The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) Thursday September 18th, 2014 11:31:24 PM
Evaris, at AD11, casts Water Walk on them what desires it, including Faust, . [Speak now if you have not already!]
Faust waits at AE9.
Yeshua and Truman hide under the wharf at AE-AF15. [Stealth checks please if you wish to hide!]
Emrysis at AD13 ... without checking, let's say your elixer lasts one hour.
Zero stands 20 ft north of the dead dragon turtle thing. Or rather, ROOTS in plant form.
Scales stands on the wharf at AG15.
Ariach stands at AD15.
Grell, Lowell, and Rag are ready. (where?)
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At this point, the butchering of the dragon corpse is started but not nearly done. Those involved in the butchering -- Yeshua, Grell, Truman, and Scales -- are soiled with blood and offal.
The human rides on his wyvern and lands in the surf east of the dead dragon-turtle thing. He is wearing dragonhide armor, with a helm shaped like dragon's head, and a shield shaped like a dragon's scale (but big).
He lays a hand on the dragon and sighs. Perception or Sense Motive 15: Highlight to display spoiler: {Tears are running down his cheeks.}
He looks at you all with comtempt.
He begins casting a spell.
Spellcraft DC10: Highlight to display spoiler: {It seems to be a summoning spell, since the casting time is a whole round}
Spellcraft DC15: Highlight to display spoiler: {It is not Summon Monster or Summon Nature's Ally, but somethign both different and similar that you have never seen before.}
Know Arcana or Nature DC22: Highlight to display spoiler: {You deduce he is a monstrologer, and you know they cast spells no one else in the Wold can cast.}
Jeff L Zero McHero. 75/75, AC 23 (T14, FF 23)' CMD 25 d20+13=20 ; d20+5=15 ; d20+10=29 ; d20+13=33 ; d20+13=32 ; d10+8=10 ; d10+18=24 ; Friday September 19th, 2014 9:03:19 AM
Zero studied the man and deduced all that he could. He wished he could describe what he had seen to his companions, but trees were not much for talking. Hopefully they would understand his body language.
Zero the plant moved forward with startling speed and lashed out with one of his vines. His aim was to disrupt the casting and grab hold of this bold intruder.
Actions: Success on all three checks Move 10' away (movement is 50' currently) Hit AC 33 (natural 20), critical AC 32 (rolled 19), damage 10 (times 2 on critical) + free grab vs. 24 (cmb 18)
Active spells: Barkskin GM Fang (Bite) Water walk Mage Armor Long strider
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] d20+16=36 ; d20+7=15 ; Friday September 19th, 2014 11:04:42 AM
Evaris notes that Draco is weeping for his fallen--pet? companion? slave?--but says nothing for the moment. The spell is of greater interest to him.
"He's summoning something," he murmurs. "Be ready, friends."
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+11=16 ; d20+12=13 ; d20+12=21 ; Friday September 19th, 2014 11:41:52 AM
ooc: The dragonrider's location seems a bit vague. What would be my distance to him right now?
The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) Friday September 19th, 2014 12:50:26 PM
Scales is at AG15, and the wyvern-rider is at AI12 waist deep in the surf. That is, about 30 feet north of Scales, about 20 feet south of Zero.
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 d20+10=12 ; d20+5=22 ; Friday September 19th, 2014 5:41:56 PM
(sense motiv check=12 / spellcraft check=22)
Ariach interprets casting a spell unannounced as an aggressive and charges forward. He doesn´t want to hurt Draco but of course interrupt the spell.
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 50/51 - AC24/23/19 / +4 vs AoO - CMD 28/30 vs Grapple d20+14=27 ; Friday September 19th, 2014 6:14:30 PM
Rag was not standing next to his friends but he was overlooking the water. I'd say he stands at AA15.
(Perception 27)
The Monk notices how tears well on the rider's face and almost feels his pain... But he decides not to mention this to his friends.
Then he sees Zero race forward and quaffs his Mage Armor potion.
"He weeps!" Had he been wrong about his treachery? He feels sorrow for this beast, but he had to know by sending him here he was putting him in harm's way!
The magic he begins to cast seems entirely strange and unique. He's both alarmed and intrigued by it. If the dragon is that target, and the spell is reminiscent of a summoning, then his eyes go wide with a realization. "Could this, could this be like a reincarnation of sorts? A summons of a new body for the dragon's soul to occupy?"
Then Ariach goes charging off and he doesn't know what to do. This could be a moment where diplomacy has a chance. "Ariach, this spell is not an attack!"
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, inspire courage, see invisibility Friday September 19th, 2014 6:43:33 PM
(ooc: whoops, Spectral Hand has expired.)
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 101/106 d20+18=30 ; d20+16=29 ; Friday September 19th, 2014 8:25:53 PM
Yeshua and Truman do their best to hide, slipping down into the water in order to have the offal washed off them and remain hidden... (Stealth 29) ...
They also do an excellent job of observing the oncoming creature (Yeshua Perception 30) and sense that it is upset and angry about what has happened... It's a good bet that it will start a fight, so the two are ready to make it sorry for picking a fight with them...
The enemy is coming their way, but not close enough to charge without rushing through water...
(Edited: Saturday 20 Sep with updated stats, Urban is now new favored terrain, assuming I don't hear back from Cayzle on other options)
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Friday September 19th, 2014 10:26:30 PM
Sir Royston stands firm.
Grell, 87/87 d20+7=10 ; d20+12=27 ; d8+7=13 ; Friday September 19th, 2014 11:48:49 PM
Bow already prepared, Grell takes aim on the spellcaster, perfectly willing to interupt his spell with a well placed arrow. He sees that Ariach seems to be of the same mind. But then Emrys indicates that they should stay their hand. Grell growls in frustration, holding his hand until someone can clear this mess up. "Are you absolutely sure, Emrys, because I really don't want to fight this things again."
Held action: Bow attack AC27 for 13 if anybody indicates that the spellcaster needs to be stopped.
Lowell (Genevieve) HP40/40, AC 19/13/19, d20+9=11 ; d4+3=5 ; Friday September 19th, 2014 11:54:10 PM
Standing by his brother, crossbow at the ready, Lowell is not sure what to do. I don't want to attack if he's not doing something not harmful... Grell of course looks like he's going to attack..biiiig surprise there! Lowell decides that for now he will hold his attack like his brother and see what the others have to say.
Hold action AC11 for 5
OOC: Grell and Lowell should be somewhere relatively close to the dragon.
The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) d4=2 ; Saturday September 20th, 2014 10:03:41 AM
Zero moves to envine the dragon-armor fellow. His grapple automatically fails, as the person has a free movement effect going on that also allows him to function in water effortlessly. However, the attack may have disrupted the spell. Concentration check 1d20 +15th level +8 wis +4 feat +4 magic item = 1d20+31 to beat DC 10+10 damage +8 level of spell ... total DC28 ... he cannot fail.
The fellow takes 10 hp damage and does not stop his casting.
Evaris and Acales wait to see what happens.
Ariach moves up to the fellow.
Ariach warns his friends that the fellow is not attacking.
Yeshua and Truman stay hid. There is no sign that the fellow or his wyvern have seen the Lost Child or his Wild Sibling.
Grell readies an attack but does not launch it. Yet.
Lowell does the same, moving up a bit closer as well.
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The caster fellow in dragon hide armor finishes his spell. He summons three large brass dragons right on the corpse. He orders them in draconic: Highlight to display spoiler: {"Carry this poor dead thing to the east as far as you can, then let it sink under the waves.}
The three dragons dig in with their strong claws and hoist the dead body into the air. They fly low, making a move action this round, flying 200 ft to the east.
He looks at you all then, and says in Common. "Sturtevant will hear of this." Then he mounts his wyvern.
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 101/106 Saturday September 20th, 2014 11:07:15 AM
Yeshua and Truman watch the events unfolding around them, but not speaking Draconic, they have no idea what the man said. However, it appears the 3 dragons aren't focusing on fighting the group and merely taking the corpse somewhere else for burial or disposal.
At the man's final comment, he laughs silently to himself, tempted to go out and attack the man for his temerity... But he's content to see how things play out for now, silent and hidden...
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, inspire courage, see invisibility d20+19=32 ; Saturday September 20th, 2014 5:24:17 PM
(Diplomacy: 32)
"Yes most certainly, Sturtevant will hear of this. It was he who sent us here to talk with you. You are Hiram Hic Draco, I presume? I am Emrys Myrridanmyl, and we are known as the Vanguard ... along with friends from the Thunderlands of Cthonia."
Emrys then steps forward and gives the dragonhide-clad monstrologer a respectable bow.
"It was most regrettable what happened to your friend and emissary. His passing saddens me. There has been so much loss for dragonkind. You may know of my father, Archdruid Myrridan the Wild. He is a Friend of Dragons, his efforts, with the Gold Dragons, saved many flights of all colors when the plague struck that fateful day. I too consider myself a friend and would like to invite you to come to shore and meet with us. That's all we ask."
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility Saturday September 20th, 2014 5:30:26 PM
(ooc: sigh, editing post line again ... Inspire Courage is not active.)
Jeff L Zero McHero. 75/75, AC 23 (T14, FF 23)' CMD 25 Saturday September 20th, 2014 7:09:43 PM
Zero had thrown his best at the dragon warrior, and the damage was shrugged off as less than an inconvenience. Clearly, this man was far out of Zero's league.
But Zero wouldn't grovel to this man either. Instead he focused his energies on trying to burp... Could a tree burp? Surely that would show him.
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Sunday September 21st, 2014 1:39:27 AM
Sir Royston stands firm.
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] Sunday September 21st, 2014 11:35:03 PM
Emrys seems to have this under control, so Evaris watches and waits.
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Monday September 22nd, 2014 6:25:52 AM
Ariach interrupts his charge and stops close to Draco.
"Not a good idea to cast a spell in front of us. Don´t do it again."
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Monday September 22nd, 2014 2:31:49 PM
ooc: check
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 50/51 - AC24/23/19 / +4 vs AoO - CMD 28/30 vs Grapple Monday September 22nd, 2014 5:20:38 PM
Rag observes this quite bizarre situation and waits to see the outcome of it...
(sorry for quick post - serious connection problems out here in Slovakia)
The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) Monday September 22nd, 2014 6:45:55 PM
Alhough Yeshua thinks that Draco's words are absurd, he stays hid.
Emrys makes a convincing case for a parley, askin him to come ashore. Draco laughs. "Oh, you are clever. You know my name. You seek to bring me inside the fence, where my mount cannot follow. No thank you. I can hear what you have to say from right here. Why should I treat with you, dragon-slayers?"
Zero makes a very subtle show of disrespect.
Ariach warns Draco against casting. The man grins. "Or what? You will attack me? My blood already stains the sand, look! Who here has attacked whom with no warning!"
Scales, Evaris, and Rag stand firm.
Draco looks around. "You wish to parley? Well then, tell me why you are interesting to me. What respect have you earned from one such as myself?
"Your lineage gives me that much pause, for the Dragon Consortium is indeed a beacon for those of the noble races who respect dragons. But you are not your parents. Send me your parents, then, children, and I will treat with them."
Grell, 87/87 Monday September 22nd, 2014 11:15:35 PM
Grell growls in anger at Draco's response. "Yeah well, funny for you to say we struck the first blow when you're the one sending a dragon to attack a village. Or send monsters to attack a town just because you want to prove a point. Where I come from if someone has a beef with another person they go to that person and duke it out one on one, not send somebody to wreck a town just to send a message. But hey, I suppose orcs are just civilized that way."
Grell thinks about saying more, but decides for now it might be better for those with more silver tongues to do the talking. He is still holding his attack in case anything goes south.
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility Monday September 22nd, 2014 11:37:49 PM
"Let's not be so insular, Sir Draco. The Dragon Consortium IS our future. You can choose to speak with the old guard, but wouldn't it be more prudent to speak with the NEW. Sturtevant thought it to be wise. If this locale is unacceptable, you can always invite us to your undersea lair."
Jeff L Zero McHero. 75/75, AC 23 (T14, FF 23)' CMD 25 Monday September 22nd, 2014 11:38:14 PM
Zero reassumed his dwarven form and jumped right into the conversation. His anger was apparent.
"We may be dragonslayers, but you're every bit as responsible for the dragon's death as us. You sent it here, right? You had it attack those boats and sailors, right? And now you stand here all high and mighty and call us dragonslayers? You gripe us about attacking without warning, but it was you that attacked this harbour first."
"Now I have no doubt you could wipe the floor with me. You could send us all to Gargul, I bet. All this you could do, but here I stand with my harsh truths. That's how you know the words are honest. No boasting, cause you could pummel me. Plenty of fear, yet the words come anyway. And all the pummelling in the world can't unsaid what has been said."
"So there you have it. Now I'll leave you two to your diplomacy. I need a drink."
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 3:38:37 PM
[OOC: Is Draco speaking in Draconic?]
The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 5:20:46 PM
Draco has been speaking in Common, with a side order of dripping disdain.
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 50/51 - AC24/23/19 / +4 vs AoO - CMD 28/30 vs Grapple Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 5:38:17 PM
Truely the art of diplomacy has gone wasted on Rag... he leans heavily on the quarterstaff and moves a but closer into the direction of Draco.
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 6:33:25 PM
Ariach withstands his temptation to fight this arrogant prig. He just listens to Emry and hopes his friend will find a way to convince Draco that he should talk to them.
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] d20+19=30 ; Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 9:35:14 PM
"I regret that we needed to slay the dragon turtle," Evaris says. "It was truly a magnificent creature, and you clearly cared about its well-being. I wish we could have found another way to get your attention and speak with you.
"But let us not waste this opportunity. What is it you wish from Sturtevant?"
[Diplomacy 30]
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC (17)/13/(14) -- CMD 14 -- HP 42/42 (9) // Wolfgang AC 18/16/15 -- CMD 13 -- HP 21/21 Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 10:14:18 PM "To be fair, you could have stated your intentions before casting your 'summon dragons' spell. I'm sure one such as yourself can understand this whole situation is anything but usual or safe for the likes of us."
"But yes, it is indeed a shame the dragon was actually slain. But truth be told, even if he happened to not harm any of the fishermen, breaking their boats and denying them access to the sea is much akin to declawing a tiger and leaving it to its devices, essentially dooming it to die of starvation." Ergo, as it was not willing to settle the issue with words, we had no other choice but fight.", says Faust, attempting to establish some dialogue with Draco.
Jeff L Zero McHero. 75/75, AC 23 (T14, FF 23)' CMD 25 Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 10:19:56 PM
Zero waited.
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 10:24:41 PM
Emrys eagerly awaits Draco's response.
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 10:26:05 PM
Sir Royston stands firm.
This is the cause of so much grief? A feckless tantrum?
The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 11:48:47 PM
Draco flinches when he hears Emrys refer to his underwater lair.
But nothing the party of heroes says to him causes him to wish to continue the conversation.
He simply grimaces.
He orders his mount into the air and departs.
Jeff L Zero McHero. 75/75, AC 23 (T14, FF 23)' CMD 25 Wednesday September 24th, 2014 12:36:39 AM
"Bob voyage!" Zero said with a sarcastic smile as he raised his flask into the air.
"And I thought I was unlikable." he mumbled afterwards.
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Wednesday September 24th, 2014 3:54:41 AM
Ariach perks his eyebrows up in disbelief. His first estimation regarding Draco was absolutely right. He doesn´t like him. But they have a task and Ariach is eager to fulfill it.
"The Lord High Mayor have sent us to talk to you. If you don´t talk to us, you maybe waste your last chance to convince him."
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 50/51 - AC24/23/19 / +4 vs AoO - CMD 28/30 vs Grapple Wednesday September 24th, 2014 4:16:08 PM "Interesting fellow..." Rag muses as he watches Draco fly away.
"This barrier thing seems to bother him sufficiently... any chance we can take magic like this to his lair? Whereever that is..."
The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) Wednesday September 24th, 2014 8:17:34 PM
OOC: I was gonna make the DM Post, but I'll give it a couple hours
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 101/106 Wednesday September 24th, 2014 9:14:07 PM
When the rider leaves, the duo come out of their ambush position. He agrees with zeros assessment and asks, "So what's next? Report back to the city's leaders? We saved them and that ought to count for something..."
Grell, 87/87 Wednesday September 24th, 2014 9:32:20 PM
Grell watches Draco fly off. Shaking his head, he lets out a puff of air. "Charming guy. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of him soon. " Grell turns to Lowell. "Hey bro, what do you say we grab something to eat? I'm starving! "
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Wednesday September 24th, 2014 10:36:55 PM "Report to the Mayor, and let him decide what to do with the man-child."
Lowell (Genevieve) HP40/40, AC 19/13/19, Wednesday September 24th, 2014 10:55:37 PM
Lowell sighs and shakes his head, sad that Draco did not listen to them. "Well, that could have gone better."
Hearing his brother's question, Lowell grins and nods. "Sure, that's cool with me!" To think..... Grell almost left me today permanently..... I'm going to try to make the most of all the time I have with him!
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility Wednesday September 24th, 2014 11:32:49 PM
"Well that certainly rattled him ... did you see it? He's on the defense now and that has shaken his confidence. His hiding place is seemingly exposed. We may have bought ourselves some time while Draco second-guesses himself. Yes, we need to report to Sturtevant and inform him what we have learned. We can possibly attempt to scry this location now that we've met this Monstrologer!"
Turning to Grell, he says with a smile, "That's the best idea you've had all day!"
The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) Thursday September 25th, 2014 7:20:36 AM
That Gruback fellow, the Eldest of the town, appears, and seeing that both the heroes and the town of Bray have survived, grins happily and shakes each of you by the hand. He sends word to the townsfolk, and within the hour, the town is full again of celebrating people. They ask for the story of how you defeated the dragon again and again. The town leaders are especially glad to hear that the old Teucri protections still function just fine.
You are given the chance to wash away the draonic gore and blood, and invited to a feast that evening.
OOC to Royston: Highlight to display spoiler: {Your hands seem stained with the dragon's blood. Even after cleaning them, they look bloody.}
The Mayor's ship appears as well -- the one that Royston used to arrive here -- giving you easy transport back to South Port. either immediately or in the morning. The Eldest will have no early departure, if you please. He insists that the town be given a chance to thank its heroes.
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] Thursday September 25th, 2014 10:31:46 AM
"Yes, it's time to fall back and regroup," Evaris agrees with his friends. "I wish we could have persuaded him to talk to us, but it seems it was not to be."
He participates in the town's celebration, and tries to stay in the spirit of the joyous occasion. The townsfolk need this, after so many days of uncertainty and fear.
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 50/51 - AC24/23/19 / +4 vs AoO - CMD 28/30 vs Grapple Thursday September 25th, 2014 5:41:01 PM
Rag remains quiet and keeps his distance during the festivities. He muses about Chtonia and wonders how to tell his friends about his decision.
(ooc preparing to retire this character from the Wold - just waiting for DM Cayzle's ok)
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Thursday September 25th, 2014 5:58:54 PM
Ariach agrees with the others regarding the return to the Lord High Mayor. Although he knows they didin´t fulfill their task he hopes that the High Mayor has an idea how to deal with Draco now.
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 101/106 Thursday September 25th, 2014 7:24:13 PM
Yeshua and Truman look forward to the festivities and take the time to meet the populace. He wonders what the future holds and if there will be a reward for saving the town...
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Thursday September 25th, 2014 10:30:13 PM
Sir Royston makes to clean his hands of the dragon's blood, only to find that the blood will not wash away. His hands remain covered in dried blood, but with the appearance of fresh blood. He looks at his hands intently, then nods his head and smiles. "Domi has blessed me with this sign," He holds his hands in the air, making triumphant fists. "So that all may see this in token of his terrible might! Woe unto those who would risk his wrath by threatening the meek, the loving, and the innocent." He slides the humerus bone of the dragon into his belt, and wears it at his hip like a sword.
The paladin is quick to smile and be joyful with the townsfolk. After all, they defeated the monster! He wears his holy symbol of Domi with pride, and is grateful for the opportunity to serve these good people.
ooc: Very neat effect, thanks!
Grell, 87/87 Thursday September 25th, 2014 11:25:44 PM
Washing the goop of him like a good little hero is supposed to do, Grell grabs up Lowell and takes him down to the nearest pub for a drink. "We're still alive, and today that's all that matters! "
Lowell (Genevieve) HP40/40, AC 19/13/19, Thursday September 25th, 2014 11:31:07 PM
Lowell laughs and grins at his brother, happy that they are able to celebrate. "Yeah, we're all alive! Well, except for that dragon, but he deserved what he got after what happened to you, I guess!"
The Scourge DIES! (DM Cayzle) Thursday September 25th, 2014 11:59:29 PM
The feast and celebration is wonderful, with folk dancing and amatuer bagpiping, a specialty of the region. The elders encourage you all to join in!
After all that, a decent night sleep in clean beds makes new heroes of you! The captain of the Mayor's ship asks you for your destination.
Jeff L Zero McHero. 75/75, AC 23 (T14, FF 23)' CMD 25 Friday September 26th, 2014 12:18:15 AM
Zero wasn't in the mood for celebrating, but he did take some food and a few bottles down to the seaside. Once there he ate and drank and drank and drank.
In the morning he woke with a headache, but his mood actually improved somewhat. He had said his peace the night before, and punished himself with a bottle to pay for his mistakes. Today was a new day.
When they are ready to go and hear the captains question, they shrug and are willing to go where the rest of the group wants to go...
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] Friday September 26th, 2014 1:37:00 PM
"I suppose we need to go back to Plateau City," Evaris says. "The Lord Mayor will want a report. And we should check on Grell's kittens."
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Friday September 26th, 2014 4:04:32 PM
"Reporting to the Lord High Mayor is the first thing we have to do. He has to give us further advice. I hope he will not judge us to hard because we couldn´t fulfill his task" says Ariach obviously not satisfied as matters stand.
Return to Plateau City (DM Cayzle) Saturday September 27th, 2014 11:44:10 AM
"Farewell, then, most excllent heroes," says Elder Gruback, "and thank you again!"
A fair crowd waves goodby as the ship sets out -- except perhaps for Rag? Maybe some more farewells are in order?
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The trip to Plateau City starts out fine. Clear skies, beautiful weather. Just a smudge of somthing hazy on the horizon.
Perception DC 25 -- Highlight to display spoiler: {500 ft away ... waterspouts!}
Perception DC 30 -- Highlight to display spoiler: {8 tall waterspouts!!}
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 50/51 - AC24/23/19 / +4 vs AoO - CMD 28/30 vs Grapple Saturday September 27th, 2014 3:43:17 PM
Prior to the ships departure Rag says goodbye to his old Chtonian friends.
"This ship's course does not take me where I long to be... my friends I can not follow anymore. I will return to Chtonia and the Outpost. May your travels be succesfull.
Be safe my friends."
Then Rag stands with the rest of the people that wave goodbye to the ship as it sets sail.
(OoC - thanks for the last few weeks all. I'm no longer going to run two characters in the Wold and I have chosen my other one to continue. Have fun all and good luck in the next adventures!!)
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] d20+5=13 ; Saturday September 27th, 2014 8:16:58 PM
Evaris waves to the crowd as the ship leaves the docks. He hasn't been on ships very often, and finds that he is a poor sailor. He spends much of his time sitting quietly with his eyes closed.
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 101/106 d20+18=31 ; Saturday September 27th, 2014 10:09:11 PM
As the group leaves, Yeshua waves goodbye to the people whom he knew for such a short time... He's sad that Ragnorak is leaving, as he was enjoying getting to know him too...
(Perc 31) As they are the boat and as he turns towards the horizon, Yeshua notices something odd... He peers closer then with a start shouts, "There's something out there... It's about 500' away and... there's some waterspouts about 8' tall!!! Zero, could you fly out and recon what it could be? Captain, I'd recommend staying away from those until we know more!"
Lowell (Genevieve) HP40/40, AC 19/13/19, Saturday September 27th, 2014 10:19:35 PM
Lowell looks a little sad that his new friend is leaving, but he does his best to smile and wave. "Goodbye Rag! Stay safe, okay? We'll miss you! Don't get into any trouble, and maybe we'll meet again!"
Jeff L Zero McHero. 75/75, AC 23 (T14, FF 23)' CMD 25 d20+13=19 ; Sunday September 28th, 2014 9:35:37 PM
Zero transformed himself into a large creature that looked like a winged bull, though it's head was still very much dwarf.
"I'll go scout" zero said in a voice deeper than his usual.
Actions: Wildshape into Shedu (I assume he can speak because Shedu's can speak common) Perception check 19
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC (17)/13/(14) -- CMD 14 -- HP 42/42 (9) // Wolfgang AC 18/16/15 -- CMD 13 -- HP 21/21 d20+10=20 ; Sunday September 28th, 2014 11:05:33 PM "Farewell, Scarecrow, give everyone back in the Trading Post my temporary good bye, I plan to see this to its end. But I do plan on returning to the Thunderlands, still haven't given up on taming one of those beasts, and this Draco fellow might prove a useful study subject.", says Faust to his leaving companion.
Once the 'thing' is spotted he says, "I see nothing...hopefully it is not another dragon so soon..."
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility d20+15=30 ; d20+14=19 ; Sunday September 28th, 2014 11:24:03 PM
(Perception: 30)
Wholeheartedly agreeing with Yeshua, "Captain," he shouts, "There on the horizon ... we should steer clear, yes?"
He tries to determine if the weather is right for such an event. (Knowledge [nature]: 19)
Grell, 87/87 d20+8=28 ; Monday September 29th, 2014 6:31:03 AM
Having throughly enjoyed the feast, Grell is glad to be on the ship headed back to home and his kittens! Though he knows the orphans have been watching after them, he's still worried that Stripes might have been stealing the others food. As he stands on the deck, swaying with the rock of the tide, Grell scans the horizon and spots the waterspouts with perfect accuracy (Perct=nat 20). He elbows his brother Lowell and points to the nearest spout. "Hey, check those things out! Waterspouts!! Wonder if we got more dragons on the way?"
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 d20+9=26 ; Monday September 29th, 2014 6:27:40 PM
Ariach also notices the waterspouts. Carefully he watches them sharing the apprehension of another dragon attack with his friends.
Return to Plateau City (DM Cayzle) Monday September 29th, 2014 7:30:23 PM
Yeshua calls out a warning about eight waterspouts, each about 20 ft tall. They are 500 ft away.
Ariach, Lowell and Evaris look on.
Zero changes into a magical beast!
Faust hopes it is not a dragon, and his hope comes true! These things are NOT dragons!
Grell was wondering the same thing.
Emrys determines that each one is likely an elemental creature of some sort!
The waterspouts race (run) closer, covering 360 ft in a single round. Now they are 140 ft from you! They are like tornadoes of water, but you can make out menacing eyes in the foam. They are continuing right for you! The crew cries out in alarm.
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 101/106 Monday September 29th, 2014 8:49:44 PM
While the waterspouts come quickly, Yeshua calls out, "If any of you have something to help us breathe water, I suggest you use it now!"
He takes the little time he has to tie a safety line for he and Truman to the nearest hard and sturdy part of the boat so that if it is hit by a wave, they won't be knocked off...
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d6=4 ; d6=4 ; d6=3 ; d6=5 ; Monday September 29th, 2014 9:53:21 PM
ooc: At eight feet tall, would they even come up to the railing of the ship?
"It appears we must deal with more tantrums. Brace yourselves, ladies and gentlemen." Sir Royston begins to trace arcane sigils in the air while whispering eldritch phrases under his breath. He omits the last word from his incantation, holding the spell until the last moment.
ooc: Delay action, cast scorching ray when a waterspout comes within 40 feet. 16 fire damage.
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Tuesday September 30th, 2014 4:52:15 AM
One more time Ariach has to face an enemy on water. A circumstance he doesn´t like at all. He neither has the ability to cast a spell nor does he have a potion which will help him. HIs mace is the only thing he can count on.
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] Tuesday September 30th, 2014 10:13:49 AM
Evaris casts Water Breathing on his companions.
Jeff L Zero McHero. 75/75, AC 23 (T14, FF 23)' CMD 25 d20+11=28 ; Tuesday September 30th, 2014 10:28:20 AM
Zero saw the elementals coming at full speed. Could they damage the boats? How many good men might be lost if that were too happen?
As they came closer Zero studied them carefully before taking action.
Actions: Knowledge nature check- 28 - are they elementals? If they are, zero will get into the water between the boats and elemental sand turn into a Giant Squid. If not, he will stay in his current form and hover (new feat!) just above their spout height, in front of the boat
Lowell (Genevieve) HP40/40, AC 19/13/19, Tuesday September 30th, 2014 9:40:53 PM
Lowell yells out in surprise. "They're coming this way!" He hopes that they don't want to cause any trouble though he highly suspects they are, and takes out his trusty hand crossbow. "Get ready, Grell! This might not go so well."
Grell, 87/87, Water Breathing d20+7=18 ; d20+12=28 ; d8+7=10 ; Tuesday September 30th, 2014 9:51:47 PM
Sword or bow? Sword or bow?!! Grell is unsure against a water elemental. Seems like neither one would really work in this situation. He thinks back to his days at Maplehurst, but he's not sure (Know-Arcana=18). He finally decides on his bow. Pulling it out, he notches an arrow and fires into the nearest criiter. (AC28 for 10). After their last run in, Grell's not going to let anyone get the jump on him again.
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility d100=12 ; d100=58 ; Tuesday September 30th, 2014 10:20:46 PM
Emrys moves his arms and hands in gentle, calming fluid motions. In a soft, peaceful tone, he chants words of power. A tranquil breeze envelops the water elementals.
(Leyline: 12, I swear I'm rolling WAY TOO many of these! Hero point reroll: 58. Casting Calm Emotions. Range 160ft. Area: 20-ft radius burst. Will Save: 18. Emrys will position the area to get the most elementals.)
"Only attack the ones that continue their assault!"
Return to Plateau City (DM Cayzle) Tuesday September 30th, 2014 10:33:35 PM
OOC: Combat post with map to come in the AM.
WaterSpout Fight - TOP of Round 1 (DM Cayzle) d8=2 ; d20+2=21 ; d20+2=3 ; d20+2=11 ; d20+2=10 ; Wednesday October 1st, 2014 12:18:31 PM
The eight waterspouts bear down on the vessel! The crew takes shelter belowdecks!
Yeshua ties a safety line connecting himself and Truman to the mast.
Scales readies a fire attack!
Ariach holds his mace ready.
Evaris casts water breathing on everybody.
Zero changes into a giant squid and swims out to meet the enemy, which he sees are indeed water elementals, although, unusually, their waterspout form is like a whirlpool that is walking atop the waves!
Lowell is ready to fire -- and since they are only 90 ft away, why not take a shot now? Is Lowell reluctant to attack? The creatures are clearly heading right for you!
Grell has no reluctance, and he fires at one, hitting it for 10 damage. But the thing's DR5 reduces that to just 5 damage against WaterSpout 2.
Emrys calms three of them, and they will stay calm until attacked or until Emrys stops concentrating. (marked with purple fills on the map).
Faust has not yet acted!
As the non-calmed five approach, Royston's fire attack goes off! However, I need a ranged touch attack to see if it hits.
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At this point, the DM needs the following: Please check and confirm or change your position on the map. If you do not change it, it stands.
I need a shot from Lowell if he chooses to fire.
I need a ranged touch attack from Royston.
I need an action from Faust.
I'm delaying the enemy actions for the second half of Round One to get these things. Thanks everybody!
Evaris [AC 19; HP 64/64] Wednesday October 1st, 2014 1:32:05 PM
Evaris's map location is fine.
And you don't need an action from me today, correct?
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 101/106 Wednesday October 1st, 2014 2:32:58 PM
Yeshua and Truman both are prepared to strike viciously if a spout comes within range..., though they wonder what good their attacks will do against water...
Yeshua will cast Magic Fang upon himself, ready to do the same to Truman next round if he has time...
(OK with where we're at on map)
____________________ Active Effects 1. Water Breathing 2. Magic Fang (Yeshua), +1 att/dmg Claws
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Wednesday October 1st, 2014 4:22:55 PM
Ariach stays where he is and prepares for the approaching water spouts.
WaterSpout Fight - TOP of Round 1 (DM Cayzle) Wednesday October 1st, 2014 7:49:31 PM
Evaris, you cast your spell so you are fine.
Still waiting for more responses ...
Lowell (Genevieve) HP40/40, AC 19/13/19, d20+9=26 ; d4+3=6 ; d6=4 ; Wednesday October 1st, 2014 8:50:25 PM
((OOC: Oops, I guess I should have Lowell shoot now. I just didn't think he could shoot yet, but now I know.))
Lowell decides to shoot at WaterSpout 2 (AC26 for 6 damage +4 ice damage, assuming his attack hits.)
His position on the map is fine the way it is.
Jeff L Zero McSquid. 75/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 d20+12=14 ; 4d6+8=22 ; d20+12=15 ; d20+12=32 ; d20+12=28 ; d20+10=13 ; d20+10=12 ; 2d6+8=15 ; d6+8=13 ; d6+8=12 ; 4d6+4=21 ; Wednesday October 1st, 2014 8:58:58 PM
Zero the Giant Squid waited for the elemental to come into the long range of his tentacles and the let them have it.
Actions: looking for an attack of opportunity with my tentacles (30' reach)- hit AC 14; damage 22 Follow up with a full attack if they come within 15'
Hit AC 15; damage 15 Hit AC 32; critical 28; damage 13 (26 if critical) Hit AC 13; damage 12 Hit AC 12; damage 21
DM Cayzle Comments: In round one, Zero changed shape (standard action) and moved out in front of the ship (move action). You MIGHT have gotten an AoO against an approaching enemy, but elementals in whirlwind/vortex/waterspout form do not provoke AoOs by movement. Your attacks will have to wait for ROund Two, and you can repost them tomorrow if you like.
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+6=10 ; Wednesday October 1st, 2014 9:08:29 PM
ooc: Ranged touch attack. Bleh.
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility Wednesday October 1st, 2014 11:29:19 PM
Emrys will continue to concentrate on his spell, keeping the three water elementals calm and nonviolent. However he will move back 10ft to the mast where he can hold on to something and keep himself from being washed overboard. Now ... he wonders what else he needs to do.
Lowell fires his arrow and hits for 5 against WaterSpout 2.
Royston misses his attack on touch AC12 by 2.
Seeing as Faust is awol, we'll have him move belowdecks for now.
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New business: Enemy actions: Bottom of Round One!
Each of the five uncalmed elementals move ...
Spout One moves to the north of the ship. It is like a funnel, narrow at the base and wide at the top. As it brushes the ship's hull moving west, the top part of the spout washes over the side of the ship. Therefore, Grell, Lowell, and Evaris must make Refelx saves vs DC19 for 12 damage or 6 on a save. ALSO, Grell, Lowell, and Evaris must make another DC19 Reflex save or be lifted up into the waterspout.
Spout Two follows Spout One, but does not get all the way to Evaris. Grell and Lowell -- IF YOU WERE NOT LIFTED UP BY SPOUT ONE -- make Refelx saves vs DC19 for 12 damage or 6 on a save. ALSO, Grell and Lowell, make another DC19 Reflex save or be lifted up into WaterSpout Two.
Spout Three changes into a water elemental, moves 10 ft from Zero, and attacks with a slam. It hits AC17, which hits Zero's AC16, for 7 damage to Zero.
Spout Four moves along the south-facing hull of the ship. Ariach, Truman, and Yeshua must make Reflex saves vs DC19 for 6 damage or 3 on a save. ALSO, Ariach Only must make another DC19 Reflex save or be lifted up into the waterspout. (Yeshua and Truman are tied to the mast and cannot be lifted up.)
Finally, Spout Five follows Spout 4. Ariach and Truman -- IF YOU WERE NOT LIFTED UP BY SPOUT FOUR (and Truman was not) -- make Refelx saves vs DC19 for 7 damage or 3 on a save. ALSO, Ariach, make another DC19 Reflex save or be lifted up into WaterSpout Five (unless you were picked up by WaterSpout Four).
Emrys, staying away from the edges of the boat, is out of reach of the water spouts!
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IF YOU ARE IN A WATERSPOUT: You cannot move except to go where the waterspout carries you -- but you can attempt to escape the waterspout. IF you have a swim speed, you can attempt a Reflex save vs DC19 as a standard action each round to escape.You can otherwise act normally, but must succeed on a concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) to cast a spell. You take a -4 penalty to Dexterity and a -2 penalty on attack rolls. With the water breathing spell, there is no chance of drowning.
Please make your saves as indicated and then post for Round Two. If you want to know if you or others are picked up, you can just save and then delay your action to see who is grabbed by a waterspout.
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Thursday October 2nd, 2014 3:18:35 PM
ooc: I can't seem to find my character on the map.
Cayzle Comments: UGH! My bad, most sorry! Please pick a spot. Most toward the spouts, since you would have wanted a clear line to cast your spell. Then assume two of them will swipe by you, either 1 and 2 or 4 and 5. That means four DC19 Reflex saves, two for damage, two for being picked up. If the first one picks you up, no need to bother rolling for the second. SORRY!
Jeff L Zero McSquid. 67/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 Thursday October 2nd, 2014 4:31:01 PM
Zero took a little punishment and countered with bite, claw and tentacle. Only his claw landed home, but it landed hard.
Actions: Used same rolls from last round... Too bad cause they were bad. Hit once for a critical (though I believe elementals are immune)
Damage 13 or 26 if crit
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 86/89 d20+5=21 ; d20+5=8 ; d20+13=30 ; d8+6=13 ; Thursday October 2nd, 2014 6:39:53 PM
Ariach has no chance to avoid to be lifted up. To his great relief he notices that he can breath in the waterspout. So he attacks with his mace to get free again.(hits AC 30-2=28 for 13 damage)
Evaris [AC 19; HP 52/64] d20+5=10 ; d20+5=17 ; d20+13=28 ; d20+10=19 ; Thursday October 2nd, 2014 7:06:08 PM
Clerics are not known for their quick reflexes. Evaris is perhaps a bit quicker than most, but that's not saying much. The spout slams him for full damage, then lifts him high into the air.
He attempts to cast a spell, and succeeds. A silvery hammer, nearly invisible in the bright sunlight, appears and begin thwacking at the waterspout.
[Cast Spiritual Weapon with a Concentration check of 28. Hit AC 19, and now my stupid browser won't let me roll damage. I will try in a subsequent post.]
Evaris [AC 19; HP 52/64] d8+2=7 ; Thursday October 2nd, 2014 7:06:35 PM
[That was 7 damage. Stupid browser.]
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 101/106 d20+11=22 ; d20+8=16 ; d20+8=18 ; d20+8=15 ; d20+14=27 ; d20+14=32 ; d20+8=15 ; d8+5=9 ; d8+5=7 ; d20+13=22 ; d20+13=32 ; d20+13=29 ; d6+3=9 ; d6+3=7 ; d6+3=4 ; Thursday October 2nd, 2014 9:16:10 PM
Yeshua and Truman do their best to avoid the barrage from the waterspouts... Luckily their rope keeps them securely anchored to the boat... They try to hold on versus w4s attacks (y save 22 and t save 16). Yeshua makes his save and while truman fails, he only takes 1/2 dmg b/c of evasion. (Total 6 pts) If that wasn't enough, w5 attacks truman too... (18, ignore 3rd roll as iPad very slow) and he slips and falls for 3 pts of damage (evasion again helped).
Now that they are free to fight back, both strike out at their target, w5, hitting multiple times and tearing gouts of water out of it...
Yeshua attacks (magic claw) 1. Claw 1 - hit AC 27 for 9 2. Claw 2 - hit AC 32 for 7 3. Bite - hit AC 15 Miss
Truman attacks 1. Claw 1 - Hit AC 22 for 9 2. Claw 2 - hit AC 32 for 7 3. Bite - Hit AC 29 for 4
Total damage - 36
Problems changing header and should be down to 92/106 hps
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+8=22 ; d20+8=15 ; d20+8=21 ; d20+8=14 ; 6d6=22 ; Thursday October 2nd, 2014 10:44:26 PM
ooc: Let's put me at K14. I take 3 damage and am lifted into the air by Spout 4.
Enraged by the assault on his dignity (being picked up and tossed about, of all things!), Sir Royston breathes in deeply and roars! A brief moment of draconic rage is suddenly drowned out as a thick column of putrid, cloying acid sprays from his open mouth. It strikes the waterspout carrying him (since he is technically inside it), as well as the adjacent elemental.
ooc: Use breath weapon. 22 acid damage against Spout 4 and Spout 5, Reflex DC 17 for half damage.
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility Thursday October 2nd, 2014 11:39:35 PM
Emrys moved to J13 last round.)
Emrys continues hang on to the mast. He concentrates on serene and calming thoughts that keeps three elementals from joining the fight. He also thinks of a plan that could possibly remove up to two more elementals, but not without putting his friends in deeper harm. Soon, he may have to make a tough decision ... the lesser of two evils!
Grell, 69/87, Water Breathing, AC17/13/17 d20+5=22 ; d20+5=10 ; d20+15=31 ; 2d6+13=20 ; Friday October 3rd, 2014 6:28:17 AM
Twisting nimbly out of the way of the first Twister (Ref=22), Grell isn't so lucky the second go around (Ref=10). Around and around and around and around...it's enough to make a lesser man yak! Good thing Grell is more than a man, he's an honorary orc! Maintaining a firm grip on his horizon, Grell sighs and drops his bow as he draws his sword and takes a swing at the water all around him...at least it's easy to find his target. Not using his full strength, Grell sizes up his opponent, trying to figure out how hard he needs to go on the critter.
AC 31 for 20..because I was a dumb bunny and didn't remember to take away the -1 for Power Attack. -2 on attack is already calculated in. :)
Lowell (subbed by Janell) HP 37/40, AC 19/13/19, d20+9=27 ; d6+4=7 ; d6=2 ; Friday October 3rd, 2014 6:58:03 AM
Nimbly scooting out of the way of the first water thingy, Lowell gets sucked into the second. (OOC: Rolls in a private post...since I was logged into my Grell account. Refl=27,13, Dam=3 due to Evasion) Drawing his sword,, Lowell lashes out at the creature, trying to get it to him go. With a good slash, (AC 27 for 9) he'll slide away and ready to deal some real hero-like hack&slash.
Zero hits Elemental 3 for 13, but DR 5/ reduces that to 8. Unfortunately, it is immune to crits.
Ariach hits the Spout that is carrying him, Spout 4, for 13-5=8.
Evaris concentrates, casts a spell, and hits Spout 1 for 7 damage -- and since it is energy damage, it penetrates the thing's DR.
Yeshua and Truman hit Spout 5 for 36, but damage reduction brings that down to 11!
Royston breathes acid at two spouts, which save with a 25 and a 23. Each takes 11 acid damage.
Emrys continues to concentrate on keeping three elementals out of the fight.
Grell hits for 20, reduced to 15, vs Spout 2.
Lowell hits for 9, reduced to 4, vs Spout 2.
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Bottom of Round 2!
Spouts 1, 2, and 4, carrying five PCs among them, dash off away from the ship and each other, carrying their victims with them. Damage is automatically inflicted -- 10 to Evaris, 11 to Ariach, 10 to Royston, 14 to Grell, and 7 to Lowell.
Spout 5 changes into an elemental and moves to flank Zero with Elemental 3. Elemental 5 attacks (at +1 for water mastery and +2 flanking) hitting AC23 for 13 damage to Zero, and Elemental 3 makes a full attack, with two slams vs ACs 29 and 28 for 7 plus 12. That's 32 damage to Zero this round!
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IF YOU ARE IN A WATERSPOUT: You cannot move except to go where the waterspout carries you -- but you can attempt to escape the waterspout. IF you have a swim speed, you can attempt a Reflex save vs DC19 as a standard action each round to escape.You can otherwise act normally, but must succeed on a concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) to cast a spell. You take a -4 penalty to Dexterity and a -2 penalty on attack rolls. With the water breathing spell, there is no chance of drowning.
Evaris [AC 19; HP 42/64] d20+10=16 ; d20+13=24 ; Friday October 3rd, 2014 1:01:18 PM
[OOC: Based on your description, it is impossible to escape the waterspout if a person does not have a swim speed. Is that true? What if, hypothetically, a person had a Freedom of Movement spell active?]
Evaris is buffeted by the waterspout, but his Spiritual Weapon does some buffeting of its own. Or tries to.
[Hit AC 16, miss]
Evaris concentrates and casts another spell.
[Cast Air Walk with a Concentration check of 24, success]
Cayzle Comments: Yes, a waterspout is similar to the vortex and whirlwind abilities of normal elementals. And the description of whirlwind, IIRC, says that the only escape is with a successful reflex save AND a fly speed. For the waterspout, I rule you need a reflex save and a swim speed. I would surely make an alowance for a Blink or Teleport spell, etc. However, your Air Walk spell will nonetheless prove an excellent use of your action this round, as you will see. (That's foreshadowing and a hint!)
Grell, 71/87, Water Breathing, AC15/13/15, Raging 1/13 d20+16=29 ; 2d6+19=30 ; d20+11=13 ; 2d6+19=23 ; Friday October 3rd, 2014 4:03:50 PM
Grell is not too worried about being carried off by the Spout, but he grimaces seeing Lowell picked up. Alright then...we end this now! Throwing himself into a rage, Grell hacks mercilessly at the spout, determined to free his little brother before anymore harm can come to him! (AC29 for 30, AC13=miss, but woulda been 23 in a nicer, less cruel world).
OOC: Off the top of my head I think I was raging for about 3 rounds last time. I'll look back over the post and fix if necessary.
Jeff L Zero McSquid. 35/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 d20+12=27 ; d20+12=19 ; d20+12=24 ; d20+12=30 ; d20+10=19 ; 4d6+4=12 ; 2d6+8=13 ; d6+8=14 ; d6+8=12 ; 4d6+4=18 ; d20+20=31 ; 4d6+12=28 ; Friday October 3rd, 2014 5:54:13 PM
OOC: zero might have gotten an AOO last round from movement. I rolled just in case. Hit ŔÇ 27; damage 12 on #5
Zero unleashed his best squid cry of pain... mmmmggggwwwaaagaaaa as he prepared his counterattack. His fury was directed at the unfortunate elemental that had snuck up behind him.
He lead with a bite that scored, followed by two claws that also scored, and then a massive tentacle which landed and attempted to wrap around and crush the elemental.
Actions- AOO - hit 27; 12 damage Bite- hit 19; 13 damage Claws- hit 24 and 30; damage 14 and 12 Tentacle- hit 19; damage 18; free grab, CMB check = 31, constrict damage = 28
Notes: - if 5 goes down midway, will switch remaining attacks to 3 - rolls above don't include damage reduction
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 75/89 d20+13=19 ; Friday October 3rd, 2014 6:55:58 PM
Ariach again attacks the waterspout which keeps him imprisoned. With all his strength he smashes his mace against the water elemental but misses. (hit AC 19-2=17)
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+10=13 ; d20+10=13 ; d20+9=20 ; d6+6=12 ; d6+6=10 ; d8+9=12 ; Friday October 3rd, 2014 10:39:24 PM
Sir Royston roars again, and his draconic heritage shines through as his fingers lengthen into talons and his teeth become daggers. He lashes out at the spout surrounding him.
Claw 1 Attack 13 Damage 12
Claw 2 Attack 13 Damage 10
Bite Attack 20 Damage 12
ooc: The dice gods have spurned me...
Total damage: 13
Lowell (subbed by Janell) HP 37/40, AC 19/13/19, d20+5=23 ; d20+6=11 ; Friday October 3rd, 2014 11:48:10 PM
Lowell yells out as he gets damaged by the thingy. Ouch, that hurt! I've got to get out of here! Struggling, he manages to get out (Reflex d20 + 9 - 4= 23), but not before he notices his brother attacking the spout, trying to help him get out. He has two choices, swim to the boat or try to help from the water? He quickly decides to try to get to the boat. I'll be more useful from the boat.... Don't worry Grell! I'll get you out of there somehow! Lowell starts trying to swim over to the boat, determined to help get his brother out of the Spout. (Swim d20 + 6= 11)
Lowell (Genevieve) HP 37/40, AC 19/13/19, Saturday October 4th, 2014 12:17:46 AM
((OOC: Ooops. My last post was actually by me, I just didn't change my heading..... Ooops.))
(Oh Wise DM... Is the boat still moving forward based upon the wind? Or are the waterspouts movement relative to the boat? This will affect where and what Yeshua/Truman can attack...)
They yell to their companions, "Zero, draw him back to us if you can and we'll see if we can hit it!"
Since they can't do any damage with his Composite SB, he'll cast Magic Fang upon Truman, hoping that it'll come in handy soon...
Cayzle Comments: The crew dropped anchor and lowered the sails before fleeing to the holds.
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 elixir of insight, see invisibility Sunday October 5th, 2014 11:07:09 PM
After the elementals move so far away with his friends in their clutches, Emrys is quickly filled with horror. His plan of two evils (mentioned in the last post) just became impossible. All he can simply do now is concentrate on his spell for as long as he can and hope for the best.
Grell gets angry, hitting Spout 2 for 25 points after DR.
Attacking Elemental 5, Zero rips into it for 8 with a bite, 16 with claws, and 13 with a tentacle! But that's not all! Sqid-Zero graps the thing and squeezes it, and that inflicts enough damage to send it back to the watery plane from whence it was summoned! It literally pops in Zero's grasp, and is GONE!
Ariach takes a swing and barely misses. [OOC: Ariach, note that with your +8 BAB, you get an extra second attack at -5 when you are making a full round attack. Feel free to roll for that if you like.]
Royston attacks Spout 4, hitting for 8 after DR.
Lowell looks for a chance to swim away!
Without a ranged attack, Yeshua casts a buff on Truman and calls for Zero to lure one within reach.
Emrys continues to concentrate on the spell that keeps three of the monsters at bay.
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Bottom of Round 3!
ALL Water Spouts change into water elementals! All held characters are dropped into the water (except Evaris, who ends up Air Walking 5 ft up above the surface of the sea).
That's Lowell's chance! Using the withdraw action, he swims 15 ft closer to the boat. [Per the rules, "A DC10 Swim check allows you to swim a quarter of your speed as a move action or half your speed as a full-round action."
Elemental One slams Evaris with its 10 ft reach, but without the benefit of its water mastery power since Evaris is not touching water. It hits AC18 twice, missing lucky Evaris by one both times! [Die roller loves you, Evaris!]
Elemental Two slams Grell with water mastery against ACs 15 and 17! That's good enough to hit its raging attacker twice, inflicting 17 damage to Grell!
Elemental Three attacks Zero with water mastery, slamming ACs 28 and 18, hitting Zero twice for total 24 damage!
Elemental Four attacks [rolling odd for Ariach, even for Royston ... odd!] Ariach, slamming with water mastery against ACs 29 and 28, slamming Ariach but once for 8 damage.
Elemental Five has been sent back. Elementals Six through Eight are CALMED.
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Royston, Ariach, Lowell, and Grell! You are in water! To move or to attack, you must make a DC10 swim check. If you make it, you have a -2 on attacks, and your slashing and bludgeoning weapons do HALF damage. If you fail your check, you are off balance, you are -2 on attacks, ALL damage is HALF, you lose your dex bonus to AC, and enemies get a +2 to attack you.
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - 7 damage (damaged by Evaris) Water Elem 2 - 54 damage (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - 8 damage (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - 27 damage (damaged by Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 7 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 8 - 0 damage CALM
Jeff L Zero McSquid. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 d20+12=32 ; d20+12=22 ; d20+12=32 ; d20+10=25 ; d20+20=38 ; 2d6+8=19 ; d6+8=10 ; d6+8=10 ; 4d6+4=11 ; 4d6+12=27 ; Monday October 6th, 2014 9:03:11 AM
Zero considered withdrawing from combat, and perhaps luring his opponent by the side of the boat so his allies could take pot shots at it. But then he saw many of his companions fall into the sea and he knew he had to keep this one busy until they could swim to safety.
Zero the squid propelled himself back slightly towards the side of the boat (5' step towards the south side of the boat) and let the elemental have it. Once again he landed bite, claw, tentacle and grapple. 'Squeeze McHero SQUEEZE' he urged himself as he crushed the beast with everything he had.
Actions: Hit 32, 22, 32 and 25 Damage 19, 10, 10, 11 Grab- 38 CMB, constrict damage 27
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 92/106 Monday October 6th, 2014 2:52:32 PM
Taking his friends safety as paramount, Yeshua looks around the boat for a pole/harpoon/extra rope/anything long, and will hold it out over the water so that any of his friends can grab it from the water and he and truman can help them get back into the boat.
(Do I need a strength check dm on that or what other roll?)
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 67/89 d20+8=26 ; d20+11=16 ; d20+11=23 ; d8+6=13 ; d20+1=4 ; Monday October 6th, 2014 5:58:04 PM
As Ariach falls into water he doesn´t think stop fighting his foe. The fact that he is able to breath in the water motivates him additonally. (swim check= 26) He swings his mace and hits this time.
(hits AC 16- use heropoint for reroll - hits AC23 for 6 damage, second attack hits AC 4)
Evaris [AC 19; HP 42/64] d20+10=22 ; d8+2=3 ; Monday October 6th, 2014 8:08:43 PM
Evaris's Spiritual Weapon continues to thwack at the water elemental.
[Hit AC 22 for 3 damage]
Meanwhile, Evaris uses the Withdrawal action to move closer to Lowell and Grell. [Move to N-7]
Sir Royston continues to slash and flail at his attacker, enraged at the impudence of soaking a paladin of Domi!
Claw 1 Attack 16 Damage 12
Claw 2 Attack 27 Damage 9
Bite Attack 23 Damage 17
ooc: Hey Cayzle! Was the waterspouts DR for damage type? Because my claws are P/S and my bite is B/P/S.
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Monday October 6th, 2014 10:19:46 PM
Total damage: 13 Draconic Bloodline: 5/7 rounds.
Grell, 54/87, Water Breathing, AC15/13/15, Raging 2/13 d20+10=14 ; d20+16=22 ; 2d6+19=22 ; 2d6+19=22 ; d20+11=26 ; Monday October 6th, 2014 11:27:46 PM
Through the haze of pounding blood, Grell vaguely feels the cold splash as he lands in the water. Insticts kicking in, Grell's legs begin to churn the water (Swim=14) as he hefts his much heavier than normal sword and very ungracefully hacks at the water thingy. So this is how it was going to be..me or it...considering that I just survived a dragon, I sure the heck am NOT going to be taken out by an overgrown water bag! His sword slams down in rapid succession, and Grell hopes that this time he will finally take out the creature. AC22 for 22 and AC26 for 22.
OOC: Damage is unadjusted.
WaterSpout Fight - TOP of Round 4 (DM Cayzle) Tuesday October 7th, 2014 7:01:43 AM
Top of Round 4!
ZeroSquid rips into Elemental 3, inflicting 14+5+5+6 after DR5 for 30 damage! Then he grabs the thing and squeezes it for another 22! That's 52 damage this round!
Yeshua grabs a rope and moves to the rear of the ship, ready to throw a lifeline to anyone who needs it. He sees Lowell swimming to the ship, but he is still about 40 ft away.
Evaris's spell whacks Elemental 1 for 3 more damage as the hero withdraws. Note that Evaris is at 5 ft altitude currently -- well within elemental reach. Does he ascend as he walks through the air?
Ariach heroically hits for 13 damage ... but that's cut in half in the water for a blunt weapon, so that's 6, and then the elemental's DR5 reduces that to a mere 1 hp damage to Elemental 4. Note that your secondary attack is at -5, so if your first attack is at +10, say, then your second should be at +5.
Royston's first claw misses, second hits with piercing damage for 9 -5DR = 4. His piercing bite hits for 17 -5DR = 12. Total 16 damage to Elemental 4.
Grell hits with two massive blows for 22 damage each! But attacking in water cuts that in half, to 11 and 11. And then DR5 reduces that to 6 and 6. Grell inflicts 12 damage to Elemental 2.
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Royston, Ariach, Lowell, and Grell! You are in water! To move or to attack, you must make a DC10 swim check. If you make it, you have a -2 on attacks, and your slashing and bludgeoning weapons do HALF damage. If you fail your check, you are off balance, you are -2 on attacks, ALL damage is HALF, you lose your dex bonus to AC, and enemies get a +2 to attack you.
At This Point, I need Evaris's altitude (if he stays low, he will be attacked). Lowell and Emrys have not posted. It seems safe to say that Emrys will still concentrate on the Calming. Lowell will swim toward the boat. So I'll finish the bottom of Round 4 as soon as I get Evaris's altitude.
ENEMY ACTIONS FOR BOTTOM OF ROUND 4 TO COME! DO NOT POST FOR ROUND 5!
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - 10 damage (damaged by Evaris) Water Elem 2 - 66 damage (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - 60 damage (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - 44 damage (damaged by Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 7 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 8 - 0 damage CALM
And The MAP at the end of Round 4! [OOC: Map subject to change!!!]
Evaris [AC 19; HP 42/64] Tuesday October 7th, 2014 1:21:47 PM
[Evaris's intent is to reach Grell and Lowell, who are in the water. So he wouldn't gain any elevation.]
OOC Note to Zero Especially! I was under the impression that a giant squid was large in size, like the elementals, and that both squid and elementals had a 10 ft reach. But I realize now that Zero in Squid shape is HUGE, with a 15 ft reach. So I'm applying an AoO's worth of damage to Water Elemental Three in all fairness ... and that is enough to kill it! It goes POP and is gone.
Elemental 1 - Charges Evaris, reaching up for a slam! It hits AC28 for 12 damage to Evaris.
Elemental 2 - Fights Grell! Two slams hit ACs 17 and 19, hitting for 21 to Grell!
Elemental 4 - Attacks Royston! Two slams hit ACs 28 and 18, so both hit, for 8+12 = 20 damage.
Elementals 3 and 5 are gone. Elementals 6-8 are Calm.
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - 10 damage (damaged by Evaris) Water Elem 2 - 66 damage (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - GONE (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - 44 damage (damaged by Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 7 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 8 - 0 damage CALM
And The MAP at the end of Round 4! [OOC: Map Final! Except please ignore Elemental 3, which is popped. And SquidZero should be bigger.]
OK! NOW please post for Round 5!
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+6=14 ; d20+10=15 ; d20+10=29 ; d20+9=14 ; d6+6=8 ; Tuesday October 7th, 2014 3:13:52 PM
Swim check 14
Sir Royston continues to struggle in vain, finding that his attacks are gaining little ground.
ooc: Only one claw hits, 3 damage after DR.
Draconic: 4/7 rounds HP: 44/77
Jeff L Zero McSquid. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 d20+12=14 ; d20+12=16 ; Tuesday October 7th, 2014 3:48:56 PM
OOC: woo hoo! Thanks. I thought I might have bought it in round five. Still a real possibility in round six.
Zero pumped his squid claws when he felt the elemental dissipate, but his celebration was short lived when he scanned the battlefield. Most notably, he saw Evaris moving hellbent towards his brother, without any concern for the elemental behind him. Zero knew who is target must be.
Reaching out with his 30' tentacle he tried to smack the elemental closest to Evaris. This time his aim was not true. Knowing that the creature might charge, zero backed up slightly i hopes that he might draw the creature into the range of his friends on the boat.
Actions: -Attack with 30' tentacle missed (hit AC 14). -Move back about 5' towards back corner of the boat... Trying to position myself so it comes within range of my buddies on the boat. -look for an AOO if it charges with my tentacle.
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 67/89 d20+11=18 ; d8+6=8 ; d20+8=11 ; d20+6=22 ; d8+6=13 ; Tuesday October 7th, 2014 6:11:24 PM
Ariach has no problem swimming to a good position to hit the water elemental twice. Still he feels that the water slows down the impact of his mace. (swim check=11, hits AC 18 for 4 damage, second attack hits AC22 for 6 damage)
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 92/106 d20+11=22 ; d20+13=17 ; d6+3=5 ; d20+11=23 ; d20+13=16 ; d6+4=6 ; Tuesday October 7th, 2014 8:49:35 PM
Yeshua and Truman, seeing that they are likely not going to do much standing here on the boat, decide to change tactics...
1. Truman's Move action - Truman will run across the deck 10' then literally jump (Acrobatics - 22) the remaining yards to L8 (yes, that's on top of or onto the elemental)... Standard Action - As he lands on the elemental 1, he'll use his claw to rip and tear at it... Attack Claw = Hit AC 18 for 6 (forgot to include effects of spell)
(DM - What's the damage done by a heavy, solid object that lands on top of an elemental? Not sure how to calculate that...)
2. Yeshua - He'll jump from the deck (Move action 15' jump - Acrobatics - 23) and try to land at M9 and then rip at it too with his claw - Hit AC 17 (forgot spell effect) for 6
(Both under effect of magic fang)
Lowell (Genevieve) HP 30/40, AC 19/13/19, d20+6=17 ; Tuesday October 7th, 2014 9:28:55 PM
Lowell continues swimming towards the ship, confident that he can help out more if he is on solid.... ground? Ship? Man, I sure am glad we have this water breathing spell thingy! Otherwise, we'd all be goners! (Swim check: d20+6=17)
Evaris [AC 19; HP 30/64] d20+10=26 ; d8+2=4 ; Tuesday October 7th, 2014 10:12:58 PM
Evaris's Spiritual Weapon continues to thwack at the elemental.
[Hit AC 26 for 4 damage.]
Meanwhile, Evaris airwalks away from the elemental (which, yes, means soaking up another AoO). Moving close to Lowell, he calls out: "Grell and Lowell! I want to cast Water Walk on you both, but I need to be touching both of you at the same time! Get over here!"
[Not sure what's a good place to go, but let's go to S-7, the square Lowell just vacated, and hope that the brothers can get over here in a round.]
Grell, 33/87, Water Breathing, AC15/13/15, Raging 3/13 d20+10=24 ; d20+16=19 ; 2d6+19=27 ; d20+11=14 ; Tuesday October 7th, 2014 10:13:31 PM Churn...churn...churn... (Swim=24) Grell's feet kick in the water as he continues his battle. Bllllarrrgh!!! Words really aren't his thing when he's raging. Grell swings his sword down again, splashing viciously against the water creature and into his eyes. (AC19 for 27, AC 14 for...well...nothing.)
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 calm emotions d100=91 ; Tuesday October 7th, 2014 10:38:07 PM
Emrys decides to make his move. While continuing to concentrate on keeping the three elementals calm to contemplate their actions, he moves to the north side of the ship (I-12) to face the elemental that's pursuing Evaris. Emrys delves deep within and casts aside the thin vale between the Living Wold and the Realm of Shadow. For a brief moment, he exists within both domains. His blood flows alongside Woldsblood. In that brief moment, he is capable of heroic and equally terrifying deeds. Terror it shall be!
(Using last Hero Point to get a second standard action and not lose concentration on Calm Emotions. Leyline: 91 ... FREE cast! Casting FEAR on Elemental 1. Will Save: 19. Panics and flees at top speed for 6 rounds. 30ft cone, aimed in the direction of I-6, which should get Elemental1 and not Evaris. If the Elemental makes his save, it is shaken for 1 round.)
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 calm emotions Tuesday October 7th, 2014 10:44:57 PM
(ooc: ack! that's veil, not vale. what a stupid misteak!)
WaterSpout Fight - Round 5 (DM Cayzle) d20+12=14 ; d20+2=14 ; d20+13=16 ; d8+6=9 ; d20+13=33 ; d20+13=16 ; d8+6=10 ; Wednesday October 8th, 2014 10:58:41 AM
Top of Round 5!
Royston hits Elemental 4 for 3 damage, continuing to chip away at it.
Ariach also continues to struggle to inflict damage on Elemental 4. He hits for 8, rounded down to 4, then with DR5, reduced to zero. He also hits for 13, rounded down to 6, then DR5 brings that to a single point of damage. Oh, for a piercing weapon!
Zero attacks Elemental 1 and misses, but sets himself up for an AoO should an enemy advance upon him.
Yeshua and Truman both leap from the ship to attack Elemental 1! Each one hits for 6 damage, but DR5 brings that down to 1 hp inflicted by each. Note that you are both now swimming, so you have to make swim checks plus see below for limits (including half damage unless you have piercing weapons!)
Lowell keeps swimming toward the ship.
Evaris's spiritual weapon hits Elemental 1 for 4 damage. Evaris himself airwalks toward Grell and Lowell -- he calls to them to come near for a Water Walk spell -- but the brothers ignore him! As he backs away, Evaris provokes an AoO, which hits AC14, a miss!
Grell again hits for 27 -- cut in half by fighting in water to 13, and with DR5, that means 8 damage to Elemental 2! That's enough to send it back to the Elemental Plane of Water!
While still concentrating on his Calm Emotions [OOC: what's the duration on that?], Emrys also heroically casts a Fear spell on Elemental 1, carefully angling it so that it does not affect any friends. The elemental rolls a will save of 14 and fails!
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Bottom of Round 5
Elemental 1 is panicked and flees! Yeshua and Truman may make AoOs as it runs off.
Elemental 4 attacks Royston and Ariach, hitting Royston with AC16, a hit for 9 damage, and hitting Ariach with AC33, a nat 20, following up with NO crit, but hitting Ariach for 10 damage.
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - OFF MAP, with 16 damage and panicked (damaged by Evaris, Yeshua, Truman) Water Elem 2 - GONE (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - GONE (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - 48 damage (damaged by Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 7 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 8 - 0 damage CALM
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+6=23 ; d20+10=28 ; d20+10=13 ; d20+9=12 ; d6+6=7 ; d6=3 ; Wednesday October 8th, 2014 11:15:28 AM
Swim check 23
Once more, with feeling.
ooc: I haven't been using my Eberyon's Tears this whole time! Grrr....
One claw hits for 7 damage plus 3 fire damage.
Draconic: 3/7 rounds HP: 35/77
Evaris [AC 19; HP 30/64] d20+10=12 ; Wednesday October 8th, 2014 3:29:46 PM
Seeing the first elemental flee, Evaris uses a move action to re-direct his Spiritual Weapon to elemental #4. Per the spell description, it gets an attack this round, which it misses [AC 12].
Meanwhile, Evaris takes a 5-foot step [to R-8] and casts Water Walk on Lowell.
"Huh?" Lowell hears Evaris a bit too late. "You want us to come towards you? Well, okay!" He swims back towards Evaris (R8). "Hey, Grell! Get over here! Evaris is gonna cast some spell on us, and he needs us over here!" Swim: d20+6=14
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 57/89 d20+8=22 ; d20+10=29 ; d6+4=6 ; Wednesday October 8th, 2014 6:02:11 PM
Ariach gets more and more frustrated when he sees how less damage his attacks are making. Intensively he thinks about new ways to get out of this dangerous situation. At least he is still able to breath and therefore the swimming is much easier.(swim check=22) He decides to change his weapon and goes for his short sword and hits the water elemental. (hits AC 29 for 6 damage - DR5 =1)
The duo will swim back towards the boat, not liking the water at all... Unless someone casts Water walk on them, they're not much good in H2O...
Y Swim - 9 T Swim - 17
Grell, 33/87, Water Breathing, AC15/1/15, Raging 4/13 d20+10=26 ; Wednesday October 8th, 2014 10:10:07 PM
No foe in sight, Grell begins to pound the water, heading to his next object...must protect Lowell. Never the slacker when it comes to aquatics, Grell ignores the encumbering weight of his drenched armor and begins rapidly working his way back to his brother. Full round action swim to Lowell. Swim=26
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 calm emotions Wednesday October 8th, 2014 11:42:10 PM
Slightly dizzy from that last performance, Emrys is pleased to see the frightened elemental disappear in the distance. Maintaining his hold on the other three elementals, he moves to the south side (K-14) of the ship and considers carefully his next action. "And then there were four ... what shall we ever do with you," he says with an uncharacteristically sinister tone.
Jeff L Zero McSquid. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 d20+12=17 ; 4d6+8=25 ; d20+20=27 ; 4d6+12=22 ; Thursday October 9th, 2014 12:45:55 AM
Zero knew he was one good hit away from becoming shark bait, but he also knew his allies were in trouble. He had to hang on.
Skirting around the three elementals, Zero got in position and struck hard.
Actions: 60' swim speed - Move to z20 and attack #4 Hit ŔÇ 19 with flanking bonus; damage 25; grab vs. CMB 27; constrict damage 22
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 57/89 Thursday October 9th, 2014 4:01:03 PM
check
WaterSpout Fight - Round 5 (DM Cayzle) Thursday October 9th, 2014 4:25:07 PM
Sorry super busy today. Turn to come this evening.
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Thursday October 9th, 2014 8:14:31 PM
ooc: check
Evaris sends his spiritual weapon over there and misses. He takes a step and casts Water Walk on Lowell.
OOC to Lowell: You are now standing on the calm surface of the sea, and you can take a full round of actions for Round 6 as well as post for Round 7.
Yeshua flouders in the water. Truman manages to scramble back into the ship.
Emrys keep concentrating and moves about the deck.
Zero swims around and reaches way out to strike Elemental 4. Masterful in this form, in this element, he strikes for 20 damage and sends it back to its watery plane of origination!
Bottom of Round 6
Three Calm elementals are left. They will not be calm next round! They cannot attack, but they sense that the time is coming for them to act. They move to prepare for what comes next.
The first one, Elemental 6, moves close to Zero, provoking an AoO in doing so. Do you take the AoO, Zero, knowing that it will break the calm for the bottom of the round?
AoO or not, they move to surround Zero. If Zero attacks, they too will attack in the bottom of Round 6. If Zero does not attack, then the heroes get to act before these for-now Calm elementals can.
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - OFF MAP, with 16 damage and panicked (damaged by Evaris, Yeshua, Truman) Water Elem 2 - GONE (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - GONE (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 7 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 8 - 0 damage CALM
WaterSpout Fight - Round 6 (DM Cayzle) Friday October 10th, 2014 6:13:09 AM
SORRY Grell! My bad! I forgot you!
You should be at R8, 10 ft from Grell, after swimming 20 ft.
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Friday October 10th, 2014 11:35:11 AM
ooc: Does casting a spell while treading water require a concentration or Swim check?
Cayzle Comments: DC10 Swim check to stay afloat. You cannot cast if you cannot stay above water. Unless you WANT to sink. Then the underwater casting rules apply. You CAN breathe water, so there's that.
Jeff L Zero McSquid. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 d20+19=21 ; Friday October 10th, 2014 12:05:26 PM
Zero felt the world around him getting a lot smaller. His first instinct was to attack with the water elementals guards down, but common sense got the better of him. The counterattack would surely cost him his life. Zero needed to retreat, and he needed to to do it carefully.
His body began to contort and shrink. When the transistion was complete he took to the skies.
Actions: -Wild shape - standard action that doesn't draw an AOO. -If he can move without drawing an AOO he will turn into a dragon horse and fly up at an angle of 45 degrees; his move is 120 degrees so it would put him out of reach. -if a movement AOO is a possibility he will turn into a small elemental, which should put him at Y19 and just out of reach of all of the elementals. He will fly straight up and out of reach (check successful 21)
Evaris [AC 19; HP 30/64] Friday October 10th, 2014 12:58:50 PM
[OOC: So, could I have included Grell when I cast Water Walk? Or did he arrive too late?]
Cayzle Comments: Hey, I messed up, and it is plausible, so SURE! Grell and Lowell were both affected by the Water Walk spell!
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+6=13 ; d6=2 ; Friday October 10th, 2014 2:31:01 PM
Swim check 13
Sir Royston intones a quick prayer to Domi, while treading water to keep his head above the surface. He touches a hand to his chest, and a brief flash of white light shows his wounds somewhat knitting together.
He then swims hard, trying to put distance between himself and the elementals [swim 15 feet south].
Draconic: 3/7 rounds HP: 37/77 Lay on Hands: 4/5
Evaris [AC 19; HP 30/64] Friday October 10th, 2014 5:05:08 PM
Evaris's Spiritual Weapon returns to him, and he doesn't give it any new orders for now.
Instead, now that Grell and Lowell can move freely on the water, he makes for the other group that might need a little assistance.
[Double move to S-21]
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 57/89 d20+8=12 ; Friday October 10th, 2014 5:54:32 PM
Ariach sees Sir Royston retreating and follows his example. He also swims to the south. (swim check=12)
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26 Joint hp pool 92/106 d20+6=18 ; Friday October 10th, 2014 7:15:55 PM
Truman shakes off all the excess water from his fur, while Yeshua continues swimming to the boat... Swim = 18
WaterSpout Fight - Round 6 (DM Cayzle) Saturday October 11th, 2014 1:25:26 AM
OOPS! DM Post early in the AM!
Note that Evaris is walking on air, Grell and Lowell are walking on water, and Yeshua, Royston, and Ariach are swimming. Zero is swimming, but he is about to be flying. Truman and Emrys are on the ship.
Zero, aware that an attack of opportunity could doom him, changes into a small air elemental and flies 50 ft straight up.
Ariach and Royston swim south -- Royston also cures himself.
Half-wounded and certainly no great fighter, Evaris hustles south to S21, provoking an AoO and practically daring an elemental to attack him! The elemental does not take that AoO. Nonetheless, Evaris, you earn a hero point for your bravery.
Yeshua manages to swim back to the boat this time.
[OOC: Friends, we are missing 3/8 of our strength here, seeing as Grell, Lowell, and Emrys have yet to post. It's been about 36 hours since the last DM post, but it does not seem fair to those who have posted to delay the game further. Your DM chooses to advance the turn.]
Grell and Lowell are getting their sea legs. They can both walk on water now.
Emrys's spell ends at the end of his turn -- NOW freeing the elementals to attack -- and the caster pauses to consider what to do next.
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Bottom of Round 7
Elemental 6, evidently holding a grudge, swims to the ship and takes a slam at Emrys with its 10 ft reach. It hits AC32, a natural 20, and follows up with a 15, which confirms agaisnt the AC13 Emrys. Emrys takes 9+7=16 damage.
Elemental 7 takes Evaris's dare and slams at the cleric, hitting AC22 against Evaris's AC19 and applying 9 damage to Evaris.
Elemental 8 swims south, and (even/odd) attacks Royston, missing with a natural 1!
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Royston and Ariach, you are in water! To move or to attack, you must make a DC10 swim check. If you make it, you have a -2 on attacks, and your slashing and bludgeoning weapons do HALF damage. If you fail your check, you are off balance, you are -2 on attacks, ALL damage is HALF, you lose your dex bonus to AC, and enemies get a +2 to attack you.
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - OFF MAP, with 16 damage and panicked (damaged by Evaris, Yeshua, Truman) Water Elem 2 - GONE (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - GONE (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 7 - 0 damage CALM Water Elem 8 - 0 damage CALM
Yeshua (Ken) AC 24 (charge) Truman AC 24 (charge) Joint hp pool 92/106 d20+17=37 ; 2d8+17=26 ; 2d4=4 ; Saturday October 11th, 2014 10:12:48 AM
Now that they can finally do what they do best, the deadly duo charge and pounce on the Elemental 6, intending to punish it for coming so close to the boat...
Using the advantage of their deep connection, they hit it a deadly combined attack...
Coordinated Attack (+ charge (2) + Magic Fang (1) ) = Hit AC 37
Damage (+ charge and Magic Fang) = Dmg = 30
________ AC = 24 since charge
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+6=8 ; d20+6=16 ; d6=3 ; d6=5 ; d6=2 ; d6=6 ; d20+6=8 ; Saturday October 11th, 2014 5:24:36 PM
Swim check 16 [used a hero point]
Sir Royston treads water just enough to let off a spell, sending a thin beam of fire to lance the elemental.
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 calm emotions Saturday October 11th, 2014 10:18:56 PM
(ooc: confused ... I thought we had all weekend to make our Friday post. I normally don't get home until after 11pm or midnight CST on Fridays.)
Lowell (Genevieve) HP 30/40, AC 19/13/19, Saturday October 11th, 2014 10:56:11 PM
Lowell reloads his hand crossbow, then walks forward (S-15) so that he can shoot at Elemental 6 or 7. He sees that Evaris is in trouble, and he intends to help the cleric since, after all, Evaris did just help him out. The young rouge wants to be able to help out instead of always having his brother steal all the fame.
Jeff L Zero Androsphinx. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 Sunday October 12th, 2014 10:52:42 AM
One more hit and Zero was likely out of the battle. He had to be smart and keep out of range.
Zero continued to fly up before he changed shape once again. This time he turned into an Androsphinx.
Actions: -Increase height, as I suspect I'll lose some elevation when I do a wildshape. -Standard action- turn into Androspinx
Evaris [AC 19; HP 34/64] d20+10=24 ; d8+2=5 ; d8=2 ; d8=6 ; Sunday October 12th, 2014 11:45:11 AM
As a move action, Evaris re-purposes his Spiritual Weapon to Elemental #7. It thumps its watery foe, and does damage.
Evaris steps back and heals himself.
[Spiritual Weapon hits AC 24 for 5 damage. Evaris 5-foots to S-22 and casts Cure Moderate Wounds in place of the Status he had prepared. Heals for 13 points.]
Grell, 33/87, Water Breathing, AC13/1/15, Raging 6/13, Water Walk d20+20=33 ; 2d6+19=26 ; Sunday October 12th, 2014 6:18:49 PM
Hearing Lowell's call to protect the cleric, Grell charges the Elemental that threatens the cleric (ending S18). His sword splishes viciously against the water spout, trying to draw it way from the cleric. (Charge AC33 for 26).
Sorry, folks wasn't feeling well on Friday. Ended up being pnumonia. Feeling much better now that I'm on antibiotics and steroids. :)
Grell, 33/87, Water Breathing, AC13/1/15, Raging 6/13, Water Walk Sunday October 12th, 2014 6:26:22 PM
Hearing Lowell's call to protect the cleric, Grell charges the Elemental that threatens the cleric (ending S18). His sword splishes viciously against the water spout, trying to draw it way from the cleric. (Charge AC33 for 26).
Sorry, folks wasn't feeling well on Friday. Ended up being pnumonia. Feeling much better now that I'm on antibiotics and steroids. :)
Emrys ac13, hp32/37 calm emotions Sunday October 12th, 2014 11:10:15 PM
The massive slam from the water elemental forces Emrys back against the mast (J-13, 5-ft step). Shaking the water from his eyes, he grits his teeth and then chants a magical tune. The air around the elemental that attacked him sudden smells of evergreen and a burst of glittery dust engulfs him
(Casting Glitterdust. Centered on O-17, 10-ft radius burst. Will Save: 19 vs. Blindness for 4 rounds.)
Emrys ac13, hp16/37 glitterdust Sunday October 12th, 2014 11:13:31 PM
(whoops, forgot to change my hit points and spells in my name line.)
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 57/89 d20+8=11 ; Monday October 13th, 2014 5:49:39 AM
Ariach swims next to Sir Royston. He doesn´t want to leave the paladine alone. He prepares his shield to protect Sir Royston who seems to be able to hurt the elemental more than Ariach´s weapon. (swim check=11, uses "interpose" feature to take an attack versus Sir Royston upon himself)
OOC: Grell, sorry I sent my pneumonia your way! :-(
OOC: Also, for clarification, the DM Post posted Thursday 9:46AM was the Thursday Post, and the DM Post posted Saturday at 8:34AM was the Friday Post.
Top of Round 8
Yeshua and Truman cross 10 ft of deck to get to Elemntal 6. With its superior reach, it slams at (even/odd) Truman as the duo approach in concert. The AoO hits AC27 for 12 damage to Truman. If the elemental is surprised to see that the injury affect Yeshua equally, there is no way to read its formless "face."
But then Yeshua and Truman attack! They hurt the thing badly, inflicting 25 damage after DR.
Royston stays afloat with a heroic effort, also casting a spell that has the bad luck to go astray. [OOC: Swiming 15 ft is two move actions. You can swim five feet (7.5 rounded down into a five ft step) closer to Ariach. Also, swimming more than 5 ft provokes an AoO. So your kindly DM keeps you in place to allow Ariach to swim next to you for his interpose ability. Hope that's okay.]
Ariach swims 15 feet to be next to Royston, and that provokes an AoO. The elemental hits AC21, even with water mastery, and that misses. Ariach interposes (which is not at action), and suggests that he protect Royston while Royston attacks. The DM awards Ariach 300 xp as a cleverness award for proposing this tactic and for good teamwork.
Lowell reloads (move action) and steps forward (move action).
Zero changes into an Androsphinx (large size, your DM presumes?). He remains above the fray.
Evaris's spell hurts Elemental 7. The cleric seeks to step back and cast a cure spell. However, note that the elemntal has 10 ft reach, and stepping back five feet still leaves Evaris subject to an AoO and possible disruption of the spell. Does Evaris want to cast it on the defensive? Please roll concentration if so, otherwise your DM will roll the AoO. Also, your DM assumes you remain at altitude 5 ft above the waves?
Grell charges Elemental 7, the one engaged with Evaris. Doing so provokes an AoO (unless the AoO is directed at Evaris, see above). For now, assume that it slams at Grell, hitting AC31 for 6 damage. Then Grell smashes into the summoned monster, hitting it for 26 damage, reduced to 21.
Emrys casts Glitterdust on Elemental 6. It rolls a 9 for its save and fails. It is blind!
Bottom of Round 8!
Elemental 6 lurches forward a step and lashes out blindly twice. It strikes at the empty space next to Yeshua, missing. It strikes at the space containing Truman, possibly hitting! It hits at AC15, missing!
Elemental 7 slams at (even/odd) Grell once and Evaris once. It hits Grell vs AC26 for 12 damage and it hits Evaris vs AC21 for 11 damage[/b].
Elemental 8 attacks (even/odd) Ariach twice, hitting AC25, a miss, and AC29, a hit, for 8 damage to Ariach.
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Royston and Ariach, you are in water! To move or to attack, you must make a DC10 swim check. If you make it, you have a -2 on attacks, and your slashing and bludgeoning weapons do HALF damage. If you fail your check, you are off balance, you are -2 on attacks, ALL damage is HALF, you lose your dex bonus to AC, and enemies get a +2 to attack you.
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - OFF MAP, with 16 damage and panicked (damaged by Evaris, Yeshua, Truman) Water Elem 2 - GONE (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - GONE (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - 25 damage BLIND 4 rounds (damaged by Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 7 - 26 damage (damaged by Evaris, Grell) Water Elem 8 - 0 damage
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+6=12 ; d20+6=24 ; d6=2 ; d6=5 ; d6=1 ; d6=1 ; Monday October 13th, 2014 10:25:52 AM
Swim check 12
Sir Royston continues to tread water, and aims his last scorching ray at the elemental. [ranged touch attack 24, fire damage 9]
ooc: This fight is not giving me the best of die rolls...
Draconic: 3/7 rounds HP: 37/77 Lay on Hands: 4/5
Jeff L Zero Androsphinx. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 2d6=6 ; Monday October 13th, 2014 1:15:13 PM
Ooc: yup.. Large
Zero flew towards the east (AE 16-17). One he was roughly 55' from the nearest two elemental, he let out a roar.
Actions: fly so I am about 55' from E7 and e8 and roar. Will save DC 20 or be frightened for 6 rounds
Evaris [AC 19; HP 34/64] d20+13=17 ; d20+13=19 ; d20+10=11 ; Monday October 13th, 2014 4:29:07 PM
[Concentration check from last round: 17, fail. Used a Hero Point to re-roll, 19, success. Barely.]
The Spiritual Hammer continues attacking, but misses. [Hit AC 11]
Meanwhile, Evaris double-moves next to Royston and Ariach.
"Gentlemen!" he calls. "How would you like to be able to walk on water?"
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26, Joint hp pool 80/106 d20+15=27 ; 2d8+16=23 ; 2d4=5 ; Monday October 13th, 2014 8:41:05 PM
Yeshua and Truman shrug off the damage and laugh at the elemental, though they realize it probably isn't sentient enough to notice their derision...
They continue a combined assault against it, taking out more and more of its life force...
Combined Att (+ MF) = Hit AC 27 Combined Dmg (+ MF) = Do 28 dmg
Emrys ac13, hp16/37 glitterdust d100=100 ; Monday October 13th, 2014 11:58:54 PM
A smile forms across when the elemental flails about blind to the world. Surveying the remaining battlefield, he determines he needs a greater reach. He begins to cast and a ghostly, floating hand appears in front of him. "Zounds," Emrys exclaims. The hand seemed to materialize before he was even finished casting!
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 49/89 d20+8=10 ; d20+4=20 ; d6+4=7 ; Tuesday October 14th, 2014 5:11:52 AM
His focus still on his defense Ariach faces the elemental and attacks it. He hits the water elemental with his short sword. (hits AC20 for 2 damage)
(fighting defensively, using "combat expertise", hit -7/AC +5) (swim check=10)
WaterSpout Fight - Round 8 (DM Cayzle) Tuesday October 14th, 2014 10:13:59 AM
Sorry everybody! Machine crashed hard while I was working on the turn on my commute. I'll rebuild the post and get it up when I can ... Maybe at lunchtime.
Maybe Grell and Lowell will sneak in actions before then ...
Ugh! It is SO annoying to lose a post half done! Stupid computer crash!
Top of Round 9
Royston swims back five feet and casts his spell, inflicting 9 fire damage.
Ariach swims forward five feet to engage defensively, bringing his already remarkable AC even higher. And he manages to scratch a hole in the elemental, doing 2 damage after DR.
Androsphinx-Zero carefully flies so as to position himself for a roar, intended to affect Elementals 7 and 8 but not any allies. Normally, an androsphinx's roar requires a DC19 will save to resist, but the save is based on Chr, and they have 17 Cha, so the base save vs roar is DC16+Chr. Zero's Chr is 6, so his save is 16-2 = 14. The elementals roll a 21 and a 10; Elemental 8 is Frightened.
Evaris's spell-hammer misses, and Evaris himself withdraws toward Ariach and Royston, offering them a useful buff. (Your kindly DM did not put you in reach of Elemental 8. Correct me if otherwise).
Truman and Yeshua attack the blind elemental, inflicting 23 damage after DR.
Emrys casts Spectral Hand.
Bottom of Round 9
Blind Elemental 6 lashes out at (even/odd) Truman. It passes its miss chance, and it hits AC30 for 6 damage to Truman. It also lashes out at (even/odd) Truman again, passing its miss chance and hitting AC 20 for 6 more damage -- no wait, that's a miss!
Elemental 7 is happy to continue to lash out at Grell. It hits AC28 and AC19 for 7+12 = 19 damage to Grell!
Elemental 8 wants to get away from Zero! It swims 10 ft underwater with a move action, at which point it can no longer see or hear Zero. Then it lashes out at Ariach with a slam ... missing with a slap at AC24. Make that a moot AC22 because it takes Shaken penalties.
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Royston and Ariach, you are in water! To move or to attack, you must make a DC10 swim check. If you make it, you have a -2 on attacks, and your slashing and bludgeoning weapons do HALF damage. If you fail your check, you are off balance, you are -2 on attacks, ALL damage is HALF, you lose your dex bonus to AC, and enemies get a +2 to attack you.
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - OFF MAP, with 16 damage and panicked (damaged by Evaris, Yeshua, Truman) Water Elem 2 - GONE (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - GONE (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - 48 damage BLIND 3 rounds (damaged by Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 7 - 26 damage (damaged by Evaris, Grell) Water Elem 8 - 11 damage FRIGHTENED 12 rounds (damaged by Royston, Ariach)
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26, Joint hp pool 74/106 d20+15=24 ; 2d8+16=28 ; 2d4=4 ; Tuesday October 14th, 2014 9:09:00 PM
Yeshua and Truman again shake off the damage, having no fear that this elemental will be around much longer...
They continue their successful tactic of a combined attack, aiming for the densest part of this rapidly shrinking enemy, again injuring it severely...
Att = Hit AC 24 Dmg = 32 pts of damage...
Jeff L Zero Androsphinx. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 d4=3 ; Tuesday October 14th, 2014 9:41:21 PM
Zero the Androsphinx closed to within 60', while attempting to keep his allies out of range. And he roared again.
Action: Targeting elemental 7 and 8; same DC as last round; effect paralyzed with fear and deaf for 3 rounds.
Grell, -4/87, Water Breathing, AC13/1/15, Raging 6/13, Water Walk Tuesday October 14th, 2014 10:21:11 PM
Having found himself in a sudden haze of confusion, Grell watches helplessly as the Water Elemental pounds him into unconsciousness. As he drifts back into the darkness, Grell thinks about how he has failed in this battle and how he hopes that he will live again to see Fluffy and his other kittens and watch Felix fight in the arena.
OOC: Sorry Cazyle, on Mondays I don't have any time to post between school and my night job, and then there were too many calls to post from work. Can't access the computer at school. Anyway, sorry! BTW, I hope you're feeling better!! Durned bacteria!
Lowell (Genevieve) HP 30/40, AC 19/13/19, d20+9=27 ; d4+3=6 ; d6=1 ; Tuesday October 14th, 2014 10:30:02 PM
Lowell nods as his crossbow is ready for his next attack. Then he shoots at Elemental 7 (d20+9=27 for d4+3=6 damage + d6=1 ice damage).
Lowell (Genevieve) HP 30/40, AC 19/13/19, Tuesday October 14th, 2014 10:41:01 PM
Lowell cringes as his brother falls unconscious. "GRELL!" [i]Well there he goes again.... I better take this thing down! If I can.....[i]
Emrys ac13, hp16/37 glitterdust d8=6 ; d8=4 ; d8=4 ; Tuesday October 14th, 2014 10:56:56 PM
Emrys watches as Grell falls to the elemental. "Not again!" he cries. "I will NOT let you die!" Taking the wand from his belt, he activates its positive energy and twirls it in Grell's direction. His spectral hand flies forward and delivers it's healing touch.
(Casting Cure Serious Wounds on Grell. Healing (3d8+5): 19 points.)
Evaris [AC 19; HP 34/64] d20+10=20 ; d8+2=3 ; d20+13=30 ; Tuesday October 14th, 2014 11:24:03 PM
Evaris looks around. From the beginning, this battle had been a cleric's worst nightmare. The party scattered, too far for him to reach everyone in time for healing. And party members who would insist on prancing right into melee range and force him to follow.
As Evaris waxes philosophical, his Spiritual Weapon makes one final attack, and disappears. [Hit AC 20 for 3 damage.]
Taking a deep breath, Evaris moves up. [Evaris would like to move to W-30, then X-29, in an attempt to avoid the AoO.] Concentrating, he casts Water Walk on Royston and Ariach. [Concentration check to cast defensively, 30, success. Royston and Ariach have Water Walk ]
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 d20+6=11 ; Tuesday October 14th, 2014 11:59:10 PM
Swim check 11
Royston will swim west as quickly as possible.
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Wednesday October 15th, 2014 5:39:54 PM
ooc: check
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 49/89 Wednesday October 15th, 2014 6:36:48 PM
Check
Evaris [AC 19; HP 34/64] Wednesday October 15th, 2014 10:29:25 PM
[OOC: Royston, you don't have to swim. You can walk now. That's what Water Walk does.]
Emrys ac13, hp16/37 glitterdust Wednesday October 15th, 2014 11:23:00 PM
Checking in as Emrys' coppery golden locks blow in the blustery sea breeze (in slow motion, of course).
Jeff L Zero Androsphinx. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 Wednesday October 15th, 2014 11:25:38 PM
Checking in
WaterSpout Fight - Round 9 (DM Cayzle) Thursday October 16th, 2014 12:17:12 AM
Sorry everybody! Tough day for me. Sherrif Ken, count this as a DM Miss, I suppose.
On the plus side, I recruited two new Woldians! If that is any solace.
DM Post to come bright and early in the AM.
PS: If you are looking for something Woldian to do, PLEASE write a welcome email to our new players! PLEASE!
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 49/89 d20+8=23 ; d20+4=17 ; d6+4=8 ; Thursday October 16th, 2014 2:18:56 AM
OOC: i have checke because i had no time to read the posts :)
Glad that the elemental chooses him and not Sir Royston as a target, Ariach attacks again without neglecting his defense.
(fighting defensively, using "combat expertise", hit -7/AC +5) (swim check=23, hits AC 17 for 3 damage)
WaterSpout Fight - Round 10 (DM Cayzle) d20+2=5 ; d20+10=20 Thursday October 16th, 2014 9:06:14 AM
[OOC to Zero: Your rules-fu is strong, so let's go with your DC20 for wildshape DCs for now. But see the Rules Board later today for more.]
Top of Round 10!
Yeshua and Truman finish off Elemental 6. POP!
Zero roars again. Only elemental 7, half out of the water, can hear him. Elemental 8, unable to see or hear Zero, is unaffected. Elemental 7 fails its save and is deaf and paralyzed.
Grell, unconscious, floats on the surface of the ocean. Even his blood puddles on the water.
Lowell shoots at Elemental 7 and hits.
Emrys restores Grell with a ghostly healing touch.
Evaris's spell hits one final time. Evaris himself moves carefully and casts carefully to allow Royston and Ariach the ability to walk on water.
Royston hustles west over the waves.
Ariach, on the defensive, swings and misses.
Bottom of Round 10
The last elemental able to move is hiding under the waves, and it lashes out at reach at Ariach from below. It misses.
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Water Elementals are AC18 (Touch 12).
Water Elem 1 - OFF MAP, with 16 damage and panicked (damaged by Evaris, Yeshua, Truman) Water Elem 2 - GONE (damaged by Lowell, Grell) Water Elem 3 - GONE (damaged by Zero) Water Elem 4 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Ariach) Water Elem 5 - GONE (damaged by Zero, Royston, Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 6 - GONE (damaged by Yeshua & Truman) Water Elem 7 - 36 damage DEAF PARALYZED 3 rounds (damaged by Evaris, Grell, Lowell) Water Elem 8 - 11 damage FRIGHTENED 11 rounds (damaged by Royston, Ariach)
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26, Joint hp pool 74/106 Thursday October 16th, 2014 11:57:32 AM
Their foe destroyed, Yeshua and Truman can do little more than throw a rope to help anyone who needs help getting back to the boat.
(Re: late night post if DM posts again, teaching at seminary tonight so prob won't be able to post then.)
Jeff L Zero Androsphinx. 11/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 2d4=5 ; 2d8=4 ; Thursday October 16th, 2014 1:36:53 PM
OOC: lol! Thanks.
Zero maintained position so only the one elemental was in range, and he roared again.
Actions: Roar, fort save or take 5 strength damage. Also, take 4 sonic damage (no save).
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 49/89 d20+11=21 ; d6+4=8 ; Thursday October 16th, 2014 5:25:14 PM
Ariach thanks Evaris for his support and jumps out of the water. Now not anymore forced to swim he feels much more comfortable. The young warrior tries to retreat to the coast but will not give up his defense.
(using fighting defensively and combat expertise -7hit/+5AC)
If the elemental shows up he attacks it. (hits AC 21 for 3 damage)
Evaris [AC 19; HP 34/64] d20+8=11 ; Thursday October 16th, 2014 10:18:05 PM
Evaris steps back [to W-28], draws his bow, and fires an arrow at the elemental, but it's not a very good shot [hit AC 11, and that's before factoring in the penalties].
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 3d4+3=11 ; Thursday October 16th, 2014 11:08:51 PM
Sir Royston intones a brief arcane chant, and points a finger toward Elemental 8. Three pulses of magical energy leap from his hand and strike the watery being. He continues to move back toward the ship.
ooc: Cast magic missile. 11 force damage on Elemental 8. Move to L25.
Emrys ac13, hp16/37 glitterdust d8=2 ; d100=95 ; d100=10 ; d8=6 ; d8=3 ; Friday October 17th, 2014 12:39:34 AM
(Ooc: bad news, I overslept. good news though, I'm typing this with my new iPad mini!)
Emrys will repeat his last action and deliver touch of healing energy.
(Casting Cure Serious Wounds. 3d8+5= 16 points. The two d100 rolls were an accident.)
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 49/89 Friday October 17th, 2014 6:14:48 PM
check
Lowell (Genevieve) HP 30/40, AC 19/13/19, d20+9=28 ; d4+3=4 ; d6=3 ; Friday October 17th, 2014 6:49:11 PM
Lowell smiles at Emrys, thankful for his help.Then, assuming it hasn't been defeated yet, he fires at Elemental 7. He hits and causes damage, hopefully finishing this thing off for good.
AC 28 for 4 damage + 3 ice damage
Emrys ac13, hp16/37 glitterdust d8=5 ; d8=1 ; d8=2 ; d8=8 ; Friday October 17th, 2014 10:40:22 PM
Emrys twirls his wand once again and reaches out his disembodied hand in Zero's direction.
(Casting Cure Serious Wounds on Zero. Heals 3d8+5=20)
WaterSpout Fight - Round 11 and OVER (DM Cayzle) Friday October 17th, 2014 10:41:47 PM
Your combined efforts destroy Elemental 7, and with no one actually in the water anymore, Elemental 8 is too afraid to attack anything above the surface. In a few short rounds, the question is moot in any case ... at Rounds 12 and 13, the magics that summoned these mosnters end, and the sea is clear but for our bloodied heroes!
You have defeated these enemies! Congratualtions!
Royston Scalesworth IV AC 16/13/15 - CMD 22 - F+13/R+8/W+13 Friday October 17th, 2014 10:52:57 PM
ooc: Yayyyy
Evaris [AC 19; HP 42/64] 2d6=8 ; Friday October 17th, 2014 10:58:17 PM
Evaris pauses to make sure everybody has made it back to the ship. Then, he uses his Channel Energy ability to give everyone some much needed healing.
Everybody heals 8 damage. Please update your headers.
Jeff L Zero Androsphinx. 44/75, AC 16 (T9, FF 16) CMD 24 2d4=5 ; 2d4=4 ; Friday October 17th, 2014 11:36:49 PM
Zero landed on the deck of the ship and immediately roared, while his body changed back to his native form. His androsphinx roar quickly became a dwarven victory yell.
"Well fought lads. We went into overtime with that one, eh?"
Zero then gave a nod of thanks to Emrys and Evaris for their healing, before he slugged back some goodberrys.
"Got a few more healing berries here. Emrys maybe you should have a few, eh?"
Yeshua (Ken) AC 26 Truman AC 26, Joint hp pool 82/106 Saturday October 18th, 2014 10:34:53 AM
YEshua is glad once everyone gets back on the boat and is safe from the summoned elementals. He also congratulates everyone on a well fought battle, and the duo appreciate the healing. They still have several wounds that require healing, but can wait if needed for those who suffered more... "Let's get the captain and crew back up here so that our journey can continue on... Truman and I aren't fond of water and I want our feet back on dry land..."
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