Rescue at Rivenroar (Game Thread)

[Atanos]

OOC does the green tankard still have doors?

[Melblen_Cairn]

Atanos

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The doors of the green Tankard were kicked off the hinges when the Hobgoblins originally burst in.

[Sk4mpE]

   His back to the wall, Søffå shouts back towards Suq and Everyn (He does not yet see Atanos from his position):

   "I cannot easily reach the archers this round, and I will be slaughtered if I blindly charge up towards that beast just now; the cleric is nowhere to be found, and I have already far outpaced the dwarves.  The guards seem to be in good position to save the last of the villagers, and our foe moves slowly - I want to wait a moment, until at least the Ogre moves into closer range before striking.  In the mean time, we can hit him with what ranged attacks we have."

   "Do you concur?  Do you have any spells that might improve my chances of survival?  Or, do you have another idea?"

OOC to party:

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   I want to gauge if I should front the beast or wait a round until we are all better set to attack, and possibly ready an action.  If my party members feel that I should stop the creature now at all costs, I can do that, but with a large risk of being crushed quickly; I think it is smarter to wait a round and prepare a concerted strike.

OOC to DM:

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   Do I know anything of this beast - Weaknesses, strengths, toughness, etc.?  Also, I remember one of the dwarves had added a bonus to AC for the party - Is that still in effect, and if so, which dwarf was this, and what was the range?

[Sk4mpE]

   Søffå shouts to the guardsmen:  "Yen!  Merril!  Take the man and child to safety!  We will subdue the beast!"

[Atanos]

Ill double move to n31

[Melblen_Cairn]

Bhrim pumping his legs as fast as he can, hurls himself toward the ogre.

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Double move at a run to O35.

Marril scoops up the child and begins to move down the street between the biuldings. Yenmorn who is injured, uses his halberd to help support him and the injured man, but the going is much slower.

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Marril Minor = Pick up the child
Move and Standard = Move to Y35
Yenmorn Minor = pick up the man
Move and Standard = Move to T35

Gor fits another arrow onto his bowstring and draws it back. Taking as much careful aim to steady himself on the moving wagon as he can, he lets fly at his previous target. The arrow sinks into Yenmorn's back with a thunk, piercing his heart and killing him instantly. The pair tumble to the ground. "Die! Loudwater scum!"

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Standard = Longbow Attack on Yenmorn = 27
Damage = 9

Varg waits holds the lit cask out for the Orge to take. Then sets about lighting another.

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Same action as last time.

Granite rushes forward toward the beast.

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Move and Standard = Move to R36

Soff'a

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Give me a Nature check please to see what you know about the Ogre.

What you recall is correct. Granite is a Warlord and one of his class abilities is to give a +1 to all defenses until the end of your next turn when you spend an action point. I think he conferred it on Bhrim last fight when he spent an action point.

[Sk4mpE]

OOC:

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Nature Check, Ogre / Hobgoblins:  1d20+0 → [3,0] = (3)
Evidently I do not know anything about Ogres.  Rough one for Yen.  Will wait for Everyn to take his turn before proceeding.

[Sk4mpE]

OOC:

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   Posting out of turn; my action will take place in initiative order after Everyn and Suq, and before the hobgoblins.  Assuming that I can do nothing to anticipate or prevent the fatal attack on Yen.

   Søffå hesitates briefly, giving Everyn and Suq an open window to launch an initial volley.  Once he confronts the beast (Ioun save me, What is that thing?  My books did not prepare me for this!), Søffå knows that he must make his every strike count.  He plans a sequence of attacks to counter the enemy.

    Søffå quickly glances around the corner once more, tracking the movement of his foe.  He mutters to himself: "Almost there..." 

Turn Details:

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Standard Action:  Ready an Action:
   Condition:  When a hobgoblin who begins his turn adjacent to Søffå attacks any creature, AND Søffå is adjacent to multiple enemies
   Readied Action:  Sword Burst (At-Will)
Minor Action:  Glance around the corner, gauge the field, and return to safety
Move Action:  None this turn (or, if DM prefers, replace with a minor action for the lengthy strategic talk from my earlier post.)

[TheDave]

Everyn peeks around the corner of the building from his cover and launches an arcane missile toward the Ogre. 

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Standard Attack: Magic Missile (INT v REF):

Rolled 1d20+5 : 7 + 5, total 12

Damage (if applicable):

Rolled 2d4+5 : 2, 3 + 5, total 10

[Melblen_Cairn]

The arcane energy whirls toward the ogre but your aim is not as true as you believed and it narrowly misses the target burning a hole in the wall of the card house.

[Melblen_Cairn]

Thak drags the wagon foward and lobs another cask but this time toward Soff'a and the oncoming Bhrim and Atanos. It bursts on impact showering the area with burning wood and pitch.

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Move = move to QR38
Standard = Pitch cask at N34 Directional =7 Variance = 0
 Attack vs Soff'a = 1 and Attack vs Bhrim = 2  , Damage not necessary since it he definitely missed. lucky-asses    @ IC    puts the damn cask right where he targeted and he misses.

The villagers race frantically away from the seen. The injured man drags himself across the ground to get to safety.

[Sk4mpE]

   Søffå shouts to the closest dwarf, Bhrim: "I will take the west flank - You attack the ogre from the east flank.  Together we can crush him!"  Søffå points to the location he wants the dwarf to attack from.

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Remembering the dwarf's poor tactics on the balcony earlier, I try to command Bhrim to move to S37 or S38 for his next attack.  I will move opposite of the ogre on my turn to create flanking.

[Melblen_Cairn]

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You have to be exactly opposite of another ally adjacent to the target. check out some of the diagrams in the book so you know where to position to gain a flanking bonus.

[Melblen_Cairn]

Round 3 Begins!

MAP

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Round 3 Initiative
Bhrim Stonefire = 22
Yenmorn (Guard)= 19
Marril (Guard)= 19
Everyn Faystar = 18
Suq Madiq = 17
Suff'a Fuls = 17
Gor (Hobgoblin Archer) = 16
Varg (Hobgoblin Archer) = 16
Atanos Harvester = 15
Granite Orcreaver = 12
Thak (Ogre) = 5
Villagers = 0

[Melblen_Cairn]

Without heeding Soff'a's order, Bhrim crashes headlong into the Ogre leading with his shield first release a string of baritone gibberish you can only guess is dwarven curse words strung together in colorful fashion. The dwarf connects with the Thak's leg sending him toppling to the ground.

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Standard = Charge to P37+Shield Bash Power = 18
Damage = 14 + target knocked prone (no push back due to the wagon.)

[Melblen_Cairn]

Marril not seeing Yen behind him, turns back around the corner to see if his friend still follows. But seeing the villager crawling along the ground he suspects the truth. "YEN!" he cries out as he dashes back toward the spot of the fallen pair.

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Move to T34

[Sk4mpE]

OOC:

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   Posting my turn now since I will be away tomorrow; turn will occur after Everyn and Suq.  I reserve my right to make a change, but do not expect I will need to.

   Nice attack by Bhrim; I am surprised he can knock a creature prone at level 1.  DM - Is there a reference as to what powers the Dwarves have?

   Søffå makes his move, positioning himself against the flank of the ogre, and drawing the attention of the archers; sweeping his blade in a wide arc, it glows red and leaves traces of arcane runes burning in the air above his foes.  He shouts in halting giant to the beast: "Face me!  I will be your destructor!"

Round 3 Turn Details:

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Move Action:  Walk to P39
      Jumping to avoid the fire at N34;
            Athletics check, horizontal jump over flames:  1d20+5 → [12,5] = (17) / 10 = 1.7 squares leap success
      Move as to avoid Opportunity Attacks from the Ogre;
      Adjacent to Ogre (Thak) and West Hobgoblin (Gor) @ Q40

Minor Action:  Mark East Hobgoblin (Vark) at R40 with Aegis of Shielding (Close burst 2)
      Mark - Until end of encounter, -2 to attack others;
         Interrupt to reduce damage to target other than Søffå

Standard Action:  Sword of Sigils (Encounter Power, Close burst 1)
      Attack Roll vs. AC - Ogre (Thak) = 1d20+8 → [10, 8] = 18 + 2 CA for prone = 20
      Attack Roll vs. AC - Hobgoblin (Gor) = 1d20+8 → [7, 8] = 15
      Damage Roll = 1d8+6 → [1, 6] = 7

      If hit, each creature is marked;
         Mark - until end of next turn, -2 to attack others;
            +5 damage (Int. mod.) to enemy if attack others;
            Interrupt to reduce damage to target other than Søffå

   Yes, I am attempting to mark all creatures this turn.  (Hope it works.)

[TheDave]

Everyn runs up to the next building, points his orb toward the Ogre, it flares with red as the area around the ogre explodes

"You've terrorized this village for the last time.  Burn monsters!"

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Move action: move to T30
Attack action: Target R39 with Incendiary Detonation Int vs. Ref =

Rolled 1d20+5 : 6 + 5, total 11

Damage (if necessary):

Rolled 1d6+5 : 5 + 5, total 10

If attack is successful, the target is knocked prone
Effect:The burst creates a zone of licking flames that lasts until the end of your next turn.  Each enemy that enters the zone or starts its turn there takes 2 fire damage. 

Everyn will use orb of implementation to expand the burst 3 and it doesn't affect you or allies.

Everyn concentrates on his orb as it flares red and the fire continues to burn

[Melblen_Cairn]

A gout of flame spirals up into the air and lights up the night as it flashes and rains fire down on the foes of Everyn. The ground and walls of the nearby buildings are scorched by the licking flames. The windows shatter and the doors cave in under the force of the blasts. Then BOOOM!, the barrels in the back of the wagon begin to erupt into blasts of their own.

The ogre toughs through most of the blasts on the ground without being phased to badly.

As the barrels erupt the blasts shower those near with burning pitch. The force of the blasts damages the walls of the Tailor's and Cooper's storefronts, setting them ablaze.

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I need separate rolls for the two Hobgoblins as well. For area effect powers you roll an attack roll for each target but one single damage roll.

The barrels on the wagon at R41 blow up attacking everything in a 3 sq. radius.
Attack on Thak = 21
Attack on Gor = 7
Attack on Varg = 11
Attack on Bhrim = 9
Damage = 7 (half on miss)

[TheDave]

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Attack roll (INT v REF) for Gor:

Rolled 1d20+5 : 10 + 5, total 15

Attack roll (INT v REF) for Varg:

Rolled 1d20+5 : 14 + 5, total 19

As before: Damage = 10
If attack is successful, the target is knocked prone
Effect:The burst creates a zone of licking flames that lasts until the end of your next turn.  Each enemy that enters the zone or starts its turn there takes 2 fire damage.