor burns as she moved.

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Take 40 points of damage, and Everyone take a round of actions.

[Lonewolfe208]

Thousand of arrows fly through the air, clotting out the sky around Iados. It formed a heavy cloud above him, threatening to fall down and strike him out of the sky. Against any other man this would be a formidable challenge, and even likely to be a fatal death. But Iados isn't dumb nor is he rash; he would never put himself in a precarious situation.

Even as the arrows whizzed past him, Iados didn't move an inch. It seemed like he knew exactly where he should stand in the sky so the arrows would just fly right by him. But even as some of the arrows seemed to find their mark, they would suddenly slow down, slowly disintegrating into dust before they could even reach him. Small concentric white clocks appeared around him as more and more of the arrows dissolved into midair.

Turning around to face his real opponent, Iados smiled. "Now, there's no need to be rash. I'm only here to talk after all. Why don't you tell your leader to remove your troops first as a token of goodwill?"

The creature, which you can only make out as a giant were-bat with a humanoid body, Hisses, and spits a bowl of acid at you.

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Roll Reflex to dodge the acid, and take an action if your save is above 65.

[JKTrickster]

Iados was ready to act even before the were-bat has spat out the ball of acid. All of a sudden Iados seemed to glow with a glaring light. He moved way too fast for the naked eye to see, leaving afterimages in his place. It seemed like he had suddenly appeared everywhere at once, before the afterimages collapsed together into a single Iados.

Smiling, he twirled his clockwork blade. "You'll have to do much better than that. You're still much, much too slow." Even as Iados was speaking his body was vibrating slightly in place, as if he was too fast to occupy only a single space in time.

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Reflex Save to see if I get that action

(d20+75)[86]

EDIT: Looks like I get that action

Raising one of his hands, a white glowing clock pulsed outwards toward the were-bat. Suddenly it seemed even slower than before; there was no doubt that it would never be able to deal with Iados now. Even the area around Iados seemed to slow down, as if the whole was mired in a thick morass that stopped it from moving as fast as it should be able to.

Iados uses his action to activate his Slow SLA. The Were-Bat must make a DC 50 Will Save or be Paralyzed. Immunity to Paralysis does not prevent this effect. Also if they fail the save, they are Flat Footed, but immunity against Flat Footed can prevent this effect.

Furthermore, Iados is surrounded in an Aura of Slow (range: 80 feet). Anyone that is not affected by Slow must make a new save in the beginning of their turn, including the Were-bat if it makes its first save.

[Man on Fire]

Nanny was badly hurt, but it didn't seemed to have really mattered. Her rage seemed to only increase, it that was even possible and to everybody's suprise, as she yelled in fury, her wounds started to close themselves, like the power of her fury wa burning them away.

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Heling Anger - reduce duration of the rage by one turn to heal 2d6 points of damage. Used 3 times, so I cannot use it anymore*. (2d6)[7] (2d6)[2] (2d6)[9]

* - need to remember to clear the describtion of that ability, the way it is now it doesn't even count as an action. Remind me to do it after the fight so I wont abuse it again.

Furious woman decides to change tactics and tries to grab the axeman who had hurt her by leg, and pull him in the air.

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Grapple
Touch attack (1d20+53)[62]
Grapple check (1d20+47)[53]

Got Ya! abbility allows me to use opponent I caught in grapple as improvised weapon. To quote:

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Got ya!: At fourth level if the orcish juggernaut makes a successful grapple check against a smaller opponent he may use his target as an improvised weapon, taking all usual penalties. To get free the opponent must make successful Escape Artist check or grapple check, choosing higher of the two, against juggernaut’s grapple check, which he may attempt at the beginning of every turn. After every successful attack with this improvised weapon, the opponent suffers damage equal the damage dealt to the attack’s target. If the opponent is dead, after every successful attack make Fortitude save with DC 5 x number of successful attacks used with him as a weapon – if it fails, the body breaks apart and is useless.

If succesfull, Nanny attacks the other axe guy with the one she caught, trying to slam him. Attack rolls with already counting bonuses and -4 penalty

attack rolls:
(1d20+28)[47]
(1d20+23)[29]
(1d20+18)[34]

[Lonewolfe208]

Running through the fire, Nanny feels her giant hand close around one of the axemen, emerging in flames, the giant berserker roars in rage.

[Demidos]

Flutter swoops and turns to help his fellow Timekeeper, speeding up his own personal time so as to counteract the effect used by his friend. Appearing next to the were-bat in a shower of silver, he gestured with his hands, and a stream of translucent daggers flowed from his hands, thunking repeatedly into the were-bat's form.

Sorry 'feathers, but we are the Soldiers of the Gods. You cannot interfere here.

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Using Time Shenanigans to grant myself an extra standard action (treated as hasted), using expanded time travel to move 15 feet from the were-bat, full-attacking the werebat

Attacks
(1d20+35)[48]
(1d20+30)[31]
(1d20+25)[35]
Damage (respectively)
[roll]13d6+10d6+33[/roll]
[roll]13d6+10d6+33[/roll]
[roll]13d6+10d6+33[/roll]

[Lonewolfe208]

The were-bat falls backwards, tumbling out of the sky before crashing into the ground.

The axeman in nannies grasp struggles to break free from her hand whilst his ally swings his black axe at nanny.

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Escape artist check for next round:
(1d20+44)[57]

To hit with black axe:
(1d20+56)[62]
(1d20+50)[59]

Damage if hit:
(3d12+30)[54]
(3d12+30)[54]

[Man on Fire]

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First of all, grapple check opposed to escape artist (1d20+47)[64]

Nanny roars in pain. As she yells, her body turns into soild steel. Now, as metallic monster, she unleashes her fury on axeman.

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Unbreakable War Machine ability - gets all effects of Iron Body spell as if casted by somebody of 20th level.

If she's still holding Axeman, she attacks nearest opponents around with him (he takes equal number of damage), attack rolls:

[roll]1d20+42[roll]
(1d20+37)[47]
(1d20+32)[51]
(1d20+27)[41]

Damage rolls - I noticed I should write what dice use to roll improvised damae with this weapon, how about using 2d6 or 2d8? Tell me which sounds better for me and I'll roll.

If guy escaped, Nanny attacks him with Flurry of blows

(1d20+62)[72]
(1d20+54)[70]
(1d20+50)[53]
(1d20+44)[58]
(1d20+23)[38]
(1d20+18)[28]

damage rolls
(3d8+5)[20]
(3d8+5)[18]
(3d8+5)[22]
(3d8+5)[24]
(3d8+5)[25]
(3d8+5)[16]

[JKTrickster]

Looking down, Iados frowned as he saw Nanny suddenly turn into a being of steel. While it was an impressive feat, he doubted that it meant she was completely in control of the situation. While he and Flutter had easily taken care of the winged creature, they had accidentally left Nanny all alone. Shaking his head, he reprimanded himself for making such a bad mistake.

"Nanny! Let me help you!" he said as he began twirling his blade. With a shout he swung and let go, sending it flying towards the axemen. The blade magically flew through the air, cutting a swath through the two axemen (even the one Nanny was holding) and any of the surrounding enemies. As it spun around, it flew back into Iados' hands.

Looking outward, he realized that Nanny could be in deep trouble if she didn't retreat soon. He doubted that this was even a fraction of the Ardanians' forces. "Nanny retreat first to get those wounds of yours treated. There are just too many of them. I'll cover you." he said as he dropped to the ground.

Okay so Iados uses both of his Standard Actions to cast an Empowered, Sculpted Whirling Blade. He also uses Full Power Attack on them, taking a -20 penalty for a +40 to damage. That should be fun.

These attacks resolve as Melee Touch Attacks and use my Int instead of Strength to hit so they should hit for a ton. The spell is sculpted to be four ten feet by ten feet sqaures, so they should hit all the enemies surrounding Nanny, including both of the axemen.

Attack rolls

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(d20+38)[53]

(d20+38)[45]

(d20+38)[57] (if needed for anyone else unlucky enough to be too close)

Damage rolls

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(1d6+98)[99]

(1d6+98)[99]

(1d6+98)[103]

And then he uses his move action to fly down to the ground.

[JKTrickster]

Sorry I missed these rolls

Attack

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(d20+38)[42]

(d20+38)[44]

(d20+38)[55]

Damage

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(d6+98)[99]

(d6+98)[103]

(d6+98)[99]

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In case it wasn't obvious, the first Melee Touch Attack and Damage rolls of each post are targeted at the first Axemen. The second set of both posts are targeted at the second Axemen.

The third set is just in case there was anyone within 20-30 ft of Nanny Grunch at the time. That would be for them. Otherwise just ignore it.

[Lonewolfe208]

The first axeman struggles under your blows, taking a moment to touch something on his arm. You see his wounds begin to disappear.

As for the other axeman, you strike at shadows, and you see him laughing a good 10 feet away from you.

[Demidos]

The second axeman laughs at Iados, but not for long, as daggers of force suddenly appear from a coldly smiling Flutter, who appears right before him.

"Oops."

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Attack
(1d20+35)[36]
(1d20+30)[46]
(1d20+25)[28]
(23d6+33)[102]
(23d6+33)[115]
(23d6+33)[101]

[Man on Fire]

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"To hell with this!" Nanny yells and starts swinging around with Axeman in her hands, and then throws him high and far in the air.

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I don't even know what kind of roll is for that.

She then picks up a wand from her pocket and throws it to Iados
"Heal me up, pretty please." She says quite nicely for somebody with maniacal grin on her face.

[JKTrickster]

Iados laughed at Nanny's actions. Watching the axemen fly high into the air, he grinned and twirled the wand in his hand. "No problem I'll get right to it," he said with a smile.

That's probably a strength check of some sort?

I'm guessing its a wand of some kind right? In case I need to

Use Magic Device

(d20+27)[38]