Witch Hut Battle Round 4
Barlo’s grease falls from the sky, coating the ground around Xathan and two of his ghouls. Almost immediately, one loses footing and falls to the ground, slipping on ground previously thought safe.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Vincenzo quickly finishes off one of the ghouls and turns to Xathan. With a flourish of his blade, he stings the demon twice, making it grunt in pain. If looks could kill, Vincenzo would be no more, but the horrid creature seems to lack any sort of magic to back his dirty looks on the Venzan fencer.
Maui and Taniwha slash and bite their way through the ghouls, felling 5 between the two of them. Maui also takes a moment to add to the pain Xathan was suffering, puncturing the demon’s tough skin with his fangs.
Finally, Ethane makes a strong move forward, covering more of the field than most men could in such heavy armor. He arrives upon the battle, spear ready.
Seeing the battle turn quickly against him, and wounded already, Xathan cracks an unsettling, demonic smile. Spreading his wings, he launching himself off the ground with alarming speed. As he climbs, his voice carries into your heads once again,
Your raging animal is strong, so I must abandon my escape from your disgusting realm… for now. Instead, I must follow the food, perhaps in more, how shall I put it… target-rich environment. Yes, I think so.
On the ground, his minor demons and ghouls continue to do battle. One manages to stab Maui with his spear, but otherwise their efforts seem for naught.
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Xathan and Ghoul 3 save vs Grease. Ghoul 2 misses the save and falls.
Vincenzo kills Ghoul 1 with his first two attacks. He then turns on Xathan with his third attack and haste attack, striking both times for critical hits. After the crits are counted in, and the DR taken out, he scores a mean 32 on a partial attack action.
Taniwha hits and finishes off Ghoul 5, claws and bites Ghoul 8 (destroying it), and damages Ghoul 6 for 14 points of damage.
Maui slashes and bites, destroying Ghouls 2, 3 and 10. His additional attack hits Xathan for 19 after DR.
Ethane double moves to a supporting position with Maui and Vincenzo.
Xathan ‘speaks’, and flies (double move) 60’ vertical. He fast heals 5, cutting off any bleed damage caused by Vincenzo.
Remaining Ghouls attack Maui, Taniwha and Vincenzo, and all miss.
Babau A attacks Maui twice, hits with first attack for 20 -10 DR = 10 damage.
Babau B attacks Taniwha twice and misses both times.
Combat Actors:
Xathan: 46 damage (AC 29, Touch 17, CMD 31), 60’ altitude
Ghoul1: destroyed
Ghoul2: destroyed
Ghoul3: destroyed
Ghoul4: destroyed
Ghoul5: destroyed
Ghoul6: 14 damage (AC 18, Touch 14, CMD 18)
Ghoul7: 0 damage (AC 18, Touch 14, CMD 18)
Ghoul8: destroyed
Ghoul9: 0 damage (AC 18, Touch 14, CMD 18)
Ghoul10: destroyed
Babau A: 0 damage (AC 19, Touch 11, CMD 23)
Babau B: 0 damage (AC 19, Touch 11, CMD 23)
Maui: 10 damage (AC 29, Touch 15, CMD 24)
Taniwha: 48 damage (AC 32, Touch 19, CMD 31)
Vincenzo: 16 damage (AC 28, Touch 21, CMD 29)
Barlo: 0 damage (AC 23, Touch 14, CMD 28)
Ethane: 0 damage (AC 32, Touch 15, CMD 22)
Group Buffs:
Haste: +1 attack, +1 AC (dodge), +30 move, extra attack on full attack; 7 rounds
Inspire Courage: +3 attack (competence), +3 weapon damage (competence), +3 some saves (morale); 2 rounds
Individual Buffs:
Maui: Greater Magic Fang: natural atks gain +1 enhancement bonus to atk/dmg (magical); Longstrider +10 movement; Barkskin +5 natural armor; Stone Skin: DR10/Adamantium (120 dmg); Strong Jaw: Dmg dice increase (Bite 2d8; Claw 2d6); Mage Armour (+4 armor)
Ethane: Barkskin (+4 nat Armor), Prot. from Evil (+2 deflection AC - improvement of +1), Shield (+4 AC shield bonus)
Map:
http://beta.ditzie.com/91541/5816b832beb66
Terrain: There are tree trunks which basically block movement. On Xathan's end of the map is the Witch's Hut, and just to the left of it a fire pit.
Comments:
- I’m not sure how much subdivision you can go into your natural attacks, particularly splitting right claw and left claw like that. However, in the name of moving the story forward, I’m not too worried about this, but I’m going to be checking it out.
- Maui and Taniwha’s AC updated. Basically, the mechanics have become a maze and I must have missed something.
- I checked and Ethane has a 30’ move, so I credited him with 10’ of move from last round and double moved him into a good support position so hopefully js45 can pick up next round with his actions.
- Vincenzo missed both crit checks on Xathan, but has an ability that improves his crit checks. With that added in, he confirmed both, which is really important against an enemy with DR.[/sblock]