Strahd's "RttToEE"

Round 7.

Ithiken continues rushing forword while invisible.

Korbryn grins happily, causing his scarred visage to twist horribly. This was the type of battle that a dwarf could truly enjoy. Aiming the finely crafted dwarven steel in his hands at the neck of the nearby hobgoblin, Korbryn bellows his battlecry. "By Moradin's 'ammer, feel the wrath o' dwarf-kind!". And they indeed feel his wrath. With a perfect sweep, Korbryn cuts the hob horizontally to half, and decapitates the goblin's head off.

Miltiades pushes forward his actions depending on how swiftly the dwarf dispatches the hobgoblin on him. Once he sees the dwarf can handled them, he cures himself and prepare for battle.

The Kid easily leaps around the charing hobgobiln, then stabs it in the back with his wicked blade, the blade sinks deep, taking out the air from the creature's lungs. The hobgoblin struggled or air and suffocate from his blood.

"It looks as if we're in for a fight," Lenuran muses as he continues onward towards the temple mouth, albeit at a much slower pace now. "This reminds me of the first battle here on these very grounds, where the forces of good lined up to battle the assembled forces of evil, in all its shapes and colors. Many good men fell that day, but the goodness in their hearts spurred their companions onward, as their spirits do so for us today....."

The mayhem begins ...
One hobgoblin charges thandis and thrust his sword into the kid's hip, the bare-hands goblins circle the dwarf and head to punish the gnome musician. The other hobgoblins venture outside and take battle positions.
Suddenly, an arcane wielder hobgoblin appears not far from the left door, he looks at Thandis and call in the human tongue. "Bow before me, mighty Krebbich".
Thandis finds it hard to resist to the command and decides to bow

[sblock=Actions]
Ithiken – move to AC74.
Korbryn – Attack Hob6 15, dmg 16, cleave gob4 32 [Critical], dmg 34.
Miltiades – move to Z72, clw wand 6 hp.
Thandis – Tumble to AF68, 25 Attack hob 7 22, dmg 13. wiil [fail]
Lenuran – move to AB74. Inspire courage.
Hob5: charge Thandis 24 [not critical], dmg 7.
Goblin1: double move to AD70.
Goblin2: double move to AD71.
Hob 9: move to AC66
Hob 10: move to AB66
Hob 11: move to AB68, attack Korbryn 14.
Hob 12: move to AC67
Hob 19: move to AC58
Hob 20: move to AB60.
Hob 21: move to AA60.
Hob 22: move to AD65
Dire Ape: move to ABAA/6465.
Goblin 5 – double move to AC65
Goblin 6 - move to Y66
Goblin 7 – double move to AG65
Hob 23 - move to Z64, open second door.
Hobgoblin Leader – double move to AD69
Krebbich – cast a spell on Thandis.

Active spells & Effects:
Ithiken – shield, Invisibility.
Lenuran - Inspire Courage
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Fortunately for Ithiken, everyone remained clumped together as they threaded their way out of the double doors. Seeing all the goblins, hobgoblins and creatures together... he makes the quick decision that taking the dire ape out of the equation for now is probably the best bet (especially since it's the largest, and thus easiest target to hit.

"Let's hope this works, fellows!" comes the voice of the elf from somewhere that nobody can see. He moves to his right, thereby giving him a clear shot at the ape. (Move to X72)

He then grabs one of his Beads of Force, and hurls it at the dire ape. When it hits the beast it explodes... sending out small shards of force in all direction. Also, a huge bubble of force envelops the ape, not allowing anything to pass in or out from it.

(Bead of Force: 5d6 force damage to all creatures within 10 feet <Hobs 9/10/12/21/22 and Gobs 5/6> // Dire ape captured within a Resilient Sphere for 10 minutes. Ape cannot move or be moved, nothing may enter or leave the sphere, nor may attacks or spells enter/leave until duration ends and Sphere goes away.)

Korbryn continues grinning, despite being splattered in goblinoid blood. Stepping to the side, the mighty dwarven warrior continues to hack his way through the ranks of his people's enemy!


AC: 21, Hit Points: 42/52

5' step to AC69
Attack +13 vrs Hob 11, damage 2d6+10
Cleave vrs Hob "R"

(+13 includes Korbryn's racial bonus to his attacks vrs Goblins, and also Lenuran's inspire courage.)

Miltiades moves to back up Korbryn and move closer to the Kid as well as place his own armored form between the oncoming horde and the lighter armored bard and mage. Inspired by the gnome's tale of the previous battle he thrusts his spear at one of the goblins that felled his owl.


hp 36/39
Move to AC 70

Attack 19 http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1609595/
8 damage
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1609601/

Lenuran of Lortmills, Bard 4, Hp: 24/24

Lenuran continues to regal his fellows with the high points of the first battle of Emridy Meadows as he draws his crosbow to his shoulder once more.

Seeing Thandis bow gives the gnome pause, and he takes aim at the hobgoblin that already has one of Lenuran's bolts sticking out of his back.


OOC: Maintain concentration on bardic music, fire crossbow at Hob7 (AF69) +9 ranged attack 1d6+1 damage. I realized that I had forgotten the +1 size bonus to attack rolls for Lenuran (gnome racial), so I updated his sheet. [+3 (bab) +2 (dex) +1 (size) +1 (MW crossbow) + 1 (racial vs goblinoids) +1 (inspire courage) = +9]

The Kid snarls but is helpless before the spell.

OOC: Something akin to command? No actions, but not helpless (i.e., coupe de grace-able)?

Round 8.

Fortunately for Ithiken, everyone remained clumped together as they threaded their way out of the double doors. Seeing all the goblins, hobgoblins and creatures together... he makes the quick decision that taking the dire ape out of the equation for now is probably the best bet (especially since it's the largest, and thus easiest target to hit. "Let's hope this works, fellows!" comes the voice of the elf from somewhere that nobody can see. He moves to his right, thereby giving him a clear shot at the ape.
He then grabs one of his Beads of Force, and hurls it at the dire ape. When it hits the beast it explodes... sending out small shards of force in all direction, killing several hobgoblins and two goblins. Also, a huge bubble of force envelops the ape, not allowing anything to pass in or out from it, the wounded ape struggles inside the bubble, smashing his fists on the invisible force sphere.

Korbryn continues grinning, despite being splattered in goblinoid blood. Stepping to the side, the mighty dwarven warrior continues to hack his way through the ranks of his people's enemy!. Battering to death the hobgoblin warrior, Korbryn face the leader who proves to be a tough opponent.

Miltiades moves to back up Korbryn and move closer to the Kid as well as place his own armored form between the oncoming horde and the lighter armored bard and mage. Inspired by the gnome's tale of the previous battle he thrusts his spear at one of the goblins that felled his owl, the spear strikes true, killing the small humanoid instantly.

The Kid snarls but is helpless before the spell, he bows to the witchdoctor.

Lenuran continues to regal his fellows with the high points of the first battle of Emridy Meadows as he draws his crosbow to his shoulder once more. Seeing Thandis bow gives the gnome pause, and that the hobgoblin that already has one of Lenuran's bolts sticking out of his back is dead, he decides to target the one that tower Thandis with his sword.

The wounded hobgoblin towers above prone Thandis and nails his sword into the Kid, delivering a huge amount of pain to the poor scout. One of the goblins circles the kid and flank attack him, the sword sinks into the kid's leg, causing another wave of pain to cloud his mind. Not far from him, the brave goblin duck Miltiades and manage to punch the priest in the chest.

The mad witch hobgoblin shrieks with delight and focus on the singing gnome, despite the heroic poem, suddenly Lenuran feels the glooming effect of the temple. "Run from this cursed grounds gnome or the long forgotten dead will hunt you" the hobgoblin scream, filling the gnome with fear of the temple grounds.


[sblock=Actions]
Ithiken – move to X72, bead of force on Dire ape, dmg 19.
Korbryn – 5 ft. to AC69, Attack Hob11 20, dmg 15, cleave Leader 22, dmg 21.
Miltiades – move to AC70, attack goblin1 19, dmg 8. AoO goblin2 10.
Thandis – [prone] bows to a goblin, what a shame ...
Lenuran – move to AE74. attack Hob5 17, dmg 3. Will save [Fail]
Hob5: Attack prone Thandis 18, dmg 9.
Goblin2: attack Miltiades 21, dmg 5.
Hob 19: move to AC64
Hob 20: move to AC65.
Hob 21: move to Z66.
Hob 22: move to AC68, attack Korbryn 18.
Dire Ape: Ref save [fail], captured.
Goblin 7 – move to AG69, flank attack Thandis 23, dmg 7.
Hobgoblin Leader – Full attack Korbryn 13/14.
Krebbich – move to AI69, cast cause fear on Lenuran,

Active spells & Effects:
Ithiken – shield, Invisibility.
Lenuran - Inspire Courage. FEAR 2 rounds
Force sphere – 10 min.

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If Korbryn's attacks kill the leader Miltiades will sprint over to the Kid (drawing an AoO from the goblin monk) and cast a cure moderate wounds spell upon the prone young man.

If Korbryn has not killed the leader then Miltiades will stab the goblin monk to clear a free path for him to get to the Kid.


attack 18 damage 8 http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1614415/

cure moderate = 14 healing http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1614417/

hp 31/39

OOC: Does the Kid have an action now?

The panicked gnome heads for the hills to get away from the undead he was sure was behind him.