Spell of the Week: Mirror Image

Mirror Image is a cunning little spell which, for the expenditure of a mere single power point, renders the caster almost entirely immune to physical attacks for a short time. It achieves this by surrounding the caster with a number of completely indistinguishable mirror images of the caster. Whenever someone attacks the caster, these images cannot be distinguished from the caster herself, and the target of the attack is determined randomly. As soon as an image is struck it disappears, but a spell-caster can create up to 8 images at the start of spell-casting. This makes a successful attack highly unlikely for the duration of the spell.

Because the images are a phantasm which do not affect the mind of other creatures, no saving throw or spell resistance can cause the spell to disappear. The only way to overcome this spell is to cast Dispel Magic, or to attack the images until they are all gone. If no spell-breaking magic is available, the quickest way to do damage to the caster is to use area effect spells (like fireball ) or spells which always affect the correct target (like magic missile). Any spell or physical attack which requires an attack roll will have a very high chance of hitting an image rather than the target, but area effect spells, and magic attacks which do not require an attack roll, will always hit the target, though the target may still get a chance to resist them with a saving throw.

This spell is a cheap, sure way to gain temporary near-invulnerability in combat. It is particularly useful for fighter/wizards who lack strong armour but regularly enter combat. It is worth remembering as a tool, and being aware of as a defense used by others.

Monster of the Week: Vrock

The Vrock is a terrifying warrior Demon of considerable power, often invoked by Conjurers who need a ferocious guardian, defender or soldier. Like all Demons it is a capricious, untrustworthy beast, and only a very powerful, brave or foolhardy magician would dare to keep such a beast as a guardian.

Because Vrocks are quite intelligent, they are often assigned tasks which require them to perform their soldierly duties while not under the direct supervision of their conjuror - often far away from the original location of their materialisation, and subject to subtle or sophisticated instructions.

The Vrock is a vicious fighter, capable of attacking with both arms, both legs and its wicked beak in the same round. It has a powerful scream which can paralyse its opponents, and every 30 seconds it can release a poisonous dust from its body, which infects all nearby creatures with deadly parasitic spores. It usually attacks from above, and casts Heroism on itself before dropping into combat. Because of its spell resistance, it tends to ignore spell-users and focus on fighters. Vrocks take great pleasure in leaving spell-users till last and hunting them down when they are at their most defenseless. Combat, death and torture are the only pleasures in a Vrock's brutal existence. Vrock statistics are described below.

VROCK

Hit Dice: 10d8+70 (115 hp)
Initiative: +2
Armor Class: 22 (–1 size, +2 Dex, +11 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 20
Attack: Claw +15 melee (2d6+6)
Full Attack: 2 claws +15 melee (2d6+6) and bite +13 melee (1d8+3) and 2 talons +13 melee (1d6+3)
Special Attacks: Dance of ruin, spell-like abilities, spores, stunning screech, summon demon Special Qualities: Damage reduction 10/good, darkvision 60 ft., immunity to electricity and poison, resistance to acid 10, cold 10, and fire 10, spell resistance 17, telepathy 100 ft.
Saves: Fort +14, Ref +9, Will +10
Abilities: Str 23, Dex 15, Con 25, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 16
Skills: Concentration +20, Diplomacy +5, Hide +11, Intimidate +16, Knowledge (any one) +15, Listen +24, Move Silently +15, Search +15, Sense Motive +16, Spellcraft +15, Spot +24, Survival +3 (+5 following tracks)
Feats: Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Multiattack, Power Attack
Challenge Rating: 9
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always chaotic evil

A vrock is about 8 feet tall and weighs about 500 pounds.

Dance of Ruin (Su): To use this ability, a group of at least three vrocks must join hands in a circle, dancing wildly and chanting. At the end of 3 rounds of dancing, a wave of crackling energy flashes outward in a 100-foot radius. All creatures except for demons within the radius take 20d6 points of damage (Reflex DC 18 half ). Stunning, paralyzing, or slaying one of the vrocks stops the dance. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Spell-Like Abilities: Caster level 12th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.

At will - mirror image, telekinesis (DC 18), greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only);

1/day - heroism.

Spores (Ex): A vrock can release masses of spores from its body once every 3 rounds as a free action. The spores automatically deal 1d8 points of damage to all creatures adjacent to the vrock. They then penetrate the skin and grow, dealing an additional 1d4 points of damage each round for 10 rounds. At the end of this time, the victim is covered with a tangle of viny growths. (The vines are harmless and wither away in 1d4 days.) A delay poison spell stops the spores’ growth for its duration. Bless, neutralize poison, or remove disease kills the spores, as does sprinkling the victim with a vial of holy water.

Stunning Screech (Su): Once per hour a vrock can emit a piercing screech. All creatures except for demons within a 30-foot radius must succeed on a DC 22 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Summon Demon (Sp): Once per day a vrock can attempt to summon 2d10 dretches or another vrock with a 35% chance of success. This ability is the equivalent of a 3rd-level spell.

Skills: Vrocks have a +8 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks.

The Demon Defender...

Chat History with yeah, not bad. you? (#grremily/$lynkster;f6f91ab3d0f6222)

Created on 2007-11-21 21:33:35.

2007-11-21

God: 18:26:36

anyway

Tint-ly: 18:26:36

ha ha

Tint-ly: 18:26:43

moving on

Ryu: 18:26:47

Anyway

God: 18:26:48

has anyone explained to Oryndiel Ponceyfarts what happened last week?

Ryu: 18:26:57

Never.

Tint-ly: 18:27:13

that would have been useful... ie not

God: 18:27:38

so no-one explained your current... precarious ... predicament .... to Mr. Oryndiel?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:27:46

did anyone nearly die?

Ryu: 18:27:54

Me

Ryu: 18:27:59

I think I did

Lotho: 18:28:01

i'm dead

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:28:01

commiserations!

God: 18:28:02

if by "nearly" you mean "more than"

Ryu: 18:28:02

Went negative.

Lotho: 18:28:03

very dead

Lotho: 18:28:05

as we speak

Ryu: 18:28:14

I was killed until I died from it.

God: 18:28:21

?

Tint-ly: 18:28:29

Ryu made friends with some orcs

Ryu: 18:28:31

Imagine trying to explain that sentence to your class.

God: 18:28:36

So would somebody like to give a brief outline of the main events?

Tint-ly: 18:28:52

Boom bang boom - HA HA HA - oops

Lotho: 18:28:55

ory: we went further into the tunnel, took on a room full of orcs, with an orc cheif

Lotho: 18:29:00

one of them ran away....

Tint-ly: 18:29:09

That was Ory's fault

Lotho: 18:29:15

you're going after him.. and i'm dead on the other side of the room

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:29:18

Hey. I wasn't even there ;)

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:29:28

I knew nothing.

Lotho: 18:29:33

i gather all except the one that got away are dead

God: 18:29:40

Lotho: yes

Lotho: 18:29:40

you were, you were just a puppet

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:29:40

any scary beasties?

God: 18:29:43

everyone is well dead

Tint-ly: 18:29:45

Should'a, could'a, would'a shot an arrow into his/her back

Lotho: 18:29:54

you unsucessfully tried to stop the last orc from leaving the room

Tint-ly: 18:30:20

Scary voices

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:30:27

Well, bugger me with a fish fork. It seems I wasn't in my usual form at all!

God: 18:30:41

Last relevant sentence from last week follows.

God: 18:30:44

So, next session, we will start with the cavern doors open, the smouldering corpse of the witchdoctor, the twitching Orc chieftain, the booming laugh, and Ory scrabbling through Lotho's corpse for a scroll of Raise Dead

Ryu: 18:30:48

oh, there was that time I challenged 20 orcs to a brawl by insulting their questionable ancestry

Ryu: 18:31:07

Do we have time to heal?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:31:19

Gosh, that last sentence is exciting! I had to fondle Lotho's corpse??

Ryu: 18:31:20

And resurrect Lotho whom I did not realise was dead?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:31:34

what larks

God: 18:31:39

and here is the full final bit:

God: 18:31:42

    the witchdoctor flings the doors open, revealing another large, but completely dark cavern beyond. He steps over the threshold, stumbling in his blindness

God: 20:22:49


    Ryu's scorching ray streaks across the distance between you, hissing and roaring and dripping orange fire, to strike the Witchdoctor in the back as he trips

Ryu: 20:22:57

    booyah

Tint: 20:23:17

    ory could learn a trick or two

God: 20:23:27

    he lands on hands and knees, the flames enveloping his back, and as they consume him he throws his arms into the air, yelling in black speech "Save us, Oh Great One!"

God: 20:23:38

    Then he falls forward, dead and burning, over the lintel.


God: 20:23:57

    In the light of the flames from his corpse you see a faint movement in the shadows of the cavern...

God: 20:24:04

    followed by a deep, rolling, laugh...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:32:10

Oh, dear.

Ryu: 18:32:14

Ooooh that part.

God: 18:32:28

So, the situation:

God: 18:32:31

you are in a huge cavern

God: 18:32:39

there is an exit to the south, to the East, 3 to the North

Tint-ly: 18:32:41

Lotho = up or down?

God: 18:32:42

one to the West

God: 18:32:52

there are about 50 dead orcs in the room, most of them smouldering

God: 18:33:02

the East exit had huge double doors, which have been flung open

God: 18:33:14

lying across the threshold is a smouldering, very dead Orc witchdoctor

Lotho: 18:33:20

hrm tint?

God: 18:33:24

from beyon you have seen a faint hint of movement and heard a rumbling laugh

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:33:32

And we're about to meet the great one ....

God: 18:33:48

Ory has run back to the extinct Lotho to scrabble about for his scroll of Raise Dead (now, who did the "his" point to in that sentence?)

God: 18:33:53

Because Ory can use divine magic

God: 18:34:07

Ryu is between Ory and the door

God: 18:34:10

as is Ory's cohort

God: 18:34:13

Ryu's cohort

God: 18:34:15

Tint's cohort

God: 18:34:31

Lotho's cohort is standing guard over the corpse of his recently deceased master (as is the other one)

God: 18:34:41

Tint is nearby, whistling and humming as ever

God: 18:34:45

what does everyone do?

Tint-ly: 18:34:47

(music)

Ryu: 18:34:59

Well, I'd like to use a potion to heal myself first.

Lotho: 18:35:03

stays dead....

Tint-ly: 18:35:21

Perhaps one of you could shut that door...

God: 18:35:22

Ryu: name the potion

Ryu: 18:35:33

Mod potion.

God: 18:35:41

which one?

God: 18:35:44

we need names, Ryu

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:35:45

OK then, let's pop open this scroll and see the pretty lights ...

Ryu: 18:35:57

Oh um, Potion of Moderate Wounds.

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:35:59

Mod potion? turns you into a mod wolf?

Ryu: 18:36:03

King of the Mods?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:36:17

Cool.

God: 18:36:24

Okay Ryu roll the healing effect and knock off the potion

Ryu: 18:36:30

1d8?

God: 18:36:37

Ory pops open the scroll of Raise Dead and casts it on Lotho

God: 18:36:40

Ryu: 2d8+3

Ryu: 18:36:45

thanks

Lotho: 18:36:47

so is that resurrection? and do i remove it from my list now?

God: 18:36:52

Lotho: yes

God: 18:36:53

remove it

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:37:14

I hope Lotho won't go all Buffy on us after the resurrection.

God: 18:37:18

Ory reads the words in a whisper, but everyone can hear them because as he reads the scroll the air turns thick adn silent with expectation

Ryu: 18:37:20

full power!

God: 18:37:31

a faint, golden light is cast from the scroll as the words disappear in wreaths of smoke

God: 18:37:42

a brief breeze blows through the room

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:37:48

Ryu!

God: 18:38:00

and in a brief flash of the same golden light, Lotho surges upright, coughing up a great gout of blood and screaming in pain

God: 18:38:08

a wise person would remove the sword from his back before the glow fades...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:38:23

Unspike the lad!

Ryu: 18:38:25

wrenches out the sword from Lotho's back

God: 18:38:29

Ryu isn't near...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:38:33

me

God: 18:38:36

It has to be Ory or Lotho's cohort...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:38:36

will unspike

Ryu: 18:38:39

or he would, if he was close by

God: 18:38:43

okay, Ory wrenches the blade out and casts it aside

Tint-ly: 18:38:48

Ryu could you close that big door with the baddy on the other side

God: 18:38:51

Lotho staggers upright

God: 18:38:57

Lotho: you have 1 hp

Ryu: 18:39:03

grunts and closes the heavy doors

God: 18:39:03

you can act from next round

God: 18:39:12

your power points are the same

Ryu: 18:39:20

I have a potion of serious wounds.

God: 18:39:33

Ryu: you were drinking a potion yourself

God: 18:39:38

Tint, what do you do?

Tint-ly: 18:40:00

drink a potion of cure light wounds

God: 18:40:08

roll it: 1d8+1

Ryu: 18:40:17

[potion of serious wounds for lotho if he wants to take it...]

God: 18:40:33

Ryu: you are too far away

Lotho: 18:40:36

thanks ryu, i have one myself

God: 18:40:43

Okay

Lotho: 18:40:44

i don't think i get to act yet though

Ryu: 18:40:46

np

God: 18:40:48

so the situation now: more rumbling laughter

God: 18:40:58

everyone has come back from the dead or is a bit healed

God: 18:41:02

Next round, what do you all do?

Tint-ly: 18:41:18

Call to my cohort and Ryu to close the door

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:41:20

I cast Circle Against Evil and Slimy Things.

Lotho: 18:41:23

what do i get to recover by with cure serious wounds?

God: 18:41:33

Lotho: you can do whatever you want right now

God: 18:41:43

Ryu and Tint's cohort move to the door to close it

Lotho: 18:42:03

what dice do i roll?

God: 18:42:17

Cure serious wounds : spell or potion, Lotho?

God: 18:42:30

Ory casts Magic Circle Against Evil

Lotho: 18:42:40

dunno, potion i guess

God: 18:42:42

so if you move within 3m of Ory, you gain the benefits fo the spell

God: 18:42:58

Lotho: potion heals 3d8+5, spell heals 3d8+ your level

Ryu: 18:43:01

That closing of door action I did... that's already 1 turn used up for me, I take it.

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:43:08

hee

God: 18:43:11

Ryu: it'll be that and some

Lotho: 18:43:14

k

Lotho: 18:43:16

follows ory

God: 18:43:22

So Lotho, spell or potion?

Lotho: 18:43:26

and drinks potion

God: 18:43:30

Okay roll the healing effect

God: 18:43:36

Ryu and his cohort approach the door

God: 18:43:39

Tint what do you do?

Tint-ly: 18:44:11

can I move around to the side, i.e. not in front of the door

Lotho: 18:44:14

is back up to 19 hps

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:44:34

yay for hit poonts!

God: 18:44:57

Lotho: I recommend next round you heal yourself some more

Lotho: 18:45:06

thanks ory btw :)

God: 18:45:13

Tint: you are not close to the door, so it's kind of moot

God: 18:45:20

you are about 50' away

Tint-ly: 18:45:28

In that case I'll snuggle up to Ory

God: 18:45:35

okay

God: 18:45:45

Lotho and Tint move closer to Ory, along with Lotho's cohort

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:45:56

Oo, I'm getting lots of snuggles tonight. Purrrrrr ;) 

God: 18:45:57

Ory's cohort moves towards the door (as he was doing) unless Ory says otherwise

Ryu: 18:46:02

still closing door?

Lotho: 18:46:03

cohorts

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:46:23

well, my cohort can shut the door.

God: 18:46:38

as Tint's cohort and Ryu move to the door, an 8' tall beast hurls itself through the door, smashing into the cohort and attacking it with 2 talons

Ryu: 18:46:47

whoa

Ryu: 18:46:48

!

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:46:50

Oh, fook.

God: 18:46:56

It hits twice

God: 18:47:10

doing 30hps damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:47:16

God's making "whoooa" sounds.

Ryu: 18:47:18

my cohort?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:47:19

Not good.

God: 18:47:26

it looks like this:


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG48.jpg

God: 18:47:30

(the one at teh Front, btw)

God: 18:47:48

It is a blue, vulture-faced creature, with wide wings covered in feathers that look like scales

Ryu: 18:47:51

oooooo.... kay.

Tint-ly: 18:47:52

shit

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:47:54

I thought it had a pet there for a sec

God: 18:47:56

It has a vicious beak, nasty looking claws and talons

God: 18:48:09

It is bigger than Ryu

God: 18:48:15

but not huge - just 8' tall

God: 18:48:27

Ryu, what do you do?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:48:37

go the ryu!

God: 18:48:38

(and is your cohort still alive?)

Ryu: 18:48:48

Well, barely. only 3 points

God: 18:48:55

(Sorry, it was Tint's cohort - is he still alive Tint?)

Ryu: 18:48:59

oh

Tint-ly: 18:49:11

hp = -3

Ryu: 18:49:18

Is this beast or demon?

God: 18:49:36

Ryu: make a Knowledge (religion) or Knowledge (arcana) check

God: 18:49:39

to determine that

God: 18:49:47

possibly also mention what you are going to do: likely you're next

Tint-ly: 18:49:52

Can the rest of us also make knowledge checks

Tint-ly: 18:50:03

?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:50:08

God spilled beer. One moment.

Ryu: 18:50:15

knowledge arcana: 13

Ryu: 18:50:36

I wasn't covered by Ory's protection circle

Ryu: 18:50:48

Tumble back.

God: 18:51:26

,fuckin' beer

God: 18:51:27

right

God: 18:51:37

Ryu: you have no idea if that is the local beer delivery guy or a demon

God: 18:51:43

make a tumble check

Ryu: 18:51:50

18

God: 18:52:26

you roll and flip back out of the way, enabling you to avoid his attack this round without any trouble

Ryu: 18:52:48

I'd imagine web wouldn't hold that beastie.

God: 18:52:53

Next round, everyone roll initiative

Ryu: 18:53:13

15

Tint-ly: 18:53:21

16

Ryu: 18:53:28

What did everyone get from their knowledge check?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:53:35

14

Lotho: 18:53:46

19

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:54:05

I think the knowledge check was just for you ryu

Ryu: 18:54:07

oh

God: 18:54:11

The beast grunts, surges forward and attacks Ryu

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:54:20

eeeee!

God: 18:54:21

what's your Armour Class Ryu

Ryu: 18:54:40

24, mage armoured

Ryu: 18:54:51

20 unarmoured

Tint-ly: 18:54:52

lotho - last time we fought a demon God mentioned that you had a spell that makes it easier to hit.

God: 18:54:59

It slashes at you with two claws, one of which deflects from your mage armour with a shower of sparks

Lotho: 18:55:03

i do?

God: 18:55:05

the other hits, doing 16hps damage

Ryu: 18:55:14

grunts slightly

God: 18:55:25

(Lotho: It was on the blog too, with much discussion of the properties of Demons)

God: 18:55:35

Tint: what makes you think this is a Demon?

Ryu: 18:55:41

summoning

Tint-ly: 18:55:51

Can we make a knowledge check

God: 18:55:56

Ryu, small hint: many creatures have a lot of attacks. When they move, they get less attacks

God: 18:56:02

that creature just moved, and it got two attacks

God: 18:56:09

if you stay in one place, it may get more...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:56:13

2 10d for knowledge check?

God: 18:56:17

Yes

God: 18:56:21

(Ory)

Ryu: 18:56:22

point... taken...

God: 18:56:26

Okay, so the next actor is Lotho

God: 18:56:29

Lotho, what do you do?

Lotho: 18:56:33

we don't even know if its a demon do we?

Lotho: 18:56:38

you told me to heal myself more

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 18:56:40

19 for arcana check

God: 18:56:53

Lotho: no, but you can do a knowledge(religion) or knowledge (arcana) check to work it out

God: 18:56:59

Ory: you don't know if it's a demon or not

God: 18:57:26

And also you should tell me what you are going to do (on top of the knowledge check - you are a halfling, so you can think and act at the same time)

Lotho: 18:57:45

knowledge 17

God: 18:57:52

Lotho: knowledge religion or arcana?

Lotho: 18:57:56

i'm gonna cure myself

Lotho: 18:58:02

arcana

God: 18:58:03

which spell?

Lotho: 18:58:15

oh, religion, hang on

Lotho: 18:58:28

religion'd be 19

God: 18:58:33

Lotho: it's a Demon, you guys are in deep shit, time to start scrabblin' for whatever spell it was you need...

Lotho: 18:58:46

tint?

Tint-ly: 18:59:15

I can't remember which one - something about enchanting our weapons with divine something

God: 18:59:23

so in the meantime:  which healing spell?

Lotho: 19:00:21

i can't do both can i?

God: 19:00:25

you can

God: 19:00:32

you mean both spells?

God: 19:00:36

you can think and cast one spell

God: 19:00:39

choose a spell...

God: 19:00:44

healing could be wise

God: 19:00:51

that Demon just did 16 hps damage on Ryu

God: 19:00:58

you currently only have 19

Ryu: 19:00:58

yea, not good

God: 19:01:04

and you are a lot easier to hit than he is...

Lotho: 19:01:43

cure critical

God: 19:02:23

okay, that should be ... 4d8+ your level (you can cast 4th level spells?)

Lotho: 19:02:59

i can't heal more than my total hps can i?

God: 19:03:05

No

Ryu: 19:03:09

good-aligned weapons deal damage to demons...

God: 19:03:11

can you cast 4th level spells...?

Lotho: 19:03:12

then lets make that serious

Lotho: 19:03:23

can i?

God: 19:03:27

what level are you?

God: 19:03:30

(cleric)

Lotho: 19:03:32

5

God: 19:03:37

you can't

God: 19:03:43

so make it serious: 3d8+5 hps healed

Lotho: 19:03:46

k,

God: 19:03:49

Ryu: do you have a good-aligned weapon?

God: 19:03:51

does anyone?

Ryu: 19:03:52

Lotho has a spell which does the same thing.... as good aligned weapons.

God: 19:03:59

really?

Ryu: 19:04:06

I'm reading what you wrote on the blog...

God: 19:04:08

would that be the first level spell "Align Weapon"?

God: 19:04:31

I imagine that if Oryndiel had a good-aligned bow it would do an awful lot of damage

God: 19:04:35

similarly if you had good-aligned fists

God: 19:04:43

Next is Tint: Tint, what do you do?

Ryu: 19:04:59

brb phone

Tint-ly: 19:05:06

Can I cast cure serious wounds (from scroll) on my cohort from where I am?

God: 19:05:28

Tint: gotta touch him

God: 19:05:29

so no

God: 19:05:32

unless you do a runner

Tint-ly: 19:05:53

Does it look like I will be sliced and diced if I do a runner?

God: 19:06:03

the beast is pursuing Ryu

Lotho: 19:06:06

i can't find that spell yolu're talking about

God: 19:06:08

so probably you will be okay

Tint-ly: 19:06:19

Okay - I'm on my way

God: 19:06:31

Lotho, it's a 2nd level

God: 19:06:33

sorry

God: 19:06:37

Tint runs over to his cohort

God: 19:06:52

Ryu is next but he is on the phone so we'll skip to Ory

God: 19:06:55

Ory, what do you do?

Ryu: 19:07:04

back...

God: 19:07:11

Ryu, what is your plan?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:07:12

I cast Mirror Image :) 

Ryu: 19:07:23

hit it

Ryu: 19:07:25

flurry

Ryu: 19:07:31

time to try out my new fisties

Lotho: 19:07:35

concecrate?

God: 19:07:57

Ory casts mirror image  - Ory roll 1d4+2

God: 19:08:01

Lotho: Align Weapon

God: 19:08:03

2nd level

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:08:06

5

Lotho: 19:08:23

really doesn't have align weapon in the cleric spell list

God: 19:08:29

Ory is surrounded by 5 images of himself, all of which have armour class as if htey were unarmoured Orys

God: 19:08:35

Lotho: wait a mo

God: 19:08:41

Ryu: rol your flurry

Ryu: 19:08:55

17, 23, 19 - is Tint singing? I haven't added his bonus

Tint-ly: 19:09:06

not as yet

God: 19:09:16

http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/clericSpells.html

Ryu: 19:09:17

ah

God: 19:09:26

Lotho: look in 2nd level in that list, it's under "A"

Lotho: 19:09:49

it's not in the pdf

God: 19:10:02

Ryu steps in with a spinning series of kicks, only one of which hits

God: 19:10:06

roll damage for one attack Ryu

Lotho: 19:10:07

it has animal messenger instead

God: 19:10:12

weird Lotho

Lotho: 19:10:14

so which list do i use?

Lotho: 19:10:19

either?

Tint-ly: 19:10:21

both

God: 19:10:27

use the website I gave you

Ryu: 19:10:28

rolled a 10. + 4 = 14.

Lotho: 19:10:29

heh,l thats too fucken complicated

God: 19:10:30

It is correct

God: 19:10:43

(Lotho, it's not complicated, it's just one is wrong)

Lotho: 19:10:51

k, let me know when i next act

God: 19:10:52

Ryu: your massive kick hits, but does fuck all damage

Ryu: 19:10:58

yay

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:11:21

beastie won't die easy

God: 19:11:28

Tint you reach your cohort, you can cast your spell next round

God: 19:11:30

It is now next round

Lotho: 19:11:34

i have to touch the weapon for it to work though

Lotho: 19:11:52

i'm still near ory... can i touch ory's arrows?

God: 19:11:54

Lotho: use it on your own or Ory's

God: 19:11:56

on the bow

God: 19:12:08

The beast takes off from Ryu, and sweeps over towards you guys

God: 19:12:11

it spends the round in flight

God: 19:12:16

what are you all doing?

Ryu: 19:12:20

I wasn't in the circle of protection against evil when it was cast, right?

Lotho: 19:12:21

k

God: 19:12:25

Ryu: no

God: 19:12:28

but you cna return to it

Ryu: 19:12:34

I'm casting protection against evil.

Lotho: 19:12:35

touches ory's bow and aligns it for 5 mins

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:12:58

I ready my scorching ray at beastie's pretty head.

God: 19:13:15

Ryu: you can get that effect by going to where hte beast now is

God: 19:13:17

don't waste your spell

God: 19:13:19

heal yourself instead

Lotho: 19:13:21

if you're not gonna use you're arrows i'm not gonna waste my align spell on em

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:13:39

mmmm.

Lotho: 19:13:55

i'll use it on my morningstar instead

Ryu: 19:14:15

ok. I'll heal myself. Wholemess of body?

Lotho: 19:14:22

ory?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:14:36

aye, that sounds fine

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:14:46

morningstar away

God: 19:14:56

Ryu: your wholeness of body will cover all the damage you just received

Lotho: 19:14:59

meh

God: 19:15:01

Lotho casts align on his morning star

God: 19:15:12

Ory: make a ranged touch attack against the beast for your spell

God: 19:15:20

Tint, roll for the heal effect

Ryu: 19:15:25

God: so are you saying its unnecessary for me to use it?

Tint-ly: 19:15:31

How much - cure serious?

Tint-ly: 19:15:35

3d8 + ?

God: 19:16:02

3d8+3

God: 19:16:07

sorry 3d8+5

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:16:11

22, 17

God: 19:16:16

Ory: the first one hits

God: 19:16:19

roll 4d6 for damage

Tint-ly: 19:16:37

hp = 20

God: 19:16:39

your scorching ray streaks across the dim cavern to the rapidly swooping beast, hitting it in the face

God: 19:16:45

okay Tint add it up

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:16:47

13

God: 19:16:53

that does fuck all damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:16:56

fuck

God: 19:17:22

So the round ends with everyone finished their actions except hte cohorts

God: 19:17:26

what do your cohorts do?

Tint-ly: 19:17:57

get's up from the ground

Ryu: 19:18:12

mine uses the bow

Ryu: 19:18:23

sorry, greataxe

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:18:28

mace attack on big bird

God: 19:18:36

So Ryu, Ory, your cohorts charge to attack the beast

God: 19:18:38

Lotho?

God: 19:19:10

Ryu, Ory roll the attacks for your cohorts

God: 19:19:12

1 each

Lotho: 19:19:22

they attack too

God: 19:19:23

wait!

God: 19:19:31

they can't attack with melee weapons this round, they have to use bows

God: 19:19:34

so make bow attacks

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:19:39

k

Ryu: 19:19:48

20

God: 19:19:58

missed

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:20:00

17

God: 19:20:02

missed

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:20:07

fcuk

God: 19:20:08

right

God: 19:20:11

Lotho

God: 19:20:17

roll for yours too if they want to use arrows

God: 19:21:17

alright, Lotho's not around, no harm we'll do the attacks when he gets back

Lotho: 19:21:17

um, they both have shortbows.

God: 19:21:24

oh you're here

Lotho: 19:21:29

what do i have to do?

God: 19:21:36

the beast is in the air, so it's no skin off hteir noses to take a shot

God: 19:21:44

roll 2d10 for each one and add their shortbow bonus

God: 19:21:49

(see hte cohort section for the bonus)

God: 19:22:25

The beast is sweeping down now to land in front of Ory

Lotho: 19:22:31

15 and 21

God: 19:22:37

This means that it may hit Ory's protection from evil spell and bounce off

God: 19:22:41

Lotho: both arrows missed

God: 19:23:00

So, Ory, you need to roll to see if the beast's spell resistance affects your spell

God: 19:23:06

can you roll 2d10 and add your wizard level

God: 19:23:08

please

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:23:16

k

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:23:44

22

God: 19:24:45

The beast hits your protective circle and bounces off!

God: 19:24:55

It gives a little angry screech and heads up into the air

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:25:00

phew!

God: 19:25:03

unable to enter that protective zone

God: 19:25:08

This means several things!

God: 19:25:24

1: if someone casts align weapon on your bow you can pick the little bastard off at your leisure

God: 19:25:36

2: if Ryu can get inside the zone he may stay alive more than 1 round

God: 19:25:49

3: you can all cast further protective magic while you are crouched under the little dome

God: 19:26:04

What does everyone do?

Ryu: 19:26:14

run like hell for the dome

Ryu: 19:26:20

zone whatever

Tint-ly: 19:26:21

ditto

God: 19:27:05

everyone runs for the dome

Lotho: 19:27:14

so you want align on your arrows yet ory?

God: 19:27:17

Ryu will, of course, reach it

God: 19:27:27

The demon will get to strike Tint before he makes it

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:27:28

Line up a flame arrow with Loth's alignment

God: 19:27:32

the cohorts will make it

God: 19:27:46

Lotho: do you cast align weapon on the bow

Tint-ly: 19:28:02

yah yah yah... saves cohort's ass, only to be cut down

Lotho: 19:28:37

i guess so. it's wasted on my morningstar

God: 19:28:45

Lotho casts align weapon

God: 19:28:57

one of hte joys of being under this dome is that Lotho can cast align weapon on all your weapons

God: 19:29:00

given time.

Ryu: 19:29:06

my fists?

God: 19:29:10

indeed Ryu

God: 19:29:25

So Lotho casts align weapon on Ory's bow, which Ory can use from next round

God: 19:29:30

This round, what does Ory do?

Lotho: 19:29:31

yeah, i can only do it 3more times

God: 19:29:33

and what do the cohorts do?

Lotho: 19:29:35

then i'm outta pps

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:29:56

a flaming arrow at featherhead

Lotho: 19:29:59

why can't ory use it this round? i go first

God: 19:30:03

better choose those 3 spells first

God: 19:30:09

Lotho you can but the effect starts next round

Lotho: 19:30:13

pft

God: 19:30:35

Ory: roll your attacks

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:31:11

rapid shot long bow

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:31:32

23, 18, 16

God: 19:31:48

Ory: the first arrow hits, roll your damage (and tell me the fire damage separately to teh arrow damage)

Lotho: 19:32:07

does fire do fuck all to this thing?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:32:43

8, 5

God: 19:32:44

The cohorts and Ryu come charging separately into the dome

God: 19:33:07

Tint bringing up the rear, the demon making a graceful somersault in the air 50' above

Tint-ly: 19:33:19

yudder yudder yudder

God: 19:33:26

Ory's arrow hits the beast as it stalls at the peak of its ascent

God: 19:33:29

but do no damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:33:35

eh??

God: 19:33:44

and then it drops like a stone, perfectly intercepting Tint's panicked run

Tint-ly: 19:33:51

faster little legs, faster

God: 19:33:55

what is the soon-to-be-dead gnome's armour class?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:33:57

he

Tint-ly: 19:34:11

It wouldn't be giant sized would it?

God: 19:34:21

let me check...

God: 19:34:41

yes

Tint-ly: 19:34:47

22

God: 19:34:58

It hits you twice

Ryu: 19:35:08

bugger

Tint-ly: 19:35:08

shit shit shit faster little legs

God: 19:35:09

once as it plummets, once as it unfurls its wings and comes to a stop

God: 19:35:19

28hps damage

Tint-ly: 19:35:32

cool... keep on running

God: 19:35:47

Tint comes charging into the dome, trailing blood and bits of leg

God: 19:36:00

the creature leaps into the air, headingn up into the shadows near hte ceiling

God: 19:36:03

what do you all do?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:36:17

prepare flame arrow

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:36:22

with lotho's alingment

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:36:26

alignment

Ryu: 19:36:53

shuriken

God: 19:37:15

Ryu: shuriken will do nothing on this beast, come up with something useful (hitn: check your character sheet)

Tint-ly: 19:37:16

Starts humming that positive reinforcement (+2) (music)

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:37:43

make that magic arrows +1

God: 19:37:48

okay from next round you all get an additional +2

God: 19:38:08

Ory: roll your attacks (and tell me how many)

God: 19:38:11

Lotho: what do you do?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:38:15

2 attacks

Ryu: 19:38:21

How high is it again?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:38:38

21, 24

Lotho: 19:38:47

anyone else have a decent ranged weapon they want aligned?

God: 19:38:47

Ryu: heading up, you can get it within 30'

Lotho: 19:38:52

mine are all shit

God: 19:38:55

Ory: you hit once

God: 19:39:00

roll damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:39:20

10

God: 19:39:22

Lotho: at some point someone is going to have to leave this little cocoon to bash that fucker dead

God: 19:39:30

so you might as well enchant melee weapons on people like Ryu

Lotho: 19:39:39

i've got my morningstar

God: 19:39:40

Ory: your arrow strikes the ascending creature in the arse

Ryu: 19:39:48

I'll jump up.

God: 19:40:00

Its hit points are now officially in double figures. well done!

God: 19:40:06

Ryu: it's not that close!

Lotho: 19:40:09

jesus

Ryu: 19:40:13

rope climb

God: 19:40:25

you wanna fight a beast with 90 hit points from a rope?

God: 19:40:29

someone has a death wish...

Lotho: 19:40:35

how long does this dome last?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:40:44

what about your web, ryu?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:40:48

get it mid-flight?

God: 19:40:50

Lotho: 6 minutes (60 rounds)

God: 19:40:58

Lotho: what are you doing?

Ryu: 19:41:24

I'll give the web a go, though I don't know if it'll do anyting.

God: 19:41:43

Ryu casts web: Ryu, first roll 2d10+ your wizard level

Lotho: 19:41:44

how far away is the thing? within 10'?

God: 19:41:55

you can get it as it rises, but not that close

God: 19:41:57

within 20'

Ryu: 19:42:14

14

God: 19:42:25

Ryu: your web puffs into nothing as it hits the beast

God: 19:42:28

no effect

God: 19:42:47

knock off 2pps, try looking in your equipment list for things to enhance you before you go out to die (is my advice)

God: 19:42:57

Lotho, what are you doing?

Lotho: 19:43:11

can i move stone.. .the whole ceiling?

Tint-ly: 19:43:14

Can I do a knowledge check to see if I know what might be an enemy of this thing = eg angel etc - ideas for illusions

God: 19:43:20

Tint: yes

God: 19:43:28

Lotho: what spell?

Tint-ly: 19:43:37

Arcana - 16

God: 19:43:41

Tint: no idea

Tint-ly: 19:43:45

bugger

God: 19:44:29

Ryu, Tint, Lotho, roll for your cohorts' missile attacks

God: 19:44:44

(unless htey are doing something else, like going out to be bait)

Ryu: 19:44:47

12

Tint-ly: 19:44:51

21

God: 19:44:53

also Ory

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:44:58

I wanna mace it

God: 19:44:58

(sorry)

God: 19:45:07

Ory's cohort exits the bubble?

Lotho: 19:45:32

stone shape

God: 19:46:13

Lotho: you can shape stone, but not fast enough to catch an 8' tall flying demon

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:46:14

oops i'll shortbow instead

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:46:40

24

God: 19:46:45

Ryu and Tint's cohorts arrows miss

God: 19:46:52

but Ory's cohort fires a shortbow into its arse

God: 19:46:55

Ory: roll damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:46:58

it likes the arse

Tint-ly: 19:47:02

yay

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:47:32

6

God: 19:47:39

that does nothing

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:47:42

fwaff

God: 19:47:44

Lotho, what is your action?

Tint-ly: 19:47:45

boo

Tint-ly: 19:48:04

Who has the aligned weapons?

God: 19:48:14

(if you look at your cohorts' shortbow damage, it is 1d6, so there is no way they can get enough damage to overpower the damage resistance)

Lotho: 19:48:15

guess i'll align my bullets

Lotho: 19:48:36

oh nm

God: 19:48:36

Lotho: I recommend aligning another melee fighter (e.g. Ryu) and a cohort, and marching out to combat

Tint-ly: 19:48:38

(music)+2 (music)+2 = also for cohorts

God: 19:48:54

align 3 melee fighters and then steel yourself for a nasty end is my advice...

Lotho: 19:49:04

who's best then? ryu?

Lotho: 19:49:12

which weapon?

Ryu: 19:49:14

pretty much

God: 19:49:14

also, ifyou first cast "Owl's wisdom" you will probably get an extra 12pps

Ryu: 19:49:22

i got me fists.

God: 19:49:27

which will be kind of helpful for aligning more weapons and having a few pps left over for healing

God: 19:49:33

which you are surely gonna need...

God: 19:50:00

sorry an extra 8 pps (2 pps for the spell, 10 pps gained, = extra 8 pps)

God: 19:50:22

(Owl's Wisdom increases your wisdom, which increases your power points, which gives you more spells)

Lotho: 19:50:24

um, but then i loose hit points

God: 19:50:38

you only lose the 10 pps you gained

God: 19:50:51

which is fine if you heal yourself before hte spell runs out, and that is hours away

Lotho: 19:50:58

um, k

God: 19:50:59

and you guys have enough money for a resurrection spell...

Lotho: 19:51:04

so owl wisdom first?

God: 19:51:11

that would be htet sensible approach

God: 19:51:24

(and if anyone else has a spell which increases HPs you should use it now - you are gonna need it)

God: 19:51:27

(also armour class!)

Tint-ly: 19:52:34

nope

Lotho: 19:52:46

so it's +4 to wisdom, for 5 mins

Lotho: 19:52:50

what does that mean?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:53:15

I can cast invisibility on Lotho before he charges out to destroy Feather Features

God: 19:53:28

Lotho: it means your wisdom increases by 4, which means you get an extra 2pps per level (i.e. an extra 10pps) and an extra 2 on all skills and saves which require wisdom (i.e. will)

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:53:30

and apply barkskin to self

God: 19:53:33

Okay

God: 19:53:43

first Ory you should use barkskin - do invisibility last

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:53:48

k

God: 19:54:00

So Lotho, you cast that spell you get an extra 8pps

God: 19:54:21

Tint: are you just going to keep singing?

God: 19:54:43

Ryu: have you thought of anything useful you can use (e.g. potion of barkskin, aid, bless, anything else...)?

Lotho: 19:54:56

8 or 10?

Ryu: 19:55:09

I've got Aid, Wisdom - there's a spell of holding.

God: 19:55:10

8: 10 for the increased wisdom, -2 for casting the spell

Tint-ly: 19:55:14

yup (music) + an occational illusion to see if I can distract it.

God: 19:55:15

(net benefit - 8)

Lotho: 19:55:20

ah

God: 19:55:23

Ryu: wisdom increases your armour class

God: 19:55:38

if your wisdom increases by 4, your armour class will increase by 2 (this only works for you)

God: 19:55:43

that makes you harder to hit

God: 19:55:47

handy given the circumstances

Ryu: 19:56:00

I've written down something called minor spell of holding

God: 19:56:10

Ryu: won't work on a demon

Ryu: 19:56:22

ONe potion drinking per turn?

God: 19:56:25

(Lotho: net benefit is 8)

God: 19:56:29

wtf?

God: 19:56:33

I can't write 8)

God: 19:56:38

Lotho: net benefit is 8

Ryu: 19:56:39

8)

God: 19:56:41

that's better

God: 19:56:46

fuckin' stupid cool guy

God: 19:56:53

Ryu: one potion per turn

God: 19:57:04

So Lotho, do you do the Owl's wisdom?

Lotho: 19:57:13

i can see it fine

God: 19:57:22

Ryu, owl's wisdom?

Lotho: 19:57:24

but i can imagine it turns to a sunnies wearing smiley

Ryu: 19:57:26

drinks Owl's Wisdom

God: 19:58:20

Ryu: your wisdom increases by 4, so all abilities depending on wisdom increase by 2, as does your ARmour class

God: 19:58:37

Ory's skin goes all hard and wrinkly, so Ory's armour class increases by 2

God: 19:58:44

Tint continues singing

God: 19:58:50

Lotho stands about indecisively

Tint-ly: 19:58:51

(music)

Lotho: 19:59:01

huh?

Ryu: 19:59:03

how long will it last

God: 19:59:03

the beast hits the ceiling, grabs on, and starts wrenching at the rocks

Lotho: 19:59:08

i cast owl wisdom

Lotho: 19:59:11

do i get to do something else now?

God: 19:59:14

Okay

God: 19:59:16

you gain 8pps

God: 19:59:26

also all your wisdom-based skills and abilities improve by 2

Lotho: 19:59:36

whatever they are, but ok

God: 19:59:37

the beast pulls off a big chunk of rock and throws it down, aiming at Ory

God: 19:59:46

it hits ory

God: 19:59:52

for 6 hps damage

God: 19:59:54

a glancing blow

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 19:59:56

shite

God: 20:00:03

Lotho: key ability, will saving throws

God: 20:00:08

next round: what does everyone do?

God: 20:00:22

Lotho, do you align someone's weapon? I recommend RYu first if you haven't already

God: 20:00:37

Tint, do you continue singing?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:00:40

we need to protect ourselves from rocks

Tint-ly: 20:00:41

yup -

Lotho: 20:00:48

yeah, ryu

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:00:49

any ideas for a cover?

Tint-ly: 20:01:06

Once it starts fighting, rocks will not be the problem

God: 20:01:13

that's true...

God: 20:01:20

probably best to just keep preparing

God: 20:01:28

Ory could of course take a few pot shots if he has nothing better to do

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:01:47

pot shots it is for me. can't do owt else

God: 20:01:54

roll 'em ory

God: 20:01:57

Ryu, what do you do?

Ryu: 20:01:59

Lotho: can i get an aligned cast on my hands?

God: 20:02:03

more potiony goodness?

Tint-ly: 20:02:05

also my cohort - pot luck.

Lotho: 20:02:05

sure

God: 20:02:15

tint: your cohort cannot damage it

Tint-ly: 20:02:25

yammer

God: 20:02:29

so don't bother me wiht the rolls...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:02:35

20, 26

Ryu: 20:02:37

sure, drink potion of aids

Tint-ly: 20:02:43

+2 +2 +2

God: 20:02:43

Ory, your second shot hits

God: 20:02:46

roll the damage

God: 20:02:50

(+2, Tint?)

God: 20:02:58

Ryu, you add 1d8+3 to your hit points

Tint-ly: 20:03:00

+2 for attacks & +2 for damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:03:17

8 poo!

God: 20:03:28

you hit it in the back as it wrenches at hte rocks

God: 20:03:43

Also Ryu, you add 1 to all your attacks and saving throws

God: 20:03:47

Lotho aligns your fists

Ryu: 20:03:49

yay

God: 20:03:50

Tint sings

God: 20:03:53

the cohorts do nothing

God: 20:03:57

the beast hurls a rock at Ory

God: 20:04:04

and misses

God: 20:04:07

the rock shatters on teh ground

God: 20:04:10

next round

God: 20:04:12

what do you all do?

Tint-ly: 20:04:18

Can my cohort use his shield to defect the rocks

Ryu: 20:04:20

astep out

God: 20:04:32

Ryu steps out of the bubble

God: 20:04:38

Lotho, Ory, Tint?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:04:42

sticking with the arrows. can my cohort throw rocks back?

God: 20:04:44

Tint: he cannot

Lotho: 20:04:48

too

God: 20:04:49

Ory: no

God: 20:04:52

Lotho steps out?

Lotho: 20:05:02

unless anything else needs to be aligned

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:05:02

well, cohort can fire arrows too

God: 20:05:06

He doesn't align a cohort?

Lotho: 20:05:31

okay,

Lotho: 20:05:36

aligns cohort 2

Tint-ly: 20:05:38

my cohort's scimitar would be useful to be align

Lotho: 20:05:41

unless anyone has a better one?

Lotho: 20:05:47

this is 2d6+5

God: 20:05:52

Lotho: they're all pretty much the same

God: 20:06:02

2d6+5 is the best

God: 20:06:08

I'm gonna go toilet

Lotho: 20:06:10

what damage does your scimitar do tint?

God: 20:06:19

things jsut got complicated, as you shall soon see

Tint-ly: 20:06:29

1d6+7 crit 18-20

Ryu: 20:06:40

my cohort's axe is 1d12+4

Ryu: 20:06:49

no critical apparently

Lotho: 20:06:54

i'm sticking with mine

Tint-ly: 20:06:55

you's is better

Lotho: 20:07:00

aligns his cohort

Lotho: 20:07:04

's greatsword

Ryu: 20:07:43

yes, it's an excellent sword

Tint-ly: 20:08:08

wonder-sword

God: 20:08:13

right

God: 20:08:15

so

God: 20:08:20

Ryu steps out

God: 20:08:23

Lotho aligns his cohort

God: 20:08:27

Tint acts like a ponce

God: 20:08:32

Ory took some shots

Tint-ly: 20:08:35

a singing ponce

God: 20:08:41

the beast sees Ryu step out

God: 20:08:49

gives a strange, eery, hackle-raising screech

God: 20:09:01

and the air between Ryu and the bubble starts to shimmer in a strangely familiar way

God: 20:09:07

what are you all doing now

God: 20:09:07

?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:09:10

uh-oh?

Lotho: 20:09:38

familiar how?

Tint-ly: 20:09:47

wall of fire?

God: 20:09:47

like something you all saw a while ago

God: 20:09:50

twice now actually

Ryu: 20:09:53

ooh

Ryu: 20:09:57

ooooooh!

God: 20:10:01

can't quite put your fingers on it...?

God: 20:10:05

Ryu gets the gist...?

Ryu: 20:10:05

there's going to be another one

God: 20:10:09

Ryu gets the gist

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:10:16

not the jelly thing; another demon is being summoned?

God: 20:10:21

a thing about Demons... they can summon others just like them

Ryu: 20:10:22

like when we fought the babau

God: 20:10:28

remember the candle...?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:10:32

where's the candle?

God: 20:10:33

made the air shimmer...?

Ryu: 20:10:34

there were two demons we fought at the same time

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:10:37

snuff it!

God: 20:10:43

Ory: there is no candle

God: 20:10:48

this time it's the Demon calling a mate

God: 20:10:54

what do you all do?

Tint-ly: 20:10:57

shitte

Ryu: 20:10:58

bloody mf

Ryu: 20:11:11

summon swarm. distract the bastard for a bit

God: 20:11:24

Ryu: roll 2d10+ your level

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:11:41

I make Lotho invisible now before he attacks birdy and company

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:11:49

I ready more arrows

Lotho: 20:12:01

whu?

Ryu: 20:12:06

monk level? 8, isn't it?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:12:09

btw i have fireball

God: 20:12:09

Ory casts invisibility: is this from a scroll or your own sppell?

Ryu: 20:12:12

22

God: 20:12:15

Ryu: wizard level

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:12:15

scroll

Tint-ly: 20:12:19

I cast an illusion of an angel being summoned

Ryu: 20:12:20

bastard

God: 20:12:24

Lotho: when you are invisible you get your sneak attack bonus

God: 20:12:29

an extra 2 or 3d6, right?

Ryu: 20:12:31

17

God: 20:12:32

on your first attack

Lotho: 20:12:35

something like that

Lotho: 20:12:40

but then i'm not invisible anymore

God: 20:12:40

Ryu: your spell doesn't work

Ryu: 20:12:44

not surprised

God: 20:12:57

the swarm of insects you summons hits the shimmering, rapidly congealing field of magic and flees in terror

God: 20:13:08

Lotho: better invisibleonce than not at all

God: 20:13:15

what do you do?

Lotho: 20:13:28

how do i know what the extra sneak bonus is?

God: 20:13:30

cast one more spell, or attack?

Ryu: 20:13:35

me? I rush forward to attack.

Lotho: 20:13:36

is there a demon thing there to be snuck up on?

God: 20:13:37

it's written in your special abilities

God: 20:13:42

there will be next round

God: 20:13:48

Ryu: you just cast a spell, you can do nowt

Ryu: 20:13:54

ok

Lotho: 20:14:02

oh, k. so this round... anyone else use align?

God: 20:14:10

you could use it on another cohort

God: 20:14:11

...

Tint-ly: 20:14:13

Ory - can you cast bark skin on Ryu?

Lotho: 20:14:25

ryu's cohort?

Lotho: 20:14:39

do i need to cast barkskin btw?

Ryu: 20:14:48

i do have mage armour though.

God: 20:14:57

I think casting align is probably better

Tint-ly: 20:15:01

Ryu - the more protection the better

God: 20:15:04

unless you don't want to die...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:15:10

nope have used all barkskin

Ryu: 20:15:21

just wondering if it will conflict spells, 'sall

God: 20:15:26

Ryu: no

Ryu: 20:15:31

cool

Lotho: 20:15:33

barkskin is my natural thingie

God: 20:15:42

Lotho, do you cast barkskin on yourself or align weapon on the cohort?

Ryu: 20:15:45

that must hurt the ladies.

God: 20:15:55

the demon will die quicker the more cohorts can hit it and do real damage

Lotho: 20:15:56

is barkskin still cast from before?

Tint-ly: 20:15:57

my cohort could do with an align + some healing (hmm.. me also)

God: 20:16:01

Lotho: yes

Lotho: 20:16:03

cohort then.

God: 20:16:07

okay

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:16:09

watch out for splinters!

God: 20:16:10

your cohort is aligned

God: 20:16:14

at the end of this round you go invisible

Ryu: 20:16:18

hee

Lotho: 20:16:19

ryu's cohort is aligned

God: 20:16:20

the Demon throws another rock at Ory

Lotho: 20:16:23

as is mine

God: 20:16:24

what is your Armour Class, Ory

God: 20:16:25

?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:16:26

it likes me!

God: 20:16:42

(now iwth +4, which is +2 for the magic circle and +2 for the barkskin)

Lotho: 20:16:47

got that ryu? on it's best weapon

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:17:04

19

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:17:09

so now 23

Tint-ly: 20:17:13

+ images

Ryu: 20:17:13

ok Lotho

God: 20:17:14

the rock misses you

Ryu: 20:17:15

thanks

God: 20:17:27

it shatters on teh ground

God: 20:17:33

now a Demon takes form right in front of Ryu

God: 20:17:39

it is exactly teh same as the one on the ceiling

God: 20:17:42

who attacks?

Lotho: 20:17:49

me!

Ryu: 20:17:57

me too.

Lotho: 20:18:10

mefirst

God: 20:18:11

now there is a small issue Ory needs to consider

Lotho: 20:18:13

:P

Lotho: 20:18:20

whats that?

God: 20:18:36

If he walks forward a little towards that beast, you will all gain the benefit of the magic circle against evil while you fight it (that is +2 to Armour class and saves)

God: 20:18:37

bUT

God: 20:18:54

if you advance on a creature like this with your magic circle you break the protective effect of the circl

God: 20:19:04

so this measn teh creature can come inside hte circle whenever it wants

God: 20:19:11

you need to decide if you prefer to

Lotho: 20:19:17

but the other beast cant/

Lotho: 20:19:18

?

God: 20:19:23

a) fight without the beenfits of the spell, but retain it as a protecitve haven

God: 20:19:33

b) dispesne withthe protection but gian the fightin' benefits

God: 20:19:39

and this only applies to the demon on the ground

God: 20:19:54

the other one remains unable to fight you while you are in the bubble, unless you separately advance on it

Lotho: 20:20:01

ory, i'd stay where you are for now, and join us if it gets bad

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:20:15

ok, I could pick off the ceiling birdie

Lotho: 20:20:22

yup

God: 20:20:34

what do the others think?

Ryu: 20:20:44

I agree

Ryu: 20:20:48

Tint?

Tint-ly: 20:20:53

haven is good

Lotho: 20:21:22

so, i get to sneak attack the new beast?

God: 20:21:28

Lotho: yes

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:21:29

but the beastie could kill the first person to attack

Lotho: 20:21:38

heh.

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:21:41

if the bubble isn't there to protect ye ... (worried)

Tint-ly: 20:21:45

only one way to find out

Ryu: 20:21:55

yep

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:21:58

:S  :S 

God: 20:22:08

so you all attack?

Lotho: 20:22:09

i get the double attack thing?

God: 20:22:20

Ryu: roll your attack (flurry or not?)

God: 20:22:24

Lotho: do a sneak attack

God: 20:22:28

Lotho and Ryu roll for 2 cohorts

Ryu: 20:22:33

flurry

Lotho: 20:22:34

19

Ryu: 20:22:35

28, 24, 17

Tint-ly: 20:22:41

+2 +2 +2

God: 20:22:42

Ory: do your missile attacks against the Demon up above

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:22:50

k

God: 20:22:55

(everyone remember you get +2; also Ryu you get an additional +1 for your aid spell)

Lotho: 20:23:03

and 28

Ryu: 20:23:08

cohort: 17

God: 20:23:19

Ryu: you hit twice, with two powerful punches

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:23:27

28, 19

God: 20:23:31

Lotho: you hit once

Lotho: 20:23:35

huh?

God: 20:23:36

(so roll damage iwth sneak attack)

God: 20:23:47

Ory: you hit once

God: 20:23:59

Lotho: you roll your normal damage + sneak attack

Ryu: 20:24:04

15, 7

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:24:06

6

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:24:12

oops 8

Lotho: 20:24:12

19 damage

God: 20:24:15

are you all including your +2?

Lotho: 20:24:19

no

Ryu: 20:24:20

yes

Lotho: 20:24:24

what +2?

Lotho: 20:24:31

this is confusing :/

God: 20:24:33

from the song

Tint-ly: 20:24:33

(music)(music)(music) = +2

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:24:36

(music)  (music) 

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:24:44

tra-la-la (music) 

Lotho: 20:24:47

so the attacks are 21 and 30?

Tint-ly: 20:24:49

+2 for everyone's attacks and damage

God: 20:24:56

Lotho: yes

Lotho: 20:25:19

so 1 hits?

God: 20:25:21

Lotho: can you roll for your cohort?

Lotho: 20:25:29

i thought i was

God: 20:25:31

Lotho: yes, 1 hit, +2 damage. so 21 damage

Lotho: 20:25:32

heh.

God: 20:25:37

Lotho: you get 2 attacks

God: 20:25:40

your cohort gets 1

Lotho: 20:25:56

cohort attack 23

God: 20:26:03

Lotho: that's a hit

God: 20:26:05

roll for damage

Lotho: 20:26:24

14

God: 20:26:27

you all stepped out of the bubble and launched a massive attack on the newly-summoned beast from all sides, before it even got to react

God: 20:26:59

It staggers, but is not terribly injured

God: 20:27:07

It immediately attacks Ryu with all 5 of its attacks

God: 20:27:13

Ryu, your armour class is increased by 6 on it s usual

Ryu: 20:27:17

5?????

God: 20:27:17

+2 for owl's wisdom

God: 20:27:20

+2 for barkskin

God: 20:27:34

oh, but not +2 for the magic circle... shame that

God: 20:27:39

all 5 attacks go against Ryu

God: 20:27:45

what is your armour class +4, Ryu?

Ryu: 20:27:51

28

God: 20:28:24

It leaps into the air, doing 2 scisorring attacks with its arms, 2 with its claws, and then darting forward with a bite attack

God: 20:28:29

all the attacks miss

God: 20:28:42

except one which clacks harmlessly on your barky skin

God: 20:28:48

the beast up above hurls a rock at you

God: 20:28:53

which misses

Ryu: 20:29:11

phew

God: 20:29:16

it's you guys' go again

Lotho: 20:29:28

did ory arrow the above one?

God: 20:29:33

the ceiling-beast has dropped off its rock and is plummeting down for Lotho

God: 20:29:40

everyone do what you want to do

Lotho: 20:29:59

cohort attack - 19, so misses

Lotho: 20:30:00

i assume

God: 20:30:05

yeah

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:30:07

I aim an arrow at beastie near loth

God: 20:30:11

Lotho, what do you do?

Ryu: 20:30:12

furry blows, cohort swings axe

God: 20:30:13

Ory: roll

God: 20:30:15

Ryu, roll

God: 20:30:21

Tint...?

Lotho: 20:30:21

actually, can that be mine?

Tint-ly: 20:30:26

I cast glitter dust on the one dropping on Lotho - try to blind it.

God: 20:30:31

Lotho you get 2: roll 'em now

God: 20:30:45

Tint: roll 2d10 + your leve

God: 20:30:46

l

Lotho: 20:31:01

21

Tint-ly: 20:31:01

18

Lotho: 20:31:05

heh

Ryu: 20:31:10

me: 25, 24, 27 Cohort: 28

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:31:11

22, 18

God: 20:31:12

Lotho: you get 2 attacks

God: 20:31:25

Ryu: you do three spinning kicks, all of which hit

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:31:31

go ryu!

God: 20:31:32

Your cohort follows with a nasty axe blow

God: 20:31:40

Lotho's FIRST attack misses. His second?

Lotho: 20:31:50

that was myu second

God: 20:31:54

Ory: one of your arrows hits the plummeting beast

God: 20:32:00

roll damage

God: 20:32:08

Lotho: roll for your cohort then

Lotho: 20:32:16

22

God: 20:32:22

that's a hit, roll damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:32:30

13

Lotho: 20:32:33

13

Ryu: 20:32:45

15, 15, 9 Cohort: 8

God: 20:33:05

Tint: your glitterdust swarms the descending beast, which doesn't even slow its descent. Make a spellcraft check to see how hard its saving throw is

God: 20:33:17

The rest of you again take multiple strikes at your immediate opponent

God: 20:33:22

successfully as described

Tint-ly: 20:33:37

spell craft 14

Tint-ly: 20:33:55

oops 22

Tint-ly: 20:34:06

(8 + 14)

God: 20:34:07

Tint: the beast is unaffected by your dust, and comes hurtling through it to ground, trailing sparkling golden dust as it does

Lotho: 20:34:16

um, should i be adding 2 to anything for owls wisdom?

God: 20:34:30

The demon on the ground collapses, dead, and disappears in a puff of dust

God: 20:34:40

Lotho: only for things like resisting spells

Ryu: 20:34:41

hahahahah!

Ryu: 20:34:45

dieeee!

Lotho: 20:34:46

mmk

God: 20:35:03

the other beast hits the ground, and as it hits a swarm of strange grey dust spreads from its body

Lotho: 20:35:12

ug

God: 20:35:14

all of you need to make a fortitude saving throw

Ryu: 20:35:23

Plus 1 for me?

God: 20:35:25

this would be at +2, but you aren't insdie that magic circle...

God: 20:35:26

Ryu, +2

God: 20:35:29

sorry +1

Ryu: 20:35:52

22

God: 20:35:53

oh actually there is no saving throw

God: 20:35:54

sorry

Lotho: 20:35:55

20

God: 20:35:57

don't bother

God: 20:36:13

you all take 6 hps damage as you breathe in the dust and it settles on your skin

God: 20:36:22

then the beast attacks Lotho twice

God: 20:36:30

what's your armour class Lotho (Barkskinned)

Lotho: 20:36:45

23

God: 20:36:51

29 hps damage

God: 20:36:55

its talons rip into you

Ryu: 20:37:04

ouch!

Lotho: 20:37:07

heh

God: 20:37:12

next round you will die, methinks, unless something drastic happens

God: 20:37:19

it's your go everyone, what do you do?

Lotho: 20:37:22

i will.

Lotho: 20:37:26

die that is

Lotho: 20:37:30

attack it?

Tint-ly: 20:37:39

tumble into the haven

Ryu: 20:37:41

I make my way to the beast

Ryu: 20:37:50

as does my cohort

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:37:51

I move the bubble of protectioin over the others

Tint-ly: 20:37:51

Lotho - you can tumble into the haven

Lotho: 20:38:02

me: 24 and 20

Lotho: 20:38:18

cohort: 24

God: 20:38:26

Lotho: is that including the +2 for the song?

Lotho: 20:38:30

yes

Lotho: 20:38:49

lemme guess, they all miss?

Lotho: 20:39:26

*ping*

Ryu: 20:39:30

*pong*

Tint-ly: 20:39:32

*pong*

Tint-ly: 20:39:37

ha ha

Lotho: 20:39:39

huzzah!

Ryu: 20:39:43

heee

Tint-ly: 20:39:50

smelly in here - real pong

Ryu: 20:40:01

wasn't me

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:40:04

I'll ping arrows into the birds' pongy bott.

Tint-ly: 20:40:05

Someone wake up god

God: 20:40:14

Lotho: one of yours and the cohort's attacks hit

God: 20:40:21

so you should roll damage

God: 20:40:33

don't bother wiht the extra cold damage for your mace, it has no effect

God: 20:40:38

who else attacks?

Lotho: 20:40:43

damage = 13 and 17

Ryu: 20:40:48

Me. If i'm close enough.

God: 20:41:02

you are

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:41:09

I ping arrows while my cohort attacks with mace (muscle) 

Ryu: 20:41:14

20, 30, 21, Cohort: 26

God: 20:41:28

Ryu you hit one time, a nasty blow to the head

God: 20:41:39

Your cohort takes the beast in the legs while it is swinging at you

God: 20:41:55

so roll damage once for you and once for your cohort

Ryu: 20:41:58

I hit 10.

Lotho: 20:42:15

oops, the first # is only 7

Ryu: 20:42:16

8 for cohort

God: 20:43:07

The cohorts blow is weak, but the creature looks staggered regardless

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:43:29

Me: 32, 25; Cohort: 19

God: 20:43:38

You hit once, Oryndiel

God: 20:43:41

roll for damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:44:34

me - 12, cohort - 10

God: 20:44:40

your cohort missed btw

God: 20:44:51

one arrow wings out of nowhere to hit the beast

God: 20:44:56

(by Ory)

God: 20:44:59

It screams and disappears

God: 20:45:11

something wierd is happenign though

God: 20:45:26

your skin feels itchy, and things are starting to sprout from your skin

God: 20:45:27

it hurts

God: 20:45:30

they are like wierd spores

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:45:33

wtf?

Ryu: 20:45:39

!!

God: 20:45:41

everyone takes 2hps damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:45:45

Some get me camomile lotion!

God: 20:45:47

(it's from the dust)

God: 20:46:04

what do you all do?

Ryu: 20:46:06

crusty!

Lotho: 20:46:10

what can we do?

Tint-ly: 20:46:27

cast glitter dust - reveal's hidden/invisible baddies

God: 20:46:29

Make a knowledge (arcana) check  to work out what is happening?

God: 20:46:45

Tint: you cast more glitter dust around and about, but don't see anything

Lotho: 20:46:49

arcana 13

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:46:50

i guess of potion of cure disease won't help?

God: 20:46:58

Ory: you can try

God: 20:47:01

it seems like a disease

Tint-ly: 20:47:05

acana 23

God: 20:47:16

Tint: it's some kind of disease from the dust

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:47:17

I use the potion of narsty diseases.

God: 20:47:36

disease from a demon means probably cure disease or holy water will cure it

God: 20:47:45

Ory: your spores flake off after you drink the potion

Tint-ly: 20:48:02

How many demons are left?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:48:03

arcana check 19

Lotho: 20:48:05

i have remove desease

Lotho: 20:48:07

spell

God: 20:48:09

Ryu, what are yo udoing?

God: 20:48:15

Lotho: how many pps have you got?

Ryu: 20:48:16

any monster left?

God: 20:48:22

you can't see it, Ryu

Lotho: 20:48:28

10

Lotho: 20:48:34

i can use it 3 times

Lotho: 20:48:37

but then someone will have to heal me

God: 20:48:41

So you can cast it 3 times... who you gonna use it on?

Ryu: 20:48:50

I haven't enough pp to cast see invisibility

Lotho: 20:48:56

so i don't die when my extra pps disappear my hps

Tint-ly: 20:48:57

Both me and my cohort are near death ( 9 + 10 hp_

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:49:04

can i use see invisiblity scroll

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:49:07

?

God: 20:49:09

Ory yes

Lotho: 20:49:15

um, me.

Lotho: 20:49:20

ryu and tint?

God: 20:49:21

Tint: can't you cast the spell on yourself?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:49:29

I pop out scroll (in case there are hidden beasties loth)

God: 20:49:30

sorry, Tint, can't you cast healing on yourself?

Tint-ly: 20:49:30

I already cast a find invisible - its not here any more. Perhaps teleport

Tint-ly: 20:49:36

Nopre

Tint-ly: 20:49:38

nope

God: 20:49:44

Ory, you have to wait till next round - you drank a potion remember?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:49:46

Nopre sounds French for nop

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:49:49

e

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:49:57

meh

Ryu: 20:50:00

Or Mexican

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:50:07

blast these rounds!

God: 20:50:09

Lotho casts Cure Disease on himself

Ryu: 20:50:12

Potion of neutralise potion won't help, will it?

Lotho: 20:50:17

yup

God: 20:50:18

Ryu, wanna try?

Ryu: 20:50:25

Sure why the hell not

God: 20:50:30

Lotho's spores scale and fall off

God: 20:50:36

as do Ryu's

Ryu: 20:50:41

yay!

God: 20:50:49

leaving just Tint adn the cohorts to die of horribel demony diseaseness

God: 20:51:00

In the movies, don't people come back as a Demon in taht sort of situation?

Tint-ly: 20:51:03

Okay I'll use my two potions of anti-toxin on myself and my cohort

God: 20:51:18

tint: anti-toxin won't work

Ryu: 20:51:19

oh noes! my cohort!

Lotho: 20:51:24

i have a potion of healing

God: 20:51:26

anyway, you coming back from the dead is a few rounds away

Lotho: 20:51:27

my cohort too

God: 20:51:45

a more immediate concern is that there are 9 of those winged demons soaring through the door from the next cavern

Ryu: 20:51:52

!!!!!!

Tint-ly: 20:51:56

did I waste one or both anti toxics

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:51:58

9??????

God: 20:52:03

they come through teh door in perfect formation

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:52:03

I'm elf sandwich

Lotho: 20:52:13

can we run out?

God: 20:52:13

the ones on the edge even seem to be able to phase through teh door, or something

Tint-ly: 20:52:13

Suggest we run out of here

God: 20:52:20

all 9 are swooping down towards Ryu

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:52:23

Flee!

God: 20:52:23

what do you all do?

Tint-ly: 20:52:32

panic + run + fast

God: 20:52:33

you get one action, then the whole swarm hits Ryu

Lotho: 20:52:46

how far are we from the other end of the room?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:52:53

fireball em

God: 20:52:57

Ory:

Ryu: 20:53:00

I can jump

God: 20:53:09

first roll 2d10 + your mage level to see if it affects them at all

Ryu: 20:53:12

or tumble - whichever gets me away faster

Lotho: 20:53:16

i can cast magic circle against evil

God: 20:53:17

Ryu: you want to jump to meet them?

God: 20:53:26

Lotho: that may possibly work

Lotho: 20:53:29

ory, fire did fuck all to the last one didn't it?

Ryu: 20:53:30

good point

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:53:35

17

Lotho: 20:53:40

you didn't anser my qn god

Lotho: 20:53:45

is there any way out of here/

Lotho: 20:53:46

?

God: 20:53:48

the spell fails

God: 20:53:56

it explodes around them but they all come soaring through unscathed

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:54:02

(mmm thought fire ball was bigger and shinier)

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:54:03

cnuts

God: 20:54:04

Lotho: there are 5 exits

God: 20:54:08

south, west, north

Lotho: 20:54:12

how far?

God: 20:54:15

Ryu, what do you do?

Ryu: 20:54:21

tumble out of the way

Tint-ly: 20:54:23

we should go back the way we came - west

Lotho: 20:54:29

casts circle against evil

Lotho: 20:54:32

they are evil right?

God: 20:54:32

Lotho: south, 50'; West, 100'; North, 50'

God: 20:54:40

Lotho: roll 2d10+ cleric level

Ryu: 20:54:53

15

Tint-ly: 20:54:53

South and North may lead to dead ends

Lotho: 20:54:59

18

God: 20:55:14

Lotho, the spell appears around you and all the beasts hit it at exactly the same time

Lotho: 20:55:23

eep

God: 20:55:23

they all screech in unison, and head up to the ceiling in perfect formation

God: 20:55:40

where they turn around as one

Lotho: 20:55:43

can we all run for the exit within the circle?

Tint-ly: 20:55:47

guys lets get the f**k out of here

God: 20:55:48

you are all in Lotho's bubble

God: 20:55:50

what do you do?

Tint-ly: 20:55:53

head west

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:55:55

cowers in Lotho's bubble

Ryu: 20:55:59

run

Lotho: 20:56:01

west is furthest

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:56:03

Flee!

Tint-ly: 20:56:06

but safest

God: 20:56:09

OKAY WAIT

Lotho: 20:56:10

why safest?

Tint-ly: 20:56:15

that is where we came from

God: 20:56:16

NOBODY TYPE ANOTHER THING

God: 20:56:21

who decides where you go?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:56:37

Tint knows the tunnels

Lotho: 20:56:39

um, me?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:56:40

right?

God: 20:56:43

also anyone whose spores were not cured takes another 1hps damage

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:56:44

nanni?

Lotho: 20:56:45

it being my circle n all

God: 20:56:51

Lotho: which way do you go?

Lotho: 20:57:08

north

God: 20:57:13

okay

God: 20:57:17

Lotho starts heading north

God: 20:57:32

in perfect unison, the 9 Demons plummet down to land between you and the exit

God: 20:57:38

the exits are close together

God: 20:57:47

to get through, you will have to encompass the demonsn in the bubble...

God: 20:57:59

they are standing there, all giving you the same signal of defiance

Lotho: 20:58:00

or we could go the other way :)

God: 20:58:09

it is familiar to you all from your many battles with Orcs

God: 20:58:21

Lotho turns around and heads... which way?

Ryu: 20:58:24

What if I threw a tanglefoot bag at them?

Lotho: 20:58:26

west?

God: 20:58:41

9 demons, Ryu... how about you piss in the wind while you're at it?

God: 20:58:45

Lotho heads west...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:58:52

desperate times ...

Ryu: 20:58:53

wow, harsh

God: 20:58:55

3 more hps for the people unhealed of spores

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:58:57

maybe we should wee on them.

Lotho: 20:59:05

haha

God: 20:59:15

the Demons take off in perfect formation, soar overhead and swoop down to block the west exit

Ryu: 20:59:20

you want to insult my intelligence maybe while you're at it as well, God?

Tint-ly: 20:59:20

Hmm... me and my cohort are just about to go unconsious - any healing?

Lotho: 20:59:37

gives up

God: 20:59:39

there is one a short distance away to the Northwest, but even super-stupid Ryu couldn't beat hte demons to it

Ryu: 20:59:45

there you go

God: 20:59:48

funny how they always fly in such perfect formation...

Lotho: 20:59:49

un-diseases tint

God: 20:59:55

Demons are meant ot be chaotic evil...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 20:59:56

ewww

Ryu: 21:00:04

remote controlled or clones

Tint-ly: 21:00:05

They are an illusion - mirror image

Lotho: 21:00:08

so theres 1 or none?

God: 21:00:14

Tint, your spores, which ahve been growing more and more intrusive, disappear

God: 21:00:20

oh and well done with realising that

God: 21:00:21

...

God: 21:00:22

fuck...

Ryu: 21:00:40

so which one's the real one

God: 21:00:49

attack enough times you'll find out...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:00:50

ooohhhh, so they're mirror image ... right ...

Ryu: 21:00:53

which of the group hit the barrier first?

Tint-ly: 21:01:01

Me and my cohort start firing arrows

God: 21:01:04

Ryu: they all look the same

God: 21:01:08

you need to attack to find out

God: 21:01:11

Tint: roll

Lotho: 21:01:17

the middle one!

Ryu: 21:01:26

cohort swaps greataxe with shortbow

Ryu: 21:01:27

for

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:01:31

can't we all take one each and fire at teh same time?

God: 21:01:39

You go in order

God: 21:01:48

if you hit an image it immediately disappears

God: 21:01:51

roll away kiddies

Tint-ly: 21:01:55

22 for me & 20 for cohort - guys no more +2 song has stopped.

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:01:56

fcuk\

God: 21:01:56

Tint: your 2 attacks

Lotho: 21:01:57

th shortbow isn't alignd

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:01:58

this is narsty

God: 21:02:05

tint, you hit hte real one, roll for damage

God: 21:02:13

your cohort hit an image, which disappears

Ryu: 21:02:19

19 for cohort

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:02:20

cohort and I fire arrows

Tint-ly: 21:02:27

3

Lotho: 21:02:32

did i heal tint?

God: 21:02:34

Ryu, your cohort hits an image which disappears

God: 21:02:38

Lotho: no

Lotho: 21:02:42

i do that then

God: 21:02:56

tint your arrow did nothing

Tint-ly: 21:03:08

surprise surprise

God: 21:03:10

Lotho, tell me which spell and roll (1d8+5, 2d8+5, etc)

Ryu: 21:03:16

7 left?

God: 21:03:18

Ryu do you throw anything?

God: 21:03:20

7 left

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:03:23

me: 27, 26; cohort 24

Ryu: 21:03:25

yea - shuriken

Tint-ly: 21:03:26

go get 'em ryu

Lotho: 21:03:30

huh? the same one i used on myself

Lotho: 21:03:43

remove disease

God: 21:03:50

Ory and his cohort between them knock off 3 images

Tint-ly: 21:03:57

the disease was an illusion

Lotho: 21:03:58

why do i need to roll?

God: 21:03:58

oh right

Ryu: 21:04:00

21, 17

Lotho: 21:04:09

huh?

God: 21:04:11

Tint is already cured of disease, sorry we got confused

Lotho: 21:04:11

i'm confused

Lotho: 21:04:18

sits

God: 21:04:38

Ryu are you usng melee attacks?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:04:42

is confused

God: 21:04:47

Lotho: I thought you were talking about healing magic

God: 21:04:57

you hvae already used cure disease on tint, he is safe from spores

God: 21:05:01

so you can do something else

Tint-ly: 21:05:08

huh?

Tint-ly: 21:05:15

Tint's confused...

God: 21:05:19

RYU?

Lotho: 21:05:21

did we locate the real demon?

God: 21:05:30

we're waiting for Ryu to answer my question...

Lotho: 21:05:40

if so, my cohort steps out to attack it

Ryu: 21:05:50

I already did God, read

Ryu: 21:05:58

Idiot

God: 21:06:18

are youusing melee attacks?

Ryu: 21:06:23

yes - 21, 17

God: 21:06:29

is that with Tint's +2?

Ryu: 21:06:34

yes

God: 21:06:40

you missed the real demon twice

Tint-ly: 21:06:42

Nope - song's finished a while ago

Lotho: 21:06:43

no you're not, you said you're using shruiken

God: 21:06:48

there are 3 Demons left

God: 21:07:00

they suddenly become 8 again

Tint-ly: 21:07:05

Keep firing

God: 21:07:08

so let's start this process again, eh, kids...

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:07:19

for fucks sake ...

Ryu: 21:07:22

tint hit the real one

God: 21:07:31

you can't tell which one it is though

Lotho: 21:07:37

why not?

God: 21:07:43

you need ot keep attacking randomly until someone who can actually damage the thing hits it

Ryu: 21:07:46

but the mirror images still have the same effect damage as the real one?

God: 21:07:50

or, whack the whole lot with a successful area effect spell

God: 21:08:00

Ryu: no, only teh real one can do that

God: 21:08:07

which is, btw, exactly what it's about to do to you

God: 21:08:15

so, everyone tell me what you are going to do...

Tint-ly: 21:08:28

If we keep removing the images - eventually it will run out of spells

Lotho: 21:08:29

but we're in the circle :(

Ryu: 21:08:31

cohort arrows, me flurry blows

Lotho: 21:08:47

me javelin

God: 21:08:48

Tint: no

God: 21:08:51

YOU CANNOT STOP THIS SPELL

God: 21:08:54

IT CAN DO THIS AT WILL

Lotho: 21:09:04

cohort 1 and 2 shortbow

God: 21:09:17

while you attack , you have a 1 in 8 chance of hitting the real beast

God: 21:09:24

that means you'll be around a long time

Tint-ly: 21:09:35

would glitter dust reveal the illusions?

God: 21:09:51

you need to use area effect spells (fireball, etc.) until one finally breaches the beasts spell resistance AND does enough damage to kill it

God: 21:09:53

TInt: no

Lotho: 21:09:54

dispel magic?

God: 21:10:11

Lotho, Dispel magic will work but because the demon can do this AT WILL it will just recall the spell

Lotho: 21:10:13

i have a fire wall

God: 21:10:26

you also have a fireball... as does Ory...

God: 21:10:35

but it ain't gonna be pretty with Ryu in the way...

Lotho: 21:10:39

but they haven't been working

God: 21:10:43

(though this will be solved soon, when Ryu dies)

Lotho: 21:10:46

ryu is in th eway?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:10:47

We cd fire double balls :P

God: 21:10:51

Lotho, this is because DEMONS HAVE SPELL RESISTANCE

God: 21:10:59

eventually one will break through the resistance

God: 21:11:19

but you have to keep trying (unless you have a way to lower the spell resistance, which you don't)

Tint-ly: 21:11:21

My cohort and I keep firing bolts - to aid Ryu

Ryu: 21:11:29

but do they have enough pp?

Lotho: 21:11:37

uses fireball on the 8th level staff

God: 21:11:46

Ryu: if I were you I'd be worrying about if I have neough hit points

God: 21:11:55

Lotho: roll 2d10+8 for that effect

Ryu: 21:12:08

i've got enough

Lotho: 21:12:08

18

God: 21:12:19

your staff BREAKS THE DEMONS SPELL RESISTANCE

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:12:27

I lay in wiht a fireball too

God: 21:12:31

now roll a spellcraft check to see how hard the spell is to resist, and 8d6 for damage

Tint-ly: 21:12:32

Would an increase of hit dice aid Ory's fire ball?

God: 21:12:41

Ory: same thing, 2d10+ wizard level

God: 21:12:45

Tint: yes

God: 21:12:56

but it will take effect next round

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:12:58

15

Tint-ly: 21:13:06

Okay - Ory add 2d10 hp + 2 to your magic level


(music)

Lotho: 21:13:12

apellcraft 13

God: 21:13:20

okay, Ory's spell fails to effect it, but can still effect Ryu

God: 21:13:25

so roll spellcraft

Lotho: 21:13:27

damage 34

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:13:30

yay (music)

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:13:56

22

Lotho: 21:13:56

+2?

God: 21:13:57

RYU is right in front of the Demon when these two fireballs hit it. Ryu, make your reflex save

God: 21:14:04

Lotho: no

Ryu: 21:14:46

18

God: 21:14:49

Lotho's fireball explodes around teh Demon, which screams but still doesn't die

God: 21:15:09

Ryu dodges away from Lotho's fireball but takes full damage from Ory's

God: 21:15:17

Ory: roll 5d6 for your fireball's damage ON RYU

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:15:42

oh fcuk

God: 21:15:48

Tint: your cohort takes another 3 hps damage from the spores, btw

Ryu: 21:15:55

sorright

God: 21:16:16

teh Demon takes to the air, fleeing towards the far cavern

Tint-ly: 21:16:27

Hmm... Lotho could you cure disease or heal my cohort

Lotho: 21:16:28

can i try fireballing it again?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:16:29

17 meep  (worried)

Lotho: 21:16:34

mine is still spored too

God: 21:16:38

Lotho: yes

Lotho: 21:16:39

as is ryus perhpas?

God: 21:16:48

indeed

Ryu: 21:16:51

ya

Lotho: 21:16:52

16

God: 21:16:54

does anyone have any holy water...?

God: 21:16:56

Lotho that failed

Lotho: 21:16:59

fuck

Lotho: 21:17:03

i ahve holy water i think

God: 21:17:08

your fireball streaks across the cavern and explodes harmlessly around the beast

Lotho: 21:17:29

or not

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:17:31

I'll try another fire ball. Is anyone in the way? (wasntme) 

God: 21:17:34

no

God: 21:17:38

roll 2d10+wizard level

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:17:55

24

Tint-ly: 21:17:59

lotho - that holy water would be most appreciated

God: 21:18:07

your spell works!

God: 21:18:14

roll spellcraft to see how hard it is to dodge

Lotho: 21:18:19

but i can make holy water

Lotho: 21:18:25

i can bless water

Lotho: 21:18:32

is there any water?

God: 21:18:49

hmm... so holy water is made from the spell "bless"... and holy water works...

Lotho: 21:18:58

its "bless water"

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:19:06

15 sp/cft

God: 21:19:13

oh, so it must just be a coincidence...

Lotho: 21:19:22

huh?

Lotho: 21:19:33

"bless" is different.

Lotho: 21:19:44

i'm confsed agian :/

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:20:06

god - 6x6d for damage?

God: 21:20:09

so you have the spell "bless water" which makes holy water which cures these spores... and the spell bless which blesses your friends... but they're different, so sorry

God: 21:20:11

yes

God: 21:20:13

Ory: yes

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:20:32

18

Lotho: 21:20:39

oh

God: 21:20:42

Ory's fireball did no damage

God: 21:20:50

the beast flicks under hte lintel of hte doors and disappears from view

Lotho: 21:20:52

blesses a flask he has on himself and pours it over all the cohorts

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:20:56

*shakes fist*

God: 21:21:07

the cohorts are all healed

Tint-ly: 21:21:13

yay - lotho!

Ryu: 21:21:21

yay lotho

God: 21:21:22

btw the spell bless would have worked just as well, but Tint failed to get a high enough knowledge check to know this

God: 21:21:33

would have healed everyone at once

Lotho: 21:21:39

oh. bless is about +1attacks or something

God: 21:21:48

so the beast has disappeared into the next cavern

God: 21:21:54

are you gonna follow it and try to put it down

God: 21:21:57

or panic and flee

God: 21:22:03

presumably it ran away out of fear...

Tint-ly: 21:22:10

hmm...

Lotho: 21:22:18

panic and flee

Ryu: 21:22:27

follow and kill

God: 21:22:30

remember there are slaves down here somewhere...

God: 21:22:39

Ryu charges forward?

Lotho: 21:22:41

i have 3 pps and 2 hps and am about to loose 10 pps soon

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:22:41

splatter the walls with feathery carnage

God: 21:22:58

Lotho: I recommend cure serious wounds STAT

Tint-ly: 21:23:01

I'm also out of songs + almost out of pps

God: 21:23:17

eventually someone has to hit it, even with the images on...

Lotho: 21:23:21

i have 3 pps left, okay

Ryu: 21:23:27

drinks potion of cure serious wounds

God: 21:23:53

Everyone, the Demon has gone back into its cavern

God: 21:23:55

it is nearly dead

God: 21:24:05

you can either wait for next session to finish it off

God: 21:24:11

or try and get the job done now

Lotho: 21:24:14

k. i have no pps left

God: 21:24:20

who wants to do what?

Lotho: 21:24:23

could use the fireball staff though

Tint-ly: 21:24:28

let's finish it

God: 21:24:29

Lotho: exactly

Ryu: 21:24:30

either way.

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:24:38

ok let's be done with the bastard

God: 21:24:44

you all charge into the cavern?

Lotho: 21:24:58

um, ok

God: 21:25:05

teh Demon is no fool

Lotho: 21:25:07

we don't know whats there though...

God: 21:25:19

as soon as you enter, it teleports in amongst the group and attacks Ryu

God: 21:25:25

everyone want to attack it?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:25:27

fook!

Lotho: 21:25:34

um, i can't use fireball

Lotho: 21:25:40

it'd get everyone eh?

Ryu: 21:25:42

well I'm attacking it

Ryu: 21:25:51

as is me cohort

Lotho: 21:25:56

the same staff has burning hands though

God: 21:25:58

roll 'em Ryu

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:26:01

I attack with magic sword

Ryu: 21:26:10

no song?

God: 21:26:12

Lotho: you can try that if you want

Lotho: 21:26:13

what damage does burnging hands do?

Tint-ly: 21:26:18

Ory - you have +2 to attack and +2d10 hp

Ryu: 21:26:23

and potions' effects have worn off?

Tint-ly: 21:26:44

Ryu - no the song is on Ory at the moment.

God: 21:27:21

it does 5d4 damage

God: 21:27:30

RYU

God: 21:27:31

roll

Ryu: 21:27:40

What does that mean, it's on Ory at the moment

Ryu: 21:27:43

does it only affect him?

God: 21:27:46

yes

Ryu: 21:27:53

And are the potions worn off?

God: 21:28:01

no

God: 21:28:08

roll your attacks and your cohorts

Lotho: 21:28:13

do i need to roll to attack?

Ryu: 21:28:20

24, 24, 26

God: 21:28:22

if you want to attack

Tint-ly: 21:28:23

(Ryu - I have a couple of different songs - the one I am using at the moment is working on Ory)

God: 21:28:29

Ryu hits 3 times, dispelling 3 different imaginary demons

God: 21:28:32

Ryu, your cohort?

God: 21:28:34

Lotho?

God: 21:28:35

Ory?

Ryu: 21:28:41

Cohort:12

Lotho: 21:28:44

staff attack: 25

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:28:46

I go in wiht the magic swro

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:28:46

dd

God: 21:28:50

the cohort can't even hit an image

God: 21:29:01

Lotho: roll damage for the staff

Lotho: 21:29:10

15

God: 21:30:02

Lotho's fan of burning hands streaks out from his staff, hitting 3 of hte images and consuming them in fire

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:30:04

15, 21 magic sword

God: 21:30:26

Ory hits 2 images, dispelling them with his non-holy sword

Lotho: 21:30:33

images?

God: 21:30:36

with only 2 images remaining, the burning hands has to affect the demon

God: 21:30:47

It bursts into flame and collapses, dead, on the spot

God: 21:30:53

a moment later it disappears in a puff of dust

God: 21:31:06

(Lotho, there were 8 images of the Demon - only 1 was real)

Tint-ly: 21:31:06

phew!

God: 21:31:11

the Demon is dead

Lotho: 21:31:17

meh

God: 21:31:22

everyone gets 800 xps

Lotho: 21:31:26

k. can we decide everything else later?

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:31:29

Thank Christ.

Lotho: 21:31:30

8oo?

Lotho: 21:31:33

800?

God: 21:31:35

yeah, 800

Tint-ly: 21:31:37

cohorts?

Lotho: 21:31:40

i'm outta here

Lotho: 21:31:43

bye

Ryu: 21:31:47

bye

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:31:48

Happy Election! Bye!

God: 21:31:49

so add on your 800 xps, 400xps for the cohorts, and we'll meet again in 2 weeks...?

God: 21:31:53

Happy election everyone!

Tint-ly: 21:31:57

Catch ya

God: 21:32:01

will be in touch via email

Tint-ly: 21:32:07

bye all

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:32:15

Hurrah! Go the Greens! (beer) 

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:32:19

Byiiiiiieeeeeeee!

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:32:32

Glad you liked your birthday pressies, Easy.

Ryu: 21:32:45

It'll come in handy thanks.

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:32:49

Enjoy your erection party :P

Ryu: 21:32:57

You too. If you're having one.

Ryu: 21:33:02

Bye

God: 21:33:04

we are!

God: 21:33:08

see you in 2 weeks!

Oryndiel Poncebreath: 21:33:13

Bysies! (h) 

God: 21:33:14

oops...