S3: The Scythe of Seto (Bront Judging)[Completed]

Round 1
Ogrin tumbles past the hag, but isn't able to assume full flanking position this round. His blade deflects off the creature's surprisingly tough skin.

Eusebius steps back and casts his spell, granting Hyrag's blessing to all his comrades. The affect is immediate. As Rasereit slips into rage and attacks, it is only by Hyrag's aid that one of his blows strikes home.

Despite being attacked by Ogrin & Razh, the hag seems to have eyes only for the hapless Beamer, who is paralyzed with fear. She snaps her jaws at him again. They seem to grow in size as she lunges forward, and they clamp down on the poor halfling's shoulder, shearing bone and flesh as though her teeth were an iron trap. With a shake of her neck, the halfling collapses inert to the stone floor.

"Have at you!" comes a shout from the back. The group can smell him before they see him, and there is no doubt that it is the redolent dwarf Reinert who steps forward over Beamer's prostate body, shield and axe in hand. His fine blade sweeps at the hag, and she jerks back to avoid the blow.

Ogrin senses movement behind him, and shifts. He senses, rather than sees, a dark shape snap at him. He hears the clap of teeth and the canine whine. He knows there's something behind him, but he can't see it.

In the rear, Trimble shouts "Back to the cottage!" and the sounds of his footfalls indicate he's taking his own advice.

Round 2 (& Banion in round 1. Banion is in space D4)

Combat Notes
Characters in intiative order
Ogrin 21 (blessed)
Eusebius 18 (blessed)
Rae 16 (blessed & raging til round 8)
Hag 14 (-8 hps)
Reinert 12 (blessed)
Banion 11 (blessed) <--
Dog 11 (total concealment)
Beamer 8(-7/21 HPs. panicked til round 6)(blessed)
Trimble 3 (panicked til round 6)(blessed)

OOC: save vs fever (1d20+4=11)
This fight is proving quite poor for Beamer. Good luck guys!

Ogrin dodges the invisible dog as he moves to flank the hag with Reinert. His sword strikes true, but his sap is off the mark.

OOC: Longsword hits AC 28, 12 damage. Sap hits AC 18, likely a miss, 3d6+3 nonlethal if it hits by any chance...

Round 2:

Rasereit cringes as Beamer falls to the ground bleeding. The halfling's pained moans are apparently distracting, because Rasereit only manages to get one good hit in on the Hag.

Two natural 2's! And a 27 with the waraxe, for 12 damage.
Rage round 2/8, raging AC is 21

Manzanita said:

OOC: Well guys, I should probably NPC Banion & keep this moving, but I find myself hard pressed to put together the time & motivation to do a good DM post. The fact is, my wife's expecting a baby (our fourth & last) on Thursday & I'll be juggling a lot the next couple weeks. We'll keep this moving, but it will probably be a month or two before we get back up to speed.

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OOC: Congratulations, Manz!

And don't worry about us - wives and babies definitely take precedence over RPG!!

ooc: Congrats! Also, apologies for holding things up!

Round 1
Banion will take a 5' step to C5 in order to get an unobstructed throw at the hag, and he lets the tumbling blade fly.

PBS with charged mindblade (1d20+13=32, 1d6+1d4+3+1d8=14)

In a flash, a new mindblade appears in his hand and is filled with energy for another psychic strike.

Round 2
Banion's second throw (1d20+13=18, 1d6+1d4+3+1d8=12) is not as precise, and might miss. If it hits, he will take a 5' step back, summon a new mindblade, and charge it. If it was a miss, he will summon a new mindblade and move back 15', as on a miss it will allready be charged.

I don't see any enemies near Banion, but he will tumble to avoid any attacks of opportunity. His tumble is a +15, and cannot fail against a single opponent.

Round 1 (backtracking)
Banion hurls his mindblade into the combat. It strikes the hag and splatters black blood back onto Ogrin.

Round 2
Ogrin shifts and strikes hard with his longsword, but missing with his sap. His friend Razh strikes an equally hard blow, clearly damaging the unearthly creature.

The hag steps back from the deluge of blows, and takes a bite at Ogrin. (15 dmg + fort save DC 18 to avoid demon fever)

Reinert steps forward, clearing the way for Eusebius to reach Beamer, and slashes again with his waraxe, bravely, but ineffectively. His axe seems to bounce off her black skin.

Banion's second throw misses, and he steps back safely, no other enemies outside the cave materializing.

The dog flanks Ogrin and snaps at him, biting hard. Ogrin can't actually see the dog, but can certainly feel its teeth.

Beamer doesn't move, and Trimble flees further back towards his hut.

Round 3 (everyone. - sorry - can't update the map. mostly the same. Eusebius still has a round 2 action.)
Combat Notes
Characters in intiative order
Ogrin 21 (29/52)(blessed)<--
Eusebius 18 (blessed)
Rae 16 (blessed & raging til round 8)
Hag 14 (-46 hps)
Reinert 12 (blessed)
Banion 11 (blessed)
Dog 11 (total concealment)
Beamer 8(-7/21 HPs. panicked til round 6)(blessed)(demon fever)
Trimble 3 (panicked til round 6)(blessed)

Round 3
Thrown Mindblade from 30' (1d20+13=20, 1d6+1d4+3+1d8=16)

Banion continues his assault on the hag. He immediately manifests a new mindblade, and if he hit he recharges the spent psychic strike energy.

"Argh! Get away from me, you stupid mutt!"

Bloodied and battered, Ogrin dodges the beast as good as he can. He moves closer to the rock wall, putting the faux-halfling between himself and Razh, while having the safety of the rock wall behind him. Again, he leads his attack with his long sword and follows up with his sap - and once again, his sword cuts into the hag, while the sap misses.

Seeing his halfling friend lifeless on the ground, Ogrin yells to the dwarf en merchant, "Reinert, your weapons can't touch her! Get Beamer to safety and see what you can do for him!"

[sblock=Rolls]5ft step to G4 to flank with Razh.

Longsword hits AC 27, makes 11 damage. Sap misses

Ogrin fears no fever
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