Red Hand of Doom IC

[Twelve.Five]

Map of Isger (http://s15.postimg.org/ne27sa5vf/Map_RHo_D_Isger.jpg)

The crossing from Andoran into Isger was signified by a manned watchtower, and the reinforced gravel road giving way to dirt path. On the Isgerian side, the path continued on, somewhat less well kept, with crumbling, unmanned watchtowers every few leagues, standing guard as monuments of a bygone age. That was nearly two weeks ago, now.

While the fact that the road is not completely overgrown seems to be evidence that someone uses it at least semi-regularly, you haven't seen anyone on the Isger side yet. No ships on the river, no trade caravans, or even peasants with their carts.

For a good while, the path slung itself alongside the rive Andal, but it veered off a day, and entered a stretch of forest, periodically dotted with small clearings, a terrain that promises to stretch on 'till you make it to Drellin's Ferry.

Last night, your party made camp besides one of those derilect watchtowers, and saw the sun set over the red peaks of the Aspodell mountains.

If your maps and memory serve, you should make Drellin's Ferry by nightfall. Right now, the trees are pressing in on you, though, their crowns obscuring the grey skies above.

[Twelve.Five]

The afternoon sun beats down on you. Drellin's ferry now lies only a few miles ahead, you think. The settlement is hard on the borders of Chitterwood, and should prove the best staging point for your exploration of the forest, in your search for Vraath Keep.

The road crests a small rise and descents into a dusty grove in a large, shallow dell. A crumbling abandoned farmhouse, partially visible through the trees, stands on one side of the road. You've passed through a dozen spots like this today, but can't shake the feeling that there's something wrong. Most of you pass it off as having been on the road for too long, but Noman glimpses the the glint of mail in the greens on the side of the road. Before he can call out in warning, the half a dozen warriors let loose their arrows.

They're tall and hairy, and look like they'd be fierce to tangle with. They're clad in scale armor, some of it covered with crude camouflage, with swords and wooden shields ready to be drawn.

The battlemap is here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HjUVZulwIGOBw-H4GV-G2DJ2t8ZJh34E9UgMVI_leTg/edit?usp=sharing); I rolled perception and initiative for you in there. When you move, please state which coordinate you end up in.
I'll put my attack rolls for the surprise round into the next post - you can't roll in the OP.

[Twelve.Five]

Surprise Round.

The arrows come flying at you from both sides of the path, down into the gorge. On the whole their marksmanship is quite appaling, but two arrows do find their marks, one into Jasper's side, while another embeds itself in Thurak's arm.

Attack vs Noman(Flatfooted)
[roll0]/[roll1]

Attack vs Thurak(Flatfooted)
[roll2]/[roll3] - Seems a hit

Attack vs Mordekai(Flatfooted)
[roll4]/[roll5]

Attack vs Vafri(Flatfooted)
[roll6]/[roll7]

Attack vs Jasper(Flatfooted)
[roll8]/[roll9]

Attack vs Jasper(Flatfooted)
[roll10]/[roll11] - Seems a hit
Noman is up.

[ProudGrognard]

Noman
AC 18 HP28

Walking under the glaring sun, mile after mile, has done nothing to improve Noman's abrasive character. He kept grumbling for hours at a time, mostly at a low voice. His diatribe against the sun, the sky and Sarenrae at around midday - delivered on top of a boulder, with finger shaking at the sky- was rather the exception.

Fortunately, Thurak was rather used to this behavior and impervious to it. Good thing too, because Noman could have become a bloody pulp by now. Pausing only to stroke Jasper now and then, Noman kept walking.

It was perhaps that grumbling that saved him. Catching a glint of mail, Noman was just about to call when arrows started flying. His voice caught in his throat as his hands, rather more quick that his brain, were already putting an arrow on the bow. The whole world stopped for Noman, as his focused on the nearest bugbear. His ki released just as the arrow flew, Noman is at last at peace.

Activating Perfect Strike for this arrow [roll0] and [roll1] dmg [roll2] Aimed at J6

[Twelve.Five]

Round 1
Noman's arrow finds its mark in a hobgoblin shoulder, eliciting a growl from the warrior. They respond by peppering the group with more arrows. Having shot their bows, they cast them aside entirely, drawing their shields instead, in anticipation of the group going on the offensive. There are some grunts and surprised glances - it seems they expected you to have died from that salvo. Still, they fall into long-practised aggresive stances.

Attack vs Noman
[roll]1d20+4[roll]/[roll]1d8+1[roll]

Attack vs Thurak(Flatfooted)
[roll]1d20+4[roll]/[roll]1d8+1[roll]

Attack vs Mordekai(Flatfooted)
[roll]1d20+4[roll]/[roll]1d8+1[roll]

Attack vs Vafri(Flatfooted)
[roll]1d20+4[roll]/[roll]1d8+1[roll]

Attack vs Jasper(Flatfooted)
[roll]1d20+4[roll]/[roll]1d8+1[roll]

Attack vs Jasper(Flatfooted)
[roll]1d20+4[roll]/[roll]1d8+1[roll]

Whoops. You can find the rolls in the ooc :smallredface:

Your turn!

[ProudGrognard]

Noman

Noman serenely moves slightly as badly drawn arrows rain around him. Having focused his mind, he draws arrows with an almost supernatural speed, sending them at the attackers.


Targeting first the wounded hobgoblin and if he falls the others. A ki point for an extra attack.

[roll0] dmg [roll1]
[roll2] dmg [roll3]
[roll4] dmg [roll5]

[Twelve.Five]

His first arrow disappears in the bushes. The second hammers right through the warrior's scale mail, and impales the hobgoblin to the tree behind him. It slumps over, seemingly out for the count. The third arrow goes wide, however.

More combatants join the skirmish. Two large hounds, with a menacing resonance to their bays. They are thin, wolf-like creatures, with black fur, white claws, and fiery red eyes. One of them comes storming down the road, having been concealed behind a curve in the road, the other flies out from a gap in the stonework of the derelect farmhouse, and legs it through the cluster of trees, ending its advance in a long jump down from the edge.

Mordekai gets to make two attacks of opportunity - he has combat reflexes, and can do so while flat-footed.

[Othniel]

Jasper screeches in pain, lurching to the side as he is hit by multiple arrows. Vafri, realizing that Jasper's size would make maneuvering difficult, leaps off his friend's back, shouting to the griffon to defend himself. Lifting up his holy symbol in his buckler hand, the dwarf calls out to the dwarven goddess Bolka, and blesses the party quickly.


Move action for Vafri to dismount (ending in E7)
Full-round action for Jasper to go into Total Defense (AC +4)
Standard action for Vafri to cast Bless (Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.). Affects all allies w/in 50-ft radius. Lasts 1 min/level.

[Tanaric]

We walked more today. There was a tower. It was big. I am tired of walking. ~ Thurak the Wisest, Oathday, 4th Sarenith

We walked more today. There was a tower. It was small. Now there are trees. I am tired of walking. ~ Thurak the Adventurer, Starday, 6th Sarenith

We walked more today. There are still trees. There was a tower. It had ankhegs. One bit my leg. I took a leg for myself. Ankheg leg does not taste good. I will let Jasper have it. My leg hurts. I am tired of walking. ~ Thurak the Exploriditioner, Moonday, 8th Sarenith

Thurak stows his travelogue with an annoyed grunt when it becomes clear that Noman's griping isn't going away any time soon today. The little man is a worthy traveling companion, but his incessant complaining does tend to get in the way of Thurak writing his masterpiece. Hopefully there will be time later to write down the details of the landscape they've passed already today. It would be a shame if the librarians didn't know all the details of what Thurak is going through.

Lost in his thoughts (such as they are) as he is, Thurak doesn't even notice the ambush until the first arrow thuds into a shoulder. Still, if there's one thing he's used to by now, it's being ambushed. He doesn't so much as flinch as the second arrow finds its mark deep in a bicep, instead snapping off both shafts and reaching into a fold of his armor for one of his many spell components. When his fingers find the dried spider husk he hurls it out across the ravine, shouting the orcish curse of spiders as it flies. The husk explodes a moment later into an enormous spread of sticky threads, winding their ways through the trees and across the parched earth.

Satisfied with his work, Thurak hefts his massive axe and moves toward the few unhindered foes, snarling menacingly.Cast web centered on G/H-11/12. Should reach both hellhounds and the hobgoblins on the left side if my math is correct. Reflex DC 17 or grappled (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Grappled).

Move to F-6, triggering Leaping Spirit Dance and threatening the hobgoblin in H-5 and the hellhound in G-8.

Reminder that all allies within 10 feet of Thurak have a +1 Morale bonus to AC and Will.

[Twelve.Five]

Reflex saves
HR:[roll0]
HR:[roll1]
HH:[roll2]
HH:[roll3]

The hounds both twist out of the way, while the hobgoblins are stuck in the sudden explosion of webbing.

"Flay the wretched pink-skins! Fight for the Godess!" A female hobgoblin appears on the edge of the treeline, having snuck up along the web. She wears a rather elaborately wrought breastplate, and twirls a pair of shortswords, pointing one at Vafri. "You! Face me!"

The two voices are somewhat different in cadence, and don't stem from the same place.

[TheEmperor]

For most of the day, Mordekai had trudged along with the rest of the group, weathering the path in front of the others, since he had been suspicious of any possible attacks along the road, something he'd learned over time from experiences in the army. The roads in the mountains could be treacherous at best, hazardous at worst, and it prompted Mordekai to keep an eye open at all times.

Of course, the tiring nature of the hike was beginning to get to him after a while, since he was only half around while walking, his mind being split between some fantasy land, and the road, which was probably how he did not notice the ambush that the hobgoblins had prepared for them. Within seconds of the first arrow striking, his mind had come back to reality in it's entirety, however, he was still sluggish in his response time, and was unable to strike first.

When he finally got his act together, his comrades had already acted, and managed to impede the prowess of some of the hobgoblins threatening him. He did not waste time in reaching out with both his mind and body, calling his weaponry from the realm in which it was stored, and brought it out, seemingly out of thin air.

Now with his armaments in hand, he struck out against one of the hounds that were next to him, and dared to threaten him.


Move action: Get all me stuff, yo
Standard: attacking adjacent hellhound, the left one.
[roll0] to hit
[roll1] + [roll2] (the 1d6 is Electricity) damage

[Twelve.Five]

Round 2

Mordekai swings his weapon in a cackling arc, but the hound deftly jumps to the side. The glaive hits the ground, kicking up dirt. The hound growls, and its muzzle flares with small tendrils off flame.

The hobgoblin on the edge of the forest responds to Thurak's agressive approach, steps down to him, and proceeds to ignore him in favor of attacking Mordekai. The warrior is clearly trying to distract the storm knight, prevent him from responding effectively to his soon to be incoming friends.

HR4 5' steps out of the treeline(free), Uses Demoralizing Roar(Swift), Drawing Longsword(move), Using Angering Smash(Standard)
To hit: [roll0], Damage[roll1] - Hit for 10 Damage.
Mordekai Will:[roll2] - Failure.
Crit confirm is in the following post. As a result of the hit, Mordekai is shaken for one round, and further has -4 on attacking anything that isn't HR4 in G6, until the hobgoblin's next turn.

[Twelve.Five]

Round 2
The other hobgoblin ambushers come running out of the treeline, remarkably silent, drawing their swords. Mordekai turns his pike around with a flourish, and brings it down on the attackers in retaliation, although he is somewhat hampered by their point man. Thurik likewise swings at the incoming enemies. Mordekai misjudges the position of the attackers due to the bushes making it hard to see them coming, however, and Thurik's slash goes wide.

On the other side of the road, unfortunate hobgoblins are trying to free themselves of the webbing. One of them makes it, and starts the slow process of extracting herself and getting back in the fray.

Crit confirm on Mordekai: [roll0], Damage:[roll1] -miss due to AC.

HR6 double moves to G5 via H6, while drawing its sword, then uses Encouraging Roar(swift).
AoO from Mordekai & Thurak.
Mordekai:[roll2], Damage:[roll3]+[roll4], Concealment, miss on a 1:[roll5]. -miss due to concealment
Thurak:[roll6], Damage:[roll7], Concealment, miss on a 1:[roll8]. -miss due to AC.

HR 5 moves to G7 via H6. AoO from Mordekai, while drawing its sword.
[roll9], Damage:[roll10]+[roll11], Concealment, miss on a 1:[roll12]. -miss due to concealment
Activates Stance of Agression(swift). Uses Crushing Blow on Mordekai: [roll13], Damage:[roll14]+[roll15] -Miss due to AC.
Mordekai Fort (DC 14 or be flatfooted until the start of his next turn) - no roll neccesary, was not hit.

H2 tries to free himself as a standard action. CMB:[roll16]-Failure
H3 tries to free herself as a standard action. CMB:[roll17]-Success! Move action to C3.

Your turn!

[ProudGrognard]

Noman
HP 28 AC 18 Blessed

Seeing that the frontliners are having a hard time, Noman turns and aims at one of the hellhounds. His draws the bow to the snapping point, putting more power into it, even as he again focuses his will into impossibly fast shots.

He then takes a minute to make himself a target for any archers remaining.

"Hey you, there! You, green skinned misbegotten slime! Can you hit me, even at that range? Useless, the lot of you."

One more ki point for an extra attack and use of Deadly Aim
Atk1 [roll0] dmg [roll1]
Atk1 [roll2] dmg [roll3]
Atk1 [roll4] dmg [roll5]

Also, Noman has Deflect Arrow if an arrow is aimed at him. Perhaps he should have used the suprise round to use his Gravity Bow wand...

[Twelve.Five]

Round 2
Both arrows find a home in the eye socket of a hound - they collapse with pitiful yips, just as the flames in their jaws were about to fly out and roast the front-line.

The breastplate-clad woman clearly reacts to the challenge, clanging her blades together and growling at the archer. Her body is coiled as if ready to jump at Noman.

You hear the pounding of multiple pairs of boots on the other side of the webbing, and a guttural half out of breath voice.
"Vok Reth?"

"Seveth Dà Reth!" Another voice replies, hoarse and imperative, almost a growl.

"What's this?"

"Get out of my way scum!"

The hellhounds are out of the equation.

[Tanaric]

Not being one for words in the best of circumstances, Thurak doesn't give voice to his frustrations. Or, rather, he gives another wordless snarl as he spins toward the hobgoblin threatening Noman across the gulch. He raises his axe in an overhand grip, as if to strike her down across the thirty-odd feet between them, then his entire body abruptly flickers. One moment he's on one side of the ravine, the next, in midair above his foe, falling to the ground with a mighty downward cleave.

Fading Strike to D-9, +5 elevation, triggering Leaping Spirit Dance. Attack [roll0] (including bonus for higher ground) for [roll1] damage.

[Twelve.Five]

The female hobgoblin turns aside the axe with a rather graceful flick of her shortswords. In the next instant, she's in motion, and closes the distance between her and Noman in a series of moves involving a jump, a flip, and coming down on the archer with her blades extended like claws.

Behind her, you can hear a disembodied voice chanting among the trees - as it comes to an end, motted black and red energy seeps into the downed hobgoblin's wounds, and the arrow pops out of his wound.


Move Action. Acrobatics vs CMD+7 to avoid AoO from Jasper, Vafri and Thurak, otherwise provokes AoO from each - [roll0] - success! (by a hair)
Swift Action. Strength of Hell.
Standard action. Swift claws:
Attack vs Noman - [roll1], Damage - [roll2]: hit
Attack2 vs Noman - [roll3], [roll4]: hit
Healing on the hobgoblin: [roll5]

[Othniel]

Jasper, his enemy now at hand, turns and snaps at the female hobgoblin. Vafri, still focusing on defense, reaches out and places a hand upon his friend's flank, praying again to Bolka. That done, he moves to aid Mordekai, stepping around the man to stand next to one of the hobgoblins, growling at the creature, "All right, ya big smelly gob, let's see what yer made of!"


Vafri (standard action) casts Protection from Evil, Communal on Jasper and himself, giving 3 minutes to Jasper and 2 to himself. (+2 deflection bonus to AC and a +2 resistance bonus on saves)
Vafri (move action) moves to F6 (Yes, I know this allows AoOs against him).
Jasper (Bite) Attack Roll: [roll1d20+7[/roll]
Jasper Damage (if it hits): [roll]1d6+4[roll]

[TheEmperor]

Mordekai, feeling thoroughly chuffed by the singularly irritating attack pattern the hobgoblins and their friends were following, decided he wasn't having none of it. He turned around, and slid down the path, before clenching his feet against the ground to hold his position. Then, with care, but as much speed as he could muster, moved to tactically surround the hobgoblin one of his mates was attacking.

Of course, it was a bloody pain in the arse to deal with the whole 'sliding down the terrible terrain', but he attacked without care, hacking at the hobgoblins legs in an attempt to bring him down.


Moving to C9
(Each bit of difficult terrain is 10ft, right?)
Tripping
[roll0] (12+2 from ImpTrip)

[Twelve.Five]

The hobgoblins each get in a parting slash at the Stormguard as he moves to the other end of the battlefield, leaving Vafri behind to face the three of them.

OOC, yes, the brown squares count as two squares each went you enter them from the light brown path. IKf you step back in the direction of the path, they're not difficult, though. You can even 5'step if you want.

HR4 takes an AoO at you(Mordekai).
To hit: [roll0], [roll1]
- A potential crit, confirm is in the ooc:
24 with 15 bonus damage, for a total of 29.

As does HR5:
To hit: [roll2], [roll3]+[roll4]

[Tanaric]

Growing ever more annoyed at the evasive hobgoblins' successes at avoiding his attacks, Thurak channels his frustration into the anger of his magic. He gestures at the female hobgoblin with a sharp, peremptory motion, and waves of exhaustion wash over her.

Slumber on HB. DC 19 Will or fall asleep. Rest of turn depends on whether she goes nighty-night or not.

[ProudGrognard]

Noman
HP2 AC 20

Even as he watches satisfied his arrows take care of the hellhounds, Noman suddenly sees a hobgoblin coming flying at him.

Darn. Another Practitioner.

The unexpected movement does not allow him to read her movement and he suddenly realized that he is out of position even if he could. Well, he always thought he would die of stupidity, and it turns out he would be right.

The hobgoblin carves carves him even as he tries to furiously backpedal. He takes a careful step back even as his hands draw and loose arrows at point blank range. With a muttered word, his colorless shirt suddenly shimmers and a burst of speed sends him behind the cover of Mordekai's armor.

FoB and Deadly Aim
Atk1 [roll0] dmg [roll1] +4
Atk1 [roll2] dmg [roll3] +4

[Twelve.Five]

Mordekai attempts to knock the leader on her ass, but she manages to dodge his weapon.

The ambushers converge on Vafri, now that he's been left to face them alone. Two of them roar as they swing at him, obviously a lot less careful now that they're not facing Mordekai's pike and have backup coming. The last one hangs back, preparing to set up further attacks.

On the other side of the skirmish, the hobgoblin who'd been kept out of the skirmish by Thurik's well-placed spell closed in with Mordekai and the orc, giving them ample opportunity to stab at it. The other hobgoblin, the one that was recently healed, gets up to swipe at Mordekai.

You can glimpse and hear more of them through the trees. They're obviously having trouble getting through the underground while wearing all their gear - it'll take them some time to get to you.

The one remaining trapped in the webbing is still struggling to get loose.

HR5 uses Stance of aggression. HR5 & 6 attacks Vafri.
HR5: [roll0], [roll1].
HR6: [roll2], [roll3].

HR4 recovers maneuvers.

HR3 Moves to C10, provoking AoO from Thurak & Mordekai
Mordekai AoO: [roll4], [roll5]+[roll6]
Thurak AoO: [roll7], [roll8]

HR1 stands (provoking AoO from Mordekai if he has a way of threathening adjecent creatures)

HR2 Tries to get free of the web: CMB DC 17:[roll9]

You're up!

[Twelve.Five]

Thurak's axe smashes into the face of an unfortunate hobgoblin. His mate, visibly shaken, steps down the hill to retaliate. HR1 attacks the orc. Agressive stance:
[roll0], [roll1]+[roll2]

[Othniel]

Vafri
HP: 38/38 AC: 20 (+2 against evil)

The Warpriest growls in anger as the hobgoblins' weapons connect with his armor but do no harm. He quickly calls upon the power of his goddess to grant him divine favor, and retaliates in kind against the one that first struck at him. Hoping to put his enemy down quickly, he calls to Jasper for assistance, "A little help here, Jasper!"

Jasper
HP:28/41 AC: 21 (+2 against evil)

In response to his friend's call for aid, Jasper swings on the same hobgoblin and attempts to bite it.


Vafri Swift Action to cast Divine Favor on himself (+1 to attack and weapon damage rolls for 1 minute)
Vafri Standard Action to attack HR5. Attack: [roll0] Damage: [roll1]
Jasper Standard Action to attack HR5. Attack: [roll2] Damage: [roll3]

[Twelve.Five]

The woman snarls in anger as her prey runs away from her. For a moment, she seems unable to decide what to do as she goes on the defensive - the arrow in her shoulder doesn't help matters - but then she breaks off the shaft, and lunges for Noman, relying on her preternatural reflexes to keep her alive. There's a cruel glint to her eyes - it's personal now, and she enjoys the seeing him run away in terror. Thus far, the hobgonlins have seemed humanoid, if brutish. But the growl she emits while running after him is animalistic. For all her posturing, she is less graceful in her pursuit, and clearly favores the arm that has no arrow lodged in it.

"That's right boys! Cut Them Down! FOR KULKOR ZHUL!" The ambushers growl and bang on their shields in response. The voice is fairly close to Mordekai this time around.

Vafri lands a good hit with his mace, hard enough to bend the armor, and the hobgoblin cries out in anger and pain. It has the prescence of mind stay clear of the griffon though, who has a tough time getting past its shield.

Vafri hit the thing for 9 damage!

Takes a move action to B2. Acrobatics to avoid AoO, Jasper's CMD is 20, Mordekai's is 22 and Thurak's is 19. Speed penalty applies. [roll0]
Jasper, Thurak and Mordekai gets to make AoO if the above fails. The hobgoblin in C7 provides her with cover from Mordekai and Thurak.
Jasper: [roll1]/[roll2], [roll3]
Mordekai: [roll4]/[roll5], [roll6]+[roll7]
Thurak: [roll8]/[roll9], [roll10]

Assuming she's still alive after that, she takes a swing at Noman.
[roll11], [roll12]

Edit: She didn't hit, but certainly didn't get hit herself in return either.

[TheEmperor]

Mordekai, shifting his combat pose in order to change directionality and go up against a different foe, slowly side stepped in order to get at another one of the hobgoblins on the path, without having to shorten his grip on the Stormglaive's haft. He came closer to the path, and struck forth, hopefully


Move to E9, moving past Thurik.
[roll0] (Power attack)
[roll1]
[roll2]
Crit confo if needed [roll3]
I'm gonna be honest here, and ask you if in the map, you can put a section stating which abbreviation stands for which, aside from the players, if you wouldn't mind. I keep having issues with figuring out who is what.

[Twelve.Five]

Round 4

Mordekai's Stormglaive crakles as it impacts on the chest of a hobgoblin, who collapses, twitching. It doesn't get up again.

Mordekai and Thurak are winning their side of the skirmish, and the remaining hobgoblin is quite aware of its predicament, as it simply cowers behind its shield, holding out for help to arrive, casting surreptious glances back into the bushes behind him, while trying not to take his eyes off the glaive and axe coming at him. Reinforcements aren't far away now, they're going to be there in seconds.

Vafri and Jasper's part of the battle is going more poorly, and the additional hobgoblins will be on them in seconds. The ambushers rush past them to make room for reinforcement, and the dwarf and griffon take the opportunity to swing their mace and beak, respectively.

Together, they bring down the hobgoblin who was going for Jasper, and Vafri easily turns aside the counterattacks.

HR2 takes total defense, drops out of Agressive Stance, and 5'steps to D9, hoping to hold out for reinforcements.

HR6 moves to E5, provoking AoO from Vafri and Jasper both.
Jasper: [roll0]/[roll1]
Vafri: [roll3]/[roll4]

Then it attacks Jasper: [roll6]/[roll7]

Meanwhile, HR4 Moves to F5, and attacks Vafri: [roll8]/[roll9]+[roll10]
HR5 attacks him as well: [roll11]/[roll12]+[roll13]

HR7 through 12 double moves, trying to reach the skirmish.

Thurak and Noman, you're up!

[ProudGrognard]

Noman
HP 2 AC21

Noman did not run fast enough. The she-goblin did a wild trick of her own and she is still coming. Noman takes stock of the situation and decides that yes, he is indeed dancing with Death.

Well. It is a miserable life anyway.

Noman looks at the hobgoblin and growls in Draconic.

"See you in Tartarus, b*tch"

With that, he draws three arrows impossibly fast, centering all his will, all his training, in these shots.

Perfect Strike and Deadly Aim and ki for extra attack. Here goes
Atk1 [roll0] reroll [roll1] dmg [roll2]
Atk1 [roll3] dmg [roll4]
Atk1 [roll5] dmg [roll6]

[Twelve.Five]

One of Noman's shots buries itself in her abdomen. She grunts with pain, but is undetterred.

[Tanaric]

"noman! stop running from me!" Thurak shouts, his deep, dull voice booming across the road. Heedless of the danger he sprints after Noman, loudly cursing the hobgoblin who would threaten his friend.

Move 30ft toward Noman, Accursed Hex to Slumber the female hobgoblin again. DC 19 Will or sleepy time. Yes it probably provokes an AoO, no I don't care.

If that fails, free action to shout "touch him and I will take your head! flee while you still live, scum!"

Thurak doesn't believe in capital letters.

[Twelve.Five]

You're in luck - HR2 is taking total defense, otherwise there'd be two AoOs. Also, the bladebearer is away from her warder bonus to will saves.

Bladebearer Will: [roll0]

[Twelve.Five]

The female hobgoblin briefly staggers on her feet as she fights off the magic. She looks as if she's actually considering just running past Noman up the road, but something - probably the likelyhood that arrows will follow her if she leaves the archer alive - makes her reconsider.

"You'll get yours, orc, just you wait!"

Her bloody blades flash in the sunlight as she stabs them at Noman. The archer desperately manages to fend her blades off, escaping death for the moment.

Meanwhile, the chanting from the invisible assailant is no longer pausing, but is persistently working up to a crescendo - you're able to locate the caster by his voice.

HB Attack 1 vs Noman:
[roll0]/[roll1]

HB Attack 2 vs Noman:
[roll2]/[roll3]

Mordekai, Vafri and Thurak all know that the Cleric is in A8, casting something as a full-round action.

[TheEmperor]

With the hobgoblin beginning to chant his long chant, Mordekai was able to figure out his position, despite not actually facing him. The voice seemed to echo inside his head, and he was able to figure out his exact position, but he found himself at a dilemma. If he were to strike at the cleric, who seemed to be one of their main concerns, he'd be leaving himself open to the other fool next to him.

Mordekai sucked in some air, and made a brash decision, by sliding backwards, and striking at the cleric's legs, attempting to cut off his spells from helping their enemy even more.


Moving to C8, attacking A8's cleric with a trip attempt
[roll0]

[Twelve.Five]

Mordekai definetely feels some legs, and hears someone fall down on the path with a metallic clang!

[Othniel]

Vafri
HP: 38/38 AC: 20 (+2 against evil)

Jasper
HP: 28/41 AC: 21 (+2 against evil)

Vafri shouts over his shoulder to the griffon, directing his friend's attention, "All right, Jasper; let's bring this fellow down!" The Dwarf first maneuvers around his target, realizing this may open him up to attack, but preferring the tactical advantage that flanking would provide and trusting that his spell of protection would suffice. Then, calling upon the power of Bolka, Vafri imbues his heavy mace with the power of flame and targets the hobgoblin that both he and Jasper are near.


Move Action for Vafri to go to G7, giving he and Jasper flanking against their target.
Swift Action to use Sacred Weapon on the heavy mace +1 to add Flaming (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/magic-weapons/magic-weapon-special-abilities/flaming) to it. (extra 1d6 fire damage on a successful hit).
Vafri and Jasper are both attacking the Hobgoblin in F7
Vafri Attack: [roll0] (+2 for flanking)
Vafri Damage: [roll1]
Vafri Fire Damage: [roll2]

Jasper Attack: [roll3] (+2 for flanking)
Jasper Damage: [roll4]

[Twelve.Five]

Round 5
Although its injured shoulder is clearly causing it pain, the hobgoblin twists and brings his shield around deftly enough to avoid the dwarf and his griffon. Just then, reinforcements arrive on both sides of the webbing, isolating Vafri from Jasper on one side of the path, and encouraging the hobgoblin to break his defensive stance and close in with Mordekai on the other, calling out in challenge to the stormguard, clearly trying to buy the invisible cleric some breathing room.

Vafri is sourounded, but manages to leverage the attacks into a counterattack. Still, things are looking relatively bleak for the dwarf.

Vafri gets to AoO HR9 as it moves past him.
[roll0]/[roll1][roll2]+/[roll3](miss on a 1) - Miss due to ac!

HR4 through 9 all activate agressive stance. HR8 uses Crushing blow on Vafri, hoping to make Vafri flatfooted until his next turn, if the attack hits & Vafri fails a fortitude save DC 14.
[roll4]/[roll5]+[roll6], Fort:[roll7] - Hit for 12 damage, but fortitude success!

HR7 follows up with Angering Smash, giving Vafri -4 to hit on anything that isn't HR7, until HR7's next turn, if the attack hits.
[roll8]/[roll9]+[roll10] - Miss due to ac!

HR9 attacks Vafri
[roll11]/[roll12]+[roll13] - Hit for 12 damage!

While HR4 & 5 attack Jasper
HR4: [roll14]/[roll15]+[roll16] - Hit for 12 damage & Critical Threat! (confirm & bonus damage will be in OOC)
HR5: [roll17]/[roll18]+[roll19] - Miss due to ac!

Meanwhile, HR2 uses Demoralizing Roar & Angering Smash on Mordekai
[roll20]/[roll21] - Miss due to ac! (was a long shot anyway)
If hit, -4 to hit on anything not HR2, and shaken unless succeeding a will save DC 14: [roll22]

HR10, 11 & 12 all double move.

Map is updated.

Noman & Thurak are up!

[Tanaric]

"noman! get clear!" Thurak roars, continuing to barrel down the path toward the female hobgoblin. As he nears the beleaguered archer, he spins violently and brings his massive axe about in two scything swings at the hobgoblin's head and neck.

Move to 10 feet from the bladebearer. Swift: Bronze Knuckle. Standard: Flurry Strike:
[roll0] for [roll1] + [roll2]
[roll3] for [roll4] + [roll5]

Bonuses include flanking.

Didn't include rerolls because her wisdom can only be so high, so I didn't know if it's ended yet or not.

[Twelve.Five]

The female sidesteps the attack, but, for whatever reason, she fails to see the second blow coming. Her head hits the sand before she realises what happened.

Map Updated. She's not out of it yet, and can continue burning ki to keep it up. No dice on it running out, I'm afraid.

With that in mind, reroll for the first attack, which might hit: [roll0]

[Tanaric]

Thurak spits on the decapitated torso. "warned you. are you okay, noman?"

[ProudGrognard]

Noman

Noman is swinging and twisting like a broken spring as blades flash all around him. He is about to try once more to end the hobgoblin when Thurak appears like some God of Vengeance and cleaves the hobgoblin. Noman looks disgustingly at the corpse before replying. He almost got a good man killed because a hobgoblin chased him around.

"You saved my miserable hide. Owe you one. Again."

He smiles a manic smile at Thurak as he adjusts his poise and peppers the remaining enemies with arrows.

Swift action to enter Snake Style and two arrows at H6
Atk1 [roll0] dmg [roll1]
Atk2 [roll2] dmg [roll3]

[Twelve.Five]

As the chanting reaches its crescendo, a rift opens up in the air behind Thurak. He manages to catch a glimpse of a blasted, barren landscape with great spheres of fire falling from the dark skies, before another of the large, fiendish hounds comes charging out of it, snapping its fangs at the witch.

Meanwhile, you can tell the invisible foe is roving around on the ground. It resumes its chanting for a short while, and you can feel a burst of malevolent energy radiate out from it, which seems to encourage the foot soldiers. That done, you can hear shifting movement, but is unable to tell precisely where it went.


HC completes the full round action summoning spell by starting his turn, then does something involving shifting around in its square with a move action, then casts a spell in C6, then you hear movement, which isn't clear enough to tell you where it went.

The Hell Hound appears in C3, then savages Thurak; [roll0]/[roll1]+[roll2]

Mordekai & Vafri are up!

[Othniel]

Vafri
HP: 20/38 AC: 20 (+2 against evil)

Jasper
HP: 23/41 AC: 21 (+2 against evil)

Vafri, concerned that the skirmish was fast turning into a route, decided that he had had enough, and that (as the old saying went) discretion was the better part of valor. Shouting aloud to his companions, he encouraged them to regroup and retreat. "Back up the road, quickly! Before they overwhelm us!" The Dwarf quickly summons the power of his goddess, swiftly healing himself before he hastily steps to the side and away from the hobgoblins gathering about him before leaping astride Jasper in as dignified a manner as he could manage, considering the circumstances. Ordering the Griffon to retreat, he waits until the two are a safer distance away from the group of hobgoblins before using his last daily allotment of fervor to heal Jasper. As he passes by Mordekai, he shouts back toward the hobgoblins, "Ye puss-filled flea-bags! Go back to where'er ye spawned!"


Swift Action to use Fervor to heal himself: [roll0]
5' Step to Jasper
Move Action to mount up
Full-Round Action for Jasper to Withdraw up the path (avoiding any enemies who might get an attack of opportunity, and using movement speed to do so)
Standard Action for Vafri to use Fervor to heal Jasper: [roll1]

Or at least as much of this stuff is allowed to get outta dodge! :smalltongue:

[TheEmperor]

Mordekai angrily grunted as he realized that the chanting bugger had managed to continue casting his spell, and made his efforts useless. Things weren't looking too great, as the charge on his armor seemed to be getting close to zero, at which point, things would go even further south faster than one could say "Garund".

He ignored the new challenger for the moment, noticing that his ally required help, and things were even worse for him. Charging in blindly didn't seem wise, but his friend needed the help. He tried to see if he could somehow assist him without blocking his way, but that didn't seem to be happening. He'd have to take out the new fellow in front of himself first, before he could do something without terrible risk to himself.

However, when Vafri managed to extract himself from the situation, Mordekai took a small breath of relief from underneath his helmet. He slid backwards, and struck forth at the new challenger, seeing that continued combat against these sods was a terrible idea. He planned to rush it, once he'd taken out the hobgoblin in front of him, although he took care to not show this intent.


B7 move, attack HR2.
[roll0]
[roll1] + [roll2]
Man, I need to take this guy out, or things are going to **** really quick

[Twelve.Five]

Round 6

Mordekai's swing misses the hobgoblin by a hair, as it manages to catch the pike on its shield.

Meanwhile, the hobgoblins close in on the mounted dwarf and the stormguard, all of them grinning menacingly. They've a captive audience, and are heavily outnumbering their foes - this was the sort of fight they'd gone looking for.

Mordekai acts quickly, and cut down two of them as they approach. The three of them stave off the attackers, but one of them manage to land a heavy blow on Vafri.

HR7, 8, 9, 11 & 12 double moves.

HR 2, 4, 5 & 10 moves & attacks.

Mordekai makes Attacks of Opportunity:
vs HR5: [roll0]/[roll1]+[roll2]
vs HR10: [roll3]/[roll4]+[roll5]!!
vs HR12: [roll6]/[roll7]+[roll8]!!
Concealment on HR12(miss on a 1)[roll9]

HR5 attacks Mordekai: [roll10]/[roll11]+[roll12]
HR10 attacks Mordekai: [roll13]/[roll14]+[roll15]

HR4 attacks Vafri: [roll16]/[roll17]+[roll18] - confirmation roll in the OOC. Looks like 16 damage.
While HR2 attacks Jasper: [roll19]/[roll20]+[roll21]

Noman & Thurak!

[ProudGrognard]

Noman

Things were going south quickly. And they had just made to Isger! Well, it was an unfair life.

Noman again centers his being and sends three arrows impossibly fast at the hobgoblins harassing Vafri and Jasper.


They are HR4 and HR2, I think, If one falls, attack on the other
Deadly Aim and ki point Atk1 [roll0] dmg [roll1]
Atk2 [roll2] dmg [roll3]
Atk3 [roll4] dmg [roll5]

[Twelve.Five]

Noman's Leading shot goes wide, but the two others each bring down a foe, relieving some of the pressure from Vafri.

[Tanaric]

"someone get this thing off me." Thurak grunts, stepping away from the hound and taking a moment to center himself. He adopts a defensive stance, swinging his axe menacingly toward the oncoming attackers.

5-ft step northwest, FRA to recover Fading Strike and Flurry Strike. Thurak's reach increases to 15' until his next turn. If he gets an AoO he'll use his Tactician trait to add +2 to the attack roll.

[Twelve.Five]

"Right! For the Allmother!"

The Hellhound haven't gotten off of Thurak's case yet. It follows him doggedly, spitting flames from its maw.

The cleric shouts in B3, then you hear it moving while invisible.

The hell hound 5' steps to B2, then breathes fire on Thurak. [roll0] fire damage, ref dc 14 half:
[roll1]

Mordekai & Vafri!

[TheEmperor]

As the rest of his allies began to retreat, Mordekai yelled "Keep going! I'll hold them off! We've gotta get moving out of here!", and made a steady move into the path, before attacking one of the hobgoblins, while motioning for his mounted fellow to make a break for it. He'd come right alongside with him.


Move to C3 (I can move through JV's occupied spots because he's an ally, correct?)
Attack HR8
[roll0]
[roll1]+[roll2]

[Othniel]

Vafri
HP: 20/38 AC: 20 (+2 against evil +2 for fighting defensively)

Jasper
HP: 23/41 AC: 21 (+2 against evil +2 for fighting defensively)

"Careful now, Jasper! Back up the path, lad." Vafri coaxes the Griffon, following Mordekai's retreat


Withdrawing to...wherever Twelve.Five put me. :smalltongue:

[Twelve.Five]

Mordekai and Vafri retreat up the path, with the party of hobgoblins hot on their heels.

Round 7

The hobgoblins rush you, but are impeded by their armor, and so you manage to take a stand with your comrades before the are upon you.

Thurak takes advantage of the rush, and manage to land a heavy blow on the chest of one of the hobgoblins. It staggers on its feet, but doesn't go down.

Thurak gets his AoO on HR8(cover): [roll0]/[roll1]

While Mordekai gets 2, one on each HR7(cover): [roll2]/[roll3]+[roll4] -miss
& HR 5(cover):[roll5]/[roll6]+[roll7] -miss

HR7 Attacks Vafri: [roll8]/[roll9]+[roll10] -miss

While HR8 Attacks Thurak: [roll11]/[roll12]+[roll13] -miss

Noman & Thurak

[ProudGrognard]

Noman

Noman takes a glance around the battlefield. He carefully rolls out a scroll, waiting for the sound of the cleric's voice. Walking towards the engagement, he gets ready to cast a spell of appearance the moment the cleric chants.

[Twelve.Five]

Thurak- 16/56hp

Thurak shuffles to make room to swing his axe, swings it at a hobgoblin, killing it. In the proccess, he fades, only to reappear a few feet from where he came.

5'steps to L35, then fading strike HR5, then teleport to K34.
Attack: [roll0]/[roll1]

[Twelve.Five]

Right on cue, the cleric starts his spellcasting on the left-hand side of the forest - noman's spell goes off, and outlines the cleric just as he finishes reading from a scroll.

A single ghostlike, oversized claw, glowing with the same dark red energy that you saw doing healing before, pops into existence, and takes a swipe at Mordekai:

The cleric looks down on his gloved hands, confused to find them glowing with fearie fire, then glares at noman.

"You'll pay! Get the archer!"

There's no immediate response, but the hellhound leaps at mordekai.

Spiritual Weapon vs Mordekai:
To hit:[roll]1d20+6[roll]
Damage:[roll0]

Hellhound vs Mordekai
To hit:[roll]1d20+6[roll]
Damage:[roll1]+[roll2]fire

Edit: Whoops, you can find the rolls here. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?404221-Red-Hand-of-Doom-OOC&p=19075798#post19075798)

Map updated.
Vafri & Mordekai

[TheEmperor]

Mordekai continued to frown, but in the back of his mind, he had a small grin in the works. The attacks against him simply failed to scratch him, scathing his armor, but not leaving a mark on it either. Lightning crackled from his armor, protecting him from further damage, but empowered his strikes.

"Keep moving back!" he yelled, as struck forth, and hurried back.


Move to L33
[roll0] Against the Hell Hound
[roll1] Crit confirmation
[roll2]+[roll3] Damage
[roll4] Crit damage

[Othniel]

Vafri
HP: 31/38 AC: 20 (+2 against evil)

Jasper
HP: 23/41 AC: 21 (+2 against evil)


Vafri again coaxes Jasper in the direction of retreat, but as the Griffon stops, he directs his own energies toward aiding his companions, reaching out with a hand to touch Thurak's shoulder and mutter some words.


Jasper withdraws to squares I33 to J34
Vafri Standard Action to Spontaneously Cast Cure Moderate Wounds (using up his Make Whole for the day) on Thurak: [roll0]
Vafri Swift Action to use Fervor to heal himself (last use for the day): [roll1]

[Twelve.Five]

Round 8

Once more, the hobgoblins come running. One in particular goes for noman, heedles of the axe and thunder coming his way.

Thurak effortlessly puts it down before it can get anywhere near the archer.

The others are a little more cautious in their advance, and lay into the dwarf who put the orc back into fighting shape. One of them roar's out in frustration, and they coordinate their attacks - they almost had him down, dammit!

HR7 uses Encouraging Roar as a swift action.
HR7 & 9 attack Vafri.
[roll0]/[roll1]+[roll2] - Hit, I think.
[roll3]/[roll4]+[roll5]

HR8 attacks Thurak.
[roll6]/[roll7]+[roll8] - Hit, I think.

HR11 is AoO'd by Mordekai & Thurak. It has cover vs the attacks though.
Thurak: [roll9]/[roll10]
Mordekai: [roll11]/[roll12]+[roll13]

If it lives through that one, it attacks noman.
[roll14]/[roll15]+[roll16]. I believe the sense motive thing (snake style?) applies here.

Noman (& Thurak)

[ProudGrognard]

Noman
HP2 AC18 Blessed

When the spell goes off and the cleric appears, Noman smiles a rare, twisted smile. Almost in a blur, headless of the approaching hobgoblin, he centers his ki and sends three arrows in quick succession at the cleric.

FoB with extra ki point and Deadly Aim. If attacked, Snake Style.

Atk1 [roll0] dmg [roll1]
Atk2 [roll2] dmg [roll3]
Atk3 [roll4] dmg [roll5]

Snake style [roll6]

EDIT: I think some of those hurt a bit

[Twelve.Five]

Two of the arrows disappear into the greenery, but one lodges itself in the cleric, flying under his shield.

Thurak - 22/56
Thurak follows up on noman's lead, swinging his axe about like it was a twig. The cleric catches the first swing on his shield, but the second powers through his defenses, and leave him sprawled on the ground, bleeding out.

Flurry strike on the cleric:
Attack 1:[roll0]/[roll1]/concealment:[roll2]

Attack 2:[roll3]/[roll4]/concealment:[roll5]

Hellhound & Cleric post imminent.

[Twelve.Five]

The hell hound throws itself at the orc that cut down its master, wicked glee in its eyes.

Bite on Thurak: [roll0]/[roll1]+[roll2]

[TheEmperor]

Taking another step back, Mordekai was just about to finish off the Hellhound, before his armor and weapon suddenly started to dematerialize. They'd run out of juice! He kickstarted his armor once more by forcing power through it's systems, causing the ghostly echo of it to properly materialize once more in a snap of thunder and light. With his armor and weapons back online, Mordekai began to fight with renewed force.


Five foot step to K32, Move action to remake armor, and then hit the hellhound
[roll0]
[roll1]+[roll2]

[Othniel]

Vafri
HP: 11/38 AC: 20 (+2 against evil)

Jasper
HP: 23/41 AC: 21 (+2 against evil)

"Now, Jasper!" Vafri cries, as both Griffon and Dwarf attack the same hobgoblin. Vafri hoped they could fell their foes before they themselves were slain.


Vafri attacks HR in J35: [roll0]
Vafri damage: [roll1]
Jasper attacks HR in J35: [roll2]
Jasper damage: [roll3]

[Twelve.Five]

Round 9

The hobgoblins are growing increasingly desperate in their attacks. They're fighting for survival, now.

HR8 attacks Thurak:
[roll0]/[roll1]+[roll2]

HR11 attacks Vafri:
[roll3]/[roll4]+[roll5]

HR7 holds off until it can see if any of them downed something.

[Twelve.Five]

Seeing Thurak stagger, the last hobgoblin swings at Vafri instead.

Vs Vafri:
[roll0]/[roll1]+[roll2]
And I keep forgetting his concealment: [roll3](miss on 1)

noman (& Thurak)

[ProudGrognard]

Noman
AC 18 HP2

Still deep into his archery focus, Noman sends three arrows in the air in the space of six seconds. His hands are beginning to shake from the amount of ki he is using, but his face is a mask of serenity.

Again as before
Atk1 [roll0] dmg [roll1]
Atk2 [roll2] dmg [roll3]
Atk3 [roll4] dmg [roll5]

Aiming for any hobgoblin which is already hurt and moving from there.

Snake Style of someone attacks [roll6]

[Twelve.Five]

The orc and the hell hound in concert make it hard for noman to land his shots, but he does manage to take one of them out.

Thurak -1hp(dies at -20)

Thurak, bleeding profusely from multiple wounds, kicks the dying hobgoblin out of the way, and steps into its place to get room to swing his glaive.

Attacking HR9(Cover & Concealment):
[roll0]/[roll1], [roll2] - miss
Still disabled, loses one hp due to strenous actions. Ferocity keeps him going.


The Hell Hound

The beast rears up on its hind legs, and savages Noman, as he seems easy prey
[roll3]/[roll4]+[roll5] - snake style deflects it.

Vafri & Mordekai are up.

[Othniel]

Vafri
HP: 11/38 AC: 20 (+2 against evil)

Jasper
HP: 23/41 AC: 21 (+2 against evil)

Wishing he could aid the wounded Thurak who is out of reach of a healing spell, Vafri once again goes on the offensive, hoping they can bring down yet another foe this time.


Vafri attacks HR9 in J35: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Jasper attacks HR9 in J35: [roll2]
Damage: [roll3]

[TheEmperor]

Noting that the hellhound was still an issue, Mordekai began to worry for the situation that his Orcish comrade was reaching. The wounds that he'd suffered were profusely bleeding, and his continued combat was admirable. However, since no man, no matter how enduring, could survive such wounds for long.

They'd have to hurry in taking the rest down.


[roll0] to hit Hell hound.
[roll1] + [roll2]