The Closed Eye, part II (DM: covaithe, Judge: garyh)

“Oh, I’ll reason with it, alright.” Woe coughs. “Whether it likes it or not.”

The warrior gathers himself and cracks his neck with enough force to cause an echo down the tunnel.

“Here’s a little spearhead-diplomacy for you, you flailing freaking flesh-puzzle!”

He slips in, weaves under one of the golem’s thrashing arms and singles out a damaged joint keeping the limb together. With a quick stab-and-slash motion Woe just barely manages to dig in and cut up, spraying more blood across the cavern walls.

Assuming the golem isn’t dead yet:​

Woe doesn’t halt his advance. The sparks from the spearhead dances down the full length of the weapon, and continue to jump over his entire body harmlessly. They seem to quickly gather in strength at his groin, then leaps as a collective force of lightning back onto the spear, across its length again, and explodes at the tip that still remains lodged in the golem.

The monster flies back from the impact, forcefully repelled from Woe and leaving a hint of seared flesh in the air.

[sblock=Actions]Woe attacks with Comeback Strike, hitting AC 19 for 9 damage. If the golem isn’t dead at this point, he uses the Daily power of his spear to push it back to E14 and deal an additional 2 lightning damage.

Woe fails his save.

Woe Chinua - Human Fighter 3
Passive Perception 12, Passive Insight 12
AC 20, Fort 19, Reflex 17, Will 14
HP 26/46, Bloodied 23, Surge Value 11, Surges 8/11
Speed 5, Initiative +3
Action Points: 0, Second Wind
Powers: Cleave, Knockdown Assault, Tide of Iron; Pass Forward; Spear of Myrdroon's Shard;
Passing Attack, Rain of Blows; Comeback Strike, Inspiring Word; Spear of Myrdroon's Shard
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Kathalia's condition remains unchanged

(OOC: Saved vs death! WAHOOOOOOO!!!! Failed vs dazed.)


[sblock=Kathalia Stat Block]
Kathalia, Elf Druid 3
Passive Perception 22, Passive Insight 15
AC 19, Fort 14, Reflex 17, Will 17
HP -9/36 Bloodied 18, Surge Value 9, Surges 7/9
Speed 8, Initiative +5
Action Points: 1

Current Effects
human form
bow on ground at F15
dying
prone
dazed (save ends)
failed two death saving throws

Encounter Resources
USED Darting Bite
Predator's Flurry
USED Elven Accuracy (+ feat)
USED Screaming Hide Armor
Second Wind
Use Action Point

Daily Resources
Healing Word
USED Amulet of Resolution
Fleet Persuit
Fires of Life
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Phew!

If that doggone golem is dead, I'll get Hacker over to her and dump a potion down her throat, unless Woe want to heal her.

Oh, and Woe got 4 HP for whacking the golem.
 

[sblock=Hope!]Alright, we may actually all survive! :)

Great save, nerdy. If this doesn't put the golem down, I'm not sure we ever had a chance - the at-will and reactive dazing has just been too insane! Woe is still dazed so he can't reach Kathalia and heal her next round - if Hacker's got a potion left, I'd go for it.[/sblock]
 


Round 8

Atreus stubbornly clings to life.

Somehow, Kathalia fails to die.

Hacker throws caution to the winds and curses the golem, taking a heavy backhand from one of its bleeding fists during the process. His curse takes a toll, though, and it inspires greater efforts from Woe.

When Woe's spear darts beneath the golem's outstretched arm and draws another spatter of blood, Woe gets a fresh burst of vitality. Also, a spark arcs down his spear, blasting the golem several paces back, causing its enraged counter to fall short.

The golem bellows in pain and hops up and down, clutching the knee where Woe's spear shocked it. That doesn't stop it from lurching back towards Woe and swinging again, though from a safer distance this time. One wild swing doesn't even come close to the fighter, but the other fist catches him right in the nose, breaking it and spattering blood across Woe's face.

The zombie, seemingly forgotten in the golem's flailing wake, takes another bite out of Hacker.

[sblock=ooc]Atreus saves against death.

Hacker gets hit by the golem's OA, but stirring shout lands. Woe gets a combat challenge attack since the golem attacked someone else while adjacent to him: 16 vs. AC misses.

Woe hits with comeback strike. He gains 11 HP from the surge, and 4 HP from the effects of stirring shout, making him no longer bloodied. The golem takes 11 damage and is pushed 2 squares, and thus doesn't get his immediate reaction, since there's no one in range. Sadly, the golem doesn't drop, though it's pretty close.

Kathalia saves against death, and dazed!

The golem comes back one square towards Woe, and attacks twice: a crit and a natural 1. So Woe takes 14 damage. This triggers virtue of cunning, if you're inclined to do any sliding...

The zombie attacks Hacker, 21 vs. AC hits for 4 damage.

Note that H15 and H16 are squares that can be occupied, though H17 isn't. So there's room to get around the golem now, if you're so inclined.
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[sblock=status and initiative]

Atreus -4/29 HP, 7/7 surges, dying
Woe 12/46 HP, 8/11 surges, bloodied, dazed (se) <== You're up
Kathalia -9/36 HP, 7/9 surges, human form, dying, prone, 2 failed death saves
Hacker 8/36 HP, 8/9 surges, bloodied
flesh golem 131 damage, bloodied, allies get 4 HP when they hit it
zombie 1 dead
zombie 2 dead
zombie 3 undamaged
goblin hexer dead

Resources used:
  • Woe: second wind, AP, rain of blows, Comeback strike
  • Hacker: designate prey, Blunder, 2x Majestic Word, Dissonant Strain, AP, Fade Away, 1 potion, stirring shout
  • Hexer: stinging hex
  • Golem: rampage
  • Kathalia: Elven Accuracy, Darting Bite, Screaming Hide armor, Amulet of Resolution, 1 daily magic item power.
  • Atreus: AP, Blinding Barrage, Deathstalker dagger, 1 daily magic item power
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ooc: Having some technical difficulties uploading the map; it's unchanged except that the golem is in F15-G16
 

Where do you want to slide Woe, D?

"****!" says Hacker, getting out a potion. He grits his teeth and shakes his head. "Okay, Woe, I'm going for it. Hopefully, this big lump of meat won't kill me when I rush past."

Move: from H18 to G13.

Opportunity Attack: Zombie v. AC (1d20+7=13)

Opportunity Attack: Flesh Golem v. AC (1d20+10=15, 1d10+4=10)


Hacker dumps the contents of the potion down Kathalia's throat.

Geez, Louise! Talk about lucky! Holy honkin' monkeybutts!
 


Uh, yeah...

Though it's not enough to make me take back everything bad I've had to say about Invisible Castle. ;)

By the way, if I'm goofin' up by rolling the monster's OA's, and you'd rather do it yourself, let me know. I've gotten into the habit because of Joe's adventure.
 

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