Dragonwriter's Music-Inspired Insanity

[Vertexx69]

Platinus, HP 24/24, AC 18/T10/F18, Saves: F5/R2/W3
Active Stance: Martial Spirit

The dragon stiffens at the front of the group and cocks his angular head to one side. His monstrous sword comes off his shoulder and into a readied grip. "Wolves approach from several directions behind us and to the sides." Platinus wheels around, his tail blade slipping into a smooth line with his thick tail as it trails around his metal-clad form. the plates on his ankles and feet clank loudly as he sets them to charge down either side of the column "...Heavy boots of lead, fill his victims full of dread..." the words seem to breath out from between his scaled lips without his knowledge, as he notices that none of the beasts are even considering him directly.

Initiative=1

[sblock=@ Dragonwriter]OK DW you will need to do a tiny bit of work for me in granting my maneuvers. the easiest way is to write each one ( [FONT=&quot]Crusader Strike, Vanguard Strike, Stone Bones, Charging Minotaur, Leading the Attack)[/FONT] on a note card and giving them a shuffle and turning 2 over to start then one more each round after that. So I know which manuevers I have to work with.[/sblock]

 

[Guest 11456]

Celest, HP 16/16, AC 14/T10/F14, Saves: F3/R0/W8
Active Spells: Bless

Celest prepares to cast a helpful spell over her and her companions; filling them with courage.

OOC: Initiative (1d20=9)
Casting Bless:
Area: The caster and all allies within a 50-ft. burst, centered on the caster
Duration: 2 minutes or 20 rounds
Effect: Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

 

[Frozen Messiah]

"Well one crisis averted on to the next." Tom mutters to himself as he steps on the bug that he fished out of his eye and un sheathes his sword. "Alright then, Here poochy poochy over here." Tom says motioning with his finger out towards the forest, with a wide grin almost boardering on insantiy.

[sblock=Initiative]
Tom did pretty good for himself
1d20+1=21
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[Theroc]

Shavallah noted the wolves, turning to the others with a quick. "Wolves... all around. Pack. Shavallah count six." And with that, she attempted to ready herself for combat.

[sblock=Initiative Roll]
1d20+3=5
Frack![/sblock]

 

[Dragonwriter]

The wolves move in, slowly surrounding the party. One rushes out of the foliage, snapping at Platinus, but the dragonborn’s thick scales and armor save him from a painful bite.

[sblock=Combat Info, OOC]
Initiatives:
Wolf 1 22
Tom 21
Wolves 4, 5 18
Wolf 6 11
Jasper 10
Twi’Tar 9
Celest 9
Wolf 2 7
Shavallah 5
Wolf 3 5
Platinus 1

Wolf 1 went first, attacking Platinus and missing horribly.

Tom is up, then most of the other wolves.

If everyone wants to go ahead and post actions now, they can (either with contingencies, or I’ll jimmy it around and make it fit whatever’s going on). I’ll say Celest managed to finish casting Bless, so everyone has a +1 on attacks for now.

And the map is attached. Green squares are forested, count as light undergrowth (difficult terrain), with small trees. White squares are the small roadway, no obstruction there.
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[sblock=Platinus]
The way we’ll handle it is the same way I’ve played in my own online games (I run a Cru/Clr/RKV in a game). We’ll just roll a d(=maneuvers readied) enough times to grant you the different ones, each number standing for a maneuver in alphabetical order. Either you or I can do this from now on. This set of rolls is here[url], granting you Crusader’s Strike and Charging Minotaur. If you want to roll them and help me speed things up a little, just put the roll link in your post.
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[Frozen Messiah]

"CIRCLE UP!!!" Tom yells to the group hoping they will understand what he means as he readies his sword to counter any attack towards him. Tom then continues his little chant "Here puppy, here poochy poochy. My what big eyes you have, all the better to see you with..."

[sblock=Actions]
Ready an action to attack first wolf that is close enough:
1d20+7=12, 1d8+4=8[/sblock]

 

[jager0727]

Twi'Tar begins casting silent image of a low flame wall to keep the further wolves at bay (red indicates 10 ft cubes)

 

[Vertexx69]

Platinus, HP 24/24, AC 18/T10/F18, Saves: F5/R2/W3
Active Stance: Martial Spirit

The dragon continues his spin as the wolf he hadn't seen scrapes its teeth over his plated leg. The wolf doesn't even see the edge of the deadly blade as it passes through the entire length of the wolf's head and body, coming cleanly out the other side without causing so much as a pause in the platinum behemoth's swing. A circular jet of blood pumps out of the wolf for a moment before its two halves slump to the ground...

1d20+8=24, 3d6+10=24

[sblock=OOC]Since Platinus is going last, and everyone is within 30ft, I'll assign the 2 points of healing after the wolves have gone. If 2 line up close enough He'll breathe a 10ft line of fire for 1d8 dmg, shifting if necessary.[/sblock]

 

[Dragonwriter]

Three more wolves leap out of the brush, rushing to the attack!

One runs straight at Tom, and though he swings, it's a clumsy blow and the beast dodges away. It quickly comes up under his own strike and bites at him! It lands, piercing his light armor and drawing blood while trying to drag him to the ground.

[sblock=Tom]
Tom is hit for 4 damage and must make a STR or DEX check to remain standing. DC 3
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Two more rush Celest, jaws agape! The teeth of one wolf skid off her armor, but the other bites through, albeit barely. She suffers a slight pain, but then the wolf tries to pull her to the ground.

[sblock=Celest]
First wolf misses Celest, but the second hits for 2 damage. Celest needs to make a STR or DEX check to remain standing. DC 14
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Twi'Tar finishes his spell, making it seem like a wall of flames has appeared to cover the party's back. Two wolves, caught within the "blaze" yelp at first as the illusion appears, but then seem to realize that their fur is still intact...

[sblock=OOC]
Celest and Shavallah are up. I'll post a revised map at the end of the round/start of round 2. I think it will be a little cleaner, if slightly slower, if I just ask everyone to post in Initiative order from now on... What do you folks think? Also, I could handle rolling your saves and opposed checks in combat, to speed things up a bit... Are you lot okay with that?
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[Frozen Messiah]

"Auggh!," Tom yells for a moment while the wolf attempts to drag him down to the ground but Tom takes in a deep breath and looks straight into the wolves eyes. "My what big teeth you have, ALL THE BETTER TO EAT YOU WITH!" Tom screams as he tosses the wolf off of him, then Tom looks over at Celest and sees the wolf that bit her. Tom's eye's glow with a slight violet hue and he mutters a cursae at that wolf.
After he finsihed with that he set to work on the wolf that attacked him. Tom takes his blade and brings it down on the wolf, smiling gleefully as he does.

[sblock=Actions]
Str Check: 1d20+3=4
Cursed the wolf biting Celest
Attack:1d20+7=18, 1d8+4=9
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