TURTLEDOME!: Battle Bone (DM: KenHood, Judge: Lord S.)

[weldon]

Of a sudden, Hadarai recalls the fight with Cousin Eustace, when he created an excellent opening for Finnian, but the ranger wasted the opportunity on some measly attacks. His face twists into a horrible sneer and he yells, "Baklava oranges overtly!" Then, he whips out a blow with his longsword at Finnian.

The sword draws blood (4 damage).

Hey now! Finnian starts to think about showing that know-it-all, pushy bastard Hadarai a thing or two, but then remembers what happened when he attacked the same rat - the inconceivable attack on Erlai.

This rat here is playing with our minds somehow! It made me attack Erlai, and now Hadarai swung at me as though I were the enemy. Let's grab this thing and see if we can turn it in for a reward. If we can't keep it under control though, we're gonna have to kill it.

After the Memory Rat performs its magic, Finnian turns back to his companions and adds...

Huh?

[sblock=OOC]

It was the rat's bite that did it, not the sword.

Right. I was just roleplaying a bit.

ooc:Weldon, I rolled for you with Commander's strike, I hope you don't mind. If you'd rather do yourself, I won't do so again. It was just to speed things up a bit. The rat should take 24 dmg, I suggest it is non-lethal. Let's try to capture and sell the impulse, memory and vocabulary rats to see if they're worth something.

I'm fine with this as it does help things move along. I might feel differently if you were rolling for me to leap in front of you and take your place in front of a freight train or something.

With inspirational grunts and pointing, Hadarai directs Finnian in two powerful attacks against the Impulse Control Rat.

In a mixture of hatred, anger, and pain, the creature howls a socially unacceptable suggestion for Hadarai and Finnian to express physical affection between themselves and a cactus.

Hahahaha!

Erlai forgets his identity, his very bird-ness. He flutters to the ground and attempts to bark like a dog. (Stunned until the end of his next turn.)

LOL!

Finnian forgets how to fight. (No attacks (including opportunity attacks) until the end of your next turn.)

Ouch. Does that mean attack powers too? Can I use an encounter power to get around this restriction?

Finnian - 1 Healing Surge, AP

I used an AP in our fight against Cousin Eustace. Do I get another one this encounter, or is that a daily action?[/sblock]

 

[Reklaw]

Drivan shakes his head, trying to fight against the memory loss. He holds his hands up in front of himself, focusing intently but nothing happens. Shaking his head again he summons a flicker of flame for a moment before changing the flickering flame into a small ball of energy. Throwing this with all his might he sends it flying into the swarm of small paper rats.

[sblock=Attack]Magic Missile – [3,5] =(8) [3,2,5] = (10) sad...[/sblock]

 

[Atanatotatos]

[sblock=curious]...to see the xp of this encounter. These things are even more insane than Eustace! On the positive side, if we stay with Ken I'm pretty sure we'll snatch all the records for tough encounters... [/sblock]

 

[KenHood]

[sblock=Weldon]

Ouch. Does that mean attack powers too?

Yep. 'No attacks' means 'no attack powers'.

Can I use an encounter power to get around this restriction?

Nope. No attacks!

You don't remember anything about attacking. It's zippo. Gone. You don't even know the name of that funny looking metal thing in your hand.

(Cool power, huh? Much more interesting than stuns and dazes. Wait 'til Memory Rat uses... Whoops! Almost spilled the beans.)

I used an AP in our fight against Cousin Eustace. Do I get another one this encounter, or is that a daily action?

'Cause Eustace quit, then restarted, he counted as two encounters. Y'all reached a milestone and got a bonus AP. That's why you have 1 AP expended and 1 AP still available. (2 total for the day.)[/sblock]
Round 1 continued...
A hole opens in the rat swarm, causing Drivan's magic missile to sail through without effect.

 

[mohalloran]

[sblock=OOC]Hey, has anyone heard from Fire recently? If not, I do remember seeing him say that he fires a MM at the swarm and wanted to scorching burst it. Since he was only Immobilized, we could use these two actions, although you would have to roll the scorching burst roll yourself.[/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

[sblock=I'm Alive!] And yes, I already rolled for the MM and I hit! Now to roll for the Scorching Burst...1d20+4=13, 1d6+4=10 on the swarm. I don't know if it'll incinerate the old man, but here's hoping![/sblock]


Emral finally let's fly his magic missile, striking the nearest Rat. Then, seeing the swarm flowing over his companions, he lets loose a scorching burst on the swarm. Sorry, old man, but we can't save you if we're dead! Hold on!

 

[KenHood]

And, now, Round 2

Round 1 Continued...
Emral's magic missile strikes the rat swarm with little effect (3 damage). His scorching burst has a more impressive effect, several of the tiny rats burst into cinders (20 damage).

The ground about the rat swarm is scorched, but does not burst into flame. (1-in-6 ignition (1d6=4)) The world does quake, and you hear a moan coming from all around you.

Round 2
The origami rat swarm closes with Emral and attacks.

[sblock=Actions]Move: G6 to G5
Standard: Bite - v. AC (1d20+6=25, 1d6+3=5)[/sblock]
The paper rats swarm over the mage and draw blood (5 damage, 3 ongoing damage (save ends)).

Vocabulary Rat waves its forepaws and says, "Jumble!" Hadarai again feels psychic force impact his mind.

[sblock=Actions]Standard: Obfuscation v. Will (1d20+6=20, 1d6+3=5)[/sblock]
Hadarai staggers, feeling his mastery of language slip away (5 damage, expressive aphasia (save ends)).

Hadarai looks like he's about to go down...



[sblock=Status and Initiative]
Origami Rat Swarm 23 damage, bloodied
Vocabulary Rat
Finnian - HP: 14/26, AP: 1 (Erlai - HP: 10/16) - No attacks until EOT <== You're up!
Vaunea - HP: 38/38, AP: 1 - No attacks until EOT
Impulse Control Rat - 25 damage, bloodied
Origami Rat 21
Hadarai - HP: 2/31, AP: 1, bloodied, ongoing 3 damage (save ends) & Expressive Aphasia (save ends)
Memory Rat
Origami Rat 11
Origami Rat 25
Origami Rat 12
Drivan - HP: 20/20, AP: 2
Emral - HP: 19/24, AP: 1, ongoing 3 damage (save ends)

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Resources Expended
Drivan - 2 Healing Surges
Emral - Flaming Sphere, 1 Healing Surge, 1 AP
Finnian - 1 Healing Surge, AP
Hadarai - 2 Healing Surge, Inspiring Word, 1 AP
Vaunea - 2 Healing Surges, AP
Memory Rat - Amnesia (recharge on a 6)
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[Atanatotatos]

ooc:wth! 37 dmg in one round! ps: Hadarai is going down due to ongoing damage at the start of his turn. Can't do much to prevent that since he's the only one with healing powers I think. I could delay my turn and if any of you has a decent Heal score you could conceivably make him use his second wind (see Heal skill)

 

[KenHood]

Finnian and Vaunea can't attack this round, so...

 

[mohalloran]

[sblock='Finnian']Can you go try to heal him first? I want to try to jump the gap and at least get these other creatures marked, most notably the Memory Rat.[/sblock]