A Clash of Earth and Sea (El Jefe Judging) [See Part II]

[Manzanita]

Iggy's heart almost stops at their surprise appearence, but his readiness is not in vain, as he is able to act before they reach him. He takes a five foot step (if necessary) to keep himself close to his tall friend Sara, and fires off his crossbow.

OOC: attack roll: 4+5=9. Won't bother rolling damage.

 

[Steve Jung]

Charlarn of Phyrah: Male human cleric 3/ranger 1

Charlarn hears the wingbeats of the stonebird men. He looks up to see them crash through the branches. The cleric reacts quickly to the threat (initiative 16). He fires his crossbow at the nearest monster, taking a 5-ft. step if necessary (Atk +5; 17, damage 3).

 

[Patlin]

(SRD link for monster is for DM Reference)

Initiative
"Stonebird Men" (20)
Sara (20)
Charlarn (16)
Ducane (12)
Iggy (9)
Zack (9)

 

[Patlin]

Surprise Round
The stoney skinned monsters fly in, charging at Charlarn and Sara. Charlarn's chain shirt deflects the blow, but Sara suffers 5 damage as the claw punctures a few links, smashing them into the flesh bellow.

(Sara both sees and hears the aproching monsters, and acts here.)

Stepping back to have room to fire his crossbow, Charlarn hits it point blank with a bolt. Dishearteningly, the unenchanted weapon shatters against the monsters hide without doing any damage.

Ducane steps up and swings (will roll if Ducane doesn't shortly)

Iggy fires his crossbow widly, the bolt lodging high in a tree.

Zack charges in, but a mistep during his attack causes his swing to go wide.

 

[Xael]

Ducane hits (21) the monster-thing for 9 damage.

OOC: Argh. Damage Reduction again...

 

[Patlin]

Ducanes swing, being with a non magical weapon, is deflected harmlessly from the rocky hide.

 

[Patlin]

Round 1
Slashing with their claws, biting, and even goring with horns on their head, the monsters continue to assault Sara and Charlarn. Sara is hit 3 times for a total of 17 damage, Charlarn is also hit 3 times and takes 12 damage.

Sara is up again! (Now need two actions from Sara. KB may be tied up somehow... if she doesn't check in by the time her next action is up, I will resolve her actions somehow. I could NPC her, or Manzanita could post actions.)

 

[Manzanita]

I'll go ahead & NPC Sara. Sara travels with weapons at ready. She crouches as the monsters approach, sheltering her little friend Iggy. She readies an action to attack when the monsters approach.

Rolls: Two handed attack for surpise round. primary: 5+8=13 pr. miss
second attack: 13+6=19. dmg 5.

Two handed attack for round 1: 16+8=24, 11+6=17. Dmg 3+3=6; 5+1=6

Iggy for round 1. Realizing regular weapons seem ineffective, Iggy resorts to magical means. He casts a magic missile at the one attacking Sara.

dmg 7

 

[Steve Jung]

Charlarn of Phyrah: Male human cleric 3/ranger 1

Charlarn hisses in pain. "What are these made out of? I know that shot hit." He drops the useless crossbow and readies his shield (move action). He watches the movements of his opponent (applies Dodge AC bonus) and steps back again (5-ft. step). Grasping his holy symbol, he prays to Phyrah to grant him strength (casts bull's strength). "Time to match strength with strength."

OOC: Charlarn's Str is now 16 for 3 minutes.
AC: 17; 18 vs. stonebird man he's facing.
I know he has magic weapon, but I don't want to meta-game.

Cleric Spells Prepared (4/3+1/2+1: save DC 13 + level):
0-detect magic, guidance, light, mending;
1-bless, detect evil, magic weapon, sanctuary*;
2-bull's strength, shield other*, status.
*Domain spell.

 

[Xael]

OOC: And so the healer starts preparing himself for melee...

IC: Ducane tries to move (5ft step) between the monster(s) and Charlarn and a swings at the monster, but misses. "Oi... Any ideas?", he says after noticing that his hit had no effect.