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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5345693" data-attributes="member: 86793">Just as Sir Exsixten hurtles across the canal and strikes the wall, one of Cyr's bolts of lightning strikes the adjacent thrall dead on the spot.Paerlanthas glides toward Hekthesh, his maddened babbling having resumed somewhat. Defiler! he screams, Enemy of all that is holy! You have decimated my royal guard, but you will never return to your fell domain alive, I shall see to that! The wraith reaches out a spectral hand to grab Hekthesh, but the cunning dark one dodges easily, and merely snickers in answer.Ferris meanwhile gathers his strength and his axe and hews into the Shadow Hound's shoulder. Its sepulchral growl gives way to a pained *yipe!,* and it seems further injured by Dayna's radiant wrath as the axe blade bites deep, leaving the fell beast is left hobbling on three legs.***"Useless creature!," hisses Hekthesh, "Fight back! There, attack the sorcerer!" The injured hound winks out, reappearing at Alnar's side. Seizing his arm in its jaws, the hound proceeds to shake it as vigorously as it can. But in its injured state the hound fails to take the sorcerer down, and Alnar manages to free his arm albeit not without losing a fair bit of blood.Hekthesh then turns his attention to the wraith, jeering "Fool king! Your people fought the Submerged Eye with the might of your whole civilization, and managed only to bind it temporarily at the cost of your lives. You and your third rate band of adventurers cannot stop us here, let alone forestall the inevitable return of the Prior Darkness!" The dark one whips a gleaming, serrated short sword from its sheath and tears through the wraith's ghostly being before dancing back into the shadows.The last remaining tendril harries Alnar unsuccessfully, and the two remaining thralls press the attack, undeterred by their grievous injuries. But in their weakened state their attacks glance harmlessly of Jezebel and Cyr's armor.[sblock=Enemy Actions]Hekthesh - Dark Arc recharge = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717387/" target="_blank">fail</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:" />MBA vs. Paerlanthas = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717383/" target="_blank">hit</a> for 15/2 = 7 damageMove: Shift 1 square back into the shadows Shadow Hound - Baying recharge = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717360/" target="_blank">fail</a>Move: Teleport to Z56Standard: <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 vs. Alnar = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717363/" target="_blank">hits</a> for a pitiful 6 damage Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - Shadow's Wrath recharge = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717399/" target="_blank">fail</a>; Shift to V56; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/br.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":branged:" title="Basic Ranged    :branged:" data-shortname=":branged:" />RBA vs. Jezebel = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717406/" target="_blank">miss</a> Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - Darkstep to AE56; <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 (with CA and damage bonus from darkstep) vs. Cyr = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717414/" target="_blank">miss</a>  Rotshadow  Tendril 6 - <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/2717397/" target="_blank">miss</a>[/sblock][sblock=Combatant stats and tracking]Alnar - AA56; 16/31 HP; +1   to all def vs. bloodied; deals 2 damage to next successful melee attacker Cyr - AC56; 16/26 HP; exposed to filth fever Ferris - AB56; 19/29 HP; +1 to all def vs. bloodied;   exposed to filth fever Jezebel   - Z56; 33/37 HP; exposed to     filth fever Sir Exsixten - AD56; 21/33 HP, 4 THP; exposed to filth fever  Paerlanthas -   AG57, 1 square up; 25 damage taken; Touch of  Chaos recharge = <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717329/" 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 - ?; 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   - Z56; 61 damage taken, bloodied; marked by Ferris; Baying      used 70 Max HP; AC: 19; Fort: 20, Ref: 18, Will: 17   Dark Servant  Eyeless Thrall 1 - dead Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 2 - dead Dark Servant Eyeless Thrall 3 - V56; 33 damage taken, bloodied; DCed and   whipped vs. Jezebel; Shadow's       Wrath usedDark Servant Eyeless Thrall 4 - AE56; 35 damage taken, bloodied 38 Max HP; AC: 17; Fort 14, Ref 16, Will 14  Rotshadow  Tendril 1 - dead Rotshadow Tendril 2 - dead Rotshadow  Tendril 3 - deadRotshadow  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][MENTION=44459]Luinnar[/MENTION] - Thanks for the reminder. I forgot about Alnar's damage shield. RT 3 made its <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2717322/" target="_blank">Incorporeal Form save</a> though, but you took it out this turn anyway with your burning spray.PCs are up! Please note that Paelanthas' Touch of Chaos attack is not recharged for use this round.Next update coming Monday, as I'll be out of town camping. Have a great weekend![/OOC]</blockquote>

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