Legacy of Fire: PoW/SoP Edition! (IC Thread)

[pfm1995]

Worming his way into the sand, Dariush takes a moment to be thankful for un-dyed muslin being tan.

Stealth - (1d20+2)[16]

[bcool999]

Rowan

Sneaking with the others, Rowan tries to remain ready to fire off a spell should they be discovered.

Spoiler: Sneak

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Stealth: (1d20+3)[10]

[lostsole31]

Understanding the wisdom of stealth, nevertheless the Khwaja Malak is worried that he might be the wrong person for this job.

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Stealth (1d20+2)[20]

[stack]

Akaash proceeds with measured caution.

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take 10 for 20

[digiman619]

After waiting for what seems like an eternity (but in reality s no more than an hour or so), the quartet of gnolls makes their rounds. You hide, perched on the ridge, some 20 feet above the gnolls. One of them hears a small stone knocked down the slope from slight movement of one of you. he chucks his spear toward where he thought you were, but aims about 5 feet north of you. None of the other gnolls notice you, but that will surely draw their attention.

What will you do?

You guys have a surprise round. Chances are that will be enough to deal with them, (as these guys are your garden variety, non-class level-having gnolls) but you also won initiative, so I'm not holding out hope for these guys' well-being. You can slide down the ravine, but it'll take a move action and a DC 12 Acrobatics check to avoid fall damage.

Spoiler: The map

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Sorry for the size and non-precision of the grid; I had to zoom in to get to the appropriate size (as the map has 1 square be 15 ft) and I kinda suck at maps.

[SwordChucks]

Feeling much lighter in his borrowed armor, Goma rushes down toward the gnolls. Positioning himself near two gnolls he takes aim and swings with his klar.

Spoiler: combat

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Acrobatics: (1d20+5)[23]
Surprise round:
Move action to get adjacent to the south-west of the east-most gnoll.

Round one:
Swift action to switch back to Snapping Turtle Stance.
Standard action attack the East-most gnoll with the klar.

Attack: (1d20+6)[13]
Damage: (2d6+4)[11]

If the gnoll drops, Goma will move one square to the north-west.

[stack]

Akaash slides down the embankment, cursing himself for not being able to reach the enemy without engaging directly.

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move to slide down, acrobatics (1d20+4)[18] (why do I not have ranks here?)

[bcool999]

Rowan
HP 22/22
AC 13

Snapping up from his hiding spot, Rowan incants and fires off a blast of destructive energy at one of the back-line gnolls (the Northern-most one). Keeping his momentum, he fires again at one of the remaining Gnolls.

Spoiler: Surprise Round, and round 1 actions

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Surprise Round, Destructive Blast against North most Gnoll.

Ranged Touch: (1d20+5)[18] vs. flat footed.
Damage: (3d6)[13] Bludgeoning

Round 1: Pick a random remaining gnoll and Destructive Blast with impunity.
Ranged Touch: (1d20+5)[24]
Damage: (3d6)[9]

[lostsole31]

Khwaja Malak instantly offers prayers to help himself and his allies with Nethys' favor. and asking in turn that the enemy is hampered.

Spoiler: Surprise Round

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Cast greater serendipity, Perform vs. DC 17 (1d20+10)[21] ... 1 SP.
Effect: +1 luck bonus to allies' attack rolls, skill checks, ability checks, and saves, and a -1 to the enemy's same rolls, while within 20' of Khwaja Malak.

Khwaja tries to cast a spell of destructive energies, but it fails. He then moves down the scree pile some to keep allies and enemies in range of his aura.

Spoiler: Round One

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Chain blast DB, 2 SP. Perform vs. DC 17 (1d20+10)[13] ... +1 to skill check if greater serendipity succeeded.
#1: RTA (1d20+5)[25], damage (2d6)[7] bludgeoning ... -1 to attack roll if greater serendipity failed.
#2: RTA (1d20+5)[7], damage (2d6)[4] bludgeoning ... -1 to attack roll if greater serendipity failed.

Acrobatics to move down carefully ... (1d20+6)[15], add +1 if greater serendipity succeeded. Do NOT get into melee range.

[pfm1995]

Spoiler: OOC

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Making the assumption that Dariush had his crossbow drawn and loaded before they showed up.

Taking his shot at a still-living gnoll, Dariush abandons the crossbow in the sand and joins the others in their rush downwards. Rather than slide down, he jumps high into the air. At the apex, a bolt of lightning lashes outwards from his hand and anchors itself in the middle of the gnolls. With it Dariush pulls himself forward and through them, spinning as he does to clip one of them with his dagger of flame. He lands about 10ft behind them, ready to fight.

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Using my bounding tether talent to move ~50ft, ending between the gnolls and the town. As I pass through them (which doesn't provoke), I'll make an attack with my Destructive Blade.
Attack - (1d20+6)[16] (vs. Touch AC)
Damage - (3d8)[11]

[stack]

Succeeding in keeping his feet, Akash throws a wind-driven kick into one of the gnolls his companions have not dispatched.

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move to the nearest standing gnoll, energy blade gale blast
attack (1d20+6)[13]
damage (1d3+4)[6] + (3d6)[8] nonlethal
trip (1d20+7)[8]

[digiman619]

Goma is able to smash the nearest gnoll, his spear pitiful defense against Goma's klar. Rowan's mystical artillery strikes hit two gnolls, but only one of them drops. While Daruish's crossbow bolt fails to land, his mystical tether pulling him past the fourth gnoll and slashing his chest open with mystical force. Akaash tries to slam the remaining gnoll, and despite reeling from Rowan's blast, it just manages to deflect Akaash's wind blast with his shield. The gnoll turns to run back to the city yelling as he does so.

Well, I think that kills your attempt to be all stealthy.

Spoiler: Updated map

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[bcool999]

Rowan
AC 13
HP 22/22

Cursing under his breath in Infernal that one managed to raise a yell, Rowan sends a blast of barely contained arcane power hurtling towards the Gnoll's unprotected back. Hopefully, they are far enough from the others that this one yell wouldn't give the game away, but that only works if they can silent that patrol member now!

Spoiler: Silence... I kill you! (old Jeff Dunham reference there)

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Hopefully no one heard the Gnoll yet? Depending on how far away we are from other Gnolls it's possible. +1 to perception DC per 10 ft. +5 if the listener is distracted doing other things (like trying to fall asleep on duty? ). But yeah that Gnoll needs to shut up now.

Ranged Touch DB: (1d20+5)[22]
Damage: (3d6)[12] Bludgeoning

[digiman619]

Rowan's blast silences the gnoll, but it's impossible to know if its cries drew the attention of its peers.

What now?

[SwordChucks]

Spoiler: digi

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Can we see from here if our allied gnolls are aproaching the city yet? Perception check if needed: (1d20+7)[16]

"Ready to move out? Our goal is the wall, if we can't climb it we'll need a teleport." Goma looks to Rowan at the last part.

[bcool999]

Rowan

"On my way." Rowan says as he cautiously makes his way down to the road. Would be an awful shame to trip and break his neck after all this trouble (taking 10 for 13 vs DC 12). "As for teleporting over the wall, my ability to do so will be determined by it's height, and even then it may take half a minute to get everyone over, and there is no guarantee I will be able to get us back over if it is too high. Keep that in mind for any escape needs."

With that said, Rowan follows the others to the (hopefully) unsuspecting enemy base.

[digiman619]

You'd have to climb out of the ravine to get up there, you don't really have a line of sight to the ground. The path leads along an east-west path (up/down on the map respectively).

[lostsole31]

"I confess I am out of my element entirely," says Khwaja Malak. "I leave the planning to you. I was trained to investigate scenes after they happened - or to help act as a third party negotiator."

[SwordChucks]

"It looks like we need to follow the ravine until we're out in the open, and then make a break for the walls. I'll go first to draw their fire, with the rest of you close behind."

[digiman619]

Which way are you headed and how far are you heading that way?

[SwordChucks]

Goma heads eastwards trying to get as close to the city as possible before leaving the cover of the ravine.

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It looks like about 70 ft up on the map from Goma before the slope is gradual enough to walk up. If not then just continue that way until we can get out of the ravine. Kinda hard to tell elevations on the map.

[pfm1995]

Still surprised by Goma's selflessness - going first to draw their fire was the point of slaves, after all - Dariush follows meekly.

[stack]

"Right, mad dash it is then." Akaash follows, taking a moment to call upon a lost bit of knowledge.

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spiritualism to grab warp sphere, presuming we are less than 1 minute of movement from the wall

[lostsole31]

Yup, following along ...

[bcool999]

Rowan dashes towards the wall, but does so at a pace that doesn't leave the others behind.

[digiman619]

The slope of the hill does decrease in severity about 70 feet before the path curves around the hill, so you are able to climb up with a minimum of fuss. You find three empty ruins of questionable structural integrity; anything of worth from it long since ransacked. From this vantage point, you can see a building with multiple domes about 120 feet away, as well as a very large domed structure some 300 feet away. There are other ruined buildings in town, but that's all that stick out at the moment.

Where to next?

[SwordChucks]

"We can dash towards the closer building with multiple domes and use if for cover. After we regroup at its edge we can move on to where we saw the beast pen." Goma says trying to make sure no new information spoils the plan.

"If we get separated, meet up at the large domed building. I have a feeling that's where a chieftain would set up his court."

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"Fair enough." Akaash shrugs, lacking a better plan.

[lostsole31]

Khwaja Malak nods at the plan.

[digiman619]

As you move quickly you reach the large multi-domed building. As you reach the door, you see a strange rune on the door. It's red and seems to pulsate as you look at it.

Spoiler: DC 5 Knowledge: Arcana

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This rune is no doubt magic in nature.

Spoiler: DC 15

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This rune is somehow keeping the door closed.

Spoiler: DC 20

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This looks like an arcane lock, a ritual to keep this sealed away, but there's something not quite right about it.

Spoiler: DC 25

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It's what's known as an interdict seal. It's keyed to a specific talisman that acts as a key, It's technically possible to take this ward apart to get inside the building, It'd be a tedious process and best not done while the possibility of being attacked is still around.