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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5266971" data-attributes="member: 16069">H1 Keep on the ShadowfellEncounter #19 Area 12: The Hobgoblin Guard Room (again)Combining Area 13: Hobgoblin Barracks & Area 14: The War Chief's Council Room.Round #6.War Chief- DEAD.Grey- Move. Ray of Frost HS4; Hit 7 Cold damage- DEAD. HG1- DEAD.HG2- DEAD.HG3- DEAD.HG4- DEAD.HG5- DEAD.HG6- DEAD.HG7- DEAD.HG8- DEAD.HG9- DEAD.HS1- DEAD.HS2- Tries to Climb out- Fails. Swims around in the bottom of the well screaming for help.HS3- DEAD.HS4- DEAD.HS5- Double Move. AoO Dirty; Miss. AoO Phrenic; Miss. Flees up the stairs.Winstanley- Move. Sly Flourish HA; Miss.HW- DEAD.Phrenic- Move. Viper's Strike HA; Hit 10 damage (12 HP bloodied).Kaspard- Move. Sacred Flame HA; Miss.HA- Move to stairs. AoO Phrenic; Miss. Run.Dirty- Move. Reaping Strike HA; Hit 12 damage- DEAD.Time to play 7 minutes. Total time to play 58 minutes.End of Combat-Good GuysDirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 3 (HP25/43)Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 3 (HP35)Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 3 (HP8/35)Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 3 (HP31)Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 3 (HP24/34)Bad Guys 1592XP Level 7 Encounter.Hobgoblin Grunt Level 3 Minion [HG] (x9) (HP1) 9 DEADHobgoblin Soldier Level 3 Soldier [HS] (x5) (HP14/47 17/47) 3 DEAD 1 FLED 1 IN WELLHobgoblin Archer Level 3 Artillery [HA] (HP39) DEADHobgoblin Warcaster Level 3 Controller [HW] (HP46) DEADHobgoblin War Chief Level 5 Soldier [War Chief] (HP64) DEADAction Points 0 Total 2Daily Powers 0 Total 2Healing Surges 0 Total 32nd Winds 0 Total 1Crits 0 Total 2PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0Bad Guys Action Points 0 Total 0 Bad Guys Crits 0 Total 0Comment: A masterclass from the PCs, although the Hobgoblins relied heavily on swamping the PCs with their attackers. Grey came into his own with multiple Scorching Bursts and an excellent Fire Shroud attack.Dirty is still not happy it seems, the searched bodies of the Hobgoblins are thrown down the well, to join their companion, as are bits and pieces of the furniture, soon after the screaming Hobgoblin Soldier down the well goes silent. I think the lesson is not to get on Dirty's wrong side, he has a mean streak a mile wide.The PCs cautiously head out after a short rest and discover many uninhabited chambers- ex-Hobgoblin guard rooms and the like, they also locate a bunch of coins and a lovely new +1 Vicious Maul, a weapon ideally suited to the gruff Dwarf.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/4879875318/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4879875318_50de644c1e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/4879875416/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4879875416_14fd77b54d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Both of the above areas emptied and searched.The PCs head on, or else would do if it wasn't the end of the 4th session, four-and-a-half hours of play and four combat encounters played, another excellent session- and the PCs are buoyed by this their latest victory.Stats: PCs connected with 63.79% of their attacks (37 from 58) while the bad guys only managed 38.89% (14 from 36). Worse still the PCs were dishing out 69.97 HP damage on average/turn- 418 hit points in total. The monsters did 18.67 HP damage on average/turn, only 112 points in total. This was a difficult encounter, at least on paper, certainly the highest XP for any encounter the PCs have been in so far- 1592, more than the other Level 7 encounter (PCs encounter #8 with Balgron the Fat et al). The bad guys also had the most hit points for any encounter, 393. What I remember of this encounter is the PCs determination to see it through, and their belief that they could hold the line against so many enemies, which is a change in mind set from some of the previous encounters.This encounter also produced by far the most XP/turn for the PCs- 265.33, and the PCs only used 2 Action Points and one Daily Power. As I said previously the artillery came into their own here, even Phrenic's Scorching Burst doing a good wedge of damage.Combined Stats: Grey has now made exactly 200 attack rolls, the next highest is Dirty with 121- if you like rolling To Hit then the Area Burst/Blast Controller is the character for you. Of the 200 attacks Grey has hit 129 times, the next highest being Winstanley with 84 hits, although the Rogue has only made 109 attacks. Grey has also grabbed a little bit of a lead on Winstanley with damage inflicted 1183, versus Winstanley's 1117.Back again to the end of session Stat Attack-Copy and indeed paste to follow-Number of Combat Encounters: 8Encounter Levels: 1 [+0] (x2); 2 [+1] (x4); 6 [+4] (x1) & 7 [+5] (x1).Average Encounter Level: 2.88Total Turns of Combat: 56Total Time to play Combat Encounters: 428 minutes.Average Time/Encounter: 53.5 minutesTotal Action Points used: 26 (average 3.25/encounter)Total times PC KO'd (0 HP): 9 (average 1.13/encounter)Total PC Crits rolled: 6 (average .75/encounter)Total Healing Surges used: 33 (average 4.33/encounter)Total Daily Powers used: 16 (average 2/encounter)Became-Number of Combat Encounters: 14Encounter Levels: [+0] (x4); [+1] (x8); [+5] (x1) & [+6] (x1).Average Encounter Level: 3.36Total Turns of Combat: 91Total Time to play Combat Encounters: 692 minutes.Average Time/Encounter: 49.43 minutesTotal Action Points used: 38 (average 2.71/encounter)Total times PC KO'd (0 HP): 9 (average 0.64/encounter)Total PC Crits rolled: 10 (average .71/encounter)Total Healing Surges used: 49 (average 3.5/encounter)Total Daily Powers used: 26 (average 1.86/encounter)Which is now-Number of Combat Encounters: 18Encounter Levels: [-1] (x1); [+0] (x4); [+1] (x8); [+2] (x2); [+4] (x1); [+5] (x1) & [+6] (x1).Average Encounter Level: 4.44Total Turns of Combat: 112Total Time to play Combat Encounters: 882 minutes.Average Time/Encounter: 49 minutesTotal Action Points used: 54 (average 3/encounter)Total times PC KO'd (0 HP): 10 (average 0.56/encounter)Total PC Crits rolled: 18 (average 1/encounter)Total Healing Surges used: 63 (average 3.5/encounter)Total Daily Powers used: 32 (average 1.78/encounter)Happily I can report that I managed to reduce a PC to 0 HP on one occasion.Remember for all of the below Phrenic has only been in 14 combat encounters, McGyver has now been excluded from the stats.PCs Attack Connection Rate (Criteria min. 5 attacks)21st-NEW 25% Kaspard Beacon of Hope (2 hits/8 attacks) Average 0 damage.20th-NEW 37.5% Phrenic Wolf Pack tactics (3 hits/8 attacks) Average 10 damage.19th-WAS 41.67% Dirty AoO Maul (5 hits/12 attacks) Average 9.2 damage.THEN 40% (6 hits/15 attacks) Average 9.83 damage.NOW 42.11% (8 hits/19 attacks) Average 10.5 damage.18th-NEW 42.86% Kaspard Healing Strike (3 hits/7 attacks) Average 10 damage.17th-WAS 33.33% Dirty Spinning Sweep (2 hits/6 attacks) Average 12.5 damage.THEN 58.33% (7 hits/12 attacks) Average 14.71 damage.NOW 50% (7 hits/14 attacks) Average 14.71 damage.&THEN 61.54% Phrenic Scorching Burst (8 hits/13 attacks) Average 6 damage.NOW 50% (14 hits/28 attacks) Average 5.64 damage.16th-WAS 46.67% Kaspard Lance of Faith (7 hits/15 attacks) Average 7 damage.THEN 52.94% (9 hits/17 attacks) Average 6.78 damage.NOW 52.94% (9 hits/17 attacks) Average 6.78 damage.15th-WAS 50% Dirty Brute Strike (3 hits/6 attacks) Average 21 damage.THEN 62.5% (5 hits/8 attacks) Average 21.4 damage.NOW 53.85% (7 hits/13 attacks) Average 24.29 damage.14th-WAS 55.56% Phrenic Viper's Strike (5 hits/9 attacks) Average 6.5 damage.THEN 52.38% (11 hits/21 attacks) Average 7.6 damage.NOW 56.67% (17 hits/30 attacks) Average 7.88 damage.13th-WAS 64.29% Grey Magic Missile (9 hits/14 attacks) Average 9.44 damage.THEN 68% (17 hits/25 attacks) Average 9.24 damage.NOW 58.06% (18 hits/31 attacks) Average 9.39 damage.12th-WAS 50% Dirty Reaping Strike (6 hits/12 attacks) Average 14.33 damage.THEN 57.89% (11 hits/19 attacks) Average 13.27 damage.NOW 58.33% (14 hits/24 attacks) Average 13.79 damage.11th-WAS 55.56% Dirty Cleave (5 hits/9 attacks) Average 13.8 damage.THEN 63.16% (12 hits/19 attacks) Average 14 damage.NOW 58.62% (17 hits/29 attacks) Average 14.47 damage.10th-WAS 59.26% Grey Burning Hands (16 hits/27 attacks) Average 11.13 damage.THEN 61.76% (21 hits/34 attacks) Average 12.05 damage.NOW 60% (24 hits/40 attacks) Average 11.88 damage.9th-WAS 62.5% Dirty Charge Maul (10 hits/16 attacks) Average 9.6 damage.THEN 68.42% (13 hits/19 attacks) Average 9.77 damage.NOW 65% (13 hits/20 attacks) Average 9.77 damage.8th-WAS 57.69% Kaspard Sacred Flame (15 hits/26 attacks) Average 5.47 damage.THEN 64.58% (31 hits/48 attacks) Average 8.1 damage.NOW 66.67% (42 hits/63 attacks) Average 8.55 damage.&THEN 58.33% Kaspard Turn Undead (7 hits/12 attacks) Average 11.86 damage.NOW 66.67% (10 hits/15 attacks) Average 13.1 damage.&THEN 60% Phrenic Charge Longsword (3 hits/5 attacks) Average 9.67 damage.NOW 66.67% (4 hits/6 attacks) Average 10.25 damage.&WAS 66.67% Grey Ray of Frost (8 hits/12 attacks) Average 6.5 damage.THEN 64.71% (11 hits/17 attacks) Average 7.09 damage.NOW 66.67% (14 hits/21 attacks) Average 7.5 damage.7th-WAS 54.29% Grey Scorching Burst (19 hits/35 attacks) Average 7.42 damage.THEN 67.16% (45 hits/67 attacks) Average 8.09 damage.NOW 67.37% (64 hits/95 attacks) Average 8.53 damage.6th-THEN 57.14% Phrenic Leaf on the Wind (4 hits/7 attacks) Average 8 damage.NOW 70% (7 hits/10 attacks) Average 11.86 damage.5th-WAS 77.42% Winstanley Sly Flourish (24 hits/31 attacks) Average 14.5 damage.THEN 76.36% (42 hits/55 attacks) Average 12.76 damage.NOW 74.67% (56 hits/75 attacks) Average 13.88 damage.4th-WAS 83.33% Winstanley Positioning Strike (5 hits/6 attacks) Average 11.6 damage.THEN 80% (8 hits/10 attacks) Average 11.38 damage.NOW 78.57% (11 hits/14 attacks) Average 10.82 damage.3rd-THEN 80% Winstanley Trick Strike (4 hits/5 attacks) Average 18.75 damage.NOW 80% (4 hits/5 attacks) Average 18.75 damage.2nd-NEW 85.71% Grey Fire Shroud (6 hits/7 attacks) Average 9.83 damage.1st-WAS 100% Winstanley Deft Strike (10 hits/10 attacks) Average 13.3 damage.THEN 100% (11 hits/11 attacks) Average 12.64 damage.NOW 91.67% (11 hits/12 attacks) Average 12.64 damage.Notice the damage average damage creep, even more obvious below-Total HP damage inflicted by PCs271 Phrenic (average 4.23/turn) NOW 450 (average 5.29/turn)340 Kaspard (average 3.74/turn) NOW 603 (average 5.38/turn)710 Dirty (average 7.8/turn) NOW 923 (average 8.24/turn)848 Winstanley (average 9.32/turn) NOW 1117 (average 9.97/turn)871 Grey (average 9.57/turn) NOW 1183 (average 10.56/turn)Total HP damage absorbed by PCs101 Kaspard (average 1.11/turn) NOW 109 (average 0.97/turn)111 Grey (average 1.22/turn) NOW 141 (average 1.26/turn)121 Winstanley (average 1.33/turn) NOW 161 (average 1.44/turn)230 Phrenic (average 3.59/turn) NOW 346 (average 4.07/turn)441 Dirty (average 4.85/turn) NOW 578 (average 5.16/turn)Damage taken is now heading up, hurrah, but not by enough- boo.+/- combining the above two set of results.+41 Phrenic (+0.64/turn) NOW +104 (+1.22/turn)+269 Dirty (+2.95/turn) NOW +345 (+3.08/turn)+239 Kaspard (+2.63/turn) NOW +494 (+4.41/turn)+727 Winstanley (+7.99/turn) NOW +956 (+8.53/turn)+760 Grey (+8.35/turn) NOW +1042 (+9.3/turn)Which continues to show that the PCs are pulling away from the bad guys with the amount of damage inflicted against damage taken, on average inflicting +26.54 points of damage/turn, up from +22.56 points of damage/turn at the end of the last session.Overall Connection (Hit) Rates/PC50% Dirty (31 hits from 62 attacks) THEN 58.06% (54 hits from 93 attacks)NOW 54.55% (66 hits from 121 attacks)57.14% Phrenic (12 hits from 21 attacks) THEN 57.89% (33 hits from 57 attacks)NOW 55.91% (52 hits from 93 attacks)53.33% Kaspard (24 hits from 45 attacks) THEN 60% (51 hits from 85 attacks)NOW 60% (59 hits from 115 attacks)60% Grey (54 hits from 90 attacks) THEN 66.21% (96 hits from 145 attacks)NOW 64.5% (129 hits from 200 attacks)82.69% Winstanley (43 hits from 52 attacks) THEN 80.72 (67 hits from 83 attacks)NOW 77.06 (84 hits from 109 attacks)Some odd facts-Most Action Points used: 7 Dirty; Least: 1 Phrenic.THEN 9 Dirty & Winstanley; Least: Still Phrenic with 3.NOW 13 Dirty & Winstanley; Least: Still Phrenic with 6.PC KO'd most: 2 each for Dirty, McGyver, Phrenic & Winstanley; Least: 0 KaspardTHEN Well, exactly the same.NOW 3 Phrenic; Least: 0 KaspardPC with most Crits: Dirty 4; Least: Grey, Kaspard & Phrenic 0THEN Dirty 6; Least: Grey still without a '20'.NOW Dirty 8; Least: Grey & Kaspard 1Most Healing Surges used: 12 Dirty; Least: 2 KaspardTHEN Dirty 23; Least: 2 Kaspard (still).NOW Dirty 28; Least: 2 Kaspard (still)Most Daily Powers used: 4 Dirty & Winstanley; Least: 1 PhrenicTHEN 8 Dirty & Winstanley; Least: 2 Grey & Kaspard.NOW 10 Dirty; Least: 3 Grey & Kaspard.Overall Party Connection Rate 62.08% (185 hits from 298 attacks)THEN 65.58% (322 hits from 491 attacks)NOW 63.21% (421 hits from 666 attacks)Bad Guys: 55.29% (94 hits from 170 attacks)THEN 52.82% (159 hits from 301 attacks)NOW 50.13% (196 hits from 391 attacks)Damage/turn inflicted by PCs: 33.48 HP THEN 35.55 NOW 39.92Bad Guys: 12.46 HP THEN 12.34 NOW 12.98Most Productive Turns for PCs-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Surprise Round 30.8 HP damage on averageTurn #4 33.57 HP damage on averageTurn #3 36 HP damage on averageTurn #2 48.5 HP damage on averageTurn #1 59 HP damage on averageAnd after 14 Encounters-Most Productive Turns for PCs-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Turn #5 28.44 HP damage on averageTurn #4 35.82 HP damage on averageTurn #3 42.36 HP damage on averageTurn #1 54.5 HP damage on averageTurn #2 61.14 HP damage on averageAnd after 18 Encounters-Most Productive Turns for PCs-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Turn #5 39.09 HP damage on averageTurn #4 40.43 HP damage on averageTurn #3 44.41 HP damage on averageTurn #1 57.11 HP damage on averageTurn #2 60.61 HP damage on averageAnd for the bad guys...Most Productive Turns for Bad Guys-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Turn #4 7.71 HP damage on averageTurn #5 9.6 HP damage on averageTurn #3 11.88 HP damage on averageTurn #2 14.38 HP damage on averageTurn #1 19.25 HP damage on averageAnd after 14 Encounters-Most Productive Turns for Bad Guys-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Turn #5 9.22 HP damage on averageTurn #3 11.79 HP damage on averageTurn #2 16.29 HP damage on averageTurn #6 17 HP damage on averageTurn #1 18 HP damage on averageAnd after 18 Encounters-Most Productive Turns for Bad Guys-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Turn #4 & #5 10 HP damage on averageTurn #3 13.18 HP damage on averageTurn #6 13.88 HP damage on averageTurn #2 15.56 HP damage on averageTurn #1 18.72 HP damage on averageTime to play encounters.Longest Turns to play, in minutes (average)-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Surprise Round 6.6Turn #4 6.86Turn #3 8.25Turn #2 8.88Turn #1 10.63And after 14 Encounters-Longest Turns to play, in minutes (average)-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Surprise Round 6.27Turn #4 7Turn #3 7.57Turn #2 9.71Turn #1 10.43And after 18 Encounters-Longest Turns to play, in minutes (average)-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Surprise Round 6.62Turn #4 7.29Turn #3 8.18Turn #2 9.78Turn #1 11.17XP averages.Most XP earned/turn, in XP (average)-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Surprise Round 70Turn #1 92.88Turn #2 116.38Turn #3 140.63Turn #4 160.71And after 14 Encounters-Most XP earned/turn, in XP (average)-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Turn #1 76.21Turn #5 94.44Turn #3 103.57Turn #2 107.57Turn #4 113.64And after 18 Encounters-Most XP earned/turn, in XP (average)-Criteria at least 5 turns played.Turn #3 103.06Turn #5 122.73Turn #6 125Turn #2 131Turn #4 134.86And some more details about the Encounters (combined)-Level (-1) 1 Encounter played-Average 3 Turns to play and 19 minutesLevel (+0) 4 Encounters played-Average 5.5 Turns to play and 40.75 minutesLevel (+1) 8 Encounters played-Average 5.63 Turns to play and 42.25 minutesLevel (+2) 2 Encounters played-Average 6 Turns to play and 56.5 minutesLevel (+4) 1 Encounter played-Average 6 Turns to play and 58 minutesLevel (+5) 1 Encounter played-Average 13 Turns to play and 90 minutesLevel (+6) 1 Encounters played-Average 11 Turns to play and 102 minutesLastly the PCs pathway through the encounters, by this I mean a look at the Level of the encounters and the extended rests (X) taken, also included is the lone Skill Challenge (SC).[SESSION 1] Level +0 – X – Level +1 – Level +0 – Level +5 – [SESSION 2] X – Level +1 – X – Leve1 +1 – Level +1 – Level +6 – [SESSION 3] X – Level +1 – X – Level +0 – Level +0 – Level +1 – X – Level +1 – Level +1 – SC [SESSION 4] – Level -1 – Level +2 – Level +2 – X – Level +4That's a record, five combat encounters in a row, and a Skill Challenge thrown in for good measure, let's see how the PCs fare on the next run, they certainly seem more confident now they're third level.</blockquote>

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