Unopened Door

Dwarmaj wrote:Miri, which will you be checking first? Doors, alter, or walls?

Sorry. Doors first, then walls, altar absolutely last. Ideally, we'll have checked out the walls & doors before anyone disturbs the altar at all.

bradly wrote:Doors first...

Miri goes to check the doors and two fiendish creatures appear wielding longswords appear and attack.

Fiend #1 longsword 24 vs AC miss
Fiend #2 longsword 28 vs AC hits for 6hp of damage

Dana:
Dana screams, stay away from the doors. She tells Kaddim, don't let them hurt me.

PC Initiative order is... (I've added +2 from Sonya)
Kaddim, Quinn, Thia, Candelos, Sonya, Miri

Kaddim's turn...

It's been so long I forgot we were playing this online game.

Dimensional Warp with Miri.
Mark closest one with Aegis of Shielding.
Attack with Isolating Slam.

Ross wrote:It's been so long I forgot we were playing this online game.

Yea, been pretty busy with projects at work...


Kaddim uses Isolating Slam
IS: Fiend #1 18 vs AC miss

Note: After Kaddim switched places with Miri, Dana rushed to Kaddim's side.

Dana: Don't leave me alone, she looks frightened.

Quinn's turn...

This is no place for you Dana. Get back to the center of the room woman.

Ross wrote:Dimensional Warp with Miri.

Miri: (Yelling towards Kaddim) "Yay! There's a REAL man! ;-)..."
Miri: (whispering to Sonya) "Okay girlfriend, now I can use some of that wonderful healing of yours! :-)..."

I will attack the one south or me (the one Ross didn't attack) with reaping strike and then mark it.

Thia will attack the one Ross attacked. HQ + Twin Strike

What is the long brown thing north of Kaddim & Sean?

Mick wrote:What is the long brown thing north of Kaddim & Sean?

Those are pews.

You can climb over them, but they'll take two extra squares of movement. They're about 4' tall.

Quinn uses Reaping Strike on Fiend #1
RS 30 vs Ac hits for 20hp of damage. Fiend #1 falls.

Thia's turn:
Twin Strike on a Fiend
TS#1 30 vs Ac hits for 15+8=23hp of damage. The Fiend falls.
TS#2 19 vs Ac miss


The party is free to move around again since no enemies are in sight.

Miri believe that her movement toward the doors triggered some sort of trap that spawned the fiends.

What does the party wish to do now?

I move 1 square towards the door and try opening it.

Ross wrote:I move 1 square towards the door and try opening it.

Kaddim attempts to move forward and check the doors.

Danna says no...

Kaddim tries to move forward but two more fiends appear and strike.

Fiend #1 attacks Kaddim 31 vs AC hits for 6hp
Fiend #2 attacks Kaddim 20 vs AC miss



I re-rolled initiative, the order is:
Kaddim, Thia, Sonya, Candelos, Quinn, Miri

Kaddim, you have a Standard and Minor action remaining...

Aegis of Shielding on the one in front of Quinn and Sword Burst.

Kaddim uses Sword Burst

SB #1 33 vs Ref hit (critical) for 15+5hp of damage. Fiend #1 falls.
SB #2 18 vs Ref miss

Kaddim marks Fiend #2.

Thia's turn...
Assuming HQ/TS
TS #1 21 vs Ac miss
TS #2 15 vs Ac miss

The Fiend takes a swing at Kaddim (earlier attack was a suprise attack...)
Longsword 18 vs AC miss


Sonya's turn, then Candelos, Quinn, and Miri

Kaddim says, "We must be able to get through the door if they are so intent on guarding it. Somebody teleport into the square in front of me. Maybe that will stop these things from apparating."

Minor action - Inspiring Word on Miri (Surge + 2d6)

Move Action - One SE, One East, One SE (costs two squares), One SE. I end up next to Quinn to the East.

Standard Action - Commander's Strike - give Quinn a Basic Attack.

Done...

Thanks Ken!

Maybe someone can try and bull rush the fiend to get through. I can also try and teleport through while the fiends are there.

I don't think we can bull rush him through a closed locked door, or can we?
We could maybe try destroying the doors first.

Teramotos wrote:Minor action - Inspiring Word on Miri (Surge + 2d6)

Move Action - One SE, One East, One SE (costs two squares), One SE. I end up next to Quinn to the East.

Standard Action - Commander's Strike - give Quinn a Basic Attack.

Done...

Sonya's turn:
Minor: Sonya uses Inspiring Word and Miri uses a healing surge to heal 13+5hp
Move: Sonya moves east of Quinn
Standard: Sonya uses Commanders Strike
Quinn gets a MBA: MBA 27 vs Ac hits for 11hp. The Fiend falls.

There are no enemies in sight.

Is the party going to continue to attempt to check the doors?
Next up in the initiative order is Candelos, Quinn, and Miri.

Dwarmaj wrote:Minor: Sonya uses Inspiring Word and Miri uses a healing surge to heal 13+5hp...

"Thanks girl, that feels so much better!" :-)

Dwarmaj wrote:Is the party going to continue to attempt to check the doors?...

"These fiends are minions. Let's see if they can appear in occupied squares. Everybody except Candelos & Dana move forward toward the door. Get ready to attack them when they appear and advance into their square when they fall. Let's see if that gets us to the door & out. Candelos, can you look after the lady & provide coverfire?"

I will use Armathor's Step and try to teleport into the square right next to the door (1 square in front of me).

Ross wrote:I will use Armathor's Step and try to teleport into the square right next to the door (1 square in front of me).

Kaddim uses a move action to teleport into the doorway. The teleport is successful, but two fiends appear. One in the doorway and one in the square Kaddim teleported from (adjacent to the doorway).

Dana:
I don't think this is a good idea...



Since neither side is suprised (both sides effectively have readied actions to attack), lets go by initiative order.

Kaddim has a minor and a standard action left.

After Kaddim will be Thia, Sonya, and Candelos.

Dwarmaj wrote:Dana:
I don't think this is a good idea...

Miri: "Why not? It seems to be working..."

Dwarmaj wrote:
Kaddim has a minor and a standard action left.

After Kaddim will be Thia, Sonya, and Candelos.

Miri: "Good move again Kaddim. I'd suggest you start working on breaking down the door. Let the rest of us take down the fiends. Quinn, try to shift to the door with that fiend falls. Sonya, you & I should shift over to give our boys working on the door some protection. Everybody else work on shooting minions as they appear."

"Of course, the door couldn't be picked or bashed from the outside... I had to use a 10 minute ritual to open it."

Standard: Use Sword Burst
Minor: Try opening the door.

Ross wrote:Standard: Use Sword Burst
Minor: Try opening the door.

Kaddim's turn:
Standard:
Swordburst on Fiend #1 26 vs Ref hits for 12hp of damage. Fiend #1 falls.
Swordburst on Fiend #2 18 vs Ref miss.

Minor:
Kaddim tries to open the door. The door does not open.


Thia's turn: Twin Strike
TS #1 on Fiend #2 19 vs Ac miss.
TS #2 on Fiend #2 24 vs Ac miss.

Sonya's turn...

Standard Action: Commander's Strike - give Quinn a free basic attack
Move Action: If Quinn downs the monster, move to the square to the West of Quinn. If Quinn misses, no movement.
Done

Teramotos wrote:Standard Action: Commander's Strike - give Quinn a free basic attack
Move Action: If Quinn downs the monster, move to the square to the West of Quinn. If Quinn misses, no movement.
Done

Sonya gives Quinn a MBA.
MBA 19 vs Ac miss.

After Sonya's turn it's the Fiends turn...
Fiend #2 attacks Quinn. Longsword 33 vs Ac hits for 6hp.
Fiend #2 then teleports NE.

Two more Fiends appear.
Fiend #3 attacks Miri 23 vs Ac miss
Fiend #4 attacks Sonya 17 vs Ac miss


Candelos turn, then Quinn and Miri

Yell, "Quinn, break the door down."

Man I suck at rolling =)

Candelos turn, then Quinn and Miri...

throw +1 dagger at closest fiend

Mick wrote:throw +1 dagger at closest fiend

Candelos throws a dagger 17 vs Ac miss.

Quinn's turn, then Miri, Kaddim, and Thia

If there are two fiends cleave, if not reaping strike.

Dwarmaj wrote:Quinn's turn, then Miri, Kaddim, and Thia

If Quinn drops the Fiend to Miri's E:
Free action: "I have an idea. If it works I'll open the door in 10 minutes the same way that worked twice before."
Move action: move 1 square E and 1 square SE to door.
Standard action: activate breaching armor to teleport to other side of door.
(If it works, immediately start working on 'Knock' ritual.)

If Quinn didn't drop Fiend to her E:
Same free action, standard action strike Fiend with staff, if successful same move action, otherwise no move.

You can't teleport across the threshold. I didn't even have line of sight when the door was open.

Ross wrote:You can't teleport across the threshold. I didn't even have line of sight when the door was open.

My armor's teleport ability doesn't requre LOS, and in fact, only works through locked doors or walls. So it might still work. Worth a shot, since if it works we know we can open the door and get the party (& Dana) out.

David wrote:If there are two fiends cleave, if not reaping strike.

Quinn has three fiends adjacent to him and uses Cleave.
Cleave 34 vs Ac hits for 18hp of damage. Fiend #3 falls.
The cleave attack also hits Fiend #1 for 5hp and he falls.

bradly wrote:
If Quinn drops the Fiend to Miri's E:
Free action: "I have an idea. If it works I'll open the door in 10 minutes the same way that worked twice before."
Move action: move 1 square E and 1 square SE to door.
Standard action: activate breaching armor to teleport to other side of door.

Miri attempts to move toward the doors... Two new fiends appear.

Fiend #1 attacks Miri 27 vs Ac hits for 6hp
Fiend #3 attacks Kaddim 35 vs Ac hits for 6hp

Miri still has a standard action left...



Next up Kaddim, then Thia

Is this considered XP grinding? If it is I can do this all day.

David wrote:Is this considered XP grinding? If it is I can do this all day.

Though the PCs wouldn't know...
Its all part of the same trap. The trap has set experiance for overcoming it, so even if 1000 minions are defeated, the party will only get the experiance for defeating the trap once.

Ok thats not cool. Ladies and Gentlemen, stop triggering more fiends. :p

Dwarmaj wrote:

Miri still has a standard action left...

I should have a standard & a minor...
Immediate reaction: use 'Staff of Defense' to avoid Fiend hit
Standard action: swing staff at Fiend
Minor action: (if Fiend is downed) activate boots to shift 1 square E
Free action: "Kaddim, if you could swap places with me, I might be able to teleport through the door like with the other trap."

On my turn I can switch with you if you ready a move action (shift).

Can Thia see what is triggering the fiends? Is it the squares they are in or something else? Is Dana really close to the door and causing it?

bradly wrote:

Dwarmaj wrote:

Miri still has a standard action left...

I should have a standard & a minor...
Immediate reaction: use 'Staff of Defense' to avoid Fiend hit
Standard action: swing staff at Fiend
Minor action: (if Fiend is downed) activate boots to shift 1 square E
Free action: "Kaddim, if you could swap places with me, I might be able to teleport through the door like with the other trap."

Miri uses her staff interrupt and avoids the hit.
Standard: MBA on the Fiend adjacent to you 26 vs Ac miss.

Krystoff wrote:Can Thia see what is triggering the fiends? Is it the squares they are in or something else? Is Dana really close to the door and causing it?

Thia hasn't studied it carefully yet, spending a standard action may provide some info. Right now you can tell that movement toward the door seems to spawn the fiends.

Fiend #3 turn:
Move: Teleport west one square (north of Quinn)
Standard: Attack Quinn longsword 18 vs Ac miss


Kaddim's turn, then Thia

Delay until Miri's turn, at which time I will trade places with her, and then Sword Burst.