Servants of the Thrallherd IC [3.5, high speed]

[Feathersnow]

ZrabHas continues forward as a double move.

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

Joas´ construct appears. It is still far away from the combat, however, so he sends his white construct-icore bolting through the air so it can participate in the next round.

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Self: None
Construct: Run action to Q 294

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis

Grassis continues his climb and then fires off a quick attack at the flying manticore. "Ugly flying kitty-kats" he says.

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Ganis will climb another 20ft up the wall and fire at M1.


Ranged touch attack : (1d20+9)[26]
Damage: (5d6)[25] (mortal bane 1/5)


This should turn him visible.

[J-H]

Round 3, Part 1

RexThaun charges ahead, spearing one of the manticores with his lance. Zrabhas tries to catch up, and is passed by the ectoplasmic construct, which lands in front of RexThaun, shielding him from one of the manticores.

Grassis turns visible, firing a bolt of energy at the flying manticore and hitting it.

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M3 19 damage
M1 25 damage

RexThaun 43 damage out of 96hp
Grassis Invisible
Joas +12 temp hp
Zrabhas Enlarged

[J-H]

Round 3, Part 2
A volley of spikes from the rear manticore assails Grassis, right before the flying manticore roars in pain and tries to swipe at Grassis as he flies by. “Kill wizards first!”

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M2 spikes vs Grassis
Attack (1d20+8)[22], Damage (1d8+2)[6] hit for 6
Attack (1d20+8)[16], Damage (1d8+2)[7]
Attack (1d20+8)[15], Damage (1d8+2)[3]
Attack (1d20+8)[19], Damage (1d8+2)[4]
Attack (1d20+8)[28], Damage (1d8+2)[8] crit not confirmed, hit for 8
Attack (1d20+8)[21], Damage (1d8+2)[7] hit for 7

M1 makes a flyby attack. Spider Climb specifies that hands must be free (ie empty) to climb, so no AOO from Grassis.
Claw attack (1d20+10)[13] miss
Damage (2d4+5)[8]

The other manticore steps past the Astral Construct and attacks. It claws at Rexthaun, trying to bite him, while it also takes a swipe at his horse with a clawed paw, but none of its attacks hit.

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5’ step, full attack.
Attacking RexThaun
Claw attack (1d20+10)[17]
Damage (2d4+5)[10]
Bite attack (1d20+8)[12]
Damage (1d8+2)[4]

Attacking horse
Claw attack (1d20+10)[11]
Damage (2d4+5)[13]

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The Manticore is right over ZrabHas.



M3 19 damage
M1 25 damage

RexThaun 43 damage out of 96hp
Grassis 21 damage out of 48hp. Not Invisible (map error)
Joas +12 temp hp
Zrabhas Enlarged

=> Party

[Feathersnow]

ZrabHas shifts into Iron heart stance, to do more damage but lose AC.

She then tosses the Javelin at the closest Manticore (M1)

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(1d20+9)[28]

Damage (if applicable) [roll]1d8+1d6+1[/roll]

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(1d20+11)[24]

bonus damage (if confirmed) (1d8+1)[8]

Then, she goes forward another 30 feet while drawing the tanglefoot bag.

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

Joas silently observes the battle as it unfolds. Partly to monitor the health of his teammates, but also out of curiousity: how do these Manticore creatures fight, what seems to be their motive?. In the meanwhile, his Astral Constructicore tries to pound on the Manticore next to it (M3).

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Self: Nothing
AC: Attack (1d20+12)[28] (20 x2), damage (1d6+13)[17]

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis

Grassis was annoyed with being called a wizard but let it go. Grassis fades from view and continues up the wall.

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Standard action : Turn invisible

Move action: Continue moving up the wall. If he reaches a flat surface, he move towards M2 and M3

[BelGareth]

Rex, smiling at not being targeted for once, rears his horse up, and smashes down with his lance as he comes down yelling. "Flee from me, you wretched scum, or I shall wear your hide as a cloak!"

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Aura: power +2 to damage to allies within 30ft. (Including horse and Astral construct)
Chaos: +3 to attack

Standard action
Attack
(1d20+10)[18]
Damage
(1d8+5)[9]

Move action, intimidate, if manticore fails, it is cowered for 1 round, and shaken the round after.
(1d20+24)[26]

Horse will also attack, if able. (If it requires me to full attack, then I'll do the above actions only)
Attack
(1d20+6)[22]
Damage
(1d6+6)[7]

AC: 19
HP's: 53/96

[J-H]

Round 4, Part 1

Grassis vanishes from sight and climbs up higher. The only ledge he can see is the one closer to the battle, which is now below him.

Zrabhas makes a difficult throw look easy; her javelin travels almost straight up to hit the flying manticore (M1).

RexThaun stabs the manticore with his lance, then berates it while his horse and the greenish ectoplasmic manticore both strike it.

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Manticore is now cowering.
9 damage from lance, 7 damage from horse, 17 from astral construct = 33 damage inflicted.

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M3 52 damage, cowering
M1 29 damage, in flight

RexThaun 43 damage out of 96hp
Grassis 21 damage out of 48hp
Joas +12 temp hp
Zrabhas Enlarged, at 44hp

[J-H]

Round 4, Part 2

The flying manticore (M1) folds its wings and descends with a roar. “No, this wizard, not the, the, the spider-manling on the wall!” It takes a hoof in the side as it descends, but lands a swipe on Joas that rips through his armor.

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Charge attack. At 40’ up and 90’ away it starts at 98’ from Joas, with a 100’ speed on a charge. Instead of working out the exact grid cost I used Pythagoras to figure out if it was doable.

Attack (1d20+12)[17] +2 from charge, vs AC16 hit
Damage (2d4+5)[10]

Joas’ horse gets an AOO as the manticore passes low overhead. I’m assuming light warhorse for the small xeph.
Attack (1d20+4)[22] hit
Slam (1d6+3)[5]

The manticore next to Rexthaun does nothing as it fights to recover its equilibrium.
The one behind it, blocked in by a glowing construct and a cowering ally, growls in frustration and launches itself out over the canyon, firing spikes at RexThaun’s horse as it passes by. Most of them land, and blood runs down the horse's side in streams.

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M2 spikes vs heavy warhorse (ac14 +2 barding = 16)
Attack (1d20+8)[27], Damage (1d8+2)[3] crit confirmed for 13
Attack (1d20+8)[12], Damage (1d8+2)[3]
Attack (1d20+8)[20], Damage (1d8+2)[6] hit for 6
Attack (1d20+8)[18], Damage (1d8+2)[5] hit for 5
Attack (1d20+8)[20], Damage (1d8+2)[9] hit for 9
Attack (1d20+8)[24], Damage (1d8+2)[5] hit for 5

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M3 52 damage, cowering
M1 34 damage, on ground, -2ac from charge

RexThaun 43 damage out of 96hp
RexThaun's horse 38 damage out of 44hp
Grassis 21 damage out of 48hp
Joas +2 temp hp
Zrabhas Enlarged, at 44hp

=> Party

[Feathersnow]

ZrabHas shifts back into Sea of Blades Stance and advances forward to rank 303, then tosses the tanglefoot bag at the second manticore.

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(1d20+9)[23]

[J-H]

The flying manticore (M2) dips out of sight as it frantically tries to tear the goop off of its wings.

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Reflex (1d20+7)[13]

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis


Grassis eyes lock on the manticore as it falls from view. "ba-ahahahaha" he lets out a deep evil laugh. Composing himself he continues his crawl along the wall.

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Ganis will crawl forward towards M3 and move slowly downwards, he's hoping to make the 'ledge area' next turn. He'll take a double move action and climb 40 feet. I figure he ends up at S289 at 50 feet up off the ground. 30 feet travel 'north', 10 feet 'down'.

Describing 3D movement is always tough. Basically he wants to move closer to M3 to shoot it next round. Not sure if the xeph speed boost applies to climb speed or not. *shrug*

Also Grasis has about 3 hps more than you have listed due to his DR.

[BelGareth]

Rex cries out as his horse is attacked. He was going to have to dismount, and protect Roger!

He lept from his saddle, attempting to dismount fast.

He then, drops his lance, not able to use it any more, and draws his bastard sword, stepping forward toward his cowering foe.

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Ride attempt to fast dismount, dc 20, if fails, then dismount as move.
(1d2)[1]
Swift action aura to vigor, fast healing 2 up to half.
Free action 5 ft step to Q296

Attack
(1d20+10)[14]
Damage
(1d20+3)[8]

AC: 19
HP's: 53/96

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

"Hey!" Joas, in vain, tries to avoid the Manticore´s attacks. "Wizwhat? I am not a wizard...". Stoically, he looks at the Manticore while he mentally directs his Construct to come to his aid. It looks like he will be taking some more damage soon, so he decides to reinforce his ectoplasmic buffer, this time trying to hide the display, but it seems he is too distracted to do that.

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AC: full-round move run to Q324. He should be able to make that. If not, then he´ll come as close as possible.
Self: Manifest Vigor, defensively (1d20+11)[24] (DC16), shared with Psicrystal, for 5 PP: 25 temporary hp, hiding display (1d20+11)[12] (DC16)

[J-H]

Round 5, part 1

Zrabhas throws a canvas bag at the flying manticore. On impact, it explodes into strands of goo that bind the manticore’s wings. It falls down into the canyon, struggling to pull apart the goop.

RexThaun steps down and attacks the manticore.

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Hit for 8 damage

His horse’s wounds close slightly.

Grassis continues to move invisibly along the cliff.

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Joas manifests a power, making more life energy available. His construct lifts into the air, taking a claw to the leg in its distraction, and flies over RexThaun and his horse, to land behind the manticore.
M3 gets an AOO
Attack (1d20+8)[23] -2 from shaken, vs AC 22
Damage (2d4+5)[9]

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M3 58 damage, shaken
M1 34 damage, on ground, -2ac from charge

AC 9 damage out of 70hp
RexThaun 43 damage out of 96hp
RexThaun's horse 36 damage out of 44hp
Grassis 18 damage out of 48hp
Joas +27 temp hp
Zrabhas Enlarged, at 44hp

[J-H]

Round 5, Part 2

Angered, the manticore facing RexThaun strikes back, landing one hit, while his horse backs up nervously.

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Assuming horse isn’t suicidal.

Claw attack (1d20+8)[16] -2 from shaken
Damage (2d4+5)[8]
Claw attack (1d20+8)[9] -2 from shaken
Damage (2d4+5)[12]
Bite attack (1d20+8)[22] -2 from shaken
Damage (1d8+2)[4]

The one facing Joas also attacks him, landing blows that send a surprisingly small amount of blood flying.

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If I really, really wanted to kill you, I’d attempt a bull rush. But they want to eat you instead.

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Claw attack (1d20+8)[16] -2 from shaken = 18
Damage (2d4+5)[11]
Claw attack (1d20+8)[14] -2 from shaken = 16
Damage (2d4+5)[10]
Bite attack (1d20+8)[19] -2 from shaken = 21
Damage (1d8+2)[3]
all 3 hit for 24 total damage

The horses around the southern manticore attack it.

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Attack (1d20+4)[20] hit
Slam (1d6+3)[7]

Attack (1d20+4)[8] miss
Slam (1d6+3)[7]

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(20d6)[70]

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M3 58 damage, shaken status expires on RexThaun's turn
M1 41 damage
M2 Out of sight

AC 9 damage out of 70hp
RexThaun 47 damage out of 96hp
RexThaun's horse 36 damage out of 44hp
Grassis 18 damage out of 48hp
Joas +3 temp hp
Zrabhas Enlarged, at 44hp

=> Party

[Autopsibiofeeder]

Joas

Joas is under the impression that while savage and evil, these monsters are also quite intelligent, especially the one who is momentarily clawing at him. Therefore, he thinks he can appeal to the common sense of it, while his construct assaults it. "Anyway...you will have noticed that your attacks don´t quite hurt me. Let´s say that´s because I am a wizard. Moreover, your friend has fallen," he points downward, "figuratively and literally." He nods in the distance. "Your other friend is bleeding badly and surely will be feeding the maggots tomorrow." Joas shrugs. "My friends will be here any moment. I´d fly away and live another day." Joas smiles at the Manticore, a smile that is actually sincere. "I don´t really care whether you live or die, but maybe if you survive we can have tea and some nice discussions some day?"

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My temp hp don´t stack I think, so I am at +1 temp hp, but that aside.
Not rolling a bluff check, because I am not lying and truly believe that he had better save his hide. If you require one, feel free to roll it for me (+0 bonus).

Self: None, well, a lot of talking
AC: 5 ft step and attack the Manticore. Slam (1d20+12)[19], damage (1d6+13)[15].

[Feathersnow]

ZrabHas takes a double move south. There isn't room for her to fight the 3rd manticore, and M1 is threatening the horses and squishies. At the moment.

[BelGareth]

Rex, frustrated. Screams at his target, "WHY. WILL. YOU. NOT. DIE!" as he does so, and to accent the point, he breaths a line of acid towards his target.

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Aura: Vigor (fast healing 2 to all under half, I'll include the beguiler in this as well)

Move action to demoralize
(1d20+24)[25]

Standard action, Breath acid
(3d6)[11] DC 19 Ref for half

AC: 25
HP's: 49/96
Chaos: 5/10 rounds
Breath weapon: (1d4)[3] rounds

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis

Grassis fires a bolt at the nearest manticore and begins to climb down.

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Ranged touch attack vs flat footed AC : (1d20+9)[18]

Damage : (3d6)[11]

Becomes visible if he attacks.


It's probably likely the manticore is already dead, if that is the case, he'll just double move down the wall now that he has confirmed nothing is perched up here.

[J-H]

Round 6, Part 1

Joas attempts to talk down the apex predator, while his astral construct steps forwards and gives it an ectoplasmic boot to the hindquarters.

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15 damage inflicted.
If you have a weapon, your construct gets +2 for flanking.

Zrabhas runs south.

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In the future, please give me coordinates instead of making me figure out where you’re going.

Grassis fires a bolt of energy at the northern manticore, while RexThaun yells at it, spraying it with acid spittle. It slumps to the ground, barely conscious and unable to move.

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11 damage from Eldritch Blast

Resist Intimidate (1d20+6)[9] vs DC25 fail

Acid breath, 11 damage, Reflex DC 19 half
Reflex (1d20+5)[8] includes -2 for shaken; Cowering doesn’t inflict a save penalty as far as I can find (other fear effects explicitly do), but eliminates dexterity bonus, which also has a -2 effect… so it doesn’t likely matter. fail, 11 damage

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M3 80 damage, cowering, disabled, 0 hp. (It had 84 hp but started the battle with 4 points of damage)
M1 56 damage
M2 Out of sight

AC 9 damage out of 70hp
RexThaun 47 damage out of 96hp
RexThaun's horse 34 damage out of 44hp
Grassis 18 damage out of 48hp
Joas +1 temp hp
Zrabhas Enlarged, at 44hp

[J-H]

Round 6, part 2

“Shut it, meat-mouth!” The manticore bites and claws at Joas again, even as the horses to the side rear up and kick at it again.

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Manticore
Claw attack (1d20+10)[15] miss
Damage (2d4+5)[11]
Claw attack (1d20+10)[20] hit
Damage (2d4+5)[9]
Bite attack (1d20+8)[21] hit
Damage (1d8+2)[5]
14 damage

Horses
Attack (1d20+6)[14] includes +2 from flanking
Slam (1d6+3)[7]

Attack (1d20+6)[19] includes +2 from flanking
Slam (1d6+3)[7]
7 damage

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M3 80 damage, cowering, disabled, 0 hp. (It had 84 hp but started the battle with 4 points of damage)
M1 63 damage
M2 Out of sight

AC 9 damage out of 70hp
RexThaun 47 damage out of 96hp
RexThaun's horse 34 damage out of 44hp
Grassis 18 damage out of 48hp
Joas 13 damage out of 36 hp
Zrabhas Enlarged, at 44hp

=> Party

[Feathersnow]

ZrabHas moves to rank 320 while drawing the warhammer. She then readies an action to activate Burning Brand and hit the Chimaera if it comes into range.

[BelGareth]

Rex sighs as the manticore slumps.

He moves back to Roger, jumping up, he wheels back to the way he came, spurring the horse on.

He yells at zrabhas, "get in there, joas is no fighter!"

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5 ft towards Roger the horse
Move action to mount
Double move to 314, right behind zrabHas
Aura is vigor, fast healing 2 up to half
chaos - (1d6)[4]
Breath 2 rounds

[Ragnarok'n'Roll]

Grassis


Grassis continues downwards to the path and looks over the side to see if he can spot the third enemy.

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Move to Q300

spot (1d20+2)[9]

[J-H]

Round 7, Part 1 & Part 2

Zrabhas & RexThaun move back towards Joas.

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Horse heals 2hp

Grassis peers over the edge, and sees the manticore off to the south, ascending slowly. It will take several rounds to return, at best.

The Astral Construct attacks the manticore.

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Attack (1d20+14)[31] includes +2 flanking
Damage (1d6+12)[16]

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M3 80 damage, cowering, disabled, 0 hp. (It had 84 hp but started the battle with 4 points of damage)
M1 79 damage
M2 South of the map, 330’ down.

AC 9 damage out of 70hp
RexThaun 47 damage out of 96hp
RexThaun's horse 32 damage out of 44hp
Grassis 18 damage out of 48hp
Joas 13 damage out of 36 hp
Zrabhas Enlarged, at 44hp

Battered and bloodied, the manticore dives off the cliff and attempts to escape.

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It uses the Withdraw action and is 100' away from its previous position

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If anyone has a ranged attack and wants to take a shot at it, please post as such. Otherwise, the battle ends with two nearly-dead manticores escaping to the south. You still get full XP for defeating them even if they aren't dead.

[BelGareth]

Rex bellows as the manticore leaps into the air, he throws his sword down, careful to do so next to the wall, and not the edge, draws his crossbow, and takes aim.

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I got one shot!

free action drop
move action draw
Standard attack

Ranged attack - (1d20+9)[24] -2 for 2nd range increment
Damage - (1d6)[3]

[J-H]

The bolt hits, but the manticore flies on.

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Manticore at 82hp.