"Awwwwww hells, you know I can't brook such insults" the tiefling-elemental says while shaking his head and furrowing his brow.
"Kill them, sack the village, spike the bodies. All praise be to Mammon and Vezzuvu."
XP & LOOT
* 600/4 (4 PCs with successful Primary Checks) = 150 xp apiece.
* Bita-Bahlin full stats:
Bita-Bahlin
Medium natural, elemental humanoid (fire)
Level 7 Solo Controller (Leader) XP 1500
HP 316; Bloodied 158 Initiative +8
AC 21, Fortitude 19, Reflex 18, Will 19 Perception+13
Speed 6 Low Light Vision
Resist 15 fire Vulnerable 5 Cold
Saving Throws +5; Action Points 2
Traits
☼ Pyroclasm (fire) ✦ Aura 1
Any enemy that starts its turn within the aura takes 5 fire damage.
Hell's Blessing
Whenever Bita-Bahlin would be stunned, he is dazed instead.
Standard Actions
(⚔) Ruinous Greed (healing, necrotic, psychic, weapon) ✦ At-Will
Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +10 vs. Fortitude
Hit: 2d6 + 2 necrotic and psychic damage, and the target is dazed (save ends). In addition, Bita-Bahlin or an adjacent ally regains 7 hit points.
ᗕ By Fire Be Purged (fire, necrotic) ✦ At-Will
Attack: Close burst 5 (one, two, or three creatures); +10 vs. Fortitude
Hit: 3d6 + 2 necrotic damage, and ongoing 7 fire damage (save ends). The target takes a -5 penalty to saving throws against this effect while within 5 squares of Bita-Bahlin.
ᗕ Honeyed Offering From Hell (psychic) ✦ Recharge ⚄ ⚅
Attack: Close burst 5 (3 enemies in the burst); +10 vs. Will
Hit: The target is stunned (save ends).
Minor Actions
ᗕ Galvanic, Molten Blade (thunder, fire, weapon) ✦ At-Will
Attack: Close burst 1 (enemies in the burst); +12 vs. AC
Hit: 1d8 + 3 thunder and fire damage, and the target is dazed (save ends).
Effect: If Bita Bahlin hits at least one target, he and one ally can also make a saving throw.
Athletics +12
MECHANICS
* You have 7 units for this encounter (4 PCs and 3 x Companion Characters). Place them anywhere in squares L-N: 17-20 and squares D-F: 11-13. Your Encounter Budget is Level +4 (so the equivalent of 11 units). Your
goal is to destroy your enemies though if you defeat Bita-Bahlin, you can start an intra-combat SC to cease hostilities with the rest of the LoR (of-level, Complexity 1, standard actions for Primary Checks).
*
Illumination is not an issue. The moon is full and a massive pyre billows flames into the sky offscreen!
*
Fieldstone Walls squares are 8 ft high Challenging Terrain, scalable with DC 10 Athletics (at normal speed) or Climb Speed and traversable with DC 12 Acrobatics. They provide Cover vs or Superior Cover if adjacent (pending). They can be stunted.
*
Brown squares are Difficult Terrain due to heavily rutted and cratered roadway. The
ancient, crumbling steps to the church (
D9 and D10) are also Difficult Terrain.
* The Church (4 x 4 black squares) has been consecrated by The Blessed in the name of the three deities; Omthala, The Moon Maiden, The Shadowed Sun. It is Blocking Terrain and the squares adjacent are Hindering Terrain for your enemies. Any enemy that enters a square adjacent to
The Consecrated Church gains Vuln 5 Cold, Necrotic, Radiant (save ends).
*
The Goliath Tribe (3 x 3 grey squares) are Hindering Terrain for your enemies and provide cover to allies adjacent or within terrain. Any enemy that starts its turn in a square adjacent to The Goliath Tribe takes 5 damage is grabbed (DC 21). This damage counts as a Close or Area Attack.
*
LoR Phalanx x 4 (Soldier, Standard, Swarm): 80 HP, AC 23, Fortitude 18, Reflex 18, Will 16. P1 = GREEN. P2 = BLACK. P3 = RED. P4 = BLUE.
*
LoR Javelineers x 12 (Artillery, Minion): 1 HP, AC 21, Fortitude 18, Reflex 21, Will 19
INITIATIVE
Qamra r(18) +7 = 25
Pa'avu r(11) +7 = 18
Bita-Bousseh r(12) +6 = 18
Bita-Bahlin (BO) 17
LoR Phalanx (P) 17
Arunny r(6) +8 = 14
LoR Javelineers (M) 10
Ibhea r(5) +4 = 9
Hazard r(2) +5 = 7
Chanvati r(2) +5 = 7
* Updated after players have selected their characters' squares. For notation purposes, BA for Bita-Bahlin, BO for Bita-Bousseh, PA for Pa'avu
• Monster Knowledge Checks (No Action); Pa'avu's Nature
Phalanx, PA r(11) +10 nature = 21. Succeeds Medium DC but fails High DC.
Speed 6, Low Light Vision. Resist 5 fire, acid, half damage from melee and ranged attacks; Vulnerable 10 to close and area attacks. Medium natural, elemental humanoid (fire). Weapon keyword on powers only.
Javelineers, PA r(4) +10 nature = 14. Using Xin Mae's Daily reroll power for Pa'avu's Javelineers check. Ha! She rolled a 4 AGAIN! Fails Medium DC so no new information.
ROUND 1
QAMRA narrows her eyes at the bureaucrat's emotionless command for mass murder. An agent of the Empress and a Lord of the Hells, both! Such a one will not leave this battlefield.
And so she strides in, purposefully, and strikes him an ardent blow, recompense for his snide remark about her assault on his horn. Then she issues a challenge to the Tiefling and the nearest phalanxes of Bladeling warriors: "You tried to hurt me and my girlfriends. But I didn't have a sword then. Let's see what you can do now!"
* Move: F12 to I11 (obviously avoiding threatened squares).
* Standard: Ardent Strike vs BA, r(16) +12 = 28 vs 21 AC. Hit for r(2) +8 = 10 damage and BA is subject to Divine Sanction UEoQNT.
* Minor: Call of Challenge CBu 3 vs P(M14) and P(M11). Both are subject to Divine Santion UEoQNT.
LOCATION: I11
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 10 damage to BA
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: Divine Sanction on BA, P2(M14) and P3(M11) UEoQNT.
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 67/67
PA'AVU gives a grunt and a nod of satisfaction at the young warrior's speech and actions. Then, with a blood-curdling cry, the goliath springs into action. She heads straight for her comrade's treacherous brother, as an arrow to its target, letting loose Velmech'ti at the end of her charge.
Before the tiefling can react, she grabs his tail and yanks, a move that forcefully throws him to the ground. She moves closer to two of the phalanxes of his bladeling allies, attempting to shove them away, but at least disrupting their attacks. In both triumph and frustration, she lets out another scream, causing Bita-Bahlin to cringe and roll further away from her.
* Standard Action: Howling Strike as Charge vs. Bita-Bahlin: Move to K13 (Badge of Berserker = no OAs); ATT: r(17) + 12 + 1 (Charge) + 2 (CA) = 32 vs. 21 AC. Hit. Damage: r(6) + r(5) + 5 = 16 Damage to BA
* No Action: trigger: hit enemy with melee attack: BA = Prone; PA Shifts (up to 3 squares) to K12; attacks 2nd target (P3): r(17) + 12 = 29 vs. 23 AC. Hit. Damage: r(4,2) + 1 = 7/2 (1/2 vs Melee) = 3 Damage to P3, Swarm cannot be pushed, -2ATT UEoPaNT
* No Action (Iron Wolf Charge): trigger: hit enemy with Charge attack: additional damage: r(4) = 4 Damage to BA; Close Burst 2: ATT vs. BA: r(17) + 9 = 26 vs. 19 Will. Hit. Pushed 2 squares to H11 and BA = -2 ATT UEoPaNT; ATT vs. P2: r(16) + 9 = 25 vs. 16 Will. Hit. Swarm cannot be pushed, -2 ATT UEoPaNT; ATT vs. P3: r(2) + 9 =11 vs. 16 Will. Miss.
LOCATION: K12
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: BA: 20 Damage; P3: 3 Damage
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: Ba: Prone & -2 ATT UEoPaNT; P2 & P3: -2 ATT UEoPaNT
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 67/67; 11/11 Healing Surges Remaining
At the sight of Pa'avu tossing her brother like some ragdoll, BITA-BOUSSEH smirks in ironic amusement. "You self-serving, double-crossing bastard of a brother! You are an embarrassment to our family line. But your master will have my revenge for me: an eternity of torment in the serpent pits of his dismal swamp!"
And with her invoked promise, her voice resonates with awe-inducing power; her eyes flash; her scarlet hair verily floats in a halo of static energy about her head. Bita-Bahlin scampers away in terror, drawing too close to the sanctified temple, thus feeling its wrath.
With hardly a thought, Bita-Bousseh points a finger and glares at one of the Bladeling javelineers. "You: Die!" And the enemy obliges.
Then the Tiefling strides confidently forward to stand beside her consort.
* Minor: Hell's Dark Promise vs BA, r(20) +10 = 30 vs 19 Will. Crit. Slides BA H11 to G8. BA gains Vulnerable 5 cold, necrotic, radiant (SE).
* Standard: Infernal Glower vs M(E16), r(14) +10 = 24 vs 19 Will. Hit, r(1) +8 = 9 damage. Killed.
* Move: N20 to O17.
LOCATION: O17. BA Slides to G8.
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: M(E16) Killed.
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: BA gains Vulnerable 5 cold, necrotic, radiant (SE).
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 54/54
CURRENT BUFFS: na
HEALING SURGES: 8/8.
Sniveling and cranky, BITA-BAHLIN crawls on all fours away from the divine sting of the consecrated church, all the while silver-tongued promises of glorious combat in hell's eternal war assail the two warriors before him.
When he arrives at the foot of the young, Omthalan knight, he draws his blade and discharges lightning and fire. Despite her hell-induced stupor, The Blessed knight somehow manages to fend off the fireborn tiefling's attacks.
Omthala, The Moon Maiden, and Delban have the last laugh.
* Move Action: G8 to H10.
* Standard Action: Honeyed Offering From Hell CBu5; vs Q and PA's Will: r(19 x 2) +10 -2 (prone) -2 (IWC) = 25 vs both; Hit. Q and PA Stunned (save ends).
TRIGGERS PA'AVU IMMEDIATE REACTION (ENCOUNTER) SHRUG IT OFF (Trigger: you are subjected to an effect that a save can end.): Save: r(11), and Pa'avu shifts to K13.
PA'AVU gives twist of her neck and roll of her head as she instinctively steps back to shrug off the effects of the hellish visions.
And none too soon: out of the corner of her vision she can see the bladelings coming to swarming them all and swipes at them to no avail.
* Minor Action: Galvanic, Molten Blade CBl1; vs Q: r(6) +12 -2 (prone) -2 (IWC) = 14. Miss.
* Saving Throw vs Consecrated Church: r(3) +5 = 8. Failure.
LOCATION: H10
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 0
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: Q and PA Stunned (save ends)
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 286/316
CURRENT BUFFS: na
CURRENT DEBUFFS: Divine Sanction UEoQNT, Prone, -2 ATT UEoPaNT, Vulnerable 5 cold, necrotic, radiant (SE)
The myrmidons in the LEGION OF RUTH PHALANXES move as one. Shields clash against Dolg Hana's defenders' weapons. Barbed flesh flays and spear strike viper-quick and in perfect sequence.
In the end, after a calamitous noise, Hazard, Chanvati, and Bita-Bousseh are besieged by superior numbers in a terrible melee while Qamra and Pa'avu suffer the same razorswarm plight of shields, barbs, and spears near the consecrated church.
P1
* Move Action: J17to N18 to occupy H and C's squares (TRIGGER'S OA for H AND C). Swarm can occupy enemy squares.
NOTE: P1 WILL BE GREEN RECTANGLE UNTIL OUT OF H AND C'S SQUARES.
Traits
☼
Barbed Swarm ✦ Aura 1
Enemies in the aura cannot shift and take 3 damage if they are in the aura at the end of their turn.
H, C, and BO in P1 Barbed Swarm Aura
TRIGGERS OPPORTUNITY ACTION HAZARD MBA vs P1: r(12) + 12 = 24 vs. 23 AC. Hit. Damage: 19 = 9 (half damage)
As the strange warriors swarm him and his Beloved's Companions, HAZARD THE HOUND swings his head back and forth, snapping and biting at what he can grasp in his teeth.
TRIGGERS: OPPORTUNITY ATTACK CHANVATI MBA vs P1: r(9) +5 = 14 vs 23 AC. Miss.
As the squads of myrmidons swarm over and envelop his allies, it is all CHANVATI can do to rely on the martial training of his youth, swinging his crystal staff as much in warding self-defense as in any threat to the armored warriors.
* Standard Action: Razor Storm Phalanx (Melee); vs H's Reflex: r(5) +10 = 15; Miss.
(⚔)
Razor Storm Phalanx (weapon) ✦ At-Will
Attack: Melee 2 (one creature); +10 vs. Reflex
Hit: 2d6 + 2 damage, and ongoing 5 damage or ongoing 7 damage if target is in a square occupied by any LoRP (save ends).
P2
* Move Action: M14 to J11 (Q stunned so no OA). Swarm can occupy enemy squares.
NOTE: P2 WILL BE BLACK RECTANGLE UNTIL OUT OF Q'S SQUARE.
TRIGGERS OPPORTUNITY ACTION PA'AVU MBA vs P2: r(9) + 13 = 22 vs. 23 AC. Miss.
Q and P in P3's Barbed Swarm Aura
* Standard Action: Razor Storm Phalanx (Melee); vs Q's Reflex: r(7) +10 +2 (CA) -2 (IWC) = 17; Miss.
P3
* Move Action: M11 to K13. Swarm can occupy enemy squares.
NOTE: P2 WILL BE RED RECTANGLE UNTIL OUT OF P'S SQUARE.
TRIGGERS OPPORTUNITY ACTION PA'AVU MBA vs P3: r(9) + 13 = 22 vs. 23 AC. Miss; Attack vs. P3: r(8) + 13 = 21 vs. 23AC. Miss.
Q and P in P3's Barbed Swarm Aura
* Standard Action: Razor Storm Phalanx (Melee); vs Q's Reflex: r(11) +10 +2 (CA) -2 (IWC) = 21; Hit. r(2, 3) +2 = 7 damage and 7 ongoing damage (save ends).
P4
* Standard Action: Charge from T11 to O17 and MBA vs C's Reflex (TRIGGER'S C'S OA); r(14) +10 +1 (Charge) +2 (CA) = 25; Hit; r(4, 5) +2 = 11 damage and 7 ongoing (save ends). Swarm can occupy enemy squares.
NOTE: P4 WILL BE BLUE RECTANGLE UNTIL OUT OF C AND BO'S SQUARES.
H, C, and BO in P2's Barbed Swarm Aura
As the squads of myrmidons swarm over and envelop his allies, it is all CHANVATI can do to rely on the martial training of his youth, swinging his crystal staff as much in warding self-defense as in any threat to the armored warriors.
TRIGGERS: OPPORTUNITY ATTACK CHANVATI MBA vs P4: r(12) +5 = 17 vs 23 AC. Miss.
LOCATION: P1 in N18. P2 in J11. P3 in K13. P4 in O17.
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: Q takes 7 damage and 7 OG (save ends). C takes 11 damage and 7 OG (save ends)
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: H, C, and BO in Barbed Swarm Aura x 2. Q and PA in Barbed Swarm Aura x 2
CURRENT HIT POINTS: P2 is 80/80. P3 is 77/80. P1 is 71/80. P1/P4 pending OA attacks' resolution against them.
CURRENT BUFFS: na
CURRENT DEBUFFS: P2/3 Divine Sanction UEoQNT, -2 ATT UEoPaNT
ARUNNY takes a moment to center herself to consider her position on this new war-board where she and her allies find themselves. Each movement of pawn or king can shift the balance of the combat.
Clearly, the Red King must be handled, but so too his pieces. He is not himself the player - that one remains unseen - but he will be difficult to depose. Some breathing space is what they all need, and time to maneuver into better positions, out of the swarms.
The lips of Omthala's Searing Voice move, but the Voice itself is unheard as a rumbling sound begins to thunder. Arunny waves her arms as if conducting an orchestra, hitting one Phalanx with a thunderous cloud that explodes to purple reverberations, leaving all enemies within it stunned and wounded. The Red King and the other Phalanx defending him are dazed by the fallout of her attack.
Taking advantage of her effect upon these enemies, the seer uses the Moon's Light to shift her allies around the board before grasping that Light in her fist and transforming it into resounding balls of Her fierce judgment and throwing this new thunder into the Phalanxes attacking her newly returned allies, missing one group but giving the other mass of bladelings pause.
Then, seeing movement out of the corner of her eye, she throws the final ball of thunder at a Javelineer seeking to hide from her sight, killing it instantly.
* Move Action: move 3 squares to G13.
* Minor Action: Divine Call: Ranged 10: pull 2 allies 3 squares: Qamra to F11, Chanvati to K16
* Standard Action: Silent Malediction (Daily): CBa 3 all creatures within the blast, vs. Fortitude, Damage: r(1, 1) + 6 (Miss = 1/2 Damage): BA: r(3) + 10 + 2 (CA) = 15 vs. 19 Fort. Miss. 4 Damage & Dazed (UEoANT); P2: r(19) + 10 = 29 vs. 18 Fort. Hit. 8 + 10 Vulnerable = 18 & Stunned (Save Ends); P3: r(7) + 10 = 17 vs. 18 Fort. Miss. 4 + 10 Vulnerable = 14 Damage & Dazed (UEoANT). Effect: A Dazed: Supporting Armor (Daily: No Action Trigger; an effect dazes you) Save vs. effect: r(13). Success; Manifestation of Preservation (rider): slide Bita-Bousseh to P17.
* Action Point for SA: Thunder of Judgment (Enc): Ranged 10; 1, 2, or 3 creatures, vs. Fortitude: P1: r(5) + 10 = 15 vs. 18 Fort. Miss; P2: r(12) + 10 = 22 Fort. Hit.; M: r(10) + 10 = 20 vs. 18 Fort. Hit. Damage: r(1) + 6 = 7: P2: 3 Damage; M (B19): Killed. Manifestation of Preservation (rider): Slide Hazard to M17.
LOCATION: G13
ALLIES' LOCATIONS: Q: F11; C: K17; BO: P17; H: M17
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: BA: 4 Damage; P2: 18 Damage; P3: 14 Damage; P4: 3 Damage; M (B19): Killed.
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: BA: Dazed (UEoANT); P2: Stunned (Save Ends); P3 & P4: Dazed (UEoANT)
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 54/54; 10/10 Healing Surges Remaining
The well-drilled LEGION OF RUTH JAVELINEERS do not need command direction to work in concert, to acquire their targets, and to deliver their payload with terrible proficiency. From every direction on the battlefield, from the open, from cover; a barrage harries Chanvati, Pa'avu, Hazard, and even the sister of their commander, who is well-obscured by the hulking goliath tribe.
M (X19)
Move: X19 to S20
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs C's AC: r(13) +14 = 27. 7 damage to C.
(➶) Javelin (weapon) ✦ At-Will
Attack: Ranged 10 (one creature); +14 vs. AC
Hit: 7 damage or 8 damage if the target is flanked by the LoRJ's allies.
M (Y17)
Move: Y17 to T20
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs H's AC: r(8) +14 = 22. 7 damage to H
M (Z14)
Move: Z14 to T14
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs C's AC: r(3) +14 = 17. Miss.
M (X14)
Move: X14 to R12
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs C's AC: r(20) +14 = 34. 7 damage to C (
BLOODIED).
M (Z11)
Move: Z11 to T11
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs PA's AC: r(16) +14 = 30. 7 damage to PA.
M (X11)
Move: X11 to S9
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs PA's AC: r(14) +14 = 28. 7 damage to PA.
M (S8)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs PA's AC: r(2) +14 = 16. Miss.
M (P8)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs BO's AC: r(5) +14 = 19. Miss.
M (N8)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs BO's AC: r(11) +14 = 25. 7 damage to BO
M (M5)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs PA's AC: r(1) +14 = Auto-miss.
LOCATION: S20, T20, T14, R12, T11, S9, S8, P8, N8, M5
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: C: 14 Damage; H: 7 Damage; PA: 14 Damage; BO: 7 Damage.
As his mortal enemy sullies the minds of his comrades with a psychic assault disguised as honeyed words, IBHEA launches a psychic assault of his own in the form of his patron's curse: "May the black flames of Delban sear your soul from this realm!"
The whisky priest advances to stand between his fellow chosen of Omthala, then conjures a sprawling sphere of shadowy tentacles that grasp the Tiefling and his Bladeling myrmidons in their writhing grasp. Not willing to relent, he raises the symbol of Omthala from his neck as his enemies contend with Delban's wrath. His enemies are dazzled and seared by the Goddess's holy light.
* Minor: Curse BA.
* Move: D13 to G12 (triggers Shadow Walk).
* Standard: Shadow Tentacles ABu 1 centered on I11. ATK vs BA, r(14) +9 +1 (Prime Shot) +2 (CA from Dazed) = 26 vs 18 Reflex. Hit. ATK vs P2, r(20) = CRIT. ATK vs P3, r(5) +9 +2 (CA) = 16 vs 18 Reflex. Miss. Cold Damage vs BA = r(7) +5 +5 Vuln 5 Cold +r(2,4) Curse = 23 cold and psychic damage and Slowed UEoINT. Damage vs P2 = 10 +5 +r(6) Crit +10 Area attack = 31 cold damage and Slowed UEoINT.
P2 BLOODIED.
* AP for Standard: Shining Symbol (Cl Bl 3, HIJ/10,11,12), ATK vs BA, r(16) +9 +1 +2 = 28 vs 19 Will. Hit. ATK vs P2, r(9) +9 +1 (Prime Shot) +2 (CA from Stunned) = 21 vs 16 Will. Hit. ATK vs P3, r(8) +9 +2 (CA) = 19 vs 16 Will. Hit. Damage = r(1) +5 radiant = 6+5 = 11 to BA (Vuln 5 radiant), 6 +10 =16 (Area attack) to P2, P3. All -2 ATK UEoINT.
LOCATION: G12
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 34 to BA, 47 to P2, 16 to P3
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: BA Slowed and -2 ATK UEoINT, P2 Slowed and -2 ATK UEoINT, P3 -2 ATK UEoINT
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 54/54
CURRENT BUFFS: Concealment (Shadow Walk) UEoINT
HEALING SURGES: 7/7
Perhaps it is his earlier existence as the pawn of an uncaring and master that has made the Hound used to being moved without touch, but HAZARD seems unfazed by the priestess's actions on his behalf. On the contrary, he immediately senses the strategic position into which he has been moved: his ally at his back bolstering him; his ally's consort opposite him, helping to distract their foe.
The Hound continues his savage assault on the strange warriors besetting and swarming around them, all the while waiting for his chance to join his True North, his Beloved, in Her fight.
* Standard Action: Bite attack vs. P4: ATK: r(10) + 12 + 2CA = 24 vs. 23 AC. Hit; Damage: r(2,6) + 9 = 17, Half Damage: 8 (Hazard = w/in 2 Sq of ally - Chanvati)
* End of Turn: 6 damage from Auras.
LOCATION: M17
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 8 Damage to P4
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 52/65
CURRENT DEBUFFS: Cannot shift due to aura
HEALING SURGES: 11/11
The Merchant Prince staggers under the many blows of tridents and javelins, buffeted and lanced like a recalcitrant toad on the chirurgeon's teaching table. He eyes the battlefield as his allies are swarmed by the warriors of this duplicitous agent of the crown. "This will not do," CHANVATI thinks. "This will not do at all. Gather yourself, man, and respond in kind!"
And so he raises his crystal staff and scrambles spacetime in the scrum to his south. Nearly a dozen Bladeling myrmidons succumb to his strange rearrangement of their forms. And Bita-Bahlin--what to make of the fellow and his layered allegiances and doublecrosses? Besides death--is shunted, still crawling, on the dusty track, away.
Not relenting, the psion imbues another attack with the full energy reserves of his staff, and fells two javelineers where they crouch defensively on the theater. Then he touches two fingers to his pate, billowing psionic energy that shrouds his form from the senses of his enemies.
* Starts turn: takes 7 OG damage.
* Minor: Inspiring Word on self, r(6) + Surge (12) = heal 17 HP.
* Standard: Dimensional Scramble on I11. ATK vs BA r(17) +9 +2 (CA) = 28 vs 19 Fort. Hit. VS P2 r(16) +9 +2 (CA) = 27 vs 18 Fort. Hit. VS P3 r(10) +9 +2 (CA) = 21 vs 18 Fort. Hit. Damage = r(6) +5 = 11 vs BA, + 10 = 21 vs P2 (
DEAD), +10 = 21 vs P3 (
BLOODIED). BA teleported to I10, P3 teleported to K10.
TRIGGERS IMMEDIATE REACTION (ARUNNY): Death Surge (Enc.): Trigger: A creature within 3 squares of you drops to 0 hit points (P2): CBu 3: each enemy in Burst: BA: ATK: r(14) + 10 + 2CA = 26 vs. 19 Fort. Hit; P3: ATK: r(9) + 10 + 2CA = 21 vs. 18 Fort. Hit: Damage: r(4) + 6 = 10 (P3 = Vulnerable 10, so 20 Damage); you and each ally in Burst: gain +2 ATK UEoANT and 5 THP
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 10 to BA; 20 to P3
CURRENT BUFFS: A, Q, & I: +2 ATK UEoANT, 5 THP
ARUNNY watches with great fascination as Chanvati causes the molecules of their enemies to dissolve and resolve. When one of the Phalanxes fails to reappear as whole bodies, the lingering dust of their former existence becomes a symphony of sound and color, floating upward in the Moonlight.
The seer suddenly understands what to do with the surge of music and directs the shards of former life at their former allies. The tiefling prince is battered about his face, but the Phalanx of wounded Bladelings fares much worse, scores of savage cuts appearing in jarring tones all over the remaining soldiers.
As Omthala's Voice inhales, she hears the Maiden's protective energy fall about her shoulders as a prayer shawl. Looking at her traveling companions, she sees a silver glimmer about both of their shoulders as their faces seem to relax just a little.
* Free: activate Staff of Psicraft Daily Property to expand burst by 1.
* Action Point: Standard: Dimensional Scramble on S10. ATK vs M(R12) r(19) +9 = 28 vs 18 Fort. Hit. VS M(T11) r(6) +9 = 15 vs 18 Fort. Miss. VS M(S9) r(18) +9 = 27 vs 18 Fort. Hit. VS M(S8) r(8) +9 -2 Cover = 15 vs 18 Fort. Miss.
* Minor: Mind Shroud.
* Ends turn: Save vs OG damage, r(14). Success.
LOCATION: K17, BA to I10, P3 to K10
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 11 to BA, 21 to P2 (Killed), 21 to P3 (Bloodied), M(R12) and M(S9) Killed.
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 33/48
CURRENT BUFFS: Superior Cover UEoCNT
HEALING SURGES: 6/7
POWER POINTS: 5/5
BA 2270/316 Divine Sanction UEoQNT, Prone, -2 ATT UEoPaNT, Vulnerable 5 cold/necrotic/radiant (SE), dazed UtEoANT, slowed and -2 ATK UEoINT
P1 71/80
P3 26/80 Divine Sanction UEoQNT, -2 ATT UEoPaNT, Dazed (SE), -2 ATK UEoINT
P4 69/80 Dazed (SE)
ROUND 2
The Tiefling advances upon QAMRA, and his promises seem so sincere! This is not her fight. Just as Omthala blessed her, so too can the Duke of Hell, if only she listen to his call. There is no need for further bloodshed. No abandonment of her youth. She can give up the sword. Swing from a plank bench suspended by thick ropes from an apple tree. Long grasses tickling her toes as she arcs upward into a red sky. But no! Those are not grasses at all but serpents, striking at her feet!
She shakes her head, clearing these visions of subversion, and enters the fray once more.
* Starts turn: Stunned, takes 7 OG damage.
* Ends turn: Saves, r(11) vs Stunned. Success.
LOCATION: F11
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 53/67
CURRENT (DE)BUFFS: Divine Sanction ends vs BA and P3.
HEALING SURGES: 12/12
BITA-BOUSSEH recognizes that the members of the Iron Gorgon Tribe are their secret weapon in this battle, itching for combat, and so she draws them into the fray, first by moving amidst their numbers, then by issuing a challenge.
"You, javelin-thrower: should you defeat these half-giants in martial play, the Lords of the Hells will shower you with riches beyond your imagination!" The Bladeling artilleryman is happy to oblige, advancing towards the Goliath horde with no awareness of the inevitable outcome.
As the myrmidons lunge at her retreat, she shoots a fearsome glare in their direction, but their attention is too much with the clash of arms before them, and so they escape her Hellish gaze.
* Move: P17 to S17.
DOESN'T TRIGGER OA AS P4 IS DAZED (CAN'T TAKE OA)
* Minor: Hell's Dark Promise ATK vs M(S20), r(13) +10 = 23 vs 19 Will. Hit. Slides to S19 (in Goliath Tribe's aura).
WILL BE DEAD AT START OF TURN DUE TO AURA.
* Standard: Inernal Glower ATK vs P4, r(5) +10 + 2(CA) = 17 vs 16 Will. Hit; r(7) +8 =15/2 =7 damage but no slide because of immunity.
LOCATION: S17 (in Goliath Tribe aura--friendly), N(S20) S19 (in Goliath Tribe aura); dead at start of turn.
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 7 damage to P4
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: na
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 47/54
CURRENT BUFFS: Cover due to Goliath Tribe.
HEALING SURGES: 8/8
PA'AVU's eyes focus narrowly on the visage of the brother of the consort of her Gos'btar. She grimly recalls the sounds of hounds howling in fear and pain as they were burned in Ruffly Gelded. She will be happy to send this being to his punishment, a punishment hopefully dealt by those very same hounds in the world beyond this one. Squaring her shoulders, the goliath readies herself for battle, breathing in to activate the protective power of her l'pahb'kin.
Then, with a howl of searing vengeance, she charges the space between them, Velmech'ti held aloft. Diving into her l'pahb'kin once again, she continues to strike him, ending her attack with a final triumphant yell, as the Phalanx of bladelings fails to protect him and falls in their death throes.
* Minor Action: Stone's Endurance (Enc.): Resist 5 ALL UEoPNT
* Standard Action: Howling Strike as Charge attack: Move 2 squares to J11: ATK (using Vanguard) vs. BA: r(7) + 12 + 1 (Charge) + 2CA = 22 vs. 21 AC. Hit; Damage: r(4) + r(3) + r(2)(VW) + 5 = 14 Damage
* AP for Standard Action: Thundering Howl (Enc.): ATK (using Ki Focus) vs. BA: r(12) + 13 + 2CA = 27 vs. 21 AC. Hit; Damage: r(8) + 6 = 14; Each enemy in CBa 3 [I,J,K / 10,9,8] takes Damage & is pushed 3 squares: Damage: r(4) = BA 4 damage & pushed to G7, P3 14 damage (vulnerable 10) = dead!!
LOCATION: J11
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 32 Damage to BA; 14 Damage to P3 (killed)
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: BA pushed to G7, gains Vulnerable 5 cold, necrotic, radiant (SE).
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 53/67
CURRENT BUFFS: Resist 5 ALL UEoPNT
HEALING SURGES: 11/11
A fiery scowl forms on the brow of the now truly burning BITA-BAHLIN . Low to the ground and looking like a spider from the depths of Hell and the bowels of this word, he unleashes a curse upon his enemies.
"You think your consecrations contain me? You think my allies laid low lends you the upper hand? I am imbued by the primordial might of Vezzuvu, my resources ever-filled by the infinite coffers of Minuaros. Neither Omthala, nor The Moon Maiden, nor Delban can quench my purging fire!"
A wave of burning heat blackens flesh and ignites clothing, parchment, thatch, and grass.
Only Stoneroot or the ancient, blessed blood of a goliath protects against the conflagration that ensues.
* Recharge Honeyed Offering From Hell r(4); Fails
* Standard Action: By Fire Be Purged CBu5; vs I, PA, and Q's Fort: r(19, 9, 13) +10 -2 (prone) -2 (SSS) = 25, 15, 19; Hit I, Q and Miss PA. r(4, 5, 3) +2 = 14 - 5 THP = 9 necrotic damage, and ongoing 7 fire damage (save ends). I and Q take a -5 penalty to saving throws against this effect while within 5 squares of Bita-Bahlin.
* Saving Throw vs Consecrated Church: Cannot remove effect as still adjacent to Consecrated Church.
LOCATION: G7
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 9 necrotic damage to I and Q. Their 5 THP expended.
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: I and Q ongoing 7 fire damage (save ends). I and Q take a -5 penalty to saving throws against this effect while within 5 squares of Bita-Bahlin.
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 195/316
CURRENT BUFFS: na
CURRENT DEBUFFS: Prone, Vulnerable 5 cold/necrotic/radiant (SE), dazed UtEoANT, slowed and -2 ATK UEoINT
Unphased by the devastation unleashed upon their squads facing the other heroes, the LEGION OF RUTH PHALANXES facing Chanvati and Hazard move as a unified thicket of barbs, spears, and shields.
The psionic energy Chanvati erected shrouds the legions' attacks, making it impossible for them to pin him down, while Hazard falls back upon his typical canine ferocity and "I ain't got time to bleed (URF" routine.
P1 (GREEN RECTANGLE)
* Move Action: Shift N18 to M18, stilling occupying H's square.
Traits
☼
Barbed Swarm ✦ Aura 1
Enemies in the aura cannot shift and take 3 damage if they are in the aura at the end of their turn.
* Standard Action: Razor Storm Phalanx (Melee); vs C's Reflex: r(12) +10 -5 (SC) = 17; Miss.
P4 (BLUE RECTANGLE)
* Standard Action: Razor Storm Phalanx (Melee); vs H's Reflex: r(7) +10 +2 (CA) = 19; Hit. r(4, 4) +2 = 10 damage and 7 ongoing damage (save ends).
P4 (BLUE RECTANGLE)
* Standard Action: Razor Storm Phalanx (Melee); vs H's Reflex: r(7) +10 +2 (CA) = 19; Hit. r(4, 4) +2 = 10 damage and 7 ongoing damage (save ends)
TRIGGERS CHANVATI'S POWERFUL WARNING
Powerful Warning Warlord Attack 1
Encounter ✦ Martial
Immediate Interrupt Close burst 5
Trigger: An ally within 5 squares of you is hit by an enemy
Target: The triggering ally in the burst
Effect: The target gains a +2 power bonus to all defenses against the attack. The target can make a melee basic attack against the enemy as a free action.
IMMEDIATE INTERRUPT: ATK vs H = 19 vs Reflex 18+2 (20) =
RAZOR STORM PHALANX VS HAZARD MISS. Negates 10 damage and 7 OG damage (save ends) to H. H MBA vs P4, Bite within 2 squares of ally, r(14) +12 +2 (CA) =28 vs 23 AC. Hit for r(4,5) +9 = 18/2 =
9 damage to P4.
As the Legion's phalanxes swarm over Hazard, his slave's slave, thrusting and jabbing with their bladed spears and such armaments, CHANVATI recalls the new social order in which he's participating, where service is given out of loyalty and mutual respect. He cannot allow Pa'avu's hound to fall in their defense with such in mind. And so he calls out the dog's name, alerting it to the danger at his flank and eliciting a snarling reprisal.
* End of Turn Saving Throw vs Dazed: r(15). Succeeds.
LOCATION: P1 in M18. P4 in O17.
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: na
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: H is in Barbed Swarm Aura x 2. Chanvati is in Barbed Swarm Aura x 1.
CURRENT HIT POINTS: P1 is 71/80. P4 53/80.
CURRENT BUFFS: na
CURRENT DEBUFFS: na
Taking quick stock of the notes of the symphony surrounding and enveloping her in the Maiden's song, ARUNNY sees Moonlight gleaming on the sword of her Champion of the marketplace. The seer quickly moves as her Conductor directs her to stand next to Pa'avu and thus be able to bestow the Maiden's blessing upon Velmech'ti, as she has heard the goliath refer to her great weapon. Of course the Maiden would bless the weapon of the Stoneblessed warrior, for are they not both of the Moon?
Then, Omthala's Searing Voice sings out a radiant tone into the Crucible in her hand, sending out sending tendrils of Their tri-fold radiance at her targets ... and finding her aim is true.
* Move Action: move 3 squares to J12
* Minor Action: Omthala’s Crucible Power (Daily): One weapon in your square or in a square adjacent to you gains a bonus to its next damage roll before the end of your next turn equal to the symbol’s enhancement bonus (+2 to Velmech'ti UEoANT)
* Standard Action: Hand of Radiance vs. BA, Ms (T14 & T11): ATK vs. BA: r(12) - 2 (Prone) + 2 (CA/Dazed0 + 2 (Death Surge) + 10 = 24 vs. 19 Reflex. Hit; vs. M (T14): r(18) + 2 (DS) + 10 = 30 vs. 21 Reflex. Hit; vs. M (T11): r(10) + 2 (DS) + 10 = 22 vs. 21 Reflex. Hit; Damage: r(1) + 6 + 5 (Vulnerable Radiant) = 12 Damage, both Ms killed.
LOCATION: J12
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 12 to BA; M (T14) & M (T11) Killed.
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: BA: Dazed effect ends.
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 54/54, 5 THP
CURRENT BUFFS: +2 ATT effect ends (DS).
HEALING SURGES: 10/10
The GOLIATH TRIBE warriors grab and absorb the nearby LEGION OF RUTH JAVELINEER like a frightening wave cresting over a small stone. When the wave retreats back into the sea, the stone is in even smaller pieces...
The rest of the javelineers coordinate a pitched artillery attack on Hazard as the stalwart doggo is being pincered by a pair of phalanx thickets!
M (S20)
Start of Turn: Takes 5 damage from Goliath Tribe aura;
DEAD.
M (T20)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs H's AC: r(9) +14 +2 (CA) = 25. 8 (allies flanking) damage to H.
M (S8)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs H's AC: r(3) +14 +2 (CA) = 19. Miss.
M (P8)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs H's AC: r(15) +14 +2 (CA) = 25. 8 (allies flanking) damage to H.
M (N8)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs H's AC: r(20) +14 +2 (CA) = Crit. 8 (allies flanking) damage to H (
BLOODIED).
M (M5)
Move: M5 to M8
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs H's AC: r(7) +14 +2 (CA) = 23. 8 (allies flanking) damage to H.
LOCATION: T20, S8, P8, N8, M8
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 32 Damage to H.
At first, the senseless slaughter around him fills the whisky priest with despair. But despair soon gives way to rage, rage at this ghost from his past who always seems to bring misery and suffering just as prospects begin to brighten. IBHEA feels his pulse beating in one eye, a scrim of red clouding his vision. Flames lick across his body, threatening to char him to a husk. But he does not give way to despair. Allows the rage to take him.
"Blessed Goddess, as I give of my flesh, give to me the strength to destroy that cur!" he prays. Then, with slow and deliberate purpose, his form still flickering with Hellfire, he stalks across the rutted, broken road, a crackling black sphere gathering in his outstretched hand. When he is but a pace from Bita-Bahlin, he thrusts his flaming appendage through the Hellfire that protects the Tiefling, grabs the courtier where he kneels in the sand, and bellows, "May the black flames of Delban burn your soul from this realm!"
* Starts turn: takes 7 OG fire damage
* Minor: Deliverance of Faith: spends Surge and gains 13 THP.
* Move: G12 to G8 (triggers Shadow Walk)
* Standard: Hand of Blight, melee touch vs BA, r(8) +9 +1 (Prime Shot) +2 (CA) =20 vs 19 Fort. Hit for r(5) +5 +5 Vuln necrotic damage +r(1,1) Curse, Mindbite Scorn. Spend Fell Might but forgo extra damage to instead Daze BA (Tyrian Bureaucrat feat).
* Ends turn: Save vs OG 7 fire damage, r(7) -5 (within 5 squares of BA) = 2. Fails.
LOCATION: G8
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 17 necrotic and psychic damage to BA
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: Dazes BA UEoINT
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 38/54 +13 THP.
CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Concealment (Shadow Walk), OG 7 fire damage (SE), in BA's Aura 1.
HEALING SURGES: 6/7
As Hazard's yips and howls of pain under the barrage of Bladeling blows and thrusts reach CHANVATI'S ears, he feels an unaccustomed and powerful sympathy. What loyalty from an ignorant brute! Could there be something like a human emotion in its canine mind? As if in communion with the beast, a brutish ferocity rises within the psion's breast, emanating out to the besieged hound.
Whatever be the case for the expression of the emotions in man and animals, the Merchant Prince is moved to intervene further. Brandishing his crystal staff to hold the blows of his enemies at bay, he folds space upon itself, shunting the Bladeling phalanxes towards the waiting grasp of his Iron Gorgon Tribe allies.
* Minor: Dragon's Tenacity on C and H (Cl Bu 5, Self and Bloodied allies), +2 attacks UEoCNT.
* Standard: Dimensional Scramble on N17. ATK vs P1, r(13) +9 +2 = 24 vs 18 Fort. Hit. ATK vs P4, r(20) = Crit. ATK vs H, r(8) +9 +2 =19 vs 20 Fort. Miss. Damage = r(2) +5 +10 Area attack vs Swarm =17 to P1 and teleports to P18 (in Iron Gorgon Tribe aura) and 6 +5 +10 +r(3) = 24 to P4 (
BLOODIED) and teleports to P16 (in Iron Gorgon Tribe aura).
* Ends turn outside of P's aura.
LOCATION: K17, P1 in P18, P4 in P16.
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 17 to P1, 24 to P4 (BLOODIED)
CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: P1 and P4 in Iron Gorgon Tribe aura (5+10 = 15 damage and grabbed DC 21 ABoT)
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 33/48
CURRENT BUFFS: Mind Shroud ends, Dragon's Tenacity +2 ATK UEoCNT (C and H)
HEALING SURGES: 6/7
POWER POINTS: 5/5
HAZARD senses the veil of power falling about his shoulders from an unfamiliar source, his Beloved's Companion, perhaps. Regardless, he instinctively leaps forward at the remaining blade-covered warriors and savagely attacks them with his fiercely sharp teeth.
Then, his True North calls to him, and he rushes forth to his Beloved.
* Minor Action: Rabid Lunge (Encounter Power): Effect: The reach of Hazard's Melee powers increase to Melee 2 UEoHNT.
* Standard action: Bite vs. P4: ATK r(11) +12 +2 (DT) = 25 vs 23 AC. Hit. Damage : r(7, 7) + 9 = 23.
* Move action: 6 sq to K11.
LOCATION: K11
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 23 to P4
CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: P4 will be Dead at beginning of its turn (in Iron Gorgon Tribe's aura) (P4: 6 HP at the end of Hazard's turn)
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 20/65
CURRENT BUFFS: +2 ATK (Dragon's Tenacity)
HEALING SURGES: 11/11
BA (2 AP) 166/316 Prone, Vulnerable 5 cold/necrotic/radiant (SE), dazed UEoINT
P1 54/80
P4 6/80
ROUND 3
Freed from the psychic control of the Hellspawn, QAMRA shakes the cobwebs from her head.
"Tricky, mister," she enunciates sweetly.
Then, despite the Hellfire flickering across her lithe form, she vaults into action, leaping across ancient ruts in the road with balletic grace. When she reaches Bita-Bahlin, she holds aloft her shining sword and emanates radiance from it in a blast around her, catching the Tiefling full on in its glow beneath the starry sky. The agent of Vezzuvu ... or Mammon ... or, ultimately, himself knows that should he not face her in immediate response, she will scour him again with Omthala's painful remonstrance.
Perhaps through The Goddess's direct intervention, the flames suffusing her form are snuffed.
* Move: F11 to H6, avoiding OAs (BA can't OA due to dazed as well)
* Standard: Radiant Burst (Cl Bu 1) vs BA, r(11) +10 +2 (CA) =25 vs 18 R. Hit. r(1) +7 +5 Vuln radiant =13 radiant damage. (
BLOODIED)
* Minor: Ensnaring Sanction vs BA. Cl Bu 2 (one creature)
Effect: Qamra subjects the target to her divine sanction. The target remains sanctioned until she uses this power against another target. Until the sanction ends, if the target makes any attack that does not include her as a target, it takes a-2 penalty to the attack roll. If a target sanctioned by this power is within 10 squares of Qamra when it hits with an attack that does not include her as a target, she can use an immediate reaction after the target’s entire attack is resolved to teleport the target to any space adjacent to her. In addition, the target grants combat advantage to all creatures until the end of her next turn. If no unoccupied space exists adjacent to her, she can’t use this immediate reaction, and the target doesn’t grant combat advantage as a result of this effect.
* End turn: Save vs OG, r(15). Saves.
LOCATION: H6
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 13 radiant damage to BA
CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: Divine Sanction to BA
CURRENT HPS: 51/67
HEALING SURGES: 12/12
PA'AVU gives a quick glance at her Hound and recognizes his dire need of her aid. Gazing into his warm, loyal, and trusting eyes, she sends some of her Stone's strength into his body, healing some of his aches .
Then, the goliath turns to face their mutual foe and, raising Velmech'ti high, charges the tiefling prince, savagely wounding him. As Velmech'ti bites into his muscles, Pa'avu can sense the Blessed within the building, peering out from the narrow windows and weakening the resolve of her adversary."
* Minor Action: Iron Resurgence (Enc) on Hazard: Hazard loses 1 Surges and spends 2 to regain 32 HP and gains 8 THP.
* Standard Action: Howling Strike as a Charge attack vs. BA: Charge to H8. ATK: r(20) + 12 + 1 (charge) + 2CA = Crit./35 vs 21 AC. Hit. Damage: 10 + 6 + 8 (VW) + 2 (Crucible) + 5 + 2 (vs. Bloodied) (GB) + r(6) (Critical) = 42 Damage
* No Action: Rampage: Trigger: 1/turn, when roll Crit w/ Barbarian Attack Power: additional melee: ATK vs. BA (using Ki Focus): r(6) + 13 + 2CA = 21 vs. 21 AC. Hit. Damage: r(3) + 6 + 2 (GB) = 11 Damage
LOCATION: H8
DAMAGE: 53 to BA (BA now at 100/316 HP: 153 - 53 = 100)
CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: n/a
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 53/67; Hazard: 52/65 8 THP
CURRENT BUFFS: +2 Damage via Arunny's Crucible power expended.
HEALING SURGES: 11/11; Hazard: 8/11
The massive forms of the Iron Gorgon Tribe Goliaths loom and shift about BITA-BOUSSEH, obscuring her vision of the far side of the battlefield and her duplicitous brother. And so she takes out her vengeance upon the Bladeling javelineers.
"Approach, warrior, and Hell will reward you for your bravery," she lures the Bladeling to the north, drawing him within arm's length of her new companions-in-arms with her enticing spell, soon to be pummeled to the ground in a paste by the powerful blows of the Half-Giants.
Then she turns to the south, all pretense of subtlety dropped as she glowers menacingly with all the promise of Hell's fury. The javelineer's heartbeat stops and does not resume after this assault.
* Minor: Hell's Dark Promise vs M(T20), r(18) +10 =28 vs 19 Will. Hit. Slides to S19 (within IGT aura;
will be dead at start of turn due to aura).
* Standard: Infernal Glower vs M(S8), r(15) +10 =25 vs 19 Will. Hit. Killed.
LOCATION: S17, M(T20) Slides to T19
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: M(S8) killed
CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: M(T20) in IGT aura (will die start of turn)
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 47/54
CURRENT BUFFS: Cover from IGT
HEALING SURGES: 8/8
Incomprehensible Infernal promises snake from BITA-BAHLIN's filthy mouth. The psychic attacks assail the whiskey priest, the hulking goliath, and The Blessed. From beyond, Mammon reaches deep into the breast and minds of the former two, forcing them to summon their faith and mettle just to withstand the dark words.
But Qamra reaches for the symbol upon her chest, whispers quiet words to beseech her goddess for blessings...and those blessings come in the form of a radiant bulwark foiling Bita-Bahlin's foul tongue.
Feeling the cold...yet somehow also warm...stone of the consecrated church at his hip and upon his back, Bita-Bahlin focuses and screams at Qamra and her allies.
"FIRE TAKE YOU." He erupts. Omthala, Delban, and The Moon Maiden be praised, blessed shields of faith take the worst of it for Arunny and Ibhea, though the infernal blaze still threatens them.
When the wave of conflagration dissipates, Qamra is still there, holy nimbus shrouding her in full.
Untouched by both Mammon and Vezzuvu.
Try as he might to hide it, the look on Bita-Bahlin's face betrays his fear.
* Recharge Honeyed Offering From Hell r(5); Success
* Standard Action: Honeyed Offering From Hell CBu5; vs I, Q, and PA's Will: r(13, 4, 18) +10 -2 (prone) = Hit I, PA and miss Q. I and PA Stunned (save ends).
TRIGGER ARUNNY FREE ACTION (CAST FORTUNE; you don't like a roll): replace any one attack roll, saving throw, or skill check made by you, an ally, or an enemy with this result:
BA's Honeyed Offering From Hell vs. Ibhea to a 1. Miss. Ibhea not stunned.
As ARUNNY experiences Bita-Bahlin's attacks on her comrades and herself, her psyche suddenly enters a strange netherworld filled with translucent bubbles of moments and possibilities, all possibilities. Her Goddess gently picks one such bubble up to examine its contents more closely... then sets it aside. The seer can see within the stunned faces of priest and goliath, while young Qamra holds her holy symbol, murmuring prayers.
Omthala's fingers replace this bubble with another. Within its transparent shell, Arunny can see an almost identical scene, except now Ibhea mirrors Qamra's actions, holy symbol in hand.
Instantly, Arunny is back in the agora, skin burning from the attack. But her ally Ibhea is no longer frozen in place, thank Omthala!
TRIGGERS IBHEA IMMEDIATE REACTION (TOUCH OF COMMAND; adjacent enemy attacks you) vs BA's Will: r(3) +9 +2 CA =14 vs 19 Will. Miss.
For the briefest of moments, IBHEA feels as if his will is about to be subjugated, but then the feeling passes, evanescent as a ghost. As Bita-Bahlin's honeyed words and eruption of fire wash over him, the whisky priest reaches down, grasping the ambassador by the shoulder, and briefly, ever briefly, brings his nemesis's mind under his control. But years of warding himself from the probing intelligence of Great Powers allows the Tiefling to throw off Ibhea's attempt at control.
* Action Point (Standard Action): By Fire Be Purged CBu5; vs I, A, and Q's Fort: r(19, 13, 3) +10 -2 (prone) (+2 CA vs I) = Hit I, A and miss Q. r(4, 2, 6) +2 = 14 - 5/13 THP = 9 necrotic damage to A and 1 necrotic damage to I, and ongoing 7 fire damage (save ends). I and A take a -5 penalty to saving throws against this effect while within 5 squares of Bita-Bahlin.
* Saving Throw vs Consecrated Church: Cannot remove effect as still adjacent to Consecrated Church.
LOCATION: G7
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 9 necrotic damage to A and 1 necrotic damage to I. All THP expended.
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: I and P Stunned (save ends). I and A ongoing 7 fire damage (save ends). I and A take a -5 penalty to saving throws against this effect while within 5 squares of Bita-Bahlin.
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 100/316
CURRENT BUFFS: na
CURRENT DEBUFFS: Prone, Vulnerable 5 cold/necrotic/radiant (SE), dazed UtEoINT
United in purpose, prowess, and the primal weight of the mountain, the GOLIATH TRIBE grapples and pummels the LEGION OF RUTH PHALANXES. It is one thing to crest over villages like a wave and clash with city infrantry in formation...it is quite another to deal with the sheer might of (near) giants!
P1
* Beginning of Turn: 5 + 10 = 15 damage from Goliath Tribe and Grabbed DC (21) (
BLOODIED).
* Move Action: Escape; r(4) +13 = 17. Fail.
* Move Action: Escape; r(5) +13 = 18. Fail.
P4
* Beginning of Turn: 5 + 10 = 15 damage from Goliath Tribe.
DEAD.
LOCATION: P1 in M18
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: na
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: H is in Barbed Swarm Aura x 2. Chanvati is in Barbed Swarm Aura x 1.
CURRENT HIT POINTS: P1 is 39/80.
CURRENT BUFFS: na
CURRENT DEBUFFS: P4 DEAD, P1 BLOODIED and Grabbed DC 21. In GT Aura (5+10 damage ABoT).
In the visual shift as ARUNNY returns to the scene, the seer smells a lavender beam of Moonlight, beginning in cloud of night and ending in another cloud of the First Storm, lingering just above the stone wall. Omthala's Searing Voice smiles grimly.
Holding up Omthala's Crucible, she breathes in deeply before singing a clear, strong tone into the holy symbol. The sound of her voice reflects off the metal and sears into the cloud, exploding it into thunderous wind, buffeting their enemies hiding behind the wall.
Exhausted by this effort, Arunny lays a hand on Hazard before stumbling back a step, as she tries to regain her equilibrium, to no avail.
* take 7 OG Necrotic Damage
* Standard Action: Tide of the First Storm (Enc.): Area Bu2 w/in 10 squares: centered 3 squares off the ground above O8: ATK vs. Ref.: vs. M (M8): r(17) + 10 = 27 vs. 21 Ref. Hit/Killed; vs. M (N8): r(8) + 10 = 18 vs. 21 Ref
Miss; vs. M (P8): r(13) + 10 = 23 vs. 21 Ref. Hit/Killed. Man. of Pres.: slide Ibhea to G9.
* Minor Action: Favor of the Gods (Enc.): ClBu2 (target: Hazard): next time target misses with attack roll before end of A's turn, can reroll ATK roll. Must use new result. MoP: Slide Pa'avu to I9.
* Move Action: shift to J13.
* Save vs. OG Necrotic: 5. Fail
LOCATION: J13; Ibhea to G9; Pa'avu to I9
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: M (M8) & M (P8) both Killed.
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 28/54
CURRENT BUFFS TO ALLIES: Hazard: Favor of the Gods
CURRENT DEBUFFS: 7 OG Necrotic (SE)
HEALING SURGES: 10/10
THE GOLIATH TRIBE envelops the javelineer into their bosom of death as the last remaining member of the LEGION OF RUTH JAVELINEER artillery squad fires at the moralized hound. It strikes his side futilely. The menacing side-eye the canine gives the bladeling as he shrugs it off is not one of "is it fetch time!.."
M (T20)
Start of Turn: Takes 5 damage from Goliath Tribe (
DEAD).
M (N8)
Standard: Javelin (R1) vs H's AC: r(17) +14 = Hit; 7 damage - 7 THP = 0 damage.
LOCATION: N8
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 7 THP loss for H
Sweat pours down Stoneroot's favored warrior, as PA'AVU struggles to fight off the twisted and poisonous offerings still whispered.
The goliath reaches down into her l'pahb'gin with gritted teeth: please!
* Save vs. Stunned: 3. Fail.
Looking down at the battered, half-prostrate form of his adversary, IBHEA unleashes a crown of blaring stars to wreathe his head in dazzling radiance. He gestures at Bita-Bahlin almost casually, and a point of light erupts from this crown to catch the Tiefling full in the face with its starry brilliance. Bita-Bahlin gives a cry of agony and clutches at his now-sightless eyes.
"This fight is over. I almost pity you, cur," the whisky priest sighs and turns his back on his lifelong foe. Then he stalks across the broken road, approaching the remaining batallion of Bladeling myrmidons, and curses, "May the black flames of Delban sear your souls from this realm!"
He doesn't even seem to notice that his cloak is still wreathed in flames.
* Starts turn: takes 7 OG fire damage
* Standard: Crown of Stars vs BA, r(11)+9 +2 CA (Dazed)-2 Prone=20 vs 18 Reflex. Hit for r(12,8) +5 +5 Vuln 5 radiant + (4,3) Curse = 37 radiant and psychic damage and Blinded (if target is Bloodied, so yes).
* Move: G9 to M13 (triggers Shadow Walk)
* Minor: Curses P1
* Ends turn: Save vs OG 7 fire, r(3). Fails.
LOCATION: M13
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 37 to BA
CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: BA Blinded, BA Dazed ends
CURRENT HPS: 30/54
CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Concealment (Shadow Walk), OG 7 fire damage (SE)
SURGES: 6/7
CHANVATI feels the approach of his old contact Ibhea more than he sees him in his peripheral vision. That must portend good in the fight against their Tiefling foe.
And so the Merchant Prince directs the full force of his attention--and psionic might--towards the last of the Bladeling phalanxes, scrambling spacetime enough to thin its ranks in disapparation, to shift the spearsman slightly to the south. But still within the reaching grasp of his Iron Gorgon allies.
* Standard: Dimensional Scramble AUG2 centered on O16. ATK vs P1, r(9) +9 +2 (Dragon's Tenacity) =20 vs 18 Fort. Hit, r(3,5) +5 +10 Vuln =23 damage and teleported to P17.
LOCATION: K17, P1 teleported to P17 (still within IGT aura, will be grabbed at SoNT)
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 23 damage to P1
CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: na
CURRENT HPS: 33/48
CURRENT BUFFS: Dragon's Tenacity ends
SURGES: 6/7
POWER POINTS: 3/5
HAZARD can feel power enter his body at the touch of the golden priestess. He turns to his Beloved True North, sees Her frozen in place, and races to protect Her.
The Hound savagely bites the horned man at his feet, before growling his readiness to defend his Beloved to the death.
* Move Action: 4 squares to G8, avoiding any OAs
* Standard Action: Bite ATK vs. BA: r(13) + 12 + 2 CA = 27 vs. 21 AC. Hit. Damage: r(3,6) + 9 = 18 (w/in 2 sq. of several allies).
* Minor Action: Savage Protector (Enc.): gains +2AC, cannot Bite, gains Snarl & Snap and Harrier.
LOCATION: G8
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 18 to BA
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 52/65, 1 THP
CURRENT BUFFS: Favor of the Gods (1 reroll UBoANT), +2AC
SURGES: 8/11
Lingering amidst the burly forms of the Iron Gorgon Tribe warriors, BITA-BOUSSEH can see the battle has turned in their favor and that the Bladelings will soon fall. To hasten their demise, she glares at them with all the potent force of the Nine Hells. Though they resist the lure of her call, she knows they will not survive the meaty fists and slashing blades of the Goliaths.
And then she picks her way through the throng, advancing to stand at the ready near her consort, the Psion and Merchant Prince.
* Standard: Infernal Glower vs P1, r(9) +10 = 19 vs 16 Will. Hit, r(2)+8 =10 damage; no slide due to swarm [P1 is now at 6 HP and will take 15 HP damage at start of its next turn].
* Move: S17 to M18 (avoiding OAs)
LOCATION: M18
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 10 damage to P1
CURRENT HPS: 47/54
CURRENT BUFFS: no longer has Cover from IGT
SURGES: 8/8
Despite flames singeing her armor, QAMRA calmly eyes her foe, lying blinded at her feet.
"May Omthala's blessing blind you still further into true sight and belief," she intones. The young warrior draws a wide circle with her hands, and her Goddess's Light burst out in a nimbus around Her Blessed, striking Bita-Bahlin's face with a searing radiance.
Then Qamra steps back, sword at the ready, prepared to strike should the tiefling attempt to attack her allies.
* Standard Action: Radiant Burst vs. BA: ClBu1 (each creature): ATK: r(18) + 10 + 2CA = 30 vs. 18 Reflex. Hit. Radiant Damage: r(4) + 7 + 5 Vulnerable Radiant = 16.
* Move: Shift 1 square to H5
LOCATION: H5
DAMAGE TO ENEMIES: 16 Radiant Damage to BA
CONDITION TO ENEMIES: Ensnaring (Divine) Sanction still in effect against BA
CURRENT HIT POINTS: 46/67
HEALING SURGES: 12/12
Alright, that is clearly a wrap.
COMBAT OVER.
