Heading south

After the rest the party decides to head south past the masks.

The party comes to a door which Thia easily unlocks. Listening doesn't reveal anything and the party opens the door.

You see a room with two doors to the leading south, one to the southeast and one to the southwest.

What does the party wish to do?

Check a little to the east to see if there's a door just out of view, also heading south. If there is, we should check and listen at both; the west one, then the east one.

Yes, there is a door to the east heading south and one to the west heading south. Listening at either reveals nothing.

How do you proceed?

Neither door is locked and Thia doesn't detect any traps on the doors.

The hallways look narrow. I suspect they may lead to the same place, with the party's agreement, I say we open the west one first and have one or two party members near the east one to perhaps attack any enemies from a second direction. Candelos, Kaddim, and Miri to the West and maybe Sonya and Thia to the East?

Teramotos wrote:The hallways look narrow. I suspect they may lead to the same place...

"A girl with a plan... I love it!"

(taking both by the arm...) "Me & the boys are this way? Be sure you girls talk shoes... (To Thia:) I want to know what you think. I loved them, but somehow they just weren't 'Me'..." <metagame: item stacking error discovered>

The party opens the doors and see a room with two statues of orcs in the room. The orcs are posed with weapons drawn and raised. You watch them carefully for several seconds and don't see them move.




From the south you can hear heavy breathing...

PC initiative order is:
Kaddim, Thia, Miri, Candelos, then Sonya

Notes:
The room looks like it extends farther to the south from where Candelos is, but it gets too dark to see anything.
Sonya sees a wall to her south.

Enter room to see around the corner. What I see will dictate my next actions.

Ross wrote:Enter room to see around the corner. What I see will dictate my next actions.

Kaddim's turn:
Move: Kaddim moves forward to look around the corner. Moving forward also reveals what lies to the south...



Kaddim sees a third statue, this one is a tiefling warrior and seems to be fighting the orcs.

To the south Kaddim can see a large ogre with a flail. He turns toward you and you notice that his face is badly scared and that he doesn't have eyes.
Kaddim has 3 move, a minor and standard action remaining.

Move: continue movement towards him.
Minor: Attempt to is Aegis of Shielding on Closest orc
Standard: If Aegis works then attack orc using Booming Blade, otherwise charge ogre using Foesnare.

Ross wrote:Move: continue movement towards him.
Minor: Attempt to is Aegis of Shielding on Closest orc
Standard: If Aegis works then attack orc using Booming Blade, otherwise charge ogre using Foesnare.

Kaddim's turn (cont):
Move: move adjacent to the orc statue
Minor: attempt to use Aegis of Shielding on it (successful)
Standard: use Booming Blade on the orc statue
BB 25 vs Ac hits for 17hp of damage. It doesn't look like the orc statue was affected by your attack.




Ogre's turn...

Ogre's turn:

Free action: the ogre speaks in common "Maulspike smash"
Move: move north
Standard: attack Kaddim with flail
Flail 33 vs Ac hits for 15hp of damage. Kaddim is knocked prone.



Thia's turn, them Miri

Krystoff wrote:Minor: HQ the ogre (if she can, not sure if the statues are enemies)
Move: W, W, W, W, NW to end up north of Miri.
Standard: Twin Strike on the ogre.

Thia's turn:
Minor: attempt to HQ the Ogre (failed) since Kaddim's mark worked on the orc statue, you'd know that they are enemies.

Move: move north of Miri

Standard: use Twin Strike on the Ogre
TS #1 17 vs Ac miss
TS #2 23 vs Ac miss




Miri's turn, then NPCs...

Dwarmaj wrote:Miri's turn, then NPCs...

Miri will...

Standard action: cast 'Magic Missile' on the Ogre

move/minor action: none

free action: "Is it just me, or did that thing just shrug off Kaddim's sword like it was nothing?"

done.

bradly wrote:

Dwarmaj wrote:Miri's turn, then NPCs...

Miri will...

Standard action: cast 'Magic Missile' on the Ogre

move/minor action: none

free action: "Is it just me, or did that thing just shrug off Kaddim's sword like it was nothing?"

done.

Miri's turn:
Move: none
Standard: cast Magic Missile on the Ogre
MM 33 vs Ref (critical) hit for 17+14hp of damage.




NPC turn...

I attacked the Orc statue.

NPCs turn:

The orc statues move... I've marked the statues with green and red outlines.


Green orc statue:
Move: move adjacent to Sonya
Standard: attack Sonya with a slam attack
Slam 32 vs Ac hits for 11hp of damage

Red orc statue:
Move: move adjacent to Candelos

Kaddim gets an AoO 29-2 vs Ac hits for 13hp of damage. You notice that this attack did full damage.

Standard: no attack, but Candelos does notice that the orc statue coloration became lighter.


From the south Kaddim can see a robed archer move adjacent to the tiefling statue and shoot.

Archer:
Move: move north
Standard: shoot Kaddim
Longbow 22-2 vs Ac miss

From behind the cloaked archers hood Kaddim can see what looks like several small snakes...





Candelos' turn, then Sonya...

Ross wrote:I attacked the Orc statue.

Yes, it was like striking a stone wall and you did no damage with the attack.

Even though the red orc statue resisted the initial Booming Blade attack, I think it is still subject to the secondary damage when it moved and was vulnerable.

The red orc statue took 5hp of damage from Kaddim's Booming Blade attack when it moved. I've updated the token.


Candelos then them Sonya...

Note: those outside of the room can see into the room, barely... The orc statues block almost the entire doorway.

Any attack into the room from the outside will be at a -5 penalty. Attacking the orc statues is normal, no penalties.

...did I open the door?

Teramotos wrote:...did I open the door?

Sorry, I assumed that both doors were opened and displayed a map in post #6 of what the party saw with both doors open.

On Thia's turn she attempted to HQ the ogre which she could see through the east door, then she moved west to attack.

I wrote: The hallways look narrow. I suspect they may lead to the same place, with the party's agreement, I say we open the west one first and have one or two party members near the east one to perhaps attack any enemies from a second direction. Candelos, Kaddim, and Miri to the West and maybe Sonya and Thia to the East?

It was my intent to keep the east door closed to perhaps hit any enemies from an unsuspecting direction (e.g. Sonya would move in and flank). If it is too much bother to rewind, I'll go along with whatever is ruled.

Teramotos wrote:

I wrote: The hallways look narrow. I suspect they may lead to the same place, with the party's agreement, I say we open the west one first and have one or two party members near the east one to perhaps attack any enemies from a second direction. Candelos, Kaddim, and Miri to the West and maybe Sonya and Thia to the East?

It was my intent to keep the east door closed to perhaps hit any enemies from an unsuspecting direction (e.g. Sonya would move in and flank). If it is too much bother to rewind, I'll go along with whatever is ruled.

No trouble at all...

Since Sonya didn't open the door, the following actions would have changed.

1. Thia would have moved first, them tried to HQ the ogre, then shoot. No change in the outcome.
2. The green orc statue turn changes...
Standard: use Hit & Run on Kaddim 32 vs Ac hits for 11hp of damage. (This lets him move his speed and make one attack at any point. The target of the attack can't make an AoO).
Move: move adjacent to the east door to block it.

Net result Sonya +11hp, Kaddim -11hp and the east door is closed.

Candelos turn them Sonya.

arrggggg!!!!

minor: divine challange/mark the one in front of him
standard: Holy Strike

Holy Strike Paladin Attack 1
At-Will ✦ Divine, Radiant, Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier radiant damage. If you
marked the target, you gain a bonus to the damage roll
equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Mick wrote:minor: divine challange/mark the one in front of him
standard: Holy Strike

Holy Strike Paladin Attack 1
At-Will ✦ Divine, Radiant, Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier radiant damage. If you
marked the target, you gain a bonus to the damage roll
equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Candelos' turn:
Minor: mark the orc statue ahead of him (overwritting Kaddim's mark)
Standard: use Holy Strike on the orc statue
HS 21 vs Ac hits for 18hp of radiant damage. It doesn't look like the orc statue was affected, your blow deflected off of him as if you were hitting a wall of stone.

Sonya's turn, then top of the order with Kaddim

Since you guys slept on the stairs with the gargoyles, I'll give you a bonus to your monster knowledge check...

The statues seem to be some type of gargoyle. They don't have wings, but Kaddim did experiance an attack similar to their "fly by attack". You also know that when in stone form they have very high resistance, regenerate, and can sense creature moving around them.

Sonya's turn...
I assume the door opens in...if I'm incorrect and the door opens out, I'll redo my turn.
Minor Action - Turn the door handle
Standard Action - Attempt to open the door, forcing the orc back. If this is a Bull Rush, I'll do it. If this is a strength check, that's fine too.
Move Action - depends on how I did opening the door.

Teramotos wrote:Sonya's turn...
I assume the door opens in...if I'm incorrect and the door opens out, I'll redo my turn.
Minor Action - Turn the door handle
Standard Action - Attempt to open the door, forcing the orc back. If this is a Bull Rush, I'll do it. If this is a strength check, that's fine too.
Move Action - depends on how I did opening the door.

Sonya's turn:
Minor: turn the door handle (successful)
Standard: attempt a bull rush to push the gargoyle back
Bull Rush 15 vs Fort miss. Sonya was unable to push the gargoyle back.

Sonya has a move action remaining, then Kaddim's turn...

Krystoff wrote:Can we tell when and if they are in stone form and when they are not?

Can I ready an attack for when they start to move with the assumption that they are not stone form when they are moving/attacking? When I say move I mean any body movement not just a move action.

Yes, if you can make a DC 15 passive perception check then you can see when they use an action to turn into stone form or revert to normal. (I've been hinting at this when I noted the color change to Candelos, but not to Kaddim...)

Otherwise you have to wait until you see movement which you can also ready an action for.

...does the handle stay in the "open" position? If I let go of the handle, does it return by itself to the "closed" position like modern doors? If the handle stays in the "open" position, I'll use my move action to back up 15' to give me a bonus on my Bull Rush for next turn.
If I think that there is No Bonus extended for having the handle turned while I do a Bull Rush, I'll also back up 15'.
If the handle springs back to the closed position when you let go, and that makes a big difference in the success of doing a Bull Rush on a creature on the other side of the door, I have little choice but to stay where I am. Been having a lot of trouble with doors during this adventure. I wonder how many rounds it would take to go to the north, east, south and then west to hit them from behind that way?

Teramotos wrote:...does the handle stay in the "open" position? If I let go of the handle, does it return by itself to the "closed" position like modern doors? If the handle stays in the "open" position, I'll use my move action to back up 15' to give me a bonus on my Bull Rush for next turn.
If I think that there is No Bonus extended for having the handle turned while I do a Bull Rush, I'll also back up 15'.
If the handle springs back to the closed position when you let go, and that makes a big difference in the success of doing a Bull Rush on a creature on the other side of the door, I have little choice but to stay where I am. Been having a lot of trouble with doors during this adventure. I wonder how many rounds it would take to go to the north, east, south and then west to hit them from behind that way?

There's no bonus that I can find for a "running" Bull Rush.

I'd say that the doors behave like many of the "medieval" doors, once unlocked it remains unlocked until locked again.

There's no way through the "back door" that the party could find...

Kaddim's turn... then the ogre

Free action, after Sonya attempts to open the West Door, but before she ends her turn: Say, "Keep that door locked so we can concentrate on one target at a time."
Minor: Aegis of Shielding on Ogre
Standard: Lightning Lure on the orc to my North. If I hit pull him to me.
Move: Armathor's Step, Teleport to 1 square North of Candelos

Ross wrote:Free action, after Sonya attempts to open the West Door, but before she ends her turn: Say, "Keep that door locked so we can concentrate on one target at a time."
Minor: Aegis of Shielding on Ogre
Standard: Lightning Lure on the orc to my North. If I hit pull him to me.
Move: Armathor's Step, Teleport to 1 square North of Candelos

Kaddim's turn:
Minor: mark the ogre
Standard: use Lightning Lure on the red gargoyle
LL 30-2 vs Fort hits for 11hp of damage. It doesn't look like it took any damage, but you were able to move it adjacent to you.

Move: use Armathor's Step to teleport north of Candelos.

Ogre's turn:
Move: move east, Candelos can see him a little. Noone else can.
Standard: ....



Thia's turn, them Miri

To finish my turn, I'll turn the handle back to the locked position.
Done

Krystoff wrote:Thia will ready an action to twin strike the orc when he changes from stone form.

Thia readies an attack on the red gargoyle.

Miri's turn...

Dwarmaj wrote:Miri's turn...

standard action: cast Daily Spell, "Flaming Sphere" next to Gargoyle 6 squares South + (if I can see it) 1 square E. <I don't know the Orge is there, but I do know all my allies are on this side of the room & centering it farther E threatens more squares that bad guys could be in.>

minor action: cast 'Light' in the area as far South as I can

done.

bradly wrote:

Dwarmaj wrote:Miri's turn...

standard action: cast Daily Spell, "Flaming Sphere" next to Gargoyle 6 squares South + (if I can see it) 1 square E.

minor action: cast 'Light' in the area as far South as I can

done.

Miri's turn:
Standard: cast Flaming Sphere next to the red gargoyle
FS vs the gargoyle 23 vs Ref hits for 15hp of damage. It doesn't look like he was affected.
FS vs the ogre 26 vs Ref hits for 15hp of damage.

Minor: Miri cast light to the south can can see things clearly...

NPC's turn I'll put up a new map when I get home.

NPC's turn:

Candelos sees the robed archer come from the east and remove its hood. The party can see a female with lots of snakes in her hair and she gazes at the party.

Medusa:
Move: move s south of Candelos
Standard: gaze attack
Gaze on Candelos 31 vs Fort hits. Candelos is slowed (save ends).
Gaze on Kaddim 20 vs Fort hits. Kaddim is slowed (save ends).
Gaze on Miri 16 vs Fort miss.
Gaze on Thia 19 vs Fort hits. Thia is slowed (save ends).

The medusa uses an Action Point!
Standard: gaze attack
Gaze on Candelos 16 vs Fort miss.
Gaze on Kaddim 31 vs Fort hits. Kaddim is slowed (save ends x2).
Gaze on Miri 26 vs Fort hits. Miri is slowed (save ends).
Gaze on Thia 22 vs Fort hits. Thia is slowed (save ends x2).

The gargoyle's turn:
Red Gargoyle:
At the start of his turn he takes damage from the flaming sphere, but isn't affected.

Minor: revert to normal

Thia gets to use her readied action.
Twin Strike #1 15 vs Ac miss
Twin Strike #2 29 vs Ac hits for 7hp of damage.

Move: move north of the meduse adjacent to Candelos
Standard: use Stone Form.

Candelos' turn, he is currently slowed and adjacent to a stone gargoyle.

Current Map:



Candelos turn, then Sonya

Candelos
Standard action: throw shield at medusa

Krystoff wrote:Does the Medusa turn stone form as well?

Not that you know of.

Free Action: "Candelos, move back."
Move Action: Move over to the square east of Kaddim.
Minor Action: Inspiring Word w Saving Inspiration on Kaddim. He gets a save.
Standard Action: Shake it off on Candelos. He gets a save with a + 5 bonus.
Free Action: Close my eyes.
Done...