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.