The Necromancer's Skull (Judge - covaithe)

[garyh]

Vixo is able to get away from the zombie dog that attacked him, but just misses the dog that attacked Steppyn. The kobold is also unable to shake off the effects of the necrotic bite. Save (1d20=2)

Skalisss moves to engage the zombie dog Vixo just fled, and his blade strike's true, giving him confidence that he can defeat these foes.

Trevor stands, and his blade also finds the mark against his opponent, allowing him to shove the dog back with his shield as well. Further, Trevor is able to shake off the dark energy. Tide of Iron (1d20+7=15, 1d8+3=8) / Save (1d20=13)

Vlastos' arcane attack strikes the now surrounded zombie dog, causing the creature to howl as a chunk of flesh falls off its flank.

The first corpse (grey) moves and charges Trevor, slamming into the human (5 damage). Trevor's in a tight spot now.

The second corpse (green) charges Skaliss and connects as well (5 damage).

Thie final two corpses (orange and purple) slowly move into the fray.

Initiative: Status
-->Steppyn: 18/27, prone, ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends)
Yellow Zombie Dog: down 26 HP, bloodied
Blue Zombie Dog: down 7 HP, Divine Challenge mark from Skalisss
Red Zombie Dog: down 8 HP, mark from Trevor
Vixo: 16/28, ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends)
Skalisss: 24/27
Trevor: 10/29
Vlastos: 24/24
Gray Shambling Corpse: unharmed
Green Shambling Corpse: unharmed
Orange Shambling Corpse: unharmed
Purple Shambling Corpse: unharmed

 

[Valthosian]

Steppyn

Steppyn rises to his feet and attempts to return the dog to death. As he gets up his face pales and he lurches uncertainly in a brief instant of hesitation as if something antithetical to his existence is working inside his body. Whether that motivated him or not, he unleashes a vicious thrust of his blade into the dog and snarls at it.

Miscellaneous: Attempt to save vs poison.
This is Steppyn's roll to save vs necrotic damage. (1d20=6)

It looks like a failure to me so Steppyn takes 5 ongoing necrotic damage. Reflected in mini-stats.


Move Action: Stand up.

Standard Action: Attack yellow dog (O13) with dagger at-will sly flourish, use sneak attack if attack lands, currently flanking with Vixo so Steppyn has combat advantage for +2 to hit.

At-will sly-flourish +9 to hit with dagger +2 combat advantage +1 timely posting, 1d4+9 dagger damage +2d6 sneak attack damage. (1d20+12=32, 1d4+9+2d6=21)

It seems I hit a critical, so my understanding is all associated damage is maximized for a total of 25.

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[B]Steppyn[/B] - Male Dark Elf Rogue 1
Passive Perception: 15, Passive Insight: 10
AC:17, Fort:10, Reflex:17, Will:14 -- Speed:6
HP:13/27, Bloodied:13, Surge Value:6, Surges left:6/6
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: not used
Powers -
Deft Strike
Sly Flourish
Dazing Strike
Cloud of Darkness
Darkfire
Blinding Barrage
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[garyh]

Steppyn's vicious strike shatters the creature, but just before it falls it bites the drow a final time, dragging him down to the graveyard earth with it. (9 damage, prone, no additional ongoing damage).

OOC: Since the attack happened as Yellow died and your turn was still active, I'll allow you to use an action point this turn if you'd like, Valthosian (perhaps to activate a Second Wind to avoid taking 5 ongoing damage at the start of your next turn when you only have 4 HP ).

The zombie dog facing Trevor attacks him again, but his jaws miss this time.

Likewise, the hound facing Skalisss is unable to latch his teeth onto the dragonborn.

Initiative: Status
Steppyn: 4/27, prone, ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends)
Yellow Zombie Dog: dead again
Blue Zombie Dog: down 7 HP, Divine Challenge mark from Skalisss
Red Zombie Dog: down 8 HP, mark from Trevor
-->Vixo: 16/28, ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends)
Skalisss: 24/27
Trevor: 10/29
Vlastos: 24/24
Gray Shambling Corpse: unharmed
Green Shambling Corpse: unharmed
Orange Shambling Corpse: unharmed
Purple Shambling Corpse: unharmed

 

[Brain]

Vixo continues to suffer from the zombie dog's bite. He quips, "If these dogs were alive we would have heard them coming a lot earlier." Then he moves around behind his companions over to help out Trevor. He taunts the undead villager and tries to draw it's attention.

Move Action - Move to I9

Free Action - Student of the sword (+1 to hit and mark next attack)

Standard Action - Riposte Strike vs Gray Shambling Corpse
29 vs. AC for 5 damage
Also rolled save for end of turn, failed

Riposte Strike active - if Gray Shambling Corpse attacks Vixo, he gets an immediate interrupt

Also Gray Shambling Corpse is marked by Vixo

[sblock=Stat Block]
Vixo - Male Kobold Rogue 1
Passive Perception:16, Passive Insight:11, Senses: Normal
AC:16, Fortitude:13, Reflex:16, Will:11 -- Speed:6, Size: Small
HP: 11/28, Bloodied 14, Surge Value 7, Surges left 9/9
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: Not used
Powers -
Shifty (Minor action shift 1) [Kobold Racial]
Deft Strike [Rogue 1]
Riposte Strike [Rogue 1]
King's Castle [Rogue 1]
Multiclass Fighter Power [Student of the Sword Feat]
Blinding Barrage [Rogue 1]
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[garyh]

Vixo's blow causes the undead to crumble, finally releasing the poor villager from his mockery of unlife.

Initiative: Status
Steppyn: 4/27, prone, ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends)
Yellow Zombie Dog: dead again
Blue Zombie Dog: down 7 HP, Divine Challenge mark from Skalisss
Red Zombie Dog: down 8 HP, mark from Trevor
Vixo: 11/28, ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends)
-->Skalisss: 24/27
Trevor: 10/29
Vlastos: 24/24
Gray Shambling Corpse: dead again
Green Shambling Corpse: unharmed
Orange Shambling Corpse: unharmed
Purple Shambling Corpse: unharmed

 

[Valthosian]

Steppyn

Steppyn gasps in agony as the hounds dying throes bring him down again, on the ground, staring at the night sky as his persistent foe expires, he calls forth an act of will and forces his way through the pain.

Action point used,
Standard Action=Second Wind for 6 hp.

[sblock=Mini-stat block]
Steppyn - Male Dark Elf Rogue 1
Passive Perception: 15, Passive Insight: 10
AC:17, Fort:10, Reflex:17, Will:14 -- Speed:6
HP:10/27, Bloodied:13, Surge Value:6, Surges left:5/6
Action Points: 0, Second Wind: used
Powers -
Deft Strike
Sly Flourish
Dazing Strike
Cloud of Darkness
Darkfire
Blinding Barrage
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[JRYoung]

Skalisss sucks in a breath of air and spews forth a cone of lightning at the pressing horde. He then tries to skewer the nearest zombie dog.

Minor Action: Dragon Breath.
Dragon Breath (blast 3), Lightning, vs Reflex, against green Zobmie. +1 for timely posting. (1d20+7=21, 1d6+1=7)
This probably hits and wipes out the Green Zombie.

Dragon Breath (blast 3), Lightning, vs Reflex, against purple Zobmie. +1 for timely posting. (1d20+7=19
This probably hits and destroys the purple Zombie.

Dragon Breath (blast 3), Lightning, vs Reflex, against red Dog. +1 for timely posting. (1d20+7=27, 1d6+1=5)
Crit on red Dog for 7 points of damage!

Dragon Breath (blast 3), Lightning, vs Reflex, against blue Dog. +1 for timely posting. (1d20+7=10)
The blast misses blue Dog.

Dragon Breath (blast 3), Lightning, vs Reflex, against orange Zombie. +1 for timely posting. (1d20+7=14)
Too close to call, if hit orange Zombie is destroyed (minion assumed).

Standard Action: Bolstering Strike.
Bolstering Strike, vs AC, on Blue dog, +1 to hit for timely posting. On a hit Skaliss gains two temp hit points. (1d20+8=27, 1d8+4=10)
That hits for 10 points on Blue Zombie Dog.

[sblock=Stat Block]
Skalisss - Male Dragonborn Paladin 1
Passive Perception: 12, Passive Insight: 17
AC:20, Fort:15, Reflex:13, Will:15 -- Speed:5
HP 26/27, Bloodied 13, Surge Value 7, Surges left 11/11
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: not used
Powers -
Valiant Strike
Bolstering Strike
Piercing Smite
Paladin's Judgement
Dragon Breath USED
Lay on Hands
Divine Challenge
Channel Divinity: Divine Mettle
Channel Divinity: Divine Strength
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[Vlastos]

oops!

 

[garyh]

After the zombie dog pulls down Steppyn, the drow focuses his determination and refuses to let these undead stop him.

Skalissss lets loose a veritable storm of lightning, blasting apart all three humanoid corpses, as well as frying one of the dogs (red) to a crisp. The dog takes one last pitiful bite at Trevor, but misses, then crumbles to dust. The final dog (blue) is still standing, but even it is scorched. The sickly smell of roasted decayed flesh now lingers about the graveyard.

Trevor steals his nerves, (Second Wind) and moves to engage the remaining zombie dog. (While Trevor does not set up a flank immediately, he moves such that each rogue now has a flanking parter available if they move and attack on their next turn.)

Initiative: Status
Steppyn: 10/27, prone, ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends)
Yellow Zombie Dog: dead again
Blue Zombie Dog: down 17 HP, Divine Challenge mark from Skalisss
Red Zombie Dog: dead again
Vixo: 11/28, ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends)
Skalisss: 24/27
Trevor: 17/29, +2 defenses until the end of his next turn
-->Vlastos: 24/24
All Shambling Corpses: dead again

OOC: Vlastos, since the battlefield changed so dramatically, I'm allowing you to change your action. If you do so, go ahead and remove the previous action from your last post so as to keep the flow of the fight.

Also, Skalisss may have set a new Living 4th Edition record for enemies killed in a round.

 

[Vlastos]

OOC: Thanks for the do-over - but I think I blew the flow of the fight edit -sorry. Here's the new action.

New action: Vlastos pivots to L12, turns and launches a silvery bolt of force into the already wounded zombie pup at J12 - Die, accursed dog, he howls!


Standard action: cast Magic Missile (+4 vs Reflex, +1 for early post) 2d4+4 damage at zombie dog at J12: (1d20+5) -> [17,5] = 22 for 2d4+4 -> [1,4,4] = 9

[sblock=Stats]
Vlastos Human Wizard
Initiative +4
Passive Insight 17 Passive Perception 12 Senses normal
HP 24 Bloodied 12 Surge Value 6 Surges Per-Day 8
AC 14 Fortitude 13 Reflex 15 Will 15
Second Wind not used
Powers
Magic Missile
Cloud of Dagger
Thunderwave
Icy Terrain
Sleep
Ghost Sound
Light
Mage Hand
Prestigitation
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