Zilean's Revenge (Part 3)

Did we ever get our weapons back, or do I have to get creative?

You already have your kukri, and I think you took something from Damiana's armory as well.

And of course, you can always improvise via dual-wielding a frying pan + ladle, or other blunt objects from this room...

Or you can be boring and retcon that you picked up your stuff when you went outside.

According to my items, I picked up a new Breastplate (which interestingly enough looks exactly like my old one), and nothing else- unless I literally picked up a training certificate, and it literally made me more combat capable.

Kukri and creativity it is.

"...Thanks for the help, Jeraylia," Rolf said, picking himself back up. He reached in his pocket and pulled out the fire wand. "...I'm sick of my mistakes endangering everyone else," he muttered as he shot a firey blast at the two suits of armor.

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"Have you considered not being a clumsy human?" Skitter asked, tauntingly.

"Or an idiot mage in general? I thought we were leaving the reckless stuff up to me?" Horizon adds, pushing past him once the flames subsided, Kukri drawn. "If I were paranoid I'd call this a setup." He stands in front of the group, presenting himself as a prime target, while looking fro the best angle of attack.

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Jeraylia stepped up next to Horizon and stared down the armour knight in front of her.
"Do not obstruct our passage, ward," she said to the guardian. "I'm tired and sleepy, and I will deconstruct you piece by piece if I have to. I advise you not to test my patience."

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Action:

Summary: SOA1 subjected to Condemnation (save ends) by Jeraylia

Jeraylia:

Well, I;m going to try to do this without asking anyone.

Spoiler:

Did I do it right?

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"Ooh, time to fight~" She hummed as she closed her eye and let out a small note. Some rocks shot out of the ground into her hand, forming an axe made entirely out of stone. Then she tried to hit one of the armors.

Sure, you can do that.

Speaking of which, whoever has misdirection, update it - it's cost was increased to -4, by default.

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Both of the animated suits of armor appear completely unaffected by the fiery blast. The first one, in reaction, stomps the ground with astounding force, shaking everything within the room and unbalancing several of the party members!

Combat:

Zarhon.... no she didn't, did you not notice the complete lack of a standard action?
Edit: Also she probably should have used her Talisman of Weapons and that summon should have only cost -1 this time. (That works once per battle Kris.)
Edit 2: Don't forget you have the Hookblade as well Kris. Nvm there are only two enemies who are clearly already adjacent.

Well then she's still at 0 pips (or at 3, if she used talisman), and she then still has a conjured-weapon-related standard (or another minor) action to do, when it's her turn.

Edit: Hookblade is pretty redundant here, since the enemies are already adjacent.

Skitter does one of his classic shadow slashes with a twist. The shadow, instead of cutting into the animate armor, flies around harassing it instead.

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Uh.... I just realized another important thing. It wasn't even Rabiah's turn yet.

Combat Data:

With a flick of his wrist Zthulan calls Koras to being, following through with imbuing the party with excess energy.

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Ramsus wrote:It wasn't even Rabiah's turn yet.

I was just about to say that. Unless he just let her announce it and then factored it in after. But that would be kind of dumb, seeing as how convoluted and complicated combat is without defying the turn order.

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Also, I thought of a really neat way to Dominate one of them, but I'd need to know phase shift.

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Uhm, Zthulan, you didn't specify which target your pet attacked, nor did you actually roll the 1d6 for its damage (or does the Conjurer's pet skip a turn for some reason? Should be right after Zthulan, in initiative). Please do so, so I can continue.

Yeah, I let Rabiah just announce conjuring up the weapon, since it's mundane/simple enough. Unless she manages to get KO'd somehow in the next enemy's action, I doubt it will be an issue.

You could do perception to maybe try and see a hint about its traits, or of some ability it uses, in place of a minor. No other skills/utilities to get combat bonuses, though, unless the skills are oriented to ending/preventing the fight in a non-hostile way (e.g. fleeing, diplomacy, disengaging...). And don't all spam it.

As far as domination goes - do as poltregeists do? You have a demon... Or just leap/grab on it and have it do stuff to its own team by "accident", while it's trying to throw you off and you "steer" it with gravity (like Jockeys from Left 4 Dead 2).

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EDIT: Hm, I just realized, conjurer's pets are summoned right after initiative is rolled, so they're present since start of battle. Koras should have been accounted/included for the previous vuln ability's roll. Oh well!

Recap on initiative order/status:

Rolf
Horizon
Jeraylia - vuln4 (Save Ends)
SOA1
Skitter
Dark Specter (Conj.)
Zthulan
Koras (Conj. Pet) <--- current turn, has yet to act
SOA2 - -2 saves penalty (S.E.)
Rabiah - vuln4 (S.E.)

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Edit Edit: Kris decided to use the talisman for her conjuration (see her post, she edited it) after all, and did an attack. I'll take it into account on my turn. Still shouldn't be an issue. Please don't do your stuff out of turn in the future, though, it just gets confusing real fast.

Zarhon wrote:As far as domination goes - do as poltregeists do? You have a demon... Or just leap/grab on it and have it do stuff to its own team by "accident", while it's trying to throw you off and you "steer" it with gravity (like Jockeys from Left 4 Dead 2).

Yeah I could, but I just thought it'd be fun to actually get myself INSIDE the armor, and then physically make it do stuff . And I haven't worked up to actual demonic powers yet anyway. I'll get there.

Ah, there we go, didn't see the edit till now. In any case, the enemy's turn, and then Kris's turn!

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Koras's gnawing and biting does little to damage the steel suit of armor. The second suit of armor then makes its first move, by sweeping its long-reaching halberd in a large arc, to strike all intruders present!

Enemy turn combat:

Kris's/Rabiah's subsequent turn, which she already said she'd be doing:

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I believe it's Rolf's turn again, unless Kris wishes to RP her actions, or change them for some reason.

??? It's a -2 penalty to damage (which I believe means it did absolutely no damage to anyone since vuln doesn't apply). It just has a -1 to saves because the specter exists.

Ah, mistook the effects of the save ends and the aura. Edited.

This is gonna be one of those fights, huh? No damage on either side.

Clearly we will just fight the lifeless automatons till exhaustion. Wait. No, yeah. Brilliant plan.

Rolf was a bit surprised that his wand hadn't sent out all that much fire. He was even more surprised that the fire seemed to do nothing to either suit of armor. "Looks like I'll just have to keep hitting them hard." Rolf brought out his cudgel and used it to channel a Thunder Hammer. He then hit down hard on the suit that Rabiah had managed to hit.

Combat:

Summary: SOA 1 takes (after factoring in resist) 5 damage, and is dazed until the end of my next turn. (...Or whatever the trait has him do instead).

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Lyntermas wrote:(...Or whatever the trait has him do instead).

I've got $10 on the armor's mirror finish reflecting the Daze back onto you. I'll see what the deal is before unleashing my unholy firestorm posting the next move.

Alright, in regards to Rolf's move: He actually did 6 damage, because there was only 4 resist. As for the Daze, it is affected by it, and suffers it's vuln as normal, but on account of its trait, it doesn't hinder its ability to act (so it can still do standard+minor/reactions/interrupts as normal).

I'll have those 10$ now, please.

....Wait a minute. When did SOA1 go from resist 5 to resist 4?