The Lost (IC)

[Daryk]

Beleg

"A moment," Beleg said quietly, pressing closer to the door to better hear any sound from the other side.

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Listen: (1d20+12)[30]

[Wiz]

Diedre

Diedre moves up quietly with the group, looking at the trapped area nervously as she passes through.

[wxdruid]

Gwen

Gwen will be the last to pass through the fire trap. She nervously walks through, with Rain following close behind. She waits to see what will happen with the odd door. In the meantime, she looks down the tunnel, where they haven't been yet.

[Loghren the Barbarian]

Peter / Meredzul

Doing his best to stay clean, dry, and free of fire, Peter follows along in his place in line.

[Daryk]

Beleg

"I don't hear anything. After you, Alastair," Beleg whispered, standing back and drawing his bow.

[mdsoze]

Alastair

Alastair draws his sword, holding it in one hand, and makes an effort to push open the ill-fitted door.

[dauphinous]

The door emits a loud creak when Alastair pushes it open. The light he shines into the space beyond revels it to be a large, irregularly shaped room. The room is, like the tunnel, rough hewn from the rock. The floor of it seems to be relatively flat, without the slope of the tunnel. Antiope shines her lantern into the room so Alastair can see farther than his torch allows.

More importantly, it is not empty. There are several small creatures on the other side of the room, all staring at the door. They look like lizards, about 3 feet, maybe 4 feet long with their tails. Each is dull orangey brown color, and has bright black eyes that almost seem to glimmer with intelligence. Or maybe they're just hungry.

"Orange lizards," hisses Antiope, pulling out her bow.

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Anyone who beats an initiative of 10 can go ahead and indicate a full round of actions.

MapRed line in front of Alastair notes door location. As always, numbers are bad guys.
A=Alastair, D=Diedre, G=Gwen, K=Antiope, N=Annika , P=Peter, Q=Quanos, B=Beleg

Critters qualify as small sized creatures.

Alastair and Antiope are actually the only ones who can see the lizards at this point.

[Daryk]

Beleg

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Let's see if I can roll a 3 or higher:
Initiative: (1d20+8)[23]
Actions will be edited in if the roll comes through...

As Alastair pushed into the room, Beleg slid next to Antiope to gain a line of sight and let fly his first arrow. As Quanos slipped past, he nocked and fired again.

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Taking a five foot step to 2K after Alastair leaves it to enable Rapid Shot. Rolls in the OOC shortly.

[mdsoze]

Alastair
HP: 46/46
AC: 32 (34 normal-2 charge)

Alastair springs into action, seeing the lizards appear.

Nasty things. Look like they want to make a meal of us.

He charges at the lizards, and swings his sword at one of them.

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Initiative (1d20+5=25)

Alastair charges Lizard #7, ending on H9(I think that's most efficient, though there's also a case to be made for I9).

Attack Mod: +16 (normal) +2 (charging) -5 (Power Attack)=+13
Attack Roll (1d20+13=29)

Damage Mod: +15 (normal) +10 (power attack)=+25
Damage Roll (2d6+1d6+25=33)
28 slashing damage, 5 cold damage

[Alicorn]

Annika/Persis
Init: 26
AC: 24 (v. non-Dodge targets); 20% miss chance
HP: 44/44
Offensive Precognition

Annika manifests offensive precognition. She enters the lizards' room (drawing her rapier as part of a move action), maneuvering through allies' squares if she has to (although she won't end in one), picks a target whose path to her isn't blocked by other people, and sets her full +3 dodge against it.

[Wiz]

Diedre

Diedre hears about lizards and thinks about how she will prepare to go into action, though she's rather far back from the door.

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Initiative: (1d20)[7]

[wxdruid]

Gwen (Rain)
AC 19 (AC 15)
HP 36/36 (HP 19)

Gwen is at the rear of the party and she figures by the time she and Rain get there...whatever it is, will be long done with.

She keeps an eye down the area they just came from and draws her scimitar just in case.

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Init (1d20+1=9) and Listen (1d20+12=29), Spot (1d20+12=25) for Gwen

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Listen (1d20+6=23), Spot (1d20+6=14) for Rain and she sniffs the air (scent)

[Santanya]

Quanos

"Sounds like fun," Quanos says and quickly strides into the room. He scans over the visible lizards for a mere moment, then extends his hand, making a flicking motion as a firey ray shoots forth.

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Moving to H4.

Initiative: 24

Scorching Ray:
Attack: (Ranged Touch)1D20+7 = [12]+7 = 19
Damage: 4D6 = [6, 6, 1, 6] = 19+3(Warmage Edge)=22

[Loghren the Barbarian]

Peter / Meredzul
AC: 17
HP: 26
Initiative: 18

Peter moves to the open door, enters and, keeping his back to the wall, moves to the far upper corner to keep an eye on the combat.

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Peter's Initiative vs. the Orange Lizards (1d20+2=18)

Move to the open door, enter, and move to G3 (approx. 45 feet of movement).

[dauphinous]

Annika moves in as quickly as she can, moving and manifesting at the same time. Alastair takes advantage of the direct line path he has to a lizard and skewers it. He can tell his weapon is not quite as effective as he thinks it really ought to be, but it does make the lizard squeal in a sort of weird bird-like squawk. It hasn't been killed by his formidable strike, but it has been seriously hurt by it.

Quanos moves in next, unleashes a blast of fiery doom that hits a lizard squarely, but has no apparent effect. The lizard flinches from it, but only for a second. Beleg takes a step in and launches his arrows. His first is a true shot that neatly pins the one Alastair is fighting to the ground, making it stop moving before it even has a chance to really start. As he shifts targets to another one, the doorway fouls his second shot, sending it careening into the wall. Peter dashes into the room, taking up a location in anticipation of his next spell, then Antiope steps just into the room and fires once, though her arrow flies too high to hit any lizards.

The lizards all open their mouths wide and create a noise so incredibly disturbing that it makes ears bleed and minds unhinge. They stay right where they are, and just call out this chorus of dissonant tones.

Antiope clenches her jaw against the pain , but seems otherwise unaffected.

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Initiatives:
Gwen 9
Diedre 7
Annika 26
Alastair 25
Quanos 24
Beleg 23
Peter 18
Antiope 15
Lizards 10
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One lizard has been killed, leaving 7 of them.

Annika, Alastair, Quanos, Beleg, and Peter all take 7 points sonic damage. They each also need to make a Fort save DC 20. Success = no additional effect. Failure = stunned for 1 round.

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[Wiz]

Diedre

Hearing the call, which could be an attack, but also a warning system, Diedre does not enter the room and the combat, but remains in the hall, looking down the passageway for any sign of movement.

[wxdruid]

Gwen (Rain)
AC 19 (AC 15)
HP 36/36 (HP 19)

Gwen cautiously moves up next to Beleg and Rain stays behind her. She doesn't like the sounds coming from the room and waits for an opening.

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Gwen moves up to J2 (if she can move around Diedre) and waits to move inside. Her standard move is 30 ft

[Alicorn]

Annika/Persis
Fort save: failed
AC: 16 (-2 stunning penalty; loss of Dex and Dodge bonuses)
HP: 37/44
offensive precognition (2/20 rounds)


Annika drops her rapier to clap her hands to her ears.

((Does this sonic ability also work on objects? If so, Ashlyn also needs to save.))

[Santanya]

Quanos

Quanos winces, gritting his teeth as he shakes his head, trying to clear it.

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Fort Save: 14

[Daryk]

Beleg
AC: 24
HP: 30/37

Beleg clenched his teeth to shut his ears and stepped into the room to fire at the next targets.

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Beleg moves to K3 via a five foot step and fires twice at the next most likely targets. They'll eventually be in point blank range.
First shot with +2 Frost Ghost Touch Composite Longbow of Distance: (1d20+14)[22]
Damage: (1d8+5)[7] (Piercing) + (1d6)[5] (Frost)
Second shot with +2 Frost Ghost Touch Composite Longbow of Distance: (1d20+14)[24]
Damage: (1d8+5)[12] (Piercing) + (1d6)[5] (Frost)

Hide: (1d20+6)[17] ("hiding" roll while attacking, -20 penalty)
Spot (looking for any other threats): (1d20+12)[23]
Listen (for any other threats): (1d20+12)[13]

[mdsoze]

Alastair

Alastair hears the sounds, but he shrugs off the pain, determined to keep fighting.

Alastair moves forward, engaging the group of bleating lizards, swinging his sword with great force.

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Fortitude Save (1d20+9=20)

Alastair will move avoiding AoOs if possible, such that he is threatening two lizards. He will then attack one of them.

Power attack -3/+6

Attack mod: +16 (normal) -3 (power attack) = +13
Damage mod: +15 (normal) +6 (power attack) = +21

Attack Roll (1d20+13=28)
Damage (2d6+1d6+21=31)

Attack 28, 26 slashing damage and 5 cold damage

[dauphinous]

Gwen moves up and Diedre remains where she is, scanning the hallway in one direction, then the other for any additional threats. Annika's brain is unable to think past the horrible noise, but Alastair moves forward through it, hacking at one of the lizards to make the shrieking stop. His blade slices through, giving it a grievous, but not deadly, wound.

Quanos suffers a similar fate to Annika, but Beleg is able to launch a pair of arrows. The first neatly skips off the lizard's hide, while the second looks like it actually scrapes a line down its side. As before, it seems clear that the cold effect is actually damaging the creature despite the appearance of the arrows not or barely doing so, and this lizard also slumps to the floor, unmoving.

Peter ignores the noise completely, and makes a few commanding gestures and words. It looks like a snowball fight erupts between two of the lizards, and each seems to be hurt by some portion of the multitude of splodgy impacts. Antiope scoots forward, using the movement to best effect to place her shot, but that isn't enough to cause ti to find purchase.

The lizards scuttle back a little bit and continue to shriek.

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Initiatives:
Gwen 9
Diedre 7
Annika 26
Alastair 25
Quanos 24
Beleg 23
Peter 18
Antiope 15 (55/62)
Lizards 10

Two lizards down.

Annika, Ashlyn Alastair, Antiope, Quanos, Beleg, and Peter all take 6 more points sonic damage. Except for Ashlyn, each also needs to make a new Fort save DC 19. Success = no additional effect. Failure = stunned for 1 round.

Peter's Fort save for last round: success. He cast Snowball Swarm this round. Spell damage: 7, to #2 and #8.
Antiope's attack: miss

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[Wiz]

Diedre

If nothing is coming down the corridors yet, Diedre will move up toward the door and see if she can see also what's going on in the room. If she makes it up to the room door and sees anyone particularly affected by the shrieking, she will bring forth the staff. If there is still time in the round, she will be ready to appy a Resist (sonic) Energy spell.

[Alicorn]

Annika/Persis
Fort save: Success
AC: 24 (27 v. Dodge target)
HP: 31/44
offensive precognition (3/20 rounds)
offensive prescience (1/20 rounds)

Annika shakes off the stun and refocuses her attention, setting all of her Dodge bonus against lizard #8. Ashlyn, who can be of no help, creeps into Annika's haversack to avoid taking further damage, while the halfling scoops up her rapier. Since she cannot fit an attack in as well, she uses her standard action to manifest offensive prescience.

[mdsoze]

Alastair

HP: 33/46
AC: 34 (29 if denied Dex bonus)

The shrieking drills into Alastair's skull this time, leaving him motionless for a few seconds as he tries to bring himself under control.

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Fortitude Save (1d20+9=17)

If anything occurs enabling Alastair to act, I will edit.

[wxdruid]

Gwen (Rain)
AC 19 (AC 15)
HP 36/36 (HP 19)

Gwen moves into the room, finding a spot near a wall, although the screaming lizards likely stun her for a round.

Rain doesn't want to go in the room and stays out in the hallway.

Gwen

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Fort Save (1d20 11=18) She attempts to make it to square G4

Rain

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Listen (1d20+6=15), Spot (1d20+6=23)

[Daryk]

Beleg
AC: 24
HP: 24/37

Wincing at the continuing pain, Beleg forced one foot in front of the other and fired off two more arrows.

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Another five foot step to 4J to close the range. Then two shots:
First shot with +2 Frost Ghost Touch Composite Longbow of Distance: (1d20+14)[15]
Damage: (1d8+5)[10] (Piercing) + (1d6)[4] (Frost)
Second shot with +2 Frost Ghost Touch Composite Longbow of Distance: (1d20+14)[21]
Damage: (1d8+5)[12] (Piercing) + (1d6)[3] (Frost)

Ouch... adding those d20's together still would have been a miss...

[Santanya]

Quanos remains stunned by the lizards...

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Fort Save vs Screeching Leezards: 1D20+7 = [8]+7 = 15

[dauphinous]

The shrieks of the lizards take their toll, forcing several people to just stop and cringe in pain, dropping whatever they are holding. Gwen and Diedre, finding no other apparent threat in the hallway, move into the room. Diedre is forced to enter the room by a few steps to get out of everyone else's way. Annika picks up her rapier and her eyes flash as she is covered with an ephemeral, translucent goo.

Beleg is able to drill one arrow into a lizard, but only one. Kim is able to sink one of her own arrows in, using the swift movement of her feet to good effect, though the lizard doesn’t seem to find it especially upsetting.

For their part, the lizards just continue to shriek.

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Initiatives:
Gwen 9
Diedre 7
Annika 26
Alastair 25
Quanos 24
Beleg 23
Peter 18
Antiope 15 (49/62)
Lizards 10

Two lizards down.

Everyone takes 6 points sonic damage and also needs to make a new Fort save DC 19. Success = no additional effect. Failure = stunned for 1 round.

I should note that, as people have correctly divined, the damage is not considered continuous for spellcasting purposes, though the sound is actually continuous.

Peter & Kim's Fort saves, Diedre's Fort save. Because of where people were positioned at the time, it wasn't possible for her to move and cast and still end up in the room.

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[mdsoze]

Alastair

HP: 27/46
AC: 34/29

Alastair continues to stand there, unable to get the sound out of his head.

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Fortitude Save (1d20+9=15)