Round 3:

  [Free]
  [Standard] Cast fireball at intersection B/C 17/18 no cover. 20pts fire dam. Refl DC16 for half.
  [Move] move to U20.

Status:
  Init: 9
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (12)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
 - Shield, 6mins
 - Fist of Stone, 07rds

Final Position: U20

Saved with a 15+5, no damage thanks to evasion.

Round 3:
  [Move]

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Draw scroll of Haste while moving to D07-E08

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  [Standard]

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Cast Haste

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I guess you could make a listen check to overhear me.

Status:
  Init: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 19 (14)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Enlarge Person (CL 5)
  Mage Armor (CL 5)
  Invisibility Sphere (CL 5)
 

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Haste (CL5, 5 rounds)

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Final Position:

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D07-E08

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This message was last edited by the player at 01:04, Sun 07 Nov 2010.

Round 4:

  [Free]
  [Standard] Activate Amber Amulet of Vermin: Scorpio.
  [Move] None

Status:
  Init: 9
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (12)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
 - Shield, 6mins
 - Fist of Stone, 06rds

Final Position: U20

Monstrous Scorpion appears in S/T 19/20 / Ready action: Move to enemy upon moving enemy.

Armor Class:  16 (-1 size, +7 natural), touch 9, flat-footed  16
This message was last edited by the player at 21:05, Sun 07 Nov 2010.

Are you in the same space as your scorpion?

Ah sorry, no it isn't in the same square like Nalia. The kids just drove me nuts today :P

Edit in red.

*bump*

Round 4:
  [Move] Draw scroll of Lightening Bolt while moving to D20-E21

  [Standard] Cast Lightening Bolt to hit both Nalia and the Scorpion (17 electric)
Reflex DC 16 for half.

Status:
  Init: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 19 (14)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Enlarge Person (CL 5)
  Mage Armor (CL 5)
  Invisibility Sphere (CL 5)
  Haste (CL5, 4 rounds)


Final Position:
D20-E21

ooc: You're in the water? Or on the bridge? If you're on the bridge you have to squeeze. I don't know if you can do both since the water is 5ft deep or so.

Isn't squeezing for when there are walls either side?

Perhaps a balance check would be called for to stand on the bridge, but http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/balance.htm describes a 1 foot wide surface as DC 10 - even doubling that for large size, I have plenty of space to stand comfortably in.

Calling it difficult terrain might be more appropriate.

ooc: Last time I fought in this arena and somebody crossed the bridge we used squeezing rules for movment etc. as they said it is for 'a narrow space'. Standing on two different elevations seems not appropriate in this case. But anyhow. Also I'm pretty certain you cannot draw a scroll as a move action unless you have a magic scroll-case. I had to look it up for my PC in Waterdeep and regular or masterwork scrollcases don't allow it.

The scorpion takes the _readied action_ as you move towards the bridge (see my post for this round) moving to M/N 25/26. Thus you cannot target him with the lightning bolt.

Let me know if you still want to fire the bolt or if you change your standard action, since the scorpion's move technically happens just before your action.

Last but not least: I wish I had found some magic items during Nalia's adventures, but all I got was a magic bedroll. The rest is still her starting equipment. *sighs*
This message was last edited by the player at 09:15, Thu 11 Nov 2010.

I had assumed standing on the bridge would not be a problem - if it is, I'll stop my movement a couple of squares earlier - at D08-E09.

I'm still invisible when moving, and well outside the scorpions 60' blindsight, so I doubt it would trigger it's readied action. I become visible when I cast the offensive spell.

Retrieving a stored item is a move action - so I would need to take it as a separate action to my movement.

No standard action this round (move to D08E09 and draw the scroll).

ooc: Damn, two squares short. :( But it's tremorsense, not blindsense ;)

Round 5:

  [Free]
  [Standard] Cast "Corrosive Touch" on Scorpion.
  [Move] None

Status:
  Init: 9
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (12)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
 - Shield, 6mins
 - Fist of Stone, 05rds

Final Position: U20

Monstrous Scorpion stays in S/T 19/20 / Ready action: Move to enemy upon moving enemy.

Armor Class:  16 (-1 size, +7 natural), touch 9, flat-footed  16
Active Effects: Corrosive Touch, 6 touches remaining.

ooc: *bump*

*bump*

Round 4:
  [Standard] Cast Lightening Bolt to hit both Nalia and the Scorpion (21 electric)
Reflex DC 16 for half. Invisibility Ends.
  [Move] B14-C15

Status:
  Init: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 19 (14)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
  Enlarge Person (CL 5)
  Mage Armor (CL 5)
  Haste (CL5, 3 rounds)


Final Position:
B14-C15

ooc: Can you please verify the save DC? From scroll it should be 14 (minimum).

I was under the impression that you get to add your casting stat, but I can't find a ruling either way in the SRD.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:21, Wed 17 Nov 2010.

ooc: Actually you don't get to add your own stats to any magic devices except it is noted in the item description. Staves generally allow your stats to affect the spell cast and the MIC introduced the runestaff that in particular allows you to make use of your own stats to cast a spell 'through' it, you even spend your own spell slot. The base rule is: If you get an item its caster level/ability mods are the lowest needed to cast the spell.



While this doesn't explicitly says "minimum intelligence" the int-score is a prerequisite to cast the spell (13 for 3rd level spells) which equals a +1 to save DC. If you feel this isn't correct, by all means ask in the DML for clarification :)

Round 6:
Nalia reflex save 10, fail, takes 21pts. Scorpio reflex save 21, takes 10pts.
Scorpion, triggered readied action - move to enemy: Moves to N/O 25/26

  [Free]
  [Standard] Use healing belt to cure 6pts.
Cast sculpted* Burning Hands (2nd level slot), 28pts fire dam. refl. dc14 for half.
  [Move] to P24

Status:
  Init: 9
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (12)

  Damage Taken:   21-6=15 / Scorpio 10
  Damage Dealt:   0

Effects:
 - Shield, 6mins
 - Fist of Stone, 04rds

Final Position: P24

Monstrous Scorpion moves to D/E 24/25 / Ready action

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Armor Class:  16 (-1 size, +7 natural), touch 9, flat-footed  16
Active Effects: Corrosive Touch, 6 touches remaining.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:58, Sun 21 Nov 2010.

What square are you targeting the line at?

ooc: Can't hit you. - Edited my post.

Anton bursts from cover, destroying the distance between himself and the mage while avoiding her pet.

Round 6:
  [Double Move] Move at 70' to Q25R26 by jumping the river from J18 to O21 (Jump check DC 30) while avoiding AOO's (24 squares movement)

Status:
  Init: 6
  AC (Touch AC): 19 (14)

  Damage Taken:   0
  Damage Dealt:   Nalia 21-6=15 / Scorpion 10

Effects:
  Enlarge Person (CL 5)
  Mage Armor (CL 5)
  Invisibility Sphere (CL 5)
  Haste (CL5, 2 rounds)


Final Position:
Q20-R21

Round 7: Eeek! Scorpion readied action, move to: N/O 25/26
  [Free]
  [Move] 5ft step to P22 (no AoO)
  [Standard] Cast defensively (concentration check DC17 - 24 = success)
   Combust spell, sudden maximized*. Touch attack 15. Damage 64pts, no save. Refl. DC15 or catch on fire.


Status:
  Init: 9
  AC (Touch AC): 20 (12)

  Damage Taken:   21-6=15 / Scorpio 10
  Damage Dealt:   64

Effects:
 - Shield, 6mins
 - Fist of Stone, 03rds

Final Position: P22

Monstrous Scorpion moves to Q/R 22/23, Attack 22, damage 9+1 acid. Auto-grapple check 22, take 9pts constrict damage on a failed OGC.

ooc: *Sudden Maximize deals full damage without level or casting time increase. Nalia gets +2 levels on fire spells from Bloodline of fire for 8d8 damage with her combust spell.

Holy crap, that spell is insane.
I wish I'd taken Combust instead of scorching ray.

64 damage is an insta-kill for Anton (and almost any ECL6). Good match.

Thank you, you've been a tough oponent too. If you had grappled Nalia I wouldn't have stood a chance. You can still ask the DM of your region (or perhaps DM BadCatMan as head DM) if it would be ok to change the spell in the glove (would also resolve the discussion around targetted or ray spell). You might want to spend a few of your remaining DMxp on that favor :)

And a 64pts damage spell is dangerous. Because the DM will have to bring in monsters that are way too high for your level since you destroy all monsters that are an acceptible CR. However, I could have constructed Nalia even meaner: Arcane Thesis grants +2 levels on a single spell (combust) and an Empowered Spellshard allows you to apply 'Sudden Empower' to a particular spell (combust), so effectively you would have been able to deliver a 120pts damage touch spell with no save.

But instead I took 'Sculpt Spell', which helps with Nalia's very limited spell selection, and chose magic items that were mostly defensive in nature. She'll be even more dangerous when she gets them.