Curse of the Crimson Throne: Seven Days to the Grave [IC]

[lostsole31]

R10T11: Adelaide hearng the door open will begin to move to the east into the next room.

R10T10: The few remaining zombies go. Red-Green steps forward and swings at Telly. Red-Purple steps forward and backhands Lucius in the hip for 8. A zombie that was once an extremely beautiful woman staggers up to Iluvar on the catwalk. Red-Pink approaches Iluvar from the south, and now Iluvar is flanked by zombies (which is probably okay with him).

R10T6-1: Despite all odds, the Gray Maiden is overcome with adrenaline, stretching the rope and tearing it in places! She is no longer considered "tied/ immobilized" but "grappled." Red cultist, who had knocked on a door on this upper level, ignores Iluvar as he is covered by zombies, hustles east and then south along the far N-S catwalk. Blue cultist moves east along the southern wall to a door and opens up the door and shouts, "Kill the Pure Ones!"

Green cultist moves to the little platform of the eastern catwalk, dips her scythe into the vat, and then flicks bloodied goo at Iluvar (missing).

End Round 10, Begin Round 11 ...

R11T29: Harsk shoots Red-Purple zombie, destroying it in flame. He steps in as he reloads, and then reloads ... using Branwyn's shoulder to steady his shot and then crit Red-Green and destroy that one, too, before reloading super-quickly again. "If you give me a second," he says to Telgarana, "I can cover that wound and stop your bleeding."

R11T26: Telly suffers 3 bleed. Telgarana, the enhanced magic and sharpness of your sword goes back to normal (lose the +3 keen). What do you do?

Vivino on deck ...

[LazarX]

Telgarana replies to Harsk "Lets see if this works first, I would still welcome your aid though."

Spoiler: a wand in the sheath

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Move action:Telgarana sheathes her blade.
Swift action: Telgarana pops out her cure light wounds wand from her other sheath.
Standard Action: Use Magic Device check [roll]1d20+17[/roll] If successful she cures herself for (1d8+1)[3]

If unsuccessful the wand is in her hand for Harsk to grab and use if needed.

[LazarX]

Another try to get this right

Spoiler: UMD roll 2nd attempt

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(1d20+17)[34]

[lostsole31]

R11T26: Telgarana replies to Harsk, "Lets see if this works first. I would still welcome your aid, though."

She sheathes Jiyū no yoru and uses a wrist wand to pop out a different wand. A quick bit of concentration and saying the command word and she heals 3 (+ 3 NL). Not a lot, but it does have the added benefit of having stopped the bleeding.

R11T23: Vivino, your job just got harder, for now you are wrestling a Gray Maiden. Do you attempt to maintain the hold or let go? What do you wish to do?

Allen in the hole ...

[Moriar]

Vivino grunts in frustration and looks to knock her out.

Spoiler: from the top rope

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Move to pin CMB (1d20+11)[25]

If successful then Cmb choke hold (1d20+6)[12] and damage (1d3+4)[6]

If not successful then try again to pin (1d20+6)[11]

[lostsole31]

R11T23: Vivino grunts in frustration and looks to knock her out. He crouches down and quickly slides her legs past him so he can get a choke hold on her, pinning her, but the act of pinning her keeps his focus and he doesn't damage her any.

R11T22: Allen, what do you do?

Branwyn on deck, Lurk in the hole ...

[meemaas]

Allen will step into the room finally, giving himself a better view of the insides, he refocuses his energy and launches a small beam of fire into the nearest living foe (aside from the grappled gray maiden that he previously tried to execute.)

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Five foot step into the room
Swift action: Reallocate 2E from Banelight Vortices to Mai'yrs Band
Standard action: Fire Mai'yrs Band at the nearest living foe, aside from the grappled Gray Maiden that shouldn't be nearest, but just covering bases.

Attack roll (1d20+5)[19]
Damage (3d6+11)[17]

[lostsole31]

R11T22: Allen will step into the room finally, giving himself a better view of the insides, he refocuses his energy and launches a small beam of fire into the nearest living foe, Blue Cultist that is at the door to the south, under the catwalks. Fire rolls forth from his body and into and out of his hand to hit her in the lower back for 17 fire. She doesn't go down, but she does scream in pain.

R11T21: Branwyn, what do you do?

Lurk on deck, Iluvar in the hole ...

[Branwyn]

Branwyn is getting nervous about fighting toe to toe and begins to look for a way out of the fray... but first, he takes another shot at his flanked foe.

Spoiler: poke poke

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wakizashi (1d20+7)[20] for (1d6+4)[8] damage plus (4d6)[12] sneaky poking damage - crit on 18+ (crit confirm roll) (1d20)[16] then steps back 5 feet towards the nearest wall

[Tippnick]

Iluvar presses his attack

Spoiler: Kick punch crunch

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SwA: Initiates Crane style
FA: Will use a ki point to get and extra attack
Flurry of blows
Will use a style kick (Flying kick) on either his last attack or when the two zombies are killed at will attack green cultist and land just south of green cultist. Will accept AoO if the both zombies are not down.
(d20+14)[30] on northern zombie
[roll]d8+2+2d6[/roll] damage
(d20+14)[30] either northern zombie or red pink zombie
[roll]d8+2+2d6[/roll] damage
(d20+14)[18]
[roll]d8+2+2d6[/roll] damage
(d20+9)[25] on green cultist
[roll]d8+2+2d6[/roll] damage

[lostsole31]

R11T21: Branwyn is getting nervous about fighting toe-to-toe and begins to look for a way out of the fray. A quick look around shows no fray, but there is one person who just opened a door that might want to fray things, so Branwyn darts over to conduct pre-emptive anti-fray measures. He pokes his wakizashi into the woman's left elbow where her breastplate doesn't protect for 8. It wasn't enough to drop her. Worse, Lurk can't see well in this room, but there is something moving!

R11T20: Lurk flies forward to catch up to her master.

R11T16: Iluvar presses his attack, entering Crane Style. He makes a spin while getting into a standing crouch so that when he hits the once-beautiful woman, he strikes her in the stomach with incredible power and then snapping to standing crane with a crane hand strike to the center of her forehead, destroying her. He then spins the other way to put another crane-hand strike through that one's brain pan to destroy it as well. He then moves with ki-enhanded speed to jump across the catwalks. Green Cultist attacks weaky with her scythe, and Iluvar kicks her right hand for 7 as he goes by and lands next to her.

R11T13: Lucius, what do you do? You think you spy a zombie to the room to the south that Blue cultist had opened the door to.

Lahabiel on deck, Adelaide in the hole ...

[Rithryn]

Lucius waves his hand with his holy symbol in the air casting a spell, than moves with great speed to the door to the east.
"Lahabiel, we must find the doctor before he escapes. The others can handle the rest here."

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Casting Channel vigor for the limbs ability granting haste to himself, than using one move action to get as far towards/into the eastern door with increased movement.

[lostsole31]

R11T13: Lucius waves his hand with his holy symbol in the air casting a spell, then looks to his summons. "Lahabiel, we must find the doctor before he escapes. The others can handle the rest here."

Lucius then moves with great speed to the door to the east. As soon as he gets into that eastern room, just getting past the doorway. The reek of burning wax wafts through this morbid chamber, with several tall, misshapen candles being the apparent source. Workspaces strewn with tall beakers of foul-colored liquids, parchments covered in insidious symbols, and cages of whimpering rodents fill large alcoves in both the northern and southern walls. A pair of huge stone doors hang ajar to the east, revealing a long hallway leading further into the dark. At the room’s center stand four large, cylindrical glass vats, each filled with a bubbling emerald fluid that tints the chamber’s light a noxious green. Within each suspension floats a malformed abomination—something part human, part angel, and part horse—things of half-formed muscle with dead, fleshless equine skulls. Three of the forms are motionless, but the fourth twitches now and then.

Lucius also spots a cultist (Pink, the first male cultist he's seen) in here, standing amongst the cylindrical vats and holding his scythe.

R11T12.9: Not really having intel on the doctor, and thinking Lucius must have it, Lahabiel looks to the others to the west. "I smelled the woman. She was here, but I don't smell her anymore." He then takes off after Lucius, passes him, and gets into the room to the far east. He sees the twitching thing and the three other still ones, and says to Lucius. "I know not what manner of devilry they are, but I recognize the Urgathoan for what he is." He advances on the man with the scythe.

R11T11: Adelaide, what do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...

[H8teradio]

Adelaide will continue to move to the south and east and come to a stop in the space adjacent to Harsk and Allen.

"I've lost the doctor, he may still be in the room adjacent to us."

[lostsole31]

R11T11: Adelaide will continue to move to the south and east and come to a stop in the space adjacent to Harsk and Allen. As she closes, she says, "I've lost the doctor, he may still be in the room adjacent to us."

The thing is, once she tries to enter the area she tries to enter, she is blocked by something unseen! She reflexively slashes at the air and calls out, "The Doctor is here!"

Adelaide then appears.

R11T10: The zombies in the room to the south stir and begin moving out. Blue-Green steps past the cultist to the east under the catwalk, and Branwyn slashes at its head for 8. But then three others come out that Branwyn can't react to, and since he is the closest living thing (the cultist seems to be either the controller or immune to them somehow), they encircle him. And just like that, Branwyn is now in a fray he hoped to defray when he flayed the cultist's skin with his pre-emptive defray flaying.

R11T6: Pink Cultist, in the far eastern room, smiles at the hound archon. He swings with his scythe. It comes just short of hitting across his chest, but then Lahabiel and Lucius realize the hideous truth. The archon was not the target. The big standing vat was. The scythe fractures the glass with a powerful blow, but seems to do little more than that. But that fracture begins to spiderweb.

R11T5.5: But what's inside gives that a big old help and the glass shatters from the inside out, noxious fluide spilling all over the culst and Lahabiel and flowing across the floor. It then stretches out to its full gaunt, 14' of height! It says something in a powerful voice, that everyone hears in their mind (or with their ears if they understand Infernal): "I am Khu'gdoc the Plaguebringer! And I am ... FREEEE!!! I will reward the one who freed me with a quick and merciful death."

Spoiler: Vivino

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You are actually too far to have received the telepathy, but you did hear a powerful voice well to the east speaking in an exultant voice, though you didn't understand the words.

R11T5-2: The Gray Maiden weakly tries to escape the pin, but not doing so, just deflates and stops moving. "I am done. I offer no more resistance," she says dejectedly to Vivino.

Red cultist closes on Iluvar, throwing power into a blow that Iluvar easily deflects. Meanwhile, Blue cultist attacks Brawnwyn with everything she has, her scythe slashing across his elbow for 11. Green cultist likewise gets her attack deflected by Iluvar.

End Round 11, Begin Round 12 ...

R12T29: Harsk nods to the now-apparent Adelaide, but calls out loud as his dwarven voice can carry. "Lucius, what was that?! And we got more zombies! Branwyn's in a tight spot." He looks back to Adelaide. "Sorry, I don't have time for cowards when a teammate is getting dogpiled."

He closes to the zombie-melee and takes out his battleaxe and chops at the head of Blue-Purple for 16.

R12T26: Telgarana, on one hand, Branwyn - bloody now - is in a middle of zombies and a cultist. Meanwhile, the square south of Allen/ east of Adelaide reputedly has an invisible doctor hanging out there. Oh, yeah, AND there is something with telepathy that has a powerful physical voice whom you heard telepathically coming from the eastern room. What do you do?

Vivino on deck ....

[Rithryn]

Lucius replies to Harsk in a determined tone.
"I'll handle this."
He than steels himself for a hard battle.

[LazarX]

Telgarana says softly "Time to quicken things up again."

Spoiler: quickstep

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Swift action : Activate Arcane armor training
Move action: Stow Wand
Standard action: Cast Haste on the group
Quick Runner's shirt Hasted move to close and flank with the Blue Cultist on Bronwyn
Parry action/riposte if someone strikes at her in the intervening round... Not counting the +1 from haste
Parry (1d20+13)[22]
Riposte (1d20+13)[17] damage (1d8+9)[17]

[lostsole31]

Lucius replies to Harsk in a determined tone, "I'll handle this." He than steels himself for a hard battle.

R12T26: Telgarana says softly, "Time to quicken things up again."

What isn't said as softliy, however, is when she takes out more licorice root from her component pouch and powerfully intones the second haste spell of the battle. Unfortunately, Vivino, Lucius, Iluvar, and Lahabiel are too far away to get the benefit of her chronomantic power. She thinks to activate her quick-runner's shirt, but guaranteeing her magic would operate while she wears mithral armor keeps her from being able to do this as well. She curses being able to manipulate time, but not finely enough for her tastes, and steps forwar to threaten a zombie.

Spoiler: Telgarana

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You already spent your SwA on Arcane Armor Training, so you didn't havce a SwA available for your quick-runner's shirt.

R12T23: Vivino, during this whole business with the Gray Maiden, who it seems strained something and has gone limb with her last attempted escape, you see TWO invisible persons .... easily spotting a harlequin elven blonde woman with a hand crossbow drawn, and most of Dr. Davaulus (it seems that Adelaide nearly got him with her knife last round). What do you do?

Jolistina on deck, Allen in the hole ...

[Moriar]

"You better not..." Vivino grumbles to the Gray Maiden, "I'm missing all the fun it sounds like."

Spoiler: Hog Tie

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If I am reading the chart right for grapples, I will use rope to tie her up since she is already pinned. This should make it a DC 20 + CMB or 31 for her to break free; though it sounds like this may be impossible depending on her CMB.

It doesn't specify but I assume that is at least a SA. If I still have a MA or anything else left I will carry her over my shoulder or drag her and move towards the rest of the party fast as I am able.

[lostsole31]

R12T23: "You better not..." Vivino grumbles to the Gray Maiden, "I'm missing all the fun it sounds like."

He grabs the rope (MA) and then ties her up again (SA).

R12T22.1: There is a loud knocking in the room where Adelaide is now (the sort of central room) at a door on the south wall to the west. A woman's voice calls out, "Puddin? There are some nice people here to talk to the man of the house about the plumbing!"

She then follows up with that annoyingly laughter as she thinks her own joke is hysterical.

R12T22: Allen, from what Adelaide says and did, Dr. Davaulus is adjacent to you to your south. You don't know if that's true or not. Meanwhile, Jolistina's voice is heard behind you in that central art gallery from the southwestern door. You are hasted. What do you do?

Brawnyn on deck, Lurk in the hole ...

[meemaas]

With the knowledge that the Dr may be right next to him, he steps away from the doctor and pulls together all his psionic power to try and remove this foes invisibility so that he and his allies may fight him on an even footing.

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Five foot step to the north or northeast. It seems weird that I can't see directly to the north of Allen, so the second option is there in case something I don't see is in the way.

Standard action: Dispel Psionics for 5, targeting the square in which Allen believes the Dr is in, based on Adelaide's actions.

Dispel check (1d20+5)[25]

[lostsole31]

R12T22: With the knowledge that the Dr. may be right next to him, Allen steps away from the doctor. Either the doctor isn't there, or the doctor is wisely employing his stealth by not taking the free shot Allen offered. He pulls together all of his psionic power. Tiny motes of shining light appear all about Allen and then stream to the targeted area. They seem to multiply and coalesce around the shape of a man, finally revealing Dr. Davaulus as his invisibility is stripped away!

R12T21: Branwyn, it is annoying how much you got hit even with your mirror images there to protect you. Still, you are hasted and you do still feel warded a little against evil. What do you do?

Lurk on deck, Iluvar in the hole ...

[Branwyn]

Completely uncomfortable with combat that requires actual bravado... Branwyn makes and attempt to tumble through the fray, and get behind Allen.

Spoiler: Escape attempt

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Acrobatics to move through combat zone (1d20+19)[39]

[lostsole31]

R12T21: Completely uncomfortable with combat that requires actual bravado, Branwyn makes an attempt to tumble through the fray, and get behind Allen. It is, perhaps, the single finest display of acrobatics ever seen by anyone that witnesses this.

R12T20: Lurk attempts an acrobatic withdrawal. And she is as maladroit as her master was perfection in motion. The withdrawal helped her clear three enemies easily, but that still leaves two zombies that swing ... and hit. One for 7, and the other for 5. A little battered, she gets behind her master.

R12T16: Iluvar, what do you do?

Lucius on deck, Lahabiel in the hole ...

[Tippnick]

Iluvar continues the attack and calls on Pharasma, "Grey Lady, help me put down these vile Urgathoans."

Spoiler: punch crunch

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SwA: changes bane to Humanoid-human
FA: Spending a KI for an extra attack along with flurry of blows
(d20+15)[32] snap kick to green cultists
(d8+2)[3] Unarmed damage
(2d6)[4] bane damage
(d20+15)[27] punch
(d8+2)[8] Unarmed damage
(2d6)[6] bane damage
(d20+15)[34] back kick
(d8+2)[7] Unarmed damage
(2d6)[5] bane damage
(d20+10)[25]
(d8+2)[6] Unarmed damage
(2d6)[4] bane damage
If green goes down will switch to red and take a 5' step to east to be directly North of them.

[lostsole31]

R12T16: Iluvar continues the attack and calls on Pharasma, "Gray Lady, help me put down these vile Urgathoans."

He feels Her answer as she gives him knowledge of how best to kill them. He makes a high snap kick to Green's right shoulder for 9. He then punches her left hand, mashing it against the scythe handle she holds for 16, dropping her. With her down he gives a back kick up and into Red's right armpit for 14. Since she is pretty fresh other than that he gives a spinning hook kick to Red's stomach for 12.

R12T13: Lucius, you are still protected from evil. Also, channel vigor is active on you, with you last using vigor in your limbs (haste effect). What do you do?

Lahabiel on deck, Dr. Davaulus in the hole ...

[Rithryn]

Lucius calls out to Lahabiel with a smile.
"Should I perish here than I will meet you again in the Inheritors domain."

Pointing his sword at the creature declaring itself the plague bringer, he than speaks in infernal.
"How dare you bring disease to this plane, I will send you back to the abyss devil!"
Lucius charges the monster to deliver his blow with all his might.

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Targeting the monster with smite, using risky strike, charging.
[Roll]1d20+16[roll/]. If hit. [roll]1d8+29[roll/]

[lostsole31]

R12T13: Lucius calls out to Lahabiel with a smile. "Should I perish here, than I will meet you again in the Inheritor's domain."

Pointing his sword at the creature declaring itself the plague bringer, he than speaks in infernal. <"How dare you bring disease to this plane, I will send you back to the abyss devil!">
Lucius charges the monster to deliver his blow with all his might, but on the way the monster bites him in his lower left arm for 15. It's a powerful enough distraction that by the time Lucius closes for his attack the pain throws off his attack as he loses momentum, his sword slamming down on the base of the tank that held Khu'gdoc, the vibration ringing up and down his arms.

R12T12.9: Lahabiel nods. "Heaven calls me back, Good Paladin! I will disappear in seconds, allow me to give you aid before I go." The hound archon concentrates to cast a spell on Lucius, but the tall monster threatens him too well and the power fizzles. "Forgive me, for I have failed you."

R12T12: In the room of the blood vats, Dr. Davaulus brilliantly avoids any counter to his movement eastwards. Standing next to Telgarana, he carefully casts a spell so as not to be struck down by her black blade. He then casts his spell, and feels Dr. Davaulus' will attempt to overwhelm her.

Spoiler: Branwyn, Telgarana

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He cast dominate person at Adelaide.

He then looks at Adelaide and says, "Stand still, thrall."

Adelaide, roll a Will save. She gets her +2 bonus as this is an enchantment effect ...

[lostsole31]

R12T11: Adelaide finds that her mind is completely overwhelmed by Dr. Davaulus and she stands still. Perfectly still ... as in, not even defending properly.

R12T10: Zombie Blue-Pink swings at Telgarana, who quickly ducks the blow. She would have parried and riposted, but then again ... her blade was last put away.

R12T6: Pink cultist cuts Lahabiel deep with a scythe, and then sidesteps a little north.

R12T5.5: Meanwhile, Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer tears into Lahabiel with teeth and claw to do much damage.

R12T5-2: Red-cultist steps back from Iluvar and casts a healing spell on herself for 10. Blue cultist hustles the long way around a vat to then threaten Telgarana.

End Round 12, Begin Round 13 ...

R13T29: Harsk cuts the upper left arm of the far southern zombie for 10, but his battleaxe skips off of its hide on the backswing. Still, with his superspeed he cuts its head off on the last and the hole zombie is destroyed. He then edges north to be by Telgarana.

R13T26: Telgarana, what do you do? Your blade is sheathed (which is why you didn't get parry/riposte). Dr. Davaulus is standing right next to you, and he seems to have successfully dominated Adelaide (who is standing stock still right now).

Vivino on deck, Jolistina in the hole ...

[LazarX]

Telgarana whirls around her attention focused on the Good Doctor. "Time to dance and spark I hope you get a charge out of htis"

Spoiler: Slice, Dice, Zap!

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Telgarana enters spell combat taking an additional minus 2 to boost her concentration check on the spellcasting.

Casting Defensively [roll]120+15[/roll]

Spell Failure Chance 10 percent (1d100)[72]

If the spell goes off ... Spellstrike attack (1d20+10)[23] sword damage [/roll]1d8+9[/roll] Shocking Grasp Damage (this might occur on later rolls if the first one misses) (10d6)[42]

Hasted full round strikes If the Doctor goes down on any of this rotate to the next enemy clockwise.

1st (1d20+10)[11] sword damage [/roll]1d8+9[/roll]

2nd (1d20+10)[23] sword damage [/roll]1d8+9[/roll]

3rd (1d20+5)[24] sword damage [/roll]1d8+9[/roll]

Parry strike if needed (1d20+10)[29] she will forego any riposete this turn.