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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pants" data-source="post: 1018752" data-attributes="member: 8849">We've had a couple of cool fight scenes in our games, one which happened last night.  Here's one of the better ones - The PC's in this fight are the following:Nikolai - 11th Level Dwarven Rogue (owns a merchant shipping company)Ciddo Jone - 10th Level Gnomish DruidAballister - 12th Level Sun Elf Wizard (has horribly high Intelligence, damn Sun Elves)Luerick - 2nd Level Human Cleric/7th Level Barbarian (the premier hack-n-slasher of the group)The PC's are wandering through this abandoned Wizard's Tower that is full of demons, golems, and undead and are searching for an old book that contains all sorts of snazzy stuff.  Well, the PC's are only on the second floor of the Tower and are searching through an old Wizard's bedroom.  Unbeknownst to them, a Kelubar Demodand is lurking Invisible in the room.  The poor critter was summoned up ages ago and locked in a magical diagram.  However, when the Tower was ruined, the Demodand was released from the diagram but found that he couldn't get out of the tower and has been wandering its halls for eons.  It was pretty mad and hungry.So, combat began when the Demodand appeared behind Aballister and struck him in the back for nasty sneak attack damage.  Everyone rolled Initiative and the Kelubar got to go first.  So, he full attacked, hit all 3 times, each with Sneak Attack and staggered the Wizard.  Nikolai the Rogue was subdued by the creature's stench and began to flee from the fight.  Ciddo moved to Cure Aballister and Luerick moved in to attack and was subsequently unable to get past its huge AC.The Kelubar turned Invisible again and on the following round Full Attacked a Flat-Footed Luerick with multiple Sneak Attack goodness.  Aballister unleashed a Sonic Cone of Cold which hit the creature full force.  Ciddo's Flame Strike didn't get past its SR and Luerick backed off to heal.  Nikolai fled further from the creature, eventually getting out of it's stench radius and began to dry heave in a corner somewhere.The Kelubar threw an Acid Arrow at Aballister, but missed horribly.  Aballister responded with a Sonic Lightning Bolt which it easily evaded.  Ciddo cast a Kiss of Death spell and moved in to attack.  Luerick moved in to attack, but the Kelubar's DR soaked up the damage.The Kelubar fled from the room and moved into a spot directly outside the doorway where he could surprise his attackers.  Ciddo moved through, failed his spot check, and was Sneak Attacked by the Kelubar.  He used his Kiss of Death but the Kelubar made its save.  Luerick healed himself and Aballister moved out, hitting the creature with a Magic Missile.  Nikolai retched.The Kelubar, pissed off that they hadn't fallen yet, dropped an Acid Fog in the hallway and moved around the corner and out of sight.  Ciddo followed and after locating the Demodand, erected a Wall of Fire around it.  Aballister followed and dropped a Sonic Fireball which it also evaded.  Luerick moved into the hallway and began to feel the effects of Acid Fog.The Kelubar waltzed through the Wall of Fire threw another Acid Arrow at Aballister, which connected.  Aballister tried to dispel the Acid Fog, but failed.  Ciddo tried to Kiss of Death it again, but it made its save.  Luerick flew into a Rage and went to attack, still barely missing it.  Nikolai dry heaved.The Kelubar began to use its Spring Attack against Luerick, whittling down his hit points.  Aballister was low on hit points, both from the Acid Fog and the Acid Arrow and imbibed a Healing potion.  Ciddo attempted another Kiss but another save was made.The Kelubar continued to whittle down Luerick's HP, utitlizing Spring Attack and the Acid Fog.  Aballister healed himself again and Ciddo dropped a Flame Strike which the Kelubar failed against.  Luerick got a hit in, but it's DR soaked up most of it.The Kelubar threw another Acid Arrow at Aballister, which missed and melted a hole in the wall behind him.  Aballister, low on HP and sick of fighting this thing, unleashed a Sonic Chain Lightning which the creature fully succumbed to and was partially liquified by it.  The heroes rejoiced, after the Acid Fog was dispelled. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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