The Center Cannot Hold [Group A]

[Kyeudo]

Grim

Grim sighs as the thing grabs Hortek, then drops into a fighting stance. Grim stalks towards the amorphous blob with deliberate intent, and swings a mighty blow with his hammer. His black eyes flash a brilliant silver as the hammer connects.

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Swift action to use Stance of Clarity, Attacking with Insightful Strike, expending psionic focus to use Deep Impact.
Touch Attack:(1d20+12)[15]
Damage:(1d20+11)[24]

[MeklorIlavator]

Adelard
As the monster grabs Horek, Adelard has a moment to wonder what the hell that thing is before he begins his response. He seems to focus on the blob, and he apears to be attempoting to ward his allies with the glaive at the expense of his own safety.As his allies move closer to the creature, so does Adelard, and brings his weapon down on the creature in a powerful attack.

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Knowlege chack: autofail
Activate Stance(swift action): Iron Gaurd Glare(-4 to enemy attacks unless they attack me)
Delay: Until Initative 8(after Ali'Anspar moves)
Move:5foot step to space vacated by Ali.
Attack: Using Crusader's Strike((1d6+6)[9], 8 healing to Horek), attacking creature at power attack 2:(1d20+9)[28], Damage:(1d10+11)[20]
AC:21(Touch12, FF19), Fort:8, Ref:5, Will:5, HP:52

Disregard the healing roll total, it should only be +5, so only add 8 hp to Horek

[Agthorr]

Hortek

Hortek curses, wondering how the monster was able to spot him when he was sneaking around. I need to do a better job of sticking to the shadows, apparently.

As the creature strikes him, Hortek twists, bends, and calls upon the power of his internal flame to extract vengeance upon the foe.

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Fire Riposte maneuver (an immediate action in response to being hit)
Melee Touch Attack: (1d20+8)[6](14)
Fire Damage: (4d6)[11]

After the creature crushes him ("Owwwww! Help!), Hortek pounds the creature with his fists.

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Attack: (1d20+11)[15](26)
Damage: (1d4+5)[9]

[Agthorr]

OOC: Both of Hortek's attack rolls should have been at +9. I'm not sure what I was thinking. I'm clearly not fully awake yet.

Using the rolls in the previous post, that makes his attack rolls:
15 for the Fire Riposte
24 for the Unarmed Strike.

[purepolarpanzer]

Without a thought, Moran draws his bow up to his face. His eyes flash golden as his feet shift to a wide, balanced stance, steadying even the most minor of quakes in his body.
I am the Falling Star, piercing the night with a single, powerful shot...The mantras of his father's teachings flood his mind, and as he releases the shot it seems to follow his will, flying at the creature with unerring accuracy, even twisting at the last moment to avoid a flailing psudopod.
And with the purity of day-in-the-darkness, I strike...He whispers the last bit of the mantra, enjoying hearing the words whisper across his lips as the shot strikes at his enemy, trying to pierce any natural defenses..
I miss you father.

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Posted this in the ooc, cause im a moron. 34 to hit there, and 26damage when combining normal and sure shot. +1 to both those numbers if Point blank shot applies. Thought it would, but wanted to make sure. Teach me to post when I'm semi-awake.
EDIT- Can't spell right now either.

[Chineselegolas]

Ali'Anspar

"Having fun down there Hortek?" Ali'Anspar said as he stepped into Holocaust Cloak stance, flame covering his body, "Try touching this beasty"
Ali's banter continued as he seemed to sink into the shadows between the flagstones, sliding back out on the other side of the Mimic (Shadow Jaunt)

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AC = 20
Stance: Holocaust Cloak
Manouvers left:

• Counter Charge
  Burning Brand
  Death Mark
  Bonecrusher
  Shadow Garrote

[playswithfire]

Stonefist

Unsure what this creature is, Vimak goes with his most basic but effective strategy: hit it and hit it hard. Moving into position, he strikes with both fists at once.

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Sorry I couldn't do this yesterday; every time I had free time, the site was timing out.
Tumble anywhere adjacent to the thing [roll] 1d20+11[/roll] then using wolf fang strike
I'm in island of blades and others are adjacent, so adding flanking bonus
Attack 1 (1d20+11)[26] Damage1 (2d6+5)[12]
Attack 1 (1d20+11)[13] Damage1 (2d6+3)[8]

[Skjaldbakka]

You make quick work of the creature. Several of your weapons are wrenched from your grasp as they adhere to the skin of this creature, but after a brief period of time (5 rnds), the adhesive loses it potency, and you reclaim your weapons.

[purepolarpanzer]

Atleast that's done with. Are you alright, Hortek? The creature seems more than capable of killing a lesser man.
Moran relaxes slightly, a sigh escaping his mouth as he slumped against a near by wall.
Could have easily been me under that thing. And I maight not have been so lucky...

[Agthorr]

Hortek

"Oof. I took quite a beating. I'll be alright in time, but another beating like that and I may be a goner."

Hortek looks around the room anxiously to see if there are any other nasty hiding things or anything else of interest. He also makes a mental note to be more sneaky while exploring this place.

[Kyeudo]

Grim

The duergar shoulders his hammer again and takes a moment to calm and focus his mind.

((Taking 10 on a Concentration check to become psionicly focused.))

[Skjaldbakka]

Narrator:
A straw mattress in one corner dominates this room, with a wooden trunk nearby. A clay pitcher and water basin rest on a table here as well. A young elven woman dressed in a white toga has collapsed on the floor, clutching her ears in agony. She does not appear to be breathing. There is a small gold ring on one of her fingers. A ghostly image of the women manifests and looks on the party angrily, her ghostly arms stretching out towards you

Hortek: 27
Moran Kerro: 21
Ali'Anspar: 19
Ghost: 15
The ghost reaches for the nearest living creature on its turn:

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(1d20+4)[20]incorporeal touch attack for (1d6)[5] strength damage.
DC 16 knowledge religion to identify as a shadow, which will also let you know all the traits of a shadow.

Adelard Kranet: 14
Grim Petros: 12
Vimak 'Stonefist'Vaimei-Laga: 8

Map: http://24.97.85.139/java/mmee/

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[Agthorr]

Hortek

Hortek delays his action until Moran Kerro and Ali'Anspar have had a chance to move.

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Knowledge (religion): (1d20+5)[7]

[MeklorIlavator]

Unsure of exactly what the specter is, but knowing that it is unfriendly simply from its attitude, Adelard still has enough sense to want it to come to them, not the other way around."Stand back, let it come to us!"
Adelard then shifts to a move defensive stance, ready to strike at the creature if it comes within range.

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Knowledge: Religion9
Stance: Iron Guards Glare(-4 to enemy attacks unless it attacks me)
Maneuvers Granted:
Crusader's Strike
Tactical Strike
Lion's Roar
AC:21(Touch12, FF19), Fort:8, Ref:5, Will:5, HP:52
Ready Action: Attack if it comes within 10 feet of Aldelard, using Tactical Strike.
Attack:(1d20+9)[22]
Damage:(1d10+11)[18]+(2d6)[10]
Miss Chance(1d100)[85], 50 and up I hit

[Chineselegolas]

Ali'Anspar

"Its a shadow, don't let it touch you", Ali said as flame covered his hand as he punched, the flame flowing forward covering the distance between him and the shadow, hitting the thing squarely, yet passing though leaving it unharmed

Swift action activate Burning Brand, move to be 10ft away from the shadow and attack

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know religion - (1d20+1)[19]
attack - (1d20+10)[15]
damage - (1d10+8)[11]
miss chance going evens - (1d100)[51]

[Agthorr]

Hortek

Hortek, in no shape to go toe-to-toe with the creature, moves to the western side of the corridor. He uncaps one of his flasks of holy water and prepares to douse the creature if it comes adjacent to him.

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Readied action
Ranged touch attack: (1d20+9)[9](18)
Damage: (2d4)[3]

[purepolarpanzer]

Moran dashes backwards 30 ft., knowing his style works best at range. As he runs, a subtle shift in his stance, along with his eyes flashing grey, show he has returned to his Phantom Hail stance.
I've never met a ghost that could stand my arrows. When all else fails, shoot them with the wind.
He turns and fires another arrow, this one invisible but solid and deadly as ever, with the same phenomenal accuracy as before.

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Let's try this again. (1d20+29)[36] to hit, (1d20+29)[35] as a just in case confirm, (1d8+5)[9] damage, (4d6)[15] Extra damage from a sure shot right at ghostie's eyes.

[Kyeudo]

Grim

Grim drops into a fighting stance and readies himself to attack, should the phantom come withing striking range.

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Swift action to use Stance of Clarity, I've readied Mountain Hammer, and I'll use my Psionic Weapon feat on the attack. Since my weapon is magic, I have a 50% chance of connecting.

[playswithfire]

Stonefist

Knowing he can not harm the creature himself, Vimak hopes to simply distract it so that those with more useful weapons can do so.

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Aid another on...Grim's readied action to attack if it becomes necessary.

[Skjaldbakka]

The shadow moves through the wall to attack Adelard, but not before one of Moran's phantom arrows tears a piece out of it. Its icy touch weakens Adelard, draining his strength [5 str damage], and then Adelard's powerful blow dissipates its form.

*note: Moran could only move 10ft and still get a clear shot. Also, in the future, miss chance is always a miss if your roll is less than or equal to the miss chance (the same holds for any other percentile roll, for that matter).

Go ahead and have knowledge religion, history, arcana, spellcraft, heal, and search checks ready for me when you search the room.

[Chineselegolas]

Ali'Anspar

Seeing the arrow pierce though the shadow, Ali turned to Moran saying "Damn you are good with that bow." as he entered the room looking around

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know religion - (1d20+1)[20]
know history - (1d20+1)[9]
know arcana - (1d20+1)[2]
heal - (1d20+3)[11]
search - (1d20+2)[10]

Edit: It seems I know religion rather well... Two checks in a row nailed...

[purepolarpanzer]

Moran Kerro

Years of running from Imperials will train anyone to be a killer. That, with the training of my father, has made me a force to be reckoned with.
Moran looks around the room, hoping to recall something he may have missed earlier.
And I'm sure all of you are just as effective with your chosen weapons.

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Knowledge History is all I'm good at. (1d20+5)[19]

[Agthorr]

Hortek

Hortek carefully searches the room.

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I somehow didn't see that there was a new post until just now. Sorry about that!

Religion: (1d20+5)[16]
History: (1d20+5)[20]
Arcana: (1d20+5)[16]
Spellcraft: (1d20+4)[16]
Heal: (1d20+4)[17]
Search: (1d20+18)[32]

[Skjaldbakka]

Searching the room, you find 15 gold coins in a pouch hidden under the bed, and a gold ring on the dead woman that looks to be worth about 20 gold.

Knowledge: Religion (20+)

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You remember that the ancient Merithians would bury their dead with the setting of the sun, placing a gold coin over each eye to pay the toll into the next world.

Hortek:

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With your combined knowledge of the healing arts and spellcraft, you are able to determine that this woman was most likely killed with death magic of some kind, most likely involving a verbal component, given the clutching of the ears. Also, this woman appears to have only been dead for a few minutes, but the style she is wearing hasn't been worn since the days of the Merithian empire. Also, from what you have heard about the undead, there should not be a ghost so quickly after death. You also find a star ruby that looks to be worth 200 gold hidden beneath a crack in the floor underneath the trunk.

No other checks I called for have been passed.

[Chineselegolas]

Ali'Anspar

Looking at the dead womans body, Ali turned to the others saying "Merithians would bury their dead at sunset with a coin over each eye to bribe there way into the after life. Its possibly that having not been given these rights has kept her here."
Moving to look around the rest of the room he spoke over his shoulder "I'm sure she deserves that much atleast, and it will give us something to do"

[Skjaldbakka]

I seem to forget to mention this every time. It is mid-afternoon, so sunset is 2-3 hours from now.

[purepolarpanzer]

Ali'Anspar

Looking at the dead womans body, Ali turned to the others saying "Merithians would bury their dead at sunset with a coin over each eye to bribe there way into the after life. Its possibly that having not been given these rights has kept her here."
Moving to look around the rest of the room he spoke over his shoulder "I'm sure she deserves that much atleast, and it will give us something to do"

Moran
Take two of the gold from this room and do it. Chances are they were hers anyway, and while I have no qualms about looting this place, respect for the dead is something I will not breach.
He looks around the room, seeing anyone else objects.

[Agthorr]

Hortek

Hortek says, "Sounds good to me. I wonder how she died..."

[Skjaldbakka]

Go ahead and specify if you are going to bury the body now or not. I am going to go ahead and advance to the next couple rooms, assuming you proceed back to the mansion afterwards if you do bury her.

Narrator:
A straw mattress in one corner dominates this room, with a wooden trunk nearby. A clay pitcher and water basin rest on a table here as well. The trunk lies open, and the clothes are scattered about, as if someone had hastily grabbed what they could and fled.

This room has nothing in it. I am going to assume you proceed to the next.

Narrator:
A scorched straw mattress in one corner dominates this room, with a wooden trunk nearby. The shattered remains of a clay pitcher lie broken on the floor, next to a charred corpse. A ghostly image of a man in a toga, wreathed in flames, rises up from the body as you enter the room, and moves towards you angrily.

Vimak 'Stonefist'Vaimei-Laga (23)
Ali'Anspar (22+)
Moran Kerro (22-)
Hortek (20+)
Ghost (20-) As usual for these ghosts, they will attack the nearest living target on their turn. (1d20+4)[8] to hit, (1d6+2)[3] fire damage
Grim Petros (14)


Adelard Kranet (4+?)
-I can't get to either of your sheets. You both use coyotecode, so it may be that they are having a case of the galloping harumphs. Ali'Anspar might be going before the ghost, if his initiative modifier is 5 or higher.

I will shortly be posting a map. Apparently the map is on the fritz, so the map will have to wait. You are still in the 10' wide corridor, with a 5' wide door into a (IIRC)10x15 room with ghost in it.

[Chineselegolas]

Ali'Anspar

"Well there is still a few hours left till sunset, lets leave the funeral to then like her people would have" Ali said before moving out towards the next room.

Seeing yet another ghost, the flames dropped from around Alis body replaced by shadow as he swung his fist around with enough force to snap bones.

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My initiative modifier is +7 (+4 nat dex, +1 enhanced dex, +2 quick to act) so 22... Which means I'm 2nd or 3rd
Swift action child of shadows stance (20% miss chance), move action next to ghost, standard action bonecrusher (Only extra damage, not fancy weakening)
attack - (1d20+12)[30] (I'd previously been forgetting undead bane...)
damage - (1d10+10)[11] (Once again I hadn't been adding bane enhancement in...)
bane damage - (2d6)[6]
bonecrusher - (4d6)[16]
miss change - (1d100)[19] *crossed fingers for high roll*