Dr. Si's Curse of the Crimson Throne - Seven Days to the Grave

[Dr Simon]

Leaving Ignatius alone against the two cultists on the floor level, Mhairi nimbly leaps up onto the stairs and closes down on Rolth on the catwalk. Seeing the small fierce woman approaching, and seeing Edmond shake off the effects of his spell, Rolth's expression on his pale and sickly face takes on an overtone of fear.

[sblock=OOC]
Actions from
Edmond
Ignatius
Manachan

if you please. No map update yet as only one figure has moved, Mhairi adjacent to Rolth. The doors, by the way are all on the lower floor except for the north one, which is at the catwalk level.
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[Neurotic]

"My turn. I don't need magic against you, necromancer. Feel free to surrender before I sunder you." another joke from Edmond? What's going on here? Did real one got exchanged along the way with some changeling? It's hard to say even if that was a joke with his terrible tone and inflection. Or lack thereof.

Edmond advances on frightened caster and slams the blade in spear-like movement into his belly.

Move: adjacent to Rolth
Standard: Attack vs Rolth AC; damage; shocking grasp damage (1d20+11+1-3=27, 2d4+6-3=9, 5d6=14)
in case of resistance, Edmond pierces resistances with +8 (caster level 6 +2 from class feature)

OOC: I hit fairly consistently, but with terrible damage, I mean 5d6=14!?! against average 18

 

[Kaodi]

Ignatius pauses for a split-second, taken aback by how badly his attempt at tactical co-ordination has gone. What the...? The ifrit makes a quick decision, giving the cultist adjacent to him an opening to attack as he moves across the floor to comes up behind the man menacing Manachan. A flaming nimbus swirls around his hand as he reaches out to touch the man. Touch of Flame: 1d20+8=20, 1d6+3=6 Fire

OOC: You did what you could. This will probably just convince Ignatius of the necessity of teaching Mhairi and Edmond the Celestial language, .

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Manachan's beautiful features settle into a look of implacable determination as he once more hammers at his foe. A feint with the jab sets him up perfectly for a crashing elbow strike to the man's temple!

[sblock=Actions]

• Full Attack: Attack (w/ 1 Stunning Fist) (1d20+5=20, 1d20+5=11) for Damage (1d6+1=7), and a DC16 Fortitude save vs. Stun.
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  [sblock=Stat Block]MANACHAN AINGEALI CR 4
  Male Aasimar (MCP) Monk 2 Sorcerer 3
  LG Medium Outsider (Native)
  Init +6; Senses Darkvision; Perception +13
  --------------------
  DEFENSE
  --------------------
  AC 21, touch 17, flat-footed 18. . (+4 armor, +2 Dex, +1 deflection, +1 dodge)
  hp 40 (2d8+3d6+5)
  Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +9
  Defensive Abilities Evasion; Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5
  --------------------
  OFFENSE
  --------------------
  Spd 30 ft.
  Melee Masterwork Silver Dagger +6 (1d4/19-20/x2) and
  . . Nunchaku +5 (1d6+1/20/x2) and
  . . Nunchaku +5 (1d6+1/20/x2) and
  . . Silver Dagger +5 (1d4/19-20/x2) and
  . . Unarmed Strike FoB +4/+4 +5 (1d6+1/20/x2)
  Ranged Crossbow, Heavy +5 (1d10+1/19-20/x2)
  Special Attacks Flurry of Blows +4/+4 BAB +1, Heavenly Fire (7/day)
  Spell-Like Abilities Daylight (1/day)
  Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 5, +5 melee touch, +5 ranged touch):
  1 (7/day) Magic Missile, Mage Armor (DC 16), Bless, Chill Touch (DC 16)
  0 (at will) Resistance (DC 15), Read Magic (DC 15), Daze (DC 15), Touch of Fatigue (DC 15), Prestidigitation (DC 15)
  --------------------
  STATISTICS
  --------------------
  Str 11, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 18
  Base Atk +2; CMB +4 (+5 Grappling); CMD 19 (21 vs. Grapple)
  Feats Arcane Strike, Dodge, Eschew Materials, Improved Grapple, Improved Initiative, Improved Unarmed Strike, Monk Weapon Proficiencies, Stunning Fist (2/day) (DC 15), Weapon Finesse
  Traits Magical Knack: Sorcerer
  Skills Acrobatics +6, Bluff +8, Diplomacy +6, Escape Artist +6, Heal +7, Intimidate +9, Perception +13, Sense Motive +9, Spellcraft +4, Stealth +6, Use Magic Device +8
  Languages Celestial, Common
  SQ AC Bonus +3, Celestial, Celestial Sorcery, Ring of Jumping, Stunning Fist (Stun) (Ex), Unarmed Strike (1d6)
  Combat Gear Bolts, Crossbow (20), Crossbow, Heavy, Masterwork Silver Dagger, Nunchaku, Nunchaku, Silver Bolts, Crossbow (5), Silver Dagger; Other Gear Grappling hook, Potion of Cure Serious Wounds, Rations, trail (per day) (8), Ring of Jumping, Ring of Protection, +1, Rope, silk (50 ft.), Sack (10 @ 15 lbs), Smokestick (4), Thunderstone (4)
  --------------------
  TRACKED RESOURCES
  --------------------
  Bolts, Crossbow - 0/20
  Daylight (1/day) (Sp) - 0/1
  Heavenly Fire (7/day) (Sp) - 0/7
  Masterwork Silver Dagger - 0/1
  Potion of Cure Serious Wounds - 0/1
  Rations, trail (per day) - 0/8
  Silver Bolts, Crossbow - 0/5
  Silver Dagger - 0/1
  Smokestick - 0/4
  Stunning Fist (2/day) (DC 15) - 2/2
  Thunderstone - 0/4
  --------------------
  SPECIAL ABILITIES
  --------------------
  AC Bonus +3 The Monk adds his Wisdom bonus to AC and CMD, more at higher levels.
  Arcane Strike As a swift action, add +1 damage, +1 per 5 caster levels and your weapons are treated as magic for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
  Celestial Summoned creatures gain DR 1/evil.
  Celestial Sorcery Aasimar sorcerers with the Celestial bloodline treat their Charisma score as 2 points higher for all Sorcerer class abilities.
  Damage Resistance, Acid (5) You have the specified Damage Resistance against Acid attacks.
  Damage Resistance, Cold (5) You have the specified Damage Resistance against Cold attacks.
  Damage Resistance, Electricity (5) You have the specified Damage Resistance against Electricity attacks.
  Damage Resistance, Fire (5) You have the specified Damage Resistance against Fire attacks.
  Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white vision only).
  Daylight (1/day) (Sp) Daylight once per day.
  Eschew Materials Cast spells without materials, if component cost is 1 gp or less.
  Evasion (Ex) If you succeed at a Reflex save for half damage, you take none instead.
  Flurry of Blows +4/+4 BAB +1 (Ex) Make Flurry of Blows attack as a full action.
  Heavenly Fire (7/day) (Sp) Ranged touch attack deals 1d4 divine damage/healing
  Improved Grapple You grapple at +2, with no attacks of opportunity allowed.
  Improved Unarmed Strike Unarmed strikes don't cause attacks of opportunity, and can be lethal.
  Magical Knack: Sorcerer +2 CL for a specific class, to a max of your HD.
  Ring of Jumping This ring continually allows the wearer to leap about, providing a +5 competence bonus on all his Jump checks.
  
  Faint transmutation; CL 2nd; Forge Ring, creator must have 5 ranks in the Jump skill; Price 2,500 gp.
  Stunning Fist (2/day) (DC 15) You can stun an opponent with an unarmed attack.
  Stunning Fist (Stun) (Ex) At 1st level, the monk gains Stunning Fist as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites. At 4th level, and every 4 levels thereafter, the monk gains the ability to apply a new condition to the target of his Stunning Fist. This conditio
  Unarmed Strike (1d6) The Monk does lethal damage with his unarmed strikes.
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  Silken hair the color of spun gold; eyes the dark blue of deep ocean but shot through with silver; skin the hue of milk with just a hint of chocolate. Manachan was a sensation among his much darker Varisian clan – plainly proof that their kapenia showed true and that their line was descended from divinity.
  
  The Aingeali clan claims descent in direct line from Irori himself, though the claim has been disputed by many. The birth of Manachan, with his very unusual coloring, has been taken as proof by his parents and others of the clan. In many ways, the young man had a charmed childhood.
  
  However, the pressure on him to live up to his ancestor’s divine example has been tremendous, and has led to great internal conflict between the wild ways of his nationality and the discipline espoused by his perfect ancestry. In an effort to resolve this conflict, Manachan left his clan at the age of 13 to enter a small monastery devoted to Irori. He has spent the last four years there, training relentlessly and learning that the path to perfection requires, for him at least, a balance between freedom and discipline, and carefully maintained contradiction between his clan’s nature and his ancestor’s teachings. Adding to his difficulties, about a year after entering the monastery his sorcerous abilities manifested. The instinctual nature of his magic disrupted even further the strict discipline required by the teachings of the monks.
  
  Now 17 and finished with his studies at the monastery, Manachan has found that balance and been released into the world to continue his struggles toward perfection. A confident, outgoing young man with an easy humor and tremendous ability, he has found it fairly easy thus far to make his way.
  
  Now at loose ends and with no instruction other than to find his own way to pursue his perfection, Manachan resolved to return to Korvosa – he had met a young scholar (Edmond) there on one of his errands for the monastery and they had struck a fast friendship. He was fascinated with the life of the sprawling city and decided that learning more of it would provide him some valuable lessons for his path.
  
  Manachan dresses in dark, smoky oranges and forest greens, typically wearing a narrow kilt like wrap from the waist down and either going bare chested or donning a simple tunic – depending on weather and social requirements of his current location. He keeps his hair tied in a ponytail. Other than eyebrows his body is completely lacking secondary hair. He wears his bata strapped to his back, along with his crossbow. All of his other belongings he carries in a sack – to be dropped at a moment’s notice in case of a need to defend himself.[/sblock]
  
  
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[Dr Simon]

Ignatius ducks the scythe of one cultist and slams his burning hand into the back of the one facing Manachan. As the man throws his head back in a cry of pain, Manachan's fist strikes him under the jaw and he crumples to the floor. The remaining two cultists charge Ignatius who is able to whirl round in time to dodge one strike but not the other, taking a gash from a scythe.

Deathwail plunges into Rolth's chest as the necromancer is reaching for a bone wand from his leather coat. He looks surprised and annoyed before the electrical jolt hits him and he drops to the catwalk, lifeless and smoking slightly.

[sblock=OOC]
P2 AoO vs Ignatius, miss

Ignatius and Manachan between them kill P4.

P1 attack Ignatius, miss
P2 attack Ignatius, for 6 damage.

Edmond's attack is enough to kill Rolth.
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[Neurotic]

"How quaint. Do not kill all cultists, their leader collapsed from slight tap. We need someone to lead us around."

Edmond moves back from the corpse between the vats and his form shimmers and disappears. He appears behind the cultists.
"Surrender, there is nothing you can gain by fighting us. Even your goddess won't receive you if Deathwail kills you because devoured souls don't go anywhere."
He motions to his black and red weapon still dripping Rolths blood.

 

[Axel]

Mhairi

Mhairi looks at Edmond in astonishment. "Remind me not to get on your bad side!" As Edmond fades out she crosses to the fallen Necromancer and aims a kick at his upper body. "Stupid git. Teach you to try and kill me...you'll be lucky if we don't put a stick up your arse and parade you through the streets like a piñata."

She crouches over the body, suddenly sick of the killing and fighting, and starts rummaging through his pockets for anything interesting or valuable.

 

[Kaodi]

Ignatius has no idea what is being said. The ifrit steps to the right to create room for Manachan to advance and his hand, covered once again in fire, darts forward to grasp the cultist on the right. [sblock=Celestial]"We have you now, spawn of filth!"[/sblock] Touch of Flame: 1d20+6=9, 1d6+3=4 Fire

OOC: Guess I will have to hope he put an 8 in dexterity, hehehe...

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Manachan moves into the room to continue the fight, but is unable to strike a telling blow this time.

[sblock=Actions]

• Move: to melee with Ignatius' foe.
• Attack (1d20+5=15) (Miss)
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  [sblock=Stat Block]MANACHAN AINGEALI CR 4
  Male Aasimar (MCP) Monk 2 Sorcerer 3
  LG Medium Outsider (Native)
  Init +6; Senses Darkvision; Perception +13
  --------------------
  DEFENSE
  --------------------
  AC 21, touch 17, flat-footed 18. . (+4 armor, +2 Dex, +1 deflection, +1 dodge)
  hp 40 (2d8+3d6+5)
  Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +9
  Defensive Abilities Evasion; Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5
  --------------------
  OFFENSE
  --------------------
  Spd 30 ft.
  Melee Masterwork Silver Dagger +6 (1d4/19-20/x2) and
  . . Nunchaku +5 (1d6+1/20/x2) and
  . . Nunchaku +5 (1d6+1/20/x2) and
  . . Silver Dagger +5 (1d4/19-20/x2) and
  . . Unarmed Strike FoB +4/+4 +5 (1d6+1/20/x2)
  Ranged Crossbow, Heavy +5 (1d10+1/19-20/x2)
  Special Attacks Flurry of Blows +4/+4 BAB +1, Heavenly Fire (7/day)
  Spell-Like Abilities Daylight (1/day)
  Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 5, +5 melee touch, +5 ranged touch):
  1 (7/day) Magic Missile, Mage Armor (DC 16), Bless, Chill Touch (DC 16)
  0 (at will) Resistance (DC 15), Read Magic (DC 15), Daze (DC 15), Touch of Fatigue (DC 15), Prestidigitation (DC 15)
  --------------------
  STATISTICS
  --------------------
  Str 11, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 18
  Base Atk +2; CMB +4 (+5 Grappling); CMD 19 (21 vs. Grapple)
  Feats Arcane Strike, Dodge, Eschew Materials, Improved Grapple, Improved Initiative, Improved Unarmed Strike, Monk Weapon Proficiencies, Stunning Fist (2/day) (DC 15), Weapon Finesse
  Traits Magical Knack: Sorcerer
  Skills Acrobatics +6, Bluff +8, Diplomacy +6, Escape Artist +6, Heal +7, Intimidate +9, Perception +13, Sense Motive +9, Spellcraft +4, Stealth +6, Use Magic Device +8
  Languages Celestial, Common
  SQ AC Bonus +3, Celestial, Celestial Sorcery, Ring of Jumping, Stunning Fist (Stun) (Ex), Unarmed Strike (1d6)
  Combat Gear Bolts, Crossbow (20), Crossbow, Heavy, Masterwork Silver Dagger, Nunchaku, Nunchaku, Silver Bolts, Crossbow (5), Silver Dagger; Other Gear Grappling hook, Potion of Cure Serious Wounds, Rations, trail (per day) (8), Ring of Jumping, Ring of Protection, +1, Rope, silk (50 ft.), Sack (10 @ 15 lbs), Smokestick (4), Thunderstone (4)
  --------------------
  TRACKED RESOURCES
  --------------------
  Bolts, Crossbow - 0/20
  Daylight (1/day) (Sp) - 0/1
  Heavenly Fire (7/day) (Sp) - 0/7
  Masterwork Silver Dagger - 0/1
  Potion of Cure Serious Wounds - 0/1
  Rations, trail (per day) - 0/8
  Silver Bolts, Crossbow - 0/5
  Silver Dagger - 0/1
  Smokestick - 0/4
  Stunning Fist (2/day) (DC 15) - 2/2
  Thunderstone - 0/4
  --------------------
  SPECIAL ABILITIES
  --------------------
  AC Bonus +3 The Monk adds his Wisdom bonus to AC and CMD, more at higher levels.
  Arcane Strike As a swift action, add +1 damage, +1 per 5 caster levels and your weapons are treated as magic for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
  Celestial Summoned creatures gain DR 1/evil.
  Celestial Sorcery Aasimar sorcerers with the Celestial bloodline treat their Charisma score as 2 points higher for all Sorcerer class abilities.
  Damage Resistance, Acid (5) You have the specified Damage Resistance against Acid attacks.
  Damage Resistance, Cold (5) You have the specified Damage Resistance against Cold attacks.
  Damage Resistance, Electricity (5) You have the specified Damage Resistance against Electricity attacks.
  Damage Resistance, Fire (5) You have the specified Damage Resistance against Fire attacks.
  Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white vision only).
  Daylight (1/day) (Sp) Daylight once per day.
  Eschew Materials Cast spells without materials, if component cost is 1 gp or less.
  Evasion (Ex) If you succeed at a Reflex save for half damage, you take none instead.
  Flurry of Blows +4/+4 BAB +1 (Ex) Make Flurry of Blows attack as a full action.
  Heavenly Fire (7/day) (Sp) Ranged touch attack deals 1d4 divine damage/healing
  Improved Grapple You grapple at +2, with no attacks of opportunity allowed.
  Improved Unarmed Strike Unarmed strikes don't cause attacks of opportunity, and can be lethal.
  Magical Knack: Sorcerer +2 CL for a specific class, to a max of your HD.
  Ring of Jumping This ring continually allows the wearer to leap about, providing a +5 competence bonus on all his Jump checks.
  
  Faint transmutation; CL 2nd; Forge Ring, creator must have 5 ranks in the Jump skill; Price 2,500 gp.
  Stunning Fist (2/day) (DC 15) You can stun an opponent with an unarmed attack.
  Stunning Fist (Stun) (Ex) At 1st level, the monk gains Stunning Fist as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites. At 4th level, and every 4 levels thereafter, the monk gains the ability to apply a new condition to the target of his Stunning Fist. This conditio
  Unarmed Strike (1d6) The Monk does lethal damage with his unarmed strikes.
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  Silken hair the color of spun gold; eyes the dark blue of deep ocean but shot through with silver; skin the hue of milk with just a hint of chocolate. Manachan was a sensation among his much darker Varisian clan – plainly proof that their kapenia showed true and that their line was descended from divinity.
  
  The Aingeali clan claims descent in direct line from Irori himself, though the claim has been disputed by many. The birth of Manachan, with his very unusual coloring, has been taken as proof by his parents and others of the clan. In many ways, the young man had a charmed childhood.
  
  However, the pressure on him to live up to his ancestor’s divine example has been tremendous, and has led to great internal conflict between the wild ways of his nationality and the discipline espoused by his perfect ancestry. In an effort to resolve this conflict, Manachan left his clan at the age of 13 to enter a small monastery devoted to Irori. He has spent the last four years there, training relentlessly and learning that the path to perfection requires, for him at least, a balance between freedom and discipline, and carefully maintained contradiction between his clan’s nature and his ancestor’s teachings. Adding to his difficulties, about a year after entering the monastery his sorcerous abilities manifested. The instinctual nature of his magic disrupted even further the strict discipline required by the teachings of the monks.
  
  Now 17 and finished with his studies at the monastery, Manachan has found that balance and been released into the world to continue his struggles toward perfection. A confident, outgoing young man with an easy humor and tremendous ability, he has found it fairly easy thus far to make his way.
  
  Now at loose ends and with no instruction other than to find his own way to pursue his perfection, Manachan resolved to return to Korvosa – he had met a young scholar (Edmond) there on one of his errands for the monastery and they had struck a fast friendship. He was fascinated with the life of the sprawling city and decided that learning more of it would provide him some valuable lessons for his path.
  
  Manachan dresses in dark, smoky oranges and forest greens, typically wearing a narrow kilt like wrap from the waist down and either going bare chested or donning a simple tunic – depending on weather and social requirements of his current location. He keeps his hair tied in a ponytail. Other than eyebrows his body is completely lacking secondary hair. He wears his bata strapped to his back, along with his crossbow. All of his other belongings he carries in a sack – to be dropped at a moment’s notice in case of a need to defend himself.[/sblock]
  
  
  ​

 

[Kaodi]

OOC: I think we are all done our actions for the round, right? In any case, I look forward to seeing what Rolth has on him .