pneumatik's WotBS 2 - The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar

[sblock=OOC] Sorry, had to edit my previous post. I missed something in my cut-and-pasting from the mod. The mod assumes you still have the case with the contents. You just have the contents.[/sblock]

Liiros groans. "What absurdity is this?" he mutters, shaking his head. "Leave the bone. Just keep moving," the elven squire says sternly.

"Indeed," says Hollister. "And though I know the warning is unnecessary, still...be wary."

Shaylir shurgs and drops the bone before falling in line to follow the others. She keeps an eye on the hound trying to walk as far away from it as she can and stay on the road.

"What has The Green Man gotten us into Fritz?" she asks her companion quietly.

You continue on along the Elfroad. The hell hound continues to stare intently at you as you pass. Once you're far enough away that you start to lose it in the smoky haze it begins following you. It stays at the edge of visibility and you catch occasional glimpses of it as you walk. If you look back at it too intently it scampers away, only to return when you look again.

After about ten minutes of this a flower-like burst of fire explodes in the middle of the road 90 feet ahead of you. It leaves behind the same green-skinned hiding creature you saw earlier. A tattered brown cloak whips about this mansized creature’s scaled body. It has the face of a commanding, honest man, but its flesh is green, its eyes glow with infernal fire, and its thick beard writhes and bites like a nest of vipers. Barely visible under its beard is a thick metal collar attached to a length of limply dangling chain. The powerful being stands tall, and wields a blood-stained saw-bladed glaive. It only has four fingers on its left hand, and a scaled, dessicated pinky finger hangs on a cord around its neck.

"It's no more trouble for me to kill you first before taking the pages from the case," the devil {D} says. "I'm afraid it will be much worse for you, though!"

Behind you, the hell hound {HH} eyes you hungrily.


[sblock=OOC]Everyone role initiative. Everyone who beats a 9 (the monsters' initiative) can also take an action. Torrent will go immediately after the monsters.

Picture of the monster from the mod and the map for the fight are attached.[/sblock]

"Eww! You are a yicky little man!" Shaylir says in responds to the devil. "And don't think your nasty doggy will sneak up on us either." She says twirling her sling over her head. She steps catiously forward towards the hound.

[sblock=actions]
Move: Load sling whch means her shield is across her back.
Standard: Ready Action = sling a stone if/when hellhound approaches to within 50'
5' step to - W8
Init = 14
Attack = 12, dmg = 2 [/sblock]

[sblock=Stats]
HP: 21/21
AC: 19
Init: +3
Fort: +7
Reflex: +4
Will: +8(+9)

Spells:
Druid
0- Create Water, Guidance, Detect Magic, Read Magic
1- Magic Stone, Stand the Heat, Cure Light Wounds(x2)- 1d8+3

Cleric
0- Mending, Resistance, Light
1- Bless, Sanctuary, Cure Light Wounds(d)- 1d8+2

Pearl of power (1st lvl): not used
Turn undead: 4/4
Speak with Animals: 1/1
Vow of Healing: ??/??

need to know how VoH works is it based off character lvl??[/sblock]

Hollister prepares to work his magic, but he doesn't react quite as quickly as the devil. Meanwhile, he wracks his brain for any knowledge of the otherworldly creature.


AC: 16 (mage armor), Hit Points 16/16

Initiative: 08

Knowledge (The Planes) +05

[sblock=Spells Prepared]
Spells Prepared
- Level 0: Detect Magic x2, Light x2 + (d) Flare
- Level 1: Mage Armor, Grease, Magic Missile + (d) Burning Hands
- Level 2: Web, Resist Energy, Flaming Sphere + (d) Scorching Ray[/sblock]

Lytha

Lytha sighs. She had been hoping this would be less violent as it now looked. Naive, maybe.

Moving a bit to the side, not too far, considering the flames all around, the elf warily watches the two creatures.


OOC: Initiative 16; Move 2 squares north-east; Ready Vigor, if she gets attacked.

Liiros Tivaniel

Liiros sneers at the fiend that just reappeared. "Why do you even have any interest in it? Mortal affairs shouldn't concern you." However, instead of trying to talk his way out of the obviously-threatening situation, Liiros draws his bow and nocks an arrow, trying to fire at the bearded devil before it follows through on its threat.......

Glancing back at Hollister and Lytha, who seem the most intellectual of the group, the elven squire asks "Any ideas how to fend off this creature?"

[sblock=ooc]We're probably all screwed now....... Sucks that outsiders are covered by Knowledge (The Planes) instead of Knowledge (Religion), else Liiros might have half a clue how to fight this thing. Given that it was hiding among the flames of the forest earlier, Hollister's fire spells likely won't do much of anything against it, and Liiros kinda sucks at ranged combat. In hindsight, I wish we had been able to scribe an extra copy of the papers back in Gate Pass during our all-nighter, but I honestly don't know how anyone out here in the Fire Forest would even know to look for the darn things, let alone try taking them from us. Had we a spare copy, we could've tried surrendering the spare copy (or at least a reasonable facsimile to trick bandits like the ones who've already attacked us).

.......Figures. I rolled a 9 total for Liiros' initiative. His initiative modifier is +1 and Dexterity is 12, so if the devil's init. mod or Dex are higher, he'll act just before Liiros I guess.
1d20+1=9

Liiros assumes the Martial Spirit stance at the start of his turn. Then draws his bow and fires at the bearded devil. Got a 16 to-hit, for 8 damage.
1d20+3=16, 1d8+2=8

Granted maneuvers are Crusader's Strike, Stone Bones, and Leading the Attack.
1d5=2, 1d5=2, 1d5=2, 1d5=4, 1d5=3, 1d5=5, 1d5=2, 1d5=2, 1d5=2

Liiros' Status:
HP 18 / 18
AC 17 without shield equipped
Active Stance: Martial Spirit[/sblock]

Shaylir readies her sling and steps towards the hell hound.

Lytha steps off to the side and readies to fortify herself.

Arshen moves to block the hell hound from charging and readies to strike.

Torrent sees Arshen is defending the rear and the enemies are still at a distance, so she steps closer to Liiros and begins casting a spell. "Be here in a few seconds if you want to get bigger again," she says to him.

Seeing Arshen close, the hell hound charges him. Shaylir slings a stone at it but the stone just skitters down the road. Ready for the charge, Arshen delivers a violent kick to its jaw (crit, confirms, 17 dmg). The hell hound barks angrily and snaps at Arshen's leg. It connects too (25). Its sharp teeth and fiery breath combine to mutilate the leg (14 dmg)

The bearded devil takes a step away from the party and concentrates.

Liiros adopts his combat stance, then draws his bow and fires it at the bearded devil. The arrow hits but bounces off the devil's thick hide.

Hollister thinks fast but doesn't recognize the creature and can't recall anything about it.

[sblock=ooc]That should be everyone. I took the liberty of going for Arshen since his player is probably drunk in Bulgaria right now or something. Arkhandus, I had Liiros take the action you posted for him even though he goes after the monsters because it still looked like a good move. Since Liiros just went, everyone but him can post their actions now.

I just realized Shaylir's animal companion should be on the map, so I put him on it.

Hollister, you can take a standard action to try to recognize the bearded devil and remember something about it if you like.

New map is attached, though in a different file format.
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