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| Clockwork Leviathan of Xin |
7:21am 2019-7-20 Smon Has entered the room
Smon: Hi J
joriandrake: hello
7:24am 2019-7-20 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: Morning Simon, Jorian
joriandrake: hi Chris
chris107: Did you see the Sihedron stuff I put on the thread?
7:26am 2019-7-20 Keelia Has entered the room
Smon: Hi C & K
Keelia: Morning
joriandrake: hi Keelia
chris107: Hi Keelia
chris107: Probs worth us all having the powers listed?
chris107: (For quick reference)
Smon: Map of Magnimar - north is to left of screen - https://db4sgowjqfwig.cloudfront.net/assets/308990/Magnimar-2.jpg?1395383265 - you are on the Irespan, the stump of the massive Runelord bridge.
Smon: scenic impression http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/mediawiki/images/a/a9/Magnimar_panorama.jpg
chris107: Very cool
chris107: Which way from there to Xin?
chris107: (where the black cloud looms)
Smon: West out to sea
chris107: thanks
Smon: It's about 100 miles out to sea these days, 1000 years after Malassandra was entombed a giant meteor strike flooded much of Thassilon.
Smon: Called Earthfall, you slept through it.
chris107: And the cloud is making no movement towards us?
chris107:
joriandrake: this reminds me of Morrowind and the floating rock, although it also dropped but later
Smon: map with borders of ancient Thassilon showing Xin https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQScybYxFGWs_3mLy9DBT9P3IubHevxe8uoGUeduDVHa1_KQIVSEOMVwJWKLgaF6F8CRPeCYyVobMZM-lXDNAACjqSln7LWZuwGINXZe5yj4em6eJMGyC2lZdrS0AvLjP-kGEBA-nlRIr/s1600/Thassilon_Map.jpg
chris107: Malissandra is excited to see signs that Xin may be rising.
Smon: The cloud is still distant.
chris107: Soon the corrupted names will be washed from history!
chris107: The virtues restored.
Smon: GM: With the giant spider thing dead, you see Sheila Heidmarch making her way back towards you on the Irespan. The Sihedron is with Quillax.
Smon: Sheila:
"Apparently the magical energies caused more disruption than expected! Sorry about that. Is everyone ok?"
chris107: "Lady Quillax, we should investigate fallen Xin."
Keelia: Q shakes off her elemental form.
Keelia: "Yes,' She says first to Sheila, then to M
joriandrake: Looks like 'sloth' didn't have a lot of territory in this area, so has no real stake in 'restoring' the traditional territories personally
chris107: "Better than okay, mistress. The Sihedron is remade."
Smon: Sheila looks to Malassandra.
"What do you mean about Xin?"
Keelia: "First things first, get the people off this mountain. Then we pack."
chris107: "Well my guess would be that reconstructing the Sihedron has woken my emperor."
Smon: Sheila's eyebrows raise.
Keelia: Q motions to the black clouds.
chris107: The Paladin gives the selfish thief a withering look
Smon: Sheila squints out to sea at the distant clouds.
Smon: "The clouds mean Xin has awoken?!"
chris107: "It is only a guess. Has there been other signs from Xin whilst I slept?"
Smon: GM anyone got +10 Nature (ie passive 20)?
chris107: not me
Keelia: Q does
Keelia: +12
Smon: Sheila shakes her head. "The records indicate Xin died a thousand years before the fall of Thassilon. Following a brief civil war, the 7 Runelords of that era established their rule with Xin's son as a puppet emperor..."
Smon: GM: Quillax senses the epicentre of the Earthquake was not here, on the Irespan where the Sihedron reformed, but out to sea in the direction of the city of Xin.
chris107: "So this sign could well be portentious, coming as it does with the remaking of the Sihedron. Xin's greatest creation?"
Keelia: brb
Smon: To feel tremours here 100 miles from Xin would mean a massive upheaval occurred.
chris107: "I pray my emperor too has been remade."
Smon: Sheila strokes her chin, looking out to sea. "Hm, I see what you mean. There wasn't anything in the records about this, but you would likely know better than I."
joriandrake: "I haven't heard the mention of Xin so often in the last two centuries than just this last week" Drakhain says, stretching his legs then looking at the sky "Perhaps I preferred that"
chris107: "Ah! You did not know his wisdom and benevolence."
chris107: She looks in the direction of Quillax and the Sihedron. "Or his power."
Smon: Sheila:
"Hm... is the sea getting lower?"
Looking down from the Irespan, you see the sea is definitely receding, as from an ebbing tide, but much faster.
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chris107: Am I back?
Smon: yup
Smon: Smon: Sheila:
"Hm... is the sea getting lower?"
Looking down from the Irespan, you see the sea is definitely receding, as from an ebbing tide, but much faster.
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chris107: last word typed was water.
Smon: you better resend
chris107: hris107: "If Xin was rising the sea would lower? chris107: "Like taking your fist from a bowl of water.."
joriandrake: (yeah, the whole message didn't show up the first time)
chris107: sent
Smon: Sheila: "You think the whole city of Xin may have arisen?!"
She gasps.
chris107: "It would seem possible and explain the falling sea level."
joriandrake: "What? ALive or like, full of undead?"
Smon: Meanwhile Quillax has chivvied a few stragglers off the Irespan, from between the brightly coloured fairground tents and scattered debris of the recent celebration.
chris107: "The very earth trembling."
Smon: It seems as if the ocean is being drained by the pull of some giant plug, you can see the base of Irespan pilings long submerged.
chris107: "It has been a hundred centuries since Xin fell. Who knows what it may contain?"
Keelia: back - sorry (had to put away groceries)
joriandrake: Drakhaien with a grim look at the ocean places his black mask back on
chris107: "But I would suggest it may well contain secrets that would help you in your battle against the runelords."
Smon: Quillax returns to the others by the Sihedron shrine having made sure the Irespan is clear. Then you all see a dark line on the western horizon, getting rapidly closer - and larger. A wave - a very BIG wave!
chris107: "Arrgghh!"
chris107: (any guess how long until landfall?)
chris107: "We must get everyone to higher ground!"
Keelia: Q shouts to Rogare
Keelia: "Get the guards to round them to highest ground
Keelia: She considers the Sihedron behind her. "How much do you think this will power my spells?"
chris107: "It will give you access to new spells depending on which point is acendent."
chris107: "And certain benefits when casting your own."
joriandrake: (do we have a plan, like not being flooded?)
Smon: Right now it's just you and Sheila on the Irespan. Rogare was with the guards who got the crowd of revellers off the bridge back to the ground of Bridgeward District https://db4sgowjqfwig.cloudfront.net/assets/308990/Magnimar-2.jpg?1395383265
chris107: (depends on the time available)
Keelia: "I could break the tsunami with walls of stone - at least slow it's destructive power."
Smon: The wave looks about 20' high; enough to swamp much of the low-lying parts of the city.
chris107: "The generosity arm could allow each of us to polymorph into a flying creature for example."
chris107: "But that would not help the poor souls in the city. As Quillax says we need to find a way to deflect the wave."
Smon: On the map https://db4sgowjqfwig.cloudfront.net/assets/308990/Magnimar-2.jpg?1395383265 the upper city #1 to #8 is safe but the lower city #9+ is definitely not.
Smon: You have about 12 seconds until it makes landfall.
chris107: "Quickly, pass the Sihedron!"
chris107: "use your mind to do ir Quillax."
Keelia: If I create a few stone walls I can direct the tsunami away from the city.
Keelia: She passes it
joriandrake: After some hesitation Drakh takes the mask off again and looks at the others "I helped last time evacuate the city, we can't o much more, but I could summon a shelter for us. It would take time though, it is a ritual summon. Not certain if we have that time"
joriandrake: do*
chris107: M chooses generosity, polymorphs into a griffon to carry shiela upwards, uses reaction to pass it to Drak
Smon: OK the Sihedron appears behind Malassandra.
joriandrake: (nvm, didn't notice the "12 seconds" comment earlier)
Keelia: (can Q have 1 extra wild shape for this?)
chris107: he flies upwards with Shiela on her back
chris107: she
joriandrake: how much time passed between the battle last session and today's session starting?
Keelia: (need an animal form)
Smon: >>can Q have 1 extra wild shape for this?<< You have not been using the higher CR Wildshapes so if you like we can go back to the unlimited wildshape/CR 6 rule in the book.
Keelia: yes! thanks!
chris107: (The poly on the Sihedron allows up to CR10)
Smon: 15 minutes have passed since the Shriezyx attacked.
Keelia: She casts water breathing on all those around her, then launches herself towards the tsunami is her fast flying form - likely something like a peregrin falcon
Keelia: or maybe air elemental - that might be faster
Smon: GM: Malassandra takes off from the Irespan, Sheila gripping tight to her griffin-mane, wide eyed.
Keelia: and moves towards it as fast as she can
chris107: Oops, should have rEAD pegasus not Griffon
Smon: GM: I think the fastest bird would be fastest - Quillax turns into a peregrine and flies towards the wall of water, now 6 seconds from landfall.
chris107: (got my monsters mixed up )
Keelia: As she gets closer, she starts throwing down walls of stone at an angle to the waves, to direct them away from the city but also into each other to disrupt the forward flow of water
Smon: Beacon's Point & Underbridge are about to be submerged.
Keelia: She makes the walls as high as she can
chris107: use the Sihedron!
Smon: Followed by Dockway and the Bazaar of Sails.
Smon: Quillax roll init DC 10 to get 2 rounds of casting off
Keelia: (if I use that, don't you stop turning into a pegasus and fall?)
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 11, (+3) = 14
chris107: (I don't thi nk so it has a duration)
Keelia: (the dice gods favour my attempt to save people )
chris107: It's with Drak
chris107: he needs to use it
joriandrake: Drakh keeps close to Quillax and uses Generosity to turn into a giant turtle with polymorph, then hides in shell then passes sihedron to someone in 120 feet range again
Smon: Wall of Stone is a Concentration spell so you can only do 1.
joriandrake: (I needed time to read the powers and think of something)
Smon: You can make a 120' long wall to deflect a small part of the tsunami - where do you want to place it?
chris107: (That's why I suggested we each have a list to reference earlier)
Keelia: (she also has boon of speed, forgot about that)
Smon: GM Rem you are on the Irespan well above the tsunami.
chris107: (We have to get slick at passing it around. )
joriandrake: (I am really not great today, I hope the giant turtle shell thing will work out)
Smon: http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/mediawiki/images/a/a9/Magnimar_panorama.jpg
Keelia: She'll place it from beacon's point towards the river so at least part of the tsunami gets swept up the river and hopefully saves some lives
joriandrake: (But I have no idea to whom to pass it over, probably Quillax is closest so that makes most sense)
chris107: Malissandra's heart brakes at her impotence to save the lives of the innocents.
chris107: (@ Simon, I'm assuming the at will powers of the Sihedron have a duration as the spell?)
Smon: GM: OK Quillax places a 20' tall 120' long wall of stone out west from the 82' tall Wyrmwatch Lighthouse at the head of Beacon's Point and maintains concentration as the wave of water hits the city... the water that strikes the wall deflects, rushing up the river and doubtless saving dozens of lives, but the city screams as the surge strikes.
Smon: >>I'm assuming the at will powers of the Sihedron have a duration as the spell?<< yes
chris107: Thanks.
Keelia: She changes forms fast as she can to an air elemental and then conjures elementals
chris107: M looks to take Shiela to safety before swooping low over the devestated city looking for others to rescue.
Keelia: The wall will be useless now so she summons a water elemental and orders it to rescue any people that it can
chris107: (Would M know about Tsunami and if it would likely have any second waves?)
Keelia: She zooms around plucking people out of the water and dropping them on higher ground.
Smon: Boats
are carried up from the harbor and dashed against the
docks or nearby warehouses, which crumble under the
rushing tide. People and animals are swept away by the
horrendous wave—first deep into the city’s drowned
streets, where they are crushed by debris—and then out
to sea, where those unlucky enough to have survived
likely drown. The wave itself doesn’t resemble the classic
curling breaker, but is rather a 10-foot-high wall of water
that simply pushes inland, f looding much of the city’s
waterfront districts. The brunt of the wave’s force strikes
the western shores of Beacon’s Point and Underbridge, but
surges up into Dockway as well—Ordellia and Keystone
are spared significant damage, although the waters do
f lood up the Yondabakari in a powerful tidal bore.
joriandrake: (the wall was a good idea, it should weaken the force of the fllood, but I don't think it actually avoids the ciy getting underwater)
Smon: Quillaz dispels her wall and gets to work conjuring another air elemental and plucking survivors from the drowned city.
chris107: M weeps as she flies down to help survivors.
Smon: Sheila: "Let me down at Heidmarch Manor, Lady Malassandra."
After leaving off Sheila, Mal goes to help Quillax and others rescue who she can, knowing more waves are likely.
chris107: (We could be swapping the Sihedron each round and finding more suitable forms for the rescue)
chris107: (Making full use of it's powers if we arte within 120' of each other)
joriandrake: (I passed it over, likely to QUillax as it ha to be in 120 feet range and you already flied of f then)
Smon: GM: Quillax & Malassandra roll Charisma checks to see how many you save, Q x2 for the help of the air elemental.
chris107 rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 11, (+5) = 16
joriandrake: CHA is an interesting choice for this
Keelia Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
17 (+1) = 18
5 (+1) = 6
Smon: While stone buildings survived the wave with
some damage, wooden buildings and Varisian camps are
devastated by the waters. Hundreds are washed out to sea as the waters withdraw, or were simply pulverized by surging waters filled with rubble.
Smon: You have rescued around 40 people plus about 60 more from the wall of stone breakwater, when 5 minutes after the water struck you see a second wave coming in.
Keelia: Q commands the elemental to continue to try to save people
chris107: Back to the irespan
chris107: with another survivor. We should regroup.
Keelia: She lands besides the others. "I do not have the magic for this."
Smon: Malassandra rejoins Drakhaien-turtle on the Irespan, two small children boy & girl holding tight onto her mane as she lands, looking very Narnia.
chris107: (I think from memory Magnimar is a city of lawyers? Hope they don't sue us for causing this? )
Smon: Yes Sadly the lawyers live in the heights safely above the common folks!
Keelia: "My magic was geared for fighting, not tsunamis."
chris107: M retakes her own form, comforting the children and looking out for her friends.
Smon: Quillax roll a DEX save for your air elemental DC 15
Smon: /roll d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 5,
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Keelia rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 14, (+5) = 19
Keelia: for the a.e
joriandrake: Drakh-turtle slowly walks in front of the rescued kids, to shelter them in case another wave slams into their position and rises up
Smon: The air elemental plucks a stumbling man from just ahead of the surge and takes to the sky just as the wave it crashes below them.
Keelia: "I can lay down another wall, but it will have as little impact as before."
Smon: For the 3rd time J, you are on the Irespan about 180' above the waves.
chris107: "We can only do what we can do."
chris107: "Our every action is saving some lives."
joriandrake: Turtle-Drakh draws a dome-shape on the ground
Smon: The kids do regard the turtle as a distraction though.
Keelia: She shakes her head. "I will try my best."
chris107: "If I can help?..."
Smon: As the second wave crashes through the city, you see gleaming metallic forms among the debris - forms familiar to Malassandra.
joriandrake: Simon: I know, but that doesn't mean the flood couldn't reach if it is forceful enough https://geology.com/records/biggest-tsunami.shtml
chris107: (If you can reaction the Sihedron back, M could take tyhe form of a young, good dragon and save more folks)
joriandrake: (180 feet is nothing)
chris107: Or maybe we have other problems?
Keelia: (I thought you could pull it?)
chris107: (No, it has to be passed with the users reaction)
Keelia: (either way, M can have it )
Smon: The wave is about 10' above the city's harbour walls.
Amid the tangle of broken buildings, upturned carts, and unfortunate
citizens, an increasing number of metallic limbs of a
strange nature are visible. These are the arms, legs, and
other body parts of specialized clockwork soldiers—Mal recognises them as Xin’s
Legionnaires, destroyed during their magical transport
or after being smashed into the city itself. In a few cases,
mostly intact but still “dead” bodies of Xin Legionnaires
are visible amid the debris.
joriandrake: (I think you have to give ot freely to someone over)
joriandrake: How high are the city walls?
Keelia: Q launches herself into the air, switches forms, and goes to save more lives
Smon: You have to pass it freely as a Reaction, and it then teleports to the recipient.
chris107: M looks on unable to do more without the shared powers.
Keelia: M has it -> Keelia: (either way, M can have it )
chris107: (I had put some of this on the thread and the messanger to help)
chris107: Thanks!
Smon: The city walls are 20-30' high J but around 10' of water went over the dockside into the city both times.
joriandrake: thanks
chris107: m takes young Gold Dragon shape, reaction to pass it to Drak
chris107: She swoops down after Q
joriandrake: THis is great, despite being at the sea the flood waves are relatively low (not like those which can easily be higher than skyscraper, I feared this would be a worst situation)
chris107: To help in the rescue attempts.
Smon: Quillax as you fly down looking for more survivors to save, you see three gigantic metallic eel-things emerging from the water at Beacon Point, in the relatively undamaged area you saved with your wall of stone against the first and largest wave.
chris107: (CR10 for young gold dragon)
joriandrake: If I use any other power than polymorph, would the poly end?
Smon: OOC coincidence the adventure actually says they come out there, in the same place Q placed the wall of stone breakwater
Keelia: She glances back to M to see if she is behind her still, and if she is, signals her
Smon: GM: If you use a second Concentration power the first one ends.
chris107: M, seeing the gesture flies to investigate the possible danger.
Keelia: Q zooms down to investigate.
chris107: (Only your own conc spell would end, Jorian)
joriandrake: Ah, and I also have to remember what emotions a power opposes I belive
chris107: (I asked Simon earlier if the powers had duration)
chris107: (Not when it's swapped to you)
chris107: (Only when you change it's use when you have it)
Smon: The powers work exactly like the spells.
joriandrake: Charity grants its powers to turtle-Drakhaien and he passes it over to the nearest ally(PC)
chris107: (Make a brief list, it takes a couple of minutes and then it's at your finger tips)
joriandrake: Many powers don't seem to have actual spell effects just grant the use of them, like the spell-like ones (Counterspell for Charity, but also +2 AC)
Smon: OOC Yes, start working on learning how to use it.
Smon: Counterspell is a spell effect, +2 AC is not.
joriandrake: I didn'tz cast it, it just enables its use, but yes, it is a spell effect
chris107: Counter Spell, Polymorph, Greater Invis, Ice Storm, Charm, Fear and Dimension Door
Smon: GM: So Q air elemental, Mal gold dragon, is Drak polymorphing?
chris107: Each point has a spell like power + the abilities.
joriandrake: (Drakhaien now has Charity and Generosity powers enabled - Kindness/temperance/humility/love are opposites so I assume can't work at same time with this)
joriandrake: Drakh is still a turtle
chris107: (One point at a time!)
chris107: (You make one point ascendant )
Smon: BTW note that it's much more efficient to transfer the Sihedron (reaction) than turn it to a new point (action)
chris107: (And claim those powers, then reaction it along)
chris107: (I guess no one readf my post )
Smon: J you can choose ONE point to be ascendant at a time
joriandrake: I have cast Polymorphs right away to become a turtle, so I either still have turtle-form and the +2 AC (and counterspell ability) from Sihedron, or I just keep Generosity to hold on to turtle form
chris107: Or use Poly again to get a more useful shape to help?
joriandrake: It is a concentration spell so Polymorph should still work if I use a different 'ascendant'
chris107: I give up
joriandrake: Drakh stays in Turtle form, but took Charity for the new +2 AC extra, why is this hard to understand?
chris107: It'sd not. I've got it.
Smon: Yes you can Polymorph with Generosity ascendant & maintain concentration on that as you switch to Charity.
joriandrake: exactly, that I do, thank you
Smon: GM: OK Drak turtle is still on the Irespan. Chris I'm not sure you can really be a dragon?
Keelia: (don't give up, Chris, we're just a little slow this morning )
Smon: Polymorph in 5e is Beast only in 5e
chris107: ( )
chris107: (CR10 max?)
Smon: OOC It's ok I was fully expecting teething issues with the Sihedron usage
chris107: ah!
chris107: Soz
Smon: Dragons are Beasts
Smon: are not
Smon: beasts
joriandrake: I'm reading Polymorph on roll 20 and I see no creature limitation mentioned there, I got the handbook not with me atm
chris107: (Desperately searches large flying beasts :D)
Smon: The new form can be any beast whose Challenge rating is equal to or less than the target's (or the target's level, if it doesn't have a Challenge rating). The target's game Statistics, including mental Ability Scores, are replaced by the Statistics of the chosen beast. It retains its Alignment and personality.
Smon: https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Polymorph#content
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chris107: She circles the silver eels high above as a Giant eagle, watching with sharp eagly eyes
joriandrake: ah, language barrier, Beast is an actual type here, I've read it jsut as 'creature'
Smon: I'm allowing Griffon although it's a Monstrosity, I allowed Quillax to wildshape into an owlbear BiTD
Keelia: (https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/monsters/)
chris107: Okay, cool Thanks
Keelia: (limit it to beasts)
chris107: (Thanks Keelia )
Keelia: (eh, a griffon is made up of beast parts )
chris107: (I'll make a list for later. I like lists)
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Keelia: (so, being made up of beast parts means it's a beast )
joriandrake: (so are some undead )
Smon: Normally Polymorph puts you at the INT of your assumed form, though you keep your personality.
chris107: I like your thinking!
Smon: I'll allow Mal to keep her INT as a griffon
joriandrake: ouch yes, this reminds me of the flying crocodile battle, remember Chris?
chris107: I do Jorian
Keelia: (flying crocodile battle???? and you didn't invite me?!)
chris107: Does M recognise the eels as more clockwork stuff?
Smon: The three
eel-like constructs are rumbling, thrashing monsters
made of immense metal plates and machinery. They
immediately surge out of the churning waters, attacking surviving
buildings and citizens alike with blasts of lightning and powerful slams and bite attacks.
chris107: Drat!
joriandrake: (During one of Bochi's campaigns a druid used pixies to polymorph the party into alligators or corodiles, then cast Fly on the team to fight a horde of goblins/trolls/gobolls)
Keelia: Q narrows her eyes and dives down to attack
Smon: Mal recognises them as Clockwork Leviathans, battle meks based off the Azlanti Dragon Eel.
chris107: (We need to regroup again and beware of further waves)
Keelia: (oh my god, that sounds like an amazing fight!)
chris107: (If we can keep within 120' of each other we can take best advantage)
joriandrake: (It was a good idea, problem was the druid didn't ask the PCs/Players if they actually want to turn into that, and eat the critters)
Smon: GM Quillax you can roll Stealth for your air elemental form to get a surprise round.
chris107: History roll to remember any weaknesses of the creatures?
joriandrake: - DO we want to fight these constructs?
Smon: OOC if you recall the first Avengers film, these things look a lot like non flying versions of the snake things in the New York battle
Keelia rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 8, (+5) = 13
Keelia: for stealth
chris107: Well they are killing innocent people
Smon: They're immune to lightning, paralysis and being knocked prone. If you hit them you get an electric shock.
chris107: Do we just let them kill at will and destroy Magnimar?
Keelia: Having worked with Clank for so long and being a techno-druid to a certain extent - would Q know how best to attack them?
chris107: M will fight along side Quillax
Smon: OK Q is spotted by the one she's approaching - they are a couple rounds apart, spread through the ruins.
Smon: They can shoot lightning but their main attacks are bite & tail slap. As constructs, mind magic won't affect them.
joriandrake: Simon: What's the distance between the Irespan and the eels?
Smon: Q & M can roll init as they attack the nearest eel thing. The Irespan is about 3000' from the battle.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
20 (+2) = 22
6 (+2) = 8
Smon: leviathans init
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 10, (+3) = 13
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 12, (+1) = 13
Smon: Quillax roll off
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
Keelia rolls 1d20 and gets: 10,
joriandrake: (ok, now I know what to do, next polymorp use will have Drak also turn flying then go up closer to 600 feet to shoot from some high position at the eels)
Smon: OK Mal then eel then Quillax
joriandrake: afk - coughing my lungs out here, getting tea and some pills
Smon: Drak you notice the shine of the huge eel things to the west near Beacon Point
Keelia: (what language would these things know? Thass?)
chris107: M can see the one that Q is nearest?
chris107: Drak has the Sihedron at the moment?
Smon: yes M & Q can attack the same one, it should be 2 rounds before the others can help it
Smon: Looks like you left the Sihedron w Drak afaict
Smon: So good luck
chris107: I thought so
chris107: Swooping in then taking her own form she will use the sun sword (non conductive as it's just light?) to attack.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+15x2 and gets:
12 (+15) = 27
13 (+15) = 28
Smon: GM: You'll still take damage from the lightning burst, 5 dmg per hit
Smon: AC 18, 2 hits
chris107: 2 level 1 smites
chris107: added
joriandrake: back
joriandrake: last time I used the powers for the +2 ac then gave it to quillax
chris107 rolls 8d6+22 and gets: 4, 4, 5, 5, 1, 2, 1, 3, (+22) = 47
chris107: oops
chris107 rolls 8d8+22 and gets: 3, 2, 6, 2, 1, 1, 4, 8, (+22) = 49
joriandrake: if you did give it back to me again Drakh polymorphs into something flying
chris107: 49HP end turn
Smon: You only have the +2 AC while you have the Sihedron with that point ascendant
chris107: all radiant damage by the way.
Smon: The leviathan tries to bite & crush Mal.
joriandrake: So it ends when I hand it over? ok
chris107: AC20 no crits
Smon: /roll d20+12x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+12x2 and gets:
3 (+12) = 15
6 (+12) = 18
joriandrake: are plant-forms okay, or must it be an animal?
chris107: phew
Smon: LOL
Smon: BEAST
Keelia: (yes, must be an animal)
Smon: I'm allowing most 'monstrosities' as they are basically weird beasts - so griffon or owlbear is ok
Smon: Quillax your go
joriandrake: ok, no treant then
Keelia: Q zooms over above it and when she is directly above it, changes to an earth elemental form
Keelia: She drops like a rock
chris107:
Smon: LOL
Keelia: Then she multiattack slams it
Keelia Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
18 (+8) = 26
15 (+8) = 23
Smon: OK bonus action change form, what is your spell save DC?
chris107: nice
Keelia: spell save dc = 20
Smon: It'll be 40d6 bludgeoning
Smon: to both of you
chris107: hehe
Smon: eel DEX save
chris107: oops
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 5, (+5) = 10
Smon: /roll 40d6
Smon rolls 40d6 and gets: 4, 3, 2, 5, 4, 1, 3, 2, 5, 3, 3, 6, 5, 2, 4, 5, 6, 2, 2, 5, 2, 6, 1, 1, 5, 4, 6, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 2, 1, 5, 6, 2, 2, 1, 1 = 140
Keelia rolls 40d6 and gets: 6, 3, 4, 6, 2, 6, 1, 4, 3, 1, 5, 1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 1, 4, 2, 5, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6, 6 = 141
Keelia: ow.
Smon: OK eel takes 140 dmg; Quillax it is non magical dmg so you take 70 from the impact
chris107: ouchers indeed
joriandrake: (found a fun option)
Keelia: I'm still good with that
chris107: (Get the Sihedron to us!)
Smon: Q-bomb smashes a huge hole in the metal beast then stands punches & tears it
chris107: (We can all be healing each round + the other benefits)
Smon: Q you got 2 hits, roll dmg
joriandrake: (If I can use it / have my action/turn I will do so and get closer)
Keelia rolls 4d8+10 and gets: 1, 6, 8, 3, (+10) = 28
Keelia: that's both combined
Smon: Drak flies towards the battle, 240' this round so 1760' to go
Keelia: counts as magical
Smon: It is massively damaged
Smon: Round 2 - Drak closes to 1520'. Mal your turn
Keelia: (when a druid elemental falls on you, she expects you to stay down
chris107: Two more strikes
joriandrake: in this case I just roll init too to add to list once arriving
chris107 rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 2, (+15) = 17
Smon: (ok)
Smon: AC 18
chris107 rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 9, (+15) = 24
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 14, (+5) = 19
chris107: one hit one level 1 smite
chris107 rolls 4d8+11 and gets: 7, 3, 3, 5, (+11) = 29
chris107: 29HP end turn.
Smon: 5 lightning dmg to Mal; Quillax took 15 lightning from impact & 2 hits on it
joriandrake: (so to be clear, challenge rating up to 10, beast/monstrosity?)
chris107: 170/175HP
Smon: Mal hacks and stabs; the giant metal eel head rears up and crashes to the ground.
Smon: 1 down...
chris107: yay
Keelia: (yay!)
chris107: How far to the others?
Smon: A second leviathan is moving towards Mal & Q, will arrive next round. The third one is not in sight but you can hear shouting & sounds of battle from the direction you saw it. Q your go. The nearest eel thing is 60' away as it emerges from a ruined brothel frontage, head turning to sight you.
chris107: Shield of faith as an action in the round it takes to arrive?
Keelia: She clambers off the body of the last one. (How heavy is the eel? could she pick it up?)
Smon: Not the whole thing, but you could maybe break off a segment.
Keelia: (damn would have been hilarious to hit the one with the other )
chris107: bonus action rather
Smon: A big chunk of the shattered carapace. It is segmented and about 12' diameter but largely hollow inside.
joriandrake: (You probably kill them before I get there even with full speed)
Keelia: (worked or unworked stone?)
Smon: It is metal, the ground is worked stone.
Smon: Seems to be brass, with mithril fangs.
Keelia: OK - she grabs the chunk of carapace and rips it off and lumbers towards the other one
chris107: action will be Sacred Weapon.
Smon: ok
Smon: You see a couple fireballs go off in the direction of the third leviathan, and hear Claw yelling something - looks like it's being taken care of by other heroes.
chris107:
Keelia:
Smon: R3 Drak flies 240' closer; Mal casts Sacred Weapon, the 2nd eel thing draws a bead on Q & Mal and unleashes lightning from its jaws... Q & M DEX save DC 18
joriandrake: (You kill it before I even make half the distance)
chris107: +5 Keelia
Smon: /roll 10d10
Smon rolls 10d10 and gets: 2, 10, 1, 10, 1, 4, 4, 10, 8, 7, = 57
chris107 rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 14, (+15) = 29
Smon: 57 lightning/save is 28
chris107: Shield master to reduce 1/2 to 0
Keelia rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 19, (+4) = 23
Smon: Mal swats away the lightning
joriandrake: (shield master tactic works great!)
chris107: (You get +5 if you're within 30' of mal)
Smon: earth elemental DEX is -1 though
Keelia: (and E.E is -1 dex so I get 4 )
Smon: so +4 is right
chris107: cripes!
chris107:
Smon: Have Inspiration Quillax for your rules adherence
Keelia: (still passed thanks to you )
chris107: yay!
Keelia:
joriandrake: (withdraw if you need, just drag this out until I get in there, I have a nice CR8 monstrosity up my sleeve)
chris107: M leaps at the thing slashing at it with the Sun Sword
chris107 Rolls 1d20+20x2 and gets:
16 (+20) = 36
10 (+20) = 30
Smon: Is Quillax first
chris107: Oops
chris107: I was on 22 init
joriandrake: nice +20 rolls tho
Keelia: Q wraps the carapace over her hand like brass knuckles and hits it twice
Keelia Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
1 (+8) = 9
6 (+8) = 14
Smon: Yes on 22 init you cast a spell, then it attacked, then Quillax
Keelia: and does nothing
chris107: (I cast the bonus action spell in the round we were approaching?)
chris107: (and the action that same round?)
Smon: Oh it's a bonus action?
chris107: Shield of faith as an action in the round it takes to arrive?
chris107: It is
Smon: Yes that one
chris107: hris107: bonus action rather
Smon: You cast that when it was coming towards you, then its turn, then Q's turn
chris107: chris107: action will be Sacred Weapon.
Smon: If you have 60' speed you could attack it before it breathed
chris107: cool
chris107: I'm rather eager this morning
chris107: nope, just 30' soz
Smon: are we ok saying Mal was moving up to within 30' to attack it next round, it breathes, then Q attacks & misses?
chris107: yes
Smon: Then it's next round & Mal's turn.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+20x2 and gets:
9 (+20) = 29
11 (+20) = 31
chris107: a level 2 and a level 3 smite.
Smon: 2 hits, take 10 lightning
chris107 rolls 11d8+22 and gets: 8, 5, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 4, 2, 7, 8, (+22) = 76
Smon: ouch
chris107: 160/175HP end turn
Smon: It turns on Mal.
Smon: /roll d20+12x2
joriandrake: rawr
Smon Rolls 1d20+12x2 and gets:
17 (+12) = 29
2 (+12) = 14
Smon: bite hit
chris107: AC22
Smon: 26 piercing, 5 lightning, & DC 18 CON save or paralysed!
chris107 rolls 1d20+14 and gets: 2, (+14) = 16
chris107: eek
joriandrake: ...
Smon: *bzzt*
Smon: Mal goes rigid
chris107: 129/175HP and paralysed
Smon: Quillax your turn
joriandrake: (shit, paralysed is a terrible state)
chris107: (We need the Sihedron!)
joriandrake: (I'm on my way)
Smon: Drak roll DC 20 Athletics to arrive next round
Keelia: Seeing Mal drop, she changes her plans and changes her form to air elemental as bonus action, then grabs Mal and uses her epic boon of being able to disengage. She takes to the air and carries her some distance away
Smon: DC 15 2 rounds, DC 10 3 rounds
Smon: good plan Q!
joriandrake: lol, that is one of the skills I haven't trained (unlike Acrobatics)
chris107: Nice one keelia!
joriandrake rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 16, (+1) = 17
joriandrake: almost!
Smon: Quillax grabs Malassandra from the jaws of death and takes to the sky.
Smon: /roll d6x2
Smon Rolls 1d6x2 and gets:
5 = 5
5 = 5
Keelia: boon of speed gives her +30 speed so 120'
joriandrake: good thinking
Keelia: towards Drak
chris107: yay
Smon: (house rule picking things up takes half move) but luckily the lightning recharges only on a 6 - Q is able to get Mal to safety, she sees Drak-griffon flapping towards them
Keelia: (60' then )
Smon: Mal the paralysis is 1 minute, save to end end of each turn
Keelia: (still enough to be out of range for the moment, I hope )
Smon: Yes it rears up but Q gets out of melee range, and its lightning is down.
chris107: mal still has her freedom of movement running!
joriandrake: so, now we both fly towards each other
Smon: Oh no paralysis then
chris107: But still glad to be rescued
joriandrake: wait, so a redo on whole turn?
chris107: I'm happy to be swepped away
Smon: No you get it when you remember it!
joriandrake: fine with me, at least we regroup
chris107: Now we can start to use the powers of the Sihedron
Smon: GM: You regroup in the sky above the battlefield.
joriandrake: ( I can imagine it as M going "I'm paralysed, I'm paralysed I'm... oh wait... nope, I'm not paralysed after all"
chris107: So it's with you Jorian.
Smon: You need to take this one out so the others can handle the 3rd one off camera, if it helps its friend things will get messy
joriandrake: Drakh nods at them and descends to transform again
Smon: suggest we reroll inits?
Keelia: Q passes Mal onto Drak's griffin back?
chris107: Try your reaction in beast form?
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
8 (+2) = 10
13 (+2) = 15
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 14, (+3) = 17
Keelia: for init if we need
chris107: 15 init for M
joriandrake: Among the flooded streets Drak lands on some form of pedestal to stop concentrating on griffin and become the creature he thought of
joriandrake: He changes into a CR8 monstrosity
joriandrake: A Hydra
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 6, (+1) = 7
Smon: no it has to be at least made of Beast!
joriandrake: then passes the think over to M so she can heal up
joriandrake: its a hydra, it is literally a multiheaded snake o.O
chris107: So D can use his reaction in polymorphed form?
Smon: yes I'll let you use reaction
Smon: You can turn into a T-Rex though!
Smon: Tell you what J, make a DC 20 Arcana check & I'll allow hydra
chris107: M 149/175HP chooses Kindness. Mves to attack the eel. Reaction to transfrer the S to Q.
joriandrake: Auto Success: 20
Smon: OK Drak uses his mastery of magic to twist the rules and turns into a Hydra.
joriandrake: I got +10 to Arcana, Drakh can't have a roll lower than 10
chris107:
joriandrake: the hydra-elf is very happy and maniacally laughs with all its heads
Smon: roll init Drak
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 11, (+5) = 16
Smon: OK so it's Quillax-Drak-Malassandra-leviathan
Smon: Q your go
joriandrake: (and if you pass the powers back next turn Drakhaien can have hydra form with turnly healing)
chris107: (We need to be passing it on every turn unless there is good reason not to)
Smon: Q you can drop off Mal near the construct & attack it?
joriandrake: (I think hydra- Drakh can keep it occupied if you let the elf have the power for turnly HP healing in addition to head regeneration)
chris107: (And the more of us playing the more benefits we gain each round)
Keelia: Q zooms back to the eel, sets Mal down, she slides inside it's body (with 1 inch ability) then bonus action wildshapes into ee form inside of it.
Keelia: It might hurt, but she's ok with that
9:51am 2019-7-20 chris107 Has exited the room
joriandrake: eel form?
Keelia: Inside, if she can move, she flails around.
Keelia: (earth elemental)
Smon: That's be an opposed athletics or acrobatics check
9:52am 2019-7-20 chris107 Has entered the room
Keelia: will likely fail but....
Smon: So air elemental dex +5
Smon: will be an action too
Keelia rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 13, (+5) = 18
Smon: /roll d20+12
Smon rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 10, (+12) = 22
Smon: It fends you off
Smon: (it has +12 athletics)
chris107: nice try
Keelia: damn. She throws the S to M.
Smon: Drak you can slither up to it and attack
joriandrake: (when an eel critter is more nimble than an elemental of pure air, woah)
Smon: 5 atts at +8 I believe
joriandrake: Yes, got the stats open thanks Simon
Smon: (she was trying to get inside it!) :-O
joriandrake: Hydraien slithers closer and attacks it with all 5 heads
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+8x5 and gets:
13 (+8) = 21
18 (+8) = 26
14 (+8) = 22
20 (+8) = 28
4 (+8) = 12
chris107: (If we cascade the S down the initiative order we gat most benefit. Perfect time to practice with just the three of us?)
Smon: 4 hits inc a crit
Keelia: (I thought I was last )
joriandrake: Nice (the hydra is fun but I assume large HP damage would quickly take it doqwn by these type of powerful enemies)
chris107: (No worries, that's why it's called practice. rather now than agin a truely horrid foe )
Smon: 5d10+bonus
joriandrake rolls 5d10+20 and gets: 9, 10, 1, 5, 2, (+20) = 47
joriandrake: already rolled it is slow to react
chris107: nice damage
joriandrake: 47 hp onslaught
Smon: The hydra tears into it.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
joriandrake:
Smon: It bites and flails at the hydra
Smon: AC 15
Smon: /roll d20+12x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+12x2 and gets:
19 (+12) = 31
14 (+12) = 26
Smon: Oh the hydra took 25 lightning dmg biting it
joriandrake: Once head is torn off
joriandrake: or electrocuted
joriandrake: how to do the concentration roll?
Smon: Oh yeah that's 5 concentration rolls, DC 10, I guess at +5 for Hydra's CON
chris107: Taking advantage of having the S again she brings kindness into the ascendant and then uses the foresight power to attack with advantage. Reaction, to transfer it to Drak to give him retro adv on save
chris107: saves
chris107: (+20HP each)
Smon: We are still on Drak's turn
Smon: I'll say Mal is within 30' so Drak rolls at +10
joriandrake: Does the Hdyra benefit from M's aura?
Smon: fail on a 1
Smon: yes
chris107: (Retrospective reaction?)
Smon: You can use your Reaction on Drak's turn Mal ok
Smon: so you'd need a double 1 to fail con save Drak
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+10x10 and gets:
8 (+10) = 18
18 (+10) = 28
12 (+10) = 22
17 (+10) = 27
18 (+10) = 28
20 (+10) = 30
7 (+10) = 17
3 (+10) = 13
18 (+10) = 28
19 (+10) = 29
chris107: (This transfer occurs so quickly etc.)
joriandrake: 4th one was a bit close
chris107: (Thanks)
joriandrake: (and I thanks you Chris too!)
chris107: (It's the S doing all the work. We just have to remember to use it.)
joriandrake: I guess this is end turn then
Smon: OK fine so far. Then the beast bites & slams the hydra for 31 & 35 dmg, so save DCs are 15 & 17, save +10 w advtg
joriandrake: wait, I can't see the damage and attack rolls in chat
Smon: Hydra has taken 91 dmg so far & loses another head.
joriandrake: have I lost connection for a bit?
Smon: It's using average dmg & the attack rolls were 15 minutes ago.
joriandrake: oh
Smon: You have AC 15 so expect to get hit
Smon: CON saves please, +10 w advtg
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+10x4 and gets:
11 (+10) = 21
5 (+10) = 15
4 (+10) = 14
14 (+10) = 24
Smon: 21 & 24, fine
Smon: Now DC 18 CON save vs paralysis, same
joriandrake: yeah, I need the fast healing, 81/172
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
20 (+10) = 30
2 (+10) = 12
chris107: (You got +20HP with the transfer, keep it rolling.)
Smon: Hydra shrugs off the paralysis attack
joriandrake: (ah thanks, I forgot that)
joriandrake: 101/172
Smon: Leviathan's turn ends.
Smon: Next round
#17 Quillax your go
chris107: (I find it really helps to have a scrap of paper with the powers scribbled on it.)
chris107: (too many to remember without for my old brain )
chris107: (So Drak could reaction it to Q now)
Smon: yup
joriandrake: ok I do that, then end turn
Keelia: She'll repeat her previous drop - she'll fly above, and change forms to EE and cannonball (quillax-ball?) onto the eel
chris107: Nice
Smon: but note if Drak was in PC Rogue form & used reaction to halve dmg from an attack, he could not transfer Sihedron until his next turn
Smon: OK eel DEX save
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 5, (+5) = 10
joriandrake: (Chris I am also ill atm, so it is harder for me to think, your comments are very helpful currently to keep track of things)
chris107: Got you, thanks Simon.
Smon: *cromp*
Smon: /roll 40d6
Smon rolls 40d6 and gets: 2, 2, 1, 6, 4, 4, 6, 2, 6, 2, 6, 2, 5, 6, 3, 1, 6, 1, 4, 2, 6, 2, 5, 6, 5, 3, 1, 6, 4, 3, 6, 6, 4, 1, 5, 2, 5, 5, 4, 5 = 155
chris107: (Not having a go Jorian, just trying to help us all get used to it.)
Keelia rolls 40d6 and gets: 6, 4, 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 3, 3, 5, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 6, 3, 5, 6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2, 6 = 144
Smon: Quillax lands on its head and explodes it!
Smon: Her ee form takes 144/2 = 72 dmg
joriandrake: (Yeah, Simon is right, my squishy elf form wouldn't be a good choice for this combat in melee)
Keelia: She shakes off some loose shale from her own damage and staggers upright
joriandrake: (I know, it is Quillax's turn Chris)
Smon: Nearby you hear Claw & Rogare finishing off the last leviathan with the aid of Silrus & Seoni.
chris107: yay!
Keelia: (yay!)
joriandrake: Drakhaien hopes the other companions won't mistake his sexy hyra-self for another enemy
chris107: "Your bomb did look big in that Quillax."
Smon: XP Mal gets 12,800, Drak gets half so 6,400.
Keelia: She gives Mal a thumbs up
joriandrake: We stop here?
Keelia: Then starts to stomp back towards the others to check they have finished off their leviathan.
chris107: I think that's 20th level for mal?
chris107: yup!
chris107:
Keelia: Nice
joriandrake: congrats
chris107: A radiant halo appears around the ancient paladin
chris107: Sorry if I've been a bit sdnappy guys.
Keelia: (no drama )
chris107: I've been practicing with the Sihedron all week
Smon: Yes will break there, it looks like more waves are on the way... You do your best to help the surviving citizens & an hour passes so I'll count that as a short rest, as you see the skies overhead darken and rumble, something new is coming...
chris107: and trying to get those ideas across during real time I may have sounded a little shorter than I intended.
joriandrake: I honestly meant thanks for your help, but I think Chris you might have misunderstood that as sarcastic criticism
Smon: I thought you were fine Chris.
Smon: & I expected Jorian to be confused
chris107: It took me a good couple of hours reading the powers and seeing how they can work for everyone. Really worth while. That and having a note of what it does in front of me
Keelia: Q frowns towards the dark skies and calls the group together.
joriandrake: if the others don't mind it, the hydra form still works for a hour so I could use the artifact for a couple turns to heal 20 hp turnly to full, then give it over
joriandrake: What confuses me most is the opposites, need to be careful what you pick to use
chris107: It heals 20 points per reaction swap anyway, Jorian.
Smon: You can certainly get back to full hp
joriandrake: but if I keep using just a couple I get used to it should be fine
chris107: It's much more effective swapping it every turn.
chris107: Everyone then benefits.
chris107: Take an hour out during the week to really look at it.
chris107: Play it through a few times.
chris107: The opposites only count when you keep it
chris107: if you swap it it's not an issue
joriandrake: I liked the hydra assault, I had already an idea of a Triton character but no class for it, if a druid can turn into a hydra he could become an undersea druid, but it depends on GM
Smon: Main reason not to swap on your turn is if enemy are about to attack, can make sense to use reaction on enemy turn.
joriandrake: OK I need to get into a bed, bye all, thanks for game Bochi
chris107: It's very complex but quite subtle once you get the hang of it.
joriandrake: sorry, Simon
Smon: Next game in 2 weeks
Smon:
joriandrake: shows how bad I feel
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