[Adventure] Marna is Missing (DM: pacdidj, Judge: renau1g)

Mini-Update

Jezebel and Sir Exsixten take the fight to the northernmost thrall, making it feel the hurt, while the efforts of Cyr and the undead king leave the southernmost looking much worse for the wear. Cyr's lightning strikes also banish more of the foul-smelling tendrils back to the fell realm from which they sprang.

[sblock=Enemy Actions]Hekthesh -

Shadow Hound -

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 -
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 -
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 -

Rotshadow Tendril 3 -
Rotshadow Tendril 4 - Incorporeal Form = fail
Rotshadow Tendril 6 - [/sblock]

[sblock=Combatant stats and tracking]Alnar - AA56; 26/31 HP; +1 to all def vs. bloodied
Cyr - AC56; 21/26 HP; exposed to filth fever
Ferris - AB56; 6/29 HP, bloodied, regen 2; +5 to all def until EONT or attack, +1 to all def vs. bloodied; exposed to filth fever
Jezebel - Z56; 33/37 HP; +2 all def till EONT; exposed to filth fever
Sir Exsixten - AD56; 23/33 HP, 8THP; exposed to filth fever

Paerlanthas - AG57, 1 square up; 15 damage taken
54 Max HP, insubstatial; AC: 18; Fort 15, Ref 18, Will 17; Speed 6 fly (hover)
[sblock=Paerlanthas' attacks]Touch of Madness = +8 vs. Will; 1d6+5 psychic dmg; target takes -2 to Will (save ends)
Touch of Chaos (Rchg 5 or 6) = +9 vs. Will; 2d6+4 psychic dmg and the target moves up to its speed and makes a basic attack against its nearest ally as a free action.[/sblock]

Skinwalker Skeleton - AG59; 30 damage taken, bloodied;
45 Max HP; AC: 16; Fort, 15, Ref 14, Will 13; Speed 5
MBA: Putrefying Pummel = +5 vs. AC; 1d8+7 dmg and the target contracts skinrot

Eladrin Skeleton 1 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 2 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 3 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 4 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 5 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 6 - AE59
Eladrin Skeleton: Minion; AC: 16; Fort 13, Ref 14, Will 13; Speed: 6.
MBA: Longsword = +6 vs. AC; 4 damage
RBA: Shortbow = +6 vs. AC; 3 damage; Range 15/30

Hekthesh - ?; Dark Arc used
? Max HP; AC: 20; Fort: 15, Ref: 19, Will: 17

Shadow Hound - Y59; 30 damage taken; Baying used
70 Max HP; AC: 19; Fort: 20, Ref: 18, Will: 17

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 1 - dead
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 - Z59; 31 damage taken
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - X56; 17 damage taken; enfeebled, whipped vs. Jezebel; Marked by Sir Exsixten; Shadow's Wrath used
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - AF56; 27 damage taken; -2 to will till king's EOTN; 3 lightning damage for OA
38 Max HP; AC: 17; Fort 14, Ref 16, Will 14

Rotshadow Tendril 1 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 2 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 3 - AC57 2 squares up; Fetid Breath used
Rotshadow Tendril 4 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 5 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 6 - AA57 2 squares up; Fetid Breath used
Rotshadow Tendril 7 - dead
Minion; AC: 16; Fort 13, Ref 14, Will 13[/sblock]

OOC: Sorry for the wait, it seems my post got lost

Cyr shifts 'south' for move. No minor as all undead did their thing.


Alnar, Ferris and Cyr all have +1 to defenses from attacks of bloodied opponents (which is I think all, but Hektesh and minions)

Seeing an opening through which it can reach the faltering shifter, the hound shoots through the shadows, letting out a deafening howl next to Ferris and snapping its fearsome jaws at the cleric. But Ferris, protected by mother Dayna's sheltering embrace, proves unreachable, and the hound snarls in confusion as its jaws find no purchase.

Stepping out of the shadows, Hekthesh clucks his tongue, saying, "Must I do everything my pet?" The fanatical dark one hurls his boomerang again, clipping the dead king and Cyr, and completely splintering the last of the skeletal archers, as the razor-sharp blade arcs back to him. "The ritual's conclusion draws near," the wicked little man goads your party with an evil smile, "You and your ragged undead allies cannot stop the Eye's reawakening!"

Recoiling from the holy force that protects their previous target the two remaining tendrils swirl toward Alnar, rending the sorcerer's flesh as the swipe at his head and arms.

The thralls meanwhile, lash out at the remaining undead and the mechanical knight. The skinwalker is at last brought low as a dark one smashes it with a dagger pommel, leaving it lying inert on the ground. A similar move against Sir Exsixten leaves the mechanical knight's head ringing like a gong.

[sblock=Enemy Actions]Hekthesh - Dark Arc recharged
Move: to AI56
Standard: Dark Arc = hits Paerlanthas for 7/2 = 3 damage, hits Cyr for 5 damage, hits ES 6 who goes down (roll)

Shadow Hound - Baying recharged
Move: Teleports to AC 56 gaining CA vs. Ferris and Cyr
Minor: Baying = Sir X610, Paerlanthas, Skinwalker, and ES 6 have -2 to all defenses till Hound's EONT (roll)
Standard: Bites Ferris = Miss

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 - MBA vs. Skinwalker = hit (def penalty from Baying) for 11 damage, skinwalker goes down; Move to AD59
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - Shadow's Wrath recharge = fail; MBA vs. Sir X610 = hit (not preventable w/ piecemeal chainmail due to Baying penalty) for 10 damage; Shift to W56
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - MBA vs. Paerlanthas = miss

Rotshadow Tendril 3 - Move to AB57, 1 square up; Tendril Caress vs. Alnar = hit for 5 damage
Rotshadow Tendril 6 - Move to AA57, 1 square up; Tendril Caress vs. Alnar = hit for 5 damage[/sblock]

[sblock=Combatant stats and tracking]Alnar - AA56; 16/31 HP; +1 to all def vs. bloodied
Cyr - AC56; 16/26 HP; exposed to filth fever
Ferris - AB56; 6/29 HP, bloodied, regen 2; +5 to all def until EONT or attack, +1 to all def vs. bloodied; exposed to filth fever
Jezebel - Z56; 33/37 HP; +2 all def till EONT; exposed to filth fever
Sir Exsixten - AD56; 21/33 HP; exposed to filth fever

Paerlanthas - AG57, 1 square up; 18 damage taken; Touch of Chaos recharge = fail
54 Max HP, insubstatial; AC: 18; Fort 15, Ref 18, Will 17; Speed 6 fly (hover)
[sblock=Paerlanthas' attacks]Touch of Madness = +8 vs. Will; 1d6+5 psychic dmg; target takes -2 to Will (save ends)
Touch of Chaos (Rchg 5 or 6) = +9 vs. Will; 2d6+4 psychic dmg and the target moves up to its speed and makes a basic attack against its nearest ally as a free action.[/sblock]

Skinwalker Skeleton - dead

Eladrin Skeleton 1 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 2 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 3 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 4 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 5 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 6 - dead

Hekthesh - AI56; Dark Arc used
? Max HP; AC: 20, see also Shadow Parry; Fort: 15, Ref: 19, Will: 17
[sblock=Shadow Parry]Hekthesh will interrupt the first successful melee attack against him with Shadow Parry against the triggering creature (Attack: +10 vs. AC; Hit: 2d6+6 damage and Hekthesh shifts one square and gains total concealment till EONT). Recharges when bloodied.[/sblock]

Shadow Hound - Y59; 30 damage taken; Baying used
70 Max HP; AC: 19; Fort: 20, Ref: 18, Will: 17

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 1 - dead
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 - AD59; 31 damage taken
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - W56; 17 damage taken; enfeebled, whipped vs. Jezebel; Marked by Sir Exsixten; Shadow's Wrath used
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - AF56; 27 damage taken; -2 to will till king's EOTN; 3 lightning damage for OA
38 Max HP; AC: 17; Fort 14, Ref 16, Will 14

Rotshadow Tendril 1 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 2 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 3 - AB57 1 square up; Fetid Breath used
Rotshadow Tendril 4 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 5 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 6 - AA57 1 square up; Fetid Breath used
Rotshadow Tendril 7 - dead
Minion; AC: 16; Fort 13, Ref 14, Will 13[/sblock]

Jezebel knocks her shield into Sir Exsixten, nearly pushing him into the water as she moves past. "No! That one is mine!" she rages at him. Neither the warforged's bulk or the futile attacks of the floating tendrils can halt her advance. She crashes into rearmost thrall, slamming her shield into its chest and following up with a whipstrike. The tiefling's pupils light up deep red as a burning halo of palpable malice forms above her.

At the other end of the chamber, the undead king floats steadily toward Hekthesh.

[sblock=Stat block/Actions][sblock=Actions]Move: walk to X56. Rot Tendril 3's OA: 1d20+5=9 vs reflex, misses.

Standard: Majestic Halo vs DSET3 CRITS for a pitiful 16 damage. DSET is whipped vs Jezebel (-2 to attack her).

Majestic Halo said:

Until the end of the encounter, any enemy that starts its turn next to Jezebel is subject to her divine sanction until the end of its next turn.

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Minor: order Paerlanthas to shift to AH57.[/sblock]PC:Jezebel (Dekana) - L4W Wiki - Female Tiefling Paladin 2
Initiative +3, Senses: Insight +7, Perception +1; low-light vision
HP 33/37; Bloodied 18, Surge Value 9, Surges 5/12
AC 21; Fortitude 16, Reflex 17, Will 17
Resist 5 fire
Speed 5
Action Points 1

Conditions
Infected with Filth Fever (initial stage)

Powers
Ardent Strike, Divine Challenge, Enfeebling Strike
Divine Mettle, Divine Strength, Infernal Wrath, Second Wind, Valorous Smite, Virtue
Majestic Halo, Virtue's Touch

Other notes
Bloodhunt: +1 racial bonus to attack rolls against bloodied foes.
Whip Training: 1 / round when hitting target with whip, target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls to a target of Jezebel's choice until the end of her next turn.
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OOC: pac, the king should be in 57, over water...

"Your Majesty, get him! If you please, move then onto the walkway so he cannot get away!"

[sblock=Actions]
Recharge Touch of Chaos (1d6=3) - fail

Minor: Touch of Madness vs Hekthesh will (1d20+8=15, 1d6+5=8) - miss

Move: shift AE 56
Standard: Hand of Radiance vs Ref (Hound, AF 56 and AD 59); radiant damage (1d20+7=9, 1d20+7=18, 1d20+7=24, 1d4+6=8) - miss the hound, hit both thralls
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Avoiding the wolf-creatures lunge at him, Ferris scrabbles into a low crouch hands searching the ground for his Axe. Finally he feels its rough haft and springs into an powerful attack, hoping Sir X10's presence flanking the creature will spell its doom.

As the axe blade rips into the Shadow Hound, Ferris utters an orison consecrating the shed blood in the name of Dayna. Ferris feels a surge of vigor and bloodlust in response.
"You picked the wrong target, cur! Your blood will fuel my victory!" Ferris snarls.





[sblock=Actions/Stat block]Start= Regen 2

Minor= Pick up battle axe

Move=

Standard= Healing Strike vs Shadow Hound

End=
[sblock=Stat block]Ferris Cacamoujai, Cleric of Dayna 2- Male Longtooth Shifter, Cleric of Dayna 2
Conditions: exposed to Filth Fever
Passive Perception: 15, Passive Insight: 20, Init: +3
AC: 18, Fort: 15, Reflex: 14, Will: 17 -- Speed: 5
HP: 19/29, Bloodied: 14, Surge Value: 7, Surges left: 1/8
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: used, Milestones:
Basic Atk: Battleaxe +7 vs AC, 1d10+4 dmg (Crit = 14 dmg)
Ranged Basic Atk: Javelin +7 vs AC, 1d6+4 dmg, Range 10/20 (2/2)
Powers-
Lance of Faith, Invigorating Assualt, Wildshape
Healing Word Used:2, Longtooth Shifting, Healing Strike, Sanctuary, Swarming Locusts, Healer's Mercy OR Divine Fortune
Weapon of Astral Flame
Combat notes: +2 Damage
-Only use 1 Channel Divinity per encounter. Can use Healing Word 2x per encounter[/sblock][/sblock]

So you a celebrating now when you only have two seals undone? Aren't you a little too early? Alnar says mockenly.

[sblock=actions]
Roll
Standard: Burning Spray
AA57 8 vs Ref, miss
AB57 23 vs Ref hit 13 fire damage.
The next enemy that hits Alnar with a melee attack before the end of your next turn takes fire damage =2.

[sblock=stats]
Alnar Male Human Sorcerer 2
Conditions: Alnar has 5 fire resistance. +2 healing surge value (Dragonling), +1 def to bloodied creatures EONT, Exposed to Filth Fever, ignores 5 fire resistance.
The next enemy that hits Alnar with a melee attack EONT takes 2 fire damage.
Passive Perception: +13, Passive Insight: +11, Init: +1
AC: 13, Fort: 14, Reflex: 13, Will: 18 -- Speed: 6
HP: 16/31, Bloodied: 15, Surge Value: 7, Surges left: 2/8
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: used, Milestones: 1
Basic Attack Quarterstaff +5 vs AC 1d8+2
Ranged Basic Attack Acid Orb +5 vs. Reflex 1d10+4+2 acid damage
Powers-
Burning Spray, Acid Orb, Blazing Starfall
Thundering Roar
Ice Javelins
Majestic Word
Inspiring Fortitude


Conditions -


Draco: (inactive)
Defense same as above.
Speed 5, fly 6 (hover)
1/1 HP
Dragon's breath

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TASTE RIGHTEOUS STEEL, ERM, WALL! Sir Exsixten shouts, leaping across the canal and completely missing the thrall. Sparks fly from the wall. WITH HIS AXE FRESHLY SHARPENED AND THE DIMINUTIVE HOSTILE TERRIFIED, SIR EXSIXTEN PREPARES TO DO SOME REAL DAMAGE!

[sblock=Actions]Move: Move to AA57, jump to AC59 successfully.
Standard: Crushing Surge - 1d20+6-2(concealment from dim light)=9 AC vs Thrall 2, miss, Thrall 2 is marked by Sir Exsixten and Sir Exsixten gains 4 THP.
Minor: Buy a +1 Axe so I can actually hit something.

[sblock=Sir Exsixten's Statblock]
Sir Exsixten, Male Warforged Fighter 1
Passive Perception: 12, Passive Insight: 12
AC: 19, Fort:16, Reflex:13, Will:13 -- Speed:5
HP:4+23/33, Bloodied:16, Surge Value:8, Surges left:6/13
Initiative +1, Action Points: 0
Powers: Crushing Surge, Brash Strike, Combat Challenge, Hack and Hew, Warforged Resolve, Second Wind, Piecemeal Chainmail, Villain's Menace

Opportunity Attack: +8 vs. AC, 1d12+4 damage and enemy movement is stopped and Sir Exsixten gains 4 temporary hitpoints.
Notes: Sir Exsixten does +2 damage while he has any temporary hitpoints.
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[sblock=Immediate Interrupt Combat Challenge]If an enemy marked by Sir Exsixten shifts or makes and attack that doesn't include him, Sir Exsixten makes a melee basic attack against that enemy. This attack has priority over Piecemeal Chainmail.[/sblock]

[sblock=Immediate Interrupt Piecemeal Chainmail]If a non-minion would miss with the attack it just made against Sir Exsixten if Sir Exsixten's AC were 2 higher, Piecemeal Chainmail activates, and the attack misses.[/sblock]

Just as Sir Exsixten hurtles across the canal and strikes the wall, one of Cyr's bolts of lightning strikes the adjacent thrall dead on the spot.

Paerlanthas glides toward Hekthesh, his maddened babbling having resumed somewhat. Defiler! he screams, Enemy of all that is holy! You have decimated my royal guard, but you will never return to your fell domain alive, I shall see to that! The wraith reaches out a spectral hand to grab Hekthesh, but the cunning dark one dodges easily, and merely snickers in answer.

Ferris meanwhile gathers his strength and his axe and hews into the Shadow Hound's shoulder. Its sepulchral growl gives way to a pained *yipe!,* and it seems further injured by Dayna's radiant wrath as the axe blade bites deep, leaving the fell beast is left hobbling on three legs.

***

"Useless creature!," hisses Hekthesh, "Fight back! There, attack the sorcerer!" The injured hound winks out, reappearing at Alnar's side. Seizing his arm in its jaws, the hound proceeds to shake it as vigorously as it can. But in its injured state the hound fails to take the sorcerer down, and Alnar manages to free his arm albeit not without losing a fair bit of blood.

Hekthesh then turns his attention to the wraith, jeering "Fool king! Your people fought the Submerged Eye with the might of your whole civilization, and managed only to bind it temporarily at the cost of your lives. You and your third rate band of adventurers cannot stop us here, let alone forestall the inevitable return of the Prior Darkness!" The dark one whips a gleaming, serrated short sword from its sheath and tears through the wraith's ghostly being before dancing back into the shadows.

The last remaining tendril harries Alnar unsuccessfully, and the two remaining thralls press the attack, undeterred by their grievous injuries. But in their weakened state their attacks glance harmlessly of Jezebel and Cyr's armor.

[sblock=Enemy Actions]Hekthesh - Dark Arc recharge = fail
Standard: MBA vs. Paerlanthas = hit for 15/2 = 7 damage
Move: Shift 1 square back into the shadows

Shadow Hound - Baying recharge = fail
Move: Teleport to Z56
Standard: Bite vs. Alnar = hits for a pitiful 6 damage

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - Shadow's Wrath recharge = fail; Shift to V56; RBA vs. Jezebel = miss
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - Darkstep to AE56; MBA (with CA and damage bonus from darkstep) vs. Cyr = miss

Rotshadow Tendril 6 - Tendril Caress vs. Alnar = miss[/sblock]

[sblock=Combatant stats and tracking]Alnar - AA56; 16/31 HP; +1 to all def vs. bloodied; deals 2 damage to next successful melee attacker
Cyr - AC56; 16/26 HP; exposed to filth fever
Ferris - AB56; 19/29 HP; +1 to all def vs. bloodied; exposed to filth fever
Jezebel - Z56; 33/37 HP; exposed to filth fever
Sir Exsixten - AD56; 21/33 HP, 4 THP; exposed to filth fever

Paerlanthas - AG57, 1 square up; 25 damage taken; Touch of Chaos recharge = fail
54 Max HP, insubstatial; AC: 18; Fort 15, Ref 18, Will 17; Speed 6 fly (hover)
[sblock=Paerlanthas' attacks]Touch of Madness = +8 vs. Will; 1d6+5 psychic dmg; target takes -2 to Will (save ends)
Touch of Chaos (Rchg 5 or 6) = +9 vs. Will; 2d6+4 psychic dmg and the target moves up to its speed and makes a basic attack against its nearest ally as a free action.[/sblock]

Skinwalker Skeleton - dead

Eladrin Skeleton 1 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 2 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 3 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 4 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 5 - dead
Eladrin Skeleton 6 - dead

Hekthesh - ?; Dark Arc used
? Max HP; AC: 20, see also Shadow Parry; Fort: 15, Ref: 19, Will: 17
[sblock=Shadow Parry]Hekthesh will interrupt the first successful melee attack against him with Shadow Parry against the triggering creature (Attack: +10 vs. AC; Hit: 2d6+6 damage and Hekthesh shifts one square and gains total concealment till EONT). Recharges when bloodied.[/sblock]

Shadow Hound - Z56; 61 damage taken, bloodied; marked by Ferris; Baying used
70 Max HP; AC: 19; Fort: 20, Ref: 18, Will: 17

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 1 - dead
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 - dead
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - V56; 33 damage taken, bloodied; DCed and whipped vs. Jezebel; Shadow's Wrath used
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - AE56; 35 damage taken, bloodied
38 Max HP; AC: 17; Fort 14, Ref 16, Will 14

Rotshadow Tendril 1 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 2 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 3 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 4 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 5 - dead
Rotshadow Tendril 6 - AA57 1 square up; Fetid Breath used
Rotshadow Tendril 7 - dead
Minion; AC: 16; Fort 13, Ref 14, Will 13[/sblock]

Sir Exsixten jumps the canal and does nothing else of note.

[sblock=Actions]Move: Move to AA59, jump to Y59 automatically, drawing an OA from the beast.
Standard: Brash Strike - 1d20+6-2(concealment from dim light)+2(CA)+1(Daily)=12 AC, miss.
Minor: Buy a +1 Axe so I can actually hit something.

[sblock=Sir Exsixten's Statblock]
Sir Exsixten, Male Warforged Fighter 1
Passive Perception: 12, Passive Insight: 12
AC: 19, Fort:16, Reflex:13, Will:13 -- Speed:5
HP:4+23/33, Bloodied:16, Surge Value:8, Surges left:6/13
Initiative +1, Action Points: 0
Powers: Crushing Surge, Brash Strike, Combat Challenge, Hack and Hew, Warforged Resolve, Second Wind, Piecemeal Chainmail, Villain's Menace

Opportunity Attack: +8 vs. AC, 1d12+4 damage and enemy movement is stopped and Sir Exsixten gains 4 temporary hitpoints.
Notes: Sir Exsixten does +2 damage while he has any temporary hitpoints.
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[sblock=Immediate Interrupt Combat Challenge]If an enemy marked by Sir Exsixten shifts or makes and attack that doesn't include him, Sir Exsixten makes a melee basic attack against that enemy. This attack has priority over Piecemeal Chainmail.[/sblock]

[sblock=Immediate Interrupt Piecemeal Chainmail]If a non-minion would miss with the attack it just made against Sir Exsixten if Sir Exsixten's AC were 2 higher, Piecemeal Chainmail activates, and the attack misses.[/sblock]