covaithe's E1: Death's Reach

[Lord Sessadore]

With his senses working properly again, Sarenax stands tall and prepares his full power, a jet black, monolithic portent of doom for his foes. "Death has come. Behold the power of the Raven Queen."

The massive dragonborn raises his scythe and chants a word of power, infusing the already mighty weapon with the power of his goddess. With one massive downward swing, Sarenax embeds the whole of the weapon's blade in the remorhaz' body, then tears it out towards himself, leaving a gaping, profusely bleeding wound in the beast. At the same time, healing power flows out to those of his allies who are nearby, removing most of the wounds suffered in the battle thus far.

However, the ebony cleric notices Bha-Ka-Thet was too far but still needs healing. With another short prayer chanted to his Queen, black, healing mists seep out of the holy ground beneath them to envelop himself and the monk, futher healing their wounds.

The remaining crackle of electricity left from the archon's attack pales in comparison to the outpouring of divine power from the dragonborn and peters out. "This gound is holy to Her Dark Majesty, and we are her chosen champions. You would do well to surrender yourselves to Death now, fiends," he calls emotionlessly, his cold voice echoing across the battlefield despite not having anything to echo off of.
[sblock=OOC]Start of turn: Ongoing 10 thunder, 10 lightning, reduced to 5 each. Sarenax at 54/142.

Minor: OoE on remorhaz.

Standard: Indomitable Spirit vs. remorhaz: 1d20+27+1+2=35, 1d20+30=49, 3d12+17=28, crit! 53+3d12=73 damage plus 20 ongoing (se). OoE effect ends.
Sarenax and each ally within 5 squares (Gilthanas, Kalas, Massacre, Lucifa, Kylek) regain hit points as if they had each spent a healing surge plus an additional 5 hit points, and Lucifa regains an extra 2d6=2 hit points.
Sarenax: 96/142
Kylek: 124/124 (full)
Kalas: 197/197 (full)
Massacre: 102/102 (full)
Gilthanas: 128/138
Lucifa: 36/106

Move: sub for minor, Healing Word on BKT and Sarenax.
BKT: 7d6+5+36=72; 129/143, 10/12 surges.
Sarenax: 5d6+5+37=59; 142/142, 2/9 surges.

Save vs. ong thunder, lightning, restrained (1d20+1=19)[/sblock][sblock=Sarenax]Sarenax the Reaper - Male Dragonborn Cleric 21
Initiative: +13, Passive Perception: 25, Passive Insight: 30
AC:37(39), Fort:32, Reflex:31, Will:31 -- Speed:6 (8 when bloodied)
HP:142/142, Bloodied:71, Surge Value:37, Surges left:2/9
Resist 5 all
Action Points: 1
Aura: Astral Vibrance. Bloodied enemies starting their turn within 5 squares take 2 radiant damage.
Powers -
Righteous Brand
Priest's Shield
Strengthen the Faithful
Astral Wave
Promise of Victory/Inspiring Strike
Blinding Light
Bastion of Health
Channel Divinity (Death Knell)
Healing Word [x] [ ] [ ]
Dragon Breath
Oath of Enmity
Second Wind
Divine Power
Wrath of the Faithful
Indomitable Spirit
Angel Ascendant
Bless
Mass Cure Light Wounds
Angelic Presence
Divine Armor

Cord of Divine Favor
Ruby Scabbard
Cloak of Displacement
Black Feather of the Raven Queen
Gloves of the Healer
Obsidian Steed

Conditions:
+1 to all skill checks, ability checks, and saving throws
+2 power bonus to AC, resist 5 all til end of encounter
+1 item bonus to AC, Ref; +2 item bonus to speed (dragonborn greaves)
+1 racial bonus to attacks

One failed death save.

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[stonegod]

Orientting himself, Batin holds his sword in a bowing gesture and then vanishes... only to appear suddenly in the sky next to the wyvern. His free hand lashes out, attempting to hold the beast and bring it down. [sblock=Crazy Actions]Batin made his saves last turn.

Amanthor's Step to T7, 4 squares up (adjacent to the Wyvern) and make a grab attack with CA and +2 from the power: 32 vs Reflex. If successful, its immobilized and should thus crash unless it frees itself on its turn (or it can hover). Should Batin miss (or when it crashes), 16 - 24/2 = 4 falling damage. If the grab holds, Minor action to mark the wyvern.[/sblock][sblock=Batin (Impenetrable Warding, Whetstone of Combustion)]Batin—Male Shadar-Kai Swordmage/Ghost Blade/Planeshaper 21
Initiative: +14; Passive Perception: 26, Passive Insight: 21; low-light vision
HP: 140/165, Bloodied: 82, Surge: 41, Surges left: 3/10
AC: 43, Fort: 38, Reflex: 41, Will: 36
Speed: 6
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: Not Used

Sword Burst
Greenflame Blade
Aegis of Assault
Sword Burst
Dual Lightning Strike
Ghost Sword x2
Acid Burst Blade
Firelasher's Lunge/Necromancer's Disruption
Hellspike Assault
Omnipressent Assault
Burning Mantle
Planar Shock
Dimensional Warp
Armathor's Step
Unerring Perry
Impenetrable Warding
Phase Evasion
Planestrider Boots (Encounter)
Rapidstrike Bracers (Encounter)
Guardian's Cape +4 (Daily)
Circlet of Mental Onslaught (Daily)

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[covaithe]

ooc: Should it make a difference, Batin would know that the wyvern can, indeed, hover. Lucifa can, and it seems largely similar to her, except for being slightly larger and shadow-tainted.

 

[stonegod]

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ooc: Should it make a difference, Batin would know that the wyvern can, indeed, hover. Lucifa can, and it seems largely similar to her, except for being slightly larger and shadow-tainted.

As long as it can be grabbed, it won't matter. That just means he won't fall from the grab and in theory could still attack one handed next turn before BAMPFING away.[/sblock]

 

[Oni]

Kylek snarled and raised the pact dagger he had taken from the fallen warlock. The spell he uttered needed no alteration, its essence already as cold as the eternal ice of the far north. With a rushing crack of freezing air, the solidifying atmosphere impacted with the great demonic insect.

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The blast slammed the thing back, and Kylek strode into the void. With the other arm he raised the heavy scepter he carried, his blazing blue eyes locking on the dwarf, the obvious leader. Kylek's mouth moved soundlessly in quiet syllable and snake-like curls of frost seeped from that toothy maw. Serpentining across the battle they sought purchase in the flesh and soul of ebon armoured dwarf. A bond was formed and with a sharp crack of cold air the misty tendrils pulsed as living things and at their ends icy blades flickered around their target.

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I never did properly update my sheet for the changes, but I think I have the proper attack numbers right in my head. If things don't quite match my sheet that's why though.

Standard: Dragon Frost: vs Fort [Target: Remorhaz] (1d20+25+2=40)
if it hits: Cold Damage (2d8+27+8=47). Gains 5 cold vuln. TENT (Kylek), push it two squares NE. Kylek gains 8 temp HP.

If it hits.

Move: move to O10

AP

Standard: Lightning Daggers: vs Ref [Target: Mauglurien] (1d20+24=32)
if it hits: Cold Damage (2d4+27=29) and he gains 5 cold vuln. TENT (Kylek)
Hit or miss: Mauglurien is slowed (save ends)
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, Kylek can repeat the attack as a free action once per round during his turn.

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[stonegod]

Batin seems to hang in the air, hand outreached, inching ever closer as he bumped the air out of the way...[sblock=OOC]Was I obvious enough? [/sblock]

 

[covaithe]

Round 3

The battle swirls heavily around two points. Ba-Ka-Thet takes many wounds from the foes surrounding him, and looks to be in trouble despite the intervention of the Raven Queen at her cleric's behest.

Meanwhile, the company pours damage into the remorhaz, pounding the demon again and again with punishing blows and forcing it back, its intense heat abating momentarily. Then it roars back, biting ineffectually at Kalas. The giant yuan-ti is more effective, poisoning Kalas again but missing Kylek. The great black wyvern circles high, breathing noxious fumes again, though to little effect. This part of the battle seems to be going well, until a spell from the death giant takes hold of Sarenax, attempting to tear the soul directly from his body. The effect is powerful enough that Sarenax can take no other action but grit his teeth and resist with all his might, as he feels his strength quickly ebbing.

[sblock=ooc]BKT shifts, gaining +2 speed and +1 AC and Reflex for the encounter. I have them at 37 and 36 now, respectively, yes? He spends Undimmed Sun to heal a surge and gain resist 7 all. (Note that it doesn't stack with the resist 5 all that he already had.) Rising Dragon Fire misses Mauglurien, hits sorrowsworn 2 and the death giant. Mauglurien takes 15 fire, the others take 31 fire. Flurry does 7 to the sorrowsworn, and 17 to Mauglurien. Apparently he's vulnerable to radiant. And there's a zone; the orange bit. The Remorhaz' blindness and radiant vuln. expires.

Kalas marks the Anathema, the remorhaz, and sorrowsworn 1. LD on the remorhaz. Blizzard strike hits for 47 psychic and some effects. I have it that psychic lock only gives -2 to the next attack roll, not to all rolls TENT. Is that a recent change? The compendium doesn't list it as a change... Anyway, unlikely to matter greatly. The anathema and sorrowsworn 1 are also slowed (TENT Kalas).

Sarenax takes 5 thunder and 5 lightning, and also 5 fire from the remorhaz. Not that it matters, given all the healing this turn. He does Oath of Enmity on the remorhaz. Indomitable spirit crits for 73 and 20 ongoing (se). A ridiculous amount of healing happens. Sarenax makes his save.

Batin teleports into mid-air and misses his grab attack. He falls 20 feet. As far as I can see, he's not trained in Acrobatics, and can't attempt to reduce the falling damage, so he'd take 16. Am I missing something? T7 is within the thick mists, which counts as heavily obscured terrain. Adjacent enemies have concealment, and anyone farther away has total concealment.

Kylek hits with dragon frost for 47 cold. The remorhaz is pushed 2 NE and gains 5 cold vuln. It is bloodied now. He moves up and misses Mauglurien with lightning daggers on his AP.

Massacre and Lucy shift NE away from the fell wyvern. He uses Chilling cloud, burst 1 on F10. It hits Mauglurien, sorrowsworn 2, and the death giant fro 29 cold damage, and enemies in the burst area take -2 to attacks TENT (Massacre). Lucifa saves vs. dazed.

Mauglurien shifts S and readies; sorrowsworn 1 shifts N. They both attack. The sorrowsworn's attack hits with 39 vs. AC for 27 damage, reduced to 20 by resists. Mauglurien hits AC 44 for 29 damage, reduced to 22 by resists, and grants sorrowsworn 1 another attack: crit for 44 damage, reduced to 37. BKT is bloodied again.

The fell wyvern takes 5 necrotic for starting near Massacre, but resists it all. It recharges its breath weapon, which it promptly uses. Targets fort; 31 vs. Kalas misses, 28 vs. Kylek misses, 32 vs. Sarenax hits, 40 vs. Massacre hits, 39 vs. Lucifa hits, 36 vs. Gilthanas hits. Those hit take 19 necrotic damage and 10 ongoing necrotic (se). Massacre takes only 4 from the initial attack, and ignores the ongoing. Gilthanas takes only 9, and no ongoing. The wyvern flies over next to Massacre and up to 5 squares above ground. I believe it's not adjacent to Massacre.

Archon 1 flies a bit closer and uses resounding bolt on Sarenax; 41 vs. Fort hits for 14 thunder, reduced to 9, and 10 ong lightning (se)

Archon 2 tries it against BKT, 34 vs. Fort hits for 7 damage, all negated, and 10 ong. lightning damage (se).

Sorrowsworn 1 takes 5 necrotic from starting near Massacre. It uses corpse dance, shifting 8 and making 3 attacks at any point during the movement. It misses Kalas, misses Kylek, and hits Sarenax for 19, reduced to 14. It's out of range for Kalas to retaliate when it hits.

death giant moves out of the chilling cloud and attacks Sarenax with soul shrive: 32 vs. Fort hits, and Sarenax is stunned and loses 1 healing surge at the start of his turn (save ends both).

The Yuan-ti double attacks, one against Kalas and one against Kylek. 42 vs. AC hits Kalas for 11, reduced to 6, and 10 ongoing poison (se). 35 vs. AC misses Kylek, due to Kalas' mark.

The Remorhaz fails to recharge, moves to L11 taking 5 from approaching Massacre and 20 ongoing, and bites Kalas: 28 vs. AC misses. It spends its AP to try again: 31 vs. AC misses. Grr.... Note the aura, though. Whoops, I forgot it was dazed; make that first one a charge. Still all misses. It saves vs. slowed and ongoing damage, but remains dazed.

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[sblock=status and initiative]Everyone except Fury has +1 to skill checks, saves, and ability checks until they leave Zvomarana.

Everyone except Batin has resist 5 all for the encounter.

• Mauglurien, 61 damage
• Fell wyvern, unharmed, flying, 5 squares above ground
• archon 1, unharmed, flying, 10 squares above ground
• archon 2, unharmed, flying, 10 squares above ground
• Sorrowsworn 1, 5 damage, marked by Kalas, slowed (TENT Kalas)
• Sorrowsworn 2, 67 damage
• death giant, 60 damage, 1 soul shard
• Yuan-ti Anathema, unharmed, marked by Kalas, slowed (TENT Kalas)
• Remorhaz, 299 damage, bloodied, marked by Kalas w/LD, dazed (se), 5 cold vuln (TENT Kylek)
• Bha-Ka-Thet HP 50/143 Surges 10/12, +2 speed, +1 AC and Reflex, resist 7 all, bloodied, 10 ong. lightning (se)
• Massacre HP 98/102, surges 4/7, flying 2 squares up
• Batin HP 124/165 Surges 3/10, +6 NADS (stance)
• Sarenax HP 105/142 Surges 2/9, 1 failed death save, 10 ong necrotic (se), 10 ong. lightning (se), stunned and lose 1 HS/turn (se both)
• Kylek HP 124/124 +8 temp Surges 12/14, lightning daggers as free action
• Kalas HP 191/197 Surges 8/11, reach 2 and resist 10 lightning, 10 ong. poison (se)

Mounts:
Lucifa HP 17/106 surges 0/1, 10 ong necrotic (se)
Gilthanas HP 119/138 surges 2/2,

Auras and zones:

• Massacre: Aura 3; living enemies take 5 necrotic, undead enemies take 5 radiant.
• Remorhaz: aura 2; creatures who start their turn within the aura take 10 fire damage.
• Kalas: Enemies that start within 3 are marked (TENT Kalas)
• Nature's abundance: the greenish area provides cover to Kalas' allies. Where it intersects with the remorhaz aura, those squares are lightly obscured with smoke.
• Rising Dragon Fire: Burst 2 on E10. When BKT hits an enemy in the zone, it takes 2d6 extra fire damage. Lasts TENT BKT, appeared in round 3.

Resources used:

• Kalas: AP, Red death, blood oath fulfilled, coif of focus, trollskin armor, 3 daily magic item power, Form of the Rowan Sentinel, Nature's Abundance, Belt of Mountain Endurance, Bridle of Rapid Action
• Massacre: Evard's black tentacles, Carcanet power, Orb of Mental Domination, 2 daily magic item powers, Face of Death, Prismatic Beams
• Kylek: AP, Lightning daggers, blackfrost serpent, blizzard, adamantine echo. Sudden scales, Downbeat of Wings
• Sarenax: divine power, Wrath of the Faithful, Cloak of Displacement, 1x daily magic item power, Divine Armor, Indomitable Spirit, oath of enmity
• Bha-Ka-Thet: AP, Ring the golden Bell, Blinding Sun, Meditative Solace, Undimmed Sun, Rising Dragon Fire, Razorclaw shifting
• Batin: Planar Shock, Omnipresent Assault, Guardian Cloak, 1 daily magic item power, Impenetrable Warding, whetstone of combustion
• Archon 1: Heart of the Tempest
• Fell Wyvern: Pestilent Breath
• remorhaz: immolating carapace, AP

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[renau1g]

Kalas sees the dire straits the monk is in, but his allegiances lie with his prior adventuring companions, they were gather by the Raven Queen's envoy and they were chosen for this task. Their survival was his first priority and he was not about to see it fail. He grunts away the pain as the poison courses through his veins, turning the pumping of his heart against him, pushing the venom deeper into his system.

The Chosen of the Raven Queen continues to draw the enemies attention, but his own counterattack against the Remorhaz is far from effective. The warrior steps a bit closer to his allies, making sure all the enemies face him.

[sblock=Actions]
Font of Life save (1d20+4=8) fail so take 10 ong. poison (reduced to 5)
Free: Mark all adjacent enemies
Standard: Call Forth the Harvest - vs ac (remorhaz); dmg (1d20+28=33, 4d8+25=42) fudge... well assuming a 33 misses his AC
Move: Shift 1 square south to get teh wyvern and sorrowsworn within 3 to be marked

End of turn save: save (1d20+4=5) nope. Great turn Kalas. A 4,5, and 1....

Immediate Actions (in order of priority):
1) If remorhaz attacks ally and is within reach, use Warden's Fury (1d20+26; 2d8+18 psychic damage, -2 to next atk roll)
2) Same as #2 except Sorrowsworn
3) If subjected to that poison attack that gives Kalas penalty to hit use Cleansing Earth (saving throw with +11 bonus (+7 str over the end of turn bonus from power)
4) If remorhaz and sorrowsworn have gone and not attacked his allies and hasn't been subjected to the above attack, on the archon's turn if they use that burst power for ongoing lightning/thunder, use mirrored caparison
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[sblock=MiniKalas]Kalas Graybeard—Male Revenant (Human) Warden/Son of Mercy/Chosen of the Raven Queen
Initiative: +15 ; Passive Perception: 36, Passive Insight: 27
Senses:Low-Light; Resistances: 20 Fire (when mounted, otherwise 10), 15 Necrotic
HP: 186/197, Bloodied: 98, Surge: 56, Surges left: 8/11
AC: 37, Fort: 34, Reflex: 31, Will: 34; — Speed:6
Action Points: 0, Second Wind: Used
Powers -
Thorn Strike
Weight of Earth
Dark Reaping
Stalker's Positioning
Creeper's Grasp
Call Forth the Harvest
Lawbreaker's Doom
Dispensed Justice
Strikebacks
Bridle of Rapid Action
Boots of Eagerness

Form of the Oak Sentinel
Form of the Rowan Sentinel
Blizzard Strike
Blood Oath Fulfilled

Red Death
Cleansing Earth
Nature's Abundance
Shield of Stone
Bear's Endurance
Githyanki Silver Longsword +4
Throwing Heavy Shield
Coif of Focus
Belt of Mountain Endurance
Ring of Invigoration
Trollskin Hide Armour +4
+1 to skill checks, saves, and ability checks until they leave Zvomarana
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[Walking Dad]

BKT

Bha-Ka-Thet concentrates to sustain the fiery aura, but he hits only weakly.

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minor: save vs lightning (1d20=2)
standard: Twilight Touch (Mauglurien, (SS2) (1d20+25=35, 1d20+25=38, 3d6+17=28)
half damage on miss.
move ->minor: Sustain: The burst creates a zone that lasts until the end of your next turn. When you hit creature in this zone, that creature takes 2d6 extra fire damage. Sustain Minor. The zone persists.
free: Centered Flurry (7 radiant) (if one attack hits)

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Bha-Ka-Thet
Perception: 32 Insight: 27 / Low-light Vision
Initiative: +21
AC 36 Fortitude 33 Reflex 35 Will 35
Hit Points: 47 / 143 Bloodied: 71
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Action Points: 0 Second Wind: 1
Healing Surge: 35 Surges per day: 11/12
At-Will Powers: Dancing Cobra, Five Storms, Spider Technique, Obscured Avoidance
Encounter Powers: Razorclaw Shifting, Divine Sun, Three Winds Kick, Overpowering Strike, Strike the Avalanche, Purifying Meditation, Vow
Daily Powers: Blinding Sun Technique, Rising Dragon Fire, Ring the Golden Bell, Twilight Touch, Undimmed Sun, Meditative Solace

Conditions: Resist Everything 10, Can use minor to make saving roll, 10 lightning (se)
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[Oni]

Kylek's alabaster scales sizzled in the immense heat that radiated from the huge insect-like creature, faint smoke or steam wisped off the dragonborn's large frame. Reaching up he grasped his head and the silver diadem he wore pulsed with power, Kylek roared and his eyes blazed with cold fire. Immediately he uttered a short, guttural word and frost spread from his thick hand across the purloined dagger, savagely he thrust it forward the arc of its strike leaving a steaming trail. The dagger failed to find a weak point, banging harmlessly off the things chitinous shell. Undeterred by the vagaries of combat, Kylek howled out for the arctic winds of elemental winter to be his shield. Snapping and crackling air around the dragonborn roared with primal power. Turning a baleful eye toward the dwarf that menaced Bha-Ka-Thet, Kylek gave the rod he carried a cruel twist and the icy tendrils that wove their way across the battle responded viciously, slashing at Mauglurien.

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start of turn: takes 10 fire damage, 5 resisted, 5 to temp HP, 3 temp HP remaining.

minor: circlet of mental onslaught
Kylek gains a +1 power bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls when making Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma attacks until the end of the encounter.

standard: Dragon Frost (Via Sorcerous Blade Channeling which replaced Reaper's Touch): vs Fort [Target: Remorhaz] (1d20+25+2-2=30)
+1 from the Circlet, but that's still pretty low, I'm guessing that misses.

move: use Cloak of Freezing Winter.
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, each creature that hits Kylek with a melee attack takes 1d8+20 cold damage, and he pushes that creature 1d4+3 squares.

free action: Lightning Dagger: vs Ref [Target: Mauglurien] (1d20+24=43) [derp: 44 actually]
Cold Damage (2d4+27+1=33) [edit: Mauglurien gains 5 cold vuln TENT (Kylek)]
This generates an OA if the Remorhaz wants it.

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[sblock=ministats]Kylek- Male Dragonborn Sorcerer/Blizzard Mage/Demigod 21
Initiative: +12, Passive Perception: 22, Passive Insight: 22
AC:36, Fort:34, Reflex:32, Will:36 -- Speed:6
Resist:15 cold, 15 necrotic
HP:124 + 3 temp/124, Bloodied:62, Surge Value:32, Surges left:12/14
Action Points: 0
Powers -
Burning Spray
Dragon Frost
Rimestorm
Winter's Clutch
Downbeat of Wings
Stalking Frost
Spatial Trip
Sudden Scales
Narrow Escape
Draconic Majesty
Dragon Breath
Battle Awareness
Second Wind
Adamantine Echo
Lightning Daggers
Blackfire Serpent
Blizzard
Cloak of Freezing Wind
Circlet of Mental Onslaught
Cloak of Displacement
Counterstrike Guards
Exodus Knife
Pouch of Frozen Passage
Ring of Feather Fall
Ring of Tenacious Will

Conditions:
Lightning Daggers
Cloak of Freezing Wind

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