Rellin & Rose Rising [DMOOCH]

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R3T30: Asher did his best to match the pattern to dodge the incoming blows. "Toros, please hurry." His voice, while still detached, held a note of genuine concern. "I don't know how much longer I can dodge these."

R3T29: Valbard, it seems like a battle might be imminent, if what Keghart says about combat buffs being cast is true. What do you do?

Opal on deck, female caster in the hole, Norton/ Drea/ Orik/ Toros delaying ....

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 - +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Asher: 30. Unloaded. Total Defense Action (+4 dodge bonus to AC).
Valbard: 29.
Norton: 17. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 16. DELAYING!!!
Orik: 15. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 14.
Toros: 9. DELAYING!!!
Nualia: 7.
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6.
Jules: 4.

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R3T29: Knowing that there's not much he can do right now, Valbard delays ...

R3T25: Norton summons his spear, and invests some of his arcane power into it to improve its power. With no idea where exactly the attack is going to come from, he readies himself to fling his spear at the nearest enemy to show themselves (well, assuming he won't hurt friendlies as well). Assuming Drea can see Asher, and knowing that he is being attacked, she calls out some words of encouragement to help him protect himself, and prepares herself to use her power to protect him some.

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Sorry, but it takes a SwA to form when not formed, so you don't have the SwA to spend to enhance it with AP right now.

I only moved Drea up 5'. There is an open spot right next to Asher, but you know Toros is about to go there to try to wreck the bars, and I doubt that you were looking for "malicious compliance" from me in blocking Toros.

R3T14: Opal, what do you do?

Unknown female caster on deck, Keghart in the hole, Orik/ Toros delaying...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Asher: 30. Unloaded. Total Defense Action (+4 dodge bonus to AC).
Valbard: 29.
Norton: 25. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Drea: 16. She has used royal mandate on Asher to aid his AC.
Orik: 15. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 14.
Toros: 9. DELAYING!!!
Nualia: 7.
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6.
Jules: 4.

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R3T14: Opal delays ...

R3T13: Toros moves into the area just before the portcullis. He drops his sword and unreadies his shield.

R3T7: Some more light enters the hallway from the north as the door is opened.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

Top of Round: A pit opens up underneath Asher, but his amazing instinct and intuition have him jump onto the tiny ledge by Toros, grabbing onto the portcullis with one hand while holding his firearm. He is currently balancing carefully. The northern glaive crits Asher with a bewildering display that does 25 and makes him more vulnerable. Asher barely holds on when the southern glaive hits him as well for 13 and he falls into the pit (landing for 5).

R4T25: Norton, your readied action did not go off. Asher got double-slashed and fell into a pit that just opened up underneath his feet. Still nowhere for Norton to go. What does he do?

Drea on deck, Toros in the hole, Orik/ Opal/ Keghart/ Jules delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Norton: 25. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Yeth Hound: 18. (48:48).
Drea: 16. She has used royal mandate on Asher to aid his AC.
Orik: 15. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 14. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 13.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7.
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R4T25-14: Norton, Drea, Orik, and Opal all delay ....

R4T13: Toros tries to force up the portcullis, but nothing happens. It was only a few seconds of effort, but he feels that the "feel" of the portcullis' strength is enough for him to realize that applied muscle alone won't help. So, he picks up his scimitar. "Asher!" he calls out desparately. "Can you hear me?"

R4T7: A woman, terrible but beautiful - seemingly aasimar in heritage, but possessed of arms and claws that seem demonic, and with two wicked scars on her exposed midriff - moves into the hallway, bastard sword in right hand and eyes ablaze with anger. She concentrates briefly, touching an amulet around her neck while looking past the portcullises and pit towards the paladin with the scimitar. She casts a spell on herself.

Toros announces it, "It's divine favor. She is battle-ready."

R4T6.5: Following behind her is an ill-looking hound ... a yeth hound, like what you fought in the Temple of Lamashtu in the level above.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

Top of Round: Nothing happens with the trap, beyond the glaives slashing about threatingly. The pit is still there.

Everyone is delaying except Toros, so I will give a day for someone to come out of delay if they wanted.

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Norton: 25. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 16. She will use decreee of mercy as a counter on an ally who needs defense. DELAYING!!!
Orik: 15. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 14. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 13.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Yeth Hound: 6.5. (48:48).
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R5T13: Toros points salutes the woman, "By the Lady of Fire, you shall burn, hell-hag!" His scimitar lights on fire.

R5T7: The woman casts a spell and lets loose with a screech. Toros, holding up his flaming scimitar, notices it vibrating incredibly, threatening to rip apart, but by his own will enacted on his weapon, the ringing stops, her shatter spell having failed.

R5T6.5: The ugly yeth hound lets loose with a baleful baying.

Everyone, roll a Will save vs. fear effect (just what's on your sheet, I will add in other factors) ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Norton: 25. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 16. She will use decreee of mercy as a counter on an ally who needs defense. DELAYING!!!
Orik: 15. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 14. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 13. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Yeth Hound: 6.5. (48:48). READIED to attack as soon as the trap lifts.
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R5T5: Orik, even somewhat seeing Toros and despite an active bless, comes out of delay .... to panic! He screams, throwing down his sword, and then tries to GTFO. He moves up to the closed door on the western end of the large chamber.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

Top of Round: The pit closes and the portcullises lift.

Norton, you see the way clear and a spot between Toros and the woman. What do you do?

Drea/ Opal/ Keghart/ Jules delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Norton: 25. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 16. She will use decreee of mercy as a counter on an ally who needs defense. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 14. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 13. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Yeth Hound: 6.5. (48:48).
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Orik: 5.
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R6T21: While she'd much prefer to get closer; there's very little room to advance at this woman, so she drops her scimitar and pulls out (and subsequently throws) a javelin to attack at range, but the javelin clips off of her breastplate.

R6T20: Rather than take the opening and put himself directly on the front, Norton flings his spear quickly toward the lead woman (hitting her in the left claw for 13, calling out to the others. "I'll support from range so one of you can get to the front."

R6T19: Drea, now aware of the fight commencing, lets out a couple of words of encouragement before realizing that the shout does not have the power she expected as her encouraging roar had been expended. The downside is that it doesn't give Toros the help she had hoped. She then prepares herself to strike through Toros when a foe reaches him.

R6T13: Toros delays ...

R6T7: The silver-haired woman shows her holy symbol of Lamashtu, and lets loose with a wash of negative energy. Toros seems unaffected as dark energy swirls past him; Opal takes 5 NE; Norton takes only 2 NE; and Drea takes 8 NE.

R6T6.5: The yeth hound flies forward to attack Toros, but an attack from Drea's greatsword stabs out of Toros' body to hit the beast to break its jaw for 16 + 1 CON! It still tries to snap at Toros, but badly.

R6T6.4: Toros comes out of delay to strike the hound with his scimitar for 9 mod + 1 fire.

R6T5: Orik opens the door to the west, and then starts clanging towards the next level above.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T21: Opal, your scimitar is on the ground at your feet. What do you do?

Norton on deck, Enemy woman in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21. Scimitar on ground.
Norton: 20. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Drea: 6.6.
Yeth Hound: 6.5. (22:48, 14:15 CON). DAZZLED til end R7T6.6.
Toros: 6.4. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Orik: 5. PANICKED til R11T5!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R7T21: Rather than draw another javelin or pick up her scimitar, Opal begins to cast a spell. She couldn't get close enough to do anything in this cramped a hallway, but maybe a fire beetle could if summoned in the right spot.

R7T20: Norton, what do you do?

Enemy woman on deck, Drea in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21. Scimitar on ground. Casting summon monster I (fire beetle)
Norton: 20. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Drea: 6.6.
Yeth Hound: 6.5. (22:48, 14:15 CON). DAZZLED til end R7T6.6.
Toros: 6.4. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Orik: 5. PANICKED til R11T5!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R7T20: Norton hurls another spear into the hallway, aiming for the woman for a second strike, but misses wildly.

R7T7: The platinum-haired woman lets loose with another burst of negative energy. The burst is expertly guided around the yeth hound. This time, Toros' holiness does not protect him (though his strength of will does) as he takes 4 NE; Opal gets hit squarely for 8 NE, as do Norton (6 NE) and Drea (13 NE). Opal fails to maintain her spell and it fizzles out, the holy energy expended in the face of wrathful negative energy.

R7T6.6: The yeth hound is no longer dazzled. Drea, what do you do?

Yeth hound on deck, Toros in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Top of Round: Trap!!!
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21. Scimitar on ground.
Norton: 20. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Drea: 6.6.
Yeth Hound: 6.5. (22:48, 14:15 CON).
Toros: 6.4. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R7T6.6: Drea strikes out through Toros a second time, but this time the Spectral Greatsword carries the brands with her symbol upon them, hoping to help disable the Yeth hound. She misses, not used to Toros fighting movements (which in turn throw her aim off), but the initiation itself sets up a bulwark against the cleric's next expected negative blast.

R7T6.5: The yeth hound snaps at Toros' armor.

R7T6.4: Toros crits the yeth hound with a gut slash for 19 + bleed + 4 fire. This is enough for the yeth hound to drop onto the ground. "Hound's down!" Toros shouts for anyone not watching the battle.

R7T6.3: As soon as the yeth hound slams onto the ground, the portcullises go up again. ".... and it is trapped in the portcullis area," he adds with a chuckle.

R7T6: "Anywhere to go?" calls out Keghart.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R7T29: Valbard speed around before returning to his spot. "Sorry, Keg. Still nowhere to go. And now the trap is up again."

R7T21: Opal, scimitar is on the ground, and with both portcullises up, the cleric has improved cover. What do you do?

Norton on deck, Cleric in the whole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21. Scimitar on ground.
Norton: 20. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Drea: 6.6.
Yeth Hound: 6.5. (-1:48, 14:15 CON). BLEED 1d4/ rd!!! DYING!!!
Toros: 6.4. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R7T21: Opal swears as she lost her spell. Picking up her scimitar, she steps closer to Drea and touches on the shoulder, healing her from the negative energy she took earlier (5).

R7T20: Norton, you barely even see the cleric, what with edging slightly off aim because of the column (of course, Opal just moved), and the two sets of portcullises specifically designed to not evenly line up making for improved cover for the cleric. What do you do?

Enemy cleric on deck, Drea in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Norton: 20. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Drea: 6.6.
Yeth Hound: 6.5. (-1:48, 14:15 CON). BLEED 1d4/ rd!!! DYING!!!
Toros: 6.4. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R7T20: Norton delays ...

R7T7: The woman lets loose with another blast of negative energy. This time, Toros takes a full blast (9 NE). But Norton gets really blasted (15 NE). Drea, at least, resists some (5 NE), with only a little burning into a real wound past the temporary buffer she had. Oh, and the yeth hound withers to a husk.

R7T6.6: Drea, what do you do?

Toros on deck, Keghart in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Norton: 20. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Drea: 6.6.
Toros: 6.4. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R7T6.5: Norton goes out of delay to put some distance between himself and the enemy cleric. He calls out as he moves. "I can't take another one of those. Sorry guys." He grabs his wand from his belt and uses it when he stops at the far side of the room.

R7T6.6: Drea looks back at Norton as he retreats, then turns back to the combat. She draws upon her Akashic power to empower Toros with words of encouragement, drawing the power back into herself as an afterthought.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T21: Opal, what do you do?

Enemy cleric on deck, Norton in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Drea: 6.6.
Toros: 6.4. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R8T21: "Everyone back up!" Opal will shout before taking her own advice and retreating to the end of the room, dragging Drea with her. "As long as she's behind that portcullis, we're sitting ducks!"

R8T20.9: Drea, it is not your turn, but Opal gave you a free move action. Where does Drea go?

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Drea: 6.6.
Toros: 6.4. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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Drea responds to Opal's tactical advice by going to the north of the western pillar.

R8T20: Toros comes out of delay. "It's just you and me now, witch." He says a quick prayer on himself to heal him of 10 before stepping back a few feet next to the column.
He gets into a low sprinter's crouch. From the looks of things, he backed up to get a running start.

R8T7: The cleric lets loose with another nega-nuke. Toros is the only possible target, and his holy body manages to ignore any of the unholy energies.

R8T6.7: Norton, what do you do?

Drea on deck, Opal in the hole, Valbard/ Keghart/ Jules delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Toros: 20. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Drea: 6.6.
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R8T6.7: Norton tries to use his wand again on himself, but it doesn't quite work.

R8T6.6: Drea delays ...

End Round 8, Begin Round 9 ...

R8T21: Opal, what do you do?

Toros on deck, enemy cleric in the hole, Valbard/ Drea/ Keghart/ Jules delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Toros: 20. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Drea: 6.6. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R8T21: Opal reaches up and touches Norton, channeling some positive energy into him (5).

R8T20: Toros touches himself to fully heal himself. He maintains that stance that looks like he is about to break out into a sprint (in scale mail).

R8T7: The cleric pulses with another dark energy burst and Toros takes 10 NE.

R8T6.7: Norton, what do you do?

Opal on deck, Toros in the hole, Valbard/ Drea/ Keghart/ Jules delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Toros: 20. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13. READIED to bull rush Nualia with a jump over the trapped area.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested.
Drea: 6.6. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R8T6.7: Norton will grumble. "Just how many of those does she have?" After his complaint, he'll start delaying, waiting for an opportunity to get into the combat.

End Round 8, Begin Round 9 ..

R9T21: Opal, what do you do?

Toros on deck, Cleric in the hole, Valbard/ Drea/ Norton/ Keghart/ Jules delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Toros: 20. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13. READIED to bull rush Nualia with a jump over the trapped area.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 6.6. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will begin slashing R9T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R9T21: Opal moves between her colleagues. After spreading some positive energy to the most wounded, she shouts at her teammates still in range "What part of 'fall back' did you not understand?!?"

R9T20: Toros looks back at Opal. "She's wasting them on me. I am good with that." He looks back, and makes little micro-adjustments as if to make a sprint. Toros touches himself to fully heal himself.

R9T7: The cleric lets loose with another burst. Toros doesn't resist or shake off the effects of this burst, taking 8 NE.

R9T6.3: The guisarmes on the statues begin to slash about.

"I am pretty sure that is Nualia Tobyn, daughter of recently deceased Father Tobyn," calls out Keghart.

Toros calls back, "Yeah, she didn't like hearing that. That's her."

End Round 9, Begin Round 10 ...

R9T21: Opal, what do you do?

Toros on deck, Nualia in the hole, everyone else delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Toros: 20. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R9T13. READIED to bull rush Nualia with a jump over the trapped area.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 6.6. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will open pit R11T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R9T21: Opal grunts in frustration. Seeing that Valbard was out line of effect, she rushed to be opposite him, next to where that sword was on the ground. Once she gets into position, she touches Toros, hoping to give him a bit of healing to counteract all the negative energy he'd been taking. He heals 2.

R9T20-13: Toros delays, and his the flame on his sword gutters out. He concentrates, praying to the Lady of Fire, and his scimitar reignites.

R9T7: Nualia sends another wave of dark energy down the passageway, but this time Toros completely resists it.

R9T6.3: Trap continues to slash about with guisarmes.

End Round 9, Begin Round 10 ...

R10T21: Opal, what do you do?

Toros on deck, Nualia in the hole, all others delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Toros: 13. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R13T13.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 6.6. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will open pit R11T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R11T21: Opal abandoned one of her previously readied spells to heal Toros, but she was running out of resources. She casts her healing spell, for which Toros is now fully healed.

R11T13: More micro-adjustments on Toros' part. "Thanks," he says, while still looking towards his quarry.

R11T7: Nualia sends forth yet another wave of negative energy, which Toros only partially resists (6 NE).

R11T6.3: The guisarmes stop slashing and the pit opens in the trap.

End Round 11, Begin Round 12 ...

R12T21: Opal, what do you do?

Toros on deck, Nualia in the hole ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Toros: 13. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R13T13.
Nualia: 7. Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 6.6. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will deactivate R13T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R12T21: Opal presses against the wall, preparing to strike if the opportunity arises. "Unless she's dedicated herself to solely channeling negative energy, she should have at max one more of those left."

R12T13: Toros continues to be ready ...

R12T7: Nualia casts a spell. Toros yells, "She just cast rage, so she's committed to physical battle, now!"

R12T6.3: The trap continues its slashing.

End Round 12, Begin Round 13 ...

R13T21: Opal, what do you do?

Toros on deck, Nualia in the hole, all others delaying ...

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HEROES: Bless til R31T14 = +1 morale bonus on attack rolls & saves vs. fear.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Toros: 13. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R13T13.
Nualia: 7. Rage til concentration + 6 rounds!!!
* Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 6.6. DELAYING!!!
Slashing Pit Trap: 6.3. Trap will deactivate R13T6.3!!!
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R13T21: "Then let her come!" Opal says as she readies herself to strike.

The effects of the bless are no longer felt on the party.

R13T13: "Rage doesn't mean stupid," says Toros. "She won't set that trap off mindlessly."

R13T7: Nualia stands, concentrating on her wrath.

R13T6.3: The trap resets ... guisarmes stop slashing, pit closes, portcullises rise.

R13T6: Toros' readied action goes off, and he takes off at a run down the hallway. He gives a loud shout as he tries to jump what he judges to be the edge of the pit to continue his now-airborne charge in hopes of bull rushing Nualia back. "RAHHHH!" The sound of a metal armor impacting metal armor is heard. There is also the sound of someone in metal armor being flung against heavy stone.

End Round 13, Begin Round 14 ...

R14T21: Opal, what do you do?

Nualia on deck, Toros in the hole, all others delaying ...

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Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Nualia: 7. Rage til concentration + 6 rounds!!!
* Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. Divine favor til R14T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 6.6. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 13. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon til R14T13.
Keghart: 6. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6. DELAYING!!!
Jules: 4. DELAYING!!!

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R14T21: "Toros, bring her this way!" Opal shouts as she moves to just in front of the portcullis. With luck, she'd get caught in her own trap, be even if she didn't, she'd be in melee range at last. Opal notices that Toros must have taken a hit from her bastard sword when he launched himself at her.

R14T20: Drea moves up a small distance, before channeling her power through the Veil on Toros and strikes at Nualia with her weapon, striking Nualia for 12. Meanwhile, Toros gets 4 THP and Drea is healed of 6.

The flame on Toros' blade goes out again.

R14T7: Nualia harnesses her rage, calling on the fury of the Abyss itself, all of her physical power, and yet somehow fighting tactically as well. Toros easily deflects the over-committed blow.

R14T6: Toros heals himself fully with a quick prayer. Then he prays into his sword to light up again, but this time his sword flares a little brighter than before.

R14T5: Keghart steps down to get a sightline to the enemy. He puts up his hand, and you see in his palm there is a circle of light and some type of whine that suggests a building power before some type of energy bolt is fired down the hall, but there is too much activity and he misses.

End Round 14, Begin Round 15 ...

R15T29: Valbard steps behind Drea, then casts bless.

R15T21: Opal, what do you do?

Drea on deck, Nualia in the hole ...

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Heaven's Blessing: +2 attack and weapon damage rolls. Bless: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls.
Valbard: 29.
Opal: 21.
Drea: 20.
Nualia: 7. Rage til R19T13!!! Nualia's CMD is down by 1 til R19T20!!! Fury of the Abyss til R22T7!!!Using PA + CE.
* Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 6. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon + flaming burst til R18T6.
Keghart: 5. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6.
Jules: x. DELAYING!!!

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R15T21: Opal grunts in frustration. There wasn't much she could do here; she could throw a javelin, but she was just as likely to hit Toros as her, and taking a step forward would just knock her back into the trap. She kept herself ready should Toros get her close enough, but she addressed her other allies. "I can't get her from here. Anyone else want to take point?"

R15T20: Drea, what do you do?

Nualia on deck, Toros in the hole, Norton/ Jules delaying ...

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Heaven's Blessing: +2 attack and weapon damage rolls. Bless: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls.
Valbard: 29.
Opal: 21.
Drea: 20.
Nualia: 7. Rage til R19T13!!! Nualia's CMD is down by 1 til R19T20!!! Fury of the Abyss til R22T7!!!Using PA + CE.
* Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 6. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon + flaming burst til R18T6.
Keghart: 5. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6.
Jules: x. DELAYING!!!

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R15T20: Drea draws upon her akashic power to empower Toros to attack Nualia. Toros cuts, and only with the combination of the bless and heaven's blessing does his strike barely get through her armor to hit for 19.

R15T7: Now Nualia counters yet again, but this time just with rage and power, no tactics. Toros' holy wrath protects him from the sword, but not her claw which grazes across his lower sternum and upper peritoneum for only 2 mod. Some darkness seems to swirl with the claw, but does no more to Toros. He doesn't appear to be wounded.

R15T6: Toros attacks two-handed again (remember, his shield was put away when he was dealing with the trap), but this time - even with all of the supernatural and magical aid - it is only his smite that powers his attack through her armor to hit her for 17.

R15T5: Keghart fires off another whatever it is from the palm of his gauntlet, missing wildly.

End Round 15, Begin Round 16 ...

Valbard delays ...

R16T21: Opal, what do you do?

Drea on deck, Nualia in the hole, Valbard/ Norton/ Jules delaying ...

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Heaven's Blessing: +2 attack and weapon damage rolls. Bless: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21.
Drea: 20.
Nualia: 7. Rage til R19T13!!! Nualia's CMD is down by 1 til R19T20!!! Fury of the Abyss til R22T7!!!Using PA.
* Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 6. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon + flaming burst til R18T6.
Keghart: 5. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6.
Jules: x. DELAYING!!!

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R16T21: Opal waits until either Toros is in need of healing or he gets the woman into melee range.

R16T20: Drea, what do you do?

Nualia on deck, Toros in the hole, Norton/ Keghart/ Jules/ Valbard/ Opal delaying ...

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Heaven's Blessing: +2 attack and weapon damage rolls. Bless: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 20.
Nualia: 7. Rage til R19T13!!! Nualia's CMD is down by 1 til R19T20!!! Fury of the Abyss til R22T7!!!Using PA.
* Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 6. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon + flaming burst til R18T6.
Keghart: 5. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6.
Jules: x. DELAYING!!!

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R16T20: Drea, noting the effectiveness of Toros attacks compared to her own, repeats her action, allowing him to strike again. Toros hits Nualia with a simple crit for 22 + 6 fire & flaming burst.

R16T7: Nualia continues raging with power, fury, and ferocity ... enough to hit Toros for 17 mod in his helmet, and then claws him on the back of his right calf for 4 mod. The claw didn't seem to do much, and yet as it cuts out of him, something seems to be wrong with Toros beyond wounding.

R16T6: Toros calls back even as he heals himself for 14, "She did something to me, I don't know what!" His attack still hits her in the left knee for 20 + 6 fire, though.

R16T5: Keghart throws another one of those palm blasts, missing.

End Round 16, Begin Round 17 ...

R17T20: Drea, what do you do?

Nualia on deck, Toros in the hole, Opal/ Valbard/ Jules delaying ...

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Heaven's Blessing: +2 attack and weapon damage rolls. Bless: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 20.
Nualia: 7. Rage til R19T13!!! Nualia's CMD is down by 1 til R19T20!!! Fury of the Abyss til R22T7!!! Using PA.
* Bull's strength til R51T7. Eagle's splendor til R52T7. Shield of faith til R53T7. False life active.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 6. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon + flaming burst til R18T6.
* CURSED: -4 penalty on all attack rolls, saves, ability checks, & skill checks.
Keghart: 5. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6.
Jules: x. DELAYING!!!

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R17T20: Drea will draw upon her akashic power to strike through Toros, hoping to draw from her essence to heal Toros's wounds. The greatsword strikes at her very scarred abdomen for 15, enough to drop her and heal Toros of 10. Her bastard sword clatters on the ground as she drops.

R17T6: "Creature of evil, you sought to bring Lamashtu here. Now, I send you to Her instead!" And with that, Toros performs a smite-and-flaming-burst-fueled coup de grace to lop her head off. He still seems beleaguered by something, though.

Combat Ends ...

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Heaven's Blessing: +2 attack and weapon damage rolls. Bless: +1 morale bonus to attack rolls.
Valbard: 29. DELAYING!!!
Opal: 21. DELAYING!!!
Drea: 20.
Norton: 6.7. Loyal paladin's spear of light manifested. DELAYING!!!
Toros: 6. Smite vs. Nualia (+7 attack, +3 damage, +7 deflection). Ignite weapon + flaming burst til R18T6.
* CURSED: -4 penalty on all attack rolls, saves, ability checks, & skill checks.
Keghart: 5. Mage armor for another 90 minutes. Shield til R32T6.
Jules: x. DELAYING!!!

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Surprise Round ...

Opal, Jules, Toros and Leanyi detect something amiss in here!

S19: Opal, you sense three dark and wispy shapes come up out of the ground. All three are technically adjacent to you, though one has a column in its way. This is a surprise round. What do you do?

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Keghart: 22. Perception 15.
Opal: 19. Perception 28.
Shadow (Green): 15. (30:30). Stealth 19.
Jules: 13. Perception 22.
Toros: 12. Perception 24.
Norton: 11. Perception 19.
Leanyi: 9. Collective active. Perception 21.
Shadow (Blue): 6. (30:30). Stealth 21.
Shadow (Red): 3. (30:30). Stealth 23.