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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9471638" data-attributes="member: 6696971">XP/LOOT* 600/3 = 200 xp apiece.* Gain 4 x 2 gnoll allies for the coming conflict, as below:[ATTACH=full]381272[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]381273[/ATTACH][HR][/HR]TERRAIN/MECHANICS* Illumination: Full.* Decayed Tower Abjuration Runoff (Hindering Terrain; sky blue): Runoff and pools of volatile magic from the ancient tower protections litter the battlefield.  A stream or pool of it remains calm and mirrorlike until a creature enters it. It then releases the tremendous remnant magic in the form of thunder, blasting a creature in its square and each creature adjacent to that square. The creature takes 5 thunder damage and their attacks gain the thunder keyword until the end of their next turn.* Ruined Walls (Blocking Terrain):  Continuous grey squares of ruined walls offer cover vs attacks of can completely obstruct line of sight/effect.* Rubble (demarcated by grey outline):  Difficult Terrain.* Time Sink Hazard Level 8 Obstacle XP 350 x 2 (white squares w/ TS)* Sphere of Annihilation (SA) (Large aberrant animate, blind, construct, solo, controller): HP 360, AC 22, Fortitude 21, Reflex 17, Will 19, Init +9* SA conjuration Packlord Simulacrum (M) (Medium aberrant animate, brute, minion, conjuration): 1 HP, AC 20, Fortitude 22, Reflex 20, Will 18, Init Special* Designate Rooter's Ward.  Wargnolls are W.  Gnoll Hunters are H.  Place Lief (L; H1), Rooter (R: J1), Starn (S: L1), and Vorn (V; E1) in any square in row 1.  Roll initiative.INITIATIVESphere of Annihilation (SA) Instinctive Simulacrum: 27Vorn (V): 24Gnoll Hunters (H): 22Wargnolls (W): 21Starn (S): 21Rooter (R): 17Sphere of Annihilation (SA): 17Lief (L): 16[ATTACH=full]381409[/ATTACH]ROUND 1[HR][/HR]* (No Action) Starn Monster Knowledge (Dungeoneering) vs Sphere of Annihilation & Packlord Simulacrum: r(18) +9 = 27.  Succeeds vs HARD DC.Sphere of AnnihilationLarge aberrant animate (blind, construct)Level 8 Solo Controller XP 1750HP 360; Bloodied 180 Initiative +9AC 22, Fortitude 21, Reflex 17, Will 19 Perception AllSpeed 0, teleport 5 Blindsight 10Immune blinded, disease, gaze effects, poison; Vulnerable 5 force, 10 thunderSaving Throws +5; Action Points 2TraitsAccreteWhenever the sphere reduces an adjacent enemy to 0 hit points, it gains 3 temporary hit points and a +1 power bonus to attack/damage until the end of its next turn.Action RecoveryWhenever the sphere ends its turn, any dazing, stunning, or dominating effect on it ends.Instinctive SimulacrumOn an initiative of 10 + its initiative check, the sphere can use a free action to use packlord simulacrum. If the sphere cannot use a free action to take this action due to a dominating or stunning effect, then that effect ends instead of the sphere using packlord simulacrum.Standard Actions(⚔) Bend Space (force) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 2 (one creature); +13 vs. ACHit: 2d8 + 7 damage, and the sphere teleports the target up to 2 squares.➶ Temporalspatial Rays ✦ At-WillEffect: The sphere uses two of the following rays, using each against a different target. This attack does not provoke opportunity attacks.    1. Acamar's Acolyte Ray (charm): Ranged 10; +11 vs. Will; the target is dominated until the end of its next turn.    2. Spatial Rift Ray (teleport): Ranged 10; +11 vs. Fortitude; the sphere teleports the target up to 3 squares.    3. Time Dilation Ray (force): Ranged 10; +11 vs. Reflex; 3d6 + 3 force damage, and the target is slowed (save ends).    4. Accretion Disk Ray (radiant): Ranged 10; +11 vs. Will; 1d6 + 3 radiant damage, and the target is blinded (save ends).    9. Atomize Ray (necrotic): Ranged 10; +11 vs. Fortitude; 1d8 + 5 necrotic damage, and ongoing 7 necrotic damage (save ends).  Automatically destroys continuous squares of objects.➶ Frenzy ✦ Recharge ⚅Requirement: The sphere must be bloodiedEffect: As Temporalspatial Rays above, except the sphere makes three ray attacks.Minor Actions➶ Packlord Simulacrum (conjuration) ✦ At-Will (1/round)Effect: The sphere conjures a packlord simulacrum in an adjacent square and slides the it up to 3 squares. The packlord simulacrum acts on the sphere's initiative.Packlord SimulacrumMedium aberrant animate (blind, conjuration)Level 8 Minion Brute XP naHP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion. Initiative SpecialAC 20, Fortitude 22, Reflex 20, Will 18 Perception+6Speed 5 Blindsight 10Immune blinded, disease, gaze effects poison; Vulnerable 5 force, thunderStandard Actions(⚔) Claw (force) ✦ At-WillAttack: Melee 1 (one creature); +13 vs. ACHit: 10 force damage.Triggered ActionsSpacetime Expulsion (force) ✦ EncounterTrigger: The simulacrum dies.Effect: Each enemy adjacent to the spawn takes 3 force damage.Ath +8[HR][/HR]The HEROES execute their plans as The Ruins of Fastormel explode into conflict.  Starn directs Rooter to protect Lief as he recalls just such a pitched battle from his accumulated knowledge.  Vorn and Lief initiate a stratagem that hurtles Lief into the churn of the melee!STARN* Free Action:  Strategist's Epiphany; Starn subs History for Initiative modifier.* Free Action:  Designate Rooter's Ward as Lief.VORN* No Action:  Battlefront Shift; Lief shifts 3 sq to K4.  Lief gains a +1 item bonus to AC and Reflex until the end of his next turn (BoFM).LIEF* Free Action:  Cipher Feature; Lief moves to M10.[HR][/HR]INSTINCTIVE SIMULACRUMFrom the event horizon of the SPHERE OF ANNIHILATION comes a perfect simulacrum of the gnoll packlord it just absorbed.  The conjuration moves exactly as the beastman did in life, closing to melee with a nearby Wargnoll.* Free Action:  SA uses packlord simulacrum.  SA spawns the simulacrum in L10 and slides it to K8.  The packlord simulacrum acts on the sphere's initiative.LOCATION:  M in K8.[HR][/HR]VORN focuses on the sphere of nothingness that hangs in the air. He's not even sure if such a thing can be attacked, but he's unsure what else to do. He scrambles forward behind the crumbling wall, and then leans out to fire from there. He plans on keeping moving, hitting and running, not letting the Sphere get a bead on him. One arrow strikes home, but the second flies past the target, and Vorn curses his haste.* Minor: Enter Skirmishing Stance* Standard: Twin Strike vs. Sphere's AC 22.r(10) + 14 = 24. SUCCESS. Damage r(5) + r(6) + 3 = 14r(6) + 14 = 20. MISS.* Move:  5 sq to C6LOCATION: C6DAMAGE:  14 to SA.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: naCURRENT HP: 61/61HEALING SURGES: 8/8CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Skirmishing stance, SA has no Line of Sight/Effect to V due to ruined wall.AP: 1[HR][/HR]The GNOLLS do what gnolls do, with various yips and yaps, they move to slay their prey.GNOLL HUNTERS<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hunter Q3 throws Javelin at M, rolls 1 + 13 = 14 vs AC, misses. Q3 moves to L9.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hunter S6 throws Javelin at SA, rolls 12 + 13 = 25 vs AC, hits for 7 damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hunter G7 moves to F10, throws Javelin at SA, rolls 16 + 13 = 29 vs AC, hits for 7 damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hunter G5 moves to J8, claw rushes M, rolls 4 + 11 +2 (CA) = 17 vs Ref, misses. shifts to K9 as part of claw rush</li> </ul>WAR GNOLLS<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">W at J7 shifts to K7, flanking W with Hunter now at K9, Bites rolls 4 + 13 +2 (CA) = 19 vs AC, misses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">W at L5 moves to N10, attacks SA with Bite, rolls 6 +13+2 (CA) = 21 vs AC Misses.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">W at O5 moves to O10, attacks SA with Bite, rolls 7 +13+2(CA) = 22 vs AC Hits for 8 Damage</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">W at R7 moves to O11, attacks SA with Bite, rolls 19 + 13 +2(CA) = 34 vs AC Hits for 8 Damage</li> </ul>LOCATION: H @ L9, S6, F10, K9.  W @ K7, N10, O10, O11DAMAGE: 30 to SA[HR][/HR]STARN concentrates and recalls a charm which may help him. Recalling the required mystical passes, he begins! Strangely Starn finds it easy to tune into the sphere's thoughts. His attack warps its weird view of the world and it lurches sideways, tangling with the nearby temporal snarl.* Minor Action: Access tome alternate power Charm of the Defender.* Standard Action: Attack SA with CotD, int vs will. Roll(20)+13 vs 19 will, critical hit. No damage, slide target 3 squares to Hindering Terrain Q13.  TRIGGERS SA saving throw to avoid entering hindering terrain, Roll(16)+5=21, SA falls prone at P13.  SA is immobilized UEoSNT.  UEoSNT, when an enemy starts its turn adjacent to SA, SA makes a melee basic attack against that enemy as a free action w/ a +2 power bonus to the attack roll.* Move Action: Move to I7.LOCATION: I7DAMAGE: naCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: SA prone, immobilized in P13.  UEoSNT, when an enemy starts its turn adjacent to SA, SA makes a melee basic attack against that enemy as a free action w/ a +2 power bonus to the attack roll.CURRENT HP: 54/54HEALING SURGES: 9/9CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naAP: 1[HR][/HR]ROOTER paws the dirt and takes off after his assigned ward. He uses his momentum to scramble between the legs of the gnolls attacking the horrific sphere and slams into it, gears whining like a pig’s squeal.* Move: 6 sq to M7* Standard: Charge to N11 to MBA sphere. r(20)+13 vs. Sphere's AC 22. Critical Hit. Max 23 Damage. Effect:  SA is marked until end of Rooter’s next turn.LOCATION: N11DAMAGE:  23 to SA.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: SA is marked until end of Rooter’s next turnCURRENT HP: 88/88CURRENT DE/BUFFS: na[HR][/HR]The PACKLORD SIMULACRUM exchanges in a vicious melee clash with a War Gnoll, felling it in a fury of claws.The SPHERE OF ANNHILIATION blinks out of existence temporarily and appears a short distance away, the TIME SINK between the Far Realm alien entity and its adversaries.  From its event horizon, a pair of rays are ushered.  Lief dodges a radiant blast, but, unfortunately, Starn becomes a momentary thrall of Acamar!M (K8)* Standard: Claw (M1) vs W (K7); r(11) +13 = 24.  HIT.  W (K7) SLAIN.* Move: Shift to J8.SA* Move: Teleport 4 sq to T12.* Minor:  Packlord Simulacrum (conjuration):  Effect: The sphere conjures a packlord simulacrum adjacent in S10. TRIGGERS CHARM OF THE DEFENDER.  SA MBA BEND SPACE (M1, FORCE) vs M (S10); r(7) +13 +2 = 22.  HIT.  M (S10) SLAIN.* Standard:  Temporalspatial Rays ✦ At-Will.  Effect: The sphere uses two of the following rays, using each against a different target. This attack does not provoke opportunity attacks.1)  Acamar's Acolyte Ray (R10, charm) vs S's Will; r(14) +11 -2 (prone) -2 (Rooter marked)= 21.  Hit.  S is dominated until the end of his next turn.2)  Accretion Disk Ray (R10, radiant) vs L's Will; r(12) +11 -2 (prone) -2 (Rooter marked) = 19.  Miss.LOCATION: T12DAMAGE:  W (K7) SLAIN.  Slays its own M (S10).CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: S is dominated until the end of his next turn.CURRENT HP: 316/360    .CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Prone, immobilized. UEoSNT, when an enemy starts its turn adjacent to SA, SA makes a melee basic attack against that enemy as a free action w/ a +2 power bonus to the attack roll., 2/2 APs[HR][/HR]LIEF smiles at the vaguely porcine construct, but doesn't compliment—it's a thing of man, nothing more—as he chases the craven, fleeing (in his opinion) sphere. The shifter splashes right through a pool of arcane runoff. The detonates under him, sending his body buzzing and crackling, the energy flowing into the sphere as Lief barrages it with feet and hands, trying to channel its strange momentum into the wreckage around it.* Move: Drunken Monkey movement, 7 sq to T10, moving through O10 hazard on the way. Lief takes 5 thunder damage, his attacks gain thunder keyword UtEoLNT.* Minor: Hunter's Quarry on SA. Lief gains +1d6 damage on an attack UtEoLNT.* Standard: Drunken Monkey attack on SA w/CA. r(12)+12+2 = 26 vs. Will 19. Hit. r(1+1)+7+10 (thunder) = 19 Damage to SA. Sliding SA to S11 (top right corner), TRIGGERS SA saves to not enter hazard. r(18)+5 = 23. Success, no slide.* Free: Centered Flurry of Blows, deals 6+10 (thunder) = 16 damage to SA. Sliding SA to S11 (top right corner), TRIGGERS SA saves to not enter hazard. r(5)+5 = 20. Success, no slide.* 1 AP for Standard: Strike the Avalanche on SA w/CA. r(19)+12+2 = 33 vs. Reflex 17. Success. r(17)+7+10 (thunder) = 34 damage to SA, sliding to R10. SA saves to not enter TS hazard. r(2)+5 = 7. Fail. Slides to S11. TRIGGER: SA enters Time Sink, which makes a melee OA w/CA (prone). r(7)+11+2 = 20 vs. Reflex 17. Hit. r(1) = 1 damage to SA, which is stunned and takes ongoing 5 damage (SE).* Free: Supreme Centered Flurry of Blows (Daily), shift to S9, deal 6+10 (thunder) = 16 damage to SA. Sliding SA to R11, TRIGGERS SA saves to not enter runoff. r(15)+5 = 20. Success. stays in S11.LOCATION: S9DAMAGE:  86 to SACONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: SA slid to S11 and is stunned and takes 5 ongoing damage (SE)CURRENT HP: 56/61HEALING SURGES: 8/8CURRENT DE/BUFFS: +1 to AC and Ref UtEoLNT (item bonus for shifting)AP: 0[HR][/HR]SA 230/360    Prone, immobilized. UEoSNT, when an enemy starts its turn adjacent to SA, SA makes a melee basic attack against that enemy as a free action w/ a +2 power bonus to the attack roll.  In TS Hazard, stunned and takes 5 ongoing damage (SE). 2/2 APs.[ATTACH=full]381698[/ATTACH]ROUND 2[HR][/HR]INSTINCTIVE SIMULACRUMThe SPHERE OF ANNIHILATION brings its alien intelligence to bear and thwarts the effects of the Timesink. * Free Action:  The sphere can use a free action to use packlord simulacrum. If the sphere cannot use a free action to take this action due to a dominating or stunning effect, then that effect ends instead of the sphere using packlord simulacrum.Time Sink Aftereffect: When the target saves vs stunned, it returns to the last space it occupies or the nearest sq outside of the hazard.  SA returns to T12.LOCATION:  SA in T12.[HR][/HR]VORN steps from behind the wall. He sees the Simulacrum of the Packlord and decides to take a shot at that first. He hits, and is satisfied to see it vanish from sight. He then takes aim and lets loose again, striking the Sphere. He notes its odd movements and behavior... hopefully, this will help him against it. * Move: 1 square to C7* Standard: Twin Strikevs. Simulacrum AC 20. r(12) + 14 = 26. HIT. SIMULACRUM DESTROYED.  TRIGGERS SPACETIME EXPULSION (FORCE). STARN TAKES 3 DAMAGE AND H (K9) TAKES 3 FORCE DAMAGE.  H (K9) IS SLAIN.vs. Sphere AC 22. r(15) + 14 - 2 = 27. HIT. damage r(3) + r(8) + 4 = 15.When the SIMULACRAM is destroyed by Vorn's volley, it explodes in spacetime-unraveling.  A similar volley of force staggers the dominated Starn and sends the nearby Gnoll Hunter to the grave.* Minor: Designate the Sphere as my quarry.LOCATION: C7DAMAGE:  M (J8) SLAIN.  15 to SA.  3 force to Starn.  H (K9 SLAIN).CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: SA is quarryCURRENT HP: 61/61HEALING SURGES: 8/8CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Skirmishing stance, Cover against SA.AP: 1[HR][/HR]THE GNOLLS mercilessly harass the Spatial Anomaly regardless of danger, as is the tradition of their kind.GNOLL HUNTERS<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">H at S6 throws Javelin at SA, rolling 12 + 13 + 2(CA) -2(Prone) = 25 vs AC, hits for 7 damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">H at L9 moves to P14 and throws Javelin at SA, rolling 12 + 13 +2(CA) -2(Prone) = 25 vs AC, hits for 7 damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">H at G5 moves to M5 and throws Javelin at SA, rolling 8 + 13 +2-2 = 21 vs AC, misses.</li> </ul>WAR GNOLLS<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">W at O11 moves to S13 and Bites SA, rolling 9 + 13 + 2 = 24 vs AC, hits for 8 damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">W at O10 moves to T10 and Bites SA, rolling 3 + 13 +2 = 18 vs AC, misses.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">W at N10 moves to S10 and Bites SA, rolling 5 + 13 +2 = 20 vs AC, misses.</li> </ul>LOCATION: H @ S6, P14, M5.  W @ S13, T10, S10DAMAGE: 22 to SACONDITIONS: SA grants CA while adjacent to W.[HR][/HR]The momentary puppet of the Sphere, STARN's mind fights the body that betrays him with all he can muster.  He attempts to grasp the wrist of the hand holding his tome as it rises toward Lief...he can even see the insubordination in his own mind's own...but its all to no avail.The ensorcelled book rises and a magic missile flies true, as ever, hammering his shifter friend in the back!The enchantment suddenly broken, the wizard-apprentice gasps as if coming up from water.* Start of Turn:  Dominated by SA.* Standard Action: Magic Missile (R20, Force, Autohit) deals 10 force damage to L.LOCATION: I7DAMAGE: 10 force damage to LCONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: SA still proneCURRENT HP: 51/54HEALING SURGES: 9/9CURRENT DE/BUFFS: naAP: 1[HR][/HR]ROOTER stays aggressive, perhaps emboldened by the gnolls surrounding the sphere, perhaps driven by some unknowable subroutine, and gallops through through a pool of arcane runoff on the way to its target. The bang from the disrupted fluid lifts the construct's feet off the ground for a moment and plows straight into the sphere.* Move: 6 sq to R10 through O10 hazard on the way. Rooter takes 5 thunder damage, his attacks gain thunder keyword UtEoRNT.* Standard: Rootin Around attack on SA w/CA. r(8)+13+2 = 23 vs. AC 22. Hit. r(7)+7+10 (thunder) = 24 Damage. SA is marked until end of Rooter’s next turn.* Minor: Snorfle (Recharge) attack on SA w/CA. r(8)+11+2 = 21 vs. Fort 21. Hit. r(8)+7+10 (thunder) = 25 Damage (BLOODIED). SA grants CA until end of Rooter’s next turn.LOCATION: R10DAMAGE:  49 to SA (BLOODIED)CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: SA is marked and grants CA until the end of Rooter’s next turnCURRENT HP: 83/88CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Rooter's Snorfle on Recharge[HR][/HR]The PACKLORD SIMULACRUM exchanges in a vicious melee clash with Rooter and then becomes a spacetime bomb as the SPHERE OF ANNHILIATION fires a ray into its back, detonating the conjuration!  The surrounding gnolls are laid to waste by the explosion!The alien sphere then blinks out of existence temporarily and appears a short distance away.  A frenzy of rays furiously fire from the orb's alien depths, dominating Rooter, imposing an alternate timeline upon Life which slows his limbs, and a necrotic ray that threatens to befoul Starn's mortal form!SA* Start of Turn: Takes 5 OG damage.* Move: Teleport 4 sq to Q16.* Minor: Packlord Simulacrum (conjuration): Effect: The sphere conjures a packlord simulacrum adjacent in R14 and slides 3 to S10.M (S10)* Standard: Claw (M1, force) vs R's AC: r(4) +13 = 17.  Miss.SA* Standard:  Frenzy (Bloodied) Temporalspatial Rays except for 3 rays, using each against a different target. This attack does not provoke opportunity attacks (Recharge 6).1) Accretion Disk Ray (R10, radiant) vs M (S10)'s Will: r(12) +11 -2 (R's mark) -2 (prone) = 19.  Hit.  M (S10) SLAIN.  TRIGGERS SPACETIME EXPULSION (FORCE). ROOTER, W (S10), W (T10) TAKE 3 FORCE DAMAGE.  W (S10), W (T10) SLAIN.2)  Acamar's Acolyte Ray (R10, charm) vs R's Will: r(20).  CRIT.  R is dominated until the end of his next turn.3)  Time Dilation Ray (R10, force) vs L's Reflex: r(6) +11 -2 (R's mark) -2 (prone) = 13.  Miss.* Free Action (Action Point for Standard):  Temporalspatial Rays ✦ At-Will.  Effect: The sphere uses two of the following rays, using each against a different target. This attack does not provoke opportunity attacks.1)  Time Dilation Ray (R10, force) vs L's Reflex: r(16) +11 -2 (R's mark) -2 (prone) = <s>23.  Hit.  r(4, 1, 5) +3 = 13 force damage and L is slowed (SE).  </s>TRIGGERS VORN Immediate Interrupt: Disruptive Strike vs. Sphere AC 20; r(19) + 14 +2 (CA) = 35. HIT. Damage r(6) + r(4) + 8 = 18 damage and -6 to AS Time Dilation Ray attack = 17.  MISS vs LIEF.VORN watches as the Sphere fires rays off at his friends. He sees it hit Starn, and fires a shot before it can also target Lief. He manages to strike it as it fires, and its ray goes off target.2)  Atomize Ray (R10, necrotic) vs R's Fortitude: r(14) +11 -2 (R's mark) -2 (prone) = 21.  Hit.  r(6) + 5 damage = 11 necrotic damage and ongoing 7 necrotic damage (save ends).* End of Turn:  Save vs OG 6; r(7) +5 = 12.  Success.LOCATION: Q16DAMAGE:  5 incoming OG damage + 18 = 23 damage to SA.  M (S10), W (S10), W (T10) SLAIN.  Rooter takes 3 force damage.  <s>Lief takes 13 force damage.</s>  Starn takes 11 necrotic damage.CONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: R is dominated until the end of his next turn.  <s>Lief slowed (SE).</s>  Starn 7 OG necrotic damage (SE).CURRENT HP: 143/360.CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Prone, Frenzy on Recharge, 1/2 APs[HR][/HR]LIEF sees the gnolls falling around him and wonders if it was better for them to die like this, on their feet, or on their knees in surrender. Maybe there's no difference, if you lose."C'mon, pig!" he yells to Rooter as he sprints after the sphere, skirting the temporal distortion as he leaps into a flying kick.* Move: 6 sq to Q14.* Standard: Crane's Wing attack on SA w/CA. r(18)+12+2 (CA) = 32 vs. Fort 21. Hit. r(5+6)+7+10 (thunder) = 28 Damage to SA.* Free: Centered Flurry of Blows, deals 6+10 (thunder) = 16 damage to SA. Sliding SA to P16 (top right corner).LOCATION: Q14DAMAGE:  44 to SACONDITIONS TO ENEMIES: SA slid to P16CURRENT HP: 46/61HEALING SURGES: 8/8CURRENT DE/BUFFS: Hunter's Quarry damage bonus ends.AP: 0[HR][/HR]SA 99/360    Prone, marked by Rooter and grants CA UEoRNT. 1/2 APs.[ATTACH=full]381779[/ATTACH]ROUND 3[HR][/HR]INSTINCTIVE SIMULACRUMFrom the event horizon of the SPHERE OF ANNIHILATION comes a perfect simulacrum of the gnoll packlord it just absorbed.  The conjuration moves exactly as the beastman did in life, flanking a Gnoll Hunter with its creator-entity!* Free Action:  SA uses packlord simulacrum.  SA spawns the simulacrum in O14 and slides it to P13.  The packlord simulacrum acts on the sphere's initiative.LOCATION:  M in P13.[HR][/HR]VORN dashes forward. He knows he has to keep moving to press his advantage, pausing only long enough to aim a shot at the Sphere.The ball of nothing seems to shiver as he strikes it, and he takes another, striking again!* Move: 4 squares to G11* Standard: Spikes of the Manticore vs. Sphere’s AC20r(11) + 14 = 25. HIT.Damage r(9 +7) + (5) + (3) + 8 = 32.r(9) + 14 = 23. HIT.Damage: r (5) + 8 = 13.LOCATION: G11Damage: 45 to SAConditions to Enemies: SA is QuarryCurrent HP: 61/61Healing Surges: 8/8Current De/Buffs: Skirmishing Stance: +2 to AC and REFAP: 1[HR][/HR]Though decimated and anticipating nothing better than death, the GNOLLS redouble their efforts. The remaining warrior plunges deep into the singularity, tearing at its fabric with raw abandon.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The remaining warrior at S13 leaps to attack, moving to Q16 and biting, rolls 19 + 13 +2 = 34 vs AC, hits for 8 damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">H at S6 throws a Javelin, rolls 8 + 13 +2 (W's harrier) -2 (prone) = 21 vs AC, misses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">H at M5 advances to L9, throws a Javelin, rolls 2 + 13 +2 -2 = 15 vs AC, misses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">H at P14 attacks with Claw Rush, rolls 7 + 11 +2 = 20 vs Ref(17), hits for 7 damage.</li> </ul>Damage: 15 to SAConditions to Enemy: CA as long as SA remains adjacent to W at Q16[HR][/HR]STARN is angry, and shocked. Realizing he can burn the Sphere more effectively, he moves into one of the nearby crackling pools of magical energy and then hurls a globe of magical force at the Sphere, one charged with Thunder. It smashes into the Sphere, destabilizing it completely and Acamar's aberration from the Far Realm blinks out of our material world with a bass-filled thrum!* Move:  To O7, and takes 5 Thunder damage.* Standard:  Color Orb (R10, radiant) at SA, rolls a 7 + 13  +2(CA from W) -2(Prone) = 20 vs WILL(19), hits for 1d8(8) + 6(int) + 2(implement) = 16 radiant and thunder damage, total 26 damage and SA is dazed until the end of Starn's next turn.* Free (AP for Standard):  Starn fires a Magic Missile at SA, automatic hit for 2 + 6(int) +2(implement) force and thunder damage, total 20 damage to SA.  SA DESTROYED.LOCATION: O7Damage: 46 to SA.  SA DESTROYED.Conditions to Enemy: SA is dazed UeoSNTCurrent HP: 38/59HS: 9/9Conditions: none</blockquote>

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