(CSRHoD) Creamsteak's Red Hand of Doom [IC]

[Creamsteak]

Initiatives - Round 3
Razorfiends 25 <-ending here
Tyrla 22
Warren 17
Larian 15
Pender 14
Siobhan 13
Avril 7
Killiar's Hunters

Tyrla: Tyrla's eldritch blast deals 13 damage to the target.

Warren: Warren takes the best defensive fighting style he can while avoiding the nearest monster.

Larian: Larian uses his wand on his nearest target inflicting 10 points of damage with his magic missiles.

Pender: Drops to -2 (if I'm right on your current HP).

Siobhan: Casts cure serious wounds on Pender. Casting defensively. The spell heals Pender for 20.

Avril: Mandla deals another 5 points of damage to the greenspawn razorfiend Larian attacked with magic missile. Avril then flies to Warren and heals him for 12. The sphere still fails to injur the quick reflexes of the razorfiend.

Killiar's Hunters: The owls and their riders continue to move around from above, not risking coming within 60 feet of the ground for fear of the leaping monsters speed. Their shots are all aimed at the straggler to the north (near Warren) this time. They score 35 points of damage, total, but the creature can still stand despite his massive blood loss and number of sucking chestwounds.

Razorfiends: The greenspawn hit by all the arrows takes a long jump forward and then runs therest of the way through the undergrowth to reach the edge of the bog. The monster nearer Larian and Mandla makes a full attack against the dog, since its breath weapon is down and it can't make a full attack if it moves at all. Mandla proves amazingly lucky (nat 2, nat 2) and avoids the creatures wing attacks, but he does get hit by the bite for 8 points of damage.

The final remaining razorfiend jumps straight up, provoking an attack of opportunity from Siobhan and Pender (though I don't think Pender could take it since he probably dropped his weapon). Siobhan hits for only 8 damage. The creature then uses its breath weapon on Tyrla, Siobhan, Pender, Larian, and Mandla. Everyone but Tyrla failed their saves but oddly both Siobhan and Pender's mounts made the save (though others in range would take full damage). Damage is 21 before any reductions. So for most characters, who failed their saves, damage is 11 after acid protection. Those that saved and had acid protection take 0 damage.

 

[pathfinderq1]

Tyrla dropped into a reflexive crouch as the beast leapt over their heads- a move that allowed most of its acidic breath to miss her. These creatures seemed far tougher than most of the foes they had faced so far, but at least one of them seemed to have been taken down. She tried to call forth another bolt of power without moving into the reach of the nearby creature.

OOC: Another point-blank eldritch blast, invoked defensively; Concentration +11 vs. DC 16; +9 ranged touch, 3d6+1 damage

 

[Arkhandus]

Warren the halfling, HP 27/39, AC 23, Island of Blades stance

Warren calls out to the bird, "Thanks Avril!" then hustles towards the monster that's attacking Siobhan and Tyrla.

Unfortunately, the thick underbrush slows him down greatly, and even with his magic boots, the halfling has trouble reaching them to help. "Pender, help Larian and Mandla! I'll help Siobhan and Tyrla!" he tells the beleguered warrior.

Then he twists the shadows around him differently, knowing there's no time to slog through the marsh into a flanking position before he strikes.

(Double-move to U-16, and switch to Island of Blades stance.)

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

"Thank you, Siobhan," says Pender to the healer/warrior. 'I hope we live long enough for me to repay the favor in some way,' he thinks to himself.

"I'm no good without a healing boost, Warren. I can't go toe-to-toe with them like this much longer, and I dropped my sword while knocked out, to boot. Plus, we're sitting ducks for their acid breath if we stick together in a knot like this. We multiply their power for them!"

Pender spurs his mount away from the heat of the battle, hoping to buy a little time to heal himself and get into a more tactically advantageous position. As his horse moves, he digs in his pack to retrieve a potion. He pops it down in one eager gulp and whips around, bow in hand, to take aim at the fiendish creatures.

[sblock=OOC]Directs horse to make double move roughly to the NW. Base speed is 50', but unsure how far he can actually get in this terrain. I'm pretty sure that Pender and horse are not in any threatened squares, so this should not provoke AoOs.
Retrieve potion of cure serious wounds as Move action.
Drink potion as Standard action.
Use Quick Draw feat to draw bow as Free action.[/sblock]

 

[Dalamar]

Seeing Pender retreat out of danger for now, Siobhan resumes beating on the beast, calling on Kord's power to strenghten her arms.
[sblock=OoC]Using Feat of Strenght, so attack is at +13 (1d8+7/x3)[/sblock]

 

[Redclaw]

Larian Transmuter 6--AC 18--Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +5--HP 18/29

Larian extricates himself from the smoking remains of his horse, saddened by yet another sacrifice. I will avenge you, my friend, he says to the creature that carried him so far.
He then turns and draws on his arcane power once more, concnetrating for a moment and speaking the word Ustolo. A line of blue light so bright that it makes eyes water to look at it leaves his hand, flying toward the nearest enemy.

[sblock=ooc] move action to stand, cast scorching ray (with point blank and precise), +7 ranged touch for 4d6+1 damage. [/sblock]

[sblock=spells] Spells Prepared
0- Mage Hand, Read Magic, Detect Magic, Detect Magic
1st- Feather Fall, Color Spray, Mage Armor, True Strike, Feather Fall (Trans.)
2nd- Knock, Hypnotic Pattern, Scorching Ray, Invisibility, Bull's Strength(Trans.)
3rd- Dispell Magic, Fireball, Fireball, Haste (Trans)

Spells in Effect
Mage Armor--12 hours from departing camp
Resist Energy (Acid), Mass--50 minutes on Mandla, Pender, Siobhan, Tyrla and himself

Rod of Extend--2 uses left
Pearl of Power--Available [/sblock]

 

[Pinotage]

Avril - Human Druid (Eagle) - AC 14 - hp 42/42 - Spot +20 - Listen +12
Mandla - Riding Dog - AC 25 - hp 29/57 - Spot +5 - Listen +5

Having healed Warren, and seeing the dire straights the battle was headed down, Avril spun around, flapping her eagle wings to gain some height above the battle. She gave a cry of anguish when the acidic breath blew over Mandla, but thankfully the dog still stood standing, fierce in battle, though now gravely injured.

Fearing another loss within a short space of time, she flew closer to her animal companion, and used her magic to cast a spell that would give the dog further endurance against the powerful attacks of these creatures. Mandla, feeling stronger, attacked the fiend before it with renewed vigor.

[SBLOCK=OOC]OOC: Mandla continues to defend Larian, and bites the creature at R/S 22/23. Mandla Bite Attack: +8. Damage: 1d6+4. Avril takes a move action to turn around and maintain herself in the air. She moves diagonally and up to V21, 40 ft. in the air. She then casts Bear's Endurance on Mandla. She leaves the flaming sphere this round, since she doesn't have an action to move it.

Spells and Abilities Active:

Wild Shape (Eagle, 6 hours)
Flaming Sphere (2 rounds)
Bear's Endurance (Mandla, 6 minutes)

Spells Cast and Abilities/Items Used:

Barkskin
Call Lightning
Wild Shape (1 Used)
Flaming Sphere
Cure Moderate Wounds
Bear's Endurance

Spells Prepared:

Spells Prepared (Normal 5/3/3/2, Wis 0/1/1/1):

Level 0 (5): Cure Minor Wounds (2), Detect Magic (2), Guidance
Level 1 (4): Cure Light Wounds, Enrage Animal, Faerie Fire, Produce Flame
Level 2 (4): Bull's Strength
Level 3 (3): Sleet Storm

XP: 325 (Blockade)

Avril's Character Sheet [/SBLOCK]

 

[Creamsteak]

Initiatives - Round 4
Razorfiends 25 <-ending here
Tyrla 22
Warren 17
Larian 15
Pender 14
Siobhan 13
Avril 7
Killiar's Hunters

Tyrla: Tyrla's point blank Eldritch blast deals 10 points of damage.

Warren: Warren moves in closer.

Larian: Larian's scorching ray hits its mark dealing 15 damage to the southernmost razorfiend.

Pender: Pender boldly explains (rather thoroughly too) his intentions. He withdraws some distance, and drinks a potion that heals him for 17.

Siobhan: Siobhan uses righteous strength to strike for 15 points of damage.

Avril: Mandla bites and hits the razorfiend for 5 points again. Meanwhile avril manuevers around and casts a spell to help bolster Mandla's stamina.

Killiar's Hunters: The owls and riders release another volley of arrows into the fleeing razorfiend. Only two hit, but it's enough to bring the powerful monster down just before it could dive into the water. They manuever back towards the rest of the fight.

Razorfiends: The two remaining monsters pummel the nearest most threatening targets with wing and tooth. Tyrla is the unlucky victim of a powerful hit, which barely fails to critical (go go +1 from ring). The second wing hits, and the bite also hits. In total, Tyrla takes 31 points of damage. The other razorfiend full attacks the dog again, hitting for 14 and 17 damage (31 total as well). The riding dog hangs on to conciousness only due to avril's spell. The monsters seem fully focused on fighting to the death, and both are still standing despite their serious injuries.

 

[pathfinderq1]

Tyrla quite nearly shrieked in mixed pain and rage- for once, it was actually mostly from pain. She knew even another glancing blow might be the end of her, and did not hesitate another moment before fleeing, slogging through the muck ina an attempt to evade the beast's further attacks.

OOC: Withdraw, headed for (roughly) Q 16, or as close to that as the terrain will allow.

 

[Creamsteak]

I think, and this is off the top of my head here, that withdrawing only protects the 1st square of movement from attacks of opportunity, and the monster has 10 ft. reach. That should probably factor into your decision.