To Catch a Crimelord, or Down the Rabbit Hole (garyh judging)

[Lord Sessadore]

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A second later his skin elongates as he becomes taller and a human is standing where the dwarf was a moment ago. "So you've traveled all this way to stop me, why? I hired you, paid you handsomely and your demonstration of gratitude is to assault my holdings in Daunton?

Blah blah blah, evil monologue

Well, I think that answers my question

I'll delay til after Georg. Going on the assumption that Z33 isn't toast. If Z33 isn't around after Georg's attack I'd like to change plans. [/sblock]
Raiyek sees Georg's outrage and waits just a moment to let the wizard get in front of him, so as not to be caught in the blast.

Once the flames are spent, Raiyek dashes around in front of Georg and unleashes his sword on the two zombies nearby. His sword bites deep into the two zombies and his goddess rewards him with the strength to outlast his enemies.

"By Palladys, we will stop you here and now!" he shouts at the 'priest'.
[sblock=Actions]Move: to H3, avoiding opportunity attacks.
Minor: DC Z67
Standard: Strength From Valor, close burst 1 vs. Fort.
Z67: 1d20+8=18
Z33: 1d20+8=25
Damage: 1d10+4=10
For each enemy hit (which I believe is both) Raiyek gains 5 temp hp.[/sblock][sblock=Raiyek stats]Raiyek Meliam - Male Elf Paladin (Palladys) 3
Passive Perception: 21, Passive Insight: 19; Low-light vision
AC:23, Fort:16, Reflex:17, Will:16 -- Speed:6
HP: 39/39+10 thp, Bloodied:19, Surge Value:9, Surges Left:4/11
Resist 1 all, Resist 5 poison
Action Points: 1, Second Wind
Powers
Holy Strike
Ardent Strike
Divine Challenge
Lay on Hands (2/3)
Piercing Smite
Strength from Valor
Virtue
Channel Divinity
Elven Accuracy
Hunter's Quarry
Paladin's Judgment
Group Awareness: All non-elf allies within 5 squares of Raiyek gain a +1 bonus to Perception.[/sblock]

 

[renau1g]

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The zombies ref is 9, so Georg just missed them. Raiyek however hit and killed both of them, 10 THP for you.

Yeah, I figured the evil monologue was enough of a hint
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[industrygothica]

Carolina sprints to the opposite side of the battlefield, ducking between two of the zombies as she goes. She comes to a stop behind a tree, where Mr. X is within range.

[sblock=OOC]Double move to G15, moving between Z61 and Z91. The tree should give cover, yes?

I don't have Carolina's sheet right in front of me, but her AC improves when she's the target of an opportunity attack, so she might make it through with minimal damage.[/sblock]

 

[dimsdale]

"Let's do this!" Kruk screams and then races forward with weapon drawn. Heading east he strikes at one foe with a solid hit, then sidesteps, connecting on another one.

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minor: trigger boots of rapid motion power: daily: until the end of the encounter Kruk has a speed of 6.
movement: move to c9
attack: passing attack on zombie 61: to hit 1d20+9 vs AC: 24 for 1d10+5 = 12: shift to c10 and attack zombie z91: 1d20+11 = 30 for 1d10+5 = 7 if that didn't kill the zombie, add thundering power of weapon (free action) for an additional 1d8 lightning damage: 7
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[renau1g]

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Just lily right?[/sblock]

 

[Oni]

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ack, sorry if I'm holding things up, I'm catching up right now and will post soon. Had a busy couple of days.

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[renau1g]

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No worries Oni. I've been busy this week also, vacation's been great so take your time. I might not be able to get to it until Monday, but I hope maybe tonight while I watch the Red Wings game[/sblock]

 

[Oni]

Lily pointed at the monologuing villain.

Um...I've never heard of you, but your obviously a jerk and must be stopped!

Moving forward quickly Lily tried to weave around the first zombie in her path and then coming to a halt in front of another one she raised her skull high. A great gout of ghostly spirits erupted from the thing, swirling all around her in a howling mass. They impacted everyone in the area, friend or foe, merging with their forms. To enemies they brought wracking physical pain, to allies a sense of sense of strength and protection.

As the onslaught of spirits began to subside Lily pointed toward the man in plate, Lith, that one! The spirit burbled up from the ground in front of the heavily armoured man.

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I'm going to make this easier on myself and delay until everyone else has acted, and I'll roll attack rolls for all but confirmed klls in my AoE even though I'm sure some of them may already be dead.

move: move to G7 (generates an OA from zombie 42). Hope he's a minion... ><

standard: Spirit of the Healing Flood: vs fort (Close Burst 5) [Target Order: Zombie 91, 61, 42, 57, 30, 79, 6, Man in Plate] (1d20+5=11, 1d20+5=21, 1d20+5=19, 1d20+5=12, 1d20+5=22, 1d20+5=7, 1d20+5=6, 1d20+5=14)
if it hit: Damage (1d8+5=10)
miss: half damage
effect: Until the end of the encounter, Lily and each ally (Georg, Raiyek, and Kruk) in the burst gain regeneration 2 while bloodied. As a minor action, a character can end this effect on himself or herself to regain 11 hit points.

minor: Call Spirit Companion, put Lith in K8

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[sblock=ministats]Lily- Female Human Shaman 1
Initiative: +1, Passive Perception: 19, Passive Insight: 19, Senses: Normal
AC:15, Fort:15, Reflex:15, Will:17 -- Speed:6
HP:26/26, Bloodied:13, Surge Value:6, Surges left:5/9
Action Points: 1
Powers -
Call Spirit Companion
Spirit's Fangs
Haunting Spirits
Stalker's Strike
Watcher's Strike
Healing Spirit
Healing Spirit
Speak with Spirits
Twin Panthers
Second Wind
Spirit of the Healing Flood
Hungry Spirits Totem

Conditions:

Full character sheet[/sblock]
[sblock=Lily's Spirit Primer (Please Read!)]
Spirit companions are complex critters, so this is to remind everyone, myself included, of the important points. The first three items are probably the most relevant to the other players.

• Any of Lily's allies who start their turn adjacent to her spirit companion can shift 1 square as a free action, as the first action during their turn.
• Any of Lily's allies adjacent to her spirit companion gain a +3 bonus to their damage rolls against bloodied enemies.
• Lily's spirit companion occupies 1 square, Lily's allies may move through its space, but her enemies may not.
• Lily's spirit companion may be targeted by melee and ranged attacks. If a single attack deals 10 or more damage to Lily's spirit companion it disappears and Lily takes 5 damage. Otherwise her spirit companion is unaffected by the attack.
• Lily's spirit companion uses Lily's defenses.
• Any enemy that leaves a square adjacent to Lily's spirit companion without shifting is subject its Spirit Fang attack. (This is an opportunity action and so may used once per turn, rather than once per round. Since there is no reason not to take this attack DM please feel free to roll them as necessary.)
• Lily's spirit companion is unaffected by terrain and environmental phenomena.

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[Lord Sessadore]

[sblock=OOC]Lily hasn't used any of her encounter powers since our last short rest, has she? Might want to un-cross those to avoid confusion [/sblock]

 

[renau1g]

Georg seems to come into a rage, wisps of rise from his staff where his hand grab it with white knuckles. Gone is the composed Dwarf you know, replaced with a primal creature. He bellows an ancient Dwarven war cry and moves forward, seemingly heedless of the dangers around him. Only when he stops before the line of zombies is any hint of intelligence visible on his features. He raises his staff and twirls it over his head before thrusting it forward. Fuer!

Fire flows forth from the staff, engulfing three small and the one large zombie to some effect, while the flames do not seem to touch the armored figure.
One of the smaller figures falls under the assault and the larger one takes a minor wound.


Carolina sprints to the opposite side of the battlefield, ducking between two of the zombies as she goes. She comes to a stop behind a tree, where Mr. X is within range. One of the zombies manages a surprising glancing blow against the halfling as she passes.

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*Current spot provides cover yes*
OA on Carolina (1d20 6=24) hits for 6 damage even with +5 to AC against OA's (although they can only hit on a 17)[/sblock]

Raiyek sees Georg's outrage and waits just a moment to let the wizard get in front of him, so as not to be caught in the blast.

Once the flames are spent, Georg dashes around in front of Georg and unleashes his sword on the two zombies nearby. His sword bites deep into the two zombies and his goddess rewards him with the strength to outlast his enemies.

"By Palladys, we will stop you here and now!" he shouts at the 'priest'.

"Let's do this!" Kruk screams and then races forward with weapon drawn. Heading east he strikes at one foe with a solid hit, then sidesteps, connecting on another one, dropping both.

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Didn't you use your thundering power in the fight with the zombies/golem?[/sblock]

Lily pointed at the monologuing villain.

Um...I've never heard of you, but your obviously a jerk and must be stopped!

Moving forward quickly Lily tried to weave around the first zombie in her path and then coming to a halt in front of another one she raised her skull high. A great gout of ghostly spirits erupted from the thing, swirling all around her in a howling mass. They impacted everyone in the area, friend or foe, merging with their forms. To enemies they brought wracking physical pain, to allies a sense of sense of strength and protection.

As the onslaught of spirits began to subside Lily pointed toward the man in plate, Lith, that one! The spirit burbled up from the ground in front of the heavily armoured man.

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Wow... the minions have the hot hand tonight - OA on Lily (1d20 6=21) hits for 6[/sblock]

Kadaj (Mr. X) looks at the onslaught as his zombies fall easily to the heroes, unperturbed he points a dagger at Raiyek, "Holy one, you shall be kept as a treat for the dark one, he shall feast on your soul. Your precious Palladys won't be able to save you" he shouts, and from the dagger a black ray shoots out and slams into the paladin. He feels insidious dark energy flow into him and finds his legs won't respond.

"Brutus, Havastav, kill the girl." he directs, pointing to Lily.

The remaining regular zombie tries to obey, but its movements are clumsy and uncoordinated as it nearly trips over the body of its comrade.

The hulking Brutus steps forward, but is slowed by the mud and can't reach Lily so it turns to Raiyek and with a guttural roar unleashes an absolutely devastating overhand smash that knocks Raiyek to the ground and nearly sends him into oblivion.

Havastav, the shadow warrior, looks to Brutus and shrugs, the wounds from Lily's blast healing over as it stares at the creature before it. He winks out of existence, but not before Lilth tries to bite at it, however the warrior is too quick and the spirit's jaws only clamp down on air. It reappears behind Lily, surprising her,

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vs Ref; dmg (1d20 5=13, 1d10 5=12) [/sblock]

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Priest - ???
Man in Plate - Fort is higher than 14
Zombie (large) - Ref is lower than 16
Zombie (regular) - Ref is 9, Fort is 13[/sblock]

[sblock=Monster Actions]
Kadaj uses Death Bolt on Raiyek - vs fort; necrotic (1d20 8=24, 1d6 6=12) hits for 11 necrotic (after resist) and your immobilized (save ends)
Z51 charges Lily - vs ac (lily) (1d20 7=12) miss
Brutus moves through DT, but can't reach Lily (luckily for her) and uses Zombie Smash on Raiyek - vs ac (raiyek); dmg (1d20 10=30, 3d10 4=27) oh dear... wrong guy to have crit. hits for 33 after resist & knocked prone
Havastav - uses Shadow Stride to teleport to current location then uses Arching Swings - vs ac; dmg (1d20 13=26, 1d10 5=7, 1d20 13=16, 1d10 5=12) one hit for 7 force damage
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Effects:
Man in Plate - total concealment (+5 to defenses)

Initiative:
Baddies
Georg <- you're up - regen 2 if bloodied
Carolina - 23/29
Raiyek - 5/39 - regen 2 if bloodied, immobilized (save ends), bloodied, prone
Kruk - regen 2 if bloodied
Lily - 8/26 - regen 2 if bloodied, bloodied

Init (raiyek, carolina, grim, lily, kruk, georg, baddies) (1d20 3=19, 1d20 6=21, 1d20 4=8, 1d20 1=17, 1d20 1=11, 1d20 1=5, 1d20 4=23)[/sblock]

[sblock=Terrain Features]
Light source is Dim Lighting so if you lack low-light vision or don't have another lightsource, enemies have concealment from you. Difficult terrain is noted on the map. The ring next to the priest is where the column of darkness is coming from. [/sblock]