OOC: Yes, Disarm is allowed.

As Jorn began his spell, the undead ape swung a fist at him, but the dwarf had the advantage of height - or rather, the lack of it - and dodged the blow, his spell going ahead. Balrok was protected. [Girallon AoO attack 16]

Change targets! Mourel screeched, seeing the dwarf hard to assault mentally, and the elf hard to hit.

Slove swung his sword again, but this time the girallon lumbered out of the way, unharmed. [Slove NPCed. Attack 15, miss]

This time it slammed a paw down on Balrok, but he shrugged it off; it was only his head. [Girallon: attack 18, damage 9 @ Balrok]

And Slove received the mind-wracking pain, but he shook it off with stubborn pride. [Slove NPCed. Will 20, success]

Meanwhile, Garel jumped at Gurgun, swinging each end of his staff in rapid succession. But the style of fighting was unfamiliar, and he missed each strike. [Garel: attacks 13, 6, miss]

Round 4:


Jorn in I5

G: Gurgun Nightwhisper
S: Slove
J: Jorn Brightcaller (upstairs)
B: Balrok

G: Undead Girallon
M: Mourel The Duskwalker
G: Garel Aster (dominated)

Effects:

Protection From Evil: (Balrok, Gurgun) +2 deflection AC, +2 resistance Saves vs Evil (ie, on everything). Blocks possession, enchantment (charm, compulsion), and attacks from Evil summons.

Initiative:
20 - Slove
20 - Gurgun
19 - Jorn
19 - Balrok
18 - Garel (NPCed)
12 - Undead Girallon
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I assume the 9 damage is to Balrok rather than Jorn?

Gurgun easily ducks under Garel's clumsy swings and throws himself at the charmed priest, grabbing hold of him and attempting to incapacitate Garel.

OOC: 21:35, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 18 using 1d20+10. Grapple check.
21:35, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 20 using 1d20+6. FoB, touch attack1.

OOC: Sorry, yes, it was meant for Balrok. I keep getting you two mixed up.

Mid-Round Update:

Garel knew the monk's hold, and wrenched himself out of it, slipping loose of his grasp. [Garel: OGC 23, success, grapple avoided]

Initiative:
20 - Slove
20 - Gurgun
19 - Jorn
19 - Balrok
18 - Garel (NPCed)
12 - Undead Girallon
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Gurgun followed up with a second attempt.

OOC: 08:32, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 15 using 1d20+10. GC.
08:31, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 20 using 1d20+6. FoB 2/touch attack.

OOC: Garel rolled another OGC, 17, success. Sorry. :(

With rolls like this, what can I do...?

Balrok sees the monkey's swing coming and intentionally blocks it with his head, bashing the ape's arm out of the way with his thick skull to open a gap for his flaming battleaxe, which he buries in the creature's side.

"Comeon monkey-lips," he growls at the creature.  "Can'tya do bedder den dat?  At least aim for one of me vital organs," he says, making a rude gesture involving his nether-regions to demonstrate the only real potential target.

Attack:  28.
Damage:  14.
(This includes Power Attack at a -2 to hit, +2 to damage.)
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Mid-Round Update:

Balrok planted the burning axe-head into the girallon, but with so much dead flesh to hack through, it looked set to be a long, hard and messy task to bring it down. [Balrok: 9 damage after DR.]

And as he watched, the crack that Slove's arrow put in the brain's jar slowly sealed over, until it was if it had never happened. [Brain Jar heals]

Updates:

Girallon partially damaged

Initiative:
20 - Slove
20 - Gurgun
19 - Jorn
19 - Balrok
18 - Garel (NPC)
12 - Undead Girallon
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"Oh fer the love of-" spluttered Jorn, tapping Garel with the wand as well.

[Standard] Cast Protection from Evil on Garel
[Private to DM BadCatMan:
OOC: I shouldn't provoke AOOs from using a wand.

Activation: Wands use the spell trigger activation method, so casting a spell from a wand is usually a standard action that doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity. ]

Garel wrenched himself away from the wand's touch, and forced the magic from his mind before he even knew what it was. [Will save 20, success. Protection from evil avoided]

Concentrating on his target, he raised his staff and whipped it around, cracking it across Gurgun's jaw, sliding off enough to avoid dislocating it. [Garel: attack 27 (rolled a 20), critical confirm 8 (rolled a 1). Damage 5 @ Gurgun]

With Balrok focusing on the girallon, Slove swung his sword at the jar, slipping through the girallon's arms and striking the glass. A great crack ran down the side, and thick liquid began to seep through. [Slove NPCed. Attack 21, hit, damage 11, +2 for FE. Mourel seriously damaged]

You dare! The brain glared angrily at Slove, somehow, but the elf shrugged off the psychic assault again. [Slove Will 22.]

Meanwhile, the girallon zombie followed Balrok's advice, and kicked a rotten gorilla-foot into his nether regions. [Girallon: attack 29, damage 9 @ Balrok]

Round 5:



G: Gurgun Nightwhisper
S: Slove
J: Jorn Brightcaller
B: Balrok

G: Undead Girallon
M: Mourel The Duskwalker, moderately damaged
G: Garel Aster (dominated)

Effects:

Protection From Evil: (Balrok, Gurgun) +2 deflection AC, +2 resistance Saves vs Evil (ie, on everything). Blocks possession, enchantment (charm, compulsion), and attacks from Evil summons.

Initiative:
20 - Slove
20 - Gurgun
19 - Jorn
19 - Balrok
18 - Garel (NPCed)
12 - Undead Girallon
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"Shoulda...seen... dat... comin'..." Balrok gasps in a slightly off-pitch voice.  It is a testament to the dwarf's stamina (and chain armor) that he doesn't doubling up on the floor.  Instead he swings in the general direction of monkey and brain jar.  Unfortunately, his concentration is currently divided between the axe in his hands and the one a bit lower down, and his swing goes wide.

Missed.

With something getting very much like single-minded determinance, the hobgoblin continues to try and get a hold of the possessed cleric, ducking under the wildly swinging staff, and finally getting a good hold.

OOC: 21:38, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 25 using 1d20+10. GC.
21:38, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 24 using 1d20+6. FOB 2, touch attack.

Deciding to leave the cleric to the handling of the monk, Jorn instead turns his attentions towards striking the jar. The great gorilla's arms deflect his strike though, sending the chain spiraling uselessly onto the ground;

12:44, Today: Jorn Brightcaller rolled 12 using 1d20+7. Attack Mourel.

Mid-Round Update:

Gurgun finally had the measure of Garel's defenses and tried a new hold. The priestess could barely resisted, and Gurgun had him. [Garel: OGC 9 (though failure was certain)]

Initiative:
20 - Slove
20 - Gurgun
19 - Jorn
19 - Balrok
18 - Garel (NPCed)
12 - Undead Girallon
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Gurgun increases the pressure of his hold. May Oghma give you the clarity of view to stop this madness, Garel! the monk calls out.

OOC: Non-lethal damage (9)

I guess this concludes my actions this round since I had to use both attacks to get a hold on Garel.

Slove takes another swingat jar.  Letting confusion around just become back ground noise.


OOC
12:08, Today: Slove rolled 15 using 2d6+8. with FE.
12:07, Today: Slove rolled 16 using 1d20+9. attack with sword. OOC:
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OOC: Oh, hey Slove. I'd begun rolling for you earlier, but I'll use those.


Slowly suffocating the air from Garel's lungs might not have given him clarity, but it did cause the cleric to weaken in Gurgun's arms. Not enough however, for the blank-eyed priest twisted sharply, seeking an exit to wrench himself out of the grapple. [Garel: escape grapple, GC 16]

The girallon persisted on Balrok, and swung a palm across to cuff him in the head. [Girallon: attack 26, damage 11]

Slove swung his sword at the brain-jar, but the blade slid right off the slick glass surface. [Slove: attack misses.]

The battle really wasn't going well enough for Mourel's liking. It was time to bring in some help... Suddenly, the seemingly-inanimate jar was tugged loose from the girallon's paws by an unseen force, and the whole contraption hovered into the air, away from the threatening weapons. [Mourel flies up 20ft, provokes AoOs]

Arise, my servants! the brain cried, and the bones stuffed into the niches began to slide and move, to assemble themselves into whole skeletons and climb out into the corridor, claws reaching for living flesh. [Skeletons rise! Provoke AoOs]

The brain spun around and around within its jar. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Round 6:


Brain: in I4, +20ft

G: Gurgun Nightwhisper
S: Slove
J: Jorn Brightcaller
B: Balrok

G: Undead Girallon, partially damaged
M: Mourel The Duskwalker, moderately damaged
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Skeletons
G: Garel Aster (dominated)

Effects:

Protection From Evil: (Balrok, Gurgun) +2 deflection AC, +2 resistance Saves vs Evil (ie, on everything). Blocks possession, enchantment (charm, compulsion), and attacks from Evil summons.

Initiative:
20 - Slove
20 - Gurgun
19 - Jorn
19 - Balrok
18 - Garel (NPCed)
12 - Undead Girallon
11 - Skeletons
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Garel escapes from the grapple (rolled a 4). Which means Gurgun gets to do a lot of AoO's.

With Garel managing to slip out of his hold Gurgun found himself free to strike at will at the skeletons shambling out in the corridor. And strike them he did, whacking the first two with his staff, he follows up with a circle kick to the third and attempting to hit the second one again as a finishing move. That was only the beginning though.
The fast moving monk decided to employ a different tactic this time towards Garel, making him trip and fall to the ground. Not wasting a second Gurgun again struck him hard, but precisely, intending to take the combat, not life, out of Garel. Once more Gurgun is able to flip up from his prone target and strike at whatever skeleton is still standing.

OOC: Plenty of rolls... AoO's first order 3, 2, 4
15:29, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 10 using 1d20+7. Circle kick.
15:28, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 6 using 1d8+3. Damage.
15:28, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 19 using 1d20+7. AoO 3.
15:27, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 6 using 1d6+4. Damage.
15:27, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 14 using 1d20+8. AoO 2.
15:27, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 18 using 2d6+8. Damage.
15:23, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 27 using 1d20+8. Confirm crit.
15:23, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 28 using 1d20+8. AoO 1.
14:57, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 14 using 1d20+10. OGC.

Full attack next:
15:36, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 9 using 1d8+3. Damage.
15:36, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 14 using 1d20+7. Circle kick.
15:35, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 6 using 1d8+3. Non-lethal damage.
15:35, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 20 using 1d20+7. Follow up attack.
15:34, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 22 using 1d20+7. STR check.
15:33, Today: Gurgun Nightwhisper rolled 14 using 1d20+7. trip attack.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:24, Tue 05 Oct 2010.

I wasn't sure how many OAs to roll, so I rolled one specifically for the Brain then I rolled 5 sets of attack and damage rolls that you can apply as you see fit.

10:13, Today: Balrok rolled 9 using 1d10+7. Damage 5.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 9 using 1d10+7. Damage 4.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 12 using 1d10+7. Damage 3.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 12 using 1d10+7. Damage 2.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 13 using 1d10+7. Damage 1.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 20 using 1d20+12. AoO 5.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 22 using 1d20+12. AoO 4.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 17 using 1d20+12. AoO 3.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 21 using 1d20+12. AoO 2.
10:12, Today: Balrok rolled 23 using 1d20+12. AoO 1.
10:11, Today: Balrok rolled 13 using 1d10+7. Damage v. Brain.
10:11, Today: Balrok rolled 17 using 1d20+12. AoO vs. Brain.

OOC: You only get 1 AoO per round, or your Dex mod if you have Combat Reflexes. So pick the one you want to go with (I'm assuming the Brain, as it's the most important target).

Right, Gurgun has the combat reflexes feat that grants him additional AoO's + circle kick for even more attacks.

OK, I forgot that rule!  Yes, through the veil I would pick brain.  The roll might not hit of course, but that's the one I would have picked.

Slove tries stop jar flying but fails.

OOC:
10:52, Today: Slove rolled 10 using 1d20+9. AoO - Slove.

OOC: You can't Circle Kick in an AoO, only in a full attack action And you rolled a critical hit there, but these are Undead. I rerolled the damage: 8.

Mid-Round Update:

With staff and feet flying, Gurgun shattered the skull of one skeleton and put his foot through the rib-cage of another. The third narrowly dodged a spinning hook kick however. [Gurgun: AoO 1 and 3 hit, AoO 2 misses. S3 and S4 destroyed.]

He then easily wrapped his leg around Garel and unbalanced him, knocking to the ground hard. But the skeleton he'd tried to strike before dodged his follow-up kick again. [Garel Str 11, fail. Tripped. Takes nl dmg. Attack vs S2 misses]

As the brain-jar floated away, Balrok laid the heavy axe-head into it, cracking open the hard glass and spilling the preservative fluids inside, grazing even the grey matter inside. It wobbled precariously before righting and resuming its course. Gargle! [Balrok hits, deals full damage]

Updates:

Skeleton #3, #4 destroyed

Brain-Jar critically damaged!

Initiative:
20 - Slove
20 - Gurgun
19 - Jorn
19 - Balrok
18 - Garel (NPCed)
12 - Undead Girallon
11 - Skeletons
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