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

[Redclaw]

Larian, Transmuter 6, HP 29/29, AC 18, Fort +2/Ref +6/Will +5

Seeing the hobgoblin lieutenant rushing across the bridge, Larian removes a scroll from his backpack and quickly invokes the stored arcane power it holds.
As he finishes chanting, a wall of fire appears in the middle of the bridge, filling it from side to side and offering no path to those who would cross over to fight his companions.

[sblock=ooc] Move action to withdraw scroll of Major Image, standard action to use it. It creates the image of a wall of fire, including crackling and illusory heat, at row 19 across the bridge. Anyone/thing that interacts with it gets a Will save DC 18 to ignore it. [/sblock]

[sblock=spells]Spells Prepared
0-Ray of Frost, Ray of Frost, Detect Magic, Daze
1-Feather Fall, Feather Fall, Magic Missile, True Strike, Feather Fall (Trans)
2-Scorching Ray, Scorching Ray,
3-Displacement

Spells in Effect
Mage Armor--10 Hours
Energy Resistance, Mass (Acid) on the entire party--60 minutes
Invisibility on Warren--6 minutes
Bull's Strength on Warren (or whoever else wants it)--6 minutes
Fly on Warren--6 minutes
Haste (extended) on the entire party--10 rounds
Rod of Extend--1 uses left
Pearl of Power--available [/sblock]

 

[Arkhandus]

(Warren won't waste the invisibility yet, he'll wait a second until he's ready to attack all-out)

 

[Creamsteak]

The south-west archer's arrow strikes Larian for 7 points of damage. Updated the above post.

 

[Creamsteak]

Initiatives - Round 1 Cont'd
Pender 25
Warren 22
Larian 15
Tyrla 14
Hobgoblin Warriors 13
Lieutenant 12
Avril 11
Dragon 9
Hellhounds 8
Siobhan 4

Avril: Avril fires two bursts of flame towards the dragon, and they land on target (11 and 12 rolled for attacks, though dragon is flat footed and large). The bursts strike for 9 and 7 points of damage.

Dragon: The green wyrm grabs up an item from underneath himself and drinks it. The dragon fades from vision (now invisible).

Hellhounds: The one at the north end of the bridge runs south. The nearer one charges at Tyrla. It hits for 7 points of physical damage and 1 point of fire damage.

Siobhan: Siobhan takes a 5 ft. step and has a 35 and 18 on the attack rolls against the hellhound (19 and 2 rolled). Both attacks hit, and combined they deal more than enough damage to drop the beast.

Note that if you want to attempt to target the dragon, you have to pick a square. Also note that the Hellhound on the south end is dead (I forgot to remove the mark) after Tyrla's bolt and Siobhan hitting it.

I'll cover round 2 later tonight if possible.

 

[Pinotage]

Avril - Human Druid - AC 21 - hp 42/42 - Spot +12 - Listen +12

Avril felt the coldness that passed down her spine as the dragon roared in pain from her strikes, before disappearing in front of her very eyes. She briefly saw visions of horror and dread as the invisible dragon fell on her or one of her allies, her memory still fresh about the deaths of Gurguannin and Scarlet. If she could help it, she would not afford that dragon another luxury.

"Larian! Siobhan! Tyrla! The dragon is invisible and it's coming this way. Get to cover, quickly!" Her voice cried out in fear and anguish as she anticipated the attack of the dragon. She moved quickly, dashing over the open ground towards the nearest tower, and quickly passing through to take cover in the doorway and out of sight of the oncoming dragon. She was sure it could find them there, but it would make it a lot more difficult to do so. "Warren!" she called up the tower. "There's a dragon coming this way and its invisible." Last thing she wanted was for Warren to kill the guard, only to find himself visible to an invisible dragon.

[SBLOCK=OOC]
OOC: Double move into the tower with Warren in it. Not sure where the entrance is, but she'll move inside and take cover next to the doorway to hide from the dragon.

Spells and Abilities Active:

Barkskin (Avril, +3 Natural Armor, 1 hour)
Extended Produce Flame (Avril, 1d6+5, 120 ft., 12 minutes, 2 Used)
Haste (+1 AC, +1 Reflex, +30 Spd, +1 Attack, 10 Rounds)
Resist Energy (Acid Resistance 10, 1 hour)

Spells Cast and Abilities/Items Used:

Barkskin
Produce Flame (Extended)
Metamagic Rod of Lesser Extend (1 Used)

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, Produce Flame
Level 2 (4): Bull's Strength, Bear's Endurance, Flaming Sphere
Level 3 (3): Call Lightning, Cure Moderate Wounds, Sleet Storm
[/SBLOCK]

 

[Creamsteak]

The only way to really get a good idea on these towers (even reading the module) is to take a really close look at the art.

If you look REALLY closely at the first picture, it's apparent that a wooden spiral staircase runs along the outside of the towers, and there are doors to the towers facing on the inside edge. There also appears to have been some miscommunication between the art, the map, and the text in the module. The art is actually innaccurate to the text descripton, but whatever. I'll assume that there are doors on the inside edge of the towers and some kind of interior ladder.

 

[Arkhandus]

Warren the halfling, HP 39/39, AC 23, Assassin's Stance

Warren doesn't worry much about the dragon for now, figuring that he's got some reasonable cover inside the tower. He just whirls his blade around for a moment, igniting the sword in flames, then unleashes a spinning triple-attack against the hobgoblin guard, before the poor fool can realize what's going on.

[sblock=attack]Warren uses a swift action to initiate Burning Blade, followed by Flashing Sun as a full-round action. DM Creamsteak, do you think the +2 bonus on attack rolls for being invisible would apply to the second and third attack, or no? For now I'm just assuming not, since I'm uncertain.

Flashing Sun gives Warren a full-attack action with one extra attack, each at -2 to hit, and Haste gives him another attack with that full-attack. Since Flashing Sun is a Desert Wind strike, his Insightful Strikes feature applies. Bless and Haste each add +1 to the attack rolls, invisibility adds +2 to the first attack at least. Bull's Strength adds +2 to damage, Insightful Strikes adds Wisdom bonus to damage. Guard is flat-footed, and sneak attack applies....

First attack is short sword +13 for 1d4 +10 +3d6 +1d6 +5 damage.
Second attack is short sword +11 for 1d4 +10 +3d6 +1d6 +5 damage.
Third attack is short sword +11 for 1d4 + 10 + 3d6 + 1d6 + 5 damage.

Let me know which attack drops the guard, if any (I should hope that Warren's best sneak attack combo would do it!). Warren wants to gauge the guards' toughness without underestimating them.[/sblock]

 

[pathfinderq1]

Tyrla, warlock 6; HP 21/35; AC 20

Tyrla felt the sting of fresh wounds, and she knew that could spell trouble with a dragon about. She took a brief moment to drink a potion of her own...

OOC: Draw and drink a CLW potion; if the dragon is within 60 feet, call out its position (See the Unseen is active)

 

[Dalamar]

Siobhan noted the dragon drinking a potion with both worry and relief; worry for the fact that they now didn't know where it was and could not concentrate their attacks to it, relief for the fact that it most likely wasn't able to cast spells itself.
Since they have no way of knowing where the dragon is, the cleric heads for the second tower. She intends to dispatch of the archer there and then focus on using a bow herself.

 

[Creamsteak]

Initiative Round 2
Pender 25
Warren 22
Larian 15
Tyrla 14
Hobgoblin Warriors 13
Lieutenant 12
Avril 11
Dragon 9
Hellhounds 8
Siobhan 4

Pender: Pender lands another unarmed attack, dealing another 6 points of non-lethal damage.

Warren: Warren unleashes a full flurry of attacks (I'll just go with your numbers). The first strike does 28 points of damage dropping the hobgoblin.

Larian: Larian produces his scroll and conjures a major image of a flame wall.

Tyrla: Tyrla draws a potion that heals for 9 points.

Hobgoblins: Two archers fire at Larian, the other fires at Tyrla. One arrow hits Larian and another hits Tyrla. Larian is hit for 2, Tyrla is hit for 7. The other grunts take double moves towards the bridge. The dizzy one fighting Pender takes one more swing. He hits, dealing 5 points of non-lethal damage to pender.

Lieutenant: He takes a double move (that's all he can realistically manage) to the south.

Avril: Avril moves for cover.

Dragon: Nobody seems to spot where the dragon moved to or what it did, but it doesn't reveal itself this round.

Hellhounds: The remaining hound charges Tyrla. It fails to land a hit.

Siobhan: (I assume this is ok, correct me if it isn't) With the new hellhound so close, Siobhan attacks it three times (BAB treated as 6 from divine power, +1 haste attack). All three hit. Damage is 45 total, more than enough to eliminate the second hound.

I didn't shade in the "border" squares for the tower this time. Sorry about that. I'm sure you can tell which part is supposed to be in and out. Also thinking on it Avril should be just outside the tower (move action required to open the door).