Battle Thread 1: Raoul & Alarian attempts to reenact the murder of Wynsar Haldin

[Balgin Stondraeg]

No battle map for this one folks. It starts with a surprise round. Raoul and Alarian start standing next to each other and the rock pool is a move action away from them. The rest of the group can generaly get to them with a run (or two rounds of more careful approach).

Initiative:

Raoul: 24
Alarian: 17

Others will be added in after the surprise round.

Raoul attempts a grapple, Alarian is flat footed so makes no attack of opportunity.

Raoul's touch attack is 12, since Alarian is flat footed that's a hit. Alarian suffers a shocking 6 points of subdual damage! Alarian is surprised (but now no longer flat footed. I'm going to rule that Raoul drags Alarian to the pool before anyone else is able to react (maybe they're shocked because it's so unexpected of either of their companions). Raoul's grapple is 18, Alarian's is 15 so Raoul has successfuly initiated the grapple and has got a solid firm grip on Alarian.

Round 1:

Raoul: 24
Alarian: 17
Rogan: 17
Ivor: 16
Kiaphas: 10
Aurum: 6

Raoul attempts to (grapple) force Alarian to move with him into the pool. Raoul's grapple roll is 19 and Alarian's is 16 so Alarian is forced into the pool (where they both stand).

Next Alarian attempts to break free of the grapple. His grapple check results in an 11 whilst Raoul's totals in at 15 so ALarian fails to break free from his grip.

Everyone else may now act (but don't expect more than two or three of you to be able to get to them).

[Mr Teufel]

Kiaphas intends to attempt a grapple, and call out to the priest: "He's posessed! See if you can turn it out of him!"

[Custom_Hobby]

Aurum runs over he should have been closest and tries to restrain Raul.

[Fabian]

Do it, release me! You can rend him, tear him - No! He is my friend! Alarian shouts in his head. He tries to escape once again.

[Rod the Worm]

Hearing the commotion, Rogan turns to see the two grappling as Kiaphas shouts out that Raoul is possessed.  Anger turning his face ugly, he strides towards the two, attempts to take hold of Raoul's shoulder and begins to call out in a powerful voice.
"In the name of the Healing Lady, be gone from this man and leave him be!  He is under Her protection now!"


(Attempts to touch and casts Protection from Evil on Raoul)

[Balgin Stondraeg]

Willpower save for Raoul to break out of it this round: 14. That's not enough.

Kiaphas attempts to join the grapple. Touch attack 16. Assist : 19. So Alarian's 16 becomes an 18 this round, still not quite enough (yet). Rogan strides angrily towards them but doesn't quite arrive yet. Aurum rushes over to help out as well. Touch attack: 23 (yeah, that was enough). Assist 12. That brings Alarian up to a 20 and he breaks free.

[Fabian]

Hmmm, so Raoul now has Kiaphas and Aurum grappling him. OK, next step - will Prot from Evil work? If not, anyone got dispel magic or remove curse?

Probably removing him from the vicinity may work as well.

[Custom_Hobby]

Aurum continues to assist Alarian and grapple with Raul. "We need to restrain him!"

[Mr Teufel]

Kiaphas too is continuing to grapple.

[Balgin Stondraeg]

I actualy need to give Raoul subdual damage for the two people who already joined the grapple. Now that they've broken his grip they need to initiative one upon him (I'll handle that in a bit).

Okay, so round 2:

Raoul: 24
Alarian: 17
Rogan: 17
Ivor: 16
Kiaphas: 10
Aurum: 6

Raoul lunges for Alarian once more. Since this is an unarmed attack and he does not have improved unarmed attack, improved snatch or whatever the grapple feats are, it provokes an attack of opportunity from both Kiaphas and Aurum and since an attack of opportunity is any kind of attack you want it to be, they each opt to initiate a grapple (although Kiaphas might otp to assist Aurum's attack roll instead but that probably won't be needed).

So, Kiaphas' touch attack is 8 so he doesn't manage to get a grip. This would normaly also provoke an attack of opportunity from Raoul but he's got tunnel vision at the moment and he's ignoring everyone but Alarian so he won't make an aoopps this time round.

Aurum's touch attack, on the other hand, is a 21. His grapple check is 13 against Raoul's 18 (nasty dice but it's +7 against +6 opposed) so he doesn't quite manage to get a grip. Aurum does cause Raoul to suffer 5 more subdual damage 'though from rough handling him.

Now Raoul attacks Alarian (who is entitled to make an attack of opportunity if he wants, probably to fend off his atatcker). Let us know what you'll do Fabes and I'll be able to update this battle thread again.

[Fabian]

Alright, so I get an AoO... I'll intiate a grapple - we all need to establish a pin so we can drag him away from here. So here's what I'll try to do -if do get a grapple with the AoO, I'll delay my action until Aurum's counts so we can all drag Raul away. Alarian will shout to both Kiaphas and Aurum that that's what they should do.

[Custom_Hobby]

Aurum continues his course of action and goes for the pin

[Balgin Stondraeg]

Right so.... Alarian's attack of opportunity provokes an attack of opportunity from Raoul (who isn't ignoring Alarian and takes it, making a grapple attempt). Since Alarian hasn't got combat reflexes basicaly Raoul goes first.

Raoul's aoopp grapple attempt touch attack: 8 (he failed to get a grip and failed to disrupt Alarian's grapple).

Alarian's aoopp grapple attempt touch attack: 7 (the online dice roller seems stuck on two's today).

So, Raoul's actual normal grapple: 18 (got him). 4 subdual damage to Alarian.

Opposed grapple checks: 12 for Alarian, 12 for Raoul. He doesn't manage to get a grip.

Now we have Alarian's actual grapple attempt: 16 (got him) 4 subdual damage to Raoul as well.

Opposed: 23 for Raoul, 21 for Alarian, no successful hold initiated.

Wow. Now we move on to everyone else (finaly).

[Custom_Hobby]

Thinking about it I feel bad for anyone who has to wrestle with Aurum, with his spiked gauntlets and razor sharp edges/spikes his armor. Aurum continues to try to restrain him and pull him away.

[Fabian]

Wow! That was mega! I have this image of the two of them with their hands wrapped around one another's throats! Too bad Alarian is the second string warrior of the party!

Ha! I only just noticed that the two of them have all the same feats (Except Raoul has Weapon Focus).