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Dwarmaj wrote:I believe we're waiting on resolution of Ashe's turn...

Sorry about that... normally I have plenty of opportunities to take a few minutes here & there. Today I had deposits, 2 showings, and 5 different vendors to take care of... I actually had to work all day! :-/

Krystoff wrote:Ashe will attack with Virtuous Strike using the free action power to make the damage radiant.

Ashe swings his family heirloom sword and 6+11=17 miss.

The last Vamp swings at Ashe and 9+13=22 hit for 15 necrotic, and flurries on Telgarth for another 8 more. Telgarth is now bloodied, and Ashe is down at -6 hits.

The party also sees from the other room to the E, a very bloodied and beat up Halfling female quickly move N and attack someone outside your view in the other room... You think she hit because of a quick scream...

Blade, then Ember (then possibly a 'dead' Vamp), then Angel, Telgarth, & Ashe's 1st death saving throw...

Move to a dying vampire and coup de gras it (excluding the one that was helping us).

Ross wrote:Move to a dying vampire and coup de gras it (excluding the one that was helping us).

Okay, the baddie next to you that was going to shift away from you then flee explodes in to dust. The other one adjacent to you (SE) is Selena, the one who's been helping you.

It looks like the others are and have been trying to shift & flee since they took the fatal blows...

Ember, Angel, Telgarth, Ashe, then baddie... much shorter to the top of the order now!

A new map would be helpful.
Move to get a better view.
Standard MM the last up vamp for auto 8 hp

I'd like to move adjacent to another vampire using a move action.

Mick wrote:A new map would be helpful.
Move to get a better view.
Standard MM the last up vamp for auto 8 hp

Almost nobody moved since the last map, actually until after this post when Blade moved...

Blade moves to the closest 'dead' Vamp.

Ember summons a Magic Missile that hits the last Vamp for 8 hits.

Angel's turn...

Angel's turn:

Standard: Lion's Den attack on the one I'm flanking. FoB on hit

Move: Lion's Den movement, shift 1 NE (+1 to all defenses)

Dwarmaj wrote:Angel's turn:

Standard: Lion's Den attack on the one I'm flanking. FoB on hit

Move: Lion's Den movement, shift 1 NE (+1 to all defenses)

Angel attacks with Lion's Den and 5 +5 +2 =12 v Ref, miss, then shifts NE and gains +1 def.

Telgarth's turn...

Minor - activate Longtooth Shifting

Longtooth Shifter Racial PowerLongtooth Shifting
You unleash the beast within and take on a savage countenance.
Encounter Healing
Minor Action Personal
Requirement: You must be bloodied.
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls. In addition, while you are bloodied, you gain regeneration 2.

standard - attack with Bond of Pursuit

If you use a close burst are you subject to opportunity attacks?

Move shift N to be next to Ashe - what action does it take to grab his sword.

jibuki wrote:Minor - activate Longtooth Shifting

standard - attack with Bond of Pursuit

If you use a close burst are you subject to opportunity attacks?

Move shift N to be next to Ashe - what action does it take to grab his sword.

Telgarth activates Longtooth Shifting and gains 2 hps. He then attacks with BoP and 19+9=28 hit for 13+2=15 hps. He then shifts N.

No, 'close' attacks do not provoke. It's a minor action to pick up an object if you're adjacent.

Ashe's death save= '3'. He's missed 1 death save today.

The boss Vamp shifts N and 14+13=27 hit Telgarth for 13 hps and flurries on Angel for another 8.

Angel is newly bloodied, the Vamp is about 1/4 hits, and Telgarth is very bloodied.

The Slayers also see a very beat up (& very cute) Halfling female come from the room with a purse over her shoulder, she just finished drinking from a small vial that she drops on the floor, and right afterwards, you see some of her wounds heal...

Top of the order, Blade, Ember, Angel, Telgarth '7', then Ashe, then possibly baddies...

Free: Assassin's Shroud on the Boss Vampire
Standard: Leaping Shade (Not Triggering Shroud but using Night Stalker if I hit)
Action Point: Gloom Thief (Triggering Shroud and Night Stalker if I hit)

If the last vamp is still up
standard: MM it
move: move east of Ashe

Angel's next turn:
Minor: pull out a wooden stake

Standard: make a heal check to stablize Ashe

Move: use Five Storm's movement and shift 1NE+1N

Ross wrote:Free: Assassin's Shroud on the Boss Vampire
Standard: Leaping Shade (Not Triggering Shroud but using Night Stalker if I hit)
Action Point: Gloom Thief (Triggering Shroud and Night Stalker if I hit)

Blade attacks with LS and 8+9+2=19 miss. See post #77, you used Gloom Thief already, though you do have your AP.

Mick wrote:If the last vamp is still up
standard: MM it
move: move east of Ashe

Ember moves E of Ashe after inflicting 8 hps on the Vamp.

Dwarmaj wrote:Angel's next turn:
Minor: pull out a wooden stake

Standard: make a heal check to stablize Ashe

Move: use Five Storm's movement and shift 1NE+1N

Wow, Angel's quite the fielf medic... Angel pulls out a wooden stake then 20+5=25 heal check, Ashe is stablized & no longer needing death saves.

Angel then shifts 2 squares away, cutting off a 'dead' Vamp.

Telgarth's turn...

MINOR - PICK UP SUNSWORD
STANDARD - ATTACK WITH BOND OF PURSUIT W/ SUNSWORD

jibuki wrote:MINOR - PICK UP SUNSWORD
STANDARD - ATTACK WITH BOND OF PURSUIT W/ SUNSWORD

And regenerate...

Dwarmaj wrote:

jibuki wrote:MINOR - PICK UP SUNSWORD
STANDARD - ATTACK WITH BOND OF PURSUIT W/ SUNSWORD

And regenerate...

I figured that was a given.

jibuki wrote:

Dwarmaj wrote:

jibuki wrote:MINOR - PICK UP SUNSWORD
STANDARD - ATTACK WITH BOND OF PURSUIT W/ SUNSWORD

And regenerate...

I figured that was a given.

Only if the DM remembers... Might want to remind him each turn...

Dwarmaj wrote:

jibuki wrote:

Dwarmaj wrote:

jibuki wrote:MINOR - PICK UP SUNSWORD
STANDARD - ATTACK WITH BOND OF PURSUIT W/ SUNSWORD

And regenerate...

I figured that was a given.

Only if the DM remembers... Might want to remind him each turn...

Yes, never hurts to remind me...

Telgarth regains 2 hps, picks up Ashe's heirloom sword and 13+9+2=24 hit for 15 hps, but you think you did more (& needed to) as the last Vamp crumbles into dust.

I assume Angel & Ember finish off the last 2 'dead' Vamps?

What do you do/say with the traitor Vamp & Halfling coming out? Inside the other room, you see lots of people, mostly women, all bound, bleeding very badly from their necks, and all in their undies... what do you do with them? Who explores the other room?

Yes, Angel will finish off the one he's next to.

He'll then listen to what the halfling has to say.

Dwarmaj wrote:Yes, Angel will finish off the one he's next to.

He'll then listen to what the halfling has to say.

The Halfling female is dressed as a cocktail waitress & smoking hot for a Halfling, and covered with bruises from head to toe, especially bad cuff mark bruises around her wrists. You all saw some of her bruises measurably heal after drinking from a small vial, a feat you've never seen before except for when you & the other Slayers 2nd winded for the first times.

"Thank you for helping us. There are many more in there that need assistance. How did you few defeat so many? Are you Toknosfar? I have vials that can heal your wounds. Don't waste them, you can only benefit from one per day."

She then hands Angel 4 6-pack vial pouches, 3 all vials with "+" on it, the 4th with 2 missing, 2 with "+"'s, and 2 with a symbol of an eye with a vertical line through it that Ember recognizes as 'invisibility'. The ones with the plus Ember recognizes as 'healing'.

Brad can I get a status report? I assume this will be an extended rest.

jibuki wrote:Brad can I get a status report? I assume this will be an extended rest.

Yes and yes, if by 'extended' you mean 'short'.

Angel: 14/34 13/13 (holding 22 potion vials)
Ashe: -6/33 12/13 (eventually up with 1/33)
Blade: 20/30 9/11
Ember: 16/30 10/11
Telgarth: 5/34 11/12 (eventually regen to 19/34)

Traitor Vampiress Selena: fatal neck wound that will heal over the next day/extended rest, Halfling Toknosfar introduces herself as Vala is very bloodied but looks willing to fight and eager to kill (more?) Vamps. They are both dressed as cocktail waitresses and very hot, though neither quite as Cha as Ember... neither appear armed nor wearing enough to be hiding a weapon.

Angel will use 3 surges to get back to max.

He'll then go and check out the room to make sure its secure (also checking for any loot).

bradly wrote:

jibuki wrote:Brad can I get a status report? I assume this will be an extended rest.

Yes and yes, if by 'extended' you mean 'short'.

Angel: 14/34 13/13 (holding 22 potion vials)
Ashe: -6/33 12/13 (eventually up with 1/33)
Blade: 20/30 9/11
Ember: 16/30 10/11
Telgarth: 5/34 11/12 (eventually regen to 19/34)

Traitor Vampiress Selena: fatal neck wound that will heal over the next day/extended rest, Halfling Toknosfar introduces herself as Vala is very bloodied but looks willing to fight and eager to kill (more?) Vamps. They are both dressed as cocktail waitresses and very hot, though neither quite as Cha as Ember... neither appear armed nor wearing enough to be hiding a weapon.

When did Telgarth use a surge? I will use one surge to get to 31 hits. I ask Blade out of range of hearing of the halfling Toknosfar what he thinks will happen with the prisoners who are bit. Then ask the halfling the same question.

Then I will see if someone wants to investigate the other room with me.

jibuki wrote:I will use one surge to get to 31 hits.

Note: Your surge value is 1/4 your max hit points or 8hp for Telgarth. You'll regenerate up to 19 (no longer bloodied), then can use one surge to get to 27, two surges to get to max 34hp.

Dwarmaj wrote:

jibuki wrote:I will use one surge to get to 31 hits.

Note: Your surge value is 1/4 your max hit points or 8hp for Telgarth. You'll regenerate up to 19 (no longer bloodied), then can use one surge to get to 27, two surges to get to max 34hp.

oooppss, I'll use two surges then.

Krystoff wrote:Once the cameras and any alarms are disabled Ashe will head to the cage where he cashed in his chips from before getting any keys needed from the bodies of the dealers. Check for petty cash etc that can be grabbed.

I think the cage with the money is upstairs. We entered from the service entrance to the kitchen level. The gambling area where we were is upstairs. We know there's one more level above the gambling area and suspect that is the office area where the owner may be.

Use 1 surge. Free women in the back room and Show them the door to the parking lot, but have them wait as there are cameras. Tell them well create a distractions and when we do they should take off.

use 2 surges to get to max.
I'll ask the halfing where she got these potions and how she knew what they would do to her (heal).

Krystoff wrote:
Talking while working
To Selena: "Thank you for your help in battling these vampires. Please don't take offense but why would a vampiress want to battle her own kind?"

To Vala: "Toknosfar you say? Apparently my ancestors were. This sword is all I have left from them but I intend to learn as much as I can. Hopefully you can tell me more about the Toknosfar.

To both: "What do you know of the layout above? What about numbers? There were a lot more cars in the garage than what we killed here. Do you know where the water main for the entire building would be?"

Selena: "About one in every few to several hundred Vampires sired aren't reborn with the bloodlust and prefer to feed off pig's blood or, if we can find it, Otter..."

Vala openly scoffs at this, "I've been hunting Vamps ever since I was a little... -er girl and I've never heard of a 'friendly' Vamp!" Winking at Blade she adds, "a littler yet still incredibly sexy and alluring girl..."

Selena: "Of course you haven't heard of us. It's not the sort of thing the High Council of Vampires wants known and they control all the information"

Vala: "You mean lies!..." Turning to Ashe's question, "The Toknosfar are the resisters of the Nos Faratu, or Undead. Recently uncovered tombs tell us they were the last of the living to fight the Undead and we've been discovering a number of their burried magic relics with stories of battling the Undead. These relics prove magic does exist. Eventually we'll find proof that the living itself can weild magic."

The only cameras on this floor are facing the service door and the landing of the stairs to the main casino floor. Ashe 6+5=11 theivery is pretty sure he disabled them, but very crudely and they are never turning on again very easily.

What did Vala and Blade saw would happen to the bitten females? Are they going to turn into vamps?

As Blade is entering the other room, I will investigate the room? Did I find anything?

jibuki wrote:What did Vala and Blade saw would happen to the bitten females? Are they going to turn into vamps?

As Blade is entering the other room, I will investigate the room? Did I find anything?

No, the females (& few males) are not dead so will be okay. They are all bloodied and very weak, plus delirious from Orpheus, but may turn out okay. You find out they were employees who showed up for work over the last day or so when they were brought down here and attacked and stripped of their uniforms. Most are still bound but some are free and are being cut free with the knife Vala tossed them after she dusted the Vampiress that was watching them.

Among room with the prisoners, you find these things that belonged to fallen Toknosfar...

Boots of the Fencing Master
Bloodthread Cloth Armor +1
Mithrendain Steel Falchion
Gadgeteer's Goggles
Boots of Spider Climbing
Gloves of Storing
+1 Shimmering Cloth Armor
+2 Amulet of Protection
Mark of the Tembo
Vengeful Longsword + 1

bradly wrote:

jibuki wrote:What did Vala and Blade saw would happen to the bitten females? Are they going to turn into vamps?

As Blade is entering the other room, I will investigate the room? Did I find anything?

No, the females (& few males) are not dead so will be okay. They are all bloodied and very weak, plus delirious from Orpheus, but may turn out okay. You find out they were employees who showed up for work over the last day or so when they were brought down here and attacked and stripped of their uniforms. Most are still bound but some are free and are being cut free with the knife Vala tossed them after she dusted the Vampiress that was watching them.

Among room with the prisoners, you find these things that belonged to fallen Toknosfar...

Boots of the Fencing Master
Bloodthread Cloth Armor +1
Mithrendain Steel Falchion
Gadgeteer's Goggles
Boots of Spider Climbing
Gloves of Storing
+1 Shimmering Cloth Armor
+2 Amulet of Protection
Mark of the Tembo
Vengeful Longsword + 1

The last two are on Telgarth's wish list.

Is the potion of Invisibility an (Lesser) Elixir of Invisibility?

I didn't see anything else close.

Are the healing postions normal healing potions? You mentioned we could only use them once per day. Do they require a daily item usage and/or a healing surge?

Can anyone ID the third type of potion?

Lesser Elixir of Invisibility
Level 7 Uncommon
When you sip this elixir, your form fades from sight.

Price: 100 gp
Potion


Power (Consumable): Minor Action. Effect: You drink the elixir and become invisible until the end of your next turn. The effect ends if you make an attack roll.

Special: Consuming this elixir counts as a use of a magic item daily power.

Elixir of Invisibility
Level 16 Uncommon
With a sip of this ivory, scentless liquid, you fade from view.

Price: 1,800 gp
Potion

Power (Consumable): Minor Action. You drink the elixir and become invisible until the end of the encounter or for 5 minutes, whichever comes first. The effect ends if you make an attack.
Special: Consuming this elixir counts as a use of a magic item daily power.

bradly wrote:
Boots of the Fencing Master (on Angel's list)
Bloodthread Cloth Armor +1 (on Angel's list)
Mark of the Tembo (on Telgarth's list)
Vengeful Longsword + 1 (on Telgarth's list)

Mithrendain Steel Falchion (assuming Blade)
Gadgeteer's Goggles (assuming Blade)
Boots of Spider Climbing (assuming Ashe)
Gloves of Storing (assuming Ashe)
+1 Shimmering Cloth Armor (assuming Ember)
+2 Amulet of Protection (assuming Ember)

Dwarmaj wrote:Lesser Elixir of Invisibility
Level 7 Uncommon
When you sip this elixir, your form fades from sight.

Price: 100 gp
Potion

Power (Consumable): Minor Action. Effect: You drink the elixir and become invisible until the end of your next turn. The effect ends if you make an attack roll.

Special: Consuming this elixir counts as a use of a magic item daily power.

Yes, 2 of these. There was no 3rd kind but there was 2 missing. Of the 4 6-packs, 3 were full of healing, the 4th had 2 healing, 2 of this invisibility, and 2 missing. There was no 3rd type.

Note: Correct, she said that you can only use 1/day, because she's an NPC and that's how many surges they get. She's not encountered a PC, or Zodiac Slayer, yet so doesn't know how incredibly fast you Slayers can heal. In other words, she wasn't lying to you, but she is wrong... they work as per normal in the book.

Mithrendain Steel Falchion (assuming Blade)
Gadgeteer's Goggles (assuming Blade)

Yes, these were both on my wishlist.

Ross wrote:Free women in the back room and Show them the door to the parking lot, but have them wait as there are cameras. Tell them well create a distractions and when we do they should take off.

That would need to be quite a distraction as most of them had their clothes just turned into dust by you all, and you have a bunch of hotties and a few dudes in their skivvies, and very stoned and happy...

There are 16 hostages all together, and when you open the service door, you find Giles watching just outside the parking lot and he takes them all to the motel where you all put up the wannabes and tells you all he'll be there nursing all these people all back to health until you all finish up your mission.

What does everyone do next?

Where are the exits? Search for hidden secondary doors.

jibuki wrote:Where are the exits? Search for hidden secondary doors.

You search around and the only exit you can find is the service entrance you came in through and the stairs going up. You also find lots of fine food mixings. (And a fair supply of unmarked powder in a fine silk bag inside a wooden box.)

You do notice that the gigantic stove to the W has large metal catwalks and a solid pipe from the roof paralleling the catwalks that you think is for shackles. You suspect many Vampire traitors were publicly tormented and set on fire on those catwalks shackled to that pipe. Upon close examination, you think this is why this kitchen is particularly large. (So a large crowd can watch the burning of a traitor Vamp... or Humanoid.)

Vala says, "Again, I thank you fine young gents and very pretty lass, for saving me and helping all the others go free, but I have to ask again, how did you few defeat so many? There's not but 5 of you and you're all teenagers. I mean, I'm grateful (winks at Blade), but curious. What powerful magics did you find & where?... Were there stories with them? I'd love to see... You say your ancestors were Toknosfar? Did they pass on any secrets of magic or how to fight Vamps?"

Also in the back you see the shackles & blood stained table Vala was shackled to and the whips the Vamp you just slew was lashing her with.

What does the party do next?

I hate to complain but couldn't the item levels have been more equal
Ember (L6 & L4)
Angel (L7 & L5)
Ashe (L9 & L9 & L5)
Blade (L8 & L8)
Telgarth (L7 & L5)

bradly wrote:...but I have to ask again, how did you few defeat so many? There's not but 5 of you and you're all teenagers.

Angel says with a smile, This is what we were born for. Follow the others and Giles may be able to help you on your path as he has helped us.


Angel will also ask Selena what she plans to do.


How does the party want to split up the healing potions and the 2 invisibility potions?

bradly wrote:

jibuki wrote:Where are the exits? Search for hidden secondary doors.

You search around and the only exit you can find is the service entrance you came in through and the stairs going up. You also find lots of fine food mixings. (And a fair supply of unmarked powder in a fine silk bag inside a wooden box.)

You do notice that the gigantic stove to the W has large metal catwalks and a solid pipe from the roof paralleling the catwalks that you think is for shackles. You suspect many Vampire traitors were publicly tormented and set on fire on those catwalks shackled to that pipe. Upon close examination, you think this is why this kitchen is particularly large. (So a large crowd can watch the burning of a traitor Vamp... or Humanoid.)

Vala says, "Again, I thank you fine young gents and very pretty lass, for saving me and helping all the others go free, but I have to ask again, how did you few defeat so many? There's not but 5 of you and you're all teenagers. I mean, I'm grateful (winks at Blade), but curious. What powerful magics did you find & where?... Were there stories with them? I'd love to see... You say your ancestors were Toknosfar? Did they pass on any secrets of magic or how to fight Vamps?"

Also in the back you see the shackles & blood stained table Vala was shackled to and the whips the Vamp you just slew was lashing her with.

What does the party do next?

Does Giles know what the powder is? Orpheus Powder?

Ember will get her non-magical staff sitting outside the service door.

Use an insight check on Vala to see if I get a sense that she's working with the vampires, or some other group, since she's being rather insistent about out abilities.