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Message: <blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 4907228" data-attributes="member: 46559">Round 1, continuedBatin appears in ghostly silhouette next to Kalas and swings, lightning chasing along the edge of his sword, disappearing almost as soon as his sword, by sheer chance, passes over the tumblind rotwing. He appears again, still translucent, on the wall next the the other rotwing, but once again, his sword fails to make contact.  (both misses.  Batin ends up on the wall in T10.  Note that he's not adjacent to the blackstar knight, being 15' up.  Kalas keeps the mark on slinger 2.) Kylek's wide-flung arms summon great ethereal wings, which sweep Batin's target off the wall and send it hurtling to the ground.  Kylek is also carried closer to the fray.  (hits slinger 1 for 57 damage and <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2225002/" target="_blank">7</a> falling damage. )Sarenax intones a sermon of vengeance as he strides forward, shaking out his scythe theatrically.  Massacre shrieks hatred, and summons a whirling vortex of white-hot sand above the battlefield.  (Since you included attack rolls for Hertrud as well as creatures inside the walls, I'm assuming your square of origin is above the walls in R13.  Line of effect prevents the zone from affecting part of its area, and you've excluded several squares; I've tried to show that in the map.  In the end, only blackstar knight 1, 2, and Hertrud are in the area, and only knight 1 is hit -- but he resists 15 fire, so takes only 4 damage.  I'm assuming you intended to exclude Batin's square, T10, as well as Kalas' squares.)Anostor's face splits into a huge grin, and he gives a whoop of joy as he charges into the fray, axe swinging.  The heavy blade shears off a chunk of gristly flesh from the rotwing fallen at Kalas' feet.  Anostor cheerfully ignores the fact that he is standing in a patch of thorns.  (NPCing Anostor, since we've not heard from Ata recently.  Move+charge to V13, howling strike <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2225027/" target="_blank">hits slinger 2 for 44 damage</a>.  Anostor will take 10 necrotic from the thorns at the start of his next turn if he hasn't been moved by then.)Round 2The fallen rotwing stands, and takes to the sky, fleeing rather than trying to defend itself.  (stand, fly to X20, 7 squares above ground.  Provokes OAs from Kalas and Anostor.  Kalas takes -2, since he is marked by knight 1 at this point.  If Kalas' OA hits, it will be slowed, and will only get 10' up in V15.)The other rotwing stands as well, and hurls bits of its own putrescent innards at Batin.  Even in his ghostly state, the swordsman feels drained by the ghastly filth.  (orb of decay vs. Batin's Fort <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2225039/" target="_blank">hits</a> for 21 necrotic; Batin takes half, and is weakened and takes -2 to saving throws (save ends both))Hetrud edges along the wall, brushing burning sand away from her face.  "Nice try, unliving fool.  You evade your rightful master only for a brief moment.  When Orcus takes you, he will kill you slowly a thousand times for defying him, before he inevitably crushes your feeble will.  Perhaps, if I ask, he will give you to me as a slave.  Would you like that?  Hmm?"  Again, dark malice flashes towards Massacre, but the whirling sands deflect enough of the energy that Massacre is unaffected.  (<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2225053/" target="_blank">miss</a>.  I remembered the -5 to ranged attacks from a distance, but not before I made the roll.)The blackstar knight flares blue, and disappears, teleporting behind Kalas.  Its greatsword makes a massive arc, which Kalas dodges easily.  (teleport to W10, deathsword <a href="http://http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2225059/" target="_blank">misses</a>.  Kalas is no longer marked.)Through the flaming sands another blackstar knight moves unerringly towards the door, stepping past Kalas.  It attacks Kylek, opening a bloody furrow across the dragonborn's white chest from shoulder to hip.   (blackstar knight 2 moves to U10, taking an OA from Kalas w/CA.  <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2225064/" target="_blank">Crit</a> vs. Kylek for 29 damage, and Kylek is marked TENT(knight 2))A chittering horde of abyssal ghouls swarms through the ruined side of the building, going over the rubble as much as around it, moving with unholy speed.  It rounds the corner and springs toward Kylek's back, hundreds of mouths and claws reaching for warm flesh, but all falling short, for now.  (<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2225086/" target="_blank">miss</a> vs. Kylek.)[sblock=initiative and status]Rolls:  <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2215694/" target="_blank">PCs</a>, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2215696/" target="_blank">enemies</a>Rot slinger 1 64 damage, marked by Batin w/aegis, 5 vuln cold TENT (kylek)Rot slinger 2 81 damage, marked by Kalas w/LDHertrud undamaged, perched on the wallblackstar knight 1 4 damage, marked by Kalasblackstar knight 2 undamagedabyssal ghoul horde undamagedKalas HP 150/197 Surges 11/11    <== You're upKylek HP 95/124 Surges 13/14, marked by knight 2 TENT (knight 2)Anostor HP 171/180 Surges 13/13Sarenax HP 134/142 Surges 8/9Massacre HP 79/102, surges 6/7, -2 to attack rolls and will defense TENT (Hertrud) and thereafter (save ends)Batin HP 165/165 Surges 9/10, insubstantial TSNTMounts:Lucifa  HP 106/106 surges 0/1Gilthanas HP 138/138 surges 2/2Auras and zones: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Massacre: Aura 3; living enemies take 5 necrotic, undead enemies take 5 radiant.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Furnace of sand:  TENT(massacre), burst 3 from R13, 15' up.  Lightly obscured, and creatures within the zone are blinded.  Creatures who enter the zone take 1d10+9 fire damage.</li> </ul>Resources used: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kalas: AP</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Massacre:  Evard's black tentacles, Carcanet power, 1 daily magic item power, Furnace of Sand</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kylek: AP, blackfrost serpent, downbeat of wings</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Sarenax:  AP</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Anostor:  AP, Oak Hammer Rage</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Batin:  AP, Planar Shock, Dual Lightning strike, Shadow Jaunt</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Blackstar knight 1:  deathsword</li> </ul>[/sblock][sblock=map and terrain notes]<img src="http://betahelix.net/pics/maps/deathsreach/gate1_03.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />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[sblock=Nature DC 20]Anyone starting their turn in the thorns takes 10 necrotic damage.[/sblock][/sblock]</blockquote>

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