Rise of the Runelords [The Skinsaw Murders] (IC)

[meemaas]

Norton moves back into the fray, moving up to the other side of Martin. "I'll help too." He helps Zada with getting Martin up and then helps with moving the fallen ally.

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Come out of delay to help Zada as much as possible, readying an action to move if its possible once Martin is on his feet.

[lostsole31]

R11T7: Zada makes a decision, helping Martin to his feet. They would just hope that Alvor could hold the line long enough to get Martin to safety. "Martin, I'm picking you up, don't resist", they said.

R11T6: Norton moves back into the fray, moving up to the other side of Martin. "I'll help too." He helps Zada with getting Martin up and then helps with moving the fallen ally.

Draegra's nausea ends.

R11T3-0.9: Purple swings wildly. Yellow misses. The spellcaster looks at Alvor, seemingly drawing him in.

Alvor, roll a Will save ...

[lostsole31]

Alvor's mind is as grizzled and tough as his body, though, and he ignores the effect.

End Round 11, Begin Round 12 ...

R12T25: Now that Draegra is no longer nauseated, the battle just took a major turn for the heroes' favor. He drops his dagger and casts a spell and touches Alvor, giving him 5 healing. Not a lot for a first effort, but he has a lot more.

R12T21: Steingott, your readied action did not go off. What do you do?

Bat-creature on deck, Alvor in the hole, Martin delaying, Norton readied for Martin and Zada to move ...

[TooterfishPopkn]

Steingott runs down to the other side of Norton. Mud begins to ooze from his pores as he hurls a chunk of earth at the attacker adjacent to Alvor. This boulder looks different than the others, having a shape more like a crude battering ram rather than a random chunk of earth.

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MA: South(ish) 20 ft positioned on the west side of Norton.

SA: Spend one point of burn to hurl a boulder equipped with the Pushing Infusion at the enemy to Alvor's east side.

This costs 1 point of Burn, activating Elemental Overflow, giving Steingott a +1 per 3 levels to his elemental blast attacks, and +2 to damage.

(1d20+8)[27] to hit

(2d6+9)[18] damage pending success

[roll]1d20+9[/roll] Pushing infusion CMB roll. Uses CON instead of STR

[lostsole31]

R12T21: Steingott runs forward and begins climbing the stairs. Mud begins to ooze from his pores as he hurls a chunk of earth at the attacker adjacent to Alvor. This boulder looks different than the others, having a shape more like a crude battering ram rather than a random chunk of earth. Even with such a difficult shot it completely pulverizes Patient Purple, who then turns to ash.

R12T20: But where one falls, another moves to take its place. Patient Brown moves forward and Alvor attacks with his ranseur, destroying Patient Brown in the process.

R12T9: The bat creature maintains its position and bites at Alvor.

R12T8: Alvor, you have an armiger's mark currently on the bat-creature. There is nobody at "normal height" just in front of you (the bat-creature would be just above the height of a man). What do you do?

Zada on deck and Norton, readied to move with Martin ...

[rypt]

As the enemies' numbers dwindle, Al continues to hold the doorway, slamming his shield at the monstrous bat in the hopes of creating an opening for his companions.

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Swift action: Al will activate Gatecrasher Gambit, gaining +2 luck bonus to his next bull rush attempt.

Standard action: Al will attempt to bull rush the large bat. Success recovers hunting party, pride movement and enduring shell and imposes a -4 penalty on all of the bat's d20 rolls for 1 round. Failure incurs -2 rake penalty and will recover only hunting party

Bull rush (including +2 from gambit and +2 from Powerful Maneuvers: (d20+11)[19]

Immediate action: If attacked by the large bat, Al will use iron shell to attempt to negate it.

Spoiler: Shield bash, if necessary

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(d20+12)[24]

Spoiler: Maneuver tracking

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Maneuvers expended so far this round: None.
Maneuvers expended 1 round ago: None
Maneuvers expended 2 rounds ago: Distracting strike, warning roar.

[lostsole31]

R12T8: As the enemies' numbers dwindle, Al continues to hold the doorway, slamming his shield at the monstrous bat and knocking it skittering back along the ceiling. Because he had to aim upwards, he hit it at an angle to send it NE of its position, rather than just E. The success mentally invigorates Alvor as he sees new tactical possibilities.

R12T7: Zada, it actually looks like Norton will be able to handle Martin, and Steingott had opened up a spot just inside the reception room if you want to go in (the big bat, again, was "above" height, not at height, but still got pushed back). What do you do?

Norton on deck, and he can just move with Martin as there should be no reason Martin would resist the aid (and was delaying) ...

[digiman619]

Zada will nod and let Norton handle getting Martin to safety. Through a bit of strain, Zada touches Draega's shoulder, passing their aegis on to their Samsaran ally before stabbing their mind blade over his shoulder at their foe.

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IA: Expend psionic focus to give Draega their Absorb Blow class feature (DR/- 2 and Resist acid/cold/electricity/fire 2) for 1 round.
SA: Attack the enemy to the east (I have reach, if you recall). (1d20+9)[25] (1d10+4)[13]

[lostsole31]

R12T7: Zada nods and lets Norton handle getting Martin to safety. Through a bit of strain, Zada touches Draega's shoulder, passing their aegis on to their samsaran ally before stabbing their mindblade over his shoulder at their foe. The mindblade shatters the intervening window right into Patient Yellow, destroying her and leaving a scorch mark on the floor and wall. Meanwhile, Granite is finally no longer nauseous.

R12T6-5: Norton guides Martin down the steps to the area below. Destroyer McGee hops down with Norton.

R12T1-0.9: The spellcaster concentrates and does as his name suggests. Billowing out from him and engulfing the reception room and the area outside, even freely moving out the now shattered window, is a deep, thick fog. Without the ability to see beyond 5' the caster appears in front of Alvor without him getting an AOO. The raven flies out and past its master to attack Alvor. The veteran tries to shield bash the thing, and thinks he should have easily hit it, but his attack is noped by the fog! The raven nips at Alvor but is held off.

End Round 12, Begin Round 13 ...

R13T25: Draegra doesn't even try to go through a 2' x 2' window. He takes out a wand touches Alvor for 9 healing.

R13T21: Steingott, now you are in a fog again! At least this one doesn't make you wretch, though there is an odd smell of death that accompanies it. What do you do?

Bat creature on deck, Alvor in the hole ...

[TooterfishPopkn]

"Aww, C'MON! Martin! Wall in front!" Steingott shouts. He makes his way down the stairs just past Norton. He raises his hands palms up into the air and a thin earthen wall rises to Martin's south.

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MA:Head North to Norton's adjacent north square.

SA: Place Kinetic Cover on the southern face of Martin's square.

[lostsole31]

R13T21: "Aww, C'MON! Martin! Wall in front!" Steingott shouts. He makes his way down the stairs just past Norton. He raises his hands palms up into the air and a thin earthen wall rises to Martin's south.

R13T9: The bat-creature appears in front of Draegra, and is in Alvor's LOS, but the creature goes for Draegra, missing.

R13T8: Alvor, you were last in defensive stance. What do you do? Also, the raven is in your square as well.

Zada on deck, Norton in the hole ...

[rypt]

Al growls in frustration as he is once again surrounded by fog. As much he'd like to eliminate fog's conjurer, the fact that he's seeing duplicates of the robed arcanist has him thinking twice about how effective his attacks will be.

"Draegra, be ready!" he says as he swings his shield toward the bat, hoping to create an opening for the samsaran to strike it as well.

Spoiler: OOC

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Free action: Al will use Tactical Flanker to designate the square to his east as if it was occupied by him for the purpose of flanking.

Standard action: Al will use the hunting party against the bat via his shield. If his attack hits, Draegra may make an attack of opportunity against the bat.

Attack: (d20+8)[19]
Damage: (1d4+3)[5]

Free action: If he damages either the spellcaster or the raven with an attack of opportunity, he will mark them with Armiger's Mark.

Immediate action: If Al is required to make a Fortitude or Reflex save, he will use enduring shell for a +4 bonus.

[lostsole31]

R13T8: Al growls in frustration as he is once again surrounded by fog. As much he'd like to eliminate the fog's conjurer, the fact that he's seeing duplicates of the robed arcanist has him thinking twice about how effective his attacks will be.

"Draegra, be ready!" he says as he swings his shield toward the bat, hoping to create an opening for the samsaran to strike it as well. He clonks the bat for 5. The bat flaps and turns to Alvor before then being struck by a hard, gauntleted fist by Draegra for 11.

R13T7: Zada, what do you do?

Norton on deck, Martin in the hole ...

[digiman619]

Without a visible target, Zada instead focused their efforts on healing the frontliners, putting a hand on Draega's shoulder to channel positive energy into them.

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Use Healing Hex to heal Draega for (1d8+5)[7]

[lostsole31]

R13T7: Without a visible target, Zada instead focused their efforts on healing the frontliners, putting a hand on Draega's shoulder to channel positive energy into him for 7 healing, and it doesn't even look like he's wounded anymore now.

R13T6-5: Norton guides Martin farther off, then interposes himself between Martin and the asylum should anything come out that far to greet them.

R13T1-0.9: The caster carefully concentrates on a spell and then just misses touching Alvor's upper left arm ... the caster's obscurement spell working against him. Meanwhile, the raven flapping around Alvor bites him for 1 NL.

End Round 13, Begin Round 14 ...

R14T25: Draegra touches Alvor with the wand for 6 healing (and 1 NL).

R14T21: Steingott, what do you do?

Bat creature on deck, Alvor in the hole ...

[TooterfishPopkn]

Figuring none of the enemies will be moving outside as to not expose themselves. Steingott steps back into the fray at the Sanitarium's entrance.

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MA: Move three squares to the north.

SA: I believe Steingott could see Alvor the last time he was in this position. Provided Steingott can see that raven occupying the same area when he gets into position, he'll sling a chunk of earth at the raven.

(1d20+8)[10] to hurl the earth, still in Elemental Overflow if he can see the raven

(2d6+9)[15] for damage w/overflow pending he can make that mark and it succeeds

[lostsole31]

R14T21: Figuring none of the enemies will be moving outside as to not expose themselves. Steingott steps back into the fray at the Sanitarium's entrance. He grunts up the stairs, and still not seeing Alvor or the raven, he continues until he does.

R14T9: The bat creature attacks Draegra, skimming off of his armor.

R14T8: Alvor, what do you do?

Zada on deck, Norton in the hole ...

[rypt]

Al continues to attack the large bat, more aggressively now than he has in the past. He's not yet willing to vacate his position in the doorway, but with the enemies now outnumbered, and with Draegra's magic knitting shut the worst of his wounds, he is less averse to risk than he was moments before.

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Free action: Al will use Tactical Flanker to designate the square to his east as if it was occupied by him for the purpose of flanking.

Free action: Al will utilize Risky Strike for a -2 penalty on attack rolls and a +4 bonus on damage rolls until his next turn.

Standard action: Al will attack the bat with a shield bash.

Attack: (d20+6)[9]
Damage: (d4+7)[10]

Free action: If he damages either the spellcaster or the raven with an attack of opportunity, he will mark them with Armiger's Mark.

Immediate action: If Al is required to make a Fortitude or Reflex save, he will use enduring shell for a +4 bonus.

[lostsole31]

R14T8: Al continues to attack the large bat more aggressively now than he has in the past, though that aggression has him mising handily. He's not yet willing to vacate his position in the doorway, but with the enemies now outnumbered, and with Draegra's magic knitting shut the worst of his wounds, he is less averse to risk than he was moments before.

R14T7: Zada, what do you do?

Norton on deck, Martin in the hole ...

[lostsole31]

R14T7: Zada's getting annoyed by the whole cloud cover business and a battle much longer than it needed to be. She calls on her ancestors and the spirits to help destroy her enemies, starting with that damned raven. A trident of pure force appears and stabs at the raven, who ducks quickly out of the way.

R14T6: Norton, do you do anything or delay?

Martin on deck, Spellcaster in the hole ...

[meemaas]

Norton will remain with Martin, readying his weapon as he keeps watch in order to make sure nothing comes after his comrade while the others.

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If not already out, Norton will draw his weapon.

If he does draw his weapon, he'll ready an action to attack a hostile that might come after him and Martin.

If he already has his weapon in hand, he'll delay instead.

[lostsole31]

R14T6-5: Norton will remain with Martin, readying his weapon as he keeps watch in order to make sure nothing comes after his comrade while the others. Martin delays, not having the ability to do much of anything.

R14T1-0.9: The spellcaster ALMOST crits Alvor in the shoulder ... but is noped by his own spell! The raven attacks Alvor and misses.

End Round 14, Begin Round 15 ...

R15T25: Draegra tags Alvor with another CLW from his wand for 3.

R15T21: Steingott, what do you do?

Bat creature on deck, Alvor in the hole ...

[TooterfishPopkn]

Rock covers Steingott's fists and he throws a couple punches around Alvor, trying to take out the strange raven before it can blind another teammate.

Spoiler: Action

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Steingott activates kinetic fist at the cost of 1 Burn, and swings at the raven with a flurry of blows. Elemental Overflow bonuses are still in effect.

Since it's effectively an infusion of my blast, I've kept the additional +1 to hit and +2 to damage from Overflow. Subtract accordingly if that's not legal being used in conjunction with Flurry of Blows.

Blow 1: (1d20+7)[23]

Damage:[roll]1d8+1d6+6[/roll]

Blow 2: (1d20+7)[20]

Damage: [roll]1d8+1d6+6[/roll]

[lostsole31]

R15T21: Rock covers Steingott's fists and he throws a couple punches around Alvor, trying to take out the strange raven before it can blind another teammate. His first strike smashes the raven for 16, and the second completely pulverizes it! The mess of the raven is on the deck, but it is not a large enough body to cause terrain difficulty.

The trident of force that Zada had cast now seems to hang limply in the air, its target having been killed.

R15T9: The bat creature lands on the ground and bites at Draegra.

R15T8: Alvor, what do you do?

Zada on deck, Spellcaster in the hole ...

[rypt]

Al continues to strike at the large bat, hoping to clear a pathway for his companions to get in behind the robed spellcaster.

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Free action: Al will use Tactical Flanker to designate the square to his southeast as if it was occupied by him for the purpose of flanking.

Free action: Al will utilize Risky Strike for a -2 penalty on attack rolls and a +4 bonus on damage rolls until his next turn.

Standard action: Al will attack the bat with a shield bash.

Attack: (d20+6)[18]
Damage: (d4+7)[9]

Free action: If he damages the spellcaster with an attack of opportunity, he will mark it with Armiger's Mark.

Immediate action: If Al is required to make a Fortitude or Reflex save, he will use enduring shell for a +4 bonus.

[lostsole31]

R15T8: Al tries to set up his tactical flanker, but he doesn't get the feeling that he normally gets that it is successful. He continues to strike at the large bat, hoping to clear a pathway for his companions to get in behind the robed spellcaster, but attacking around the corner confounds him as he hits ineffectually off the creaure, its natural armor protecting it.

R15T7: Zada can't see either enemy, so her summoned force-trident simply hangs in the air by Alvor, waiting for her direction once she spots a hostile. She shrugs and delays ...

R15T6: Norton, your readied action did not go off. What do you do?

Enemy spellcaster on deck, Draegra in the hole, Zada/ Martin delaying ...

[meemaas]

Norton will look over at Martin. "I don't believe they'll come out after you, so I'm going to join the others. Be careful and yell if something happens." With that, Norton starts back toward the cloud, but stops just shy of it, waiting for the right moment to dive in.

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Move action: Move back toward the building, stop at the edge of the cloud that everyone else is fighting in.

[lostsole31]

R15T6: Norton will look over at Martin. "I don't believe they'll come out after you, so I'm going to join the others. Be careful and yell if something happens." With that, Norton starts back toward the cloud, but stops just shy of it, waiting for the right moment to dive in.

R15T1: The spellcaster speaks strange words, and luminous sigils come out of his mouth as if to punctuate it. The luminous sigils grow and wraps around Alvor, threatening to constrain him, but he easily shrugs off the strange effect.

End Round 15, Begin Round 16 ...

R16T25: Draegra is really upset with this bat creature. He studies its form as best as he can in the fog, and then reaches out with his fist to just tag the bat with a gauntleted fist for 11, finally dropping it! Draegra then backpedals out of the cloud. He looks to Norton...

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"Dire bat is finally down. Just the spellcaster now."

R16T21: Steingott, what do you do?

Alvor on deck, Zada in the hole ...

[TooterfishPopkn]

"Might be best to draw him out!"

Steingott steps back a bit, and hurls a chunk of earth towards the area he'd seen Alvor attacking.

Spoiler: Action

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MA: move to the west ten feet.

SA: (1d20+8)[20] to hurl earth in the general area Alvor was attacking. If I can with a miss chance, cool. If I can't, that's cool too.

(2d6+9)[11] dmg if successful

[lostsole31]

R16T21: "Might be best to draw him out!"Steingott steps back a bit, and hurls a chunk of earth towards the area he'd seen Alvor attacking, but he hears distant stone on wood.

R16T8: Alvor, at least. It is just the caster now. What do you do?

Norton on deck, Spellcaster in the hole, Zada/ Martin delaying ...