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Well, after all that, I screwed up Tonk's turn - I thought you were still at N14, so you had enough move to run out, get the mace, and run back behind cover. But since I spent all that time saying you could do this, I guess I'll let you walk out and hide in the open.
The rock will be a Vanguard Mace +1 as soon as you set it on a handle.
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Blade charges at the elemental, swearing vengeance. It raises its mighty fist and swing - irresistable force meets irresistable force, and Blade is thrown backwards into the mud. He leaps to his feet, however, not caring about his grievous wounds, and charges again. His axe bites deeply into its rocky shell, and an eerie glow envelopes him as he draws strength from the blow.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2BvSqqmidM]25 seconds in[/ame]
Hey, how come when Dunamin does that it embeds the video, but not when I do it?
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In the aftermath, Mikara rises to her knees to fire two shots into the thing, hitting right where Blade damaged it, then crawls back under cover. The chill mud begins to seep through her leathers.
Tonk throws a shuriken, with less effect - it bounces off its rocky skull, and it doesn't seem to notice. He takes advantage of the confusion to creep forward and grab the piece of fallen stone. It is definitely magical - he can feel it vibrating with the pulse of the earth, with the thunder of an avalanche. As he hefts it into the air, it's sluggish to start moving and then hard to stop, as if it has more momentum then it should for its size.
As he examines it, the thing turns its head towards him and he freezes, but suddenly Dextyr's shout draws its attention and it swings its gaze back to Blade, who is suddenly standing miraculously whole, completely unharmed. Lightning rains down from the sky, striking Blade and Dextyr as if in retaliation, but Blade still stands there brazenly, ignoring the minor burns. (Dextyr, on the other hand, is badly wounded.) The elemental roars and slams at Blade. Every time its fist hits, light flares out at it and it roars again. Its first punch sends Blade flying backwards, and its second drops him to the ground, unconscious. The elemental steps forward, and brings its foot down on Blade's head. There is another flash of light, scorching the rocks of its foot, and then a cloud of orange smoke as Blade's body also disappears.
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A pair of acolytes garbed in the robes of Lauto step to either side of the sphere, swinging censers. As the creature in the image raises its foot, they begin a low, monotonous chanting, and orange smoke begins hissing out of the censers, wreathing the sphere and rapidly occluding it. When the smoke clears, Blade's body is lying on the floor next to it. The two acolytes kneel, raise it up, and reverently bear it to the bed next to yours, where you suddenly realize the old priest is standing. He lays a holy symbol on Blade's breast, and pulls out a small pouch.
The old man begins chanting in a sonorous tone, in a language you don't understand, while sprinkling the dust over the body. One of the acolytes holds a silver bowl of pure water, while the other uses a black cloth to wash the blood from the body. Where the cloth passes, a wound closes. Finally the corpse looks pristine, but it still shows no signs of life.
Now the old men kneels beside the bed, placing his arms in a gesture of supplication, and cries out in a pleading voice, still in the same strange language, looking to the heavens (or at least to the ceiling of this dark chamber). This continues for several minutes, and then he abruptly leans forwards and kisses Blade on the lips. As he raises his head, Blade begins to breathe again. The man takes his holy symbol and puts it around his neck, and waits patiently for Blade to open his eyes.
OOC: You can rread Blade's block too. Also, I've decided to wait until the end of the adventure and award everybody's XP together, if you don't mind.
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You awake in a shadowy room. Your body feels numb, and you are weak from exhaustion. You are in a hard, uncomfortable bed, looking up at a vaulted stone ceiling overhead. A kindly looking old man with a stubble of grey and white beard leans over you. The holy symbol of Lauto hangs from his neck.
"Well," he says heartily.
"That was exciting! Clearly you have the power of some god protecting you! I wonder if my intervention was needed at all - possibly He would have returned you to the isles in his way, whoever he is. But at least this way you can keep this body."
He hands you a small slip of paper.
"I'm afraid we will need to charge you for the resurrection - Lauto NEVER makes exceptions - but since you were in his service when you died, I'm trying to see if I can do something extra for you. I can't promise anything, but we'll see. In the meantime, it will take some time for your strength to return, so just relax here, with your friend." He gestures to your right, where you can see Tristan lying on another bed. Beyond him is a large 5 foot wide orb, in whice you can see the tiny figures of your friends, still fighting the much larger figure of the elemental. A pair of acolytes stand on either side, staring into it impassively.
The man smiles again.
"I'll let you recover," he says.
"From the looks of things the rest of your friends will be joining us shortly." He seems unperturbed by the thought.
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Blade, the Deva, having arrived in the arms of Lauto in the most dire state of death, and been returned from this state by the intercession of His priests, now owes the Temple of Lauto the sum of 500 gold.
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OOC: congrats on surviving for so long, and for doing so much damage before you went! Feel free to RP here with Tristan and the Priest, or skip ahead in time and have your character return to Daunton after your recovery, join other adventures, or whatever. Just don't deal with the lawyers yet, or settle up your bill with Lauto, because that will happen in this thread after this encounter ends, when I'll award XP and time gold.
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Blade puts his Oath on the elemental, and move to F12. He charges the elemental, taking 21 damage from its OA (bloodying him) and getting pushed back to F12 briefly, but ends up at H12, missing. He uses an AP to attack with Avenging Echo, hitting it for 10.
Mikara attacks with Twin Strike, hitting for 18, crawls to E9 and hides with Stealth 22.
Tonk misses with a shuriken, moves to L14 and picks up the mace, and somehow manages to hide with Stealth 21.
Dextyr moves to L7 and uses Majestic Word to give Blade 11 hp. Since Blade didn't post wanting to slide, I'll leave him where he is. Then he uses Eldritch Blast to hit the Elemental for 9 (using Blade's Divine Guidance), and uses an AP to heal Blade again with Inspiring Word, for 10. Blade's back to full!
Lightning strikes Blade and Dextyr, since they aren't hidden:
Lightning on Blade and Tonk, with save in case of hit (targets Reflex) (1d20+8=24, 1d10+4=7, 1d20=9, 1d20+8=15, 1d10+4=12, 1d20=5) Hits Blade for 7; Blade rolls a save of 9. If you can pull out something giving a bonus to saves, that'll hit the Elemental instead, but I think it hits you. Dextyr gets hit for 12, and is bloodied. I just realized I've been rolling too high for these lightning bolts - they should only be 1d20+6, since they're attacking Reflex and not AC. To make up for it, they'll take next round off, and then I'll start using +6. (That means they rolled a 22 and a 13 to hit this time - still hit, unless Dextyr has a bonus I'm not aware of.)
The Stone Elemental's Bear Hug does not recharge:
Bear Hug recharge (1d6=2). It uses One-Two punch to make two attacks at Blade, taking radiant damage in retaliation:
One-Two punch on Blade (1d20+10=18, 2d8+4=12, 1d20+10=19, 2d8+4=12) Both hit for 12 damage and pushed him a square, so that's 24 damage and pushed to F12. Blade is dying. The elemental moves to G12 and uses an AP (now it has 1 left) to Coup de Grace:
Coup de Grace on Blade (1d20+10=15). That's a hit thanks to Combat Advantage, so it does 20 damage, killing him. However, it takes another 9 damage first. (No, I'm not going to give
another 9 damage for ending its turn next to the corpse! Nevermind, the corpse vanished anyway.)
The tree stumps are difficult terrain, the trees themselves are blocking terrain and block line of sight. Due to the mud, everyone's speed is reduced by 2 - you can run to move at regular speed, but must make a DC 15 Balance check - if you fail, you can't move, if you fail by 5 or more, you fall prone.
Don't forget the elemental's Reach 2 when checking for opportunity attacks.
Your turns!
Blade (-4/29 hp, Oath of Enmity on Stone Elemental, dying)
Mikara (
11/24 hp, prone, Stealth 22)
Tonk (
3/24 hp, Stealth 21)
Dextyr (
2/28 hp)
Tristan (-24/28 hp, Oath of Enmity on Stone Elemental, if it is more than 3 squares away at start of turn can teleport to within 3 squares with minor action (ends if more than 3 squares away at end of turn), prone, dying)
Stone Elemental (
148/275[color], used 1 AP, used Bear Hug, takes 9 radiant if it hits or misses Blade or ends its turn adjacent to him)
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Stone Elemental
HP: 275; Bloodied: 137
AC: 20; Fort: 24, Reflex: 18, Will: 20
Melee Basic Attack: Brute Slam Reach 2; +10 vs AC; 2d8+5 damage, and target is pushed 1 square.
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