I remove the bomb. Being the actual Acererak's cousin, I am also a lich. Things such as the bomb you planted on me I would be experienced in creating, and therefore know what they feel like.
I turn, and with a murderous glow in my skeletal eye sockets, screech: "TRAITOR! THE TIME HAS COME TO ACCEPT YOUR
M O R T A L I T Y!"
Edit: I remove the bomb on the other person's back. I nice lich.
(the Basilisk was still allied with the Godmodder as a Blink dog, and barring being very creative, the only way to kill it would be to turn it back into a Basilisk, so you shouldn't really be angry at them, IMO. )
I command the servitor to gouge out the basilisk's eyes. While my tentacled friend does that, I'm going to join Heisenberg behind the tree and create a plan.
You do that, gaining Hidden 0.7 and planning I (because its harder to hide multiple people behind the same tree.)
I remove the bomb. Being the actual Acererak's cousin, I am also a lich. Things such as the bomb you planted on me I would be experienced in creating, and therefore know what they feel like.
I turn, and with a murderous glow in my skeletal eye sockets, screech: "TRAITOR! THE TIME HAS COME TO ACCEPT YOUR
M O R T A L I T Y!"
Edit: I remove the bomb on the other person's back. I nice lich.
You do that, keeping your existing planning buff but utterly neutralizing all "Hidden" buffs by screeching so loudly. the bombs are neutralized, and the other guy has been yelled at. you be the nice lich. its you.
I summon my own blink dog, angry at the others for turning the basilisk back, and transform into a phoenix.
You do those things! Blink dog summoned! Phoenix transformed into! Glare in the general direction of everyone else preformed! Mastema.
The Shoggoth, unordered, continues to sit there and ooze acid. The Servitor of the outer gods starts to climb the Basilisk to gouge its eyes out. sadly for it, the Basilisk is big, so it doesn't finish this round. Ballista remains crushed. The Basilisk hears sounds coming from the tree, specifically screeching. however, the Godmodder has trained it so that when there's a loud obvious sound, it looks in the opposite direction (because if people throw rocks to distract it.) and its wisdom is low enough that it doesn't realize that doesn't apply. The Shoggoth is that way. Shoggoth transformed into Shoggoth statue!
The Godmodder smiles more broadly and takes out some popcorn. He knows something you don't. AndYouknowsomethinghedoesn't.
[GM]Godmodder: 297 /300 HP inside a dimensionally locked, hell-gate proof energy shield. recuperating. Smiling more then ear to ear, somehow. his smile defys physics. Eating super tasty popcorn. [OG]Blink Dog 220/220HP -11 to incoming damage! can blink!notLoyal to NatureWriter Mastema
[H-OG] Servitor of the outer gods: 7 /35 HP Bound to Acerak! Climbing Basilisk. [A] Shoggoth statue 13 /25 HP Bound to Acerak! Acid skin! currently stone.
[A] 20% intact Crushed Ballista near master of wolves. unloaded. still covered in mammoth blood.
[AG-Shard]Basilisk: 190 /400 HP Flesh to Stone gaze! Real big! is a basilisk! eyes are known to be Red! Low wisdom saving throws. 73.4% Sanity. Disintegrating (4 damage a round.)
I grin at Acerak, before pulling out a small mahgic detonator switch, making the entire structure of mana in my mana bombs combust in a firey explosion that matches the Phoenix inferno.
I hide behind a rock, trying again to gain an advantage. While I'm there, I call the great old one Nyogtha. I ask him nicely to assist us in fighting the godmodder. I also eat a fruit roll-up of power.
I cast time stop. It lasts for 5 rounds (yes, I actually rolled a d4+1), and during that I first cast teleportation circle on the godmodder to drop him directly in front of his shield, then cast summon monster 9, and summon an elder fire elemental that I send at the godmodder. I also shapechange into an ancient gold dragon. And finally, I cast mordenkainen's magnificent mansion and turn it into a sickbay for injured friends, placing the entrance as far away from both the godmodder and Master_of_Wolves as possible. To top off my rounds, I breathe fire at the godmodder.
Minor change to the rules. Non-godmodder entitys will now have consistent difficulty to do 1 damage. Barring extremely impressive attacks (impressive from an OOC perspective, not IC.), attacks will now cap at 30 damage, and have a minimum of 10 damage. 10 is reserved for "I attack X". That will be all.
EDIT: Sorry, I missed a post! this has now been corrected.
I screech loudly and nose dive at the Godmodder, turning into a human... sorry... phoenixinferno. Don't blame me... I'm a bird.
Mastema??? What does it mean?
Phoenix HP: 50/50
Blink Dog HP: 22 /22
You do that! The Godmodder is Still inside his very strong energy shield! Why that is a very good question! Since I was Describing the effects of your action, it must be related to that somehow. ...instead, you change target and burn the Basilisk for 20 damage.
I grin at Acerak, before pulling out a small mahgic detonator switch, making the entire structure of mana in my mana bombs combust in a firey explosion that matches the Phoenix inferno.
You do that! your decisions continue to utterly Baffle everyone involved. The explosion is very pretty, destroys the tree behind which you "Hid", leaves a small crater, and has little in the way of longer term effects, as none of the players involved where vulnerable.
I keep waiting, and attempt to observe the godmodder. The godmodder's up to SOMETHING. I just need to figure out what.
You observe the godmodder in more detail.
Hm... his grin still seems solid, but the rest of his body is starting to fade, as far as you can tell. It looks like he's copying a Cheshire cat. At least he'll be out of that shield once he's done, it keeps getting in everyone's way. The Kernels from the popcorn seem to be falling in a specific pattern... You aren't sure, but it looks like it spells "InfvltrotF" ...?
I hide behind a rock, trying again to gain an advantage. While I'm there, I call the great old one Nyogtha. I ask him nicely to assist us in fighting the godmodder. I also eat a fruit roll-up of power.
I don't know why MasterOfWolves is doing that either. You hide behind the rock and call Nyogtha...
But nobody ca- The Servitor of the outer god's eyes suddenly glow red. SERVITOR:Mbltgsz rh wvzw. dv xzmmlg zxg hl vzhrob, yfg ru blf trev fh vmlfts kldvi, gsvm nzb-- -- ---- ----- -- -- -vok blf?The Glow fades. Servitor could be telling the truth, whatever its saying, but getting the right code will take ages and given the... Fragile... state of your sanity, its not exactly reliable. The fruit roll-up of power empowers your next action, whatever it may be.
I cast time stop. It lasts for 5 rounds (yes, I actually rolled a d4+1), and during that I first cast teleportation circle on the godmodder to drop him directly in front of his shield, then cast summon monster 9, and summon an elder fire elemental that I send at the godmodder. I also shapechange into an ancient gold dragon. And finally, I cast mordenkainen's magnificent mansion and turn it into a sickbay for injured friends, placing the entrance as far away from both the godmodder and Master_of_Wolves as possible. To top off my rounds, I breathe fire at the godmodder.
You try to do a Lot of things. many things, in fact! First, you try to do a Time-Stop Teleport-Circle Summon-monster Combo attack... Which fails. 1 round is 8 seconds. 5 rounds is 40 seconds. Teleportation circle has a cast time of 1 minute, or 60 seconds. you don't have enough time before time-stop ends, and proceed to get hit by a rock for entirely unrelated reasons. Then, you try to Shapechange into an ancient gold dragon... and fail, as a Ancient gold dragon has a 20 damage attack plus 2 16 damage attacks, and while players are nigh-invulnerable, that still means the Ancient gold dragon's basic attacks are significantly more powerful then you can reasonably do. You proceed to cast Mordenkainens Magnificent Mansion And, unlike with your last 2 attempted actions, succeed. there is now a sickbay for injured friends, and it is a fair distance away from the Godmodder and Master_of_wolves. Time stop ended a while ago, and you aren't a golden dragon, so you fail to breath fire. (The main reason some of your actions failed wasn't because they where inconsistent, but rather because you where trying to do too much in one Post. )
I cast Mordenkainen's disjunction on the godmodders shield.
I'm so sorry for missing this the first time! I kept getting interrupted so the dop took longer then normal, and then I forgot to reload and check whether anyone'd posted! You cast Mordenkainen's disjunction. the Godmodder's shield mostly uses non-magic systems on which he will not elaborate, but the hell-gate proofing was with magic, so you nullify that, hooray!... assuming thats a good thing.
End of Round Reactions:
The Servitor continues climbing the Basilisk, nearing its head. maybe you can weaken that darned beast. The Sickbay for Injured Friends discovers that it has a health bar, then idles, for there are no Injured Friends within. The Shoggoth statue and Ballista are currently both inanimate. The Blink Dog blinks and preforms a Bite attack on the Basilisk! 16 damage. The Basilisk Roars in pain and rears up, throwing off the Servitor in the process. 7 damage and death... Of the link binding the servitor to Acerak. The Servitor is now free, and quite hostile. The Servitors physical body took some damage too. The Godmodder finished his message a few sentences ago, and is again watching the battlefield. Oh look, a strange distortion in the distance, that might be worth looking into. (the distortion in case its unclear is the Sickbay, the portal to which is visually a distortion.) he continues to fade away, to the point where one might mistake his body for not existing from the distance.
[GM]Godmodder: 297 /300 HP Leaving a dimensionally locked, no longer hell-gate proof energy shield. Ready. his smile defys physics, for he is a Cheshire cat. Finished spelling out message with super tasty popcorn.
[OG]Sickbay for Injured friends (of booksbooks) 100% entrance stability, 100% intact interior. Empty. [OG]Blink Dog 220/220HP -11 to incoming damage! can blink!notLoyal to NatureWriter Mastema
[H] Servitor of the outer gods: 55 /70 HP UnBound! Has a crazed look in its eyes... [A] Shoggoth statue 13 /25 HP Bound to Acerak! Acid skin! currently stone.
[A] 20% intact Crushed Ballista near master of wolves. unloaded. still covered in mammoth blood.
[AG-Shard]Basilisk: 150 /400 HP Flesh to Stone gaze! Real big! is a basilisk! eyes are known to be Red! Low wisdom saving throws. 73.4% Sanity. Disintegrating (4 damage a round.)
I wonder where Acerak pulled that harpoon from as I start casting a unique time reversal spell on the ballista, reversing it's time to when it was still whole. However, it will still be covered in mammoth blood, since only the ballsta is affected.
I tell the others of the prophecy the shoggoth told me.
"The godmodder has no allies; it is his strength and weakness. The great old ones and other deities can't help us, except one. That one, I do not know.
Ok, I was nearly done the update, then I pressed delete by accident. I'm going to redo it now, this post is here prevent the thing yesterday with missing someones post when updating. The update is now done.
I summon a celestial bear to send at the basilisk. Lesson learned.
Celestial bear summoned! its gaze flickers around the battlefield, looking at the Cheshiremodder, concluding it not a threat, and settling on the Basilisk as the biggest problem.
I wonder where Acerak pulled that harpoon from as I start casting a unique time reversal spell on the ballista, reversing it's time to when it was still whole. However, it will still be covered in mammoth blood, since only the ballsta is affected.
The Ballista rebuilds itself in blatant defiance of the second law of thermodynamics, moving back into its pre-destruction state... meaning the drawstring is also pulled back, woo!
I guess I'll keep waiting and observing, since I need insight as to what his plans might be. the popcorn arrangement, in particular, probably has a clue.
You do that! the finished popcorn arrangement seems to read "InAltrate P." or perhaps "hfltrate P.", but you aren't sure, as the Cheshiremodder notices you looking and burns the arrangement to cinders. as for the Cheshiremodder, his body is entirely invisible and the smile is now fading.
I tell the others of the prophecy the shoggoth told me.
"The godmodder has no allies; it is his strength and weakness. The great old ones and other deities can't help us, except one. That one, I do not know.
...You speak of your delusions, claiming to hear sounds coming from solid stone, And attempting to provide credibility by using vague language for the beginning. it shall be up to the others as to whether they should believe you or now.
End Of Round Reactions: The servitor screams a crazed scream, sending spikes of non-euclidean material in all dimensions. minor SAN damage to Celestial bear, Blink dog, Acerak, and the Basilisk. The Shoggoth statue stubbornly refuses to emit sound, Providing evidence against the delusions of the lich. The Ballista sits there, nearing serviceability. The sickbay sits, empty. The Celestial Bear claws at the basilisk, warding it off. 4 damage. The Blink dog attacks the basilisk again. 16 damage. Basilisk's Sanity is pretty low, and it Slams its tail into the Blink Dog. 30-11 damage! The Cheshiremodder is nearly done leaving his shield. in unrelated news, did you ever notice how Celestial bears have glowing Cyan eyes?
[GM]Cheshiremodder: 297 /300 HP Leaving a dimensionally locked, no longer hell-gate proof energy shield. Fading smile. popcorn message reduced to cinders.
[OG]Sickbay for Injured friends (of booksbooks) 100% entrance stability, 100% intact interior. Empty. [OG]Celestial Bear 19/19 HP 5 young (seem safe) Protective of young. Glowing cyan eyes. 96% Sanity. [OG]Blink Dog 1+198/220 HP -11 to incoming damage! 97% sanity. can blink!notLoyal to NatureWriter Mastema
[H] Servitor of the outer gods: 55 /70 HP UnBound! Has a crazed look in its eyes... [A] Shoggoth statue 13 /25 HP Bound to Acerak! Acid skin! currently stone.
[A] 100% intact Ballista possibly near master of wolves. Pulled back,still unloaded. still covered in mammoth blood.
[AG-Shard]Basilisk: 111 /400 HP Flesh to Stone gaze(weakened)! Real big! is a basilisk! eyes are known to be Red! Low wisdom saving throws. 70.4% Sanity. Disintegrating (4 damage a round.)
I remove the bomb. Being the actual Acererak's cousin, I am also a lich. Things such as the bomb you planted on me I would be experienced in creating, and therefore know what they feel like.
I turn, and with a murderous glow in my skeletal eye sockets, screech: "TRAITOR! THE TIME HAS COME TO ACCEPT YOUR
M O R T A L I T Y!"
Edit: I remove the bomb on the other person's back. I nice lich.
Walton Gibson - Human Cleric, Level 1
I summon my own blink dog, angry at the others for turning the basilisk back, and transform into a phoenix.
(the Basilisk was still allied with the Godmodder as a Blink dog, and barring being very creative, the only way to kill it would be to turn it back into a Basilisk, so you shouldn't really be angry at them, IMO. )
/NotanUpdate
The Servitor of the outer gods starts to climb the Basilisk to gouge its eyes out. sadly for it, the Basilisk is big, so it doesn't finish this round.
Ballista remains crushed.
The Basilisk hears sounds coming from the tree, specifically screeching. however, the Godmodder has trained it so that when there's a loud obvious sound, it looks in the opposite direction (because if people throw rocks to distract it.) and its wisdom is low enough that it doesn't realize that doesn't apply. The Shoggoth is that way. Shoggoth transformed into Shoggoth statue!
[OG]Blink Dog 220/220HP -11 to incoming damage! can blink!notLoyal to NatureWriter Mastema
[A] Shoggoth statue 13 /25 HP Bound to Acerak! Acid skin! currently stone.
I screech loudly and nose dive at the Godmodder, turning into a human... sorry... phoenix inferno. Don't blame me... I'm a bird.
Mastema??? What does it mean?
Phoenix HP: 50/50
Blink Dog HP: 22/22
I grin at Acerak, before pulling out a small mahgic detonator switch, making the entire structure of mana in my mana bombs combust in a firey explosion that matches the Phoenix inferno.
Boi. Y U betrae frens.
I hide behind a rock, trying again to gain an advantage. While I'm there, I call the great old one Nyogtha. I ask him nicely to assist us in fighting the godmodder. I also eat a fruit roll-up of power.
Walton Gibson - Human Cleric, Level 1
I cast time stop. It lasts for 5 rounds (yes, I actually rolled a d4+1), and during that I first cast teleportation circle on the godmodder to drop him directly in front of his shield, then cast summon monster 9, and summon an elder fire elemental that I send at the godmodder. I also shapechange into an ancient gold dragon. And finally, I cast mordenkainen's magnificent mansion and turn it into a sickbay for injured friends, placing the entrance as far away from both the godmodder and Master_of_Wolves as possible. To top off my rounds, I breathe fire at the godmodder.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
I cast Mordenkainen's disjunction on the godmodders shield.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Walton Gibson - Human Cleric, Level 1
Minor change to the rules. Non-godmodder entitys will now have consistent difficulty to do 1 damage. Barring extremely impressive attacks (impressive from an OOC perspective, not IC.), attacks will now cap at 30 damage, and have a minimum of 10 damage. 10 is reserved for "I attack X". That will be all.
EDIT: Sorry, I missed a post! this has now been corrected.
Why that is a very good question! Since I was Describing the effects of your action, it must be related to that somehow.
...instead, you change target and burn the Basilisk for 20 damage.
You hide behind the rock and call Nyogtha...
The Servitor of the outer god's eyes suddenly glow red.
SERVITOR: Mbltgsz rh wvzw. dv xzmmlg zxg hl vzhrob, yfg ru blf trev fh vmlfts kldvi, gsvm nzb-- -- ---- ----- -- -- -vok blf?The Glow fades.
Servitor could be telling the truth, whatever its saying, but getting the right code will take ages and given the... Fragile... state of your sanity, its not exactly reliable.
The fruit roll-up of power empowers your next action, whatever it may be.
Then, you try to Shapechange into an ancient gold dragon... and fail, as a Ancient gold dragon has a 20 damage attack plus 2 16 damage attacks, and while players are nigh-invulnerable, that still means the Ancient gold dragon's basic attacks are significantly more powerful then you can reasonably do.
You proceed to cast Mordenkainens Magnificent Mansion And, unlike with your last 2 attempted actions, succeed. there is now a sickbay for injured friends, and it is a fair distance away from the Godmodder and Master_of_wolves.
Time stop ended a while ago, and you aren't a golden dragon, so you fail to breath fire.
(The main reason some of your actions failed wasn't because they where inconsistent, but rather because you where trying to do too much in one Post. )
You cast Mordenkainen's disjunction. the Godmodder's shield mostly uses non-magic systems on which he will not elaborate, but the hell-gate proofing was with magic, so you nullify that, hooray!... assuming thats a good thing.
The Sickbay for Injured Friends discovers that it has a health bar, then idles, for there are no Injured Friends within.
The Shoggoth statue and Ballista are currently both inanimate.
The Blink Dog blinks and preforms a Bite attack on the Basilisk! 16 damage. The Basilisk Roars in pain and rears up, throwing off the Servitor in the process. 7 damage and death... Of the link binding the servitor to Acerak. The Servitor is now free, and quite hostile. The Servitors physical body took some damage too.
The Godmodder finished his message a few sentences ago, and is again watching the battlefield. Oh look, a strange distortion in the distance, that might be worth looking into. (the distortion in case its unclear is the Sickbay, the portal to which is visually a distortion.) he continues to fade away, to the point where one might mistake his body for not existing from the distance.
[OG]Blink Dog 220/220HP -11 to incoming damage! can blink!notLoyal to NatureWriter Mastema
[A] Shoggoth statue 13 /25 HP Bound to Acerak! Acid skin! currently stone.
I throw a harpoon into the basilisk's eyes. It is empowered by my fruit-rollup powers.
Walton Gibson - Human Cleric, Level 1
I summon a celestial bear to send at the basilisk. Lesson learned.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
I wonder where Acerak pulled that harpoon from as I start casting a unique time reversal spell on the ballista, reversing it's time to when it was still whole. However, it will still be covered in mammoth blood, since only the ballsta is affected.
I tell the others of the prophecy the shoggoth told me.
"The godmodder has no allies; it is his strength and weakness. The great old ones and other deities can't help us, except one. That one, I do not know.
Walton Gibson - Human Cleric, Level 1
Ok, I was nearly done the update, then I pressed delete by accident.
I'm going to redo it now, this post is here prevent the thing yesterday with missing someones post when updating.The update is now done.
The servitor screams a crazed scream, sending spikes of non-euclidean material in all dimensions. minor SAN damage to Celestial bear, Blink dog, Acerak, and the Basilisk.
The Shoggoth statue stubbornly refuses to emit sound, Providing evidence against the delusions of the lich. The Ballista sits there, nearing serviceability.
The sickbay sits, empty. The Celestial Bear claws at the basilisk, warding it off. 4 damage.
The Blink dog attacks the basilisk again. 16 damage. Basilisk's Sanity is pretty low, and it Slams its tail into the Blink Dog. 30-11 damage!
The Cheshiremodder is nearly done leaving his shield. in unrelated news, did you ever notice how Celestial bears have glowing Cyan eyes?
[OG]Celestial Bear 19/19 HP 5 young (seem safe) Protective of young. Glowing cyan eyes. 96% Sanity.
[OG]Blink Dog 1+198/220 HP -11 to incoming damage! 97% sanity. can blink!notLoyal to NatureWriter Mastema
[A] Shoggoth statue 13 /25 HP Bound to Acerak! Acid skin! currently stone.