[4e] Deadlocked - Paragon Circuit (Amya vs. Velna)

[Kiara LeSabre]

Amya vs. Velna

Striding confidently out into the arena, the blonde human woman who calls herself Velna regards her githyanki opponent with a look that betrays equal parts grim amusement and open malice.

Abruptly, she breaks into sardonic laughter, then calls out, "Don't worry! I'll make it quick."

Opening her right hand in a ready position, her left holding her magical orb, she waits for the signal to start ...

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[Kiara LeSabre]

Initiative (Danger Sense: best of two rolls)

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Roll 1: (1d20+13)[16]
Roll 2: (1d20+13)[25]

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Amya

Amya takes a moment to collect her thoughts before the battle, rolling her orb around in her hand.

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Initiative, best of-
(1d20+18)[7](25)
(1d20+18)[19](37)

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Amya

Amya raises a finger and a green ray of light shoots towards Velna. She then blinks out of sight.

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HP: 112
AC: 34 Fort: 29 Ref: 33 Will: 32 (updated for blur)

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Standard Action: Disintegrate
-attack (1d20+22)[3](25)
-damage (5d10+12)[1][1][4][6][5](29)
edit: thats a miss, so you just take the first three rolls +12 (18 damage) and take ongoing 5 damage, save ends.
Minor action: Blur
Move: secret

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There was a roll here, but I am keeping it private, later I think I can type [rollX] to bring it back.

you hear nothing.
edit: (1d20+11)[10](21) I didn't move, so by hearing nothing, I figured would clue in that I hadn't (since moving more than two squares would give a -5 penalty, making it impossible to pass your passive perception unless I rolled a 20)

[OOTS_Rules 2]

In case of invisibility, PM me where you are moving. Because, you know, invisible and all that.

[Kiara LeSabre]

Ducking to one side, Velna manages to turn the strike into a glancing blow, then flashes a grim smirk and mirrors Amya's motion, causing her own form to shimmer and vanish as well.

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Minor Action: Blur
Associated Stealth check: (1d20+11)[23]
Other actions: secret so far

[Kiara LeSabre]

Oh, and ...

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Saving throw: (1d20)[16]

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Amya

Stepping out into the open, Amya readies her next attack.

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Since anywhere you would be is within 5 squares, I'll hold off until you show me where you are.

[Kiara LeSabre]

Actually, Blur makes you invisible to enemies five or more squares away, so the visible area is within four squares. However, that's very much within four squares but should also trigger my readied action (to cast Sleep as soon as Amya becomes visible) before you get that close ...

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My location is there. Yours should actually be four squares away in whichever direction you were moving from, if I understand readying and interrupt actions correctly.

Action to follow.

[Kiara LeSabre]

Seeing the Amya's hazy form sail into focus, Velna favors her with a wicked, triumphant little grin. "There you are!" she purrs. "So ... sleep!"

Arcane energy swirls about the githyanki's form, but Velna isn't finished yet. "And ... Ice Tomb!"

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Spending an action point to add an extra action, which also adds +7 to attack (+3 from Action Surge, +4 from Battle Mage Action)

Sleep (attack roll): (1d20+29)[47]
Ice Tomb (attack roll): (1d20+29)[33]

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Um, aren't you within 4 squares of me?


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[Kiara LeSabre]

And the effects of that ...

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Since the Sleep hit, as a free action, Velna uses her orb specialization to apply a 5-point penalty to saves against it, meaning a 16 or better is needed. The immediate effect is that Amya is slowed, and if she fails her save, she then falls unconscious (save ends).

As for the Ice Tomb: (3d10+12)[27] damage, and Amya is stunned until the end of Velna's next turn, although it's also impossible to get line of effect against Amya during this time.

[Kiara LeSabre]

Um, aren't you within 4 squares of me?


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In that case, I'd just take the standard action attack immediately after the move, since you'd be visible at the end of my move. I hadn't gotten a reply from OOTS yet, but I told him in secret that I moved there.

(And I mentioned that I'd either attack immediately on seeing you or ready an action to attack the moment you became visible if I didn't. I sent him a PM, but ... no response yet.)

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Wait, +29, where did all that come from? Bracers of perfect shot only apply to ranged basic attacks.

[Kiara LeSabre]

Wait, +29, where did all that come from? Bracers of perfect shot only apply to ranged basic attacks.

"Spending an action point to add an extra action, which also adds +7 to attack (+3 from Action Surge, +4 from Battle Mage Action)"

... and they're untyped bonuses, so they stack.

(And those bracers only add to damage anyway, not to attack.)

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Do they stack?

There’s one important rule for bonuses: Don’t add together bonuses of the same type to the same roll or score. If you have two bonuses of the same type that apply to the same roll or score, use the higher bonus.

Edit: besides, Action surge only applies to the action you use to get another action.

[Kiara LeSabre]

Do they stack?

Yes. Read further in that same passage, where it talks about untyped bonuses. Action Surge and Battle Mage Action are both untyped bonuses, so they stack.

Edit: besides, Action surge only applies to the action you use to get another action.

Actually, you're right! So subtract 3 from the first attack roll (it still hits, though). My mistake, and good catch. I'll remember that for the future.

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Since I'm assuming you used an action point first, the sleep hits, but you are denied the +3 on the second attack (see above) so that misses.

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I'm confused

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In any case, I will use displacement as an immediate interrupt on the Sleep spell.

[Kiara LeSabre]

I'm confused

You correctly pointed it out to me:

Benefit: You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls you make during any action you gained by spending an action point.

The action I gained is the one I spent casting Ice Tomb. It's apparently not possible, RAW, to use the +3 bonus on your first action -- only on the action you gain by spending the action point.

So both hit, but had the attack rolls been exactly reversed, then the Sleep would have missed because the +3 did not, and could not, apply to it.

Before, I thought it applied to both attacks like the Battle Mage Action does, but I was mistaken. It only applies to the extra action gained by spending the action point.

[Kiara LeSabre]

In any case, I will use displacement as an immediate interrupt on the Sleep spell.

Alright. Re-rolling, then (and with the correct attack bonus this time):

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Sleep, second attempt: (1d20+26)[38] (applying +4 for Battle Mage Action)

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Rats Shoulda used shield on the ice tomb...

So, I'm stunned, but encased in a block of ice. Not much I can do... I still get a saving throw?

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Huh-freaking-zah!

Edit: I believe thats my turn over, but you don't have line of effect to me

[Kiara LeSabre]

Rats Shoulda used shield on the ice tomb...

So, I'm stunned, but encased in a block of ice. Not much I can do... I still get a saving throw?

(1d20+22)[35]

Huh-freaking-zah!

Edit: I believe thats my turn over, but you don't have line of effect to me

Correct. Nice save!

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Seeing her opponent manage to retain hold of her senses, Velna purses her lips in a grimace of frustration.

"Very well, then," she murmers darkly, beginning a new gesture. "How about this?" She delays a moment, just long enough for the ice to fall away, and then, immediately: "Prismatic Beams!"

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Readying an action to cast Prismatic Beams the moment the Ice Tomb ends. And since nothing else interesting is going to happen until then, here's the attack:

Prismatic Beams: (1d20+22)[35]

[Kiara LeSabre]

And the effect of that is ...

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For hitting Fortitude: (2d6+12)[21] poison damage, and ongoing 5 poison damage (save ends)

For hitting Reflex: (2d6+12)[17] fire damage, and ongoing 5 fire damage (save ends)

For hitting Will: Dazed (save ends)

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Amya

As the walls fall around her, she is hit by a blast of light. Reeling, she counters with the same spell.

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Standard action: Prismatic Beams
(1d20+21)[18](39)

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Hits all three

Fort: (2d6+12)[2][3](17) Poison Damage (ongoing 5)
Reflex: (2d6+12)[4][6](22) Fire damage (ongoing 5)
Will: Dazed.

Query, using Orb of imposition, do I add it to all three or just one? I was thinking this after the last match, but it wasn't a contention since he never rolled in the 'zone', either failing to roll 12 or rolling 16.

[Kiara LeSabre]

Amya

As the walls fall around her, she is hit by a blast of light. Reeling, she counters with the same spell.

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Standard action: Prismatic Beams
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Edit: Never mind.

[Kiara LeSabre]

Hits all three

Fort: [roll0] Poison Damage (ongoing 5)
Reflex: [roll1] Fire damage (ongoing 5)
Will: Dazed.

Query, using Orb of imposition, do I add it to all three or just one? I was thinking this after the last match, but it wasn't a contention since he never rolled in the 'zone', either failing to roll 12 or rolling 16.

I think it's just one since it says "an effect," but admittedly that isn't 100 percent certain. That's what I had assumed, though.

(And don't forget to roll your own saves at the end of your turn.)