[e20 PF] And with strange aeons...

[Thaven]

(OOC - In the OOC thread, Fire and I determined that the Balor missed Thorn by 1. Hence my post describing a very close miss. The Balor's whip only entangles on a hit. )

OOC: Is there another thread I'm not seeing? please forward the linK!

 

[jackslate45]

Link

 

[fireinthedust]

yeah, I think that was the recruitment thread for Rhun or Herobizkit (hope they join!). Thorn's sneak attack = -2 Str, so a miss. She's good to attack the drow. We just got caught up in discussion there (should really limit it to the OOC thread or here, please, thanks).

Hedron: Since you stayed with Thad, you're going to be hit by the Balor first before you can attack. Did he hit your AC with any of those attacks? And are you therefore grappled by any of the whip attacks?

Mal: Okay, so you cast enervation and waves of exhaustion? Okay, those affected are exhausted!

Mal: how do you word the Wish spell? I usually allow 10 words or one spell of (just about) any level. You have to word it to get all the effects you want, and it will be taken literally.

Xanfire: unless you've got something to block it, take 2 negative levels.

 

[Thaven]

Mal: Okay, so you cast enervation and waves of exhaustion? Okay, those affected are exhausted!

OOC: Who was affected?

 

[WarlockLord]

OOC: I put as much of the party as possible. I'd probably move up to turn it into a 60 ft radius circle, which I guess could hit everyone, and I'd avoid my balor buddy, so probably everyone except Thad.

As for wording, I was just using this function laid out in the wish spell:

Transport travelers. A wish can lift one creature per caster level from anywhere on any plane and place those creatures anywhere else on any plane regardless of local conditions. An unwilling target gets a Will save to negate the effect, and spell resistance (if any) applies.

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As I understand it, the effects on the list can be done without playing word games, and if you go off the list the word games begin.

You may try to use a wish to produce greater effects than these, but doing so is dangerous. (The wish may pervert your intent into a literal but undesirable fulfillment or only a partial fulfillment, at the GM's discretion.)

EDIT: Also, I believe Malacarus went before Thorn, so if she was in the area of the waves of exhaustion, the -6 Dex penalty would have certainly lowered her AC to the point where the balor would hit her. Just saying.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Hedron: Since you stayed with Thad, you're going to be hit by the Balor first before you can attack. Did he hit your AC with any of those attacks? And are you therefore grappled by any of the whip attacks?

I will have a post in the ooc regarding this.

 

[Scott DeWar]

damage from balor:

42/31/34 doing 21+16+21 damage for a total of 58 hp.
42/40/31 for the whip doing 7+4+7+6+7+6=37 hp

not grappled

[sblock=stat block]

Hedron Treefriend NG Human Ranger 20 hp: 185 / 280

Senses:
60 ft dark vision; perception + 29; stealth +40; survival +33; tracking +43

Saves:
Fort    +22
Ref     +24
Will     +17

A/C/TOUCH/FF
30 / 24/  25

Combat: primary weapon
weapon  attack        damage      crit  range  type notes
Bow, long comp,[size=1]mighty +4, +5 enc, distance, flaming burst, bane: human(giant)[/size]*
     +32/+27/+22/+17  1d8+9     19-20/X3 220 ft P   -1/220ft bynd 1st 220
     +32              4d8+9     19-20/X3 220 ft P (Gtr vital strike)
*    +34/+29/+24/+19  1d8+9+2d6 19-20/X3 220 ft P (with giant bane)
*    +34              4d8+9+2d6 19-20/X3 220 ft P [size=1](w/ giant bane/Gtr vital strike)[/size]
                          +2d10 dam on crit   (flaming burst)   
     +1 att           +1 dam    (Feat point blank shot)

Favored Enemy:
humanoid: goblinoid +10
undead +8
humanoid: giant +6
outsider: evil +4<--<--vs balor!
Monstrous humanoid +2

Favored Terrain:
forest +8
cold +6
mountains +4
planes-lower +2

[/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

OOC: Due to the furious discussion in the OOC thread, it seems that Malacarus will be using a substantially different version of Wish than I grew up on in 2e: one that allows a person to Wish another character *dead*! Since we've been going RAW for this game, and the only stipulation for "more powerful" is that a wish could be done literally, I'm going to allow this. However, Thorn acts before Malacarus does, and if she a) makes her Wisdom check to turn around, and b) does something to prevent Mal from wishing them all to death (whatever that may be), this won't happen. If it does happen, everyone affected must then roll appropriate saving throws. Let's peek in to this next round of activity and see what we see!

Initiative:

Thorn <<YOU'RE UP!!! (no pressure)
Malacarus/Balor
Hedron
Xanfire
Rook

 

[Shayuri]

Thorn explodes out of the astral clouds behind Malacarus as she effortlessly twists her perception of gravity to bring her 'fall' to a stop. Even as she swings her sword, holding her gem of seeing with her free hand, the shadows opposite the drow draw together and coalesce, assuming the form of a horse-sized great cat with gigantic fangs snarling at him.

Meanwhile, Thorn's adamantine blade glistens with bloodlust as she attacks...and so eager is it to taste Malacarus that it cleaves through force barriers, robes, and all manner of armor...where it touches dark elf skin, it drinks deeply of his blood!

(Actions: Free Action to change subjective gravity. Using Greater Shadow Conjuration SLA as a quickened action to summon a 'shadow' Dire Tiger in a flanking position. Then making a full attack on Malacarus with all three attacks activating the Puncturing quality of Skycutter, making the attacks Melee Touch, and each hit causes 1d6 Con drain.)

(Results Explained: 8 Con damage and 122 HP damage. The Con damage reduces Mal's HP by 80 as well, so he basically takes 202 damage all told. I don't think his miss chance applies while I'm using the Gem, but let me know. Damage includes sneak attack damage...so if he's got any defenses against crits/sneak attacks, also let me know. And finally, if this doesn't kill him, ALSO let me know...cuz then I'll have the Dire Tiger try some attacks too.)

(Oh, and 6 Str damage too.)

 

[WarlockLord]

OOC: He does have necromantic lifesight, which would allow him to detect Thorn as she uses stealth, but nothing to stop the flanking. Displacement does not apply, so yeah, he goes down. So yeah, his 140 hp self is dead (although this is without the favored class bonus, as I didn't know how that worked when I . There goes a level and a bunch of magic items.

Malacarus died. This was his fifth time, which was somewhat annoying but by now death held no terror for him. He vaguely recalled the invisibility going off, but was treated to the wonderful sight of his own entrails being ripped out. "You think this is the end? You believe you can defeat...them?. The necromancer died laughing.