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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5253823" data-attributes="member: 86793">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 N10Standard: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/r.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":ranged:" title="Ranged    :ranged:" data-shortname=":ranged:" />Vanguard's Lightning vs. RT3 = hit and dead, RT5 = hit and dead, RT6 = miss <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2617821/" target="_blank">(roll)</a>Powers used: Blades of Astral Fire, Memory of A Thousand Lifetimes, Miraculous Fortune, Staff of the War Mage[/sblock]-----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 4Hekthesh - FleesShadow Hound - Teleport to L8; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />Bite Alnar = hit <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2617844/" target="_blank">(roll)</a> for 10 damageDark Servant Eyeless Thrall 1 - Darkstep to M9, gaining CA vs. Alnar, Ferris and Cyr till EONT; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />Basic Melee vs. Alnar = hit <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2617865/" target="_blank">(roll)</a> for 11 damage; Alnar goes down and is dyingRotshadow Tendril 6 - Shift to N11; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />Tendril Caress vs. Ferris = hit <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2617875/" target="_blank">(roll)</a> for 5 damageTrackingPCs:Alnar - -7/31 HP, prone, unconscious, dying; Exposed to Filth FeverCyr - 16/26 HP, 12 THP; Exposed to Filth FeverFerris - 6/29 HP, bloodied; Exposed to Filth FeverJezebel - 26/37 HP; Exposed to Filth FeverSir Exsixten - 27/33 HP, 4 THP; Grants CA to DS2 till EONTBaddies:Hekthesh - 22 damage taken; fledShadow Hound - 19 damage taken; marked by Jezebel, -7 to hit Ferris, -3 for Jezebel, -5 for everybody else until Jez's EONTEyeless Thrall 1 - 26/38 HP Eyeless Thrall 2 - Dead Eyeless Thrall 3 - Dead Rotshadow Tendril 1 - DeadRotshadow Tendril 2 - DeadRotshadow Tendril 3 - DeadRotshadow Tendril 4 - DeadRotshadow Tendril 5 - DeadRotshadow 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 colorStatsHekthesh - AC: 20; Fort: 15, Ref: 19, Will: 17Shadow Hound - AC: 19; Fort: 20, Ref: 18, Will: 17Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall - AC: 17; Fort: 14, Ref: 16, Will: 14Rotshadow Tendril - AC: 16; Fort: 13, Ref: 14, Will: 13[/sblock]</blockquote>

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