The Library

Mick wrote:Can I attack Kaddim with "Paladin’s Judgment" using my fist and miss on purpose?
And then allow Kaddim to use a healing surge.

My thoughts would be no as it could open up several exploits. I'll post it on the rules forum though to see what others think.

I'll pull out the dragon orb as may standard action

Kaddim's turn...

Dwarmaj wrote:Kaddim's turn...

Miri's after Kaddim, and I don't see his actions affecting what I want to do...

Move action: move 1 sq NE & 1 sq E to base of ladder, 2 movements up the ladder, then my last 2 movements S along the top of the bookshelf.

Standard action: I think I can see the Mindstrike from there, so if so, cast 'Ray of Frost' on it. (it'll be slowed if hit, and should also be +2 damage from Arcane Reserves feat)

Alt Stand action: if it takes 2x movement to climb the ladder, or if I still can't see the Mindstrike for some reason, I'll 2nd wind instead.

done.

...I think you climb at half your regular speed unless you have a climb speed, which you don't.
still Kaddim's turn

Teramotos wrote:...I think you climb at half your regular speed unless you have a climb speed, which you don't.

Yeah, but I didn't know how ladders fit into that. You obviously don't use climb speed up stairs, for instance.

I just looked it up. Ladders do require a climb check, but with a DC of 0 (which Miri makes automatically). So ladders would be 1/2 movement. Iow, Miri will move to, and up the ladder on her movement, then second wind for her standard. done. (after Kaddim goes, that is)

Move and charge.

Kaddim's turn:
Move: Attempt to climb down off of the bookshelf (DC18). Kaddim rolls 12 and falls to the ground. He takes 5hp of falling damage.
Standard: Stand up.

Miri's Action:
Move: Move to and up the ladder.
Standard: Second Wind. Miri is at 27/54hp with 5/9 surges

Mindstrike's turn:
Special ability Mindwrack recharges.
Standard: Use Mindwrack on Quinn 30 vs Ac hits for 19hp of damage. Quinn falls and is at -6hp.
Move: The Mindstrike moves west and north. He looks like he's heading for a door to the north.

Note:
The party can "hear" a yelling noise in their minds. You can't make out the language or where it's coming from.




Thia's turn, then Sonya and Quinn

Thia will move north 3 and west 4. HQ the mindstrike and twin strike.

Krystoff wrote:Thia will move north 3 and west 4. HQ the mindstrike and twin strike.

Thia's turn:
Move: Thia moves north, then west
Standard: Twin Strike/HW the Mindstrike
TS #1 17 vs Ac miss
TS #2 20 vs Ac miss



Sonya's turn, then Quinn and Candelos

Sonya's turn...
Move Action: Move 2 north and then 3 West.
Standard Action: Charge the Mindstrike w Axe +14 1d12+6
Note: (I'm out of heals)
done....

Teramotos wrote:Sonya's turn...
Move Action: Move 2 north and then 3 West.
Standard Action: Charge the Mindstrike w Axe +14 1d12+6
Note: (I'm out of heals)
done....

Sonya's turn:
Move: move north, then west
Standard: Charge the Mindstrike 18 vs Ac miss


Quinn's turn:
Quinn is unconscious and makes a death save at the end of his turn 6 failed.



Candelos' turn, then Kaddim and Miri

Doh, lots of whiffs!

When it's my turn:
If I can move 6 and get within 3 of Sonya
Move: 6 to get within 3 of Sonya
Minor: Dimensional Warp with Sonya
Standard: Foe Snare

If I can't make it to within 3 of Sonya in a move action
Move: Move Northwest of Thia.
Standard: Charge Mindstrike, if I can do so through that bushy area.

Krystoff wrote:Doh, lots of whiffs!

Really!

After Candelos & Kaddim go, Miri will try to:

Standard Action: hit the Mindstrike with 'Ray of Frost' (extra +2 damage & slowed if hit). That should give us another round to drop it before it escapes if I can hit its Fort defense.

Move Action: move max 6 squares W along top of bookshelf

Free Action: (assuming I'd know because of 1H1M), "Who's going to check on Quinn?"

done.

Ross wrote:When it's my turn:
If I can move 6 and get within 3 of Sonya...

It looks like you're 10 squares away from Sonya, so if your movement is 5 or 6, you can do it with a run, but would be -5 on your to hit roll. Can't do it if you move just 6.

Is it Candelos's turn?
If so he'll:

Move action: teleport to the space east of Quinn using the dragon orb (7 space max)
Minor: lay-on-hands Quinn
Standard: stand

Candelos' turn:Move: Teleport 7 next to Quinn
Standard: Stand
Minor: Lay on Hands (I believe that's the last one for this encounter). Candelos looses a healing surge and Quinn gains 18hp. Quinn is at 18/73hp with 4/11 surges.

Kaddim's turn:
Move: After a move of 6, Kaddim will be 4 squares away from Sonya. Kaddim moves next to Thia, then charges the MindStrike.
MBA 27+1 vs Ac hits for 14hp of damage.

Miri's turn:
Move: Miri moves 6W (had to move first since you were 11 squares away).
Standard: Ray of Frost 19 vs Fort miss


Mindstrike's turn:
Standard: Swing on the bloodied opponent...
Scimitar 15 vs Ac miss
Move: Shift 1N



Thia's turn, then Sonya and Quinn

Sonya's Turn - (unless Thia (edit) downs the Mindstrike)
Free Action: Say "It's calling for help, guard the north doors or block em."
Move Action: Shift 1 N to give Kaddim an opportunity to flank it.
Free Action: Say "Kaddim, are you going to help me flank it?"
Standard Action: If Kaddim answers "Yes", ready action -
as soon as Kaddim is in flanking position to give me + 2 to hit, use Hammer and Anvil + 15 vs Reflex 1d12+6 and Kaddim gets a basic attack as a free action w + 5 to damage.
If Kaddim answers "No" or if he doesn't answer before the Mindstrike gets away, use Inspiring War Cry +13 vs. AC 2d12+6 and an ally within 5 who has any sort of condition gets to make a save (I think everyone is clear now). If I manage to down the Mindstrike, subdue it (e.g. knock it out w/o killing).

done...
(edit to make my action clearer and to put in Thia instead of Miri)

Shift 1 sqaure west then HQ and twin strike.


Edit: Shifted before shooting in case Quinn is hostile.

Yes.

Krystoff wrote:Shift 1 sqaure west then HQ and twin strike.


Edit: Shifted before shooting in case Quinn is hostile.

Thia's turn:
Move: Shift 1W
Standard: Twin Strike/HQ
TS #1 16 vs Ac miss
TS #2 31 vs Ac hits for 7+7hp

Sonya's turn:
Sonya takes 5hp from the Mindstrike's aura
Move: Shift 1N
Standard: ready an attack when Kaddim flanks

Sonya is at 21/61hp with 3/9 surges




Quinn's turn. He is now conscious, prone, and no longer enraged.
Next up is Candelos and Kaddim

When it's Candelos's turn
Move action: move 4 spaces diagonally to spot south of Sonya.
Standard action: attack with sword using Paladin's Judgment. And let Sonya use a heal surge.

Mick wrote:When it's Candelos's turn
Move action: move 4 spaces diagonally to spot south of Sonya.

That would be going through the bookshelf. You have to move W 1 first, then you can get to the same square in 5 movement spaces. In this case, it's the same difference since you're not charging nor using your full movement, but fyi...

Miri using 1H1M, "Welcome back Quinn! If you haven't 2nd winded yet, now might be a good time... Sonya just told us to expect more enemies to come through the N door here."

With 1H1M say to Candelos, remember he has an aura that hits you when you stand next to him and we don't want to lose you again!

I was thinking the same thing, but he already went. Plan B, drop him THIS round so Candelos never takes the aura damage! :-)

Map please.

...map is the same as six posts or so above except that Candelos is now in the square between you and I.

For Kaddim to flank the Mindstrike with Sonya, Kaddim has to move two West, then one Northwest, then one Northeast.

Minor: Dimensional Warp with Candelos
Move: Take an AoO from the MindEffer and move to the square West of him. If he hits me I'll use my Sunleaf Armor (Power (Daily • Radiant): Free Action. You can use this power when an enemy hits you with an opportunity attack. Deal 1d10 + Dexterity modifier[+4] radiant damage to that enemy.)
Standard: Foesnare on MindEffer (should be flanking now, right)

yep, s/b flanking now

Currently Quinn's turn, then Candelos and Kaddim.

Top of these post said it was my turn. Did u skip mine.

Oh never mind. You haven't resolved Mick's turn yet.

Sorry I took the message to say I was unconcious, not CONCIOUS like it said (learn to read David :p)

Move action: Stand
Standard: use my cleric daily power to heal myself.

Quinn's turn:
Move: Stand
Minor: Use Healing Word and gain 18+4hp. Quinn is at 40/73hp with 3/11 surges
Standard: You didn't post a standard, but I'll move Quinn to get into better position for next round.


Candelos' turn:
Move: Move adjacent to Sonya
Standard: Use Paladin's Judgement 21 vs Ac miss. Sonya can use a healing surge and gains 15hp. She is currently at 36/61hp with 2/9 surges remaining.

Kaddim's turn:
Minor: Dimension Warp with Candelos
Move: Move into flanking position. Provoking an AoO from the Mindstrike.

Mindstrike AoO: Scimitar 29 vs Ac hits for 13hp of psychic damage.
Kaddim uses a daily item usage to activat his armor. The Mindstrike takes 8hp of damage. Note: the armor says 1d10+Dex mod. Kaddim's dex mod is +0 since he has 10 dex, you don't add 1/2 level.

When Kaddim moves into flaning position, Sonya's readied action kicks in.
Sonya uses Hammer and Anvil 33+2 vs Ref (critical) for 18+3hp of damage. The Mindstrike falls.

Sonya stated that she was going to strike to subdue so the party has a Minstrike captive.

Current PC status:
Kaddim 20/73hp with 5/11 surges
Sonya 36/61hp with 2/9 surges
Candelos 18/72hp with 8/14 surges
Miri 27/54hp with 5/9 surges
Quinn 40/73hp with 3/11 surges
Thia 33/60hp with 6/7 surges


This was a tough battle, I think the diseased status of Candelos and Quinn played a big part in that though...

...been rolling pretty good to hit this battle, but low on damage; a 3 on 2d6 for the crit is pretty low but doesn't make a difference as I think the MS was down to his last 10 hits or so.

Teramotos wrote:...been rolling pretty good to hit this battle, but low on damage; a 3 on 2d6 for the crit is pretty low but doesn't make a difference as I think the MS was down to his last 10 hits or so.

Actually...
He had 29hp.
Kaddim's armor did 8, then Sonya hit for 21 bringing it down to zero.

Berserking PC's and Dazing from archery were deadly combinations. However, Dazing the Berserking PC's was quite helpful to us.

Thia will use her second wind and listen at the north door.

Does the mindstrike still have his damaging aura when unconscious?

Krystoff wrote:Thia will use her second wind and listen at the north door.

Does the mindstrike still have his damaging aura when unconscious?

Thia uses a healing surge.

Thia listens at the door and doesn't hear anything.

Each party member still hears the wispers that I mentioned when the party first approached the library. Individual "voices" seem to get a bit louder as you approach a bookshelf.

Yay! Good job everyone. (Don't see why we want a captive that damages us just by being concious, but I'll assume Sonya knows what she's doing...)

Miri will start looking through the texts and pull aside any that are magical, have spells, and of course detail cures for lycanthropy (and any other books of interest... such as how to get out of here, who the statue is, etc.)

I can't remember if Thia has much in the way of research skills but she will keep an eye and an ear out for attackers coming in.

bradly wrote:Yay! Good job everyone. (Don't see why we want a captive that damages us just by being concious, but I'll assume Sonya knows what she's doing...)

Miri will start looking through the texts and pull aside any that are magical, have spells, and of course detail cures for lycanthropy (and any other books of interest... such as how to get out of here, who the statue is, etc.)

The statue is of an Eladrin queen, very beautiful and regal. Vyrellis tells Candelos that the statue is of her.

Note: When looking into the orb you can see the disembodies head of an Eladrin and it does look like the statue.

It will take Miri about an hour to search all of the books to detect which are magical and which are not. If Kaddim helps, then the time will be cut in half.


What will the party members be doing while Miri searches the library? Where do you want to be?

Thia: listening at the north door.
Quinn: ?
Candelos: ?
Sonya: ?
Miri: searching the books
Kaddim: searching the books?

Who's guarding the mindstrike?

Also, how many surges does each party member want to use?
I'm going to assume the party want to take a short rest before searching.

FYI Ken
Healing Surges for Lay-on-hands should have been deducted from Candelos


Lay on Hands Paladin Feature.

At-Will (Special) ✦ Divine, Healing

Special: You can use this power a number of times per day

equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1), but only once

per round.

Minor Action Melee touch

Target: One creature

Effect: You spend a healing surge but regain no hit points.

Instead, the target regains hit points as if it had spent a

healing surge. You must have at least one healing surge

remaining to use this power.

Use 2 surges on myself.
Check the mindstrike for stuff.

Mick wrote:FYI Ken
Healing Surges for Lay-on-hands should have been deducted from Candelos

I'm pretty sure I deducted them from Candelos...

On Kaddim:
https://nwgamers.forumotion.com/online-role-play-gaming-f14/the-library-t419-240.htm#4865

On Quinn:
https://nwgamers.forumotion.com/online-role-play-gaming-f14/the-library-t419-255.htm#4892

I'll use 2 surges. I'll be searching the books. Actually I'm going to walk near the bookshelves and listen to see if I hear anything interesting first. If I do, then I will search the book titles and pick up any interesting ones, particularly ones having to do with curing madness or healing, but definitely not limiting myself to those.