(IC) A Hard Time in Harrowdale

[Voda Vosa]

OOC

Fort save: 17
AoO: 1Roll Lookup

I think you should roll that sort of things, just to speed things up. Not trying to put everything on you, it's just my way to make things.

[Rhun]

Attack of Opportunities

Round 2 AoO:
Attack: 27 (natural 20, threat)
Confirm Crit: 13
Damage: 14, or 26 (if critical succeeds)

Round 3 AoO
Attack: 25
Damage: 6

[Arkhandus]

Abde'ragman fights off the strange chill, and smacks one of the bats with his staff as it flies past. It's just a glancing blow, but he smashed a few wing-bones.

Fayne chops off part of one bat's skull and a few ribs, but it isn't as badly affected as a living creature would be by the head injury. Still, he does significant damage through the bones he severs with the glaive. Then another one flies by, and he hacks off another rib.

OOC: Updated the round 3 post, and still need everyone's actions for round 3.

[Scott DeWar]

Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerun,

ok I have access to that, but won't look until we are done with this encounter. they look perfect for a game i am running.

Evenar:
"Oh no you dont! shouts the young warrior as he watches bat 3 head toward the party's bard. he moves
S.E. along the road for 5 feet the directly east 10 feet to strike at bone bat 3.

[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2051016/]1d20+6=11, 1d10+6=7 after bardic thing: 12 att and 8 damage

(that might be a miss)

[Rhun]

With one of the creatures down, Fayne rushes to help destroy the others before they can do more harm. His glaive slashes through the air, reaching out toward the strange bat-like thing.

Combat Info

AC: 15, Hit Points 10/10

Fayne moves 15' to the right, and then 5' diagnally right-up. Glaive vrs Bonebat #3.

Attack: 16 w/ inspire courage
Damage: 9 w/ inspire courage

[crazy_monkey1956]

Selua continues to watch the remaining creature, moving back to her mule to make sure it doesn't panic with the unnatural creatures flying about.

[Myth and Legend]

Abrielle hissed when she received the stinging marks on her arm, but remained silent. She moved towards the third undead creature and swung her longsword at it, however the thing was flapping around in mid air and her blade missed biy several inches. "Damn!"

Spoiler:

Attack/damage roll: Attack: 4+1=5; Damage: 4+1=5

I think the IK rolls are not truly random, but dependant on some formula, algorythm or even the server time. I have much much better luck with really random numbers. :/

[Arkhandus]

OOC

Myth, yeah, InvisibleCastle isn't truly random, no computer program can be random, they can just simulate randomness with complex algorithms based on various factors like the computer's clock and other things. But InvCas at least uses one of the better "random" number generators. In my 7-8 years of using it (primarily over OpenRPG, which InvCas borrows the number generator from), it does a fair job of simulating randomness, just with the occasional obvious less-random results.

Waiting on Abde'ragman's round 3 action before I resolve this round and start the next.

[Voda Vosa]

Abderagamn casts another bolt of acid to the most injured bat. This time his aim goes off to the right.
attk 5 for 2 dmg

[Arkhandus]

Abde'ragman chants and gestures again, sending another small bolt of acid out with a spell, but it goes wide and doesn't strike any bats.

Evanar has similar bad luck as he moves back towards his earlier position and slashes at the bat that attacked him in the first place, and his sword comes up short, just cutting a shallow mark in some bones.

Fayne follows, and has more success with his glaive, chopping off several wingbones and part of a leg from the skeletal bat.

Abrielle, however, shares in her other companions' luck and misses when she tries to cut down the undead bat that has wounded her twice.

Round 3 Ends

Round 3 Initiatives:
20 Abde'ragman (2 damage)
19 Tarven
15 Storn
13 Merrick
12 bonebat #1 (DESTROYED!)
11 Evanar
8 bonebat #2 (16 damage)
8 bonebat #3 (20 damage)
7 Selua (2 damage)
4 Fayne
3 Abrielle (2 damage)

Abde'ragman misses with his second Acid Splash spell.

Evanar moves back towards Abrielle and narrowly misses the bat, just grazing some bones with his sword this time.

Selua returns to her mule and keeps it from panicking.

Fayne heads toward Evanar and attacks the bat with his polearm, dealing 4 damage after DR to bonebat #3.

Abrielle attacks bonebat #3 but misses.

The map, at the end of round 3.....
R R * X X X * X X
* R R X X X X X *
X X R R * X X 2 X
X X * R s X X X *
* X X X R R * X 3
X X * T * R F E a
A X X X X X R R *
* M X X X * X R R
X X * S X X X * R
* X X m * X X X *
A = Abde'ragman, a = Abrielle, E = Evanar, F = Fayne, M = Merrick, m = mule, S = Selua, s = Storn, T = Tarven, 1-3 = bonebats, R = empty 5-foot space of road/trail, X = empty 5-foot space of light undergrowth, * = tree (half cover, effectively heavy undergrowth for moving through the space)

Tarven tries to chase down the second skeletal bat as he sees his first target drop, giving a small shout of "Yeah! Good job, dwarf!", but his sword comes up short against the undead beast.

Storn follows and tries to add another bat to his tally, but his axe also fails to strike the flying skeleton. He curses in Dwarven at this turn of luck.

Merrick moves in towards the bulk of the group, but doesn't see a quick path to either bat, so he hesitates near Evanar for a moment.

The two remaining bonebats circle around, both swooping past Abrielle and taking a nip at her along the way, but only one manages to graze her, a different one this time. It grazes her right shoulder, tearing just a small bit of flesh and clothing away from there with its needle-like teeth. The bats swing around some trees and the other living prey, heading around the southern edge of the battleground.

Round 4 Begins

Round 4 Initiatives:
20 Abde'ragman (2 damage)
19 Tarven
15 Storn
13 Merrick
12 bonebat #1 (DESTROYED!)
11 Evanar
8 bonebat #2 (16 damage)
8 bonebat #3 (20 damage)
7 Selua (2 damage)
4 Fayne
3 Abrielle (4 damage)

Everyone, post your actions for round 4.

Tarven chases bonebat #2 now that his first target has been destroyed, and attacks it with his longsword. Rolled a 6 to hit, dangit.

Storn follows Tarven to go after the nearest bat. Rolled a 9 to hit.

Merrick moves closer to bonebat #3 but can't reach it in time to strike yet, so he holds up a bit to see where it'll fly next.

Bonebat #2 flies in a wider arc to evade its foes, but provokes an attack of opportunity from Tarven and Storn in the process. Rolled a 10 and a 12 for their AoOs, so nothin'. Bonebat #2 glides past Abrielle and bites at her before continuing its wide arc and swinging around back in the direction of Selua's mule. Rolled a 17 to hit Abrielle, but only for 2 damage, at least. No other effect. I'm only scoring hits against Abby and the other non-tanks in this fight! What gives?!

Bonebat #3 continues flying past Abrielle and bites at her shoulder as it goes, before looping around the tree and making a long sweep that ends a bit behind and some ways to the right of Selua's mule. Rolled a 9 to hit, so it misses. Bonebat #3 provokes an attack of opportunity from Fayne, Evanar, and Abrielle for its movement.

For reference Evanar, you can reach bonebat #3 or #2 for attacks before they move this round, since you act just before them.

Not meaning to target Abrielle so much........I'm not targeting anyone by preference; the bats just attack whoever they can reach in their flight paths as they circle the battlefield with their average maneuverability, which means no sharp turns. And you're at one edge of the group (as are Selua and Abde'ragman). At least Abby and Selua are immune to the bites' secondary effects.

The map, after the bonebats act.....
R R * X X X * X X X *
* R R X X X X X * X X
X X R R * X T X X * X
X X * R R X s X * X X
* X X X R R * X X X X
X X * X * R F E a X *
A X X X X X R M * X X
* X X X X * X R R X *
X X * S X X X * R R X
* X X m * X X 2 * R R
X X X X X 3 X X X X X
A = Abde'ragman, a = Abrielle, E = Evanar, F = Fayne, M = Merrick, m = mule, S = Selua, s = Storn, T = Tarven, 1-3 = bonebats, R = empty 5-foot space of road/trail, X = empty 5-foot space of light undergrowth, * = tree (half cover, effectively heavy undergrowth for moving through the space)

[Myth and Legend]

Abrielle hissed again, the lush lips of the Elven girl now curdling with pain. She could feel her shoulder pulsing with her heartbeat, and the warm blood tickling down and wetting her green dress. She still managed to swing her longsword as the bat flew by her however.

Her undershirt, now torn on both shoulders and soaked in blood, had become useless, and her breasts were partially exposed due to the tears in her dress. "This is absurd! I have to let the men finish this fight, and keep myself from losing consciousness again." Abby grabbed one of her healing potions, tucked away in her backpack, and drank it down. She then raised her weapon in a defensive stance and focused her effort in keeping herself alive.

Spoiler:

Abrielle, HP: 1/5 AC: 15 Fort: -1 Ref: +4 Will -1

AOO: 13+1=14, DMG: 7+1=8

Abrielle drinks one of her Potions of Cure Light Wounds, than uses Total Defense.

[crazy_monkey1956]

Selua holds her holy symbol close for a moment, praying that her faith will be strong enough this time. She then holds it forth boldly.

"Let Sehanine's light banish you from this place!"

Mechanics

Turning Check; Turning Damage (1d20+1=17, 2d6+2=10)

[Scott DeWar]

Mr. brewerson must have had a bit of his fathers' brew as he misses with the Attack of Oppertunity

1d20+6=8, 1d10+6=14

The lad knows he has a lot to learn in the use of his weapon, so discouragement is not an option. he scoots past Merrik and moves 10 feet south and to avoid the tree, moves 5 feet southwest to engabe bat 2

1d20+7=17, 1d10+7=14

(forgot about the +1 att and dam for the Aoo, but that made no diff.)

but he sobers up on the attack this time and hits solidly.

[Rhun]

Fayne continues to give chase to the circling bats. Hoping to take another down, he adjusts his grip on his glaive and swings it in a powerful overhand strike...a slower strike, but with incredible power behind it!

Combat Info

AC: 15, Hit Points 10/10

AoO vrs Bonebat 3: 14
Damage: 13

Fayne moves 10 feet toward bottom of map, 5' diagnally down/left
2 point Power Attack vrs Bonebat #3
Attack: 18
Damage:19

[Voda Vosa]

The wizard stands ready with his staff, he thinks his crossbow wont be of much help.

:Readied action: If bat comes within reach, hit it with staff: 18 for 8 dmg

[Arkhandus]

Abrielle takes a swipe at one skeletal bat as it flies by, chopping off a few wingbones. Evanar and Fayne also strike at the passing bat, and while Evanar misses, Fayne finishes it off with a chop of his glaive! The bones fall inert to the ground as he cuts through the spine and skull.

Selua tries to channel Sehanine's power again, but while she puts more effort into it this time, the remaining bat shuddering for a moment, it is ultimately just too strong for her to overcome this time. However, the necromantic energies animating it finally disperse as Fayne gives chase and brings his glaive down more powerfully than before, crushing the skeleton's spine and skull into little pieces! The last bat falls in a heap of bones to the forest floor, and then there is quiet.

ooc

Victory! 300 XP to everyone but the NPCs (150 Storn, 75/75 for the guardsmen).

Forgot to mention that Abrielle could make an AoO on bat #2 instead of bat #3, not that it matters much, but oh well. Her attack of opportunity hits and deals 3 damage after DR. Evanar's AoO misses, and Fayne's destroys bat #3. Evanar then moves in and hits bat 2 for 9 damage after DR, nearly destroying it.

Selua tries turning the remaining bat, but finds it just too difficult for now; the bat resists her again (check was enough for 2 HD above her, but bonebats have 4 HD so they're 3 above her). Fayne chases the second bat since he just destroyed the third, and he smashes it to bits.

Abde'ragman, why'd you roll a second d6? You weren't using the staff for two attacks as a double weapon.... Anyway, not necessary this time since the bats dropped before they could reach you again.

Abrielle, probably no need to waste a healing potion, since your turn comes last; Selua can probably mend your injuries with a spell, if you ask her for more aid. If not, I rolled a total of 8 for the potion, so you'd be healed to full if you drink it instead of receiving any more help from Selua.

[Rhun]

Fayne wipes a bead of sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and takes a moment to catch his breath. He looks at the two guardsman and offers a crooked smile. "I guess not many folks take a stroll in the woods around here, eh?"

[Voda Vosa]

"I'm worry about those undead creatures. There must be something animating them..." The wizard comments.

OOC: Cerebral lapsus I guess

[Myth and Legend]

Abrielle decided against drinking her potion, as the battle was soon over after the last attack at her person. Her wounds stung though, and her dress was torn where the leather armor exposed her shoulders. "Selua may i ask of your aid once more?" Abby looked at the religious Elf with hope.

[Rhun]

Fayne turns to look at the Calimshite wizard. "What know you of necromancy? Should we be expecting more such beasts as we continue on?"