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>>171637And he misses like a chump
>>171637Alluring takes a dagger that evidently he had concealed in his jacket, and attempts to stab at Pup 1 with it
[1d20 = 17] >>171640>>171637I think even with his myriad negative modifiers, that hits
[1d4 = 3] >>171641Ngl, even though I have to murder him too, I'm low-key rooting for Alluring.
(If he evades then for the duration of the spell, they'll disappear).
Posey takes her next turn now.
She decides to charge into melee, confident in her powers. She flanks Luminous and bucks him with her Slam Attack.
[1d20+10 = (6+10) = 16]
>>171643And she misses, like an idiot, I stead of using a touch spell.
This is still part of my plan of pretending to be retarded, btw.
Pup 1 continues its assault
[1d20-2 = (17-2) = 15]
I think the way grappling works, he may only be able to attack once, at a -4 penalty.
>>171647He is rolling like a champ
>>171647>>171646Alluring is stronger than he looks
>>171643>>171644It's super effective. Not the attack. That meets another metalic "thump." Posey's plan to conceal her true power level.
The griffin turns to Posey, with an expression of genuine annoyance.
"
Arcturus, end this puppet!"
He raises his sword, and it glows stronger than before. He thrusts it into Posey
[1d20+13 = (20+13) = 33] Luminous can now attack the mage who exposed herself to melee range. She has less hit points than the big ooze.
>>171649Posey, unlike Pup 2,
is vulnerable to critical hits
[1d20+13 = (20+13) = 33] >>171649Ummm, does he have that one paladin gimmick that lets him crit undead? Because it would be really painful if he did?
Does the extra damage from Smite evil become multiplied by crits?
[1d8+10 = (7+10) = 17]
[1d8+10 = (6+10) = 16]
>>171656>Three quarters of my HP in one hitTop unf
Don't forget the bonus damage for holding a longsword two handed.
>>171658I didn't
Reminder that there is a door behind Posey
>>171659Posey is not running.
Posey craves the bitter sting of holy mana thrust I to the ugly black lump where her heart used to be.
Posey let's out a deranged cackle, leaning into the blade like a madmare
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Magical silver bypasses her dhampir DR, although she takes -2 because of her lich body.
Posey's fast Healing 1 kicks in now that she is below half health. As does her Masochism.
Does Luminous do anything else on his turn?
>>171660>Griffin uses a smite evil attack that double crits and causes 33 damagePosey: "Anything else?"
Nah, he's good. Save perhaps to yell a few words to express his frustration with the situation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4NsQYlmvZM >>171661"I'm gonna fuck myself with your wishbone once this is over~!" Posey swoons, as she coughs up a gout of congealed black blood.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H9_xF4oh-_0Puppy 2 tries to land a blow. This time it's flanking.
[1d20+4 = (9+4) = 13][1d20+4 = (3+4) = 7] >>171662Posey's remark inspires a look of horror on the griffin's face
You know, she could have treated him like she did August...Actually, why not? Hunting Paladins is a game anywaysThe tentacles don't quite seem make their mark
heh against the metalic armor under his increasingly worn leather jacket.
>>171662And he misses
Okay, Posey's turn.
Posey uses an attack that's badly written enough to basically be a suicide bomb for any non-undead Dread Necromancer: Negative Energy Burst. Her bloodline levels give her a nice boost.
All creatures within 5 ft of her, which should sadly affect her puppy, take diceroll of negative energy damage, although Posey heals the same amount, +1 from her fast healing.
Also, due to masochism, this attack deals +2 damage this round
[6d4+1 = (14+1) = 15]DC 17 Will save for half
>>171663>Treated him like AugustI wanted to actually kill a paladin this time.
>>171664Oh wait, I forgot about Alluring. He should probably try to escape.
Posey's action remains the same, whatever he does, unless it so.ehow prevents her from doing so.
>>171662I meant that Posey could have toyed around with him first by having sex with him, and hopefully finding out more information. She's still kill him[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]Alluring attempts to wrestle free
[1d20+1 = (6+1) = 7] >>171666Satan appears to be in the Paladin's side this time. Posey's horniness must've been a turnoff.
I guess this is an opposed grapple
[1d20+7 = (1+7) = 8] >>171667Huh, look at that. The puppy rolls a 1
>>171668>>171667I think... that means... He's free!
Oh yeah, puppy 2 needs to roll a save vs negative energy.
[1d20-4 = (6-4) = 2]
>>171669Yep.
Actually, die to its space and reach, Puppy #1 might also be affected by Posey's burst of darkness
[1d20-4 = (2-4) = -2] >>171671>>171670Both puppies take severe damage.
Posey is healed to 25 HP, which deactivates her Fast Healing.
Posey takes a 5 ft step back. This forfeits her move action.
With Alluring being slightly further away now, Puppy #1 mindlessly focuses its attention on Luminous.
It doesn't flank because it lacks the intelligence to use tactics.
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
>>171675Also opposed grapple, I guess.
>>171677He is grappled by the crawler.
It should be his turn now though.
Oh, wait, Posey's puppies should be disappearing after this round...
"Grrr!" He presses his beak down
"Arcturus! End it."
He makes a slicing stroke
[1d20+12 = (6+12) = 18]
>>171680Is he attacking Posey, or the crawler?
Idk if he can use a sword while grappled in this circumstance, but the grapple rules always confuse me...
Whatever happens, puppy #2 does it's same mindless attack it did last turn. No longer flanking
[1d20+2 = (6+2) = 8]
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
Alluring should be able to move after the crawler. He should be careful, since he's still in AoO range. Withdraw action is always on the table though.
I have come to the realization that Posey has actually done very little damage to her target so far.
She is merely pretending to be retarded though.
GM, are you still there? I'm alright with pausing if you want. Posey is at 25 HP, and her spell is about to expire.
GM, it is almost 1:00 AM for me on a weekday. If you're tired, I think we could pause it here.
>>171681I think that's right
as I think that attack would have failed anyways. I think that Posey is too far away for most of his attacks. He's too far away to touch Posey, or to touch Alluring. So he touches himself
No. Not like thatAnd says "Arcturus, give me the health to continue the fight"
And casts Cure Light Wounds on himself
[1d8+1 = (2+1) = 3]"Alluring!" He looks to his cousin
"Get out of here! Go out and sin no more. Find Jungle Dark. He won't believe in dark sorcerers, but if you tell him the building is crawling with elves, he'll know what to do. Don't came back in if I don't come out."
>>171685Sure
>>171687>crawling with elvesPlease tell me elves don't exist.
I need to know that before bed.
>>171687His CL mod should be at least +2, btw.
Sleeping now.
>>171577After another pause,
"You are lucky the Kronburg Office is not answering. I will investigate this matter further with our detained suspects. But do not assume that you and your... 'colleagues' are off the hook." He starts to stand up. "You may not go far."
I think I may have made the encounter too hard
>>171692No. Stop. Banish that thought. I like hard fights. I want hard fights. I desired overleveled, unfair encounters. I don't make high HP characters just so that I can take no damage. Big challenge = big XP. You could have given me a lvl 10 paladin, and I would be thrilled (although probably dead).
You think I put the +2 Silver sword in his claws and told him to "dress to impress" (wear armor) just because I'm pretending to be retarded? No, it's because if he came unarmed and unarmored like a civilian, Posey's victory would be meaningless. Posey has never killed a paladin before, so this is a very important experience for her. If she dies, she does. Him being able to crit me and bypass my immunity was a pleasant surprise.
Pick related, but opposite.
Alluring had a lot more HP than I expected though, and his potential escape complicates things, but I already had a plan to deal with him, an especially evil one.
>>171687I think Pup #2 gets an attack of opportunity for casting a spell within reach reach, unless it was cast defensively
[1d20+2 = (12+2) = 14]I think it's alluring's turn. He doesn't know it, but if he takes the withdraw action now to avoid Pup #1, he might just get out of this alive, as Posey's summon is about to expire.
Also, GM, real quick, how do you interpret Chill Touch?
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/chillTouch.htmI think how the RC interprets spells like this is a bit counterintuitive, so it's "ask your DM" territory.
>>171693O.... kay then....
>>171695I'm assuming that the questionable portion is this line:
>You can use this melee touch attack up to one time per levelI think the most natural interpretation of that line is that each time you cast the spell, the number of times the attack may be used is the same as your caster level
If you're asking how many times it may be used in one round, I think it's the same as the number of touch attacks you can make in the round, unless of course, the number of touch attacks you can make is higher than your number of remaining uses of the chill touch attack.
>>171694Alluring's action is to get the fuck out of there as quickly as he possibly can.
>>171697Okay, so does it work like Scorching Ray (you make more attacks in one action) as the RC implies, or more like Produce Flame (you spend an action every turn until you run out of attacks)?
I'm fine with either ruling. I just need to know so that I can decide what my next turn is.
>>171698I think the more natural reading would be that it does not increase the number of attacks per round. Though that seems a little underpowered for damage die. Then again, strength damage is a part of it.
The 5e version has the total amount of damage from a single attack increase
>>171700Okay, so, I spread out the number of attacks over time?
Alright. Posey's next action will be to return to melee range with a move action.
She then casts Chill Touch, making a concentration check to cast defensively (DC 16)
[1d20+10 = (16+10) = 26] (+1 from Sadism, since her puppies took damage)
I need to resolve this skill check before making the attack.
>>171701Defensive cast. AoO avoided.
Posey makes her first Chill Touch with Charnel Touch. She's flanking (for the last round), so +2, +1 sadism.
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18] >>171702Pretty sure his touch AC is lower than 18.
[1d8+1d6+1 = (8+4+1) = 13]DC 15 to avoid taking 1 point of strength damage.
With this deadly boop, Posey's turn is over.
Her puppies should vanish to whence they came now, dissolving back into the cerebrotic periphery with a sickening gurgle.
>>171705Haha, that's 1 point of Strength damage.
I'm going to have to step out for a bit soon.
>>171706https://youtu.be/5BaTwcl77Xo?si=0RacHHzodHOgyqOp>>171708The griffin looks around himself, to confirm that the oozes are indeed gone. He winces in pain, and begins to look behind him, to see if his cousin is okay. But he can’t take his eyes off of Posey.
He has not ceased to grip the Equestrian sword, and he pulls it back in a mighty swing.
“Arcturus, cleanse this realm of such
filth”
[1d20+10 = (12+10) = 22] >>171710Sorry, I passed out.
>>171711It hits.
Posey is down to 13 HP. Her fast healing reactivates.
>>171711Posey goes in for another boop, with charnel touch and chill touch
[1d20+8 = (2+8) = 10] >>171713Oh
Okay
I forgot to subtract 2 HP earlier. Posey is at 16 HP after healing.
I might fall asleep again soon
... A lot of sleep debt
>>171713>>171714The white griffin pulls his head back and to the right, dodging Posey’s boop. He takes a long, labored breath, and blood runs down in a small trickle from the right side of his beak. He’s looked tired since Posey first spotted him on the street, a kind of tired that comes only after years, but now his bloodshot eyes bear more physical signs of exhaustion. When he exhales, he speaks
“I came here to get away from the endlessness of it. I lost faith in Peace. When a letter said Celestialists were looking for me, my cousin thought to sell them out for a little money. When his handlers wouldn’t let back out, he roped me into it. I cursed him and his greed, and the impossible situation he placed me in. And I cursed more when I saw you.”
His eyes become wide
“But now I understand. Boreas brought you here so that no innocents may be harmed by my cousin’s greed. He placed me here so my cousin may live while you cease.”
His beak contorts into a smile, the first such expression.
“
Heh. Do you not understand? Boreas guides all. Boreas, Arcturus, Erye. Hahaha,
do you even realize?. You are playing only the role they wrote for you. Whatever happens here, I know, they are in control. And you play by
their terms.”
He swings
[1d20+9 = (14+9) = 23] >>171718That brings me down to 9 HP
Posey moans as the sword slashes into her cheek, her tainted flesh falling away like wet mud, exposing her rune-carved cheekbones. She cackles.
"~Is ThAt WhAt We ArE? jUsT cOgS iN tHe MaChInE?" she says, her neck cracking sideways as her head tilts uncannily, corrupt fluid's pouring out of the side of her head
She giggles uncontrollably, her teeth chattering feverishly
"I DEFY YOU STARS!"She strikes once more (no sadism this time)
[1d20+7 = (1+7) = 8] >>171719>Proud denouncement of fate>Nat 1.................
Is it too late to make a secondary attack with my natural weapons?
Posey is at 10 HP after that attack, which heals to 11 from her katane emergency healing.
>>171691"Of course. Do not worry. Good luck with your investigation." Amber can palpably feel the tension in the room ease somewhat. She thanks her lucky stars that there are telephone issues, and that she had the forethought to indoctrinate the captured officer–this will buy her just enough time.
Amber puts her precious viol back in its case, makes a respectful bow, and exits the customs administration office. She's well aware she will be followed the entire way, and so she heads downtown, but not directly to the pertinent office of salvation, and at a respectable clip but not so fast as to appear to be fleeing.
>>171720Yes.
Posey trips and fails, but the maddened glee on the griffin’s face does not end.
“The stars gave you animation, and they shall end it.”
He’s been holding the sword variously between his right claw, his left, and both. Now he shifts it to his left, and his free right claw extends, moving to grab Posey’s hoof
[1d20+6 = (9+6) = 15] >>171723Is that a grapple? Do I get an AoO?
>>171721>>171723>>171724Nope. A simple grabbing of the hoof, like you may to a young maiden.
“
Boreas, I am your conduit. Let your strength flow into her.”
Lay of (claws). 10 HP damage >>171723Btw, that touch attack would hit, because in this chain shirt reduces her touch AC.
>>171725BRUH >>171725Sanguine static crackles around Posey's body. Her innards acutely rot and melt onto the floor in a putrid pile. She shivers and shakes as the unholy power that weaves her sinews together is a hair's breadth away from shattering forever. Patches of her mane blacken and fall out. Her eyes glass over, and one of her eyeballs droops in its socket.
"I-i-isn't it more gentlemanlike to buy me a d-drink first?"
Posey is at 1 HP
>>171727“Not even Tartarus waits for you. Your animating force shall rejoin the world of the living, and become one with the roots and soil.”
Okay, I am at 1 HP. I have a few options.
I could take a 5 ft step back and heal myself with inflict light/moderate wounds, which
I could step back and use the 1/day gaseous form I get from the red curse to turn into red mist to evade until I heal like a coward.
I could step away, then throw my net at him to entangle him, buying me a round to do one of the above actions.
OR
I could go full retard and lash out at him with my charnel touch and natural weapons in a final burst of animalistic rage.
>>171728"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w9KVIfpNG4wPosey makes a full-round attack, attacking with her touch spell as a manufactured weapon, and her natural attacks as secondary weapons
Charnel Touch + chill touch
[1d20+7 = (6+7) = 13]Slam (conduit for chill touch)
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]Bite (also chill touch)
[1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21]>>171729Does 13 beat his touch AC?
>>171728 >>171729>>171730I’m kind of skeptical of posey conducting natural attacks in the sand round as charnel touch without suffering a penalty to attack bonus on the charnel touch.
But a 13 would land
(I've been forgetting the bloodline boost on Charnel Touch this whole time...)
>>171731[1d8+1+1d6+1] Charnel Touch + Chill Touch damage.
DC 15 vs STR damage
>>171733Well, does that put him on the ground?
This is the most fun I've had so far this game. The suspense is thrilling.
A minute, I have to drive
>>171737>>171733The griffin’s feathers puff out, and some on his wings come loose and fall to the ground. His whole body shivers, and his head tilts upwards, while the outer fold of his wings - but not the inner fold - extends outwards. A new flow of blood trickles out of his mouth. Then he turns his head to Posey
“You fool. You’ve sacrificed your position for short term gain.”
Then he turns his eyes upwards, to the brick ceiling.
“Arcturus, grant me the peace I have earned.”
And he collapses onto the floor.
>>171738Wait, I won?
Hooray! Victory at last.
Posey gasps a sigh of relief as the griffon collapses, her body slowly reconstructing itself due to her vampiric nature,.
But not fast enough.
"Oh Maar, bless me with this bounty."
Posey hums an eerie aura as she delivers a coup de grace with her fangs, slaying the Paladin.
"And my our friends you served you here shamble and haunt these grounds for all eternity.
Rolling religion, to sacrifice him.
[1d20+15 = (7+15) = 22]Like a lowly Jew, Posey sinks her teeth into the raw chicken and drains him of his blood.