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

Banion's next move will be to manifest and charge a new mindblade. He will take a 5' step to the northeast.

OOC: I'm a little confused, since Juliana has a better grapple than +3 (+6), not that it gets it high enough, if I read your setup right (It looks like I rolled well for my AoO but you had my mods wrong as well or something). And DR does still count against grapple.

'Father, help me!' Juliana screams in her mind as she tries to wrest herself out of a grapple. If she does, she'll take a 5' step back (G4).

OOC: Julinana attempts to break grapple. (1d20+6=16)

You're right, Slagmortar and Bront. That's one advantage to using IC for die rolling. It keeps the record out there. I errorred in not factoring Juliana's BAB into her grapple check. She still would have failed though. I'll also reduce the grappling damage by 3 points. My setup error was that I left out Juliana's AoO roll. When I redid it, she got a 1, and missed. So I think everything's still OK.

Round 2 (con't)
Beamer sends a pale green beam toward the ogre, striking it in the chest. He then takes a step back. (Ogre's strength reduced by 4)

The fiendish woman thrusts her hand into a small pouch on her belt and withdraws some sort of ball, which she hurls at the party, while shouting something fiendish. The ball hits the floor behind the oge and transforms into a lion! The lion then charges past the ogre and leaps at Eusebius. Eusebius tries to smack it with his chain, and succeeds, tearing off a chunk of flesh and fur. The great cat leaps full on the monk, though, rending deeply with its claws and teeth. Eusebius only barely avoids being pulled into a grapple and raked by the lions rear claws. He pulls back, unsteady on his feet (0 hps)

The woman retreats after having thrown her ball.

Banion manifests and charges a new mindblade and steps back.
Juliana twists out of the monk's grasp.

Round 2 status:
Init order:
Ogre (4 pts str lost)
archers (4 & 5) (one injured from earlier combat)
Monks (1,2 & 3) (1 & 2 blind)
Beamer (11/17)
Mano (blind)
EE (11 dmg taken)
Lion (8 dmg taken)
Boog (17/29) (loaded crossbow)<--
Banion (32/40) (mind blade manifested & charged)
Juliana (5/45)
Eusebius (0/37, mage armor))<--

Boog & Eusebius can still act in round 2

Boog held his crossbow in his off hand, drew his dagger, and stepped behind Juliana to stand beside Eusebius. "Bad Pussycat!", he shouted at the summoned lion as he sliced his dagger across the beast's hide.[sblock=Ooc: ]Move to H4, drawing dagger as part of the move action. Attack is d20+3=20 and damage is d4+1=2. 17/29 hp and 16/34 PP.[/sblock]

If I don't take out that enemy caster right now, we're in serious trouble! Banion thinks to himself.

He hurls the blade at the demonic woman...

Thrown Mindblade with Range penalty (1d20+11-2=15, 1d4+2+1d8=6)

(If she has moved within 30' of Banion, the attack roll would increase to 18 and the damage to 7.)

Edit: I've had a variety of computer problems, and hadn't been able to view the map at the time I wrote that. "EE" is rather further away than I had thought! Can I choose a more reasonable target?

Although his body screams with the pain of the shocking attack, Eusebius retains his consciousness, if just barely. He stumbles backwards a step or two, grabbing his healing wand and summoning its power.

[sblock=OOC]5-foot step backwards. Wand of CLW. Sorry Juliana.[/sblock]

OOC: Juliana should have steped back with her 5 foot step.... And thanks for clearing up the rolls, makes sense now.

'We need to fall back, this is not our day to win, and it's certaintly not a day I wish to die.'

Round 2 (con't)
Boog steps forward and stabs the lion. Eusebius steps back, pulls out his wand, and cures himself of 4 pts dmg. His glowing mace strikes the ogre hard in the back. (8 pts)

Round 3
The ogre shouts something in orc to the monk in front of him. The monk then withdrawals back out of the way. The ogre then smashes Juliana with his club again. The ogre's club is deflected by Juliana's armor.

Round 3 status:
Init order:
Ogre (4 pts str lost/8 pts dmg taken)
archers (4 & 5) (one injured from earlier combat)
Monks (1,2 & 3) (1 & 2 blind)
Beamer (11/17) <--
Mano (blind)
EE (11 dmg taken)
Lion (10 dmg taken)
Boog (17/29) (loaded crossbow)
Banion (32/40) (mind blade manifested & charged)
Juliana (5/45)
Eusebius (4/37, mage armor)

*double post*

Agreed, let's fall back. Beamer raises his wand and says, "Ignite" while pointing at the ogre. He then retreats 20 feet back into the hallway.

OOC: scorching ray (1d20+8=15, 4d6+1=19) - including point blank shot and precise shot.

0th: 4, 1st: 1, 2nd: 0
Mage armor still in effect: AC 19
Bolts fired: 1
Wand charges: 18