Hewligan's Rise of the Runelords: The Skinsaw Murders

[hewligan]

A Thing of Skin and Dislocation and Horror

Jovik releases his dagger. It flies true, striking deep into the turned form of Aldern, hitting him squarely in the chest and pulling a ragged gasp of pain from him.

OOC: Critical confirmed, 16hp damage dealt

As your blade pulls free to magically return to your hand, a transformation starts.

The form of Aldern shifts. Everything happens very rapidly, as if a cloak is being shed, but instead it is a form that is being shed. Aldern transforms into a featureless humanoid shape with hairless, scaly flesh like a dark crimson snake, its long stretching fingers twitch and writhe. Its form is horrifically human, and yet at the same time frightfully pliant, evident when its boneless arms stretch out unnaturally, grasping what should be out of reach.

The female turns to its companion and at once it too shifts, its loose clothing falling away to reveal an identical (to your untrained eye) hideous form.

In a lisping tongue the injured beast shouts at the second one, and together they move to spring forward upon you.

OOC: The surprise round is over. Inits and actions please. Battle map below:

Bug 1: -16hp
Bug 2: healthy as a drippy aberration

 

[Rhun]

I take it Danth's hold person did work, right?

 

[Rhun]

Not really surprised by the transformation (because Danth was getting to the point that nothing surprised him anymore), the cleric moves close to the strange creature, and plunges the blade of his scimitar into its heart!

AC 19, Hit Points 45/45

Coup de gras vrs Bug 1 (it is helpless, so a full-round action to coup de gras is alloed)
Damage = 13 (7 + 6, auto-critical) and Fort Save vrs DC23 or die!


[sblock=Current Spells Readied]
- Level 0: Detect Magic x2, Light, Guidance, Resistance
- Level 1: Command, Bless, Shield of Faith, Bless + (d) Cure Light Wounds
- Level 2: Cure Moderate Wounds, Deific Vengeance (CD), Silence, Hold Person + (d) Heat Metal
- Level 3: Summon Monster III, Magic Circle vrs Evil, Dispel Magic + (d)Searing Light[/sblock]

 

[frostrune]

Seeing Jovik's blade sink home and the figure before him melt like candlewax snapped any illusions of this really being Aldern from Jokad's mind. Free to strike he put on a dizzying flurry of blows only to be thwarted by the confined space.


OOC: Jokad full attacks BUG 1 (yeah I get 2 AT/ rd now). He moves quickly INIT 22, but fails to hit anything higher than AC 13 (booo!)
Roll Lookup

 

[hewligan]

I take it Danth's hold person did work, right?

Apologies for not putting it in the post above. Yes, your hold person worked on BUG 1 (as labelled). Also, see the comment below for Frostrune, as it also applies to Danth's attack (ie. it is a hit)

Frostrune: Jokad is attacking a held person/thing, so melee attacks against a helpless target get a +4 bonus (equivalent to attacking a prone target). Given the AC of 17, your attack/s actually do hit (just).

Please edit posts accordingly, and I am sorry for the mistake on my part on not including this info on the earlier post.

 

[Rhun]

Apologies for not putting it in the post above. Yes, your hold person worked on BUG 1 (as labelled). Also, see the comment below for Frostrune, as it also applies to Danth's attack (ie. it is a hit)

Frostrune: Jokad is attacking a held person/thing, so melee attacks against a helpless target get a +4 bonus (equivalent to attacking a prone target). Given the AC of 17, your attack/s actually do hit (just).

Please edit posts accordingly, and I am sorry for the mistake on my part on not including this info on the earlier post.

OOC: Since it is held and helpless, Danth will take a full-round action and deliver a coup de gras. Updated above.

 

[Friadoc]

"I doubt these things plan on giving any quarter," shouts Kael. "So I suggest we show none."

Keeping a focused and collected manner about himself, Kael pulls a piece of cured leather from one of the pockets in his Varisian scarf. After uttering the words of power, while making a complex series of motions above the piece of leather, a nearly invisible force field takes place around Kael, shortly after which one forms around Mal.

Mal then moves slightly in front of his master, to act as a guardian while the sorcerer continues his ways.

OOC

[sblock=Rolls]
Initiative (1d20+6=11)

[/sblock]
[sblock=Vitals, current]
AC 16, Touch 12, Flatfooted 14; Mal AC 21
HP 25
[/sblock]
[sblock=Spells Per Day, remaining]
0-level 6 of 6
1st-level 5 of 6
2nd-level 6 of 6
3rd-level 4 of 4
[/sblock]

 

[Fenris]

Jovik tumbles around the strange bug like things, ending up behind the second bug. He shoves Goblin Hook deep into the bug.

OOC: That will set up a nice flank for Jokad if he steps up
[sblock]

Init
1d20+4=13

Tumble
1d20+15=35

Attack
1d20+9=26, 1d4+2+1d6=11

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[hewligan]

Jovik tumbles around the strange bug like things, ending up behind the second bug. He shoves Goblin Hook deep into the bug.

OOC: That will set up a nice flank for Jokad if he steps up
[sblock]

Init
1d20+4=13

Tumble
1d20+15=35

Attack
1d20+9=26, 1d4+2+1d6=11

[/sblock]

I will take it that with Danth intent on delivering a coup-de-grace on BUG1, Jokad will instead focus his attack on BUG2, but with an AC of 17, his 13 attack, even with a flank, is a miss.

Also, for Kael ... I may be dumb, but I cannot work out what spell he is casting. Help!

 

[Rhun]

Also, for Kael ... I may be dumb, but I cannot work out what spell he is casting. Help!

OOC: Mage Armor