The Wizard's Pawns (IC)

[Zimmia]

Amatae

Grimicing as Garrus comes down after his abortive attempt. "I guess we're not just flying our way out of this," Amatae mummers aloud as she breaks open one of the tiles to heal her wounds and then stashes the other in her pack, wrapped in a bit of cloth.

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I'm at 6/10. Use CLW (1d8+1)[9] tile

[memnarch]

Memnarch

"Maybe we are suppost to jump across like in the game draughts?"

[PocketRocket]

"Hmmm... maybe big barbarian should just charge across and see what happen."

Strong Arm smiles at Ning, hoping he might actually do it.

[BizzaroStormy]

Realizing flight will not work, Garrus tucks his wings underneath his cloak and attempts to walk to space V13

[NoDot]

Ning

"I am a Berserker; what are you looking at me for?"

[JeminiZero]

Jaegar

Following the Orc Monk's lead, Jaegar also smiles at Ning, "Well, you are the hardest to kill among us all, so reason dictates you have the best chance of surviving if anything does happen."

Gesturing at the Kobold charging from behind, "Nassim, could you break his weapon?"

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Status
HP: 7/10

OOC: Ning is the only one with fast healing. And I could still use some cure minor wounds. Also, how big is the Aperture, if its big enough to let the Kobold through, I imagine we could fit through it as well, and grab Kobold corpses to use as Trap bait.

[MammonAzrael]

Nasim

"Hmm?" Nasim looks up distractedly from the runes on the nearest floor tile. "Oh. Yeah, no problem."

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Baleful Utterance on the kobolds weapon once it's within 25'. DC 15 will and fort save.

[Meloku]

Erro

"This does not bode well."

Thinking about it for a moment, he continues

"But it may be different than our previous encounter - a puzzle of the mind, not the body.

Be prepared for trouble, hmmm?"

and takes a step forwards ((Towards the pedestal)).

[FlyMolo]

"koboldwill" - (1d20)[20]DC 15 to keep greatsword
"koboldFort" - (1d20+2)[3]DC 15 to avoid being stunned.

The door is wide enough to admit a kobold, but when you try and walk through it, it resists you softly. You're pretty much stuck.

You estimate the kobold will reach you in one round. Two if he goes back for a weapon, three if he's stunned. Edit: You have one round. The kobold grasps his weapon firmly as it bucks and attempts to transform into something terrible, but it remains in its form.

Shouldering his way past Nasim, Garrus steps out onto the tiled floor. Both Garrus and Erro pause, waiting for the...whatever. Nothing happens, to the naked eye.

[memnarch]

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Assuming you still have detect magic up, which you probably do, you sense a vast and powerful flicker of magic, too fast to pinpoint or identify

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[Meloku]

Erro

"Well, that was disappointing. But maybe..."

Trailing off, Erro steps to the right, onto an alternately colored tile, to test alternate colors ((Move to W11)).

((I have detect magic up still - 6 rounds, I think))

[JeminiZero]

Jaegar

The hunter frowned, "Dang, that could have gone better."

"Well Elf Maiden and Gentlemen, it would seem we are caught between a potentially dangerous magical trap and more angry Kobolds. I would recommend the melee types hold the Kobolds off at this aperture, while the arcane types figure out the Chessboard. Once the arcane types have it nailed down, the rest of us can cross quickly and get to the pedestral, which seems to be the objective here. The alternative is that while we are caught with our pants down in the middle of a magical trap, the room will get flooded with angry Kobolds trying to kill us. I say 'tis better to hold them at this choke point until we know how we can quickly get out."

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Status
HP: 7/10

OOC: Time for some Tactics! The Kobold will enter on square Y13, possibly on a charge. Ning should go to X13 to soak damage (since he IS the only one with fast healing). Strong Arm and Amatae should try and get to Y12 and Y14 so that our 2 heaviest hitters get flanking bonuses. Jaegar and Talon should occupy X14 and X12, so Talon can heal Ning in an emergency.

[PocketRocket]

Strong Arm pushes his way to Y12, waiting for any kobolds to come his way. "Hey barbarian, you stand in doorway. Take most damage. It be good plan."

Hmmm... I think this kobold is charging. He should be able to hit Ning. I assume he can take it though. Hmmm...

[NoDot]

Ning

((Did any of you notice that Ning is 15 years old?))

[memnarch]

Memnarch

Says "If this is a draughts board then we should probably try to stay on the black squares because it is illegal to move on the red ones"

Making sure to stay on black, he moves to V 9 and defends self (+4 temp AC yadda yadda...)

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movement is "X10, X9, W8, V9" total movement equals ~25ft

[Zimmia]

Amatae

"That sounds like a good plan to me," Amatae says although it's a little ambiguous to whom she's actually speaking, and tentatively moves into one of the black squares.

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Full defensive action, moves into W12

[BizzaroStormy]

Garrus kneels down and aims a blast at the kobold's head.

Ready action eldritch blast when the kobold comes into range.

Attack (1d20+3)[16]
Damage (1d6)[1]

[MammonAzrael]

Nasim

"Gah, pain in the ass..." Nasim attempts to destroy the weapon again, and then moves to the side of the portal.

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I use Baleful Utterance on the great sword (DC 15 Will/Fort) and then move to Y-12 (it isn't combat, so I can easily share the space)

((NoDot, not only is 15 a perfectly acceptable adventuring age, seeing as how D&D is a medieval setting, but we just got eaten by a giant planar stomach. I don't think anyone really cares how old you are or appear to be. You work a a meatshield, and that's all we care about right now.))

[bchilders]

Talon

Talon will moves to heal Jaegar and then sets up as part of the reception party for the incoming kobolds, though he keeps and eye on those moving out to the squares incase they might need help.

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Sorry it has been so long. Cast 2 cure minors on Jaegar and alternating focus between both groups.
Spells Cast: 2-0 lvl and 1-1st lvl

OOC: Ning how are you going to complain about being too young when your character also claims to have had an encounter with Asmodeus...you can't have it both ways

[memnarch]

Making sure to stay on black, he moves to R 11 and defends self (+4 temp AC)

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movement U10, T11, S10, R11

What I will do unless something bizarr happening to the floor.

[FlyMolo]

Initative counts:
Garrus(27)->Amatae(23)->Erro(23)->Olaf(19)->Memnarch(16)->Ning(15)->Talon(14)->Jaegar(12)->Strong Arm(11) ->Nasim(4)->Kobold(0)

Garrus, kneeling on the chessboard, snipes at the kobold as he bursts through the door, tagging him.

Amatae cautiously steps onto the tiles, ready for anything.

Erro steps cautiously to one side.

Olaf just stands there, and ponders this new development.

Memnarch steps carefully across the tiles.

Ning joins Olaf in quiet contemplation.

Talon heals Jaegar ("Talos: Cure minor wounds!" *FOOM*) , then moves to X12, displacing Strong Arm, who displaces Ning.

Jaegar's wounds knit together, and he readies his weapon.

Strong Arm stands in his allotted place, ready to lay down the smack.

Nasim tries to shatter the kobold's weapon one last time, but finds his access to the portal obstructed by the massed ranks of his compatriots.
"willsave" - (1d20)[8]DC15
"fortsave" - (1d20+2)[17]DC15

[FlyMolo]

The kobold rushes in to try and slash you all up, but his greatsword comes to pieces in his hands. Angrily, he tries to bullrush Nasim, (provoking no AoOs), but bounces off, leaving him in a circle of hostile people. Another kobold comes around the corner, but this one wields a spiked chain. He bounds towards you.

"str checkKobold" - (1d20-2)[1]
"str checkNasim" - (1d20-1)[19]

Memnarch, Amatae, and Garrus all blink out of existence, only to blink right back in again. Memnarch flickers a few squares to the northeast, Amatae travels even farther in the same direction, and Garrus ends up in a totally different direction still. Erro remains in the same place.

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((Secret Dm Rolls! Don't look))(Even if you did, they'd be mostly meaningless.)

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[vroll]4d8[/vroll]
[vroll]4d6[/vroll]
(4d8)[2][2][6][8](18)
(4d6)[2][5][2][6](15)

[Roland Deschain]

Olaf takes a double move action to M10

[JeminiZero]

Jaegar

Jaegar glimpses at the situation behind, "The Black squares seem to have teleport triggers, try staying to the Red squares." He takes a swing at the Kobold before him.

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Status
HP: 9/10

Attack roll: (1d20+3)[16]
Shortsword damage roll: (1d6+1)[4]

[Zimmia]

Amatae looks around in bewilderment, noting that Erro is now on a red square. "Maybe it's not droughts after all," She hops up and down for a second on her new square and if it seems stable she springs lightly on her feet and lands two black squares away (in P16)

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it's probably not necessary, but here's a jump check just in case (1d20+4)[17]
If that goes *really* badly, here's the tumble check to get out of it (1d20+6)[26]

[memnarch]

Memnarch

Ponders aloud "Maybe the black squares blink people/things around and the red ones are normal..."

Moves to P 11 and defends self (+4 AC) by zigzagging up on the black squares. (or trys to)

[BizzaroStormy]

Garrus ignores the kobold for now and moves into C7 (2 move actions)

[MammonAzrael]

Nasim
HP - 6/8
AC - 15
Int - 4 ((can't wait for my new Int roll ))

Nasim backs away from the kobold that just got knocked off it's feet, onto the checkerboard. He then blasts apart the chain wielded by the newest little threat.

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Nasim takes a 5' step onto W-13 and uses Baleful Utterance on the kobold's Spiked Chain (DC 15 Fort/Will). If it isn't within range yet, then he uses Eldritch Blast on the kobold that just bull rushed him(and I'll change the above to represent this).

Ranged Touch Attack - (1d20+4)[14]
EB damage - (1d6+1)[5]

[Meloku]

Erro

"Hmmm..."

Thinking for a moment

"But I was on a black square moments ago, wasn't I?"

Moving off of his red square into a more forwards black one ((Double move to O12, using diagonals to stay on black squares))

[PocketRocket]

Strong Arm

Strong Arm laughs at the puny attempts that the small kobold made at bull rushing Nasim. He then kicks the kobold in the face, followed by a massive stomp downwards into his nose.

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Attack 1:(1d20+3)[11]
Attack 2:(1d20+3)[6]

Damage 1:(1d6+4)[9]
Damage 2:(1d6+4)[9]

[NoDot]

Ning

Ning takes a 5 ft. step into X-15. Hurrying would be best.