The Jade Frontier, part 2 (DM: THB, Judge: Lord Sessadore)

As Yishim paves the hall in ice, you hear a shriek from around the southern corner. The body of another goblin falls into view,

Malgrim pushes himself back up to his feet and continues his flight, vaulting over the corpse of his clansman as he does so.

The other goblins look nervously at Malgrim's retreating back, then turn towards the party. There is much stabbing and throwing with sharp weapons, but it is mostly in vain. Only Brenwar is wounded, and not heavily, at that.

[sblock=Status]Initiative:
Malgrim (-19)
Warrior 81
Warrior 86
Warrior 89 (-28, bloodied, Sanctioned)
Cutter 49
Yishim (22/22+4)
Firete (21/28)
Cheysuli (31/31)
Brenwar (27/35)
Miranna (35/35)

Pulls don't have to be directly towards you. It's just that every square of pull needs to move the target closer to you. And the reverse is true for pushes. Given 4e's non-Euclidean geometry, this can get pretty weird. You can pull/push someone along what appear to be 45 degree angles.

Didn't see Cutting Words' damage, so I rolled it myself. 8. Also, there was a fourth target in the Icy Terrain burst: a Cutter in B14. He is hit, and, since Cutters are minions, he is killed.

I'm going to say Yishim gains the Virtue of Valor thp this round, because he's pretty squishy and I have a tendency to jump him when no one's looking. Also, Virtue of Valor should be granting 4 thp, rather than 3.

Malgrim stands and runs out of sight. He was last seen going north from -A12.

Warrior 81 moves to A13. He then uses Mobile Ranged Attack (MRA), an at-will power all goblin warriors have, which allows them to move half their speed and make a ranged attack at any point during the movement that doesn't draw an AoO. Anyway, he scoots to A11 and chucks a javelin at Miranna, but misses.

Warrior 86 moves to A17, then uses (MRA) to move to A19 and attacks Brenwar, hitting for 8 damage.

Warrior 89 prepares for death attacks Brenwar, but he doesn't do so well.

Cutter 49 charges Brenwar, misses. Stupid goblins. Stupid defenders. Your turn.
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[sblock=Monster Info]Here's what you know:

Malgrim
AC ?? | Fort ?? | Reflex 17 | Will 15
MBA: ??

Warrior
AC 17 | Fort 13 | Reflex 15 | Will 12
MBA: +6 vs AC, 1d8+2 damage

Cutter
Minion
AC ?? | Fort ?? | Reflex 14 | Will ??
MBA: +6 vs AC, 5 damage[/sblock]

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I guess Malgrim got away, are we just going to try to deal with these goblins? Or is someone crazy enough to pursue
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[sblock=OOC]Yeah, I think he's a lost cause. We'll have to deal with him some other time. In retrospect I guess I could have action pointed and pulled him with a Phantom Bolt one more square towards us forcing him to deal with 3 squares of Icy Terrain. Oh well, never had someone try so hard to run away from us before; now we know.

The only option is if someone finishes off Warrior 89 and either Miranna or Brenwar wants to play fraternity pledge to chase after Malgrim. You could Charge him as he can't be very far around the corner.

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Yishim looks at the tightly bunched group of goblins in front of Miranna and Brenwar and unleashes arcane fire on them. Only the bloodied Goblin Warrior feels the fire. The coward got away - though I'm sure we'll see him again soon!
[sblock=Actions]Standard: Scorching Burst on -A19, Hits only Goblin 89 ((Rolls) for 7 Damage.
Move: none
Minor: None
Icy Terrain expires.[/sblock][sblock=Yishim Stat Block]Yishim- Male Human Wizard 1
Passive Perception: 13, Passive Insight: 18
AC:16, Fort:12, Reflex:15, Will:16 -- Speed:6
HP:22+4/22, Bloodied:11, Surge Value:5, Surges left:6/7
Initiative +6
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: not used
Powers: Thunderwave, Scorching Burst, Phantom Bolt, Icy Terrain, Sleep[/sblock]

[sblock=2Heads]You need to update Chey's HP in your status block, she was hit for 9 damage in the first round[/sblock]
[sblock=OOC]If Warrior 89 and cutter 49 can be dropped after my turn Chey will have a 10 square teleport, if this happens I'm willing to chase after Malgrim, if she gets into trouble she still has her ethereal stride with which to escape and run back.[/sblock]

As one goblin warrior quickly become several, Chey watches the chieftain closely, marking his route as he runs off. Seeing a weedy looking goblin charge at Brenwar, the tiefling girl hurls promises of maddening torments at the creature before stalking forward, she can sense the release of her foes aether.
After closing the distance between herself and the goblins, Chey releases a blast of green fey-fire at one of the greenskins.

[sblock=Actions]Minor - Curse Cutter 49
Move - >-A,22
Standard - Eldritch Blast vs. Warrior 89; 1d20+6= 21 vs Reflex; 1d10+5 = 7 + 1d8= 15 damage.
Rolls.

If that downs the warrior Chey will teleport to -A,17.[/sblock]
[sblock=Ministats:Cheysuli Sage]
Tiefling Warlock (Fey) 2
Character Sheet,
Initiative: +2
Senses: Low-light
P-Perception: 14 P-Insight: 17
HP: 22/31 SurgeValue: 7 Surges: 7/8
AC:16 Fort:13 Ref:15 Will:16

Action Points: 1
Resist: Fire 6
Speed: 6
Languages: Allarian, Elven

Eldritch Blast +6 vs. Reflex; 1d10 + 5 damage
Spear +3 vs. AC; 1d8 + 0 damage

Combat Notes

Bloodhunt - +1 to attacks vs. Bloodied foes.
Misty Step - Immediately teleport 5 squares as a free action when cursed target is reduced to 0 HP
Prime Shot - +1 attack if no allies are closer to the target.
Shadow Walk - Chey gains concealment if she moves at least 3 squares from where she started (enemies take a -2 penalty to attack rolls).
Viscious Rod - +1d10 on a crit [Implement]; Curse damage = d8's
[sblock=Skills]
Acrobatics +4
Arcana +9
Athletics +3
Bluff +12
Diplomacy +7
Dungeoneering +4
Endurance +5
Heal +4
History +6
Insight +7
Intimidate +10
Nature +5
Perception +4
Religion +6
Stealth +6
Streetwise +7
Thievery +4
[/sblock][sblock=Powers]
Warlock's Curse
Eldritch Blast
Eyebite
Infernal Wrath
Witchfire
Ethereal Stride
Curse of the Dark Dream
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Miranna gave a last angry glare in the direction of the fleeing goblin (off to warn his masters in the caves below, no doubt), but there was little she could do to stop him. Instead she turned her attention to the foes in front of her. Her sword spun in a wide cut, trailing a fringe of arcing lightning which leapt through the first rank towards the next warrior in line...

OOC:
>Standard: attack with Sword Burst, against Warrior 89 and Cutter 49; +6 vs. REF= 22, 23 (hits both), deals 10 lightning damage to each one (kills the Cutter, at least) ; rolls Roll Lookup
>Move: Shift to -A 20 (only if Warrior 89 drops)

>Minor: Mark warrior 86 with Aegis of Assault

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How is warrior 89 looking? Trying to determine how hard I need to hit him
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ooc: Warrior 89 is dead. The area Malgrim ran into isn't well lit, but spill-over light + low light vision should be good enough for you to see. Alternatively, I'd allow Yishim to cast light on Chey as one of his unused actions.

edit: more ooc: Actually, Chey killed the warrior. If Miranna would would like to shift into -A20 before attacking to catch 86 with that Sword Burst, then that's alright by me.

TwoHeadsBarking said:

edit: more ooc: Actually, Chey killed the warrior. If Miranna would would like to shift into -A20 before attacking to catch 86 with that Sword Burst, then that's alright by me.

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OOC: Yes, Miranna will do that.

Brenwar moves through the battle trying to get in position to pursue Malgrim. He manages to flank the goblin Miranna is battling but it is ready for his attack and parries the hammer.
[sblock=Combat Actions]
Move Action: Move to A18 (Provoking from Warrior 86. This triggers Miranna's mark I believe. I'll leave it to twoheads to decide if the goblin takes the AoO)
Standard Action: Enfeebling Strike (with flanking) (1d20+10=11, 1d10+5=8)
Minor Action: None (I really dislike how restrictive the Paladin's mark is)
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[sblock=Stats]Brenwar – Male Human Paladin 2
Initiative: +1, Speed: 5 Passive Perception: 14, Passive Insight: 19
AC: 21 Fort: 15, Reflex: 15, Will: 17
HP: 27/35, Bloodied: 17 , Surge Value: 8, Surges Left: 11/13
Action Points: 1

Feat Note: Whenever Brenwar spends a healing surge, he gains 3 resistance to all damage until the start of his next turn.

OA Basic Melee Attack: +8 Virtuous Strike (Vanguard's Hammer) 1d10+5 Damage

Powers At-Will Powers:Divine Challenge, Ardent Strike, Virtuous Strike, Enfeebling Strike Lay on Hands (2/3 Remaining)
Encounter Powers: Valorous Smite, Call of Challenge, Channel Divinity, Second Wind
Daily Powers: Majestic Halo, Magic Item Daily

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Cursing when Malgrim escaped, Firete stepped forward and drew her sword to attack the remaining warrior.

Move to A,20. War Song Strike on Warrior 86 which misses.