covaithe's E1: Death's Reach

[Atanatotatos]

ooc: Thanks sessadore. time to kick some ass.

Hey, Orelal, can't see ya from down here, ho are you? Your voice seems a bit raucus, got a cold? giggles Anostor, relaxed.
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Heraing his friends' and Sarenax' invitation to join the fight, the enormous warrior starts walking carelessly in the direction of the lich: Oh, great! Didn't want to ruin your fun, but if I'm not intruding... He stops when he's right in front of the undead, and dwarfing him, he unsheates his Great jagged axe with ease: Hear them friends, skinny boy? They asked me to show you why they call me Roaring Duran! Then, Anostor raises his axe with both hands over his head, and the edge descends heavily over the Lich, crushing it to the ground, with a sound not unlike the roar of a thunder indeed.
And after the thunder, comes the storm. Anostor charges a hit like a coil, then releases all of his power in a series of blows that come whirling like the winds of a hurricane, ravaging the bones on the ground.
When Anostor stops the lich is barely recognizable, and he pauses, taking a breath. He widens his arm, straighening up and raising his head to the sky, and releases battle cry that almost seems to shake the ground: [size=+2]UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH!!![/size]

[sblock=actions]move to Y18; minor: unsheate Greataxe; standard: Oak Hammer Rage on the lich, with a total +9 to the attack roll (+7 from Righteous Brand, +2 from CA), -2 for Power attack: 43 vs AC, 57 dmg and knock prone. I suppose that hits, otherwise, half damage. Regardless, until the rage ends, Anostor deals +3 damage, knocks prone on every melee or close attack, or, if the target is already prone, deals another +5 extra damage.
Action Point to use Storm of Blades with a total +12 bonus to the attack roll (+3 from Action surge), -2 from Power attack: 50 vs AC, 44 dmg(if the lich was not prone, 35 dmg and knock prone); 2nd attack: 49 vs AC, 42 dmg; 3rd attack:52 vs AC, 43 dmg; 4th attack: 43 vs AC, 46 dmg; 5th attack: 52 vs AC, 47 dmg. If any of these misses, the series of attacks is interrupted. If everything hits the total damage is 286. If the lich dies, Anostor gains 20 temporary hps.[/sblock]

[sblock=cov]don't worry, I only noticed because I made the exact same mistake before, even with a Goristro, except with radiant damage instead than necrotic [/sblock]

[sblock=mini-stats]Anostos Duran- Human Barbarian 21
Initiative:+13 Passive perception:27 Passive Insight:21
AC:36 For:36 Ref:31 Will:28
HP:180/180 Bloodied:90 Surge value:45(50 bloodied) Surges/day:13/13
Speed:6 Languages:Common, Imperial(=elven)
AP:1 Second Wind:1 Item:3
Basic Attack: +27 vs AC, 2d12+20
Powers: Howling Strike, Pressing Strike, Recuperating Strike
Swift Charge, Tiger's Leap*, Curtain of Steel, Destined for Greatness*, Storm of Blades, Storm of Blades, Thunderfall
Combat Surge*,Oak Hammer Rage,Thunderfury Rage,Spur the Cycle*,Iron Hammer Rage,Bloodied Greatness, Rage Strike
Carcanet of Psychic schism, Citraine Solitaire, Ring of Freedom of Movement[/sblock]

ooc: if the result of these actions is not what I think, I'll edit the post to make it a bit less dramatic
Oni, sorry 'bout the color. If it isn't "DM speech", I'll take Red then.
PS: I think it's probably 286 dmg, boys

 

[CaBaNa]

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Lucifa is of secondary importance to the rest of the PC's, if it is convenient to heal her, by all means. I don't want her to take priority healing away from the party though.

also, Anostor is viciousness...




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[covaithe]

[sblock=Yet more corrections]Let's see if I can get this multi-type damage thing right.

In round 1, the lich hit Sarenax, Kylek, Kalas, Massacre, and Lucifa for 26 cold and necrotic, and 10 ongoing cold and necrotic (save ends).

Sarenax has no relevant resistances, and takes full damage. No change there.

Kylek resists 15 cold and 15 necrotic, so resists 15 of the damage, and takes 11. The ongoing damage can't hurt him, so I'm not going to bother to track it. He has 113/124 HP at the start of his turn.

Kalas resists necrotic but not cold, so he takes 26 damage and 10 ongoing. He saves against the ongoing before it can hurt him, so he has 171/197 hp.

Massacre resists necrotic but not cold, so he takes the full 26 damage and 10 ongoing. He saves after the damage applies, so he takes 36 total and has 66/102 hp left.

Lucifa has no relevant resists, so takes full damage; no change there.

Also, the goristro takes 20 necrotic from Massacre's tentacles, since he can't use variable resists to resist necrotic.
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Round 1, continued

Kalas easily shrugs off the unnatural chill, and calls on his mount to carry him behind the lich. He appears, and pronounces the creature's doom, but his weapon is unable to carry out his sentence this time. (Kalas resists the 5 necrotic from the lich's aura. Kalas' mark overwrites Batin's. Kalas applies Lawbreaker's Doom, and misses twice.)

Kylek strides confidently forward and summons an icy black serpent, which breathes a swath of winter into the mass of tentacles. A scream of pain emerges, and the goristro's angry bellow. Kylek turns and blasts the lich with cold as well, driving it closer to the tower. (Kylek resists the lich's aura too. blackfrost serpent hits all three targets. The mount is killed. dragon frost hits the lich.)

Sarenax's scythe erupts in blinding radiance as he cuts, dazzling the lich and searing his frail skin. Sarenax follows with another cut, granting Anostor the Raven Queen's blessing on his endeavors. (blinding light and righteous wrath both hit. The lich is blinded and Anostor gets +7 to hit it with melee attacks TENT Sarenax.)

Anostor walks lazily out onto the battlefield, unlimbers his huge axe, and goes into an incredible chopping frenzy on the lich, striking it six brutal blows and sending it tumbling to the ground, where it collapses into a pile of ash that is quickly whipped away by the wind. (Anostor takes 5 necrotic from the aura. All his melee attacks hit; 286 damage and the lich is dusted. Anostor enters the Oak Hammer rage and gains 20 temp HP.)

The goristro thunders and howls, impotent against its bonds. It pulses with bluish elemental energy. (variable resist set to cold. saves vs. slowed but fails vs. immobilized)

Round 2

The undead rider's mount, slain moments ago, rises again. The necromantic energies knitting its bones and shadows into a semblance of flesh pulse with frantic strength; the creature is more shadow than bone. Yet it still rises, and teleports next to Massacre. It lashes out with a claw, scoring a dusty furrow down Massacre's withered torso. (Shadowclaw 1 rises. I'm ruling that the "rises at the start of its turn" takes place after the "takes 5 radiant damage from Massacre's aura at the start of its turn" because, hey, it's not like this fight is challenging you guys anyway. It hits Massacre for 12 damage.)

[sblock=Religion DC 30]After teleporting, the shadowclaw is immune to all damage until the start of its next turn.[/sblock]

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enemy initiatives: rolls

37. Undead Rider, dusted
37. Shadowclaw 1 reanimated
33. Massacre HP 54/102, surges 7/7, altitude 1 <== You're up
27. Batin HP 150/165 Surges 10/10
20. Cambion 32 damage, prone
19. Rider 2 20 damage, immobilized (save ends)
19. Rider 3 66 damage, vulnerable 5 cold TENT (kylek), slowed (save ends)
19. Shadowclaw 3 dead
19. Kalas HP 171/197 Surges 11/11
16. Kylek HP 113/124, 8 temp hp Surges 14/14
16. Sarenax HP 134/142 Surges 8/9, 10 ong. cold and necrotic (save ends)
14. Anostor HP 175/180, 20 temp hp Surges 13/13, oak hammer rage
11. Goristro 66 damage, immobilized (save ends, -5 to saves), vuln 5 cold (TENT kylek), resist 20 cold (variable)

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.
• zone, burst 5 on AJ-33, evard's black tentacles. Difficult terrain, and Massacre's enemies are subject to attacks when if Massacre sustains it. Lasts TENT (massacre)

Resources used:

• Kalas: AP, Predatory Guardian, Creeper's Grasp, Lawbreaker's Doom
• Massacre: Evard's black tentacles, orb of imposition
• Goristro: variable resist (cold)
• Kylek: AP, blackfrost serpent
• Sarenax: Oath of Enmity, healing word x1, AP, blinding light
• Anostor: AP, Oak Hammer Rage, Storm of Blades x1

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[CaBaNa]

WHA HA HA laughs Massacre, watching Anostor deliver the third, forth, fifth, blows to the unwary Ghovran. Dusted! Anostor you always did have a amusing way with words. still chuckling, Massacre feels the first layer of defensive spells go off. Turning and looking down, the undead rider's mount seems to have stood, and attacked. Lucifa reacts by snapping at the quadruped and defensively hovering to the other side of Kylek.
She reacts quickly Anostor, her mother must have been lively, well...

Massacre redirects his attention on the spire stomper, Stay. whispers the wizard, Had that young Cthulu enthusiast not stopped in, and had I killed him, I may never have mastered this spell. It takes a certain affinity for the tentacled one, just to bring him into another plane like this. The black coils writhe anew at the mention of their progenitor. Finding there way into the ears, noses, and any other non-defensible opening they can. Crushing and constricting Massacre's victims in a tighter and tighter grip.


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immediate interrupt on mount's attack, shield, +4 AC/Ref TE of Massacre's NT

Start Orelal's turn


minor sustain black tentacle's, Repeat attack against any non-immobilized (37 vs reflex rider 2 mount, 32 vs reflex cambion, 25 vs reflex rider 3 if hit deals 21 (25 if 2 or more are hit) necrotic and the target is immobilized), and Massacre deals 5 necrotic to any immobilized (rider 2, goristro).

Standard Fly by attack on undead riders mount 21 vs AC ending in AB28/29, AC28/29 (altitude 2)

Minor Active Perception check 35, more enemies coming? Terrain element to use? anything useful really...

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[covaithe]

[sblock=quick results]Rider 2 and Goristro are already immobilized and take 5 damage. Cambion is hit and immobilized again and takes 21 damage. Rider 3 is missed. Massacre misses with the flyby attack.

stonegod posted elsewhere this morning, so I'll wait a bit before NPCing Batin.
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[Atanatotatos]

Ah, that tickled a bit... says Anostor, scratching his skin a bit where it was irritated a bit by the lich's necrotic aura.
What were we saying? Ah, yeah, Lucy's a real beauty! Told you she would turn a nice piece o'a wyvern! Her mommy was a beast! Had to strangle her for, like, five minutes before she let me have an egg!!
Anostor goes on chatting like he was having tea sitting at a table. Meanwhile, Massacre is flying around on Lucy, dealing arcane death from above and desceding on one of the undead mounts in a dive.
Say, Orelal, haven't ya got a little... skinnier, now that I look at ya?

 

[stonegod]

Attuned to lifeless Shadowfell, Batin steps between here and here, being now at the foot of the still mounted rider. His swordwork marks him as a threat, and he follows it with a strike of lightning against the rider that explodes in light and fury! But Batin is already gone, now next to the fallen cambion, and strikes again though with less flash.[sblock=Actions]Shadow Jaunt to AK29; become insubstantial until SNT. Mark Rider 3 and mount with Aegis. Dual Lightning Strike: Crit rider for 27 lighnting damage and 20 ongoing damage (untyped, save ends). Teleport to AM39 for Secondary attack vs Cambion: AC 33 (forgot CA) and 25 lightning if hit, and marked until ENT.[/sblock][sblock=Batin (insubstantial)]Batin—Male Shadar-Kai Swordmage/Ghost Blade/Planeshaper 21
Initiative: +14; Passive Perception: 26, Passive Insight: 21; low-light vision
HP: 165/165, Bloodied: 82, Surge: 41, Surges left: 10/10
AC: 43, Fort: 32, Reflex: 35, Will: 30
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
Shadow Jaunt
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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[CaBaNa]

From his new height, and with his enemies currently dealing with the writing mass of black, Massacre takes a moment to relax, it seemed his tower would be safe after all. His Eladrin bone structure scanned even the horizon, committing his first battle as an Archlich to memory.

You might say I lost a few pounds Anostor, hehe

 

[covaithe]

Round 2, continued

Massacre's quick reflexes conjure a magical shield that deflects the reanimated shadowclaw's blow. He concentrates, and his summoned tendrils continue to writhe, entrapping the cambion again, who responds with an outraged scream. The trapped rider's mount is crushed beneath a thick pseudopod. While Massacre concentrates, his trusty mount carries him away from danger, missing with a claw attack of her own. (shield makes that a miss, Massacre avoids the 12 damage. On the repeated tentacles attack, the goristro and rider 2 take 5 damage. Shadowclaw 2 is hit and killed. The cambion takes 25 damage and is immobilized (save ends). Rider 3 is missed.)

Batin disappears, and reappears next to the trapped rider just long enough to get his attention with a clean strike that flashes with lightning. He then reappears next to the cambion, slicing her with a continuation of the same blow. (from AK29, I think you mean Rider 2, not 3. His mount is dead at the time, and while it's going to rise again, I don't think you can mark it while it's dead. It hits the cambion, too. Batin gets CA against his next weapon attack target before ENT. The cambion is bloodied.)

The cambion stands with a snarl and claws at Batin, but misses wildly. She shakes off the tentacles contemptuously. (IC is down, but it's a 29 vs. AC. She saves against immobilized with a 19.)

The southern rider screams as the pain from the cut from Batin's jagged blade reaches him. The pain gives him strength to pull away from the tentacles, but Batin's cut is still bleeding. (takes 20 from ongoing damage, saves vs. immobilized with a 18, fails save vs. ongoing damage with a 5.)

The other rider, free of the tentacles, pauses for a moment. (delays until after the mounts rise)

Both of the riders' dead mounts reanimate, pulsing with purple necromantic energies. They teleport free of the tentacle field and charges north, leaping to claw at Kylek. (The southern one teleports to AI27, charges to AC25 and hits Kylek (39 vs AC) for 12 damage. The northern one tps to AB35 and charges to Z28, hitting Kylek (37 vs. AC) for another 12.

The northern rider follows, attempting to charge Kylek, but finds his legs still half-frozen. He settles for getting clear of the tentacles. (double move to AB34, fails save vs. slowed)


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enemy initiatives: rolls

37. Undead Rider, dusted
37. Shadowclaw 1 reanimated
33. Massacre HP 66/102, surges 7/7, altitude 2, +4 AC and Reflex TENT
27. Batin HP 150/165 Surges 10/10
20. Cambion 82 damage, bloodied, immobilized (save ends), marked by Batin (TENT Batin)
19. Rider 2 72 damage, 20 ongoing (save ends), marked by Batin w/aegis
19. Shadowclaw 2 dead
19. Shadowclaw 3 dead
19. Rider 3 66 damage, vulnerable 5 cold TENT (kylek), slowed (save ends)
19. Kalas HP 171/197 Surges 11/11 <== You're up
16. Kylek HP 97/124 Surges 14/14
16. Sarenax HP 134/142 Surges 8/9
14. Anostor HP 175/180, 20 temp hp Surges 13/13, oak hammer rage
11. Goristro 71 damage, immobilized (save ends, -5 to saves), vuln 5 cold (TENT kylek), resist 20 cold (variable)

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.
• zone, burst 5 on AJ-33, evard's black tentacles. Difficult terrain, and Massacre's enemies are subject to attacks when if Massacre sustains it. Lasts TENT (massacre)

Resources used:

• Kalas: AP, Predatory Guardian, Creeper's Grasp, Lawbreaker's Doom
• Massacre: Evard's black tentacles, orb of imposition
• Goristro: variable resist (cold)
• Kylek: AP, blackfrost serpent
• Sarenax: Oath of Enmity, healing word x1, AP, blinding light
• Anostor: AP, Oak Hammer Rage, Storm of Blades x1
• Batin: Shadow Jaunt, Dual Lightning Strike

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[renau1g]

Following Batin's lead, Kalas also begins teleporting across the battlefield, reappearing first near the fallen mounts and then next to the rider. He looks down on the creature from Gilthanas and says "My last prize was stolen from me, you shall not be so lucky" coldly.

[sblock=Actions]
Double Move: Teleport to y,z, 30/31 - then to z,aa, 34,35
Free: Mark all adjacent enemies (rider 3)
Minor: Lawbreaker's Doom on Rider 3 (recharges once my initial target is dead)
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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: 11/11
AC: 37, Fort: 34, Reflex: 31, Will: 34; — Speed:6
Action Points: 0, Second Wind: Not Used
Powers -
Thorn Strike
Weight of Earth
Dark Reaping
Stalker's Positioning
Creeper's Grasp
Call Forth the Harvest
Lawbreaker's Doom
Dispensed Justice

Form of the Oak Sentinel
Form of the Rowan Sentinel
Blizzard Strike
Shield of Stone
Red Death
Cleansing Earth
Nature's Abundance
Blood Oath Fulfilled
Bear's Endurance
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