CH 9: To the Walls of Pax Tharkas

[Nuke]

Riverwind spins and launches an arrow into the neck of the Baaz that is prone.

"Take that you bastard"

init, hit and damage, Draco #7 (1d10-1=9, 1d20+5=23, 1d8=1)

and then again....

hit and damage draco#7 (1d20+5=10, 1d8=6)

I hope I get a + to hit for prone.

[JadedDM]

With one of her opponents slain by her beloved, Goldmoon drops her sling and readies her staff to face the second one alone. The Baaz strikes first, stabbing for her gut. The cleric twists aside, but still takes a cut across her stomach in the process. She then twirls her staff and strikes the Baaz across the back of the head. He stumbles, but quickly regains his footing and turns toward her again, snarling.

Magpie charges forward like a wild animal, stabbing one of Laurana's opponents in the ankle. This causes him to stumble and miss Laurana completely. The other draconian, however, has no distractions. He parries her blow then stabs her right in the chest. Luckily, he misses the heart. Laurana slides from the weapon and collapses, her arms and legs going numb as coldness envelops her. Then everything goes black.

Tika manages to cuff her opponent across the snout with her skillet. The Baaz counters, but she manages to use the skillet as a shield, turning the blow aside.

Sturm comes charging in, attacking the same draconian Magpie stabbed. Brightblade easily slides into the Baaz's chest, but it does not slide back out. The draconian petrifies, trapping the family heirloom inside it.

"Come at me!" Caramon shouts, challenging his opponent. The draconian accepts, and stabs at the big warrior. Caramon blocks with his shield, then neatly decapitates the draconian with his blade, turning both the disembodied head and the torso into stone. He then turns toward Tika's opponent, thinking quite highly of himself, and immediately fumbles the blade to the ground. "Gah!"

"Take that, you bastard!" Riverwind shouts, firing an arrow at his opponent. The draconian manages to get to his feet just in time, thus only taking a glancing blow from the arrow. Riverwind quickly reloads and fires again, but the Baaz manages to evade it completely this time.

Tasslehoff fires a pair of stones with his hoopak at the same dragonman, but both miss completely.

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Initiative
Goldmoon (1d10+4): 9
Sturm (1d10+4): 10
Laurana (1d10+5): 12
Magpie (1d10+2): 5
Tika (1d10+4): 6
Tasslehoff (1d10+11): 18
Riverwind (1d10+7): 17
Caramon (1d10+5): 10
Baaz 01 (1d10+3): 4
Baaz 02 (1d10+3): 7
Baaz 03 (1d10+3): 10
Baaz 04 (1d10+3): 10
Baaz 05 (1d10+3): 12
Baaz 07 (1d10+3): 8

Round 2!

Baaz 01 attacks Goldmoon with his short sword (1d20+2): 18, hit for (1d6): 2 damage.
Magpie charges (+2) Baaz 02 with her knife (1d20+2): 19, hit for (1d3): 3 damage.
Tika attacks Baaz 04 with her heavy skillet (1d20+2): 17, hit for (1d8+3): 5 damage.
Baaz 02 attacks Laurana with his short sword from behind (+2) (1d20+2): 4, miss.
Baaz 07 gets to his feet. He is no longer prone.
Goldmoon attacks Baaz 01 with her quarterstaff (1d20): 16, hit for (1d6): 3 damage.
Sturm charges (+2) Baaz 02 with Brightblade (1d20+7): 12, hit for (1d10+6): 16 damage. Baaz 02 is petrified.
----Sturm makes a DEX-3 check (1d20): 12, fail. Brightblade is stuck.
Baaz 03 attacks Caramon with his short sword (1d20): 9, miss.
Caramon attacks Baaz 03 with his long sword (1d20+3): 15, hit for (1d8+5): 7 damage. Baaz 03 petrifies.
----Caramon makes a DEX-3 check (1d20): 5, pass. His long sword is retrieved.
Baaz 04 attacks Tika with his short sword (1d20): 11, miss.
Laurana attacks Baaz 05 with her short sword (1d20+2): 6, miss.
Baaz 05 attacks Laurana with his short sword (1d20): 20, critical hit! for (2d6): 10 damage. Laurana falls.
Riverwind fires a sheaf arrow from his short bow at Baaz 07 (1d20+5): 23, hit for (1d8): 1 damage.
Tasslehoff slings a stone from his hoopak at Baaz 07 from behind (+2) (1d20+3): 8, miss.
Sturm would have fumbled, but he no longer has his weapon.
Caramon attacks Baaz 04 with his long sword (1d20+5): 6, critical fumble! Caramon drops his long sword.
Riverwind fires another sheaf arrow from his short bow at Baaz 07 (1d20+5): 10, bare miss.
Tasslehoff slings another stone from his hoopak at Baaz 07 (1d20+3): 9, miss.

(OOC: Jenara, I could not, for the life of me, plot any course for Magpie that let her somehow get behind #5 without invoking an AoO from #1 or running out of movement. So I had her attack #2 instead, although there still wasn't enough movement to flank him.

Actions for Round 3?)

[HorizonsDream]

Tika doesn't pay attention to what exactly is going on behind her. She can only hope the others okay as she takes another swing at the draconian (4).

Initi Roll, Hit Roll (7, 6)

[Breila]

Goldmoon continues to attack # 1, but misses

INIT 11, would hit only AC 9


(OOC: Is there leaf litter or dry grass on the ground?)

[JadedDM]

(OOC: Is there leaf litter or dry grass on the ground?)

(OOC: According to the description I gave, "the grass has been churned into mud by a furious combat..." which suggests to me there isn't, at least not in the middle of the clearing. Maybe closer to the trees, though.)

[Jerrard]

Taking grabbing a dagger from his belt, Sturm stabs at #2 frantically, looking to help Goldmoon so she can help Laurana.

1d10=10, 1d20+1, 1d4+1=[2, 1], [1, 1]
Andd! Total miss.

[Jenara]

Magpie stabs at the creatures legs, missing completely she tries to trip him up.

1d10=3, 1d20, 1d3=[2], [2]

Miss!!

[JadedDM]

(OOC: Does Sturm does realize that he actually killed #2 last round...?)

[Breila]

(I guess he meant # 1)

[Jenara]

(lol, the monitor resolution isn't so great! he mean't #1)

[Kafen]

Firing at the same one, Tas steps up and throws a stone at the mean creature. (( 7 )) "Stone, this time! I bet that I could get some stones off of the bad guys to throw at their friends. This is much better than the pools of acid." He remarks casually as he targets the offending draconian.

[Nuke]

Faced with melee combat, Riverwind drops his bow and draws his sword. "Let's dance you son of a lizard."

init, hit and damage, draco #7 (1d10-1=6, 1d20+7=11, 1d8+3=7)

[JadedDM]

Magpie viciously attacks another Baaz, but her little knife is unable to penetrate the creature's brassy scales.

While Caramon picks up his fallen blade, Tika and her opponent exchange blows, but neither can hit each other.

Another of Tasslehoff's stones miss, but it matters not. Riverwind slays his opponent with his blade, quickly pulling it back out in time so it isn't trapped in the creature's stone body.

Goldmoon's opponent sneers, still smarting from that smack from her staff. "You'll pay for that!" he cries, and stabs the cleric in the chest. Goldmoon collapses to the ground, a pool of her own blood collecting around her. As the Baaz grins, proud of himself, Sturm attacks him. He turns and meets the dagger with his own blade, still slick with the cleric's blood.

The draconian who took down Laurana also goes for Sturm, but is unable to bypass the warrior's heavy armor.

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Initiative
Tika (1d10+4): 11
Goldmoon (1d10+4): 11
Sturm (1d10+2): 12
Laurana (N/A)
Magpie (1d10+2): 5
Tasslehoff (1d10+3): 9
Riverwind (1d10+3): 10
Wounded Warrior (1d10): 4
Caramon (1d10): 6
Baaz 01 (1d10+3): 9
Baaz 04 (1d10+3): 5
Baaz 05 (1d10+3): 11
Baaz 07 (1d10+3): 12

Round 3!

Laurana bleeds 1 HP of damage.
Wounded Warrior gets up.
Magpie moves 15 feet and attacks Baaz 05 with her knife (1d20): 2, miss.
Baaz 04 attacks Tika with his short sword (1d20): 14, bare miss.
Caramon picks up his long sword.
Tasslehoff throws a rock at Baaz 07 (1d20+1): 9, miss.
Baaz 01 attacks Goldmoon with his short sword (1d20+2): 21, hit for (1d6): 5 damage. Goldmoon falls.
Riverwind attacks Baaz 07 with his long sword (1d20+7): 11, hit for (1d8+3): 7 damage. Baaz 07 petrifies.
----Riverwind makes a DEX-3 check (1d20): 2, pass. His long sword is retrieved.
Tika attacks Baaz 04 with her skillet (1d20+2): 6, miss.
Goldmoon is unconscious.
Baaz 05 attacks Sturm with his short sword (1d20): 7, miss.
Baaz 07 is petrified.
Sturm attacks Baaz 01 with his dagger (1d20+1): 3, miss.

(OOC: Goldmoon is down, and as a result, all of her spells are wiped from her mind.

Actions for Round 4?)

[HorizonsDream]

"Caramon, go help the others," Tika says as she takes another swing at the draconian. "I got this now," she said. There were other people that were in need more so than her.

Initi Roll, Hit Rolls (2, 16, 17)
DMG Rolls (6, 6)

[Nuke]

Riverwind, seeing his beloved go down screams "NO!" and charges baaz #1.

init, hit, damage (1d10=6, 1d20+7=20, 1d8+3=8)