Eyes Of The Lich Queen
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[sblock=Encounter A9: Round 3]
Still reeling from the blow to the head, Rogan takes another step back to keep himself out of harms way, and remains in a defensive posture.
The blinded adept connected solidly with his previous swing, and because of the priest's preternatural strength of will, was able to easily shake off the fatigue that the hexblade's curse tried to inflict upon him. (Will save vs Karmic Aura DC 14: [12] + 9 = 21 *saved*) Grimacing, Ari curses under his breath. Drawing upon his secret power, cold death lances up his left arm, restoring some vigor. (Use Aberrant Vigor: heal 5 temporary hit points) Determined to drop the lizard, he tries slashing once with his blade while slamming into the blinded foe with his spiked armor. The twin manuever is difficult, but with Onyx distracting, his courage inspired by Aern, and the lizard currently blind, Ari takes the chance. Fortunately, his sword is able to catch the creature again, but the spikes bounce harmlessly off of the lizard's breastplate. (Attack A w/longsword: *hit* 14 damage // Attack A w/spiked armor: *miss* / hurt) Ari then steps to the side, hoping to ruin the sightless one's aim. (5' step to AG11)
Unfortunately, neither Rogan nor Ari mentioned out loud that the high priest had disappeared from view (although to be fair they were both busy at the time). As a result, Brother Donovan decides to charge right after the adept that had hit him previously. With mace and shield at the ready, his powerful charge is tremendous and the mace slams hard into the adept's arm. (Charge attack vs B w/heavy mace + powerful charge: *hit* 11 damage / hurt)
Jango gets in on the action and pulls out his wand of magical force missiles. He fires it once, and three balls of energy spring out and impact hard against the adept, causing him to curse out loud in pain. (Cast Magic Missile vs B: 11 damage / seriously hurt)
Suddenly a draconic voice can be heard from within the vestry, and Donovan is surprised when he glances over but does not see anybody within. The High Priest is gone! The voice makes the sounds of someone casting a spell, then silence from within again. There does not appear to be any appreciable effect that is noticed by the party.
[sblock=Khalia](Spellcraft check DC 17: [6] + 13 = 19 *success*)
You are able to recognize the spell as Bear's Endurance.[/sblock]
Aern continues his chanting.
Khalia recognizes the need to keep the party's leader on his feet, so she quickly sprints across the room towards Ari Osten. She wipes a spell from her mind and channels the energy into a curing effect for the monster hunter. Ari's wounds entirely close and he is surprised at how good he now feels. (Move to AH12 / Cast Cure Serious Wounds on Ari: 21 hit points healed)
Jina slashes quickly with both her blades against the blinded adept, but both times it is his high quality armor that turns away her attacks. (Attack vs B w/thinblade: *miss* // Attack vs B w/lightblade: *miss*)
Unaware that Ari has been completely refreshed and thus a much more deadly opponent, the adept tries for another more powerful attack. This time his blindness and Ari's sidestepping cause him to not even come close. (Attack Ari w/greatclub + power attack - total concealment: 50% miss chance *miss*)
The other adept, having just been slammed by both a heavy mace and three force missiles, takes a step back into the vestry and uses his curative wand once more... this time upon himself. Several of his injuries magically heal. (5' step to AD10 / Cast Cure Moderate Wounds on self: 10 hit points healed)
Initiative Order:
17 Dracotaur dead
14 Rogan 3/20
14 Ari 42*/42 (37)
12 Horatio 36/36
12 Jango 24/24
10 High Priest -33 hurt
8 Aern 25/25
8 Khalia 22/22
7 Jina 35/37
2 Adept A -23 hurt
2 Adept B -20 hurt
Inspire Courage (Everyone): +2 to attacks, damage, saves vs fear
Magic Circle Against Evil (Horatio/Jina/Ari): +2 to AC, saves
Glitterdust (Adept A): Blinded: -2 to AC, move at half speed, 50% miss chance on attacks[/sblock]
OOC: Indeed, Rogan should be listed as 3/20, and I've made the corrections on each page.. Since he's stepped far enough out of combat, I went with the assumption that Khalia would heal Ari to keep the group's tank on his feet.
Still reeling from the blow to the head, Rogan takes another step back to keep himself out of harms way, and remains in a defensive posture.
The blinded adept connected solidly with his previous swing, and because of the priest's preternatural strength of will, was able to easily shake off the fatigue that the hexblade's curse tried to inflict upon him. (Will save vs Karmic Aura DC 14: [12] + 9 = 21 *saved*) Grimacing, Ari curses under his breath. Drawing upon his secret power, cold death lances up his left arm, restoring some vigor. (Use Aberrant Vigor: heal 5 temporary hit points) Determined to drop the lizard, he tries slashing once with his blade while slamming into the blinded foe with his spiked armor. The twin manuever is difficult, but with Onyx distracting, his courage inspired by Aern, and the lizard currently blind, Ari takes the chance. Fortunately, his sword is able to catch the creature again, but the spikes bounce harmlessly off of the lizard's breastplate. (Attack A w/longsword: *hit* 14 damage // Attack A w/spiked armor: *miss* / hurt) Ari then steps to the side, hoping to ruin the sightless one's aim. (5' step to AG11)
Unfortunately, neither Rogan nor Ari mentioned out loud that the high priest had disappeared from view (although to be fair they were both busy at the time). As a result, Brother Donovan decides to charge right after the adept that had hit him previously. With mace and shield at the ready, his powerful charge is tremendous and the mace slams hard into the adept's arm. (Charge attack vs B w/heavy mace + powerful charge: *hit* 11 damage / hurt)
Jango gets in on the action and pulls out his wand of magical force missiles. He fires it once, and three balls of energy spring out and impact hard against the adept, causing him to curse out loud in pain. (Cast Magic Missile vs B: 11 damage / seriously hurt)
Suddenly a draconic voice can be heard from within the vestry, and Donovan is surprised when he glances over but does not see anybody within. The High Priest is gone! The voice makes the sounds of someone casting a spell, then silence from within again. There does not appear to be any appreciable effect that is noticed by the party.
[sblock=Khalia](Spellcraft check DC 17: [6] + 13 = 19 *success*)
You are able to recognize the spell as Bear's Endurance.[/sblock]
Aern continues his chanting.
Khalia recognizes the need to keep the party's leader on his feet, so she quickly sprints across the room towards Ari Osten. She wipes a spell from her mind and channels the energy into a curing effect for the monster hunter. Ari's wounds entirely close and he is surprised at how good he now feels. (Move to AH12 / Cast Cure Serious Wounds on Ari: 21 hit points healed)
Jina slashes quickly with both her blades against the blinded adept, but both times it is his high quality armor that turns away her attacks. (Attack vs B w/thinblade: *miss* // Attack vs B w/lightblade: *miss*)
Unaware that Ari has been completely refreshed and thus a much more deadly opponent, the adept tries for another more powerful attack. This time his blindness and Ari's sidestepping cause him to not even come close. (Attack Ari w/greatclub + power attack - total concealment: 50% miss chance *miss*)
The other adept, having just been slammed by both a heavy mace and three force missiles, takes a step back into the vestry and uses his curative wand once more... this time upon himself. Several of his injuries magically heal. (5' step to AD10 / Cast Cure Moderate Wounds on self: 10 hit points healed)
Initiative Order:
17 Dracotaur dead
14 Rogan 3/20
14 Ari 42*/42 (37)
12 Horatio 36/36
12 Jango 24/24
10 High Priest -33 hurt
8 Aern 25/25
8 Khalia 22/22
7 Jina 35/37
2 Adept A -23 hurt
2 Adept B -20 hurt
Inspire Courage (Everyone): +2 to attacks, damage, saves vs fear
Magic Circle Against Evil (Horatio/Jina/Ari): +2 to AC, saves
Glitterdust (Adept A): Blinded: -2 to AC, move at half speed, 50% miss chance on attacks[/sblock]
OOC: Indeed, Rogan should be listed as 3/20, and I've made the corrections on each page.. Since he's stepped far enough out of combat, I went with the assumption that Khalia would heal Ari to keep the group's tank on his feet.
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DEFCON 1 said:
OOC: Khalia thinks she's the party's leader. Kind of inherrent to her personality
. "Someone in the vestry cast a spell to enhance his physical toughness." She mentions off-handedly, swapping her crossbow for her wand of cure light wounds and moving to heal the badly wounded Rogan.
Brother Donovan, human cleric
Cursing under his breath, Donovan calls out, "'ware unseen foes! The priest's gone invisible!"
And, from the sound of Khalia's report, just strengthened himself. Deciding that in this case, what he doesn't know very well might hurt him, Donovan takes a step away from the closer adept, sweeping his shield arm upward and spitting forth what sounds like a combination of a spell and a string of expletives.
The vestry then experiences an instant downpour as water pours down from the ceiling, puddling and pooling on the floor.
With a wicked grin, the cleric mutters, "I may not see you coming, but I think you'll have a harder time sneaking now, yes?"
Louder, and to the others, he says, "Watch for splashes or water trailed on the dry floor; that's where the priest will be."
[sblock=OOC] 5' adjust to AD12 to avoid AoO from adept A, then casting Create Water in the vestry. At 5th level, Donovan can make as much as 10 gallons. I'm hoping that's enough to cover the place in notable puddles that invisipriest has to splash through to do anything (and as he says above, that'll leave his boots wet so he leaves a trail of wet footprints as he exits it, if he exits it). If that's not enough, he'll concentrate the water closest to the door so they'll know he's coming, at least[/sblock]
Cursing under his breath, Donovan calls out, "'ware unseen foes! The priest's gone invisible!"
And, from the sound of Khalia's report, just strengthened himself. Deciding that in this case, what he doesn't know very well might hurt him, Donovan takes a step away from the closer adept, sweeping his shield arm upward and spitting forth what sounds like a combination of a spell and a string of expletives.
The vestry then experiences an instant downpour as water pours down from the ceiling, puddling and pooling on the floor.
With a wicked grin, the cleric mutters, "I may not see you coming, but I think you'll have a harder time sneaking now, yes?"
Louder, and to the others, he says, "Watch for splashes or water trailed on the dry floor; that's where the priest will be."
[sblock=OOC] 5' adjust to AD12 to avoid AoO from adept A, then casting Create Water in the vestry. At 5th level, Donovan can make as much as 10 gallons. I'm hoping that's enough to cover the place in notable puddles that invisipriest has to splash through to do anything (and as he says above, that'll leave his boots wet so he leaves a trail of wet footprints as he exits it, if he exits it). If that's not enough, he'll concentrate the water closest to the door so they'll know he's coming, at least[/sblock]
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Still keeping his defense up from any possible attacks, Rogan takes a quick look around to find any signs of the High Priest that had vanished. "Careful! There was at least one more in here and now he is gone."
[sblock=Encounter A9: Round 4]
Still keeping his defense up from any possible attacks, Rogan takes a quick look around to find any signs of the High Priest that had vanished.
Ari nods his appreciation at Khalia, and continues his assault on the blind adept before him. He continues his two pronged attack, first slashing successfully with his longsword, then as he steps to the side he is also able to slam a shoulder into him, catching one of his armored spikes up and under the arm of the adept. (Attack A w/longsword: *hit* 11 damage // Attack A w/spiked armor: *hit* 6 damage / hurt) This shoulder block causes the adept to gurgle once, then it's eyes roll back into his head and it drops to the ground. Ari's step forward takes him right next to Brother Donovan. (5' step to AF12)
Donovan takes a step away from the closer adept further into the vestry (5' step to AD12), sweeping his shield arm upward and spitting forth what sounds like a combination of a spell and a string of expletives. The vestry then experiences an instant downpour as water pours down from the ceiling, puddling and pooling on the floor. The cleric keeps his eye on the room as the water drops and splashes, and he is able to spot where he thinks the High Priest may be, based upon how the water bounced off of his invisible body. (Spot check DC 20 - 5 water = DC 15: [16] + 3 = 19 *success*) The priest is not more than fifteen feet away in the center of the back wall, and Horatio vocalizes this fact to the rest of the group. (Z12)
Jango is nowhere close enough to possible deal with the High Priest, so he instead continues to pummel the adept in his sights. Three more force missiles spring from his wand and collide with the blackscale. (Cast Magic Missile vs B: 9 damage / seriously hurt)
Deciding that the jig is up, the invisible High Priest gives another yell of "Defend the temple of your fathers!" and then charges forward, splashing water all across the vestry. Brother Donovan barely has time to get his shield up when he slammed HARD by the charging priest, who suddenly reappears to all within the vestry. (Charge Attack vs Donovan w/greatclub + power attack 4: *hit* 24 damage)
Aern continues with his chanting.
With several of the others in her way to reach Donovan, Khalia decides to help Rogan get back into the fight. She swaps her crossbow for her wand and moves over to the Guardian to tap him lightly with her healing wand. The rogue feels slightly better than before, but still not great. (Move to AI10 / Cast Cure Light Wounds on Rogan: 6 hit points healed)
Jina figures that if she just moved up to engage the adept, she, Ari and Donovan would all get in each others way. Thus, being the reckless swordswoman that she is, she starts weaving, bobbing, cartwheeling and flipping past everyone into the vestry proper to get herself on the far side of the blackscale adept. (Accelerated Tumble check DC 25: [14] + 14 = 28 *success*) Now with all the space that she needs, she thrusts out with her thinblade at the surprised adept and stabs him in the gut... bringing the lizardfolk to the brink of death. (Attack vs B w/thinblade: *hit* 7 damage / seriously hurt)
Feeling his life slipping away through the wounds on his body, the adept tries to take down this new opponent with a gasp and a groan. He first reaches out with his head to snap at the girl's arm with his teeth, then swings his greatclub at her as well. However, as she is still within Horatio's magical circle of protection and the adept is virtually dead... neither of his attacks come close. (Attack Jina w/greatclub: *miss* // Attack Jina w/bite: *miss*)
Initiative Order:
17 Dracotaur dead
14 Rogan 9/20
14 Ari 42*/42 (37)
12 Horatio 12/36
12 Jango 24/24
10 High Priest -33 hurt
8 Aern 25/25
8 Khalia 22/22
7 Jina 35/37
2 Adept A -40 dead
2 Adept B -36 seriously hurt
Inspire Courage (Everyone): +2 to attacks, damage, saves vs fear
Magic Circle Against Evil (Horatio/Jina/Ari): +2 to AC, saves
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Still keeping his defense up from any possible attacks, Rogan takes a quick look around to find any signs of the High Priest that had vanished.
Ari nods his appreciation at Khalia, and continues his assault on the blind adept before him. He continues his two pronged attack, first slashing successfully with his longsword, then as he steps to the side he is also able to slam a shoulder into him, catching one of his armored spikes up and under the arm of the adept. (Attack A w/longsword: *hit* 11 damage // Attack A w/spiked armor: *hit* 6 damage / hurt) This shoulder block causes the adept to gurgle once, then it's eyes roll back into his head and it drops to the ground. Ari's step forward takes him right next to Brother Donovan. (5' step to AF12)
Donovan takes a step away from the closer adept further into the vestry (5' step to AD12), sweeping his shield arm upward and spitting forth what sounds like a combination of a spell and a string of expletives. The vestry then experiences an instant downpour as water pours down from the ceiling, puddling and pooling on the floor. The cleric keeps his eye on the room as the water drops and splashes, and he is able to spot where he thinks the High Priest may be, based upon how the water bounced off of his invisible body. (Spot check DC 20 - 5 water = DC 15: [16] + 3 = 19 *success*) The priest is not more than fifteen feet away in the center of the back wall, and Horatio vocalizes this fact to the rest of the group. (Z12)
Jango is nowhere close enough to possible deal with the High Priest, so he instead continues to pummel the adept in his sights. Three more force missiles spring from his wand and collide with the blackscale. (Cast Magic Missile vs B: 9 damage / seriously hurt)
Deciding that the jig is up, the invisible High Priest gives another yell of "Defend the temple of your fathers!" and then charges forward, splashing water all across the vestry. Brother Donovan barely has time to get his shield up when he slammed HARD by the charging priest, who suddenly reappears to all within the vestry. (Charge Attack vs Donovan w/greatclub + power attack 4: *hit* 24 damage)
Aern continues with his chanting.
With several of the others in her way to reach Donovan, Khalia decides to help Rogan get back into the fight. She swaps her crossbow for her wand and moves over to the Guardian to tap him lightly with her healing wand. The rogue feels slightly better than before, but still not great. (Move to AI10 / Cast Cure Light Wounds on Rogan: 6 hit points healed)
Jina figures that if she just moved up to engage the adept, she, Ari and Donovan would all get in each others way. Thus, being the reckless swordswoman that she is, she starts weaving, bobbing, cartwheeling and flipping past everyone into the vestry proper to get herself on the far side of the blackscale adept. (Accelerated Tumble check DC 25: [14] + 14 = 28 *success*) Now with all the space that she needs, she thrusts out with her thinblade at the surprised adept and stabs him in the gut... bringing the lizardfolk to the brink of death. (Attack vs B w/thinblade: *hit* 7 damage / seriously hurt)
Feeling his life slipping away through the wounds on his body, the adept tries to take down this new opponent with a gasp and a groan. He first reaches out with his head to snap at the girl's arm with his teeth, then swings his greatclub at her as well. However, as she is still within Horatio's magical circle of protection and the adept is virtually dead... neither of his attacks come close. (Attack Jina w/greatclub: *miss* // Attack Jina w/bite: *miss*)
Initiative Order:
17 Dracotaur dead
14 Rogan 9/20
14 Ari 42*/42 (37)
12 Horatio 12/36
12 Jango 24/24
10 High Priest -33 hurt
8 Aern 25/25
8 Khalia 22/22
7 Jina 35/37
2 Adept A -40 dead
2 Adept B -36 seriously hurt
Inspire Courage (Everyone): +2 to attacks, damage, saves vs fear
Magic Circle Against Evil (Horatio/Jina/Ari): +2 to AC, saves
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