Dr. Si's Curse of the Crimson Throne - Alpha Group

This is it!

With his blood pounding loudly in his ears, Tristan will head towards the building. He'll unleash an acid dart on the dog if he gets a good line of sight and is within range.

[sblock=ooc]att acid dart +3 ranged touch (1d6+1, crit 20/x2, 30' range)[/sblock]

Khadmeade draws his hammer and takes a step (left) around the table to get a clean view of the dog. "Feel the wrath of Torag, ye mangy mutt!" he cries, swinging his hammer at the hound.[sblock=OOC]Atk +2 warhammer (1d8+2)[/sblock]

Bael fires through a chink in the window. His arrow buries itself in the man's shoulder, who gives a shriek of pain and surprise and flees through the doorway...into the room where Khadmeade is fighting the dog. The man gives another shriek and waves his wand desperately at the dwarf. A glob of acid spurts over Khadmeade's head to land harmlessly on the wall behind. The man gives a third shriek.

Khadmeade swings his hammer but the close quarters prevent him from getting a decent shot at the dog, which continues to press its assault in a flurry of teeth. At one point it latches onto Khadmeade's arm but fails to penetrate his armour. It lets go and backs off briefly.

Tristan enters and fires an acid dart at the dog, but his acid missile too goes astray.

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Initiative order is:
Man (Yargin) 18
Tristan 13
Dog 7
Maya 6
Bael 5
Khadmeade 2

I've cycled back around to the dog, so it's Maya up next to act and then cycle around again. To keep combat flowing I don't always stick to one post per round.

Crunch:

Bael shortbow attack 13+3=16, hit. Damage = 6
Khadmeade hammer attack 3+2 = 5, miss.
Tristan acid dart touch attack 5 +3=8, miss.

Yargin missed with his wand, and the dog missed with its bite.

I kept Tristan's acid dart attack against the dog, as it is dark in the room, Yargin is lurking on the far side and the dog is making itself more noticable. I reckon he'd probably zap the more obvious target. It would still be a miss against Yargin.
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Maya goes to the door, but stays just to one side, out of sight from within. There she casts a spell. As she chants the strange syllables, luminous green smoke curls out from her lips and teeth and twines around her. The eldritch mist gathers into a round shape before her...then vanishes.

(move and cast Shield)

"Hold still ye dumb dog!" Khadmeade yells, swinging viciously at the mastiff before him.[sblock=OOC]Atk +2 warhammer (1d8+2)[/sblock]

Bael puts away and moves towards the door, standing next to it, still hidden from the men inside.

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AC 16 (T13, FF13), HP 25/25, F +2,R+5,W+0
Resistance to cold 5, electricity 5, and fire 5.
Darkness 1/day, Sneak 1d6
Rapier +2 . 1d6+2 . 19-20/X2
Shortbow +3 . 1d6 . 20/X3

standard: put away shortbow
move: down x3, left x2

Stealth+8, including ACP
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Tristan steps back (out the door) and begins casting his sleep spell, planning to target the wand-wielding wizard.

The man with the wand gives yet another shriek as he waves the wand in the direction of Khadmeade. Another glob of yellow-green liquid shoots from the end, this time splattering the dwarf with a burning sensation. He then dashes from the room through the door that the dog came through, and out of the door at the other end. Only darkness can be seen beyond.

"Help!" he cries. "Madmen, intruders!"

Khadmeade catches the mastiff a glancing blow to the shoulder. It yelps and drops back briefly, before coming back at the dwarf with renewed vigour. The stout-hearted cleric fends it off with his shield.

Bael and Maya take up flanking positions either side of the double doors.

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Khadmeade is hit for 3 acid damage.
Dog attack misses.

Khadmeade hammer attack 20+2=22. Crit confirm 8+2=10, not crit.
Hammer damage vs. dog 1d8+2=3

Tristan's original target moved out of range on his turn, so if Tristan wants to change his actions accordingly he may do so.
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Dr Simon said:

Tristan's original target moved out of range on his turn, so if Tristan wants to change his actions accordingly he may do so.

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ooc: He'll try to get the dog, then. Full round casting sure sucks.

The dog stops in mid-lunge and curls up on the floor, asleep, snoring and farting noisily.

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I'm assuming that you place the point of origin of the spell behind the dog so as not to catch Khadmeade as well.
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