Annals of the Azlanti

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R3T18 (Cont'd): Sinxia mentions the command word to her haversack and several arrows come out and are positioned near the top of the quiver (but not yet in).

R3T14: Fallon easily slides west 5' (while still 5' in the air) to keep out of reach of the incubus. She takes out that tale-tell little feather and tart and throws it at the demon, easily burning through its spell resistance, but it is still a monster of great will and does not fall for cheap spell-humor.

R3T12: The incubus tries to acrobatically fly safely past The Scribe's attack area and fails, and is hit by the man for 16. Still, it flies past and gets right overhead of Sinxia, channeling its malice into a deadly strike ... only to fail ... and then fly back up to a height of 10'.

R3T11: Erima, you recover from the last charge you had made. You are currently in a rage. There is no way to reach the flying incubus with your axe. What do you do?

Rezah on deck, Sinxia in the hole ...

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Haste on all heroes (except Teofilo) til end R7T22!!!
* Prayer on heroes til end R8T6!!! ... +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks.
Sinxia: 31. Judgment [Justice] active til end of battle (+2 attack rolls, figured on sheet).
Lilim: 22. Shard of Greed's haste til end R7T22.
The Scribe: 19.
* Ki-Rin style vs. G1.
Teofilo: 18. Invisible.
Fallon: 14. 5' altitude.
Incubus: 12. (48:112). 10' altitude. Not affected by Rezah's prayer.
Erima: 11. RAGING!!! Charging/ PA.
Rezah: 6.
Schir #1: 4. (-11:60, death at -15). Suffer 1 Bleed/ round (Heal DC 20)!

DEAD: Schir #2.

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R3T11: Sighing for a long second, Erima stops boiling, throwing an angry gaze toward the flying man. "Come down there if you dare!"

Spoiler: Erima

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I think you must be working off of old data. You're Intimidate score is significantly higher. Also, you dropped Bear's Whatsit long ago for Hurtful ... now that you're immune to fear.

Despite being a demon, the incubus looks visibly shaken!

R3T6: Rezah, seeing what this battle is likely to become, drops his scimitar and looses his shield to the ground. He then takes out his masterwork crossbow.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T31: Sinxia, what do you do?

Lilim on deck, The Scribe in the hole ...

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Haste on all heroes (except Teofilo) til end R7T22!!!
* Prayer on heroes til end R8T6!!! ... +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks.
Sinxia: 31. Judgment [Justice] active til end of battle (+2 attack rolls, figured on sheet).
Lilim: 22. Shard of Greed's haste til end R7T22.
The Scribe: 19.
* Ki-Rin style vs. G1.
Teofilo: 18. Invisible.
Fallon: 14. 5' altitude.
Incubus: 12. (48:112). 10' altitude. Not affected by Rezah's prayer. SHAKEN til end R6T11!!!
Erima: 11. FATIGUED til end R7T11!!!
Rezah: 6. Shield/ scimitar on ground. Crossbow in ground.
Schir #1: 4. (-12:60, death at -15). Suffer 1 Bleed/ round (Heal DC 20)!

DEAD: Schir #2.

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R4T31: Sinxia takes arrows from Teofilo's presumably waiting hands (located right by Sinxia so it is as easy to draw as any ammunition) and starts launching them one after another at the Incubus, hoping to take it down with extreme prejudice. He hits the demon all three times for a total 47! Extreme prejudice, indeed. Somehow, someway, the thing is still in the air.

R4T22: With 18 force from three magic missiles, the thing falls to the ground, with Sinxia just barely ducking out of the way.

R4T19: The Scribe takes a 5-foot step and performs a coup de grace on G1 for good measure.

R4T18: Teofilo appears after having drilled an icicle into the skull of the incubus to make sure that it is dead.

Combat Ends ...

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Haste on all heroes (except Teofilo) til end R7T22!!!
* Prayer on heroes til end R8T6!!! ... +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks.
Sinxia: 31. Judgment [Justice] active til end of battle (+2 attack rolls, figured on sheet).
Lilim: 22. Shard of Greed's haste til end R7T22.
The Scribe: 19.
* Ki-Rin style vs. G1.
Teofilo: 18. Invisible.
Fallon: 14. 5' altitude.
Incubus: 12. (-17:112). 10' altitude. Not affected by Rezah's prayer. SHAKEN til end R6T11!!!
Erima: 11. FATIGUED til end R7T11!!!
Rezah: 6. Shield/ scimitar on ground. Crossbow in ground.

DEAD: Both schirs.

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Erima maintains a guard position at the set of double doors to the north you came in. Fallon and Rezah are in the alcove to the west. The Scribe and Teofilo are studying the walls to the SE. Sinxia is at the SW corner of the lower platform, and Lilim had made a circuit around the outside of the smaller platform and steps on top to the east. No sooner does she do this, four spherical creatures made mostly of mouth burst forth from the gray flame with definite hostile intent!

One immediately bites at Lilim. One zooms west down that alcove towards Fallon and Rezah and gets stabbed by her for 7 before it bites Fallon ineffectually. A third pops out to attack Lilim (likewise not really hurting her despite success). Still a fourth zooms out to charge The Scribe, only for him to turn to face it at the last second and block it with the haft of his weapon. All of them are Tiny, and 10' off the ground.

Begin Round One ...

R1T24: Sinxia, an ever-gnashing maw, filled with row after row of mismatched teeth, dominates this frightful creature's orb-like body.

Spoiler: Sinxia

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These are cacodaemons, the lowest form of daemon that populate the plane of Abaddon. As such, they are outsiders - extraplanar creatures that have learned to fight and survive mental horrors, combat with others of their kind, and using their small size to escape many dangers. That size is a detriment to them, however, as relatively speaking to other outsiders, they are not that hardy.

As daemons, even these least forms have quanitifiable abilities. They are neutral evil creatures that eat souls and thrive on ruin. They are usually immune to acid, death effects, disease, and poison. Most also have some resistance to cold, electricity, and fire. Many daemons can summon others of their kind. Most daemons only develop verbal skill in reading and writing Abyssal, Draconic, and Infernal, as most of them possess the innate telepathy so common to the fiends of the lower planes.

Cacodemons have an ability to ingest the spirit of any recently slain creature, and from that create a soul gem that is useful for healing itself. It is this useful ability that keeps many of these hateful beasts alive in the lower planes for they are kept as pets by more powerful daemons who use this ability to create what amounts to a currency among the Lower Planes.

Spoiler: Everyone: Picture o' the Beasties

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Sinxia, you only see three from your current vantage point. The one that attacked Erima to the north had to charge to get to Erima in a surprise round and still attack. What do you do?

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Sinxia: 24.
Scribe: 23.
C1: 22. (33:33).
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 15.
C2: 14. (26:33).
Teofilo: 11.
C3: 10. (33:33).
Rezah: 9.
C4: 6. (33:33).
Erima: 5.

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R1T24: "Cacodaemons!" shouts Sinxia. "Lowest of the daemons of Abaddon, NOT demons from the Abyss. Immune to acid, resists else except sonic. Don't know about weapon resistance. Also useless? Death spells, disease, and poison."

Recognizing the size and speed of these things, Sinxia asks Sarenrae for justice that these most base corporations of pure evil be destroyed. She then capitalizes on the fact that C4 is a little off-balance (hopefully) after the charge and shoots that one with a normal arrow to probe resistance, hitting it for 5 mod and a second arrow for 4 mod. "Mild resistance to magical weapons, normal metal!"

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Judgment for a +2 bonus to attack rolls. Sheet updated.

R1T23: The Scribe wheels around quickly to face the flying mouth. He sidesteps to the southwest and spins his ranseur in a dizzying way until he finally thrusts for 20 mod. This thing is barely flying, badly wounded now. "Resists cold iron, too! Holy weapons if you have them. Someone try mithral or silver if you have the opportunity."

R1T22: C1 bites at Lilim, missing.

R1T20: Lilim steps the the SW. Just before she defensively casts her spells, she calls out: "Erima! Incoming!" A blast of water shoots forth from her palm to throw C1 back 4 squares worth of power into C3 as C3 is likewise thrown back three squares. C1 is on the ground, C3 is now a little further north (and still flying). C1 took 5 mod from the impact.

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Botting for PSinger since he is busy...

R1T15: Lilim can see Fallon tumbling around and drawing her rapier. She flanks her opponent with Rezah while drawing her rapier and stabs her opponent for 24. From the down the hall we hear Fallon shout, "We have a winner with mithral, so go with that or silver!"

R1T14: To which she adds to that, "Yup. This one is dead!"

R1T11: Teofilo flies up to a height of 10' and casts a spell that whomps C4 for 11 NL, knocking it out as it drops to the ground.

R1T10: C3 disappears from sight.

R1T9: Rezah double moves into the room and onto the middle dais.

R1T5: Erima, 15' from you is one of these "cackle-demons," prone on the ground (C1). The platform doesn't inflict a movement penalty, but it does do just enough to keep you from doing a charge. What do you do?

Sinxia on deck, The Scribe in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 24. Judgment: Justice (+2 attack rolls).
Scribe: 23.
C1: 22. (28:33). PRONE!!!
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 15.
Teofilo: 11.
C3: 10. (33:33). Flying directly over Lilim.
Rezah: 9.
C4: 6. (4:33, 11 NL).
Erima: 5.

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R1T5: Erima steps right up to face the closest cacodemon squarely, and brings her axe into it full bore for 19 mod (max), cutting deep into it as it gives a hideous shriek.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: Sinxia activates her Haversack, pulling a single Silver Arrow out of it and aims carefully at the cacodaemon Erima just whomped. She fires her single shot, a gust of wind propelling it into the target in an attempt to knock it to the ground. Unfortunately, the prone nature of the thing gave it a more slender profile and Sinxia misses.

R2T23: The Scribe coup de graces C4. He then moves closer to Lilim, but also by the prone C1.

R2T22: C1 now disappears.

R2T20: Lilim, what do you do?

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Sinxia: 24. Judgment: Justice (+2 attack rolls).
Scribe: 23.
C1: 22. (9:33). Invisible at ground level.
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 15.
Teofilo: 11.
C3: 10. (33:33). Flying directly over Lilim.
Rezah: 9.
Erima: 5.

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R2T20: Lilim figures that while the one near her is unknown, the one that just went invisible hasn't had time to move. She steps around the gray flame to the left and up to where she last saw it. She curb stomps where she believes it to be, but doesn't hit anything.

R2T15: Asking folks to point out where it last was, Fallon double moves into and around the room to possibly flank with Lilim.

R2T11-10: Teofilo flies up to a height of 10' off the ground, and readies a spell.Appearing just above Teofilo is a cacodaemon (unwounded) that bit against his armor. Teofilo turns to face it and his readied spell goes off - an intense beam of empyreal light that hits the daemon squarely for 13 untyped.

R2T9: Rezah moves over by Erima and stabs with the mithral rapier where Lilim had attacked, but not apparently hitting anything.

R2T5: Erima, what do you do?

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Sinxia: 24. Judgment: Justice (+2 attack rolls).
Scribe: 23.
C1: 22. (9:33). Invisible at ground level.
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 15.
Teofilo: 10.1. 10' altitude.
C3: 10. (20:33). 15' altitude.
Rezah: 9.
Erima: 5.

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R2T5: Erima swings her axe at the ground ... and hits it.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T24: Sinxia draws another Silver arrow from her Haversack, and launches it square into the Cacaodemon that attacked Teofilo, hoping to end it easily. It hits well and hard, but doesn't quite kill the daemon.

R3T23: The Scribe drops his ranseur and tries to grab where he thinks the invisible monster may be. Sure enough, he seems to wrap his arms around .. something.

R3T22: The daemon comes into view as it is in The Scribe's grasp, trying to bite at him.

R3T20: Lilim, what do you do? You are currently flanking with the Scribe.

Fallon on deck, Teofilo in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 24. Judgment: Justice (+2 attack rolls).
Scribe: 23.
C1: 22. (9:33). GRAPPLED by Scribe.
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 15.
Teofilo: 10.1. 10' altitude.
C3: 10. (2:33). 15' altitude.
Rezah: 9.
Erima: 5.

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R3T20: Lilim tears into the cacodaemon held by The Scribe. Her two unarmed strikes do 14 mod total, but Lilim bites her own tongue for 1 bleed. Still, despite the embarrassing ending, the thing is beaten into unconsciousness and bleeding itself, and The Scribe drops the thing on the ground.

R3T15: Fallon speeds forth up and into the air towards the last. At just 5' below its height she practically spears through it with her rapier, and lets the thing fall off and drop to the ground, dead.

Rezah coup de graces the one at The Scribe's feet for good measure.

Combat Ends ...

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Sinxia: 24. Judgment: Justice (+2 attack rolls).
Scribe: 23.
Lilim: 20.
Fallon: 15.
Teofilo: 10.1. 10' altitude.
Rezah: 9.
Erima: 5.

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[I will be using initiative even though combat isn't officially joined, to determine the order of when people can act...]

Round One ...

R1T23: Sinxia, what do you wish to do? Do you wish to just go into combat, or to try some type of subterfuge (or recommend the same)?

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Sinxia: 23.
Fallon: 22.
Erima: 22.
The Scribe: 21.
Teofilo: 13.
Lilim: 9.
Rezah: 9.
Mochtau: 9.
Monitor Lizard #1: 8.
Monitor Lizard #2: 6.

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R1T23: Sinxia will look to the Scribe and Erima for their opinions before making any moves.

R1T22: Fallon casts shield on herself, just in case, but likewise looks to Scribe and Erima.

R1T20: Erima, what do you do?

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Sinxia: 23. DELAYING!!!
Fallon: 22.
Erima: 20.
The Scribe: 21.
Teofilo: 13.
Lilim: 9.
Rezah: 9.
Mochtau: 9.
Monitor Lizard #1: 8.
Monitor Lizard #2: 6.

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R1T20: Erima's knuckles turn white as she tightens her grip on her axe... if anyone wanted to speak before her, it's too late, as she answers loud and clear: "You have something that belong to me, and you dare ask us to bend the knee ? All you will get from us is steel ! Cold, bloodstained, harsh steel."

At those words, she starts advancing toward "Sorshen", as she never even acknowledged prudence. And though she may try to hide it with whatever bluster, that definitely shakes "Sorshen."

R1T21: The Scribe takes out a wand as he moves, and when he gets up to Erima, he uses it on himself.

R1T13: Teofilo flies in and casts magic circle against evil on The Scribe. He is 5' off the ground.

R1T9: Lilim, Erima called it, so it's on. What do you do?

Sinxia, you are delaying; do you do anything?

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Sinxia: 23. DELAYING!!!
Fallon: 22.
Erima: 20.
The Scribe: 21. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21).
Teofilo: 13.
Lilim: 9.
Rezah: 9.
Mochtau: 9. SHAKEN til end R3T20!!!
Monitor Lizard #1: 8.
Monitor Lizard #2: 6.

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R1T9: Lilim moves forward and says, "I'll get her out of her comfort zone. If she and her lizards persist there, we are better at handling sleet storm I think."

Lilim casts her spells, and the entire southern chamber, and most of the middle chamber, is covered in a storm of driving sleet storm that obscures sight (blocking even darkvision). "Sorshen's" anguished yell can be heard from deep within.

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Everything south of that dotted blue line is affected by sleet storm (see hyperlink for details).

R1T8: With a big giant thing in the mix, Rezah knows his job as a healer will be important this battle. He casts sanctuary on himself and moves forward.

R1T7-5: It is unknown what is happening within the sleet storm, and you no longer know the position of the enemy.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T22: Fallon casts another spell on herself and zooms forward.

R2T20: Erima, you know the spell sleet storm, including that if you go inside it you will be unable to see anything. It is useful in herding enemies towards you, though, with the possible humiliation that some fall in the attempt. What do you do?

Sinxia, you've been delaying this entire time. What do you do?

The Scribe on deck, Teofilo in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 23. DELAYING!!!
Fallon: 22. Bear's endurance.
Erima: 20.
The Scribe: 21. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21).
Teofilo: 13.
Lilim: 9. Sleet storm spell lasts til beginning R8T9.
Rezah: 8. Sanctuary til beginning of R8T8.
Mochtau: 7. SHAKEN til end R3T20!!! She has scooped up 2 of her five "weaponable" treasure chests (p 39).
Monitor Lizard #1: 6. Prone.
Monitor Lizard #2: 5.

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R2T20: Erima moves forward, and readies to hack at the first enemy to come through that she can threaten.

R2T19.5: Sinxia will move closer into the room, staying behind the others, and readies a shot for the first foe to make it through the sleet storm.

R2T19: The Scribe moves forward and slightly west and readies to attack with his ranseur.

R2T13: Teofilo flies in with the Scribe and readies something.

R2T9: Lilim, what do you do?

Rezah on deck, enemies in the hole ...

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Fallon: 22. Bear's endurance.
Erima: 20. READIED to attack!!!
Sinxia: 19.5: READIED to attack (post #61)!!!
The Scribe: 19. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21). READIED!!!
Teofilo: 13. READIED!!!
Lilim: 9. Sleet storm spell lasts til beginning R8T9.
Rezah: 8. Sanctuary til beginning of R8T8.
Mochtau: 7. SHAKEN til end R3T20!!! She has scooped up 2 of her five "weaponable" treasure chests (p 39).
Monitor Lizard #1: 6. Prone.
Monitor Lizard #2: 5.

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R2T9: Lilim moves up to be next to The Scribe and casts a spell on herself, and is soon covered in purple flames that don't seem to hurt her.

R2T8: Rezah passes Sinxia, then turns around and to her says, "Here, fellow warrior of the Lady of Fire, take the essence of her great heroes that have gone before."

He casts heroism on Sinxia.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T22: Fallon flies to the NE corner of the large, inner chamber, and readies a spell.

R3T20-13: Erima, Sinxia, Scribe, and Teofilo all have readied attacks.

R3T9: Lilim, no enemies in sight yet, but you know you gave the group time to buff since the opposition has to deal with icy ground to get to you. What do you do?

Rezah on deck, enemies in the hole ...

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Fallon: 22. Bear's endurance. READIED to drop faerie fire on the first hostiles, being sure to keep the burst from affecting friendlies!!!
Erima: 20. READIED to attack!!!
Sinxia: 19.5: READIED to attack (post #61)!!! Heroism for 70 minutes. +2 to skills not listed on sheet.
The Scribe: 19. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21). READIED!!!
Teofilo: 13. READIED!!!
Lilim: 9. Sleet storm spell lasts til beginning R8T9. Fire shield (warm) til end R9T9.
Rezah: 8. Sanctuary til beginning of R8T8.
Mochtau: 7. SHAKEN til end R3T20!!! She has scooped up 4 of her five "weaponable" treasure chests (p 39).
Monitor Lizard #1: 6.
Monitor Lizard #2: 5. Currently exists 6 squares north of its stated position on the map.

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R3T9: Rezah double moves to improve his position.

The enemy is still not seen. Either they are crafty and weathering the sleet storm and biding their time, or more likely the storm is causing them to flounder on the ice inside.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T22-9: Everyone is assumed to be re-applying their readied action or delaying as before.

R4T8: Rezah casts a spell that none of you have seen before (you can roll Spellcraft in spoilers if you want). His shield arm and shield are covered in a bright red-orange flame with the same level of glow as a continual flame spell (but some of you recognize obviously isn't). He then patiently waits for an enemy.

R4T6: One of those lizards (M1) finally comes out of the storm and into the waiting party's reach. Sinxia's shot finally goes off and just barely hits the lizard, yet for 13. The Scribe failed to attack well past the cover of his allies. Teofilo hits it with an icicle for 9 cold.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T22: Fallon, now hearing battle but not positioned well to enjoin it, flies up and back to have a significant height advantage. She then shoots a humble ray of frost at he reptile to do 1 cold.

R5T20: Erima, the first enemy did not show itself where you expected, and you are in a poor position to attack it unless you move one square south of Lilim. What do you do? The lizard has cover from you with the pillar (and vice-versa).

Lilim (delaying) on deck, Rezah in the hole ...

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Fallon: 22. Bear's endurance.
Erima: 20.
Lilim: 9. Sleet storm spell lasts til beginning R8T9. Fire shield (warm) til end R9T9. DELAYING!!!
Rezah: 8. Sanctuary til beginning of R8T8. Shield of the dawnflower til end R11T8.
Mochtau: 7. She has scooped up all 5 of her five "weaponable" treasure chests (p 39).
* She now stands 10' from the northern edge of the storm on the east side of the columns.
Sinxia: 6.5: Heroism for 70 minutes. +2 to skills not listed on sheet.
The Scribe: 6.3. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21).
Teofilo: 6.1.
Monitor Lizard #1: 6. (10:33).
Monitor Lizard #2: 5. (33:33). One square south of Fallon.

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R5T21: Lilim comes out of delay and goes full tilt on the critter. Her first strike disables it, the second drops it, and her bite definitely kills it, but being a low-lying quadruped, its death position is almost like it is simply laying on its belly, so it is easy to see why ......

R5T20: Seeing that no lizard could obviously be right at the end of the fog without being seen, go south of Lilim and finally stops mumbling, knows expressing her rage and hatred through her axe. "Rrrrraaaaaahh!"

The lizard (that Erima didn't realize Lilim already killed) is now beheaded. Erima doesn't seem to notice anything magically special about the dead lizard. Rezah delays...

R5T7: A massive shape is just visible inside the northern tip of the fog to the east when something gingerly steps out. It is "Sorshen" and she holds a treasure chest in her hand ... which she then throws at Lilim. The chest misses but lands at her feet. When it does so it bursts open. Instead of coinage or jewelry in the "treasure chest," it instead held a lot of rotting meet. It is a gut-wrenching smell, but one that The Scribe, Lilim, and Erima easily ignore.

R5T6.8: Rezah comes out of delay and moves forth to engage, all the while shouting divine imprecations at the monster and glowing slightly. The giant woman hits Rezah with a fist for 13, which doesn't slow him. It does, however, burn her hand with his holy spell for 9 fire. Meanwhile, Rezah smites the monster for 18 with his scimitar.

R5T6.5: Sinxia, what do you do?

The Scribe on deck, Teofilo in the hole ...

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Fallon: 22. Bear's endurance.
Lilim: 21. Sleet storm spell lasts til beginning R8T9. Fire shield (warm) til end R9T9.
Erima: 20.
Mochtau: 7. (72:99). She has scooped up all 4 of her five "weaponable" treasure chests (p 39).
* She now stands 10' from the northern edge of the storm on the east side of the columns.
Rezah: 6.8. Sanctuary til beginning of R8T8. Shield of the dawnflower til end R11T8. SMITE EVIL vs. Mochtau!
Sinxia: 6.5: Heroism for 70 minutes. +2 to skills not listed on sheet.
The Scribe: 6.3. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21).
Teofilo: 6.1.
Monitor Lizard #2: 5. (33:33). One square south of Fallon.

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R5T6: Sinxia takes a slight step to the east. Seeing that the creature claiming to be Sorshen (seriously, she just needs to die at this point) is now visible, Sinxia will loose two arrows into it, both landing for 34 total.

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I made you take a 5-foot step to get a clear shot (or even LOS).

Sinxia recognizes Sham-Sorshen as a cave giant. Obviously, that means it is a giant, a subtype of humanoid (with all that implies). Though not particularly religious, most cave giants worship pay homage to any god or demon that might oversee earthquakes and eruptions. Their priests are mostly barbarians and rangers, though a few divine spellcasters exist. The latter are often devoted to grand but futile schemes, such as freeing the Rough Beast or blotting out the sun. Obviously, that makes this a mystery as to why this cave giant would perceive herself as an ancient runelord ... and a runelord who was devoted to far less obvious shows of power, at that.

R5T6.5: The Scribe speeds northwards then east and south again before stabbing "Sorshen" with his ranseur for 14.

R5T6.1: Teofilo does similarly and shoots a perfect strike at "Sorshen" with an icicle for 19 cold! The giant is barely standing now.

R5T5: The other lizard (M2) finally emerges and nips Erima in her lower left arm for 5.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T22: Fallon flies around and behind the lizard safely while getting out her rapier. Flanking with Lilim, she stabs it for 19.

R6T21: Lilim, it looks like the battle against "Sorshen" is well in hand, and you are currently flanking a lizard with Fallon. What do you do?

Erima on deck, "Sorshen" in the hole ...

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Fallon: 22. Bear's endurance.
Lilim: 21. Sleet storm spell lasts til beginning R8T9. Fire shield (warm) til end R9T9.
Erima: 20.
Mochtau: 7. (5:99). She has scooped up all 4 of her five "weaponable" treasure chests (p 39).
* She now stands 10' from the northern edge of the storm on the east side of the columns.
Rezah: 6.8. Sanctuary til beginning of R8T8. Shield of the dawnflower til end R11T8. SMITE EVIL vs. Mochtau!
Sinxia: 6.5: Heroism for 70 minutes. +2 to skills not listed on sheet.
The Scribe: 6.3. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21).
Teofilo: 6.1.
Monitor Lizard #2: 5. (14:33).

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R6T21: Lilim maintains flank and delays. Erima might feel cheated from the false kill that Lilim already had, so she'll give it to Erima.

R6T20: Erima steps toward Sorshen by going into the sleet storm. She easily keeps her footing and begins raging with full power! Her first strike hits the false Sorshen through the storm for 24, and that is enough to bring her down. Erima continues her onslaught but misses because her hands slip due to ice. Meanwhile, "Sorshen" drops the sack at her side with those "treasure chests" that all split open and smell horrible., but nobody is sickened by it.

R6T6.8: No longer with an enemy to smite, Rezah carefully sidesteps the storm to confront the lizard. He slahes it for 6, though his second attack misses.

R6T6.5: Sinxia, you still hear that a battle is being fought against one of those lizards, but "Sorshen" has fallen. What do you do?

The Scribe on deck, Teofilo in the hole ...

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Fallon: 22. Bear's endurance.
Lilim: 21. Sleet storm spell lasts til beginning R8T9. Fire shield (warm) til end R9T9.
Erima: 20.
Rezah: 6.8. Shield of the dawnflower til end R11T8.
Sinxia: 6.5: Heroism for 70 minutes. +2 to skills not listed on sheet.
The Scribe: 6.3. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21).
Teofilo: 6.1.
Monitor Lizard #2: 5. (8:33).

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R6T6: Sinxia moves to get a view of the lizard the others are fighting and fires a single arrow at it, a bright light exploding from the point of impact, and finally laying it low.

Combat Ends ...

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Fallon: 22. Bear's endurance.
Lilim: 21. Sleet storm spell lasts til beginning R8T9. Fire shield (warm) til end R9T9.
Erima: 20.
Rezah: 6.8. Shield of the dawnflower til end R11T8.
Sinxia: 6.5: Heroism for 70 minutes. +2 to skills not listed on sheet.
The Scribe: 6.3. Magic Circle Against Evil. Shield (ends R11T21).
Teofilo: 6.1.
Monitor Lizard #2: 5. (8:33).

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Surprise Round ...

Rezah just lets loose with a blast of holy energy that hits S1 and S2 for 10 PE.

Begin Round One ...

R1T30: "Whoop, there it is," mutters Sinxia, who is nearest to danger. Instead of shooting, she casts divine favor on herself.

R1T26: With incredible reflexes, S2 is ready for battle but does have a little bit of trouble doing a wingover and only just gets to the back of the rear boat (right by Sinxia).

R1T22: The Scribe drops the oars (which are in locks). "They have a terrifying screech, and commonly use a flyby, so beware!" he yells. He takes out his bow and fires at S1 and hits for 7.

R1T21: Fallon casts shield on herself and stands, balancing in her boat.

R1T17: S1 successfully performs a wingover, but having been a little further away only just gets to the lead boat behind Fallon.

R1T14: Rezah lets loose with another burst of divine energy (S1 takes 15 PE, S2 takes 6 PE). Dropping his oars, he then takes out his scimitar.

R1T13: Erima, what do you do? What can you do?

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30.
Skaveling #2: 26. (65:81).
The Scribe: 22.
Fallon: 21. Shield
Skaveling #1: 17. (49:81).
Rezah: 14.
Erima: 13.
Lilim: 12.
Teofilo: 7.

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R1T13: Having few options, Erima takes her axe, and readies herself to strike as soon as the creature pass nearby.

R1T12: Lilim, what do you do? You are being threatened by a ghoul-bat.

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30.
Skaveling #2: 26. (65:81).
The Scribe: 22.
Fallon: 21. Shield
Skaveling #1: 17. (49:81).
Rezah: 14.
Erima: 13. READIED to attack any skaveling that comes in range of her axe!!!
Lilim: 12.
Teofilo: 7.

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R1T12: Lilim defensively casts a spell on herself. Her body gets coated in a protective sheathe of ice.

R1T7: Teofilo easily hovers in place and lets loose with a burst of positive energy. Both skavelings resist (S1 takes only 4 PE, S2 takes 6 PE).

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T30: "Be careful!" Sinxia shouts. "They possess a stunning shriek!"

She casts CLW successfully, but fails to touch her target ... the spell still on her hand.

R2T26: As if to prove her point for her, her opponent (S2) shrieks with a power that reaches all except Teofilo and Erima.

Lilim, roll a Fort save ...

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30. CLW currently on her hand!
Skaveling #2: 26. (59:81).
The Scribe: 22.
Fallon: 21. Shield
Skaveling #1: 17. (45:81).
Rezah: 14.
Erima: 13. READIED to attack any skaveling that comes in range of her axe!!!
Lilim: 12. Ice aegis for 70 minutes (resist fire 30).
Teofilo: 7.

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R2T26: Lilim resists being stunned, and she is the only one that does. The Scribe, however, as well as Fallon, Sinxia, and Rezah are not so lucky. The Scribe's bow drops into the water next to him, but at least Rezah's scimitar drops into the boat, as does Sinxia's bow.

R2T22-21: The Scribe and Fallon are stunned...

R2T17: S1 attacks Lilim and gets past the ice but is stopped by her armor.

R2T14: Rezah is stunned.

R2T13: Erima, the skavelings have not advanced to a point you can swing your axe. What do you do?

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30. CLW currently on her hand! STUNNED til beginning R3T26!!!
* Bow at bottom of boat.
Skaveling #2: 26. (59:81).
The Scribe: 22. Bow in water. STUNNED til beginning R3T26!!!
Fallon: 21. Shield. STUNNED til beginning R4T26!!!
Skaveling #1: 17. (45:81).
Rezah: 14. Scimitar at bottom of boat. STUNNED til beginning R4T26!!!
Erima: 13. READIED to attack any skaveling that comes in range of her axe!!!
Lilim: 12. Ice aegis for 70 minutes (resist fire 30).
Teofilo: 7.

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R2T13: Lacking other options, Erima tries to shimmy closer, but in the boat, "free movement through allied squares" doesn't work, especially when she doesn't have an open place to go. Instead, Erima readies her axe in case any should get near her (again).

R2T12: Lilim, you are currently facing off against S1, and it has been moderately damaged. What do you do?

Teofilo on deck, Sinxia (stunned) in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30. CLW currently on her hand! STUNNED til beginning R3T26!!!
* Bow at bottom of boat.
Skaveling #2: 26. (59:81).
The Scribe: 22. Bow in water. STUNNED til beginning R3T26!!!
Fallon: 21. Shield. STUNNED til beginning R4T26!!!
Skaveling #1: 17. (45:81).
Rezah: 14. Scimitar at bottom of boat. STUNNED til beginning R4T26!!!
Erima: 13. READIED to attack any skaveling that comes in range of her axe!!!
Lilim: 12. Ice aegis for 70 minutes (resist fire 30).
Teofilo: 7.

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R2T12: Lilim goes full tilt on attacking the creature. Her first is a left high kick that does 10. As she spins around, she goes to continue with a tail whip, but then pinches a nerve and loses reach!

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You pinched a nerve. Your reach - all weapons - is reduced by 5' now, so you have no reach. You don't know for how long.

R2T7: Teofilo channels energy. S1 takes 7 PE, and S2 takes 6 PE.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T30: Sinxia is stunned ....

R3T26: Sinxia and The Scribe recover from being stunned.S2 tries to take advantage of the previous stunning of Sinxia., but misses.

R3T22: With his bow dropped in the water, The Scribe instead reaches forward and - assuming she allows it - tries to do some type of nerve shunting with his hands (think atemi martial arts) on Lilim. He wrenches Lilim's tail. The Scribe then reaches into the boat and picks up his ranseur.

Lilim, that was INCREDIBLY painful ... but it worked. You no longer have a pinched nerve, and your reach has returned to normal.

R3T21-17: Fallon is stunned. S1 attacks Lilim and bites her for 11 mod.

Rezah is stunned.

Lilim, roll a Fort save vs. paralysis.

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30. CLW currently on her hand!
* Bow at bottom of boat.
Skaveling #2: 26. (53:81).
The Scribe: 22. Bow in water.
Fallon: 21. Shield. STUNNED til beginning R4T26!!!
Skaveling #1: 17. (28:81).
Rezah: 14. Scimitar at bottom of boat. STUNNED til beginning R4T26!!!
Erima: 13. READIED to attack any skaveling that comes in range of her axe!!!
Lilim: 12. Ice aegis for 70 minutes (resist fire 30).
Teofilo: 7.

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Lilim refuses to be stopped by the undead bat.

R3T13: Erima, do you continue to just ready in case one of the skavelings come your way, or do you do something else?

Lilim on deck, Teofilo in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30. CLW currently on her hand!
* Bow at bottom of boat.
Skaveling #2: 26. (53:81).
The Scribe: 22. Bow in water.
Fallon: 21. Shield. STUNNED til beginning R4T26!!!
Skaveling #1: 17. (28:81).
Rezah: 14. Scimitar at bottom of boat. STUNNED til beginning R4T26!!!
Erima: 13. READIED to attack any skaveling that comes in range of her axe!!!
Lilim: 12. Ice aegis for 70 minutes (resist fire 30).
Teofilo: 7.

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R3T13: Erima continues to grip her axe tightly in case these ghoul-bats come close to her.

R3T12: Thanks to the Scribe, Lilim is again ready to tango. She jumps up, grabbing with her arms to slam the underside of the skaveling with her right knee for 11, while at the same time slamming down on its head with her right elbow for 11. Landing in the boat (and hopefully keeping her balance) she slashes twice and then bites - a claw and a bite both hit, and is enough for the skaveling to crash into the water and begin sinking ... destroyed.

R3T7: Teofilo again lets loose with holy power. The remaining skaveling resists easily, taking 4 PE.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T30: Sinxia, still with CLW on her hand but no longer stunned, reaches out and touches the skaveling, though the thing resists some of the holy power and only takes 4 PE. "Rezah, could you please hand me my bow?"

R4T26: The ghoul bat bites Sinxia in the neck for 17, and she is paralyzed! Meanwhile, Fallon and Rezah recover from being stunned.

R4T22: The Scribe jumps into the water after his bow.

R4T21: Though perhaps the worst person to engage these things directly, Fallon flies out of the boat and safely around to attack the skaveling from the eastern flank. She just barely hits with Silverfang, doing 16.

R4T14: Rezah ignores Sinxia's request and lets loose with holy power, and does 11 PE in a burst to the skaveling. Instead of Sinxa's bow, he picks up his own dropped scimitar.

R4T12: Lilim, what do you do? If this skaveling is at all intelligent, it can do a coup de grace on Sinxia!

Teofilo on deck, skaveling in the hole ...

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30. PARALYZED til beginning R9T26!!!
* Bow at bottom of boat.
Skaveling #2: 26. (18:81).
The Scribe: 22. Bow in water.
Fallon: 21. Shield.
Rezah: 14. Scimitar at bottom of boat.
Erima: 13. READIED to attack any skaveling that comes in range of her axe!!!
Lilim: 12. Ice aegis for 70 minutes (resist fire 30).
Teofilo: 7.

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R4T12: Lilim casts lightning bolt on the skaveling, making sure to target the tail end so as not to singe Sinxia's eyebrows. Despite a poorly formed bolt that is perhaps a little too far aft of the skaveling over the water, yet it didn't expect it and gets hit for the full 15 electricity.

R4T7: Teofilo tries one more time to save Sinxia with another burst of positive energy. The creature is aware and steels its will against the undine priest, yet though successful, Teofilo's faith is enough to finally destroy the skaveling and save Sinxia!

Combat Ends ...

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Sinxia: 30. Divine favor til end R11T30. PARALYZED til beginning R9T26!!!
* Bow at bottom of boat.
Skaveling #2: 26. (3:81).
The Scribe: 22. Bow in water.
Fallon: 21. Shield.
Rezah: 14. Scimitar at bottom of boat.
Erima: 13. READIED to attack any skaveling that comes in range of her axe!!!
Lilim: 12. Ice aegis for 70 minutes (resist fire 30).
Teofilo: 7.

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Begin Round One ...

R1T33: Sinxia, delaying, looks to The Scribe for guidance. "What do I do?"

R1T22: Lilim, Fallon just jumped into the water, and Erima and Rezah are trying to take their armor off. What do you do?

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COMPULSION: Strip Naked, dive into water, swim for area L7, and claw at the wall where the secret door to area L12 is located.
Sinxia: 33.
Giant Moray Eel #1: 25. (77:77). Will show up on Round 2!
Lilim: 22. Ice aegis for 70 minutes (resist fire 30).
Fallon: 17. Shield. AFFECTED BY COMPULSION!!!
* Surface of water.
Teofilo: 17.
The Scribe: 15.
Erima: 15. AFFECTED BY COMPULSION!!!
Giant Moray Eel #2: 7. (77:77). Will show up on Round 3!
Rezah: 4. AFFECTED BY COMPULSION!!!