The Rerisen Tower(DM: Iron Sky, Judge: ScorpiusRisk)

[H.M.Gimlord]

Eithal shapes her fingers into a "C" and, placing the fingertips in her mouth, issues a shrill whistle to the Craftsmen on the tower. Two of the Craftsmen get the message and rain bolts down on the assailing, undead creatures, but their aim is not true. The bolts clatter harmlessly on the palisades.

Eithal hunkers down and keeps an eye open for where the first breach will occur, but her confidence is ebbing.
[sblock=Actions]Minor: Order Craftsman (Y24) to shoot
Target: RRD at J24
Attack: 1d20+4-2(Range)=10 Miss!
Minor: Order Craftsman at Y19 to shoot
Target: RRD at J25
Attack: 1d20+4-2(Range)=6 Miss!
Standard: Ready Strength of Stone
Trigger: An enemy moves into an adjacent square
[sblock=Readied Roll]
Attack: 1d20+9=13 vs. AC Miss![/sblock]

Boy am I glad this isn't baseball![/sblock]

 

[Iron Sky]

GM: I knew I forgot to post something: all the orange palisades sections are at 25/30 hps. They have been damaged but are still holding. Next update I'll post the hps of each section in the Combatants section. Sorry H.M!

 

[pacdidj]

"You there," Yimayngurr yells at one of the craftsman in the tower, "Shoot them bones right there! And you, bigfella, Captain Cale! Get them smelly birds, eh?"

The commander and the craftsman both fire their projectiles with deadly precision, causing zombified bits of bird and human to spatter spectacularly over the battlefield. The half-orc however, apparently too busy bossing everyone around to focus on his own aim, lets his spear fly with a cry of "Dbbrr!" at nothing in particular.

[sblock="Yimayngurr actions and stats"]Minor: Cale fires on Swarm w/ Paint the Bullseye = hit for 10/2 = 5 damage and allies get +3 to damage vs. swarm till Cale's EONT

Minor: Craftsman at Z14 fires (long range) on Rerisen at G18 = critical!

Standard: Fading Strike vs. Rerisen at G6 = miss

[sblock=statblock]Yimayngurr Male Half-Orc Hunter Ranger 2
PC:Yimayngurr (pacdidj) - L4W Wiki
Initiative: +7, Passive Perception: 18, Passive Insight: 13, Senses: Low-light Vision
AC:18, Fort:16, Reflex:16, Will:13
HP:32/32, Bloodied:16, Surge Value:8, Surges left:3/6
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: unused
Hungry Longspear +1: +8 vs AC 1d10+5 dmg
Throw Hungry Longspear +1: +8 vs AC 1d10+7 dmg
Powers: Fading Strike, Marauder's Rush, Precise Assault, Furious Assault, Half-orc Resilience, Sure Shot, Begin the Hunt, Hungry Longspear
Conditions:[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Xeterog]

Lookin at the advancind dead, Fredrock prepares for the onslaught. Stand fast, they will get over that palisade eventually. You, up there, see if you can stop that one from damaging the defenses any more.

[sblock=actions]
Minor: Instruct craftsman 8 (M17) to ready to attack the 1st Rerisen Dead that comes withing reach (2)
Minor: Instruct Craftsman 3 (Y21) to shoot RRD 6(J24) assuming -2 for cover, but at short range (right at 15 squares)
Standard: Ready to use Iron Fist on 1st RRD that comes within reach (1)
[sblock=Fredrock]


Fredrock Hammersmith - Male Dwarf Battlemind, level 1
Passive Perception: +14, Passive Insight: +19 Senses: Low-Light
Init -1, Speed:5
AC:19, Fort:14, Reflex:14, Will:16
HP:33/33, Bloodied:16, Surge Value:8, Surges left:11/13
Action Points: 0/1, Power points 2/2
Powers-
Battlemind Demand link
Mind Spike link
Blurred Step link
Bull's Strength link
Iron Fist link
Battle Resilience link
Second Wind link
Aspect of Elevated Harmony link

MBA +3 vs AC, 1d10+6 (brutal 2)
RBA -1 vs AC, 1d4-1 (improvised..would have to pick up a rock or something)
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[Iron Sky]

More of the dead fall, mostly to impaling themselves of Fredrock's palisade, but more emerge from the woods, mauled by Livia's traps, but still functional. The dead seem to be getting more coordinated, their actions less sporadic as they focus on the already-damaged sections of the palisade.

One of the beasts scrambles up the cliff face to the east and leaps atop the palisade, glaring down at the nearest craftsman, drawing the ire of Kaz and the two craftsmen near him. While Kaz embeds his fullblade into the palisade trying to hit it, the two craftsmen near him roaring and burying their spears into its rotting hide.

Their battle-cries are cut off as an arrow flies from the woods and hits one of the craftsmen in chest, killing him instantly.

[sblock=Party attacks]Kaz's attack: 1d20+4=automatic miss, Craftsman's charge attacks: 1d20+5=20 AC, hit, 4 damage, 1d20+5=17 AC, hit, 4 damage.[/sblock]

[sblock=Trap Attacks]1d6=6 attacks. Reflex 12, 17, 9, 24, 8, 20 vs Rerisen Hulk 3, hit, for 1d8+3=11 damage, vs Rerisen Dead 15, hit, vs Rersien Hulk 4, miss, vs Rerisen Hulk 5, hit, 1d8+3=9 damage, vs Rerisen Archer 3, miss, vs Rerisen Dead 17, hit.[/sblock]

[sblock=Enemy Actions]Rerisen Dead 1: Slam: 23 AC vs Palisade, hit for 5 damage.
Rerisen Dead 4: Slam: 21 AC vs Palisade, hit for 5 damage.
Rerisen Dead 6: Slam: 20 AC vs Palisade, hit for 5 damage.
Rerisen Dead 7: Slam: 8 AC vs Palisade, miss.
Rerisen Dead 8: Attempt to climb the cliff and palisade: 12 Athletics, success, attack from palisade: 15 Fort, "dead"
Rerisen Dead 9: Attempt to climb the cliff and palisade: 9 Athletics, fail.
Rerisen Dead 11: Charge, move to G7, Slam: 18 AC vs Palisade, hit, 5 damage.
Rerisen Dead 12: Charge, move to G17, Slam: 11 AC vs Palisade, miss.
Rerisen Dead 14: Charge, move to J23, Slam: 16 AC vs Palisade, hit, 5 damage.
Rerisen Dead 15: Rerise: success
Rerisen Dead 17: Rerise: success

Rerisen Hulk 1: Rerise: Fail
Rerisen Hulk 2: Charge, move to G5, Slam: 15 AC, hit, 7 damage.

Rerisen Beast 1: Double move, up cliff, onto Palisades, Palisade attack: 11 Fort, miss.

Rerisen Archer 2: Longblow(-2 cover): 20 AC vs Craftsman 9, hit, dead.

Rerisen Swarm 1: Double move.[/sblock]

[sblock=Combatants]Rerisen Dead 1: G6
Rerisen Dead 4: I14
Rerisen Dead 6: J24
Rerisen Dead 7: J25
Rerisen Dead 8: K27, "dead"
Rerisen Dead 9: J30
Rerisen Dead 11: A11
Rerisen Dead 12: A17
Rerisen Dead 14: J23
Rerisen Dead 15: A21, dazed
Rerisen Dead 16: A32
Rerisen Dead 17: A3, dazed
Rerisen Dead 18: A23
Rerisen Dead: Minion, AC 14, Ref 12. MBA: +6 vs AC, 5 damage and push 1.
Rerisen Dead destroyed: 5

Rerisen Hulk 2: A7, 9 damage taken
Rerisen Hulk 3: B6, 11 damage taken
Rerisen Hulk 4: A17
Rerisen Hulk 5: A28
Rerisen Hulk 6: A12, 9 damage taken
Rerisen Hulk: 36 max hp, AC 15, Ref 11, Will 12, Vulnerable 5 Radiant. MBA: +6 vs AC, 2d6+3 damage and push 2.
Rerisen Hulks destroyed: 1

Rerisen Beast 1: K29, 15 damage taken, bloodied
Rerisen Beast 2: A9
Rerisen Beast: 28 max hp, AC 14, 11 Will, MBA: +6 vs AC, 1d4+2 damage.

Rerisen Archer 2: A25
Rerisen Archer 3: A15
Rerisen Dead: Minion, AC 14, Ref 14, MBA: +6 vs AC, 3 damage.
Rerisen Archers destroyed: 1

Rerisen Raven Swarm 1: F20, 6 squares up, 13 damage taken, slowed and can't shift, +3 damage against
Rerisen Raven Swarm: 34 max hp, AC 16, Reflex 14, Swarm, Vulnerable 5 Burst/Blast, Winged Pestilence: Aura 1 - any creature that ends its turn in the aura takes 5 necrotic damage. MBA: +7 vs AC, 1d4+4 damage +1d4 necrotic damage.
Swarm: Swarms take 1/2 damage from ranged and melee attacks. They are vulnerable 5 to Burst and Blast attacks.

Livia: Y17
Yimanyngurr: O9
Eithal: M18
Kaz: P27
Fedrock: L17

Craftsman 1: Y19
Craftsman 2: AA13, Reloaded
Craftsman 3: Y21
Craftsman 4: Z24
Craftsman 5: Z14
Craftsman 6: M6
Craftsman 7: M11
Craftsman 8: M17
Craftsman 10: N29
Craftsman: Minion, AC 15, Fort 12, Ref 13, Will 10, speed 4. Longspear(Craftsmen 6-10 only): Reach 2, +4 vs AC, 4 damage. Crossbow(Craftsmen 1-5 only): Range 15/30, +4 vs AC, 4 damage. Shortspear(all): +4 vs AC, 3 damage.
Craftsmen killed: 1

Master Mason: Q18
38 max hp, AC 15, Fort 14, Ref 12, Will 12, speed 6. Mallet: +7 vs AC, 1d8+3 damage.

Captain Cale: O18
43 max hp, AC 19, Fort 16, Ref 15, Wil 15, speed 5. All allies gain +1 to hit and +3 to damage when they spend an action point while Cale is concious.
[sblock=Cale's attacks]Viper's Strike(MBA): +10 vs AC, 19-20 crit range, 1d12+1 damage (crit 1d12+13) and the enemy provokes and OA from an ally if it shifts.
Paint the Bulls-Eye(RBA, Longbow): +8 vs AC, range 20/40, 1d10 damage and all allies get +3 to damage rolls against the target until the end of Cale's next turn.
Vengeance is Mine: immediate reaction, when hit by an enemy melee attack, +10 vs AC, 1d12+8 damage and an ally can move their speed and make a melee basic attack against the target.
No Gambit is Wasted: immediate reaction, when an ally misses all targets with an encounter or daily attack, attack one adjacent targeted enemy, +10 vs AC, 2d12+4 damage and the ally's power is not wasted.[/sblock]

Palisade Section HP(from left to right): 8/30, 20/30, 25/30, 15/30
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[sblock=Special rules for this fight]As a minor action, you may let one of the Craftsmen, the Master Mason, or Captain Cale take a standard action. They may take move and minor actions as well each round if you convert additional minor actions to "fuel" them.

As before, if an adjacent craftsman is hit, you may take the damage instead as a free action. Alternatively, if you are hit, you may make an adjacent craftsman take the hit instead.[/sblock]

[sblock=Terrain]*Any terrain with rocks is difficult terrain. You can ignore it by making DC 15 Acrobatics checks to keep your balance as you run across the rocks. Fail the Acrobatics check and you are knocked prone. You can, of course, use Athletics to jump over difficult terrain as always.

*The palisades fill all the squares they are in and will make attacks against anything that tries to climb over them.
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[sblock=Coup De Gras]Remember that it's a standard action that has to be performed while adjacent to an enemy. Hit is an auto-crit. If you want to try to permanently kill one of the Dead with, say, a charge, you'll need to roll a 20 on its body to do so, otherwise it'll still get to try to rerise.[/sblock]

[sblock=Oops] Assume the craftsman in Y21 that disappeared is still there. I'll fix it next round.[/sblock]

 

[H.M.Gimlord]

[sblock=Homland Security Threat Level]Red, Brown, Orange, and Green....
What do colors mean?

(Yes. Rhyme and meter are intentional ).[/sblock]

 

[Mewness]

"There--one of the ones with bows," says Livia to one of her companions on the tower. She nods grimly as the shot flies true, and continues firing at the swarm.

[sblock=actions]Standard: grappling spirits on swarm. 1d20+9=16 1d12+7+3=14 narrowly hits once again, for 7. Swarm still slowed and can't shift.

Minor: order craftsman AA13 to shoot at rerisen archer 3. 1d20+4-2=22 hit. Crit, even.

Minor: order the same guy to reload.[/sblock]

 

[Iron Sky]

[sblock=Homland Security Threat Level]Red, Brown, Orange, and Green....
What do colors mean?

(Yes. Rhyme and meter are intentional ).[/sblock]

GM: I tried to color-code the palisade sections depending on how much damage they'd taken: red = a ton, yellow = a lot, orange = a bit. Exact hp totals remaining are in at the bottom of the Combatants section.

 

[Luinnar]

You shall not slay my friends while this one is alive! Kaz shouts killing the undead beast with his axe. The craftsman near him sees his opportunity and stabs the beast in the heart, making sure it stays dead.
[sblock=actions]
Minor: Oath Beast 1.
Standard: Overwhelming strike Beast 1.
23vs AC, hit. roll 1 & 2 (forgot to roll twice for oath) 13 damage
It's dead.
Minor:Craftsman L29 attack beast.
18 vs AC hit. it is destroyed.

*note: Kaz will take all damage for the craftsmen (as long as it is not tons of damage )*

[sblock=stat block]
Kaz Male Elf Avenger 1
Initiative: +3, Passive Perception: 21, Passive Insight: 14, Senses: Low Light
AC:16, Fort:13, Reflex:14, Will:15
HP:5THP 25/28, Bloodied:14, Surge Value:7, Surges left:5/9
Action Points: 1
Basic Attack Executioner's Axe +3 vs AC, 1d12+1 damage (+1d12 on crit)

Powers:
Bond of Pursuit
Overwhelming Strike
Angelic Alacrity
Oath of Enmity
Abjure Undead/Divine Guidance
Second Wind
Elven Accuracy
Aspect of Might


Conditions:
Non-elf allys within 5 square get +1 to perception.
If oath target moves away willingly, +6 damage. (Censure of Pursuit)
Can will take all damage for the craftsmen.
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[H.M.Gimlord]

OOC: Just let me know what color they are when there's a hole in them .

[sblock=Declaration of Selfless Sacrifice]Until the end of the encounter, Eithal will take damage for any craftsman to which she happens to be adjacent at the time.

I'm assuming, of course, that IS doesn't move all the craftsmen adjacent to me at once .[/sblock]