Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter One
Nonlethal Force
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You have chosen wisely ...
SURPRISE ROUND:
By chosing the door straight ahead , Byntrou opens the door and catches a man studying a map completely off guard. He appears to be human, and has a Bastard Sword sheathed over his left hip and a short sword sheathed over his right hip. It appears as through the party will get a chance to assault him first.
[Sblock]OOC: The party is going to benefit from a single action surprise round, followed by the beginning of the official round one of combat. The single action surprise round can either be a move action or a standard action - of course, not both. Assume that those wanting to move into the room will be allowed to do so regardless of whether or not their path is blocked by a fellow party member. Because the party is catching the guard off-guard, I will allow the players who want to stay back the ability to slide out of the way of those who want to go in as a free action.[/Sblock]
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SURPRISE ROUND:
By chosing the door straight ahead , Byntrou opens the door and catches a man studying a map completely off guard. He appears to be human, and has a Bastard Sword sheathed over his left hip and a short sword sheathed over his right hip. It appears as through the party will get a chance to assault him first.
[Sblock]OOC: The party is going to benefit from a single action surprise round, followed by the beginning of the official round one of combat. The single action surprise round can either be a move action or a standard action - of course, not both. Assume that those wanting to move into the room will be allowed to do so regardless of whether or not their path is blocked by a fellow party member. Because the party is catching the guard off-guard, I will allow the players who want to stay back the ability to slide out of the way of those who want to go in as a free action.[/Sblock]
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|BK|Byntrou, sorcerous barbarian
Knowing himself a little faster than Keryth, Byn darts toward the guard's far side, hoping the two of them might flank the man quickly.
[sblock=OOC]Byn's trying to get to the left side of the Guard, but I'm not sure how to count the movement. Do diagonal moves count as one square, or two? If the former, I think his barbarian movement (40') gets him where he wants to be. Otherwise, he'll get about halfway there during the surprise round, then finish closing and attack next round.[/sblock]
Knowing himself a little faster than Keryth, Byn darts toward the guard's far side, hoping the two of them might flank the man quickly.
[sblock=OOC]Byn's trying to get to the left side of the Guard, but I'm not sure how to count the movement. Do diagonal moves count as one square, or two? If the former, I think his barbarian movement (40') gets him where he wants to be. Otherwise, he'll get about halfway there during the surprise round, then finish closing and attack next round.[/sblock]
Nonlethal Force
First Post
SURPRISE ROUND:
The party is easily able to quickly charge into the room and nearly get themselves into position for attacking before the guard even realizes that they are there. The guard is wearing what appears to be breastplate armor.
ROUND ONE:
Already being in position before the guard can react, Byntou easily slices out at the guard and tags him for a nice hit - about as good as could be expected. The guard is completely taken back by the attack as he was intently reading the map in his hands. He moves to draw his weapons.
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The party is easily able to quickly charge into the room and nearly get themselves into position for attacking before the guard even realizes that they are there. The guard is wearing what appears to be breastplate armor.
ROUND ONE:
Already being in position before the guard can react, Byntou easily slices out at the guard and tags him for a nice hit - about as good as could be expected. The guard is completely taken back by the attack as he was intently reading the map in his hands. He moves to draw his weapons.
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Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric (18/23 hp)
Keryth moves in quickly, striking at the guard with his morningstar.
[SBLOCK=OOC]Move to either the flanking position with Byntrou or Bahruul’s position (I think Bahruul should be flanking if he can reach the spot as the faster the guard is gone the less HP we lose).
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Keryth moves in quickly, striking at the guard with his morningstar.
[SBLOCK=OOC]Move to either the flanking position with Byntrou or Bahruul’s position (I think Bahruul should be flanking if he can reach the spot as the faster the guard is gone the less HP we lose).
[/SBLOCK]Bahruul strikes at the mans weapon as he draws it, hoping to sunder the weapon.
OOC
[sblock]Is there an AoO for him drawing the weapon? He's also flat footed isn't he? Sunder attempt +17, no AoO, also using power attack so subtracting 3 (which will add 6 damage for the doubled BaB for 2 handed weapon) from the attack to add to the damage so sunder will in fact be at +14[/sblock]
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[sblock]Is there an AoO for him drawing the weapon? He's also flat footed isn't he? Sunder attempt +17, no AoO, also using power attack so subtracting 3 (which will add 6 damage for the doubled BaB for 2 handed weapon) from the attack to add to the damage so sunder will in fact be at +14[/sblock]
Nonlethal Force
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END OF ROUND ONE:
Keryth's blow lands just before the guard is able to raise his defenses and draw his swords. The blow is a solid one, but the guard seems to be able to shrug off the effects for the time being.
The guard slips his swords out of their scabbards and in a single fluid motion swings out towards Keryth to return the blow. As he does so, he yells, "Kristoff, some assistance would be nice!" Keryth easily avoids the strike of the larger sword, but the short sword that the guard is using slips through Keryth's defenses and hits home.
Keryth:
[Sblock]Keryth is tagged for 2 damage[/Sblock]
Pwent lashes out with a flurry of punches and lands one of the blows. The guard takes the blow well, although now he begins to look beatable. Judging from his stance and movements, it appears that he is about half as strong as when the battle began.
Not wanting this battle to go on any longer than need be - and seeing that this fighter is also in metal armor, Destiny makes the same motion with her hand as she did in the last battle. The fighter's armor appears to begin to heat up, but for the moment the fighter is handling the heat quite well.
Bahruul's strike cleaves of the fighter's large sword half-way up the blade. Expertly, the fighter shifts his shortsword from his off-hand to his primary hand and prepares for another round of attacks.
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Keryth's blow lands just before the guard is able to raise his defenses and draw his swords. The blow is a solid one, but the guard seems to be able to shrug off the effects for the time being.
The guard slips his swords out of their scabbards and in a single fluid motion swings out towards Keryth to return the blow. As he does so, he yells, "Kristoff, some assistance would be nice!" Keryth easily avoids the strike of the larger sword, but the short sword that the guard is using slips through Keryth's defenses and hits home.
Keryth:
[Sblock]Keryth is tagged for 2 damage[/Sblock]
Pwent lashes out with a flurry of punches and lands one of the blows. The guard takes the blow well, although now he begins to look beatable. Judging from his stance and movements, it appears that he is about half as strong as when the battle began.
Not wanting this battle to go on any longer than need be - and seeing that this fighter is also in metal armor, Destiny makes the same motion with her hand as she did in the last battle. The fighter's armor appears to begin to heat up, but for the moment the fighter is handling the heat quite well.
Bahruul's strike cleaves of the fighter's large sword half-way up the blade. Expertly, the fighter shifts his shortsword from his off-hand to his primary hand and prepares for another round of attacks.
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