True Heroes, IC

[GameSpawn]

Hyacinth's bolt penetrates hits the cloaked character with an acidic hiss, shadowy energy spreading into his body. The man stumbles, but he manages to keep his place in his chant.

The warrior at the front of the group strikes furiously at the paladin, but the paladin's armor deflects the blow.

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Ixen's up.

[The Bandicoot]

Since attacking the sword-guy worked before, Ixen decides to continue doing so.

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Attack 1(1d20+13)[23]
Possible Crit Confirm 1 (1d20+13)[15]
Attack 2 (1d20+8)[9]
Possible Crit Confirm 2 (1d20+8)[27]
Damage 1 (1d4+1)[3]
Damage 2 (1d4+1)[3]

[GameSpawn]

Ixen's first attack strikes true, drawing blood from under his opponent's armor. The man jerks to the side in response, causing Ixen's second thrust to hit nothing but air.

The first cloaked figure sneers at Hyacinth and moves forward, aiming his bow at her, then turning at the last moment to fire on the warforged instead. His shaft flies true, striking where wing meets body in a well placed shot.

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Trygg, you take 14 damage before DR. Martha, Trygg, you two are up, then enemies.

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10												Paladin	Sword-Guy			Blonde Woman
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[DracoDei]

Martha bursts out of the backpack, and quickly sizes up the situation. She moves into position, and lines up a shot that would be sure to send most violators of her lair running, as she tries to drain away the very traits that allow them to be so abhorrent to her. Her jaws stretch open in the signature attack of a dragon, but nothing seems to emerge.

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Move Action: Fly to M13 and land.
Standard Action: 30' line of Pure Elemental Ennui straight north, striking "Sword Guy", Jopin, and "Cloak 1". Will DC 15 or take 1 point of Intelligence Drain, AND a separate Will DC 15 or take 1 point of Charisma Drain.

Cool-down on BW: [roll]1d4[roll]

OOC, I'm entirely aware that I would have done much better to get into melee, but Martha is used to permanent brain damage being something that has a tendency to cause foes to exercise the better part of valor, plus the ability to hit more than half the foes with her line is fairly tempting to her.

[DracoDei]

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BW cool-down(1d4)[4]

[Tempestfury]

Trygg hardly even flinches as the arrow strikes home into his flesh. Oh, it hurt like hell and he was sure it did quite a bit of damage, but he completely and utterly ignored it. Instead, he simply turned to the one that shot him, and retaliated with a beam of arcana energy. Sure that it would hurt his enemy more than the arrow hurt him.

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Attack vs Touch (1d20+5)[18]
Crit Confirmation (1d20+5)[18]
Damage (5d6)[22]

[GameSpawn]

Trygg's bolt of energy catches his foe square in the chest, staggering the man. Martha's breathe weapon causes the enemy warriors to wince, and Jopin cries out in pain.

As the cloaked figure finishes up his chant, a great black bear appears directly in front of Ixen. The cloaked man steps forward, gesturing once more, "Estorises. Casmiendia!" As he finishes, he touches the bear, whose muscles bulge in response. The creature lashes out furiously at Ixen with both teeth and claws. Though Ixen dodges most of the creature's attacks, one swipe of the claws connect, digging through the gaps in Ixen's armor and drawing blood.

Witnessing her allies response to the beige dragons breath, the blond woman pauses, looking. She, and her reflections, move south until she has a clear shot at the dragon. As one, the group raises their hands and a fiery ray arcs towards the little dragon. It catches her in her still open mouth. The pain is incredible.

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Ixen is hit once and takes 9 points of piercing and slashing damage.

Martha is hit once and takes 32 points of fire damage.

It's Heiros' turn.

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[Prehysterical]

Realizing that his comrades are in peril, the paladin seeks to swiftly end the threat in front of him. Another glowing slash swings through the air.

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Second use of smite evil
Attack roll: (1d20+13)[29]
Damage roll: (1d10+4)[5], +4 if evil
Crit Confirm: (1d20+13)[31]
Crit Damage: (1d10)[4]
Improved Smite: (1d6)[2] if evil
1 STR damage

[GameSpawn]

The paladin's blade cuts deep into his foe. The man drops to the ground, blood spilling out. Jopin lets out a cry of alarm and bends down to examine the dying man.

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1 down. Hyacinth, Ixen, you guys are up.

[Qwertystop]

Hyacinth continues to hover, and to fire at the cloaked figure.

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Realized I've been forgetting Rapid Shot. Oops.
Priority order of attacks: Cloak 2 > Cloak 1 > Blonde. So if one of the first two attacks takes out Cloak 2, the remainder go to Cloak 1, and if the first two attacks take out both of them, the third goes to the blonde. Note that attacks against Cloak 1 are in range for Point Blank Shot, so I get +1 to attack and damage if they're going for them.

First Attack: (1d20+14)[15], +2 if Magebane applies
Damage: (1d4+1)[5] piercing + (1d6)[3] acid + (2d6)[10] piercing if Magebane applies
Second Attack: (1d20+14)[34], +2 if Magebane applies
Damage: (1d4+1)[3] piercing + (1d6)[3] acid + (2d6)[6] piercing if Magebane applies
Third Attack (Rapid Shot): (1d20+14)[32], +2 if Magebane applies
Damage: (1d4+1)[4] piercing + (1d6)[2] acid + (2d6)[3] piercing if Magebane applies

[The Bandicoot]

Ixen turns his attention to the bear in front of him and just keeps attacking, not stopping for a moment.

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Attack1:(1d20+13)[18]
Confirm1:(1d20+13)[14]
Damage1:(1d4+3)[6]
Attack2:(1d20+8)[12]
Confirm2:(1d20+8)[25]
Damage2:(1d4+3)[7]

[GameSpawn]

Hyacinth's first arrow goes wide, but her next shots both find their mark. They draw grunts of pain from the summoner, but he stays on his feet. Ixen's first strike draws blood from the bear. It hollers in pain and narrowly avoids his second attack.

On the other side of the battle field, the archer moves back towards his comrades, releasing another arrow at his warforged opponent. Once again, the arrow finds its mark, burying itself under a gap in his breastplate.

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Trygg, you take 18 damage and you and Martha are up. In case it's not clear I'm referring to cloak 1 and cloak 2 as archer and summoner respectively.

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[DracoDei]

Martha moves in and attacks the summoner with her full force.

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5' step to N12
-1 to-hit compared to my sheet since I haven't used my Toothbrush of Greater Magic Fang today.
Power Attacking for -2 which I THINK gives me +2 to damage for the bite, and +1 for the claws.
If I drop Cloak 2, the extra attacks are going on the bear.
Bite to-hit (1d20+8)[27], Damage (1d6+3)[8], Crit. Confirm (1d20+8)[19], Crit. Damage (1d6+3)[5]
Claw1 to-hit (1d20+6)[7], Damage (1d4+1)[3], Crit. Confirm (1d20+6)[8], Crit. Damage (1d4+1)[5]
Claw2 to-hit (1d20+6)[18], Damage (1d4+1)[3], Crit. Confirm (1d20+6)[12], Crit. Damage (1d4+1)[5]

[Tempestfury]

Trygg grunted again as the arrow sank into his flesh, but stubbornly ignored it. Confident that his eldritch blasts would be able to out-damage the strikes from the enemy archer. Trygg replying, once against with a beam of pure arcane energy, directed at the archer. Determined to win this duel.

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(1d20+5)[24] vs Touch AC
(5d6)[15] Damage

[GameSpawn]

Though he manages to deflect one of Martha's claws with his shield, the little dragon's onslaught proves too much for him, and he goes down, blood dripping from his wounds. Scant seconds later, Trygg's bolt takes the archer square in the chest; he falls to the ground, unconscious and dying.

The bear, for its part, keeps fighting, clawing and biting at Ixen. The kobold's armor deflects it's claws without issue, though, and he evades it's powerful jaws without much effort.

The blond woman grimaces as events unfold before her. She unleashes another fiery ray at Martha, then steps over the archer's body moving to put Jopin and the bear between her and her assailants. The scorching ray catches Martha in the side, inflicting a second less serious wound upon the dragon.

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Martha, you take 15 damage. Heiros's turn.

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9													Jopin
10												Paladin	{Sword-Guy}
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[Prehysterical]

The paladin sees another scorching ray strike the little dragon. We cannot continue to withstand such an assault. Rushing toward the last remaining enemy, the undead's glowing yellow eyes begin to take on a more bluish tinge. The illusions that surround the spellcaster do not fool one that can sense life itself as it charges silently with its blade aglow.

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Charge action, taking AoO from bear, AC 20, doesn't matter where I end up exactly
Last daily use of smite evil
Attack roll: (1d20+15)[33]
Crit Confirm: (1d20+15)[31]
Crit Damage: (1d10)[2]
Improved Smite: (1d6)[3] if evil
1 STR damage

[GameSpawn]

As the paladin moves past the bear, it reaches out with its claw. The bear's claw cuts past the paladin's armor, but the damage is absorbed by the undead's toughness.

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You take 9 damage, absorbed by your DR.

The Paladin's blade cuts into the blond women's body, drawing a deep gash across her torso and she staggers backward.

Jopin rushes to the Paladin's side, "Please. Do not hurt her." He reaches out to grab the Paladin's sword.

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Jopin's making a disarm attempt. You can make an attack of opportunity against him, if you want to. Otherwise, make an opposed check.

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[GameSpawn]

Jopin grabs the Paladin's blade, but the Paladin manages to jerk it away without difficulty.

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Hyacinth, Ixen; you're up.

[Qwertystop]

Hyacinth thinks One down... and keeps firing.

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Sorry I'm running out of RP for hovering-in-place-while-shooting.
First Attack: (1d20+14)[23] +2 Magebane
Damage: (1d4+1)[3] piercing + (1d6)[3] acid + (2d6)[6] Magebane piercing
Second Attack: (1d20+14)[32]
Damage: (1d4+1)[3] piercing + (1d6)[2] acid + (2d6)[8] Magebane piercing
Third Attack: (1d20+14)[16]
Damage: (1d4+1)[2] piercing + (1d6)[5] acid + (2d6)[6] Magebane piercing

Priority is the summoner, then the caster with Mirror Image up. I'll roll the Mirror Image in OOC if I actually get to them.

[The Bandicoot]

Ixen just keeps stabbing.

Spoiler: Stabbity!

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Attack1:(1d20+13)[16]
Confirm1:(1d20+13)[28]
Damage1:(1d4+3)[5]
Attack2:(1d20+8)[20]
Confirm2:(1d20+8)[22]
Damage2:(1d4+3)[4]

[GameSpawn]

Hyacinth's first bolt strikes an illusion, and it vanishes with Hyacinth's shadowy bolt. Her second bolt seems to be slowed down slightly by something the blond woman is wearing, but it still visibly cripples the woman (and all her duplicates) . As she struggles to keep her feet, Hyacinth's third bolt hits the bear. It roars in pain, and a moment later, Ixen's flurry of strikes send it back to where-ever it came from.

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Only the blond woman is left conscious, and is at 0 hp (disabled); Trygg, Martha, it's your turn.

[DracoDei]

Martha bursts through the air, flying jaws first at the blond woman.

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Probably taking an AoO from the bear, my AC would be -2 due to charge, and thus an 18.
Charging the blond woman:
To-Hit (No +1 for GMF, but a +2 for charging) (1d20+11)[20], damage (1d6+1)[5], Crit. Confirm (1d20+11)[31], crit. damage (1d6+1)[2]

[GameSpawn]

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(1d6)[6] (1 = attacking the right image). Btw, the bear was defeated by Ixen in my last post.

Martha charges into another of the woman's duplicates and it vanishes.

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5 images left.

[Tempestfury]

"Don't kill her." Trygg said, glad that the dragon swooped though one of the images, instead of managing to kill the women, it was obvious she was one the verge on unconsciousness. "Its best to restrain her, so we can question her."

[DracoDei]

"SURRENDER OR DIE!!" shouts Martha.

[GameSpawn]

The woman looks at the warforged and the dragon, then, begins to laugh an absurd, desperate, laugh,"And if I surrender? Do I go free? Do you heal my wounds or do I crawl for days to the nearest civilization? Dying very much looks to be in the cards for me."

[Tempestfury]

"If you surrender, and you give us the information we seek. Then yes, we will heal your wounds, and set you free." Trygg said, completely seriously without missing a beat. Unbothered by how the others might think to such a suggestion, or any disagreements it might cause. "You have more word."

[GameSpawn]

The woman raises her eyebrows, "Come forward and heal me then. I won't fight you anymore."

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It looks like we're done fighting for the moment, so you should all feel free to chime in.

[DracoDei]

Martha stands there, not quite sure what to do with herself, but not letting her guard down. She shuffles her various limbs in her discomfort.

[Prehysterical]

The paladin is off-put by Trygg's words. Its first instinct is to put down these evil souls before they can do any more harm. However, now that an oath of truce has been given, they cannot break that oath. Reluctantly, the undead steps forward and lays its gauntleted hand upon the woman's forehead. Glowing yellow light fills the space between. "Let that which was broken be unbroken," it intones. Taking a step back and planting the tip of its sword in the ground, the paladin continues, "You will now tell us the truth. Firstly, have you enchanted this man?" Its helm indicates Jopin.

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1 point of Lay on Hands. If she's a good little girl and cooperates, she will get more.
I'd like a Sense Motive, please.