Once again, the undead tree moves away from the goblin lady, and proceeds to smash one of its huge branches down on its foe. Then both Harald and Nermeroff seem to move on their own accord out of the deadly tree's area of negative energy.

(OOC-Using Betrayal to make the tree move, attack K1 (in that order), and as a result is dazed until the end of my next turn. Also, last time it attacked, it was dazed which meant it could not do an attack and use a minor action to use its other power-as when you are dazed you can only take one action. GTBW should not have been hit at all. In any case, Tree is dazed until the end of G's next turn, and K1 takes 21 points of normal damage.

Move action-using noble presence to move Harold and Nermeroff to thier new postions so they do not get in the tree's entropic aura. However, I can't move anyone else. Sorry. They also get +2 defenses.

14:40, Today: Gromley Underhill rolled 21 using 1d12+20 with rolls of 1. Damage.
14:39, Today: Gromley Underhill rolled 50 using 1d20+37 with rolls of 13. Treant vs K1.
14:32, Today: Gromley Underhill rolled 35 using 1d20+26 with rolls of 9. Betrayal with 2 psi points.)

The little frantic goblin continues to teleport wildly around the undead tree, hacking and slicing at it with her ensorcelled black blade.


IMMEDIATE: Vengeful Parry vs T, hit AC 45, 33 dmg (8 of it radiant)
           T gets -2 to its hit against me, perhaps causing it to miss?
FREE     : MBA from Nemeroff
           Overwhelming Strike vs T, hit AC 44, 32 radiant dmg

21:04, Today: Great and Terrible Bone Witch rolled 32 using 2d8+29 with rolls of 2,1. dmg.
21:03, Today: Great and Terrible Bone Witch rolled 44 using 2d20+30, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 14,6. MBA, Overwhelming Strike.
21:03, Today: Great and Terrible Bone Witch rolled 33 using 2d8+29 with rolls of 2,2. dmg.
21:01, Today: Great and Terrible Bone Witch rolled 45 using 2d20+30, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 15,12. Vengeful Parry w/CA.

The treant dies before Gromley gets his attack. Gromley, please asssume that you hit K1 or K4 instead with Betrayal--please specify which one so Zog can dlaim his CA on it when he attacks.

In reply to EpicOne (msg # 47):

OOC-K4 will attack K1 then.

Zog then blasts the pair, hoping to end their threat so they can concentrate fire on the stinking trees...

Elemental Bolt + Elemental Boost on Z1, Z4, add Learned Boost to Z1, hits Z1 with a Benny for 69, hits Z4 for 52.
19:01, Today: Zog the Faceless rolled 67,2,47,5 using 4d12+35,2d10,2d12+38,2d10 with rolls of 11,4,7,10,1,1,7,2,1,4. Damage on K1,K4 (LearndBoost on K1).
19:00, Today: Zog the Faceless rolled 37 using 1d20+27 with rolls of 10. Benny on K1.
19:00, Today: Zog the Faceless rolled 29,36 using 1d20+27,1d20+29 with rolls of 2,7. ElemBolt+ElemEsc on K1,K4.

The party's assault finishes off the treant and one of the knight-constructs. The last one staggers to its feet.

Meanwhile, the trees sing a strange song to the Great and Terrible Bone Witch that causes her a debilitating headache...

K1 uses its only action to stand.

The trees are still a threat--they attack GTBW, hitting Will of 40 for 26 hp poison damage, and GTBW is Weakened (save ends)

All the PCs are up!

Initiative:
Ks
ALL PCs<==
Trees

Map: https://docs.google.com/drawin...OAK6P78Lk/edit?pli=1

Agon walked calmly backwards, putting the melee fighters between himself and the enemy. He nodded to Gromley. "Nice day for some wizarding." With an arcane gesture, he sent lightning at his foes, blasting a major branch off the nearby trees.

[Move] to location
[Standard] Arc Lightning
 Trees: +46 vs Reflex, CRIT! 50 Lightning damage
 K1: +35 vs Reflex, Hit 26 Lightning Damage

Edit: Changed my attack to be against the trees that I'm standing by, since the Treant is dead.
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Nemeroff moved to attack the last foe. "We have kindled their threat and splintered the enemy!" he said as the warlord inspired the group to finish the off the remaining threat, even if he can not hit it himself.

OOC: Minor: Inspiring word Spend healing surge and gain back an additional 5d6 of HP.
Move to get to melee range
Standard Greenflame blade (Missed)

When the last knight fell Harald stepped briskly up to the nearest tree.

“Tree!  Axe!  Axe! Tree!”  He laughed uproariously.  "Ah always think new enemies should get a proper introduction."

His axe whirled through the air and cleaved into the tree.


Move; as per map
Standard: MBA
Minor: Second Wind (+2 to all defences)(recover to 161 hp; 13/14 surges
22:10, Today: Harald Gaptooth rolled 49 using 1d20+29 with rolls of 20. MBA vs tree.
CRIT:  34 damage + 20 ongoing (save ends)

This message was last edited by the player at 18:57, Wed 20 Aug 2014.

Agon's blast destroys the knight.

Nemeroff and Harald, you'll want to change your actions. The trees on the map are the source of the trees trap and are attack-able.

The trees themselves pose a threat and 'fight on' after the actual opposition is over whelmed? ''Huh?''
The Great and Terrible Bone Witch's surprise is rather mild and short-lived though, and she continues hacking at the underbrush to the right and left.


STANDARD : Overwhelming Strike vs trees, hit AC 43, 16 radiant dmg (already halved because of weakness)
MINOR    : -
MOVE     : walk away from trees a bit
NO ACTION: Save vs weakened, success

20:42, Today: Great and Terrible Bone Witch rolled 18 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 16. save vs weakened.
20:41, Today: Great and Terrible Bone Witch rolled 33 using 2d8+21 with rolls of 8,4. dmg.
20:41, Today: Great and Terrible Bone Witch rolled 43 using 1d20+28 with rolls of 15. Overwhelming Strike.

OOC: I have edited Harald's post to reflect his changed attack.

OOC: I think I would still miss anyways. If not, then hack at them
15:44, Today: Nemeroff rolled 28 using 4d4+18 with rolls of 4,2,2,2. greenflame blade.

Zog takes aim and blasts a couple of offending trees, concentrating on the ones that Harald and the goblin witch attacked...

Not sure where to move, Pete, move me where I can be within 5 of one tree and 10 of another. Hit reflex 29 for 57 hp and Reflex 34 for 59 hp. Will spend a Benny if needs be to re-roll the 29.
11:21, Today: Zog the Faceless rolled 49,8,55,4 using 2d12+35,2d10,2d12+35,2d10 with rolls of 3,11,7,1,12,8,2,2. Damage on trees.
11:21, Today: Zog the Faceless rolled 29,34 using 1d20+27,1d20+27 with rolls of 2,7. Zog blasts trees.

The party combines to blast or smash the nearby trees, which seems to dampen their enthusiasm for attacking. The situation calms down considerably, even as the portal behind you fades out of existence.

Clearly visible in the distance is another rocky knoll. Atop that knoll, a huge outcropping of black rock rises up almost to the low, dark clouds. Between the two knolls stands the warped, skeletal boughs of the Forest of Twisted Souls.

You're good for a short rest here, if you like. If you do, let me know how many surges you spend. Otherwise, your move!

No rest for the wicked Harald (apart from recharging encounters)
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Great and Terrible Bone Witch cleans her midnight blade from plant sap and uses the opportunity to gather herself.


OOC: Recovering encounter powers but spending no surge.

Agon eventually tired of blasting unresisting trees. They would need every ounce of strength at their eventual destination.

OOC: Spending one surge to heal 30 HP

Nemeroff relaxed with the others. "Where to next?" he asked

OOC: recover encounter powers and spend surge.

Gromley sighs. "Are we never to see another Inn?" He said, and began working on the new Modron toy he had discover recently.

OOC-Short rest.

Zog sits on the ground. He would prefer to sit by a tree, but he rather distrusted these.

His face morphs into an uncanny replica of Gromley's. "Woe is me. I forgot my crumpets and my feather-bed back in my home-world." His face shifts back to its normal, bland, hard-to-pin-down appearance and he grins ruefully. "I never sleep in an Inn. There is too much to be done for such things."

Short rest, one surge spent.

In reply to Zog the Faceless (msg # 65):

"Oh pardon me...it's so much more noble to rest on the filthy ground and drafty outdoors." He rolled his eyes. "And strictly speaking, I don't sleep in inns ether-for there is plenty to do there." He smirks at Zog. "What's your idea of a good time, impersonating someone to get access to a soft bed?"

Harald smirked at Zog's antics.

"The good earth is fine for me.  Beds in inns are a' right for softies an' the like but the best thing aboot inns is the beer."

He licked his thick lips as he remembered many a night and oft at the bar.

This bleak, depressing woodland is strangely monochromatic, as if the color was drained from it. Its skeletal, leafless trees are misshapen and twisted, and gnarled roots rear from the ground like great, petrified serpents. Shrouded in damp, noisome moss the trees’ gaunt, rotten boughs twist skyward to form a dense canopy of decaying branches through which only dim light seeps. Whispers of rituals flit through the top of the trees, occasionally dropping closer to the ground.

Give me Arcana, Athletics, Nature, or Religion rolls; if you aren't trained in any of those, roll Perception and/or Stealth.

17:48, Today: Harald Gaptooth rolled 38 using 1d20+19 with rolls of 19. Athletics.
17:49, Today: Harald Gaptooth rolled 41 using 1d20+27 with rolls of 14. perception check.