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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5344686" data-attributes="member: 86793">Seeing an opening through which it can reach the faltering shifter, the hound shoots through the shadows, letting out a deafening howl next to Ferris and snapping its fearsome jaws at the cleric. But Ferris, protected by mother Dayna's sheltering embrace, proves unreachable, and the hound snarls in confusion as its jaws find no purchase.Stepping out of the shadows, Hekthesh clucks his tongue, saying, "Must I do everything my pet?" The fanatical dark one hurls his boomerang again, clipping the dead king and Cyr, and completely splintering the last of the skeletal archers, as the razor-sharp blade arcs back to him. "The ritual's conclusion draws near," the wicked little man goads your party with an evil smile, "You and your ragged undead allies cannot stop the Eye's reawakening!"Recoiling from the holy force that protects their previous target the two remaining tendrils swirl toward Alnar, rending the sorcerer's flesh as the swipe at his head and arms.The thralls meanwhile, lash out at the remaining undead and the mechanical knight. The skinwalker is at last brought low as a dark one smashes it with a dagger pommel, leaving it lying inert on the ground. A similar move against Sir Exsixten leaves the mechanical knight's head ringing like a gong.[sblock=Enemy Actions]Hekthesh - Dark Arc <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716069/" target="_blank">recharged</a>Move: to AI56Standard: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/r.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":ranged:" title="Ranged    :ranged:" data-shortname=":ranged:" />Dark Arc = hits Paerlanthas for 7/2 = 3 damage, hits Cyr for 5 damage, hits ES 6 who goes down <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716070/" target="_blank">(roll)</a> Shadow Hound - Baying <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716006/" target="_blank">recharged</a>Move: Teleports to AC 56 gaining CA vs. Ferris and CyrMinor: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/c.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":close:" title="Close    :close:" data-shortname=":close:" />Baying = Sir X610, Paerlanthas, Skinwalker, and ES 6 have -2 to all defenses till Hound's EONT <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716011/" target="_blank">(roll)</a>Standard: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />Bites Ferris = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716004/" target="_blank">Miss</a>Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 - <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />MBA vs. Skinwalker = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716079/" target="_blank">hit</a> (def penalty from Baying) for 11 damage, skinwalker goes down; Move to AD59 Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - Shadow's Wrath recharge = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716088/" target="_blank">fail</a>; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />MBA vs. Sir X610 = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716090/" target="_blank">hit</a> (not preventable w/ piecemeal chainmail due to Baying penalty) for 10 damage; Shift to W56 Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee    :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" />MBA vs. Paerlanthas = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716093/" target="_blank">miss</a>  Rotshadow  Tendril 3 - Move to AB57, 1 square up; <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. Alnar = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716076/" target="_blank">hit</a> for 5 damage Rotshadow  Tendril 6 - Move to AA57, 1 square up; <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. Alnar = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716076/" target="_blank">hit</a> for  5 damage[/sblock][sblock=Combatant stats and tracking]Alnar - AA56; 16/31 HP; +1  to all def vs. bloodied Cyr - AC56; 16/26 HP; exposed to filth fever Ferris - AB56; 6/29 HP, bloodied,  regen 2; +5 to all def until EONT or attack, +1 to all def vs. bloodied;  exposed to filth fever Jezebel   - Z56; 33/37 HP; +2 all def till EONT; exposed to    filth fever Sir Exsixten - AD56; 21/33 HP; exposed to filth fever  Paerlanthas -   AG57, 1 square up; 18 damage taken; Touch of Chaos recharge = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2716116/" target="_blank">fail</a> 54 Max HP, insubstatial; AC: 18; Fort 15, Ref 18, Will 17; Speed 6 fly        (hover)[sblock=Paerlanthas' attacks]Touch of Madness       = +8 vs. Will; 1d6+5 psychic   dmg; target takes -2 to Will (save      ends) Touch  of  Chaos (Rchg 5 or 6) = +9 vs. Will;      2d6+4 psychic dmg and the   target moves up to its speed and makes a      basic attack against its   nearest ally as a free action.[/sblock]Skinwalker Skeleton - dead  Eladrin Skeleton 1 - dead Eladrin Skeleton 2 - dead Eladrin Skeleton 3  - dead Eladrin Skeleton 4 - dead Eladrin Skeleton 5   - dead Eladrin Skeleton 6 - dead  Hekthesh - AI56; Dark Arc used ? Max HP; AC: 20, see also Shadow Parry; Fort: 15, Ref: 19, Will: 17[sblock=Shadow Parry]Hekthesh will interrupt the first successful melee attack against him with <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/m.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":melee:" title="Melee    :melee:" data-shortname=":melee:" />Shadow Parry against the triggering creature (Attack: +10 vs. AC; Hit: 2d6+6 damage and Hekthesh shifts one square and gains total concealment till EONT). Recharges when bloodied.[/sblock]  Shadow Hound   - Y59; 30 damage taken; Baying     used 70 Max HP; AC: 19; Fort: 20, Ref: 18, Will: 17   Dark Servant  Eyeless Thrall 1 - dead Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 - AD59; 31 damage taken Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - W56; 17 damage taken; enfeebled,  whipped vs. Jezebel; Marked by Sir Exsixten; Shadow's      Wrath usedDark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - AF56; 27 damage taken; -2 to will  till king's EOTN; 3 lightning damage for OA 38 Max HP; AC: 17; Fort 14, Ref 16, Will 14  Rotshadow  Tendril 1 - dead Rotshadow Tendril 2 - dead Rotshadow  Tendril 3 - AB57 1 square up; Fetid      Breath usedRotshadow  Tendril 4 - deadRotshadow  Tendril 5 - deadRotshadow  Tendril 6 - AA57 1 square up; Fetid      Breath usedRotshadow  Tendril 7 - dead Minion; AC: 16; Fort 13, Ref 14, Will 13[/sblock][GM]Special Rules for this Combat:On your turn, you can as a minor action command one of the undead you've   enlisted to take a move, minor, or standard action. Each undead NPC  may  only perform one of each action type in any given round, however.   Available attacks for each NPC are listed under their respective stat   lines.Any creature that falls or is pushed into the canal will be immediately   pushed 2 squares downstream and take 1d6 damage from being slammed  about  by the rapidly-moving water. On your turn you may use a move  action to  attempt to escape the canal by making an Acrobatics or  Athletics check  vs. DC14 to pull yourself up out of the water. Any  character ending  their turn in the canal will be pushed 2 squares  downstream and take 1d6  damage from being slammed about by the  rapidly-moving water. If you  enter the current voluntarily, you do not  take the initial 1d6 damage,  and you may make a DC20 athletics check to  resist both the push and  damage effects of the current for the  duration of your turn. Thus if you  succeed the check, you will not  suffer the initial or end of turn push  and damage effects. If you fail  the check, you won't suffer the initial  damage effect, but you will be  immediately pushed 2 squares downstream,  and if you end your turn in  the water you will be pushed 2 more squares  and take the 1d6 damage.All bright light within 5 squares of the Shadow Hound is reduced to dim   light, and dim light is reduced to darkness by its Shroud of Night  aura.  Character's with normal vision will take the according penalties  to  attack rolls against enemies within the aura.Also note that there are only 3 squares between the roof and the ceiling in the corridor, but that the ceiling is much higher in the room to the south.[/GM][OOC]PCs are up![/OOC]</blockquote>

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