House Millithor in COSQ: part 4

[Endur]

Booming laughter echoes through the noble level as a creature of darkness and flame enters the Entrance Hall.

The non-undead feel a presence in their mind. An unholy creature of the worst sort is violating their mind.

 

[Dalamar]

Vampires in gaseous form move extremely slowly (20' is a double-move)

As a standard action, a vampire can assume gaseous form at will as the spell (caster level 5th), but it can remain gaseous indefinitely and has a fly speed of 20 feet with perfect maneuverability.

Underline and bold mine.

 

[Endur]

ooc: The gaseous form vampires move as slow as dwarves (40' is a double move).

 

[Xael]

As the Balor enters the entrance hall, Quertus proceeds to cast Haste.

OOC: Targets in order of importance (Max 14):

1. PCs
2. Bebiliths and other powerful allies (if any)
3. Lesser Vampires.

 

[Serpenteye]

The Matron orders the first half of her forces forwards (Zieggrek, the Bebiliths and any surviving vampires) (Z disarm Aided by Vampires, Bebiliths flanking)

 

[Dalamar]

Torellan moves into a flanking position on the Balor, tumbling as necessary, and then starts laying the smack on the balor with his temporarily enchanted dagger, and also slams it with his other hand when he has the time.

OoC: Torellan currently has a full attack of:
+1 cold iron dagger +23/+18/+13 melee (d4+10, 17-20/x2, affected by bless weapon)
AND Slam +15 melee (d6+3, x2)

 

[Endur]

Initiative
Balor 28
Torellan 24: Mentally commands his minions to command their minions and their minion’s minions to attack, and then moves forward.
Kilcif 23: Shoots three arrows at the Balor. All the Arrows miss due to fire and shadow obscuring the Balor’s solid body (7 + 25 (15 BAB, 3 Dex, 5 Bow, 1 WF, 1 Haste)) vs. ac 39, 18 +20, 9 +15).
Quertus 20: Casts haste on all nearby PCs and some vampires.
Tierak 19: Sends mental images to the Bebiliths of battle.
Narcelia 17: waits.
Vampire Minions 17: Mentally commands minions to command their minions to attack, and then moves forward.
Balor Held Action: Telekinesis: Attempt to fling Torellan and five of his minions into the chasm. Torellan resists, the five minions are flung out of the entry hall into the chasm into the far wall. Two minions stick to the wall, the other three bounce off and fall into the river. One minion hits a rock sticking up out of the river and turns to gaseous form and starts floating back towards its coffin. The other two fall into the river and are swept away.
Dariel 15: Charges Balor. Balor’s whip entangles Dariel, disrupting his charge and drawing Dariel into the flaming aura around the Balor. Dariel takes 24 points of damage (after resist energy).
Zieggrek 14: Rages, Charges, and attempts to Grapple Balor. Roll 15 for touch attack. Touch succeeds. Grapple Attempt; Zieggrek 9+36 vs. Balor 11+36. Grapple fails.
Kripp 13: casts Drown at the Balor. Spell Resistance: Kripp rolls 8, fails to penetrate the Balor's SR.
Bebiliths 10: Phase in and arrive.
Dominated Apprentice 10: Casts Magic Missile, does not penetrate SR
Earth Elemental 9: Moves across ceiling above Balor.
Ki’Willis 8: Casts Shield and moves forward.
Carcelon 7: Fires Circlet of Major Blasting. To Hit Roll: 13 + 10 BAB + 5 dex -0 firing into melee Precise shot = 28. Balor Touch AC= 20 + 4 cover = 24. Carcelon hits the Balor with a streak of light, narrowly avoiding Zieggrek, and inflicts 40 points of damage. Spell Resistance: Carcelon rolls 20 + 17=37, beating the Balors SR.
Wraith Morcane 5: Attacks Balor and misses.

 

[Pyrex]

Carcelon fires her Circlet at the Balor hoping to overcome it's SR.

 

[Serpenteye]

ooc: !

Torellan 24: Mentally commands his minions to command their minions and their minion’s minions to attack, and then moves forward.

ooc: The Vampires are not Dominated, they are simply under their creator's command. They get no "second save" when forced to commit acts against their nature, the control cannot be dispelled, and they don't have to be telepathically commanded. There is nothing in the vampires entry in the SRD to even suggest that Domination is somehow involved.
Torellan could just as well have given them an oral order as a free action, and since that's obviously the only intelligent thing to do I'm sure it could be assumed that he did that. The Matron had also given the Vampires her orders beforehand. They should have known what to do without being ordered to do it by Torellan, unless they were being willfully disobedient.

Vampire Minions 17: Mentally commands minions to command their minions to attack, and then moves forward.

ooc: See above. They are intelligent enough to make the obvious choice.

Balor Held Action: Telekinesis: Attempt to fling Torellan and five of his minions into the chasm. Torellan resists, the five minions are flung out of the entry hall into the chasm into the far wall. Two minions stick to the wall, the other three bounce off and fall into the river. One minion hits a rock sticking up out of the river and turns to gaseous form and starts floating back towards its coffin. The other two fall into the river and are swept away.

The Matron hopes that the Vampires in the river are intelligent enough to turn gaseous and (since air is lighter than water) float to the surface and up into the chasm.

Dariel 15: Charges Balor. Balor’s whip entangles Dariel, disrupting his charge and drawing Dariel into the flaming aura around the Balor. Dariel takes 24 points of damage (after resist energy).

The Matron, who didn't order Dariel to attack, frowns.

Zieggrek 14: Rages, Charges, and attempts to Grapple Balor. Roll 15 for touch attack. Touch succeeds. Grapple Attempt; Zieggrek 9+36 vs. Balor 11+36. Grapple fails.

The Matron wonders why Zieggrek disregarded her order to disarm the Balor with vampiric aid.

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The Matron sends the rest of her forces forwards against the Balor, with a word. Then she activates the Shield ability of her House Insignia and moves (if there's enough space for her to do so) adjacent to the Balor.

 

[Xael]

Quertus moves towards the Balor, near enough for Dimensional Anchor (60 feet), and casts it. He tries to find a position where anybody isn't in the way (at least Zieggrek).

OOC: Ranged touch attack (with haste) is at +9. Caster level mod for SR penetration is +18.