(CSRHoD) Creamsteak's Red Hand of Doom [IC]

Tyrla could hear the voices of enemies still in the building to the southwest, but the bottleneck in the doorway (and the blast of Larian's spell) gave her confidence that that front was contained for the moment. Instead she shifted her attention to the remaining foes in the courtyard. Moving just a bit, she unleashed another arcane bolt, hoping to bring down the remaining worg so Siobhan and Gurguannin could engage the other foes.

OOC: move to O 14, fire an eldritch blast at remaining worg (+8 ranged touch, 3d6+1 damage). Obviously, if she is attacked at melee range by the escaped hobgoblins, she will attempt to deal with that threat first.

Initiatives
Warren 17
Larian 16
Worg Rider 14
Avril 9
Hobgoblins 8
Tyrla 7
Siobhan 5
Gurguannin 4
Karkillan (minotaur) 1

Warren: You attack the hobgoblin and hurt him heavily but he doesn't quite drop (0 hp).

Larian: Your fireball crashes into the room, destroying the hobgoblin Warren just set his blade and the one next to him. The hobgoblin near the door is lucky enough to take some degree of cover from the damage. The minotaur is suprised (for lack of a better word) and takes the brunt of the explosion (24 fire damage).

Worg: The lone worg, angry and without the rider in control, makes a brutal attack against Gurguannin, landing a critical hit. The bite inflicts 12 points of damage, and the worg tries to pull him down. The stalwart dwarf is at an advantage in this department, however, and maintains his footing.

Avril: You heal Warren for 8 points of damage, and scarlet charges in after the wounded hobgoblin dealing 7 points of damage but not dropping it.

Hobgoblins: One takes a swing at Scarlet, but completely misses. The other remaining hobgoblin rushes out the door and around the corner after the barbarian, landing a hit for 8 points of damage.

Tyrla: Your blast connects with the worg dealing 12 points of damage.

Siobhan: Steps back and casts a cure moderate wounds on Gurgunnin healing him for 19 points of damage.

Gurguannin: Angry at the worg for even TRYING to take him down, he lets his axe take care of the job Tyrla started with her blast, taking the worg down.

Karkillan: "So whatchu wanna do little half-mans-ling? Ooooh puppy!" Karkillan moves around the fire carefully, then takes a swing at Scarlet with his massive axe, landing a devastating blow for 24 points of damage.

[sblock=Larian & Tyrla]You both hear what sounds like deep throaty laughter coming from the top of the tower. You can't be sure what it is, but it sounds distinctly goblin-like, though deeper than usual.[/sblock]

Gurguannin, AC 16, HP 31

Gurguannin howls with laughter at the sight of his fallen foes. His bloodshot eyes focus on the tower, and he runs forward screaming with rage.

OOC : move to K16

Larian--Transmuter 5--HP: 25--AC:19 (tch 19, ff 15)--f+2, r+6, w+4

Larian nods grimly as he sees the devastation wrought by his fireball. He listens for the laughter he had heard, but decides that the minotaur is the bigger threat. He calls a warning to his friends, There's something up in the tower. Take these ones down, but be prepared for more, then he steps up and fires a line of burning light at the bull-headed brute.
[sblock=ooc] 5' step to M17, or wherever else will give Larian a clear line to the minotaur, then cast Scorching Ray, ranged touch at +6, dealing 4d6 points of damage. If he has his move action left, he'll put the rod of extend back in his bag.[/sblock]
[sblock=spells] Spells Prepared
0-Detect Magic, Lesser Acid Orb, Mage Hand, Daze
1-Shocking Grasp, True Srike, Color Spray
2-Scorching Ray, Bull’s Strength (Trans.)
3-Mass Resist Energy

Spells in effect
Haste--8 rounds on Larian, Scarlet, Gurguannin, Siobhan and Avril
Mage Armor--5 hours
Fly (Gurguannin)--44 rounds
Protection from Arrows (Gurguannin)--3 hours or 30 damage
Enlarge Person (Gurguannin)--45 rounds

Rod of Extend--1 uses left
Pearl of Power--used [/sblock]

Nothing to see here.

Warren the halfling, HP 24/33, AC 23, Island of Blades stance

Warren does a little flourish and fades from sight, dashing over to the minotaur and planting his blade in the creature's guts, then reappearing in front of the minotaur. "I think, I'm going to show you what your own guts look like, before you die..."

[sblock=Attack]Initiating Cloak of Deception to turn invisible, moving to space I-15, and attacking. With invisibility and sneak attack, he strikes at +12 to hit, for 1d4+5+1d6 damage. Reappears at the end of his turn.

Only remaining maneuver ready is Mighty Throw.[/sblock]

Warren: Your attack lands, dealing 11 more damage to the minotaur and completely catching him unaware.

Larian: Your scorching ray also lands, dealing 17 points of damage against he minotaur and killing him outright.

The laughter from above becomes loud enough that everyone can hear, but only Gurguannin, Siobhan, Avril, Tyrla, and Larian can see the culprit above.

[sblock=Koth][/sblock]

A bugbear stands at the open edge of the tower above, both hands free. He cackles with glee and points a finger at Gurguannin and Siobhan. "So this is the group that killed Zarr and Uth-lar? You don't look so tough from up here!"

With that, his fingers crackle with arcane energy and the tip warms into a bolt of lightning streeming down against the dwarf and cleric. Both fail their reflex saves and are hit for 22 points of electricity damage from the lightning.

"Who would have thought you would come to me?"


Note that the big K should be dead. I forgot to remove him. Also note that I drew a small curved line to represent the facing of the stairs, so you can easily tell which direction you go up them and where you come out. Koth is the red K, he's on the second floor, so you would have to open the door to the tower, then go up the stairs to approach him (not to mention he's out of site of those in the room).

From within the shadowed hood of her cloak, Tyrla gave a fierce smile. Their true foe here had been forced to reveal himself- that meant they were winning, and the end was in sight. The deadly arc of electricity was a bit troubling, but not frightening (not yet, anyway). Stepping forward for a clear line of sight, she extended her own hand and fired a return blast of arcane power.

OOC: Luckily, we don't need to close to hurt him- some of us just need to see him. Tyrla will take a 5-foot step to N 14, then fire an eldritch spear at the bugbear (+7 ranged touch, 3d6 damage, 250 foot range). I don't think it will hurt him more than the flying, enraged barbarian dwarf, but you never know.

Avril - Human Druid - AC 21 - hp 46/46 - Spot +11 - Listen +11
Scarlet - Riding Dog - AC 27 - hp 14/38 - Spot +5 - Listen +5

"Scarlet!" she cried as the large minotaur cleaved into her armored ally with its massive weapon. She could feel the pain of the blow herself, see the anguish and fear in Scarlet's eyes. Thankfully Warren and Larian combined managed to bring the large creature down, and Avril dashed into the room to see Scarlet still frantically fighting, loyal in obedience despite the pain.

"Hang in there, Scarlet," she said softly, using a sprig of holly to call forth nature's power and the endurance of the bear. She let the magic touch both herself and Scarlet, bolstering her for the time being, so she would survive the battle against the hobgoblin. Tyrla and hopefully Gurguannin would deal with the spellcaster and its powerful magic. What is going on here? The more she saw the power and preparedness of the hobgoblins and goblins in the area, the more she feared something big was going to happen.

[SBLOCK=OOC]
OOC: Avril moves to J17 and casts Bear's Endurance on herself, using Companion Spellbond to share it with Scarlet at range. She commands Scarlet to atack the hobgoblin at I12 (Handle Animal +12 vs DC 10). Scarlet get two bite attacks due to Haste. Scarlet Bite Attacks: +7/+7. Bite Damage: 1d6+4 each.

Spells and Abilities Active:

Barkskin (Avril, Scarlet, +2 AC, 50 minutes)
Extended Cat's Grave (Avril, Scarlet, +4 Dex, 10 minutes)
Extended Product Flame (Avril, 10 minutes, 3 Used)
Haste (Avril, Scarlet, 2 rounds)
Bear's Endurance (Avril, Scarlet, 5 minutes)

Spells Cast and Abilities/Items Used:

Summon Nature's Ally III (Call Lightning)
Cure Moderate Wounds
Wild Shape (1 Used)
Metamagic Rod of Lesser Extend (2 Used)
Barkskin
Extended Cat's Grace
Extended Produce Flame
Cure Light Wounds
Bear's Endurance

Spells Prepared:

Level 0 (5): Cure Minor Wounds, Detect Magic, Guidance, Naturewatch, Resistance
Level 1 (4): Enrage Animal, Entangle
Level 2 (3):
Level 3 (2):
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Initiatives
Warren 17
Larian 16
Koth 15
Avril 9
Hobgoblin 8
Tyrla 7
Siobhan 5
Gurguannin 4

Avril: You get off your bears endurance and Scarlet attacks the hobgoblin, critting once and hitting once, dropping him.

Tyrla: Your eldritch blast hits Koth for 11 points of damage.

Hobgoblin: He makes another attack against the dwarf, but fails to land a hit.

Siobhan: Siobhan uses up a 3rd level spell slot to try to help Gurguannin out, then runs for cover. The spell heals for 18 points of damage. (Funny, got more on he previous heal due to better dice.)

Gurguannin: Seeing the bugbear throw down lightning was probably enough to get you to change your action to going afte him (I would think at least). The hobgoblin that was right next to you attempts to intervene with a swing on his attack of opportunity, but misses. You charge through the air, reaching the bugbear in the tower and give a swing, but your blow lands awkwardly (natural 1).