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

[samursus]

Through the pain and blood Ferris is drawn to consciousness by, of all things, the sound of Alnars voice. When did his words become so... "charged" is the only way Ferris can think of it.

Ah well, we have all changed a bit it seems as he feels the newly familiar bestial rage building within himself. Not yet...not now...I have work to do!

Ferris rolls himself over, away from the shadowed wolf-creature, avoiding Jezebels iron-shod feet as she stalks the creature with a grim look in her eye.

After a quick look around, Ferris closes his eyes and reaches for the calm center that his communion with Dayna brings, tapping into a deep well of inner strength. Breathing deeply, Ferris reaches out to those of his comrades most wounded, and shares this strength with them.

[sblock=Healer's Mercy] all bloodied people within 5 squares of me (Alnar and Exsix) can spend a Healing Surge and get back HS+4 hps [/sblock]

His friends taken care of, Ferris allows some of the beast within to emerge, greatly increasing the return of his strength.

Looking around, see if he is out of immediate threat, Ferris stands and adjusts his shield and axe, readying himself for his next entry into the fray.

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

Shift to M10 on Alnar's turn

Minor= Longtooth Shifting

Move= Stand up

Standard= Healer's Mercy

End=
[/sblock]Ferris Cacamoujai, Cleric of Dayna 2- Male Longtooth Shifter, Cleric of Dayna 2
Conditions: Exposed to Filth Fever, Weakened, Regen 2
Passive Perception: 15, Passive Insight: 20, Init: +3
AC: 18, Fort: 15, Reflex: 14, Will: 17 -- Speed: 5
HP: 11/29, Bloodied: 14, Surge Value: 7, Surges left: 8/8
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: not 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:1, Longtooth Shifting, Healing Strike, Sanctuary, Swarming Locusts, Healer's Mercy OR Divine Fortune
Weapon of Astral Flame
Combat notes:
-Only use 1 Channel Divinity per encounter. Can use Healing Word 2x per encounter[/sblock]

 

[samursus]

[sblock=pacdidj] Sorry, moved to M10 instead of N10... I was probably typing it up while you posted Oh and shouldn't Ferris' hps be 11?[/sblock]

 

[pacdidj]

[sblock=ooc]@samursus - all fixed.

Anyone have suggestions for Cyr's actions in case we don't hear from MetaVoid in another day or so? If not, I'll NPC him using an at-will tomorrow.[/sblock]

 

[Dekana]

[sblock=ooc]Hand of Radiance looks like it would be excellent for popping the last 3 minions.[/sblock]

 

[Luinnar]

[sblock=ooc]
Yeah anything that kills those last minions would be nice
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[pacdidj]

Ferris' silent prayers greatly bolster the resolve of Alnar and Sir Exsixten, helping them to fight on, ignoring their festering wounds and structural damage.

Unable to break free of the surrounding enemies, Cyr at least puts some distance between himself and the eyeless thrall before unleashing a torrent of holy lightning bolts. The nearest tendril lashes out at him, but to no avail thanks to the deva's natural resistance to its shadowy power. The divine storm sears through all but one of the remaining tendrils, lightening the hearts of the entire party as the air becomes much more breathable.

[sblock="Cyr's Actions and Status"]Move: Shift to N10
Standard: Vanguard's Lightning vs. RT3 = hit and dead, RT5 = hit and dead, RT6 = miss (roll)

Powers used: Blades of Astral Fire, Memory of A Thousand Lifetimes, Miraculous Fortune, Staff of the War Mage[/sblock]

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Not bothering to look back and see how the battle is going, Hekthesh escapes to the east, stepping into the shadowed forest canopy and disappearing.

The fell hound meanwhile spurns Jezebel's divine challenge, wincing only slightly at the ire of the Oni. In a flash it is next to Alnar, and gnashes its jaws, badly savaging the sorcerer.

The eyeless thrall then moves in to finish the hound's job, taking a threatening step toward Alnar, Ferris, and Cyr, the diminutive villain takes a vicious swipe at Alnar with his short sword, and the wound he inflicts proves more than the sorcerer can handle, even with the benefit of Ferris' ministrations. Alnar drops to the ground, bleeding and fading out of consciousness.

Ferris, distracted by his comrade's pain, fails to see the last remaining tendril sneak up behind him to deliver a painful lash to the back.

[sblock="Lighting and Terrain - updated (important!)"]The moon sheds dim light on the battlefield. If you have normal vision, everything in dim light is lightly obscured (-2 to melee/ranged attacks vs. non-adjacent enemies). Cyr's sunrod illuminates much of the battlefield with bright light, but the hound is surrounded by a Shroud of Night (aura 5) that reduces bright light to dim light, and dim light to darkness.

The shadowy, arm-looking thing is a chasm in the center of the battelfield. A fall into it may be survivable, but it looks like a long way down. The chasm can be jumped using the athletics rules for horizontal jumps on pp. 182-183. The chasm is mostly 1 square wide, except at the western end (columns 5 and 6), where you'd need to jump over 2 squares to clear it. The dark area in the northeast of the map, past column 17 and row K is a sheer drop. It is far less likely that anyone pushed off such a precipice would survive.

The fallen pillars (C3-B4 and L8) and the stump (H13) are effectively low walls granting cover and partial concealment, but also blocking line of sight. The thick foliage of the ironwood trees placed around the map grant superior cover and total concealment vs. non-adjacent creatures, and they block line of sight. [/sblock]

[sblock="Enemy Actions, Tracking, and Stats"]Round 4

Hekthesh - Flees

Shadow Hound - Teleport to L8; Bite Alnar = hit (roll) for 10 damage

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 1 - Darkstep to M9, gaining CA vs. Alnar, Ferris and Cyr till EONT; Basic Melee vs. Alnar = hit (roll) for 11 damage; Alnar goes down and is dying

Rotshadow Tendril 6 - Shift to N11; Tendril Caress vs. Ferris = hit (roll) for 5 damage

Tracking
PCs:
Alnar - -7/31 HP, prone, unconscious, dying; Exposed to Filth Fever
Cyr - 16/26 HP, 12 THP; Exposed to Filth Fever
Ferris - 6/29 HP, bloodied; Exposed to Filth Fever
Jezebel - 26/37 HP; Exposed to Filth Fever
Sir Exsixten - 27/33 HP, 4 THP; Grants CA to DS2 till EONT

Baddies:
Hekthesh - 22 damage taken; fled

Shadow Hound - 19 damage taken; marked by Jezebel, -7 to hit Ferris, -3 for Jezebel, -5 for everybody else until Jez's EONT

Eyeless Thrall 1 - 26/38 HP
Eyeless Thrall 2 - Dead
Eyeless Thrall 3 - Dead

Rotshadow Tendril 1 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 2 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 3 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 4 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 5 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 6 - HP: 1/1; Incorporeal Form used, Fetid Breath used
Rotshadow Tendril 7 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 8 - Dead

* - marks are indicated on the map with a square halo in the marking PC's color

Stats
Hekthesh - AC: 20; Fort: 15, Ref: 19, Will: 17
Shadow Hound - AC: 19; Fort: 20, Ref: 18, Will: 17
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall - AC: 17; Fort: 14, Ref: 16, Will: 14
Rotshadow Tendril - AC: 16; Fort: 13, Ref: 14, Will: 13[/sblock]

 

[Luinnar]

[sblock=ooc]
Blue sorcerer is about to die!

Sorry I just had to [/sblock]

 

[Luinnar]

[sblock=ooc]
Sorry for the double post.

Alnar has a healing potion if needed. It might be better to just concentrate on the monsters however.[/sblock]

 

[Iron Sky]

STOP KILLING MY CITIZENS, HOUND! Sir Exsixten shouts as he leaps back over the rift. THERE IS NO I IN TEAM, BUT THERE IS AN X IN EXTINCTION, AND TWICE AS MANY IN SIR EXSIXTEN. DO THE MATH, SCUMBAGS.

[sblock=Actions]Move: Move to I8, Jump to K7(can't fail DC 5 Athletics).
Standard: Brash Strike vs Shadow Hound, 1d20+6+2=25 AC, hit, 1d12+4+4+2=11 damage, marked, and Sir Exsixten grants CA to Shadow Hound until EonT.

[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+27/33, Bloodied:16, Surge Value:8, Surges left:12/13
Initiative +1, Action Points: 1
Powers: Crushing Surge, Brash Strike, Combat Challenge, Bell Ringer, 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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[Dekana]

Confident from her recent streak of accurately placed whip strikes, Jezebel cracks her lash at the eyeless creature on the opposite side of Ferris - without waiting for him to get out of the way. Miraculously, the whip curves around the shifter's head and slams directly into the eyesocket of the thrall. The pain caused by the attack, already supernaturally enhanced by the tiefling's dark patrons, is absolutely staggering.

Jezebel draws back her whip and then steps away from her target, beckoning for it to follow. She brings her heavy shield to bear in front of her, anticipating some attempt at retaliation from the thrall.

[sblock=Stat block/Actions][sblock=Actions]Minor: Divine Challenge vs DS1.

Standard: Enfeebling Strike vs DS1 crits for 8 damage. DS1 is whipped vs Ferris.

Move: Shift to M12.

Mark summary
DS1 is DC'd, enfeebled, and whipped vs Ferris. It has -7 to attack only Ferris, -5 to attack only allies, -3 to attack only Jezebel. It takes 7 damage if it ignores the mark.[/sblock]PC:Jezebel (Dekana) - L4W Wiki - Female Tiefling Paladin 2
Initiative +3, Senses: Insight +7, Perception +1; low-light vision
HP 26/37; Bloodied 18, Surge Value 9, Surges 11/13
AC 21; Fortitude 16, Reflex 17, Will 17
Resist 5 fire
Speed 5
Action Points 0

Conditions
Fighting off Filth Fever.

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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