[LPF] Bats in the Belfry

[Aldern Foxglove]

[sblock=OOC]Edited for Aressa to attack the tiny bat.[/sblock]

 

[Otakkun]

Xan takes out his crossbow and fires at the bats.

OOC: He'll fire to whatever bat he has the best shot at. If there's no difference he'll go for one of the small bats first.

 

[HolyMan]

Xan finishes his spell and draws his crossbow and hurried loads a bolt into as the dire bat starts to take wing away from the group. As the dire bat gains air and withdraws Xan's eidolon grows in size and weight, but the old stairs only creak and don't give way as the large beast hangs over the railing waiting for the dire bat to get into reach.

Izzik manages a good job off both waving away the tiny bat annoying him and stopping Maia from bleeding to death. He is about to say something witty when a screech from above draws all eyes.

Xan's eidolon has the dire bat by one wing and is slowly ripping it off as the creature struggles. A quick claw to the beasts belly and the dire bat is forever silent. The eidolon drops it on the steps and what looks like a grin starts to form on it's lips but then...

From the shadows a second dire bat emerges flapping from behind Xan's eidolon. Everyone tries to warn it but to late it doesn't get time to turn around before the overly large bat strikes biting deep into it's neck and shoulder.

"ARGGHH!!" the eidolon bellows causing the walls themselves to vibrate at the sound.

[sblock=Combat]
Characters posted in INIT order

[U]
Character        AC  HP  InHand/Condition[/U]*
Xan              18  10  c.bow/none
Ausk             14  11  flail/none
Maia             12  [COLOR=Red]-3[/COLOR]  none/[I][COLOR=Red]stable[/COLOR][/I]
Xan's Eidolon    [COLOR=Orange]10[/COLOR]   [COLOR=Yellow]1[/COLOR]  none/[COLOR=Orange][I]enlarged[/I][/COLOR]
Dire Bat2        14  22  none/none
Izzik            15  [COLOR=Yellow] 8 [/COLOR] s.spear/none
Syldar           16   [COLOR=Yellow]7[/COLOR]  bow/none
Aressa           [COLOR=RoyalBlue]18[/COLOR]   [COLOR=Yellow]9[/COLOR]  none/[I][COLOR=RoyalBlue]mage armor[/COLOR][/I]
bats(1)          16   2  none/none    

* inspire courage: +1 morale bonus on saves vs fear and charm
                   +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls

[/sblock]

[sblock=Map sort of]
Ok mapping location and height not something I can make so we will be doing this by distances. I am listing the marching order and the distance from the ground that character is. In relation you should know how far you are from everyone else, the floor(should you fall), and the monsters.


Marching Order:
Dire Bat2 - 20' < in melee with Xan's eidolon >
Xan's eidolon - 15' < in melee with Dire Bat 2 >
Syldar - 5' < in melee with tiny bat >
Ausk - 0'
Aressa - 0'
Maia - 0'
Izzik - 0'
Xan - 0'[/sblock]

[sblock=Actions]
Round 2:
Xan - draws weapon and loads
Ausk - move and draw weapon
Maia - none/stable
Dire Bat 1 - withdraws (tries to fly by Xan's eidolon but dies)
Dire Bat 2 - attacks Xan's eidolon/hits dmg = 10
Izzik - use skill Heal(first aid) - draws AoO
Syldar - b.p.(inspire courage);draws weapon;shoots(draws AoO)/miss
Aressa - attack tiny bat hit/dead
Xan's Eidolon - AoO vs DB1 hits; ready action vs DB1 hits/dead
bats(2) - AoO vs Izzik miss, attack vs Izzik miss; AoO vs Syldar hit dmg = 1, attack vs Syldar miss[/sblock]

 

[HolyMan]

OOC: Update complete top of round 3

[sblock=Couple things]
Let's see where to start...

A) Xan could not draw and fire in the same round as drawing a weapon is a move action and loading a light crossbow is also a move action. I don't think you will find any DM who will let you walk around with a loaded crossbow on your back.

B) Syldar could not take a 5' step since we are counting the steps as difficult terrian. But you didn't have to move really there is enough room on the floor for Ausk to be there as well as the others. So I didn't have your character move just draw and shoot - since that is allowed for a bow.

C) It says usually for AoO if you use a skill and I had the bat make one in this case against Izzik. It seems to me that since you are occupying the same space that it would attack while you are distracted and doing something else.

D) Forgot the -1 to attack for Xan's eidolon but he would have hit both times regardless.

E) Again no need for Ausk to delay as he can move through a friendly space to a space on the floor. (I know I didn't say how many people could be down there but I thought we would be fighting more up not down.) So he probably moved and drew his weapon this round the miss didn't matter anyway. [/sblock]

 

[sunshadow21]

Ausk will take aim at one of the smaller bats, letting one of the faster folks deal with the bat higher up on the stairs.

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

[sblock=OOC]Is it possible for Aressa to have hit two tiny bats, with her full attack? It looks like the one attacking izzik was also within her reach and her bite would have hit it.[/sblock]

 

[HolyMan]

[sblock=OOC] Well since I know it is hard to know which creatures are left on your turn and where they are exactly I guess I can allow it. And since the bat didn't do any damage it could have been taken out. So currently there is no tiny bat on Izzik. [/sblock]

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

Izzik moves forward toward the fray (10') and hurls a gobbit of acid at the dire bat, taking pains to avoid striking Xan's eidolon. But his effort goes well wide of the mark tumbling off into the darkness even as Izzik shrugs.

[sblock=OOC]Sorry dice roller got weird on me, I hit roll and it went to a blank dice roller page so I plugged it in again... I will wait until after HMs baddies go this time before postiong Aressa's actions.[/sblock]

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

OOC: Come on people please hurry up.

 

[Shayuri]

(OOC - Don't look at me, I'm unconscious. )