Game Meet 14

[TheDude51]

Samael blasts one of the ogres on the walltop with a noxious eldritch blast.

Attack roll is 1d20+18=26 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=985598)

Damage is 9d6+5=37 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=985599)

Also requires a DC31 fort save or be nauseated

[Sajuuk]

Kati reaches the top of the stairs and calls upon the power of Heironius to protect the troops. A burst of light emits from her and covers a huge area, making the Coat of Arms of Misalin on every soldier's armor glow, forming a protective barrier around them.

((Move action to top of stairs. Casting Insignia of Warding: +1 divine bonus AC for all allied troops within 960', duration: 14 minutes.))

[Zanaikin]

Already injured from half a dozen arrows and then pierced through the body by Ranmor's Duom, the ogre before him keels over and collapses.

(Scott: only you left to go)

[littleangryman]

"Ah. Well, I must confess, this is my first experience with an intelligent staff. How the heck did you ever manage to put up with that orc?"

<Edit. This is after I noticed some things I missed before.>

Jens decides to do something about all those ramps. "Time to add some defenses, eh?" He targets the area directly in front of the gatehouse to be the center of his spell. "This oughta block some of those ramps. Wall of Fire!"

[Zanaikin]

(Ah yes, if you wonder why it took so long for this post-round summary, it's cause every Wednesday I have a particular assignment that requires my study group to spend the ENTIRE NIGHT doing it, usually until 6-7am on Thursday morning. Sufficiently to say... I was in no state to do much else on Thursday, even though I still had my Probability hw to finish)

On the walls, the fighting between the MGE longbows and the ogres continued. Between chain strikes and arrow volleys, another dozen ogres and two dozen longbowmen went down. Their numbers on the walls have been reduced to 10 ogres remaining, while the MGE unit looked just as grim... nearly half their unit was dead and almost all of them bearing wounds.

In the south, the front units of heavy infantry were just little more than 100ft away. They managed to reach two of the enemy's shadow force ramps and quickly barricaded them, spears set and shields ready. However, up each of the 9 ramps attached to the wall came up 2-3 trolls/ogres. Some of the trolls somewhat hesitant to come up through the fire-wall and delaying their progress slightly. Those that came up the southern ramps smashed and trampled through the heavy infantry, killing dozens before the infantry could bring them down with their spears and crossbows.

In the gate passage below, the archers let loose their arrows at full speed. Samael and Jens noticed that the enemy trolls have emerged and are now struggling through the tentacled passage.

The bombardment of enemy rocks and javelins towards the walls continued, although the number of incoming projectiles reduced considerably due to their losses to the fireballs. Derovar gets caught in the trajectory of another boulder (25dmg) while Himlor gets hit by a large javelin (17dmg).

(MAP DETAILS): There were two ramps close to the gatehouse, one 20ft to the north of the gate, and another 25ft to the south. Three ogres charged up the north ramp and thru the fire-wall. The lead ogre hurled its weighted chain into Ranmor (hit: 37dmg) while the other two spread to the north & south and approached Ranmor from the sides. In the southern ramp, two trolls came up the ramp and was slightly toasted before they set foot on the wall.

The voice over the telecomm continued to speak: "For your response, we offer three days of grace period to consider our proposition. For now, we present you a gift from the heavens, may it be a boon to the faithful and a warning for villains who stand against the last crusade."

At this time, towards the northeast of the city, a brilliant vermilion beam pierces through the skies and smashes into the northernmost units of the advancing second wave of hobgoblin heavy infantry. The beam of streaming energy, bent northwest to the ground (origin point more towards the southeast) and over a hundred feet wide, advances towards the south, cutting across and land and the neat hobgoblin formations. An inferno erupted where the beam travels across the ground, cooking anyone who survived the intense energy barrage. As the beam continued towards the south, cutting through company after company of hobgoblins, the southern regiments began to break formations as the routing hobgoblins fled in all directions... (the round ends as the beam continues southwards, having already incinerated one-third of the second attack wave).

Over the telecomm Kati and Derovar could hear several commanders expressing their utter awe at the scene at hand.

[Zanaikin]

(It's you guys' turns in case you didn't realize it yet )

On the stairs, Talence snapped back into view as his swift invisibility wore off. Having lost his sanctified shield, he pulled out his holy symbol of pelor, engraved with biblical scriptures and focused his magic. A burst of power erupts from him and travels outwards to 60ft radius. (Recitation Spell, the old effect is about to wear off).
"by the gods!" muttered Talence as he saw the vermilion beam tearing across the land. "What in the name of pelor is that!"

Having recharged his maneuvers, Dolch smirked at the two trolls that just came up the ramp. With the blink of an eye he disappeared again from sight, and a second later the troll on the left (north) yells in pain as blood gushed from a deep cut that appeared at his ribs (51dmg).

In Jen's head the voice spoke again "Spoils of war, for my master had fallen from the skies in defense of the arcane kingdom. But focus on your task at hand... for the live cremation of these savage beast is to be relished!" the staff spoke with a menacing gleeful tone filled with vengeance.

[Sajuuk]

"In the Pelor's name!" Kati shouted in astonishment as she saw the vermillion beam ((<cough> ion cannon <cough>)) tear through the second wave of enemies. Via the telecom she says, "I'm not even going to ask if that is magic or not."

Realizing those ramps are still a problem, Kati points at the one to the north and shouts "Terminus!" channeling divine energy towards the ramp.
((Burning prepared Energy Immunity to cast Greater Dispel Magic targetted @ Ramp. Dispel Check: .))

[TheDude51]

Samael blasts the ogre that just attacked ranmor with a noxious eldritch blast.

Attack Roll 1d20+17=19 touch attack (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=989888)

9d6+5=31 damage (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=989889)

And a DC 31 fort save or be nauseated.

[littleangryman]

"Ugh... you really hate these things, don't y... what the hell is that!?" Jens gawks at the light pillar for a second before snapping back to reality. "Damn. But yeah, task at hand. So..." He tries to figure out how he can hit those ogres without hitting Ranmor. "Not gonna work... guess one of you smelly bastards is off the hook. This time. Flamestrike!!" (hits the ogre in front of Rnmor, and one of the ones to his side. For the sake of argument, we'll say the one to his left. Or right. Whichever one catches fewer friendlies in the blast radius.)

15d6+3 = 1+3+4+4+2+3+3+4+4+5+5+5+6+6+5+3=58 DC: if I remember corectly, it's 32

(yeah... turns out I'd been miscalculating damage that whole time. Turns out my caster level for fire spells is 16. But, Flamestrike caps at 15d6, so yeah.)

[Mr_Praetorian]

((EDIT))

Derovarr continued his run back up the stairs. When he finally did make it up to the top (which I should, since i'm using a run action), he arrived just in time to witness the great beam of energy cutting through the oncoming wave, and back through other enemy forces. At first he was filled with a sense of relief for the effects would lighten the burden on the frontline troops. Then, he realized what the implications of this were: It was going to be an interesting three days.

Lucklily the intensity of the battle was enough to quickly shake him form his stupor (or maybe that was the rock). He quickly advanced over to the nearest squad of archers (switching bloodthirsty commander to coordinative commander) and began to reorganize the few remaining soldiers into groups that could focus on individual enemies (standard action: aid another).
"Form individual squads focusing on each ramp! Let the elites handle the melee! For the Gods and Misalin!" (Rally Check: 1d20+22+1d8 (action point)= 41)

[Zanaikin]

(Drew: you already reached top of stairs last round, that's the reason why you got hit by a rock )

[Laharl]

Ranmor launches his way into the ogre to his left, slamming his duom into its body and then slamming it into the ground [War Leader's Charge, PA -14]

Attack Roll:

Confirmation Roll:

Damage (Assuming crit):
+ 14

Damage (no crit): +14

Bull Rush:

Dungeon Crasher Damage:

[Zanaikin]

[Squall255]

Ok, time to spring attack into action. move over near where Dolch was, distracting ember on the south troll and attack:

Attack:

Damage:

[Zanaikin]

In the east, the Vermilion beam continues to travel towards the south, leaving a trail of flames. It reaches the southernmost edge of the enemy second attack wave before vanishing. From the distance, a few hobgoblins can be seen running away from the fire. However it appears most of them died in the energy barrage.

The troops from both sides are utterly shocked by the strange occurance. The Misalin troops began fighting with renewed vigor, believing that it was the wrath of the gods towards vile foes who dare attack the faithful. The commanders encouraged this idea and rallied their troops in the name of Pelor and Heironeous. The enemy forces however were horrified by the display of power that wiped out over 5,000 in mere seconds. Those on the gatehouse could see the most of the non-engaged ogre and trolls units break ranks and rout, fleeing towards the east. Those attacking the walls seems to be too preoccupied to notice what was happening behind them.

On the walls, the struggle between the MGE longbows and the ogres continued. The longbows took another dozen losses and began retreating towards the south, leaving a section of the wall (100 to 200ft north of the wall overran by foes) as nearly a dozen more ogres and trolls ran up the ramp. In the south, the MG heavy infantry rushed forth to blockade another ramp, but taking heavy losses in the process from the ogres' wide sweeping chains. Several officers could be seen and heard shouting within the infantry formation, trying desperately to keep the soldiers fighting and urging them forward.

The voice over the telecomm had stopped and silence fell for a few seconds (shock from the events) before picking back up, each unit reporting their situation. In the north, the infantry regiments are pushing the scattered remnants of the enemy first wave from the city and back towards the walls. The few enemy survivors that remained and were all heavily injured and exhausted from their frenzied assault. The three MG regiments also took crippling losses, but managed to keep up the pressure thanks to its commanders and supporting casters.

Further north, Kovis' cavalry managed to regroup near the walls. Meanwhile the troops on the walls managed to persuade the goblin worg cavalry to turn back with hails of crossbow bolts and a few tactical fireballs. Kovis reorganized his remaining cavalry into a thin but long double lined formation before charging back towards the retreating worgs.

After some time of silence, the infiltration group reports again over the telecomm: "This is the infiltration squad, we managed to get out of that energy beam... barely. The enemy reserves behind the second wave are retreating! I repeat, enermy reserves in retreat!"

(back to action on the gatehouse walls)

In the south, one trolls goes after Himlor (AC 45) and lunged for him with their claws but misses, while the other trolls leaps into the towards him and strikes him (Death from Above, near crit, 31dmg) behind landing 30ft to his south. In the meantime, 1 troll and 1 ogre rushes up the ramp.

EDIT (Forgot Marty dispelled the north ramp)

In the north, the remaining ogre steps towards his side and smashes into Ranmor (AC 38) with his chain (29dmg).