[Active Thread] The Hall of Harsh Reflections

[Silverstone]

Lola says“If we think the north room is maybe a gaurd location, lets check that first.”

She looks at the two unarmed men in the cell “Respectfully, without your arms and armor that may be hard, we can come back after we check this next room to decide next steps, rest assurred we will let you all out once we talk it out about timing”

Lola looks back to the door they entered “Are those not in the room coming in and up, just in case next room has combat?”

Lola steps closer the north door if say Prost moves up.

[patransom]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Waiting on everyone but Lola. If you missed the last validation (it scrolled off the current page), it's here.

 

[ElectroZman]

Tex continues to guard the door and listen.

[CGM3]

Cyrius leaves the staircase and goes to 1115 to back up Texudus.

[smeltdm]

Prost moves to 2014 checks for traps, disarms trap if found, and disables lock if no trap is found.



Prost waits for a nod to go, before pushing the door open or pulling...

[Jinxs-3d]

Ardrea will also move up. She will stay behind the others but close to provide support hexes.

[patransom]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Waiting on Worrel

 

[ElectroZman]

If we are getting ready to open the door, Tex will step back one and switch places with a front line fighter.

[patransom]

OUT OF CHARACTER

I PM'd Worrel's player but he has not been active since Sept 28. If I don't get a response over the weekend, we'll move forward with Worrel as an NPC, at least temporarily.

 

[admin]

OUT OF CHARACTER

I PM'd Worrel's player but he has not been active since Sept 28. If I don't get a response over the weekend, we'll move forward with Worrel as an NPC, at least temporarily. I sent him an email... will let you know if he replies... I hope he's ok...

 

[JPetherick]

OUT OF CHARACTER

My apologies ... still issues with the home computer.

 

Worrel pauses for what seems to be an interminable period of time. FInally, he shrugs before stating, “"As my friend says, we will be back."”

He follows, moving towards the front where his armor and shield would be of most benefit.

[patransom]

Lola says “If we think the north room is maybe a guard location, lets check that first.” She looks at the two unarmed men in the cell “Respectfully, without your arms and armor that may be hard, we can come back after we check this next room to decide next steps, rest assurred we will let you all out once we talk it out about timing.” Lola looks back to the door they entered “Are those not in the room coming in and up, just in case next room has combat?”

Cyrius leaves the staircase and goes toward the doors to back up Texudus.

Prost moves up to the doors to checks for traps. He finds none and discovers that the doors are not locked.

While Prost waits for a nod to go, Lola steps closer to the north door.

Ardrea also moves up.

Tex steps back to make room for Worrel, who shrugs to the two men before stating, “As my friend says, we will be back.” He takes position right in front of the doors, where his armor and shield would be of most benefit. Or so he thinks...

SURPRISE ROUND!

Although their attention is mostly focused on the north doors, Lola and Ardrea notice furtive movements from the cell to their right. Before the two women can react, the men in the cells have produced longswords and shields from somewhere and the door to their cell has sprung open!

OUT OF CHARACTER

Unfortunately, none of the PCs gets to act in the surprise round. Everyone failed their sense motive check. And Lola and Ardrea also failed perception checks. Everyone else's back was turned. These guys seem almost supernaturally deceptive!

 

ROUND 1 BEGINS

“No arms and armor?” says Martal snidely as he moves into the corridor, “Shows how much you know!” The whole party hears a gristly snick as he chops Lola with his longsword [14 hp damage]

Regim giggles a little as he also moves into the corridor. His giggling stops and he releases a low and savage growl after landing a brutal cut on Ardrea [14 hp damage]

OUT OF CHARACTER

The men's movement provokes no AoO's because none of the party has acted yet.

 

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Ward Hex on Prost: +2 AC and saves until hit or fails a save ROUND 1 CONTINUES 1. Ardrea - staff readied, 14 hp damage 2. Cyrius - mind blade longsword readied 3. Worrel - sword and shield readied, 1 hp damage 4. Prost - loaded slingstaff and potion of gaseous form readied, 42 bullets left 5. Fluffy 6. Lola - loaded crossbow readied, 35 bolts left, 5 channel energy left, 14 hp damage 7. Tex - bow readied, 120 arrows left ROUND 2 BEGINS 8. Martal - longsword and shield readied 9. Regim - longsword and shield readied

[CGM3]

Recovering from surprise, Cyrius turns in place, charges his mind blade with psychic energy, and slashes at Martal.

[ElectroZman]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Ideally, Tex and Worrel could swap places. Since Worrel is ahead of Tex in initiative, Worrel needs to Ready an Action: "When Tex steps back to my space, I switch with him and step forward to swing at the enemy." Tex would step into Worrel's space and take a full attack against Martal triggering that readied action. DM, totally your call if this happens. I don't want to meta-game it. I'm fine either way. If not, then Tex will stay where he is and take a full attack against Martal, drawing an AoO unless someone else does first.

 

Point Blank, Many shot, Deadly Aim.

[JPetherick]

OUT OF CHARACTER

I won't have access to Worrel's character sheet for a couple days.

 

[patransom]

Ideally, Tex and Worrel could swap places. Since Worrel is ahead of Tex in initiative, Worrel needs to Ready an Action: "When Tex steps back to my space, I switch with him and step forward to swing at the enemy." Tex would step into Worrel's space and take a full attack against Martal triggering that readied action.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Yes, this is allowed. Worrel can ready to take a five foot step and a single attack, triggered by Tex stepping back. Up to Worrel if he wants to do that.

 

[Jinxs-3d]

Ardrea will look for an opportunity to step away. She will defensively cast 'Ear-piercing Scream' at the man Regim who hit her.

Concentration Check: 15 + 2(spell lvl) = 17


'Ear-piercing Scream' - Fort (partial), half damage, no daze
3d6 damage, daze.

[smeltdm]

“Yea, now they've gone and done it! Sic them Fluffy ” Prost lets loose a bullet at the closest to Fluffy, Regim.
.i miss
Prost reloads sling staff…
Fluffy attacks Regim, and trips if Fluffy hits

[Silverstone]

Lola says “Fake prisoners to go along with imposters everywhere, what is going on here?”
Lola will shift to 1017 if Ardea moves out of the space

Lola changes weapon to shortsword and swings. ideally at M - unless already dead then will swing at R



damage if hits (unlikely with that roll)

[patransom]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Waiting on Worrel. Discord message and PM sent. Will move forward in the next 48 hours if no response earlier.

 

[JPetherick]

Ideally, Tex and Worrel could swap places. Since Worrel is ahead of Tex in initiative, Worrel needs to Ready an Action: "When Tex steps back to my space, I switch with him and step forward to swing at the enemy." Tex would step into Worrel's space and take a full attack against Martal triggering that readied action.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Yes, this is allowed. Worrel can ready to take a five foot step and a single attack, triggered by Tex stepping back. Up to Worrel if he wants to do that.

 

Worrel waits to step to the fore.

Once he is in position, Worrel will attack an opponent.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Please roll for me. Have to recover log-in for Rolz

 

[patransom]

ROUND 1 CONTINUES

Ardrea steps to a position where she'll have the opportunity to escape Regim's reach in the future. She casts defensively and vomits forth a disgusting swarm of spiders [crosshatched area on map]. The spiders immediately bite the two men [6 hp to Martal, 4 hp to Regim], but they both resist the spiders' poison and distracting presence.

Recovering from surprise, Cyrius turns in place, charges his mind blade with psychic energy, and slashes at Martal. His violent swing comes riving into the man, cutting a ruinous furrow [17 hp damage]

Worrel waits...

Prost yells “Yea, now they've gone and done it! Sic them Fluffy” He lets loose a bullet at the closest to Fluffy, Regim, but misses.

Fluffy tries to bite Regim, to no avail.

Lola says “Fake prisoners to go along with imposters everywhere, what is going on here?” She shifts to the space vacated by Ardrea, draws her short sword and swings at Martal. She misses.

Tex steps back, giving Worrel the opportunity he was waiting on. The paladin steps to the fore and attacks Martal. The attempt to behead the man fails, but leaves behind a vicious gash anyway [17 hp damage].

Tex launches multiple arrows at Martal. All of them miss.

ROUND 2 BEGINS

Martal steps out of the swarm and slashes at the spiders in disgust. His weapon has no effect on the swarm's integrity.

Regim realizes that his sword is not going to be any more effective than Martal's against the spiders, so he slashes angrily at their source, Ardrea. His decisive swing shears across the witch [19 hp damage]

ACTIVE EFFECTS

Ward Hex on Prost: +2 AC and saves until hit or fails a save ROUND 2 CONTINUES 1. Ardrea - staff readied, 33 hp damage 2. Spider Swarm - 5 rounds left 3. Cyrius - mind blade longsword readied 4. Prost - loaded slingstaff and potion of gaseous form readied, 41 bullets left 5. Fluffy 6. Lola - short sword readied, loaded crossbow in off-hand, 35 bolts left, 5 channel energy left, 14 hp damage 7. Worrel - sword and shield readied, 1 hp damage 8. Tex - bow readied, 116 arrows left ROUND 3 BEGINS 8. Martal - longsword and shield readied, 40 hp damage 9. Regim - longsword and shield readied, 4 hp damage

[smeltdm]

OUT OF CHARACTER

can prost move to 0919,1216, or 1217 and attack? Are doors to cells open and can he attack thru the bars? Assuming black dots represent cell bars, or are doors wide open...

 

[patransom]

can prost move to 0919,1216, or 1217 and attack? Are doors to cells open and can he attack thru the bars? Assuming black dots represent cell bars, or are doors wide open...

OUT OF CHARACTER

The door to 1216 is open. The other cell doors are closed (and presumably locked, although you haven't checked). The problem with 1216 is that it's crawling with spiders from Ardrea's swarm. Prost would take damage and have to make saves against poison and distraction if he moved there.

 

[ElectroZman]

Tex fires at Regim (Point blank, Rapid Shot).


*assume a miss*

[Jinxs-3d]

Ardrea will take a 5-foot step back to 1119. She will cast Ray of Enfeeblement at Regim. Str penalty 1d6+3; Fort save: half effect

Ranged Touch attack to land the ray.


Str penalty:

[Silverstone]

If Martal is still alive on Lola's turn she will swing there since flanking bonus, else will swing at Regim (take 2 pt away from hit roll then).

after swinging want to 5 ft step to 1118 to protect Ardea

[smeltdm]

Prost attack Martal with sling staff, and turns opens prisoner I's cell using burgler's bracers.


and Prost reloads sling staff.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Edited…too many actions

 

[CGM3]

Once more charging his mind blade with psychic energy, Cyrius takes another swing at Martal.

[patransom]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Waiting on Worrel