Action thread: Group 1

[MetroMagic]

Action thread: Group 1

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{THE NUMBERED BRAL MAP}

{Janis} OK! Now here are my notes on the map, it’s the same map with the same places Halfaz marked, plus some extra info.



{Janis} Star, honey, you’ll make a copy of the map image for everybody, right? Magical for all of you originals, except Sable, he gets a non-Magical paper copy. We don’t want the copies of you walking around with a copy of our battle plans and drop locations, and if the map is Magical, it won’t copy, so says Ror. Good.

I numbered each group at its exact drop location – that’s exactly where you are going! – and added a line to show where group 8 and group 9 are going to blow their tunnel and bridge respectively.

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{Janis} These are the lettered places on the map:

AA is the Auction Block.

This is the public area of the compound; she says it’s the only place that the buyers see.  The river enters here from the surface, and buyers are brought down the river by a nice, swanky ferry.  The ferry stops at the dock and the buyers are offloaded; they can browse the pens to check out the stock which is on sale that particular day.  The large central area there is the small amphitheater where the auction takes place.

Janis points at an area at the top left corner of the map. {Janis}For the most privileged guests, this island of highly carved and polished rock in the center of the river is supposed to give a scenic, formal area for an elegant dignitaries' reception to admire the glorious Dwarven handiwork throughout this part of the caverns. Even the areas that have been left naturally rough are artistically positioned, framed by ornately carved surroundings. She says negotiations with big buyers for larger groups of slaves are often conducted there, after inspections in the pens are finished.

From what intelligence I’ve heard, the Illithids are neither interested in, nor affected by, the Dwarven artistry, but they do not hesitate to use the business advantage of having some of their customers be awestruck by their surroundings, and consider the advantage to be a fringe benefit of this site for their operations. I’ve done the same with my own business negotiations. Always negotiate from a place of seeming strength if you can, that shows off your power.

Once everyone has their purchases finalized, the buyers reboard the ferry and are taken back up the river to the surface.  Most buyers are completely ignorant even of the existence of the rest of the compound.

BB. That’s where the Slave Pens are.

The Illithids keep the hundreds or tens of hundreds of slaves here, in open-barred pens which are inset a few feet into the floor. Remember that there are Umber Hulk guards circulating all through these areas.

CC, over there, is supposedly living quarters.

It’s this island in one of the lakes. The buildings there are larger, and furnished as barracks.  When the Illithids are in the Compound, they have rooms there as well as any non-Illithid help they have. They practically stack the Umber Hulks up in close quarters when they have to rest, which isn’t often. Umber Hulks can go for a long time without rest.

DD. The Warrens.

You can sort of picture it, Star thinks this area used to be one enormous room.  However, the roof collapsed some time in the past, and what's left is a maze of twisty, rubble-filled passages wrapping around the bases of massive, ornately carved columns that disappear into low, uneven remains of a tumbled-down ceiling.  The roof doesn't look too stable, though Star says the Illithids have no record of further collapses in the time they have used this area and believe it’s safe to walk through. It looks like the only reason the Illithids use this area at all is that it provides the fastest access from the Pens to the Auction Block.

EE, this back area, is storage.

This area has a lot of small buildings and cages with supplies and other various and sundry items.  Only part of it is being used -- the sections further from the Pens is still mostly rubble.

[ieatfood7]

Vir1 and Sheerak1 look around, staying invisible.

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Vir1
Spot

Rolled 1d20+20 : 14 + 20, total 34

listen

Rolled 1d20+10 : 18 + 10, total 28

Search
[roll]1d20+31[roll]


Sheerak1
spot

Rolled 1d20+20 : 5 + 20, total 25

listen

Rolled 1d20+25 : 8 + 25, total 33

[MetroMagic]

Group 1

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I’m only posting this once per group thread, but it’s true unless I specifically post otherwise:

All status information from all groups is flowing on the Link; everyone knows what is happening everywhere and can share, and act on, everyone else’s information.

And Star’s combat map is giving current locations and status, but she cautions they are a little approximate unless she can actually see you.

Vir1 steps through Sheerak’s Gate into the location marked with a 1 on the map, and as the Gate winks out, immediately everyone (except the parrots) pours out of the Bag into battle ready positions in the air, flying as planned.

The location looks about as expected from the map. You are in a cramped corridor with rocky rubble piles along the walls. The floor is blocks of polished stone, but crazed with cracks. The walls have carved designs. The ceiling is rough and uneven, fifteen to twenty feet high, with large chunky depressions in it.

Ror1’s demolitions target is a few feet up the corridor to the north according to the combat map; you’re almost exactly at the point to place the explosive charge.

The air is still, no movement whatever.

Vir1 senses Magic all around in the 30ft of corridors visible. Ror1 senses the same, for 60ft to the extent that much corridor is visible. Their senses do not penetrate the corridor walls. Both sense that a Spell just triggered. The Detect info on the Link allows Ror1 and Halt1 to recognize an Alarm Spell, via Spellcraft.

[FireInTheSky]

Ror1 replies to what Ror2 put on the Link.  I agree.  We don't have either Walls in front of us, but I suspect that if we headed toward the auction area, we'd find them.  Luckily we (Group 1) aren't going in that direction, so we can execute our plan as intended.

[Scout89]

"Want me to scout ahead, Ror?"

[ieatfood7]

Vir 1 I can go with you if you want help scouting for traps and stuff.

[FireInTheSky]

Halfaz1 and Vir1, that sounds good.  Actually, while I'm setting the demolitions, why don't you two scout up the tunnel towards the Auction Block?  Don't go too far.  Sheerak1 and Halt1, do you want to scout a little ways down the tunnel into the Warrens?  Tanatou1, stick with me, just in case.  Nobody go too far.  Put everything on the Link.  If there's trouble, Earthglide into the walls, and head back towards us.  Oh... And, keep an eye out for Forbiddances!  Ror1 starts placing the demolitions.

EDIT: In the pairings of scouts, one person in the pair should probably be Earthgliding in the wall next to the other scout.

EDIT EDIT:  I just remembered that all but 1 of Ptolemaeus's copies are in a doggie bag for safekeeping, and the 1 remaining is in group 10, so I took him out of this post.

[ieatfood7]

Vir6 Sure thing.  I'll be staying topside for better searching.  You can do the same or not, as you like.  He darts along, looking for traps or antyihng else and keeping an ear open, but careful not to read ANYTHING. 

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Including -2 circumstance bonus for being careful not to read anything

Rolled 1d20+31 : 17 + 31, total 48

Rolled 1d20+31 : 11 + 31, total 42

[MetroMagic]

Group1 strings out along the corridor from north to south as they take charge of their tasks.

Vir1 and Halfaz1 move a little less than 30 feet up the corridor to the north, and it widens out. A heavy column, exquisitely carved, is poking out of the rough ceiling and comes to the floor in a broad circle of stone. They squeeze by on the left as the corridor veers that way to avoid the column, and within another 30 feet or so they come to a flat, smooth stone wall blocking their way, not carved, where a T intersection should be that would lead to the right and then into the auction area. The smooth wall looks like the ones group 2 and group 6 put on the Link. There is no sound or movement of air; the dead end is perfectly still as they turn around and return.

Without any difficulty, in the middle of the group Ror1 gets his tasks done exactly as planned while Tanatou1 stands guard: Ror1 finds a long fracture line in the stony ceiling… there are several to choose from… and sets the charge with gum in it, and in him, ready to blow at his thought.

To the south, Sheerak1 has already been actively Searching and Listening; she flies off down the corridor deeper into the warrens and within about 60 feet comes to a sharp bend to the left where she steps forward into the wall, following Ror1’s suggestion, as Halt1 keeps watch down the corridor in that direction for any surprises. Her good Listening is amplified inside the stone, and she hears faint scrabbling noises, the first anyone has heard since they arrived. Direction is hard to discern. As agreed this information goes on the Link.

[Scout89]

Halfaz1 replies through the link: "All clear up to this wall. When you're done, call us and we'll regroup."

[MetroMagic]

Vir1 and Halfaz1 have just squeezed past the heavy column on their way back, and are still about 20 or 30 feet from Ror1, who has finished placing the demolitions charge, when they hear a rumble of rock back at the smooth stone wall some 30 or 40 feet north, just as Star warns them on the Link. With a belch of dust, three creatures erupt from the floor and one from the ceiling… Umber Hulks! They can see the one that came out of the ceiling does indeed have a tendril sprouting from the top of its head and is two or three times the size of the others. The creatures are disengaging themselves from the rock, clambering out of the holes they burrowed, wriggling to shake arms and then legs free. The first Umber Hulk free from below starts advancing out of a blue-gray dust cloud of pulverized stone at the end of the corridor, slavering its corrosive green spittle which drips sizzling onto the rocky floor.



To the south, Sheerak1 has plenty of warning with her Tremorsense, assuming she is standing on the ground to use it; the faint scrabbling noises rapidly become rumbles in the floor and ceiling as the monsters run at the party, clawing their way through the rock. She manages to jump out of the way as a shower of rock pelts down from the ceiling, and the truly horrid, huge Umber Hulk with the tendril swings down to face Ror1 and Halt1 as it hangs upside down from the ceiling, as two more of the other type rear halfway out of the floor and begin to climb out between the leader and Ror1 at location1, as advance troops. The leader’s dangling back is to Sheerak, apparently fully focused on the location where Ror1, Tanatou1, and Halt1 stand, just beyond its two companions coming out of the floor.

Sheerak1 has a surprise round on the leader. In addition the entire party has a round to act before the Umber Hulks are upon them.

As agreed this information goes on the Link.

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Initiative rolls please! I think you’ve got a reasonable idea of the layout and distances. Detail position maps to follow.

[FireInTheSky]

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Rolled 1d20 : 11, total 11

How much of the explosives have been placed for a reasonable expectation of cave-in?  How much does Ror1 have leftover?

[FireInTheSky]

Sorry for the double post.  That roll should have had a +5 on it for a total of 16.

EDIT:  I just re-read to see that Ror1 finished placing the explosives.  So ignore that question.  The second question still stands though (how much left over?).

EDIT EDIT:  As a free action, Ror1 discharges the Circle of Good Hope / Spell Ritual: Greater Mirror Image.

[Debatra]

Initiative:

Rolled 1d20+7 : 20 + 7, total 27

[Scout89]

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Rolled 1d20+9 : 2 + 9, total 11

Halfaz1 suggests through the link: "Master Ror1, what do you think we fade into the rock leaving our foes to handle the blast? After that we come back to kill the ones still moving."

[MetroMagic]

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1D4 from Ror with plusses, to get the starting number of Mirror Images. We’ll assume everyone in the group gets the same number of lmages.

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Janis gave RorO sixteen charges. If he divided them equally among the groups, Ror1 has only one, and just used it. The extra six… Ror9 has one of the extras, because he was taking out a bridge, not just dropping a ceiling. Who has the other five is up to you; RorO may have them or he might have given each copy another half-charge. In that case, each copy simply needs to tear the one piece of detonator gum into more pieces instead of just two, which can still be used individually if inserted into the charge just before you plan to use the charge.

[FireInTheSky]

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1d4 + 1 for every 3 caster levels, max of 8 images

Rolled 1d4+5 : 3 + 5, total 8

I think I'll say that RorO has all the leftover demolitions

Halfaz1 suggests through the link: "Master Ror1, what do you think we fade into the rock leaving our foes to handle the blast? After that we come back to kill the ones still moving."

Sounds good to me!

[Scout89]

Halfaz1 comes closer the Ror1 and gets ready to phase into the rock, but he will only do it when everyone of his allies did it or will do it simultaneously.

[ieatfood7]

Sheerak 1 takes full advantage of the surprise she has on the enemy.  She wishes breifly that Vir hadn't talked her into giving all her rituals to those birds as a simple one or two would have been nice to use now.  Nevertheless...

She attacks the lead Umber hulk......[I am uncertain how far away I am, so will post two sets fo actions for the surprise round, as well as my immediate action for the moment Sheerak's turn is over ]

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if Sheerak is within 30 feet of the lead monster]Sheerak attacks with both weapons once, as a standard action attack with main hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 9 + 32, total 41
Rolled 1d20+32 : 16 + 32, total 48

=damage with main hand

Rolled 3d6+22 : 3, 2, 6 + 22, total 33

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 2 + 32, total 34
Rolled 1d20+32 : 2 + 32, total 34

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 2, 6, 5 + 11, total 24

+1 con damage

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Sheerak moves to a distance of 30 feet from him (lands is flight needed to get there in one move)

The moment the Sheerak turn in the surprise round is done, Sheerak 1 attacks with her Iaijutsu attack, taking all her attacks of opportunity (15) against the lead Monster as an immediate action wihtout him having provoked it.  This should occur during the surprise round still, thoguh if not, it heppens are the very start of the first round before anyoen moves (monsters are still flat footed).  If it dies (and another enemy is within 5 feet of her attack range) she will finishe the attacks against the other foe (along with a free cleave attack and free 5 foot step).

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attack with main hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 13 + 32, total 45
Rolled 1d20+32 : 1 + 32, total 33

=damage with main hand

Rolled 3d6+22 : 3, 2, 6 + 22, total 33

+1 con damage

=attack with main hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 11 + 32, total 43
Rolled 1d20+32 : 9 + 32, total 41

=damage with main hand

Rolled 3d6+22 : 5, 2, 4 + 22, total 33

+1 con damage


=attack with main hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 3 + 32, total 35
Rolled 1d20+32 : 7 + 32, total 39

=damage with main hand

Rolled 3d6+22 : 1, 6, 3 + 22, total 32

+1 con damage


=attack with main hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 17 + 32, total 49
Rolled 1d20+32 : 12 + 32, total 44

=damage with main hand

Rolled 3d6+22 : 1, 2, 2 + 22, total 27

+1 con damage


=attack with main hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 18 + 32, total 50
Rolled 1d20+32 : 7 + 32, total 39

=damage with main hand

Rolled 3d6+22 : 5, 6, 5 + 22, total 38

+1 con damage


attack with main hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 14 + 32, total 46
Rolled 1d20+32 : 4 + 32, total 36

=damage with main hand

Rolled 3d6+22 : 4, 3, 1 + 22, total 30

+1 con damage


=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 3 + 32, total 35
Rolled 1d20+32 : 12 + 32, total 44

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 6, 4, 5 + 11, total 26

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 6 + 32, total 38
Rolled 1d20+32 : 14 + 32, total 46

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 3, 2, 6 + 11, total 22

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 16 + 32, total 48
Rolled 1d20+32 : 10 + 32, total 42

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 6, 4, 4 + 11, total 25

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 6 + 32, total 38
Rolled 1d20+32 : 14 + 32, total 46

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 4, 6, 3 + 11, total 24

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 10 + 32, total 42
Rolled 1d20+32 : 17 + 32, total 49

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 2, 6, 2 + 11, total 21

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 15 + 32, total 47
Rolled 1d20+32 : 4 + 32, total 36

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 3, 5, 3 + 11, total 22

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 4 + 32, total 36
Rolled 1d20+32 : 7 + 32, total 39

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 1, 2, 3 + 11, total 17

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 11 + 32, total 43
Rolled 1d20+32 : 8 + 32, total 40

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 3, 6, 2 + 11, total 22

+1 con damage

=attack with off hand

Rolled 1d20+32 : 14 + 32, total 46
Rolled 1d20+32 : 15 + 32, total 47

=damage with off hand

Rolled 3d6+11 : 1, 1, 5 + 11, total 18

+1 con damage

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Rolled 1d20+11 : 1 + 11, total 12

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Rolled 1d20+3 : 11 + 3, total 14

[MetroMagic]

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Just checking: Did you include these?

(1) Circumstance bonus from training with Janis: +4 to hit if you are in the air; stacks with all other bonuses; and attacking from the air with multiple attacks in the round, your second attack if any is at full attack bonus, just like your first attack, instead of reduced; your third attack is like your normal second, fourth like third, etc.

(2) Luck bonus from Janis, +2 to hit.

(3) Time bonus from Star, on the Link: Roll attacks twice, take better, +2 to hit.

If not, you can either do the arithmetic and post the adjusted answers, or you can reroll with the extra plusses , your choice.