[Adventure] Serpent's Skull: Souls for Smuggler's Shiv (DM: Mewness; Judge: THB)

[Dekana]

Castile tries to shield bash the former captain, but she just can't get close enough without the full use of her (paralyzed) legs.

[sblock=Castile actions / stats]Standard: Tide of Iron vs Ghoul 2 misses AC 12. I'll let Kane's mark stand. (1d20+9=12; 1d12+7+2=15)

End of turn: Saving throw vs Immobilized fails. (1d20=2)


PC:Castile (Dekana) - L4W Wiki- Female Dwarf Fighter 4
Passive Perception: 19, Passive Insight: 14
AC:21, Fort:20, Reflex:17, Will:16, +5 saves vs poison, Speed:5
HP:8+52/52, Bloodied:26, Surge Value:13, Surges left:6/13
Initiative +2
Action Points: 0 (encounter)

Conditions
Immobilized

Powers
MBA: Waraxe, +9 vs AC, 1d12+9 damage and gain 4 THP (see Combat notes below)
RBA: Waraxe, +9 vs AC, 1d12+7 damage, 6/12
Combat Challenge, Pass Forward
Crushing Surge, Tide of Iron
Bold Victory, Dwarven Resilience, Guardian's Counter, Hack and Hew, Shield Edge Block
Comeback Strike, Dwarven Thrower Waraxe, Second Chance

Combat notes: +2 melee / close damage with THP, +2 to attack roll on OAs, OAs stop enemy movement; ignore 1 square forced movement
[/sblock][sblock=Immediate actions]1. Shield Edge Block when an adjacent enemy hits Castile with a close or melee attack and would have missed with a -4 penalty to the attack. Immediate Interrupt, +8 vs Fort, 2d6+6 damage and +4 THP. Effect: The target takes a -4 penalty to the triggering attack.

2. Combat Challenge when an adjacent enemy marked by Castile shifts or attacks an ally and doesn't include her in the attack. Immediate Interrupt, MBA vs AC. On a hit, the target is also pushed 1 if that would force it out of range for its triggering attack (no push otherwise).

3. Guardian's Counter when an ally within 2 squares of Castile is attacked and she isn't included. Immediate Interrupt, Castile and the ally switch places and she is the target instead. After the attack, she makes a basic attack vs the attacker.

4. Opportunity Attack as usual, 1/turn. MBA+2 vs AC. On a hit, the target stops moving (if a move provoked the OA).[/sblock]

 

[jbear]

OOC: Doh! Forgot about that. Fey beast stays right where it was. Stupid me.

 

[Pentius]

OOC: I knew that.

Noriaki takes aim and makes another sword strike, but the thing that was Kovack manages to twist out of the way.

[sblock=Mechanics]
Standard: howling strike on Un-Kovack
Attack Roll: 1d20+12=16, the Un-living is Un-hit.



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[sblock=Noriaki]
Noriaki Matsumoto
Male Human Thaneborn Barbarian 4
Initiative: +5(+7 with Takahaan)
Passive Perception: 12
Passive Insight: 13
Senses: Normal

AC:20
Fort:20
Reflex:18
Will:16
HP:24/45
Bloodied:22
Surges left:7/9
Surge Value:11
Action Points: 0/1

MBA: +10 to hit, 1d12+8 damage
Howling Strike
Pressing Strike
Escalating Violence []
Shatterbone Strike []
Howl of Triumph []
Shrug it off [x]
Heroic Effort []
Second Wind []
Swift Panther Rage [x]


Conditions:

Action Surge: +3 bonus to attack rolls made during an action gained by spending an action point.

Horned Helm: +1d6 to charge damage

Battlecrazed Weapon: +1d6 damage when bloodied

Feral Might(Thaneborn Triumph): Whenever you bloody an enemy, the next attack by you or an ally against that enemy gains a bonus to the attack roll equal to your Charisma modifier(+2).[/sblock]

 

[BenBrown]

Hú Lí's playing trails off as she is fascinated by the witch's strange spell. For half a second she stops, then she begins again, sounding even more eerie than usual. The playing sounds particularly insistent to Takahaan, but it's only a momentary distraction.

Hú Lí continues playing, her eyes unfocused, and her head tilted slightly as if she were listening to something that no-one else can hear.[sblock=actions]Vicious Mockery (Will) vs. Takahaan: 5(1d20) +8 = 13; 4(1d6) +5 = 9
Save vs. Dominated: 3(1d20) = 3[/sblock][sblock=Hú Lí]The Black Fox Fox Spirit (Changeling) Bard 4
Initiative: +3, Passive Perception: 18, Passive Insight: 20
AC:21, Fort:14, Reflex:18, Will:19
+4 vs. AC, 1d6-1 damage

HP:25/39, Bloodied:19, Surge Value:9, Surges left:4/8
Action Points: 0, Second Wind: used
Powers: Fox Spirit Disguise, Wild Shape, Staggering Note, Vicious Mockery, Changeling's Armor
Blunder, Dissonant Strain, Fox Spirit Trick, Grasping Claws, Majestic Word x2, Words of Friendship, Noble Presence, Painted Drum
Stirring Shout, Canon of Avoidance, Amulet of Seduction

Virtue of Cunning: Once per round, when an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares of the Black Fox, the Fox may slide the ally 1 square as a free action.

Conditions:
Dominated (save ends)
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[Mewness]

The Kovack-creature lunges again at Castile, but Kane’s magic interferes with its movement, and it gets a mouthful of Castile’s shield. The tattooed creature steps back from Takahaan, her compelling gaze once again sweeping over her attackers. This time it is Kane who finds his head filled with horrible visions. He rushes Noriaki, delivering a glancing blow with his sword--one, however, that causes Arashi Tenken to stir.

[sblock=actions and rolls]Kovack attacks Castile. Ghoul 2 ghoulish bite vs AC, Castile; damage
11(1d20) +10 -2 = 19; 14(4d6) +6 = 20 misses owing to Kane’s mark.

Nylithati recharge maddening visions
4(1d6) = 4 fails to recharge. Nylithati shifts to E6.

Nylithati unhinging gaze vs Ref, Taka; Kane; Noriaki (-2 cover)
8(1d20) +7 = 15; 17(1d20) +7 = 24; 10(1d20) +7 -2 = 15. Hits Kane, who does 10 damage to Nylithati as a reaction. Unhinging gaze damage on Kane
1(1d6) +5 = 6 6 psychic.

Kane slides to M7 and attacks Noriaki. Kane melee basic vs AC, Noriaki; damage
16(1d20) +7 = 23; 2(1d8) +2 = 4 hits for 4! 4 damage!! This bloodies Noriaki and seriously gets Arashi Tenken’s goat.

Off-Turn Stuff
Virtue of cunning: Can’t be used as Hú Lí is dominated.

Kane used his amulet’s daily.
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[sblock=BenBrown]Hú Lí is dominated (save ends). Use Vicious Mockery on Takahaan.[/sblock]


CAVES OF THE MOTHER: ROUND 5

[sblock=Terrain]Terrain
The alcoves have piles of bones and other detritus in them (represented by brownish crud). They are difficult terrain. The rest of the floor is normal terrain.

The pillars are blocking terrain but they are round and don’t make hard corners.
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[sblock=PCs’ Off-Turn Actions]Interrupts, Reactions, and so forth are listed here to help me remember them. It would also help me if you specify triggers for these actions. If you don’t, I’ll try to use them in sensible places.

Black Fox
Virtue of Cunning (free action; ally is missed)

Castile
Combat Challenge (interrupt; adjacent marked target shifts or makes an attack that doesn’t include Castile)
Guardian’s Counter (interrupt; ally within 2 is hit by an attack that doesn’t include Castile)
Shield Edge Block (interrupt; adjacent enemy hits or misses Castile with a close or melee attack): used if it will turn a hit into a miss.
Bold Victory Armor (free; Castile or an ally within 5 bloodies an enemy)

Kane
Aegis of Shielding (interrupt; marked enemy hits a target within 10 and the attack doesn’t include Kane)
Channeling Shield (interrupt; an attack hits Kane or an ally within 10): used to prevent a big or bloodying hit.
Dimensional Vortex (interrupt; an enemy within 10 hits an ally with a melee attack): used if Kane can thump a non-minion with it.
White Lotus Riposte (no action; when an enemy Kane hits with an arcane at-will attack him before EoNT, that enemy takes 4 damage of the same type as the at-will dealt)

Noriaki
Shrug it Off (reaction; Noriaki is subjected to a save ends effect)

Takahaan
Guardian’s Counter (interrupt; ally within 2 is hit by an attack that doesn’t include Takahaan)
Vengeance is Mine (reaction; an enemy hits Takahaan)[/sblock]

[sblock=status]PCs
Castile (O7) HP 52+8/52; surges 6/13; AP used, SW used, immobilized (save ends)
Hú Lí (G8) HP 25/39; surges 4/8; AP used, dominated (save ends)
Kane (K7) HP 40/44; surges 8/10; AP used
Noriaki (M8) HP 20/45; surges 7/9; AP used, bloodied
Takahaan (E8) HP 28/39; surges 5/8; AP used

Allies
Fey Beast HP (O8) 22/22
Imidoto (here? there? somewhere else?) HP 1 (minion)

Bad Guys
Ghoul 1 (N6) dead
Ghoul 2 (Kovack) (N8) 37 damage taken, marked by Kane, bloodied
Nylithati (E5) 54 damage taken, maddening visions used, curse of M used
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[sblock=Enemy Stats]Please read the appropriate block(s) only when necessary to resolve attacks or OAs.

[sblock=Ghoul]Ghoul
AC 21, Fort 17, Ref 19, Will 16; HP 63, bloodied 31
Claws +10 vs. AC, 2d6+6 and the target is immobilized (save ends).[/sblock]
[sblock=Nylithati]Nylithati
AC 19, Fort 15, Ref 17, Will 16; HP 220, bloodied 110
Staff of Corruption +9 vs. AC, 1d8+5 necrotic damage plus 1d8 poison damage and the target is pushed 2.
[sblock=Immediate Reaction (when Nylithati is hit by a creature adjacent to her)]Poison Spray: +7 vs Fortitude; if hit, the target is pushed 3 squares, slowed, and takes ongoing 5 poison damage (save ends both).[/sblock][/sblock]
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[jbear]

OOC: I'm going to hold off Kane's turn until I see if Noriaki and Castile can dispatch the ghoul. I can try and hit the ghoul so it grants CAdv to Castile but I'd prefer to keep whittling away at the caster, and as she is now hiding it makes positioning a little trickier.

 

[Pentius]

OOC: I'll do my best! To...get lucky, I guess.

Noriaki feels Kane's sting and calls to him, "It's a trick, Kane! Don't believe her visions!" Still, his comrade's condition bestows a sense of urgency on Noriaki. Fiercely, he grips Arashi Tenken's hilt and directs the thunder of her strength toward what once was Kovack.

[sblock=Mechanics]
Standard: howling strike on Un-Kovack
Attack Roll: 1d20+12=21
Damage Roll: 1d12+2d6+8=23


[/sblock]
[sblock=Noriaki]
Noriaki Matsumoto
Male Human Thaneborn Barbarian 4
Initiative: +5(+7 with Takahaan)
Passive Perception: 12
Passive Insight: 13
Senses: Normal

AC:20
Fort:20
Reflex:18
Will:16
HP:24/45
Bloodied:22
Surges left:7/9
Surge Value:11
Action Points: 0/1

MBA: +10 to hit, 1d12+8 damage
Howling Strike
Pressing Strike
Escalating Violence []
Shatterbone Strike []
Howl of Triumph []
Shrug it off [x]
Heroic Effort []
Second Wind []
Swift Panther Rage [x]


Conditions:

Action Surge: +3 bonus to attack rolls made during an action gained by spending an action point.

Horned Helm: +1d6 to charge damage

Battlecrazed Weapon: +1d6 damage when bloodied

Feral Might(Thaneborn Triumph): Whenever you bloody an enemy, the next attack by you or an ally against that enemy gains a bonus to the attack roll equal to your Charisma modifier(+2).[/sblock]

 

[Mewness]

OOC: It's still alive ... but not by much. I think there's an extra 2 points because of the fey beast, sooo 1 hp left?

 

[GROMkill]

Takahaan dives back, narrowly missing the stream of fluid that the witch ejected upon being injured. With renewed vigor, he rushes forward yet another time, crashing into her with the full force of his massive body, leaving her on the ground. "I could use some help over here! Release the Captain from that shell quickly and get your hides on this witch! She's playing with our damn heads."
[sblock=Mechanics]

Move: Shift to E9

Standard: Flattering Charge (It hasn't missed yet) on the witch, moving to E7. Hits 15 Fort for 10 damage and knocks her prone.

[sblock=rolls]
Flattering Charge attack: 1d20+10=15
Flattering Charge damage: 1d10+7=10[/sblock][/sblock]
[sblock=Takahaan]Takahaan Thanazashi Male Dragonborn Bravura Warlord 2
Initiative: +4
Passive Perception: 11
Passive Insight: 11
Senses: Normal
AC:20
Fort:18
Reflex:16
Will:18 HP:28/39
Bloodied:19
Surge Value:10
Surges left:5/8
Action Points: 0

Powers:

Brash Assault
Intuitive Strike
Dragon Breath [ ]
Inspiring Word [x]
Flattering Charge [ ]
Vengeance Is Mine [ ]
Lamb to the Slaughter [x]
Spur To Action [ ]

Other Abilities:

Second Wind [ ]
Cloak of Resistance [ ]
Dwarven Chainmail [x]

Conditions

[sblock=Important Features] Bravura Presence: When an ally who can see you spends an action point to take an extra action and uses the action to make an attack, the ally can choose to take advantage of this feature before the attack roll. If the ally chooses to do so and the attack hits, the ally can either make a basic attack or take a move action after the attack as a free action. If the attack misses, the ally grants combat advantage to all enemies until the end of his or her next turn.

Combat Leader: You and each ally within 10 squares who can see and hear you gain a +2 power bonus to initiative.

Dragonborn Fury: When you’re bloodied, you gain a +1 racial bonus to attack rolls.[/sblock] [/sblock]

 

[jbear]

OOC: 1 HP ... damn. [MENTION=6676989]GROMkill[/MENTION] How many times can you use Flattering Charge? Isn't it an encounter power?