Servants of the Thrallherd IC [3.5, high speed]

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis



Grassis kepts his big, fat mouth shut for a change and hoped for the best. A dozen thoughts raced through his head but now wasn't the time to vent to them out loud.


Perhaps the master would find such a state useful in his war - or perhaps not. Maybe this 'necropolitan' could be an ally or be used as a tool - though to be fair he seemed to have his own agenda that probably didn't align with the master's vision. Probably the best bet was to note this location for his report and continue on with their mission. Grassis didn't think he could better serve his master as an undead and wasn't sure this being wouldn't try to force it on him. The battle with the Roc had been tricky and doing it again didn't sound like fun and could delay their master's goals.

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Probably hanging back around DJ108. Close enough to hear the conversation, but not close enough to be heard breathing etc.

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

Joas listens silently. Probably better let Rex handle this.

[J-H]

Having slipped off of Joas’ horse, Grassis stands off to the side, invisible.

“Frank here got it.” Spretchum gestures at the bow-armed man on the steps of the temple. “So did Rocky back there – and even his pet rhino got stronger out of the deal. But I’m not some fool, I know a “Not interested” when I hear it. When I was researching this town and what’s under it, I ran across an unrelated quote. How did it go?

You may not be interested in undeath, but undeath is interested in you, and requires not your cooperation. ATTACK!”

A magical shield (the spell) springs into effect in front of the robed necropolitan, and Joas recognizes the signs of the armored one enhancing his durability with Vigor. The doors of several of the surrounding buildings are shoved open from the inside. Battle is at hand!

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Offscreen to the south, approximately 160’ away: “Rocky” and his skeleton rhino.

ZR = Zombie Rhino
ZH = Zombie horse
SH = Skeleton horse
TS = Troll Skeleton
R = necropolitan with longbow
P = necropolitan with plate armor, rapier, buckler
W = Spretchum Oghum, necropolitan in black robe
M = necropolitan with bandaged hands, loose clothing, unarmed

=> Party

[BelGareth]

Rex sighs audibly.

Not again he says disheartedly.

He pulls his lance free as Richard rears up, readying for a charge, and when his hooves hit the ground, churning up the soil beneath, his lance his ready and aimed at his target.

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Swift action: aura to power (+2 to melee damage)
Full attack action: Charge to DN96, and attack ZR

Charge - (1d20+10)[12]
Damage - (2d8+8)[20]

Maneuvers -
Vanguard Strike
Douse the Flames
Battle Leaders Charge
Shield Block
Foehammer

Stance - Iron Guards Glare:
Foes suffer a -4 to attack allies when Rex threatens them

AC: 19
Damage: 4/112
LAW: used
Breath: available

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

Great. Joas decides to attack the leader with his construct. It might attract the most attention from their enemies and keep his allies a bit out of the wind. He does aim to keep his manifesting hidden.

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Standard: Manifest Vigor, 30 temp hp, 6PP, share with crystal, hide display DC16: (1d20+12)[14]
Swift: Summon AC in DU100, which charges W (Spretchum), hide display DC16: (1d20+12)[24]
Move: Move back 20 feet, to steer a bit clear from opposing chargers

AC attack: (+2 attack charge, +2 damage Rexbuff) Charge slam, power attack 2: (1d20+10)[30], damage (1d6+19)[20] bludgeoning and magic, crit confirm (if 30) (1d20+10)[30], bonus damage (1d6+19)[21]

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Personal construct:

Special menu abilities: (B) Muscle, (A) Power attack, (A) Trip

Medium construct
70 hp
+2 initiative
40 Sp
AC 22 (touch 12, flat-footed 20)
Attack: 1 slam +12
Damage: 1d6+13
Sp: Darkvision, low-light vision, Trip +9
F+1, R+3, W+1
S29, D15, C-, I-, W11, C10

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis


"You should let us go peacefully while you still can..." Grassis shouts.

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Free action : activate Xeph speed

Move action: Move to DS106

Standard action : Fire an EB at 'P' (The armored guy)

Ranged touch attack vs flat footed AC : (1d20+10)[20]

Damage : (4d6)[15]


Grassis turns visible.

[Feathersnow]

Please don't. I have enough conflict in my life without guilt over the destruction of you and everything you built..
It rarely hurts to try, but undead can't be reasoned with. Reasoning rarely works on anyone, but undead, never.

Well, time to kill the dead...
Battle Leader's charge on Sphrectum Oghum, using the Kukri.

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(1d20+12)[13]
(1d4+11)[15]

[J-H]

Round 1, Part 1

RexThaun charges boldly at the zombie rhinoceros, but his lance hits and bounces off the unnaturally thick hide of the creature. Grassis crosses behind Joas, firing a blast that hits the armored rapier-wielder.

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Hit for 15, removing some of the temporary HP from Vigor.

Joas reinforces his body like the armored foe did, failing to conceal that he’s manifesting psionic powers. His ectoplasmic construct forms out of thin air and charges, attacking Oghum Spretchum with a powerful punch. ZrabHas charges it at the same time, but her kukri fails to connect.

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P uninjured, has temp HP remaining
W (Oghum) 20 damage

AC & RexThaun -2AC due to charge
Joas +30 temp HP, psicrystal +30 temp HP

[J-H]

Round 1, Part 2

The plate-armored rapier-wielder retreats to the edge of the temple’s front steps before manifesting Dimension Swap. Suddenly, he stands before the construct and ZrabHas, while the wizard is back at the temple door. He casts a spell, and the stone under ZrabHas and the construct is suddenly covered in a slippery black substance.

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Identified as Grease, DC 15.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/grease.htm

Reflex save to avoid falling prone.
ZrabHas (1d20+11)[20] save
Astral Construct (1d20+3)[22] save

A balance check is required to walk in or through the space, but there’s nothing about walking “out” of the space, so if you move immediately out of the grease (and are not prone) I think there’s no other consequence.

The bare-handed warrior rushes around the cart; he moves very fast as he comes in to punch ZrabHas. He seems to grow a bit stronger and faster as he’s near the altar.

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Attack (1d20+11)[26] +4 if she’s prone vs AC 23 hit for 16
Damage (2d8+5)[16]

The bow-armed necropolitan on the temple steps draws a bead on Grassis and lets a pair of arrows fly.

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Rapid shot
Attack (1d20+7)[14] vs AC22 miss
Damage (1d8+1)[2]

Attack (1d20+7)[23] vs AC22 hit
Damage (1d8+1)[8] 6 damage after DR

The silence of the night is shattered as skeletal hooves and the clumsy stompings of zombies echo around you. Out of several of the opened doors spill a mix of human zombies, as well as a flock of what appear to be zombified chickens. Several more zombie horses thud in from the east. To the south, the rhino-rider who greeted the party opens the doors to the stockyards and advances, followed by a dozen zombies and another flock of fowl undead.

To the west, a towering ettin skeleton bearing a pair of morningstars turns a corner and approaches from its hiding place behind the two-story store.

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The zombie chickens are treated as a swarm. Joas rolled a 17 on his K: Religion check and can suppose that they have typical swarm traits and are probably too large to functionally have immunity to anything, but still probably are best countered by slashing weapons like other zombies.

Ettin skeletons have perfect two-weapon fighting and treat both weapons as primaries for purpose of attack bonuses. They are Large and strong, as are troll skeletons. (as SRD)

The zombie rhino steps forwards and gores RexThaun with its single large horn. The zombie horse also charges Rexthaun.

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Rhino 5’ step and attack. Zombies only get a single action, but if they can’t 5’ step and attack, then you could run away from a zombie successfully at a speed of 5’ per round…

Attack (1d20+14)[27] vs AC 19 (21-2 from charge) hit for 22
Damage (2d6+12)[22]
Zombie horse slow charge
Attack (1d20+5)[18] vs AC 19 miss
Damage (1d8+4)[9]

The skeletal horse charges the astral construct, but misses.

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Attack (1d20+6)[10] vs AC 20 (22, -2 from charge)
Damage (1d4+3)[7]

The troll skeleton charges forwards and claws at ZrabHas’ horse, drawing blood and a pained whinny.

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Attack (1d20+10)[19] vs AC 16 hit for 10
Damage (1d6+6)[10]

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Key:
Z = Zombie
S = Skeleton
E = Ettin
R = Rhino
H = Horse
ZCS = Zombie Chicken Swarm
The rhino rider and the zombies following him are approximately 120’ south of Joas’ current position.

P uninjured, has temp HP remaining
W (Oghum) 20 damage
ZH1 -2 AC from charge
SH -2 AC from charge
ST -2 AC from charge

Grassis 6 damage
ZrabHas 16 damage
RexThaun 26 damage (including 4 from earlier)
Joas +30 temp HP, psicrystal +30 temp HP
Hz 10 damage

=> Party

[BelGareth]

Taking the massive gore attack from his foe after missing so wildly, rex cursed in Draconic, something along the lines of 'may your mothers clutch be dead and weak for years to come', Draconic curses were long, and didn't translate well. But they sounded great to those who didn't speak draconic.

He dropped his lance, seeing it as being ineffective in this fight, and drew his sword, bringing it down like a hammer upon an anvil.

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Free action: Drop lance
Free action: 5ft to DN96
Free action while 5ft step: draw Sword
Free action: Fight with warhorse, DC 10. Ride - (1d20+8)[27]
Standard action: Intimidate - (1d20+22)[39] vs rider of the rhino (if there is one, I think there is?) If failed, then cowered for 1 round.

Standard action: Initiate Foehammer (includes furious counterstrike bonuses)
Attack - (1d20+9)[27]
Damage - (1d10+5)[10] + FoehammerDamage - (2d6)[7] Ignores DR

If Fight with Mount check was successful, Richard will attack
HoofAttack - (1d20+6)[26]
HoofDamage - (1d6+6)[11]

Maneuvers -
Vanguard Strike
Douse the Flames
Battle Leaders Charge
Shield Block
Foehammer

Stance - Iron Guards Glare:
Foes suffer a -4 to attack allies when Rex threatens them

AC: 21
Damage: 21(5)/112
LAW: used
Breath: available

[BelGareth]

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Possible crit
HoofAttack - (1d20+6)[7]
HoofDamage - (1d6+6)[10]

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

Joas directs his construct to move around the skeletal horse and towards the leader again (DP93) to attack him. Looking to his right, he decides to take on this crowd of undead he sees. He creates a set of fiery missiles that dart towards the zombies and the zombie chicken swarm. Then, he moves to a more safer location.

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AC move: to DP93, around the horse, eating an AoO if needed.
AC attack: Slam the leader (W), power attack 2 (1d20+10)[22], damage (1d6+19)[24]. If hit, trip: (1d20+9)[12]

Joas manifests Energy missile, 7PP

All targets get a DC19 reflex save for half damage, damage is of the fire type
Z1: (7d6+7)[34]
Z2: (7d6+7)[30]
Z3: (7d6+7)[41]
Z4: (7d6+7)[27]
ZCS: (7d6+7)[32] (not sure how this attack works on swarms, swarms always confuse me)

Now, IF my power takes out that cluster of undead, I move to DX110. If not, to DG112 (right along that wall).

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis


Grassis waited patiently for someone to comment about eating their opponents this time. "Anyone hungry ?" he asked pointing at the swarm of chickens. He was very concerned about the number of enemies they were faced with but tried not to let it show.

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Move to DG98 (north 8 squares and west 2 squares)

Standard action : EB attack vs P again

Ranged touch attack : (1d20+11)[17]
Damage (4d6+1)[12] + (2d6)[9] Acid damage (no save)


Free action : Activate gloves of energy Admixture to add acid damage to EB.

[Feathersnow]

ZrabHas swings at the wizard with Mountain hammer kata, using her own fists.
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(1d20+11)[27]
(3d6)[13]

[J-H]

Round 2, Part 1

The Astral Construct ignores the nearby enemies, who take opportunities to strike it as it follows and attacks the wizard.

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P AOO with his rapier.
Attack (1d20+10)[29] vs AC22
Damage (1d6+4)[5] plus (1d6)[2] electrical hit for 7

Skeletal horse AOO
Attack (1d20+5)[21] vs AC22 miss
Damage (1d4+4)[6]

AC hits W for 24 damage, Trip DC 12…W opposed trip (1d20+3)[5] or prone. fail

Grassis blasts the rapier-wielder, while Joas unleashes fiery missiles that destroy several nearby zombies.

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Grassis hits P for 21.

Z1: 34 damage, Reflex DC19 half. (1d20-1)[18] fail, destroyed
Z2: 30 damage, Reflex DC19 half. (1d20-1)[2] fail, destroyed
Z3: 41 damage, Reflex DC19 half. (1d20-1)[19] saved,still destroyed
Z4: 27 damage, Reflex DC19 half. (1d20-1)[12] fail, destroyed
ZCS: 32 damage, Reflex DC19 half. (1d20+2)[5] fail, 32 damage

RexThaun and his mount both attack the zombie rhinoceros, striking it.

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RexThaun hits for 17 damage, horse hits for 6 damage after applying DR 5/slashing

Disoriented by the dimension swap, ZrabHas plants her feet firmly, attacking the plate-armored warrior in front of her who’s standing where the wizard was.

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Hit for 13.

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Key:
Z = Zombie
S = Skeleton
E = Ettin
R = Rhino
H = Horse
ZCS = Zombie Chicken Swarm
The rhino rider and the zombies following him are approximately 120’ south of Joas’ current position.

P 24 damage
W (Oghum) 44 damage, prone
ZCS 32 damage
ZR 23 damage


AC 7 damage
Grassis 6 damage
ZrabHas 16 damage
RexThaun 26 damage (including 4 from earlier)
Joas +30 temp HP, psicrystal +30 temp HP
Hz 10 damage

[J-H]

Round 2, Part 2

The wizard attempts to cast a spell defensively; he succeeds, but takes a blow from the astral construct as he rises into the sky.

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Concentration DC18 to cast Fly
Concentration (1d20+14)[31] success

Either way, the AC gets an AOO for him moving out of threatened area, or if he doesn’t cast defensively.
Attack (1d20+10)[23] Power attack still applying.
Damage (1d6+19)[24] hit for 24

Still standing on the grease, ZrabHas must keep her balance, even as the agile fighter to her right pummels her with several punches, enhanced by the fell magic of the altar.

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Grease save applies on caster’s turn every round. DC 15 or prone.
ZrabHas (1d20+11)[23] save

Flurry of blows full attack
Attack 1 (1d20+10)[25] hit for 12
Damage 1 (2d8+5)[12]

Attack 2 (1d20+10)[11] miss
Damage 2 (2d8+5)[17]

Attack 3 (1d20+5)[24] hit for 12
Damage 3 (2d8+5)[12]

The plate armored warrior steps to the side, then seems to move unnaturally fast as he closes on Grassis (Joas identifies the power Hustle) at work, striking out with his rapier.

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5’ step, hustle to get a move action even though 5’ stepped, then standard attack.
Attack (1d20+9)[27] vs AC 21 hit, 9 total damage
Damage (1d6+3)[9] plus (1d6)[1] electrical, need to subtract 1 for DR if it hits.

The front of the temple having become less safe, the bowman relocates, firing a single arrow at the construct first.

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Attack (1d20+10)[25] vs AC22 hit for 6
Damage (1d8+2)[6]

The ettin skeleton advances on Grassis, lashing out with one of its oversized Morningstars, which turns several bricks in the square into powder..

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Attack (1d20+12)[18] includes +2 for flanking vs AC 21 miss
Damage (2d6+6)[8] minus 1 DR if it hits

The troll skeleton continues to attack ZrabHas’ terrified horse.

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Claw (1d20+8)[22] vs AC 16 hit for 8
Claw damage (1d6+6)[8]

Claw (1d20+8)[10] vs AC 16 miss
Claw damage (1d6+6)[12]

Bite (1d20+3)[21] vs AC 16 hit for 9
Claw damage (1d6+3)[9]

The zombified rhinoceros continues to trade blows with RexThaun, its superior bulk giving it an amazing amount of endurance. It's still very slow, and its horn fails to cause any harm.

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Do you know how many HD a zombie rhino has?

Attack (1d20+14)[15] vs AC 21
Damage (2d6+12)[17]

The skeletal horse moves to attack ZrabHas.

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Balance check (1d20+2)[13] vs Grease, if it rolls a 5 or lower, it falls prone. save
Attack (1d20+5)[11] miss
Damage (1d4+4)[8]

The other zombies in the town square lurch in closer to their living foes. The zombie chickens have almost reached Joas. Their small beaks gape wide with unnatural hunger, despite the burns that cover their bodies.

To the south, the rhino-rider moves up quickly (double move), while the zombies follow at zombie speed.

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Key:
Z = Zombie
S = Skeleton
E = Ettin
R = Rhino
H = Horse
ZCS = Zombie Chicken Swarm
The rhino rider is approximately 70’ south of Joas’ current position. The zombies are a few rounds behind him.

P 24 damage
W (Oghum) 68 damage, flying 30' up
ZCS 32 damage
ZR 23 damage


AC 13 damage
Grassis 15 damage
ZrabHas 40 damage
RexThaun 26 damage (including 4 from earlier)
Joas +30 temp HP, psicrystal +30 temp HP
Hz 27 damage

=> Party

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

Joas is unhappy to see the mayor take flight. His construct got a few good hits in, though. Still intent on focusing attack on the more humanoid figures, figuring they are the leaders of the bunch, he directs his construct to charge P and hopes that his comrades with ranged firepower will take on the mayor. Then there´s the issue of getting swamped by zombies. Joas decides to approach that issue in the same way as last round, releasing an Energy missile at the undead around him and then moving to safety again.

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AC charge on P (end up in DR96), power attack 2: (1d20+12)[16] edit: I guess I get an extra +2 for flanking with Grassis? If so, that is not accounted for, damage (1d6+19)[24]. If hit, trip: (1d20+9)[21]. Assuming this is undead as well, so no crit confirm rolls.

Self:
Cast Energy missile (fire) defensively DC17 (1d20+12)[19] on Z5-Z8 and ZCS. They get DC19 reflex saves for half damage.

Z5: (7d6+7)[27]
Z6: (7d6+7)[33]
Z7: (7d6+7)[28]
Z8: (7d6+7)[40]
ZCS: (7d6+7)[31]

Then move to DZ111, even if that means eating an AoO...don´t want to be charged by a rhino.

[BelGareth]

Rex notices he isn't doing a whole lot of good, and needed to focus on something else, with a flash of insight, he saw the layout of the battlefield, and one of the armored warriors who traded places with the mage. With a flash, he attempted to send the simple mind of the rhino into disarray, allowing him to move where he needed unmolested.

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Standard action: Initiate Douse the flames against zombie Rhino
Attack - (1d20+8)[26]
Damage - (1d10+5)[14] if hit, cannot make aoo's for 1 round

Move action: Move to DQ96 provoking from horse, and possibly from rhino

Maneuvers -
Vanguard Strike
Douse the Flames
Battle Leaders Charge
Shield Block
Foehammer

Stance - Iron Guards Glare:
Foes suffer a -4 to attack allies when Rex threatens them

AC: 21
Damage: 26/112
LAW: used
Breath: available

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis

Grassis was relieved to see the construct come to his aid. "Ow" he says as he is stabbed.

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5 ft step to : DQ97


Standard action: Fire an EB at the flying Mayor


Ranged Touch attack : (1d20+10)[16]

Damage : (4d6)[14] + (2d6)[9] Acid


Free action : Activate gloves of energy admixture.



Note: Grassis has DR 2 / cold iron

[Feathersnow]

ZrabHas fights the armored warrior, using Claw at the Moon kata.

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jump check (1d20+15)[23]
attack(1d20+11)[22]
Damage (1d6+11)[17]

[J-H]

Round 3, Part 1

The astral construct charges the plate-armored warrior, but its blow bounces off the heavy plate armor. Joas roasts several of the zombies near him, including the swarm of birds. The smell of the cooked undead chickens is unappetizing. He spurs his horse through the remains, seeking a safer position.

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Z5: 27 damage, Reflex DC19 half. (1d20-1)[17]
Z6: 33 damage, Reflex DC19 half. (1d20-1)[0]
Z7: 28 damage, Reflex DC19 half. (1d20-1)[8]
Z8: It just dies. The save doesn’t matter. Too much damage.
ZCS: It just dies. The save doesn’t matter. Too much damage.
they all are destroyed

Z6 AOO if “living”.
Attack (1d20+3)[12]
Damage (1d6+2)[7]

RexThaun strikes the zombie rhino with his sword, disorienting it before moving to help Grassis; he ignores the zombie horse as it chomps at him with blunt teeth.

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Hit ZRZ for 14.

Zombie horse AOO
Attack (1d20+3)[16] miss
Damage (1d8+4)[7]

Grassis steps to the side and fires a blast of energy at the flying wizard.

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Hit for 23

ZrabHas moves to strike the armored warrior, carefully crossing the grease before leaping and attacking him from behind, taking him by surprise. She takes another blow from the unarmed necropolitan while doing so, leaving her badly injured.

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Zrabhas auto-passes the balance check. However, she’s flat-footed while balancing on the grease, and thus doesn’t have dex to AC against the AOOs.
M AOO
Attack (1d20+10)[25] vs AC19 hit for 16
Damage (2d8+5)[16]

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Whoops, that was supposed to be strikethrough. The horses missed.

She hits P for 17 damage plus (1d6)[5] sneak attack damage.

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Key:
Z = Zombie
S = Skeleton
E = Ettin
R = Rhino
H = Horse
ZCS = Zombie Chicken Swarm


P 46 damage
W (Oghum) 91 damage, flying 30' up
ZR 37 damage

AC 13 damage
Grassis 13 damage (corrected for DR in previous rounds)
ZrabHas 56 damage out of 62hp!
RexThaun 26 damage (including 4 from earlier)
Joas +30 temp HP, psicrystal +30 temp HP
Hz 27 damage

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[J-H]

Round 3, Part 2

The wizard descends, moving a bit closer to the battle as he chants and fires five balls of magical energy at the pesky ectoplasmic construct.

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Descends to 15’
It’s Magic Missile.
(5d4+5)[19]

Declining to pick his way across the grease, the unarmed warrior, fleet of foot, circles around the cart. The armored psychic warrior sidesteps, and swaps places with one of the zombies. Grassis takes a swipe at him, but misses.

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Rolled OOC. Dimension Swap (identified by Joas) with Z10.

The archer fires a pair of arrows across the square at Joas. Both hit, but merely drain some of his existing vitality.

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Rapid shot
Attack 1 (1d20+7)[26] vs AC 16
Damage (1d8+1)[7]

Attack 2 (1d20+7)[27] vs AC 16
Damage (1d8+1)[3]
hit for 10 total damage

The Ettin skeleton steps forward and swings both morningstars at Grassis. A zombie horse, and the newly-teleported zombie also try to bite him. One of the massive weapon connects, as does a mouth full of smelly undead horse teeth.

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5’ step, full attack
Attack (1d20+10)[21] vs AC 21
Damage (2d6+6)[15] minus 2 DR if it hits hit for 13

Attack (1d20+10)[11] vs AC 21 miss
Damage (2d6+6)[11] minus 2 DR if it hits

ZH3 Attack (1d20+3)[22] vs AC 21 hit for 3
Damage (1d8+4)[5] minus 2 DR if it hits

Z10 Attack (1d20+3)[10] vs AC 21 miss
Damage (1d6+2)[8] minus 2 DR if it hits

The troll skeleton continues to attack ZrabHas’ terrified horse, joined by one of the zombie horses and two human zombies. Most of their attacks are ineffective due to the horse's armor and frantic dodging.

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Claw (1d20+8)[12] vs AC 16
Claw damage (1d6+6)[11]

Claw (1d20+8)[9] vs AC 16
Claw damage (1d6+6)[7]

Bite (1d20+3)[5] vs AC 16
Claw damage (1d6+3)[4]

ZH4 Attack (1d20+3)[17] vs AC 16 hit for 8, all others miss
Damage (1d8+4)[8]

Z13 Attack (1d20+3)[10] vs AC 16
Damage (1d6+2)[5]

Z14 Attack (1d20+3)[9] vs AC 16
Damage (1d6+2)[3]

The zombie rhino steps forward and attempts to gore Richard the horse, but misses. One of the zombie horses also tries to take a bite, and succeeds.

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Attack (1d20+14)[17] vs AC 20
Damage (2d6+12)[22]

ZH1 Attack (1d20+3)[23] vs AC 20 hit for 5
Damage (1d8+4)[5]

Mounted Combat ride check to negate, if needed: (1d20+8)[20] vs whatever the attack roll is. fail

The skeletal horse attempts to sidestep off of the grease and kick at ZrabHas, but misses. One of the zombie horses attempts to move closer, but slips on the grease and falls prone.

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Reflex (1d20+4)[17] vs DC 15, or prone. save
Attack (1d20+5)[6] -4 if prone
Damage (1d4+4)[8]

ZH2 Balance (1d20)[4] fail!

The undead to the south get closer.

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Key:
Z = Zombie
S = Skeleton
E = Ettin
R = Rhino
H = Horse
ZCS = Zombie Chicken Swarm

The other crowd of zombies is 45' behind the current position of the rhino-rider.

P 46 damage
W (Oghum) 91 damage, flying 15' up
ZR 37 damage
ZH2 prone

AC 32 damage
Grassis 29 damage
ZrabHas 56 damage out of 62hp!
RexThaun 26 damage
Joas +20 temp HP, psicrystal +30 temp HP
Hz 35 damage
Richard the horse 5 damage

=> Party

[BelGareth]

Rex reared Richard, this was getting out of hand. He scanned around, and furrowed his brow at the altar, it seemed as though they were protecting it. Definitely not protecting their master. Moving Richard, he tried to get closer, breathing a bolt of cackling energy from his mouth as he did so.

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Move action: Move to DT92 provoking from Zombie?

Standard action: breath electricity from DT93 - DT98
Electricity - (3d6)[7] DC 19 Ref for half
Recovery - (1d4)[4]

Maneuvers -
Vanguard Strike
Douse the Flames
Battle Leaders Charge
Shield Block
Foehammer

Stance - Iron Guards Glare:
Foes suffer a -4 to attack allies when Rex threatens them

AC: 21
Damage: 26/112
LAW: used
Breath: available

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

Despite being fairly safe, Joas is feeling highly uncomfortable being swarmed by undead. He notices the psionic warrior is out of reach of his construct now as well, so he directs it at the next dangerous target: the Ettin. For himself, acknowledging that he and Grassis may be the only ones threatening the mayor now, he decides to direct a psionic assault at the mayor. That man needs to die. In the back of his head is still that rhino-rider, so he moves again to relative safety after.

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AC, move to DP98 and attack the Ettin, power attack 2: (1d20+10)[15], damage (1d6+19)[21]. If hit: trip (1d20+9)[26].

Self: Cast Energy missile DC19 at W (mayor), 8 PP (overchannel), take (1d8)[5] damage. Cold version this time. Fortitude save for half (unless he is obviously skeletal, I am assuming Joas knows better than to cast frost at skeletons, in that case it is fire and reflex save). I think I may be able to target others around him as well, but given the 3D nature of the situation I leave that up to you. Below I´ll roll all potential targets, you decide whether they are in reach.

W: (8d6+8)[36]
M (who/what is M, actually? ... if friendly: no attack, of course): (8d6+8)[37]
ZR: (8d6+8)[37]
Z11: (8d6+8)[39]

Move action: to EC 112, along the building, safe from Rhino charges.

[Feathersnow]

This is not going the way it usually does. ZrabHas shifts into Absolute Steel stance, and withdraws, in a c-shaped evasive pattern, to Do103, avoiding any AoO's.
Curses in Gith

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis


Grassis was starting to get very concerned. He was pretty much surrounded and his friends seemed to be putting some distance between the horde and themselves. He channeled more eldritch energy and fired a bolt at the flying mayor hoping that would end things.

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Standard action : Fire an EB at the mayor

Ranged touch attack : (1d20+11)[27]

Damage: (4d6+1)[15] + (2d6)[8] Acid damage


Free action: activate gloves of energy admixture to add acid damage to EB (3/3 for the day.)

5 ft step to DQ97

[J-H]

Round 4, Part 1

RexThaun swings his horse around, up onto the temple steps, shooting a weak bolt of lightning. The zombie rhinoceros gores him as he runs past.

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AOOs:
ZR Attack (1d20+14)[33] vs AC 21 hit for 19
Damage (2d6+12)[19]

ZH1 Attack (1d20+3)[15] vs AC 21 miss
Damage (1d8+4)[5]

7 electrical damage, Reflex DC 19 half.
SH Reflex (1d20+4)[5] fail
Z11 Reflex (1d20)[2] fail

Joas’ ectoplasmic construct moves towards the Ettin skeleton, taking a hit on the way in. It then strikes the skeleton in the leg, knocking it to the ground. Two patches of air congeal in front of Joas, water turning to rain and then ice inside, before shooting across the square at Oghum and the monk. The wizard falls to the ground, his body shattering into flash-frozen bits.

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ES AOO on AC
Attack (1d20+10)[27] vs AC22
Damage (2d6+6)[17]

Astral Construct hits for 21. Trip DC 26, ES opposed roll (1d20+10)[21]

Joas takes 5 damage from overchannel.
W 36 damage, Fort DC 19 half. Fort (1d20+5)[10] fail
M 37 damage, Fort DC 19 half. Fort (1d20+7)[14] fail

ZrabHas withdraws to some very temporary safety, while Grassis side-steps and blasts the mayor.

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Hit for 23, will retarget to M if Joas kills W. retargeted
I’m interpreting the 5’ step as to DQ96, since Grassis is in DQ97.

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P 46 damage
M 60 damage
ZR 37 damage
ZH2 prone
SH 7 damage
Z11 7 damage
Skeletal Ettin 21 damage, prone

AC 49 damage
Grassis 29 damage
ZrabHas 56 damage out of 62hp!
RexThaun 45 damage
Joas +20 temp HP, psicrystal +30 temp HP
Hz 35 damage
Richard the horse 5 damage

[J-H]

Round 4, Part 2

The monk stares at the dead wizard for a moment. “Crap! Rocky, kill that psion!” He turns and attacks RexThaun, joined by a couple of the zombies; they move to surround him. The monk lands two powerful blows, while one zombie gets lucky and claws RexThaun through a gap in the dragonborn's armor.

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M 5’ step and full attack, flurry of blows vs AC 21.
Attack (1d20+10)[22] hit for 15
Damage (2d8+5)[15]

Attack (1d20+10)[13] miss
Damage (2d8+5)[17]

Attack (1d20+5)[24] hit for 18
Damage (2d8+5)[18]

Z11
Attack (1d20+4)[6] miss
Damage (1d6+3)[4]
Z12
Attack (1d20+4)[24] hit for 9
Damage (1d6+3)[9]

The armored one with a rapier fortifies his body with Vigor again, then runs towards Joas, clanking along in his heavy plate armor. The archer stands still and fires two more arrows at the human psion; both hit, but do little harm.

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P manifests Vgor for +30hp, then uses Hustle to make his move action a double move.

Rapid shot vs Joas
Attack 1 (1d20+7)[26] vs AC 16
Damage (1d8+1)[5]

Attack 2 (1d20+7)[17] vs AC 16
Damage (1d8+1)[3]
both hit, total 8 damage

“Rocky,” bearing a lance and atop his skeletal rhinoceros, moves his hands (and the magical reins) to the right, steering the large undead around the corner towards Joas.

The ettin skeleton, prone, lashes out at the Astral Construct from its prone position, joined by two zombie horses and one human zombie. Most of them hit the mindless construct, disrupting its integrity and causing it to dissipate.

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Attacks vs AC22
Attack (1d20+8)[23] including -4 for prone and +2 for flanking hit for 14
Damage (2d6+6)[14]

Attack (1d20+8)[25] including -4 for prone hit for 17
Damage (2d6+6)[17]

ZH1 attack (1d20+3)[23] +2 for flanking forgotten, still hits for 11
Damage (1d8+4)[11]

ZH3 attack (1d20+3)[19] +2 for flanking forgotten, still misses
Damage (1d8+4)[11]

Z10 Attack (1d20+3)[22] +2 for flanking forgotten, still hits for 6
Damage (1d6+2)[6]
total 48 damage, brings AC damage to 97 total...destroyed

The troll skeleton continues to try to finish off ZrabHas’ horse, joined by one of the zombie horses and two human zombies. Their claws and bites are too much, and it falls to the ground, unconscious and bleeding heavily.

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ST
Claw (1d20+8)[24] vs AC 16
Claw damage (1d6+6)[7]

Claw (1d20+8)[11] vs AC 16
Claw damage (1d6+6)[8]

Bite (1d20+3)[19] vs AC 16
Claw damage (1d6+3)[5]

ZH4 Attack (1d20+3)[8] vs AC 16
Damage (1d8+4)[7]

Z13 Attack (1d20+3)[6] vs AC 16
Damage (1d6+2)[3]

Z14 Attack (1d20+3)[21] vs AC 16
Damage (1d6+2)[4]
several hit for 16 damage

The big rhinoceros zombie tries to impale the small xeph, Grassis, with its horn, while the skeletal horse attempts to do so from the other side. The agile warlock dodges both.

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5’ step and attack vs AC 22
Attack (1d20+14)[18] miss
Damage (2d6+12)[18]

5’ step and attack vs AC 22
Attack (1d20+7)[10] includes +2 for flanking. miss
Damage (1d4+4)[5]

The lone un-engaged zombie in the square (Z9) heads towards ZrabHas, while behind it the other zombie horse attempts to stand on the grease.

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Balance (1d20)[13] success Standing is a move action, which is all it can do, so it just rotates off the grease.

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P 46 damage, +30 temp HP
M 60 damage
ZR 37 damage
ZH2 prone
SH 7 damage
Z11 7 damage
Skeletal Ettin 21 damage, prone

Grassis 29 damage
ZrabHas 56 damage!
RexThaun 87 damage!
Joas +12 temp HP, psicrystal +30 temp HP
Hz -7 hp, prone
Richard the horse 5 damage

=> Party

[Feathersnow]

ZrabHas charges the door at Dj110 attempting to push it open. If it opens at her charge, she pushes through, otherwise, she just tries the handle

[BelGareth]

Rex took several large hits as the wizard fell to the ground. Well that wasn't it. he thought to himself, hoping he was right, as he was putting all his eggs in the roost.

He edged Richard forward and swung at the Altar.

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Free action: 5ft step to DU93
Free action: attack with mount Ride - (1d20+8)[25] DC 10

Standard action: Sunder Golden altar
Attack - (1d20+9)[12]
Damage - (1d10+6)[12]

If ride check is successful, Richard will attack as well:
Attack - (1d20+6)[26]
Damage - (1d6+6)[10]

Maneuvers -
Vanguard Strike
Douse the Flames
Battle Leaders Charge
Shield Block
Foehammer

Stance - Iron Guards Glare:
Foes suffer a -4 to attack allies when Rex threatens them

AC: 21
Damage: 30[5]/112
LAW: used
Breath: 3 rounds