Rise of the Runelords, Part I: Burnt Offerings [IC]

[Savior]

Caedmon will draw sword and shield and remain in his defensive stance. "I don't mind being in the front. I can take a hell of a beating."

[lostsole31]

Good point. Mee, PSinger, in addition to noting any preps, let me know what you have in hand.

[meemaas]

Rose will draw her staff from where it is strapped to her back, and use it like a walking stick, one handed. She also adopts her Elemental Nimbus Stance. Rellin keeps behind the martially focused of the party and keeps alert.

[PSinger]

Celiss looks at whatever this stance is that Rose has adopted. What's it like?

[meemaas]

For the most part, Rose's stance is an offensive combat stance, but a close inspection shows a hint of fire magic sparking around her, almost like it was waiting to ignite.

[PSinger]

"I noticed interesting maneuvers before, and now I see your stance," remarks Nightrom. "I'd be interested in talking with you about the martial arts some time."

[meemaas]

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[lostsole31]

Celiss ... what do you do/ command? Go around the outside? Knock on the stockade door? Pray for rain?

Any suggestions from anyone else?

[PSinger]

Celiss isn't waiting for a committee. We'll walk the circuit, heading clockwise from south to west to north and back around.

Shalelu will have point.
(10' gap)
Kurgol next.
Caedmon.
Rellin
Rose
Celiss.

[meemaas]

Rellin has no complaints about the order. He's here to provide magical support, not make plans. Rose likewise doesn't mind.

[lostsole31]

The party begins to creep along. Shalelu peers around the corner to the northwest, listening to a bunch of yipping around the corner. Well, it seems that she wasn't as stealthy as she thought might be as she makes that jump a person makes when they have been noticed.

R1T22: Kurgol runs right in front of Shalelu to give the archer a bulwark and he seems to take a second of concentration.

R1T19: A dog comes tearing around the corner, but it's face has the same flat nose, beady eyes, and protruding teeth as a rat. With those same terrible incisor it bites into Kurgol's right foot for 9 (max).

R1T18: Rose, what do you do?You recognize the rat-dog as a goblin dog.

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It is a bizarre type of canine, though it is a natural animal, commonly found among goblins. Except goblins, most creatures are severely allergic to a goblin dog's dander.

[meemaas]

Rose will close in on the Rat-Dog (Chihuahua? XD) and spin kick it, her foot catching fire for a brief moment as it attempts to spread onto the attacker.

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Move action: Move to close in on the Goblin Dog (Hereby renamed chihuahua.)
Standard action: Variable Flux strike

Attack roll (1d20+5)[19]
Damage (1d3)[1] Plus 4 Fire Damage from her Elemental Nimbus Stance
If successful, Chihuahua must make a Reflex save DC 15 or catch fire.

[lostsole31]

R1T18: Rose closes in on the chihauhua and gives it a spinning kick, her foot on fire during her turn as she clips it for 1 + 4 fire. With that maneuver, Rose feels her energy grow within her and she is struck with a bit of inspiration as the very arcane essence of fire roils under limbs.

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Animus Pool and Defensive Combat now active. Spark strike granted.

Elemental nimbus simply does fire damage. Fire damage does not automatically assume the chance to cause fire in the same manner as alchemist's fire or a fire elemental's slam.

R1T17: Another chihuahua comes around the corner and opens itself terribly as it tries to bite Rose and she instinctively goes to trip it but it barely (4 legs) manages to keep its footing.

R1T16: A goblin appears from around the corner and shoots at Kurgol, but something deflects the arrow.

R1T15: Rellin, what do you do?

[meemaas]

Rellin holds up his hand, and with a quick gesture, a light blue light enveloping his ring, and the same color of energy enveloping the Goblin. The goblins movements seem to slow while it is wrapped in the aura, which Rellin seems intent on maintaining.

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Standard action: Rellin will cast Slow on the Goblin, and maintain it through concentration. DC 16 Will save to negate, or else the Goblin will only be able to take a Move or a Standard action on his turn.

[lostsole31]

R1T15: Rellin holds up his hand, and with a quick gesture, a light blue light enveloping his ring, and the same color of energy enveloping the Goblin. The goblins movements seem to slow while it is wrapped in the aura, which Rellin seems intent on maintaining.

R1T14: Caedmon, what do you do?

[Savior]

Caedmon marched to the new chihuahua that attempted to bite Rose. With sword and shield already drawn, the young man attempts a quick strike at the small creature.

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Standard action to initiate snapping strike.
Attack 1:(1d20+7)[25]
Damage :(1d8+4)[6]
Snapping strike damage if attack successful [roll]1d6 [/roll]

[lostsole31]

R1T14: Caedmon marches right up behind Rose. Unfortunately, the traversable part of the path is only 10' wide, and since goblin dogs are directly in front of Kurgol and Rose (the front rank) and they haven't dropped anything, Caedmon can't attack right now. However, he readies himself to jump into an open spot as soon as one or the other drops one (though the young man hopes the one in front of Rose drops so he can be valiant).

R1T13: Whooping and yelling is heard from around the corner from several goblin voices. One comes around the corner and sees the strange event and shoots/ misses an arrow at Rellin.

R1T10: Shalelu moves up for better positioning, standing right next to Rellin, and she shoots an arrow into the chest of the first archer goblin for 11, disabling him.

R1T9: Celiss, what do you do? As with Celiss, you can't get through that front line to an enemy.

[PSinger]

Hearing the sounds of what might be a protracted battle with voices around the corner and an obvious alarm, Celiss pulls on the chronal strings surrounding herself and her companions to do the opposite of what Rellin is obviously doing to the goblin warrior. She casts her spell, and the world seems to slow around the heroes.

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Celiss casts haste.

[lostsole31]

R1T9: Hearing the sounds of what might be a protracted battle with voices around the corner and an obvious alarm, Celiss pulls on the temporal strings surrounding herself and her companions to do the opposite of what Rellin is obviously doing to the goblin warrior. She casts her spell, and the world seems to slow around the heroes [except Rellin].

R1T8-4: The sounds of more yipping goblin dogs is heard.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T22-21: Kurgol takes out a special-looking type of handaxe and hits the goblin dog, dropping it. Caedmon leaps into the space of the fallen goblin dog, facing (from the side) the goblin dog that is facing Rose.

R2T18: Rose, you have a goblin dog right in front of you. Kurgol is to your right. Celiss is forward-right. There is a goblin archer behind the goblin dog; this archer is staggered by Rellin's time power. Your left is brambles and the like on the side of Thistletop (before the drop to the Gulf of Varisia). What do you do?

Rose's goblin dog opponent on deck, disabled goblin on deck ...

[meemaas]

Rose will pull her fist back, letting it catch on fire once more, and with a solid swing, hit the Chihuahua in the head.

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Standard action: Initiate Spark Strike. I'll augment it with one point of Animus to 3d4, and a separate point (augmenting from the Animus class feature has its own cap separate from the Elemental Flux maneuvers augments) for +2 to hit.

Attack roll (1d20+8)[26]
Damage (1d3)[2] +4 fire from Elemental Nimbus, plus (3d4)[7] fire from Spark Strike

[lostsole31]

R2T18: Rose will pulls back her fist, letting it catch on fire once more, and with a solid swing she hits the Chihuahua in the head for 2 + 11 fire, disabling the pooch. After this, she gets a hint of inspiration for fast striking.

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Flurry strike granted.

R2T17: Out of instinct, the dog snaps back at Rose and nearly gets her but her mystic awareness helps her block the muzzle. The dog, burnt and disabled, drops unconscious.

R2T16: Barely conscious, a goblin archer fires at Kurgol but the arrow clacks off of Kurgol as if it hit armor (which he wears none of). That goblin likewise falls unconscious from the strain.

R2T15: Rellin, you are currently putting the time-whammy on a goblin. What do you do?

Rellin's whammied opponent on deck, Shalelu in the hole ...

[PSinger]

"Understanding time is about patience, Rellin," says Celiss, "just keep dilating the goblin's time. You're doing great."

[meemaas]

Rellin shoots a look at Celiss, as if to question her input, while maintaining his focus on the enemy. Turning to another target, he holds out his other hand and lets out a trio of shots towards it, determined to help the combat as much as possible.

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Move action to concentrate on Slow
Standard action: Storm Gauntlet.

I'll target any enemy that is not in melee with an ally, if possible, otherwise aim at the most weakened enemy based on my observations (Rose's chihuahua, probably)

Attack roll (1d20+4)[18] (not taking into account a penalty from Precise shot, if necessary)
Damage (1d4)[1] Cold, (1d4)[3] Electricity, and (1d4)[3] Sonic

[lostsole31]

R2T15: Rellin shoots a look at Celiss, as if to question her input, while maintaining his focus on the enemy. He holds out his other hand at the hapless goblin and lets out a trio of shots towards it, determined to help the combat as much as possible. The bolt catches the goblin in the chest for a total 7 mixed energy. Badly wounded, he is still the only enemy in view; sounds of a couple dogs around the corner.

R2T13: The same poor goblin ... staggered, wounded, tries to shoot at Rellin but then ends up entangling himself in his bow.

R2T10: The poor goblin in his bowstring does not pull on the heartstrings of Shalelu as she fires an arrow but her arrow goes waaaaayyyy overhead and out into the Gulf.

R2T9: Celiss, what do you do?

Kurgol on deck, Caedmon in the hole ...

[PSinger]

As soon as that last goblin is felled, Celiss will hasted move to the spot at the corner and around if she has room to engage the first goblin or mutant chihuahua that she sees. Since I'm not sure what will happen there, I'll let you roll whatever. She's not picky about a target, as long as there is a target ... stabbity-stab with the rapier.

[lostsole31]

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T22: Kurgol steps forward and hits the hapless goblin in the neck for 11, ending its misery as it falls. With that, Rellin's spell ends.

R3T22.7-.3: The way clear, Celiss moves with incredible speed around the corner and faces two goblin dogs and two goblins. The goblins were ready and they shoot and miss. The goblin dogs weren't quite ready though, and Celiss stabs one for 8.

R3T21: Caedmon, what do you do?

Rose on deck, Rellin in the hole ...

[Savior]

Caedmon follows after Celiss but not before entering a purely agressive stance. Once rounding the corner, Caedmon attempts attempt mighty swing attempt closest foe.

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Entering Stance of Agression: -2 ac but +1d6 damage

Attack 1:(1d20+8)[25]
Damage :(1d8+4)[8] +[roll]1d6 [/roll]

[meemaas]

Rose will burst around the corner and launch a powerful pair of strikes into the first foe she can get in reach of, her strikes so coated with fire that there is no hint of her own strength left in them.

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Move action: Rose will use her full range of movement to close in on the nearest enemy she can find around the corner.
Standard action: Initiate Flurry Strike, spend one point of Animus for Elemental Attunement to change all damage to Fire damage

Attack 1 (1d20+6)[18]
Damage (1d3+4)[6] All Fire

Attack 2 (1d20+6)[9]
Damage (1d3+4)[7] All Fire

(I've added in the bonus from my stance straight to the damage rolls, since there's no need to differentiate the damage types this time)

Rellin will turn the corner and lay out another slowing effect upon the strongest foe he can see.

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Move action: Go around the corner as best as I can
Standard action: Slow on a Goblin foe if possible. DC 16 will save to negate.

[lostsole31]

R3T21: Caedmon follows after Celiss but not before entering a purely agressive stance. Once rounding the corner, Caedmon makes a mighty swing at a goblin dog he faces, doing a mighty 11.

R3T18: Rose bursts around the corner, but with effective terrain only being 10' wide, she stops behind Celiss since two goblin dogs block Celiss and Caedmon.

R3T15: Rellin, not enjoying the incredible burst of speed from Celiss' haste, only has enough to get around the corner and behind Caedmon.

R3T10: Shalelu gets around the corner behind Rellin (putting him between Caedmon and Shalelu), and she looses an arrow to hit an archer in the right shoulder for 9.

R3T8-4: The goblin dogs attack, missing Celiss and not getting through Caedmon's armor.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

Kurgol zooms around the corner and readies himself to push past the line should a goblin dog fall.

R4T27.7-.5: An archer fires at Rellin, grazing him in the right upper arm for 1. The other fires at Rose and misses.

R4T22.3: Celiss, you are facing a heavily wounded goblin dog, and another next to it faces Caedmon. What do you do?

Caedmon on deck, Rose in the hole ...

[PSinger]

Celiss tries to "open the ranks" with her speed. She stabs at her own dog, and then at the other one (regardless if hers goes down or not).

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Attack 1: (1d20+9)[22], damage (1d6+4)[5]
Attack 2: (1d20+9)[18], damage (1d6+4)[5]