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Playtime! => PbP Games => Play by Post General => Dungeon Star => : Kuroimaken June 15, 2010, 06:14:08 PM
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Amusingly enough, the ghasts seem to be a little too preoccupied by the fact some crazy woman flew out of the barn and nuked their pretty little formation to notice Kyx's spellcasting, at least at first.
(Initiative, people.)
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Ghik: 1d20+5=16 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564267/)
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Fistbeard: 1d20=11 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564270/)
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[spoiler]Reposting from main thread:
Initiative: 1d20(17)=17 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2562953/)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Initiative (1d20=16) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564323/)
Knowledge Devotion (1d20+21=33) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564326/) = +4 bonus
Other effects(group): Mass resist Energy(Fire) 20 points so we might survive a stray bullet.
Mass Lesser Vigor - just don't die and you'll be okay, k?
Self: Alter Self: Crucian NA+8 (factored in)
Greater Resistance +3 Resistance to saves (factored in).
Lore of the Gods - +10 knowledge checks.
Expeditious Retreat - For running into/out of danger...after Haste expires.
Divine Bulwark(Ordained Champion) - DR 4/chaotic.
58 HP
28 29 AC with Haste (36 vs. AoOs due to movement)
Saves: +14/+2/+16
+4 racial vs. Paralysis, though the Alter Self might stop that.
Attack: Great Cleaver +15 +16/+16 vs. Touch, 1d10+15 damage, 2-handed (PA up to -5/+10) with Haste[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Initiative: 1d20+2=6 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564416/)
Eren will move 90ft past the crowd, revert to her natural form as a free action and use her breath weapon (20ft cone of cold, 2d8=8 damage (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564430/)). She will deliberately provoke AoOs once she is in natural form - if the ghasts are close enough she'll just revert at the start of the round and move 20ft past them in her natural form.
Anything that hits her in her natural form must make a DC16 Reflex save or become stuck (grappled?).
Status
Haste (+30ft speed, +1 attack/AC/Ref, one additional attack)[/spoiler]
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I readied a glitterdust for when the door opened. So, I guess I lead this round or something?
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@TML:
[spoiler]That should work, yes.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]I figured they'd ignore me for at least the first spell. I was counting on it.
Init: 1d20+8=21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564670/)
Combat Stats in ghast (assuming MM1 stats)
Hit dice: 4 (29 HP)
BAB: +4; Grapple +7
Saves (base): Fort +6 (2b+4r), Ref +9 (2b+3d+4r), Will +13 (7b+2w+4r) (he takes +2 damage from Fire effects)
AC: 20 (+4nat+3dex-1 flaw+4def)
Initiative: +8 (3dex+5warning)
Ongoing Effects: Divine Companion (+4 defl to AC, +4 res to saves, 11 rounds left), Magic Jar (Su), Haste (on party, 11 rnds left)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]I figured they'd ignore me for at least the first spell. I was counting on it.
Init: 1d20+8=21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564670/)
Combat Stats in ghast (assuming MM1 stats)
Hit dice: 4 (29 HP)
BAB: +4; Grapple +7
Saves (base): Fort +6 (2b+4r), Ref +9 (2b+3d+4r), Will +13 (7b+2w+4r) (he takes +2 damage from Fire effects)
AC: 20 (+4nat+3dex-1 flaw+4def)
Initiative: +8 (3dex+5warning)
Ongoing Effects: Divine Companion (+4 defl to AC, +4 res to saves, 11 rounds left), Magic Jar (Su), Haste (on party, 11 rnds left)[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Well, as I said, the massive curtain of fireballs just might have a little something to do with it. :P You're right in using the ghast's stats from the MM1 as a base, though - what little changes from the normal there are aren't reflected by a possessed ghast anyway.
I believe you said you'd be laying an Evard's to cover everyone's route. Mind rolling? IIRC there is no save on that.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]I figured they'd ignore me for at least the first spell. I was counting on it.
Init: 1d20+8=21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564670/)
Combat Stats in ghast (assuming MM1 stats)
Hit dice: 4 (29 HP)
BAB: +4; Grapple +7
Saves (base): Fort +6 (2b+4r), Ref +9 (2b+3d+4r), Will +13 (7b+2w+4r) (he takes +2 damage from Fire effects)
AC: 20 (+4nat+3dex-1 flaw+4def)
Initiative: +8 (3dex+5warning)
Ongoing Effects: Divine Companion (+4 defl to AC, +4 res to saves, 11 rounds left), Magic Jar (Su), Haste (on party, 11 rnds left)[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Well, as I said, the massive curtain of fireballs just might have a little something to do with it. :P You're right in using the ghast's stats from the MM1 as a base, though - what little changes from the normal there are aren't reflected by a possessed ghast anyway.
I believe you said you'd be laying an Evard's to cover everyone's route. Mind rolling? IIRC there is no save on that.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Well... technically I'd have to roll a grapple check (and damage) vs. every ghast in the area (a 20' wide radius)... How about we use a random distribution, and just say that so many are grappled, and take average damage, etc?
The grapple mod for the tentacles is +19, and they do 1d6+4 damage. The ghast's have a +5. I have a spreadsheet for opposed roll statistics, with an image of the graph output here: http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af269/PhaedrusXY/RHoD/opposedrollstatistics.jpg A difference in modifiers of -15 would only give each ghast about a 2.5% chance of succeeding. A -14 would be slightly better for them, with maybe a 5% chance. So how about we say one in 20 is not grappled, the rest get 7.5 damage and are grappled, and call it good? :P[/spoiler]
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Initiative: 20 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2565247/)
Should I post an action now or wait until you declare a round starts?
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[spoiler]I figured they'd ignore me for at least the first spell. I was counting on it.
Init: 1d20+8=21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2564670/)
Combat Stats in ghast (assuming MM1 stats)
Hit dice: 4 (29 HP)
BAB: +4; Grapple +7
Saves (base): Fort +6 (2b+4r), Ref +9 (2b+3d+4r), Will +13 (7b+2w+4r) (he takes +2 damage from Fire effects)
AC: 20 (+4nat+3dex-1 flaw+4def)
Initiative: +8 (3dex+5warning)
Ongoing Effects: Divine Companion (+4 defl to AC, +4 res to saves, 11 rounds left), Magic Jar (Su), Haste (on party, 11 rnds left)[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Well, as I said, the massive curtain of fireballs just might have a little something to do with it. :P You're right in using the ghast's stats from the MM1 as a base, though - what little changes from the normal there are aren't reflected by a possessed ghast anyway.
I believe you said you'd be laying an Evard's to cover everyone's route. Mind rolling? IIRC there is no save on that.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Well... technically I'd have to roll a grapple check (and damage) vs. every ghast in the area (a 20' wide radius)... How about we use a random distribution, and just say that so many are grappled, and take average damage, etc?
The grapple mod for the tentacles is +19, and they do 1d6+4 damage. The ghast's have a +5. I have a spreadsheet for opposed roll statistics, with an image of the graph output here: http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af269/PhaedrusXY/RHoD/opposedrollstatistics.jpg A difference in modifiers of -15 would only give each ghast about a 2.5% chance of succeeding. A -14 would be slightly better for them, with maybe a 5% chance. So how about we say one in 20 is not grappled, the rest get 7.5 damage and are grappled, and call it good? :P[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Works for me.
God, I love DMing with people who know their math. It makes things so much easier.[/spoiler]
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Normally, he was the live-to-see-another day type. But behind him was a barn full of chickens - the one form of life that truly understood him and accepted him for who he was (and didn't mind being made into the occasional lunch meat)! He could not let them down now, nor could he let down the hungry masses who craved the delicatessens that chef-kind had to offer!
No, for the sake of natural food lovers everywhere, he would not fail!
Running forward into battle, he slashes with his giant cleaver at one of the ghasts that has been illuminated by one of his teammates, giving it a nice clean cut like he would do to any other meat-based lifeform.
"Forward, 'Knights of the Dinner Table!'" he yells in a loud voice.
[spoiler]Power attack charge vs. Touch AC (1d20+13=28, 1d10+25=26) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2567583/)
Hmm...either dead or close.
Edit: Leading the Charge stance from Ghiktibur adds +7 damage for 33. I think that does it.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]So, does my glitterdust DC 17 do anything?[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Yeah, it's basically keeping the ones closest to the door unable to actually do much. In case you didn't notice, breaking out is a better option than trying to outlast them...[/spoiler]
And now for the part that's going to make me abso-freaking-lutely hate myself for placing this many opponents against y'all... the attack rolls.
None of which are made this round. Between Matsuko's carpet-bombing and Kyx's tentacle rape of doom, you guys have just about enough room to make a break for it. Eren is on fire, so the ghasts won't actually bother to attack her (they still took those AoOs by reflex. But they only managed to get themselves stuck anyway... and catch on fire).
May I suggest you run for your lives? :D
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"Looks like it's worse than we thought! I suggest..." Talon sighs, or makes the motion of it at the very least, "a tactical retreat. Use the space we've got to escape past them, and then make a break for it. Maybe we can slow them down enough to buy us some time. Still... I wonder how exactly they all knew to find us in here..."
[spoiler]Is there any way to estimate, now that the doors are open, how many are out there? Also, how much space is there between them and the doorway? I know the point of the first few combat maneuvers we've seen was to clear some space, but how much space is there? And which way are we going once we get out of here?
I'll post my actions once I know if it's even my turn... Seems Flay's been gone for a few days, so who knows when he'll get around to updating.[/spoiler]
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"Run! Run for the hills!"
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"So it has come to zis...so be it." Paul says, pulling a tiny bag off his belt and opening it. With a flick of the wrist, he throws it at the nearest group of Ghasts. "Special Attack! Fountain of Feathers!"
Out of the bag came 50 chickens (and an equal number of copper pieces), which started to run around like crazy. Using the confusion, Paul started to book it out of there.
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"Looks like it's worse than we thought! I suggest..." Talon sighs, or makes the motion of it at the very least, "a tactical retreat. Use the space we've got to escape past them, and then make a break for it. Maybe we can slow them down enough to buy us some time. Still... I wonder how exactly they all knew to find us in here..."
[spoiler]Is there any way to estimate, now that the doors are open, how many are out there? Also, how much space is there between them and the doorway? I know the point of the first few combat maneuvers we've seen was to clear some space, but how much space is there? And which way are we going once we get out of here?
I'll post my actions once I know if it's even my turn... Seems Flay's been gone for a few days, so who knows when he'll get around to updating.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I guess I wasn't explicit enough...
You know the farm had somewhere between 1000-2000 workers at any given time. I'm going to let that info sink in for a second.
You currently see ghasts as far as your magical senses can tell.
Now connect the dots.
Matsuko and Kyx are basically working in such a fashion as to allow you guys to run out in a straight line. Kyx is trying to keep the "sides" from spilling into the place by means of Evard's spell.
In addition, Paul's actions (on round 2) were disconcerting enough that the ghasts have a WTF stare on their faces, and pondering what the hell they're trying to nom on here. :P
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Round two actions (except Paul, of course). Assume Matsuko is mantaining the carpet-bombing so as to try and leave enough space for you guys to run. Of course, airlifting would be ideal, for those who can.
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[spoiler]I can only carry 43 lbs. as a light load, and I'm assuming my jetpack works the same as most wing-granted flight, aka: can't fly with a medium or heavy load. If that's not the case, then I'll carry someone, but otherwise I'll assume there's not much I can do without being able to increase my strength[/spoiler]
Talon shouts to the others, "I don't think I can carry any of you! You're going to need to make a run for it! I'll stay above and provide air support to keep ghasts off of you!"
Talon flies up high enough to stay out of range of ghast attacks, but close enough to reach with his breath weapon. As he flies above, he lets loose a continuous cone of thick, napalm-like flame, which sticks to the ghasts as he flies by.
[spoiler]Thank goodness for flyby attack!
I'll try to spit out gobs of 15-foot diameter entangling breath attacks.
1/2 breath damage:
4d6(4,6,1,1)=12/2= 6 damage (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2575030/), 3 on successful DC 22 reflex save
Entangle Duration:
1d4(4) = 4 rounds (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2575029/)
All of my allies are immune to the damage and entangling effect.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Would any of these forms (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=7498.msg253018#msg253018) be sufficient to carry people? Bearing in mind that Eren has a Tooth of Savnok for such occasions. If she can't carry allies while flying, her varag form should be still able to outpace the ghouls with a hasted speed of 90ft.
The only problem is that she's still on fire. :lmao[/spoiler]
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Ghiktibur is slightly sad, since he won't beat the shit out of these zombies...
"I can carry one with me, I guess... anyone want to try?"
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[spoiler]Would any of these forms (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=7498.msg253018#msg253018) be sufficient to carry people? Bearing in mind that Eren has a Tooth of Savnok for such occasions. If she can't carry allies while flying, her varag form should be still able to outpace the ghouls with a hasted speed of 90ft.
The only problem is that she's still on fire. :lmao[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Yes, you could probably airlift one or two people, depending on their weight and that of the equipment they're carrying. Only up to a medium load, though.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Well that should account for everyone. I guess I could grab the helmet of the suit or something, but whatever. Run action should cover this movement[/spoiler]
Sabot sweeps out the door, climbs up to 200 feet and continues onwards
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[spoiler]I'll attach to whomever, but shooting while being grabbed by a running orc might be tricky.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]I'll attach to whomever, but shooting while being grabbed by a running orc might be tricky.[/spoiler]
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Er.... Ghik is a Dragonborn and has Wings, so... yeah :rollseyes
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Ghiktibur decides to look around for someone to carry, and finds out that Zane doesn't have any exotic way to escape. Ghiktibur flies towards him, gran him and keep flying.
"Kill some of these freaks with your gun for me, will ya?"
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"Step ahead of you." Zane mutters, one eye squinted shut as he pulls the trigger of his pistol - which proceeds to belch out a gout of flame from the barrel.
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Danke!
Casts Burning Hands.
Damage (5d4): 16 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2577018/)
.... It's conservation of ammo... who knows when a boss monster is around the corner...[/spoiler]
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Kyx whispers to his group mates through the Message spell "I'm inside one of the ghasts. I'm going to stick with them and see what they're up to. When and where should we meet up later?"
[spoiler]If he finds that the spell isn't active on his current body, he'll recast it Silently (Silent Spell) using Versatile Spellcaster and a couple of 0th level slots. In the midst of the chaos, I don't think the ghasts nearby will notice the somatic and material components, will they? Would a Bluff check help on that front?[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Huh? Are we talking about the same spell here?
The Message spell I know is a no-somatic component cantrip that allows you to "whisper" a message discretely to a companion with Line of Sight.
Also, it's fairly easy to surmise the ghasts are here to slaughter you all. You can see it in their crazed eyes. [/spoiler]
Matsuko is making a sort of return trip as Kyx relays his message.
<< Just make your way out of here, towards the reception center. Our current goal is escape. We can barricade ourselves the easiest there while we prepare extraction.>>
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Sabot yells down at them
"Most of us are necropolitans. And the rest of us taste like wood! A wizard did it!"
[spoiler]Bluff check: 1d20+11=19 (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=3867#135163)[/spoiler]
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Kyx says "It's true. I bit the one with branch wings earlier. He tasted just like a pine cone." [spoiler]Bluff: 1d20+11=27 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2578362/)[/spoiler]
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"Zat is right! Contrary to popular belief, we do NOT taste like chicken!"
[spoiler]Aid Another: Bluff (1d20+2=14) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2578369/)[/spoiler]
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Kyx whispers back across the link "But... I'm having more fun than I"ve had in ages!"
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Talon stops bothering with suppressive fire (hyuck hyuck) and picks up his pace, flying after his faster-flying companions.
[spoiler]Base Fly Speed = 70 feet w/ Haste. If everyone else is "running" then I will too.[/spoiler]
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With the party finally managing to dash ahead, the ghasts seem much less of a worry. If anyone would care to take a look back, they'd notice that the pile of corpses Matsuko left behind with the carpet-bombing appears to be... reforming. The destroyed pieces of the ghasts are floating of their own accord to a common center, creating a nightmarish creature of gigantic proportions made of the bits and pieces.
And then it starts stomping towards the flying party.
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Briefly looking back, Talon does a double-take.
"Oh... SHIIIIIIIIIII" The rest is drowned out by the creature's stomping.
It is safe to say a degree of panic is washing over him.
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Zane looks irritable. "There's always a bigger fish, isn't there?"
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Moving with the rest of the ghasts chasing the party, Kyx whispers to the party "Hmm... that would make a nice war body."
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DC 19 Will save on the big thing, or it's Possessed. Since this ability also has no components, I'm relying on the fact that the ghasts have no idea that I'm not one of them, and I'm giving no outward signs to give it away. The chaos of battle should help... [/spoiler]
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"I guess everyone here will manage to get a piece of this big guy, huh? Which means we should go all out against it! RAAAWR!"
The Dragonborn is ROARING excited due to the possibility of facing something that will actually take more than one hit, for a change...
[spoiler]Sorry, but that was the only kind of roar I know :lmao[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Let's see if I'm big enough. (1d20+10=30) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2578972/)[/spoiler]
The humongous creature doesn't so much as slow down as Kyx attempts to possess it.
In fact... it looks more annoyed than before.
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"...I heard someone say 'shrunken lava' earlier. I think zis would be a good time for zat..."
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"The lava is back on my suit. I'll go get it..." Kyx whispers through the message spell, and begins moving that way.
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I don't know if I can get there in one move action or not, since we don't have a map. :P I had said I was going to possess a ghast just outside the door, and we were just inside the door before that. So I should be fairly close. I've already used my standard action on round 2 to try and possess the big dude, so I might as well use my move for something.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]You're within range, don't worry. And the reason we don't have a map is... do you seriously expect me to draft up a map with 1000+ ghasts? :P[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]You're within range, don't worry. And the reason we don't have a map is... do you seriously expect me to draft up a map with 1000+ ghasts? :P[/spoiler]
[spoiler]What, it's only a 10 by 10 by 10 cube of ghasts. Seriously. Here, have a map.
[spoiler](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2455942986_014a1fee35.jpg?v=0)[/spoiler][/spoiler]
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Are we missing someone on this round?
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You all manage to distance yourselves from the mass of ghasts, but the reception center is still quite a bit far. Those of you airlifting folks, please give me a Fort check to keep going. (There should be only a couple of rounds' worth of it since you are all so danged fast, but one can always fail that.)
And no, that's not your biggest problem just yet. :smirk
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Fort save: 1d20+12=21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2585826/)
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Over the Message spell "comm link", Kyx whispers "Chef Paul, would you mind tossing down a chicken near the reception area for me?"
Then he mutters "Who knew barnyard animals could be so useful..." to himself, and contemplates retiring as a farmer.
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"Very well. I shall drop 'Lucky'." Paul says, pulling out a Rooster (the chicken colony must maintain itself somehow) which flutters down towards the ground, frantically flapping it's wings to avoid falling damage. "Ze original 'Feather Fall.'"
[spoiler]Move action, draw Rooster. Free action, drop Rooster from Airlift height. Standard Action: ready a move action to ABANDON SHIP if Something Bad(TM) happens.[/spoiler]
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Fort 1d20+6=14 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2586016/)
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Sabot focuses his inherent powers of confusion, targeting a circle such that he barely clips the giant ghast in the 15' radius.
[spoiler]Confusion SLA, DC = 21 (including feat bonus to DC)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Since the huge-ass ghast is the only one who could prove to be a problem, I'm doing his save only. Assume the rest of the ghasts failed, and those who didn't have to deal with those who did.
Is there a HD limit on this thing?
GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAN!! (1d20+10=19) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2588463/)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Holy crap. He failed. That's awesome. :lmao [/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Assuming no HD limit, of course. :p[/spoiler]
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OK guys, whatever you do, under NO circumstances are you to attack that big guy. He's too strong or something.
[spoiler]Yeah yeah, no HD cap. Best racial ability ever.[/spoiler]
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So what does the mega ghasterfuck do? (1d100=59) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2589614/)
Although unable to determine the exact source of its attacker, the ghast displays no end of courage as it turns tail and runs like a madman in the party's opposite direction, stomping, crushing and bowling over the other ghasts like so many pins in an alleyway. It seems to grow slightly larger as it does so, apparently because it adds the mass of the other undead trampled underfoot to its own.
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Considering the scene for a moment, Zane thinks over the system, "So, was making it bigger in a plane of limited space such a great idea? I'm not complaining, I'm just..... Hey now, how's that extraction coming along?" He gives a bit of a nervous laugh, which sounds just a bit dishonest, as if it was played up.
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Not coming that fast. We need to buy some time. Matsuko replied. Keep running, our best bet is to barricade ourselves at the reception room. From there I should be able to try and speed things along.
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(Sorry for not posting recently, but it's confusing what order people are supposed to be going in, and I really do not feel as if I have anything to contribute.)
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[spoiler]How could a crass, drunken dwarf have nothing to contribute? And from Solo no less. I've never known you to be speechless. :P[/spoiler]
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(It's also hard to keep track of what's going on for some reason. Perhaps due to the aforementioned issues.)
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Fort save: 1d20+12=32 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2596981/)
Oh man! I want that kind of roll when I'm charging, dammit! :banghead
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As is costumary, the moment you all manage to practically touch the door to the reception center, the BBEG presents himself. Or herself.
In this particular case it does so by erupting out of the ground in a massive explosion of shattered soil, waving a staff and standing atop what looks like a giant Dia de Los Muertos skull.
The evil... person... wears body-concealing robes from head to toe, split in color at the middle vertically. The right side is a pink-ish shade of purple, and the left side is black.
[spoiler]You know, like this (http://www.collectiondx.com/gallery2/gallery/d/56154-3/17.jpg).[/spoiler]
He... or she... speaks in a creepy voice like a man and a woman are speaking at the same time. Looking closely, half his face is female... or half her face is male.
"You nosy little bastards! I ought to strip the flesh from your bones for this interference. Curse you, Kab... I mean, random assortment of adventurers!!"
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"So, why exactly are you blockading this farm? Are you trying to make a political statement? Meat is murder? Fur is murder? A society with an excess of material goods at a low price has a duty to share these with less privileged nations instead of creating new luxuries out of scarcity?"
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"Attempting to inflict a horrible future of misrule and bad fashion on the inhabitants of the realms would be my guess."
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Eren is still blinking. "What the hell?" Even though she has taken the form of some red bird to airlift Fistbeard, her face still manages to show confusion.
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Zane simply starts loading his revolver and rifle fully, all with rune bullets, and slides a bunch more into the empty bullet-slots on his ammo belt. He snaps the revolving chamber into place, replaces it, and with the rifle in hand, finally looks up irritably. "The faster you monologue, the faster we can get to being killed by your unstoppable force, right?"
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"The faster you monologue, the faster we can get to being killed by your unstoppable force, right?"
"...Or the faster we beat you. Not that I'm implying you are weak or anything like that.... but we won't let you defeat us easily."
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"Silence, cretins! Baron Ashura will not be spoken down to by the likes of you!"
Raising the staff into the air, the... person... cries out:
"Come to me, Kikaijuu Gashadokuro!!"
A gigantic skeleton emerges from the ground, its spine connected to the soil proper as though it cannot fully extricate itself from there. It plunges its hand into the ground, and pulls what looks like a huge femur from there. A reddish light flickers past its eyes as it roars away at the party.
Oh, and then the giant skull Baron Ashura had been riding also turns out to be a giant skeleton. This one has LEGS, though. And a BFS.
"...That's it. We're officially screwed." Is Matsuko's out loud thought.
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"Don't you mean 'boned'?"
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"So, I'm curious. No woman can resist my looks, but you're only half-woman."
Sabot turns on his charm
[spoiler]Otherworldly Countenance, activate! Take form of: Hotness DC 18. Not sure what kind of ability it is - if it's spell-like it's DC 20.[/spoiler]
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Apparently, Baron Ashura isn't even bothered by the half-fey's manly hawtness.
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"Oh. He's not gay either."
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"Curses! I should have known when you called yourself a baron!"
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"Well, you could be forgiven for thinking it given the way he dresses."
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Wisdom Check (1d20+6=23) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2606561/)
"Look! It's spine! I think ze ting is made of paper, just like ze exploding birds! We just need to burn it up, non?"
[spoiler]I considered Paul making an intelligent comment to be slightly out-of-character, so I rolled for it.[/spoiler]
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Fistbeard will receive a telepathic message in his mind.
<<Fastball special?>>
[spoiler]Initiative 1d20+10=28 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2606669/)
We can take 'im if we drown him in tentacles and set him on fire. :p Then we sic Ghik on him quick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZDze20uK4Q#t=2m).[/spoiler]
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You guys gonna do something, or hope that the TWO gigantic skeletons don't find you appetizing?
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Talking is a free action.
"Sure, bet I could knock that guy down a few notches if aimed properly."
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"So, can I choose which target to pick, or you guys will do it first?"
[spoiler]
Init: 1d20+5=7 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2606875/)
I see dead uberchargers :banghead
[/spoiler]
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Initiative: 1d20=15 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2606961/)
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[spoiler]Initiative: 1d20=14 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2607014/)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Edit: Wait... he's riding a giant skeleton? That probably puts him outside the grasp of black tentacles... unless I can conjure them in mid-air.[/spoiler]Kyx says "I wonder how good big and bony's reflexes are." and casts Grease, centered under the big skeleton that "the baron" is riding.
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Don't worry, a one is not a critical fail for checks.
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Don't you need to land a melee touch attack first?
I don't think so. It says every creature in the area must make an opposed grapple check or be grappled. It doesn't say anything about the tentacles having to make a touch attack. I think the idea is that there are so many tentacles that if you're in the area, then they're touching you.
I don't think I'm using that, anyway. He's up in the freakin' air.
Edit: Ninja editing, huh? :P
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"You dare mock me and my beautiful puppets?! YOU SHALL PAY!!"
Waving the staff and pointing at the increasingly bigger ghast, the first gigantic skeleton opens its jaws. A black hole-ish energy gathers before it fires... at the ghast. It instantly vaporizes in a noxious black smoke - which fluctuates towards the Gashadokuro.
And then it gains horns. And big fangs. And a green tint to its bones. Its howl is now also much more intimidating than before.
[spoiler]And that means you guys get to roll Level + Wis versus its intimidate attempt. :D
I look big and BAJEEZUS SCARY!! (1d20+18=23) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614244/)[/spoiler]
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Will this do?
[spoiler]1d20+9=27 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614259/)[/spoiler]
"You dare mock me and my beautiful puppets?! YOU SHALL PAY!!"
"Do you take Adventurer's Express?"
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[spoiler]+18? Good lord. :twitch
I'm beginning to regret going Dynamic Priest. :bigeye
1d20(3)+6=9 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614273/)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]For some reason, I have neglected this game... this must be fixed.
Had to fecking pick paladin of freedom...
Initiative: 21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614275/)
Vs Intimidate: 21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614279/) damnit! What's with that number today?
Do I act before the thing or after he intimidated me?[/spoiler]
'I can make fire happen, as advertised. You put him on the ground and grease him up, I'll turn him into a flamer... no gay cowboy jokes...'
"Yeah, could someone else engage it, plzthnx?"
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[spoiler]+18? Good lord. :twitch
I'm beginning to regret going Dynamic Priest. :bigeye
1d20(3)+6=9 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614273/)[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Oft-overlooked fact: Intimidate gets a +4 bonus per size category difference between the target and the active (-4 if the size is disadvantageous, such as a gnome trying to intimidate a troll).[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]
For some reason, I have neglected this game... this must be fixed.
Had to fecking pick paladin of freedom...
Initiative: 21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614275/)
Vs Intimidate: 21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614279/) damnit! What's with that number today?
Do I act before the thing or after he intimidated me?
I think pallies of freedom still get the immunity to fear - they just don't give the bonus to other people.
...
Oh, darn. Not enchanting, mind effecting spell, ongoing control, or produced by a lawful creature, is it? It's not a save, so I autofail with a +1 wisdom.
EDIT: Ack, that includes level. Well, whatever. I'm not exactly in melee with the guy (dunno how he's using it), but this is silly enough not to pass up.[/spoiler]
Sabot flies back, looking away and shaking his sparkly left hand at the skelegiants.
Nooo! I'm too hot to die! Why don't you pick on somebody your own size.
[spoiler]Confusion. DC 21, aimed such that it'll hit the baron and both skeletons - priority on the baron.[/spoiler]
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"Ha! You think you can scare me with such a half assed scream? I have seen things much more scarier than you, bag of rotten bones!"
[spoiler]
Level Check: 1d20+7=24 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2614509/)
Thank god! At least Ghik will die without screaming like a little girl :smirk
[/spoiler]
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"You dare mock me and my beautiful puppets?! YOU SHALL PAY!!"
"Do you take Adventurer's Express?"
Thank god! At least Ghik will die without screaming like a little girl :smirk
On that note...
[spoiler]1d20+9=17 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2615191/)[/spoiler]
Eren screams like a little girl, tossing the dwarf around. "Fistbearddon'ttauntthegiantscaryskeletonthing."
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[spoiler]1d20+8=17 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2615558/)[/spoiler]
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The skeletons, as well as the Baron, seem unaffected. Though you can't be absolutely certain as far as the Baron is concerned, the skeletons appear to be mindless, given that they don't do anything without the Baron's commands, while the Baron him/herself seems protected by something else altogether.
"You guys focus on the Gashadokuro! I'm going to handle the Baron."
With that said, Matsuko dashes upwards, unleashing a barrage of hell on the giant skeleton that the Baron is riding.
[spoiler]Yes, having two halves of different brains apparently protects you from mind-affecting stuff.
From this point onward, consider that Matsuko and the Baron are engaged in "cinematic mode". Kyx should be able to tell all of you that you're going to have your hands full just dealing with the first big guy.
In case none of you can tell, this is my way of getting the combat-capable plot exposition NPC out of the way so she doesn't steal all of your precious, precious XP. :P[/spoiler]
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"Drop me on 'im!" Fistbeard orders as he clings on for dear life.
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I am a chef, I fear not the bony leftovers! (1d20+13=25) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2615999/)
He jumps off his airlifter, grabbing a trio of chickens from his pocket by the legs and using their flapping wings to glide downward towards the overgrown pile of bones. At the last moment he lets go, falling downwards towards the Boner with his giant cleaver. "You, who has no tasty meat, cannot win!"
vs. Touch, 2-handed Power Attack, not a charge. (1d20+11=16, 1d10+25=27) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2616014/)
[spoiler]Guys are still undead, so my +4 Knowledge Devotion bonus is still up. ^^
Self: Alter Self: Crucian NA+8 (factored in)
Greater Resistance +3 Resistance to saves (factored in).
Lore of the Gods - +10 knowledge checks.
Expeditious Retreat - For running into/out of danger...after Haste expires.
Divine Bulwark(Ordained Champion) - DR 4/chaotic.
58 HP
28 29 AC with Haste (36 vs. AoOs due to movement)
Saves: +14/+2/+16
+4 racial vs. Paralysis, though the Alter Self might stop that.
DR 4/Chaotic and Resist Fire 20, Haste
Attack: Great Cleaver +15 +16/+16 vs. Touch, 1d10+15 damage, 2-handed (PA up to -5/+10) with Haste[/spoiler]
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-n/m-
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"Aww shiiiiiiii..."
Talon tries to fly around the terrible creature, scared out of his gourd but still composed enough to do what he needs to.
[spoiler]Do we still have haste up? Trying to figure out if my fly speed is 40 or 70 right now, as to whether I can also let off a breath or not. Of course, I don't remember how far away the thing is, either.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]The Haste lasts for 11 rounds, and I cast it just as the fight started. So I think it should still be up... [/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Haste's still up. It's only been four rounds since it was cast.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]....aaaaand again, how far away is it from the group in general? If I can get in range, around the side or so, and breathe on it. Not sure if it's worth trying to entangle, though.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Consider the fact that it can only intimidate what it can threaten within melee range. I'd say it's Gargantuan, just so I don't throw size categories lightly.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Consider the fact that it can only intimidate what it can threaten within melee range. I'd say it's Gargantuan, just so I don't throw size categories lightly.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Oh, I guess I wasn't shaken at all, since I'm like 300 feet up or so. [/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Consider the fact that it can only intimidate what it can threaten within melee range. I'd say it's Gargantuan, just so I don't throw size categories lightly.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Oh, I guess I wasn't shaken at all, since I'm like 300 feet up or so. [/spoiler]
[spoiler]Yes. But comedic effect DEMANDS that you still scream like a little girl.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Consider the fact that it can only intimidate what it can threaten within melee range. I'd say it's Gargantuan, just so I don't throw size categories lightly.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Oh, I guess I wasn't shaken at all, since I'm like 300 feet up or so. [/spoiler]
[spoiler]Yes. But comedic effect DEMANDS that you still scream like a little girl.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I know what I did and I stand by it. Well, a safe distance away from it. And it's more like cowering.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]So, assuming that Talon is within 70 feet of the thing within one move action, which is an easy assumption given Kuro's clarification, Talon's round will be spent flying/circling around the thing toward the back, and breathing an entangling blast for 7 damage (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2621406/) (DC 22 reflex for 1/2 that) and it is entangled for 4 rounds (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2621408/), and takes 6 damage (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2621409/) next round at the start of my turn.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Energy type, if you'd be so kind?[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Sorry, fire. If I don't specify, the default is fire. Of course, I say this, and out of nowhere this skeleton will be immune to fire. :P
Still, Talon won't be expecting it. If it is, then he'll just have to try cold next time. If immune to both, well then Talon is effed. :D[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Sorry, fire. If I don't specify, the default is fire. Of course, I say this, and out of nowhere this skeleton will be immune to fire. :P
Still, Talon won't be expecting it. If it is, then he'll just have to try cold next time. If immune to both, well then Talon is effed. :D[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Don't be silly, he's immune to cold, being a skeleton and all. And no fire resist either. I just had to check. :P[/spoiler]
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Ghiktibur drops his companion safely and charges the skeleton.
[spoiler]
Battle Leader's Charge on skellie: 1d20+18=21, 2d4+24=30 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2622443/), +1 from Haste, for a total of +22
Charge's total damage: 90 + 10 (Battle leader's charge - multiplied with the rest of the damage for 30?) + 6 (Leading the charge stance tripled - multiplied with the rest of the damage for 18?) = 106 (or 138 if tripling everything)
Edit: Oh yeah, let's not forget that tasty -11 to Ghik's AC :rollseyes
Combat stats
Init +5, HP 115/115, DR 3/-, Speed 30 ft, fly 30 ft, swim 30 ft
AC 19, Touch 12, Flat-footed 18, Fort +12, Ref +3, Will +7, Base Attack Bonus 7
Ranseur +1 +14 vs AC (2d4+10, 20/x3)
(+6 Armor, +1 Dex, +1 Natural, +1 Deflect)
Abilities Str 22, Dex 12, Con 20, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 7
Condition Leading the Attack stance - +6 to dmg on charge attacks for all allies within 60 ft, Haste spell, -11 AC (Heedless Charge)
[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]First order of business, the initiative order.
Eren: 28
Ghik: 7
Fistbeard: 15
Talon: 14
Zane: 21
Kyx: ???
The Fay: ???
Paul: ???
I'm just going to randomly drop them into the initiative order somewhere. The big, nasty skeleton is 15 in that order, by the way. We're going to stick to it for now. Anyone who got random assignments on their initiative is, of course, free to actually roll it.
Sabot is 16, Kyx is 5, Paul is 8. See, Risada, you're not the last![/spoiler]
The skeleton that the Baron is riding is apparently either more deft than it appears, or its sheer size somehow prevents the puddle of Grease from actually making it slip. Either way, Kyx notices that his spell has gone unnoticed.
[spoiler]Mommy, it HUUUUUUUUUUUUURTS! (1d20+16=30, 4d6+16=32) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2632748/)[/spoiler]
As both Paul and Ghiktibur make their respective rushes towards the Gashadokuro, the gruesome-looking skeleton fixes its darkened gaze upon the chef first, given his slight advantage in speed over the dragonborn. As such, it swings viciously in his general direction, the bone it uses for a club seemingly transmitting the brute force of the impact even past the crustaceous layer of armor that the chef is "wearing". It is easy to notice, however, that might as well have been a lucky swing - although for whom remains to be seen.
Coming up from behind, the barbarian's lance wedges cleanly into the skeleton's radial bone, making it shriek with what could not be construed as anything else but pain. Combined with his companion's valiant effort, it appears the two of them managed to harm the creature quite severely...
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[spoiler]I'm fine with 16. I'll post w/ glitterdust after Eren and Zane act.[/spoiler]
"So you've got your bone for your sword, eh? Seems awfully redundant to me. Then again, you are awfully one-note. I suppose undead aren't really known for their sparkling personalities."
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[spoiler]Kyx had a 21 for initiative earlier (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=8402.msg280751#msg280751). Did we reroll?[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Kyx had a 21 for initiative earlier (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=8402.msg280751#msg280751). Did we reroll?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Yes, we did. Technically, the Baron counts as a separate encounter.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Ok, here's the new one: 1d20+8=20 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2633325/)[/spoiler]
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"Fire, huh? Fine by me..." Whipping up the gun, he fires off another spewed line of flame.
As the fire hits, he thinks to himself "I might as well be firing my rune bullets...."
[spoiler]
Burning hands on skeleton... funny it's getting this much use as a spell...
Damage (5d4): 10 Fire Damage (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2633398/), reflex DC 14 for 1/2.... shitty friggin roll......
So the skelly has cold immunity? Great, then 15 damage....
If I'm too far away, I'll move within range [/spoiler]
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"Fire, huh? Fine by me..." Whipping up the gun, he fires off another spewed line of flame.
As the fire hits, he thinks to himself "I might as well be firing my rune bullets...."
[spoiler]
Burning hands on skeleton... funny it's getting this much use as a spell...
Damage (5d4): 10 Fire Damage (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2633398/), reflex DC 14 for 1/2.... shitty friggin roll......
So the skelly has cold immunity? Great, then 15 damage....
If I'm too far away, I'll move within range [/spoiler]
[spoiler]Aren't you glad the fucker has no Combat Reflexes?
It buuuuuuuurns! (1d20+8=13) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2633564/)
Burns prettily, in fact.[/spoiler]
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Gritterdust!
DC19, positioned to hit both skeletons if possible.
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"New" encounter Initiative: Initiative (1d20=17) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2633738/)
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New init: 1d20+5=7 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2634164/)
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New init: 1d20+5=7 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2634164/)
Not new if it's the same as the old one. :P
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New init: 1d20+5=7 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2634164/)
Not new if it's the same as the old one. :P
[spoiler]
Meh.... apparently Invisible Castle loves me :banghead
[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]*grumble* I forgot that Eren went first so the AoO would've been aimed at her instead... not that it matters much.
Ew, this lady is STICKY! (1d20+22=42) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2635254/)
Yikes, Natural 20... Thank goodness that's not an auto-success on checks, eh? Don't forget that Eren gets a -2 penalty from being shaken.
...And then I check the Rules Compendium. Eren can't grapple the guy. He's Gargantuan and she's, at best, Large. Therefore, he's two size categories larger than she is, which means she autofails.
[/spoiler]
Comically enough, Eren's attempt at keeping the gigantic skeleton tied in one place results in him shaking her off like a sticky piece of candy. Talon's breath weapon proves more successful in this regard, hindering its movements more effectively.
Of course, one has to wonder whether it actually intended to move at all...
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[spoiler]Who is he gonna hurt next? (1d20+16=25, 4d6+16=32) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2639873/)
Has he lost his mind, can he see or is he blind? (1d20+10=27) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2639883/)
Please apply the entangled penalties manually, if any.[/spoiler]
The skeleton seems to be quite distraught over its "predicament". On one hand, it just got its arm practically lanced through by the dragonborn - on the other, Talon's breath weapon is getting on its way. As it tries to decide who to mash next, Sabot's magic attempts to blind it. As it wipes some of the sparkling dust out of its eyes, it seems specially furious. However, because the half-fey is out of its reach, the skeleton seems to mind that which has given it the most pain thus far, swinging its massive bone-club at Ghiktibur.
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Sabot heads forward, directly over the the skeleton's head. Then he flips over and retracts his wings, divebombing towards the enormous foe. Rotating as he accelerates, bystanders can barely hear COLOSSAL SPINNINK VIRLVIND ATTACK as he plummets.
1d20+11=14 (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=3867#137966)
[spoiler]Falling damage is a bit of an exploit; hows about I take an amount of damage equal to the amount dealt. Using Mountain Hammer and Armband of Elusive Action if applicable; battle dancer lets me tumble (DC 15: 1d20+13=24 (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=3867#137965)) without losing speed.
...He learned his martial arts from a Russian Dojo, alright?[/spoiler]
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Sabot heads forward, directly over the the skeleton's head. Then he flips over and retracts his wings, divebombing towards the enormous foe. Rotating as he accelerates, bystanders can barely hear COLOSSAL SPINNINK VIRLVIND ATTACK as he plummets.
1d20+11=14 (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=3867#137966)
[spoiler]Falling damage is a bit of an exploit; hows about I take an amount of damage equal to the amount dealt. Using Mountain Hammer and Armband of Elusive Action if applicable; battle dancer lets me tumble (DC 15: 1d20+13=24 (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=3867#137965)) without losing speed.
...He learned his martial arts from a Russian Dojo, alright?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Sounds fine by me. Either way you end up hitting - his AC is freaking abysmal.[/spoiler]
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Although his paper-thin frame weighs less than a hundred pounds, Sabot nevertheless hits home with extreme force. A massive calciferous dust cloud erupts at the point of impact!
10d6=26 (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=3867#137967)
[SIZE=+1]Sabot Trenloce[/SIZE] (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=189856)[/URL]
Male TN Shadow-Walker(UE72) 1 Half-Fey1 Feytouched0 Feat Rogue1/Battle Dance5/Warblade1, Level 7, Init +3, HP 91/91, DR 4/Lawful, Speed 40' land, 80' fly(good)
AC 25, Touch 18, Flat-footed 22, Fort +1, Ref +9, Will +2, Base Attack Bonus 6
Unarmed Strike +11/+6 (d8+d6+5+1(vile), )
(+4 Armor, +3 Dex, +3 Natural, +5 Misc)
Abilities Str 14, Dex 16, Con 6, Int 18, Wis 12, Cha 21
Condition That draconic breath immunity thing
Mage Armor
Energy Immunity: Fire
Energy resistance (something) : Acid
Shadow mask (70 minutes)
Protection from Law (7 minutes)
Misc bonus to AC calculations: +5 ( cha), +1 (dodge from BD) + 1 (wis from legacy) -2 (punishing stances) = 5
[spoiler]300 feet or so of falling distance, plus an extra d6 of punishing stance, at a weight between 51 and 100 feet falling damage is dealt every 30 feet ignoring the first 30. [/spoiler]
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Since she can't hold it down, Eren decides a different approach is in order. Her arms explode into nests of jagged razors, which move in a blur to slice and dice her enemy.
[spoiler]Attack rolls: 24, 31, 23, 17, 21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640314/) (subtract -2 from these rolls for attacks after the second)
Damage: 12, 15, 9, 8, 5 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640319/)
Eren's natural weapons strike as magic ghost touch weapons.[/spoiler]
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Since she can't hold it down, Eren decides a different approach is in order. Her arms explode into nests of jagged razors, which move in a blur to slice and dice her enemy.
[spoiler]Attack rolls: 24, 31, 23, 17, 21 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640314/) (subtract -2 from these rolls for attacks after the second)
Damage: 12, 15, 9, 8, 5 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640319/)
Eren's natural weapons strike as magic ghost touch weapons.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]They don't count as good, I take it.[/spoiler]
It turns out that the monster they're up against is tougher than it looks; over half of Eren's attacks don't so much as scratch him.
Sabot, on the other hand, manages to put a nicely-sized dent on its skull.
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Ghiktibur attempts to block the incoming attack by attacking it with his trusty weapon, and hope it will be enough...
After that he attacks gathering all of his manly essence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx8dlD25K3A)...
"Ha! You will never bring me down with such attack! Try again after you have grown some muscles!"
[spoiler]
Immediate action: Wall of Blades - 1d20+14=22 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640580/)
Standard Action: Leading the Attack - 1d20+14=25 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640584/), 2d4+10=14 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2641156/). If it hits, all allies get +4 bonus to attack rolls against it for 1 round.
Edit: rolled my damage ( I didn't before)....
[/spoiler]
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Paul jumps as high as he can, hacking the skeleton in the knees twice with his giant cleaver. "Go for ze joints!"
Grinding the bones. (Vs. Touch AC) (1d20+11=22, 1d10+25=29, 1d20+11=13, 1d10+25=26) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640625/)
29 slashing damage and 26 slashing damage.
Stats:[spoiler]Self: Alter Self: Crucian NA+8 (factored in)
Greater Resistance +3 Resistance to saves (factored in).
Lore of the Gods - +10 knowledge checks.
Expeditious Retreat - For running into/out of danger...after Haste expires.
Divine Bulwark(Ordained Champion) - DR 4/chaotic.
58 HP
28 29 AC with Haste (36 vs. AoOs due to movement)
Saves: +14/+2/+16
+4 racial vs. Paralysis, though the Alter Self might stop that.
DR 4/Chaotic and Resist Fire 20, Haste
Attack: Great Cleaver +15 +16/+16 vs. Touch, 1d10+15 damage, 2-handed (PA up to -5/+10) with Haste[/spoiler]
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With a swift, almost invisible brush of his hand, Zane replaces the crystal in the rifle's hammer-pocket with a bright blue, sparkling crystal, and cocks back a bullet into the chamber. The rifle whips up, nestled tightly into Zane's shoulder, as he takes aim. The moment the hammer pulls back, runes along the barrel start to glow blue, with some minor electrical sparks erupting along it's length; the distracting thing is the explosion coming from the barrel, blowback knocking a dust cloud behind Zane, as a shining blue bullet streaks in an arc towards the skeleton, a training bolt of lightning in its wake.
[spoiler]
Move Action to get just within 30 ft. for +1 from point-blank shot.
Free Action, swap Crystal of Electricity Assault into rifle.
Free Action, load Rune Bullet into rifle.
Free action, channel 2nd level spell into Rune Bullet in Rifle.
To-Hit: 18
Damage: 27 (15 regular, 4 electricity, 8 force) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640673/)
[/spoiler]
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Paul jumps as high as he can, hacking the skeleton in the knees twice with his giant cleaver. "Go for ze joints!"
Grinding the bones. (Vs. Touch AC) (1d20+11=22, 1d10+25=29, 1d20+11=13, 1d10+25=26) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640625/)
29 slashing damage and 26 slashing damage.
Stats:[spoiler]Self: Alter Self: Crucian NA+8 (factored in)
Greater Resistance +3 Resistance to saves (factored in).
Lore of the Gods - +10 knowledge checks.
Expeditious Retreat - For running into/out of danger...after Haste expires.
Divine Bulwark(Ordained Champion) - DR 4/chaotic.
58 HP
28 29 AC with Haste (36 vs. AoOs due to movement)
Saves: +14/+2/+16
+4 racial vs. Paralysis, though the Alter Self might stop that.
DR 4/Chaotic and Resist Fire 20, Haste
Attack: Great Cleaver +15 +16/+16 vs. Touch, 1d10+15 damage, 2-handed (PA up to -5/+10) with Haste[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Errr... it HAS no knees. It's a skeleton showing up from the waist up. I thought I'd made that clear... [/spoiler]
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Paul jumps as high as he can, hacking the skeleton in the knees twice with his giant cleaver. "Go for ze joints!"
Grinding the bones. (Vs. Touch AC) (1d20+11=22, 1d10+25=29, 1d20+11=13, 1d10+25=26) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640625/)
29 slashing damage and 26 slashing damage.
Stats:[spoiler]Self: Alter Self: Crucian NA+8 (factored in)
Greater Resistance +3 Resistance to saves (factored in).
Lore of the Gods - +10 knowledge checks.
Expeditious Retreat - For running into/out of danger...after Haste expires.
Divine Bulwark(Ordained Champion) - DR 4/chaotic.
58 HP
28 29 AC with Haste (36 vs. AoOs due to movement)
Saves: +14/+2/+16
+4 racial vs. Paralysis, though the Alter Self might stop that.
DR 4/Chaotic and Resist Fire 20, Haste
Attack: Great Cleaver +15 +16/+16 vs. Touch, 1d10+15 damage, 2-handed (PA up to -5/+10) with Haste[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Errr... it HAS no knees. It's a skeleton showing up from the waist up. I thought I'd made that clear... [/spoiler]
(http://www.videogamesprites.net/ChronoTrigger/Enemies/MiddleAges/Zombor%20-%20Head.gif)
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Paul jumps as high as he can, hacking the skeleton in the knees twice with his giant cleaver. "Go for ze joints!"
Grinding the bones. (Vs. Touch AC) (1d20+11=22, 1d10+25=29, 1d20+11=13, 1d10+25=26) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2640625/)
29 slashing damage and 26 slashing damage.
Stats:[spoiler]Self: Alter Self: Crucian NA+8 (factored in)
Greater Resistance +3 Resistance to saves (factored in).
Lore of the Gods - +10 knowledge checks.
Expeditious Retreat - For running into/out of danger...after Haste expires.
Divine Bulwark(Ordained Champion) - DR 4/chaotic.
58 HP
28 29 AC with Haste (36 vs. AoOs due to movement)
Saves: +14/+2/+16
+4 racial vs. Paralysis, though the Alter Self might stop that.
DR 4/Chaotic and Resist Fire 20, Haste
Attack: Great Cleaver +15 +16/+16 vs. Touch, 1d10+15 damage, 2-handed (PA up to -5/+10) with Haste[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Errr... it HAS no knees. It's a skeleton showing up from the waist up. I thought I'd made that clear... [/spoiler]
(http://www.videogamesprites.net/ChronoTrigger/Enemies/MiddleAges/Zombor%20-%20Head.gif)
[spoiler](http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/thumb/8/81/Stallordrender.png/350px-Stallordrender.png)[/spoiler]
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Fine. The spine. It's all fluff anyway. :P
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Kyx, seeing that his companions seem to be doing a great job at knocking big chunks out of the skeleton, decides to put his talents to use for defensive measures. He carefully watches for the skeleton's next attack.
[spoiler]
Ready an action to use Benign Transposition on whomever the skeleton starts to attack next. I'll swap places with them and the rooster Paul dropped. :D[/spoiler]
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The Gashadokuro howls away. It doesn't seem particularly happy about the way it's being assaulted from all sides. It raises the massive club high and swings widely in an arc, attempting to sweep for whichever enemies it can.
[spoiler]It's our good old friend WHIRLWIND ATTACK! Or, at least something similar. What it really does is swing with one attack roll and check against each of your ACs, same damage to everybody. It cannot crit, though it CAN auto-hit on a 20. Let's see how lucky you guys are! Why is that wall moving so fa-- OMG I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!! (1d20+16=28, 4d6+16=30) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2645441/)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Well crap... I didn't know it could do that... I guess I'll just use Benign Transposition on whomever it swings at first.[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]That'd be Ghik.[/spoiler]
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Curses! He counteracted my spinning attack with his own, equally effective spinning attack!
Sabot tumbles upwards, trying to regain altitude for another attack.
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[spoiler]What's this thing's reach? Talon would be just close enough to have used his breath weapon, so within 30 feet.
Just wanna make sure.
SRD says natural reach for gargantuan is 20 ft; if so, Talon should be out of reach of this attack. If the thing has longer than natural reach, though, it would be good to know. :) [/spoiler]
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[spoiler]It has 30 ft. reach, precisely. [/spoiler]
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Sabot's tumbling is twice as effective as necessary to avoid the demiskeleton. He climbs to a dizzying 160' above the skeleton!
Tumble DC 15:1d20+13=30 (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=3867#138448)
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"I have a bone to pick with zis one!"
Paul jumps as high as he can, making two great slashes in mid-air at the skeleton. Through all of this, his chef's hat still remains perfectly on his head, as if he were just taking a walk in the park.
Hacking away! (vs. Touch AC) (1d20+11=27, 1d10+25=28, 1d20+11=17, 1d10+25=29) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2658430/) (Slashing damage...woo)
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After getting bashed with the club, Zane lands on his feet moving. After having backed up a good 30 ft, he spins on his heel, cocking another glowing round into the chamber of his rifle, and another grand explosion erupts from the barrel as he fires it away.
[spoiler]Gets the hell out of dodge as a move action.
Free Action, load Rune Bullet into rifle.
Free action, channel 2nd level spell into Rune Bullet in Rifle.
To-Hit: 28
Damage: 12 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2663406/) (5 force, 2 electricity)
I feel like Vincent Valentine; Good accuracy, shit damage.[/spoiler]
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Kyx says "Good idea, Sabot. I have something better to drop on him, though." He mutters the words of a spell, and a tiny patch of cloth flies out from his hand to a height above the skeleton's head. Then he speaks another word, and the cloth grows into an enormous boulder and falls towards the giant creature.
[spoiler]
I don't know how high up this skeleton's head is, or how high I can launch the shrunken boulder and still have it be within medium range (210 feet). So I'm not sure how much damage it will do. The weight alone is 18d6, though, with another 1d6 per 10 feet fallen past the first 10 feet. If this requires a ranged attack roll, here you go: 1d20+6=23 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2664132/)
Kyx can also move up 60 feet towards the skeleton if that will help him get into range.
And here is 18d6 damage: 18d6=58 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2664136/)
+2 to both attack and damage from Knowledge Devotion: 1d20+13=23 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2664134/)[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]
Comically enough, Eren's attempt at keeping the gigantic skeleton tied in one place results in him shaking her off like a sticky piece of candy. Talon's breath weapon proves more successful in this regard, hindering its movements more effectively.
Of course, one has to wonder whether it actually intended to move at all...
Doesn't really matter if he intended to move. What matters is this: (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/conditionSummary.htm#entangled)
...and takes a -2 penalty on all attack rolls and a -4 penalty to Dexterity.
[/spoiler]
As the gooey napalm continues to burn away at the skeleton, Talon's eyes and throat begin to glow with a bright blue-white hue. The glowing spreads down engraved channels across his body, and the metal dragonborn tenses up, channeling energy for a larger attack. Suddenly, his limbs burst wide, and emitted from his mouth is a massive laser which burns through the air, carving up the giant skeleton's bones.
The force of the blast pushes Talon back 5 feet, and then the energy barrage ends.
[spoiler]4d6=14 damage (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2664167/), DC 22 Reflex for 1/2, and don't forget the 6 damage from the entangling exhalation (does not get halved). 3 more rounds of that after this one.
[spoiler](http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2010/1/28/634002949909780850-ImmaFirinMahLazer.jpg)[/spoiler][/spoiler]
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[spoiler]OKAY, since this round is taking forever and we only have one player who has yet to post his actions this round, I'm skipping him and getting on the next round. I've still got a ton of funny cameos and the show cannot stop. :p[/spoiler]
The barrage of attacks seems to make the Gashadokuro positively dumbstruck. Pieces of bone crack here and there, and it howls in what seems to be agonizing pain. Suddenly, it loses the greenish tint to its skeletal structure, and its eyes stop glowing. All would seem to be well...
Until, of course, a thick, blob-like black mist seeped out of its wounds. Covering the bones, which now have a sinister shade of slick onyx, its eyes flash for an instant before it opens its fanged mouth and begin to focus a reddish-black swell of pure energy.
[spoiler]Given that at least ONE of you is probably going to make the knowledge check DC, I'll tell you all straight away. It's building up energy to blow itself up. None of you know exactly how dangerous this could turn out to be, but given the size of the thing, and the fact it's most likely drawing upon necromantic energy, "one hell of a lot" seems like a fairly educated guess.[/spoiler]
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It's gathering energy - there's only one thing I can do! Punch it to death!
Sabot dives into the energy ball and tries to absorb as much as he can via spellfire.
Tumble check = 1d20+13=30 (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=3867#139427)
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"Run for it! Or fly, whatever!"
[spoiler]Standard action: Form of! A legendary eagle! (fly 100ft average)
Move action: Escape, along with anyone who wants to grab on.[/spoiler]
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It occurs to Eren, upon flight, that Matsuko is fairly engrossed in her battle and it doesn't look like she'll be able to flee. The Baron gets a sinister grin on hir face as s/he notices the change in coloration of the Gashadokuro.
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Paul grabs onto the eagle. As part of the move, he pulls out a little chicken.
"Quickly, swap zis chick with zat one!"
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Talon tries to figure out whether it would be better to hightail it outta there, or to try to take this thing down before it blows.
1d20(15)-1=14 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2677326/)
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Kyx mentally re-enters the metal "suit", and closes the doors to the building housing the chickens from the inside.
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Seeing the eagle coming fast, Zane smirked an evil smirk, and heard the suggestion to fly. Also the suggestion to try and swap out Matsuko, who was engaged to the point of being un-liftable. Within only a few seconds, he had swapped out a bullet while a feint aura of gold emanated from him. Taking his aim, he pulled the trigger, muttering something sounding like "Yippe-Ki-yay, mother-fu" only interrupted by the burst from his rifle. This time, the bullet flew with gold electricity, and struck with a resounding burst of sound, electricity, and raw energy. He gave a loud woot as the bullet flew, and he grabbed ahold of the eagle as it passed.
[spoiler]Free action, load Rune Bullet.
Free Action, load last 2nd level spell into bullet (+2d6 force damage, -1 2nd lvel spell, none left)
Standard Action, shoot at Gashadokuro with a smiting attack (+3 to attack/+2 damage if evil, -1 ranged smite/day, none left)
To-Hit: 24
Damage: 28 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2678968/)
Move Action, grab Eren.[/spoiler]
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Even though Ghiktibur could still land a good blow on the giant of bones, he decides to escape from the explosion. He stretches his wings wide before flying as fast as he can towards the big bird.
[spoiler]
Ghik will fly towards Eren, where he will grab whatever place isn't occupied...
[/spoiler]
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This time, as Talon charges up, the light channeling through his body is a bright green hue, being drawn from a different energy source. A line of acid sprays at the giant skeletal creature as Talon flies off toward his fleeing comrades' direction.
[spoiler]4d8(6,4,5,7)=22 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2679237/) acid damage, Reflex 21 for half damage
and another 1d6 fire damage from entangling exhalation: 1d6(2)=2 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2679239/), 2 more rounds[/spoiler]
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A voice echoes from seemingly nowhere. "T-minus 60 seconds to detonation. Estimated range: four miles."
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Hoping his companions can hear him, Talon shouts, "There's no way we can escape the blast! We have to take this thing down NOW! So get your asses back here!"
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Stop being cowards, you cowards! Let's just take this guy out before it's too late!
Look, see that I am punching the raw energy right out of it! It is not inevitable!
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Hoping his companions can hear him, Talon shouts, "There's no way we can escape the blast! We have to take this thing down NOW! So get your asses back here!"
Stop being cowards, you cowards! Let's just take this guy out before it's too late!
Look, see that I am punching the raw energy right out of it! It is not inevitable!
Ghiktibur roars to his valiant friends:
"If I die here, you two will be the first I will haunt!"
Then, he stops and takes a 180º turn towards the skeleton, and concentrates for a second while moving towards his target.
[spoiler]
Swift action to recharge maneuvers
Standard Action doing nothing
Move to get closer to the skellie (but far enough so I can charge next round)
Very well... it's do or die! :flame
[/spoiler]
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Despite not having supernatural powers to speak of, Ghiktibur's manliness oozes in the form of a red-like aura, for coolness purposes. And he also hears a theme song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSO7SHQOkwI) play in his head.
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The battle cries of his companions make Kyx pause, and before the door closes his metal body says "Very well. No doubt I will survive this foolishness, even if none of you do. But I will do my best to help you survive as well."
Then after a flash of energy, he reappears high in the air above the gigantic skeleton, and begins plummeting towards the ground.
[spoiler]Teleport (std action) high enough that it will take a round or two to fall, and pull out a shrunken boulder (move). Also active his Divine Companion (Swift Action) to gain +4 to AC and saving throws for 7 rounds.[/spoiler]
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"Four miles? Yep, we're pretty fucked. We might as well make sure that smug bastard goes down with us. Fly me towards that asshole!" Zane seems incensed to take out the bomb and do something violent to the two-faced asshole.
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"Four miles? Yep, we're pretty fucked. We might as well make sure that smug bastard goes down with us. Fly me towards that asshole!" Zane seems incensed to take out the bomb and do something violent to the two-faced asshole.
"We... we can make it!" Eren says rather unenthusiastically.
Seeing Zane glare at her, she hesitates and drops him.
"Sorry. You can try if you want, but I'm not sticking around for this."
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Are you really going to leave now? After all the good times we had together?
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As he plummets towards the ground like a metallic comet, Kyx says "I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice...
Get away from the skeleton." He tells his companions via the Message spell.
He reaches and tears off what looks like a robe made of patches, and tosses it out to the side of him.
Then as he falls past it, he casts Dispel Magic, centered on the patchwork robe.
Nine boulders and an enormous amount of molten lava immediately appear, all of which begin hurtling downward toward the giant skeletal time bomb like a great meteor shower. Kyx himself continues to fall alongside it, his iron face unreadable.
[spoiler]Since I wanted to be high enough for him to be able to cast a spell before he splats on the ground, he'd have to be higher than 200 feet up when he does this. So that's 36d6 damage per boulder that hits. Total immersion in lava is 20d6 per round, also, and having a bunch of lava fall on you from that height should hurt like hell just from the weight, I'd imagine... The lava takes up a total volume of 220 feet, and weighs about 40,000 lbs, for reference.
I'm not sure what kind of range (and other) penalties we're looking at on attack rolls for this. We're going to have to make it up, I suppose. :P
Attack (straight 1d20 with no modifiers, BAB, etc) and damage rolls for the boulders:
1d20=18, 36d6=122, 1d20=6, 36d6=132, 1d20=10, 36d6=128, 1d20=13, 36d6=130, 1d20=14, 36d6=115, 1d20=7, 36d6=125, 1d20=17, 36d6=137, 1d20=4, 36d6=127, 1d20=20, 36d6=129 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2697899/)
His ranged attack rolls should be at +8 vs. this guy normally (4bab+2dex+2KnowDevotion (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=8402.msg307799;topicseen#msg307799)).[/spoiler]
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Sabot readies to dimension door out of the way.
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To summate the experience: rocks fall, the giant black skeleton dies.
The long version: you know what it's like in cartoons when someone realizes there's a huge shadow above them, looks up and suddenly realizes something's about to fall down on them?
Let's just say the skeleton might have briefly remembered what it was like to have a digestive tract so it could crap itself.
Sabot manages to get away in the nick of time.
Meanwhile, Matsuko looks pretty exhausted from her own side of the fight. That's when something blazes off in the distance and you guys hear a distinctive theme song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH0etoTshZ4) playing in the background.
As in, literally.
It's then you realize there are three guys in Japanese high school uniforms (http://cms7.blogia.com/blogs/m/mi/mig/miguel993/upload/20091119095954-ouendan18an.jpg) with red ribbons strapped to their arms cheering for the blaze off in the background. How or when they got there is anybody's guess.
The blaze in the distance twinkles, and falls down towards the giant skeleton the Baron is riding like a comet. A man's voice shouts out:
"Otokorashii Ryuu Kyuukoku Ougi: MUGEN PAAAAAAAAAAWNCH!!!"
The baron hirself flies off and lands a few hundred feet away from where there's now a crater in the ground.
And Matsuko sweatdrops. "Fuck. Fuck. FUCK! Of all the reinforcements they could have possibly sent me - THEY HAD TO SEND FUCKING MUGEN!!"
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That voice... where have I heard that voice?
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Surveying the damage from a distance, Talon produces a long whistling sound, despite the fact that you're all fairly sure he doesn't even have any lips. "Daaaaaaaaaaamn..."
In retrospect, all Talon really did, effectively, was fire a laser-pointer at the creature. Hardly effective except as a way of highlighting what's already there.
"Well... Now what?"
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Sabot looks over the arrival more intently and facepalms.
Oh great. It's him. Mu "Mr. Manly Muscles" gen. A hero in his own mind, a boorish bruiser of unprecedented ignorance, leader by longwinded lectures, and probably not actually paying attention to anything other than the tone of my speech, assuming I'm just praising his virtues. Look at that faraway stare. He's probably composing his next heroic introduction with an internal monologue, and is completely oblivious to the outside world.
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Shock of recognition flooded Paul's eyes.
"Oh! It is ze man who paid me to make ze chocolate Formian! Did you like how ze dish turned out?"
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Zane was casually walking back over towards Matsuko, reloading his gun, and checking the rifle in general. The magelocks weren't supposed to have any issues post-firing, but if normal guns exploded after firing shots like that, he would want to make sure his was in top condition. After considering the Freudian connotations of his action descriptions, he asked, "So, is he alright, or do we shove a few rounds up his ass too? Man wearing that outfit, he'd probably enjoy it.
So, what do we do with the ugly tranny that just got knocked off it's massive bone?"
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"Wherever innocents cry, I will be there to lend my shoulder! Wherever evil abounds, there shall be my fists of justice! Wherever--"
Mugen's speech is cut short by a grenade lobbed his way by Matsuko.
"CUT THE BULLSHIT AND HELP ME TAKE THIS ASSHOLE INTO CUSTODY!"
Coughing up smoke and looking comically burnt, Mugen replied, "Awww, don't be like that, Matsuko-chan! Loosen up! Put on a chainmail bikini like the other female adventurers! I know you've got a great p--"
A barrage of bullets flew his way, making the man dance in place.
"--alright, alright, I'll stop! Geez!!"
Mugen looked relatively tallish. He had long, wavy blue hair. His torso was naked, despite not displaying a muscle tone defined enough to justify it. Strangely, on his arms he wore black sleeves which ended in a pair of fingerless leather gloves. Upon his back was a massive blue cape with a stylized flame design on it. The cape's collar was high, not unlike a vampire's. He also wore a pair of dark blue hakama, the same hue as his cape, and a pair of steel-toed leather boots. At his waist were a pair of katanas - one with a white handle and green scabbard, and the other with a green handle and white scabbard. Over his right eye was an eyepatch with a skull motif.
"...would you be so kind as to lend me a bit of your attention?"
With that, Baron Ashura fired a black-purpleish ray of energy towards Matsuko's back. Apparently, she was so distracted by Mugen that she let her guard down.
"HEY YOU!! WE WEREN'T DONE TALKING!!"
With that, the eyepatch's skull opens its mouth with a ghastly moan, its eyes lighting up in red.
"Attacking a lady from behind is INEXCUSABLE! I will NOT stand idly by and tolerate this! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"
The themesong picks up again as the trio of odd male cheerleaders pick up their pace.
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Kyx, amazed that he's already been forgotten after making such a large crater, transforms himself into a hang glider and flies down to the ground.[spoiler] Alter Self: animated object (hang glider)[/spoiler]
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He's always like this. Except when he goes off his decaf. Then he's worse.
Sabot flies 20' over the baron, then glitterdust (DC 17)s so it hits both of them, voluntarily failing his own save vs. blindness. If he had to see those cheerleaders doing their overchoreographed routine one more time, he'd kill them. Or himself.
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"Save the song-and-dance routine for later, this creep is toast."
Talon turns back toward Ashura, readying his laser blast for immediate fire.
[spoiler]I don't know if you planned for us to continue fighting this enemy or not, so I'm not actually doing anything, per se, but I'm ready to go if we are. :)[/spoiler]
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I know Mugen's annoying, but doesn't trying to kill him seem a little excessive...
On second thought, it really doesn't.
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Ashura suddenly finds tentacles bursting from the surrounding earth, fusing together in an attempt to trap him/her. Eren stands over the Baron, apparently having realised that she is not going to explodify.
[spoiler]Charging touch attack: 1d20+12=25 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2703055/) - if it misses, assume Asura is held for a moment then breaks free[/spoiler]
She frowns at Kyx. "Eren will wait for you to explain why you didn't do that earlier. Now... you said your name was Mugen?" :)
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As the others lay into the perpetrator, Zane slowly walks up to the Baron, holstering the rifle and pulling out his revolver. As he got closer, having fully unloaded the gun, including the crystal, an evil smirk could be seen on his face. He loaded in a single bullet, put in what he decided was his most unsettling crystal, and snapped the gun back together violently. As he got to the 10 foot mark from the baron, he slowly raised it and stopped walking. "You don't wanna move anymore... Mind explaining the reasoning behind this? Just so we're clear..."
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Ghik flies towards Ashura, and happens to hear Eren's comment.
"Eren will wait for you to explain why you didn't do that earlier.
"Missy, you must understand.... hiding the big guns until the end is classic! And if they happen to defeat your opponent, even more points for you! Now, to beat the remaining enemies... oh wait.... someone look after the lady..."
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Eren rolls her eyes, then answers. "Easy."
The mass binding Ashura squeezes down it, covering the thing's mouth.
[spoiler]Full attack against Ashura, including -4 penalty for nonlethal damage, but against flat-footed AC.
Slams (magic, ghost touch) (1d20+11-4=9, 1d8+6+1=9, 1d20+11-4=11, 1d8+6+1=13) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2708496/)
Claws (magic, ghost touch) (1d20+9-4=6, 1d6+6+1=10, 1d20+9-4=23, 1d6+6+1=9) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2708502/)
Bite (magic, ghost touch) (1d20+9-4=23, 1d6+3+1=9) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2708509/)
Ashura cannot speak or breath, and Eren gets to remove one ring, amulet/necklace, headband, bracer, or belt from it each round as a swift action. Assume that she continues crushing/disarming Ashura each round until it falls unconscious.
EDIT: Actually, delay that one round. This round Eren will use her breath weapon on Ashura (paralysis 1d6+1 rounds, Fort 16 negates).
[/spoiler]
"And she looks okay to me." she says, glancing at Matsuko as she retracts the coccoon to settle on her back.
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"...!!"
The Baron seems positively dumbstruck at the dogpile. It appears s/he wasn't expecting grapplers - as such, when s/he is bound, hir look of indignation is priceless.
The skies suddenly cloud over, and a gigantic visage of a wrinkled old man with blueish skin and very long white hair and beard appears.
"Ashura. You've failed me yet again."
"Please forgive us, Doctor Hell!!"
"SILENCE!!"
No less suddenly, Ashura suddenly evaporates in a noxious cloud of reddish steam, the smell of sulphur and blood suffusing the atmosphere. Only hir clothes and equipment are left behind...
"Damn it Mugen..." Matsuko struggles to get up. "While you were playing your hero routine, the bad guy slipped right through our fingers! Or... tentacles, as the case may be..."
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As Kyx settles to the ground, and transforms back into the suit of armor he says "Does someone want to tell me what the hell is going on here? I think I've been away from civilization too long... None of this makes any sense at all!"[/green]
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As wide-eyed as he can emote (which is to say, not very much), Talon says, "No, I don't understand anything going on either..."
The light channeling across his body dims down, and he touches down to the ground, the jet-fire extinguishing.
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This all makes perfect sense. It's just like that thing in Arcanetina a couple of months back.
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As wide-eyed as he can emote (which is to say, not very much), Talon says, "No, I don't understand anything going on either..."
The light channeling across his body dims down, and he touches down to the ground, the jet-fire extinguishing.
"... I agree with you completely, mate..."
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Eren retrieves her singed tentacles in confusion, letting the Baron's gear fall to the ground. "Ow..."
This all makes perfect sense. It's just like that thing in Arcanetina a couple of months back.
She raises an eyebrow. "Must have been some party."
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Sighing as she made an effort to stand up, Matsuko idly pointed to the fallen Baron's things. "I guess... we'll never catch him now..." She was visibly short of breath, and very, very pale.
"We need to report this to headquarters. They should be able to clean up this mess, provided the souls haven't been evaporated..."
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"Sooooo....... we're done here?...... How 'bout them Giants?....."
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Yeah, let's just get out of here before my vision recovers.
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"The portal is that way." Matsuko pointed over where a blazing glyph could be seen.
"And Mugen, if you say a word, I swear to Dio that I'm going to make more holes in you than there are in 3.5."
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Paul nods approvingly. "We could not save ze workers, but at least ze animals can be transferred to someplace where zey can be made into fine tender juicy morsels for consumption. A fine days work!"
As they head to the portal, the self-proclaimed 'Iron Chef' thinks A pity all the enemies were undead and thus spoiled meat. There were no sadly no rare ingredients here...I must continue my search.
[spoiler]Obviously, Paul has strange priorities as for what needed saving. And for some reason he thinks without an accent...[/spoiler]
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"Isn't there some kind of quarantine procedure?" Eren shifts to the form of a nurse holding a syringe.
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Given the extend of the outbreak, they'll probably just sell the plane to the lowest bidder and dive monster trucks through it until there isn't anything left.I am well aware I said dive and not drive there
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"The quarantine's still up, Mugen just opened a portal from outside. We should be crossing over." Matsuko offered with some degree of annoyance from the negative energy damage she took. "Come on."
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Sabot heads on through. What could possibly go wrong?
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Eren crosses through without changing form.
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Talon follows close behind, not stopping to realize that while he took damage, he doesn't feel sore or so much as weary. This mission was quite new to him, and full of many new and frankly overwhelming experiences. Nowhere near as simple as the petty crimes he used to perpetrate during his time in the Five Dragons gang. He was going to need to get used to the absurdity inherent to the life of professional adventurers, though something told him that may never happen.
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Ghik leaves with the others, happy that he got to kill something and leave this place alive for another adventure...
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(At this point I figure no one wants to stay behind. I'll timeskip to the report itself as soon as I've got more time to write a good post. ;))