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

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

When Warren disappeared up the steps, Avril used her magically enhanced speed to follow up the stairs. If the sounds of her footsteps could distract the creature up there from Warren's quiet movements, then he should have a chance. Flame in hand she dashed up the stairs, reaching a point where she could spy the large creature from the stairs. Then she hurled a ball of flame at him, and pulled her hand back, ready to follow that one up with several more.

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OOC: Avril moves 60 ft. up the stairs and hurls a flame from her palm at the spellcaster. Produce Flame Ranged Touch: +8. Damage: 1d6+5. Scarlet remains where she is.

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, 4 Used)
Haste (Avril, Scarlet, 4 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
Avril
Siobhan
Larian 16
Koth 15
Tyrla 7
Gurguannin 4

Warren: Your touch attack connects, and you try to throw Koth. Your ability check result is 18 and Koth's is at 21, so you nearly uproot him but he holds his ground.

Avril: You move into line of sight and fire your flame into the sorcerer, landing a hit for 6 points of damage.

Siobhan: Runs up the stairs and defensively casts (28 concentration check) a cure minor wounds on Gurguannin healing him for 13 points of damage.

Larian: Larian gets up the stairs but is still out of Koth's line of sight, now prepared with true strike.

Koth: "Like rats out of a goblin's skull!" Koth curses. He then takes a 5 foot step and casts his lightning bolt spell (he has no concentration so he does not try to cast defensively) provoking an attack from Gurguannin. Gurguannin is more than a little unlucky (4 rolled) and misses the golden opportunity to interrupt the sorcerer. With that a bolt of lightning manifests in the small cramped room striking Gurguannin, Avril, Siobhan, and Warren. Everyone but Gurguannin makes their saves. The lightning bolt deals twenty points of electricity damage to Gurguannin and 10 to everyone else struck. Warren evades completely.

Tyrla: You drink your potion, restoring 2 hit points.

Gurguannin: The dwarven barbarian is going to take his attack, but misses. Gurguannin takes his chances and flees down the steps with the rest of his action (provoking an attack, but Koth doesn't threaten currently). His rage ends, and after everything he's at 4 remaining hit points.*

*For a second I thought we were using action points and used one with Gurguannin to get his hit up into the right range, but now I recall were not using them in this game so he does not hit.

Larian--Transmuter 5--HP: 25--AC:18 (tch 18, ff 14)--f+2, r+5, w+4

Hearing the lightning blast, and seeing the dwarf run past him, Larian knows the group is in trouble. He gestures and speaks, Percutio!. At the word, his hand seems to pulse with electrical energy. He gingerly steps past his companions and moves up to the bugbear spellcaster, reaching out his hand to touch the creature.
[sblock=ooc] Cast shocking grasp, then move in and touch Koth, touch attack +22 (thanks to true strike), 5d6 electricity damage. [/sblock]
[sblock=spells]Spells Prepared
0-Detect Magic, Lesser Acid Orb, Mage Hand, Daze
1-Color Spray
2-Bull’s Strength (Trans.)
3-Mass Resist Energy

Spells in effect
True Strike--until my attack roll, or end of this turn
Haste--5 rounds on Larian, Scarlet, Gurguannin, Siobhan and Avril
Mage Armor--5 hours
Fly (Gurguannin)--41 rounds
Protection from Arrows (Gurguannin)--3 hours or 30 damage
Enlarge Person (Gurguannin)--44 rounds

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

Avril - Human Druid - AC 21 - hp 36/46 - Spot +11 - Listen +11
Scarlet - Riding Dog - AC 27 - hp 14/38 - Spot +5 - Listen +5

Lightning crackled and flared around her, and she threw her hand around her eyes as she turned her back towards the burning and searing light. It crackled around her body, thankfully not causing the harm that she would've though, her cloak and the shielding of her eyes protecting her from the worst of the blast. "You will pay," she growled at the bugbear, her flaming fist raised high in the air.

"The spirits of nature have cursed you, bugbear," she growled again as she hurled a ball of fire at the bugbear, first taking the time to get a better position. "You cannot beat the Mother!" She hurled another ball of flame, fueled by Larian's magical energy. "You will be absorbed back into the Mother's worm and the raw power will turn you to dust!" She took up a protective stance with her shield her in front of her.

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OOC: Avril takes a 5 ft. step to C20 and hurls two flames (with Haste) from her palm at the spellcaster. Produce Flame Ranged Touch: +8 (-4 if cover is applicable, -4 if firing into melee is applicable). Damage: 1d6+5. Scarlet remains where she is.

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, 6 Used)
Haste (Avril, Scarlet, 3 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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Warren the halfling, HP 24/33(35/33), AC 23, Aid, Island of Blades stance

Annoyed that his attempt failed, Warren hesitates a moment, considering the dwarf's flight and everything else. He moves in after Larian, stabbing at the femoral artery in the bugbear's right thigh. "I'll get you yet!"


(ooc: Delay until just after Larian acts, then move to D-19 and sneak attack the bugbear, with Island of Blades providing flanking for everyone. Avril and Siobhan will act before Warren now, since he's delaying. Sneak attack is at a total of +13 to hit, for 1d4+5+1d6 damage.)

Tyrla, warlock 5; HP 14/30; AC 19

Tyrla felt a momentary warmth as she drank the healing elixir, but her wounds seemed to close only slightly. With a sigh, she rummaged through the magical Haversack in search of another potion....

OOC: repeat

Initiatives
Avril
Siobhan
Larian 16
Warren
Koth 15
Tyrla 7
Gurguannin 4

Avril: Your first flame connects dealing 7 points of damage but your second does not.

Siobhan: Siobhan chooses to weigh in with a melee attack, but finds her swing deflected by the protective wards around Koth.

Larian: Larian steps in and shocks Koth for 17 electricity damage.

Warren: Warren steps in and deals 10 damage with his sneak attack.

Koth: Koth looks at his options and the number of foes still standing and calculates a plan to try and escape. He takes a 5 foot step north, willingly falling the short distance to the wall below. He then procures a vial from his sack and drinks the contents.

Tyrla: Tyrla drinks another potion, this one restoring 3 hit pionts.

Gurguannin: Drinks a healing potion, restoring 7 hit points.



Bonus Round
Avril

Avril: Avril moves to the edge of the tower and fires down at Koth with her flame. The attack hits, dealing 10 points of fire damage and dropping Koth unconcious.

The entire encounter there was worth 1833.333 XP per player. That fraction at the end should round you up to an even number after that fight.

If I'm not missing anything that leaves us at 13225/15000 XP.

Siobhan takes a deep breath as the battle seems finally over. She then lets the revitalizing energies of Kord wash over her as she hangs her warhammer from her belt and moves over to Gurguannin.
"You truly showed your strength in this battle. May the Brawler replenish you."
She places her hand on the dwarf's shoulder while reciting a short prayer to Kord, and the barbarian's wounds begin to heal and his vigor to return.
"Who else needs the warm touch of Kord?"

[sblock=OoC]Siobhan activates Healing Devotion on herself and on Gurguannin, so both have Fast Healing 2 for the next minute. Unless nothing happens during that time, they will both heal 20hp. One use left for the day.
She will then proceed to heal everyone through the Wand of Cure Light Wounds to about 3/4ths of their full hit points.[/sblock]

Warren the halfling, HP 24/33(35/33), AC 23, Aid, Island of Blades stance

Warren goes over by Avril and looks down, saying "Nice shot. I was about to go after him with another stabbing..... Let's check the rest of the area for any other critters, before we get on with looting and such. Do you think we should try and keep that guy alive for questioning, or should I just go make sure he's dead?"