Heroes, Inc. : Rasheman

[Falkus]

Lacking the ability of independent flight, Dyria opted for a more direct assault. With Timrin heading for the crystal, she chose to guard his back and clear out some of the rabble. With an incoherent battle cry, she plunged into the Tiger Clan Warriors, her whip dagger whirring above her head, seemingly chaotic, yet every motion and move carefully placed.

"Flee! Flee or die by my hand!" she screamed.

OOC: Dyria will try to get within the center of the Tiger Clan Warriors, then use her Death Spiral ability to stun and render helpless as many of them as possible. After that, she'll go on the offensive, using her full attack and crack of doom, tripping as many opponents as possible with her primary attacks.

Shocking evil outsider bane cold iron whip dagger +4: +27/+27/+27/+22/+17/+12
Damage: 1d6 + 17 + 1d6 electricity
Critical: 17-20/x2

 

[Hawkeye]

Shando has a grim smile on his face as he ignited his Holy Radiance. "Hyonsu, with me! Lets show them what the warrior monks of Ilmater can do. He closes the distance between the group and the Tiger clan warriors. Sarah does not ignite her Holy Radiance. She will flank and suport instead while invisible.

Hawkeye

 

[DM_Matt]

Now with some direction,the group battles through Geberath's guards. Devran infuses the group with holy power while the rest hold the line.

"The grace of Helm is upon you!" he shouts, "Fight well my friends."


Timrin says: "Well, you heard the demon? Let's go!"

Maggie answers "Get that skull, I have your back."

Maggie lets herself become visible as she sweeps the enemy lines with a constant stream of lightning that explodes and re-archs with each hit. They survive, but many are quite injured.

The invisibility, fire resistance, newfound SR, and other assorted protections continue to render the fireballs ineffective.

As the ground forces meet, Dryia swings her whips in a flurry of swirling death, slicing through the wounded Tiger Clan warriors. "Flee! Flee or die by my hand!" she screamed.

Eight go down. Shando and Sarah take down another. Kayla, four more as she dances through the incoming mob, slashing with both swords and breaking free of the fray, heading towards Geberath.

Murdoch blasts a hole in a wariror with his eldritch blast, felling him.

At this point, however, the Tiger Clan forces and the PC's on the ground are fully in close quarters. It seems that Geberath may have brought the bulk of his force down here.

Meanwhile, while Alethia/Naverone threatens Geberath, Khalid grabs her form behind and throws her accross the room. She lands on her feet, but now stnads facing the mighty thayan general rather that Geberath. Geberath uses the opportunity to grow barbed spikes all over his body, and suddenly hurl them all at Kayla. She is impaled by numerous spikes and is thrown to the ground. Two of the Tiger Clan warriors, who came from the other direction, manage to tackle Maggie, and try to stop her from casting another spell.

 

[kirinke]

Alethia/Naverone grin at the Thayan. "I guess you remember us," they comment dryly and teleport in order to surprise Geberath once more and this time, they keep the master of nature between them and the Thayan. They attack Geberath once more.


ooc:
So does Naverone sense that Geberath is the master of nature and not Khalid?

 

[frostrune]

OOC: I'm assuming Devan follwed Dyria in to the thick of it. I also assume Timrin spent this 1st round moving into position for a strike on the crystal?

Actions for round 2:

Timrin will start smashing the crystal. Does he become visible? He is cetainly making an attack but it is an inanimate object.

Devan will attempt to move to a point within 40' of Maggie and ready an action to cast a spell when the Tiger Clan warriors begin swarming in.

HOLY WORD
[sblock]Holy Word
Evocation [Good, Sonic]
Level: Clr 7, Good 7
Components: V
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: 40 ft.
Area: Nongood creatures in a 40-ft.-radius spread centered on you
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None or Will negates; see text
Spell Resistance: Yes

Any nongood creature within the area that hears the holy word suffers the following ill effects.

HD Effect
Equal to caster level Deafened
Up to caster level -1 Blinded, deafened
Up to caster level -5 Paralyzed, blinded, deafened
Up to caster level -10 Killed, paralyzed, blinded, deafened

The effects are cumulative and concurrent. No saving throw is allowed against these effects.

Deafened
The creature is deafened for 1d4 rounds.

Blinded
The creature is blinded for 2d4 rounds.

Paralyzed
The creature is paralyzed and helpless for 1d10 minutes.

Killed
Living creatures die. Undead creatures are destroyed.

Furthermore, if you are on your home plane when you cast this spell, nongood extraplanar creatures within the area are instantly banished back to their home planes. Creatures so banished cannot return for at least 24 hours. This effect takes place regardless of whether the creatures hear the holy word. The banishment effect allows a Will save (at a -4 penalty) to negate.

Creatures whose HD exceed your caster level are unaffected by holy word.[/sblock]

His intention is to maximize the effect of the spell by including as many warriors as possible within the area (40' radius is HUGE). He is hoping the warriors are of low enough level (10 HD or less) that they are paralyzed; freeing Maggie and cutting a clear path to the enemy. He will cast defensively if necessary (+20 Concentration, DC 22).


IC:

Devan fights his way to the front of the line and bravely holds his ground as the Tiger Clan Warriors surge in around him. He raises his bastard sword as if to strike but instead shouts a of word of celestial perfection. The word fills your hearts with joyous glory but it has devastating effect on the charging enemy. A collective scream issues from the throats of those with evil hearts (non-good actually) as the wave of power pulses from Devan out to cover much of the room. Tiger Clan warriors crumple in heaps or drop their weapons to clutch at their eyes or ears. The way is clear... for now.


OOC: Thought I'd go a for a bit of narrative text . I'm expecting this spell to devastate the mass of soldiers. If it doesn't, we are in deep doo doo.

 

[Hawkeye]

OOC: Just to update Shando's and Sarah's tactics

Shando will Haste. All attack patterns will start with Stunning fist/Fist of Pharos, unless the target is already stunned from the previous round. DC for Stunning fist will be 24 (28 if the target is evil)
Shando will be using Dodge against the target he is attacking. With all current bonuses, that gives him a max AC of 43 against a single target and 42 against the rest.

Attacks will be Flurry: +29+29+29+29+24+19 (unarmed)
Unarmed damage: 4D6+8 (+2d6+1d4 vs Evil) All damage currently lethal.

Sarah:

AC: With here base+force screen+the new spell, her AC is 46.
Attacks: Sarah will attack with Stunning Fist if she either attacks before Shando does or if his target appears unaffected. Her DC is going to be 23
Her initial attacks will also be charged with a Greater Psionic Fist, adding 4d6 to her damage. Psionic meditation will allow her to regain her focus and still attack.

Bab for her single attack is +19. BaB for her flurry is currently +18/+18 base damage is 2d6+4.

Once Sarah is visible, she, too fires up her Holy Radiance.

Any undead attacking the pair at this moment should be taking 1d4 damage from each of them. This may or may not be having an effect on the crystals.

And now for the color text (Hey, everyone else is doing it!)

Shando and Sarah fight as a synchronised pair, their attacks, feints, dodges and blocks covering and aiding the other. There is no wasted motion, no threats or warning. their attacks come suddenly, expertly aimed. Their punches, kicks, head butts and arm locks, bruising the flesh and breaking the bones of their foes. Sarah's attacks covered with a light blue light, difficult to see from the golden glow emanating from the pair. They don't retreat, making a steady progress towards the tiger skull. Sarah has a smile of joy on her face and it appears she enjoys the thrill of combat.

Hawkeye

 

[kirinke]

ooc:
Would Naverone be able to cast transmute rock to mud and then mud to rock?

 

[Hawkeye]

ooc:
Would Naverone be able to cast transmute rock to mud and then mud to rock?

OOC: Only the sanctified versions, so we would get holy mud and holy rock.

 

[DM_Matt]

ooc:
Would Naverone be able to cast transmute rock to mud and then mud to rock?

Yes, but that will take 2 rounds.

 

[kirinke]

ooc
Rats. Lol. Well. They attack Geberath again, keeping monster boy between them and the Thayan. If they can, they'll take him on after Geberath is out of the picture. Right now, the master of nature is their priority. And he'll use both his flame attack as well as the telikenisis. He'll also cast holy word (sanctified version of blasphemy)