Round 3, continued
Massacre spurs his mount, who circles the battlefield in a flash. He conjures an area of murky, corrupted darkness. The corruption has little effect, but the darkness covers several foes.
Anostor looks around for a living foe. He spots one of the blackstar knights, all obsidian and blue elemental fire. Howling with glee, Anostor charges, but the knight's massive blade comes up and meets the huge axe, sending it rebounding away harmlessly.
Round 4
The flying corpse who had hidden behind the crumbling walls to the north returns to view, hurling a smoking mess at Sarenax. It strikes true, and the cleric feels his flesh wither within his body at the unholy contact.
"The darkness is illusory, mistress. Come to the north," it calls in a mangled voice.
The cleric strides out of the darkness, and, turning to catch her bearings, casts a potent curse on Kalas. Just as the magic begins to take hold, the revenant's helm flares with power, shaking off the effect, though not the wound.
A blackstar knight circles Kylek, slipping behind a pillar and striking at Sarenax. The cleric cannot parry this blow, and takes another wound. The empty sockets of the knight's helmet show nothing at all, but Sarenax knows he has this foe's attention.
Outside the walls, the other blackstar knight there slips deftly by Anostor and strikes at Kylek. The blow evades his guard, leaving long scars in the white scales of his armor and forcing him to pay heed to his safety.
The distraction of the knight's passing turns Anostor's head at a crucial moment, and two ghouls, the last remains of the sickening horde of ghouls, charge at him with lightning quickness. Both of them sink filthy claws into him, causing his legs to seize with supernatural pain.
[sblock=ooc]Massacre hits the giant, but misses Hertrud. I made it a burst 2, so that the giant would be fully within the area of effect. I'm assuming you care more about the blindness than the 2 damage. The giant resists 15 necrotic, leaving 2 damage total. Knights 1 and 2 are no longer dazed.
Anostor charges knight 1 with howling strike, but
misses.
Rot slinger 1 flies to the top of the adjacent wall and attacks Sarenax. 40 vs. Fort
hits for 12 damage. S is weakened and takes -2 to saves (save ends).
Hertrud moves north out of the darkness and uses Fatal Vision on Kalas.
42 vs Will hits for 17 damage (actually should be 44; I forgot the bloodrock), and Kalas is stunned (tent Hertrud, aftereffect dazed (save ends)). I'm assuming you'll use Coif of Focus to avoid both effects; of course if you decide not to I'll edit. Batin is now dazed instead of stunned.
knight 1
fails to recharge deathsword. it shifts next to Kylek and attacks him,
46 vs. AC hits for 18 damage (should be 44; he's still marked by Kalas, but still hits), and Kylek is marked by knight 1 (tent kn 1)
knight 2 takes 2+10 radiant from Sarenax's aura and vulnerability. It circles behind Kalas and attacks Sarenax,
43 vs. AC hits for 25 damage, and Sarenax is marked by knight 2 (tent kn2)
the ghouls charge Anostor.
Both hit; he takes 16 damage and is immobilized (save ends)
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Everyone but Massacre has 10 cold resist until the end of the encounter
Rot slinger 1
155 damage, bloodied
Rot slinger 2 [dead
Hertrud
14 damage, marked by Batin w/Aegis
blackstar knight 1
110 damage, bloodied, marked by Kalas
blackstar knight 2
169 damage, bloodied, 5 cold vuln TENT (kylek)
abyssal ghoul horde dead
abyssal ghoul 7
abyssal ghoul 9
Kalas
HP 133/197 Surges 11/11, +2 power bonus to AC
<== You're up
Kylek
HP 66/124 Surges 13/14, +2 power bonus to AC, marked by knight 1 (tent kn 1)
Batin
HP 120/165 Surges 9/10, +2 power bonus to AC, dazed (save ends), resist 5 all and +2 power bonus to defenses (TENT Kalas).
Sarenax
HP 79/142 Surges 8/9, +2 power bonus to AC, marked by knight 2 (tent kn 2), weakened and takes -2 to saves (save ends)
Death giant
2 damage
Massacre
HP 79/102, surges 6/7
Anostor
HP 145/180 Surges 13/13, immobilized (save ends)
Mounts:
Lucifa HP
106/106 surges 0/1
Gilthanas HP
138/138 surges 2/2
Auras and zones:
- Massacre: Aura 3; living enemies take 5 necrotic, undead enemies take 5 radiant.
- Burst 2 on O15: umbral darkness (TENT Massacre). Creatures within are blinded.
Resources used:
- Kalas: AP, Red death, blood oath fulfilled, coif of focus, 1 daily magic item power.
- Massacre: Evard's black tentacles, Carcanet power, 1 daily magic item power, Furnace of Sand, color spray, AP, Umbral assault
- Kylek: AP, blackfrost serpent, downbeat of wings, breath, spatial trip, blizzard, rimestorm
- Sarenax: AP, divine power, breath,
- Anostor: AP, Oak Hammer Rage, Thunderfall
- Batin: AP, Planar Shock, Dual Lightning strike, Shadow Jaunt, planestrider boots,
- Blackstar knight 1: deathsword
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The thick black lines are the walls of the building. There is no roof on the building. The walls are 15' high and 1' thick. They can be climbed with a DC 20 athletics check. If you get hit while standing on them, it's a DC 17 acrobatics check to avoid falling off. All of you guys are medium creatures, you'd need a reach weapon to hit someone standing on the top, if you're standing on the ground. Yes, even Kalas while mounted.
The rubble, marked with a triangle, is difficult terrain.
The slope is steep and icy. It is difficult terrain and you grant CA while standing on it.
The stairs are gently sloped, and are normal terrain.
The green bushes around the edges are Shadowthorn Shrubs, they are difficult terrain, and
Anyone starting their turn in the thorns takes 10 necrotic damage.
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