DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 Wednesday December 8th, 2021 8:05:52 AM
The party is ready. Honor says the name “Jancasis”
On saying the name ‘Jancassis’ aloud, the shadows become still, forming a solid black door that is easily opened.
The layout of this area is like that of a spider
In the center is a sacrificial slab. Manacles are attached at the top and bottom to secure the unlucky subjects hands and feet. The natural color of the stone has darkened, no doubt from copious amounts of blood. Pacing on the other side of the slab stands a woman. Sort of. Eight spindly spider legs, flocked with coarse black hairs, stretch from the back of this otherwise beautiful black-haired woman.
“You are not what I was expecting” she says with a hint of a grin.
Standing behind the matriarch, with head bowed stands ghostly Mya.
“It seems one of my children has been very naughty. Didn’t I tell you not to talk to strangers, Mya? I’ll have to consider a suitable punishment for you”
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 Wednesday December 8th, 2021 8:08:15 AM
[Can we see the 'map above'?]
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 Wednesday December 8th, 2021 8:16:54 AM
(can find no such map)
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 49/49 d20+8=16 ; d4+2=3 ; Wednesday December 8th, 2021 5:22:36 PM
Actions depend on the size of the place:
If the spiderlady can be reached within 40' of movement from where he starts, and despite his superstitious nature, Elron hastens to the attack. He tries not to wonder if she's starved to death and become a ghost, and becomes enraged himself as he moves. Since she doesn't look like a ghost, he tries to hit with his whappin' stick. He hits AC 16 for 3 points of damage. Rage 1/10
If the spiderlady cannot be reached within 40' of movement, Elron moves to or begins to move to a position about 40' away from her. And he maintains some distance from the others, to minimize her potential use of spells. Rage 0/10
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11 + 4 vs incorporeal touch/17 HP 35/35 Hardness 2 Wednesday December 8th, 2021 9:32:33 PM
Asimov takes in the fact that the spider-woman considers the ghosts her children and sees Mya as being naughty and wonders if she has some pull over the ghosts.
In case she does Asimov activates his personal force field which should nominally give him better protection against the ghosts than his armor.
Asimov tells Irony to advance towards the spider lady as the mechanical minion does not have any ranged attack options. The construct advances 2 moves of 20 feet toward the spider lady.
(OOC: AC unchanged as armor bonus is +4 but mage armor bonus works against ghost incorporeal touch attacks)
Active Effects: Personal Force Field (mage armor): +4 to AC; applies against incorporeal touch attacks
Devices prepared thingamabobs: corrosive pistol, undead disrupting ray gun, magic detector, light emitter weird science creation (2 0th level effects): corrosive pistol + undead disrupting ray gun = range touch; 1d3 acid + 1d6 positive energy vs undead on succesful hit; 1st level devices: wrist rockets (magic missile) wrist rockets (magic missiile). medi-haler light (cure light wounds), medihaler-light (cure light wounds), personal force field(mage armor) - used 2nd level devices: rapid repair nanobot capsule (make whole), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds)
Honor Bright (Kathy) Wednesday December 8th, 2021 10:37:33 PM
"You will not harm her," Honor says. She strides forward, Virtue in hand. "Your foulness ends here."
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle Thursday December 9th, 2021 12:26:49 AM
Zeoll makes no response except to start reading his first scroll of Summon Nature's Ally III.
Camel moves up behind Elron. How close is he to the monster? ====== Kim edit, fixed spelling of 'close'
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 d20+8=27 ; d6+4=10 ; Thursday December 9th, 2021 4:48:27 AM
Mundhildur says as she moves forward, "What then is naughty, compared to your vile wickedness, you murderer?" then hurls one of her long spears directly at the arachnid matriarch, striking AC 27 for 10 hp piercing damage. [This is her non-magical longspear, the blade of which she recently sharpened, granting a +1 for one attack.]
The giantess pulls forth her magical spear from the magical quiver to have it at ready. ======= Edit: Mundhi's move was 30 feet
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 7d6=23 ; 7d6=24 ; Thursday December 9th, 2021 6:57:21 PM
(I’ll make a map over the weekend. We’ll say she started exactly 40 feet from the entrance)
The party ignores the matriarch’s attempt at conversation and charge, but she had a prepared action to cast a spell at the first sign of hostility. As soon as Elron starts his charge she blast him with a lightning bolt, causing 23 damage (reflex save 17 for half)
Elron completes his charge but doesn’t manage to hit the agile spider creature. Asimov goes defensive and sends Irony in. Honor advances Zeoll summons help. Camel advances. Mundhildur hurls a spear and lands a direct hit!
The matriarch seems unsurprised by the parties actions and unconcerned at the hit she took. Laughing maniacally, she circles the group, drawing AoOs from Elron, Irony, and Honor (camel got stuck behind them). She gives as good as she gets though as she lines them up to hit all three with another lightning bolt for 24 damage each (reflex save 17 to dodge)
(horribly rough map until weekend)
Matriarch 10 feet Honor Elron Irony Camel
40 feet Asimov Mundhildur Twins
Enemy AC 22
Matriarch: 10 damage
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d3=2 ; d20+7=9 ; d20+7=10 ; Thursday December 9th, 2021 7:25:20 PM
Zeoll summons 1d3 small air elementals. That's ... 2! Call them Alpha and Bravo.
Alpha and Bravo use their perfect flight 100 and flyby attacks to fly at the monster, swoop down (attacking from higher ground), slam into the matriarch thing, and then fly up and off. They end move up in the air and not near each other, so as not to be good lightning bolt targets if the enemy wants to get more than two targets. They hit AC9 and AC10!
Invisible Zeoll starts reading another scroll.
Small Air Elemental N Small outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar) Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +4
Defense AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +3 natural, +1 size) hp 13 (2d10+2) Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +0 Defensive Abilities air mastery; Immune elemental traits
Offense Speed fly 100 ft. (perfect) Melee slam +6 (1d4+1) Special Attacks whirlwind (DC 12)
Statistics Str 12, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk +2; CMB +2; CMD 15 Feats Flyby Attack, Weapon FinesseB Skills Acrobatics +7, Escape Artist +7, Fly +17, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +11
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 49/49 d20+10=17 ; d20+10=24 ; d20+8=9 ; d20+8=22 ; d4+2=3 ; Thursday December 9th, 2021 7:52:39 PM Saving throws: 17 and 24 -- both successful, if barely -- Elron takes no damage from the lightning bolts due to evasion ability
Elron attempts to strike the creature when she provides the unexpected opportunity, and misses (AC 9) with his whappin' stick.
Elron then closes with spiderlady again, and foregoes his normal flurry of blows to make a single unarmed attack using the scorpion style. . . He hits AC 22, doing 3 points of damage and limiting the creature's movement rate to 5' for 4 rounds unless she makes a DC 16 fortitude save.
"You ain't, I say, you ain't climbin' no wall t' get away from me!"
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+1=14 ; d20+5=19 ; d20+5=12 ; 3d4+3=13 ; Friday December 10th, 2021 1:24:52 AM
Reflex: 14
Irony takes the full blow from the lightning bolt then presses the attack but misses.
AOO: 19 vs AC; miss Normal Slam: 12 vs AC; miss
Asimov fires off wrist rockets at the Matriarch. (13 force damage)
Devices prepared thingamabobs: corrosive pistol, undead disrupting ray gun, magic detector, light emitter weird science creation (2 0th level effects): corrosive pistol + undead disrupting ray gun = range touch; 1d3 acid + 1d6 positive energy vs undead on succesful hit; 1st level devices: wrist rockets (magic missile) - used; wrist rockets (magic missiile). medi-haler light (cure light wounds), medihaler-light (cure light wounds), personal force field(mage armor) - used 2nd level devices: rapid repair nanobot capsule (make whole), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds)
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 d20+7=11 ; d20+7=11 ; d20+7=27 ; d20+7=16 ; 2d6+4=13 ; 2d6+4=8 ; Friday December 10th, 2021 5:55:25 AM [Note: When I said Mundhildur 'moved' - I meant she traveled her standard 30 foot move. Therefore, she should be about 10 feet or so away from the matriarch, rather than 40.]
Mundhildur steps forward and slams into the arachni-lady. AC 11, AC 11, AC 27 with a Nat 20, confirmed if AC 16. Damage 13, or 21 if crit.
She positions herself so that she is flanking with one or two others.
"Just whom were you expecting, by the way?" Mundhi asks.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+8=17 ; Friday December 10th, 2021 7:05:38 AM
The Twins note how crowded the melee is and stick to their bow but miss (17 to hit)
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 18/42] (Kathy) d20+5=15 ; d20+10=22 ; d6=5 ; d8=5 ; d20+13=14 ; Friday December 10th, 2021 7:01:28 PM
Honor hits with her opportunity attack, doing 9 points of damage.
Paladins are not known for their nimble reflexes, and Honor catches the full brunt of the lightning bolt. Undaunted, she strides forward again.
"Surrender or be destroyed," she says. [The Matriarch is her Smite target.]
She swings Virtue again, but misses badly.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle Saturday December 11th, 2021 12:32:01 AM
Zeoll tries to encourage everybody/ Unseen, he urges the party to victory!
"Come on, frriends! We can do it!"
(RP post, no action taken)
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+8=24 ; Saturday December 11th, 2021 9:13:37 AM Zeoll summons a trio of elementals who swarm the matriarch but she just laughs as she easily avoids their attacks. He also provides encouragement. Elron pursues the spider witch and triest slow her down but she twists and makes his precise strike miss the nerve cluster he was aiming for (made her save) Asimov uses his gadgets to do solid damage but Irony misses the agile spider creature Mundhildur wants to flank, but the layout of the map I just made prevents it (also, are you in large size right now? I assume so) The Twins fire an arrow Honor hits as the Matriarch flees but misses after she moves to catch up.
It looks like you’ve done a solid amount of damage to her but the Matriarch still seems confident and like she’s enjoying the battle. Her laughter rings through the chamber as she takes a 5 foot step back and declares ”You call that summoning?! This is how you summon!”
With a wave of her hand and a few spoken words the shadows swirl around the party before solidifying into solid shapes. Spiders. As tall as a human, fangs dripping with poison, they swarm into existence surrounding the melee fighters, blocking their ability to advance on the Matriarch.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 d20+7=8 ; d20+7=10 ; d20+7=25 ; 2d6+4=7 ; Saturday December 11th, 2021 9:41:04 PM
Mundhildur decides to clear the spider in front of her. Well, she tries. AC 25, 7 hp damage.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 18/42] (Kathy) d20+10=15 ; d8=5 ; Saturday December 11th, 2021 10:17:37 PM
"Coward!" Honor calls to the Matriarch.
Spider 3 is between Honor and her foe, so Spider 3 is now her target (but not her Smite target; that's still the Matriarch). Virtue swings again, this time hitting AC 15 for 9 damage.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 49/49 d20+9=25 ; d20+9=19 ; d4+2=6 ; d4+2=4 ; Sunday December 12th, 2021 10:16:44 PM
Surrounded by spiders and uncomfortable about that, Elron does the best he can think to do. His talent is whappin', and he whaps S3 in hopes that focusing on the same one as Honor helps.
Flurry of blows:* First attack hits AC 25 for 6 damage Second attack hits AC 19 for 4 damage ===== Rage 3/10
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* +3/+3 base with +4 for weapon finesse +2 for raging. . . I made some sort of error adding last time
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+5=24 ; d8+4=7 ; 3d4+3=12 ; Sunday December 12th, 2021 11:40:11 PM
Irony Slams into S1: 24 vs AC; 7 damage
Asimov uses his last wrist rockets against the matriarch if he is able to. (12 force damage to the matriarch)
Devices prepared thingamabobs: corrosive pistol, undead disrupting ray gun, magic detector, light emitter weird science creation (2 0th level effects): corrosive pistol + undead disrupting ray gun = range touch; 1d3 acid + 1d6 positive energy vs undead on succesful hit; 1st level devices: wrist rockets (magic missile)-ised wrist rockets (magic missiile)-used. medi-haler light (cure light wounds), medihaler-light (cure light wounds), personal force field(mage armor) - used 2nd level devices: rapid repair nanobot capsule (make whole), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds)
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+8=12 ; Monday December 13th, 2021 8:05:56 AM
The Twins move around and shoot at the matriarch figuring she's a bigger threat then the spiders. They fail to penetrate her exoskeleton (12 to hit)
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+6=26 ; d20+6=24 ; d20+6=17 ; d20+6=15 ; d20+6=17 ; d20+6=7 ; d20+6=24 ; d20+6=11 ; d6=2 ; d6=5 ; d6=4 ; Monday December 13th, 2021 8:18:27 AM Mundhildur attacks the spider in front of her. Honor calls the Matriarch a coward for not stupidly standing in place while the people with big swords hit her. Elron finishes the spider Honor hit and hits another. Irony finishes off the spider Mundhildur hit and Asimov goes for another rocket (you can hit, but only if you move around to be in line of sight. Since that puts you in no danger I moved you) The Twins miss the matrarch.
The spiders all press the attack. One manages to get Elron somewhere tender (crit for 7 damage), another catches Honor while she’s warding off the second behind her (4 damage). All of them take 5 foot steps to close ranks and keep the party stuck.
Honor and Elron find themselves affected by poison. It’s a DC 14 constitution save or take 1d2 strength damage. On a succes the poison is cleared from your body, otherwise it continues for 4 rounds.
With the melee fighters bogged down in spiders the Matriarch turns her attention to the ranged characters still pressing the attack. She casts blindness on Asimov and the Twins - DC 16 fortitude save or be struck blind until dispeled (literally, the duration just says ‘Permanent (D)’ O.o )
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 14/42] (Kathy) d20+9=11 ; d4=1 ; d20+9=17 ; d20+10=18 ; d8=3 ; Monday December 13th, 2021 4:46:46 PM
Honor feels the poison beginning to take hold, but she makes a heroic effort and fights it off. [Used a Hero Point to re-roll that lousy 2.]
This time, she attacks Spider #2, hitting AC 18 for 7 damage. If that drops Spider 2, Honor takes a 5-foot step into the square its corpse now occupies, putting her next to the Matriarch.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 42/49 d20+8=19 ; d20+9=21 ; d20+9=16 ; d4+2=3 ; d4+2=6 ; Monday December 13th, 2021 8:04:25 PM
(fortitude = 19)
Elron shakes off the poison bite -- the spider must not have expected a mouthful of feathers. He continues attacking the injured spider, hoping he can open a hole for Honor to smite with. (Or attacks a new one if she already finished that one off.)
Flurry of blows: First attack hits AC 21 for 3 damage Second attack hits AC 16 for 6 damage ===== Rage 4/10
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+6=19 ; d20+5=11 ; d20+5=14 ; Monday December 13th, 2021 8:58:12 PM
19 vs DC 16: Success
Asimov is not blinded. However he is out of wrist rockets and the rest of his devices are either for healing, damaging undead or require him to get too close for comfort so Asimov takes out his repeating crossbow.
Irony attempts to slam into Spider 6 but misses.
If he has a clear shot at the matriarch he fires a crossbow bolt at her otherwise he attacks Spider 6 either way things are getting pretty crowded and the technomancer misses.
14 - 4 from firing into melee = 10 so miss either way.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d3=2 ; d20+9=21 ; d20+9=16 ; d20+9=11 ; d20+9=17 ; d4+2=3 ; d4+2=3 ; d4+2=5 ; d4+2=6 ; d20+9=25 ; d20+9=23 ; d20+9=13 ; d20+9=13 ; d4+2=3 ; d4+2=6 ; d4+2=4 ; d4+2=4 ; Tuesday December 14th, 2021 9:58:01 AM
[OOC: Sorry about missing a combat post!]
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RETCONNED POST (Maybe to be deleted?)
Zeoll's two air elementals are joined by two more! Charlie and Delta.
Zeoll himself starts singing, offering a +1 to hit and damage due to his bardsong. (That makes invisible Zeoll hecka easier to find, but it's still a 50% miss chance, so that's sweet.)
Each elemental flanks with another for a +2 to hit. +1 with Zeoll's song.
Elemental attacks against spiders:
Alpha hits AC21 for 3. Bravo hits AC16 for 3. Charlie hits AC11 for 5. Delta hits AC17 for 6.
They are not flying off because they want to offer flanking bonuses.
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Second Verse, Same As The First ...
If Zeoll has already been singing, he continues to sing as a free action and reads a scroll of CMW and touches Honor. IF SO, Honor is cured for .
If he has not started singing, he does so.
Each elemental flanks with another for a +2 to hit. +1 with Zeoll's song.
Elemental attacks against spiders:
Alpha hits AC25 for 3. Bravo hits AC23 for 6. Charlie hits AC3 for 4. Delta hits AC13 for 4.
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Small Air Elemental N Small outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar) Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +4
Defense AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +3 natural, +1 size) hp 13 (2d10+2) Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +0 Defensive Abilities air mastery; Immune elemental traits
Offense Speed fly 100 ft. (perfect) Melee slam +6 (1d4+1) Special Attacks whirlwind (DC 12)
Statistics Str 12, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk +2; CMB +2; CMD 15 Feats Flyby Attack, Weapon Finesse Skills Acrobatics +7, Escape Artist +7, Fly +17, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +11
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle Tuesday December 14th, 2021 9:58:41 AM
EVERYBODY GETS A +1 TO HIT AND DAMAGE!!
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d8=7 ; d8=6 ; Tuesday December 14th, 2021 12:04:37 PM
Forgot to roll Honor's curing! CMW = 16 healing.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 d20+7=10 ; d20+7=10 ; d20+7=19 ; 2d8+5=18 ; Tuesday December 14th, 2021 3:27:17 PM
Mundhildur hits AC 11, AC 11, and finally AC 20 (forgot to add from Zeoll's song), the latter for 14 hp damage (accidentally rolled 2d8, instead of 2d6, so subtracted 4 from damage roll), either vs Spider 6 (if it's still up after other's attacks) or Spider 2. If Spider 6 is down, she steps into its square, so as to be adjacent to the matriarch (and Honor)?
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 7d6=21 ; d20+2=3 ; d20+2=16 ; d20+2=8 ; d20+2=11 ; d20+2=12 ; Tuesday December 14th, 2021 7:53:22 PM Honor does just enough to kill the spider and advance. Elron almost kills the next in line. Asimov presses the attack on the matriarch and Irony on the spiders but both miss. Zeoll summons more creatures and wants to heal Honor but there’s 40 feet and a wall of spiders in the way (please consult map and move yourself) Mundhildur squishies spider 6 like a bug. Well, an arachnid.
The Matriarch smiles as Honor steps into the space of the now dead spider two, lining up perfectly for another 3 man lightning bolt. Taking a five foot step back she obliges the party, hitting Honor, Elron, and the 4th elemental (AKA Delta) for 21 damage, DC 17 reflex save for half.
The spiders shuffle about to again block the way to their master with 5 foot steps and most focus their bites on Honor. None do any damage to the her thick armor. Irony is attacked by the last and similarly fine.
Matriarch AC 22 Spider AC 14
Matriarch: 67 damage
S1: Dead S2: Dead S3: dead S4: 9 S5: 6 S6: dead S6: 8 S9: 6
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20=19 ; d8=6 ; Tuesday December 14th, 2021 7:54:38 PM
(this was suppsed to go up before the DM post)
The Twins hit the matriarch for 7 damage
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+5=9 ; d20+2=18 ; Tuesday December 14th, 2021 9:32:13 PM
Irony tries to slam S7 but misses.
Asimov tries to fire at the Matriarch with his repeating crossbow. 18 vs AC; miss since he is firing into melee.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 42/49 d20+10=21 ; d20+10=12 ; d20+10=11 ; Tuesday December 14th, 2021 10:45:04 PM
(Reflex save = 21, no damage from the bolt)
Elron's beginning to feel cocky about this spider fight. Fortunately, he doesn't say so, as his next attack doesn't go as well.
Flurry of blows: First attack hits AC 12 for -- damage Second attack hits AC 11 for -- damage ===== Rage 5/10
Highlight to display spoiler: {Elron's beginning to feel cocky... That's a joke, son, you're s'posed to laugh.}
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 d20+7=8 ; d20+7=24 ; 4d6+7=23 ; Wednesday December 15th, 2021 1:49:26 AM
Mundhildur misses the spider with the longspear held in her left hand. But with her right, she hurls a stone at the matriarch, hitting AC 24 for 23 hp damage.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 20/42] (Kathy) d20+5=19 ; d20+11=21 ; d8=8 ; Wednesday December 15th, 2021 4:44:47 PM
Some of Honor's damage is cured, and then she gets hit with another lightning bolt. This time, though, she is able to avoid some of the damage. [Reflex save 19.]
Meanwhile, if the spiders want to keep hurling themselves onto her sword, Honor is happy to oblige. [Attack Spider 4. Hit AC 21 for 13 damage.]
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 Wednesday December 15th, 2021 8:57:13 PM
Time slows down for Asimov as the battle rages on.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d20+9=19 ; d20+9=14 ; d20+9=16 ; d20+9=17 ; d4+2=3 ; d4+2=6 ; d4+2=6 ; d4+2=5 ; Wednesday December 15th, 2021 10:57:26 PM
Four elementals team up 2 each on spiders. They hit AC19 for 3, AC 14 for 6, AC 16 for 6, and AC 17 for 5.
Zeoll continues his song.
And he moves closer to Honor to deliver his cure. But the delivery will have to wait a round.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 11/42] (Kathy) d6=3 d6=4 Thursday December 16th, 2021 12:09:09 AM
[Okay, so I wasn't cured. I'm sorry; I missed that. In light of that, I would like to amend Honor's actions to include a Lay on Hands for herself. Healing herself is a swift action, so she should be able to do it. Header updated.]
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 Thursday December 16th, 2021 9:21:56 PM
Time continues to move slow for Asimov
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 Friday December 17th, 2021 7:01:07 AM
Mundhildur shuffles her feet like a boxer in the ring... [just a post until we find out what happens next]
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20=4 ; d20=13 ; d20=17 ; d8=3 ; Friday December 17th, 2021 8:10:27 AM
The Twins shoot the matriarch for 4 damage
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 Friday December 17th, 2021 8:15:33 AM Asimov and Irony both miss their targets. Elron feels cocky but misses Mundhildur stabs and throws a stone. She wants to hit the matriarch, but has no line of sight since she’s 10 feet around a corner so ends up squishing a spider instead. Honor kills a spider with a single blow Zeoll tries to shuffle around to get in a healing spot and his elementals finish two more spiders
The matriarch sees her defensive wall of spiders going down and repeats the incantation she used to summon them. This time though a single, gargantuan spider forms out of the shadows looming over the party while a single medium one forms between her and Honor.
Matriarch AC 22 Spider AC 14
Matriarch: 71 damage
S1: Dead S2: Dead S3: dead S4: dead S5: dead S6: dead S6: dead S7: 5 damage S8: S9: dead S10:
Gargantuan Spider: 0 damage
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 d20+7=23 ; d20+7=11 ; d20+7=18 ; 2d6+5=14 ; 2d6+5=7 ; Friday December 17th, 2021 8:53:29 AM
Frustrated, Mundhildur slams spider S10 for 21 hp of damage. She had so wanted to take down the matriarch.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 11/42] (Kathy) d20+11=29 ; d8=1 ; Friday December 17th, 2021 2:07:03 PM
Honor attacks Spider 10 if it's still standing, or Spider 8 if Mundhildur succeeded in squishing Spider 10. Hit AC 29 for 6 damage.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 42/49 d20+10=26 ; d20+10=25 ; d4+2=4 ; d4+2=3 ; Monday December 20th, 2021 12:04:46 PM
Elron engages S8.
Flurry of blows: First attack hits AC 26 for 4 damage Second attack hits AC 25 for 3 damage ===== Rage 6/10
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+2=4 ; d20+5=7 ; Tuesday December 21st, 2021 10:19:21 PM
Asimov misses the Gargantuan spider (4 vs AC) Irony also misses the Gargantuan spider (7 vs AC)
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 42/49 Sunday January 2nd, 2022 11:29:38 PM
Elron snaps out of a reverie, only to realize that no time has passed.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+8=15 ; Monday January 3rd, 2022 7:12:25 AM
The Twins shoot at the new giant threat but also fail to penetrate it's hide.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 7d10=37 ; d20+15=28 ; d6=4 ; d6=6 ; d6=2 ; Monday January 3rd, 2022 7:19:15 AM Mundhildur squishes a spider in frustration. Honor weakens the other spider Elron finishes it Asimov and Irony don’t manage to penetrate the thick exoskeleton of the super spider. The Twins do the same.
The Matriarch casts her third lightning bolt searing Honor, Elron, and Air elemental 4 for 20 damage (DC 17 reflex for half). The gargantuan spider bites Elron for 27 damage and poisons him - DC 24 fort save or take 1d6 STR damage
The last medium spider bites at Mundhildur and archives nothing.
Matriarch AC 22 Spider AC 14
Matriarch: 71 damage
S1: Dead S2: Dead S3: dead S4: dead S5: dead S6: dead S6: dead S7: 5 damage S8: 6 damage S9: dead S10: dead
Gargantuan Spider: 0 damage
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 15/49 d20+10=28 ; d20+8=24 ; Monday January 3rd, 2022 6:46:08 PM
(Reflex save = 28, Elron escapes the lightning bolt; Fort save = 24, Elron eeks by with no strength damage -- however, a 27 HP bite seems plenty to worry about)
Elron doesn't know what it takes to hit the gargantuan spider, and doesn't think he can get close enough to attack it without too much risk. He feels hemmed in, and can't go for a potion without risking an attack either.
He decides to ready an action contingent on the big spider's action -- if it attacks Honor, he will defend her; and if it attacks him, he will defend himself. (If it is not possible to ready in this manner, he will simply defend Honor so she can pursue the Matriarch.) Defending Honor: Aid Another, succeed at hitting AC 10 in order to provide Honor a +2 AC bonus against the gargantuan spider. Defending himself: Total defense, +4 dodge bonus in lieu of his normal +1 dodge bonus, increasing his AC to 22 while raging.
OOC: Is S8 still around, or was it finished?
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 15/49 d20+9=14 ; Monday January 3rd, 2022 7:15:13 PM
Oops. . . Roll to hit AC 10 -- 14, success.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP -9/42] (Kathy) d20+5=11 ; Monday January 3rd, 2022 8:35:51 PM
Honor catches the full brunt of the lightning bolt and goes down.
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+2=14 ; d8=8 ; d20+5=11 ; Monday January 3rd, 2022 11:07:27 PM
Asimov reloads the repeating crossbow while pulling the lever which is a free action and fires again. This time his bolt actually hits the gargantuan spider and he still has 1 last bolt in the cartridge for next round before he'll have to put in a new one.
14 vs AC; 8 damage
Meanwhile Irony tries to do another slam attack but the mechanical minion continues to miss ( 11 vs AC)
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d20+9=22 ; d20+9=17 ; d20+9=25 ; d4+2=6 ; d4+2=6 ; d4+2=5 ; 2d8+3=12 ; Tuesday January 4th, 2022 12:14:37 AM
Elemental Delta goes Down! Three air elementals that are left attack S7 and then S8. Includes +2 flanking and +1 inspire courage.
Alpha hits AC23 for 6. Bravo hits AC17 for 6. Charlie hits AC25 for 5.
Small Air Elemental N Small outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar) Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +4
Defense AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +3 natural, +1 size) hp 13 (2d10+2) Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +0 Defensive Abilities air mastery; Immune elemental traits
Offense Speed fly 100 ft. (perfect) Melee slam +6 (1d4+1) Special Attacks whirlwind (DC 12)
Statistics Str 12, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk +2; CMB +2; CMD 15 Feats Flyby Attack, Weapon FinesseB Skills Acrobatics +7, Escape Artist +7, Fly +17, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +11
Zeoll, still singing, also uses his last scroll of curing on Honor -- 12 hp curing!
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 d20+15=29 ; 4d6+7=19 ; Tuesday January 4th, 2022 2:40:03 AM
"Pull Honor and yourself out of the way, Zeoll! You too, Elron!" Mundhildur yells. She does not quite understand how they figure it's been a good idea to stand directly in the path of three lightning bolts - though she is about to place herself in said path.
She moves forward (W17, also covering W16, X16, and making sure she does not step on Honor at X17), and sings at the spidery Matriarch, "You . Need . To . Go . To . The . Place . Of . Perdition!" the final word of which she heroically punctuates by hurling a stone at the wicked manipulator, hitting AC 29 and doing 19 hp bludgeoning damage to her.
Much sound and fury just emerged from the giantess.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+8=17 ; Tuesday January 4th, 2022 7:33:18 AM
The Twins move up and go for a shot on the matriarch but miss her.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+15=35 ; d20+15=35 ; Tuesday January 4th, 2022 7:33:53 AM Elron is worried about the spider and goes defensive. Honor goes down Asimov fails to penetrate the thick chitin of the spider. Zeoll helas Honor and his elementals finish off the smaller spiders. Mundhildur tells people to stop standing around in a line before moving up to hit the Matriarch. The Twins move up for an angle on the matriarch and shoot at her.
The Matriarch finally loses her confident attitude and snarls at the giant as she’s pinned into her corner. She quickly casts blindness on Mundhildur and on Honor - both must make a DC 16 fort save or be blinded.
The giant spider goes for the nearest threat, in this case one of the air elementals, critting and dispersing it.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 d20+9=18 ; d20+8=19 ; d20+8=16 ; d20+8=15 ; Tuesday January 4th, 2022 5:59:20 PM
Mundhildur makes her fort save (18/16), and attempts thrice to slam the Matriarch. The 8-legged female is pretty tough though, and the Jotun is not able to penetrate her defenses. (hit AC 19, 16, 15). =========== Note: Hero point spent last round brings her to zero hero points
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 15/49 3d8+5=22 ; Tuesday January 4th, 2022 7:01:47 PM
Elron takes a 5' step away from the gargantuan spider and hopes it's far enough. He pulls out a potion of Cure Serious Wounds and tries to administer it to Honor (22 HP).
"We need some smitin' done, and toot sweet!"
===== Rage 8/10
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 25/42] (Kathy) Tuesday January 4th, 2022 7:59:05 PM
Zeoll's cure restores Honor to consciousness. She gratefully accepts the potion from Elron and drinks it herself, freeing his standard action in case he wants to use it for something.
Then she scoots out from under Mundhildur's feet [crawl to Y-18].
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+2=17 ; d20+5=19 ; Tuesday January 4th, 2022 11:13:49 PM
Asimov and Irony continue to miss the giant spider. Next Round Asimov will have to load a new cartridge.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d20+9=15 ; d20+9=27 ; Tuesday January 4th, 2022 11:17:47 PM
Zeoll sends his two remaining elementals to help his friends fight the Matriarch.
Air Elemental Alpha flanks with Mundhi and Aids Another on her attack. Roll to Aid Another is a 15, so that's a +2 on Mundhi's attacks and a +4 on the first one. If the DM is very nice, that means Mundhi's first attack, of a 19, becomes a 23, enough to hit!
Air Elemental Bravo offers the same benefit to Irony if it attacks the big spider. +2 to all attacks flanking, and +2 to hit on the first attack (+4 total on the first attack).
And remember to add +1 to hit and damage with Zeoll's singing.
As for Zeoll, he backs off five ft and uses his new 5th level Greensinger Ability!
Fey Friend: As a spell-like ability, you use Planar Ally spells to call fey folk and magical beasts. This SLA takes one full round of singing to activate; there is no gold cost; and the duration is one minute per character level. The creature only appears if it likes your song: make a Perform (Sing) check vs DC20 + HD called. At level 5, use as Lesser Planar Ally, 1/day; at level 10, up to Planar Ally, 2/day; at level 15, up to Greater Planar Ally, 3/day.
Zeoll spends the round singing. I'll roll to see what I get next post.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 41/41 2d6+5=12 ; Wednesday January 5th, 2022 1:29:13 AM
If the aid another and flanking from the air elementals were helpful enough, then Mundhi's first strike would have done 12 hp of damage to the Matriarch.
"Thank you, air people!'
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+9=11 ; Wednesday January 5th, 2022 7:18:32 AM
The Twins continue to be unable to roll higher then a 10
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+11=31 ; d20+11=14 ; d20+11=28 ; 7d8=36 ; d20+20=26 ; Wednesday January 5th, 2022 7:29:29 AM Mundhildur goes for the matriarch. Elron gives Honor a healing potion. Honor moves (save vs blind plz) Asimov and Irony continue to have bad luck with their rolls. Zeoll sends his air elementals to assist Mundhildur so that she hits and starts another summoning via greensinging The Twins have bad dice luck.
The DM remembers that casting in melee requires a check and rolls. She succeeded last round, but the matriarch fails this round. She goes for another lightning bolt but if Mundhildur does at least 15 damage with her AoO it fails.
If it goes off then it does 36 damage to Mundhildur, reflex 17 for half.
The spider tries to bite The Twins but one wards it off while the other focuses on shooting the matriarch.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 23/41 d20+12=13 ; d20+8=17 ; d20+8=19 ; d20+4=24 ; Wednesday January 5th, 2022 8:42:37 AM
Grateful for the aid of the air elementals, yet sadly her first slam attempt had her instead bashing against the wall. Danged narrow space! [nat 1]. Her next two attacks were progressively closer to the mark, but none quite enough (AC 17, 19). Her reflexes at the moment of the lightning bolt were, however, spot-on (Reflex save 24 - nat 20, thus 18 hp damage).
"Stop moving so trickily!" she tells the Matriarch. "How many people did you end up sacrificing, by the way, in your quest for power?" she asks as she continues to attempt to end the life of this evil spider woman. ======= Kim edit: Corrected damage received from 17 to 18. Unless the two air elementals or others manage to do at least 15 hp of damage, in which case the lightning bolt will have failed ======= 2nd edit (didn't change what's written above, just noting difference here): Her 2nd attack hit AC 19, her 3rd slam hit AC 21. 2d6+5 would be damage dice if AC 21 somehow works... if so, our DM may roll for Mundhi on that :-)
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 15/49 d20+12=27 ; Wednesday January 5th, 2022 9:34:22 PM
Elron faces a decision -- a mad rush at the spiderlady or a mad rush at the spider. He decides to take the third hand. He's in a rotten mood because his magic ring stopped working -- he can feel the ice growing warm.
Elron steps back where the matriarch can see him, still raging. "Hey, bug-lady, get your popcorn ready, 'cause I'm gonna put on a show.! You seen my friends beatin' you and you seen us destroyin' your spiders. You ain't touched me with a bolt! See this stick? When I apply it to your backside in your house, remember it's all on account o' what you did t' those innocents!"
Attempted intimidation: +8 skill, +8 hero point, -4 as a smaller creature. . . +12 total. Rolled 27. This will leave the matriarch shaken for a round if her HD + wisdom bonus total to 17 or less (two rounds if 12 or less). A shaken character takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.
===== Rage 9/10 Highlight to display spoiler: {The ring: A ring of a snake carved out of unmelting ice. It slowly moves (and sometimes hisses!). Magical. Yule gift. Becomes non-magical on 1/4/2022.}
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 25/42] (Kathy) d20+9=12 ; d6=2 ; d6=2 ; Wednesday January 5th, 2022 9:38:28 PM
Honor is blinded.
But she can hear Elron next to her, and figures healing some damage on him is probably a good use of her time. She lays on hands, and Elron heals 4 damage.
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+5=15 ; Wednesday January 5th, 2022 11:11:05 PM
Asimov withdraws from the spider's range so he can safely reload the crossbow next round.
Irony continues to try to slam the gargantuan spider.
15 vs AC; miss
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d20+13=28 ; d20+4=8 ; d6+6=12 ; d6+9=15 ; Thursday January 6th, 2022 12:34:38 AM
Zeoll's calling is based on his singing check. It functions like lesser planar ally. Zeoll does not know the name of a creature to call, so he has no idea what will appear [OOC: Sorry, shoulda mentioned that yesterday. I forgot how the power works.]
Zeoll's sing check is a +13. He needs a roll in the 21-26 range. If he falls up to 4 short, he'll use a retroactive hero point. The check is a ... 28, sweet!
The creature that answers is a fey or magical creature with hit dice up to 6 hit dice. Whatever it is, Zeoll directs it to attack the matriarch, or if that's not possible for some reason, the big spider, or if it can, to heal his friends.
Zeoll is still singing, so everybody gets a +1 to hit and damage.
Finally, Zeoll's actual action for this round ... he backs off and casts produce flame. he tosses a flame at the big spider. he hits touch AC 8, but who knows, maybe that's a hit. If so, that's 12 fire damage.
OH WAIT Zeoll is invisible. That's a +2 to hit, and the spider loses its dex bonus. A ranged touch attack vs touch AC10, given the monster's size, may well hit!
But that ends the invisibility.
The two air elementals repeats the actions from last round, giving Mundhi +4 on her first attack, and +2 on the others.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+9=11 ; Thursday January 6th, 2022 7:16:32 AM
Another shot and a miss from the Twins.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d6=3 ; d20+9=18 ; d8=5 ; d20+15=19 ; 7d8=41 ; d100=45 ; d20+10=22 ; Thursday January 6th, 2022 7:33:08 AM Mundhildur dodges lightning but can’t land a hit this round. Elron intimidates the matriarch. Honor heals Elron Asimov retreats. Irony fails to break through the chitin of the spider. Zeoll finishes his calling, but nothing seems to appear. At least until something invisible strikes the matriarch and sends a streak of blood flying into the air. His touch attack also hits as the spider is to big to dodge much of anything The Twins Miss.
The spider finds the Twins as hard to hit as the Twins are finding the matriarch, biting ineffectively against their shield.
The Matriarch doesn’t answer Mundhildur’s question and just snarls as she fires her final lightning bolt, hitting the invisible thing that stabbed her and Mundhildur for 41 damage, reflex save 17 for half
Mundhildur manages to dodge the brunt of the lightning bolt (nat 20 on save for 24 again), but that still hurts significantly. She is down to 3 hit points. Her first slam, however, may have been aided by the electrical supplement received by her muscles. She hits AC 26 for 15 hp of damage to the Matriarch.
"Don't know how many innocents you slew, but we're about to send to perdition one guilty person."
Of course, if her opponent is able to retaliate against her, like as not Mundhildur will soon be dead.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 19/49 d20+11=13 ; Thursday January 6th, 2022 7:48:17 PM
Well, it's time to follow through. . . Elron squeezes past Mundhildur to get right in front of the Matriarch for his final raging attack.
Single attack -- hits AC 13 for miss
===== Rage 10/10
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 25/42] (Kathy) d6=3 ; d6=5 ; Thursday January 6th, 2022 10:52:47 PM
"That sounded bad," Honor says as Mundhildur takes more damage. Still blind herself, she figures healing Mundhildur is probably a good idea. She lays on hands, and Mundhildur is cured 8 damage.
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+2=18 ; d3=3 ; d20+5=22 ; d8+4=9 ; Thursday January 6th, 2022 11:59:42 PM
Asimov switches to the corrosive pistol and fires at the giant spider.
18 vs touch; 3 acid damage
Irony continues his slam attacks (22 vs AC; 9 damage)
Devices prepared thingamabobs: corrosive pistol, undead disrupting ray gun, magic detector, light emitter weird science creation (2 0th level effects): corrosive pistol + undead disrupting ray gun = range touch; 1d3 acid + 1d6 positive energy vs undead on succesful hit; 1st level devices: wrist rockets (magic missile)-ised wrist rockets (magic missiile)-used. medi-haler light (cure light wounds), medihaler-light (cure light wounds), personal force field(mage armor) - used 2nd level devices: rapid repair nanobot capsule (make whole), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds)
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+9=18 ; d20+8=14 ; d100=77 ; d20+15=19 ; d20+15=33 ; d20+15=33 ; d20+15=30 ; d20+15=32 ; d20+15=17 ; d20+15=35 ; d4=3 ; d4=3 ; d4=2 ; d4=1 ; d4=3 ; d6=2 ; Friday January 7th, 2022 8:17:06 AM
Various actions are taken I’m to short on time to summarize. Mundhildur is healed and each enemy hit once.
The giant spider continues to fail to hurt the Twins. The Matriarch draws a sword and stabs Mundhildur for 4 damage
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 19/49 d20+7=27 ; d20+7=20 ; d20+7=14 ; d4-1=3 ; Friday January 7th, 2022 5:27:00 PM
Elron was kind of counting on Mundhildur to strike over his head and hit the Matriarch, but not the other way around. Fortunately, his fighting styles doesn't rely too much on strength.
Flurry of blows: First attack hits AC 27 for 3 damage (almost a crit) Second attack hits AC 14 for --
===== Rage 10/10 used -- inactive Fatigue 1/20 (-2 to strength and dexterity)
Hmm. . . Didn't realize fatigue affects dexterity as well. Or that Zeoll was singing. If Zeoll is providing bardic inspiration, damage should be a 4. If not, Elron only hit AC 26.
"Honor - grateful," she says as she feels her healing touch.
She is glad Elron is there to help out. He does seem to look a little bit woozy, though. And Zeoll's encouraging song helps lift her up.
Then the wounded Jotun warrior grunts as the Matriarch's sword wears her down further. "Just fall down and die," she urges SpiderMother as her own first attack goes wide. In her second attack, she manages to give better than she got. Hit AC 24 for 16 hp damage. Her third try at slamming goes awry (nat 1). =========== Sense Motive (or should I use Perception? same bonus) 26: Trying to sense how badly the matriarch is wounded -------- Edit: Fix hit points in header
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d20+5=16 ; d20+5=12 ; d6+6=11 ; d4=4 ; Friday January 7th, 2022 6:34:07 PM
Zeoll is still singing. [I've used like 10-11 rounds of 21 per day]
Bill the Camel leaps from the shadows and spits on the big spider! (Maybe he suffers an AoO coming in?)
The camel spits, hitting touch AC16! This sickens the big spider, and it suffers a -2 on attacks, damage, saves, and checks.
Zeoll throws a flame at the giant spider, hitting touch AC12 for 11 fire damage. (that's 3 of 5 flames from this spell).
Finally, the fey creature tries to blind the big spider. Fort Save 16, with a -2 penalty for being sickened.
Oh, and the spider is sickened for 1d4=4 rounds.
[OOC: Bill is AC13 with 24 hp]
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 25/42] (Kathy) Friday January 7th, 2022 9:30:56 PM
Blinded, Honor is effectively out of the fight. But she can get reinforcements. Well, one reinforcement anyway.
She begins summoning her paladin mount.
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+2=4 ; d20+5=11 ; Monday January 10th, 2022 2:55:04 AM
Neither Asimov nor Irony have a good way to get at the Matriarch as she is fighting with their friends in the corner so both keep up their attack on the spider. Both miss this round.
Asimov 4 vs touch; miss
Irony 11 vs AC; miss
Devices prepared thingamabobs: corrosive pistol, undead disrupting ray gun, magic detector, light emitter weird science creation (2 0th level effects): corrosive pistol + undead disrupting ray gun = range touch; 1d3 acid + 1d6 positive energy vs undead on succesful hit; 1st level devices: wrist rockets (magic missile)-ised wrist rockets (magic missiile)-used. medi-haler light (cure light wounds), medihaler-light (cure light wounds), personal force field(mage armor) - used 2nd level devices: rapid repair nanobot capsule (make whole), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds)
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+12=27 ; d20+15=27 ; d20+15=22 ; d6=5 ; d6=5 ; d6=3 ; d20+10=27 ; d6=5 ; d6=6 ; Monday January 10th, 2022 6:48:12 AM
The Twins rush the spider while Bill has it distracted and slice at it for 17 damage.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 Monday January 10th, 2022 6:49:27 AM Elron manages to punch the spider lady in the face. Mundhildur requests politely that the Matriarch die. The Matriarch obliges her - Mundhildur’s blow crushes her skull in. Zeoll sings, throws fire, and has his minions apply debuffs. Honor summons reinforcements Asimov and Irony have no luck against the spider. The Twins close in on the spider while it’s AoO is used up.
Bill the Camel’s approached is ill-fated. It strikes swiftly at his approached and drops the camel in a single blow (31 damage). It then goes for the Twins again but they continue to prove resilient to it’s attacks.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 7/41 d20+7=16 ; 4d6+7=22 ; d20+8=13 ; d20+8=10 ; Monday January 10th, 2022 3:26:29 PM
"Thanks, Elron." Mundhildur then hears a loud smack behind her, and sees poor Bill the Camel being knocked down violently. She switches her focus to the gargantuan spider. "I'm really getting to hate spiders," she says as she tries, without success, to damage this last assailant.
[Please ignore 1st two rolls - needed to revise after looking back at map]
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 19/49 Monday January 10th, 2022 8:02:16 PM "Told you so," Elron tells the dead spiderlady. Then he looks around to see how his friends are fairing against the giant spider.
He's got the same problem with the big thing as before -- closing on it. And it does a passle of damage with each attack, too. He decides to see if the spiderlady has any useful and clearly labelled trinkets that might come in handy right now, perhaps in a pouch.
===== Rage 10/10 used -- inactive Fatigue 2/20 (-2 to strength and dexterity) AC 20 while fatigued
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 25/42] (Kathy) Monday January 10th, 2022 9:35:34 PM
Justice, her paladin mount, appears next to her, and Honor mounts with some difficulty. She is a practiced horsewoman, but not being able to see makes the task more challenging.
"Hello, my friend," she says. "We need to vanquish that spider over there,"
Justice obligingly moves up to the spider, but can't attack yet because he had to wait for Honor to mount before he could move.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle d20+4=24 ; d20+4=14 ; 2d6+12=21 ; d20+12=30 ; d3=1 ; d6=6 ; d6=1 ; d6=3 ; Monday January 10th, 2022 10:26:23 PM
zeoll hurls fire again. nat 20 follows up to confirm vs touch ac14. the fire damage is doubled to 21.
the lurker flies around the spider to make a sneak attack. flanking, inspired.
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 2d8+5=18 ; d20+5=15 ; Tuesday January 11th, 2022 12:21:12 AM
Asimov runs over to Bill and attempts to administer a medihaler medium to the fallen creature. (Bill heals 18 hp of damage)
Irony continues to attack the spider
15 vs AC; miss
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+11=22 ; d6=3 ; d6=3 ; Tuesday January 11th, 2022 7:22:06 AM
The Twins carve at the spider with their great sword.
DM Mitch/The Twins 43/43 d20+15=30 ; d20+15=29 ; 3d6+18=27 ; 3d6+18=27 ; d20=7 ; Tuesday January 11th, 2022 7:26:06 AM Mundhildur forms some strong opinions about spiders. Elron digs for useful items. He doesn’t find anything useful, though she had one of those spiny stone things that floats around your head. Honor mounts and approaches the spider. Zeoll hits the spider in an eye for a lot of damage. The lurker is also successful. Asimov heals Bill. Irony still has trouble hurting the spider. The Twins also do a respectable chunk of damage.
The spider gets an attack of opportunity against Justice, sending the poor horse right back to the wherever it gets summoned from (30 to hit, 27 to damage). It also finally lands a hit on the Twins for over half their HP.
DM Mitch/The Twins 16/43 d20+11=19 ; Tuesday January 11th, 2022 7:28:19 AM
The Twins grimace as they're hit hard and note how tough everyone is having it closing in. Given how difficult it's been for the spider to hit them and how consistently it's hit everyone else they decide to risk drawing it's attention so everyone can close in rapidly and slay it.
They move back and forth in from of the spider, drawing it's AoO for this round. The spider misses them. They go for an attack of their own but fail to hit this time.
DM Mitch/The Twins 16/43 d20=7 ; d6=1 ; Tuesday January 11th, 2022 7:30:26 AM
Forgot to roll poison, the Twins lose 1 point of strength.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 7/41 d20+8=19 ; d20+8=18 ; d20+8=12 ; 2d6+5=10 ; Tuesday January 11th, 2022 11:38:56 AM
[Should have added +2 for flanking this round, so 1st slam connects w/ AC21]
Mundhildur manages 10 hp of damage versus another hated monstrosity, the ridiculously large arachnid.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 20/42] (Kathy) d20+3=11 ; d6=5 ; d20+7=22 ; Tuesday January 11th, 2022 1:53:13 PM
Honor tries for a soft landing when Justice disappears from under her, but she fails and falls prone in front of the spider, taking 5 damage.
So now she is prone, and blind, and in melee range of a giant spider trying its best to murder her. This isn't her best day ever.
Her chances of hitting the spider are vanishingly small, but hopefully it doesn't know that. From the ground, she makes a great show of swinging Virtue about, hoping it might help Irony hit the thing.
[Use the Aid Another action to help Irony's attack roll. Succeed with a 22, and I don't think the 50% miss chance for being blind factors in to Aid Another. Though, of course, that's the DM's call. :) But I think Irony gets +2 to hit the spider.]
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 19/49 Tuesday January 11th, 2022 6:25:56 PM
Elron grabs the spinny thing from the spiderlady and rushes over to the giant spider, ready to attack at his next opportunity.
Last round of Produce Flame: hits touch AC16 for 10 fire damage.
The Lurker backstabs the spider with two claws, flanking and inspired, hitting ACs 32 (nat 20 follows up with a 29, so a crit!), and a nat one, LOL!
The crit inflicts 2d3+2+3d6sa = 16 damage.
Bill the Camel spits at the Spider! He hits touch AC15, and the monster is sickened for 3 rounds. Sickened: -2 on attacks, damage, saves, and checks.
Then Bill lurches upright.
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 d20+7=21 ; d8+4=12 ; d8+5=9 ; Wednesday January 12th, 2022 12:48:19 AM
With Honor's Help Irony is able to land a blow on the spider. (21 vs AC; 12 damage)
Asimov moves after the Twins and uses medihaler light this time healing the twins for 9 hp
Devices prepared thingamabobs: corrosive pistol, undead disrupting ray gun, magic detector, light emitter weird science creation (2 0th level effects): corrosive pistol + undead disrupting ray gun = range touch; 1d3 acid + 1d6 positive energy vs undead on succesful hit; 1st level devices: wrist rockets (magic missile)-ised wrist rockets (magic missiile)-used. medi-haler light (cure light wounds), medihaler-light (cure light wounds) - used, personal force field(mage armor) - used 2nd level devices: rapid repair nanobot capsule (make whole), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds), medihaler medium (cure moderate wounds) - used
DM Mitch/The Twins 16/43 Wednesday January 12th, 2022 7:10:56 AM
With the Twins drawing it's AoO everyone piles onto the spider and most manage to hit. They does a total of 48 damage, more then enough to finish the already weakened creature. It collapses and fades back into nothingness, leaving the party alone in the chamber.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 20/42] (Kathy) Wednesday January 12th, 2022 2:20:05 PM
Honor collapses back down to the ground. "So....I'm blind," she says. She's trying to sound confident, but there's a quaver in her voice. "Please tell me somebody can do something about that."
SteveM - Elron | AC 21 (19 if raging), HP 19/49 Wednesday January 12th, 2022 7:42:07 PM "Don't know what this will do, Honor, but it won't hurt." Elron hands her the stone that the matriarch had been using. "Somehow you're supposed to set it spinnin' 'round your head."
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (large 10'4") (Kim) AC 17 Touch 13 FF15 HP 7/41 d20+7=15 ; Wednesday January 12th, 2022 7:56:43 PM
"Courage, Honor," Mundhildur tells the valiant aasimar. She reaches down to help her stand again. "We will find a way to let you see again. I think she tried to blind me, too."
"I'm going to look at the murderer," she announces and walks over to the fallen Matriarch as she shrinks down to normal size (7'4"). She takes the sword. Not particularly aware that Elron already had searched, she goes over the bloodied body to see if there may be anything of use to the party.
"I wonder if she should burn her body on that altar she used to slay so many," the giantess says to her companions as she drags her out to the general area from the leg of the room she had gone into. ========= Perception: 15
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC18 (touch 11), 34 of 34hp | Cayzle Wednesday January 12th, 2022 10:56:53 PM
zeoll thanks the lurker and sends it back to its home in the wold's cradle.
Asimov and Irony | Hugh | AC 17/13+4 vs incorporeal touch/15 HP 45/45 | AC 18/11/17 HP 11/35 Hardness 2 Thursday January 13th, 2022 12:56:44 AM
Asimov says, "She tried to blind me earlier in the fight but I managed to resist it. Unfortunately I don't think my devices can help you right now."
DM Mitch/The Twins 16/43 d6=5 ; d20+6=12 ; d20+6=24 ; d20+6=23 ; d20+6=9 ; d20+6=18 ; d6=5 ; d6=1 ; d6=3 ; Thursday January 13th, 2022 7:19:50 AM
The Twins grimace as spider poison flows through their veins. "We are still poisoned as well." "Can anyone cure that?"
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