second salamander fight

[cellio]

Here is the log of the second salamander fight. This one was longer and had more delay/ready actions, so the order got scrambled and I may not have gotten everything right. As before, I welcome corrections from the other players.

We had a gazillion prep rounds during which we ended up with the following (sometimes more than once due to short-term spells expiring):

• Turok: polymorph (large half-dragon), barkskin, stoneskin, shield, greater invisibility (expired), salve of slipperiness, expeditious retreat, bull strength
• Kyle: resist fire, barkskin, stoneskin, fly, greater invisibility (expired),
• Larissa: resist fire, resist electricity (10pts), barkskin, mage armor, fly, shield, see invisible, polymorph (troll), greater invisibility (expired)
• Liandra: resist fire, resist electricity (10pts), barkskin, grow wings (druid feat)

And they had:

• Zaid: resist cold, mage armor, bull strength
• Farooq: resist cold, mage armor, bull strength
• Hamid: resist cold, bull strength
• Indzihar: resist cold, see invisible, shield, mage armor (edit: had mistakingly listed resist electricity)

Surprise round (49):
Kyle: throw dagger at Zaid
Larissa: move toward Kyle (can't also cast in surprise round)
Hamid: move
Farooq: dispel magic on Larissa (gets polymorph, mage armor)
Zaid: fireball (miss)
Indzihar: dispel magic on Turok; got lots of stuff
Liandra: call lightning

50:
Kyle: (ready)
Larissa: (ready)
Hamid: charge Turok; critical hit
Turok: full-attack Hamid; hit twice
Farooq: charge Turok; hit
Kyle (interrupts Zaid): circlet of blasting on Zaid
Zaid: starts to summon; maintains concentration
Larissa (interrupts Indzihar): dispel magic as counterspell; fail
Indzihar: resist electricity (self)
Liandra: lightning bolt on Zaid; disrupts summoning; heal Turok

51:
Hamid: miss (!)
Turok: full attack Hamid; miss
Farooq: hits Turok lots; grapple
Kyle: (delay)
Zaid: (move?)
Larissa: invisibility on Kyle
Kyle: attack Zaid
Indzihar: lightning bolt on Larissa
Liandra: languar Hamid

52:
Hamid: slowly charge Liandra; miss
Turok: try to escape grapple; fail; yield to avoid being crushed to death
Farooq: attack Liandra
Zaid: attack Kyle; hit
Larissa: dispel magic on Indzihar; total miss!
Kyle: hit Zaid many times; Zaid yields
Indzihar: dispel magic on Kyle (invisibility)
Liandra: languar Farooq

53:
Hamid: charge Turok (!) ("they are not worthy!"), disables (0HP)
Turok: drink healing potion
Farooq: yells at Hamid; grapples Hamid
Larissa: (ready)
Kyle: charge Indzihar
Indzihar: greater invisibility - counterspelled!
Liandra: Hamid drops from languar; flank Indzihar; Indzihar grapples

54:
Hamid & Farooq weak; locked in grapple
Turok: withdraws
Larissa: (ready)
Kyle: miss
Larissa: attempt counterspell on Indzihar; fail
Indzihar: ray of enfeeblement on Kyle
Liandra: attack Indzihar; miss; Farooq collapses and yields

55:
Larissa: (ready)
Kyle: hits Indzihar (weakly)
Larissa: attempt counterspell on Indzihar; fail
Indzihar: ray of enfeeblement on Liandra
Liandra: (not sure); releases languar on Farooq ?

56:
Kyle: hit Indzihar
Larissa: charge Indzihar; miss
Indzihar: greater invisibility
Liandra: (not sure; perhaps yielded here as I have no further notes for her)

57: (not sure why order flipped here)
Larissa: dispel magic on Indzihar; get 4 of 6 including invisibility
Kyle: throw acid at Indzihar; miss
Indzihar: lightning bolt on Larissa (deals 2 points); runs

58:
Larissa: empowered coldball (40 points on Indzihar)
Kyle: attack
Indzihar: attack Kyle w/tail; miss

59:
Larissa: empowered magic missile (30 pts)
Kyle: sneak attack - 2 critical hits and one regular hit (38 pts)
Indzihar: yields

Aside: At the end of this Larissa still had two 5th-level spells, one 3rd-level, all 7 2nd-level, and a bunch of 1st-level. I conclude that it is basically impossible for a medium-level sorceror who starts fresh to run out of spells during a single fight.

Comments

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

Liandra was helpless after the ray of enfeeblement, so she had effectively yielded.

Wow -- that was some notetaking!

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

Indzihar didn't get her resist electricity during the prep.

Indzihar was down to two 4th-level slots, one 3rd-level slot, and one 1st-level slot, for a total of 20 spells cast (or attempted) during the fight.

Under normal circumstances, it seems impossible for a medium-level sorceror to run out of spells during a day, let alone during a single fight.

[cellio]

Indzihar didn't get her resist electricity during the prep.

Oops, you're right. She got that later.

It looks like Larissa cast (or attempted) 18 spells. She used the rod of empower twice (there was one more use left for the day).

Under normal circumstances, it seems impossible for a medium-level sorceror to run out of spells during a day, let alone during a single fight.

I know I've come very close for a day, but I don't remember how recently. Maybe during the caverns of Laryn.