[4e] The Wolfcrown, Chapter 1

[sblock=OOC to DF] No my attack did not include my +2 from the flanking mentioned DF... with the map not updated I could not tell if I was flanking or not... I did however include the divine fortune in there yes....... so add +2 to my roll for the flanking to give me a total of 15 to hit AC[/sblock]

[sblock=ooc]To Rathan: Cool. That makes sense, although the attack is still a miss. To everyone: Let's just rule that I'll deal with flanking/combat advantage (since the positions won't be updated every single turn) but I'll leave everything else up to you. Thus, you'll do your normal STAT+ENHANCEMENT+PROFICIENCY+OTHER BONUSES, but if the enemy is dazed or flanked or something, don't add the combat advantage to your attack roll. I'll do that myself. Sound ok?[/sblock]

[sblock=ooc]It's been 2 days, still waiting for Thorn's actions. If Shayuri hasn't posted by tomorrow, I'll end the round and assume Thorn's delaying her actions.[/sblock]

(OOC - Sorry...busy week. As the huge row of posts I made today shows, I'm getting caught up now. Thanks for the clarification. For some reason I thought the 'stairs' showed the center of a spiral staircase, and we were coming out of the stairwell...hee...)

Thorn scans the enemy formation and draws on the strange power lying dormant within her. Her eyes swim an inky black, and she feels a chill settle over her as she reaches out with her slim, short sword and makes a slash with it...even though there's no one nearby.

What's harder to see is that her shadow has stretched out towards one of the guards, and as she makes her attack, so does it! Unfortunately, the angle involved is a little weird, and Thorn misjudges her swing. Even so, with a quick reverse she manages to at least touch the guard with her shadow, even if it's not with an attack.

A little bit of the shadow seems to seep over the guard as that happens, making him look a little dimmer than he did a moment ago.

(Attack guard H6 with Inescapable Blade! Then roll a natural 1! Ah well, still putting an Assassin's Shroud on him.)

[sblock=End of Round 1]Hero Status
Doren: 26/26 (+2 Power bonus to AC in Round 2)
Thorn: 24/24
Thomas: 15/24
Baern: 15/26
Torath: 34/34
Squeal: 31/31

Enemy Status:
Slinger 1: Taken 7 Damage, Not Bloodied
Slinger 2: Taken 0 Damage, Not Bloodied
Guard 1: Taken 0 Damage, Not Bloodied
Guard 2: Taken 0 Damage, Not Bloodied (1 Assassin's Shroud)
Guard 3: Taken 0 Damage, Not Bloodied
Guard 4: Taken 16 Damage, Not Bloodied

Most Damage Dealt This Round: Torath
Most Damage Taken This Round: Guard 4
Most Damage Dealt This Encounter: Torath
Most Damage Taken This Encounter: Guard 4
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The soldiers fan out. Two of the guards break away from the main fray and hurry around the narrow stairway to attack Thorn. One of them invites an opportunity for Baern to strike him as he runs away.

[sblock=Opportunity Attack]When Baern's actions are posted, he may make an opportunity attack against Guard 2.[/sblock]

The other two guards set up a flanking maneuver against Baern while the slingers load their weapons and take aim on Torath.

The two guards near Baern simultaneously swing their heavy maces at him. Baern feels his skull crack, and he wobbles and begins to feel his knees trembling. Could this be the end of such a promising adventure?

[sblock=Damage]Baern takes 18 damage, which knocks him below 0 HP. Baern may still take his usual actions this round, and he will fall unconscious at the end of the round unless healed.[/sblock]

Thorn is attacked with her back the stairwell. The guard she cursed with her shadow seems intent on escaping the chill in his spine. He clubs Thorn in the stomach, and she doubles over in pain. The other guard crashes his mace into the back of her head, and a spray of blackened blood erupts from her mouth.

[sblock=Damage]Thorn takes 14 damage and has become bloodied.[/sblock]

The slingers in the back of the room take careful aim against Torath, the so-called "Knight in Half-Polished Armor." The one on the left lets his missile fly first, and it sails through the air. It collides directly with Torath's unarmored face and causes him to reel for a moment. The second slinger looses his rock, and it cracks with a heavy thud into Torath's chestplate. Torath can feel the blood soaking out of his breast and dripping into his armor.

[sblock=Damage]Torath takes 20 damage and is now bloodied.[/sblock]

[sblock=Enemy Actions]Guards 1 and 4 don't move.
Guard 3 walks to I9 in front of Thorn.
Guard 2 walks around to Thorn's side at J10.
Guard 2's movement invites an opportunity attack from Baern.

The slingers reload their weapons.

Guards 1 and 4 attack Baern with combat advantage (flanking).
Both succeed. Baern takes two hits of 9 damage each, for 18 total damage.

Guards 2 and 3 attack Thorn.
Both succeed. Thorn takes two hits: 9 damage from Guard 2, 5 damage from Guard 3, for 14 total damage.

Slingers 1 and 2 attack Torath with ranged basic attacks.
Both succeed. One is a critical hit. Torath takes two hits of 10 damage each, for 20 total damage.
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Doren sees Baern in a bad way already so early in the flight from the cells... he sighed softly noting this was NOT going well so far and regretted coming this way already... quickly he spouts off a quick prayer to Blackmoor filling Baern with healing energies before hefting his mace once more on the guard he attacked the round before....

"Blackmoor... our outlook seems grim here... please give us some aide so we can find the true justice in this mess and find the REAL person guilty in this endeavor!" the priest uttered as he healed and tried incapacitating the guard once more....

[sblock=Actions for Round 2]

Minor Action: Using on Baern Class Encounter: Healing Word
Encounter (Special) ✦ Divine, Healing
Special: You can use this power twice per encounter, but only
once per round. At 16th level, you can use this power three
times per encounter.
Minor Action Close burst 5
(10 at 11th level, 15 at 21st level)
Target: You or one ally
Effect: The target can spend a healing surge and regain an
additional 1d6 hit points. (1d6=3)

Move Action: None

Standard Action: Using on guard again at J5 Bonus At-Will Power: Righteous Brand
At-Will ✦ Divine,Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage, and one ally within
5 squares of you gains a power bonus to melee attack rolls
against the target equal to your Strength modifier until the
end of your next turn.
(Did not enter flanking or any other bonus but prof. with weapon)1d20+4=21, 1d8+2=3 (Giving +2 Power bonus to Squeal once again as this time I'm pretty sure I'll hit hehe...)[/sblock]

Thorn reels away from the two guards ganging up on her and for a moment it looks like she may fall. Then she looks up at the guards with a trail of dark blood leaking from the corner of her mouth and smiles grimly. The chill pall around the one guard intensifies, and the changeling dives at the floor where a flickering torch casts his shadow over the flagstones...and vanishes into that shadow!

She erupts out of the shadow of another guard, the one all but surrounded by the others, and quicker than a snake drives her sword at him. As she does, all the shadows of everyone around him rise up and seem to claw at him at the same time!

As she withdraws from the attack, her substance becomes inky and smoky...like a shadow itself.

(Put another Shroud on guard 3, then Shadow Step to I6 and use Shadow Storm on Guard 4! 21 to hit vs AC for 6 damage, plus 1 damage per person adjacent to him. At the beginning of the turn, that's 5 people (once Thorn teleports in), for a total of 11 damage. As a minor action, she then activates Shade Form, making her insubstantial...hopefully therefore not dying from counterattacks. )
Roll Lookup

Baern takes a swipe at the back of the knee of the fleeing guard before things go black. But the stubborn dwarf refuses to fall, and begins to mutter a prayer as he blinks the stars away.

He takes a step to the side, and with his rod in his left hand, he slams it three times again the hammer in his right...and three times deafening clashes of thunder fill the room, followed by Baern's stern voice.

"By the grace of Blackmore, let us pass! No one need die here today!"

[sblock=Actions]OA vs. Guard 2: 1d20+7 to hit AC 19, 8 damage Roll Lookup
Minor: Second Wind (regain 6 hp, +2 bonus to ALL defenses until start of next turn)
Move: Shift to I4
Standard: Thunder of Judgment vs.1, 2, & 3: 1d20+5 to hit FORT 13, 20, 6 (Roll Lookup; 10 damage (Roll Lookup)
If hits 13 FORT, push Guard 1 to E5; if hits 20 FORT push Guard 2 to M13

Baern will heal a total of 15 points this round.[/sblock]

[sblock=Baern Stoneheart stat block]Baern Stoneheart- Male Dwarf Invoker 1
Passive Perception: 15, Passive Insight: 20
AC:16, Fort:14, Reflex:11, Will:16 -- Speed:5
HP:12/26, Bloodied:13, Surge Value:6, Surges left:7/9
Initiative +0
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: used
Powers: Avenging Light, Grasping Shards, Rebuke Undead, Armor of Wrath, Thunder of Judgement, Angelic Echelon
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Thomas, Summoner Wizard

Muttering words of power, Thomas opens his hand...

The air ripples, as if from heat, and a soldier of flame strides through the ripples in the air near the slinger on the right. It lifts a shimmering axe above its head as it moves to attack.

Not pausing to see the fear in the guard's eyes, his chanting verse flows into another spell as a crackling column of lightning appears between the guards, filling the space vacated by Baern a moment before. Electric tendrils crack out at the guards.

The adrenaline of the moment carries Thomas forward...he shakes off the worst of the pain. Taking a breath from the incantations, he realizes that Squeal has moved and ducks back behind him for some cover.

[sblock=Actions]
EDIT: Didn't specify yet, but all damage this encounter is considered non-lethal. No idea how this works with summoned creatures.

Minor Action: Summon Fire Warrior to C8.
Medium Fire Warrior:
(stats match Thomas': +2 to AC/FORT and Careful Summoner feat adds +1 to all defenes)
AC20, F16, R17, W14, Speed 6(hover)
Melee 1; targets 1 creature; INT vs. REF; 1d8 + INT (5) fire damage
OA: same as Melee
Summoned Creature uses Thomas' actions.

Standard Action: Command Fire Warrior to attack Slinger at B8. INT vs. REF (1d20+5=11), 1d8+INT (1d8+5=10 fire damage)

Action Point taken

Minor Action: Second Wind (+6 HP, +2 to all defenses till next turn)

Standard Action: Storm Pillar at I5
Each enemy that moves into a square adjacent to the pillar takes 1d6 + INT (5) lightning damage.

Move Action: Move to L6
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[sblock=Thomas' stats]
Thomas HP 21/24
AC19, F15, R18, W15
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Not daunted by the assaults from afar, Torath swings once more at the guard. His confidence in his own battle poweress brings a slight smile to his lips.

[sblock=actions]
Bolstering Strike, at will, CHA vs AC to hit 15 dmg = 8
gaining 2 temporary hp [/sblock]

[sblock= Torath's stats]Torath HP: 14/34 TEMP HP:2 Bloodied:17
AC: 20
F:14, R:14, W:14
Surges: 13/13, HP gained: 8

Encounter Powers-
Shielding Strike
Dazzling Flare
Channel Divinity: Divine Mettle
Channel Divinity: Divine Strength

Daily Power-
Glourious Charge [/sblock][/quote]