Keep on the Shadowfell IC

[Rakaydos]

Sarathi made a large overhand swing at the wounded kobold who keeps stabbing her, before moving away for other prey.

Standard: Brash Strike (d20+10)[24], 4 temp ho and a kill on a hit.

Holding move and potentially action point until I see if it connects.

[Rakaydos]

Sarathi moved toward the wyrmpriest in back, but her eye was caught by two kobolds flanking one of her companions. With a snarl, she charged in.

Move- 6 squares
Action point: Charge/Gnoll Charge/crushing Surge on Irontooth (d20+8)[18] vs AC, (d8+7)[12] damage.

If the charge is successful, Iron Wolf Charge: (d6)[6] additional charge damage,
Vs Ironclaw: (d20+4)[13] vs Will, push 2 on hit and -2 to attack rolls

[Phantom Genius]

Drang fumes at the constant abuses his friends are suffering. "I kin only heal one at a bloody time!" he snarls.

Melhved gets this one: minor action - healing surge +1d6+3 (1d6+3)[9]
Move: walk up to K1, offering to flank if Melhved wants.
Standard: Healing Strike and if it hits, Johuan gets a healing surge

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(1d20+5)[10]
(1d10+4)[12]

[Buufreak]

What a sticky pickle. Well, best thing to do in a situation like this is to go back to killing!

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Minor: Marking S2, trying to make sure it drops and I'm no longer flanked.

Standard: Overwhelming Strike
(1d20+8)[14] VS AC, hits for (1d12+4)[9]
(1d20+8)[22] VS AC bonus roll from mark.

[Ridai]

Taking Melhved's turn

Menacing the kobolds next to her, Melhved transforms into a wintry shape, freezing over the ground around her (yet the ice never troubling her allies), lashing out at the weaker creature.

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Free Nature's Wrath to mark K1 and D1

Minor Form of Winter's Herald, gains +1 AC, resist 5 cold, all squares within 2 squares of Melhved become difficult terrain for enemies. Lasts until the end of the encounter.

Standard Weight of Earth on K1
(1d20+8)[26] vs K1's AC
Hit: (1d8+4)[10] damage and slowed until Melhved's EoNT

[TurboGhast]

The kobold next to Gagan uses their light and nimble body to get back up and slash at Gagan in one motion, but he's able to evade the attack.

The one in the ram-horn mask spots an opportunity to strike back. He walks up to the room's northern wall, then unleashes a blast of flames from his mouth aimed at the people near the northern door. Brina manages to dodge, but Drang gets burnt. Then, he swiftly recites a vile sounding prayer, invigorating the remaining kobolds.

Irontooth lets out an inhumanoid scream as blood drips from the wounds Sarathi and Johuan made. He unleashes a flurry of mad attacks, seemingly forgetting about the concept of counterattacks as he does. Both of his axes are stained with the blood of the people flanking him. After yelling something unintelligible, he hits Johuan with an especially fierce blow, knocking him unconscious. Sheer rage makes his wounds seem to shrink.

Shuddering at the sight of Irontooth's assault, the kobolds flanking Melhved appear relieved to be stuck in place. One lands an attack with a spear while the other whiffs a shortsword slash.

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D2's turn
Move: Get up from prone.
Minor: Shift a space west.
Standard: Slash at Gagan with a shortsword.

Attack Roll: (1d20+7)[10] (base) vs AC. Miss.
Hit: (1d6+3)[6] damage, and Gagan is marked until the end of D2's next turn.

W's turn
Move: Walk two spaces southwest, then four spaces west.
Standard: Unleash flaming breath at Drang and Brina. (Close blast 3 centered two spaces west of his position.)

Attack Roll for Drang: (1d20+6)[22] (base) vs Reflex. Hit.
Attack Roll for Brina: (1d20+6)[14] (base) vs Reflex. Miss.
Hit (Drang): (1d10+3)[6] fire damage.

Minor: Recites a darkly faithful spell.

K1 gains 5 THP.
D1 gains 5 THP.
D2 gains 5 THP.

Irontooth's turn
Standard: Wildy attacks Johuan and Sarathi with his greataxes. (This is likely to cause a reaction.)

First Attack's Roll, targeting Sarathi: (1d20+8)[17] (base) vs AC. Miss.
Hit: (1d8+4)[6] + (1d10)[7] damage.

Second Attack's Roll, targeting Johuan: (1d20+6)[18] (+8 base, -2 mark violation penalty) vs AC. Hit
Hit: (1d8+4)[11] + (1d10)[3] damage, for a total of 14 damage..

Action Point: Continues attacking them.

First Attack's Roll, targeting Sarathi: (1d20+8)[25] (base) vs AC. Hit.
Hit: (1d8+4)[6] + (1d10)[5] damage, for a total of 11 damage.

Second Attack's Roll, targeting Johuan: (1d20+6)[26] (+8 base, -2 mark violation penalty) vs AC. Critical hit!
Hit: (1d8+4)[7] + (1d10)[1] damage. Critical deals 22 damage.

End: Heals 5 HP through sheer bloodlust.

K1's turn
Standard: Stab at Melhved with a spear.

Attack Roll: (1d20+8)[18] (+6 base, +2 CA via flanking) vs AC. Hit
Hit: (1d8)[3] + (1d6)[3] damage, for a total of 6 damage.

D1's turn
Standard: Slash at Melhved with a shortsword.

Attack Roll: (1d20+9)[10] (+7 base, +2 CA via flanking) vs AC. Miss.
Hit: (1d6+3)[6] damage, and Melhved is marked until the end of D1's next turn.

Everyone will take their turn, then Irontooth and the rest of his subordinates will do the same. Reactions are listed below; less are listed than before because the events of the previous turn significantly reduced the number of applicable ones.

Spoiler: D2: Reaction to an enemy shifting away

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Shift a space towards that enemy.

[Dimers]

Growling "Get off me, you fool!" Gagan launches another spear of fire over the head of his little attacker, trying to blast Irontooth again.

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Attacking my favored target with elemental bolt again: (d20+8)[17] (including bravo's prey) vs Reflex 16, for (d12)[1] + (d6+10)[16] fire damage. No other actions this round.

[WaffleLord]

Melhved Brombriar

Swelling with Mother's Love, the goliath swings her sword in a wide arc around her, releasing a ring of cold that chills those around her. One dragonling nearly falls in a faint but is frozen in place, as is the other. Melhved takes the residual energy and fills herself with Mother's healing touch. Feeling better, she turns her focus to the rooted dragonling to the south. Keeping out of his sword range she moves closer, waiting for an opening.

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Standard:Winter's Herald attack
Encounter* Cold, Primal, Polymorph, Weapon
Form of Winter's Herald power must be active
Standard Close burst 1
Target: Each enemy in burst
Attack: Strength vs AC
Hit: 1[W] + Str modifier (+4) cold damage, and target is immobilized(save ends)
Miss: Half damage, and target is immobilized until the end of your next turn

vs K1AC - (1d20+8)[28] crit for for 12 damage and immobilized
vs D1AC - (1d20+8)[16] miss for 3 damage and immobilized until the end of Mel's next turn.
(1d8+4)[6] damage roll

Free action: Nature's Wrath, mark D1 + K1
Move: shift southwest 1
Action Point: Second Wind

[Ridai]

Brina, Elven Druid
HP 25/25, HS 8/8 (6), AP 0 | AC 17, F 12, R 16, W 16
Wild Shaped? no -> yes, Conditions -

Seeing Johuan hit the floor, leads to a bout of Brina panic-vomiting. Only her neck bulges out and she spits out a green gooey sphere, landing right next to Irontooth, exploding into a giant toad whipping its tongue at the chieftain. She sprints down next to Gagan, shifts into a wolf, and vomits forth a swarm of very irate bees at the two kobolds in front of her.

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Standard Summon Giant Toad on the square left of Irontooth, commanding it to attack Irontooth as part of the action.
(1d20+5)[9] vs Irontooth's Reflex Miss
Hit: (1d8+4)[10] damage

Move next to Gagan, avoiding OAs by moving through the waterfall outside and back in, instead of going through three squares of difficult terrain.

Minor Wild Shape into Beast Shape

AP Standard Swarming Locusts on D1 and D2
(1d20+5)[25] vs D1's Ref Crit for 12 damage, and knocked prone due to World Serpent's Grasp (was immobilized)
(1d20+5)[21] vs D2's Ref Hit
Hit: (1d8+4)[6] damage
Effect: Area of attack creates zone lasting until Brina's EoNT that makes enemies grant CA

[Rakaydos]

Sarathi reacts to Irontooth's last attack with a shield bash.

Reaction: Shield Riposte: (d20+5)[8] vs Fort. On hit, 4 temp HP, (d10+3)[4] damage, push irontooth, 2 free shift

[Rakaydos]

Crushing Surge: (d20+8)[27] vs AC, 4 tHP on a miss, 8 thp on hit, (d8+5)[8] damage. Renew mark.

[Phantom Genius]

"Johuan! Grrr...curse you Irontooth!"

Drang moves into the middle of the fray, possibly provoking from K1, to be within three squares of all party-members, then uses his Daily power - Beacon of Hope. Everyone in the party gets 5hp (not temps.) He then uses his minor action to encourage Johuan to rise again, like a mighty phoenix.

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[Ridai]

Taking Johuan's turn

Johuan gets up, tries to wallop Irontooth, and takes a breather. As a result, Johuan cleaves Irontooth in half.

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Apparently I am the player who is supposed to take absent people's actions. I'll try to create an alert for three days after the last GM post.

I see no one with Oath of Enmity on them, so I am assuming no one has Oath of Enmity on them. I am also going off of what is thus far unchecked on Johuan's sheet to see what powers are available, and the last time I saw mention of using an AP is a crossed out section where the AP did not end up getting used.

Move Stand up

Minor Oath of Enmity on Irontooth

Standard Wings of Light on Irontooth. Rolls attack twice, takes better.
(1d20+10)[19] vs Irontooth's AC (includes CA from flanking with Sarathi)
(1d20+10)[13] vs Irontooth's AC (includes CA from flanking with Sarathi)
Hit: (3d12+4)[28] damage
Miss: Half damage

AP Standard Second Wind, restoring 6 HP and gaining +2 defenses until the start of Johuan's next turn.

[TurboGhast]

As the life leaves Irontooth's body, he yells "Kalarel and Lord Ocrus, prepare my way!"

The two kobolds Melhved froze in place move to block incoming attacks, feeling doubtful they can land attacks safely while stuck in place.

After seeing this, the kobold in the bone mask glares at the three kobolds still alive, then throws an orb of fire at Drang, singing him. Spurned onwards by the harsh look, the dragonshield next to Gagan tries to slash him, only to cut at empty air.

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K1's Turn
Standard: Total defense - Gains +2 to all defenses until the start of their next turn.
Saving throw against immobilization: (1d20)[20]

D1's Turn
Standard: Total defense - Gains +2 to all defenses until the start of their next turn.

W's Turn
Standard: Lob an orb of fire at Drang.

Attack Roll: (1d20+6)[17] (base) vs Reflex. Hit.
Hit: (1d10+3)[6] fire damage.

Move: Walk two spaces west and one space north.

D2's Turn
Standard: Slash at Gagan with a shortsword.

Attack Roll: (1d20+7)[10] (base) vs AC. Miss.
Hit: (1d6+3)[8] damage, and Gagan is marked until the end of D2's next turn.

Everyone will take a turn, then any remaining kobolds will take a turn.

[Ridai]

Brina, Elven Druid
HP 25/25, HS 8/8 (6), AP 0 | AC 17, F 12, R 16, W 16
Wild Shaped? yes, Conditions -

Seeing Irontooth go down further encourages Brina to keep spewing angry bees at the kobolds in front of her, while the toad, blinking and croaking once as it watches Irontooth get cut apart, turns around and lashes out with its tongue at one of the creatures. The impact is resounding, and it drags the little thing closer, through the ever-thickening (and awfully partial towards harassing only kobolds) swarm of bees.

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Standard Swarming Locusts
(1d20+7)[26] vs D1's ref (includes CA from previous Swarming Locusts zone)
(1d20+7)[13] vs D2's ref (includes CA from previous Swarming Locusts zone)
Hit: (1d8+4)[8] damage
Effect: Enemies granting CA zone continues until Brina's EoNT

End of turn Giant Toad auto-attacks closest enemy (D1)
(1d20+7)[22] vs D1's AC (includes CA)
Hit: (1d8+4)[11] damage, pulled adjacent

[WaffleLord]

Melhved Brombriar

Seeing the fire thrower as the biggest threat, Melhved chooses to see to that dragonling next. "First, we must clear the tares before reaping the wheat." Pointing her blade at the nearest dragonling, she extends vines of Mother's power to grasp and pull the trouble to the ground before her. Although the target struggles and slashes, the vines encircle, bind, and pull the kobold to the ground where he writhes only momentarily. Charging forward, blade still shimmering, wild winter hair streaming behind her, Melhved confronts the fire thrower, ready to stop further nonsense.

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Standard: Thorn Strike
At-Will Primal, Weapon
Standard Action Melee 2
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage, and you pull the target 1 square.
vs K1 AC(+2) - (1d20+8)[19] for (1d8+4)[10] damage and pulled 1 square.

Move: north adjacent to W
Minor: Nature's Wrath (mark W)

[Phantom Genius]

Drang smiles at the fire damage. "Ha! You'll have to do better then that! I have unlimited healing!"

Not having unlimited healing, Drang attempts an Invigorating Assault on D1, with the temps going to Brina.

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(1d20+5)[9]
(1d10+4)[7]
3 temps to Brina on a hit

[Dimers]

Gagan glowers down at the tiny creature harassing him. "Okay, Irontooth is down, now it's your turn." He thrusts a suddenly flame-wreathed staff head at the kobold.

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Standard to attack with elemental bolt on D2, then move action to shift NW. Attack including locust CA: (d20+8)[26] to hit Reflex 13 for (d12)[12] plus (d6+8)[11] fire damage.

[Rakaydos]

Sarathi moves up to the wyrm priest as she readies a massive blow.

Brash strike: (d20+8)[27] vs AC, (d8+11)[15] damage, mark wyrmpriest, and Sarathi grants A to the wyrmpriest.

[Ridai]

Taking Johuan's turn, trying to take away enemy actions

Johuan goes to try and finish off the dwarf-and-toad-surrounded kobold before it can try and do any more harm (or get emboldened by the pseudo shaman).

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Move next to D1

Minor Oath of Enmity on D1

Standard Bond of Pursuit on D1. Double rolls due to Oath of Enmity
(1d20+10)[12] vs D1's AC (includes CA)
(1d20+10)[15] vs D1's AC (includes CA)
Hit: (1d12+4)[14] damage. If target does not end next turn adjacent to Johuan, shift it four squares.

[TurboGhast]

Aware of just how outnumbered he's become, the dragonshield breaks into a running retreat. The kobold wearing the bone mask doesn't notice, too wrapped up their desire to kill at any cost. They pull a spear from beneath their armor and manage to hit Sarathi with it, but aren't strong enough to make it deal major damage.

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D1's turn
Minor: Shift one space southeast.
Move: Run three spaces south and three spaces southwest.
Standard: Run a space northwest, then five spaces west.

W's turn
Standard: Stab at Sarathi with a spear.

Attack Roll: (1d20+9)[20] (+7 base, +2 CA via Brash Strike) vs AC. Hit.
Hit: (1d8)[4] damage

Everyone will take their turns. If W's still conscious by the time you've done so, there'll be another enemy combat round. D1 doesn't have to be defeated for combat to end since he's retreating.

[WaffleLord]

Melhved Brombriar

Seeing the shielded dragonling flee from battle in such a cowardly way, Melhved tries to keep the skulled one from doing the same. She positions herself to help draw the attention from Sarathi and help the gnoll set-up strategically. Her winter form still resplendent, she fills herself with Mother's energy and swing at her foe. A solid hit rings against her foe as she smiles and readies another attack should the opportunity present itself.

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Move:shift one north
Standard: Weight of Earth
At-Will Primal, Weapon
Standard Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs AC
Hit:1[W] + Str mod and target slowed until end of my next turn
vs W1 AC - (1d20+8)[27] for (1d8+4)[8] damage and slowed until EoMNT

Free: Nature's Wrath, mark W

[Dimers]

Reacting too late to keep the shield-bearer from scampering off, Gagan comments to Brina beside him, "Looks like some of them are smart." He throws a bolt of flame toward the last standing warrior and adds, "Some aren't."

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No need to move, no special tricks this combat round. I'm just attacking W with elemental bolt: (d20+6)[26] vs Reflex for (d12)[7] plus (d6+8)[11] fire damage.

EDIT: Crit for 26 damage! Woo!

[Ridai]

Brina, Elven Druid
HP 25/25, HS 8/8 (6), AP 0 | AC 17, F 12, R 16, W 16
Wild Shaped? yes -> no, Conditions -

Wolf-Brina very unwolflike arfs in response to Gagan after having coughed up the last few bees that are now buzzing out of the cave again (and disintegrating on the way). She does become aware of the shaman-'bold again. Aaand as soon as she does, it is already carved up and roasted. The wolf stares dumbstruck for a moment, before remembering a runner. Feeling like she has to make up for her previous alpaca-face-plant, she darts through the waterfall, changes back into elven form, and spews forth a barrage of thorns (throat really getting raw at this point, and stomach rumbly).

The toad croaks reverberatingly as it starts to munch on fallen kobolds, spitting equipment back out.

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Move through the waterfall and towards the fleeing kobold.

Minor Wild Shape into elf

Standard Thorn Spray on D1
(1d20+7)[17] vs D1's Fort (includes CA from running)
Hit: (1d6+4)[6] damage and takes a -5 penalty to all defenses until the end of Brina's next turn

[Ridai]

Taking Johuan's turn

Johuan, likewise, charges after the fleeing 'bold, to filet it right quick.

And he does!

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Move out of the cave

Minor Oath of Enmity on D1

Standard Charge at D1 (normal Str-based MBA because I think Johuan has no MBA replacer or MBA ability score replacer). Use higher of two attack rolls. Due to Brina, D1's AC is 5 lower.
(1d20+6)[18] vs D1's AC (includes CA from running)
(1d20+6)[8] vs D1's AC (includes CA from running)
Hit: (1d12)[6] damage

[TurboGhast]

Spoiler: OOC - End of combat

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No enemies remain, so combat has concluded. You each get 208 experience points (1250 divided evenly between 6 characters, rounded down). This barely gets you to second level.

With your target defeated, the obvious next step is to take stock of the objects in their lair. The first thing you find that stands out as important is a pouch on Irontooth's body containing a message scroll and a small silver key.

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To: Irontooth

My spy in Winterhaven suggests we keep an eye out for visitors to the area. It probably does not matter; in just a few more days, I’ll completely open the rift. Then Winterhaven’s people will serve as food for all those Lord Orcus sends to do my bidding.

From: Kalarel

(The from line appears to be a signature.)

Various mildly valuable objects are piled into the northeasternmost room of the lair. Some of the tools in the pile are labeled with names. Atop it all is a locked chest.

[Ridai]

Brina searches the kobold that fled, then quietly comes back into the cave, doing the same for the other kobolds, for now suppressing the stomach command to munch on some of them. The toad croaks once and suddenly explodes. Finally, she pads over to the chest, trying to improvise a lockpick and tensioner from a bit of bone.

Thievery check (1d20+9)[19]

[TurboGhast]

On top of their weapondry and armor, the kobolds had 12 gp and 48 sp (2 gp and 8 sp per person) between them.

Brina nearly manages to pick the lock, but the improvised lockpick breaks when she's almost done. After making another improvised lockpick, she succeeds. Inside the chest, you find 420 gp (70 per person) and a suit of enchanted dwarven chain mail.

Spoiler: OOC

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The contents of the chest are clearly meant to be accessible to those who've beaten the encounter here, so I'm just going to skip the process of figuring out the key on Irontooth unlocks the chest or finding out there are no traps connected to the chest so nothing's stopping you from retrying until you succeed to keep the game moving.

The dwarven chain mail gives its wearer +1 bonus to AC, a +1 bonus to endurance checks, and a daily power that lets the user regain hit points as if they used a healing surge as a free action.

[Ridai]

Brina comes back to the group with her arms full of valuables, handing everything out to them.

"Sooo, back to the village, then the fort?" she asks with a slightly hoarse voice, rocking back and forth on her feet, her upset stomach grumbling something fierce.

[Phantom Genius]

enchanted dwarven chain mail.

The dwarven chain mail gives its wearer +1 bonus to AC, a +1 bonus to endurance checks, and a daily power that lets the user regain hit points as if they used a healing surge as a free action.

IC: "<Gasp!>Look at it! So beautiful! May I see if it fits?" He looks around at the party, considering everyone as an equal in this heroic quest. If there are no objections, he will try it on after tending to anyone that needs healing.

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OOC: I know it will fit, but I don't know that I deserve it after messing up the healing abilities.