[Active Thread] The Hall of Harsh Reflections

[CGM3]

Cyrius moves past Fluffy to 0520 (assuming the northern secret door is still open), open the southern secret door, and (assuming the preceding can be done in a move action) thrust at doppelganger D1:

OUT OF CHARACTER

Opening the door is a second move action, so no attack, but someone's gotta do it.

 

A09:14:67:10
Okay, the attack will come next turn, with a second attack as part of a full round action. I should at least flank D1 and give Prost a clear sneak attack (and a +2 for both of us to hit, so add that to both of mine, giving attack rolls of 23 & 20).

[patransom]

Tex puts out the fire and says, “Lets go!”

Worrel waits for his companions to advance, rather than pushing past them.

Lola continues ready action to shoot/crossbow aim/overwatch down east corridor.

Ardrea hangs back to let the front liners in before following.

Cyrius moves past Fluffy and opens the southern secret door.

Prost quietly takes a five foot step back while moving his sling-staff to his primary-hand. Distracted by Cyrius, the doppelganger doesn't notice until Prost's sling bullet delivers its message of deadly intent with speed and accuracy [23 hp damage]. Prost reloads his slingstaff with a +1 bullet.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Your strategy has proven highly effective and you also did well on initiative. Ardrea, Cyrius, Worrel, and Prost get another turn before the doppelganger has a chance to react. After that, the full party will join in. All of the blue lines on the map are walls lined with mirrors

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Feather Token Whip: +10 BAB, 1d6+1 nonlethal, free grapple attack (with a +15 bonus on its combat maneuver checks) if it hits; 28.1 minutes remaining Round 1 Begins 1. Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used 2. Worrel - 17 arrows left, 1 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left 3. Cyrius - uncharged mind blade rapier readied, 19 hp damage, 3 STR damage 4. Prost - loaded sling staff readied, 37 bullets left, 18 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage 5. Fluffy 6. Doppelganger - 23 hp damage 7. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 17 hp damage including 2 nonlethal, conscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room ---> DM Validation Post (actions for PCs listed above) Round 1 Continues 1. Tex - longbow readied, 75 arrows left 2. Lola - loaded crossbow readied, 30 bolts left, 0 channel energy left Round 2 Begins 3. Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used 4. Worrel - 17 arrows left, 1 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left 5. Cyrius - holding a rope tied around doppelganger, uncharged mind blade rapier readied, 19 hp damage, 3 STR damage 6. Prost - loaded sling staff readied, 36 bullets left, 18 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage 7. Fluffy 8. Doppelganger (D1) - 23 hp damage 9. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 17 hp damage including 2 nonlethal, conscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room ---> DM Validation Post (actions for entire party)

[Silverstone]

Given all the gray [smoke?] likely visibility concerns to shoot south, Lola braces against the door frame to steady her aim and continues her crossbow readied action/overwatch down the east corridor.

[patransom]

Given all the gray [smoke?] likely visibility concerns to shoot south, Lola braces against the door frame to steady her aim and continues her crossbow readied action/overwatch down the east corridor.

OUT OF CHARACTER

It's smoky, but not smoky enough to have a combat effect.

 

[smeltdm]

Prost fires another +1 bullet at the flat-footed doppelganger and moves back to 0624 quietly.

[patransom]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Waiting on Ardrea and Worrel. Have action from Cyrius from previous round.

 

[smeltdm]

the crickets are cherping

[JPetherick]

Worrel grips his shield firmly, ready to advance when an opponent appears.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Readied Action to Move Through / By Lola, if something appears from that direction. Or, to move to the south if Cyrius &/or Prost dispatch the doppelganger.

 

[Jinxs-3d]

Ardrea will command the whip to engage with the doppleganger.

[patransom]

Ardrea commands the whip to engage with the doppleganger. The whip floats over and attacks, but misses.

Worrel grips his shield firmly, ready to advance when an opponent appears.

Cyrius thrusts at the doppelganger. Like a tendril of fine-spun thread, a thin incision now marks the creature [5 hp damage]. His second attack misses.

Prost fires another +1 bullet at the flat-footed doppelganger, then moves back quietly. With long, drawn-out and careful aim, he looses a shot that hits home [18 hp damage].

The doppelganger steps back away from Cyrius and shouts "They're here! Go tell Telakin!" It retrieves a potion from its belt, drinks it, and disappears from view [hollow D1? shows where the doppelganger was last seen]

OUT OF CHARACTER

All of the blue lines on the map are walls lined with mirrors

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Feather Token Whip: +10 BAB, 1d6+1 nonlethal, free grapple attack (with a +15 bonus on its combat maneuver checks) if it hits; 28.0 minutes remaining Round 1 Continues 1. Tex - longbow readied, 75 arrows left 2. Lola - loaded crossbow readied, 30 bolts left, 0 channel energy left Round 2 Begins 3. Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used 4. Worrel - 17 arrows left, 1 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left 5. Cyrius - holding a rope tied around doppelganger, uncharged mind blade rapier readied, 19 hp damage, 3 STR damage 6. Prost - unloaded sling staff readied, 36 bullets left, 17 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage 7. Fluffy 8. Doppelganger (D1) - 48 hp damage, bleed 3 9. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 17 hp damage including 2 nonlethal, conscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room

[smeltdm]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Hey Pat, forgot this, but bleed should be in effect from the first & second sneak attack…, may affect the play…there be a lot of blood

 

[smeltdm]

Will wait to post , as this may affect what Prost does

[patransom]

Will wait to post , as this may affect what Prost does

OUT OF CHARACTER

So far there's blood in the two squares where the doppelganger was seen (0620 and 0621)

 

[smeltdm]

Prost loads his sling-staff/with a +1 bullet and fires a shot center mass where he thinks the Doppelganger is 0621...



“Ahh, he has fallen prone or unconscious, adjust his aim low to the center of the 0621 ”

[ElectroZman]

Tex will launch 4 arrows, 3 shots, where he last saw the doppleganger, 0621.








And then will step forward one if the space is empty.

[Silverstone]

Lola says “Shit thats at least 3 enemies incoming... ”She uses her pearl of power to cast Bless.. range 50 should reach everyone “Artemis please guide our attacks!”

OUT OF CHARACTER

Did the doppelganger withdraw or trigger AOO from Cyrus? If Withdraw, is that net too many actions to also move action? to retrieve a potion and also drink it?

 

[patransom]

Did the doppelganger withdraw or trigger AOO from Cyrus? If Withdraw, is that net too many actions to also move action? to retrieve a potion and also drink it?

OUT OF CHARACTER

5-foot step away from Cyrius. Does not trigger AoO.

 

[JPetherick]

Holding his shield up, Worrel moves past his companions and into the mirror maze. He draws and grips his sword as he moves, ready to attack an enemy.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Move - 40 ft, to 0623

 

OUT OF CHARACTER

Attack rolled, if required

 

JPetherick: D20 + 13#singleatk,withbless → 17(4 + 13)#single atk, with Bless
JPetherick: D8 + 4#dmg → 10(6 + 4)#dmg

[patransom]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Waiting on Cyrius and Ardrea

 

[CGM3]

Cyrius steps to 0620, charges his mind blade with psychic energy, and thrusts into 0621.

[Jinxs-3d]

Ardrea will step behind the fighters and command her familiar to sense for the invisible foes. She will call out locations as she learns them. She will also command the whip to attack one of those squares if possible.

[patransom]

Round 1 Continues

Tex launches 4 arrows, 3 shots, where he last saw the doppelganger. His first shot of two arrows doesn't find a target [because of 50% miss chance]. His second shot hits something unseen with a gruesome thud that sounds like a nail being hammered into a coffin lid [rolled a successful crit confirm on discord, 17 hp damage]. His third shot misses.

Lola says “Shit thats at least 3 enemies incoming...” She uses her pearl of power to cast Bless.. range 50 should reach everyone “Artemis please guide our attacks!”

Round 2 Begins

Ardrea steps behind the fighters and commands her familiar to sense for the invisible foes. Ahm Shere reports that the foe at 0621 seems to be lying down. Maybe he is taking a nap? Ardrea calls out this information...

OUT OF CHARACTER

I will pause here, since Ardrea's information may very well change what Cyrius, Worrel, and Prost want to do! All of the blue lines on the map are walls lined with mirrors

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Feather Token Whip: +10 BAB, 1d6+1 nonlethal, free grapple attack (with a +15 bonus on its combat maneuver checks) if it hits; 28.0 minutes remaining Bless: +1 morale to attack and +1 to saves vs. fear, 6.0 minutes remaining Round 1 Continues 1. Tex - longbow readied, 71 arrows left 2. Lola - loaded crossbow readied, 30 bolts left, 0 channel energy left, pearl of power used Round 2 Begins 3. Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used ------> PAUSED HERE 4. Worrel - 17 arrows left, 1 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left 5. Cyrius - holding a rope tied around doppelganger, uncharged mind blade rapier readied, 19 hp damage, 3 STR damage 6. Prost - unloaded sling staff readied, 36 bullets left, 17 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage 7. Fluffy 8. Doppelganger (D1) - 65 hp damage, bleed 3 9. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 17 hp damage including 2 nonlethal, conscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room

[JPetherick]

Worrel moves through his companions, intending to move just beyond the fallen doppelganger. Should it attempt to stop his movement, Worrel will run right over, or through, the opponent.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Double Move - 35 ft to 0622 Overrun (CMB +10)

 

JPetherick: D20 + 10#overrunmaneuvre → 29(19 + 10)#Overrun maneuvre

[CGM3]

Cyrius takes the actions as already stated, but thrusting down into 0621.

[patransom]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Picking up from the pause point above...

 

Round 2 Continues

Worrel moves through his companions, intending to move just beyond the fallen doppelganger. He meets no interference and, although he stumbles a bit over something on the floor (at 0621), maintains his balance.

Cyrius steps up, charges his mind blade with psychic energy, and thrusts down. His blade meets nothing but air [I reduced the miss chance since you had an idea about what part of the square the doppelganger was in, but you still missed]

“Ahh, he has fallen prone or unconscious, ” says Prost as he loads his sling-staff with a +1 bullet. He fires a shot center mass where he thinks the Doppelganger is, low near the floor. The bullet bounces harmlessly off the floor [again, my arbitrary reduction of miss chance wasn't enough to help]

The pool of blood on the floor (at 0621) grows larger.

From the southeast, an excited voice echoes through the mirror maze...

Perception DC15 to make out the wordsShow

“Master, your guests are near. We'll try to give you time to prepare, as planned...”

OUT OF CHARACTER

All of the blue lines on the map are walls lined with mirrors

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Feather Token Whip: +10 BAB, 1d6+1 nonlethal, free grapple attack (with a +15 bonus on its combat maneuver checks) if it hits; 28.0 minutes remaining Bless: +1 morale to attack and +1 to saves vs. fear, 6.0 minutes remaining Round 1 Continues 1. Tex - longbow readied, 71 arrows left 2. Lola - loaded crossbow readied, 30 bolts left, 0 channel energy left, pearl of power used Round 2 Begins 3. Ardrea - staff readied, fly 1 minute used ------> PAUSED HERE 4. Worrel - 17 arrows left, 1 lay on hands left, wand of CLW 20 charges left 5. Cyrius - charged mind blade rapier readied, 19 hp damage, 3 STR damage 6. Prost - unloaded sling staff readied, 36 bullets left, 16 bullets +1 left, 6 hp damage 7. Fluffy 8. Doppelganger (D1) - 68 hp damage, bleed 3 9. Doppelganger formerly known as Fake Prost - 17 hp damage including 2 nonlethal, conscious, gagged, tied to a chair in the conference room

[CGM3]

Nailed it!

[JPetherick]

Worrel moves through the mirror maze, trying to provoke the doppelgangers into showing themselves. He pauses, so as to not outpace his companions and remains ready to attack should a doppleganger attack.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Move - 20 ft to 0721 Standard - held, waiting for a doppelganger to appear

 

[Silverstone]

OUT OF CHARACTER

what would it take me to roll to knock out fake prost? he is tied up, but is it still a series of flat of blade hits to get enough non lethal damage? Or can i just smack him hard in the back of his head?

 

[patransom]

what would it take me to roll to knock out fake prost? he is tied up, but is it still a series of flat of blade hits to get enough non lethal damage? Or can i just smack him hard in the back of his head?

OUT OF CHARACTER

A regular coup de grace is a full-round action. I'll allow a merciful coup de grace that knocks him out instead of killing him for the same full-round action.

 

[ElectroZman]

Tex will try to maintain a distance a step or two behind Worrel (depending on what the other frontliners do) so as to back him up with his bow. He's conscious of the fact they might all be invisible, and try's to stay alert for that even knowing it might be futile.

He fails his check to make out the words... Nat 1