NEW (AGAIN)- Thunderspire Labyrinth- Stat analysis #25 Shrine to Baphomet

[Goonalan]

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #10 The Red Eye Gang
Note this is Encounter #34 for this group of PCs

Round #2

Winstanley- Tumble around RD & B1 and behind B2. Sly Flourish Combat Advantage B2; Hit 29 damage- DEAD.

Grey- Move- shuffle forward. Fire Shroud EW; Miss & RD; Hit 14 Fire damage (8 HP bloodied) & B1; Miss & B3; Crit 23 Fire damage (44 HP) & both Hit take Ongoing 5 Fire damage.

Phrenic- Immobilised. Commander's Strike- Dirty Maul B3; '1' Miss. Save vs Immobilised- Fail.

And Dave (Dirty) attempts to crush his D20- he stamps on it, alas he has no shoes on, the D20 has the last laugh there- a half-hearted kick sees the offending icosahedron scuttle under the sofa.

It's at this point Dave realises he has no other 20-sided dice with him.

The game stops to move the sofa.

Sigh. Where were we...

B1 & RD- RD Ongoing 5 Fire damage (3 HP bloodied). Move back. Dirty AoO Maul RD; '3' Miss. Bloodied Rage with Raking Charge Kaspard; Hit & Hit 30 damage (9 HP bloodied). Save vs Ongoing Fire- Success.

I rolled maximum damage both times- lovely.

B2- DEAD.

B3- Ongoing 5 Fire damage (39 HP). Morningstar Dirty; Miss. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Fail.

Kaspard- Restrained. Healing Word +9 HP Self (29 HP). Mace RD; Miss. Daily Dwarven Chainmail Healing (40 HP). Save vs Restrained- Fail.

EW- Longspear Combat Advantage Kaspard; Hit 11 damage (29 HP). Web Net Grey; Miss.

Dirty- Reaping Strike B3; '4' Miss 3 damage (36 HP bloodied). Marked.

Dave (Dirty) goes and gets himself a drink of squash- before he explodes.

Time to play 22 minutes, including tantrum and sofa moving time.

End of Turn-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP51/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP29/46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP38/46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 1000 XP Level 5 Encounter.
Ettercap Webspinner Level 5 Controller [EW] (HP64)
Rage Drake Level 5 Brute [RD] (HP3/77)
Bugbear Warrior Level 5 Brute (x3) (HP40/76 36/76) 1 DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 2
Daily Powers 1 Total 2
Healing Surges 1 Total 1
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 1 Total 1
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: If only Dirty could hit something... Grey keeps doing his bit.

 

[Goonalan]

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #10 The Red Eye Gang
Note this is Encounter #34 for this group of PCs

Round #3

Winstanley- Move. B3 AoO Morningstar Winstanley; Hit 13 damage (25 HP). Dirty AoO Maul B3 (Marked); Hit 11 damage (25 HP). Back to Winstanley- Sly Flourish Combat Advantage B3; Hit 25 damage- DEAD (exactly).

And did you see- in the middle of that, Dirty hit something...

Grey- Burning Hands RD; Hit 15 Fire damage- DEAD & B1; Hit 15 Fire damage (25 HP bloodied).

Phrenic- Immobilised. Commander's Strike- Dirty Charge B1; Hit 23 damage (2 HP bloodied). Marked. Inspiring Word +3 HP Winstanley (39 HP). Save vs Immobilised- Fail.

We were unsure about how Commander's Strike works- is a Charge attack allowed, actually as we're playing it now (approx. 6 months later) then the answer to that is no- if you have an opinion then don't hesitate to get in touch.

RD- DEAD.

B1- Move- Flee. Dirty AoO Maul B1; Hit 13 damage- DEAD.

B2- DEAD.

B3- DEAD.

Kaspard- Healing Word +6 HP Self (Full). Screams for PCs to get EW. Daunting Light Concealed EW; Hits 19 Radiant damage (45 HP) & Combat Advantage to Grey. Save vs Restrained- Fail.

EW- Double Run- Flee. Never seen again.

Time to play 12 minutes.
Total time to play 1 hour and 5 minutes.

End of Encounter-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP51/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP25/46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 1000 XP Level 5 Encounter.
Ettercap Webspinner Level 5 Controller [EW] (HP45/64) FLED
Rage Drake Level 5 Brute [RD] (HP77) DEAD
Bugbear Warrior Level 5 Brute (x3) (HP76) 3 DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 2
Daily Powers 0 Total 2
Healing Surges 2 Total 3
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 1
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: And that's another Encounter in which the PCs had to reach for the Action Points and the Daily Powers- nice double hit on Kaspard in there for 30 damage.

The Delve and the Skill Challenge continue, after a Short Rest the PCs head off for more Labyrinth time.

Stats: Close call with the Connection Rate there, the PCs on 62.16% (23 from 37) and the bad guys on 61.9% (13 from 21). That said the PCs were really dishing out the damage at 90.5 HP/Turn on average, the bad guys only doing 19.75 HP/Turn.

Individual PC connection rates-

37.5% Kaspard
44.44% Dirty
66.67% Phrenic
76.92% Grey
100% Winstanley

The big damage however came from Grey, with 167 HP damage in three rounds (he didn't get an action in the surprise round remember).

Still a Level 5 Encounter complete in just four turns- not bad at all.

 

[Goonalan]

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #11 No Smoke Without Fire.
Note this is Encounter #35 for this group of PCs

And on they go again, continuing the Delve/Skill Challenge in an attempt to find their way to the Grey Dwarves fortress- the Grimmerzhul.

There's something coming- Winstanley halts suddenly, the Halfling can smell burning... Smoke!

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 400 XP Level 1 Encounter.
Fire Bat Level 5 Skirmisher [FB] (x2) (HP60)

Initiative 31 Winstanley 22 Grey 21 Dirty 16 Fire Bats 12 Kaspard 6 Phrenic

Round #1.

Winstanley- Ready Action.

Grey- Ready Action.

Dirty- Ready Action.

And diving in to the chamber come a pair of fiery (Fire- duh!) Bats, the PCs are ready for them- sorta.

FB1- Move- Fly into chamber. Readied Action Winstanley Sly Flourish FB1; Miss. Readied Action Dirty Charge FB1; '4' Miss. Marked. Back to FB1- Fiery Swoop. Dirty AoO FB1; '1' Miss. Fiery Touch Dirty; Hit 9 Fire damage -5 (Resist) =4 damage (57 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage. Shift & Fiery Touch Phrenic; Miss.

FB2- Move- Fly into chamber. Fiery Swoop. Dirty AoO FB2; Miss. Marked. Fiery Touch Dirty; Hit 7 Fire damage -5 (Resist) =2 damage (55 HP). Shift & Fiery Touch Phrenic; Miss.

Kaspard- Hand of Radiance FB1; Hit 6 Radiant damage (54 HP) & FB2; Miss.

Phrenic- Leaf on the Wind FB1; Hit 7 damage (47 HP).

Time to play 13 minutes including setting up of map and minis.

End of Turn-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP55/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 400 XP Level 1 Encounter.
Fire Bat Level 5 Skirmisher [FB] (x2) (HP47/60 60/60)

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 0 Total 0
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: Once again Dirty has taken a few hits, fortunate he has Fire Resistance.

 

[ctnguyen89]

Because this game took place in (I think) April-June 2010, so either the Essentials rules were not out then, or else we hadn't seen them. Remember none of the players (save one- still) have access to any of the books. I buy more or less everything, it was still an age before I realised some things had changed, we only found out about the MM ruling from... wherever it was, and by mistake.
[FONT=&quot]noi that fami, noi that 190 [/FONT]
Cheers PDR

I saw how great your game

 

[Goonalan]

I saw how great your game

Thanks, my players are great, I am merely adequate, regardless the madness continues-

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #11 No Smoke Without Fire.
Note this is Encounter #35 for this group of PCs

Round #2.

Winstanley- Move. Hold Action.

Grey- Daily Wand of Icy Rays FB1; Hit 16 Cold damage (31 HP) & Immobilised & FB2; Miss. Shift back.

Dirty- Ongoing 5 Fire damage -5 (Resist) = 0 damage. Shift in. Crushing Blow FB1; Hit 23 damage (8 HP bloodied). Marked. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Success.

Winstanley- Held Action. Sly Flourish Combat Advantage FB1; Hit 22 damage- DEAD.

FB1- DEAD.

FB2- Fiery Swoop. Fiery Touch Dirty; Miss. Shift & Fiery Touch Phrenic; Miss. Shift away.

A third Fire Bat comes flapping into the chamber.

FB3- Move- Fly into chamber. Fiery Touch Dirty; Miss.

Kaspard- Daunting Light FB2; Hit 22 Radiant damage (38 HP) & Combat Advantage to Winstanley.

Phrenic- Shift in. Daily Crushing Blow (from Armour of Exploits) FB2; Hit 9 damage (29 HP bloodied).

Time to play 8 minutes.

End of Turn-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP55/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 600 XP Level 1 Encounter.
Fire Bat Level 5 Skirmisher [FB] (x3) (HP29/60 60/60) 1 DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 2 Total 2
Healing Surges 0 Total 0
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: And the PCs for some reason are spooked again- more Daily Powers get spent. Odd how some creatures just seem to rile them... As I've said previously then the adventures described here are for the most of the players (four out of five) the only time they've played an RPG, they have no sliding scale of bad guys.

Which of course is excellent for me as I described the Fire Bats in as much terrifying detail as I could muster.

 

[Goonalan]

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #11 No Smoke Without Fire.
Note this is Encounter #35 for this group of PCs

Round #3.

Grey- Ray of Frost FB2; Hit 7 Cold damage (22 HP bloodied) & Slowed.

Dirty- Spinning Strike FB3; Miss. Marked.

Winstanley- Shift. Sly Flourish Combat Advantage FB2; Hit 21 damage (1 HP bloodied).

FB1- DEAD.

FB2- Slowed. Move- Flee. Phrenic AoO Longsword FB2; Hit 12 damage- DEAD.

FB3- Fiery Swoop. Dirty AoO Maul FB3; '1' Miss. Marked. Fiery Touch Dirty; Hit 8 Fire damage -5 (Resist) =3 damage (52 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage. Shift & Fiery Touch Winstanley; Miss. Shift away.

Dave (Dirty) grabs a D20 from my stash- his is 'broke'.

And another two Fire Bats arrive on the scene.

FB4- Move- Fly into chamber. Fiery Swoop. Shift & Fiery Touch Kaspard; Hit 9 Fire damage (36 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage. Shift & Fiery Touch Grey; Miss.

FB5- Move- Fly into chamber. Fiery Swoop. Fiery Touch Winstanley; Miss. Shift & Fiery Touch Dirty; Hit 6 Fire damage -5 (Resist) =1 damage (51 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage.

Kaspard- Ongoing 5 Fire damage. (31 HP). Sacred Flame FB5; Miss. Healing Word +5 HP Self (Full). Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Fail.

Phrenic- Move. Steel Monsoon FB3; Hit 16 damage (44 HP) & all PCs Shift 1 square.

Time to play 13 minutes.

End of Turn-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP51/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP31/46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 1000 XP Level 5 Encounter.
Fire Bat Level 5 Skirmisher [FB] (x5) (HP44/60 60/60 60/60) 2 DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 2
Healing Surges 1 Total 1
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: Two down... In the real world the guys are having a little bit of a panic, there's a lot of noises- groans and yelps, yet another creature they really don't like.

 

[Goonalan]

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #11 No Smoke Without Fire.
Note this is Encounter #35 for this group of PCs

Round #4.

Grey- Ray of Frost FB4; Hit 7 Cold (53 HP) & Slowed. Move away.

Dirty- Ongoing 5 Fire damage -5 (Resist) = 0 damage. Reaping Strike FB5; '2' Miss 3 damage (57 HP). Marked. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Success.

Dirty's not doing well, again... even with his new dice.

Winstanley- Bait & Switch FB5; Hit 9 damage (48 HP) & Switch places and Shift away.

FB1- DEAD.

FB2- DEAD.

FB3- Fiery Swoop. Fiery Touch Phrenic; Miss. Shift & Fiery Touch Kaspard; Hit 10 Fire damage (21 HP bloodied) & still Ongoing 5 Fire damage. Shift away.

FB4- Slowed. Move. Fiery Touch Kaspard; Miss.

FB5- Fiery Touch Dirty; Hit 7 Fire damage -5 (Resist) =2 damage (49 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage.

Kaspard- Ongoing 5 Fire damage (16 HP bloodied). Shift back. Divine Glow FB3; Miss & FB5; Miss & +2 To Hit for Dirty. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Success.

Phrenic- Commander's Strike- Dirty Maul FB5; Miss. Inspiring Word +4 HP Kaspard (31 HP).

Time to play 9 minutes.

End of Turn-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP49/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP31/46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 1000 XP Level 5 Encounter.
Fire Bat Level 5 Skirmisher [FB] (x5) (HP44/60 53/60 48/60) 2 DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 2
Healing Surges 1 Total 2
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: And still only two of them dead.

Things have calmed down a little over in the cheap seats, although the PCs are praying that no more of the creatures arrive, particularly as the PCs seem to be flailing- and missing.

 

[Goonalan]

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #11 No Smoke Without Fire.
Note this is Encounter #35 for this group of PCs

Round #5.

Grey- Ray of Frost FB3; Hit 12 Cold (32 HP) & Slowed. Stays back.

Dirty- Ongoing 5 Fire damage -5 (Resist) = 0 damage. Reaping Strike FB5; Hit 14 damage (34 HP). Marked. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Success.

Winstanley- Move. Sly Flourish FB5; Miss.

FB1- DEAD.

FB2- DEAD.

FB3- Slowed. Move. Fiery Touch Grey; Hit 7 Fire damage (33 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage.

FB4- Fiery Swoop. Fiery Touch Kaspard; Hit 5 damage (26 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage. Move away.

FB5- Fiery Swoop. Fiery Touch Dirty. Dirty AoO Maul FB5; Hit 17 damage (17 HP bloodied). Marked. Fiery Touch Dirty; Hit 7 Fire damage -5 (Resist) =2 damage (47 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage. Move away. Dirty AoO (Marked) Maul FB5; Miss. Move- Flee.

Kaspard- Ongoing 5 Fire damage (21 HP bloodied). Shift back. Sacred Flame FB4; Miss. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Success.

Phrenic- Commander's Strike- Dirty Charge FB4; Miss. Move.

Time to play 10 minutes.

End of Turn-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP47/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP21/46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP33/40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 1000 XP Level 5 Encounter.
Fire Bat Level 5 Skirmisher [FB] (x5) (HP32/60 53/60) 2 DEAD & 1 FLED

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 2
Healing Surges 0 Total 2
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: Only two left, the Fire Bats are proving hard to get rid of.

 

[Goonalan]

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #11 No Smoke Without Fire.
Note this is Encounter #35 for this group of PCs

Round #6.

Grey- Ongoing 5 Fire damage (28 HP). Shift back. Ray of Frost FB3; Hit 10 Cold damage (22 HP bloodied) & Slowed. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Fail.

Dirty- Ongoing 5 Fire damage -5 (Resist) = 0 damage. Shift. Reaping Strike FB4; Miss 3 damage (50 HP). Marked. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Fail.

Winstanley- Move. Sly Flourish FB4; Hit 12 damage (38 HP).

FB1- DEAD.

FB2- DEAD.

FB3- Slowed. Double Move away- Flee.

FB4- Fiery Touch Dirty; Hit 6 Fire damage -5 (Resist) =1 damage (46 HP) & Ongoing 5 Fire damage.

FB5- FLED.

Kaspard- Sacred Flame FB4; Miss. Move back.

Phrenic- Commander's Strike- Dirty Maul FB4; Miss (again) & Marked. Move.

Time to play 8 minutes.

End of Turn-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP46/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP21/46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP28/40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 1000 XP Level 5 Encounter.
Fire Bat Level 5 Skirmisher [FB] (x5) (HP38/60) 2 DEAD & 2 FLED

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 2
Healing Surges 0 Total 2
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: And at last we're down to one Fire Bat.

 

[Goonalan]

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Encounter #11 No Smoke Without Fire.
Note this is Encounter #35 for this group of PCs

Round #7.

Grey- Ongoing 5 Fire damage (23 HP). Ray of Frost FB4; Miss. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Success.

Dirty- Ongoing 5 Fire damage -5 (Resist) = 0 damage. Reaping Strike FB4; Hit 12 damage (26 HP bloodied). Marked. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Success.

Winstanley- Sly Flourish FB4; Hit 13 damage (13 HP bloodied).

FB1- DEAD.

FB2- DEAD.

FB3- FLED.

FB4- Fiery Swoop. Fiery Touch Dirty. Dirty AoO Maul FB4; Miss. Fiery Touch Dirty; Hit 5 Fire damage -5 (Resist) =0 damage & Ongoing 5 Fire damage. Shift away. Move away- Flee.

FB5- FLED.

Time to play 7 minutes.
Total time to play 1 hour and 8 minutes.

End of Encounter-

Good Guys
Dirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 5 (HP46/61)
Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 5 (HP21/46)
Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 5 (HP46)
Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 5 (HP23/40)
Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 5 (HP49)

Bad Guys 1000 XP Level 5 Encounter.
Fire Bat Level 5 Skirmisher [FB] (x5) (HP13/60) 2 DEAD & 3 FLED

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 2
Healing Surges 0 Total 2
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0

Comment: And at this point the PCs just want the Fire Bats to go away, spectacularly poor encounter, from a connection rate point of view, or so it seemed at the time. Coupled with the fact that the players seemed to panic a little at the start- they pegged the creatures as far more dangerous than they actually are- if you see what I mean.

Stats: I was right with the connection rate- PCs down to 47.62% (20 from 42) while the bad guys beat them with 54.55% (12 from 22). Damage done/Turn on average was 39 HP by the PCs but only 10.14 HP by the bad guys- again the PCs saving grace.

Individual PC Connection Rates-

25% Dirty (that's bad- only 4 hits from 16 attacks)
25% Kaspard (2 from 8)
71.43% Grey
71.43% Winstanley
100% Phrenic (4 from 4).

None of the PCs managed to do a chunk of damage however (a chunk being 100 HP or more), the closest was Winstanley with 77 HP.

Seven Turns to get through a Level 5 Encounter- that's not so good, particularly as only two of the Fire Bats were killed, three fled remember.