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<blockquote data-quote="s@squ@tch" data-source="post: 4707880" data-attributes="member: 42885"><p><strong>Round 2 - Partial</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>Initiative:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>25 - Ipshivi - Climb 20' in tree (now 30' up), <em>Eldritch Blast </em>against Triceratops </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>19 - Sanne - Tumble to Q30, Attack Dinosaur - HIT for 8 damage, AoO on dinosaur HIT for 8 dmg</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>17 - Morika - Charge Attack - to R26 - HIT for 22 damage before DR. 13 damage from <em>Trample</em>. AoO on dinosaur MISS</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>16 - Voadam - 5' step to Q26, draw and use wand of <em>grease </em>(Q27 - R28)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>10 - Aeranduil - 5' step to O21, Attack Triceratops - 2 HIT (1 confirmed CRIT) for 40 (28 + 12) damage</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>9 - Thanor - Attack Triceratops - 1 HIT for 5 dmg, AoO on dinosaur HIT for 8 damage, <em>Trample</em> damage is 27 hp + 13 hp (<em>Shield Ally </em>on Morika)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>1 - Yoggrith - Move to Q24, cast <em>Cure Critical Wounds</em> on Self for 26 dmg healed, <em>Trample</em> damage of 27 damage</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong>1 - Triceratops -<em>Trample</em> - move to (N23,P25).</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"><strong></strong></span></p><p>Ipshivi's voice kept up a scathing litany of abuse in the birdlike halfling speech, even as she climbed higher up into the safety of the branches. <span style="color: Purple">"Bad dinosaur! Stupid, stupid riding lizard! Go eat some drow and leave us alone!" </span>Once she reached a better perch, Ipshivi unleashed another arcane bolt- though she had her doubts about whether it would work against the tainted dinosaur...... and her heart sank when the bolt was harmlessly absorbed by the creatures hide. <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkOrange">[SR check fail]</span></span></p><p></p><p>Deciding to forego her second attack to set up a flanking position with Thanor, Sanne leaps on the Triceratop's back, eliciting a confused roar from the beast, walks carefully along it, and jumps down, stabbing the creature just after she lands, a small trickle of ichor pours out of the wound. She finds herself in the magical webbing, but is able to avoid being entangled. <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkOrange">[Reflex save PASS]</span></span></p><p></p><p>Her shifter anger aroused, Morika lowers her head and charges the triceratops -- giving it a taste of its own medicine -- she sprints across the jungle floor and rams her horns through the beast's hide and creates a pair of deep puncture wounds, but they seal partially immediately afterwards. The beast remains standing. <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkOrange">[Opposed STR check FAIL]</span></span></p><p></p><p><strong>"It is like the tiger! Direct magics and lightning will be less effective against it." </strong>Voadam draws his second wand and greases the land beneath the dinosaur's feat, attempting to disrupt its footing as he backs up to provide some space between him and the beast.</p><p></p><p>Aeranduil continues firing off arrows in rapid succession, but wondes how much damage the slender, metal-tipped shafts were actually doing to the massive beast. His consciousness for a split second focused upon the fortitude of the dinosaur, his grip on his bow slips and twists -- causing the first arrow to glance off of Thanor's armor <span style="color: DarkOrange"> <span style="font-size: 9px">[Nat 1]</span></span> . He regains his composure and sends the second arrow into the side of the creatures neck, causing a large splash of bloodish-ichor across all though near the beast. The third arrow lands in the creatures thick hide.</p><p></p><p>Thanor sets his feet and takes a pair of mighty swings with his axe. His eagerness proves his undoing, however, as the first strike is deflected by the scaled hide of the dinosaur -- the second catches a crease in its skin and tears a gash.</p><p></p><p>Yoggrith sees the blood seeping down his tabard, and knows that he cannot do much good keeping others on their feet if he himself is dropped. So he quickly mumbles a prayer to The Shadow and the wounds on his chest begin to close. </p><p></p><p>He then takes a few steps forward towards Morika and Thanor, fully expecting to need to do the same for them shortly.</p><p></p><p>The dinosaur howls in rage and pain -- then seems to transform before your very eyes, much like the tiger -- the visage before you fades away and an utterly unnatural dinosaur appears -- one with a sickeningly diseased hide, full of postules and welts, oozing ichor and pus. Several insect-like eyes sprout from the two sockets, a greenish thick slobber hangs from its fangs. <span style="color: DarkOrange">[<span style="font-size: 9px">All suffer -1 morale penalty to attacks</span>]</span></p><p></p><p>It roars a challenge, then charges again.<span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkOrange"> [Balance check and strength check PASS]</span></span></p><p></p><p>It bursts free from the webbing and rolls over the dwarf, half-ork, and shifter, but not before Sanne is able to plunge her rapier once more into its hide.</p><p></p><p>Seeing the triceratops lowering its head for another charge, Thanor leans into it, letting the beast drive into his shield, but managing to bring his axe around to give it something in return for his pain. His shield manages to provide some cover for the druid next to him, but only at the expense of the dwarf's strain, and a deeper bruise to his own shoulder.</p><p></p><p>Morika brings her scimitar up and lunges at the beast with it, but it clangs off of the dwarf's shield. <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: darkorange">[Nat 1 on AoO - some things never change.]</span></span></p><p></p><p>The favored one of the Shadow attempts to roll out of the way of the beast, but finds himself trapped -- and fresh wounds replace those that just knit. <span style="font-size: 9px">[Reflex save FAIL]</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Orange">OOC:</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Condition Summary:</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Voadam: (21/43) - <em>Lesser Vigor</em> (16/18 rounds remaining)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Yoggrith: (20/74) - <em>Lesser Vigor</em> (16/18 rounds remaining)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Aeranduil: (64/64) </span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Sanne: (32/65) - <em>Lesser Vigor</em> (17/18 rounds remaining)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Morika: (53/66) - Shifting (7/8 rounds remaining)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Ipshivi: (27/46) - <em>Walk Unseen</em>, <em>Spiderwalk</em>,- <em>Lesser Vigor</em> (17/18 rounds remaining)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Thanor: (37/110)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Triceratops: 128 dmg</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Gray area is <em>Web</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="s@squ@tch, post: 4707880, member: 42885"] [b]Round 2 - Partial[/b] [COLOR=Orange][B]Initiative: 25 - Ipshivi - Climb 20' in tree (now 30' up), [I]Eldritch Blast [/I]against Triceratops 19 - Sanne - Tumble to Q30, Attack Dinosaur - HIT for 8 damage, AoO on dinosaur HIT for 8 dmg 17 - Morika - Charge Attack - to R26 - HIT for 22 damage before DR. 13 damage from [I]Trample[/I]. AoO on dinosaur MISS 16 - Voadam - 5' step to Q26, draw and use wand of [I]grease [/I](Q27 - R28) 10 - Aeranduil - 5' step to O21, Attack Triceratops - 2 HIT (1 confirmed CRIT) for 40 (28 + 12) damage 9 - Thanor - Attack Triceratops - 1 HIT for 5 dmg, AoO on dinosaur HIT for 8 damage, [I]Trample[/I] damage is 27 hp + 13 hp ([I]Shield Ally [/I]on Morika) 1 - Yoggrith - Move to Q24, cast [I]Cure Critical Wounds[/I] on Self for 26 dmg healed, [I]Trample[/I] damage of 27 damage 1 - Triceratops -[I]Trample[/I] - move to (N23,P25). [/B][/COLOR] Ipshivi's voice kept up a scathing litany of abuse in the birdlike halfling speech, even as she climbed higher up into the safety of the branches. [COLOR="Purple"]"Bad dinosaur! Stupid, stupid riding lizard! Go eat some drow and leave us alone!" [/COLOR]Once she reached a better perch, Ipshivi unleashed another arcane bolt- though she had her doubts about whether it would work against the tainted dinosaur...... and her heart sank when the bolt was harmlessly absorbed by the creatures hide. [SIZE="1"][COLOR="DarkOrange"][SR check fail][/COLOR][/SIZE] Deciding to forego her second attack to set up a flanking position with Thanor, Sanne leaps on the Triceratop's back, eliciting a confused roar from the beast, walks carefully along it, and jumps down, stabbing the creature just after she lands, a small trickle of ichor pours out of the wound. She finds herself in the magical webbing, but is able to avoid being entangled. [size="1"][COLOR="DarkOrange"][Reflex save PASS][/COLOR][/size] Her shifter anger aroused, Morika lowers her head and charges the triceratops -- giving it a taste of its own medicine -- she sprints across the jungle floor and rams her horns through the beast's hide and creates a pair of deep puncture wounds, but they seal partially immediately afterwards. The beast remains standing. [SIZE="1"][COLOR="DarkOrange"][Opposed STR check FAIL][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B]"It is like the tiger! Direct magics and lightning will be less effective against it." [/B]Voadam draws his second wand and greases the land beneath the dinosaur's feat, attempting to disrupt its footing as he backs up to provide some space between him and the beast. Aeranduil continues firing off arrows in rapid succession, but wondes how much damage the slender, metal-tipped shafts were actually doing to the massive beast. His consciousness for a split second focused upon the fortitude of the dinosaur, his grip on his bow slips and twists -- causing the first arrow to glance off of Thanor's armor [COLOR="DarkOrange"] [size="1"][Nat 1][/size][/COLOR][size="1"] [/size]. He regains his composure and sends the second arrow into the side of the creatures neck, causing a large splash of bloodish-ichor across all though near the beast. The third arrow lands in the creatures thick hide. Thanor sets his feet and takes a pair of mighty swings with his axe. His eagerness proves his undoing, however, as the first strike is deflected by the scaled hide of the dinosaur -- the second catches a crease in its skin and tears a gash. Yoggrith sees the blood seeping down his tabard, and knows that he cannot do much good keeping others on their feet if he himself is dropped. So he quickly mumbles a prayer to The Shadow and the wounds on his chest begin to close. He then takes a few steps forward towards Morika and Thanor, fully expecting to need to do the same for them shortly. The dinosaur howls in rage and pain -- then seems to transform before your very eyes, much like the tiger -- the visage before you fades away and an utterly unnatural dinosaur appears -- one with a sickeningly diseased hide, full of postules and welts, oozing ichor and pus. Several insect-like eyes sprout from the two sockets, a greenish thick slobber hangs from its fangs. [COLOR="DarkOrange"][[SIZE="1"]All suffer -1 morale penalty to attacks[/SIZE]][/COLOR] It roars a challenge, then charges again.[SIZE="1"][COLOR="DarkOrange"] [Balance check and strength check PASS][/COLOR][/SIZE] It bursts free from the webbing and rolls over the dwarf, half-ork, and shifter, but not before Sanne is able to plunge her rapier once more into its hide. Seeing the triceratops lowering its head for another charge, Thanor leans into it, letting the beast drive into his shield, but managing to bring his axe around to give it something in return for his pain. His shield manages to provide some cover for the druid next to him, but only at the expense of the dwarf's strain, and a deeper bruise to his own shoulder. Morika brings her scimitar up and lunges at the beast with it, but it clangs off of the dwarf's shield. [size="1"][COLOR="darkorange"][Nat 1 on AoO - some things never change.][/COLOR][/size] The favored one of the Shadow attempts to roll out of the way of the beast, but finds himself trapped -- and fresh wounds replace those that just knit. [size="1"][Reflex save FAIL][COLOR="DarkOrange"][/COLOR][/size] [COLOR=Orange]OOC: Condition Summary: Voadam: (21/43) - [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] (16/18 rounds remaining) Yoggrith: (20/74) - [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] (16/18 rounds remaining) Aeranduil: (64/64) Sanne: (32/65) - [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] (17/18 rounds remaining) Morika: (53/66) - Shifting (7/8 rounds remaining) Ipshivi: (27/46) - [I]Walk Unseen[/I], [I]Spiderwalk[/I],- [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] (17/18 rounds remaining) Thanor: (37/110) Triceratops: 128 dmg Gray area is [i]Web[/i] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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