S1: The Strange Case of Aif Jenkins' Farm (E13 judge) - Concluded

The groups coalesce on opposite side of the pit.

Boog prepares to manifests Read Thoughts after establishing the mindlink again, as Beamer speaks of Idrag. The bald leader accross the pit smiles malevalently as Beamer speaks.

A scraping sound distracts the party, and its source is obvious in another moment. The pit is closing again.

"Flee now, minions of Idrag. Only death awaits you here." says the bald leader. His muscles tense and he begins a leap into action.

Initiatives:

As of round 1, the pit is not quite closed. It will be closed as of round 2, by the look of it.

Init order:
Monks (1,2 & 3)
Beamer (11/17)
Mano
other
ogre
Boog (17/29)
Banion (32/40)
Juliana (32/45)
Eusebius (24/37, mage armor)
archers (4 & 5)

Round 1
The three tuniced men behind the leader act first. Their hand whip out from inside their tunic, hurling small sharp metal stars.

Eusebius cries out, "Treacherous swine!" He then raises his hands in prayer and makes as if to fling his holy symbol at the enemy. As he does so, a mace of shining force appears and flies to hover over the ogre. It strikes out at the creature, leaving a glowing wake in its path. The spiritual weapon continues to attack.

[sblock=OOC]Eusebius will respond as required to the attacks of the others before him in the initiative order - including making AoO's with the spiked chain (max 3). If necessary he'll take a five foot step back to avoid AoO's, then cast Spiritual Weapon. It has a duration of 3 rounds, attacks this round with an attack bonus of +6 (BAB +3 and Wis bonus +3) & does 1d8+1 damage per hit.[/sblock]

Juliana

Juliana manifests her Force Screen (Leaving her with 1 PP) and then tucks her sheild away while drawing her great flail.

OOC: AC is 22 (Shield + Armor + Thicken Skin), 24 after Force Screen.

"Damn!"

Beamer casts glitterdust (DC 15) catching monks 1,2,3 and the leader (M). He then draws his wand of scorching ray.

OOC:
Hmm. I thought they'd be a little more clustered together. Oh well.

0th: 4, 1st: 2, 2nd: 1
Mage armor still in effect: AC 19
Bolts fired: 1
Wand charges: 19

OOC: Saves - oooo - you got lucky & blinded their leader! He had a good will save, too.

Round 1 (con't)
None of the steel stars hurt the party.

Beamer sends a cloud of glimmering dust to surround the forward group of monks. Three of the four, including their leader, seem to be affected.

The bald leader groans, covering his eyes with his hand. He turns and retreats. Even blinded, he moves with uncanny speed. Keeping one hand on the West wall, he retreats to the back of the room.

The ogre bellows to the others in orc [sblock]"get out of the way"[/block], but takes no action other than to grip his maul more tightly.

Another figure emerges from the gloom of the doorway. She moves foward gracefully, seeming to glide over the floor more than run. She moves very fast. She is striking looking. The woman is both gorgeous and horrible. Her eyes are emerald green, exactly matching the shade of her thick straight hair, which flows past her shoulders. Her flawless pale skin also has a greenish tint, and is marred by a pair of short pointy horns that protrude from her forehead. Her green lips are full on her pretty face. Her breasts are obscenely large and perky, and are barely hidden by a tight emerald wrap. An extremely short green skirt barely covers the other important parts, and doesn’t prevent her floor-length pointed tail from whisking about behind her. A dark green high-heeled laced leather boot reaches to her left thigh. He right leg is bare, and ends in a cloven hoof instead of a foot. On her back, she wears an odd looking pack. It's shaped to carry something like a guitar.

Her outstretched hand points at Juliana. Suddenly Juliana recalls her greatest wounds of the past. She teeters on the brink of falling into an abyss of pain. (save DC 17 or take 16 points dmg)

Init order:
Monks (1,2 & 3) (1 & 2 blind)
Beamer (11/17)
Mano (blind)
other
EE
Boog (17/29) <--
Banion (32/40)
Juliana (32/45)
Eusebius (24/37, mage armor)
archers (4 & 5)

Juliana HP: 16/45 AC: 24 (After her turn)

Juliana recoils in pain.

OOC: Fort save I'm assuming? Juliana's Fort Save (1d20+5=14) Will save is the same modifier. Doesn't matter with that roll.

Banion will move to I3, and he will hurl his mindblade against the fiendish woman who hurt Juliana.

Thrown mindblade, with a -2 penalty for range (1d20+11-2=28, 1d4+2+1d8=7) (Possible Critical)

Confirm and extra damage (1d20+11-2=15, 1d4+2=4)

ooc: Looks like Banion will hit for at least 7, potentially 11. If his attempt to hide was succesfull, I believe he gets an additional +2 on the attack, and his target is flat footed.

Boog decided that since none of the monks or their allies had crossed over the pit, he still didn't trust its cover to hold his weight. The pudgy young Elan loaded his crossbow, keeping a wary eye on his enemies. [sblock=OoC: ]Load heavy crossbow, full round action. If an enemy crosses the pit, he will probably follow with Hostile Empathic Transfer instead of a crossbow bolt.[/sblock]

Round 1 (con't)
Boog loads his heavy crossbow. Banion moves back, hurling his mindblade as he does so. It's a good hit, producing copious amounts of redish-green blood from the strange woman. She gives a strangled gasp.

Juliana manifests her force screen and readies her great flail.

Eusebius casts spiritual weapon, creating a glowing mace which attacks the ogre. The weapon doesn't seem to damage the giant through his armor and thick hide.

Round 2
The Ogre has waited for the pit to close before moving, and the archers move in behind it. The ogre shoves its way past the monks, over the pit, and swings its maul at Juliana.

The maul delivers a terrible smack the the group's leading lady. (damage after DR of 10) Juliana is tough, though, and stays on her feet, barely.

The archers aim their weapons, but can't get a good shot with the ogre in their way.

The non-blinded monk dashes past the ogre into battle. He attempts to grapple with Juliana. (I errored in my set up. I neglected to include Juliana's AoO. Let me roll that now separately. Not Juliana's day.) The monk tumble's past Juliana's flail and grabs her by the neck. Juliana gurgles. That hurt! (4 pts dmg). She's now nearly unconscious and grappled.

Round 2 status:
Init order:
Monks (1,2 & 3) (1 & 2 blind)
Beamer (11/17) <--
Mano (blind)
EE (11 dmg taken)
Boog (17/29) (loaded crossbow)
Banion (32/40)
Juliana (2/45) (grappled)
Eusebius (24/37, mage armor)
archers (4 & 5) (one injured from earlier combat)

Beamer points to the ogre and a weakening ray streams toward the huge figure. He then steps back.

OOC: Juliana should get her damage reduction against the grapple so should only have taken 1, I think.

ray of enfeeblement (1d20+8=25, 1d6+2=4)
0th: 4, 1st: 1, 2nd: 0
Mage armor still in effect: AC 19
Bolts fired: 1
Wand charges: 19