NEW (AGAIN)- Thunderspire Labyrinth- Stat analysis #25 Shrine to Baphomet

Goonalan · May 31, 2010

H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Encounter #4 A3 Kobold Lair, Inside (do you see what WOTC did there).

Round #3

Grey- Move. Magic Missile KW; Miss. Action Point- Action Surge +3 To Hit. Ray of Frost KW; Miss.

That's not good.

KD1- Spear Combat Advantage McGyver; Hit 3 damage (21 HP).

KD2- Spear Combat Advantage McGyver; Hit 2 damage (19 HP).

Dirty- Daily Brute Strike Irontooth; Miss (Reliable = not used). Action Point Spinning Strike Irontooth; Miss. Irontooth Marked.

Oh dear Mr Dirty! Not grinning now are you Dave?

Winstanley- Sly Flourish KM8; 8 damage- DEAD. Move to Irontooth. Action Point. Positioning Strike Irontooth; Hit 6 damage (90 HP) & Slide Irontooth between himself & Dirty.

KM1- DEAD.

KM2- DEAD.

KM3- DEAD.

KM4- DEAD.

KM5- DEAD.

KM6- DEAD.

KM7- DEAD.

KM8- DEAD.

KM9- DEAD.

KM10- DEAD.

McGyver- Divine Challenge KD2. Daily Paladin's Judgement KD2; Hit 18 damage (10 HP bloodied). Shift out. Now this is the bit where it goes wrong- McGyver was supposed to spend a Healing Surge here either on himself or Dirty, he didn't- he forgot, and so did everyone else around the table...

KW- Move. Acid Orb Grey; Miss. Shift out.

Irontooth- Dual Axe Dirty; Hit 11 damage (4 HP bloodied) & Winstanley Hit; 5 damage (20 HP).

KS1- DEAD.

KS2- DEAD.

KS3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Sacred Flame KD2; Miss. Move towards Dirty. Action Point. Daily Beacon of Hope Irontooth & KW; Miss both- Allies in range 8 HP back. Healing Word +10 HP on Dirty (29 HP). McGyver only one outside range of Beacon of Hope.

Time to play 10 minutes.

End of Round-

Good Guys
McGyver, Male Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut 1 (HP19/27)
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 1 (HP29/31)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 1 (HP26/26)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 1 (HP25/25)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 1 (HP23/23)

Bad Guys 1250XP Level 6 Encounter.
Kobold Minion Level 1 Minion [KM] (x10) (HP1) 10 DEAD
Kobold Skirmisher Level 1 Skirmisher [KS] (x3) (HP27) 3 DEAD
Kobold Denwarden Level 2 Soldier [KD] (x2) (HP29/36 & 10/36)
Kobold Wyrmpriest Level 3 Artillery [KW] (HP36)
Irontooth the Goblin Level 3 Elite Brute [Iron] (HP90/106)

Action Points 4 Total 7
Daily Powers 2 Total 2
Healing Surges 1 Total 1
2nd Winds 0 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 0

Comment: The PCs only manage to do 6 HPs damage to Irontooth this round, fought out a stalemate with some horrendously low rolls, and the Kobold Wyrmpriest is staying as far back as he can. It's on a knife edge, although the players can't see it yet, particularly after we all forgot about the Healing Surge from McGyver's Paladin's Judgement.

Goonalan · Jun 1, 2010

H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Encounter #4 A3 Kobold Lair, Inside (do you see what WOTC did there).

Round #4

Grey- Magic Missile KW; Hit 9 Force damage (27 HP). Move for cover.

KD1- Spear McGyver; Hit 3 damage (16 HP). Shift for Combat Advantage.

KD2- Spear Combat Advantage McGyver; Hit 5 damage (11 HP bloodied).

Dirty- Brute Strike Irontooth; Miss (not used). Irontooth Marked.

What a shame.

Winstanley- Daily Trick Strike Combat Advantage Irontooth; Miss. Action Point. Sly Flourish Combat Advantage Irontooth; Hit 18 damage (72 HP).

KM1- DEAD.

KM2- DEAD.

KM3- DEAD.

KM4- DEAD.

KM5- DEAD.

KM6- DEAD.

KM7- DEAD.

KM8- DEAD.

KM9- DEAD.

KM10- DEAD.

McGyver- Valiant Strike KD2; Hit 5 damage (5 HP bloodied). Shift out.

KW- Move. Acid Orb Kaspard; Hit 5 damage (21 HP). Shift out.

Irontooth- Dual Axe Dirty; Miss & Winstanley; Hit- 2nd Chance- Hit again 8 damage (17 HP). Shift out AoO Dirty; Miss.

KS1- DEAD.

KS2- DEAD.

KS3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Move Sacred Flame KD2; Hit 7 Radiant damage- DEAD. Healing Word +14 HP McGyver- full.

Time to play 6 minutes.

End of Round-

Good Guys
McGyver, Male Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut 1 (HP27/27)
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 1 (HP29/31)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 1 (HP21/26)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 1 (HP17/25)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 1 (HP23/23)

Bad Guys 1250XP Level 6 Encounter.
Kobold Minion Level 1 Minion [KM] (x10) (HP1) 10 DEAD
Kobold Skirmisher Level 1 Skirmisher [KS] (x3) (HP27) 3 DEAD
Kobold Denwarden Level 2 Soldier [KD] (x2) (HP29/36) 1 DEAD
Kobold Wyrmpriest Level 3 Artillery [KW] (HP27/36)
Irontooth the Goblin Level 3 Elite Brute [Irontooth] (HP72/106)

Action Points 1 Total 8
Daily Powers 1 Total 3
Healing Surges 1 Total 2
2nd Winds 0 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 0

Comment: And Irontooth isn't even bloodied, and that's when he gets nasty. The PCs have pulled it around- McGyver is back on full, they're down to only three enemies but... well, Dirty is having problems landing his Daily, and many of the other PCs Daily Powers have failed to hit the spot. Will it cost them?

Goonalan · Jun 2, 2010

H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Encounter #4 A3 Kobold Lair, Inside (do you see what WOTC did there).

Round #5

Grey- Magic Missile Irontooth; Miss. Action Point- Action Surge +3 To Hit. Magic Missile Irontooth; Hit 7 Force damage (65 HP). Move for cover.

KD1- Spear McGyver; Miss.

KD2- DEAD.

Dirty- Brute Strike Irontooth; Miss (not used). Let's put this into perspective, Dirty needs, from memory and a little guesstimate maths, to roll an '8' or more to hit Irontooth, his highest roll to date has been a '6'! Irontooth Marked.

Winstanley- Shift. Sly Flourish Combat Advantage Irontooth; Hit 24 damage (41 HP bloodied).

That's better, and that's Irontooth bloodied.

KM1- DEAD.

KM2- DEAD.

KM3- DEAD.

KM4- DEAD.

KM5- DEAD.

KM6- DEAD.

KM7- DEAD.

KM8- DEAD.

KM9- DEAD.

KM10- DEAD.

McGyver- Valiant Strike KD1; Hit 9 damage (25 HP). Shift out.

KW- Acid Orb Dirty; Hit 6 Acid damage (23 HP). Move away.

Irontooth- Blood Crazed Dual Axe Dirty; Miss & Winstanley; Hit 17 damage (0 HP dying). Irontooth Heal 5 HP (46 HP).

KS1- DEAD.

KS2- DEAD.

KS3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Move. AoO KD1; Miss. Channel Divinity- Divine Fortune. Healing Strike KW; Miss.

Time to play 6 minutes.

End of Round-

Good Guys
McGyver, Male Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut 1 (HP27/27)
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 1 (HP23/31)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 1 (HP21/26)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 1 (HP0/25)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 1 (HP23/23)

Bad Guys 1250XP Level 6 Encounter.
Kobold Minion Level 1 Minion [KM] (x10) (HP1) 10 DEAD
Kobold Skirmisher Level 1 Skirmisher [KS] (x3) (HP27) 3 DEAD
Kobold Denwarden Level 2 Soldier [KD] (x2) (HP25/36) 1 DEAD
Kobold Wyrmpriest Level 3 Artillery [KW] (HP27/36)
Irontooth the Goblin Level 3 Elite Brute [Iron] (HP46/106)

Action Points 1 Total 9
Daily Powers 0 Total 3
Healing Surges 0 Total 2
2nd Winds 0 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 1 Total 1

Comment: That's one PC down- Winstanley bites the dirt, will he get up again? It's getting difficult the players have moved to the edges of their respective seats.

Goonalan · Jun 3, 2010

H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Encounter #4 A3 Kobold Lair, Inside (do you see what WOTC did there).

Round #6

Grey- Magic Missile Irontooth; Miss. Cower.

KD1- Shift. Change to Javelin. Javelin Grey; Hit 6 damage (17 HP)

KD2- DEAD.

Dirty- Brute Strike Iron; Hit 27 damage (19 HP bloodied). GOT THERE! Irontooth Marked.

Winstanley- Death Save- 18 OK.

KM1- DEAD.

KM2- DEAD.

KM3- DEAD.

KM4- DEAD.

KM5- DEAD.

KM6- DEAD.

KM7- DEAD.

KM8- DEAD.

KM9- DEAD.

KM10- DEAD.

McGyver- Here to save the day. Move to Winstanley AoO KD1; Hit 8 damage (19 HP) & AoO KW; Miss. Daily Lay on Hands Winstanley (6 HP bloodied).

KW- Shift away. Acid Orb Kaspard; Hit 13 Acid damage (8 HP bloodied). Move.

Irontooth- Blood Crazed Dual Axe Dirty; Hit 12 damage (11 HP bloodied) & Winstanley; Hit 10 damage (-4 HP dying). Action Point. Blood Crazed Dual Axe Dirty; Hit 15 damage (-4 HP dying) & McGyver; Hit 17 damage (2 HP bloodied). Irontooth Heal 5 HP (24 HP bloodied).

One Action Point, that's all I needed- just one.

KS1- DEAD.

KS2- DEAD.

KS3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Lance of Faith Irontooth; Hit 10 Radiant damage (14 HP bloodied) & +2 To Hit for McGyver. Action Point. Sacred Flame Irontooth; Hit 7 Radiant damage (7 HP bloodied) & 3 Temp HP McGyver. Move.

Damn the Priest, she never normally hits anything.

Time to play 12 minutes.

End of Round-

Good Guys
McGyver, Male Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut 1 (HP2/27)
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 1 (HP-4/31)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 1 (HP8/26)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 1 (HP-4/25)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 1 (HP17/23)

Bad Guys 1250XP Level 6 Encounter.
Kobold Minion Level 1 Minion [KM] (x10) (HP1) 10 DEAD
Kobold Skirmisher Level 1 Skirmisher [KS] (x3) (HP27) 3 DEAD
Kobold Denwarden Level 2 Soldier [KD] (x2) (HP25/36) 1 DEAD
Kobold Wyrmpriest Level 3 Artillery [KW] (HP27/36)
Irontooth the Goblin Level 3 Elite Brute [Irontooth] (HP7/106)

Action Points 1 Total 10
Daily Powers 2 Total 5
Healing Surges 1 Total 3
2nd Winds 0 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 2 Total 3
Bad Guys Action Points 1 Total 1

Comment: And Winstanley is back down, and Dirty joins him- Irontooth is not far away, as is McGyver... It should be over soon, it looks like the PCs may have made it and providing they get Winstanley and Dirty back on their feet- with no casualties. Could it be?

firesnakearies · Jun 4, 2010

Irontooth is tearing them up.

Goonalan · Jun 4, 2010

Until...

H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Encounter #4 A3 Kobold Lair, Inside (do you see what WOTC did there).

Round #7

Grey- Shift away. Magic Missile Irontooth; Hit 12 Force damage- DEAD. Grey strikes a pose and issues threats- Intimidate enemies '19' both remaining Kobolds -1 To Hit.

KD1- Move. Change to Spear. Spear Grey; Hit 9 damage (8 HP bloodied).

KD2- DEAD.

Dirty- Death Save- 15- Success.

Winstanley- Death Save- '20' Healing Surge (6 HP bloodied).

KM1- DEAD.

KM2- DEAD.

KM3- DEAD.

KM4- DEAD.

KM5- DEAD.

KM6- DEAD.

KM7- DEAD.

KM8- DEAD.

KM9- DEAD.

KM10- DEAD.

McGyver- Move. 2nd Wind. (8 HP bloodied).

KW- Move. Acid Orb McGyver; Hit 8 damage (3 HP bloodied).

Irontooth- DEAD.

KS1- DEAD.

KS2- DEAD.

KS3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Move. Heal check Dirty '20'- Healing Surge (7 HP bloodied).

Time to play 5 minutes.

End of Round-

Good Guys
McGyver, Male Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut 1 (HP3/27)
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 1 (HP7/31)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 1 (HP8/26)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 1 (HP6/25)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 1 (HP8/23)

Bad Guys 1250XP Level 6 Encounter.
Kobold Minion Level 1 Minion [KM] (x10) (HP1) 10 DEAD
Kobold Skirmisher Level 1 Skirmisher [KS] (x3) (HP27) 3 DEAD
Kobold Denwarden Level 2 Soldier [KD] (x2) (HP25/36) 1 DEAD
Kobold Wyrmpriest Level 3 Artillery [KW] (HP27/36)
Irontooth the Goblin Level 3 Elite Brute [Iron] (HP106) DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 10
Daily Powers 0 Total 4
Healing Surges 2 Total 4
2nd Winds 1 Total 2
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 3
Bad Guys Action Points 0 Total 1

Comment: Only two Kobolds to go but the PCs are all low on Hit Points, I rule that the Kobolds will flee the chamber if they're reduced to bloodied status- we've been in this fight for an hour or so, now so it's time to move on... I fear the PCs are going to get through this without a fatality- my power is fading.

Goonalan · Jun 5, 2010

H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Encounter #4 A3 Kobold Lair, Inside (do you see what WOTC did there).

Round #8

Grey- Shift away. Magic Missile KD1; Miss.

KD1- Spear McGyver; Hit 5 damage (-2 HP dying).

KD2- DEAD.

Dirty- Stand. Charge KD1; Miss. KD1 Marked.

Winstanley- Stand. Sly Flourish KD1; Miss.

KM1- DEAD.

KM2- DEAD.

KM3- DEAD.

KM4- DEAD.

KM5- DEAD.

KM6- DEAD.

KM7- DEAD.

KM8- DEAD.

KM9- DEAD.

KM10- DEAD.

McGyver- Death Save 3- Fail. [1 FAIL]

KW- Move. Acid Orb Grey; Hit 11 damage (-3 HP dying).

Irontooth- DEAD.

KS1- DEAD.

KS2- DEAD.

KS3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Lance of Faith KD1; Miss.

Time to play 4 minutes.

End of Round-

Good Guys
McGyver, Male Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut 1 (HP-2/27)
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 1 (HP7/31)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 1 (HP8/26)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 1 (HP6/25)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 1 (HP-3/23)

How about that for a healthy bunch of PCs- total HP 21.

Bad Guys 1250XP Level 6 Encounter.
Kobold Minion Level 1 Minion [KM] (x10) (HP1) 10 DEAD
Kobold Skirmisher Level 1 Skirmisher [KS] (x3) (HP27) 3 DEAD
Kobold Denwarden Level 2 Soldier [KD] (x2) (HP25/36) 1 DEAD
Kobold Wyrmpriest Level 3 Artillery [KW] (HP27/36)
Irontooth the Goblin Level 3 Elite Brute [Iron] (HP106) DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 10
Daily Powers 0 Total 4
Healing Surges 0 Total 4
2nd Winds 0 Total 2
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 2 Total 5
Bad Guys Action Points 0 Total 1

Comment: Irontooth's dead and it's still all in the balance. PCs get up, others fall down; at this point it seems some other DM's would have settled for the remaining Kobolds fleeing the scene, not a criticism you understand. My thinking is this is the big finale- of the first session, and the first mission the group have had to undertake- it should be tough. The PCs managed to inflict zero hit points damage this turn, oh what a shame. That said bloody the Kobolds and they run. Here goes...

firesnakearies · Jun 6, 2010

Wow, this turned out to be a wonderfully challenging fight. If those last two kobolds fought to the death, they'd surely TPK the PCs. I love to see it come down to the wire like this.

Probably a good idea that you had to have them flee at bloodied, though.

Goonalan · Jun 6, 2010

firesnakearies said:
Wow, this turned out to be a wonderfully challenging fight. If those last two kobolds fought to the death, they'd surely TPK the PCs. I love to see it come down to the wire like this.

Probably a good idea that you had to have them flee at bloodied, though.

Don't rule anything out too soon...

H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Encounter #4 A3 Kobold Lair, Inside (do you see what WOTC did there).

Round #9

Grey- Death Save- 2 Fail. [1 FAIL].

KD1- Shift. Spear Dirty; Hit 9 damage (-2 HP dying).

It's all going horribly wrong.

KD2- DEAD.

Dirty- Death Save- 17 Success.

Winstanley- Move. 2nd Wind. (12 HP bloodied).

KM1- DEAD.

KM2- DEAD.

KM3- DEAD.

KM4- DEAD.

KM5- DEAD.

KM6- DEAD.

KM7- DEAD.

KM8- DEAD.

KM9- DEAD.

KM10- DEAD.

McGyver- Death Save- 15 Success. [1 FAIL]

KW- Move. Acid Orb Winstanley; Miss.

Irontooth- DEAD.

KS1- DEAD.

KS2- DEAD.

KS3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Move. 2nd Wind (14 HP).

Time to play 4 minutes.

End of Round-

Good Guys
McGyver, Male Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut 1 (HP-2/27)
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 1 (HP-2/31)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 1 (HP14/26)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 1 (HP12/25)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 1 (HP-3/23)

Bad Guys 1250XP Level 6 Encounter.
Kobold Minion Level 1 Minion [KM] (x10) (HP1) 10 DEAD
Kobold Skirmisher Level 1 Skirmisher [KS] (x3) (HP27) 3 DEAD
Kobold Denwarden Level 2 Soldier [KD] (x2) (HP25/36) 1 DEAD
Kobold Wyrmpriest Level 3 Artillery [KW] (HP27/36)
Irontooth the Goblin Level 3 Elite Brute [Iron] (HP106) DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 10
Daily Powers 0 Total 4
Healing Surges 0 Total 6
2nd Winds 2 Total 4
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 1 Total 6
Bad Guys Action Points 0 Total 1

Comment: And now it's two against two, just Kaspard & Winstanley versus the last Denwarden and the Wyrmpriest; and the bad guys have way more hit points, what was I saying about Irontooth- Go Kobolds! Another turn in which the PCs do zero damage to the bad guys. This one is going to the wire.

I pointedly remember the PCs getting very tactile at this point, lots of back -slapping and friendly chiding- "come on just a pair of ******* Kobolds!", that kind of thing- very nervous.

Goonalan · Jun 7, 2010

H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Encounter #4 A3 Kobold Lair, Inside (do you see what WOTC did there).

Round #10

Grey- Death Save- 12 Success [1 FAIL].

KD1- Move. Spear Kaspard; Hit 4 damage (10 HP bloodied).

KD2- DEAD.

Dirty- Death Save- '20' Healing Surge (7 HP bloodied).

How lucky can they be?

Winstanley- Sly Flourish KD1; Hit 10 damage (15 HP bloodied).

KM1- DEAD.

KM2- DEAD.

KM3- DEAD.

KM4- DEAD.

KM5- DEAD.

KM6- DEAD.

KM7- DEAD.

KM8- DEAD.

KM9- DEAD.

KM10- DEAD.

McGyver- Death Save- '1' Fail. [2 FAILS].

KW- Move. Acid Orb Dirty; Hit 6 Acid damage (1 HP bloodied).

Irontooth- DEAD.

KS1- DEAD.

KS2- DEAD.

KS3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Shift. Sacred Flame KW; Hit 4 Radiant damage (23 HP) & 3 Temp HP Dirty.

Time to play 6 minutes.

End of Round-

Good Guys
McGyver, Male Dragonborn Paladin of Bahamut 1 (HP-2/27)
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 1 (HP1/31)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 1 (HP10/26)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 1 (HP12/25)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 1 (HP-3/23)

Bad Guys 1250XP Level 6 Encounter.
Kobold Minion Level 1 Minion [KM] (x10) (HP1) 10 DEAD
Kobold Skirmisher Level 1 Skirmisher [KS] (x3) (HP27) 3 DEAD
Kobold Denwarden Level 2 Soldier [KD] (x2) (HP15/36) 1 DEAD
Kobold Wyrmpriest Level 3 Artillery [KW] (HP23/36)
Irontooth the Goblin Level 3 Elite Brute [Iron] (HP106) DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 10
Daily Powers 0 Total 4
Healing Surges 1 Total 5
2nd Winds 0 Total 4
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 6
Bad Guys Action Points 0 Total 1

Comment: Around and around it goes, and where it stops, nobody knows...