DrK's Gestalt Game IC

[Tombs]

Amy pulls out a fragment of onyx, finely inscribed with an impossible repeating geometric pattern then she focuses on the waves of magic flowing around the battlefield, using her enchanted ring to bring them into sharp focus, looking for all evidence of spellcasting signifying a magical ambush.

So ... to be clear. We lose this, and the world ends? Right?

Looking troubled, like there she is wrestling with some dreadful decision, Amy pulls out silver coin, makes a fist around it and mutters a word of power. It crumbles to dust which she throws in the air around Airn, chanting softly. The dust floats into an unknown holy symbol before crackling with power then blowing away on the breeze. Airn glows a faint blue colour.

Spoiler

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Cast Protection from Evil on Airn.

[Mark_L]

X17 crouches low behind his tower shield, sword poised anticipating the explosion of violence to come.....

[DrK]

There is a flickering across the small glade as the strange fey summoned veil of illusion crumbles and fades away revealing a surprised looking party of sinister looking adventurers on the far side of the clearing a bare 100ft away from where you are clustered. THe other party is a motley collection of evil doers - a pair of sinister looking veiled warriors, lithe and wrapped in shadowy cloths, a hulking efreeti genie with a massive curved blade mounted atop a massive rearing black fiendish six legged mount, a large blue skinned wing devil and a pallid cleric in a long purple robe clutching a mace of office in one hand the the other hand an ancient artifact of evil, long, weathered and beyond dead the cruel and powerful Hand of VECNA!

They look up in shock, a muttered curse in Ignan as they see you suddenly. All hands leap towards weapons as all ready for battle!


INIT

Amy, Baevard
EVIL PARTY
the rest

they are 100ft apart

[redzimmer]

Airn

"At them, my friends! Let not their fool greed doom the world!"

The half-dragon wades in quickly, ready to strike the nearest foe.

Spoiler: Statz

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Airn the Fool
Male LG Half-Bronze Dragon Human Monk/Paladin, Level 13/12+3 LA, Init 1, HP 76/93, DR 5/Magic, Speed 70
AC 31, Touch 18, Flat-footed 30, Fort 20, Ref 20, Will 24, Base Attack Bonus 12/7/2
Sanctified Unarmed Claw Strike (-) (All +2) +21/+16/+11 (2d6+6, x2)
Sanctified Bite (-) (+2 heroism) +21/+16/+11 (1d6+6, x2)
Line of Lightning Breath Weapon (1/day) DC 13 (10 + racial human hd4 /2 + CON bonus) (6d8, -)
Faith. Also, Scales (+8 Armor, +1 Dex, +2 Deflect, +5 Natural, +5 Misc)
Abilities Str 18, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 14, Wis 20, Cha 21
Condition Endure Elements
Sustenance
Mind Shielding
Damage reduction 5/magic
Greater Sustenance
Energy resistance 5
Immunity to Electricity
Diamond Body
Holy Radiance, Nimbus of Light
Diamond Soul (SR 23)
+6 save vs fear, 60 minutes
Protection From Evil, Mass
Aura of Glory: +2 sacred bonus on all Bluff, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Intimidate, and Turn Undead 6 minutes
Find the Gap: One melee or ranged attack per round ignores target's armor, shield, and natural armor bonuses (including any enhancement bonuses) 6 rounds
Divine Favor: (+2 luck bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls) 1 minute
Paladin CL 6

[Tombs]

Getting no answer from her friends, Amy pockets the runestone looking slightly relieved.

We need to separate them and hit them individually.

She mutters a few words, reaching deep within to the raw eldritch power there. A few flakes of snow fall on the party and the air grows cold. Across the clearing, the ground rips apart and great tentacles emerge. As they reach for the evil adventurers, Amy stares at the group, trying to work out their roles in that party.

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Cast Chilling Tentacles.

Grapple checks, enough for everyone if they can all be hit:
(1d20+23)[31]
(1d20+23)[31]
(1d20+23)[31]
(1d20+23)[37]
(1d20+23)[34]

Everyone in the area also takes (2d6)[9] cold damage

Looking around, Amy is particularly trying to spot the party arcane caster and rogue (if there is one) - ie those who aren't big-hp, big fort meatshields.

[DrK]

The black tentacles lash out grabbing both of the lithe veiled and shadowy figures in their tight embrace. The massive hulking winged demon bulls his way out the tentacles as does the effreet and his strange mount. THe cleric just walks free, untouched by the grasping tendrils. As the party launch their attacks the enemies moves slowly. THe blue demon walking out the evards advancing some 30ft, with its massive spiked chain draggnig behind it as it summons a powerful magic circle against good to ward it and its allies.

Both of the veiled figures vanish and appear beside the devil in poffs if dark smoke as they dimension step their way to freedom. THe effreet and its starnge mount trots up to forma line with the devil and the monks, a crackling sheet of fire erupting in a ring around the heroes, the black flames crackling with evil energy.

Spoiler: Corrupt Wall of Fire

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Ring around the party (2d4)[5] dam. Half fire, half "evil"

Darl Quethos himself walks forward unharmed through the tentacles joining his allies (behind them) the hand of Venca glows black as he touches his holy symbol summoning "something" as a shimmering form begins to appear on the other side of the ring.

Spoiler: Summoning

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He's casting Summon IX!

go go party

[redzimmer]

Airn

The blue demon repulses Airn with its very existence.

Shrugging off the flames, he readied himself to face whatever evil come forth first.

Spoiler: So. An invisible wall, eh?

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Resist 5 of the Fire half of that, hold action until something is within punch range.

[Starbin]

Alyssa

Alyssa watched as the creatures moved in, almost smirking as she felt the summoning spell calling something powerful. She raised a hand to forestall Amy’s counterspell, trusting her own protections. Innstead, she must focus on the threats at hand. A quick motion to the huge earth elemental sent it sinking into the ground, laying in wait ...

Then she cast another spell, calling forward billowing, caustic clouds. "The acidic fog should slow the others down ..."

Spoiler: Actions

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Earth elemental will attack DQ if it can reach him and attack w/o being in the acid fog (30’ move). Power attack 5 Slam - (1d20+15)[25], Dam - (2d10+14)[24]
Cast acid fog (no save /SR). Dam - (2d6)[5], obscuring visibility and reducing speed to 5’
Celestial brilliance (w/in 120’) Dam - (1d6)[6] vs undead, Dam - (2d6)[12] vs evil outsiders

Spoiler: Status

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HPs: 89/91; AC: 27; F +21 / R +24 / W +26
Turn undead 6/6; Smite spell 1/3; Armband 2/3; Choker 2/3
Active effects
celestial brilliance (120' light, dam vs undead/outsiders; 7 days - currently masked with my holy symbol)
heart of earth (+26 hps, +8 vs trip/etc; sacrifice for stoneskin; 13 hrs)
perfect summons (only good versions summoned, 40' radius; 13 hrs)
prying eyes (16 eyes, 14 hours)
Phantom steed (13 hrs - for the warforged)
Spell resistance 26 (14 minutes)
Death ward (14 min)
Huge earth elemental (12 rounds)
Group spells
Mass Fire resistance 30 (110 min)
Mass Conviction (+4 morale saving throws)
Mass Electricity resistance 30 (110 min)
Cloak of bravery (+6 vs fear; 29min)

Spoiler: Divine Spells (CL 14)

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0 (6): detect magic, detect magic, light, light, amanuensis, message
1 (7+1): protection from evil, protection from evil, shield of faith, shield of faith, protection from chaos, lesser vigor, lesser vigor, burning hands
2 (7+1): resist energy, resist energy, consecrate, lesser restoration, lesser restoration, remove paralysis, elation, detect thoughts
3 (5+1): dispel magic, dispel magic, remove curse, mass resist energy, tongues, clairaudience/clairvoyance
4 (5+1): restoration, spell immunity, death ward, death ward, undead weapon bane, divination
5 (4+1): disrupting weapon, flame strike, wall of magma, plane shift, true seeing
6 (4+1): heal, heal, undeath to death, rejection, bolt of glory
7 (2+1): righteous smite; holy word, sunbeam

Spoiler: Arcane Spells (CL 14)

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0 (4+1): caltrops, silent portal, silent portal, prestidigitation, acid splash
1 (6+1): lesser orb of fire, lesser orb of fire, true casting, true casting, benign transposition, benign transposition, mage armor
2 (6+1): alter self, scorching ray, scorching ray, seeking ray, invisibility, levitate, web
3 (5+1): fireball, unluck, fly, scorching ray (split), greater mage armor, stinking cloud
4 (5+1): mass whelm, assay spell resistance, orb of fire, perfect summons, heart of earth, summon monster IV
5 (4+1): prying eyes, firebrand, teleport, mass fire shield, wall of stone
6 (4+1): globe of invulnerability, arcane conversion, sculpted arc of lightning, ray of light, acid fog
7 (2+1): reverse gravity, waves of exhaustion, summon monster VII

[Mark_L]

X17 opens a familiar looking scroll, as he reads a faint rumbling sounds as his form shimmers...

Spoiler: Actions

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Giant size again. Can’t keep pulling these though, they’re mega expensive!!

[Tombs]

Amy moves away from Alyssa, but not before the cleric feels a surge of powerful necromantic power start to form around the elf, as if she started summoning the energy to cast a powerful death spell and ferociously stamped it back down.

Instead Amy traces intricate lines in the air and strands of transmutation burn in the air in front of her before the form of the nearest warrior seems to shimmer and warp.

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Move into space, to protect against an AoE attack
Cast Baleful Polymorph on the closer of the "monks" (fort vs dc23)

In case I need a SR roll: (d20+15)[32]

[DrK]

Power swirls across the meadow, the wall of force crackling as a vast green cloud erupts around the evil party hiding them and their baleful features from view. Insude the ring of fire X17 expands hugely as his scroll expends its power and Amy's blast of baleful magic is resisted by the enemy monk.

Even as flames and acidic clouds descend a pair of massive 15ft long dire tigers appear behind Amy and Alyssa, initially red and spiked there is a cloud of sparks as Alyssa's spells dlam into the dark summons and like they are being dipped in paint the red scales and long barbed claws shimmer and transform into gleaming white fur and golden claws, both celestial dire tigers snarling, unsure of what is happening!

Within the cloud the hulking blue winged devil lies exposed and the genie atop his six legged mount sits with his head and shoulders out of the top of the fog cloud like an obscure cake decoration!

The blue devil gestures at the party and vanishes, appearing a second later in the midst of you all, spiked chain and claws lashing out with savage powerful blows! As he bites at Alyssa whips X17 with its chain from a mere 10ft away.

Spoiler: horned devil

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Quicken teleport
Chain X17 (1d20+25)[38] dam (2d6+19)[24] DC 27 fort or stunned [roll]1d4[/rounds]
Chain X17 (1d20+20)[24] dam (2d6+19)[25] DC 27 fort or stunned [roll]1d4[/rounds]
Chain X17 (1d20+15)[21] dam (2d6+19)[29] DC 27 fort or stunned [roll]1d4[/rounds]

Tail Amy (1d20+22)[30] dam (1d8+8)[14] infernal wound bleed 2/round
Bite Alyssa (1d20+22)[32] dam (2d8+8)[19]

The efreeti curses as he is restrained by the fog, gesturing as the fireball erupts in the middle of you all in a puff of blackened fire.

Spoiler: Corrupt fireball

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(10d6)[32] Ref DC 22 for half. Half fire, half corrupt
SR (1d20+15)[31] if needed

Within the cloud, it's impossible to see what Darl Quethos or the monks do... But you can be sure it's not good!

[Mark_L]

The devil’s chain scrapes harmlessly across X17’s armour, the towering robot mirthlessly chuckling, red eyes gleaming.

TIME TO DIE

He swings his huge blade in 4 dreadful arcs, but his actions seem to be more measured than previous headlong charges.

Spoiler: Actions

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Attacks miss but X17 would be unaffected by the stun anyway as the banner of storms eye provides stun immunity.

Full attack, attempting to slam the devil repeatedly into the wall of force if possible with a knock back on each attack. If I understand correctly it was ~30’ away to begin with, and my new size and reach are 20’x20’ and 20’ respectively, so give a 5ft and the devils size should be all good as long as the orientation works.. and diagonal push should help if it isn’t perfect.
If I risk pushing it out of reach, then I won’t use knockback.

Attack bonus
BAB: +15
Base STR: +4
Giant STR: +12
Giant Size: -4
DP STR: +3
+4 Weapon: +4
Power attack (10): -10
Total attack = +27/27/22/17

Sword damage:
Base weapon: 5d6
STR (48=18+24+6): +28
+4 Weapon: +4
Power Attack (10): +20
Total: 5d6 +52

Bull rush:
STR (48): +19
Size: +12
IMP: +4
Expert: +5
Total: +40

Dungeon crasher damage:
Base: 8d6
STR (48): 57
Total: 8d6 +57

Attack 1
Attack: (1d20+27)[43] for (5d6+52)[66]
Bullrush: (1d20+40)[46] for (8d6+57)[85]
Attack 2
Attack: (1d20+27)[46] for (5d6+52)[78]
Bullrush: (1d20+40)[46] for (8d6+57)[87]
Attack 3
Attack: (1d20+22)[35] for (5d6+52)[71]
Bullrush: (1d20+40)[50] for (8d6+57)[95]
Attack 4
Attack: (1d20+17)[29] for (5d6+52)[72]
Bullrush: (1d20+40)[44] for (8d6+57)[86]

[redzimmer]

Airn

Spoiler: Improved Evasion + 20 Ref. Bet I roll >2

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(1d20+20)[30]

Airn senses the hellish fire before he sees it, and nimbly rolls with the force often explosion.

The fire washes over his holy scales.

Granting himself a satisfied smirk, Airn calls out to the Vecnan monks,

"Come, champions! You shame your master cowering from me!"

Awaiting an attack, the half-dragon calmly goes through his kata.