Burnt Offerings (Play)

[Catodon]

I have been trying for 2 hours to do my post, my net connection keeps vanishing.

[Catodon]

He throws his dart to get the creature’s attention. “Don’t worry lasses and lads the ‘spawn ain’t much of a threat, leave it to this old man. You concentrate on the real threat.” Paiter keeps a wary eye open as he slowly approaches the wrathspawn.

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Is Argan still benefitting from Paiter’s encouragement?
Encouragement: Once per scene, you may speak to 1 of your teammates for 1 minute to grant them a +1 morale bonus with saving throws until the end of the current scene.

Are you crazy?
Elusive Feat: At the start of your Initiative Count you may accept a penalty with your attack and skill checks of up to –4 to gain an equal dodge bonus to your Defense until the start of your next Initiative Count.
Paiter is reckless enough to get into trouble but cautious enough to live through it…(I hope) I’m taking -4 on my attack roll for +4 on my defence (now 18).

This attack is mostly to get the dart out of my hand.
Attack Dart: a distracted throw (1d20-2=0)
Damage: I’m not going to bother rolling

Taunt
"No threat" (1d20+7=21)

5’ step toward the wrathspawn.

[Krensky]

Bottom of Round 1

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Character	Total	Bonus	Roll	Modifier	Notes
Erylium	24	8	16	0
Haldar Thorson	22	6	16	0
Argan Dain	21	5	16	0
Volokkor	20	0	20	0
Shlya	18	3	15	0
Divia Mal	18	4	14	0
Wrathspawn 2	16	7	9	0
Mandy	15	2	13	0
Teodoros Magos	15	3	11	1
Alden Smith	15	2	13	0
Brawler Demon 1	15	3	12	0
Paiter	12	4	8	0
Wrathspawn 1	10	7	3	0
Wrathspawn 3	8	7	1	0
Wrathspawn 4	8	7	1	0

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Haldar's feels his rage boiling, barely under his control as he summons it forth, threatening overcome him. He's able to pummel the beast back down under his control, but it's a near thing. He rushes forward recklessly to engage the summoned demon. Volokkor snarls and rushes up the other stairway to approach the demon from the other side.

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Haldar makes a Will save and so he doesn't slip into a frenzy.

Argan is delaying until someone decides who is controlling him.

Shyla gets ready for a fight.

Divia manages to just make out some movement and a russle of silk near the ceiling. The quasit's above the ppol, about 55' up, the ceiling's about 60'.

As Divia spots the quasit, the pool surges, a misshappen form clawing its way out. As it stands up, it's form tiwsts and setles into the horrific form of a Wrathspawn. It turns and hisses, slashing at Volokkor.

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Wrathspawn 1 rolls a 21 vs Volokkor's Defense of 11. Volokkor takes 5 points of lethal and 2 points of Stress and makes his Will save.

Mandy bounds up the stairs and growls at the demon while Teo calls on the Inheritor. The demon glances at the angry mastiff, but then turns it's attention back to the crazed Ulfen and his wolf. Teo cals out to Iomedae, but his faith waives under the press of the foulness of Lmashtu's cathedral.

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Mandy rolls an 11 vs 8. The Demon takes 2 points of Stress and saves. Teo fails his check.

Alden adds his voice to Teo's prayers, holding his sword forth, a faint glow spreading from it's fuller.

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Alden succeeds with his Resolve check. Just two more to go.

The summoned Demon turns and swings it's axe at Haldar and then at Volokkor.

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The Demon rolls a 10 and a 7, both misses.

Paiter's dart and taunts catch the wrathspawn's attention as he steps closer to the door.

Another Wrathspawn crawls out of the triangular pool and rushes past Haldar, ignoring him as it clambors over the rail and closes with Argan.

The door to the right of the cathedral opens and a third wrathspawn rushes out, closing with Alden.

The door to the left opens and a fourth wrathspawn lunges at Shyla, it's jaws closing on her forarm before she can react.

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Roll is 18 vs 15. Hit. Shyla takes 6 points Lethal after DR, and 2 points Stress. Shyla rolls 23 to save vs Stress. Shyla rolls a 16 and a 15 to save vs the effects of the bite.

End of Round


Top of Round 2

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Character	Total	Bonus	Roll	Modifier	Notes
Erylium	24	8	16	0
Haldar Thorson	22	6	16	0
Argan Dain	21	5	16	0
Volokkor	20	0	20	0
Shlya	18	3	15	0
Divia Mal	18	4	14	0
Wrathspawn 2	16	7	9	0
Mandy	15	2	13	0
Teodoros Magos	15	3	11	1
Alden Smith	15	2	13	0
Brawler Demon 1	15	3	12	0
Paiter	12	4	8	0
Wrathspawn 1	10	7	3	0
Wrathspawn 3	8	7	1	0
Wrathspawn 4	8	7	1	0

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A gurgling cough can be heard from where Divia spotted the demon, and the she sees a wad of... something vile flying towards her for a brief moment before it smacks into her face. The demonic phlem smells of rotting flesh and brimstone and its... wriggling.

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The roll is 27 vs 15. Natural 20, Threat. GM activates the threat, GM has 9 dice left. Divia fails the save and is sickened.

After a moment of muttering, a three beams of fire flky to strik Alden, Divia, and Shyla. Alden and Divia are slightly singed, while Shyla ignores the magical flames.

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Roll is 26. After resistances, Alden takes 5 points of Fire, and Divia takes 2 points of Fire. Divia and Alden both save and are not on fire.

The quasit is then gone again.

[ArawnNox]

As the door next to her opens, Shyla turns to face whatever comes out... and is unnerved to be staring down a wraithspawn! "These things are coming out of the woodwork!"
She stands her ground, determined to keep the thing from slipping past her and engaging the rest of the group, behind her. She thrusts her blade at the creature's chest, then follows it up with a high slashing attack!

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Attack 1
1d20+4=14, 1d10+2=11

Should that miss, Attack 2 with Relentless Attack, if it doesn't just minus two from the attack result.
1d20+6=12, 1d10+2=4

Great, I can see that the Digital Dice Gods are angry with me again.

[Mister Andersen]

The firey magic sears Divia across her cheek, stitching a welt that just misses her ear. But the half elf is so obsessed that she barely notices the pain. Just its source. There's movement, a sensation that the air is being vacated but she realises just in time that the prception is a false one and that her quarry has doubled back. "I have you now, bitch." She lets fly her first shaft, followed moments later by her second. Notice: 1d20+7=27 Totally going to drop an AD on that if it means I can keep tracking her. Attacks/damage: 1d20+3=6, 1d6+3=5, 1d20+3=14, 1d6+3=7

[Krensky]

Totally going to drop an AD on that if it means I can keep tracking her.

I'll allow a Critical Success to allow Divia, and Divia only, to keep rolling Notice checks to find the invisible Quasit, albeit vs her Sneak check rather then a static DC.

Waiting on actions from Haldar/Volokkor and Argan.

[vardeman]

Haldar lets out another growl as he swings viciously at the demon, reversing the heavy blade's momentum and cutting at the creature again.

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2 swings (1d20+7=19, 1d12+5=15, 1d20+7=11, 1d12+5=16)

Meanwhile Volo rips at the thing's ankles, biting at it fiercely.

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Chomp Chomp! (1d20+7=8, 1d8+2d6+2=10, 1d20+7=17, 1d8+2d6+2=12)
Hmmm, that first one is an error...

[Catodon]

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I vote Vardeman to control Argan 

[Catodon]

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I vote Vardeman to control Argan 

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Ok, I'm kinda busy but I don't want us to loose momentum. I'll post Argan's move sometime in the next 48hrs if no one beats me to it

[Catodon]

Argan brings down his huge sword down on the aberration but missing by a wide margin. Frustrated, he follows with a brutal slam throwing his full weight behind his 12 pound shield.

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Half action attack: Bastard sword: +5; 1d10+3 lethal; 20; massive
Attack roll Hack! (1d20+5=8)
Damage roll: I’m not going to bother.

Half action attack: Tower shield: +3; 1d4+3 subdual; -; guard +3, save DCs+4
This applies Harsh Beating: The Fortitude save DCs of subdual damage you inflict increase by 4. (Gladiator)
Attack: Bash! (1d20+3=12)
Damage: 1d4+3=5
So save DC=10+4+(1/2xdamage5)= 17.

Note is adjacent to WS1 so combat reflexes is effective if WS1 misses!

[Krensky]

MIddle of Round 2

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Character	Total	Bonus	Roll	Modifier	Notes
Erylium	24	8	16	0
Haldar Thorson	22	6	16	0
Argan Dain	21	5	16	0
Volokkor	20	0	20	0
Shlya	18	3	15	0
Divia Mal	18	4	14	0
Wrathspawn 2	16	7	9	0
Mandy	15	2	13	0
Teodoros Magos	15	3	11	1
Alden Smith	15	2	13	0
Brawler Demon 1	15	3	12	0
Paiter	12	4	8	0
Wrathspawn 1	10	7	3	0
Wrathspawn 3	8	7	1	0
Wrathspawn 4	8	7	1	0

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A gurgling cough can be heard from where Divia spotted the demon, and the she sees a wad of... something vile flying towards her for a brief moment before it smacks into her face. The demonic phlem smells of rotting flesh and brimstone and its... wriggling.

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The roll is 27 vs 15. Natural 20, Threat. GM activates the threat, GM has 9 dice left. Divia fails the save and is sickened.

After a moment of muttering, a three beams of fire flky to strik Alden, Divia, and Shyla. Alden and Divia are slightly singed, while Shyla ignores the magical flames.

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Roll is 26. After resistances, Alden takes 5 points of Fire, and Divia takes 2 points of Fire. Divia and Alden both save and are not on fire.

The quasit is then gone again.

Haldar's first swing cuts into the demon, sheering off a... something... maybe a vestigle wing... the hewn limb drops to the ground in a spray of vile black fluid and acrid smoke, the demon doesn't seem fazed though. His backswing goes wide however.

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19 hits. The demon makes it's damage save. 11 does not hit.

Argan sword goes wide and the wrathspawn manages to avoid the brutal shield bash.

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8 and 12 are both misses.

Volokkor lunges at the demon, over extending himself and getting bopped on the nose for it. He recovers, and lashes out at the demon, tearing into it's throat. The vile child of Lamashtu crumples in a spray of smoking, arid blood.

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8 misses and is an error. GM activates it with one die, for 1d6 points subdual.  Roll is 6. Save is 5 vs 15, the wolf is now Fatigued I. 17 hits, doing 12 points of damage. Demonb fails it's save and is dead.

Shyla attacks the wrathspawn next to her, to no avail as it dodges her determined attemtps to kill it.

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14 and 12 both miss.

Divia, through keen Elven senses and maybe just a little luck or blessing from the Savored Sting spots the Quasit playing games and fires two precious Nexavaran Steel tipped arrows at her. Sadly they go wide, clattering off the cathedral's roof. She's pointed out where the little demon is for the moment though.

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2 and 10 both miss. Mr A, Divia's at -2 from the Cathedral's aura, and -2 from sickened

The wrathspawn by the triangular pool hisses and attacks Volokkor, it's claws battering wolf before it clamps down on the back of Volokkor's neck. It throws the wolf to the ground and hisses, spreading it;s jaw wide as the battered, bleeding wolf struggles his way back to his feat.

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Rolls are 22, 21, and 14. All hit. Damage rolls are 6, 7, and 5, with each getting a 2 point Stress kicker. Lethal damage reduces Volokkor to 0 Vitality and 9 wounds. Volokkor gains another grade of Fatigued. Volokkor's stress saves are 15 vs 12, 4 vs 14, and 12 vs 11, gaining a grade of Shaken. Volokkor rolls a 2 vs the sickening effect, and a 13 vs the enraging. The wolf is sickened for 4 rounds.

As a side note, please, everyone remember they're at -2 to everything until the clergy breaks the consecration to Lamashtu.

[Mister Andersen]

Round 3: The pain of the fire magic Divia could ignore, but this vile assault causes her to drop her bow and claw desperately at her face, trying to scrape this horrid substance off as it begins to harden over her mouth and nose. She stumbles past Alden into the fountain, splashing about wildly as she scrubs the filth off, taking a layer of skin with it. "Gah!" Precious, life giving air again flows into her lungs. She looks around, spots the tell tale hints of the quassit's presence and screams at the top of her lungs, the bile freely flowing. "I'll kill you you stinking abomination, you crawling craven pet bitch of a worthless demon whore! I'll fucking crucify you and gut you with blunt spoons! I'll measure your dying in days! In weeks! I will become your one true goddess of unending pain!" Notice: 1d20+7-4=23

[Catodon]

Paiter tries to get a bead on the elusive Quasit but can’t be certain where it is. With a shrug he weaves past Divia with a veteran’s practiced grace. Crouched cat-like he flanks the abomination clawing at Alden drawing his off-hand blade as he does so. “By my mother’s blood, Iomedae if you don’t help us now what good arr yar?!” this curse is as close to a prayer you’ve every heard from the grey haired Whitshoal.

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Free action renew elusive Defence remains 18 but -4 to hit.
Free action spot quasit DC19
where is the damn thing? (1d20+4-2=10)
Nup an AD isn’t going to help.

Half action draw Maine Guache. Defence raised by guard quality to 19!
Half action move to flank the WS fighting Alden.

Play Card: Oddly, think the best way the ‘gods’ can help us is to target Divia
Marked by the Gods - Target gains a +4 bonus on attack checks for the rest of the combat. - A deity shows her favor. Someone seems guided by divine fate. A portent marks an auspicious occasion. You behold a message from the gods.

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[Krensky]

Paiter tries to get a bead on the elusive Quasit but can’t be certain where it is. With a shrug he weaves past Divia with a veteran’s practiced grace. Crouched cat-like he flanks the abomination clawing at Alden drawing his off-hand blade as he does so. “By my mother’s blood, Iomedae if you don’t help us now what good arr yar?!” this curse is as close to a prayer you’ve every heard from the grey haired Whitshoal.

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Free action renew elusive Defence remains 18 but -4 to hit.
Free action spot quasit DC19
where is the damn thing? (1d20+4-2=10)
Nup an AD isn’t going to help.

Half action draw Maine Guache. Defence raised by guard quality to 19!
Half action move to flank the WS fighting Alden.

Play Card: Oddly, think the best way the ‘gods’ can help us is to target Divia
Marked by the Gods - Target gains a +4 bonus on attack checks for the rest of the combat. - A deity shows her favor. Someone seems guided by divine fate. A portent marks an auspicious occasion. You behold a message from the gods.

You don't have to spot the Quasit, Divia pointed out where she is. 

[Catodon]

Paiter gets a bead on the elusive Quasit; he snaps of two darts at the creature. Crouched cat-like he keeps a low profile and a weather eye on the wraithspawn “By my mother’s blood, Iomedae if you don’t help us now what good arr yar?!” this curse is as close to a prayer you’ve every heard from the grey haired Whitshoal.

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Free action renew elusive Defence remains 18 but -4 to hit.
Free action spot quasit DC19

Darts To hit +2 1d4+1 lethal Threat 20 inaccurate poisonous T1h hard1 0.2Lb for 10

2 Half actions Dart attack at Quasit: two darts (1d20+2=15, 1d20+2=7)
If necessary an AD on that first attack AD (1d6=4)
Damage: only one likely to hit: ow! (1d4+1=2)

Play Card: Oddly, think the best way the ‘gods’ can help us is to target Divia
Marked by the Gods - Target gains a +4 bonus on attack checks for the rest of the combat. - A deity shows her favor. Someone seems guided by divine fate. A portent marks an auspicious occasion. You behold a message from the gods.