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

[lostsole31]

Twix is on the top floor. She wants to stay together on the same level, but give her >20' to move stealthily and search.

[pfm1995]

"Give me..." *pant* "...a moment." Taking a few deep breaths, Dariush closes his eyes and focuses. Another breath, and his entire body settles. His feet rest more firmly on the ground and his shoulders relax. When he starts moving again, his movements are sweeping and languid and more flexible than before.

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I'm staying up, but while I'm here I'm shifting my active element to Water. My AC decreases by 2 but I gain +2 to reflex saves and +4 to Acrobatics.

[SwordChucks]

Goma remains on the top floor near the ladder to ensure an escape route.

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After helping the fallen back up, Akaash elects to hold position. "I am lighter than some. I will stay here to be able to assist if needed."

[lostsole31]

Twix doesn't fly, but rather walks ... carefully and at no more than half-speed. Her wings are at the ready in case she should fall. She begins to carefully check forward, watching her footing as she goes.

[digiman619]

As Twix pulls back the curtain, you are greeted to an unwelcoming sight: This is the part of the floor that is replaced with a tarp; clearly the parishioners were repairing the upper floor before they were forced to abandon it. The pugs have taken up residence in this part of the upper floor, and they haven't treated it very well; they have used this section as a outhouse and garbage dump. The two pugs from before are in this room, using it for its primary purpose before you interrupted them.

You folks have won initiative. Here's the new map:

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[lostsole31]

"Pug-uglies! Two of them!" calls Twix. She takes aim at one and rolls a really thick, but almost rubbery-barked ball into her hand while she holds her longspear loose in her offhand to keep the tarp to the side. She sends this one forth with the hope of bowling it over. She will then steps back 5' (still keeping the tarp to the side, but with both hands).

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She forms a force blast.
Attack roll #1 (1d20+4)[11], Attack roll #2 (1d20+4)[9], damage (2d6+1)[4] ... bonus given to all for PBS.
* If hit, it must make a Ref save vs. DC 15 or fall prone.
Her longspear is not usable as a reach weapon this round ... I'm using it as a tool to keep the flap open as I step back so friendlies can get through.
5' free move.

SP: That cost 1 SP. Used 1:6.

EDIT: Swish!

[pfm1995]

Dariush

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HP: 10; AC: 16; CMD: 16; Conditions: None
Animus: 3; Active Element: Water
Maneuvers Available: Fluctuation Movement, Clock Watcher

Moving in leaps and bounds, Dariush runs in front of Twix and seems to... stutter. His entire body blurs as he makes two quick slashes with his sickle at the same time.

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Using Minute Hand
Attack 1: (1d20+1)[18]
Attack 1 reroll: (1d20+1)[18]
Attack 2: (1d20+1)[9]
Attack 2 reroll: (1d20+1)[4]

[bcool999]

Rowan
HP 8/8
AC 13

Upon Twix's warning, Rowan cautiously withdraws to Goma, "Ready for some action?" Rowan says with a slightly devilish grin as he reaches out with one hand and chants, causing a magical circle to form which gives an instinctual feeling of bent space and transference. With a touch (and assuming Goma does not resist) the large armored man disappears, only to reappear behind the furthest, and least prepared, Pug.

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Moving adjacent to Goma so that I can Teleport him. Spending 1 SP from my warp sphere to make it medium range so that he can reappear behind the farthest Pug (and on solid floor... I hope). 1/2 Warp SP remaining.

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Akaash grimaces, once again outside of his preferred range, now with allies between himself and his foes. He gathers a blast of air and waits for an opening, threading it between the others.

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move to 25'
gale blast (1d20-3)[17] includes -8 for firing into cover and for attacking a target ingaged in melee, +1 PBS
damage (1d6+1)[7] nonlethal, trip (1d20+6)[23]
SR (1d20+1)[7]

[SwordChucks]

Goma grins back at Rowan. "You bet I am."
He eyes the filth on the tarp. "My poor boots though."

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Swift: Encouraging Roar to give everyone in 30ft +2 to hit and damage for one round.
Standard: Ready an action to use Flurry Strike when Goma appears.

Assuming I don't immediately plummet here are my rolls:

Flurry Strike 1: (1d20+5)[18]
Flurry Strike 1 reroll: (1d20+5)[9]
Damage 1: (2d6+5)[13]

Flurry Strike 2: (1d20+5)[25]
Flurry Strike 2 reroll: (1d20+5)[10]
Damage 2: (2d6+5)[15]

[digiman619]

The pugs quckly went down (one had the misfortune to knocked back from Akaash's wind blast only to eat Goma's flurry). Thankfully Goma was teleported onto one of the struts, so he wasn't directly on the tarp.

This is where is good fortune ends, however.

Unbeknownst to him, there were more pugs behind the second curtain. One of them, clearly of great importance,as he was wearing armor; a breastplate that must have belonged to a gnome once upon a time. He was flanked by a pair of pugs, each wielding a shortbow. The pugwampi king batted him aside on his way to Daruish, causing him to loose his balance.

This caused him to take a step on the tarp in order to balance himself.

This resulted in him falling and taking 7 damage, as the tarp could not bear his weight.

And finally, to add insult to injury (and I'm so sorry), the fluid waste was now free to flow down the newly-created hole onto Goma, covering him in filth.

Back on the top level, the pug king, wielding a small warrhammer, smashes Daruish's ankle, dealing 3 damage. Of the two pugs, one of them managed to hit Twix in the leg for 1 damage.

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Akaash moves up to support Daruish, gathering wind around his fist to enhance his punch.

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move to space above Daruish
energy blade + unarmed strike (no AOO from class ability) (1d20+4)[5] (1d20+4)[21] take worse
damage (1d3)[2] + (1d6)[3] nonlethal
SR (1d20+1)[19]
trip (1d20+5)[19]

[bcool999]

Rowan

Wincing as Goma disappears below, accompanied by the splatting of raw awfulness descending from above. Rowan makes note to try and make it up to the stalwart warrior in the future when he has greater control of his powers. For now, he decides to try and remove one of the pugs from play. Moving in line with the southern Pug at a distance of 25' away (1 space below where the red dot is on the map), Rowan gains inspiration from Goma's recent misfortune and sends a blast not at the pug itself, but at the tarp beneath it's feat.

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Attacking the Tarp under the southern Pug.
Attack (ranged Touch against an immobile object): (1d20+4)[21]
Damage: (2d6)[10]
Outside of unluck range so no rerolls needed.

Fort Save: (1d20+5)[11]

[pfm1995]

Dariush

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HP: 7; AC: 16; CMD: 16; Conditions: None
Animus: 4; Active Element: Water
Maneuvers Available: Fluctuation Movement, Clock Watcher

Crying out in pain, Dairush lashed out at the pugwampi king, feeling his sickle grow cold and jagged with ice.

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Using Variable Flux, if the attack hits the pugwampi has to make a DC 13 Fort save or be fatigued.
Attack roll: (1d20+3)[16]
Re-roll: (1d20+3)[10]
Damage: (1d6+1)[5]

[lostsole31]

Twix hisses in pain. She used to be lashed as a slave before, and in truth this injury was not bad all things considered, but it hurt a lot more than some of the more minor injuries wherein she was cuffed or punched or kicked by her master or his friends for entertainment. She had never actually taken up arms to do battle before, and it was easy against so strange and seemingly weak an opponent that she might actually be injured ... then she sees Goma fall and suffer real injury, and it dawns on her that there is real danger here.

Twixanel steps into the room and this time she forms a heavy ball (no springy bark outer) of hundreds of cords of thin plant material, spins it, and zips it at the far pugwampi. As it zooms towards her target, lots of thorns and nettles form around it. If it hits her target, it digs in with the brambles and the plants release in the immediate area, effectively strapping the gremlin to his spot. Meanwhile, she is 10' from both the other pugwampi and its leader, and she is ready to stab them if they give her an opening.

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FA: Move W 5' to get in the room, placing her 10' due E of a pug (and I am guessing the blue-in-black is the leader)? She now threatens both leader and normal pug.
SA: Form a basic full-power destructive blast (1 SP) and turn it into a crystal blast (fluffed to nettles and numerous grasping tendrils for plant-fluff.
* Attack #1 (1d20+4)[13], Attack roll 2 (1d20+4)[15], damage (2d4+1)[6] piercing damage. Ref save vs DC 15 or be entangled (see below).
* Target is not engaged in melee, so no -4 penalty. Target w/in 30', so PBS applied above.
* Cost 1 SP to make full-power, so she has now used 2:6 SPs.

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Your destructive blast becomes an explosion of crystal, growing
where it strikes. A crystal blast uses d4’s instead of d6’s as its
damage die and deals piercing damage. The target of your crystal
blast must pass a Reflex save or be entangled and unable to
move. In addition, the target’s square (or the blast’s affected
area) becomes overgrown with crystal and counts as difficult
terrain. Breaking free of the entangled condition is a move
action, requiring either a Strength check or an Escape Artist
check against the crystal blast’s save DC. A target may also destroy
the crystal on a square or creature by dealing 3 damage per
caster level to the crystal. This removes the entangled condition
from the creature and destroys the difficult terrain. Crystal
disappears after 1 minute.

If her directly threatened opponent 10' away (longspear) or the chieftain provoke an AOO, then ...
* Attack (1d20+1)[15] or (1d20+1)[4], damage (1d6)[6]

[SwordChucks]

Goma uses the fall to think about his life choices. Upon his harsh landing he lets out a loud grunt before a brown rain covers him.

"Well, I know who I'm going to kill." He thinks shortly before he loses the ability to altogether.

"Blood and fury!" he bellows as he rises from the floor like a poo covered spirit of vengeance and heads toward the ladder.

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Stand from prone and head toward the ladder.

[digiman619]

Once Rowan knocked the tarp down, both the pug king and one of the pugs down to the floor below. Unfortunately, it also pulled Daruish down as well, who took a nasty bump as he landed on a pew, taking 8 damage. The king survived his fall, but his associate wasn't so lucky. Though he dropped his hammer in the fall, he draws his shortbow and hits Goma for 2 damage.

Up on the upper level, Twix, who flew to avoid falling, blasts the remaining pug, who had leapt of the rafter before the tarp fell out underneath him, for all the good it did.

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[pfm1995]

Dariush

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HP: -1; AC: 16; CMD: 16; Conditions: None
Animus: 5; Active Element: Water
Maneuvers Available: Fluctuation Movement, Clock Watcher

Crashing through the rafters, Dariush hits his head on a pew with a sickening thud. He doesn't stir.

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Con check, DC 11: (1d20+2)[18]
Reroll: (1d20+2)[6]

[lostsole31]

Twix dives down one of the several holes that were made. "Somebody help Dariush! He isn't moving! I don't know how to help him!"

She looks at the disgusting little monster-king and drops more plant matter that begins to coalesce into her hands, the creaking of expanding xylem and phloem with fibrous cords being heard. As she flies in a circle overhead, she spins this in a fast whirl before she gives an underhanded *SNAP!* and it goes flying at the king, nettles forming much the same way as before.

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Full-power Crystal Blast, as before, shooting at him in a range of 25-30' (no closer or farther). (1d20+4)[11], damage (2d4+1)[7], Ref DC 15 negates entangle effect of crystal blast.

[bcool999]

Rowan

Rowan was surprised that his attack shredded the entire tarp instead of merely the spot he had hit. Sheepishly, he takes a step towards the nearby hole that Daruish nearly fell through earlier. Looking below, he sees that Daruish is down and not getting up. "Daruish is injured! Akaash you are a healer correct?" Rowan shouts as his mind works quickly, his staff already beginning to glow as arcane syllables stream from his mouth. Another magic circle appears around him, depicting space itself bending to his whim as he reaches out and attempts to send Akaash below to aid their companion.

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5'ft step to the right. Should let me get line of sight for teleporting Akaash down to the main floor. Don't even need to spend a spell point since it is only 20 feet high. But I can only send Akaash directly beneath the hole, not adjacent to Akaash.

Fort Save: (1d20+5)[10]

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Akaash gives a quick affirmative to the inquiry. He staggers a bit from the disorientation of the teleportation, but quickly finds his bearings, stepping clear of the pug and touching Darush while chanting, a warm breeze circling them both.

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5' step to be out of melee if needed, life sphere cure (1d8+1)[7]

[SwordChucks]

Goma steps toward the pugwampi king, a manic gleam in his eye.

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Move action to get closer.
Standard action: Enduring Crane Strike, healing Goma as Dariush has been healed.
Attack Roll: (1d20+4)[24]
Reroll: (1d20+4)[7]

Damage if applicable: (2d6+3)[6]
Healing if applicable: (1d6+4)[7]

[digiman619]

The pug king scrambles away (incurring AoOs from Asaash and Daruish), taking a pot shot at Goma that arcs wide.

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[pfm1995]

Feeling the twin magicks fill him, Dariush opened his eyes and lashed out at the fleeing pugwampi's feet. Pushing himself back upright, he turns and chases after the foul thing.

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AoO Trip Attempt: (1d20+3)[5]
Reroll: (1d20+3)[15]

If that first attack didn't work, this is a second trip attempt. If it did, this is an attack:
(1d20+3)[10]
(1d20+3)[9]
Damage if necessary: (1d6+1)[7]

[lostsole31]

Twix circles around and comes in again for the same parameter - shooting at the king with a full-power nettle-ball at the edge of her maximum accuracy.

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MA: Adjust flight to maintain the king at a distance of 25-30'.
SA: 1 SP (used 4:6) to amp full-damage on a crystal blast (Ref DC 15 or entangled, if hit). Attack (1d20+4)[19], damage (2d4+1)[5].

[bcool999]

Rowan

Feeling rather lonesome up above the battle, Rowan once again works his magic to teleport himself back down to the main floor. He then takes what cover he can amidst the pews.

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Teleport as a standard.
Fort: (1d20+5)[15]

[SwordChucks]

Dashing forward, Goma swings his klar at the Pugwampi king's face.

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Attack: (1d20+4)[15]
Reroll: (1d20+4)[24]

Damage: (2d6+3)[13]

[digiman619]

Goma's charge after the pug king yielded devastating results, as the foul creature now hangs limp on his klar. As the last of the filth rains from the ceiling, you take a moment to relax after your hard fought victory.

Congrats. you've all just hit level 2! I want everyone to let me know when they've updated their sheet. If you want to know if an option is available, put it down on your sheet and I'll give the yay or nay on it then. Please tell me what you got; I didn't print you level 1 sheets out or anything, so I might not instantly get what the change is.

Remember, when you roll for HP (and use the forum roller, please), if it's less than half your die (1 or 2 on a d6, 1-3 on a d8, etc), you get half instead (3 for a d6, 4 for a d8, etc.), as per the houserules in the Big 16.

Oh, and if it matters, remember we're using Fractional Bonuses for BAB, CL, and Saves

[pfm1995]

Stopping and swaying slightly, Dariush bow's at the waist to Akaash and Goma. "Thank you both for saving this slave's life. We should continue searching; pugwampi don't look capable of cackling so I doubt we've found all of the occupants of this place."

Before moving on, Dariush takes a moment to stretch. In a few brief moves he loses the liquidity of movement and regains his light-footed nature.

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Shifting active element back to air.