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

[pacdidj]

[sblock=Dekana]Sorry about that. Missed Virtue in your last post. It's all fixed above now.[/sblock]

 

[Iron Sky]

DOST THOUGH BITE THINE THUMB AT US, SIR? Sir Exsixten shouts as he swings at Hekthesh. I DO BITE MY THUMB AT YOU, SIR, EXCEPT SIR EXSIXTEN HAS NO MANDIBULAR CHOMPING ACTION LEVERAGABLE TO PERFORM SUCH ACTION! CONSIDER THINE SELF METAPHORICALLY THUMB-BIT-AT, SIR!

[sblock=Actions]Move: Shift to H10
Standard: Brash Strike vs Hekthesh, 1d20+6+2=16 AC, 1d12+4+4+2=14 damage if it hits, marked regardless, grant CA to Hekthesh regardless.

Immediate Interrupt: If any attack hits Sir Exsixten(priority on non-minions attacks) and would miss if Sir Exsixten's AC were 2 higher, Piecemeal Chainmail will trigger and grant +2 AC vs the attack to make it miss.

[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:12+18/33, Bloodied:16, Surge Value:8, Surges left:13/13
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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[samursus]

Ferris, submerged in the throes of battle, senses that one of his comrades is in peril.... with a quick shake of his hairy head, he suppresses his battle rage long enough to beg Dayna's aid in bringing succor the sorceror.

[sblock=Alnar Healing Word]Healing Word 1d6+4=8+7(Alnars HS value)=15 hps healing [/sblock]

Realizing the sorcerer has once again gotten himself in a jam, Ferris carefully moves in to engage his attackers...

"Raughhhhh!!!"

Basic Melee Attack vs DS 3 1d20+7=19 vs AC, 1d10+4=5 damage


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

Minor= Healing Word Alnar 15hps

Move= Shift to M11

Standard= Basic Melee Attack vs DS3

End=
[/sblock]Ferris Cacamoujai, Cleric of Dayna 2- Male Longtooth Shifter, Cleric of Dayna 2
Conditions: none
Passive Perception: 15, Passive Insight: 20, Init: +3
AC: 18, Fort: 15, Reflex: 14, Will: 17 -- Speed: 5
HP: 16/29+12THPs, 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]

Ferris shouts out to Jezebel and Sir Exsixten, "Do not stray so far, we are pinned down back here, and my prayers canna reach ye!"

 

[MetaVoid]

OOC: I may be slow in posting and erratic in schedule for next about six weeks. I'm renovating the house so my workroom becomes child's room and in the workplace it's my turn to babysit tourists on tours (until now I sat at the reception desk). DM, if you want to NPC Cyr, use all powers as you see fit.

For this round, Cyr ducks miraculosly just before the bummerang hits and it only nicks him.


He moves away from melee and raises his staff in the move everyone saw when they met. Hundreds, nay, thousands of little blades blasted over battlefield slicing into enemies and parrying attacks directed toward allies.

Light collected then in his hand as he raised staff over his head. As he whirled it around, radiance shot forth blasting rot shadows into oblivion.

[sblock=actions]
Immediate interrupt: Miraculous Fortune immediate interrupt reduces damage by 5; sir ex gets +1 power bonus to hit TENT

Move: shift N9

Standard: center on J11
vs Ref: DS2; Hektesh; RT5; RT3; RT8; RT1; DS3 with Staff power (1d20+7=12, 1d20+7=25, 1d20+7=21, 1d20+7=19, 1d20+7=8, 1d20+7=27, 1d20+7=27)
Radiant damage (1d6+6=11)
Alnar and Sir Ex get +4 AC TENT
summary to hit:
DS2 = 12 miss?
HekTesh = 25 hit? for 11 radiant damage
RT5 = 21 hit for 11 radiant damage
RT3 = 19 hit for 11 radiant damage
RT8 = 8 miss
RT1 = 27 CRIT for 12 +2 radiant damage
DS3 = 27 CRIT for 12 +8 radiant damage
Crits (1d8=2, 1d8=8)


AP: Hand of Radiance vs Ref RT2; RT7; RT6 (1d20+7=19, 1d20+7=22, 1d20+7=13) - use memory to hit all three
Hand of Radiance damage; Memory of Thousand Lifetimes (1d4+6=8, 1d6=5)
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Announcing use of Preservers Rebuke once Hektesh is bloodied and hits an ally.
[sblock=PR immediate reaction]
Before the end of your next turn, you gain a bonus to your next attack roll against the triggering enemy equal to +3. Each ally withing 2 squares of Cyr gains +1 bonus to all defenses against attacks made by bloodied creatures until the end of encounter (from Astral Preservation)
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[sblock=Cyr Stats]
STATUS: none

Initiative +8; Senses Passive Insight 21, Passive Perception 21
HP 16+12/26, Bloodied 13, Surge Value 6, Surges 7/7
AC 17; Fortitude 14, Reflex 16, Will 18
(+1 TO ALL DEFENSES vs. BLOODIED ENEMIES)
0 AP
Saving Throws:
Resist 5 radiant; Resist 5 necrotic
Speed 5

Vanguard's Lightning
Hand of Radiance
Rebuke Undead
Preserver's Rebuke


Blades of Astral Fires
Second Wind
Memory of Thousand Lifetimes
Miraculous Fortune


Silent Malediction

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[pacdidj]

Sir Exsixten swings his axe at Hekthesh, but the wicked midget deftly parries the blow with his steel boomerang and lashes out viciously with his shortsword in retaliation, stepping backward as he does so. Fortunately for the mechanical knight, his enchanted armor manages to bunch together in such a way as to barely deflect the force of the blow.

Ferris' blow strikes true leaving a small but painful wound in the eyeless thrall's side.

Cyr launches a volley of radiant blades that tear through the shadow tendrils, but all of them reform just seconds later. The blades do inflict significant damage against Hekthesh and one of the thralls however, leaving the thrall just barely hanging on to consciousness. The deva follows with a volley of searing light that causes one of the tendrils to split apart momentarily, and another to completely dissipate.

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Hekthesh then drives his blade home once more, carving another deep groove into Sir Exsixten's wooden frame. The dark one hisses, "This grows tiresome, and I am needed elsewhere." Hekthesh draws a small silver whistle from a cloak pocket, puts it to his lips and blows, causing it to emit a forlorn and distant-sounding wail. Shadows begin to pool and swirl next to Sir Exsixten, and you all hear a deep and threatening growl.

[sblock="Perception 15, or low-light vision"]You see at the center of the swirling darkness the form of a hulking and vicious looking black dog.

[sblock="Nature or Arcana 15"]The creature is a Shadow Hound, another denizen of Lauto's realm of Herebos.[/sblock][/sblock]

"Yes, come to me my pet. Stay and finish these pathetic creatures. I must go now and assist my master with the ritual," Hekthesh says as he steps out across the chasm, walking on shadow as he would on solid ground. Sir Exsixten attempts to stop the fleeing dark one, but his axe swings wide.

[sblock="Insight 18"]You catch a subtle but distinct note of irony in the way Hekthesh says 'master'. Perhaps he's not entirely happy serving Dhakanmirr?[/sblock]

As Hekthesh moves to depart the battlefield, the tendrils of darkness swirl around the tightly clustered group, and the creature at the center of the shadows goes on the attack. You all hear a grief-filled gravelly howl, that for some reason strikes a chord with Jezebel and Ferris, rattling their nerves and weakening their defenses. The dark form, now having coalesced into the shape of some sort of canine then winks out of existence and reappears next to Ferris, bringing with it a dark haze that seems to swallow the light shed by Cyr's sunrod. Taking Ferris by surprise, the fearsome creature gives the shifter a savage bite.

Meanwhile the tendrils of darkness surround Alnar, Jezebel, Cyr, and Ferris, and four the them belch their vile putrescence all over the party causing everyone to double over with pain and sickness. Ferris is nearly overcome by this bilious onslaught; and the final tendril, as if sensing the shifter's peril, darts toward Ferris, giving him a lash on the back that proves more than he can bear. Ferris drops to the ground, his wounds festering and putrefying rather than bleeding.

The thralls renew their assault as well. Two of them, compelled by Jezebel's divine sanction, mount a coordinated attack on the tiefling. One manages to graze her with his sword, and the wound it leaves, though small, seems to have turned instantly gangrenous causing her ongoing pain. The final thrall standing alone against the mechanical knight can't seem to find purchase for its blade.

[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 3
Hekthesh -
Immediate Interrupt: Shadow Parry vs. Sir X610 = miss thanks to Sir X610's Piecemeal Chainmail (roll)
Standard: Shortsword vs. Sir X610 = hit (roll)for 18 damage
Move: Darkstep to L15, provoking OA from Sir X610 = miss (roll)
Minor: Blow Shadow Hound Whistle, calling the hound to I9

Shadow Hound -
Minor: Baying, close burst 5 = hits Jezebel and Ferris (roll), who take -2 to all defenses till hound's EONT
Move: Teleport to N12
Standard: Bite Ferris = hit (roll) for 15 damage

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 1 - Dark Step to N8; aid DS3 vs. Jezebel

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 - Shift to I10; Shadow's Wrath vs. Sir X610 = miss (roll)

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - Shadow's Wrath vs. Jezebel = hit (roll)for 4+4 = 8 damage, and Jezebel takes 5 ongoing necrotic damage (save ends)

Rotshadow Tendril 1 - Shift to K8 up 1; Fetid Breath, blast 3 pointed southeast vs. Alnar = miss, Jezebel = miss, Cyr = hit for 5-5 = 0 damage;Ferris = hit for 5 damage (roll)

Rotshadow Tendril 3 - Fly to O10 up 1 (over your heads); Fetid Breath, blast 3 pointed northward vs. Alnar = hit for 5 damage, Jezebel = miss, Cyr = hit for 5-5 = 0 damage, Ferris = hit for 5 damage (roll)

Rotshadow Tendril 5 - Fly to K12 up 1; Fetid Breath, blast 3 pointed northward vs. Alnar = hit for 5 damage, Jezebel = hit for 5 damage, Cyr = hit for 5-5 = 0 damage, Ferris = miss (roll)

Rotshadow Tendril 6 - Fly to N12 up 1; Tendril Caress vs. Ferris = hit (roll), because of the hound's defense penalty, for 5 damage. Ferris goes down and is dying.

Rotshadow Tendril 8 - Fetid Breath, blast 3 pointed southward vs. Alnar = miss, Jezebel = hit for 5 damage, Cyr = miss, Ferris = miss (roll) and Jezebel must save at the end of encounter or contract Filth Fever; Shift to J9 up 2

Tracking
PCs:
Alnar - 15/31 HP, bloodied; +4 AC till Cyr's EONT; Exposed to Filth Fever
Cyr - 16/26 HP, 12 THP; Exposed to Filth Fever
Ferris - -2/29 HP, prone, unconscious, dying; -2 all defenses till EONT; Exposed to Filth Fever
Jezebel - 31/37 HP; -2 all defenses till EONT; Ongoing 5 necrotic damage; Exposed to Filth Fever
Sir Exsixten - 12/33 HP, bloodied; +4 AC till Cyr's EONT; Grants CA to Hekthesh till EONT; +1 to hit till Cyr's EONT

Baddies:
Hekthesh - 22 damage taken; marked by Sir X610

Shadow Hound -

Eyeless Thrall 1 - 33/38 HP; Shadow's Wrath Recharged; -5 to hit till Jezebel's EONT; 7 damage for attacks not including Jezebel
Eyeless Thrall 2 - 38/38 HP; Shadow's Wrath Recharged and used
Eyeless Thrall 3 - 2/38 HP, bloodied; Shadow's Wrath Recharged and used; marked by Jezebel, 7 damage for attacks that don't include her till her EONT

Rotshadow Tendril 1 - HP: 1/1; Incorporeal Form used, Fetid Breath used; marked by Jezebel, 7 damage for attacks that don't include her till her EONT
Rotshadow Tendril 2 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 3 - HP: 1/1; Incorporeal Form used, Fetid Breath used; marked by Jezebel, 7 damage for attacks that don't include her till her EONT
Rotshadow Tendril 4 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 5 - HP: 1/1; Incorporeal Form used, Fetid Breath used
Rotshadow Tendril 6 - HP: 1/1; Incorporeal Form used, Fetid Breath used
Rotshadow Tendril 7 - Dead
Rotshadow Tendril 8 - HP: 1/1; Incorporeal Form used, Fetid Breath used; marked by Jezebel, 7 damage for attacks that don't include her till her EONT

* - 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 - ?
Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall - AC: 17; Fort: 14, Ref: 16, Will: 14
Rotshadow Tendril - AC: 16; Fort: 13, Ref: 14, Will: 13[/sblock]

 

[Iron Sky]

Undaunted, Sir Exsixten turns to the nearest enemy and lands a solid blow with his axe. YOUR MASTER FLEES SIR EXSIXTEN! TREMBLE AT THE TERRIBLE GREAT SPLENDID AWFUL MIGHT OF THE CITIZENS OF JUSTICE!

[sblock=Actions]Minor: Warforged Resolve - Sir Exsixten heals 3 hp and gains 3 THP.
Standard: Brash Strike vs Thrall 2 just south of him, 1d20+6+2+1=18 AC(Forgot Cyr's +1 in the roll), hit, 1d12+4+4+2=21 damage, the Thrall is marked until EonT, Sir Exsixten gains 4 THP, and grants CA to Thrall 2 until EonT.
Move: -

[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+15/33, Bloodied:16, Surge Value:8, Surges left:13/13
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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[Luinnar]

Get up Ferris, I won't allow you to die! Alnar shouts. Ferris seems to hear Alnar's words as he stirs from his unconscious slumber.

[sblock=Ferris Healing]
11 HP for you. Sliding Ferris to N 10, or wherever you want to go.[/sblock]

It is time for you all to Die! Alnar shouts flinging fire at the enemies to his north, all of which burst into flames. A shimmering fire surrounds Alnar. Seeing its chance, the eyeless monster near him attacks Alnar, ignoring Jezebel's challenge. It than bursts into flames from the power of her Oni masters.

Time to take care of you all!!! Alnar shouts and flings icicles at the remaining eyeless creatures and the shadowy hound. It shatters against the two eyeless creatures, killing the one near Sir ExSixTen.

[sblock=actions]
Perception & Insight check 19 & 10 Roll
Arcana 22 Roll

Minor:Majestic Word Ferris, 11 HP Healed Slide to N 10 (or wherever he would like to slide).

Standard: Burning Spray North and up hitting the three creatures.
Roll
RT1 21 VS Reflex
RT 8 18 vs reflex
DS 2 17 vs reflex
14 fire damage (ignores 5 resistance).
Next enemy to hit Alnar in Melee take 2 fire damage (ends EONT).
(I'm assuming DS3 attacks Alnar with OA, if so it takes 7 damage and is dead from Jezebel's mark).

Action Point
Standard: Ice Javelins
Roll.
DS1 12 vs reflex, miss 7 cold damage
DS2 9 vs reflex miss 7 cold damage, dead.
SH: 16 vs reflex, if hit 14 cold damage, 5 ongoining. Miss 7 cold damage.

[sblock=stat block]

Alnar Male Human Sorcerer 2
Conditions: Scales of the Dragon in Effect., Alnar has 5 fire resistance. Until EOTN, Next melee attack that hit, attacker takes 2 fire damage. +4 AC till Cyr's EONT; Exposed to Filth Fever
Passive Perception: +13, Passive Insight: +11, Init: +1
AC: 15+4, Fort: 14, Reflex: 13, Will: 18 -- Speed: 6
HP: 15/31, Bloodied: 15, Surge Value: 7, Surges left: 6/8
Action Points: 0, Second Wind: used, Milestones:
Basic Attack Quarterstaff +5 vs AC 1d8+2
Ranged Basic Attack Acid Orb +5 vs. Reflex 1d10+4+2 acid damage
Powers-
Burning Spray, Acid Orb, Blazing Starfall
Thundering Roar
Ice Javelins
Majestic Word
Inspiring Fortitude


Conditions -


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

[sblock=dead]
I believe RT1,RT8,DS2, DS3 are dead.[/sblock]

 

[Dekana]

That pitiful, whimpering howl! It's even worse than screaming babies, or perhaps nails on a chalkboard. It sets off Jezebel even moreso than the dog's attack against Ferris. Relying on her heavy plate armor and shield once again, she ignores the dark servant's corrosive attacks and marches against the hound. Luckily for the tiefling, much of her practice in using the whip was against dogs and other small creatures. She strikes true, leaving a terribly painful welt on the beast.

[sblock=Stat block/Actions][sblock=Actions]Start of turn: Jezebel takes 5 ongoing necrotic damage and drops to 26/37.

Move: Walk to N11. This provokes from DS1 and DS3 (which I assume is already dead. If not, I wait until Cyr and Ferris have acted). Jezebel has -2 to defenses for the attack(s).

Minor: Divine Challenge vs SH.

Standard: Enfeebling Strike vs SH hits AC 26 for 5 damage. SH1 is whipped vs Ferris.

End of turn: Saving throw vs Ongoing 5 necrotic succeeds.

Mark summary
SH 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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[pacdidj]

Mini Update
As Sir Exsixten lands a solid blow against one of the dark ones, Alnar unleashes a storm of Arcane fury, which, though effective, ends up costing him, as one of the thralls manages to drive its blade home, grievously wounding the sorcerer before it is burned to a crisp. When the air clears of fire and ice, you see that 3 of the tendrils have been dispelled, and two of the thralls are no more.

Then Jezebel is on the move, dashing across the battlefield and ignoring the futile swipe of the last remaining thrall. The tiefling smites the fell canine with her whip, entangling its paws and causing it to snarl with rage.

[sblock="Opportunity Actions, Tracking, and Stats"]Round 3

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 1 - OA vs. Jezebel = miss (roll)

Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - OA vs. Alnar = hit (roll) for 12 damage, Takes 7 damage from Jez's DC and dies.

Tracking
PCs:
Alnar - 3/31 HP, bloodied; +4 AC till Cyr's EONT; Exposed to Filth Fever
Cyr - 16/26 HP, 12 THP; Exposed to Filth Fever
Ferris - 11/29 HP, bloodied; -2 all defenses till hound's EONT; Exposed to Filth Fever
Jezebel - 26/37 HP; -2 all defenses till hound's EONT; Exposed to Filth Fever
Sir Exsixten - 15/33 HP, 4 THP, bloodied; +4 AC till Cyr's EONT; Grants CA to DS2 till EONT; +1 to hit till Cyr's EONT

Baddies:
Hekthesh - 22 damage taken

Shadow Hound - 12 damage taken; marked by Jezebel, 7 damage for attacks that don't include her till her EONT and -7 to hit Ferris, -3 for Jezebel, -5 for everybody else

Eyeless Thrall 1 - 26/38 HP; Shadow's Wrath Recharged
Eyeless Thrall 2 - Dead
Eyeless Thrall 3 - Dead

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