Brom Init 9

Ehryk heard the rumble and felt the vibration through the worn soles of his furred boots. The games of the kobolds were now afoot!

Ehryk rolled 15 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 11.  Initiative!!!

Eanon kept low and nodded - trouble was closeby!

09:17, Today: Secret Roll: Eanon rolled 9 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 4.  initiative.

20 - Boulder
16 - Baddies
15 - Ehryk
12 - Kaleas
09 - Brom
05 - Ranndal
04 - Eanon

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The boulder barreled down at the unsuspecting duo, Kaleas managed to dodge out of the path (10 vs. Reflex), but Ranndal appeared to get clipped (20 vs. Reflex for 5 damage and knocked prone).

Two slingers launch a sticky substance at Brom (20 vs. Reflex) and Ehryk (12 vs. Reflex - missed).

Ehryk would see the boulder coming toward them! (Ehyrk is up!)

His instincts honed by countless hunts deep into the warrens of his prey, Ehryk reacted to the sudden presentation of dangers! As was often the case when instinct took over, the huntsman uttered a prayer to his Mistress as he loosed an arrow he didn't even realize he'd drawn! As it left his bowstring, icy blue flame flared in its wake as it sped toward the kobold above him. The sticky webs of the kobold's troublesome missile were singed and burned away just as Brom was about to be struck!

Ehryk shouted as he brushed by the warrior, "Look out Brom! Move!" He scrambled to get himself out of the boulder's path!

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Standard: Sacred Flame at Kobold [J,32] - Critical Hit! for 11 (max damage) and Brom can choose to make his Save!
Move: 6 spaces to J,38

Ehryk rolled 24 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 20.  Sacred Flame vs Reflex against Kobold [J,32]

Bit in doubt if I can move around the boulder, so assuming here!

With swift movement, the lean elven man of the woods stormed forward, moving around the boulder and found himself close to one of the slingers!
As he moved, his presence changed - hair grew and his features became wolflike and ferocious to eye on! Snarling, it clawed and grasped it hard to cause it anguish.

If doable:
Standard: Grasping claws. Hit AC 22 on J31 Kobold. 7 damage. Slowed UEOMNT.
Minor: Wild shape - Wolf like.
Move: K30
Free: Sudden bite - Slinger provokes OA - Free strike, +7/1d8+5

11:06, Today: Secret Roll: Eanon rolled 12 using 1d8+5 with rolls of 7.
11:05, Today: Secret Roll: Eanon rolled 22 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 15.  Grasping claws.

If unable to move, firehawk vs same foe - Crit! 13 fire damage and hawk remains, and as above, if Slinger provokes OA, it gets a free strike - +7/1d8+5 damage.

At Ehryk's shout, Brom moved just in time to avoid the annoying little heathen's shot.  He stepped to the side of the wall and attempted to climb up to the kobolds.


Step to J34
Climb check 16  Failed

Ranndal rolls to his feet after throwing himself to the ground to avoid being crushed by the rolling sphere. Then he hefts his axe and shield and moves to the wall, out of the things path. He casts about for a way to reach their attackers.

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Move: Stand from prone.
Move: Walk to F27, and see what can be seen from there.
Minor: Activate defender aura.

Status:
17/17/15/14
Location: F27
HP: 29/36.
Surges: 5/10.
Defender aura active.

While the slingers were focused on the right, Kaleas came up to their left, and one booming stroke later the nearer of the two slingers found itself in a screeching and confused tumble that ended with it sprawled beneath its fellow after a frantic scramble to not go off the edge right above the boulder's path.

Kaleas then struck a rune into the air before him, the motion almost a salute, and the power fortifying the company against what was sure to follow.



Move: Climb to J30.
Std: Divine Rune of Thunder (Protection) vs Slinger 1 hits for 13 thunder damage. Slinger 1 is bloodied, pushed to J32, falls prone (saved vs falling to K33), and is Dazed until Kaleas's EONT.
  Kaleas enters the Runestate of Protection: Allies gain Resist 2 All while adjacent to Kaleas.
Minor: Rune of Mending on Ranndal. Ranndal may spend a healing surge. All PCs and their summons gain a +1 bonus to all defenses until Kaleas's EONT.


07:13, Today: Secret Roll: Kaleas rolled 21 using 1d20+10 with rolls of 11.
07:18, Today: Secret Roll: Kaleas rolled 14,13 using d20+10,d8+5 with rolls of 4,8.
07:22, Today: Secret Roll: Kaleas rolled 16 using 1d20 with rolls of 16.  On behalf of Slinger 1..

Ehryk struck K2 for 11 damage and moved to J38.

Kaleas struck K1 for 13 damage, it was pushed into J32 (Can't legally end there) and ended up at J33 (Not Prone since the power doesn't force a prone state).

Brom moved to J34 and attempted to climb the brickwork wall but couldn't find proper handholds this round.

Ranndal rose from prone and moved to F27 to meet a variant drake...

Eanon moved to K30. But is out of melee range, so instead fired the Eagle at S2 (for 13 damage which dropped it)

The boulder sphere kept its enormous momentum and followed Brom around the corner! However, Brom managed to evade the boulder by leaping over it as it passed (DC 20 Athletics).

The lone slinger took a shot at the immediate threat of Kaleas: 14 vs. AC 20 should be a miss.

The Spiretop drake (D3) takes flight, attacked Ranndal (Flyby attack, 23 vs. AC 17 should hit for 8 damage), and moves to F30. (Flyby attack does not provoke OA)

The Wyrmpriest (W) launched an orb of ice at Ranndal, 20 vs. AC 17, for 11 cold damage.
K1 and K2 stay in place.

Two zombified headless drakes just drop off the ledge to slam into Ehryk...
The first took Ehryk completely by surprise by landing on him (Slam attack, critical for 14 damage), and I kid you not, this was the results of the die roller - 00:31, Today: GM rolled 26,14 using d20+6,2d6+2 ((20,6,6)). It rolled max damage... What a waste of a 20.

The second zombified drake clipped Ehryk 21 vs. AC 20 for 11 damage (That's 25 damage total!!!)
Since one of them cannot occupy the same space as Ehryk, it is shifted to an adjacent square.

Also, because they are dropping from 10' they both took 9 damage from the fall.
Back to the rest of the group...

(Stupid magic world not following physics... At least Brom made his jump.)

Ehryk looked like he was in trouble.  The headless drakes had dropped out of nowhere, their corpses dangerous again.  Brom should have taken the entire body...

He drew his blade and charged over like Viscini had trained him.  Brom assaulted the headless beast to give Ehryk a chance to get to safety.  "I protect you!"

Minor: Draw Sword
Move: Straight over to J37
Action: Covering Attack vs Undead Drake2 (Mark Drake2)
        Attack 12 (miss)
        After Heroic Effort, Attack 16 (Hit), Damage 14
        Ehryk can shift 2 squares as Free Action
Free: Heroic Effort (gives +4 to Covering Attack)

34/34 HPs
10/10 Surges (11 each)

Encounter
1/1 Second Wind
1/1 Action Point
0/1 Covering Attack
1/1 Glowering Threat
0/1 Heroic Effort

Daily
1/1 Comeback Strike

Ranndal wipes blood from where the drake slashed him. Then he moves to the base of the stairs and charges up them, trying to put his axe into one of the kobolds.

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Move: Walk to D29.
Standard: Charge K2. 23:41, Today: Ranndal rolled 21 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 14.  Melee basic attack, with charge, +7 vs. AC of K2. Probable hit.
23:42, Today: Ranndal rolled 10 using 1d10+5 with rolls of 5.  Melee basic attack damage, 1d10+5. 10 damage on a hit.

Status:
17/17/15/14
Location: D31
HP: 17/36.
Surges: 4/10.
Defender aura active.
Immediate reaction: Ignore pain. If an attack takes off more than half of his remaining HP, he'll use it to gain THP equal to the damage.
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Necromancy. Necromancy that had been worked with surprising alacrity, at that: either the kobolds were harboring a necromancer, or there was something down here capable of revivification.

Neither was a pleasant prospect, but they had more immediate concerns. Kaleas closed on the still-recovering slinger and put it down before it even realized its danger. That left three sources of threat, and they were now dangerously divided between them. "Eanon, get over to Ehryk and Brom before the boulder comes around again." It was coming around again at its present rate, though whether that was due to enchantment or some form of impetus hidden in the stonework was still unclear.

Ranndal had run after the drake and was now confronting no less than four-to-one odds and a disadvantageous position. He was going to need help; Kaleas trusted that the others could handle the zombified drakes in the meantime.


Move: Walk to J32.
Std: Word of Exchange (Protection) vs Slinger 1 hits for 11 damage. Slinger 1 is dead, so the other effects don't matter.
Minor: None.

Runestate of Protection: Allies gain Resist 2 All while adjacent to Kaleas.

00:40, Today: Secret Roll: Kaleas rolled 23,11 using d20+12,d8+5 with rolls of 11,6.

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Ehryk gasped in pain and tried desperately to defend against the horrific monsters that had ambushed him! Keeta, sensing its master's plight, barked and snarled savagely and pulled at the huntsman's leggings to rescue him from danger! Thankfully Brom was soon there! His cry and dangerous swings afforded Ehryk the protection he needed in order to extricate himself from the fray.

Ehryk rebuked the undead by the power of his Goddess. "The Maiden's wrath upon you!" he snarled. He then reached toward one of the animated corpses and attempted to throw it into the path of the rolling stone!

After this effort, he used Brom's distraction to reposition and take a brief moment to catch his breath...

But those breaths came only as ever more feral snarls and growls! The huntsman roared in anger and pain! Even his appearance began to change as the beast within sought to break free!

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Standard: Channel Divinity (Turn-Undead) - 23 vs Will or takes 8 radiant damage (13 total with vulnerability?) and Und1 is flung 4 spaces to F,34 (intent is to hurl it in the boulder's path!), whilst Und2 is flung to L,34
Free: (from Brom's Covering Attack) 2 squares to J,36
Minor: Razorclaw Shifting - +2 movement, +1 to AC and Reflex until end of encounter
Move: 4 spaces to G,39 (from J,36) to seek partial cover behind that corner. If the area to the east is another platform, Ehryk will use the rest of his movement to go four spaces up the (assumed) stairs to H,40

HP: 04/29 - Bloodied, AC: 20, Reflex: 15
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Noticing Randall at a disposition with the flying foe. Eanon moved up to aid him.
Noticing Randall out of the way, Eanon took a deep breath, raised his hand, and projected thorns upwards to the foes above, to anger them and cause their skin to tear.

Move: To F29
Standard: Thornspray, hitting all D3,K1, K2, W - Hitting all but priest for 11 damage and -4 to all defenses UEOMNT.
Free:If attacked, and enemy provokes OA - use Sudden Bite. (+7 vs Ref: 1d8+5 dmg, slowed UEOMNT)

09:41, Today: Secret Roll: Player of Eanon rolled 11 using 1d6+5 with rolls of 6.  damage.
09:41, Today: Secret Roll: Player of Eanon rolled 17,14,23,11 using 1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7 with rolls of 10,7,16,4.  ThornSpray vs Ref.
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The boulder struck the dead body knocking it over (prone) for 11 damage (UHD1), and barreled over Eanon (24 vs Reflex) for 5 damage and knocked Eanon prone.

K1 minor to Shift to C32, both K1 and K2 attacked Ranndal and missed (12 and 13 vs. AC respectively)
The Drake (D3) attacked Ranndal and also missed.
The Priest (W) attacked with an Orb 15 vs. Reflex for 10 damage.
UHD1 move to stand, and then standard to charge Brom (I36. 20 vs. AC for 8 damage)
UHD2 attacked Brom (natural 20 and dealt 14 damage)

Having shaken off his earlier rage, Ranndal now exhibits some amount of poise - enough for him to use his enemies' quickness against them. Realizing this, the kobold foregoes subtlety, and just accepts the cost of it.

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14:46, Today: Secret Roll: Ranndal rolled 18 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 12.  Melee basic attack (axe), +6 vs. AC of K1.
21:31, Today: Ranndal rolled 7 using 1d10+5 with rolls of 2.  Melee basic attack (axe), 1d10+5. K1 takes 7 damage.
K1: 29/36
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Recovering from his quick strike and seeing himself surrounded by foes, Ranndal brings his weapon around in a wide arc, causing all of them to scatter. One of them fails to get out of the way quite as quickly as the others.

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Standard: 21:44, Today: Ranndal rolled 19 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 13.  Batter down +6 vs. AC 18 of K1. Hit.
21:44, Today: Ranndal rolled 19 using 2d10+5 with rolls of 6,8.  Batter down damage, 2d10+5. K1: 19 damage and knocked prone.
Move: None.
Minor: None.

Status:
17/17/15/14
Location: D31
HP: 17/36, bloodied.
Surges: 4/10.
Defender aura active.
Immediate reaction: Ignore pain. If an attack takes off more than half of his remaining HP, he'll use it to gain THP equal to the damage.
K1: 10/36, bloodied, prone.
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"Hold fast!"

Kaleas half-climbed and half-vaulted down from the upper tier, struck an empowering rune into the air and, teeth bared, closed on the nearer of the two zombie drakes, where a few vicious blade-strokes swiftly left it torn and twitching on the floor.


Move: Walk (climb) to I32.
Minor: Rune of Mending (Destruction) on Brom. Brom may spend a healing surge. Brom and Kaleas gain a +2 power bonus to damage rolls until Kaleas's EONT.
Std: Charge to I35 vs Zombie 1 crits for 15 damage and auto-destroys it.

Runestate of Destruction: Allies gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls against enemies that are adjacent to Kaleas.

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Brom heard the rune priest and was invigorated.  He raised his big sword and put the beat down on the remaining headless Drake.  He thought he had killed these once, but must have been mistaken.

Weapon Mater Strike vs UHD2.  25 hit for 8 damage
It is Marked with Combat Challenge
Brom gains +1 AC vs UHD2 from WMS until end of his next turn


25/34 HPs. (Was at 14 and bloodied, used surge from Kaleas to get back to 25)
 9/10 Surges (11 each)
Encounter
1/1 Second Wind
1/1 Action Point
0/1 Covering Attack
1/1 Glowering Threat
0/1 Heroic Effort
Daily
1/1 Comeback Strike
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Ehryk tried to gain a position of vantage where he could line up a shot. The red haze at the edges of his vision seemed to pulse with every heartbeat, but he felt somehow quicker in his movements. He drew an arrow and lined up a shot, waiting for Randall to distract his target a bit before loosing.

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Not wishing to hold up the game, I'll just give my intent and let DM sort it out. Ehryk would like to get onto the platform if there are stairs where he's at. If Climbing is involved then he'll stay on the lower level. If he's able to get up there, he's got extra move now with Shifting, he'll try for H,39 or I,39 to get a better shot at the kobolds surrounding Randall.

Move: 5/6 spaces to H,39 or I,39 (assuming stairs)
Standard: Ranged Attack vs W [D,33], Ehryk rolled 16 [17 if Randall Flanks] vs AC to hit for 11 damage.

HP: 04/29 - Bloodied, AC: 20, Reflex: 15
Razorclaw Shifting - +2 movement, +1 to AC and Reflex until EoEnc

Eanon moved north, unwell from the blow of the stone.
With haste, he moves to aid Randall!
Strained, he remained close to ensure he could get into the thick of it, and away from the rock, but he was out of breath...for now.

Move: Stand up
Standard: Exchange to Move: Go to D30

Boulder enjoys its jaunt around the block... Just rollin' along.
K2 @ D32 attacks Ranndal (D31) AC 20 for 6 damage.
W @ D33 attacks Rhryk @H39 Reflex 15 for 8 cold damage.
D3 @ C30 attacks Ranndal @D31 AC 8 for 7 damage (Miss I'm betting)
UHD2 @ K38 attacks Brom @J37 AC 17 for 11 damage.

Kaleas circled and closed on the remaining drake-corpse to strike it down, an act that involved no discernible hatred, just a few forceful sword-strokes. He stepped back from it and turned toward the platforms. Getting onto the northern one was going to be a problem, judging by the sound and fury ringing from the occupied stairs, and on the eastern one... oh, no.

He lifted his sword point-up before him in a gesture that resembled a salute, contrasted by a grim-faced look and near-closing of his eyes as he then tapped the sword-guard against his chest. A rune rapidly flared into being upon him from that touch, matching ones appearing on Brom and Ehryk; perhaps it was just a trick of the light that led watching eyes to imagine a much smaller swirl of runic text shimmering about their periphery.

Kaleas held steady. Invoking this was always uncomfortable, to say the least, but will demanded and faith endured.


...the Rune of Sacrifice, ensuring that he or she who gives strength in the name of the gods will also receive their protection.


Move: Walk E-E-SE to J38.
Std: Word of Exchange (Destruction) vs Zombie Drake hits for 14 damage, (re)killing it.
Minor: Shield of Sacrifice: Kaleas loses a healing surge. Brom and Ehryk each regain hit points as if they had spent a healing surge. Brom, Ehryk, and Kaleas each gain a +5 power bonus to AC until Kaleas's EONT.

Runestate of Destruction: Allies gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls against enemies that are adjacent to Kaleas.

10:58, Today: Secret Roll: Kaleas rolled 26,14 using d20+10,d8+7 with rolls of 16,7.

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Ehryk sensed the impact of something very cold, but in his primal state, he barely felt it. He tried to raise his bow to slay the foul creature which had hit him. It was then that he realized something was wrong. He felt lethargic and chilled. He shivered and slumped to the floor.

As he was slipping into icy oblivion, he heard the voice of Kaleas, far away... and felt a little warmth return to his limbs.

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Prone, cover?
HP: 07/29 - Bloodied, AC: 20, Reflex: 15
Razorclaw Shifting - +2 movement, +1 to AC and Reflex until EoEnc
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