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Red Hand Of Doom - Part One: The Witchwood
Anonymous
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No.133942
133953
Greetings. Welcome to the first session of /mlpol/'s first running of the classic third edition d&d campaign Red Hand Of Doom.
On this adventure, our heroes, currently three strong, will encounter dozens of trials that will test their strength, cunning, and friendship as they face an army of goblins.

If you'd like to join, there's still room for more in the party. Don't be shy to ask.

Our story begins in Elsir Vale, with our three heroes on the road to the town of Drellin’s Ferry. The three are seasoned adventurers, and exated heroes to boot. Having fought many battles together before, they are confident in their strength. Legend has it of a vast treasure in the Vault of Vraath Keep, hidden deep in the Witchwood; our heroes, have journeyed all this way to seize the vault for their own.
Despite that, they all have their own motivations to travel to Drellin's Ferry:
Sir Whiskers, a cunning and charismatic Tibbet Jester, is travelling to meet up with an old friend of his: Princess Princess Bagel Jennifurr Fluffykinz the fourth. He hasn't met his old friend since he was a kitten, and he's eager to meet with her again. She has arranged to meet up with him in Drellin's Ferry, and to accompany him on his adventure.
Sir Brozal, a mighty Orc Crusader of Pelor, has received a mission from a high-ranking Cleric of his order has received a powerful vision of war descending on Elsir Vale under the banner of a clawed red hand, and has sent Brolaz to the far reaches of Elsir Vale to avert impending disaster... Brozal isn't exactly sure if the vision was real, or if his master just wanted to get rid of him for the year, but he never turns down a good crusade.
Brother Chad, a wise and powerful Druid, has chosen to accompany his companions on their hunt for the lost treasure in the Witchwood. Sir Whiskers requested his aid because Chad is the most experienced woodsman he knows. Chad is wary of this region, for he's heard that it is ruled by a fierce and territorial Druid, but he embarks upon this jouney nonetheless, the secrets of the Witchwood too tempting to ignore.
...So tempting that he seems to have drifted off somewhere with his horse; probably fucking it again or something. Stupid hippie.

And so, let's begin:
>The afternoon sun beats down on you; the air is hot and still. The sparsely settled lands of Elsir Vale are starting to grow monotonous, with a seemingly endless line of dusty flyspecks of towns. The town of Drellin’s Ferry lies a few miles ahead of you. It’s a settlement hard on the borders of the Witchwood, and the best place from which to begin exploring the nearby forest.
This is the part where the players ask obvious questions that I thoughtlessly ignored in the first post, as well as implore about their surroundings.
Anonymous
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No.133943
here
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133944
133945 133947 133953
Lets look around for things to explore.
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133945
133947
>>133944
Brozal is marching in the front most rank

Appearance and backstory:
>mlpol.net/vx/132102#133785
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133947
133951
>>133944
Roll Listen
>>133945
Got a horse??
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133948
I'm playing the orc
!roll 1d20-8
44eee0f
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No.133949
133952 133958
!roll 1d20-8
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133950
Rolled a -3
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133951
>>133947
Also I have no horse
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133952
133958
>>133949
It's "Dice 1d20+modifier"

Also, since I neglected to print maneuver cards for you, I'm going to allow you to manage them yourself for this encounter alone.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.133953
133954
>>133942
>>133944
The bold black and white housecat is content with strutting behind Brozal, items jingling on his quadruped body. He made extra sure to brush his coat with his tongue extensively before setting off in the hopes not to come to his friend in an uncool, dirty fashion.
With an excited strut and raised up tail, Whiskers seems pretty happy to let the orc do the scouting while Chad did his human stuff.
(...Humans are a curious bunch, I must say,) he thought to himself.

The kitty simply looks around the path, mainly to avoid any tiny pebbles that could hurt his paws as well as ensure not to mess up his hard grooming work.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133954
133957
>>133953
Roll Spot
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.133957
>>133954
[1d20-1 = 19]<Spot roll
Anonymous
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No.133958
>>133949
>>133952
[ 1d20+mod ] (without the spaces also works - if you want to roll in text)
[1d20+9000 = 9005] [1d20 = 8]
648ae9c
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No.133959
133960
[1d20-3 = 1]
>>133955
It goes in the email field.
I'm going to roll for you.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133960
>>133959
My mod for listen is -8. I think this is hilarious.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133962
133967
61ede602bd9b8d7063a2e76371788f69.jpg
And so, it begins.

Whiskers feels like he see's some rustling in the bushes beside him. He is not flat-footed this round.

Brozal, you take...
13 damage as multiple projectiles wiz out of the bushes from either side of the road, followed by a flash of bright hot light, only two arrows meeting their mark. You suddenly feel great that you invested so much in that Banded Mail.
This of course triggers furious counterstrike.

Bro, you're going to need to roll 2 reflex saves, at a -2 penalty because you're a Water Orc.

Whiskers, I'm going to need you to roll one to avoid the fire.

Everyone roll initiative.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133966
I'm sorry. That's only one reflex save.
Whiskers you don't need to roll.
>>133963
It's "dice 1d20+4" in the email field, no quotations.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.133967
133973
>>133962
[1d20+7 = 24]<Reflex Save
[1d20+6 = 25]<Initiative
44eee0f
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No.133968
133969 133970 133973
[1d20+4 = 8]

ref
44eee0f
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No.133969
133972
[1d20+2 = 13]
>>133968
init
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133970
>>133968
*6
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133971
there was some collateral damage.jpg
https://youtu.be/KtJ79ZjJ3lM
Current theme
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133972
>>133969
My initiative roll was 13.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133973
133976
09d47df8aa90a14b567946d0a97e01cb.png
>>133967
Indeed.
The road crests a small rise and descends into a dusty grove in a large, shallow dell. An abandoned farmhouse, partially visible through the trees, stands on one side of the road. You’ve passed a dozen spots much like this one already today, but this one feels wrong.
Brozal, however, is nonethewiser, and your nervousness is confirmed as he's suddenly shot.

Following the source of the arrows, you glimpse the glint of mail through the brush by the side of the road. Eight fierce warriors—tall, hairy humanoids with wide mouths and flat faces—are lying in wait!
>>133968
Fail.
You take 7 fire damage as a burst of fire launches towards you from ahead of the path. A barking growl sounds ahead of you and you hear shouting.

Whiskers turn.
The road is roughly ~20 ft across, with yourself in the middle of it. Marauders appear to be lurking some 15-25 ft away, only barely recognizable with partial concealment.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133974
133975
Gosh, this is not going nearly as well as I had hoped it would...
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133975
133977
>>133974
It can be salvaged... I drew fire riposte, mountain hammer, and stone bones for my first three moves.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.133976
133977
>>133973
With a swift arc of the back as the hairs on his tail poofen up in the surprise and fear of being attack, Whiskers moves his tiny body to hide somewhere in order to stealthily approach the band of marauders.
"Green human! Get to cover!" The cat tells the orc, mostly hoping he could weaken or lure the marauders to them for an easier battle.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133977
133979
>>133975
I meant in terms of speed and clarity... Perhaps it would be better done in voicechat.

Anyway, a farmhouse is barely visible to your left
>>133976
There is no cover that you can see, or at least none that wouldn't lead you closer to the enemy. The enemy has partial concealment, but you can make out nine of them.
[Barking sounds]
No, ten creatures, at least four on either side of you.

It's still your turn. If you may elect to take the total defense action if you please.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133978
>Anyway, a farmhouse is barely visible to your left
Up a steep hill
Whiskers
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No.133979
133980
>>133977
Quickly taking a defensive stance to the extreme, mostly to recover from the shock, the kitty casts Instant of Power on Brozal, enhancing his next attack roll by +4.
After this, the kitty draws his small crossbow, getting ready to battle.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133980
133981
>>133979
That's an immediate action. I'll let you hold that until he attacks, while giving you the benefit of the total defense action.
Roll slight of hand to draw your crossbow discreetly.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.133981
133984
>>133980
[1d20+13 = 31]<Sleight of Paw check Such a comedian I am.
Anonymous
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No.133982
133983 133984

Brozal charges forward and makes a full attack against any enemy in distance. Using Stone Bones for my strike, and keep in mind that I will be using fire riposte against any enemy that attacks me. So if an enemy hits me, let me make my touch attack then roll 4d6 fire damage for the one that hit me.
44eee0f
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No.133983
>>133982
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133984
133987 133999
>>133981
None of the marauders see the tabby cat draw his weapon.
>>133982
Left or right?
More arrows rain down on you, but none manage to pierce your armor.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133985
133986 133991
Rolled 20 on both attack rolls. If both hit, I deal 26 damage. I will be getting +5 DR on my next round.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133986
>>133985
Which way are you running?
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133987
133994
>>133984
Either left or right. I don't mind either way. I have 23 AC for fighting defensively.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133988
I went ahead and rolled the melee touch attack for fire riposte when it comes up. Rolled a 17. Fire riposte will deal 8 damage.
Anonymous
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No.133990
133999
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Whiskers hears annoyed shouting in a language he doesn't understand. Around the curve of the road, one of pic related makes itself visible, while another steps out of the bushes to his left.
Anonymous
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No.133991
>>133985
*+5 dr until my next round
Anonymous
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No.133992
133993
I'll go left. Also my attack rolls were actually 24 on both. Fire riposte is still 17.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133993
>>133992
Fire riposte uses touch AC though, so it should land.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133994
133996 133999
>>133987
You need to specify which way you are charging.
Youu can perceive four creature to the left, and at least four to the right, and a doglike monster out in the road right ahead of you.

Also, roll a reflex save. I never announced your turn.

Whiskers, you're going to need to roll too this time.
44eee0f
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No.133996
133997 134000
[1d20+4 = 16]
>>133994
I will charge left
Anonymous
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No.133997
>>133996
Alright. You spot three humanoid archers behind cover and a doglike monster that just shot fire at you, dealing 3 additional fire damage. The dog appears to be staring down the cat.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133998
134001
Assume I am in the martial spirit stance
Whiskers
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No.133999
134001
>>133984
>>133990
>>133994
With a startled look, Whiskers casts Grease by the right side of their position, hoping to slow down any attackers from that direction while the orc dukes it out with the leftmost individuals.
[1d20+7 = 25]<Reflex Save
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134000
>>133996
That roll was my reflex
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134001
134002 134004
>>133998
>>133998
Who/what do you target? The archers or the dog?
>>133999
Pass, you only take three damage as the canine attempts to roast you.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134002
134003
>>134001
Archers
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134003
134006
One of the archers appears to be yelling in frustration at the monster. The monster has it's eyes fixed on Whiskers. It's brother ahead is doing the same, it's mouth frothing with magmal drool as flames lick its teeth.

>>134002
NOW it's your turn.
You charge past the hound, getting to an archer's right at the end of your movement.
Now you may make your attack roll.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134004
134012
>>134001
The kitty's morale was getting mildly hammered by all the potential harm coming his way without his consent.
Deciding he's had enough of passive actions at how hard they were coming for them, he finally lets a bolt out to the dog that fired on him while voluntarily going prone.
[1d20+7 = 17]<Ranged Attack
Anonymous
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No.134006
134012
>>134003
I already made all of my rolls for attacks, damage, etc. I also told you the results.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134007
Unless the archers have more than 24 AC, one of them will take 26 damage. If I am attacked, whoever attacked me will be taking 8 fire damage from a melee touch attack with a roll of 17.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134008
134009
I have 23 AC at the moment, and a DR of 5 due to Stone Bones.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134009
134012
>>134008
Oh, I also regain 4 HP because of Martial Spirit. 6 HP if the melee touch attack lands against the first person who attacks me.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134010
134011
A hulking mass of metal and meat charges at the line of archers while screaming, "FIRE IS COMING!" The archers are then tore into by a flurry of stabs from a flaming trident.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134011
>>134010
The melee touch attack from fire riposte is a particularly vigorous slash that tears through their armor.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134012
134014 134015 134019
>>134006
You rolled while it wasn't your turn, but I'm going to give it to you.
You hit the target easily, impaling him with your trident. He goes down, spitting up blood.

Sadly, the next archer is too far away to cleave with a non-reach weapon.
You regain 1 HP from martial spirit.
>>134004
You hit.

You hear shouts from the archers, and they fix on you.
Arrows rain down on you, only two hitting. You take 8 damage between the two of them.
The dog closes in with a bite attack. It's fiery bite deals 9 damage.
It's brother charges you, its attack dealing an additional 3 damage.

>>134009
I thought it was only 1, but sure.
Btw, you might want to help out the poor kitty currently being dogpiled (lol) by hellhounds...
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134014
134016
>>134012
You regain 2 HP from each strike while using Martial Spirit. I regain four HP from landing two attacks. I'll be marking down a gain of 4 HP.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134015
>>134012
*additional 8 damage
Whiskers isn't doing so well... The hellhounds (it's hellhounds, btw) are currently flanking him.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134016
134018
>>134014
You can't make a full attack on a charge, but I'm going to give you the extra since I gave you action points for this battle.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134017
Oh yeah, it's Bro's turn again.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134018
>>134016
It wasn't an actual charge because I didn't add the +2 mod from charging
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134019
134021
>>134012
Not feeling comfortable with the current situation, Whiskers has this overwhelming feeling that his presence isn't wanted, so he does the nice thing of casting Invisibility, Swift on himself and moving away from danger as far as he can while going towards the orc.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134021
Gosh, I anhor splitting initiatives.
Bro, it's your turn to move, then we can start the next round with Whiskers.

>>134019
Wait until Bro moves.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134022
134023
With everything added up, I'm back up to 53 HP and will take seven damage next round. After this point, I'll probably start to rapidly die. I will begin by moving towards the hellhound and using Mountain Hammer while fighting defensively.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134023
134024
>>134022
Roll to attack
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134024
134025 134027
>>134023
I rolled my two attacks. They are 21 and 19 respectively. The first will deal 23 damage, and the second will deal 14 damage.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134025
>>134024
Since I was unable to use Fire Riposte, I still have that card and will be using it to counter any hits from the hellhound.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134026
I have 23 AC at the moment
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134027
134028
The hellhound is 10 feet behind you. You would have to move into its square, which means you can only make one attack normally, but I'm going to let you burn another action point.
>>134024
Is that all piercing damage?
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134028
134029 134031
>>134027
I didn't do a real charge so I still have 2 action points. It is a mix of piercing and fire damage.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134029
134030 134031
>>134028
12 points of fire damage
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134030
>>134029
the rest is piercing
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134031
134032 134035
>>134028
You can't make a full attack after moving.
>>134029
The fire does not seem to affect the beast. It howls in pain as the trident pierces it, losing focus on the cat it was mauling.

You can select either yourself or Whiskers to heal with martial spirit,

Whisker's turn
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134032
>>134031
I heal myself because I'm going to need it with all of the attacks coming in
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134033
134034
Should we open voicechat?
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134034
>>134033
I think it would make things faster. Yes.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134035
134037
>>134031
(I certainly don't like this amount of aggressive attention,) Whiskers thinks to himself, quickly casting Swift Invisibility to safely get out of dodge, hopefully in a spot where the orc can cover him when it inevitably runs out.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134036

Speaking is faster than typing.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134037
134038
>>134035
Roll concentration
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134038
134039
>>134037
[1d20+11 = 31]<Concentration Check
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134039
134041
Okay, this didn't go nearly as well as I planned...
>>134038
Success. You avoid AoO by the skin on your teeth, and are able to retreat while invisible.
With 30 ft of movement, you could attempt to hide in the bushes on the other side of the street before your invisibility runs out.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134041
134042
>>134039
He definitely takes the chance to hide, already feeling the mortalitly of his existence.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134042
>>134041
Alright.
Whiskers hides not 5 ft away from an archer, who takes a shot at Bro, managing to be the only who hit in a volloey of 7 arrows.

The dogs flank bro. He takes 5 damage from the attack, triggering furious counterstrike.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134043
134044
The two of you hear more shouting from the right side of the road.

Bro lands a hit on a dog with revitalizing strike, healing himself a little. He promptly takes another arrow.

And it is whiskers turn.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134044
134045
>>134043
Realizing the orc's being the sole center of attention, Whiskers discreetly casts Silent Image of an extra humanoid that is seen charging at the dogs currently biting his travelling companion's ankles from behind them, appearing from a feasible location,.
(That should divert some attacks.)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134045
"Gobbo GOb Goboogob gob!" A warrior steps out of the forrest on the left side of the road, it's ki charged sword shining brightly in the dim light between the trees.

He points his sword directly at Bro. Bro i need you to roll an intimidate check.

>>134044
The archers appear to be fooled, the one next to you firing at the illusion, missing it comically.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134046
c5acca405302011e097c105ac6905b1c (1).jpg
Pic
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134047
134048
It looks like I screwed up the rules for duels of wills, so that doesn't actually do anything.
The Samurai-lookalike charges at bro, moving at surprising speed as he lashes out with his sword.
Bro takes 8 slashing damage, and it is his turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134048
134050
>>134047
Okay, bro makes two swings at a dog, it takes minor damage, and he heals himself a small amount.

The hounds continue to flank him, one managing to land a bite on him, dealing 9 damage.

The archers continue to fire at the illusion, though it seems they're no longer fooled. One fires at bro and misses
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134050
134051
>>134048
With a heavy heart, Whiskers aims his crossbow at the most wounded hound in order to maybe lessen his damage providers.
[1d20+7 = 11]<Crossbow Shot
With that, he sneaks back into his bush once more
[1d20+5 = 10]<Hide again (-10 Mod)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134051
>>134050
Miss.

The seemingly dead hobobin rises again, healed by an unknown force.

Two wolves pop into existence from nowhere. One immediately turning its head towards the bush where Whiskers is hiding.

Another bites at bro, but doesn't manage to pierce his armor.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134053
The other wolf, to its summoner's dismay walks right up to the bush where mittens is hiding, although it hasn't seen him yet.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134054
134056
Okay, Bro's attack hits the Bladebearer, dealing damage, but not enought to drop him.

He then attempts to move towards the barn, but is stopped with an attack of opportunity.

Twelve archers focus fire on Bro, but miraculously only three of them hit, dealing 13 damage.

Then he takes 8 damage from a dog, 13 damage from the samurai, then 10 from a dog, then a missed attack from a wolf.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134055
*11 damage from the samurai
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134056
134057
>>134054
Fishing for his vigor potion to drink, he drinks it before trying to sneak off the wolf's search radius before he accidentally finds him.
[1d20+2 = 8]<Move Silently roll
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134057
>>134056
The wolf hears you.
It moves it with a smiting bite, but misses.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134059
134060
Okay, Bro burn an action point to attack after he uses Crusader's strike, healing 18 hp and saving himself. One of the hellhounds goes down.

And because I gummed-up the turn order, it's Whiskers's turn now. I'll just decide that the archers didn't want to fire into the melee.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134060
134061
>>134059
Figuring anywhere's better than here, Whiskers whisks off towards the barn, hoping to find anything that could help either of them in this precarious situation.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134061
>>134060
Okay, that's a retreat action, to move uphill at one half speed, the wolf snarls after you.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134063
134066
The Samurai juggles his blades and strikes twice, one attack hitting for 12 damage.
9 archers fire into the melee, all of them missing like chumps.
Both hounds miss.

Three archers turn around after Whiskers, seemingly alerted by something. They follow the wolf after him, drawing their katanas.
I'm going to let Whiskers roll a hide check right now, with a +8 bonus.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134064
It is Bro's turn
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134065
Bro manages to hit the samurai, visibly wounding him, but not dropping him.
Three archers fire down at Bro, one hitting, the damage being reduced to zero by Stone bones.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134066
>>134063
[1d20+23 = 39]<Hide Check V2
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134067
Sorry guys, this didn't start out as smoothely as I planned.

We'll come back to this encounter tomorrow. Hopefully our caster will have shown up by then, and I'll be a little more prepared.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134154
134155 134157
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Okay, here's how it's going to go down.
I know I said at the beginning that I would reset if the two of you died horribly in the first encounter, but I still want to see it until the end. Ultimately, nothing has been spoiled so far except that "You get ambushed by goblins in the woods" Spoiler Alter: It's going to happen a lot
This encounter has artificially high CR because it's meant to be a large source of your XP, since you won't have that many hard battles for a while after this.

You have 8 Action points for this level. Brozal has used three. Whiskers hasn't used any.
Be aware that an action point can be used to refresh all of your maneuvers as a free action, or to initiate an extra maneuver in one round.

Currently, the archers are closing in and making a 9-fold phalanx around Brozal with their longspears, who is currently squaring of against a Hobgoblin Bladebearer, and being flanked by a hellhound. The Bladebearer juggles his ki-charged swords and prepares his stance to finish Brozal himself with his special move (spoiler alert). One of his wounds appears to be closing, healed by a mysterious unseen force. He is completely surrounded as is. Trying to escape would be his death, so he may as well go down fighting.
The g

Brozal, idk when you last read the houserules, but I did give you all, improved Shield Bash, Two-Weapon-Fighting, and Combat Expertise as bonus feats, without having to meet the prerequisites. You could be making shield bash attacks at minimal penalty this whole time, without losing AC (remember, you heal every hit with martial spirit). You could also gain up to 5 AC with Combat Expertise if you take a -5 penalty to your attack rolls.
You also get a +1 bonus to hit creatures with the Fire subtype. I've been factoring it in automatically into your attacks against the hellhounds, and your saving throws against their breath weapons.

Whiskers, since you can't see the grid map right now (my failure as a DM, I'm going to address this next session), I'm going to inform you right now that if you cast Glitterdust on the ring, the radius spread would encompass all of the hobgoblin troops flanking Brozal, the Hellhound, the Bladebearer, one of the wolves flanking Brozal, one of the three hobgoblins that's about to pursue you up the hill, and Brozal himself.
You could also choose to direct fire at the three hobgoblins that are searching for you and the summoned wolf. The hobgoblins haven't found you yet, but the wolf may reveal your location with it's scent if you stay too close to it. The hobgoblins pursuing you have effectively left combat this round as they leave their comrades to pursue the strange cat: they would be flat-footed if you attacked them from concealment (which means iajutsu focus). Be reminded that you have three attacks in your cat form

I will let you roll spellcraft to determine the the caster level of the wolves's summoning, and thus the remaining duration. I should have pointed that out to you this round.

You can use one of your action points to recover a spell slot after you use it as a free action, but you can still only use one action point per round.

If the two of you get through this battle alive without me having to fudge dicerolls or reset the game, I'll give you both ranking affiliation scores in the churches of your deities (that means membership in the Shining Light of Pelor and Bast's Trickery Domain Affiliation), without making you pay for tithes. Consider that bonus treasure, because it's several thousand gold pieces worth of mechanical bonuses and roleplay perks.
If you die, I'll just reset and wait for a complete party.
Anonymous
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No.134155
>>134154
>The g
*The goblin troops appear visibly empowered by the Red Leader's commanding aura, and gobble among-st themselves reveling in their impending victory. Although Brozal can't speak goblinoid, he can vaguely make out that they're bickering about how to split his loot.
Anonymous
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No.134156
134159
It's Whiskers turn, btw. His decision could decide this encounter.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134157
134158 134162
>>134154
I'm here.
Anonymous
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No.134158
134162
>>134157
Oh good joy.
You're about 300 feet off of the map, basking in the afterglow of a very intimate brushing session with your prized white mare, Misty.

I'm going to roll some dice to see what you hear. I did max out your perception skills.
Whiskers
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No.134159
134160
>>134156
The kitty feels the chills of uncool crawling up his spine.
Before running a further 45 feet, Whiskers casts Glitterdust on the orc and the entire blob of enemies surrounding him.
(Ugh... can't even remember his name... must be all the tension,) the cat worriedly thought to himself as he ran further towards the sacred barn.
Anonymous
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No.134160
134161
>>134159
You can move up to 35 feet if you want to cast a spell in the same round (30 ft movement, plus your five foot step).
Since the underbrush provides you cover, you may retreat while sneaking, albeit at only one half your normal speed.
If you wish to move in this fashion, roll Move Silently; if not, roll a caster level check (1d20+6) as you fire your AoE.
I'm not going to penalize you for moving uphill because I don't feel like looking that shit up right now.
Whiskers
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No.134161
134162
>>134160
I'll give sneaking another shot.
[1d20+1 = 11]<Move Clumsily Roll
Anonymous
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No.134162
134163 134165
>>134157
>>134158
Your horse hears some commotion ahead of the curve. She describes it "like a flock of giant turkeys", but you understand that your friends seem to have run into trouble.
Misty, with her 90 ft walking speed (wow!), could be all the way there in one round if she took the run action.

What do you do?

>>134161
The wolf doesn't hear you as you leave the range of its scent, but one of the goblins seems to have heard rustling in the bushes and points towards you. The troops growl, directing the wolf with a pointed finger as they close in towards you with their swords drawn.
Roll that caster level check, btw.
Whiskers
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No.134163
134164
>>134162
[1d20+6 = 20]<Caster check
Anonymous
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No.134164
glitterdust.jpg
>>134163
Nice. You successfully beat the Fiendish Wolf's spell resistance.
One Of the goblins pursuing you near the edge of the blast screams in pain as he's blinded, crit-failing the save with his -1 modifier on top of it.

Now let me figure out if I'm supposed to roll all these saves separately or if I roll them as one together. I'm lowkey stalling for Bro and chad to make themselves apparent.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134165
134167 134168
>>134162
I mount Misty and run towards the turkeys.
Anonymous
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No.134166
134168
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The ball of golden dust hits right in the center of the kill-circle.
A new figure appears behind the samurai guy, he looks a bit like this, only covered in golden spray-paint, with some invisible patches. It seems as though this bad boy has been buffing and healing the warriors this whole time.
He claws at his eyes, apparently blinded by the spell. Most of the marauders do, actually. Everyone but the Samurai.
Anonymous
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No.134167
134168 134170
>>134165
You appear just in time to see a circle of red-skinned, hairy warriors encircling your friend Brozal, along with a black wolf and another doglike monster. Before your eyes, a flash-bang goes off in the middle of the circle, covering them all in golden dust. Most of them appear to be blinded.
Roll 1d20+2 to make an intellence check concerning these marauders.

The movement was Misty's action. You were already mounted.
You still have an action. What do you do?
You could:
>cast a ranged spell (see >>133933 → )
>Dismount and enter Wildshape (small or medium animals only)
>Give up one of your spells to summon a monster to help
>Shoot a sling bullet
Anonymous
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No.134168
134170
>>134166
The wolf flanking Brozar is blinded.
Ah, the Hellhound is not actually blinded. It saved heroically.

The warriors all shriek in pain, pointing their spears in random directions, no longer threatening Brolaz. Some step away rubbing at their eyes. The Red Leader Barks at them, to no avail.
The Goblin Priest, now visible, also paws at his eyes. Unable to really do anything else. He utters a prayers and in an instant melds into the crowd, uniform to the rest of the regulars.

I think I'll just roll Brozal's saving throw for him.

>>134167
>>134165
You are about 30-40 ft away from the kill-circle, btw.
Anonymous
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No.134169
Brolaz manages to pass his saving throw, but only with Pelor's grace, as he burns another action point to regain a use of Zealous Surge. He barely avoids being blinded.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134170
134171 134175
>>134167
[1d20+2 = 9]
I cast call lightning on the group of warriors.
>>134168
Okay.
Anonymous
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No.134171
134175 134176
>>134170
Call lightning is a 5 foot wide burst. You could normally target only one guy, but I'm going to let you hit too since these guys were close together.
Do you have a particular target in mind?
Anonymous
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No.134172
The wolf growls at Whiskers and finally lunges towards his hiding place, the goblins following him.
The wolf's teeth surge with dark energy as it smites him with it's bite attack, dealing 9 damage.
I already rolled his check modifier to avoid being tripped. He passed.
Whiskers, don't forget you healed 2 HP that last round.
Anonymous
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No.134173
Both the pursuing hobgoblins strike at you with longswords, comically missing like stormtroopers.
Anonymous
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No.134174
Bro's turn...
Anonymous
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No.134175
134176
>>134171
>>134170
You see 9 blinded regulars, one wolf, one fire-dog, one not-blinded Samurai, and one blinded priest in the kill circle.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134176
134177 134181
>>134171
>>134175
>Do you have a particular target in mind?
The priest and the fire dog.
Anonymous
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No.134177
134184
>>134176
The They on opposite sides of Brozal, so I'll just have you target the priest and the regular next to him.
The lightning hits the priest's mace like a lightning rod. I neglected to mention he was disguised, but you had a decent chance of hitting him anyway.
Regular was already wounded, and is KO'd from the shock.

The priest is visibly damaged, but doesn't drop.
"Raagh! You'll have to do more than that!" he bellows in common, before he downs a potion.

The fire-dog bites at Brozal, but fails to pierce his armor.
Anonymous
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No.134178
Fuck it, I'm just going to have Brozal do a full attack while fighting defensively with full combat expertise.
All of them miss, but his AC is high this turn.

The Red Leader clashes his blades together and taunts Brozal.
"You! You dare fight me?!”
He counters with his own combo, but Brozal manages to block each hit.
Brozal takes the damage from his delayed damage pool. His HP is pretty low now.
Anonymous
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No.134179
134182
Whiskers is currently being attacked by one wold and two goblins. He could step out of their melee range with his 5 ft step if he wants to cast a spell without provoking AoO's

He could also elect to take the retreat action, and move 60 ft uphill.
Anonymous
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No.134180
134181
The blinded regulars scramble ineffectively to return to their previous formation. With a bark from the red leader, they form a haphazard spear wall around the priest the red leader.

Chad, you can move again right after Whiskers.
Anonymous
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No.134181
134184
>>134180
>>134176
Also, be aware that you can use Call Lightning again every round, and drop up to 6 bolts.
Anonymous
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No.134182
134183
>>134179
Whiskers will continue to retreat, always searching somewhere to hide inside the farthest away these interlopers and towards the barn again.
[1d20+23 = 40]<Preemptive Hide Check
Anonymous
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No.134183
134185
>>134182
With a check like that, you're able to gain concealment in the bushes by the barn, but the Hobgoblins see where you went.

Both wolves vanish in a puff of black smoke.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134184
134186 134192
>>134177
>>134181
I cast call lightning on the regulars
Anonymous
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No.134185
134186
>>134183
Meow takes the opportunity to reload the crossbow and switch to the rapier, readying a melee attack the moment the icky, uncool hobgoblins keep their harrassment.
Anonymous
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No.134186
134187 134191
>>134184
You manage to damage two, but that's not enough to drop them.
>>134185
Technically you can't use weapons in cat form, but I neglected to mention that earlier, so go ahead and do it.
You can't ready an attack after taking a full round action though.
Anonymous
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No.134187
>>134186
Crud.
Let's pretend Whiskers simply holstered the crossbow for instant scratching action instead.
Anonymous
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No.134188
134190
The Priest takes the total defense action, and casts and Orison.
A shadowy area covers the kill-circle.
....
And is completely negated by the everburning torches that Brozal strapped to himself...

"REEEEEE stupid Orc! Muh Doom!"
Anonymous
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No.134189
.... I really wish Brozal's player were here... e_e
Anonymous
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No.134190
>>134188
I've been neglecting to mention that Brozal has been suffering from his light sensitivity.
Brozal manages to hit the Bladebearer twice, critically wounding him, but not dropping him. He heals 4 HP with from Martial Spirit.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134191
134192
>>134186
I cast plant growth in the area around the regulars.
Anonymous
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No.134192
134193 134195
The Bladebearer takes a 5 ft step back and barks orders at his regulars before taking a potion and moving back towards the priest. The regulars manage to get between Brozal and the Bladebearer, still blinded.
Brozal makes an attack of opportunity at a blinded goblin and drops him. There are regulars left in the road.

The hellhound fires his breath weapon towards Brozal, who manages to save ad only takes 4 damage.
He's at like 15 HP, with 4 points in his delayed damage pool.

Whiskers already declared his turn

>>134184
Chad's turn. You don't have to use all your lightning at once. It'll last 4 minutes (40 rounds). You can cast another spell or summon a monster.
>>134191
Ah
Thick bushes and tall grass spring up all over the road, making the terrain difficult for the already blinded goblins.
Next round, this would be perfect terrain to cast entangle on.

The Bladebearer and the Cleric stand back to back, surrounded by what remains of their kill-circle.

The bladebearer shouts something in goblinoid
"Gobble gobble gobble gobble Tiamat gobble!"
The blinded goblins on the side of the road draws his sword and waddles towards Chad, although not moving very fast.

The goblins pursuing Whiskers give up on him and leave.
They immediately see Chad and fire arrows at him.
One magages to hit him, dealing 9 damage. Another bounces off of Misty's flank, spooking her.
Chad, roll a Ride check. For you that's 1d20+3
Anonymous
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No.134193
>>134192
*8 regulars left on the road.
Anonymous
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No.134194
134196
With a bark from the Priest, the hellhound leaves the killcircle and charges right towards misty, biting into her leg with its fiery maw.

It would be Bro's turn, but idk where his player is...
He fights defensively and takes a potion. With no non-blind creature threatening him, doesn't provoke AoO. He regains 2 HP, but takes 4 damage from his delayed damage pool. He's at like 11 HP, really fucked-up.

Whiskers's turn
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134195
134197 134200 134204
>>134192
[1d20+3 = 15]
I cast entangle on the area.
Anonymous
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No.134196
134197
>>134194
Feeling it's about time to give these now disinterested ranged goblins the spook after the dogs went away as well as his hurt pride in need of mending, Whiskers decide to follow the ranged hobgolbins, preparing the biggest spook (Intimidate) imaginable.
Anonymous
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No.134197
134198 134199
Vine Growth.jpg
>>134195
The Effect of the entangle spell is augmented by the thick brush.
All of the hobgoblin regulars are entangled. Unable to move or see, they are visibly distressed.
The Priest is similarly affected, as is the bladebearer.

Thing is, Brozal is caught in the nasty nest as well. He struggles against the angry vines.

>>134196
You can sneak up behind them with your movement.
Anonymous
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No.134198
134200 134201
>>134197
Ooh, boy. Time to roll Move Silently!
[1d20+2 = 15]<You know what I'm rolling here.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134199
134200
>>134197
I cast flaming sphere on the entangled priest.
Anonymous
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No.134200
134203 134204
The bladebearer bursts out of the sea of vines, but the Priest remains entangled. Both of them appear to be regaining HP as their spells heal them.
>>134195
>>134199
I rolled Chad's ride check because you didn't. He failed his ride check as misky pancicked from the hellhound bite right after he cast his last spell. He falls prone beside her.
Both of the archer goblins fire arrows at him, both hitting and dealing 11 damage. The dog closes in with a bite attack, and sinks his teeth into him.
He's taken 29 damage and is now down below half health. He could die the next round if he doesn't think fast.

Remember, casting a spell in melee range provokes attacks of opportunity from the hellhound. So would standing up in your position.
Misty is not trained to attack, but you can handle her as a free action to push her to do so.

Wildshape would not provoke attacks of opportunity, however.
>>134198
B
Anonymous
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No.134201
>>134198
pass
Anonymous
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No.134202
All of the goblin regulars remain blinded, and entangled. Some of them fall prone.

Brolaz manages to burst free from the vines binding him, but still cant move, sourrounded by Brush and panicking goblins. He regains another 2 HP from his potion.
Anonymous
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No.134203
134205
>>134200
With a swift lick and a mighty yet silent exhale, Whiskers jumps forth, claws detracted into one of the hobgoblins' faces, using his super cool Iaijutsu focus he saw on theaters.
[1d20+7 = 25]<Melee Attack
[1d20+5 = 21]<Iaijustu Focus
I dunno if this is how it works, so feel free to correct me.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134204
134205
>>134200
The dice roll in >>134195
was meant to be the ride check.

I use wild shape to change into a black bear.
Anonymous
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No.134205
134206
>>134203
It's technically chad's turn, but I'm going to let you attack, since you still had a standard action left that turn.
Roll damage for your claw attack in cat form

I wouldn't normally consider these guys flat-footed, but I'm going to let you auto-pass a Sleight Of Hand check to do the flick of the wrist trick, at the cost of an action point.
Roll damage for your cat claw attack, plus 3d6 Iajutsu damage.
>>134204
Oh
well, he probably would have failed to stay mounted after that, so I'm going to roll with this.
You regain 8 HP while turning into a bear. I'm going to rule that you're no longer prone.

Would you like to Handle misty to attack this turn? Your modifier would be +10. It's a free action.
Anonymous
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No.134206
134207
>>134205
Good to know for the future.
[1d2+3d6]<Raw Clawing Action
Anonymous
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No.134207
134208
>>134206
Shit.
[1d2 = 1]<Raw claw damage
[3d6 = 13]<Iaijustu damage mod
Anonymous
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No.134208
>>134207
You slash an archer in half, killing him instantly.
The other archer recoils in fright.
Anonymous
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No.134209
134210
I'm going to roll that Misty attacks, because that'll get us through this faster.
She makes a full rounds attack, bearing down on the hellhound with both hooves. With sanctify natural attack and Smite Evil, the doggo didn't stand a chance. Its fiery innards spill out of its ribcage as she crushes it.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134210
134212
>>134209
Alright, what happens next?
Anonymous
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No.134211
134212
A Hobgoblins draws his sword and dagger and attacks Whiskers, both attacks missing him.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134212
>>134210
>>134211
That was some pretty good timing.
Anonymous
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No.134213
134214
Pretty sure the blindness should have worn off by now. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The Bladebearer regains his footing, and spends his turn cutting the priest out of the vines.
The Priest draws a pre-read scroll and shouts a prayer. A Massive Sword of pure darkness forms in the air and bears down on Brozal
... and misses.
Anonymous
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No.134214
134216
>>134213
Should last 6 rounds (1 round/level)
Anonymous
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No.134215
134219
Brozal Crit-fails his save and can't do shit this round, vines debuffing him. He does heal 2 HP though.

I will remind Chad that he can still invoke lightning in bear form.
Anonymous
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No.134216
>>134214
Shit, I guess we've got about two more rounds then.
Anonymous
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No.134217
134218
The regulars, still blinded, entangled, and prone, flop about helplessly.

Whisker's turn.
Anonymous
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No.134218
134220
>>134217
Being the bold kitty that he is and seeing the horrified hobgoblin after seeing his indomitable spirit, Whiskers arches his back on the floor, hissing threateningly at the remaining archer in the hopes to destroying his will to fleeing.
[1d20+16 = 30]<Intimidate Check.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134219
134220
>>134215
I call lightning on the priest.
Anonymous
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No.134220
134221
>>134218
Even with the -8 size penalty, you successfully demoralize the goblins.
That triggers Imperious Command.
The goblins drops his weapons, falls to the ground, and cowers in fear before the "lion".
>>134219
Thanks to the vines holding him down, the priest fails his save against the lightning. Were it not for his potion, he'd be dead by now.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134221
>>134220
I call lightning on the blade bearer.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134222
134224
Can i call a lightning storm?
Anonymous
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No.134223
The Bladebearer saves against the vine heroically and slashes straight through the brush at Brozal, slicing through his armor with the emerald razor technique.
Brozal takes a katana to the stomach and would be dying were it not for his delayed damage (thank Pelor).

The Sword of darkness attempts to finish him, but manages to kill goblin regular instead, since the Cleric is still blinded.
Anonymous
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No.134224
134227
>>134222
Brozal fails his save against the vines and still can't move. Still fighting defensively, he heals 2 HP from his potion.
Anonymous
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No.134225
The regulars are visibly shaken. Unable to see or move as the spiritual weapon picks them off in an attempt to smite Brozal.
"Gobblegobblegobblegobblegobble!"
The Red leader roars in anger
Anonymous
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No.134226
Whiskers turn
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134227
134229
>>134224
Did the lightning hit him?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134228
134230
(the blade bearer)
Anonymous
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No.134229
134231
>>134227
No. Sorry.
You hit the priest, but not hard enough to drop him. He's sizzling, on his last leg.
Anonymous
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No.134230
134231 134234
>>134228
Wait until next turn for that. You move after Whiskers.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134231
>>134229
>>134230
*waiting*
Anonymous
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No.134233
134234
>>134232
That can't work twice in a row, sorry. You'll need to wait a couple rounds.
Anonymous
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No.134234
134235
>>134230
>>134233
Whiskers, feeling the need to help Brozar further, runs at the scene at an appropriate distance for his intimidating presence to hit as many, if not all, enemies around him before doing the usual angry cat expression.
[1d20+8 = 18]<Intimidate Check (-8 included.)
Anonymous
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No.134235
134236 134242
>>134234
I'm not going to count the penalty when you're up against Blinded enemies.
The goblins hear the roar of a manticore, and are all sent cowering, including the Red Leader who wasn't facing you.

The red leader takes damage from lightning, but doesn't drop yet.

The spiritual weapon stands srill as the Cleric cowers
....

everybody cowers... and
Brozal, heroically bursts out of the vines this round.
He finishes the Red Leader with a Coup-de-grace, just in time to do it without provoking AoO, as the blindness wears off this round.
With Revitalizing strike and Martial Spirit, he just barely manages to avoid passing out, with 3 HP left.

Some of the regulars have left the kill-circle trying to escape, but dropped prone at the sound of the roar.

Whisker's turn again. All of the enemies are shaken, dead, prone, and/or disarmed. the Priest still lives though.
Anonymous
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No.134236
134238
>>134235
With a mighty charge, the cat lunges at the Priest, biting him on the arm in order to maybe incapacitate him for good.
[1d20+9 = 19]<CHAAAAAAAARGE Bite Attack
Anonymous
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No.134237
I'm here now. What can I attack?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134238
134240
>>134236
Roll Jump
Anonymous
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No.134239
134240
+8 racial bonus
Anonymous
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No.134240
134243
>>134238
>>134239
[1d20+6 = 20]<Jump roll comboing into a bluff check to pretend that was my plan.
Brozal
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No.134241
134243
please
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134242
134243
>>134235
I change from wild shape back to normal.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134243
134244 134245
>>134241
You could attack a regular or the cleric. They are all shaken and prone.
>>134242
Got it.
>>134240
Roll damage
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134244
134246
>>134243
[1d3 = 1]<Epic cat time damage
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134245
134247 134248
>>134243
Okay I'll attack the cleric with revitalizing strike, and then I'll burn an action point to hit him again with crusader's strike.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134246
>>134244
Doesn't drop, even as you bite him in the spinal cord.
The Cleric attacks back with the spiritual weapon, but it misses you.

Bro's turn. You see the Cleric right at your feet
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134247
>>134245
I'll use Combat Expertise to take -2 on my attack for +2 AC.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134248
>>134245
Roll to hit with the first attack. +2 because he's prone.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134249
134250
Rolled a 24 and a 14 respectively. Nine damage on the first hit, and 11 on the second.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134250
>>134249
*26 and 16 on the attack rolls
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134251
134253 134255
Alright, Bro rolled on the server.
Yeah, this bitch died.
The regulars GTFO as the guy signing their paychecks is kill.

Bro and Whiskers can make AoO's as the regulars leave the area.

Chad, you can roll to hit a passing goblin with your spear.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134252
I get 20 HP back from striking. I won't make any AoOs. Brozal wants them to spread terror in their ranks by talking about his feat of undying endurance.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134253
134254
>>134251
Whiskers paps at one of the running regulars with his claws, more as a sign of dominance than actually trying to take down any of them.
[1d20+7 = 17]<You get papped for being a meanie
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134254
134257 134258
>>134253
You claw him as he runs away.

Okay, unless you want to hunt down every one of these guys, the encounter is over.
Before you lie 6 dead goblins. and two dead hellhounds. What do you do?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134255
134256
>>134251
I attempt to attack a fleeing goblin with the spear
[1d8 = 1]
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134256
134265
>>134255
You graze him as he passes you, but don't manage to drop him.

Your horse nuzzles you affectionately, glad that the fighting is over.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134257
134259
>>134254
Search their bodies for clues. Brolaz will prevent anybody from taking their money or possessions. He will also start digging graves with a shovel from the barn.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134258
134260 134262
>>134254
With a heavy sigh and a much needed stretch, Whiskers opts to simply check the goblins for any items that may let them recover their stamina and health since he'd really want to feel himself at his fullest and reach a safe place before settling down.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134259
>>134257
Roll appraise.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134260
134263
>>134258
You roll apparise too.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134261
134270
Rolled a 12
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134262
134264
>>134258
Just roll slight of hand so my boy scout crusader doesn't see you looting them
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134263
>>134260
[1d20+3 = 4]<Smort kot Appraisal check
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134264
>>134262
alrighty.
although he ain't gonna find shit.
[1d20+13 = 29]<Sleight of Paw check
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134265
134266 134270
>>134256
I return to brushing the mare as she has developed a few knots since from the battle.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134266
134267
>>134265
*developed a few knots from the battle
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134267
134272
dc1dafe-2cc00783-042e-4e54-8ff2-72e373c2ca3e.png
Possible character art?
>>134266
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134268
One moment. Calculating treasure/xp
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134270
134272
>>134261
The armor that priest is wearing looks pretty swank. Would certainly be a nice replacement for the suit that samurai slashed though.

The swords on the samurai look like they're of exceptional quality.

Some leather armor that doesn't look remarkable, although the samurai's seems to be resellable. 12 composite longbows and 12 longswords, 14 steel shields.

A potion on the Cleric. Four more potions on the dead regulars.

The Priest was carrying a holy symbol. Roll religion to identify it.

>>134265
[happy horse noises]
She's glad to have the attention.

Whiskers and Brozal both gain 2750 XP for this encounter.

Chad gains 2000 XP, since he showed up late, but still played a major role.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134271
The ruined farmhouse is just up the hill, btw.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134272
134273 134275
>>134267
What are you implying?
>>134270
I will continue brushing.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134273
134274
>>134272
Roll Handle Animal to see how well you do (1d20+10 mod)
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134274
134278 134289
>>134273
[1d20+10 = 30]
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134275
>>134272
He has a horse. Idunno if he has a spear or not.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134276
134279
Okay, you've looted the bodies for combat gear.
What do you do next?
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134277
Also when I was AFK we can just say that was Brolaz having a fit of inattentiveness where he forgot about the world around him and became a zombie for a while.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134278
134295
>>134274
Misty is very, very pleased.

Btw, going forward, you can controll your horse. Assign personality traits and whatnot. I statted you as an Athasian Druid, so you can speak with her freely, and vice versa.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134279
134282
>>134276
Whiskers cleans himself for a bit, hoping the vigor potion's aftereffects let get out of the bloodied status before sniffing at the potions, using his spellcraft to maybe understand what they could do.
[1d20+12 = 13]>Spellcraft check
After that, he aims his small body towards the barn, hoping it would be a fine place to rest up any pain remaining.
"Human and green human," he said "let us go to the wooden, rustic and austere house."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134280
134281
Okay, anybody want to check the surrounding area before the adventure actually begins?

In the future, i'm going to try to change how I handle combat. It shouldn't take 3 hours for one encounter...
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134281
134282 134285
>>134280
I want to dig graves for the dead goblins.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134282
134283 134284
>>134279
They appear to be healing potions, similar to the one he drank earlier.
>>134281
Do you have a shovel?
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134283
134285 134286
>>134282
With a sigh of relief, Whiskers proudly struts towards the digging orc, proudly displaying a potion on his back and a raised tail at how pleased he was.
"I have drink for you, mister green human."
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134284
>>134282
There's a shovel in my backpack. Yes.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134285
134287
>>134283
>>134281
I double-checked. He has no shovel.
Maybe there might be something in that abandoned farmhouse though...
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134286
134294
>>134283
The orc stares at the cat from behind his flaming helmet before grumbling and pouring the liquid through the helmet and into his mouth. "Thank you, small cat."
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134287
134288
>>134285
*screaming*
Okay I had no shovel but I'd like to check the barn for one.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134288
134294
>>134287
As you enter the farmhouse, you see five more dead bodies lined up along the west wall.
You also see what appears to be a crude campsite in the farmhouse, with dirty bedrolls, cookfires (now banked), and other such necessities present.

Roll search to look for a shovel
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134289
134291 134295
>>134274
You still there, m8?
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134290
134294
Brozal walks out of the barn. "Cat, my eyes are terrible. Please help me find a shovel in the barn." He then offers the cat two gold pieces for help.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134291
134292
>>134289
Yeh but my search mod is bad.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134292
134293
>>134291
Roll anyway
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134293
134296
>>134292
Rolled a 13
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134294
>>134288
>>134286
Quickly following the orc to the barn, he meows excitedly at seeing the campfire.
>>134290
That was before he got interrupted by the orc asking for help, which gave a strong puff of his furry chest.
"Payment won't be necessary, mister green human. I am too cool to be paid for a task so simple."
With that being said, he finally notices the corpses in his start of the search, quickly arcing his back in fear.
"J-just give me a moment," the cat offers before cautiously starting the search.
[1d20+3 = 19]<Search
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134295
>>134278
>>134289
Sorry for the delay,
I wait outside the farmhouse while speaking with Misty.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134296
134297 134298 134313
>>134293
You find a rusty old shovel.

You also find a floral patterned purse next to one of the bodies. It contains 355 gp.

O'm sorry guys, but I have to step out for like 10-15 minutes.

Feel free to do dialogue in the meantime.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134297
134303
I say "neigh" and she says "whiny"
>>134296
I can wait.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134298
134299 134300
>>134296
It's time for digging shallow unmarked graves.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134299
>>134298
Whiskers, being ever curious, decides to follow the orc along, specially if it meant to get away from that haunted barn filled with probably vengeful and haunting ghosts for a good while.
"S-so," the cat tries to say "what are you doing?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134300
134302
>>134298
Dig them deep, so the necrophages don't get to them.

The bodies in the farmhouse appear freshly killed. It seems as though the goblin warband has already killed five people today. By the clothes they appear to be a female human merchant, three men who might've been guards, and a farmer. The purse probably belonged to the merchant; it seems as though the gobins leader had not yet divided it out.
The dead guards are dressed in studded leather armor and carried light crossbows and longswords, none remarkable.

Btw, the goblins dropped 12 longswords. They look resellable.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134301
134302
I'm going to assume the party lets Brozal dig for an hour or two. Nothing else happens in the meantime.
It's a couple hours past noon. Drellin's Ferry isn't that far off (by horse).
What do you do?
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134302
134303
>>134300
>>134301
Whiskers' currently conflicted between staying here to heal up first and getting the heck out of the spirit-filled barn that can become blindly vengeful at any second, quickly looking at Brozal to hear his decision.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134303
134306 134308 134309
>>134297
I'm going to let you guys fight to decide ho gets what, but you still need to specify who's carrying what.
We've got two fancy-looking shortswords
One fancy-looking set of banded mail
5 healing potions
355 gp
A silver holy symbol of an unknown diety
A fancy-looking heavy mace
12 sharp-looking longswords
12 composite longbows
A decent set of studded leather
>>134302
You should be close to full HP by the time the potion finishes effecting you.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134304
134306
Drellin's Ferry isn't that far off. You have no reason to suspect another ambush so close to the town.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134305
134306 134308
Anybody with ranks in Knowledge (religion) can roll to identify the holy symbol.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134306
134307
>>134303
Considering Whiskers is not capable of hauling anything aside from maybe some GP he might need, he'll hold on to that.
>>134304
Understood
>>134305
No ranks in that, sadly.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134307
134310
>>134306
I told y'all to buy mules/horses...

There's the druid with his horse and saddlebags though.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134308
134310 134311 134314
>>134303
Maybe split the potions, i get 2 and Bro gets 3.
>>134305
Can i identify it?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134309
134311
>>134303
How many of the weapons could i carry to sell?
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134310
>>134307
Ree
>>134308
Whiskers wouldn't mind, considering he's almost at full HP and isn't meant to take damage in the first place.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134311
134314 134317
Tiamat_Symbol_1.jpg
>>134308
No, you cannot, sorry. It's a trained-only skill.
It looks like pic related.
>>134309
Misty could probably carry almost everything in her saddlebags.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134312
134318
Please just walk into town already...
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134313
134318
>>134296
Brolaz will go to town after burying the bodies.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134314
134315 134317
>>134311
>>134308
Feeling confident to go back to town, Whiskers daintily hops on Misty's back, ready to be taken to town.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134315
134316
>>134314
Roll a ride check
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134316
134317 134318
>>134315
[1d20+2 = 14]<Cool Riding maneuvers
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134317
134318 134334
>>134311
Okay then.
I will carry the stuff in Misty's bags.
>>134314
>>134316
I am ready to go into the town.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134318
134319
>>134317
>>134313
>>134316
>>134312
Everyone's ready.
Save for the result of the ride check.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134319
134320 134321 134332
bac.jpg._1024.jpg
screenshot10.jpg
>Later That Day
The road descends into a small town built mostly on the near side of a broad, sluggish river. Six old stone piers jut from the water, marking the spot where a bridge once stood, but the span itself is long gone. Instead, a couple of long thick ropes cross the river, each secured to a flat-bottomed ferryboat. Brown fields and green orchards surround the town.

A group of armed townsfolk—three in leather, one in mail—stands guard, watching you warily. “Halt and state your business, strangers,” one of the guards says.

>>134318
It was a 15 DC, but you can take 20.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134320
134321 134322
>>134319
Brozal approaches while using his trident as a walking stick. "We are here to kill goblins."
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134321
134322
>>134319
>>134320
Feeling the need to spring into action, Whiskers quickly hops off the horse and daintily walks over to the guards alongside Brozal. "We come in peace, armed humans," the cat quickly adds "I seek the one known as Princess Princess Bagel Jennifurr Fluffykinz the Fourth. Has she entered the premises?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134322
134323 134325
HerskSmall.jpg
>>134320
A human guard eyes the orc as he approaches, glaring as he sees the drawn weapon. He’s a burly man in scale mail with a curling, waxed mustache.
"Hmmmph, so a I." he grumbles
"There aren't any goblins in town right about now. What's your business here, Orc?"
>>134321
Are you in cat form or humanoid form?
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134323
134324 134331
>>134322
Still cat,
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134324
134329 134331
>>134323
"Ah! A Talking cat!" The middle-aged soldier shouts with a start.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134325
134326
>>134322
"Here to kill goblins. I am a crusader of Pelor."
Remember that there are two everburning torches strapped to the back of his armor and his armor looks like fire.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134326
134327
>>134325
The old guard cocks an eyebrow at that.
"O' Pelor you say? I take it your temple sent you here?"
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134327
134331
>>134326
"Yes."
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134328
I'm working with eight intelligence here. Brozal will be dull.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134329
134331
>>134324
Recoiling slightly in both shock and undignified annoyance, Whiskers puffs his chest out. "I am the great warrior known as Whiskers, not a mere 'talking cat.'
His cheeks puff out slighty to signify his cute annoyance in a cheeky attempt to fascinate the spooked guard.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134330
134336
"Whiskers didn't get his fish this morning. We'll usually stop by a river and catch him a fish to eat. He's a bit cranky."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134331
134333 134336
>>134324
>>134323
>>134329
The man gathers himself, still visibly confused.
"Well, I don't know anything about a princess, but if yer lady were lookin' for a place to stay the Old Bridge Inn is just ahead, on your left. Or, if you prefer, try the Green Apple, on the other side of the square. I like the Old Bridge, myself.”
>>134327
"Hmmm, we have a temple o' Pelor here too. If you didn't kill a man fo' that armor, I guess we can pass." the man grumbles, still visibly unfomfortable
"What did ye master send you for?"
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134332
134335
>>134319
Chad responds while mounted.
"I am here to not bring trouble but to trade my goods."
And then he looks to his left and right to the saddlebags with a open palm.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134333
134335 134339
>>134331
"To kill goblins."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134334
134347
>>134317
"And you. You with these two lads?" The guard asks, making eye contact with the only other human present
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134335
134339 134347
>>134332
"Ah, that'll do." the man says
"Nice horse ye got there. She fer sale?" he implores
>>134333
"Ah, I won’t deny that we’re
in a hard spot, and you look like capable sorts. Go over to the
Old Toll House—that’s the big stone building, there—and
ask for Captain Soranna.”

And with that, the three guards stand aside and let you pass
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134336
134337
>>134330
"Hmph," the cat lets out, begrudgingly letting Brozal get away with his sentence before glancing back at the guard.
>>134331
"Much appreciated, armed human," Whiskers responds with a nod, getting over his own strong emotions himself. "Anything we should look out for in this fine village?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134337
134339
>>134336
"In the village? Nothin' to worry about, 'cept a few stray dogs." He says with a chuckle
"Bands of savages have been skulking near the town for days now though. Everyone has been on edge."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134338
Everyone gets 150 Xp for walking into the town.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134339
>>134335
>>134337
>>134333
With an undignified harrumph and a flick of his tail at the guard's joke, Whiskers mumbles something about dogs being no challenge against him before returning to his acquaintances. "Alright," the cat starts "I assume we got our businesses to deal with. Brozal, want to visit our places one by one together or go for our respective areas?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134340
134344
I'd strongly prefer it if the three of you stuck together.
What do you want to do first? Find a room at an inn? Sell stuff? You've still got some daylight before evening.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134341
134343 134344
"I will sleep outside."
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134342
134344
Brozal settles down for some rest on the side of the street.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134343
134345
bf415b85901ca2885ad6a6cb2b3315c3.jpeg
>>134341
Dude, the townsfolk visibly already don't like you for being an Orc. You sure you want to be a hobo on top of that?

What's the plan for everyone else?
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134344
134346
>>134340
Fair enough.
>>134341
>>134342
Seeing the orc simply setting down on the side of the street, Whiskers blinks once before licking the back of his paw for a second. "Well, that is a rustic spot," he answers "don't you prefer to accompany us while we sell whatever the human with the horse wants to sell before you rest?"
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134345
134348
>>134343
I have 8 int. Yes.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134346
134350
>>134344
"I do not need the comfort of a roof, but I will accompany you." Brozal will go with the party to the store.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134347
134349 134350
>>134334
"Yes, i am venturing with them."
>>134335
"No, she is a one of a kind and i have spent a very long time building trust between me and her."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134348
134354
>>134345
sighs
Okay, just try not to split the party.

Where does everyone want to go first?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134349
134354
>>134347
"Awww, too bad. Lucky man you are with a horse like that." The sergeant says as you trot away
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134350
>>134346
>>134347
Whiskers nods his little cat head before looking at Chad, awaiting his predictable move of going to the marketplace and sell the stuffs.
(Come on, mister human. I know you want those shiny cylinders.)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134351
134353 134354
So, you guys wanna go to the market first?
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134352
134354
market pls
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134353
134354
>>134351
That's what Whisker's pushing for, yes.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134354
134355
>>134348
I think we should sell the stuff first.
>>134349
"Until we meet again, i bid you adieu." as Chad turns to give his goodbye with a raised hand.
>>134351
>>134352
>>134353
Yep.
Time to meet the market merchants.
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134355
>>134354
https://youtu.be/Cupo63T_Bcs
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134356
134357 134358 134362
Captain-Soranna-Anitah-Portrait-of-the-Drellins-Ferry-town-guard-Red-Hand-of-Doom.jpg
download.jfif
Okay.

You're just strutting about the market, looking for anyone eager to buy your looted weaponry, when you hear a call from across the bazaar. Across the market stand a tall, balding man of about fifty and a capable-looking swordswoman. “Sorry to trouble you, travelers, but I’d like a few minutes of your time,” the man says.
“My name is Norro Wiston, and I’m the Town Speaker for Drellin’s Ferry. This is our guard captain, Soranna. I’ll get right to the point: We’re in a lot of trouble, and I was hoping I could persuade you to help us out.” He says, eyeing the bags of looted swords and your bloodied armor.

Pics related
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134357
134358 134359
>>134356
"We are here to kill goblins. There is no need to pay us."
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134358
>>134356
>>134357
Having once again taken the position on Misty's back, Whiskers, in catform still, nods at the approaching entourage, yet lets Brozal do the talking this time for now, remembering his desire to speak with these two recently.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134359
134360 134362 134365
“Our town is under attack,” the speaker begins.
“Hobgoblin raiders have been harrying our lands for several days now. They’ve attacked and killed people in the outlying homesteads, and they’ve been waylaying travelers along the Dawn Way.”
Captain Soranna adds, “We’ve had some trouble with them before—a quick raid on homesteads on the west side of the river, usually not that bad—but this is different. It looks like a large, aggressive tribe has moved down out of the Wyrmsmoke Mountains. Frankly, I fear they might be numerous enough to sack the town.”
“Beyond the immediate threat to our homes, the road is our lifeblood,” the Speaker continues. “If the hobgoblins make the Dawn Way impassable to the west, trade won’t come this way, and we’ll be ruined. Not only do we need to repel the raiders from our town, but we’ve got to keep that road open. Can you help us do it?”
>>134357
The old man looks thrilled.
"Oh really? You’d be helping a lot of people if you could deal with this problem.”
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134360
134361
>>134359
The kitty is less than thrilled about the prospect provided without going too far as to reject Brozal's entire purpose of being here. "Do you happen to know how many are there in this tribe?" he reluctantly asks, still in his cat form.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134361
134362 134364
>>134360
You can still bargain, or even ask about your current quest in the witchwood.
“We’re not sure. A hundred warriors, maybe...?" He pauses
“There have been at least three different warbands around our lands at the same time, each about fifteen to twenty strong, so fifty at the minimum."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134362
134368 134369
>>134356
>>134359
"I am willing to assist you in this trouble but we cannot do it just yet, we have come here to sell, not to fight, just yet."
"So let us ponder whether or not we are capable of handling this, if we are sure that we can help then we will."
>>134361
"We will have decide if this is a size that we are able to deal with, will you be able to come with us Soranna if i offer you some weaponry?"
"Will there be anyone else with us?"
"Do you have any knowledge of the witch-wood, Norro?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134363
Forgot to mention about a dozen or so guards with spears, standing some distance back behind the captain.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134364
134368
>>134361
Assessing danger first.
Whiskers quickly stands up, jolted into attention by the sheer numbers.
"Wo-hoah there," he answers, shocked "that is a lot for three of us to handle. Do you have anything to counteract their numbers?"
Brozal
44eee0f
?
No.134365
134366 134367 134368
>>134359
"Point me in the direction of the goblins. We can go right now."
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134366
>>134365
Whiskers quickly turns to Brozal, looking remarkably afraid at his eagerness. "H-hey, no need to rush this. We can go all together and squash them good later."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134367
134372
>>134365
"I do not think i am capable of doing this right, i have sleep that is waiting for me and i can't be late."
"And we have to prepare for the coming fight, we still have things to be sold from our previous encounter, if we go into this without selling the equipment Misty will be weighed down and not fit for fighting."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134368
134370 134371
>>134362
>we have come here to sell
"We're short of arms as of now. Perhaps I could take those swords and bows off of you? I can pay for that up front. I could give you more after you return." The speaker says
>"Do you have any knowledge of the witch-wood, Norro?"
“I know little of the woods myself. I've heard of an old ruined castle nestled in there." He says
>>134365
"I can tell you how to get there though. Cross the river and follow the Dawn Way west. The road goes all the way through the forest. Or you could strike north and take the Witch Trail, but not many people go that way.”
>>134364
"We've tried... “We tried. We sent a dozen guardsmen west on the road to find out where the hobgoblins were lairing, but they got cut to pieces a few miles inside the forest..." he says
" “The hobgoblins are using fearful monsters and evil magic against us. Until you showed up, we haven’t had any heroes here who could stand up to them.” he says
>>134362
>will you be able to come with us Soranna
"...My men need me here. It's been enough trouble fighting off the raiders with the men we have..."
Roll Sense motive (1d20+5)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134369
134371
>>134362
>"Will there be anyone else with us?"
>"Do you have any knowledge of the witch-wood, Norro?"
Soranna speaks up at this
"... “If you’re going to be wandering around in the Witchwood, I would advise you to seek out Jorr. You can’t fi nd someone who knows the woods better. His cabin is out of the way, but it could be worth the walk. If you take the Witch Trail, go left at the first big trail crossing; Jorr’s cabin is about seven miles in. Or, if you’re on the Dawn Way, take a right on a trail about nine miles from the forest edge. Jorr’s cabin is near the Blackwater.”
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134370
134372
>>134368
The cat shakes his head at the disheartening response, feeling even further troubled if his hair standing on end wasn't enough to signal that. Nonetheless, the cat sighs. "Before I agree to set off towards certain death," Whiskers starts "I'd like to know if you've seen Princess Princess Bagel Jennifurr Fluffykinz the fourth around these parts. She's a dear friend of mine."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134371
134373 134375
>>134368
"Hmm, a fair deal but i insist that we do it at the break of dawn, after we have rested, you can have the weapons now and where do you wish to meet under the rising sun?" He says atop Misty.
"I understand that you must stay"
[1d20+5 = 15]
>>134369
"Do you know him personally? What does he look like and can you tell us something personal so that he may trust us?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134372
134374 134376
>>134367
"I would be willing to pay for a stay at the inn, if you would wish." The old man offers
"And those arms. I my troops would pay a penny for those." Soranna adds
>>134370
The old man looks confused
"... Princess..? Now that you mention it, i think some people did mentions something about a 'ghost cat' lurking in the alley beside the Old Bridge Inn; perhaps that might perk your interest."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134373
>>134371
You manage to spot Soranna subtly licking her lip at the sight of one of the priceless gem-encrusted shortswords that the Red Leader dropped.
Her commitment to leading the town guards seems solid though. You sense a deep worry in her eyes.
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134374
134377
>>134372
The cat reels back at the usage of 'ghost cat' without any pretext, puffing his cheek in outrage yet relents, exhaling swiftly. "Humans," he mutters before blinking softly "what else can you tell me about the Princess Princess?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134375
>>134371
"Jorr prefers to keep to himself, nobody really knows him... We don't even know how old he is." she trails off.
"He's a lean woodsman, tall. He loves his dogs, and hates goblins with a passion."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134376
134378 134379 134383
>>134372
"That would be kind of you, we will set out in the morning, what do you say Whiskers, should we rest or attack them at the rising of the moon?"
"What would they be willing to pay for these? And what about this sword with the red gem?" He says with a smug smirk.
"Are you sure that we are capable of standing up to these goblins? Do you think it would be better to let them come to us? Or should we take them by surprise now? Or should we rest first?"
"What do you have to say Bro?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134377
134381
>>134374
"I wouldn't know. It's just a rumor. There's been a lot o' stray cats lurking around there lately. Perhaps you might find someone you know." The man says, not quite sure how to present himself
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134378
134380 134386
>>134376
Whiskers turns to Chad with a tilt of his head, thinking it for a bit. "I can definitely see in the night, but I am not sure if they can do the same," he answers "or you and the green human, for that matter."
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134379
134381 134386
>>134376
"We should attack at the crack of dawn and send a warning that we're coming. They won't be able to stop us, and this will demoralize them."
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134380
134381
>>134378
Brozal has light blue skin
Anonymous
e87ecff
?
No.134381
134382
>>134377
The cats spares a thankful nod at the man in question.
>>134379
>>134380
I totally meant to butcher his color.
Whiskers arches his back in shock before looking sternly at the orc. "If we are going to go that route, we must actually have the numbers to scare them," he retorts "or at least pretend we do:"
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134382
134388
>>134381
The orc leans in with a blank stare and takes a knee to get lower to the ground. "With the light of Pelor, we can crush an army of any size."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134383
134386
>>134376
The man eyes the equipment.
"... I could manage to give you 500 gold for the swords and bows, looking at their condition." He says
He eyes the shortswords and the armor
"... Hmmm, now that's craftsmanship. I'd have to have 'em appraised before I made an offer, but perhaps you could barter them at Morlin’s Smithy. He's always hammering out blades that none can ever afford to buy..." The man continues, trailing of with a bit of a frustrated grumble.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134384
134385 134386 134388
"And, as for your reward.." The man says, checking his notes
"I could offer you each 500 gold upon your return."
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134385
134388 134390
>>134384
"Protecting those in danger is reward enough. Just give us something to eat."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134386
134388
>>134378
"It would be preferable to attack at dawn then"
>>134379
"Let the sun guide us to the fight, i will cast a divination spell to see the outcome when twilight comes, if the attacking force is doomed then we must defend ourselves."
>>134383
"I will have to check in with the smith first as only he can give a definitive answer."
>>134384
"Seems to be a reasonable sum of gold cum"
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134387
88ef222e2bcdc1c17b5fdc7098455a7f.jpg

Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134388
134389 134390
>>134382
Whiskers barely opens his mouth in a failed attempt to reply, yet he remembers how he tanked all that damage before he threw his shiny cat liter at the goons, finding a semblance of truth for a second.
Nonetheless, the cat shakes his head. "Alright, fine," he answers "we did take down those goons and you did manage to get out without dying back there, but this may need more planning than simply rushing the enemy down. Can you see in the dark without your torches?"
>>134385
>>134384
Whiskers is a tad uneased by accepting the money, too, feeling the villagers will most likely need it themselves for the short term.
>>134386
"If you can't see at nightfall, sure," he answers.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134389
134390 134391 134392
>>134388
"These torches are so I may spread the light of Pelor everywhere I go. I do not need them."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134390
134392 134393 134394
>>134385
>>134389
"Hmmmm.. You're a knight of Pelor, aren't you? Brother Dernymight want a word with you."
>>134388
"Very well then. Feel free to make yourselves at home at the Old Bridge Inn. Tell Ol' Shadowbanks that it's on my tab."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134391
>>134389
>light sensitivity
Retina-burning holiness.
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134392
134396
>>134389
"I... see," Whiskers answers, looking at the torch suit before licking his paw abruptly for a bit.
(It's to safely meet your friend, it's to safely meet your friend.)
>>134390
Stopping at the offer, the cat nods. "I am most thankful," he answers solemnly "I do wish to inquire about any sort of items that can harm multiple opponents at once. It might prove invaluable for the quest."
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134393
>>134390
Brozal goes to the Hamlet's local church/temple of Pelor.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134394
>>134390
"Where may i keep my horse for the night?"
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134395
https://youtu.be/cj2HvGPv0XM
This is what we're about to do
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134396
134397 134399 134403
Okay, so the troops give you 500 gold for the scavenged weapons. You're offered a free stay at the inn.

You can elect to take the mastercraft weapons to the smithy to have them appraised, if you wish.

>>134392
"Hmmm, you might want to try asking Sertieren the Wise; the local Wizard. His wares may be pricy, but they'll get the job done."
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134397
134398 134400 134403
>>134396
Brozal rejects the gold and tells them to distribute it evenly to the homeless and poor of the town.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134398
>>134397
Based and Pelor-pilled.
makes note
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134399
134401 134403
>>134396
"I say we check the sword's value and abilites first," Whiskers offers. "Perhaps it might hint at an ability we can use for this raid."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134400
134402
>>134397
"Well, You could go ahead and give your cut to Brother Derny."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134401
134403
>>134399
I'd really like you all to stay together, yes.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134402
134405
>>134400
Brozal will give five-hundred gold to Brother Derny and insist that the gold is evenly distributed among the homeless and poor of the hamlet. He will also ask that Brother Derny use a portion of the five-hundred gold to buy soup and clean water for the homeless and poor.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134403
134404
>>134396
>>134397
>>134399
"I will take the weaponry to the smith then we part with half of the money and give the rest to the poor like Bro suggested we do."
>>134401
"Well then Whiskers, do you want to come with me to the forgery?"
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134404
>>134403
The cat nods, comfortable on Misty's back as he lays down again to calm his nerves slightly.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134405
134407 134410
>>134402
One step at a time please.

I've heard several locations brought up:
>Morlin’s Smithy
>The House of Sertieren the Wise
> The Old Bridge Inn

Actually, I'd like everyone to roll an untrained knoledge (local) check to see what they know about this town walking into it.

Whiskers, you can roll Gather Information if your mod is higher.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134406
KV7wf9g7.jpg
I rolled a zero on knowledge(local).
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134407
134408 134409
>>134405
what is the dice roll or that? (1d20something)
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134408
>>134407
*for that?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134409
134411 134415
Okay, first the Smithy...

Alright, before you stands what looks like a typical smithy on the side of the hill, with a small cottage not far behind it.
You see an old dwarf hammering on some piece of metal up front. Sparks fly off of the anvil as he gurgles an unintelligible song.
>>134407
1d20+2 for you.
I'd also like you to roll Nature, which would be 1d20+11
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134410
134412 134414
>>134405
Rolling Gather Info
[1d20+12 = 21]<Gather Information Roll
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134411
134412 134414
>>134409
[1d20+2 = 21]
[1d20+11 = 29]
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134412
134413
>>134410
>>134411
>both 21
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134413
>>134412
So chad he matches the charisma character perfectly.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134414
134415 134416 134418
>>134410
Okay, you're able to discern all of the mundane and magical services you would be able to find in this town. You know that you'd be able to find minor magical items if you went looking. Several items within your price range are available.
Furthermore, you have heard rumors of a mysterious "disappearing cat" near the Old Bridge Inn. You think your friend might be near.
>>134411
As territorial as any druid, you quickly pick up wind of The Old Ones: A small clearing in the woods on the west bank of the Elsir holds an old circle of small menhirs known as “the Old Ones” by the townsfolk. The circle has long served as a druidic sacred place, and the druid Avarthel now tends the Old Ones.

Oh, and there's a few horses for sale in both the local stables in town. Misty snorts indignantly as one winks at you as you pass by.
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134415
134416
>>134414
>>134409
Awesome.

Whiskers pats the horse owning human on his back, trying to point him at the blacksmith first. He didn't want those nasty dogs bullying him anytime soon.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134416
>>134414
I will wait until after the battle then when i return to the town i will meet with the fellow druid.
I give Misty a reassuring head pat.
>>134415
We make our way towards the dwarf.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134417
134420 134421 134422
Okay guys, I'm going to have to step away soon. I'm burnt, and I'm going to eat dinner in a little bit.
Right now, it's early in the afternoon. The party has time to run

Recalculating my course of action, I don't think I actually want to roleplay every shopkeeper. Just ask for what's available and I'll tell you guys what's for sale.

If you guys want to finish the session this evening, I would like to get to the end of day one tonight so we can begin day 2 next weekend.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134418
134419
>>134414
I wanna go to the temple
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134419
>>134418
I'll get you there. Just give me a bit to go get a drink.
Since you're in the server, I could also RP that part during the week. I don't intend to start day 2 until next session.
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134420
>>134417
Kitty want some AoE damage dealers and know if sword has power that might be useful.
After that, he may go to the Inn and meet cat lady.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134421
>>134417
What does the dwarf have to sell and does he say anything about the swords?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134422
134423
>>134417
I can keep going until i am forced to stop.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134423
134424
>>134422
Okay, pardon me for being a faggot, but I'm going to spend half an hour eating dinner. Then I can revisit this with a fresh mind.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134424
>>134423
*waiting*
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134425
134426 134427 134429
Okay, for the sake of convenience, I'll point out that either Chad or Whiskers could have used Detect Magic and a spellcraft check to try to identify the weapons. Both the shortswords and the armor have magical auras: faint evocation on the shortswords and faint abjuration on the armor. You can logically assess that they are each +1 weapons/armor, with no other special powers.
You know that all three of them are dwarvencraft in quality. You know this because the dwarf running the smithy says he crafted them himself.

He has a battleaxe, a longsword, a heavy steel shield, a breastplate, and a chainshirt. All of similar quality (+1). He says he'd be willing to barter either of the swords for any of the weapons, and the banded mail for either set of armor or the shield. You can also buy any of these normally at market price.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134426
>>134425
Oh yes, there's also 50 arrows for sale, which he insists are magical.
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134427
134429 134431
>>134425
Whisker doesn't see anything that interests his current need for AoE damage dealing, so he waits for Chad to see if anything would interest him.
He casts a cursory Detect Magic on the arrows to pass the time and confirm the dwarf's proclamations.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134428
134430 134434
Are there any bargain bin wands with a verbal activation thingy?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134429
>>134425
>>134427
I see nothing that i need, i will give the weapons to the troops and Soranna in the morning.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134430
134434
>>134428
Wands that are almost dead are fine too
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134431
134432 134434
>>134427
"Do you want to go meet that princess now Whiskers? Or can we go meet Avarthel? (the other druid)
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134432
134436
>>134431
Whiskers' ears spike as he stood up, but tries to remain cool. "If it's on the path to the druid, we can definitely save time going there."
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134433
I might be settling in for some sleep here in an hour or two
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134434
134435 134436 134438
>>134428
No.
The armor looks good though. It looks like it would fit you.

[insert shopkeeper roleplay here]
"I have just the scroll for you." the Wizard says.
"Fireball. That'll be 375 gold."
>>134430
No wands.
Scrolls are on sale at the temple and the Wizard's house.
Both mages offer low-level spellcasting services.
>>134431
Sounds like the Old Ones have some low-level potions on sale.

Just saying, you guys only have a few hours until the evening.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134435
134437
>>134434
Brolaz will sit outside
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.134436
134438 134453
>>134432
>>134434
"Then let us begin our march towards the princess and meet Avarthel after"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134437
134443
>>134435
I'm going to let you go to the temple while the rest of their party does their stuff.
You sure you don't want that +1 Banded mail?
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134438
134439
>>134434
>>134436
"It can wait," Whiskers retorts, starting to take stock of time "we must prepare for the fight first."
With that being said, he asks the potion-seller for any sort of potions to fling at enemies in order to cause damage.

I'd definitely take that scroll of Fireball, but I'm unsure it's for me.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134439
134440
>>134438
It's for you.
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134440
134441
>>134439
Meow definitely takes two Fireball scrolls for himself before asking for any other elemental area of effect attacks.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134441
134448
>>134440
"Nothing in stock now, but I could have you a scroll with three charges of burning hands by tomorrow morning if you pay up front. That would be 75 gold." The wizard replies
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134442
134448
There is only one Fireball scroll
"... I could have one by tomorrow. I would have to pull an all-nighter, but If you're helping lady Soranna I would be happy to oblige." The old mage says
Small black feline leaps up on the desk and walks across the receipt pad.
"Mittens! No!" The old wizards reees
"Pardon my familiar..."
>"Oooooh, would you look at what we've got here.."
The black cat says in it's eldritch feline voice, staring at him with its glowing yellow eyes.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134443
134447
>>134437
What does +1 armor do?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134444
134446
1298787634570.jpg

Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134445
134450
Also I want the new banded mail to look exactly like my current suit since my armor is uniquely customized
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134446
>>134444
Oh my god you got quads
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134447
134449
>>134443
It means +1 more AC than your normal banded mail, and a chance to sell your old suit.
Whiskers
e87ecff
?
No.134448
134451
>>134441
>>134442
Whiskers tilts his head.
"Maybe you got some ice area of effect attack instead?"

Whiskers' ears spike at hearing his native tongue being spoken, turning to the other cat.
>"Salutations, fellow feline. It is nice to see a familiar face."
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134449
>>134447
That sounds awesome but does it have decorations engraved in it, as well as two chambers to hold everburning torches?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134450
134452
>>134445
The Dwarf offers to resize and refinish the new suit free of charge, provided that you give him the old suit.
"It'd only take me a few hours. Come and get it in the morning."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134451
134455
>>134448
"Hailstones. Same price as the fireball, if you can pay up front." The wizard says
>familiar face
>haha le funny jester joek
>"Purrrrr, greetings, stranger."
The familiar replies, gazing at him with its witch-like glare
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134452
134453 134464
>>134450
Brolaz accepts and hands over his current suit of banded mail.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134453
134454
>>134452
"Alright, come back in the morning." The dwarf says, as begins to hack the trinkets off of the old suit.
>>134436
You arrive at a circle in the woods, not far from town. A man in a white robe prays before an engraved stone.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134454
134456
>>134453
"Greetings" I dismount Misty and greet him.
Anonymous
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No.134455
134456
>>134451
Completely intended.
Meow agrees to it, remembering those scary hellhounds that shot fire with their mouths, giving him chills and fishing the necessary money for it.

Being honest to himself, the cat's rather unnatural gaze was a bit unsettling, but her feline shape and knowledge on the language puts him at ease.
>"Is there something you seek from me?"
Anonymous
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No.134456
134457 134458
>>134454
The half-elf does not respond immediately, as he is busy in prayer.
The turns to see Chad upon his magestic white horse, a mix of awe, confusion, and brief anger cross his face
"A Valenar! I never thought I'd ever see one in my life." He cries
His face grows dark briefly
"Who. Are. You?"
>>134455
The feline brushes against him unsolicited, completely violating his personal bubble.
>"Purrrrrrrrrr, nothing in particular. Just curious, you know. i haven't seen very many of your kind around these parts..."
The witch-cat replies
Anonymous
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No.134457
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>>134456
Whiskers' eyes narrow slightly at the brushing, a mix between puzzlement and suspicion.
>"You seem to be eager to know more from what I'm sensing."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134458
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>>134456
"I am Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist, a druid from the mountains of my motherland."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134459
134460
"I come here seeking wisdom and knowledge, do you know anything of the witch-wood?"
Anonymous
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No.134460
134461 134463
>>134457
The witch-cat seems nonchalant, casually molesting him for a few more minutes before she hops up onto a bookshelf.
>"Purrrrrrrrr... Just curious. I prefer to size-up all the cats in my territory. You're special, it seems... At first i thought you were another one of those.."
It says, hissing at the end
>>134458
Hmmmph. A mountain druid you say? And what of this lovely lady?" He gestures at Misty, who snorts in greeting
>>134459
"I'm Avarthel, brother of the Keepers of Eth. The Witchwood is our territory..." He grumbles.
"Or at least it was, until those savages came along..."
Anonymous
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No.134461
134462
>>134460
That last bit sparked the tibbit kitty's natural curiosity, ear flickering to reflect this.
>"Another one of those?"
Anonymous
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No.134462
134465
>>134461
The witch-cat glares down at him, with her golden eyes
>"Another one of those pestilent sprites!"
She hisses
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134463
134466
>>134460
"She is great and she is 8 years old, i couldn't ask for a better companion" He says after having dismounted and he scratches her neck while speaking to him.
"Do you mind telling what went down in witch-wood?"
Anonymous
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No.134464
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David-Barton-Limelight-2.jpg
>>134452
You arrive at what looks like a normal church of Pelor. The afternoon light shines through the stained glass windows into the main hall.
Anonymous
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No.134465
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>>134462
By this point, Whiskers was hooked on this intriguing aspect, pupils lightly widening.
>"What did they do?"
Anonymous
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No.134466
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>>134463
"I'm sure you wouldn't..." The half-elf mumbles, looking at the horse, failing to hide his jealousy
"Hobgoblins have swarmed the place. We used to gather once a week; now we're lucky if we can perform our rites once a month." The Druid mumbles.
"What's worse, they've bean slashing and burning even the tallest, strongest, oldest trees in the wood. Those wolves are up to something. They're preparing for war..."
>>134465
The witch-cat arches her back
>"Grrrrrr... Not three weeks ago did that thot move into my territory. She's made this side of the town her own, being doted on by travelers and alley cats alike. I'd have half a heart to know her down a peg if my master hadn't forbidden it."
The cat is visibly angry
"Now, now, Mittens. What did I tell you about fighting with other pets?" The Wizard chides
"Don't mind my familiar. She can be strange at times.." The wizard says, seemingly oblivious to the conversation.
"How's this, I'll throw in the potions of Invisibility and Cat's Grace on the house. not like I'm using them for anything...."
Anonymous
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No.134467
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>>134466
(Cat thot, huh,) Whiskers thought to himself, intrigued yet understanding the eldritch feline didn't know much else.

Glancing over at the wizard, he nods. "I'll gladly accept them. I need anything I can get in order to stop the threat."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134468
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>>134466
"Hmm, i wonder what you could possibly be referring to" as he begins to move his fingers through Misty's mane with a grin.
"How long has been like this for?"
"Do they have a base built in there?"
Anonymous
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>>134467
"Good luck with your travels, Sir Whiskers...?" The Wizard says, a hint of confusion in his voice near the end.

"... Those familiars get weirder every year... Just what are they summoning at the academies these days?" You hear him mumble as you go
Anonymous
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>>134468
"They've been swarming for the past few weeks. But the really violent attacks haven't started until the last week." He says
"I haven't been on that side of the Forrest in the past month.. Soranna has kept me here brewing potions for her troops.." he mumbles something unintellible
Anonymous
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No.134471
>>134469
With a departing nod, Whiskers exit the scene.

(Now that I got something that can technically go against a sizable army of minions, I should see if I can find any exceptional individuals in that camp I should be extra wary about before evening comes and I go to the Inn to meet my dear friend.)
With that being said, Whiskers asks around for any witnesses of the more recent raids that have witnessed such powerful and unique individuals like that goblin leader.
[1d20+12 = 28]<Gather Information Roll
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134472
134473
>>134470
"What other things have they done? How much of the woods have they stole and how much have they burned?" His face changes to a concerned one.
"Do you know any other druids that live here?"
Anonymous
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No.134473
134474
>>134472
"I can't really say for sure. I've had to stay on this side of the forest with my initiates."
>other Druids
His face goes dark
"Beware of the southwest reaches, for that way is in the path of the Ghost Lord. Tread not in his path, or you'll surely be doomed." he says
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134474
134475
>>134473
"Understood, is there any potions that you are willing to sell?"
Anonymous
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>>134474
The Druid opens is coat
"... Barkskin, Cure Light wounds, Lesser restoration,
and Neutralize Poison... i can brew potions of third level or lower, but it will take me at least a day." He replies
"50 gold for the healing potion. 750 for the antidote. 300 for any of the others."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134476
134478
>>134475
Misty raises her ears towards the half-elf.
"What potions can you brew?"
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134477
134478
How much gold do i have?
Anonymous
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No.134478
134479
>>134477

I don't think you've decided how to split the gold you've collected so far
Your assets are on your character sheet.
>>134476
"Druid spells. Same as you." He says
He eyes Misty
"I'll tell you what, since you're on your way to the Witcheood, I'll give you the healing potion for free if you let me let that Valenar of yours, if only for a minute." He says, holding out the red potion
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134479
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>>134478
Yeah we should probably do that.
"I will take the single lesser restoration, my good man."
He turns to Misty to see her response and she makes a grunt.
"She is up for spending the night with you, take good care of her and i will be back here at the morning twilight."
Anonymous
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No.134480
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>>134479
The Old Druid's ears perk up
"For that, you can have them both." he says, tossing Chad both vials
He whistles towards the woods, and four children, two human and two half elf, come running out, carrying baskets of flowers
"My initiates and I will take good care of her tonight, much better than those dusty old stables down at Delora’s." He says gleefully
"We'll have her back to you in the morning. Take care now." He says, chiding over the children who've already blanketed misty in floral wreaths
She seems to be appreciating the attention.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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134482
He gives Misty a goodbye by scratching at the beginning of her tail before saying goodbye to the half-elf.
"Have a good night you two" as he walks away waving and laughing.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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>>134481
>>134480
Anonymous
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And with that, I think I'm going to end it for tonight. I'll revisit Bro and Whiskers's plot points either in the server or on Friday.
Next session we'll begin day two, and the real adventure will begin.

Until next time guys. I had fun thus weekend.
Feel free to leave any questions or comments in the original thread.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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>>134483
Thank you for hosting this, all of that preparation has sort of payed off. I enjoyed it.
Anonymous
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>>134484
That's nice to hear.
Anonymous
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>>134483
>>134484
Same.
Anonymous
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No.134487
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>>134464
I look for the dude to give my money to
Anonymous
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>>134487
I'll finish your saga during the week or on Friday. Then you can learn all about Lifting For Pelor.
Anonymous
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>>134488
lol ok
Anonymous
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I will make note that the dwarf did offer to buy back those shortswords for 600 gold each.
Anonymous
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>>134491
>one sword for 600gp
Christ on a bike that is a ridiculous amount
Anonymous
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No.134493
>>134492
They're both +1 magic weapons.
Anonymous
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No.134506
I'm going to need you guys to sort out what you're buying, what you're selling, what you gained, and who's carrying what before the start of the next session.

So far nobody has taken the initiative to keep track of inventory. Y'all need to communicate.

I'll give you all the time between sessions to strategize.
Anonymous
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No.134507
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So far I got:

Loot from the Marauder encounter:
>Two +1 Shortswords
>A Heavy Mace of masterwork quality
>A set of +1 Banded Mail
>pouch with 355 gp
>a dozen longswords (SOLD)

Sales:
>Captain Soranna offered you 500 gold for the longswords, which you agreed to.

Purchases:
>Whiskers wanted to spend 375 gp on an arcane scroll of Fireball from , and paid another 375 up front for am arcane scroll of Hailstones

Barters:
>Morlin Coalhewer, the town smith, accepted Brozal's old set of banded mail as payment to refinish his new +1 Suit
>Avarthel and the Old Ones (or should I say the Young Ones) are gladly tending to Mistly for the night, providing the equivalent of quality stabling. Apparently the young half-elf considers time with the Valenar to be its own payment.

Gifts:
>You procured some "free" potions, Speaker Norro Wiston having put in a good word for you around town (I probably should have made y'all work harder for that; don't expect any more free shit without good Dimplomacy checks and proper roleplay). You got potions of Invisibility and Cat's Grace from Sertieren the Wise; and Barkskin, Lesser Restoration and Cure Light Wounds from Avarthel.
>Wiston also offered you each a night at the Told Bridge Inn

Offers/intentions:
>I made it clear that there are indeed mounts available for purchase in the town. Not to spoil it, but you will all absolutely want horses on this adventure
>Morlin Coalhewer has offered to buy either/both of those +1 shortswords for 600 gold each. He seems to be one of the wealthier men in town
>inb4 (((dwarves)))
>Brozal intended to make a large donation to the local temple of Pelor. I still need him to specify how much of the party's loot he took, how much of the purchases got paid for. He can donate as much as he pleases, but the party needs to agree what cut of the gold is his.

This is the only time I'm going to sort it out for you. From now on, you're going to need to come up with inventory posts and declare how you're sharing equipment as you put it on your sheets. If things haven't been communicated to me clearly and/or they're not on the sheets, I'm going to consider inventory gains omitted.
Remember, although I didn't do the one-shot, you're all assumed to have entered this game having already known eachother, and your common goal so far has been to find the hidden treasure in Vraath Keep in the Witchwood. You now have an additional goal centered around stopping/investigating the hobgoblins rallying in the Witchwood, requisitioned by Norro Wiston and Captain Soranna.

As for game-time, you've only got a couple hours of daylight left in day one. I'll do Brozal and Whiskers's cinematic RP when I have the time.
Anonymous
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Pelor.jpg
And for the record, I will consider Brozal's donations as tithes for his church. The Shining Light of Pelor also has its own decorations for charity, since I'm using The Complete Champion, so don't think I'm not counting your donations.
Anonymous
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No.134509
>>134508
It's all of the GP Brozal was paid. A.k.a. 500 GP.
Anonymous
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No.134510
Who's keeping the shortswords?
Anonymous
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Pic is me getting into character as I realize I might have to roleplay every cat in the setting.

Brozal, Whiskers, I'd like to do your things today, so we can start the next session at the beginning of day 2.

I would like to begin early in the morning on Saturday. I cannot afford to play all of Sunday like last week.
Anonymous
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Spoilered
>>134517
Anonymous
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No.134519
Chad, I'm assuming you'll have retired to the Inn.
Anonymous
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No.134521
134530
Chad, what do you have in your inventory?
Anonymous
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No.134522
134523
Okay, the local Shrine Of Pelor is a humble building: A small temple of the same fieldstone-and-wood construction used by many other buildings in the town.

Brozal trudges along the path towards the temple unarmored, having dropped off his armor for refinishing at Morlin’s Smithy. He carries a sack of coins and two gem-encrusted Wakizashi by his side.

The temple just 50 ft or so from one of the Town Watchposts, and the Watchmen glare at you as you pass. They chatter to eachother in voices to hushed and far for Brozal to hear in-character, but I feel like posting anyway.
>"An Orc slipped past! Sound the alarm!"
>"No, wait, I the courier just said one's been commissioned by captain Soranna."
>"She commissioned an Orc? Are we really that desperate?"
>"Shhh, he's coming. Stand watch in case he tries anything."
>"I've got my eyes on that bastard..."
>*loads crossbow*
Despite this,
I totally didn't mean to do a more difficult confrontation when you were entering the town for the first time... I absolutely didn't omit that that part because I was exhausted from DMing combat all day...

Brozal enters the temple without being shot. It's quite a lovely place, though not ornate in any particular way. The windows shine the last of the evening light into the room.
Anonymous
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>>134522
I look for the treasurer
Anonymous
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No.134524
The Temple is mostly empty, there are a few scrolls on the walls depicting figures of knights on horses with lances or armored warriors smashing skeletons with maces, in glory to the god of strength.
It appears as though Brother Derny has been trying to motivate the local guards between preaching.
>>134523
You hear a feminine gasp come from around the corner as you turn.
"Halt, who goes there!" A deep (and loud) masculine voice, calls out, followed by a loud clang
Anonymous
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No.134525
134526 134529
"Brozal the Fire Bringer. I have come to donate gold."
Anonymous
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Brozal rounds the corner and sees a stout old man, albeit a very muscular one, kneeling on one foot as he tries to get up off of a stool. Laying beside him appears to be what looks an enormous iron mace: the sound of the clanking. Two nuns, dressed in white robes, stand beside him, whispering fearfully in a language that Brozal cannot understand.
>>134525
The old Priest looks up across the temple at the Orc, the getting up as he does so. His expression appears fierce until he hears the name.
"... Brozal. Hmmph, I was told you'd come here. I take it your temple sent you here?" He replies.
Anonymous
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No.134527
>>134526
>the sound of the clanking
*the source of the clanging
Anonymous
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No.134528
134529
>>134526
"Yes."
Anonymous
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No.134529
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The old man appears to have been sweating, but quickly fixes himself up, straightening his robes, puffing out his broad chest and brandishing his holy symbol. He speaks deeply, but eloquently.
The nuns continue their whispers, but a wave of the hand silences them both.
>>134525
"Very well, charity is always appreciated here, especially in these troubled times." he says, perking up
>>134528
"And what would be your mission, brother? I take it you didn't travel all this way to appreciate the scenery."
Anonymous
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No.134530
134531 134532
>>134517
What time at?
>>134521
A bunch of weapons, a bedroll and a water flask or whatever.
Anonymous
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No.134531
>>134530
I'd like to start at maybe 8:30-9:00-ish, EST. The earlier we start, the more we'll be able to cover. I was hoping to get through at least four encounters per adventuring day (not necessarily combat), and at least one adventuring day per session.
Anonymous
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134533
>>134530
For your starting equipment I gave you a +2 Periapt of Wisdom and two Wilding claps.
Anonymous
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No.134533
>>134532
*Wilding Clasps
Anonymous
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No.134534
All three of those are leagues above what should be your item level... but they're within your WBL and should carry you for the adventure.
Anonymous
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No.134535
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>>134529
"I am here to kill goblins." Brozal then dumps 427 GP onto the table.
Anonymous
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No.134536
>>134535
"Two kill goblins, you say?" The buff old man says, as he looks through the bag and pauses at fancy swords
"That's quite the odd mission to travel all this way for, but I can't say it isn't appreciated. Those savages have been wreaking havoc on all over lately. Merchants, farmers, woodsmen, and fisherman alike have been taken by those hordes. They've getting fiercer
and bolder every day; I can only imagine what's stirred them. They've been raiding these parts for centuries, but never this boldly, never in these numbers."
"The town guard are all but demoralized, and the townsfolk can't take much more of it..." He says, his weariness obvious, and not just from the oversized mace he was swinging earlier
"Word of you and your odd friends travelled here before you did. My alcyotes were even gossipping about a talking cat. Tell me, what did Wiston put you up to?"
Anonymous
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No.134537
>two
*To kill goblins
So many brainfarts today...
Anonymous
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No.134538
134539
"To kill goblins."
Anonymous
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No.134539
134540
>>134538
The human blinks twice
"... Very well then. Good luck with that." He says
"If you are ever in need of healing, our doors are always open." he continues, handing the sack to one of the nuns
Anonymous
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No.134540
134541
>>134539
"I am in need of healing."
Anonymous
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No.134541
134542
>>134540
The Cleric looks Brozal up and down, noticing the unarmored Orc's wounds.
"... Indeed you are. I'm surprised you're even standing with wounds like that."
He mutters something in an unknown language, brandishes his focus, reaches out towards your chest and taps you. A brief flash of white light erupts from his fingertips, and you feel your wounds close entirely.

Brozal is now just a couple points below full HP.

"Consider it thanks for your generosity towards our temple. Get some rest and you'll be ready for business in time for prayers (morning, for Pelorites)."
Anonymous
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No.134542
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>>134541
Brozal will go sleep on the ground.
Anonymous
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No.134543
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>>134542
Preferably outside the temple
Anonymous
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>>134543
The old man looks annoyed.
"If you're going to meditate, do it in the courtyard out back." He calls out

"Ascetics.. always going the extra mile..." he mutters under his breath
Anonymous
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No.134545
>>134544
Brozal sleeps in the courtyard.
Anonymous
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We can start whenever everyone is ready and responsive.

Whiskers elected to meet his cohort on the discord server (in part, since I wasn't exactly sure
Although interactions outside the thread are normally considered to be decanonized, I consider Whiskers meeting Princess Bagel to be "off-screen", occurring at night when the other PCs slept.
I still expect him to introduce Bagel properly in-character when he gets the chance, since he now all but controls the NPC. I have shown him Bagel's sheet and will upgrade/modify it as I see fit.
He may also rebuild his character to swap out the feats he requested earlier. Since he has elected not to attempt to attract followers at this point, no additional cats will follow him, but he may attempt to attract more at a later date.

END OF DAY ONE

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DAY TWO BEGINNING

Chad would return to the grove of the Old Ones before dawn. I've taken the liberty of designating his spell prep ritual to occur at sunrise, since Ehlonna Epona is a sun goddess; if Chad's player would rather designate his daily prayer/meditation at another time, he may . He would traverse the woods without penalty, and find Misty sitting at the center of the stone ring covered in a blanket of flowers, with four children small sleeping peacefully beside her. He appears to be well-fed and rested, although perhaps a tad bit spoiled.
Avarthel, Keeper of Eth, the young half-elf Druid, is laying stones in a prayer ring and lighting some sort of incense. He smiles as Chad arrives, and invites him to join him for prayers.
At this point, Chad would spend an hour in meditation and prayer as the sun rises, and and his heart is refreshed with a new allottment of spells. As a vancian divine spellcaster, Chad may prepare any of the hundreds of spells on the Druid spell list that he is capable of casting, and I expect him to post his spell list as soon as he is ready. If he would prefer to instead roll with the selection of spells that I picked for him yesterday, that is fine as well. I will remind Chad's player that as a Druid, he is free to experiment with seemingly-useless or situational spells, since any of the spells he prepares can be spontaneously channeled into the ever-useful Summon Nature's Ally spell; complimented by his Ashbound and Augment Summoning feats.

Sir Brozal has squatted in the courtyard like a hobo accepted the accepted the hospitality of the temple of Pelor, he too instinctively awakens before sunrise (the light stinging him from his light sensitivity), and is offered to pray with Brother Derny and his two lovely acolytes.
Because I'm feeling Gygaxian, I'm going to make him roll a Fortitude save to see how sleeping on the ground without a bedroll effected him.
He would return to Morlin's Smithy shortly after to pick up his armor. Morlin has made good on his promise to refinish his looted armor, the banded mail now en-blazoned with symbols of the Dawnfather, with retina-burning continual flames lining the shoulders.

Whiskers would wake up in the room reserved for the party, and would dutifully go to the House of Sertieren the Wise. The old halfling answers the door groggily, having worked through the night scribing the requested scroll of Hailstones. He gives it to you with a yawn and mumbles something along the lines of "Tell your master I wish him good luck" before hobbling off to bed, evidently still mistaking Whiskers to be some strange familiar.
Mittens, the Witch-cat, glares at you as you leave, her golden eyes shining bright in the morning light.
Since Sharress is also a goddess of sunrise, I would assume that Whiskers prayers, should he choose to spend the time, would be completed at around the same time everyone else's would.

And none of y'all remembered to buy horses...

The party would meet at the Inn, early in the morning.
Anyone present may participate in dialogue as they wait for the other members to arrive.
Anonymous
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No.134548
134549
>>134547
I'm here.
I will continue to use the list you made for me.
Anonymous
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No.134549
>>134548
Great.
Anonymous
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No.134550
I am here
Anonymous
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No.134552
Alright. I'm here, too.
Anonymous
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No.134553
134555 134556
Okay, let me check the maps for travel time... Brozal's waking speed in banded mail is 20 ft...

Did the party decide which way they were going first?
Anonymous
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Okay Brozal will begin the morning by begging for bread in the town square. This happens after he fetches his armor from the smith and thanks said smith for his service. Brozal gifts the smith ten candles since he has no money.
Anonymous
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>>134553
I'm going to the grove.
Anonymous
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>>134553
>>134555
Whiskers would start to do the morning ritual of waking up, recovering his spells before following Chad along.
Misty would feel the slightest bit heavier as the kittyies hopped on her, ready to set sail.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134557
>>134554
I was going to tip him with some gold but the candles will suffice.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134558
134560
>>134555
Trips checked.
I made note of that in >>134547 you would retrieve your horse around the same time that you prepare your spells.

Pardon the delay, I'm still figuring out the timeline of events...

The party moves as fast as its slowest member, which means you guys can travel about ~16 miles in one day, assuming you don't have any delays or obstacles. Dice roll says you travel along mostly farm fields with no immediate delay...

Now, if I recall correctly, you guys wanted to find Jorr before you explored the Witchwood?
>>134554
Brother Derny hands you a piece of bread and tells you not to make a scene. He then pats you on the back and sends you on your way.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134559
134560 134562
I need to know if you guys are looking for Jorr.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134560
134563
>>134558
>>134559
iirc, Jorr's the druid, so yes.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134562
>>134559
Yes.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134563
134568
>>134560
Jorr is a woodsman who knows the area.

Now, captain Soranna said this:
>If you take the Witch Trail, go left at the first big trail crossing; Jorr’s cabin is about seven miles in. Or, if you’re on the Dawn Way, take a right on a trail about nine miles from the forest edge. Jorr’s cabin is near the Blackwater.
You can either travel through the Witch Trail through the forest, or partly along the road of the Dawn Way.
Which way do you go?

I'm assuming you guys leave some time around 8-ish.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134564
134566
Can we make room for misadventures?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134565
134568
Both paths would lead you through the Witchwood.
The Witch Trail is a track that leads through the heart of the Witchwood. The Dawn Way is a road commonly taken by merchants, surrounded by forest on either side.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134566
134572
>>134564
Define "make room".
I don't normally plan for misadventures, but I expect them to happen.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134568
134569
>>134563
>>134565
Dawn Gay.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134569
134570 134571
>>134568
Is that a yes or no on the Dawn way?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134570
>>134569
Dawn way's alright.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134571
>>134569
Yep.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134572
>>134566
That's fine
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134573
134574
Alright, you guys play it safe and go the Dawn Way.

A handful of old woodcutters’ and trappers’ cabins or long-abandoned homesteads lie scattered along the length of the road, about one every 2 or 3 miles. The road crosses several creeks and boggy spots on sturdy dwarf-made stone bridges that have stood for centuries.

At the party's speed...

Oh wait, I forgot Brozal still has to make that fortitude save.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134574
134576 134578
>>134573
Do we encounter anything?
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134575
134578
Rolled a 17 on my fort save
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134576
134577
>>134574
We did choose the safe way
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134577
>>134576
Alright.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134578
134579
Okay, the Dawn Way is easy terrain that goes on for about 9-10 miles
>>134574
I'm still figuring that out.
>>134575
Okay, you avoid fatigue from resting on the ground without a bedroll.

Now that I've got the party's speed figured out... You spend a considerable portion of the day travelling.
You travel along the Dawn way for ~10 miles, which takes you about 5 hours, then you turn onto the rugged trail by the blackwater, which takes you another 5 hours. I'm assuming you left at 8, so you the next scene occurs some time near the evening/late-afternoon.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134579
>>134578
Fair enuff
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134580
134583
About 5:00 - Day 2

The trail leads past a small cabin in a deep forest glade. A ramshackle front porch is littered with fishing baskets and skinning frames. The cabin overlooks a dark bayou or lake, with old gray cedar-trees draped in moss rising out of the water. An old skiff is tied up on the shore nearby, and a little smoke curls from the fieldstone chimney.

What was your marching order again?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134581
134582 134583
Fuck it.

Whiskers, roll a Spot check.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134582
134584
>>134581
Oh shit.
Is it time?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134583
134584
>>134580
Whiskers on Misty, in the middle between Brozal and Chad.
Chad's at the back, Brozal at the front.
>>134581
[1d20+5 = 12]<Spot Check
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134584
134587 134588
>>134582
We'll see.
>>134583
Bagel's fur stands on end as she sees several dogs laying below the porch.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134587
>>134584
What now?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134588
134589
>>134584
[1d20+2 = 6]<Balance Check for horse riding

Bagel quickly pokes Whiskers, pointing at the thing 60ft ahead of the party.
Whiskers' hair stands on end, ready to jump into action the moment something happens.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134589
134591
Okay, I've been reminded that Brozal is in the front of the party. He rolled a -4 on spot.
Misty halts 60 ft away from the cabin, Brozal marches forward blindly until 3 large dogs charge forward, baying furiously. They stop just 10 ft short of you.

>>134588
You slide off Misty's butt and land beside her.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134590
134591 134595
Brozal takes the total total defense action.

How does anyone else respond?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134591
134592
>>134590
>>134589
Whiskers' back arches before hissing at the dog trio, doing his classic 'shoo dog' move.
[1d20+8 = 28]<Intimidate Check
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134592
>>134591
Okay, you were demoralizing them, so all three dogs are sent cowering before the snarling kitty, due to Imperious Command.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134593
134594 134595
I want want everyone to roll intitative.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134594
>>134593
Rolled 11
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134595
134596
>>134590
I cast Calm Animals on the dogs
>>134593
What's the dice roll for that?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134596
134597
To Chad, and chad alone, the dogs are intelligible, due to his class feature.
>"Intruders! Bork bork!"
Then the cat hisses at them
>"AhhHH!" *whimpering sounds*

Brozal takes 14 damage as an arrow flies at him through a shuttered window on the cabin.

I will post the next part in just a few minutes. Family has been distracting me.
>>134595
For you, 1d20-2
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134597
134598
>>134596
[1d20-2 = 5]
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134598
>>134597
I knew it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134599
Okay, to set the scene, the three of you have arrived at what appears to be Jorr's cabin. Three dogs were barking at you, but are now cowering, potentially hostile in the following round. someone from the cabin just shot at Brozal.

It is Brozal's turn. What do you do?
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134600
134602
Rolled 23 on diplomacy
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134601
134602
"We're not here to hurt you. We're just on our way."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134602
>>134600
>>134601
Okay. Tht's sorted out.
sorry Chad, been trying to speed things out with voicechat.

A whistle sounds from the cabin, and the dogs scurry back towards the porch, growling at the party.

The cabin’s door opens, and a lean human woodsman of indeterminate age steps onto the porch. He has a seamed, leathery look to his face and arms, and a big curved knife sits in a sheath strapped to one thigh. “Don’t get many visitors out here,” he rasps. “Who’re you, and what d’ya want with me?”
He has his longbow drawn, knocking another arrow.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134603
134604
"Brozal the Fire Bringer."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134604
134606
>>134603
He looks at you, squinting at your face beyond the torchlight and the halo.
He lowers his bow
"What be your business, Orc?"
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134605
134607
“Kill goblins.”
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134606
134607
>>134604
The kitty struts towards the from the middle, revealing himself to the woodsman with arched back at he stares at the dogs, still quite freaked.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134607
134609 134610
>>134605
He cocks an eyebrow at the word 'goblins'
“Goblins! I just can’t stand ’em! Wood’s rotten with ’em
right now. All right, I’m your man.”
>>134606
The dogs growl at you.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134608
Any of you can roll Sense Motive to assess this guy's attitude
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134609
>>134607
[1d20-1 = 2]<Sense Motive just for kicks

Whiskers' back arches further, hissing at the dogs further to cement his dominance towards them.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134610
134611
>>134607
"Do you know of any Goblin camps around here?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134611
134612 134613
Initiative has ended, combat effectively paused, as the woodsman doesn't appear aggressive.
>>134610
“I seen worg riders and troublemakers all over, especially along Dawn Way.”
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134612
134614
>>134611
The mention makes Whiskers stop his hissy fit, turning towards the woodsman. "So you've tussled with those green humans?" he proceeds to ask.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134613
134614
>>134611
"How many?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134614
134615 134616
>>134613
The woodsman continues, scratching his head.
"They live up yonder in the Wyrmsmokes, but seems like we got a big war party in the forest. Maybe they come down the Old Forest Road, or might be they came by the Skull Gorge. My money’s on the Skull Gorge. I can't say for sure how many, but there's been too many.

Brozal pushes the cats to the front to do the talking
>>134612
"Greens, reds, blues, browns. You name it."
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134615
134617
>>134614
"What sort of defenses do they have?" Whiskers asks, awed by the heroics this man proudly displays
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134616
134617
>>134614
"A big war party of goblins?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134617
134618 134620
>>134615
"I can't say for sure. They've got camps scattered all over these parts." He says, oddly not at all perplexed by the talking cat
>>134616
"Ah' reckon that's what they've been up to."
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134618
134619
>>134617
"Well, you seem to got a good eye, knowledge on the area and the capacity and will to fight," the kitty continues "and you want those goblins out, correct?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134619
134621
>>134618
"I've been wagin' a one-man-war on those red bastards for years now." The woodsman says proudly.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134620
>>134617
"We would be willing to get rid of a couple of those camps for you, do you know exactly where they are?"
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134621
134622
>>134619
"How about we strike them down for good together?" Whiskers offers with a sly cat smile "We're a bunch of cool adventures trying to make this area a better place."
(And easier to search through, but that's minor details), he thought to himself
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134622
134623 134626
>>134621
The woodsman slings his bow over his shoulder.
“All righty. I want 5 gold a day, or 10 if you’ve got a mind to go off someplace dangerous.”
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134623
134624 134625
>>134622
Can i roll a persuasion check or something? And what would the dice roll for that be?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134624
134630
>>134623
Go ahead and roll.
You might want to mention where you're going first though (it's in the OP).
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134625
134630
>>134623
Roll your Diplomacy mod. It's 1d20+1 for you.
In the future, I want you to keep better track of your skill modifiers.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134626
134627
>>134622
Whiskers puffs up his feline chest. "We're mainly going for Vraath Keep, but we figure we should take down these goblins along the way because these goblins are not cool at all. Not even the blue ones."
He glances up at Brozal. "Save for him, they are pretty cold."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134627
134628
>>134626
He cocks an eyebrow
"Vraath keep, you say? I recon ye' already know where that is?"
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134628
134629
>>134627
"...no," Whiskers lets out as he licks his little cat nose.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134629
134630 134631
>>134628
The woodsman lets out a sigh
"Go west on out to the big road; keep’s maybe eight miles north of there. Wouldn’t surprise me if some of the goblins are holed up there. Just the sort of thing damn goblins would do..."
"I'll guide you there myself, if y'all will pay."
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134630
134632
>>134624
>>134625
>>134629
[1d20+1 = 20]
"How about 7 gold? And you can have a 14% share on the spoils of war"
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134631
134632
>>134629
"We could say by killing off the goblins, your woodsman activities will be easier to do," Whiskers presents with a mewl "so that's quite a pay, right?"
[1d20+23 = 38]<Diplomancy Roll
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134632
134633 134634
>>134630
>>134631
"9 gold a day, if y'all want to go to the keep."
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134633
134635
>>134632
"Okay then, we will follow you as you lead the way."
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134634
>>134632
Whiskers harrumphs dramatically before looking up at the woodsman with an extended paw, expecting the usual human handshake. "Fine," he mutters "but you better take good care of the shinies while we're travelling."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134635
134636
>>134633
"Alright. Feel free to camp. We'll leave in the morning."
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134636
134637
>>134635
"Hmm, in the meantime can you help us clear out a couple of goblin camps that are close by?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134637
134638 134641
The woodsman retires to his cabin.
>>134636
"In the mornin'. It's late, nd you don't wanna fight those goblins at night."

The party is free to make camp. Once you're all settled, we'll begin day 3.
... You did pack camping equipment, right?
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134638
134639
>>134637
"I totally knew that."
I have a bedroll.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134639
134640
>>134638
Roll Survival.
1d20+13
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134640
134642
>>134639
[1d20+13 = 27]
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134641
134642
>>134637
Whiskers prances up to the woodsman, looking up at him with beady eyes. "Surely you don't mind if I sleep inside your gracious for this night, right?"
[1d20+23 = 25]<Diplo check
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134642
134643
>>134640
Ah, you're able to make ample camp for yourself and the party.

Since I picked your starting equipment, I probably should have added a standard adventurers pack, which includes a tent.
>>134641
The woodsman allows you to sleep on his gracious porch.

END OF DAY TWO
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134643
>>134642
Are we ambushed in the night?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134644
134646
According to the dice, nothing comes to chew your faces off in your sleep during the night
You go to bed early, hoping to beat the morning light. I'll say you get up around 6:00
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134645
134646 134647
Alright, getting up early saves you some time to travel.
Were you all looking to progress towards Blackwater?

Oh yeah, everyone gets 225 Ad hoc XP for contracting Jorr.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134646
>>134644
>>134645
Whiskers wakes up in seemingly thin air on Bagel, yawning softly. He soon practices his cat rituals before awaiting at the porch.
He'd definitely push for anything that could eliminate the threat on his livelihood in the area first before setting forth to his main objective, so if that is the way to end the green menance, he'll go there.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134647
134648 134657
>>134645
Is there anything else we can do before heading towards Blackwater?
Maybe clear a few goblin camps.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134648
134652
Alright, you travel miles back towards the dawn road, and another 2 miles north towards Blackwater Causeway to cross the river. The trip takes you about five hours with Jorr leading you, and you arrive at the bridge at 11-ish.

A wide expanse of dark water has flooded the woodland in this low valley. Trees still protrude from the calm, dark waters here and there, but many large reaches seem to be little more than open pools of algae choked water. The trill of frogs and the whine of insects fills the air. The forest road leads right down to the edge of the flooded section, up to a rickety-looking causeway made of thick planks of wood lashed together with mossy rope. The wooden causeway runs for several hundred feet through the boggy patch, only a foot or so above the water.

>>134647
You don't know where the goblin camps are right now, but it can be assumed to be near Skull Gorge or Vraath Keep, or elsewhere in the Witchwood.

I'm was just checking your travelling speed. I didn't expect to do this timeline with Brozal travelling on foot..
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134649
134652 134654 134656
Up ahead you can make out the wreckage of a wagon, lying on its side and half-sunk in the flooded forest, about thirty feet from the causeway.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134650
I have it with Brozal marching first, holding up the line, followed by Misty, then Jorr and his dogs.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134651
134654
so, you guys just going to cross the bridge?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134652
134657
>>134649
>>134648
Whiskers, being the curious kitty that he is, carefully trudges towards the wagon alongside the invisible cat.
He makes sure to check his surroundings at every step for any signs of danger.
[1d20+1 = 2]<Spot roll
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134653
134657
I’m going across the bridge.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134654
134657
>>134649
>>134651
Currently working out how to do a spot check, wait a second and tell me if i did it right.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134656
>>134649
[1d20+14 = 18] (spot)
Is it 14 OP?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134657
134658 134661
Screenshot (68).png
>>134652
Ugh oh.
>>134653
I rolled your check.
>>134647
>>134654

Alright, due to splendid a splendid roll, you are all flat-footed this round as several enormous reptilian heads charge out of the water and snap at you.

Whiskers takes 8 Bludgeoning and Piercing Damage.
Brozal takes 21 as two serpents bite him
Chad takes 10
Misty takes 18 as two bite into her flank
Jorr is also bitten.

Chad needs to make a Ride check to stay on Misty. Roll 1d20+5

Everyone roll initiative. A massive multiheaded monster has charged out of the mire from beneath the wagon and attacked you as you cross the bridge.

Everyone roll initiative.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134658
>>134657
[1d20+2 = 7]<Initiative
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134659
13 on init
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134660
Whups, Jorr wasn't actually bitten, now that i look at it.
"Blasted serpent! Lookout!" Jorr shouts out, unhelpfully.

I already know that Chad's initiatve is 19 or less.
The monster rolled 21, so it goes first this round while we wait for Chad.

So far it's:
Monster
Jorr
Brozal
Whiskers
Chad?
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134661
134664
>>134657
[1d20+5 = 22]
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134662
(ride check)
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134663
I was trying to figure out how the skill modifiers work.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134664
134665 134666
The monster moves closer to the bridge and snaps at Brozal, clanging off his armor. Another head snaps at him and deals 11 damage
>>134661
You manage to stay on your horse, but another head snaps at you and wounds you for 6 more damage.
Misty takes 13 damage, and you're going to need to make another check

I'm going to set your initiative right after Whiskers
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134665
>>134664
Ride check?
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134666
134667 134674
>>134664
[1d20+5 = 20]
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134667
>>134666
You keep stealing all these trips

Brozal's Furious counterstrike triggers.

Whiskers takes another 13 damage as a serpent bites him.

Jorr manages to be bitten before he can move.

Jorr takes a 5 foot step back, moves out of the monster's reach, and looses two arrows, that pierce into the hide of the monster.

Brozal's turn.
44eee0f
?
No.134668
Rolling
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134669
134670
Rolled 29
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134670
134671 134672
>>134669
I use revitalizing strike on the first serpent head
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134671
>>134670
11 damage healed 14
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134672
134676
>>134670
Okay, 11 damage to the enemy.

Whiskers is near the wagon on difficult terrain in the mud. One head is pointed towards him.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134673
134676
Whiskers turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134674
>>134666
Sorry, meant to say you avoid falling off your horse.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134675
Chad moves right after Whiskers.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134676
134678
>>134673
>>134672
With a scared whimper and life flashing before his eyes, Whiskers quickly casts Glitterdust on the field, blinding every single combatant, both friend or foe.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134677
*dying orc noises*
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134678
134679 134680 134681
>>134676
Okay, It looks like everyone is going to have to roll a Will save.

I'll roll for Misty.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134679
134683
>>134678
I rolled a 12
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.134680
>>134678
[1d20+7 = 21]<Drastic circumstances require drastic measures (Will Save)
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134681
134682 134683
>>134678
I don't see "Will" anywhere on the sheet.
What's the modifiers for it?
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134682
134684 134686
>>134681
Just roll your wisdom modifier+your level
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134683
134686
okay, most of the monsters heads appear to be blinded, although it's hard to tell because the monster lacks eyelids.
>>134679
Blind
>>134681
It's right below your ability scores.
You mod is +10

It's your turn btw
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.134684
>>134682
Wisdom mod+4
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.134685
The monsters heads writhe in pain, but seem to home in on it's targets nonetheless.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.134686
134687 134688 134691
>>134682
>>134683
[1d20+10 = 22]
Why is it 10 if my wisdom modifier is 4?
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134687
134689
>>134686
Druid has a will save of 4 at level 6
Anonymous
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No.134688
>>134686
Oh level okay i get it.
Anonymous
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No.134689
>>134687
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/druid.htm
*will save of 5
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134690
You add your wisdom mod and your will save
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134691
134692
>>134686
It's your turn.
You are at 37 HP. Two massive serpentine heads are pointed towards you. Misty is visibly wounded.
Anonymous
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No.134692
134693 134694 134734
>>134691
I cast summon natures ally V and summon a orca whale.
Anonymous
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No.134693
134694
>>134692
Never mind i summon a fire griffon, i don't think it's the right conditions for the whale but i'm not sure.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134694
134695
>>134692
>>134693
You can't summon an orca at this level.
Or a griffon
You have up to lvl 3 spells to burn.
https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Summon_Nature%27s_Ally_Table

Check that list and pick a monster. If you command the monster to attack, I'll control if for you.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134695
134696
>>134694
Is it the right environment for a water animal or no?
Which part of the bog are we in?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134696
134698
Chad, I would need to tell you that casting a spell in melee range would provoke an attack of opportunity. You might also need to roll both Concentration and Ride to do it on the back of a wounded horse.

You can handle Misty as a free action. You could command her to move if you wish.
>>134695
You are on the bridge. A river is nearby, and the monster is standing in a shallow mire. You summon an aquatic monster in the river, and I'll let it attack the monster in the mire.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134697
Be aware that of the monster lands its AoO, you might lose your spell.

Chad, just do something. We're still on round one.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134698
134699
>>134696
Misty moves backwards 7 feet.
I cast summon natures ally and (attempt) to summon a large shark.
[1d20+5 = 23](ride)
[1d20+12 = 16](concentration)
Is it 12?kek
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134699
134700
>>134698
The hydra bites you blindly and drops you to 29 HP.
You're going to have to roll concentration again to see if you retain the spell.

Remember, you can still command Misty to move as a free action.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134700
134701
>>134699
Misty moves along the bridge this time by 12 feet
[1d20+12 = 19]
Do i need to do another ride check mister?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134701
134702
>>134700
You barely manage to retain concentration despite the serpent's bite.
You already rolled Ride.

The shark is summoned into the river. Lets say its a brackish shark so that it can tolerate fresh water. It charges from the river and barely manages to sink its teeth into the serpent's flank (thank Eponna for Augment Summoning).
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134702
134713
>>134701
Beginners luck i guess.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134703
The shark manages to do a considerable bit of damage, so much damage that one of the heads threatening Brozal retreats to snap at it.

The serpent moves closer to the bridge and snaps at everyone (and I mean everyone), but Jorr, who has since moved out of the way. It's keen senses home in on the creatures its threatening.

One manages to strike the Blinded Brozal, dealing 5 damage.
Misty takes 4 damage from a bite. Forget the ride checks.
Another head grapples Whiskers. He's going to need to roll escape artist.
Even Bagel is damaged as a serpent bites her, now at half health.
Chad takes 7 more damage.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134704
"Darn serpent can smell ye'! Don't just stand there! Move!" Jorr cries out, as he looses two more arrows.

The arrows strike true, but the monsters wounds seem to be closing, the arrow heads being pushed out of its regenerating flesh. Te monster hisses in pain.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134705
134706
Btw, you can totally try to sunder these heads if you're packing a slashing weapon.
Anonymous
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No.134706
>>134705
I use stone bones on the first hydra head
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134707
I rolled a 23. 15 damage to the hydra and 5 dr for me until my next round.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134708
Okay... it looks like Whiskers stepped out for lunch. I'll roll his escape artist check...
Okay, the monster rolled a 43. Looks like someone is being eaten pretty soon... Whiskers takes 9 more bludgeoning damage.

... It's Whisker's turn...
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134709
134710 134715
Gee, it looks like there's nothing Whiskers can do while grappled by this thing... He struggles weakly but cannot break the serpent's grip
I should have noted that Bagel is blinded and no longer invisible...
With no other options, she takes a 5 foot step back, and uses the retreat action, managing to roll 15 ft and succeeds on her balance ceck to avoid slipping.

Chad's turn.
Anonymous
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No.134710
134711
>>134709
Rolled 52
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134711
>>134710
okay, you managed to strike through concealment.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134713
>>134702
Your turn
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134714
Just saying, this thing is going to kill Whiskers in a couple rounds if nobody stops it.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134715
134716
>>134709
I cast plant growth.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134716
134718
>>134715
You know, it'd be a lot less risky if you moved out of melee range before attacking. The serpent's head is less than 5 feet away from you, and it can smell you.
The serpent bites and you take 12 damage. Roll concentration to see if you lose your spell or not.

You are at 9 HP. Virtually any attack from the serpent could kill you now.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134717
And yes, I've been rolling to see if this thing strikes through concealment. If it's within 5 feet of you, it can pinpoint your location.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134718
134719
>>134716
[1d20+12 = 29]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134719
134720
>>134718
You save heroically, managing to retain your spell.
The algea in the swarm triples in thickness, creating difficult terrain for the monster.

You had to give up a third level spell to summon that shark. Which did you give up?

Be warned, if you stay in melee range, you might die next round. You can handle Misty as a free action.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134720
134721
>>134719
I lose sleet storm,
I move Misty 15 feet along the bridge.
Then i cast entangle after everyone else takes their turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134721
134722
The Shark crits and manages to deal a considerable amount of damage.
>>134720
Misty avoids AoO.
You do as well.
Do you want to move any further than that? she can move up to 90 ft.
Anonymous
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No.134722
134723 134724
>>134721
I move 69 feet along the bridge.
Anonymous
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No.134723
>>134722
haha funny sex number
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134724
Okay, Whiskers drops to 8 HP as the serpent bites into him.
He also takes 5 nonlethal damage.

>>134722
Two heads follow misty as she leaves, but the blinded monster doesn't yet appear interested in attacking creatures beyond its reach.
As a result monster focuses fire on the rest of the party, the two spare heads snapping towards it's greatest source of pain: the shark:
The shark takes three more bites and vanishes.
Two heads miss Brozal.
One head hits and attempts to grapple. Roll an opposed grapple.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134725
134726
Jorr manages to critically wound the monster. It looks very, very wounded.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134726
>>134725
I cast call lightning.
Anonymous
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No.134727
I punch it for ten points of damage
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134728
Brozal manages top free himself just long enough to punch the monster with Mountain hammer.
The monster drops whiskers and appears to pass out momentarily.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134729
134730
The monster appears to still be writhing and its wounds are closing.

Whiskers turn. You are on difficult terrain.
Anonymous
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No.134730
134731
>>134729
Whiskers sucks in a massive amount of air as he gracefully falling on his paws, then start a coup de grace on the now dying beast that almost ended his existence.
[1d20+5 = 15]<Iaijutsu Focus
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134731
134732
>>134730
You manage to pierce through the serpents chest and pull its heart out, still beating.
The monster stops moving.

lol, you did exactly enough damage to kill it before it got up.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.134732
134735
>>134731
Breathing heavily through his nostrils, Whiskers stood in place, still reeling from the battle as he keeps chomping on the beast's heart mainly from how stressed he got during the battle.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134733
Alright. This wasn't meant to a hard fight, but it was anyway.
The encounter is over. Anyone still alive (everyone), can move freely.

Everyone gets 450 XP for this encounter.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134734
>>134692
Brozal dusts himself off and looks at the scene.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134735
134738
Alright. Before you lies a dead 6-headed hydra and what appears to be an old wagon.
>>134732
Jorr walks up to you and pulls you out of the mud.
Bagel peers down at you from the bridge.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134736
134737
Is it cool if I go?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134737
134754
Everyone is at low HP. You should have healing equipment though.

Chad, you have that wand of lesser vigor. It heals 11 HP per use.
>>134736
That's fine.
Tbh, I'm disappointed at how slow this has been going... I kind of expected everyone to be in voicechat, and I'm not the fastest typer...
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.134738
134739 134740
>>134735
Whiskers' still chewing on the hydra heart as the woodsman picked the cat up, still looking forward as after being pulled out of the mud, his tail was extremely poofy and whatever hair not weighted down by mud was spiked up.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134739
134742
We might have to end the session here... Brozal had to go and this went far slower than i wanted... We only got through half the adventuring day, but I need to go eat.

All of you can still dialogue for now. There's also that wagon, that the hydra turned over. Just say what you do and I'll respond.

If y'all are still available this evening, I ingested a truly regrettable amount of caffeine this morning, and will probably be up all night.

>>134738
The heart of the hydra
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134740
134742
>>134738
The heart of the hydra still beats as you chew into it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134741
Jorr is wading through the mud without care, the grown plants seeming to bend out of his way as he moves with his dogs. He takes out his dagger and appears to be helping himself to a portion of the slain hydra's corpse.
Anonymous
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No.134742
>>134740
>>134739
The fact that it was still beating only makes the kitty chew on it further, fearing the possibility of the beast rising up again, be it irrational or not.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134743
134744
Chad, you're free to move as you please.
Feel free to dialogue in the thread. If you want to heal yourself or the party with your wand, go ahead.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134744
134745
>>134743
I move back towards the group and begin healing them and Misty.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.134745
>>134744
The kitty isn't exactly paying attention to his wounds healing as he's in an extremely bad mood if his staring into the distance and now absent-minded chewing of the hydra's heart is any indication.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134746
134748
Okay, it would take about 5 charges to heal Brozal, 4 charges to heal Chad, 3 charges to heal Whiskers, and 2 charges to heal Misty.

Jorr refuses healing and takes a potion instead.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134747
134748
Chad's wand has 36 charges left.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134748
>>134746
>>134747
That's fine
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134749
134752
I think that the ideal time for it is late in the afternoon, at the setting of the sun as most people are available at that time.
Anonymous
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No.134750
134752
(Starting a session)
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134751
134752 134753
I won't be able to play later as i have a date with destiny.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.134752
>>134749
>>134750
>>134751
Fair enuff
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134753
>>134751
That's fine.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134754
134755
1559396564709.jpg
>>134737
>Tbh, I'm disappointed at how slow this has been going... I kind of expected everyone to be in voicechat, and I'm not the fastest typer...
Don't feel down anon, you taught a faggot how to suck dick better than before.
It was slow but at least i am learning, thanks for doing this.
I think it felt slow as if we were attacked by goblins it wouldn't have taken as long, anyways it doesn't matter i got to learn how to summon swamp Jaws
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134755
>>134754
I'll try harder.
Thing is timing is kind of important in this game. I can feel the slow gameplay killing the immersion...
I guess that's something I didn't account for that when I decided to run it PbP. I'll think of how to handle this...
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.134774
134775
When will we play again?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134775
>>134774
I would have liked to play today, but I have a ton of homework due tonight that I had to work on all day.
I'd like to start either Friday or the weekend of next week. This time I'll try not to procrastinate on my meatspace responsibilities during the week so that I'll have time to focus on games this weekend.

Vraath Keep isn't that far ahead in the map, and Jorr would have told you it's only a couple days away. It's going to be the center focus of this part of the campaign, and the majority of encounters, treasure, and story developments will take place there. We'll be getting into the true meat of the adventure next session.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134888
I would like to play Friday if possible.
Anonymous
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No.134961
good christian anime.jpg
how yall mf look rn
Anonymous
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No.134962
Frozen Light with big fucking tiddies.jpg

Anonymous
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No.134963
Princess Luna ass and pussy creampied by Vistamage.png

Anonymous
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No.134964
2359125.png

Anonymous
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No.134965
gym20lyra205.png

Anonymous
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No.134966
Rarity anal by Fishmira.gif

Anonymous
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No.134967
134968
2349470.jpg

Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134968
>>134967
Hello.
Um, were you trying to get my attention?
If you had a character you wanted to play, there's still plenty of room in the party.
Setting-up for the next session
Anonymous
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No.134970
795ed5df67e14aace1d7bcb17174da4c.jpg
engraved-spanish-breastplate.jpg
As posted in >>134920 → except it's in the right place this time

While the rest of the party heals up and recovers from the hydra encounter (I'm assuming you breath for just a few minutes), Jorr appears to be cutting off chunks of the hydra's carcass and tossing them to his dogs.
He eventually makes his way over to remains of the wagon, lifting it up with a heroic strength check and revealing the partial skeletons of what Jorr declares to be goblinoids, wearing ruined ruined remains of their armor. One shiny bit stands out though.
"~Heeey!" the woodsman says with a smile, yanking off what appears to be a still-shiny breastplate from a goblin champion.
"Mithril, if I'm right. Good stuff." He says, placing the fancy piece on the bridge

Jorr offers to lead the way for the party for the rest of the way until Vraath Keep (unless anyone else objects to the scout doing the scouting), which he says he hopes should be just one or two days away.

It's currently 11-12-ish in game, right after the hydra fight. It would only take a few minutes to heal-up with Chad's wand.

I encourage any of you to discuss potential plans in dialogue between sessions. We'll play Friday or even this weekend, and maybe actually get through a good portion of the game, Pelor help us.
Anonymous
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No.135001
E
Anonymous
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No.135002
After a good while, the kitty has calmed down, stopping his chewing of the heart at it not moving an inch after that, not to mention the now much better hidden cat standing beside him.
>"Purr, I knew you could do it," Bagel would happily say "not even monsters can take down."
>"Good thing I didn't use the scrolls," Whiskers would answer before puffing his chest "but thankfully, our team is a strong one."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135003
I am finished with my doctor's appointment. Once you're all present, I can set you on course to Vraath Keep.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.135004
I'm here.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.135005
135006
But i will be able to play later, in about 2 and a half hours.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135006
>>135005
That works for me.
I'll grab lunch in the meantime.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135008
135010
Well, would anyone like to declare actions before Chad gets back?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135009
Also, I neglected to add XP for Jorr and the hydra encounter. None of you have modified your sheets since last session, right?
Anonymous
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No.135010
135011
>>135008
Aside from them riding Misty again? Not really.
Prolly she's gonna carry the breastplate too unless Brozal wants it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135011
>>135010
I was waiting for Brozal on that.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135012
135013
But, to be clear, you guys are headed towards Vraath keep, correct?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135013
>>135012
Yes.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135014
135015
Okay, just checking Brozal's walking speed... You've been marching about 6 hours today (Brozal on foot), so i'm going to need Brozal to roll a Fortitude Save when he gets back.
Anonymous
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No.135015
135016
>>135014
Rolled a 17 on fort
Anonymous
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No.135016
135017 135018
>>135015
Okay, you avoid exhaustion from marching all day in banded mail.

After another ~5-6 hours of marching, you're well into the Witchwood, in the evening. I'm going to wait until Chad arrives to narrate the next part.

In the meantime, anybody with ranks in Knowledge (Local) or Knowledge (History) can make a check about the keep.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135017
>>135016
Gonna have to delay a bit, i'll be back in about an hour from now.
Doing a fire.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135018
135019
>>135016
Sure.
[1d20+8 = 14]<Knowledge (Local)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135019
135020
Witchwood is thicc, deep, and dark. The trees are tall, and clearly ancient. Various mosses and vines hang down from dead trees and loom over the path. Indeed, it would be an ideal place for an ambush...

brandishes random encounter table, counting hours of travel

The road itself, however, is relatively clear, and you suffer no serious issues traversing it. Jorr claims that the Keep is just about an hour away, to the north west, but that you'll have to take the old forest trail to the west while taking it.

>>135018
You fail, since you're not from around here.
Jorr, however, passes heroically and is able to fill you in on the story, since the the tale is common knowledge to those native to Elsir Vale.
Normally, you'd have to ask him first, but whatever...

I'm just going to post it in prose, since I don't feel like dialoging the whole thing:

>For centuries, trade through the Witchwood used the Dawn Way, and the soldiers stationed at Vraath Keep were the primary defenders of the region. Their presence kept the road safe for merchants to travel.
>A few years before the fall of Rhest, an ambitious young man named Amery Vraath inherited control of the keep. After the Rhestilor kingdom dissolved, Amery laid claim to the entire Witchwood and sought to rid his new domain of its evil reputation. Chief among his targets was a tribe of forest giants that dwelt deep in the woods. Known as the Twistusks, these forest giants generally kept to themselves but raided merchants on the Dawn Way from time to time.
>The brash young lord gathered together an impressive group of mercenaries and adventurers, and early one summer day led his force against the Twistusks. The battle was furious, but in the end Amery’s men won the day and forced the Twistusks to flee into the mountains. The soldiers burned the giants’ steading to the ground and returned to Vraath, victorious.
>Yet their victory was short-lived. One week later, the surviving Twistusks returned and attacked Vraath Keep during a tremendous thunderstorm. The giants bombarded the keep all night long with hurled boulders and massive poisoned arrows. When the sun rose, four of the Twistusks lay dead amid the ruined keep, but none of the keep’s soldiers or residents remained. Those who had survived the battle were taken away to be eaten by the giants in their own victory feast—all except for Amery Vraath. The young lordling retreated into the vault below his keep after he was shot by a forest giant’s poisoned arrow, hoping to elude death, only to perish slowly of his poisoned wound. Rumors persist that Amery’s ghost haunts the ruins, and that those who dare to travel the Dawn Way at night say they sometimes hear the sounds of his anguished cries coming from somewhere deep underground.
Ans supposedly, the ruins and skeletal remains surrounding it attest to the Keep's tragic story.

So, anyway, in case you didn't know (I'm auto-rolling Chad's nature check), there are indeed still giants in the surrounding region. The ghost stories are probably, because ghosts totally don't exist, right?

The sun begins to set behind the mountains in the west, blanketing the whole region in a dim orange glow. Those without low-light vision begin to find it difficult to see very far into the wood, but aren't significantly inhibited on the road.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135020
>>135019
Whiskers and Bagel sat aloft Chad's mare, content with letting her do the legwork like always.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.135021
135022
I keep walking and ask the old man where he’s from.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135022
135023
And since nobody mentioned picking it up...
"Don't mind if do then." Jorr says with a whistle, discarding his leather armor and slipping the plate over his chest.
"Light as a feather."

As Jorr finishes recounting the story, you arrive at the old forest road.
>>135021
"I'm from around here." The woodsman replies, strutting along the path like he owns the place, watching out for any more threats ahead
"I've been fighting my own little one-man war against the reds in these woods for years now. Blasted vermin have been swarmin' lately though." he continues
Anonymous
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No.135023
135024
>>135022
“Where were you born? Why do you live alone in the woods?”
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135024
135025
>>135023
"I like my privacy." the leathery-skinned hermit says, casually petting one of his dogs
"When those damn savages aren't around."
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135025
135027
>>135024
"Privacy, you say?" Whiskers pipes up, curious by the woodsman "Do you hang out with anybody else besides your... canine companions?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135026
"I was born on a farm in the Vale a few days from here, but I've lived in these woods for the better half of my life." He continues
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135027
135029
>>135025
"Not if I can help it." the hermit replies
"The forest is nice an' peaceful, if you're sharp enough to avoid the local 'wildlife' (monsters). The only ones who give me trouble are those damn goblins who keep running through my woods like they own the place."
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135029
135030
>>135027
"Aren't humans social creatures?" Whiskers asks, curiosity all too present in his feline features:
>"Don't give him ideas, darling," Bagel meows "or else we'd have to contend with those... flea-ridden... things."
Anonymous
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No.135030
135031
>>135029
"Heh, you've got a lot to learn about humans, kitty." the woodsman says with a chuckle
He draws is bow as he peers into the distance, but lowers it after a few seconds.
Anonymous
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No.135031
135032
>>135030
>"Like why they could possibly think having those brutes as pets," Whiskers meows in disdain, hoping his demeanor didn't tip the hunter of anything.
Anonymous
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No.135032
135033
>>135031
Is she saying that in common?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135033
>>135032
*He
Also no. Feline.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135034
135036
Okay i'm here now.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135035
Was brushing Misty for a little longer.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135036
>>135034
Got it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135037
135039
Okay, is everyone present?
Anonymous
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No.135038
Yes
Anonymous
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No.135039
>>135037
meow
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135040
135041 135042
Situated near the junction of the Dawn Way and Old Forest Road, Vraath Keep is visible from either road from several hundred yards away.

Looming out of the shadowy woods ahead is a haunting sight—a ruined keep. The old castle sits on a small rocky hillock, and you can catch glimpses of a broken tower between the trees. A moss-covered stone at the side of the road you’re following marks a footpath that looks like it leads up to the keep.

The footpath appears to be the easiest path up to the keep from the road. Jorr scouts ahead and examines the path. He says he's found tracks, and claims that numerous medium sized humanoids and several large wolves have been using this track recently.

The keep appears to be about 5 minutes up the hill if you take the path.

Evening will set in soon.
What do you do?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135041
135042 135043
>>135040
Whiskers' hair starts to slowly rise up, making him all poofy on Misty's back. "H-how recent are those tracks?" he asks "and where do they lead?"
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.135042
135043
>>135040
>>135041
Should i make a spot check?
Anonymous
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No.135043
135044 135047
>>135041
"A couple days, I reckon." the woodsman says with a scowl
>>135042
You may
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135044
>>135043
"That's not good," the pussy mutters "it probably means they've got one of their camps stationed here."
Anonymous
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No.135045
135049
“Whoever wanders off will get killed by a ghost. I hear ghosts can control the living.”
Anonymous
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No.135046
Jorr waits ahead on the path.
"Dusk will be upon us soon..." He says, looking up at the evening light.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135047
135048
>>135043
[1d20+14 = 20] (spot)
Anonymous
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No.135048
>>135047
You see some movement in the bushes on the other side of the path.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135049
>>135045
That only serves to make the kitty even more scared, back starting to arch as his tail became all puffy.
Anonymous
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No.135050
135051 135053
Jorr apparently sees something too.
He draws his bow.
"Damnit...!" he mutters "Incoming!"

Everyone roll initiative.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135051
135054 135055
>>135050
;-;
[1d20+2 = 6]<Initiative
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135052
Brozal, are you still there?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.135053
135054
>>135050
[1d20-1 = 6]
Is it -1?
Also nice get.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135054
135055
>>135051
>>135053
>both 6
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135055
>>135051
[1d20+4 = 22]<Bagel Ini
>>135054
Classic dice shenanigans.
648ae9c
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No.135056
[1d20+2 = 12]
Fuck it. Rollining initiative for Bro
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135057
135058 135060
TPK1.jpg
Fuck.
An unknown monster lunges out of the woods like lightning and scores a 23 inititative. It moves with surprising speed for its size (large) and lets out a gurgling roar, stopping only 20 ft ahead you before spewing a cone of slimy green mist.

pic related

Everyone roll a Reflex save.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135058
>>135057
[1d20+7 = 13]<Not Epic (Whiskers)
[1d20+6 = 23]<Not Epic (Bagel)
648ae9c
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No.135059
[1d20+4 = 20]
Rolling Bro's save
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135060
>>135057
[1d20+1 = 10]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135061
135062 135063
The creature's spit is a spray of hypertonic acid

Bagel saves and takes 6 damage, leaving her at half health.
Brozal saves as well, also taking 6 damage.

Everyone else fails, taking 12 damage each.

Bagel's turn
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135062
135064
>>135061
With a hiss of pain, Bagel slinks off into obscurity with her natural invisibility, moving away from the ensuing acid puddle and the monster to ensure she's not harmed any further
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135063
135064
>>135061
Should i do a ride check?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135064
135066
>>135062
Good call.

Jorr steps back 5 feet and fires two arrows, one striking true and hitting the beast, damaging it.

>>135063
Oh yeah, do that.
Misty needs to roll a saving throw as well.
648ae9c
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No.135065
[1d20+15 = 25]
Seeing as how it's Brozal's turn, I'll have him attack and charge with his unused Smite, since the creature is bigger than him.
Add furious counterstrike, add charisma, and...
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135066
135067
>>135064
[1d20+5 = 20]
What's the dice roll for Misty's saving throw?
648ae9c
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No.135067
135072
Bang, the monster takes dice amount of damage as the orc impales it with his trident.

Whisker's turn
>>135066
More than that. She passes and takes no damage at all.
YOU move after Whiskers.
648ae9c
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No.135068
[1d8+5 = 11]
rolling...
648ae9c
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No.135069
[1d6 = 4]
again
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135070
15 damage from Brozal's attack
Whisker's turn, then Chad's
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135071
135075
Chad, don't forget you can handle Misty to do tricks on your turn.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135072
135073 135074
>>135067
Whiskers quickly scurries away from the puddle as well, not wanting to deal with the situation if his backpedalling was any indication.
However he does cast Instant of Power on Brozal for the orc's next turn when his movement points have depleted.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135073
>>135072
+4 enchantment to attack, save throw or damage rolls. In this case, Whiskers will give him the third option.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135074
135076
>>135072
You wanna just take that action to add to Brozal's damage roll? You're not flat-footed this turn because Jorr warned you.
If you do so, you'd still have a standard action left this turn.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135075
135077
>>135071
I didn't know i could do that, do you mind telling me what i can do?
I move away by 20 feet along the road so i am broadsiding it.
I cast call lightning on it.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135076
135077
>>135074
I moved him back to get out of melee range. Isn't that enough?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135077
>>135075
She is trained for riding purposes, but you can push her to attack or do other tricks.
To handle her, roll Handle animal, adding an additional +4 bonus beyond your normal bonus.

You can do this as a free action, meaning it takes no time at all and you should be doing it every turn.
>>135076
That's fine. I'll treat it as the retreat action.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135078
135079
Chad's turn
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.135079
135081
>>135078
I cast call lightning on it.
[1d20+6 = 20] (handle animal)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135080
Oh, Chad already posted his turn

The monster makes it's save against the lightning and takes 7 damage.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135081
135082
>>135079
What are you trying to make her do?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135082
135084
>>135081
Charge.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135083
(The thing)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135084
135085
>>135082
Alright. Misty charges and makes a hoof attack, managing to hit the creature from the charge bonus and deal 10 damage.

The creature screeches, clearly not having expected to take this much damage in the first round.

It takes the retreat action, scurrying 60 feet into the brush fraster than Brozal can swipe at it.
Jorr shoots an arrow after it on his turn.

It's Bagel's turn.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135085
>>135084
With a heavy sigh at seeing the threat run away, Bagel opts to stand alongside Chad, invisible as ever as she watches, passing her turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135086
135087
Whiskers, do you want to expend that instant of power slot on the arrow that just barely missed the monster?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135087
135088
>>135086
Indeed he does, mr GM man.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135088
135089 135091
>>135087
Alright, both shots strike true, critically wounding, but not killing the monster. It shrieks in pain.
Brozal throws a javelin after it. The monster appears to get the message, for now.

Whiskers's turn, if he wishes to pursue the monster into the woods.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135089
135090
>>135088
Feeling mischievous, Whiskers decides to cast Grease on the monster's area, coating both it and the floor it's standing on to become incredibily slippery.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135090
135092
>>135089
Sorry, it's just beyond range of your grease, roughly 80 ft away.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135091
135093
>>135088
Can i cast lightning on it?
Misty pursues the creature.
No mercy!
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135092
>>135090
Darn.
Well, Whiskers doesn't have anything to do then, so he'll focus on healing his friend up with the healing belt then.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135093
135094
>>135091
Do you cast before or after charging?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135094
135096
>>135093
Before.
It probably dies before i get to it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135095
135097
The monster is kill. Initiative is over.

I'll give you XP for this encounter and the last two encounters after next session. I'll add it to the sheet's myself.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135096
135098 135100
>>135094
Yep. The monster is killed by the lightning.

Rushes over in that direction.
"Blast it! Quick, everyone out o' the road!" he says, throwing a blanket over Brozal's illuminated form.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135097
135099
>>135095
Are we gonna camp?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135098
>>135096
Oh okay.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135099
135101
>>135097
Depends on whether or not you'd rather take the keep at night, or in the morning.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135100
>>135096
With hair frazzled, Whiskers and the invisible cat follow Jorr out the road, obviously not wanting to fight anything more.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135101
135102
>>135099
I think it would be better to wait for bro.
Should i give a survival roll?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135102
135103 135108
Although, be aware that most of you guys have consumed your 1/day resources and taken considerable damage.

Oh yeah. Somw ~8 HP were healed between the four of you with martial spirit.
>>135101
Yeah, go ahead. Add an extra +2 to the roll, since Jorr is helping you.
Jorr grumbles something unintelligible about "flashy mages", but works dutifully, ushering the party into the wood as he watches behind with his bow drawn.

I think it would indeed be wiser to wait for Bro.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135103
135104
>>135102
Roger that.
The two kitties will sit pretty under Misty, cowering at the imminent danger, one wrapping his paws against the invisible kitty while part of his fur is pressed in by assumedly Bagel.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135104
135105
>>135103
Roll a reflex save.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135105
135106
>>135104
[1d20+7 = 13]<Scaredy cat
[1d20+6 = 19]<Scaredy kitty
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135106
135107 135108 135110
Still waiting for Chad's survival check, but I'm assuming it passed, given his absurdly high modifier.
Jorr mutters some sort of incantation as he tails the party, tracks vanishing behind you.

You come to a rocky outcrop which Jorr hopes should give some cover for the night, or at least enough to make a small camp.
Jorr tells the party to rest up while he takes first watch, his bow drawn and his dogs on alert.

>>135105
You take 13 non-lethal bludgeoning damage as the tired horse absentmindedly sits on you with her fat horse butt, lol.
Which should recover overnight, assuming nothing comes to chew your faces off.

Misty is not squished.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135107
>>135106
*Bagel is not squished
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135108
135109
>>135102
>>135106
[1d20+15 = 21]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135109
>>135108
Yeah, that's enough.
You make camp deep enough in the woods to avoid drawing the interest of any potential goblins.
As you pass the monster, its body bursts and erupts into a geyser of acid, dissolving into a brown puddle behind you. Creepy, if not convenient.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135110
135111
>>135106
Whiskers squeaks as he's squished by horse butt, air suddenly leaving out his lungs.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135111
135112
>>135110
"Do you want a hand?"
Anonymous
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No.135112
135114
>>135111
Considering Whiskers' tiny form plus the inability to take off the horse butt off him, the kitty tried to say yes.
However, the lack that equine rump is currently squishing him only allows him to let out a long wheeze.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135113
Okay, since Brozal's player vanished, this will be it for the night.

Feel free to dialogue though. The party is camping.

It's about 7:00 PM, on day 3.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135114
135115
>>135112
"I'll take that as a yes" I say with a grin.
I call Misty's name and she gets up.
We sleep against the rock, i am spooning her from behind in a bedroll.
"Feel free to sleep on top of us, Whiskers." I rub Misty's ribs indicating a sleeping spot "It'll be a lot better than being squished and you get free rent for the heating."
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135115
135116 135117
>>135114
Whiskers stares at the offer, still shaken by the horse buttening that fell upon his tiny body, glancing nervously.
Bagel, on the other hand, quickly walks towards the spot, marking it as hers forever. Of course, nobody but Misty and perhaps Chad notices her doing so.
>"Come on~" she beckoned "It's purrfect."
With a tired sigh, the cat walks much more reluctantly, starting to do his tibbit ritual of softening.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135116
135117
>>135115
Chad and Misty only heard an alien meow ontop of them.
Kitty language 2 complex 4 humies
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.135117
135118
>>135115
>>135116
"Have a goodnight and don't use Misty as a rug or you won't see the next sunrise." And then i begin to chuckle.
Anonymous
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No.135118
135119
>>135117
Whiskers glances at the horse of the apocalypse, tail now puffed when Chad mentioned her quirk, quickly changing positions to be ontop of the druid instead. "Y-yeah, thanks," he hurriedly answers.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.135119
135120
>>135118
"No worry's."
I think i will leave it at that.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135120
>>135119
Same
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135151
Okay, you guys go to bed at 7:30 like little kids.
Jorr says he wants you to get up hours before dawn

END OF DAY THREE

rolls some dice
During the night you get attacked by seven ettercap berserkers (that would've been a TPK...), and then a gray render, but I am going to throw both of those encounters in the trash because I feel like if I run them you guys are going to camp again.

DAY FOUR BEGINNING; BEFORE DAWN
Anonymous
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No.135152
rolls even more dice
Thanks to Jorr and Chad's survival skills, you manage to avoid a goblin scouting party that passes through the forest.

By the time his second night-watch shift is over, at about 3-4 AM, Jorr seein the dark.
"Those bastards are up to something..." He growls, clutching his bow

He patiently waits for the party though.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135153
Jorr confiscates Brozal's everburning torches for the night.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135154
135155
I'm here, I will be free in about 2 hours.
I assume everyone will be here by then, have you heard back from Brozal OP?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135155
>>135154
I have. He fell asleep yesterday.

In the meantime, when do you guys want to leave camp? You went to bed at 7:30; you could leave as early as 3:30 and still have spells recovered, if you wanted.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135157
135158
Not feel good. Mind mush.
Player say sorry for lack of strength, but needs to take break.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135158
>>135157
Alright, no pressure then. There's no point in playing games if you're too sick to have fun. We're all here to enjoy ourselves.
We could play Sunday, if you're feeling better then.

To those of you with nothing else to do today, you can go ahead and monologue/dialogue while the party camps. It would be nice to see some in-character bonding and/or backstories. The PCs are supposed to already know eachother in-character, just to remind you guys.

If I'm not DMing today, I'll busy myself with Ginsberg salt-mining and the essay I should have started 6 days ago.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135184
tired_rarity.png
... I never got around to writing that essay.
Anonymous
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No.135193
135314
Will we be playing Friday or on the weekend?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135314
>>135193
I would like to do that.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135315
135327
I really would like to actually play this weekend, but I have an exam...
I'll post again later this week and try to see if I can get my studying done before the weekend.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.135327
135331
>>135315
Are we playing tomorrow?
I can't play tonight but either tomorrow or on Sunday.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.135328
135329
I have to get a haircut tomorrow but I can probably play around the time we normally do.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.135329
135336
>>135328
That's alright.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135330
It would be really personally irresponsible of me, but I can probably DM tomorrow.

Chad, you still alive?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135331
135332 135334
>>135327
Yeah, I can do it. You guys can storm the keep tomorrow.

I would like everyone to try to be present as early as possible.

Also, in-character, you guys need to decide when you want to get up. You went to bed at 7:00-ish, so you could get up as early as 3:00 AM and still recover Arcane spells.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.135332
135334 135336
>>135331
3:00am. We should get up early to avoid an ambush.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
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No.135334
>>135332
>>135331
Same for me.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135335
I will be ready in an hour or two.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135336
135337 135339
Okay, Brozal and

>>135332
Got it.
Now, are you going to make any effort to sneak in, or are you going in torches blazing? Not to spoil anything, but those everburning torches are bright enough to be seen from far away at night.
>>135329

Hey, Chad, fyi, you get to change your prepared druid spells every single day. You've picked up the basic mechanics pretty well, and I really like how you've roleplayed Chad so far. I feel like you might not be enjoying your character as much as you could though. I picked those spells for the sake of convenience, but you're under no obligation to keep them that way.
I encourage you to explore the Druid spell list for different spells, because that's the fun of being a tier 1 spellcaster.
Druid is a great class because it's effective and powerful to play no matter how experienced you are. You can always channel any useless spell you prepare into the ever-useful Summon Nature's Ally spell, so don't be shy to experiment with situational/unique spells.
Wen preparing spells, consider the environment you'll be travelling in. For example, for an indoor/underground environment, Impeding Stones may prove more useful than Entangle.
Some of the more powerful spells can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Geg_EBkDf1yzQN-c7TUIhUS8CUVvAufnxR2suKx_4eA/edit#

You also have 2 uses of Wildshape per day, and you can remain in Wildshape for 12 hours total (6 each). Wildshape is one of your most valuable assets as a Druid, because you are far more durable in Wildshape than you are in your human form. You have the Natural spell feat, so you can cast all of your spells in animal form. You also have a Pearl Of Speech in your equipment, so you can speak common while in wildshape as well.

You can also handle Misty on your turn as a free action. She may be a horse, but she's very powerful, nearly as strong as Brozal when it comes to melee capability (I may have gotten fancy with the optimization...). She's not trained to attack, but you can push her to. Since I made you an Athasian Druid with continuous Speak With Animals, and she's a Celestial Warhorse with 3 Int, you can give her precise commands. She understands common, but cannot speak to anyone but you. Consider your animal companion to be a powerful NPC under your control, or even a second character. You can even RP dialogue between the two of you if you wish.

Also, while we may not play every day of the week, I still check /mlpol/ every day religiously. If you have any questions/comments/criticisms, or if you want to casually RP with an NPC or other character, I'm always available during the week. I know Brozal and Whiskers through discord, and I don't want you to feel left out, especially not on weeks where we had to skip the session.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135337
135338
>>135336
*Brozal and Chad will be here in about an hour
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135338
135340
>>135337
I'm here now.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135339
>>135336
I might use impeding stones but i'll keep with the original spell list.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135340
135341
>>135338
Are there any actions you'd like to declare before we get started?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135341
135342
>>135340
Do you mean spells or what are you talking about?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135342
135344
>>135341
Spell Prep would be one of them.
I had you designated to pray as the sun rises, but then again I didn't really give you that choice... I think you should be able to prepare a new set of spells anyway.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135343
135344
Otherwise, declare any actions, announce any plans/tactics you want to propose, etc.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135344
135345 135346
>>135342
>>135343
If i want to use impeding stones do i have to swap it out for another spell? If so i will swap it for travelers mount.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135345
>>135344
That's fine.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135346
135347
>>135344
Yes, you only have so many spells per day.
Traveller's mount is fine to replace.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.135347
135348
>>135346
That's okay, is anyone else here or just me and you?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135348
>>135347
Whiskers is here, i think.
Brozak is getting a haircut and should be here soon.
Anonymous
6b7f8ab
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No.135349
I’m here
Brozal
6b7f8ab
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No.135350
My IP is different but it’s me and it’s confirmed in the server
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.135351
Okay, Brozal's player will be here soon, and is observing through mobile.
Day Four, 4:00 AM
(I forgot that Chad needs an hour to prep his spells)

You approach the keep hours before dawn. The hike is short, about 5 minutes. Jorr scouts ahead until you reach the keep.

I'm waiting to see whether or not Jorr was able to convince Brozal to put his torches away before I post the next part.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
6b7f8ab
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No.135352
135354
Brozal does not put away the everburning torches and will walk ahead of the party by sixty feet so he takes the brunt of the abuse by any incoming arrows or bolts. “LET THE FLAME OF PELOR DRIVE TERROR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE WICKED!”
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
6b7f8ab
?
No.135353
135354
By chance, is there anything nearby that could be held as a makeshift tower shield?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135354
135357 135361 135363
The old keep is in very poor repair. The gatehouse is partially collapsed, as is a section of wall to the south. A small wooden building sits next to the remains of a long-abandoned garden in front of the structure.
The walls surrounding the keep are about fifteen feet high, with a two story tower looming in the southwest corner of the courtyard within. Large boulders lie strewn amid the ruins of the two watch towers, and a massive humanoid skeleton slumps amid the ruins of the northern
one. This skeleton still wears tattered fragments of hide armor, and a large club lies next to one of its bony arms.
A sickly greenish-yellow light flickers inside the second floor of the ruined tower, and the faint sound of eerie moaning can be heard from within.

Jorr took the liberty of scouting ahead. He points out a thin plume of smoke from the southern section of the keep.
"Looks like they're campin' in there afterall. The gatehouse looks unguarded. So long as we don't do anything stupid, we might be able to walk in there an' takem by surprise."
>>135352
Jorr's eye twitches.
"... Are you sure you want to do that? The damn gobs will see us a mile away."
>>135353
No.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135356
It looks like Whiskers is still in class. I'm going to go grab a bite to eat. I want to wait until the entire party is present, since the next encounter(s) might change depending on who does what and in which order.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
6b7f8ab
?
No.135357
135358 135361
E515D981-AE72-4058-9625-8F2E7DF38E21.png
>>135354
“Yes.”
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135358
135360 135361 137673
me_a_paladin.jpg
>>135357
"...Stupid Orc...!" The woodsman grumbles, as he turns to his dogs and whistles some unintelligible commands.

You catch a slight smirk on his face as he turns away though, counting his arrows as he prepares for the upcoming fight.
"Bring it on then."
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
b6a3417
?
No.135360
>>135358
I was about to post that meme. Lol.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135361
>>135354
>>135357
>>135358
Whiskers' paw meets his forehead at hearing the rather dumbfoudning interaction.
"I'll stay in the backline, then," he announces. "No way I'm going to live if I'm spotted along with you."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135362
135363
Okay, I just heard from Whiskers.
Chad, are you still there?

You approach the ruined gatehouse, with Brozal marching out 60 feet in front of you, like a living lighthouse, his banded mail clanging...
[/i]rolls some dice[/i]
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135363
135365
>>135354
>>135362
I'm still here, should i do a spot check?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135364
a6qrZHU.jpg
The keep’s gatehouse has seen better days. The watchtowers to either side have partially collapsed, and several large boulders lie strewn about. The decayed remains of two sets of large wooden gates lie in a heap on the ground.

The conditions were low-light, until Brozal walked in there.

Pic related illustrates what parts of the keep you can see.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135365
135366
>>135363
You can try.

Btw, are you just marching with the rest 60 ft behind Brozal?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135366
135367
>>135365
Yes i am behind.
[1d20+14 = 33](spot)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135367
>>135366
You rolled splendidly, but your lack of darkvision or low-light vision means that you don't see anything within the keep itself, yet.

Sorry, something just came up. I'll be ready in like 5 mins.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135369
135373
As of now, I have everyone else 60 ft behind Brozal, because he said so and nobody objected, putting the rest of you outside the keep as he walks in.
If you would like to change tactics, say so immediately.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135370
135373
Oh, btw, there's a small shack in front of the keep, just to the left of the gatehouse.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135371
135373 135375
Is anybody but Brozal doing anything?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135372
Jorr seems dumbfounded, but waits in the back with his dogs.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135373
135374
>>135369
>>135370
>>135371
Yeah, I'm too worried about being snuck-attacked to really do anything.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135374
135376
>>135373
Are you walking?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135375
>>135371
I'm waiting for bro to be impaled or something to happen
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135376
>>135374
I suppose. As sneakily as possible.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135377
Lol I’m gonna fukken die
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135378
Just a moment, figuring out which NPCs to move first...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135379
Sorry, I thought I had this written down. My computer is giving me grief.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135380
135382 135386
Fuck it. No point in stalling. I'll just improvise.

Brozal boldly walks past the gatehouse and into the keep, while everyone else waits outside.

This courtyard of hard-packed earth has an eerie air of desolation. Jagged boulders embedded in the ground seem to have been dropped here, or thrown from a great distance; many of the walls bear large dents and cracks where these boulders might have once struck. Two massive skeletons lie at opposite ends of the courtyard, one propped up by the watchtower and the other sprawled at the far end by a building that could be a stable. To the south, where a section of the keep’s outer wall has collapsed, a third giant skeleton lies partially buried in the rubble.

Oh yeah, and it seems to be occupied.
"Gobbo gobbo gobbo gobbo!"
Four hobgoblins Shoot you from both sides with longbows, all connecting, dealing a total of 36 damage.

Meanwhile, two arrows fly out of the darkness from the woods and hit Chad, dealing 7 damage.

I need everyone to roll initiative.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135381
Sorry about that. I had some trouble figuring out how many NPCs would be stationed here.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135382
>>135380
[1d20+2 = 17]<Whiskers
[1d20+4 = 16]<Bagel
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135383
Rolled 22 on initiative
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135384
135385
I drew Crusader’s Strike, Mountain Hammer, and Vanguard Strike for my readied maneuvers.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135385
>>135384
*granted maneuvers
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135386
135388
>>135380
[1d20-1 = 0] (initiative)
Should i do a ride check?
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135387
135389
Assume I'm in the Martial Spirit stance
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135388
135390
Okay, looks like it's going to be:
>Brozal
>Jorr
>Hobgobbo firing squad
>Whiskers
>Bagel
>Archers from the woods
I'll put Chad last, because it'll take a while.

Brozal, your turn. The goblins shot at you from four corners of the room. Each is a bit less than 20 ft away.

What do you do?
>>135386
Nah. You're fine.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135389
Rushing into the TPK.jpg
>>135387
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135390
135391
>>135388
That's perfect because I have exactly 20ft move speed. I will move towards one of the archer's and use crusader's strike with my trident. Brozal charges at the first archer and slashes at him in an attempt to gore the hobgoblin's chest. "I shall not falter as long as the light of Pelor graces me!"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135391
135394
>>135390
The room is pretty big. Which way are you moving?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135392
It's not actually a room though, it's a courtyard surrounded by crumbling walls.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135393
135395 135397
Rolled 30 and 16 respectively. Healed 9 HP on the first strike. Dealt 18 damage to the archer if both hit, 9 if one hit.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135394
>>135391
To any archers on the left.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135395
135396
>>135393
You need to specify which direction you're moving in.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135396
135398
>>135395
I didn't see any archers on the battlemap, but I'm going left/west.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135397
>>135393
*I forgot to add my str mod. That's actually 25 damage to the archer if both hit, and 13 if only one hit.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135398
135400
Gobbling sounds
>>135396
Got it.
You can only attack once after moving though.
Your first attack roll was a crit, but you failed to confirm it.
The seasoned hobgoblin is wounded, but doesn't drop.
“We are the Red Hand! We do not know defeat!” He roars

Jorr shoots into the forest, yelping sounds resound from where he shot (some 200 ft away).
"It's the blasted worg riders! Lookout!"
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135399
135401
If possible, I'd like to leave one hobgoblin alive so that it can try to talk the rest into surrendering and leaving without a fight. What does everyone think of this?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135400
135404
>>135398
I cast plant growth on the encroaching riders.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135401
>>135399
If you want to.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135402
135403
*gobbling sounds echo throughout the keep as the alarm is raised.

Three hobgoblins fire at Brozal, all missing like total idiots.
The goblins in front of Brozal rapidly draws his katana with, the ki-charged blade flashing in the dim light. He strikes.
What's your AC?
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135403
135407
>>135402
AC is currently 21
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135404
135405 135408
Whiskers, it'll be your turn right after this goblin's attack resolves.
>>135400
They're on opposite sides of you.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135405
135409
>>135404
Alright. Be sure to signal me the field around Whiskers.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135406
I'm really liking crusader a lot. I think it's class features lend itself to the fluff a lot.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135407
>>135403
Then you are hit.
The glowing sword leaves a ghastly gash in your torso. You take 8 slashing damage, and 9 additional electricity damage as the goblin strikes through you.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135408
135410
>>135404
How far away is the keep from me?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135409
135411
>>135405
What do you mean?
You are 60 feet from where Brozal was at the beginning of the encounter. Brozal has charged out of sight. You hear snarling from the woods on either side of you.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135410
135418
>>135408
You're like 15-ish feet away from the entrance. You could easily ride in with Misty's speed.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135411
135412
>>135409
Essentially paint me a picture of what Whiskers' threats are currently.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135412
135414
>>135411
Probably the worgs who'd track you down and eat you when their riders are done with Chad. Or the hobgoblin veterans that Brozal is about to get flanked by, or whoever else would have been preparing for siege within the past 10 minutes that the goblins were alerted.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135413
135414
The archers could hit you, if they recognize you as a threat.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135414
135415
>>135412
>>135413
Crud.
Uh, can Whiskers cast Grease on the worgs?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135415
135420
>>135414
Not at this range. They're out of range, and on two sides.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135416
135420
Wait, one of them should be close enough.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135417
135422
In fact, both of them are.
I discounted the distance they moved. They're both 200-ish feet away.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135418
135422
>>135410
I cast wall of smoke on the left side and i go into the keep with Misty to the right side of the courtyard.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135419
135421 135422
(On the right side of the entrance is where i am, not right up in front of the goblins.)
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135420
>>135415
>>135416
I feel as if retreating now would be the best choice rn.
Well, if it help Chad a bit, I guess Whiskers can go for a little greasing at the inrange worgs, sure.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135421
135427
>>135419
If you wildshape and get into melee with me, I can help you attack with Vanguard Strike, but I really want to use Stone Bones on my next round or else Brozal might die.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135422
135427
>>135417
*100-ish
Wait, idk if you can reach.. Shid.
As compensation for idiocy, I'm going to move one within your reach.
>>135418
Left side of what?
>>135419
I'm sorry, but what are you trying to accomplish with that wall? Are you trying to block off some of the goblins in the keep from shooting Brozal?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135423
135424
Bagel can do something, if she wishes.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135424
135425
>>135423
Can she cast Mage Armor on the torch man?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135425
135426
>>135424
On Brozal? That doesn't stack with his armor, and he's out of sight.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135426
135428
>>135425
Oh. Nevermind then.
I guess she can support Chad by Burning Hands-ing the hecc out of the other two worgs. Does that work?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135427
135428
>>135421
I might use it at a later point in time, you can use stone bones.
>>135422
Actually i changed my mind, i go into the courtyard and cast wall of smoke on the goblins that are on the east side of the keep so they can't shoot arrows at Brozal.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135428
135429
>>135426
Eh, they're out of range, but one of them seems to be charging towards you guys. She can hold a readied action to attack.
If you guys go north, you might be able to hit two in a cone, supposing they follow you towards the bottleneck.
>>135427
Got it.

Now, let me see who comes up next...
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135429
135430
>>135428
Alright. Guess she readies Burning Hands after moving towards said bottleneck up north.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135430
135431
Whiskers, Bagel, do you guys want to move? You're currently the only chsaracters outside the courtyard, and it won't take a diceroll to know that the goblins don't seem like they're about to show mercy to a random cat...
>>135429
Okay. Whiskers can ready an action too, if he so desires.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135431
135432
>>135430
Fair enough. Let's just follow the group into the courtyard. They're pretty much food for animals otherwise.
I suppose the readied action can be to cast Grease, then?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135432
135433
Shit, I forgot about Jorr's movement.

Jorr's dogs seem to have their eyes on the larger charging dogs as Jorr moves northward to keep Brozal from getting himself killed.. They're just behind Bagel.
>>135431
That works.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135433
>>135432
Then I'll go for it.
insert slip n slide joke here
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135434
135445
I have one action point left. On my next round, I will use Stone Bones and burn my remaining action point in order to initiate Revitalizing Strike with an extra attack. Revitalizing Strike is the last card I have to draw, then I'll be left with Mountain Hammer and Vanguard Strike.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135435
Is it my turn?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135436
Okay, the dumbass goblins seem to thing it's clever to push you guys you guys in the keep instead of shooting you at a range. They charge upward with lances.

Whiskers Greases the road as the worgs charge. One succeeds heroically on it's balance check and charges through, while the other skits across the road like a pet dog on hardwood.
Bagel immediately follows up with her low-power Burning Hands, which in this one circumstance combines with the Grease spell to make a greasefire. They all fail their saves and take 7 damage, while the goblin and worg who fell over are set on fire taking one additional damage.

One worg leaps right through the flames and charges towards Whiskers, frothing at the mouth as it attacks. It's rider steering it expertly with the mounted combat feat and....
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135437
135438
Bites right into him! The Goblin's +4 racial bonus to Ride checks allowed it to bat away all three of Jorr's jogs who had moved to intercept the beast.

Whiskers take 10 bludgeoning/piercing damage as the Worg bites into him, and needs to roll an opposed check to see if he's tripped.

The Goblin and it's rider are still on fire. It's comrade prone, but still alive beside it on the greasefire.

The goblin screams in pain as it spends it's round trying to put out the fire.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135438
135441
>>135437
Drat.
[1d20+3 = 17]<Opposed (Using BAB alone for this one. Tell me if other factors apply)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135439
135440
Brozal's turn.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135440
135442
>>135439
Can I move over to Whiskers from where I'm at?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135441
As the prone goblin struggles in the fire, it's pinned in the chest with two of Jorr's arrows, killing it.

“What do you call a goblin with 20 arrows in his back? Not dead enough!” Jorr shouts across the courtyard.
>>135438
Due to size difference, you are tripped.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135442
135443
>>135440
I want to attack anything near Whiskers
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135443
135444
>>135442
You would have to move away from the guy right in front of you to do that.

As Chad conjured the wall, one of the hobgoblins on the other side shouts something to it's ally. You can't see what they're doing though.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135444
135448
>>135443
Alright. I'll attack the archer with a full attack+burn an action point for an extra attack. I'm using Stone Bones on my first attack, and Revitalizing Strike on my extra attack.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135445
135446
>>135434
Roll for that, please.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135446
135447
>>135445
Rolled 17, 20, 24 respectively. Damage rolls are 11, 7, and 9 for a total of 27 damage. Healed 13 HP.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135447
>>135446
I take five damage from my delayed damage pool
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135448
>>135444
You don't have any action points left.
Those strikes are all standard actions. You can't use two at once.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135449
135450
I was going to use an action point for another one because I thought I had one left. Forget the last attack. I just use stone bones and my full attack.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135450
135451
>>135449
You can use Stone Bone or full attack. You can't take a standard action and full attack at the same time.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135451
135454
>>135450
I guess I just use Stone Bones then. Just take the first attack.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135452
135453
Jorr already did his turn.

Whiskers, you may as well consider what you want to do. You're prone, with a worg and goblin right above you.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135453
135454
>>135452
If I cast Swift Invisibility, does it provoke AoOs?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135454
135455 135457
>>135451
Alright. The goblin has taken 20 damage so far.
The goblin takes a 5 foot step back, and then retreats an additional 30 feet back, towards the wall.
He takes a potion and shouts something towards the stairs.
>>135453
Since I'm too stupid to remember if a swift action spell provokes AoO, I'm going to say it doesn't.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135455
135458
>>135454
Alrighty.
Whiskers will definitely cast that when his turn comes up, then crawl away.
Bagel will follow him along before casting Ghost Sound at the worg's side to think Whiskers is crawling that way.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135456
The two hobgoblins on the other side of the wall of smoke can be heard clambering around the broken wall to the north, evidently intelligent and cowardly enough to recognize that crossing the wall is a bad idea.

One Hobgoblin shoots towards Brozal and misses.

Bagel is now visible, btw.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135457
135458 135462
>>135454
I cast call lightning on the goblin that took the potion.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135458
135459
>>135455
Bagel would need to spend a standard action to make herself invisible again. Otherwise she can attempt to retreat while visible, either by using a 5 foot step (free) or with the retreat action.
>>135457
Got it.

A roaring sound resounds from the top of the tower.
"WHO DARES?!"
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135459
135460
>>135458
Invisibility should be better, considering the worg would be disoriented by the smell of the grease spell.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135460
135461
>>135459
You want to make a 5 foot step first?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135461
135462
>>135460
Sure
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135462
>>135461
Done.

The surviving Worg rider attempts to fire at Chad, but one of Chad's dog's snatches her of the mount with a crit, and the remaining dogs proceed to tear her to pieces.
The Worg is enraged, and bites into the dog that killed it's master, wounding the smaller canine.
>>135457
The goblin is not killed, but takes considerable damage.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135463
135464
Alright, it should be Brozal's turn again.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135464
135467
>>135463
I'll go towards the goblin on the ground and attack it with Revitalizing Strike.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135465
135466
I rolled 20 on the attack roll, then rolled 18 damage. I heal back 17 HP.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135466
>>135465
Currently at 31 HP.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135467
While Brozal does whatever, Jorr charges toward the worg attacking his dog with his dagger.
>>135464
She's more than 20 ft away, and dead.

One archer remains at the northwest corner, 20-ish feet away.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135468
The other two archers are still behind the wall of smoke.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135469
That being said, Brozal will charge over, jump into the air dramatically, and plunge his flaming trident through the skull of the downed goblin. He then tears off the head and waves it around in the air for the other goblins to see.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135470
135471
Alright I guess I'm attacking one of the archer's behind the wall of smoke then
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135471
135472
>>135470
That would require you to charge, and attack through concealment, and make a fortitude save.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135472
135474 135475
>>135471
I can do all of those things
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135473
Just fyi, charging (a full-round action) is mutually exclusive with standard action strikes.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135474
>>135472
Roll for it then.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135475
135476
>>135472
I already made rolls
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135476
>>135475
Want me to reroll the attack and then roll the fort save?
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135477
135478
24 on attack, 18 on damage, I heal 17 HP. I rolled 22 on fort.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135478
>>135477
20 on the attack without a charge
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135479
I'll attack the guy to the north instead
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135480
Okay, after some confusion, you redirect your attack towards the guy who wasn't behind the wall.
He takes the damage, and coughs blood.
He responds by drawing his katana and slashing you, but it misses. It then takes a 5 foot step back and moves 20 feet east.
The other two goblinoids have by-now clambered over the crumbling wall to avoid Chad's wall of smoke. From their elevated position, they fire black rays towards you. Only one hits.
The other Goblin who took the potion earlier has travelled back across the hallway to shoot you in the back with his own ray.

As the rays hit you, you take 9 strength damage, the spells sapping your strength.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135481
135484
It should be Whisker/Bagel's turn again.
The two worg riders are dead, but their mounts are still alive, albeit wounded.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135482
135483 135490
Brozal slumps a bit as beads of sweat roll down his pale blue face.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135483
>>135482
I have 9 str
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135484
135485
>>135481
Would standing up plus Iaijutsu one of the worgs be possible in this turn?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135485
135486 135488
>>135484
You already stood up, iirc.

I'm going to have to put the game on pause due to some irl obligations that sprung up... I'd like to return to this in an hour or two, but I understand if that's an unreasonable request.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135486
>>135485
Understandable.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135487
Yes, the worg is balancing (flat-footed), so you can iajutsu it.

I have to step out. Sorry guys...
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135488
>>135485
that's fine
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135489
135491
Okay, I'm back, but I can't be sure if I'll need to step out again.
However, I'm committed to DMing today. I can go all the way to midnight if you guys are up for it.

It's whisker's turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135490
>>135482
Oh shid, your strength is only 9 now, isn't it?
I'd better check your carrying capacity...
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135491
135492
>>135489
Eh, let us go for an Iaijutsu attack with retractable paws and seekrit cat play powers.
[1d20+7 = 15]<Attack
[1d20+5 = 20]<Iaijutsu Focus
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135492
135493
Okay... Looks like Brozal is now carrying a medium load, and his speed is reduced to 15 ft.
>>135491
Hit. Roll damage (3d6 Iajutsu).
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135493
135494
>>135492
[1d2 = 1]<Damage
[3d6 = 16]<Iaijutsu
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135494
135495
>>135493
Hmmm, looks like that wasn't enough to put it down.
The Wolf attempts to stand, you get an AoO.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135495
135496 135497
>>135494
I'll take it.
[1d20+7 = 9]<Pap
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135496
>>135495
Cats for the win
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135497
135498
>>135495
Miss, even while flat-footed.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135498
>>135497
Darn
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135499
The remaining worg attacks Jorr's dog again, tearing into the prone canine.
Jorr's dog yelps out in pain before going silent.
Jorr REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEs a mighty REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE As he stabs into the beast with his dagger, and follows up with a punch to the monster's head. The worg collapses.

The last worg is able to stand, but in that moment succumbs to the flames.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135500
Okay, we've lost a dog and Brozal is at 9 str. So far we've defeated the worg riders.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135501
It is Brozal's turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135502
135503 135505
What’s the battlefield look like?
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135503
135504
>>135502
In terms of where we all are and if there are any doors we can go through to escape the courtyard.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135504
>>135503
Also the enemies that are present
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135505
135506
>>135502
Enemy casualties: Two dead worgs, two dead goblins, two wounded Veterans.

Party casualties: one dying dog.

Chad is on top of misty, not far behind you. Whiskers, Bagel and Jorr aren't far behind, just past the gatehouse.

An Ominous rumbling sound emanates from the top floor.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135506
135507
>>135505
I walk up the stairs towards where the noise is coming from. “I want to talk!”
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135507
135508
>>135506
There's a goblin Veteran in your way that you would need to move past. He stands fast, brandishing his katana and shield.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135508
135511
>>135507
I stop and lower my trident. "I only wish to speak with your master. I acted in defense when you attacked us."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135509
135510
You sure you want to move past him? It would mean an AoO, and you only have enough movement speed to move right up to him.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135510
135512
>>135509
Currently speaking to him and I'll do total defense just to be safe.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135511
>>135508
Yeah, that's oing to need a diceroll.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135512
135513
>>135510
What do I roll?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135513
135517
>>135512
Diplomacy, I would assume.
Doing it as a full round action would mean a -10 penalty though.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135514
135515 135518 135537
Rolled a nice 26 on diplomacy. 16 with the penalty.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135515
>>135514
Sure
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135517
>>135513
I am doing that and I understand I can't use total defense while doing so.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135518
>>135514
Yeah, that's not going to fly.
But, i guess it's good enough for him to consider healing himself instead of killing you.

The seasoned goblinoid looks at the Orc with a sadistic grin.
"You'll speak with the master, but not standing!" He growls, uncapping and taking yet another potion.

The other wounded hobgoblin takes his own potion. The two Veterans on the walls fire more rays, one of them hitting.
Brozal takes another 2 strength damage, putting his score at 7.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135519
Alright, diceroll says reinforcements are confident to sit and watch while the Veterans take care of you, for now.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135520
135522
That means it's Whisker's turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135521
135522
Followed by Bagel.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135522
135523
>>135520
>>135521
Yeah, I have no idea what to do, honestly.
Could you describe the battlefield for me once more?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135523
135525
>>135522
Two hobgoblin warriors a wall 40 feet away, zapping Brozal. One on the worthwest corner who just took a potion. The voice of a hobgoblin out of sight yelling something at Brozal. A wall of smoke blocking off half the room. Chad some 20 feet in front of you conjuring lightning. Bagel Beside you. Jorr near kneeling over his dying dog. Two dead goblins and two dead worgs behind you.

Behind you, to the south, is the gatehouse. In front of you leads further into the courtyard. There are rooms around the courtyard, and stairs to your left (being blocked off by a hobgoblin).

And darn it, I have to step out again for 30 mins... Sorry.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135524
Wait, nevermind. I was mistaken. Still here.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135525
135526
>>135523
Whiskers moves the necessary amount of steps to cast Glitterdust on the two veterans to stop their incessant zapping.
Bagel, meanwhile, takes the tiny kitty's healing belt, going towards the dying dog in the hopes of either Jorr using it himself or applying it on the dog.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135526
135528
>>135525
You could only blind two of them (the two on the ledge) with that attack.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135527
it's a 10 ft radius spread.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135528
135529
>>135526
If they're the two of them that keep zapping Brozal's Strength score, then it's worth it.
If there's more of them however...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135529
135530
>>135528
I mean, it wouldn't hurt.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135530
135531
>>135529
Well, it is Glitterdust.
Sure, I'll go with it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135531
>>135530
Alright, what's the save DC on that?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135532
135533
Both the hobgoblins are covered in golden dust.
However, neither appear to be Blinded.

Bagel's move?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135533
135534
>>135532
Bagel, meanwhile, takes the tiny kitty's healing belt, going towards the dying dog in the hopes of either Jorr using it himself or applying it on the dog.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135534
>>135533
The Doggo gets up.
Jorr is very much pleased.

He promptly gets up and fires two arrows towards the Veteran in the northwest corner, the Veteran is staggered.

Brozal's turn.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135535
Brozal attacks the goblin at the bottom of the staircase with his trident, jabbing it through with seemingly renewed vigor. Translation: I’m using Mountain Hammer on the goblin at the bottom of the staircase to get him out of the way.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135536
“The body fails, but Pelor gives it new life!”
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135537
135539
>>135514
Rolled an 11. I assume that doesn't hit.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135538
Shit. I skipped chad...

I'm going to assume he called down another bolt of lightning, dropping the hobgoblin
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135539
135541
>>135537
Nah...

The hobgoblin charges you, and lashes out with his katana. The chilling arcane blade further diminishes your strength, dropping it to 5.

You take 10 slashing damage.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135540
Okay, the two golden-gobbos fire at Chad, only one of them hits. He takes 7 damage.

3 enemies remaining.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135541
>>135539
Sweat and blood dribble out of the cracks and freshly made openings in Brolaz's banded mail as his legs tremble and the grip on his trident begins to slip. He slumps over- using his trident's polearm for support. "Fire is coming! It will swallow us all! Gaze into the incandescent inferno! Give yourself to it!"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135542
135544
Jorr shoots back at one of the hobgoblins, both of his arrows connecting. It is wounded, but does not drop.

Whisker's turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135543
Chad, I apologiz in advance, but I'm going to keep controlling Chad on auto-pilot, repeating his last action until you get back.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135544
135545
>>135542
Fuck.
Back into the 'I dunno what to do' field.
Guess it's time to break the cat form, wield a crossbow and start firing.
Can he do it all in one turn?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135545
135546
>>135544
Transformation is a standard action.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135546
135547
>>135545
Eugh.
Don't got many choices, honestly. I gotta attack at a range for once to support our Pelor boi.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135547
135548
>>135546
Done.
Bagel's action?
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135548
135549
>>135547
Reapply invisibility if applicable, then move towards Whiskers and give him the healing belt back.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135549
>>135548
Done.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135550
Sounds Chad brings down another bolt of lightning on an archer, which wounds, but doesn't kill, the archer.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135551
Wait, nevermind. It's she's dead. Forgot Jorr had those shots.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135552
135553
Brozal's turn.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135553
>>135552
Brozal lunges at the goblin at the bottom of the stairs again. "Fire is coming!" He shouts once more as he thrusts shoddily at the goblin. I'm using Vanguard Strike on it.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135554
135555 135556
Rolled 16 on attack. I heal 2 HP, and deal 8 damage.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135555
135557
>>135554
i miss and don't heal
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135556
135559
>>135554
Jorr fires at the last archer, wounding it.

Leathery flapping resounds from the sky, and pic related

Rain of projectiles rain down from the tower and pierce into impaling her and dealing 36 piercing damage. She shrieks and writhes so hard that Chad with his 7 Dex slips off of her back.
>>135554
That would have missed anyway.

Whisker's turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135557
>>135555
Based quads heal you 5 damage anyway.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135558
Misty is at half health.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135559
135560
>>135556
Whiskers unslings his bow while looking for a suitable place to hide from another volley of arrows.
Bagel meanwhile takes the healing belt again and insert some healing on Misty.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135560
135561
>>135559
That siant skeleton to the north looks like decent cover. I'd let you move and attack.
>>135559
Misty is healed slightly.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135561
135562
>>135560
Whiskers goes to it before attacking at one of the big Strength sapping bullies Brozal's facing.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135562
135563
>>135561
Roll to attack
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135563
135564
>>135562
[1d20+7 = 15]<Pew
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135564
YOu know, i said I would only be an hour. I really wish I knew where Chad was...
>>135563
Miss.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135565
Okay, I got one vote to wait for a while and see if Chad shows up.

I cannot DM tomorrow. The best I can do is go for a few more hours tonight.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135566
I'm going to go for a 15 minute walk while I consider the monsters' next moves.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135567
Okay. I'm going to just eat dinner while I hope Chad shows up. Iirc, it's actually pretty late in the UK, so I don't know if he's even awake right now.

One if these days I'm going to have to address our communication issues...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135568
Whiskers has gone to bed.

It looks like I'm going to have to freeze time for this week, again.. Oh well.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135586
135588
I came to a realization that completely broke me last night, i was still reading the thread but i was really not in the mood to continue playing and i was going to post that i was going to give up this session but i felt like it was pointless to post anything so i didn't because i knew it would have disrupted our game, a lot of frustration was tormenting me yesterday.
I'll see how i am feeling by the next weekend.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135587
We have a new player joining in as a melee wizard so that should help.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135588
135590
>>135586
Gee, m8. Are you alright?
I'm not one to judge. If you have something you want to talk about, or another concern, feel free to share it.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135590
135591
>>135588
>Gee, m8. Are you alright?
Not sure at the moment.
>I'm not one to judge. If you have something you want to talk about, or another concern, feel free to share it.
It was a reevaluation of my experiences that caused my views to be shaken, i have not found what i wanted and was let down on dumb expectations, i won't go into detail.
Thanks for asking.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135591
135592
>>135590
Is this an issue with your personal life, or with this game?
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135592
135594
>>135591
Personal.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135594
>>135592
Well, you have my condolences.
I won't blame you for taking a break if you're having meatspace troubles; we all have them.
Anonymous
ab88b4f
?
No.135695
135696
I can probably DM this weekend.
How's Friday sound?
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135696
135698
>>135695
What time will we start at?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135698
>>135696
As early as possible, if you want stuff to happen.

I'm still waiting for the Wizard player to make his character though.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135705
We don't need to play Friday. I just happen to have that day off.
Anonymous
bfd7c80
?
No.135708
135709
Life kicked me in my shin. Gotta bail.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135709
>>135708
Alright. We'll play tomorrow
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135714
We can get started as soon as everyone is ready.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135715
I lost my notes... Does anybody remember the initiative order?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135716
Alright, upon closer inspection, I fucked up and didn't want realize that Ray Of Enfeeblement doesn't stack, since it's a penalty, rather than ability damage.
I'm going to put Brozal at 14 Str.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135717
The initiative order was:
>Brozal
>Jorr
>Veterans (1 left)
>Whiskers/Bagel
>Chad
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135718
I'm just going to restart the initiative with Brozal. We'll start as soon as his player shows.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135719
For the sake of simplicity, I'm leaving both Chad and Misty at half health. Chad, however, has fallen off of Misty's back and is prone beside her. Misty is visibly in pain; eight jagged spines jutting out of her flank, the spines seem to have rained down on her from above, from an unknown location.
Chad still has Call Lightning active. He can call down lightning as a standard action every round for another 5 minutes (protip: consider combining call lightning with Flaming Sphere and some summons, for maximum action efficiency.)
Brozal's Str is at 14, and he can move at full speed.
Whiskers is in his humanoid shape.

There are two goblins, two worgs, and three hobgoblins on the ground. One veteran remains standing, brandishing his katana.

Pretty sure that Chad's wall of smoke should be vanishing about now, revealing the other half of the courtyard.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135720
135721
Here
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135721
135722
>>135720
Ah, there you are.
You saw the post about being at 14 Str?

It's your turn.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135722
>>135721
I’ll attack the one guy left with Crusader’s Strike.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135723
135724
Rolled a 28, then rolled 13 damage. Healing 5 HP.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135724
135729
>>135723
Yep, that drops him.
The wounded veteran spits up blood and curses as he drops.
There are no enemies visible, for now.

Jorr seems to be the wiser though, after witnessing Misty lose half her hitpoints from that last volley.
"Blast it! That ain't the last o' them!" he shouts, ordering his dogs over towards the skeleton to the north of the courtyard, knocking an arrow.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135725
135729
Whiskers/Bagel's turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135726
I would like to remind everyone of the map I posted earlier.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135727
Right now, you are all in the courtyard.
>This courtyard of hard-packed earth has an eerie air of desolation. Jagged boulders embedded in the ground seem to have been dropped here, or thrown from a great distance; many of the walls bear large dents and cracks where these boulders might have once struck. Two massive skeletons lie at opposite ends of the courtyard, one propped up by the watchtower and the other sprawled at the far end by a building that could be a stable. To the south, where a section of the keep’s outer wall has collapsed, a third giant skeleton lies partially buried in the rubble.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135728
135731

“We need to go through a door and barricade ourselves inside. It will be an easier point to defend from.”
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135729
135731
>>135725
>>135724
Whiskers looks around for any sort of chokepoint the team could use to reduce the numbers' advantage.
He quickly points to the leftmost building before reading his crossbow to fire at any enemies he could see, not wanting to go in there first.

Bagel, for her part, ensured she had her invisibility on before going there herself to scout out said building.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135730

Brozal enters the leftmost building’s door.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135731
135732 135733
>>135729
>>135728
Do you guys mean the northwest room or the southwest room? There are two doors and a staircase to the west.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135732
135733 135734
>>135731
The one with the wall semi taken down in the map.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135733
>>135732
>>135731
The one whiskers said
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135734
135735
>>135732
Northwest.
Alright, Whiskers scurries over to the northwest room, which takes a full round action at his speed.
I assume that Bagel goes there too?

Brozal can head there on his initiative.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135735
>>135734
I was planning on Bagel going while Whiskers readies an attack with his crossbow in order to scout it out safely
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135736
135737
And Chad... Dammit, he's not here.

Anybody want to recommend an action for him? He's prone beside Misty, both of which are at half health.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135737
>>135736
Anything will do. I just want to control him without DM knowledge.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135738
135739
I had plans for Chad's character this session, dammit.

Alright, I'm going to step out for a lunch break, and hope that Chad's player shows up in the meantime.

Chad, if you see this, please stand by, and post to show that you're present.

If you'd rather not play today, or have other plans today, please say so.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135739
135740
>>135738
I woke up about 15 minutes ago, where are we at the moment? Can i have rundown of where we are?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135740
135741
>>135739
Whiskers has opted to take cover in the barracks to the northwest. Brozal and Jorr will follow him shortly.

You are in the courtyard, prone, on the ground beside Misty. The two of you are at half health. Misty took considerable damage last turn from a volley of unidentified projectiles. You were shot several times by goblins.

There are no conscious enemies visible. You still have call lightning active for the next five minutes.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135741
135742
>>135740
Okay
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135742
135743
>>135741
It's also your turn. What do you do?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135743
135744
>>135742
I use the wand and heal myself and Misty.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135744
>>135743
You also have lesser vigor prepared (same spell as the wand), mind. When you cast a spell on yourself, you can share it with your animals companion, so long as she's within 5 ft of you.

You would still have a move action after that. I would recommend standing up.

You could also attempt to mount your horse as a free action with a 20 DC Ride check.

Misty is on standby, albeit Shaken. You can handle her to do something as a free action.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135745
135746
I use lessor vigor and heal myself and her then stand up.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135746
>>135745
Alright, you both heal 1 hit point this turn.
You are at 26 HP, Misty is at 38.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135747
Jorr rushes over to the door where Whiskers went, his dogs following.

Brozal, take it, would do the same.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135748
Since Whiskers entered the barracks, I may as well illustrate it:
The interior of this stone building is open and spacious. Wooden timbers support the roof above, and here and there the remains of what were probably once interior dividing walls are evident. Two large boulders sit on the floor to the south, near a large hole that has been knocked in the southeast wall. Rubble from this hole has been piled in a circle to form a crude fire pit. Against the west wall of the room are arranged four doublebunk beds, each strewn with filthy covers. Another bed, this one larger, sits near the south wall, partially obscured by a badly damaged wooden screen. A poorly stuffed owlbear looms in the center of the room.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135749
I’m going over to the door.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135750
135751
Sorry. My internet is shabby.

Alright, I'll assume that Brozal took his whole turn getting there.
The Veterans are... Still unconscious.

And Chad, being the only visible combatant standing in the middle of the courtyard, takes the full brunt of this volley and takes...
*rolls dice*
Fuck. He takes 36 damage as another volley of jagged spines rains down on him from the somewhere near the southwest tower.
Chad is at -8 HP and is now dying.
He'll stabilize on his turn because of the lesser vigor, but he's still going top be KO for a while without help.

Misty, with a humble 3 int, is visibly Frightened as her master is dropped.

Whiskers you're up next.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135751
135752
>>135750
Whiskers, being unable to help Chad immediately, simply takes cover behind a bed and readies a shot alongisde the invisible cat.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135752
135754
>>135751
Roll a Spot check.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135753
135755
Brozal enters through the door but not before tossing two alchemist’s fires at the unconscious veterans to ensure their deaths.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135754
135755
>>135752
[1d20+1 = 12]<Spot (Whis)
[1d20+5 = 9]<Spot (Bagel)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135755
135756
A ghoulish roar resounds from the top of the southeast tower.
>>135753
I used your turn picking up your trident.
There's one in reach of the door if you want to do it next turn.
>>135754
You don't see anything.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135756
135757
>>135755
Can I not splash several with an alchemist’s fire?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135757
135759 135760
Alright, it would be Chad's turn, but he's unconscious.
Chad never specified his bonus tricks, but I'm going to have Misty take the initiative to perform the guard trick, and have her stand over Chad defensively offering him partial cover, shuddering in fright.

Chad is at -7 HP. He is still unconscious. Misty is at 39.
>>135756
Nah, the others are on other sides of the courtyard.
What's your HP at?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135758
A ghoulish roar emanates from the top of the southwest tower, the sound echoing across the courtyard.

Now, lets see what moves next...
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135759
>>135757
My HP is at 48
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135760
135761
>>135757
Nice get, i would like her to be standing right above me so she gets the full blunt of whatever.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135761
>>135760
Okay. that's reasonable, since she has 3 int and can thus act on her own accord.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135762
"... So.. What's the plan?" Jorr says, looking up at the tower with an arrow knocked, squinting in the moonlight
His dogs are panicked, tails between their legs, huddled on the other side of the room.

Brozal's turn.
648ae9c
?
No.135763
135764 135767
[1d20 = 2]
Actually, i'll just have him check that vial at the two goblins closest to eachother by the north wall.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135764
>>135763
Eh, the splash damages one of them.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135765
135766
Okay, I need to figure out if Whiskers is near the door/hole.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135766
>>135765
Brozal slashes the throat of a nearby veteran and closes the door behind him. “We’re going to barricade ourselves inside and get a short rest. We will also use this as a chokepoint to fight off the rest of the hobgoblins.”
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135767
135768
>>135763
He does that instead of slashing a throat
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135768
Another volley of spines rains down.
"Ack!" Jorr shouts as a giant needle rains down from the hole in wall and impales him.
Misty takes tow shots while guarding Chad, her flank looking like a pincushion now.
She sustains 14 damage, dropping her down to 25 HP.
>>135767
While you're doing that, two more projectiles rain down from the tower and impale you.
You take 8 damage.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135769
135770
It is Whiskers turn now.
He's in the back of the barracks, hiding with Jorr's dogs.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135770
>>135769
He simply readies his crossbow, ready to fire against any enemies that try to enter the area.
Bagel, on the other hand, is ready to rush out and heal whoever asks with the last charge of the healing belt.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135771
135773
Oh yeah, Whiskers finds an odd sack next to him as he goes behind the bed.

Chad's turn, still unconscious at -6 HP. I would assume that Misty is repeating the same action as before.
Misty is at 26 HP and is now shaken.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135772
135775
Jorr decides that standing on the frontline is above his paygrade, and stands back from the hole to where his dogs are, pulling the spike out of his side.
"... AAAAH..! What the blazes was' that?!" he ponders, staring at the jagged, bloodies projectile

Brozal's turn.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135773
>>135771
She stays in the same position as before.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135774
Brozal, you would have been able to tell that the spines rained down on you from near the southwest tower.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135775
135777
>>135772
Brozal taps Jorr with his trident and says, “Griltenfag.” A radiant light cloaks Jorr as lesser vigor is cast on him. Brozal then moves away from the hole and looks for something to block it with.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135776
135778 135779
But I'm going to require a spot check for you to see what shot you.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135777
135781
>>135775
The woodsman holds up a hand in refusal.
"Save yer' resources. We still got a while to go." he says, holding up a vial
"I'm covered."

Brozal, you still have a standard action. I you could try to move one of the beds part of the way.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135778
>>135776
>who shot you
>post ends in 76
kek
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135779
>>135776
Rolled zero on spot. Brozal is spacing out.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135780
135783
Whiskers, it will be your turn soon, when you said bagel heals "whoever needs it", did you mean Chad?
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135781
135782
>>135777
I move one of the beds in front of the doorway.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135782
135784
>>135781
Roll a strength check.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135783
135786
>>135780
Whoever's inside the building.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.135784
135785
>>135782
Rolled 20
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135785
135786
>>135784
*18
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135786
135787
>>135783
I guess Chad is on his own then (except for Misty).

Meanswhile, the unknown assailant continues to rain hell down on the courtyard, piercing into poor Misty who has bravely resigned herself to using her flank as a shield. She takes another 17 damage, neighing in pain.
Misty is at 9 HP, blood dripping down her quaking legs as she loyally stands over her master.

Whisker's turn, if he still wants to do anything.
>>135785
You succeed in moving the bed halfway to the door.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135787
135788
>>135786
I feel like you're trying to tell me something, but I doubt it'd work.

Whiskers decides to check on the little bag, since it's right next to him.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135788
135790
And, that would make it Chad's turn... He's still unconscious though.

Misty by the HoH rules I'm using should really be panicked and running away by now, but she's well-trained and has Vow of Loyalty, so I'll have her stand by.
Chad regains 1 HP and is at -5 HP
>>135787
Gold coins, and quite a few at that.

"We gonna wait it out or what?" Jorr asks, helping Brozal push the bed towards the door.
He points to the gaping hole in the wall.
"Reckon te bunk will be enough to bock it?" He asks

Brozal's turn. He may spend this turn positioning the bed in fron
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135789
The bed has been positioned to the door.
Brozal hasn't responded, so I'm going to assume he's moving the bunk.
It's really not that big, but perhaps in front of te boulder it could keep a large monster from slipping through.

With Jorr's help, he could get it halfway across the room with his turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135790
135791
>>135788
Brrozal covers the doorway with the bed. “We will rest for a moment and fight them in the doorway. We will use it as a chokepoint so we don’t have to fight them in the open.“
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135791
135792
>>135790
Brozal will go to get the boulder.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135792
135794
... Okay, I guess that means Misty is the only conscious creature left in the courtyard.

Poor horsie...
*rolls some dice*

>>135791
You'll need more than that to fill the hole, but it'll help obscure the line of fire.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135793
4kcezfmr06s41.png
...I really don't want to kill Misty...
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135794
>>135792
Brozal is moving a boulder to the door
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135795
My favorite stories of war are gritty and feature death and sacrifice, so I’m cool with this.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135796
135797 135800
Why did you guys barricade yourselves inside a tower instead of attacking the other one?
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135797
135798 135799
>>135796
Far as I understand, they couldn't see it, so that's not possible.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135798
135803
Oh wait, I could have had her take the total defense action.
.... But, she loses her dex/dodge AC because it's an unseen attacker...
>>135797
I mean, you know it's there, and you can hear it. It's just that you'd have to be in the courtyard to get a clear shot.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135799
135803
>>135797
But the DM said multiple times that it came from the other tower.
Couldn't you have stormed the other one?
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135800
135801
>>135796
Chokepoint to limit the effectiveness of melee units when the next wave comes in.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135801
135802
>>135800
that's alright but you probably still could have saved me and i could have come into the tower with you.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135802
135804
>>135801
I didn’t want to take 36 damage from arrows and you should have immediately came with us instead of healing.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135803
>>135798
>>135799
Whiskers ain't a combat character and Brozal's suffered heavy damage and debuffs. Anymore and the entire party would've been wiped anyways.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135804
135805
>>135802
I had no idea i was gonna get one shot as my fist turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135805
135806 135807
With the first spine, she would have dropped down to 1 HP.
With the second spine, she drops down to -9 and passes out, falling prone on top of Chad. She is now dying, but she'll stabilize on Chad's turn.
Chad takes 2 nonlethal crushing damage. This doesn't impact his recovery, which should take another 5 rounds to regain consciousness.

The third and fourth spines are saved, despite both of them being crits, because the enemy is saving ammo.Also, I felt sorry for the horse.

A triumphant roar echoes from the top of the tower.

It is Whisker's turn.

>>135804
Yeah, sorry about that, but somebody had to get shot.
You're not dead yet though.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135806
>>135805
Yeah i know that but it could have been prevented.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135807
135808
>>135805
Ready crossbow and fire whenever enemy appears. Not much else.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135808
135809
>>135807
Alright.

Chad goes to negative -4 HP, Misty is at -8 and is now stabilized.

Jorr is helping Brozal do whatever he's doing.
It is Brozal's turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135809
135810
>>135808
I start moving another boulder over to the door
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135810
>>135809
Got it.

I'm going to roll some dice to see how hungry this thing is.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135811
... Very hungry.
Alright, a creature descends from the tower. You hear flapping, but it's not visible from the hole in the barracks, circling across the other side of the courtyard.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135812
135813
...
I'm going to put on my merciful DM hat and determine that since Misty weighs more than 800 pounds, and that the beast explicitly prefers its privacy, the it merely snatches up two of the sizzled hobgoblins instead of coup-de-grace-ing the fat, juicy horse right in front of it.

The creature may or may not have returned to the tower. None of you are in any position to see it.

Whisker's turn.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135813
>>135812
By this point, this now kitty-like humanoid is practically glued to his cover, aiming his crossbow at any openings the building may have.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135814
135817
Okay, Whiskers doesn't appear to be online atm, so I'm going to assume he holds his readied action.

Jorr is going to help Bro move various furniture to the hole in the wall.

Nothing happens for the next 10 rounds. Combat is effectively over, for now. Chad eventually wakes up, at 6 HP, with Misty's unconscious flank on top of him. She wakes up 30 seconds later, at about 3 HP. Lesser Vigor has worn off.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135815
135817
The courtyard is silent. Too silent...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135816
135826
"... Ye reckon it's gone?" Jorr asks, in a hushed tone.
"I thouht there'd be more o' them..."

Chad, you can move now. Your HP is still very low though.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135817
135819
>>135814
>>135815
Taking advantage of her natural invisibility, Bagel peeks out of cover before silently walking towards the edge of the building, hoping to peek outside and see what's going on.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135818
Anyone can move now. Initiative is over for the time being.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135819
135821
>>135817
Which edge?
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135820
135822
“Come on, you damn cowards! You can’t kill us if you don’t come closer!” Brozal says as an attempt to issue a challenge to the goblin forces.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135821
135822
>>135819
Let me rephrase that: Just go in such a way the invisible cat could see the courtyard.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135822
135824 135825
>>135820
You're still behind the barricade, right?

>>135821
Bagel squeezes through the barricade and sees Chad beginning to stand up, the monster evidently having lost interest in him.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135823
135825
Brozal leans over to the cat and takes a knee. “If you’re not careful, the monster from a while ago will swallow you before the fire does.” He jests while chuckling to himself.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135824
135828
>>135822
Yes I am behind the barricade
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135825
135827 135828
>>135823
I doubt you can see an invisible cat, my guy.
>>135822
Bagel scans the surrounding area, feeling a spine chill of danger still lingering.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135826
135830 135851
>>135816
I use the wand again on Misty and on myself, i stand behind the entrance and wait.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135827
135829
>>135825
Brozal is spaced the fuck out like he always is and is barely paying attention to his surroundings. It’s likely that he’s just talking to what he imagines is Whiskers.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135828
135829
>>135824
Nothing happens, for now.
>>135825
Roll a listen check.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135829
135830
>>135828
[1d20+5 = 24]<Listen
>>135827
Alright. I'll take that comment as directed to the cat-looking humanoid currently hiding behind a bed instead of the actual cat trying to investigate her surroundings.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135830
>>135826
Alright. With one charge from the wand, you both heal 11 HP, putting you at 17, and Misty at 13.
>>135829
You hear what might be footsteps descending the stairs.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135831
135832
“Maybe that’s Father Graydin.” Brozal wanders aloud while searching the surroundings of the fire place for something to drink or eat.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135832
>>135831
*wonders
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135833
135834 135836
The footsteps pick up.
Faster, louder, heavier, before eventually.

BOOM
Alright, I'm going to need Misty and Brozal to roll reflex saves as the Barricade explodes in front of you.

Initiative will be back in order shortly.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135834
135835
>>135833
Why Misty?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135835
135838 135839 135840
>>135834
Sorry. I meant Bagel.

You see movement across the courtyard to the west, but it's beyond the range of your low-light vision.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135836
>>135833
18 on ref
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135837
Whatever came through the door, Brozal thinks it’s a high ranking member of the temple he came from. Father Graydin specifically.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135838
135842
>>135835
[1d20+7 = 18]<Reflex
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135839
>>135835
[1d20+7 = 24]<Reflex
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135840
>>135835
[1d20+7 = 9]<Reflex
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135841
maxresdefault (4).jpg
Alright, Brozal takes 1 damage, which triggers furious counterstrike.
Bagel takes none as the her damage reduction negates the damage she takes.

Pick related charges through the barricade, right towards Brozal.
Brozal is impaled by the assailant's horns, taking 17 damage.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135842
>>135838
Whiskers, I'm going to treat that as the save for the Flash of lightning that flashes past the Big cao.
Electricity shoots towards you, dealing 10 damage.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135843
135844
Brozal tenderly strokes the horn that’s impaling him and holding him in the air. “Father, Graydin. Thank you for coming to aid us in these trying times.” The water orc says while smiling. Blood dribbles from his lips. Mechanically speaking, I pass my turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135844
135845 135846
Initiative is back in order, starting with Brozal.

Brozal, your Str penalty has also worn off by now.

Chad, from your position you can see a large, hunched-over figure with glowing hands shooting lightning into the room.
"Gobbo gobbo gobbo!" It roars
>>135843
... Seriously?

Okay, Jorr shoots towards the minotaur (it's a minotaur) in a fit of rage, as two of his dogs were damaged in that shot of lightning, one shot connecting.

Whisker's turn. There's a giant minotaur in the room now, and plausibly a spellcaster behind it.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135845
>>135844
Can i still use call lightning and flaming sphere together?
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135846
135847 135848
>>135844
Figuring it'd be best to buy some time, Whiskers casts Grease on the minotaur's feet alongside its surroundings.

Bagel, in the meantime, checks if she can attack said spellcaster.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135847
135849
>>135846
Alright, but be aware that it's in Brozal's square.
What's your spell DC?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135848
>>135846
Bagel would have to move around the corner to see the caster.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135849
135850 135851
>>135847
I think it's 12?
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135850
135851
>>135849
Wait, no, 17
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135851
135852 135853
>>135849
>>135850
Either way, the beast saves Gloriously and doesn't fall prone this turn.

The minotaur is visibly enraged, and somewhat confused.

Brozal needs to make a reflex save.

>>135826
Chad's turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135852
>>135851
Rolled 24 on ref with a natural 20.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135853
135854
>>135851
Can i use flaming sphere and call lightning together?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135854
>>135853
You'd need a separate action to cast each, but you can use both spells in the same turn (standard action and move action).
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135855
135856
Wait, Chad's call lightning spell should have worn off by now...
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135856
135859
>>135855
Yeah that's what i was trying to ask.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135857
135858
Pretty sure Chad has most of his spell slots left though.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135858
135859
>>135857
Can i cast impeding stones in the tower that the Minotaur is in?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135859
135860
>>135856
You're out of lightning. You may cast Flaming sphere if you wish, but you'd be out of range right now.

You would have to move closer first. You could do so as a free action with Misty.
>>135858
No. You would need a line of sight to do that. You would at least need to move first.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135860
>>135859
Well i move into range and cast flaming sphere on the Minotaur.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135861
Is the spell caster in my view?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135862
135863
wyrmlord koth.jpg
As you move into range, you see pick related standing behind the minotaur.
He is damaged sparsely by the fireball, which he ducks beneath, and turns towards you.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135863
135865
>>135862
What about Bagel, my guy? Does she see pic related?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135864
135867
The hairy mage retaliates with a pair of magic missiles, both striking you in the chest, dealing 10 damage (splendidly rolled).
Chad is now at 7 HP.

The minotaur follows up with an attack from his greathammer, missing comically.
He manages to stay standing though.

Brozal's turn
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135865
135868
>>135863
Yeah, sure she goes. She sees a big hairy, scary monster.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135866
The minotaur is also damaged, but i'm going to need Brozal to save against the Flaming Sphere as well, with a -2 penalty, because he's a Water Orc.
Anonymous
2ee7d5e
?
No.135867
135869 135870
>>135864
Brozal fights defensively while attacking the minotaur with his gauntlet and stumbling backwards. “You’re not Father Graydin!”
Using the Stone Bones maneuver.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135868
135873
>>135865
Alright. Got it. I'll make Bagel store the order to ready Burning Hands towards the wizard and maybe the minotaur if in range the moment Chad fires up another spell.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135869
>>135867
Roll two reflex saves
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135870
135872
>>135867
Rolled 14 on my save. Rolled 27 on my attack roll. Rolled 7 on damage. I have 24 AC right now.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135871
Rolled 7 on the 2nd ref save
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135872
135873
>>135870
Alright, you took 8 damage from the flaming sphere, which triggered Furious Counterstrike, raising your damage roll to 8.
Then you fall prone, because Grease.

Whisker/Bagel's turn.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135873
135874
>>135872
Bagel's turn >>135868

Whiskers, in the meantime, fires off a bolt towards the minotaur to weaken it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135874
>>135873
Okay, Bagel manages to avoid AoO from the minotaur since she's invisible.
She damages the Bugbear (spoiler alert; it's a bugbear) with Burning Hands. The bugbear doesn't look very happy, glaring right at her.

Make your attack roll.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135875
Oh, Jorr also fires at the Minotaur, missing lik an idiot.
"Dag nabbit! I didn't bring enough arrows for this circus."
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135876
Okay, the minotaur took 1 damage from the bolt.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135877
135878
Chad, it's your turn.
Reminder that you're at 7 HP. Pretty much any attack or spell could kill you at this point.
You've still got a lot of spell slots and 2 uses of Wildshape left.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135878
135881
>>135877
Can i use the wand then transform into a black bear?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135879
135880
Chad, are you there?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.135880
>>135879
kek
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135881
135882
>>135878
No. Both of those are standard actions.
You could use the wand and then move the flaming sphere though.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135882
135883
>>135881
>You could use the wand and then move the flaming sphere though.
I'll do that then move out of the courtyard so the spell caster can't fuck with me.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135883
135885
>>135882
Okay, with Misty's speed, you're able to zip away in no time.
Which direction do you move the sphere in?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135884
It's been two minutes. I'm assuming he moves the sphere back the way it came.
The minotaur is damaged.
Brozal needs to make another saving throw.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135885
135887 135889
>>135883
To the spell caster.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135886
I was reading Nigel's wall of China
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135887
135888 135889
>>135885
Rolled 14 on my save.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135888
135893
>>135887
And here's your 88 to go with that
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135889
135897
>>135885
It saves once more, sustaining minimal damage.

The bugbear redirects its ager towards the kot that just shot fire at him, lunging in with a grapple.
I already rolled Bagel's opposed check. Se is grappled and sustains 4 subdual damage as the Bugbear begins to choke her.

The minotaur remains on his fear, swinging out towards Brozal with his hammer.
The first swing manages to swing him because he is both prone and flat-footed (Grease), dealing 16 damage.
Oh shid. What's your HP at, Brozal?
>>135887
You take an additional 5 fire damage then...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135890
135892
Casting AoE spells in the area where the tank is standing might not be such a good idea in the future...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135891
135895
Brozal's turn. I hope he's got some good healing..
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135892
>>135890
It was a gamble.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135893
hitler get.png
>>135888
>pic related
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135894
135896
Brozal, you alive?
Idk what your HP is.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135895
>>135891
I’m gonna draw my trident and stab the minotaur while using Revitalizing Strike.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135896
135898
>>135894
37 HP
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135897
135902
>>135889
How much did i heal from the wand?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135898
135900 135901
>>135896
Even after the firing attack, the flaming Sphere, the second flaming Sphere, the and greathammer attack? Are you sure?

Jorr manages to make one good shot at the Minotaur.

Whiskers turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135899
Rolled 21 on my attack roll, 12 on damage, and I heal back 14 HP. My AC is 21 since I’m not fighting defensively.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135900
135903 135904
>>135898
I’m pretty sure because I activated Stone Bones.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135901
135906 135911
>>135898
For the record, Whiskers can't see Bagel being TLOU2'd, right?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135902
135908
>>135897
1 point of damage. You are now at 8 HP.
It will continue to heal you 1 point per round for 10 more rounds, misty too.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135903
>>135900
Also I forgot that my stance heals 2 HP on each hit
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135904
135907
>>135900
>>135900
That wouldn't reduce the fire damage.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135905
135906
Okay, it looks like Brozal is unkillable then.

Whiskers?
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135906
135909
>>135905
>>135901
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135907
>>135904
Frick. That would put my HP at 32 before healing.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.135908
135910
>>135902
How much health is misty at right now?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135909
135912
>>135906
He can hear her meowing.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135910
>>135908
14 HP.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135911
>>135901
You can hear her meowing. You cannot see her.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135912
135913
>>135909
Great. Getting worried while also being threatened by a big, scary biped.

Any way to circumvent the minotaur enough to get LOS?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135913
135915
>>135912
You could try to tumble.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135914
135915
Since I forgot to write down how big the room is, I'd let Whiskers tumble across the room as a move action at full speed, and then do one other thing when he gets there.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135915
135916
>>135913
>>135914
Alrighty. Let's give it a shot.
[1d20+2 = 8]<Tumble (Feels like I should've spent more points in it.)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135916
135917
>>135915
You provoke an AoO, but the minotaur misses you.

You cartwheel out of the hole to see a bugbear strangling your waifu.
What do you do?
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135917
135918 135919 135920 135922
>>135916
It's time to be a cool cat!
"Hey!" Whiskers shouted out at the Bugbear in his humanoid form, looking super angry and intimidating "You leave her alone, monster!"
[1d20+16 = 36]<No size mod Intimidate Check
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135918
135919
>>135917
Not triggering Never Outnumbered btw
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135919
135923
>>135917
>>135918
Are you trying to make him do something, or are you demoralizing him? Imperious command only activates with the latter.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135920
135923
>>135917
Cool Cat Saves the Other Cat
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135922
>>135917
That's a cool roll.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135923
>>135919
If demoralizing leads to him letting Bagel go, then yes
>>135920
NO BULLIES ALLOWED AROUND THIS COOL CAT
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135924
Whatever it is, it succeeded because the bugbear rolled a 12 on his opposed check.
The bugbear drops Bagel immediately.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135925
135926
The bugbear recoils at the sight of the odd "halfling"
He points a claw towards you and casts a spell.
Roll a fortitude save.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135926
135928
>>135925
>>135925
[1d20+4 = 11]<Fort
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135927
Chad and Misty both regain 1 HP. If he wants to do something, say so.

The Minotaur saves for the third time and hammers on Brozal.
Both swings hit, dealing 11 then 13 damage, for a total of 24 damage.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135928
>>135926
Hmmmm, Idk if I should have just gone ahead with the former option now... I didn't play him as cowering..
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135929
Fuck it. I'm just going to retcon that action, but the Bugbear is not cowering.
Whiskers's failed save is irrelevant.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135930
135932
Brozal's turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135931
Gish this encouter has taken 6 hours already. It really shouldn't take this long....

I need to reconsider this medium. I think I'd rather do this on voicechat.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135932
135933
>>135930
Rolled 16 on attack. Rolled 20 on damage. I heal back 2 HP. Brozal stabs the minotaur in the head with Mountain Hammer.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135933
>>135932
Shid. The Minotaur is looking really messed up now.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135934
135937
Brozal needs to roll a reflex save to see if he remains standing.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135935
Aaaaand, Jorr pins the Minotaur in the head with one of his arrows, dropping the beast.

It keels over and dies with a tragic "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135936
135941
Whisker's turn again.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135937
>>135934
I’m prone
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135938
I’m already on the floor and have been
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135939
The bugbear is visibly distressed as he witnesses his final ally drop.
"Damn cat! Get down here!" He roars towards the tower.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135940
Whiskers/Bagel's turn.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135941
135943
>>135936
Lemme see...
Whiskers decides the best course of action right now is to pull out his buckler and rapier, looking all hoity toity while Bagel reinserts herself into invisibilty and gets away from the bugbear.
"Cease your hostilities!" Whiskers demanded, pointing his weapon at the sentient being "or else suffer the consequences!"
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135942
135945
Sluggish flapping can be heard from up above the tower.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135943
135944
>>135941
The bugbear is undeterred
"Bold of you to assume I fear death! The Red Hand will crush you in its claws!"
And now you need to roll that fortitude save.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135944
135946
>>135943
:V
[1d20+4 = 10]<Fort
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135945
135946
>>135942
Is this in the tower or above it?
If it's above the tower should i do a spot roll?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135946
135947 135948
>>135944
Negative energy crackles from the bugbear's claws and strikes you in the face.
You are blinded.

Brozal's turn.

Chad and Misty kept healing. If they do something please say so.
>>135945
Sure, roll.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135947
135951
>>135946
Where am I and can I reach the bugbear?
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135948
135949 135950
>>135946
[1d20+14 = 33](spot)
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135949
>>135948
Nice.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135950
>>135948
You don't see anything because you're a human and don't have any kind of nightvision.

Misty, however, describes something "like a winged lion" perched upon the tower.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135951
135952
>>135947
You could reach the bugbear if you charged, but standing up is a move action, and you'd also need to make a Balance check.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135952
135953
>>135951
I’ll try standing up
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135953
135954
>>135952
Rolled 7 on balance
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135954
135955 135957
>>135953
Fail.

Jorr boldly advances through the door and shoots from concealment.
The shots strike true, one of the arrows badly wounding the goblinoid. He roars in rage.

Whisker's turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135955
135956
>>135954
Is the barricade still up?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135956
>>135955
Nah, the minotaur pushed it over with his nat20 Str check
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135957
135958
>>135954
Seeing how the humanoid is currently blinded, Whiskers backpedals away while rubbing his eyes, hoping to get away from any bugbear or its ally's attacks, essentially retreating after doing his job of freeing the waifu.
Speaking of, Bagel runs back into the building they've secured, trying to assist Whiskers into said building.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135958
135959
>>135957
The bugbear manages to swipe at you as you back away, dealing 5 damage.
Bagel is able to lead you up to the hole in the wall, with your reduced speed.

The bugbear follows up with a bolt of lightning, hitting Whiskers, Brozal, and Jorr at once.
I'm going to need both Brozal and Whiskers to roll Reflex saves.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135959
135960
>>135958
[1d20+7 = 18]<Whoosh
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135960
135961
>>135959
You save, taking only 15 damage.

Jorr takes a considerable amount of lightning and nearly drops.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135961
>>135960
*8 damage, sorry
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135962
Brozal saves as well, taking 8 electricity damage.

It is now Brozal's turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135963
135964

21 on reflex for Brozal
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135964
135965
>>135963
I try to stand up again
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135965
135966
>>135964
19 on balance
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135966
135967
>>135965
You are able to stand.
However, unless you throw something, you cannot hit the bugbear on this turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135967
135968
>>135966
I toss an alchemist’s fire
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135968
135969
>>135967
Tossing it at the bugbear
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135969
135973 135974
>>135968
roll for it
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135970
135971 135972
Okay, whatever the attack roll is, a set of translucent wings appear and shield the bugbear.

Whiskers's turn.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135971
135975
>>135970
Can i do anything?
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135972
135975
>>135970
Whisker lets off a cautious bolt before diving into cover, out of the bugbear's vision.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135973
135975
>>135969
What do I roll? Dex?
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135974
>>135969
Rolled a 19
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135975
135976
>>135971
You can enter the courtyard, cast a spell, attack, do anything.
You would need to enter the courtyard first though.
>>135973
It doesn't matter. The bugbear used a spell to block it.
>>135972
Done.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135976
135977
>>135975
I use wild shape to transform into a black bear then head into the courtyard with Misty.
Can i ride Misty in wild shape?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135977
135979
Okay, whatever Chad is doing, it shouldn't affect the Bugbear's next move.
The bugbear, with his last ally dead and a monster seemingly unwilling to interfere, seems to figure it's time to abandon ship.
"You'll never stop the Red Hand!" He roars
"It will be your Doom! There are too many of us!"

And with that, he quafs a potion, and flies 60 ft over the eastern wall.
>>135976
No, you cannot ride her in wildshape.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135978
135980 135981
Jorr shoots towards the bugbear as he flies away, but misses both
"Dammit!" He shouts, coughing up blood

Brozal, Chad, if you wanna try something, go ahead.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135979
>>135977
Okay then i walk into the courtyard with Misty following me.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135980
135982
>>135978
Can i cast flaming sphere on him?
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.135981
135982
>>135978
Brozal is going to try to challenge the bugbear to come back down and finish what it started. “You are not a true warrior, for you fear death! Come down and finish your battle!”
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135982
135983 135985
>>135980
Nah, too far. You couldn't move the active sphere that far.
>>135981
The bugbear runs like a bitch.
"Blasted goblins!" Jorr mumbles

And with that, it looks like he got away, descending over the wall and flying down towards the road on the east.
..Well... I guess there could be an opportunity to pursue him, with Misty's speed, but that's going to have to wait.

Okay, I am sorry to end it rough, but I am absolutely exhausted. I'll have you guys loot the Vault of Vraath Keep and uncover all of the other major plot devices next session, but for now I am kaput.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.135983
135984 135985
>>135982
The next session could be tomorrow, if everyone is free.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.135984
>>135983
Yeah that would be alright.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.135985
>>135983
>>135982
Alrighty
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136008
I have some chores to finish, but I should be ready to DM by the time everyone is ready.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136009
Combat is pretty much over (for now), so initiative won't matter. We don't necessarily need everyone at once.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136010
136011
Okay, so far nobody has said anything, so I'm going to go eat lunch.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136011
136013
>>136010
I just got on my PC.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136012
I don't know why mi ID changed.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136013
136014
>>136011
Well, so far you're the only one who's responded.
Is there anything you want to do/try?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136014
136015
>>136013
Can i use lessor vigor and heal everyone?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136015
136017
>>136014
You could do so using charges from your wand, but you would have to ride into the courtyard first (it would take less than a round, with Misty's speed).
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136016
Although, I'm not sure what the party's HP is right now...

Jorr takes his potion.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136017
136018
>>136015
I go into the courtyard with Misty, i'm in wild shape so can i still use the wand?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136018
136019 136020
Okay, I've gotten a message on the server, and it seems as though Bro and Whisker's player would rather wait until the new player's character is ready before doing anything else...

So if they're not game to play, I think I might as well call it off for the day and do my work instead.
Sorry, Chad. Maybe next week.

Sometime during the week I'm going to have to do something to address some of the communication issues we've been having..
This game has taken ten times as long as I expected it to. We're only three quarters of the way through the first part of a multi-part campaign.
>>136017
I need to check and see if the pearl of speech lets you activate spell trigger items. Wildshape says no items though.
Btw, you healed 6 HP when you Wildshaped.
In the meantime, is there anything else you'd like to do here? You could explore the keep yourself, but I can't guarantee all the monsters are gone.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136019
136020
>>136018
>To activate a wand, a character must hold it in hand (or whatever passes for a hand, for nonhumanoid creatures) and point it in the general direction of the target or area.
I don't think a bears paw constitutes as a hand. I'm going to say no.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136020
136021
>>136018
Can i explore the tower that the Minotaur came from?
>>136019
Alright then, can i use lessor vigor on myself and Misty?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136021
136022 136023
>>136020
You only had one casting of Lesser Vigor prepared, so you would have to use the wand to cast it again (in humanoid shape).

The minotaur came from the stairwell. I guess you could explore it on your own if you wanted to, but idk if it's appropriate to carry on without any other party members participating...

If you went up the stairwell, you would need to leave Misty in the coutyard, or otherwise I would have to roll a bunch of steps to see how well a horse climbs stairs.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136022
>>136021
*bunch of checks
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136023
136024
>>136021
Could i do a balance check for Misty to see if she can get up the stairs?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136024
136025
>>136023
First roll a Handle Animal check to push her to do it, then roll a one Balance and one climb check to see if she's able to make it up.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136025
136026
>>136024
[1d20+6 = 26](handle animal)
[1d20-1 = 17](balance)
[1d20-4 = 4](climb)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136026
136027
>>136025
You easily push her to move up the stairs, despite her instincts and lack of training in the matter.
She balances well on the first few steps, and doesn't hurt herself.
Buuuut, when it comes to actually climbing the steps, she just can't keep her hooves in synch, slipping falling back on her bum.
She whines in frustration.

Oh, and your passive perception indicates that you hear a low growl and some scraping noises emanating from the room to the southwest as you passed it.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136027
136028
>>136026
Should i do a listen check?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136028
136029
>>136027
I rolled the check for you.
The growling sounds feline, but also vaguely humanoid.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136029
136030
>>136028
Should i do a move silently check and see what it is?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136030
136031
>>136029
I mean, you could try to sneak up on whatever's lurking there, if you really wanted to.

However, if a fight broke out, you'd have to face it alone.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136031
136032
>>136030
Could i get Misty to come with me? Or would i need to make 2 checks then?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136032
136033
>>136031
Nah, she's already trained to follow you. No check necessary.

But to add some logic to the situation: Whatever's there is sitting in the building directly beside the tower that the spines that nearly-killed you were raining down from, and directly beneath the tower were Misty saw the "winged lion" perched on earlier.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136033
136034
>>136032
Yeah i don't think i wanna take the risk, can i search upstairs instead?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136034
136035
>>136033
Sure, but you'd have to leave Misty downstairs.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136035
136037
>>136034
Yeah if anything happened i would probably run back downstairs.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136036
Or fight it if it's not very threatening.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136037
136038
>>136035
Okay.
The stairwell is completely dark (it's only 3:30-ish AM). You are unable to see as of now.
What do you do?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136038
>>136037
I ascend the stairs.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136039
136040
Also if i am a black bear do i have better night vision?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136040
136042
>>136039
You have low-light vision, but it's not really enough in the stairwell.

You are able to make it up the stairs, but you can't see very much in the room ahead. You don't sense any sort of movement.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136041
136042
Okay, Chad, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to be straight with you and say that I'd really rather wait until the other players are ready to proceed. I just realized I made a huge mistake with my maps right about now..

Light shouldn't be an issue because you have the Light spell prepared.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136042
136043
>>136040
Should i do a search check?
>>136041
When would the next time we would be able to play? If it's next weekend then i would prefer to do this now instead of waiting until then as there is nothing really stopping us from doing this unless you have other issues.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136043
136044
>>136042
I'm just really, really tired, and I have some college work to finish (I expected this to be done in the morning, but i didn't hear from anybody). I'm just finding it kind of hard to motivate myself to DM this for just one person, ngl.

Would you be open to wrap this up during the week? I have Monday and Wednesday afternoons available. I might even be able to convince the other players to join then too.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136044
136045
>>136043
Alright, i guess i can do it some other time.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136045
136046
>>136044
Thanks for your consideration.
Sorry to delay it, but I'm really not feeling it right now. I appreciate your continued enthusiasm though, and I'll make sure you're able to do something interesting next time.

I'm currently trying to reconsider the format/medium/style for which I want to run this game. Combat has been much slower than I deem to be acceptable... I might try to cut some parts down to adapt the story to a PbP format.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136046
136048
>>136045
How about making larger posts more often that cover multiple things?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
162ea94
?
No.136047
That could make things faster.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136048
>>136046
Yeah, that could help. I try.
I was hoping to do most of combat through voice chat, but I'm still working on it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136100
Okay, we should be able to play tomorrow afternoon, if the other players are ready by then.

I need to say that I made a big mistake last encounter concerning the battle map: The bugbear and minotaur came down the wrong stairwell. It's actually a really embarrassing mistake for me, because that should have been an obvious fuck-up...
Because of that, I'm going to retcon some of the damages of the last encounter (blindness, expended wand charges, etc). I will explain tomorrow.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.136101
136104 136126
I'll be able to play in about 7 hours from now.
I will put a reply in the thread when i'm back.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136102
I’m present.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.136103
Rah
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136104
136105 136116 136138
Okay, I guess I owe you guys an explanation.

Last encounter, I got so caught up in the nitty gritty details of combat, that I royally messed up with the battle map. Truth be told, the bugbear and minotaur coming down the wrong stairwell was a big mess-up, because the stairwell they were supposed to come from was inside the barracks... That messes things up because that means that they never would have entered the courtyard while most of the party was in the barracks, and Chad should have never been able to see them.
It also means that the minotaur didn't get the surprise attack he was supposed to, and that the bugbear wouldn't have been able to attack Chad or vice versa because they would have never seen each other.
I'm not about to retcon the combat scene, because I did cut the minotaur's HP in half to account for a smaller party, and the Bugbear was predisposed to fly out of a hole on the opposite side of the tower when none of his allies remained (he had plenty of spell slots and HP left; he's just a cowardly goblin). However, it's possible that combat might have resolved differently: Chad used up wand charges to recover damage, and Whiskers was permanently blinded. For that, I'm going to decide that Whiskers is no longer blinded, and Chad retains that expended wand charge.

Whiskers and Brozal are free to explore the door on the opposite side of the barracks now.
>>136101
Chad, I owe you an apology. I've been avoiding DMing for Chad during the week because I didn't want to admit that it shouldn't have been possible because Chad should have never seen the other stairwell; the stairwell you started climbing is actually the one that led to the tower where you saw the monster.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136105
>>136104
I examine the door.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136106
136107
To be clear, there are two wooden doors on the inside of the barracks, one leading to the north-western tower, another to the east.
It's meta, knowledge, but the Bugbear was supposed to come out of the western door...
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136107
>>136106
I examine the east one.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136108
136109 136124
A large table fills this room, barely leaving enough room for the halfdozen chairs arrayed around its edge. Pinned to the table’s surface by daggers is a massive map of the region.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136109
136110
>>136108
How many daggers are there?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136110
136111 136124
>>136109
Four.
Bits of paper remain where the corners of the the map stood.
On the table, you can see little tokens and figurines.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136111
136112
>>136110
Are there any loose bricks nearby?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136112
136113
>>136111
Roll search
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136113
136114
>>136112
Rolled 15
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136114
136115
>>136113
No loose bricks in this room.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136115
136117
>>136114
Anything that could function as a hammer in a pinch? I could use a table leg, but I’d prefer something sturdier.
Anonymous
d2039a8
?
No.136116
136125
>>136104
To be completely fair, Whiskers and Bagel were still scared of really exploring ahead, mostly stuck in a small trek of the Cheshire stroking the tibbit's ego while the small humanoid took a tentative step forward.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136117
136118
>>136115
Eh, there's a random plank of wood you could use.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136118
136120 136121
>>136117
Okay thanks. It doesn’t really matter, but what material is the wood? I was hoping for something that would burn for a long time because I want to craft a symbol of Pelor and light it on fire. I’m going to use the daggers as makeshift nails.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136119
136123
Can I create a long-burning jelly by mixing oil and alchemist’s fire? Napalm sticks to goblins.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136120
136123
>>136118
I’m going to scrap down the chairs and table for crafting materials to use for the symbol of Pelor.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136121
136122
>>136118
It wouldn't really last long as a symbol if you lit it on fire.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
470a69a
?
No.136122
136123
>>136121
It just needs to burn for a few minutes so goblins can see it
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136123
>>136119
You are not a spellcaster. You cannot create alchemist fire, let alone mix it.
>>136122
What goblins?
>>136120
Sure, you can do that...
Roll craft (woodworking), with a -2 penalty for improvised tools.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136124
>>136108
>>136110
Sorry, I should clarify that. There is no map in this room. The north marker left on a dagger on one corner of the table implies that there was a regional map pinned there.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136125
>>136116
Anything you want to do here though?
You came for treasure. Now's the time to search.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136126
>>136101
Chad, I'm going to situate your character outside the keep like you were before. In character, you would have never seen that bugbear, and your wand charges remain unexpended.
I'm going to remove you from the course of events for the time being, but you'll get your move later.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136127
Jorr speaks up after checking on his dogs.

"Blasted bugbear. Prolly went to go report to 'is superiors. Woulda' liked to get another clean shot at 'em.." He grumbles
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136128
He leans over Brozal's shoulder
"Say... What exactly was it ya were lookin' for in these parts?" he implores
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136130
Okay, looks like Brozal is kill, Whiskers is unable atm, and Chad is away from the keyboard, so I think I'll go have lunch and study for an hour or so.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136134
We'll continue as soon as I can get the players together.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136135
Just fyi, I'm not going to be able to do this tomorrow.
Anonymous
a897a3c
?
No.136136
136137 136138
I'm here.
I was sleeping.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136137
136140
>>136136
Okay, Chad should be situated some distance outside of the Keep, at say, 20 HP.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136138
136140
>>136136
See >>136104 >>136126
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136139
136140
The other three players have not responded...
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136140
136141
>>136137
Okay so can i explore?
>>136138
Yeah i read them, i got the impression that i shouldn't have asked about the game through the week so i didn't, it's just a game so i'm not really bothered.
>>136139
Does this mean we get another tea party by ourselves? I like it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136141
136143
>>136140
i really don't like splitting up the party in this fashion... but go ahead and roll a Listen check.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136142
136143
You can roll Spot for Misty too.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136143
136144
>>136141
[1d20+14 = 26](listen)
>>136142
Should i do it with my original modifiers?
[1d20+14 = 29](spot)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136144
136145
>>136143
Either way, that's enough to detect a shadow dashing swiftly towards the road behind you.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136145
136146
>>136144
How far is it?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136146
136147
>>136145
Pretty far, about 100 ft up and 200 ft away.
The figure is floating east, towards the road from whence you came.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136147
136148
>>136146
Is he coming closer or going away?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136148
136149
>>136147
Going away, it seems. It just passed you.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136149
136150
>>136148
Is it the bugbear?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136150
136151
>>136149
Due to my retcon, you wouldn't have seen it (your flaming sphere remains unexpended), but the figure doesn't look human.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136151
136154
>>136150
Okay then, can i search now?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136152
136153
Misty can see it semi-clearly. Chad only sees the faint outline of a shadowy figure.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136153
136154
>>136152
Can i ask her what it looks like?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136154
136155
>>136151
The vault of vraath keep? Sure. Just trot into the courtyard.
>>136153
"hairy man-creature".
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136155
136156
>>136154
Okay then i enter the courtyard, should i check the other tower?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136156
136157
>>136155
The other tower (southwest) is the one where you saw the "winged lion" perched earlier. The Northwest tower is the one with the earie flickering light.
You don't detect anything as you enter the courtyard, but something stands out to you: two of the hobgoblin corpses and a worg have disappeared.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136157
136158
>>136156
So what can i do about the goblins that have disappeared? Should i do any checks?
Also is the tower with the light the one everyone else is in?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136158
136159
>>136157
The tower is behind the barracks, yes.
The door is barricaded, but Jorr pokes his head out to see you and lets you in after a few minutes effort.
"Quickly, quickly! That damn beast is still out there!"
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136159
136160
>>136158
Okay so what can i do in the barracks?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136160
136161
The party is waiting for you in the barracks. Whiskers appears to be counting a sack of coins. Brozal seems to be attempting amateur woodworking. A dead minotaur lies before you.
Jorr fills you in on the details of the battle, explaining how the minotaur warrior and the bugbear mage waited until all their subordinates had fallen to make their move.
"The blasted savage got away! Bet he's well on his way to go see his damn master." The woodsman grumbles, shaking his fist at the memory of the mage, as he nurses one of his badly-wounded dogs.
>>136159
There are two doors. One leading left, the other leading right. Jorr says the bugbear came from the left, and fled the same way.
"Zipped right up the stairwell, he did.." The woodsman grumbles
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136161
136162
>>136160
Can i go left up the stairwell?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136162
>>136161
Yes, but the horse stays in the barracks.
Jorr hands you a torch.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136163
136165
There's actually a room behind the door.
This circular chamber has been outfitted with a mix of furniture, including a large desk, an overstuffed chair, a massive four-poster bed, and a large easel that holds a sizable canvas covered with a sheet. A flight of stairs arcs up along the south wall to the upper floor, and a fair amount of rubble from a hole in the ceiling lies heaped on the base of these stairs.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136165
136166
>>136163
Should i do a search check?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136166
136167
>>136165
Sure
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136167
136168
>>136166
[1d20+2 = 10](search)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136168
136169
>>136167
Nothing.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136169
136170
>>136168
Alright, should i go up the stairs with the light spell?
Should i try get Misty to come up the stairs again?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136170
136171
>>136169
Don't bother trying to bring the horse.
You can cast light, but you also have a torch.

There's also quite a few maps and books in this room. Looks like these were the captain's personal quarters.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136171
136172
>>136170
I will cast light, is there anything i can do with the maps?
Sorry for the delay.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136172
136173
>>136171
The there are notes and reports littered all over the place.
None of them are in any language that you can understand, but they could be worth taking.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136173
136174
>>136172
I'll put them in the saddlebags.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136174
136175
>>136173
Okay.
What next?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136175
136176
>>136174
Which ways are there for me to go?
(Exits/openings)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136176
136177
>>136175
There's the stairway up.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136177
136178
>>136176
I'll go up then.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136178
136179
>>136177
The roof of this circular chamber has partially collapsed to the southeast. Massive timbers slump against the floor, fallen from the rafters above. A huge gap in the tower’s east wall allows a brisk breeze into the chamber, which has four windows in the remaining walls. Three large boulders lie on the floor amid a halo of fractures and cracks.
Mounted about ten feet from the hole in the wall is what looks like a humanoid figure, lashed to a framework of wooden beams, arms upraised. A glow from beneath it illuminates the figure in a pale light. The reek of rotting flesh fills the room.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136179
136180
>>136178
Should i do a spot check or what?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136180
136181
>>136179
Passively, you don't see anything but a dead goblin being used as an improvised shadow puppet.
It seems as though this has been the cause of the stories of ghost sightings near Vraath Keep lately lately.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136181
136183
>>136180
Okay then should i do a search chack?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136182
*check
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136183
136184
>>136181
Sure.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136184
136186
>>136183
[1d20+2 = 8](search)
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136186
136187
>>136184
You don't see anything of value in this room.
The dead goblin appears to have been illuminated by a spell of some sort.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136187
136188
>>136186
Is this the last room of the upper floor? Or is there other doors/stairs?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136188
136190
>>136187
Yes. This is the top floor.
There's a gaping hole through which the bugbear escaped.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136189
*last room on this floor
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136190
136191
>>136188
Well can i go back downstairs and go through the other door?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136191
136192
>>136190
Sure.
You find Brozal there, trying to carve something out of wood.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136192
136193
>>136191
Okay can i go through the other door in the room?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136193
>>136192
That's where he is, yes.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136194
And before you ask, yes, you may roll search, but there is nothing in this room that you're capable of finding for now.

I need to step out.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136195
136198
Okay, Chad has had his chance to search the barracks, but he hasn't been able to find anything with his modifiers.

And the other players are still not present...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136196
136198
I don't really know how I can continue to run this tonight without at least one other player...
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136198
136199
>>136195
>>136196
Do you want to call it a night and stop or do you want to keep going with our tea party? It's your choice.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136199
136200
>>136198
I'm feeling like we just need to wait...
I'm sorry, but there's not much that can be done with just one player right now.
Anonymous
53e178f
?
No.136200
136201 136202
>>136199
I mean, I was planning on lurking through this one while watching trash on jewtube. But if you have a back-up character sheet ready for randoms, I can go with it. Could stay for 3-4 hours or so.
As long as you don't mind giving short explanations of what I need to roll the first time I need to make some check, or sometimes clarifying rules.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136201
136202
>>136200
Oh, I'd be glad to have another player.
I don't have any pre-made characters, but you could describe what kind of character you want to play in >>132102 → and I'd introduce yours at the earliest possible opportunity.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136202
136205
>>136201
>>136200
Just give me a description of what you'd like to play, and I'd walk you through character creation.
Anonymous
53e178f
?
No.136205
>>136202
>>136204 →
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136335
I should be able to DM this weekend.
I'll introduce the two new players at the same time.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136381
Okay, we'll commence in about half an hour.
I need to introduce the new characters first, so I'm going to wait until they're ready before we start.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136382
... Our Wizard has let to clock-in...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136383
I don't want to introduce the Ranger until the Wizard shows up, because I don't want to kill him by making him face his first encounter alone.
And the resolution of that encounter is supposed to be what bonds them with the rest of the party...
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.136384
136385
I'm gonna try looking for treasure.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136385
136386
>>136384
Okay. What do you do?
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.136386
136387
>>136385
I pilfer through any containers in the room.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136387
136388
>>136386
There's a table and a few chairs. Nothing else of value in this room.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.136388
136390
>>136387
Can I use mountain hammer to smash the ground?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136390
136391
>>136388
With a budgeoning weapon, yes.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.136391
136394
>>136390
I have my gauntlets. I will use mountain hammer to start smashing the ground with my gauntlets.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136392
Alright, Brozal can do that, it would take him a few mins to see whether or not he can punch through this floor.
I will be back in like 10 mins.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136393
I have been summoned unexpectedly to do an indeterminate amount of hard work.
I'm sorry guys. I'll be away from the keyboard for at least an hour...
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136394
136395 136399
d8dhc95-2de0399e-af0c-4b66-941e-f185f7414ef8 (1).png
>>136391
The zealous Orc gets creative and punches into the floor for several minutes, his adamantium fists shattering large chunks of stone on various parts of the floor. He takes up a chair and finishes the process.
However, after a while, he is able to confirm that there is no hidden door in this room.
Perhaps another room.

Pic related illustrates what has been explored in the keep so far, although Brozal has only explored this particular room and the barracks behind him.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136395
>>136394
There is no map on that table, and there's no table there anymore. I meant to edit that out.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136396
136400
.... Meanwhile.

Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan and John J. Abrams III have been riding West across the Old Forest road for a few days now. They turned south at the Cold Creek onto The Dawn Way, on their way to Drellin's Ferry.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136397
John's player is nowhere to be found, but I'll find a way to occupy Aral's
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136399
136401
>>136394
Could you use MS Paint and a copy of the map to mark where we are? It's a bit confusing.
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136400
136403
>>136396
Hi everyone. I'll be playing Aral today. He's this guy, a mystic ranger:
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2319121
At first glance he just looks like how you'd expect a wild elf to look like. He's probably covered in mud to the point where his Mithral chain shirt doesn't really reflect all that much light. Light ginger hair: some fire elf stuff. Then you'd notice a book dangling from his hip. A spell book.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136401
>>136399
Brozal is in the room that would have had the map. Everyone else is in the barracks to the west of him, including Misty, who looks rather shaken up.
Chad just stepped into the barracks from the western tower, saying that he didn't see anything that resembled the legendary vault in there.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136402
136403
I will exit into the room with the beds and then begin smashing the floor up inside of that room, after that, I will enter the room with the double bed and smash the floors up in it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136403
136404 136406 136407
>>136400
Beside him is a gray Wizard, who has appeared to have zoned out on his horse...

Aral, you're free to roll any checks you'd like for relevant knowledge skills you have for now.
>>136402
Okay, you step around the campfire, and spend a good 15 minutes ruining a perfectly good floor.
Aside from the sack of coins that Whiskers
>the room with the double bed and smash the floors
I'll warn you that if you do that, you'll smash through the floor into the room beneath it, that you didn't mention searching/smashing.
Would you like to ransack the lower floor of the tower first? It's the room that the Bugbear came out of.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136404
>>136403
*aside from the sack of coins that whisker's found, you don't find anything hidden in this room.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136405
Oh wait, I fucked up. I see now.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136406
>>136403
I will not smash the floor in the room with the double bed.
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136407
136408 136410 136412
>>136403
Knowledge (geography) to determine what notable town/cities/forts are in the vicinity, and anything related to where goblins around these parts might be found, based purely on knowledge about abandoned forts or caverns.
[1d20+20 = 39]
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136408
>>136407
shit, meant to type +10
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.136409
136410 136425
I'll play later in a bit, how long is this session going to be? Or how long is it running for?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136410
136412
Okay, from Brozal's perspective:
This circular chamber has been outfitted with a mix of furniture, including a large desk, an overstuffed chair, a massive four-poster bed, and a large easel that holds a sizable canvas covered with a sheet. A flight of stairs arcs up along the south wall to the upper floor, and a fair amount of rubble from a hole in the ceiling lies heaped on the base of these stairs.

And Brozal absolutely tears the place up, stomping the floor with his iron greaves, pushing over bookcases, flipping tables and chairs. At one point in a fit of orcish rage he lifts the king-sized, solid-oak bed over is head and smashes it down into the floor.
...
And plummets downwards as the floor caves-in beneath him...
Brozal takes 18 fall damage as he plummets 40 ft down into a shaft that Chad wasn't able find.

>>136407
You know about Drellin's Ferry, a medium sized town settled on Elsir River.

You've also heard of Vraath Keep, an old castle with a tragic history, rumored to hold a legendary treasure. Recently you've heard of rumors of a legendary

The Witchwood is a savage area. Goblinoids scourge the woods on, but wat's more dangerous is the monsters that haunt the area. The giants in these parts are notoriously fearsome.
>>136409
Not much has happened.
The Orc just pushed past you and hulk-smashed his way down into the floor. You hear a drawn-out roar before a sickening "oooomf" as the Crusader falls down the hidden shaft.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136412
136414
>>136407
>>136410
*you've heard rumors of supposed ghost sightings near the keep
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136413
Rhukk groans and takes a gander at his surroundings.
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136414
136416
>>136412
Perhaps it would be worth it to check out those rumored ghost sightings then. It is rarely actually ghosts, anyway. It might be some savages worth ridding the world of, and a good opportunity to get some loot to sell off in Drellin's Ferry. My Bag of Holding is practically empty, aside from the arrows I usually employ to acquire said loot.
I internally debate bringing this idea up to John.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136415
136417
After the dust settles, Brozal, at 4 HP, realizes that he's fallen into a secret room:
The walls of this small vault are of worked stone, the ceiling twelve feet overhead. The air is thick and smells stale and slightly smoky. Three alcoves have been cut into the walls, two to the north and one to the east. Each alcove is sealed by an iron gate and locked with chains and a large padlock. Beyond one alcove are several shelves bearing no less than ten small iron coffers. Beyond the second is a small desk and chair, the desk piled high with papers and books. Beyond the third sits a single large trunk.
A human skeleton lies slumped against the eastern alcove’s gate. Still dressed in tattered chainmail and feebly gripping a large sparkling scepter, the skeleton has a massive arrow protruding from its ribs.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136416
136420
>>136414
Vraath Keep is only a couple hours away, and it's convieniently on the path to Drellin's Ferry.
By the way, it's about 7:00 AM.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136417
136418 136419 136421
big brain time.png
>>136415
I will tie fifty feet of rope to my trident's handle, and then YEET that shit up through the hole I made so that it either sticks into the ceiling above, or someone else is able to grab it. I say nothing because I have 4 HP and don't want to be horribly murdered by anything nearby.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136418
>>136417
I will loop the rope through the wand chamber/close the door of the wand chamber around the rope if that must be done.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136419
>>136417
There is a metal ladder right behind you. It looks easy enough to climb.
But if you insist on going big brain, roll a Str check to throw the trident 50 ft straight upwards into the stone ceiling...
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136420
136422
>>136416
I do bring it up to John. At this point, it is worth noting that Aral is not very eloquently spoken, and usually speaks in short sentences. He's very blunt about things, and doesn't do well in social situations that require any amount of tactfulness.
>Hey, you want to kill some "ghosts" or whatever they might be? They're on the way to town.
(Btw, what else might they be?) [1d20+12 = 26] - Knowledge (nature)
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136421
136422
>>136417
Rolled 13 on my str check.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136422
136424
>>136420
Your skills as a Ranger let you know that this forrest is home to a tribe of bloodthirsty giants, swarms of ravenous Ettercaps, agile carnivorous plants, giant monstrous vermin, savage dire animals, and even Dryads who haunt the ancient trees.
There are also a greater deal of magical, less-natural monsters unknown to you in these woods, which would require an arcana check.
>>136421
Nah.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136423
136425
I put away the rope after the failed attempt, and use the ladder to get back up. "Hey, I need some help over here! I found something!" I yell.
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136424
136425
>>136422
Knowledge (arcana)
[1d20+6 = 21]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136425
136427 136444
>>136409
You want to help out Brozal?
>>136423
You can call, but idk if anyone is present.
Oh wait, there's Jorr.
"Alright, I'm coming.. I know a thing or two about traps. The woodsman says."
>>136424
The forrest is also home to various magical monsters, particularly worgs who've been semi-domesticated and thoroughbred by the savage goblinoids in the region. Territorial Girallons battle for dominance in the thick of the woods. There have been recent sightings of a manticore attacking merchants on the dawn way. Flocks of Stirges are occasionally seen flying over the forest.The Witchwood is also home to a number of trolls, supposedly including several of the infamous Tree Trolls.
At least one Gray Render makes the Witchwood its territory, based on the markings you'd seen along the old forest road.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136426
Jorr climbs down the ladder quickly, and eventually calls up the ladder after a quick search of the room.
"No traps that I could tell. Looks like this was the family vault." He says to Brozal
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136427
136428 136433
>>136425
Aral notices John's silence. He considers he might have actually entered a trance on horseback. Unbelievable. In an attempt to get his attention, he flaunts one of the wild ideas in his recent speculations.
To John:
>You know, it might actually be a Gray Render.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136428
136431
>>136427
Oh yeah, and Owlbears. I forgot about those guys. You can tell they're native to these parts.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136429
136430
Brozal taps his body with his trident and says, "Griltenfag". An aura of light surrounds him as his wounds begin to seal. Using a charge of my wand of minor vigor while resting in the top room.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136430
136432
>>136429
You can't normally use wands, but whatever.. I'll put you at 15 HP from the wand charge.
I'm going to make you swap that for a healing belt later.

The iron gates appear locked.
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136431
>>136428
What is the likelihood that they're actually ghosts though? And what else could live in those ruins that could be confused for ghosts?
Knowledge (dungeoneering)
[1d20+10 = 11]
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136432
136433
>>136430
I climb back down and search the coffers.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136433
136434
>>136427
You've never heard of ghosts in this region, but then again you've never seen a ghost before.
>>136432
The body looks pretty swagged-up, but sure.
I'm going to assume you Mountain-Hammered through the vault gate to get to the coffers.
The coffers are fancy, each encrested with the Vraath Coat Of Arms (a stylized V). They appear to be locked.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136434
136435
>>136433
I will wait for someone to come down and try lockpocking it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136435
136436
>>136434
I'll tell you now that nobody in this party took enough ranks in lockpicking to open these coffers.
Even Jorr, who is a rogue, doesn't have the skill to do so.
"Eh, it was never my style." The woodsman says, scratching his head.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136436
136437 136439
>>136435
Rhukk raises his fists above his head and widens his legs in a mock of the punishing stance before slamming his gauntlets down onto the coffers with mountain hammer. “RAAAAAGHHH!”
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136437
136439
>>136436
Oop forgot what character I was playing.
*Brolaz
Anonymous
c04452b
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No.136438
136440
[1d20+5 = 24] - Heal check to determine if John actually died on the horse, or is otherwise affected by an unusual state. It is worth to at least inspect him with a quick glance, considering his silence. He does seem to be guiding his horse though, so he's probably fine. Still, it never hurts to apply a healthy amount of paranoia in everyday life. Or so would Aral say.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136439
136441 136442
>>136436
Rhukk?
>>136437
Ah
The first coffer is eventually busted open with Jorr's help, revealing a multitude of shiny metal coins (gold, silver and copper). The next five reveal even more coins. Three off the coffers contains several letters of credit, long since expired (there must be some happy (((bankers))) somewhere). The last appears to carry a single fancy scroll, sealed with a red ribbon and peppered with golden leaf.
"Ya reckon that's the deed to the castle?" Jorr implores
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136440
>>136438
John is alive. I'm just not sure what to do without his player.
This is what I get for improvising to prepare content...
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136441
136442
>>136439
I take all of the goodies. “I figured it was a painting or something.”
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136442
136443
shekel_bag.jpg
>>136439
In all, 2,500 sp, 2,100 gp, and 120 pp are kept in the coffers.
Oh wait, that's platinum, not copper.

And a fancy deed.
>>136441
Brozal gathers it all up in a big, greedy shekel sack (pick related).
There are still two alcoves left. One has a skeleton in front of it, who's still wearing some fancy-looking stuff.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136443
136445
>>136442
I check the alcoves and take the skeleton so I can bury it.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136444
136445
I have came.
>>136425
>You want to help out Brozal?
Yeah i'll do that now.
What should i do?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136445
136446 136447
>>136443
Want to loot the skeleton first? His gauntlets look pretty shiny, that weapon looks one of a kind too.
Brozal spends a few minutes hammering on the gate to the next alcove until it breaks.
It's full of books.
The third alcove contains only a single large trunk. The trunk is unlocked, and retains what appears to be various trophies kept by the last keeper of the vault.
It contains a fancy Chain Shirt that looks like mithril. A large skull with curling horns that may have belonged to a dragon, a string of two-dozen giant tusk-like teeth on a chain, an enormous Spiked Gauntlet fit for a giant, and a fancy-looking staff (magick?)
>>136444
Nice Trips.
You scale down the ladder and find Brozal, his everburning torches illuminating the entire room. He appears to have found the vaults and broken all the locks and gates that got between him and the treasure.
There's a room full of books too, if you want to check that out.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136446
136448
>>136445
Should i do a search check in the book room?
Should i heal bro with the wand?
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.136447
136451
>>136445
I will loot the skelly first
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136448
136449
>>136446
Sure, you can heal him, if you want.
No roll is necessary to search the room. Unlike the books in the room above, these books are written in common. The books appear to be manuscripts and records of the keep's history.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136449
136464
>>136448
I will heal him.
What can i do with the books other than read them? Are they worth anything?
Anonymous
c04452b
?
No.136450
136453
Aral decides to close his eyes for a moment and focus a little to try and guess what wild critters are in the vicinity, along the side of the road. It is not quite meditation, but pretty close to it. It is just something he does to pass the time while traveling.
[1d20+9 = 26] - Listen check
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136451
136452
>>136447
The skelly's armor is mostly rusted away, except for the fancy gauntlets. In one hand lies a brilliant mace-like weapon that sparkles with bright motes of light. As Brozal picks it up, it grows with a soft light equivalent to that of a torch. The shaft is an ivory-like material, and the hilt is inlaid with gold.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136452
136454
>>136451
Brozal gives the mace a good swing. He knocks one of the walls with a single strike from it(using mountain hammer ofc).
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136453
136455
>>136450
You hear a low buzzing in the woods to your left.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136454
136457
>>136452
The mace-star strikes true, bashing into the wall with a considerable dent in the wall and a burst of white-hot light as sparks erupt from where the weapon struck stone.
The chamber shakes.
"Will you let us leave before you take this whole place down?" Jorr pleads, with a hint of annoyance
Anonymous
c04452b
?
No.136455
136456
>>136453
I open my eyes and look in the direction of the sound.
[1d20+16 = 34] - Spot
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136456
136458
>>136455
You see an enormous insect speeding towards you.
Roll initiative.
Anonymous
44eee0f
?
No.136457
136459
>>136454
“Hm. Yes. First there is more treasure to take.” Brozal inspects the gauntlets while pocketing the mace.
Anonymous
c04452b
?
No.136458
136459
>>136456
Shit. [1d20+5 = 13]
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136459
136460 136462 136463
il_570xN.2078038047_8i6a.jpg
>>136457
The gauntlet appears to primative, but it's also clearly of masterwork quality, perhaps greater. The claw-like spines are made of the teeth of an unknown beast, and glisten in the torchlight.
The gauntlet is so large only a giant could wear it effectively.
>>136458
Too slow.
The insect speeds towards you and lashes out with it's claws and mandibles, managing to hit you because you're flat-footed. You take 6, then 8 piercing damage.
Roll an opposed grapple check, or Escape artist, if that's higher.
The beast is large sized.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136460
136461
>>136459
Dunno how but I’m stuffing that gauntlet into my inventory. I’ll also pilfer through the trunk and take the mithril chain shirt, the pseudo-dragon skull, and the fancy staff.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136461
>>136460
It's way to big to be a pseudodragon skull. Looks like a young dragon.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136462
>>136459
Pardon my mistake, you only took 6 damage from that claw attack.
Anonymous
c04452b
?
No.136463
136471
>>136459
grapple [1d20+8 = 9]
ride check to steady horse [1d20+10 = 30]
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136464
136465
Did you read my post OP?
>>136449
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136465
136466
>>136464
I'm sorry, Anon.
No, the books don't appear to be valuable to anyone who isn't a resident of the keep.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136466
136467 136469
>>136465
Well is there anywhere else i can search in this secret room?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136467
136470
>>136466
Not really, Brozal has revealed pretty much all of the treasure. You could roll some checks to perhaps reveal some lore about the items found so far, or claim a share of the loot/coins.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136469
136470
>>136466
I think Chad still has Detect Magic Prepared. He could roll Spellcraft to try to identify some one the items revealed so far.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136470
136471
>>136467
>>136469
I'm not too bothered about the loot, [1d20+11 = 13](minecraft)
I'll let you get on with the battle.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136471
136472
>>136470
That wasn't a very good check...
But you do detect:
>Strong Conjuration on the Staff
>Moderate Evocation on the Mace
>Faint Evocation on the Giant Gauntlet
>Faint Transmutation on the Gauntlets
>Faint Abjuration on the Mithril Chainshirt
>>136463
Oh, sorry, I didn't see your post
You manage to stay on your horse, but the manage still manages to grapple you, biting into you for an additional 9 damage.
Your turn.
Anonymous
c04452b
?
No.136472
136473
>>136471
>manage to stay on your horse, but the manage still manages to grapple.
I try to manage to escape being managed to be continually grappled. [1d20+8 = 11]
Aral, please manage that.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136473
136474 136475
>>136472
Nope.
The beast deals 5 more claw damage to you, and bites into your side as it begins to feed, dealing another 5 damage.

John lays on the sidelines, drooling slightly.
Anonymous
c04452b
?
No.136474
136478
>>136473
At this point I'm screaming like hell in an attempt to bring John out of whatever is going on with him. (pls advise for check if that effort could be successful)
And attempt to escape the grapple, this time substituting 2 attacks.
[1d20+8 = 23]
[1d20+3 = 19]
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.136475
136478 136480
>>136473
“I want the mace and the gauntlet. The gold and platinum must be given to the temple of Pelor.”
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136478
136479 136481 136483
>>136474
The first attempt fails, but the second attempt succeeds. Aral is no longer grappled.
Your horse isn't a war horse... So it looks like you can't control it this round. Yechnically you wouldn't have been able to make a full attack while riding a non-war horse, but that was my mistake.
The mantis lashes out again, managing to hit you for 7 damage.
... I'm going to need another opposed grapple check from you.

>>136475
Noted. Want to put them on?
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
?
No.136479
136482
>>136478
[1d20+8 = 25] - grapple
Figures it would be a buzzing insect to cause grief. I hate those.
BTW what is this thing, and what would be useful to know about it? [1d20+12 = 15] - nature
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.136480
136481
>>136475
"I'm fine with that, better then it going to the bankers."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
?
No.136481
>>136480
>>136478
>mantis
Seems I forget what I read in like 5 seconds. Disregard the question.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136482
136484 136487
>>136479
A giant praying mantis. A monstrous vermin.
The beast is deadly mindless predator. It's claws and fangs are razor sharp.
You succeed in not being grappled this turn, and narrowly-miss a bite attack from the monster.

Your turn.
Remember, you need to succeed on a 20 DC ride check as a move action to control a horse that hasn't been trained for war.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.136483
136484
>>136478
I put on the new gauntlets.
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136484
136485 136487
>>136482
You could also dismount.
>>136483
Brozal feels noticably stronger as he puts on the gauntlets.
On a scale of 1 to 18, he feels like a 20.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.136485
136486
>>136484
+2 to str?
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136486
>>136485
That's a way of saying it.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
?
No.136487
136488
>>136482
>>136484
I'm fine with just staying in the saddle for now. (And I have 10 effective Ride)
I'd like to cast Burning Hands at the mantis. [5d4 = 13]
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136488
136490
>>136487
You still need to succeed on the Ride check.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
?
No.136490
136493
>>136488
[1d20+10 = 24] - ride
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136493
136494
>>136490
The monster crit fails it's attack of opportunity and likewise fails it's saving throw.
The creature is damaged, but otherwise unhindered. It lashes out again.
... And hits you, dealing another 12 claw damage.
I'm going to need another opposed grapple check.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
?
No.136494
136495
>>136493
[1d20 = 4]+8
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136495
136497
>>136494
Fail, even if rolled correctly.
You are grappled once more, and the monster deals another 5 bite damage.

Your turn.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
?
No.136497
136498
>>136495
Attempt to escape grapple [1d20+8 = 18]
>11 hp, wew
Anonymous
648ae9c
?
No.136498
136499
>>136497
The monster crit, fails it's check, letting you free.
You technically needed to make a ride check first. Roll it.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
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No.136499
136501
>>136498
[1d20+10 = 17] - ride
Sorry, forgot about that.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136501
136502
>>136499
Fail.
Technically you should have spent your full round trying to control your untrained horse, but I'm just going to say you fell off during the grapple. Your horse runs off. You can find it later.
You are now prone.

The monsters attempts to grab you again, but you narrowly dodge it's claws and teeth, wriggling on the ground beneath it like a worm.

Your turn again.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
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No.136502
136503
>>136501
I use my full attack with the rapier, attacking the mantis above me.
[1d20+4 = 24]
[1d20-1 = 17]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136503
136504
>>136502
Both attacks hit. Roll damage.
In fact, both of those are cits.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
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No.136504
136505
>>136503
[1d6+2 = 4]
[1d6+2 = 3]
For future reference, would multiplication work in this BB code dice rolling stuff?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136505
136506
>>136504
The insect takes 8, then 6 damage from Aral's desperate attacks with his rapier, the thin blade piercing through the knicks in the arthropod's exoskeleton.
It raises it's claws to attack once more, but then collapses on top of him, finally succumbing to its wounds.

The monster is now unconscious and dying.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
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No.136506
136508
>>136505
I push it off me, get up and stab it a few times for good measure.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136508
136509
Awww, darn. I forgot to make you roll to confirm those threats.
*rolls some dice*
Okay, technically you wouldn't have actually managed to kill that monster, and it would have still had a few HP next round and it would have probably killed you the following round.

However, this was just a random encounter meant to teach you the basics of combat and occupy you as compensation for John not showing up.
>>136506
It dies from the coup de grace.
The monster has no treasure, but a random healing potion appears in the air that you can drink to regain all of your expended HP for this encounter.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
c04452b
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No.136509
>>136508
>random healing potion
lol
I'll take it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136510
136512 136518
Bozal, Chad, you have the rest of this entire session to decide how you want to divide the loot. You can even chat after I leave, if you want. You never need my permission to talk in-character.

Whiskers won't be present today, and it looks like John won't be here either.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
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No.136512
136514
>>136510
I thought we already decided. I’m alright with giving Chad anything I didn’t call dibs on(such as the mace and the gauntlets).
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136514
136515
>>136512
You have found the Vault Of Vraath Keep. The quest that you came to these woods for is over.
If you heave the dead minotaur out of the barracks, it would make a suitable place to camp for the time being.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
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No.136515
136516
>>136514
I’ll use the minotaur carcass to block the doorway.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136516
136517
>>136515
Not big enough.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
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No.136517
>>136516
Oh well. I’ll remove the body from the building so we can all rest in it.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.136518
136519
>>136510
What does the staff do exactly?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136519
136520
>>136518
Technically you have no way of knowing, but roll Spellcraft and I might tell you anyway.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.136520
136523
>>136519
[1d20+11 = 18](spellcraft)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136523
136524
>>136520
Not nearly enough, but I'll tell you anyway because I want you in particular to have this item.
The staff is made of white oak and carved to resemble braided bands of holly and oak boughs, twisted around a unicorn’s horn at the end.
It's a Staff of Life with 7 charges left. It has enough charges to use Heal 7 times, or Raise dead once and Heal twice.

Since I originally statted you as an Athasian Druid, you can cast either spell from this staff. It's precious, so don't waste it.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.136524
136525
>>136523
How well can it heal and raise dead? What quality is it?
I'll probably keep the charges so that i can Frankenstein someone.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136525
136526
>>136524
Well enough to heal serious injuries and ailments that would otherwise cripple a party member, and to resurrect a PC who hasn't been dead that long.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.136526
136527
>>136525
How long would it take before i can no longer resurrect someone?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136527
136528
I'm going to go to dinner.

this might be it for the weekend, because I still have meatspace work to do, unless I can get either Whiskers or John's players to show up, particularly John's...
I might be able to DM in a narrow window tomorrow though, might.
>>136526
Your spellcraft check wasn't good enough to know that, but you'd be better off using it immediately if you want to bring someone back from the dead.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.136528
>>136527
Alright then, have a goodnight anon.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136666
136670
We should be able to play Saturday, if all goes well.
I'm going to make sure to introduce Aral this weekend. If I can't get John's player to show by tomorrow I'm just going to write him out of the game.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.136670
136760 136761
>>136666
That should be fine.
Nice mega Satan quads.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136747
136748 136749
Okay, John's player messaged me last night, but if he doesn't show up in one our I'm going to have to phase-spider him out of the game.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136748
>>136747
*One hour
Anonymous
21930a3
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No.136749
article-0-16B5427F000005DC-845_634x432.jpg
>>136747
Those crafty phase spooders
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136750
John has contacted me... But idk when he's going to be ready...
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136751
I never should have had that bugbear escape with all of the the plot hooks...
I'm going to give John just a little longer before I move forward.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136752
So far, I've been doing Aral's arch on voicechat.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136753
136763
Chad, are you there?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136754
Okay, at this point, Aral has made his way to the keep, and is "shaking hands" with Bro.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136755
136756
Okay, so the Fire Elf and the Water Orc do not immediately kill eachother.
Anonymous
4e5d3ac
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No.136756
136765
Aral.png
>>136755
>the Fire Elf and the Water Orc do not immediately kill eachother.
However, the former is a short-spoken awkward assburger with really low WIS, and the latter is a moron with low INT. Not much room for long-winded conversation. They both kinda need the face of the party to function well in social situation. Still, the initial encounter seemed to go well.
Pic related is a generalized rendition of what Aral would look like.
Immediately visible: A longbow, Mithral Chainshirt, some blue cloak, and a little spell book dangling from his belt.
For the purposes of this meeting, he pretty much look like this, just covered with a bit more mud than usual, and maybe a few bruiser from his last encounter.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136757
136763
And they exchange words.
Whiskers isn't here, John isn't here, and Chad is nowhere to be seen... Not sure what else we can do today with only two players.

However, the entire party is now gathered in one place. You may roleplay in-character as much as you want even between sessions (especially between sessions); on the thread or in the server.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136759
To sum up some into that Aral revealed after taking the map from the Wyrmlord Koth (which he managed to defeat, by himself):
• Wyrmlord Koth was responsible for gathering information
about the defenses of the region, in preparation for a large
assault on Drellin’s Ferry.
>• There’s not a real ghost in the tower; it was all faked to keep
anyone from coming to the keep and snooping around.
>• A great army is gathering up in the Wyrmsmokes, somewhere
on the far side of Skull Gorge.
>• The assault on Drellin’s Ferry is scheduled to take place
soon.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136760
136761 136763
>>136670
Chad, could I try to convince you one more time to open a Discord account? It doesn't take that long to do.
So far all the other players are in the server, and combat is a lot faster and smoother in voicechat than it is through chansite text. It would help out with scheduling and communication too.
Anonymous
4e5d3ac
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No.136761
136762 136763
>>136670
>>136760
I support this. I made an anon account just for this game and use it through a browser. It may turn out I'll use it for future games too, who knows. The point is that it makes playing more convenient and doesn't require you to use any existing account, or install some app.
I also suggest to formalize how we're going to still keep track of the game on the board though. I think it is beneficial to have it here, both for the board and for D&D.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136762
>>136761
Yeah.
I had planned to DM combat in VC from the beginning. Doing it in VC allows me to resolve combat in a few minutes, rather than several hours.

Chansites aren't exactly the best gaming medium...
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.136763
136765
>>136753
>>136757
I went to sleep.
>>136760
>>136761
Uh it bugs me but if it'll help then i will, you better not make me into some discord tranny.
When i have it done i'll let you know in this thread.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.136764
136765 136766
Alright the dick sword account has been forged in the most gayest of forges.
No idea where the secret FBI gaming server is though, do you have a name for it or something?
Anonymous
4e5d3ac
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No.136765
136767
rhodmap.jpg
>>136763
Thank you. We're not discussing leftist politics or planning to raid the evil 'chans though, it really is just for easier communication for the game, I swear.

So while you are getting that set up, a fire elf of all things just appeared, bloody well knocked on the door of the barracks in a polite manner in this ruined keep you holed up in, and your orc companion just opened it for him and gave him a polite welcome. It was a pretty odd sight. They exchanged a few words in orcish, but so far they seem to be surprisingly non-aggressive towards each other. It turns out his name is Aral. He explained he killed a goblinoid on the road, then traced its tracks backwards, that is how he arrived here. He also produced a map from his bag, with markings and notes on it in the Goblin language. This has very alarming implications, as the notes seem to indicate that the goblins are unusually organized, and seem to be planning to mount an assault on Drellin's Ferry. The party is currently discussing what to do about all of this, with the consensus - so far - being that they should warn the town of this discovery.
This is Aral >>136756
And pic related is the map.
Not much time has passed from your perspective, this all pretty much just happened in the last few minutes. Or ten. Along those lines.

>>136764
There is a link in the other thread somewhere.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136766
>>136764
Click this link https://discord.gg/pfmFw7
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.136767
>>136765
>We're not discussing leftist politics or planning to raid the evil 'chans though, it really is just for easier communication for the game, I swear.
Humph, i'll trust you for now but if i see one tranny dick i'm out.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136768
The party has elected to travel back to Drellin's Ferry to warn the townsfolk. Using a summoned mount, the party could reach Drellin's Ferry by noon.
Ill Tidings
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136769
DAY FOUR: 1:00 PM

Okay, so the PCs rode back to town, wandered in different directions for about an hour, and were eventually summoned to the inn to report back to Speaker Wiston.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136770
136771
The Town Speaker, Norro Wiston, steps into the inn’s common room. Captain Soranna follows him, along with another tall, broad-shouldered woman with blonde-gray hair—Delora Zann, the master of the town’s livery stable. The speaker ushers the rest of the townsfolk out of the room; Kellin, the halfling who runs the Old Bridge, helps him. Then the four townsfolk sit down across from you. “Well?” asks Wiston. “What happened? What sort of trouble are we in for?”
Anonymous
4e5d3ac
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No.136771
136772
>>136770
"Big."
I show them the map.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136772
136773 136774
>>136771
The middle age man squints at you, having not met you before.
"A pleasure to meet you." he says slowly
Then he looks at the map
“That’s our vale, all right. What do these goblin scribbles say?”
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.136773
>>136772
"Their plans to attack here"
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
4e5d3ac
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No.136774
136775
>>136772
"Invasion plans, troop movements, with projected dates. Right next to your town, its say 'Day 5'".
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136775
136777
>>136774
The man appeared concerned, but not too worried, yet.
“But you can stop them, can’t you? I mean, when you say an invasion, you mean a just hundred or so, right? We could help.”
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.136776
136779
“Fucking goblins about to attack. I’m going to kill them.”
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
4e5d3ac
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No.136777
136778
>>136775
"They have plans to attack this land and carry on to Elsircross and beyond. It would be wise to not take such confidence lightly. Yes, help could come in handy."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136778
136780
>>136777
The man's expression darkens.
"Wait.. Just how many of the damn savages are we dealing with?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136779
>>136776
Wiston nods at that.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
4e5d3ac
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No.136780
136781
>>136778
"All of them."
Little awkward pause.
"Tribes united by a new warlord. Organized. Enough to start a war."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136781
136782
>>136780
He blinks
"Wait, when you say 'tribes united', do you mean all the tribes or just... a few?"
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
4e5d3ac
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No.136782
136783 136784
>>136781
Alar points to the leftmost note on the map and translates it slowly, word by word.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
4e5d3ac
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No.136783
>>136782
Or *Aral does that, that works too. In my defence, I'm typing while tired.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136784
136785
>>136782
The man appears dismissive at first until Aral reads it to him
"All goblins united? I've never heard of such-"
Then he grows pale
“Th-that could be thousands! Pelor save us! We can’t fight an army like that! What are we to do?”
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
4e5d3ac
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No.136785
136787
>>136784
"Prepare. Evacuate any unable to fight. Spread the news to the surrounding settlements."
And just before he can respond to that, Aral proceeds to translate the note about the dwarf bridge, then point out the bottleneck at Skull Gorge. All very matter-of-factly, with little emotion.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136786
The middle aged man's expression is one of panic and indecision. The hobgoblins have never formed such a large army in the recorded history of Elsir Vale. Aral would know from his own experience that their warlike nature has always caused them to control their own populations in constant battle, but united, they could be unstoppable...
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136787
Okay. I need to go leave for dinner. I think it's been a productive session, despite the lack of active players.
Kudos to Aral, who's player has proven to be as sharp as his PC.
>>136785
At Aral's proposal, the middle aged human steps away and begins chattering with the council.

I'll post his response later tonight.
Anonymous
8f0bcbd
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No.136788
136791
6000094.jpg
Y'all niggas is racist
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.136789
Nigger
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136791
136792
>>136788
Literally who?
Anonymous
8f0bcbd
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No.136792
im-altering-the-deal-pray-i-dont-alter-it-any-further.jpg
>>136791
A shitposting observer
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136929
I never did type speaker Wiston's response to Aral's proposal...
A passive sense motive check (not trying to hide it), suggests he probably agrees with the course of action, but isn't sure about the logistics.

I'll type his actual response some time before this weekend.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136987
The game is tomorrow. I should be ready at about ~8:30 EST, and we'll start as soon as I can get the party together.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136997
136998
Speaker Wiston chatters with the city council for quite some time. Shouts of disbelief echo across the hall. The members of the council have various opinions.
Delora, the stables owner, appears grim. A seasoned ex-adventurer herself, having no illusions of how fighting or talking would pan out.
>“I’ve seen towns put to the sword before. Death or slavery await us if we remain here. We must gather the things we can and flee east, the sooner the better!”
Iormel, a wealthy merchant, seems sarcastic and snappish. He favors fighting, because he can’t bear the thought of abandoning his property or paying a hefty ransom.
>“We can’t let them take everything we’ve worked so hard for, just because we lack the nerve to stand up to this hobgoblin rabble!”
Kellin, the halfling who runs the inn, seems optimistic and even tempered. Kellin advocates sending emissaries to the hobgoblins and trying to buy them off with whatever it takes.
>“They want treasure, don’t they? Let’s give it
to them this time, but see to our defenses. If they come back next year and ask for more, we’ll be ready to fight then.”
Captain Sorana groans at that remark. She also appears grim. She does not make any remarks though, it being her job to exercise whatever decisions the city council makes. She does, however, say:
>“It’s not for me to say. I’ll try to do whatever you ask me to, but I don’t think I can stop an army of thousands...”
Wiston himself appears flustered and indecisive. The speaker doesn’t really know what to do. He naturally leans toward trying to talk to the hobgoblins, but he doesn’t expect that would work.
>“I guess I don’t see that it could hurt to at least ask them what they want... That elf seemed pretty serious though... Maybe we should tell folks to get their children and elderly in wagons heading east, while we still can. What do you think?”
And at that, the whole council looks towards the party again.

(This would be the kind of encounter to resolve through roleplay.)
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.136998
137000 137001
>>136997
>Evacuating the weak does not hurt them. Having them stay in a war zone does.
Aral turns to Sorana:
>What kind of defenses do you have?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.136999
137004
Drellin_s_Ferry_Large.jpg
Map of Drellin's Ferry, in case anyone was interested.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137000
137004
>>136998
Iormel, the wealthiest land-owner in the city, snaps at that.
"But what about our land, our riches, our assets, our property?!" the tall old merchant shouts, squinting at Aral's unfamiliar face
"You're adventurers, are you not? We we're already paying you fifty pounds each to fix the problem, so finish the job! If it's more gold you want, I can pay generously to defend our homes from those savages."
The stubborn old merchant continues to ramble stuff I won't type out unless solicited. You get the picture.

I need to find my notes for Soranna's warband... I think it was less than a hundred men.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137001
137008
>>136998
The Fighter walks over to the elf, muttering quietly and flatly, as if not to make her opinion heard to the council.
"... My troops are trained to protect the town and surrounding roads from raiders and bandits, not entire armies. Most of them are just boys, voluntold to help quell the recent uptick in raids. If what you say is true, our defenses aren't nearly enough.."

"Oi! What's she saying over there?!" The Iormel pipes up
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137002
Btw, I neglected to count that Brozal spent a while burying the skeleton of Lord Vraath, and that Aral needed to spend an hour to prepare Mount in his empty spell slot, so it should actually be 3-4 PM in-game.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137003
Ffs, I need to get this campaign organized... This is the third week in a row where only one player showed up on time.
Anonymous
bf29bc8
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No.137004
>>136999
>>137000
I would just feel bad if I continued to leave these trips unchecked. That is all.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137006
137008
I'm currently waiting for anyone to say something.
Anonymous
bf29bc8
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No.137008
137010
>>137001
>>137006
Aral, at this point not even facing the council anymore, to Captain Sorana:
>Is there no way to get reinforcements?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137010
137011 137012 137015 137019
>>137008
"The nearest city is Brindol, to the east. They're much larger than us, and have stronger forces, but I doubt they'd march them all here to fight for us.." she says, solemnly
Anonymous
bf29bc8
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No.137011
137012
>>137010
Meow is in the sever btw.
Anonymous
0a72715
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No.137012
137013
>>137010
>>137011
I'm also here, but I dunno what's going on by this point.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137013
137014
>>137012
Okay, so, you guys found the treasure you first started your quest for in Vraath Keep.
You also found evidence that an army of thousands of goblinoids and other monsters is preparing to storm Drellin Ferry.

Aral, the Elven Ranger/Wizard PC who finished off the bugbear and found the battle map, had proposed evacuating the town.

Speaker Wiston, the one who first commissioned you, seems to agree somewhat, but he's having a hard time convincing the city council, particularly some of the wealthier land owners in the city who do not wish to abandon their property. He is also unsure how quickly he can get the entire city mobilized.
Anonymous
0a72715
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No.137014
137015 137019
>>137013
Whiskers, who simply had been sleeping on Chad's horse for a while now (Typical cat stuff), jolts awake at such predicament. So that wasn't a dream, he thought to himself as he stretched his body quickly.

With that little ritual done, he turns to the other members in the room. "Are you sure there's no other forces that may hear our plight?" he asked in cat form.
Anonymous
bf29bc8
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No.137015
137016 137019
>>137010
>A request for help should still be attampte-
>>137014
>H-hello?
Anonymous
0a72715
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No.137016
137017
>>137015
Whiskers turned to the the elf, flickering his whiskers slightly as he lightly scrunched up. "Yes?" he replied.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137017
137018
>>137016
>I am certain I have not cast Speak with Animals. What are you?
Anonymous
0a72715
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No.137018
137020
>>137017
"I'm a cat," Whiskers replied bemusedly, staring up at the elf "never seen one before?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137019
137022
Lord Koths Map.jpg
>>137015
>>137014
>>137010
The army hails from the north.
The nearest city is Brindol, some ways east. Only a couple small farming settlements lay in between. Should all refugees flee the town, Brindol would be the only city large enough to accommodate them.
Brindol is twice as far East as Skull Gorge is North. Even if all of Brindol's forces were to come, there's no promise that they'd even arrive before the goblins.

This information is revealed partially revealed by captain Soranna, and partly by a passive geography check I auto-rolled for Aral.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137020
137021 137022 137023
>>137018
Aral switches to who-the-fuck-cares mode. He does this in social situations quite a lot, either when in a predicament that would prompt him to lose his temper, or when he's confronted with social stuff he doesn't know how to handle, or maybe even doesn't care to handle.
This one so far encompasses all of the above.
>Well, Cat, what is your take on our current situation?
And noticing that the cat just talked, and every seemed to just go with it as if this was normal, he continues:
>Want to help convince these two-legged folk to prepare for the goblins properly?
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137021
>>137020
*everyone seemed to
Anonymous
0a72715
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No.137022
137024 137026
>>137019
>>137020
"It's quite the predicament," Whiskers replied before softly licking his paw. "mlemSo we might mlem have to meet the reinforcements mlem halfway."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137023
>>137020
The most of the city council have seen the cat talk before. A few confused murmurs resonate across the folks who gathered around.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137024
137025 137026
>>137022
"I could send riders out to Brindol, but even that would take days... Perhaps it would be better to evacuate the town sooner than later.." Wiston says.

"If only there were some way to slow those savages down.." The middle-aged human ponders
Anonymous
0a72715
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No.137025
137027
>>137024
"Don't we have any damaging spells that damage on proximity?" Whiskers asked as he stopped his licking. "We could litter them on their path to slow them down."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137026
137028 137029
>>137022
>That would require abandoning the town, a much easier defended position than just somewhere along the road. I'd rather hold until Brindol's troops get here, and so would some others.
Aral nods towards Iormel.
>I just need help convincing this people to start preparing for an evacuation and setting up defenses.
>>137024
Turning to the human:
>The first choke point in their movements appears to be the Skull Gorge Bridge, but we may not get there in time. There is also a note about the dwarf bridge,...
[Aral translates the remark about that, again]
>...and lastly, this very town. It is very possible that it might fall to these savages, make no mistake. But mounting a defense might slow them down for the sake of the rest of the Vale, and for those evacuating on the road.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137027
137029
>>137025
Wiston seems confused
"You think a few spells will slow down an army of thousands?" he looks unconvinced
"... Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt if you tried."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137028
137030
>>137026
Wiston looks at the map.
"This bridge... Is very important to the Vale. There's no trade along the north road without it..." he says, wincing
"..But, if it were compromised, any army would have trouble crossing the gorge. That would at least mean we'd have time it get a head start without those bastards on our tails..."
Anonymous
0a72715
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No.137029
137031 137032
>>137026
"I'm not exactly made to combat directly," Whiskers retorted with a frown "especially for a large scale battle."
>>137027
Exhaling softly as the nerves start to get him, the kitty looks at Wiston. "If one of those few spells can kill hundreds," he replied "then it'll help."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137030
137031
>>137028
>What would it take for the bridge to get... compromised?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137031
137033 137034
>>137029
"Well, if you think it would help, the city council would be glad to reward you for your efforts." He says.
>>137030
"Well, you're the one who pointed it out..." Wiston says, scratching his head.
"The bridge is sturdy and reliable, made of dwarven-cut stone. It's wide enough for multiple horses and carts to cross with ease." He continues
"But it's still just a bridge. With enough power, maybe a spell of sorts, it could be broken or smashed, and all the stones would tumble into the Gorge.."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137032
137033
>>137029
>Cat. Can you take out a bridge?
Anonymous
0a72715
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No.137033
137041
>>137032
>>137031
Whiskers glanced at the people present with a blank look on his face. "...I have a Fireball and Hail scroll still," he offered "but nothing innate to myself that can break bridges with."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137034
137035 137036
>>137031
To Soranna:
>Can you spare men? Even if we fail to compromise its integrity, that bridge is still out best chance to set up an ambush.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137035
137037
>>137034
"I'm not sure what my men can do, but I'll see if I can spare any to assist you." She replies.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137036
137041
>>137034
Wiston speaks up.
"I can probably convince the town to evacuate, eventually. It's better that the lot of you rest for now; I need to talk to the other town elders. I’ll ask you to come speak to us, probably later tonight or first thing tomorrow morning.” He says, glancing at Brozal in particular, who still has half a dozen arrows sticking out of him.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137037
137041
>>137035
With that, Aral leaves to seek out and have a few words with the own wizard.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137041
137042
>>137037
Aral bought a scroll of Fireball, read it through arcane means (Read Magic) and started the process of analyzing the spell for the purposes of copying later.
>>137033
>>137036
Is it safe to assume the party is still at the inn after all this? If so, He catches up with them there.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137042
137045
>>137041
Yes, the party was given free stay at the inn.
You should all be there, unless Brozal insists on sleeping outside again...
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
bf29bc8
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No.137045
>>137042
Well, if right outside the inn counts as a safe place, then Aral would totally just meditate next to Brozal. Firstly because he's the only one of the party so far he had conversed with and found enough common ground to trust him - oddly enough - secondly because he is the kind of forest elf that would probably find the wind more comforting than the walls.
Stay fully awake a few hours later than the party, just sitting studying his new scroll, then get out of trance a few hours earlier to prepare his daily spells. That is the general plan.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137286
We will be playing tomorrow morning.
Hopefully with a full party this time.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137302
Okay, to get this clear, how long did you guys want to rest? You were all given free stay at the inn.
It's 3-4 PM in game time. You have time to do shopping (*cough* horses *cough*) and info-gathering, but if you go back on the trail, you're going to start facing layers of exhaustion (you've all been up for thirteen hours), which may get you killed.
Or at least that's what Jorr says. You guys are free to do as you please.

The city council remains unconvinced to evacuate for now. Norro Wiston appears to trust you, but some charisma checks are going to need to be rolled to help him convince the council with only this much info/tension.
Anonymous
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No.137303
137306
Brozal will ride a horse and begrudgingly agrees to a long rest. He’ll sleep in an alleyway or something. He’s also donating 120 platinum, 1.2k gold, and 2.5k silver to the temple of Pelor.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137304
Brozal will beg for food after donating his money.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.137305
I will buy the horses.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137306
>>137303
Brother Derny gasps as the blue orc, with a dozen arrows still sticking out of his back, marches into the church and dumps and enormous bag of gold and platinum on the floor.
"What the..?! Oh, it's you again." The middle aged human says, looking the Orc up and down
"What on Pelor's blessed earth happened to you?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137307
Okay, so Brozal donated his gold.
Chad bought another horse
Jorr is getting shitfaced drunk at the tavern.

Norro Wiston doesn't bother the party for the rest of the day.

END OF DAY FOUR
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137308
137309
Okay, everyone went to bed early.

When do you guys want to get up?
You can also rest for as many days as you wish. Would you like to stay in town?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137309
137310 137311
>>137308
It would be nice to explore the town.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137310
137311
>>137309
That's fine.
Is there anything in particular you're looking for?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137311
137313
>>137309
>>137310
You have a few hours before dusk, but you could explore much more the next day.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137312
137313
We need to get our asses in gear instead of fucking around in a town.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137313
137314 137315
>>137311
>>137312
I think i want to go back to the druid grove first and give the guy a thanks before i head out.
This might be my last time in the town so i want give him a goodbye.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137314
>>137313
Alright I’m cool with that.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137315
137316
>>137313
The young Half-Elf is glad to see you as you arrive or perhaps moreso, glad to see Misty
"Chad. It's good to see you again. How was your journey."
Then his eyes narrow, as he peers at the wounds in Misty's flank
"Rather rough, I suppose... What happened?"
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137316
137317
>>137315
"Long story short we ran into a couple of green gooks."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137317
137320
>>137316
"Green gooks, you say? Any red ones?"
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137318
I feel like we should waste as little time as possible so we have as much wiggle room as possible.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137319
137324
We can stay for two days.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137320
137321
>>137317
"Red handed."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137321
137322
>>137320
"Damn savages.." The half-elf mutters
"It looks like you took quite a few nasty hits."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137322
>>137321
"Ah a good wash will cleanse them, not too big of a deal as all wounds eventually heal through cleansing."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137323
137325
Okay, the party has elected to rest for two days.
Aral spends a day copying a spell into his book.

Anybody have actions they want to have the next day? Anything they want to buy?
Anonymous
b797c75
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No.137324
137325 137326
>>137319
Aral checks up the next with the Captain to see if she can spare some resources or soldiers for our mission to ride out and slow the goblins down. They had a conversation a few days ago that would suggest she might.
Anonymous
b797c75
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No.137325
>>137324
>>137323
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137326
137327
>>137324
(assuming this was on day 4)
"Just what exactly are ye planning to do?" Captain Sorana asks
Anonymous
b797c75
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No.137327
137328
>>137326
"Head out North. Buy your town time."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137328
137329
>>137327
"I suppose we could spare a few men... How many do you need?"
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
b797c75
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No.137329
>>137328
"We need to travel quick. As many as can ride with us. I can support one more with a conjured mount."
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137330
“These goblins need to show up already.”
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137331
137333
Okay, Day 5 passes
Brozal now has a horse.

DAY SIX BEGIN
Okay, I'm assuming the party leaves at 6.
With a heavy horse, you could get to skull gorge in a bit over a day.

You guys travel for about four hours, getting just past the river.
Aral, you can make a spot check.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137332
137334
I’m giving my wand of minor vigor to Chad. It has 49 charges left.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137333
>>137331
Okay, Aral rolled a 21.
Aral notices some shapes lurking 60 ft ahead of the party.

Surprise round evaded. Everyone roll initiative.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137334
>>137332
Thank you.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137335
137336
Rolled 19 on init
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
b797c75
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No.137336
137337
>>137335
21 here
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
b797c75
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No.137337
>>137336
no wait, 24
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137338
137339
Okay, Aral, Brozal, Chad, ???
Aral, you're up.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
b797c75
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No.137339
>>137338
Aral cast Haste on the party and dismounts.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137340
Dismounting horse and doing total defense.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137341
Aral cast Haste on the party.
He has made out 7 spider-like shapes 60 ft in front of the party.
Brozal's turn.

Okay, Brozal's turn, he just did what he could.

Chad's turn.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137342
137345
Should i make a spot check?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137343
Sure, I'll let you make one as a free action.
Aral as pointed out 7 spider-like shapes 60 ft ahead on either side of the road.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137344
137345
[1d20+14 = 18]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137345
137348
>>137342
You can dismount Misty as a move action, and wildshape as a standard action.
>>137344
Yep. Those are some big nasty spiders. They look like they're about to charge.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137346
John, meanwhile, is trotting down the dawn way.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137347
137348
Chad, what else do you want to do with your turn?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137348
137349
>>137345
>>137347
I will cast wall of fog.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137349
>>137348
Where?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137350
Oekaki.png
Horrible image
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137351
monstrous_spider_by_kaprizoly_db3l4es-fullview.png
ettercap.png
Okay, Chad drops his wall of smoke on top of the spiders to the left.
They "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" at the nauseating smoke.
One shuffles out of sight beyond the wall. One more shape barrels through it and reveal themselves to be left pic.

Another lunges out of the woods on the right and reveals itself to be right pic, mounted atop large monstrous spider.
It hurls a spear, which narrowly misses Brozal.

Meanwhile, the two of the other spiders charge at Brozal and Aral respectively.
One misses Brozal by a factor of one point, the other embeds its teeth into Aral.

Aral is going to need to roll a fortitude save.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137352
Aral takes 8 piercing damage, and 4 strength damage, as the spider bites into him.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137353
John's turn
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137354
137355
One of the mounted spiders looks directly at John as he steps on a twig.
John J. Abrams III
b752950
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No.137355
>>137354
"Uh-oh. Arachnids are harassing me."
John thrusts Stinking Cloud (Fort DC 22) in the center of the road, inside or next to the smoke, as a precautionary measure.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137356
Okay, John cast Stinking cloud.
He can't tell whether or not he saved.
In fact, nobody can see the spiders far away. Only the spiders in melee range are visible to the party.

Aral spends his turn hesitating, too afraid to attack the spider.

Brozal's turn.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137357
I hit a spider for 30-40 damage
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137358
Okay, Brozal attacks the three times, hitting twice, annihilating the spider as its carapace caves in and the flames from his mace sizzle it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137359
137360
Chad's turn
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137360
>>137359
I use wild shape to turn into a dire horse.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137361
[1d20+11 = 14]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137362
137363
Okay, Chad Wildshaped into a majestic Dire Horse, then used his Haste Attack to attack the spider. His hoof connected, crushing the monster. Misty then followed up and trampled the fuck out of it, killing it.
No more spiders are in melee range.

John, on his side, sees a spider-man lunge out of the fog, without a mount, clearly pissed-off.
It moves 30 ft towards him, now within 10 ft of you. It then hurls a spear, which connects, impaling him to do 8 piercing damage. He's also going to need to roll a fortitude save.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137363
>>137362
I failed my fart cloud save and can’t do anything but run away for six rounds.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137364
137365
Meanwhile, another spider seems to have made its way around the wall of smoke on its turn, carrying its mount with it. It moves toward John, and decides to back up its ally.
It hurls a spear, which connects. Roll Fortitude.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137365
>>137364
*dealing 10 more piercing damage
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137366
I’m gonna run towards the big motherfucker and use stone power to get +10 temporary HP for -5 attack.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137367
Okay, the other spider-man appears from the woods, having moved around the wall on his turn.

The spider-man is blinded.

Aral moves around the right side of the forrest, and is immediately met by a spider trying to shoot a web at him.
Which crit fails.
However, there is a large monstrous spider blocking his path.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137368
Everyone sees a blast of gold dust behind the brap cloud.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137369
Aral Rapid-shots the Spider in front of him and kills it.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137370
Brozal's turn
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137371
Hit spider man for 17 damage
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137372
Okay, Brozal moves around the cloud and risks an AoO to hit the spider-man. The spider-man hits, poisoning him, but Brozal barely succeeds his save.
Brozal then attacks with his Haste, hitting the spider-man wounding it grievously.

Chad's turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137373
137376
Chad, you still there?

Aral and Brozal elected to try to position themselves around the strinking cloud.
However, with your hasted Dire Horse speed, and Woodland Stride, you could get around the cloud in less than one turn, and still have a haste action to attack the spider-man on the other side of the cloud.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137374
[1d20+11 = 29]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137375
137377
Okay, Chad gallops around the left side of the could and attacks the spider-man, wounding it.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137376
>>137373
I will attack the spider men with Misty.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137377
>>137375
[1d20+11 = 25]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137378
And then Misty closes in and attacks, squishing the spider-man beneath her hoof, killing him.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137379
The last remaining spider-man uses his mount to take a retreat action, moving 60 ft into the woods.

Johns turn. He can see no enemies from his position.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137380
Okay, unless anyone wants to follow the spider-man into the woods, initiative is over.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137381
137382
Aral and Brozal make their way over to John.

Chad, I will remind you that you can still speak while in Wildshape, since you have that pearl of speech.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137382
>>137381
"Neigh"
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137383
137384

I take nothing from the loot
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137384
>>137383
Okay.
The dead Ettercap has a silk sack. Anyone who wants to loot it can do so.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137385
Okay, the party is currently bonding in the server.

The dead ettercap had:
1 Amethyst
1 Rose Quartz
1 potion of cure moderate wounds
1 potion of neutralize poison
1 Darkwood buckler
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137386
It is about 10-11 AM in game time, of day six. You still have plenty of daylight.

Are you guys still going north?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137388
Okay, the party moves north for several more hours. Noon passes as they hurry pass Vraath Keep.
The bugbear's corpse is nowhere to be seen. Aral could attempt to figure out what became of it with some survival checks, but that would take some time.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137389
...I completely forgot to roleplay Jorr in that encounter...
Well, he's not really supposed to fight if not to defend himself. He was meant to be a guide.

Okay, you pass Cold Creek without a fuss, and you continue Northwards.

The forest grows more ominous as the Dawn Way winds deeper into the woods. You come to a spot where a wide track leads away from the road, heading west. A massive effigy of some kind stands here, a fifteen foot-tall humanoid shape made from a sagging, moss-covered frame.
The thing looks almost like a crude giant-sized skeleton. Birds nest in the massive barrel that served the effigy as a head.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137390
25871c86dd57593db7aa0cc3c85e8179.jpg
b04d68b17e45488808f30277bf38e3f9.jpg
max.jpg
Anyone with ranks in knowledge (nature) can roll a check to identify this strange effigy.
It looks a bit like pic related.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
b797c75
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No.137391
137392
[1d20+12 = 25] - nature
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137392
137393
>>137391
With that check, you know that an effigy such as this serve as a territorial marking for a tribe of giants. With a check that high, you know that this particular statue represents the territory of the Twistusk Forrest Giants, the same tribe who clashed with Amery Vraath, nearly two centuries ago.

"Ay, ye reckon this is giant country..?" says Jorr, who evidently just recovered from his hangover, but didn't roll nearly as high.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
b797c75
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No.137393
137394
>>137392
"Probably. Twistusk statue would suggest as much."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137394
>>137393
"Aye.. Weren't they the giants from that old story, about the keep? Either way, there can't be that many o' 'dem left, because I've never seen any o' 'dem down south..." The woodsman says, his dogs sniffing the statue
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137395
So, there's a fork in the road.
There is also a statue that indicates that this is giant territory, although Jorr alleges that he's never seen any giants in "his" woods.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137396
Anybody want to recommend a course of action?
Or are you guys just all tired after the slow-as-heck ettercap encounter? I wouldn't blame you, it was pretty awkward, with half the party in VC and half not...

Brozal is still nowhere to be seen. Iirc, you guys were planning on having him use his mountain hammer to break the bridge, so he's going to need to be here for that encounter. I'd rather have him be here for the next (optional) encounter as well...
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137397
Okay, since we've gone over the agreed time limit, and Brozal isn't present, I'm going to end the session here.
It was kind of awkward, but still fun, imo.
If we're lucky, we might be able to play tomorrow morning.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137398
137399
Btw, going forward, I'm going to cut back on the encounters for this adventure. Normally I'd insist on 4 encounters per day, and at least one adventuring day per session, but I'm feeling like a PbP medium can only accommodate so much. I'm already second-guessing if that Ettercap ambush really contributed to a fulfilling session. I'd rather advance time in the campaign than waste sessions doing random encounters.
I am doing Milestone leveling now, so too many encounters is just going to be an inconvenience to the party.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137399
>>137398
The encounter lasted 2 hours, it was quicker having people post in the thread than that.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
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No.137458
"This thing... it radiates a strange and haunting aura. We must take caution in proceeding."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137462
137463 137464
Okay, so the party has elected to go left into giant territory out of curiosity.

Anybody want to take the liberty of scouting ahead?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137463
137465
>>137462
[1d20+14 = 32](spot)
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
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No.137464
137465
>>137462
Brozal will scout ahead.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137465
137466
>>137463
With a check like that, you're able to spot a very thin plume of smoke some distance towards the west.
>>137464
>Armored Lighthouse with negative Wis is scouting
Alright, that means nobody is...
The wide track appears easy to follow despite years of neglect.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137466
137467
>>137465
So what can i do with this knowledge now?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137467
137468
>>137466
You know that there's a fire somewhere on the path that leads into giant country, which might mean that there are creatures.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137468
137469
>>137467
That's nice to know.
Should we keep going down this path then?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137469
>>137468
That's what I thought.
I'm typing what you see now.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137470
137471
Alright, since Brozal is scouting, I'm going to DM it as I would if the whole party were marching side by side.
Brozal is the slowest anyway.

The old track comes to an abrupt end in the shadow of a fairly large hill that looms up from the surrounding woodlands. At the hill’s base sits the collapsed ruin of what was once a massive and probably quite impressive wooden fortress. Entire trees were used to form the walls of this building, but now the whole thing is little more than a heap of moss-covered, rotting logs. A thin curl of smoke rises up from a great fire pit in the middle of the old walls, where an enormous boar sizzles on a spit the size of a lance.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
99aabdf
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No.137471
137472 137473
>>137470
Spot for movement. Other than the dead boar.
[1d20+16 = 30]
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137472
>>137471
Brozal is in the front and he walks into the camp with his mace holstered. He will do total defense though.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137473
137474 137477
>>137471
And with that check, Aral is easily able to see a huge, moss-covered figure looming over the fire. Were it not for his excellent perception, it would have appeared to be part of the landscape.

A lone giant sits by the fire, turning the spit and muttering to himself in his own language. He is extraordinarily tall and lean, with stooped shoulders, earth-yellow skin marked by angry red blotches, and a wild mane and beard of tangled green hair. He easily tops ten feet, even while sitting on the ground.

The lone giant appears sullen, and somewhat deranged, still muttering to himself as he looks over his fire. He appears to pay the party no mind, evidently still not having seen or heard them.
You guys are about 200 ft away.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137474
137476 137478
>>137473
Brozal will approach the campfire and speak to the giant. “Hello! Could a weary traveler such as myself partake in the sanctity of this place with you?” Brozal says while offering the giant ten days of rations.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137475
If you’re wondering, yes, I am screaming internally out of character.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137476
>>137474
*sanctuary not sanctity
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137477
137478
>>137473
[1d20+14 = 34](listen)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137478
137479
>>137477
Assuming you had a couple minutes to hear the giant talking to himself, you might have made out:
>“Cook, you wretched piggy! Warklegnaw’s hungry!”
>“Not as good as owlbear, but good enough for an old bag of bones like me...”
>“All gone, all dead, all but me. Poor old Warklegnaw!”
Evidently he would say this to himself in Common, despite it being his second language... Whatever..

>>137474
Alright, I'm assuming Brozal took a few turns walking forward. I'm going to put him 60 ft away from the giant.
At Brozal's remarks, the ancient giant wearily stands up and
fingers a massive club, muttering left and right until his lone lone eye fixates on Brozal's shining figure.
He half-bellows-half-mutters: “You little worms won’t get me! You did for my kith and kin, but you won’t get me!”
Even at your distance you can feel the earth shake as the giant stands. However, he hasn't charged yet.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137479
137480
>>137478
May I roll diplomacy?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137480
>>137479
Combat hasn't started, and the giant doesn't appear to be attacking (yet) so sure.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137481
137482
Brozal takes off his helmet and wipes some sweat from his brow. "I'm not here to bring harm to you or your kin. Simply traveling through to slay some goblins. I'm awfully tired and could use a place to rest. In return, I'd be willing to give you some food."
Rolled 25 on diplomacy.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137482
>>137481
The old giant glares down at Brozal, with his single remaining eye. He peers down at Brozal for an agonizingly silent six seconds before his expression calms and appears changes to amused. He sits down with an audible "oomf" and smiles weakly at the little presumptuous orc.
"...Warklegnaw no have guest in LOOOOONG TIME." He says, the trees shaking as he bellows the last two words
"Maybe man-creature share with Warklegnaw?" he says, gesturing to the massive dire-boar roasting on the spit
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137483
137485
Brozal sits down near the fire and puts his helmet on his knee. "Thank you for having me. The boar smells delicious. What's your story?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137485
137486 137487
Just to be clear, the giant hasn't seen the rest of you. He's only seen Brozal.
>>137483
The giant is visibly venerable, and sick to boot, his face and joints painfully swollen.
At Brozal's distance, he can see a prominent tattoo on his wrinkled forehead, a symbol that looks like a frowning tusked mouth.

"Warklegnaw king of the Twistusks!" The old giant bellows proudly, before breaking out into an earth-shaking cough.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137486
137487 137488
>>137485
"Before we go on, I should probably say that I have a few more friends that have waited a ways away instead of coming with me. Would it be alright for them to eat with us?" Brozal asks while pointing in the direction of his allies and signaling them that everything is okay.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137487
137488
>>137485
The old giant rips a leg off of the roasted boar and hands it to Brozal, the tender flesh ripping off with little resistance.
It actually smells pretty good.
>>137486
The old giant mutters something unintelligible before nodding gladly.
".. Yes, YES..!" He bellows
His sole eye peers into the distance, landing squarely on Misty, then Chad, then the rest of the party
"Man creatures sit. Man creatures tell story." he says, in a senile tone that sounds halfway between an invitation and an order
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137488
137491
>>137486
>>137487
Me and Misty march towards them as if on cue as he glances to us.
"What do you want to know?"
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137489
137493
I kinda just want to chill out on being the party face so I'll let Aral take the lead.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137491
137492
>>137488
The senile giant peers curiously at the talking horse for a few seconds, before shrugging
"Warklegnaw no have guests in LOOOONG time.." the giant says, again
"What bring horse-creature?" He implores
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137492
137493 137494 137495
>>137491
"Just exactly how long have you been a hermit for?"
"Red hand brought us here, we are going to stop them."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
99aabdf
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No.137493
>>137489
The council stuff and others happened because we had no party face present at the time. Brozal's way higher Diplomacy fits better for face, and for talking long and representing the party. When it comes to sperging about goblins though, he will not shut up, if prompted. Anyway...
Aral produces the map, ready to explain and support with proof what Chad just began >>137492
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137494
137496
>>137492
"...LOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME!" the old giant bellows, unhelpfully
"..Kin leave LOOOOONG time ago.. say Bald Hill cursed since war. Never come back. But Warklegnaw stay, because Warklegnaw king of the Twistusks!" he continues, a sliver of pride shining through his sullen demeanor
"Warklegnaw born on Bald Hill, and Warklegnaw die on hill too." The giant continues, before coughing once more
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137495
137496
>>137492
The giant then asked
"Red hand.. What is Red Hand?"
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137496
137497
>>137494
"A long time?"
>>137495
"A large and organized group of goblins."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137497
137500 137501
>>137496
"LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooong time..." The giant repeats
"Warklegnaw alone since war. Kin flee to mountains. No want Bald Hill anymore... Poor old Warklegnaw..." the old giant continues.

>group of goblins
"Hmmmmph! Gobbos is small. Gobbos is weak. Gobbos is is fear of giants." He says proudly
"Gobbos never march through giant country. Always turn back. Is scared of rocks."
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137500
137503
>>137497
"The goblins have came in numbers of thousands and intend to take over the region. Before you even think of offering, I can not allow you to join us in our crusade. I will see to smashing them myself."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137501
137503 137507
>>137497
"Which mountains?"
"Did you make that giant totem at the start of the path to here?"
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
99aabdf
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No.137502
137503
>>137498
Adding to that:
"But you would at least need to prepare for them. They will arrive here too, sooner or later."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137503
137504 137505
>>137500
"Heehee.. Silly Orc." the giant says with a chuckle
"Warklegnaw sit. Nobody need Warklegnaw anymore..."

>>137501
"Kin go West. Maybe up in mountains. Say bald hill cursed. Say Warklegnaw no king anymore..." the giant replies, sadly
"Warklegnaw no see kin in LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooong time... Maybe some is left, up in mountains..?"
>>137502
The venerable old giant looks weakly over to Aral, with his single remaining eye. It's now at this distance that Aral can see just how ancient and sick he really is. His face and joints are red and swollen with angry red blotches, perhaps due to some unnamed disease, and he seems extraordinarily lean.
"Prepare? For gobbos? What need?"
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137504
137509
>>137503
"You are elderly and I would not be able to forgive myself if you were unable to live out the rest of your life in peace. Please do not get involved."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
99aabdf
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No.137505
137506 137509
>>137503
Because their numbers are legion. All tribes united. Planning to take over all the Vale.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
99aabdf
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No.137506
>>137505
- said Aral (forgot the quotes)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137507
137508
>>137501
>"Did you make that giant totem at the start of the path to here?"
"Warklegnaw made totem LOOOOOOOOOOOOooong time ago." The old giant says, beaming.
"Totem show giants strong. No man-creatures march in giant country."
Then, he twitches somewhat, glaring angrily into the distance and shaking his fist in a deranged fit
"...Until..." he growls, struggling to finish his phrase as his memory fails him
".. VRAATH!" He roars, stomping his foot and causing the whole fortress to shake
"Vraath march on Bald Hill LOOOONG time ago. Come with army big. Burn fortress. Take chief claw." He growls, angrily, still staring into the distance, as if Amery Vraath were right there, mocking him
"Warklegnaw march on Vraath. Smash castle. Smash hoo-mans. Warklegnaw shoot Vraath, but Vraath get away. Never find him.." He says, still shaking
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137508
137509
>>137507
"Vraath is dead. I found his body myself."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137509
137511
>>137505
>>137504
The giant appears dismissive, seemingly not interested in prolonging his own life
"Hmmmph. Warklegnaw only have few winters left anyway. If gobbos march on Bald Hill, Warklegnaw stay, fight and die." He declares
"Warklegnaw sit on fortress. Nobody need poor old Warklegnaw.."
>>137508
The giant looks at Brozal quizzically, as if confused that the human he fought nearly two centuries ago wouldn't still be alive.
"Vraath... Is dead?"
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137511
137512
>>137509
"You may be old, but your wisdom is indispensable. I will see about getting fellow crusaders from the temple of Pelor to aid you in making your way into the mountains so you can be with your people again. I found Vraath's skeleton inside of a secret chamber in his keep. His body was pierced by a poisonous dart or arrow."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137512
137513
>>137511
"No.. Warklegnaw look everywhere in man-hut. No Vraath. No Claw..." The giant says in disbelief
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137513
137515
>>137512
"I have the deed to the keep right here, and I also have Vraath's weapon." Brozal shows the giant the deed and the mace. "In fact, I think if anyone deserves that keep, it's you." He adds while handing the deed to the keep over to the elderly hill giant.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137515
>>137513
>giving away the mace
Are you sure you want to do that, m8?
>weapon two size categories too small for a giant
>not the huge-sized spiked gauntlet, which had a symbol identical to the giant's tattoo and the sigil of the Twistusks
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137518
I'm only giving Warklegnaw the deed to the keep. I was showing him that I have the mace, and I intend to keep the mace. Brozal will also give the giant spiked gauntlet to him.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137519
137520 137521
>>137516
The giant stares blankly at the piece of paper.
"..... deed?"
He waves his hand dismissively
>>137517
At that, his expression lights up
"C-claw..!" He stutters, before muttering something unintelligible in giant and snatches the enormous gauntlet up.
He hurriedly fits it over his wrinkled fit, the primitive weapon fitting like a glove. A faint violet glow emanates from the gauntlet's sigil, as well as the giant's tattoo, as the weapon attunes. The senile patriarch seems almost giddy.

The giant looks down at Brozal, seemingly at at loss for words.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137520
>>137519
“There’s no need to thank or reward me. Doing good is it’s own reward.”
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137521
137522
>>137519
“The deed means that you are now the owner of Vraath Keep.”
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137522
>>137521
The old giant again waves his hand dismissively
"If Warklegnaw wanted man-hut, Warklegnaw would live there already. Warklegnaw stay at Bald Hill-" He says, clenching his armored fist, the sigil glistening with his tattoo, the symbol of his power
"-'cause Warklegnaw KING OF THE TWISTUSKS!" He roars as he stands up, the fortress and the surrounding forest shaking as he shouts
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137523
137524
"Bald Hill Twistusks' home. Witchwood giant country." The old giant says, a matter-of-factly
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137524
137525
>>137523
“We must bring them back to these woods.”
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137525
137526
>>137524
The Old Giant scratches his head, peering down at Brozal
"... Yes.. Forest is forest giants' home. Hills is for hill giants. Twistusks is no hill giants..." He says
"Witchwood is Twistusks' country."

The giant, now already standing, fastens his pelt (which appears to be that of an owlbear), and rips another leg off of the roasting dire boar, gnawing at it hungrily
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137526
137527
>>137525
“Maybe we shall set out at dawn to venture to the mountains. Please don’t strain yourself though.”
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137527
137530
The ancient giant chews into is porkchop and peers towards the west, towards the sun above the mountains, obscured by the ancient trees.
The drops the bone as he finishes it, it landing with a *thud*.
>>137526
He peers down at the orc once more
"Little man-creature slow. No know the way. Take days to find kin. Weeks maybe." The giant says, between bites.
Then he pauses
"Say.. What be you name, little man-creature?"
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.137530
137531
>>137527
“I am Brozal, the Fire Bringer.”
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137531
Btw, in game-time, it's about 1-ish PM.
You could certainly camp if you wish. You've been adventuring close to 7 hours. Think about what you want to do going forward.

Also, since this encounter has been resolved, and most of the party isn't present. I'm probably going to end the session here.

>>137529
>>137530
The old giant chuckles
"Brozal Fire Bringer. Warklegnaw have great thanks. Brozal be always welcome is Twistusks' country." He replies
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137661
We will play tomorrow.
To make combat a bit less of a train-wreck this time, we'll try to do most of it in the server.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
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No.137671
hoprlrsds.png
I'm here.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137672
DAY SIX; EVENING

Okay, so the party elected to stay with Warklegnaw for about 3 hours. After some dialogue, they're rested enough to continue.
The party has eaten. Jorr has fed his dogs, which are surprisingly quick and able to keep up with Brozal's Horse (slowest in the party) easily.
Since this game takes place in the summer, you'll sill have some daylight left by the time you get to Skull Gorge, but not much.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137673
The party has elected to "just march forward", Brozal leading the way, proudly announcing his presence to every creature within several hundred feet.
See >>135358
Let's see how that goes.

Anyone in the party has license to make a Spot check.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
f262754
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No.137674
137676
[1d20+16 = 27] Spot
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
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No.137675
137680
I think it's funny that Brozal has -7 to spot and listen checks.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137676
137680
>>137674
You are able to see that the forest clears ahead, and that in a few hundred feet, you'll be stepping out into the open, losing the benefit of cover.
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
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No.137677
137678
"Hello, saddle gooses! I bite my thumb at thee!"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137678
>>137677
You don't see anything yet.

I'm going to go do some quick chores, take a shower, and pray that Chad is back by the time I'm done with that.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137680
137681
>>137675
>>137676
The ground has been rising for the last few miles, and finally the forest itself peters out. Ahead is a stretch of barren ground, about sixty feet wide, ending in a gorge. Roughly a hundred feet wide at its narrowest point, the gorge drops away precipitously to a fast-rushing stream far below. The ancient Dawn Way crosses the cleft on a bridge of stone.
Anchored at both ends to large stone towers with pentagonal roofs, the bridge seems sturdy despite its obvious age. It is, clearly, the only easy way to cross, since the gorge continues as far as the eye can see to the east and west. The four stone towers that anchor the bridge are each forty feet high. A narrow wooden stairway winds around each, leading up to an open-air watchpost at the top.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137681
>>137680
[1d20+14 = 22]
[1d20+14 = 32]
(Listen and spot.)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137682
137683 137684 137685
Skull Gorge Bridge.jpg
A small encampment of a half-dozen tents clusters near the northern side of the bridge. Curls of smoke from campfires attest to some sort of activity. A single humanoid figure stands at the watchpost on the top of each of the four watchtowers, longbow in hand. A powerfully built hound with glowing red eyes and short ruddy fur sits watchfully near either end of the bridge. Yet the most impressive creature present is certainly the sleek and menacing green dragon that perches on the roof of the northwestern watchtower on the far side of the gorge. It lies basking in the sun, but its bright yellow eyes are fixed on the bridge.
And then.
It looks towards you, making direct eye contact with you, then Brozal, then Aral,

John got drunk and passed out, and is being nursed by Jorr
"Ten silver ain't enough to deal wit' this shite..."

By the angry "Gobbogobbogobbogobbogobbogobbogobbogobbo!" sounds you hear with that extraordinary listen check (which didn't even include your racial bonus for horse form), it appears that there are several goblinoids alert of your position.

I'm going to need everyone to roll initiative.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
3034dfb
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No.137683
>>137682
[1d20+5 = 18] init
Brozal, The Fire Bringer
44eee0f
?
No.137684
>>137682
Rolled 13
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137685
>>137682
[1d20-1 = 9](initiative)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137686
Okay, the goblins are going to go first, because they had two rounds to buff themselves and set-up as you guys were marching in.

This will continue in the server, because it's just quicker there.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137687
[1d20+1 = 21](reflex)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137688
137689
Okay first
>PCs get debuffed
>PCs get gassed
>PCs get burned
>PCs get shot
I think it's going well.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
3034dfb
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No.137689
137690
>>137688
I hit a goblinoid for 2 whole damage with my bow.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137690
>>137689
“We are the Red Hand! We do not know defeat!” The Veteran Goblin shouts, in common
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
?
No.137691
137692
[1d20+12 = 27](concentration)
[1d20+12 = 14](concentration)
[1d20+12 = 30](concentration)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137692
137693
>>137691
The first one almost made it, but no. The DC was 28.
Wait
You know you've got 22 Con in Dire horse shape, right?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137693
137694
>>137692
No i didn't know, so you add how much shit onto those checks?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137694
>>137693
You pass, barely. You keep the spell.
However, you're still at 7 HP.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137695
137696 137698
Summing up the last couple rounds:
>PCs move out of lingering gas cloud.
>Dragon busy finding an item
>More archer shots, Brozal takes a crit
>Brozal flanked by two dogs, at very low HP
>Aral summons Hippogriff
>Chad calls lightning, wounds sentinel
>other sentinels ready actions to disrupt spellcasting horse
>Misty wounds a dog
>Brozal pushes past dog and jumps into the gorge
>muh river
>DM: "Are you sure you want to do that?"
>Brozal hides behind southeast tower instead
>Chad tries sleet storm
>barely manages to cast the spell as archers disrupt him
>goblins turn
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137696
>>137695
Seems legit.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.137698
137699 137721
Skull_Gorge_Bridge.jpg
>>137695
I'm gonna follow this up from where you left off.
>I haul ass towards the forest line with 7 HP
>Dragon falls into the Gorge river but comes back up
>Misty finishes off the dog
>Brozal is squaring off with a dog at the bottom of the tower
>Goblins begin their march across the bridge through the Sleet Storm
>Goblin Sentinels are clearing the Sleet on the towers with their fire
>Aral tries to make a dog bark but game mechanics restrict his Autism
>Sad awoo.jpg
>Dragon eyes Aral
>Aral uses a magic missile wand against the dog instead
>Hits but doesn't kill
>Brozal misses his Crusader Strike on a dog
>He starts walking up the stairs on the tower
>Misty comes and kills the dog Brozal missed
>I heal myself with Lesser Vigor bringing me up to 8 HP
>Goblins turn
>Goblin on the south-west tower hits me with an arrow bringing me to 1 HP
>Dragon ascends into the sky and does a Diving Charge on Aral dealing 8 damage
>Dragon flies away again
>The goblins from the camp make it to the bridge
>They fire at Misty with a volley of arrows and one critically hits her for 21 damage but the rest bounce off her ass
>The goblin on the south-east tower misses his attack on the hippo griff
>Aral uses Rapid Shot on the goblin the hippo griff is fighting and deals 9 damage with a critical hit
>Bastard bird misses every hit on the goblin
>Brozal ascends the stairs and misses his Revitalizing Strike on the hobgoblin
>I cast Wall of Smoke on the middle of the bridge and run for the hills with 2 HP and a goblin misses his shot on me
>Misty gets hit with a -5 strength penalty arrow

>Then the dragon starts to follow me into the forest
>The dragon finds me on path to the Dawn Way
>The scaly cunt dives down on me with a charge
>And deals 12 damage
>Which kills me 5 times over
>Dead
>Misty loses her Empathetic Link with me which causes her to also lose all her intelligence
>Sad Violin.mp3
I'm gonna leave it here because this shit is gonna take hours to go over for all the chaos that ensued after my death.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
3034dfb
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No.137699
137700 137703
>>137698
>Aral tries to make a dog bark but game mechanics restrict his Autism
I like to imagine he still barked, it just didn't work, because it had no chance to.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137700
137701 137703
>>137699
It would have been a bluff check, and Aral wasn't fooling any well-trained, intelligent devil-dog with his 5 charisma.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
3034dfb
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No.137701
137703
>>137700
Makes sense. I just like the image of this elf barking for no reason during combat.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.137702
137703
OOOOOOOOOOOOkaaaaaaay... That session was a catastrophe... 2/3 of the party died, Aral almost died, the enemy has been alerted of the party's interference, and Misty is slowly going insane...

Enemy casualties:
>1 Fleshwound on the Sergeant
>2 dead hellhounds
>a badly-bruised dragon
>several lvl 1 spell slots
I'm not condescending, just considering when I'm going to have you guys level up. Escaping is worth XP too.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.137703
137704
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>>137699
>>137700
>>137701
I think it's funny to imagine it too.
>>137702
Could have gone worse.
Anonymous
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No.137704
137739
Spoilered
>>137703
I guess. Could have gone better too...
I think what decided it was really that the goblins were using tactics and planning, but the PCs didn't.
Or maybe I could have been a bit more compassionate with how I played the encounter. Maybe I should have scaled it down. Idk....
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.137721
Skull Gorge Bridge.jpg
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>>137698
>Both of Bro's strength penalties wear off
>The big bird wounds the hobgoblin finally but doesn't kill it
>Aral fires at the hobgoblin that the hippo griff damaged and manages to kill it
>Brozal drinks a red potion for 21 health and moves down the staircase he's on
>Dragon is focusing on Jorr
>Misty begins wandering to the woods and Brozal tries to grab her but she rears and critically hits him for 14 damage
>Brozal then succeeds and grapples her by burning an action point but does not mount her
>Goblin spell scourge walks through the wall of smoke on the bridge with a spiked chain in hand
>His anatomy absorbs the magic from the spell i caste then attacks Brozal with his chain but Brozal avoids being tripped by it
>The other goblins walk through the wall of smoke and are nauseated by the spell while a goblin archer fires an arrow at Aral that misses
>John then proceeds to attempt to get the spell scourge's attention by shouting at him from the forest in front of the party's horses while Brozal screams for a buff from John
>John admits he has no buffs or flight in his spell book then 'faints' just before the green dragon belches a cloud of chlorine gas on him which renders him into an 'invincible' state of sleeping
>Yes.png
>Aral then retreats back to the forest where the horses are and fires magic missiles from his wand and Jorr hits the dragon with his arrow dealing 18 damage altogether to it

>Brozal then makes the immense decision of deciding whether or not to attempt to calm Misty and mount my horse then slap her iron ass to get the fuck out of there or get beheaded
>He takes the latter option
>Brozal then proceeds to attack the spell scourge but misses
>Brozal begins singing the lyrics to Baka Mitai
>The goblin super soldier laughs evilly as he lashes out at him dealing 11 damage
>Misty then makes the wiser decision of bolting out of there with her now 2 intelligence to my dead druid then pushes the dragon of my body while taking 8 damage
>Aral then begins to commence his elfish ree'ing at the dragon
>The green dragon then replies by giving his mighty REEEE back to Aral in the elf tongue making him momentarily turn into a giant elf filly
>Aral then shoots at the dragon with his arrows while moon walking to my corpse but the arrows bounce off the mega filly
>Jorr then also shoots at the dragon but the all so similar sound of tank armor begins playing which causes the arrows to bounce off too
>The green faggot remembers he has wings then begins to hover above the ground to give a mighty REEE of green cum all over the fags in front of him causing Aral to take 11 gay damage
>REEEE.jpg
>Brozal then fails his attack on the ultra goblin which pretty much seals his fate as fucked
>The green goblins laugh and cheer on their sergeant while still feeling sick
>The super goblin then lashes out again while dealing a critical hit total of 22 damage to Brozal
>Aral continues to fire at the flying faggot while doing a 360 towards my dead body doing no damage to the massive fag again
>Misty begins prodding at my dead dick not realizing she's wanking a dead horse with her 2 intelligence
>The dragon then soars towards Aral and critically misses his grapple so it flies back to the bridge with yet another soiled diaper
>Brozal then finally deals 16 damage to the super nigger which makes him grumpy so he orders his lower goons to begin to march forward with their energy swords ready
>A goblin sentinel on one of the towers gives a middle finger to Brozal then castes Bro's favorite spell giving him a a -6 strength de-buff then the green sergeant hits him for another 11 damage
>The rest of the goblins move around their leader in flanking positions with their Vril long swords pointing directly at Brozal
>"Any last words?"
<“Tell me your name. I am Brozal, the Fire Bringer.”
>"AHAHAHAHA!" the cunt cackles "I go by Kral the Shredder, sergeant of the red hand, and your doom."
>The 4 surrounding goblins then bear their swords down on Brozal
>Pic related
>3 of them hit dealing 16 slashing damage and 32 electricity damage
>The End Of Evangelion begins playing

>The green faggot then finishes switching diapers so he comes flying back towards Aral
>Aral then throws his bag of holding to Jorr which he he catches and inspects before then slipping my body into the bag which makes Misty freak the fuck out
>Misty then attacks Jorr twice which the first hit bounces off his Mithril breastplate then the second hit connects dealing (?) damage to him
>The dragon then finishes drawing his circle so he misses his attack on Aral then lands on the ground south of Aral
>The gay goblins then spend the round looting Brozal's blue body and slapping each other asses
>Aral then does a barrel roll out of the way of the dragon towards the Gorge
>Jorr then proceeds to get the fuck out of there while dodging another attack from Misty with my body in a bag on his back
>Aral then casts Burning Hands on the dragon which the dragon saves dealing only 6 damage but the green faggot is now crying even harder so he charges Aral dealing 12 damage
>Aral then does another barrel toward Misty this time but the dragon bites for 13 damage while he does it
>Then Aral spends an action point to cheese his way to complete the action
>The goblins gobble at Aral for his cheesiness
>Jorr mounts Brozal's horse
>Aral spends his last action point to run away and get on his horse while firing his last arrow at the dragon hitting him in the wing
>The dragon thoroughly soiled his last diaper so he decides it's best to leave Aral alone while flying around REEEE'ing about Brozal's loot
>The goblins fire their last volley of arrows at Jorr and Aral but all of them miss
>Jorr Brozal's horse's ass which sends him speeding down the Dawn Way
>Jorr thankfully has the horse's reigns that John's 'unconscious' body has 'fainted' on
>Misty is still panic prancing around so Jorr casts charm animal while doing some lewd gestures to her which causes her to immediately shoot off quckly disappearing down the Dawn Way
Anonymous
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No.137739
137741
>>137704
>planning
>scaling
>encounter balance
Or maybe we should've realized sooner that leaving the water subtype PC to fend off 2 hellhounds is a really bad idea.
Or maybe I should've remembered that I have a nice wand of Magic Missile and not fuck around with attack rolls that have penalties upon penalties.
Or maybe I should not have blown the one buff I had prepared on a random encounter.
Or maybe RNG screwed us over, as we didn't exactly roll well on average.
There are those maybes all around, what matters is that we probably learned from it.
I think this would've been beatable, even with all the "marching in" stuff, but that kind of improvisation does have a little learning curve.
Anonymous
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No.137741
>>137739
Well, if it's hidsight you want:
A caster might have dealt significant damage to the bridge with Stone Shape, or to the ground it was rooted in with Soften Earth and Stone. Both of those spells were available to the party.
A warrior with Mountain Hammer or an adamantine weapon might have been dealt significant damage to the bridge if that warrior prioritized attacking the pillars, instead of the goblins.
Even without those spells/weapons/strikes, the bridge had HP, and it could be hacked/blasted to pieces. It was the main enemy in the encounter.
An Int-based character could have rolled a knowledge check to reveal the information above with a fairly-low DC check.
Common knowledge about hobgoblins: they'll fight to the death under command of their leaders, but are also prone to scatter once the one signing their paychecks is dead. Identifying and targeting the leaders can mean winning a battle by only taking out half the enemies.
If something is simple enough to be "Common Knowledge" (DC 10), you don't need to be trained in the skill to roll it. Roll whenever you feel like your character should know something that you don't, circumstance modifiers apply.
A stealthy character may have been able to scout the enemy forces, had they gone ahead first.
An arcane caster might have taken out half the enemies with a Fireball.
The enemy may have not had time to retrieve their weapons, take potions, buff-up, and make rally checks, if the walking lighthouse hadn't been marching at the front of the party.
A characters may not have died if they kept track of their own HP, or knew when to retreat with the rest of the party instead of taking on the goblins themselves.
Reading your spells ahead of time is generally a good thing.
Looking over your spell list and preparing it accordingly for the mission is a luxury that all prepared casters should take advantage of.
When a DM gives you two potions of neutralize poison, and you have two poisoned characters, it means you should take them.
Scrolls, potions, and alchemical items are useful in combat. Gold is not. Stock up on consumables whenever you get the chance.
When an NPC gives you a bag with three potions in it, stopping to check what they might be is worth the effort. (META: They were Cure Serious Wounds, Sanctuary, and Bull's Strength mixed with Enlarge Person.)

Going forward, I feel like it's in order for me to say that the objective of RHoD isn't just to defeat the entire army yourselves, but to do enough thwart their war effort so that the rest of the continent has some hope of resisting the Red Hand in the future. Most encounters like this one are optional, but whether or not all off Elsir Vale falls to the goblin hordes in their march of doom.
So far, the party now knows that the threat of the Red Hand is no laughing matter. It's a force apparently made up of all the goblin tribes on the continent united: an Army of Doom. The goblins are allies with fearsome beasts, like Minotaurs, Manticores, and Dragons. They've been summoning and binding fiends from Baator, like hellhounds, to do their bidding. The goblin forces include loyal samurai to fight to the death, Mighty Blade-bearers who've mastered mystic techniques, zealous Clerics of a yet-unnamed Dark God, veterans who wield spells and swords on tandem, and fearsome sorcerers who wield dreadful magic. They are powerful, they use military tactics, and they're hell-bent on the destruction of the world.

In the face of Doom, there is still hope. Although the party lost this battle, the war is far from over. The party's decision to evacuate the Drellin's Ferry was a clever one, and although they did not succeed in buying time or slowing down the Red Hand, the earliness of their decision means that Drellin's Ferry will have a head start, and some hope of not being hounded by pursuing goblins on the path. Brother Derney, the local priest of Pelor, would be distributing Brozal's gold to the needy and making them all the more ready and willing to give up their homes and evacuate on the path to Brindol. Norro Wiston would be attempting his charisma check to persuade the city council to leave, now determined to convince the (((merchants))) like Iromel to prioritize life and reason over property.

As the session ended, Aral was making his way back to Drellin's Ferry with the corpse of the Chad in his bag, looking for a priest to revive him with the Staff of Life. He is accompanied only by the Woodsman Jorr, and the unconscious, narcoleptic Wizard John, who's player hasn't sat through even one session yet... e_e The summer evening approaches, and Aral has been travelling for nearly 12 hours. He'll have to make camp soon, and roll some survival checks to see if he can evade the goblins and monsters intent on tracking him through the night.
Luckily, he's made a very hospitable friend along the way.
Anonymous
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No.137749
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Bumping because I don't want this to be beneath the futa thread.
Have some pics/maps from the last encounter.
Anonymous
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No.137773
I'm going to be very busy for the next three weeks, but I can still manage to run on Saturday this week and the next.
Anonymous
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No.137777
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Check'em
Anonymous
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No.137849
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To sum up today's 1-on-1:

DAY 6; EVENING

>Aral limps down the road with Jorr, carrying Chad's corpse
>Misty runs down the Dawn Way
>Aral fails to track her (bad roll), her hoofprints seemingly vanishing
>Aral camps in the territory of the friendly old forest giant Warklegnaw, who has yet to leave his fortress

DAY SIX END

>Ettercaps come to chew his face off in his sleep, get scared off by the giant

DAY 7; MORNING

>Aral and Jorr make it down the road
>Aral spots a randomly-rolled unicorn
>manages not to scare it away
>they exchange words
>Unicorn is mare named Eowyn
>Tells Aral about the local young green dragon, Ozyrradion
>Mentions she's seen Misty

DAY 7; AFTERNOON

>Aral and Jorr attacked by panda-owlbears
>lose Brozal's horse to owlbears
>Aral nearly dies, saved by Jorr
>defeat both owlbears
>take endangered owlbear pelts as loot

DAY 7; LATE AFTERNOON

>Aral returns to Drellins Ferry
>Town appears to be in process of evacuating (last call to buy/sell things)
>Aral goes to the circle of the Old Ones
>Druid uses Staff Of Life to raise Chad
>"What happened to Misty?"
>?????
>Aral spends rest of day buying/selling things
>Looming set-up for Part Two
The map is one last look at Drellin's Ferry. It will be goblin territory soon...

We're nearing the end of Part One. I would like to do the set-up for Part Two soon, and maybe a little side story for both Aral and Chad.

Sir Whiskers is still holed up with his waifu in Vraath Keep, a rather large manticore having moved into the barracks to feed on the singed, beefy corpse of the minotaur. If he wishes to continue participating in the next session, now would be a nice time to say so.

Brozal's player will have to have his new character ready today if he wants to participate in the next session tomorrow.

If any new players would like to play, we're at a turning point in the story that would make it ideal for new characters to join. Anyone interested can just say so here, or mention it in the "Want To Fight Some Goblins?" thread.
Anonymous
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No.137900
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrmNzypy8bo
The Old Ones (aka Young Ones) praying in the circle.
Anonymous
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No.137902
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Cursed marauders on the path to the blighted forest.
Anonymous
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No.137905
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Pic related is what inspired me to shoehorn all of this autistic ghost nonsense into one of the party's last downtime days.
Anonymous
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No.137950
I'll sum up what happened in today's session tomorrow.
Anonymous
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No.138160
I may not be able to DM next week, since I'm very busy and don't want to half-ass it.
In the meantime, that should give Brozal's player a chance to make his new character.
Anonymous
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No.138550
Red Hand Of Doom will resume next week, at which point I would like to transition to Part 2, and introduce new characters.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138883
The game will be commencing tomorrow, at the earliest point where I can get everyone online.
Hamfist Henry
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No.138886
I’m here.
Anonymous
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No.138887
DAY NINE; SOMEWHERE NEAR NOON

Okay, at the expense of a little railroading, I'm going to introduce Henry Hamfist and get the party to part two, ending this thread. He has been commissioned as a mercenary by lord Jarmarath of Brindol, in the company of Teyani Sura, Lion Of Brndol, to investigate rumors of war in west, and to deliver a message to Captain Soranna. He has heard of many goblin tribes rallyng under a charismatic warlord, and marauders attacking travelers with increasing frequency. When he arrived, the town was already in the process of evacuation.

Chad and Aral are currently chilling in the tavern, enjoying their last couple days of free hospitality. The quality of service has decreased significantly, with staff skipping town and peasants fighting over food supplies. Nevertheless, Kellin Shadowbanks has remained committed to offering the full extent of hobbit hospitality.
Jorr is shitfaced drunk.

A black-haired woman, her face streaked with the dust of the road, trudges into the common room. She wears a soldier’s tunic of blue and white over a shirt of mail, with the stylized image of a golden lion over her heart. She signals the barkeep. “Ale,” she rasps. “And send for your
speaker. I’ve got ill news for him.”
Anonymous
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No.138888
138889
goblin_pone2.png
Check'em
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138889
138891
>>138888
Nice quads
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138890
138896
Where is Henry currently at?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138891
138892 138893
>>138889
You are right beside Lady Sura, the black haired woman who just entered the tavern.
She has paid you a generous salary of ten gold pieces to punch goblins that have been attacking her troops along the road from Brindol. (gain 10 gp)

The Halfling at the Bar gestures to one of his remaining staff at the woman's order, who promptly scurries out the door to fetch the Speaker.

Aral and Chad, do you respond?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.138892
>>138891
Howdy.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
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No.138893
138899
>>138891
Aral doesn't speak up, but he wants to hear the news for sure. He moves a bit closer and awaits the Speaker to listen to what is going on, and observes until then.
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138894
138895 138897
Hamfist Henry extends a gauntlet-covered hand to the two elven men while grinning. “It’s nice to meet you both. The name is Henry Amald but back home they call me Hamfist Henry. You can call me by either my nickname or proper name. Who are you gentlemen?”
Hamfist Henry
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No.138895
138897
>>138894
This is a handshake
Anonymous
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No.138896
>>138890
I will note that although you followed Lady Sura here, she hasn't made very much small talk. One thing you have noticed is that there's a lot more goblins than usual along the road, and you've heard rumors of war.
If you want to find out more, you'll need some dialogue.

The hobbit at the bar pours the lady a drink.

Oh, and there's a badass-looking elf reading a book in the tavern, and a human mage(?) petting a blue horse who's leaning in through the window. There's also a human in leather armor throwing some scraps to three immcuately-trained dogs (looks like Kelin doesn't care about not letting animals in right now).
They look pretty chill.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
272a73d
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No.138897
138898 138903
>>138894
>>138895
"Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh."
He looks at the extended hand for a moment before realizing that a handshake is what people sometimes do. Then does the thing. That people do.
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138898
138900
>>138897
Henry gives Aral a firm handshake before going to shake hands with Chad. “I’ve heard there’s some goblins we need to go kill.” He comments while chuckling to himself.
Anonymous
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No.138899
138901
Eventually, the hobbit returns with Speaker Wiston and Captain Sorranna. Both look tired, like they haven't had very much sleep in the past few days.
They chat in some inconsequential dialogue to introduce themselves.
>>138893
Aral can hear that The woman is Teyani Sura, a Lion of Brindol (that is, an elite soldier in Brindol’s Lion Guard). she continues to speak to Wiston.

“I ride in the service of the Lord of Brindol. I was part of a patrol sweeping up the old Rhest Trail. Five days ago, we ran into a roadblock—hobgoblins and ogres, waylaying any travelers heading into or out of the vale from the north. They were too strong for us, and we had to retreat. My captain sent several of us riding off to warn folks across the vale to avoid the old Rhest Trail. So here I am.”
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.138900
138903
>>138898
I take the handshake while keeping my other hand on Misty.
"There sure is!"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138901
>>138899
The lady also hand Captain Soranna a scroll. She glances at it with wide eyes, apparently surprised, before stowing it away in her satchel.
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138902
138903
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Henry grabs a nearby chair and sits in it backwards with his arms resting on the backrest. “So where are we going, Miss Lion?”
Anonymous
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No.138903
138904 138905 138906
>>138902
"We've arrived. The lady says, flatly."

>>138900
>>138897
Speaker Wiston chats with Lady Sura for several more minutes, explaining the details of the Red Hand Horde, and later gestures the two of you over.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.138904
138906
>>138903
"Yes?"
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
272a73d
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No.138905
138906
>>138903
Aral responds with simply moving over there.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138906
138907 138908
>>138903
As the lady describes the goblin attacks on the Rhest Trail, Norro Wiston ponders out loud: "They must have been looking for Cromar..." he says, grimly
>>138905
>>138904
The speaker introduces the two of you.
"Meet Teyani Sura, Lion Of Brindol." He say
The woman takes a bow
"I heard that you lads had a run-in with this 'Red Hand' horde. Would you care to describe what you've seen of their forces?"
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
272a73d
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No.138907
138908 138909
>>138906
"Organized and trained. Magical weaponry. Spell scourges. A dragon."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.138908
138910
>>138906
"Nice to meet you, m'lady"
>>138907
"We've seen a fair share of goblins."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138909
>>138907
"A Dragon?" She implores with considerable alarm
"It seems this predicament is worse than what we've heard in Brindol. I only expected a few hundred savages."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138910
138911
>>138908
"How many would you say there are? I never thought I'd see the day that the folk of Drellin's Ferry would so readily leave their homes."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.138911
138912
>>138910
"i would reckon not more than 6 million or less."
Anonymous
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No.138912
138913 138914 138917
Speaker Wiston seems considerably stressed, and not because he's spent the last few days pleading with stubborn merchants.
>>138911
>muh six gorillion
She scoffs at that
"Six million? Really? With the limited number of tribes in the wyrmsmokes? I doubt it."
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.138913
138914 138915
>>138912
"They have grouped together all the surrounding goblin groups together from all over to band together for a march upon the world."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
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No.138914
138915
>>138912
>>138913
"The goblins themselves refer to this as an alliance of ALL tribes. If that isn't a reality yet, it soon will be."
Anonymous
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No.138915
138916 138917
>>138913
Teyani swears colorfully and drains her ale. “I’m on my way back to Brindol, then,” she mutters. “That news can’t wait. Guess I’ll need a fresh horse.”
>>138914
Speaker Wiston speaks up
"Sir Aral, would you mind showing me that map you found?"
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
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No.138916
138918
>>138915
Aral hand over the map.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.138917
138919
>>138912
>>138915
"What's got you unnerved paper boy?"
Anonymous
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No.138918
138920
>>138916
The speaker hands the map over to lady Sura.
The woman looks over the map for several minutes with wide eyes, although apparently unable to read the goblinoid scribbles.
“Lord Jarmaath needs to see this..." She declares
"Would you mind if I took it back with me?"
Anonymous
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No.138919
>>138917
"Cromar... He's a retired wizard who lives in solitude in the swamplands up north. I have a hunch that the savages might be out for his head. He's a powerful mage, you see, stronger than Immerstal the Red. He was very prominent when Witchcross saw off the last serious hobgoblin raiding about fifteen years ago. They’d remember that.” he says
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
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No.138920
138922
>>138918
"I'll make some translations on top, then you can take it."
Aral uses the ink and pen he has to quickly scribble the corresponding notes in Common on the map. He also adds "Troop estimates: 6 million or above in number" in the corner.
Hamfist Henry
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No.138921
138923
“He seems to be a man who doesn’t want to be bothered.” Henry comments.
Anonymous
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No.138922
>>138920
He continues
“He was like a father to me when I was a boy. He was strong fifteen years ago, but he’s getting old; I don’t know if he’s got enough power to hold off the type of forces you say you’ve been dealing with for long at all.”
>>138920
"Notes would be fine." the woman says, nodding thankfully.
Anonymous
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No.138923
>>138921
"Yes. That's precisely why he retired. He was indispensable in the war, but he wasn't so keen on being a court wizard afterwards."
Anonymous
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No.138924
138925
Okay, this is going a bit too slowly for my taste.

You hear the sounds or roaring, followed by screams, coming from some distance outside the tavern.

Jorr hiccups
"Huh? Wut? Encounter time already?"
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
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No.138925
138926
>>138924
Aral runs to the window/door
Spot
[1d20+16 = 17]
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138926
138929
>>138925
The afternoon is hot and still, but a line of thunderheads in the west promises a storm before long. The town bustles with activity, as a motley assortment of militiamen drill on the green. Then someone points up to the sky and cries, “Great Pelor, what is that?”
Townsfolk look up, and in a moment the town is overcome by
pandemonium and terror. With shrieks of fear, people scatter, fleeing into buildings and pulling the shutters closed after them. A sinister winged shape soars over the town—a powerful three-headed monstrosity with vast, batlike wings. The creature lets loose with a horrible wailing cry and then dives toward the people running for cover on the green.

You may roll Knowledge (arcana).
Hamfist Henry
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No.138927
“This is where the fun begins!” Henry says while uncorking a bottle of rum and taking a swig from it.
Anonymous
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No.138928
Okay, combat encounter imminent. Join me in the server so that this doesn't take hours.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
272a73d
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No.138929
138930
>>138926
[1d20+6 = 17] Arcana
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138930
>>138929
With that check, you at least know that this monster is called a "Chimera", white variety.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138931
Jorr grabs his bow. Captain Soranna rushes outside.

The monster is some 300 ft away from the tavern, breathing it's chaos down on the townsfolk.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138932
138933
5d55d363fc6b876101aa78f7bb592a3e.png
Pic related is the monster.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.138933
138934
>>138932
It's the thing that fucked Applejack.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138934
138935
>>138933
The lingering scent of apples and maresweat confirms that it is.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.138935
138938
chimera cream pie.jpg
>>138934
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138936
Hamfist Henry raises his arms into the air in celebration and climbs on top of the chimera’s body. He then motions for his companions to step up onto the bodily pedestal with him. “Never forget our names. Hamfist Henry, Jorr, Aral, and Chad!” He yells into the crowd of adoring fans while blood dribbles down his face and out of cracks in his armor.
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138937
Hamfist Henry is basking in the adoration of the crowd while smiling. “For thirty years, I’ve been dead. Today I am alive again.”
Anonymous
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No.138938
138939 138940 138942 138943
yes.jpg
>>138935
....

Okay, that thing went down faster than i expected.

All three heads are shot squarely, their eyes glassing over as the beast collapses.

As the Chimera dies, it seems almost confused, as if dumbfounded how it could have been defeated so quickly.

The townsfolk cheer, clapping in celebration and thanks.
....
*rolls some dice*

e_e

The monster was apparently paid generously for its work. It drops a truly absurd amount of treasure:
>Golden Pearl Statuette (of a Unicorn) wreathed in Continual Flame
>Golden jewelry worth 500 gp
>Iron Armband
>Blue Star Sapphire
>lapis lazuli
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138939
>>138938
Oh, and
>Star Ruby
This is a bullshit drop. I'd reroll it if Brozal hadn't given away all the party's treasure.
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138940
>>138938
Hamfist Henry will take the golden jewelry and wear it. He also checks out the iron armband.
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138941
138942 138943
Hamfist Henry is flexing and posing dramatically for the crowd while standing atop the dead chimera in an attempt to make them cheer louder. Rolled a 16 on tumble.
Anonymous
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No.138942
>>138938
"Neigh"
>>138941
"Snicker"
Anonymous
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No.138943
138944 138948
>>138938
Chad, with a passive Nature check, is able to notice that the unicorn statue is an Idol of Eponna.

>>138941
Everyone claps.
The remaining townsfolk toss some silver coins.
Gain 10 sp

Okay. Aral is skinning a Chimera. That will take him the rest of the day, with Jorr's help.

Brother Derny, who has still not evacuated, comes over and congratulates Henry, and heals him 30 HP with his spell slots.

He also heals Aral back to full health.

I'm going to skip ahead to the evening.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.138944
>>138943
I'm gonna take the statue.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138945
138951 138983
Okay, later that evening.
Speaker Wiston assembles the party, the town mostly evacuating at this point, caravans leaving.

The town of Drellin’s Ferry is empty. Houses stare vacantly out at silent roads. The sun has just vanished behind the formidable scar on the horizon that is the Wyrmsmoke Mountains. Speaker Wiston takes a deep breath and wipes tears from his eyes with the back of his hand. “It seems we’re about out of time,” he says. “We’d best be going now if we want to keep ahead of the worg riders.”

Captain Soranna nods to you. “You’ve already done us good, heroes. Without your warning, we’d have all been asleep in our beds when the horde arrived on our stoops. You’ve saved many lives today. For that you have my thanks. But I am afraid your work may not be done yet. There’s nothing to stop the Red Hand before they reach the walls of Brindol.”
Hamfist Henry
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No.138946
138947 138949
Henry takes out his bottle of rum that he's been nursing for the past few hours and glugs down a gulp. "Is this Jorr guy a mercenary? Does he get paid?" Henry asks while stumbling in the general direction of Aral and Chad.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138947
138950
>>138946
Jorr was being paid 10 gp a day.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
272a73d
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No.138948
138949 138950 138952
>>138943
"He is. He does." Aral takes 70 gp and hands it to Jorr.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
272a73d
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No.138949
>>138948
meant here
>>138946
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138950
138952
>>138947
>>138948
Henry finishes his bottle and tucks it away. "He's useful and I'd like to keep him around." The drunken homeless man says while handing 50 more GP and a bottle of rum to Jorr.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.138951
>>138945
"Let's get moving then before we become dog food."
"We appreciate your thanks, are we following you?"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138952
138953 138955
>>138948
>>138950
Jorr accepts the payment and tips his hat.
"It's been a pleasure to work with ye'." The roguish woodsman says
>>138950
"Unless ye plan to stay in the Witchwood for a long while longer, i think we'd best part ways here." The woodsman says, scratching his head
"These are my woods. I've been fighting my little one-man war for as long as I can remember, and I'm not about to call it quits. The savages may have won this battle, but it'll take more than a few thousand goblins to drive me out."
Anonymous
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No.138953
138956
>>138952
"Are you sure?"
Anonymous
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No.138954
To sum up day nine:
>Hamfist introduced
>Hear about blockade on Rhest Trail
>Wiston mentions Cromar might be in trouble
>interrupted by Chimera attack
>chimera btfo'd
>treasure
>town evacuates
>Jorr wants to stay in the Witchwood
>Now Speaker Wiston and Soranna are talking
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138955
138956 138961
>>138952
"The woods aren't going anywhere. If you come with us and kill goblins by our side, we're stronger and we can drive them out of the region completely."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138956
>>138953
>>138955
Hmmmmmmm, let me check my notes on this.
"Eh, I'll think about it..." The woodsman grumbles

Wiston clears his throat.
Hamfist Henry
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No.138957
138958 138959 138960
Who had the healing belt? I might need it with all the damage I've taken/will surely take in the future.
Anonymous
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No.138958
138959
>>138957
I think Brozal had it if i remember.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.138959
138965
>>138957
>>138958
No it was Whiskers.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.138960
138962 138963
>>138957
"Check Chad's bag." Jorr says
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
272a73d
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No.138961
>>138955
"Could give you a raise and pay in advance, if money is needed."
Little pause.
"Might not be any woods left, not as they are, if we don't act against the Red Hand together."
Hamfist Henry
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No.138962
138964
>>138960
Henry checks Chad's bag, removes the healing belt, and dons it. "Thanks!"
Anonymous
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No.138963
138965
>>138960
"The body bag?"
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.138964
>>138962
"I doubt it would fit around my barrel belly so i hope you have fun with your new belt and slap some bitches with it for me."
Anonymous
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No.138965
138966 138969 138970
>>138959
>>138963
I repossessed some of Whisker's equipment and put it in Chad's bag

Hmmmmmmmm... what to do...

...

You hear the sounds of howling, shouting, and multiple screams in the direction of the caravans.

"Eh? One more fight innit' then?" Jorr says with a slight smile, grabbing his bow.
Anonymous
a897a3c
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No.138966
>>138965
Well that's convenient, i wouldn't really be able to use the healing belt if i''m in wild shape, right?
Anonymous
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No.138967
Henry sits down wherever a suitable and decent seat can be found. “How should we approach this next battle?” He ponders aloud.
Anonymous
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No.138969
>>138965
>>138968
Should i cast Owl's Wisdom on Aral?
Anonymous
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No.138970
>>138965
>>138965
*on the East Bank

A commotion in the street outside sounds out in the night.
“Run! Run! Goblins are attacking the east bank!” someone cries.
From your window, you can see bright flames leaping up from houses and buildings by the road and hear the faint roar and crackle of distant flames.

Speaker Wiston sounds the alarm. Captain Soranna runs over to the old Toll house to muster some guards.
Anonymous
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No.138971
Aral, with his low-light vision, can see several goblin raiders have arrived to harass the caravan as they leave. Several of them appear to be riding worgs, more appearing over the hills.
Anonymous
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No.138972
Goblinoids rain flaming arrows down on the fleeing peasants.
Hamfist Henry
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No.138973
Henry scratches his chin while watching the commotion. “Is running right in really a good idea?”
Anonymous
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No.138974
You're only a hundred feet away from the source of the commotion when you spot a trio of goblin worg riders dashing down the street, whooping and shaking their bows in the air. A powerful hell hound bounds alongside them.
Hamfist Henry
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No.138975
Henry will use all three charges of the healing belt to heal himself. He heals 18 damage and is now at 73 HP.
Anonymous
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No.138976
meme.png
>Goblins when they thought they were going to have a nice easy raid picking on defenseless villagers but face PC instead
(courtesy of Ham's player)
Anonymous
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No.138978
138979
Well, that was going well, until it didn't.
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138979
>>138978
Misty died.
https://youtu.be/oIscL-Bjsq4
Anonymous
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No.138980
138981
Okay, the goblins were btfo'd by the party, until the party tried to pursue them while fleeing, resulting in significant damages and a dead windsteed.

Enemy casualties:
>3 dead goblins
>3 dead hobgoblins
>1 dead worg
>1 dead hellhound
>serious wounds
>several spent scrolls/potions
>dignity

Party casualties:
>Wounds
>Misty is kill
Anonymous
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No.138981
138982
>>138980
Misty has been revived at the cost of the remaining charges in the staff of life.
A faint "Hohoho!" sounds out in the warm July night.
Hamfist Henry
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No.138982
>>138981
https://youtu.be/sAXZbfLzJUg
Anonymous
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No.138983
Okay, I'm going to take a few minutes to calculate the look that Jorr graciously strips and counts for you guys.

The other guards seem to have taken care of their goblins, the retreating with a Dancing Lights signal from the Sorcerer that you just drove off.

In the meantime, the story will fast forward back to here >>138945 as Captain Soranna and Speaker Wiston track you down again.

Please ask any questions you might have, even if the previous ones remain unanswered.
I'm pausing for now. The game will move to part two next session, and I'll be making a new thread for that.
Hamfist Henry
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No.138984
138985
I'm gonna head back into town and check out the bar now that everyone is evacuated. I'll try to find the cellar so I can bust down the door and take a gander at all the booze that was left behind in the commotion.
Anonymous
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No.138985
138986
>>138984
You find a few bottles of cheap ale that wasn't good enough for Shadowbanks to bother carrying.
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.138986
>>138985
Better than nothing. Henry pockets three bottles of cheap ale and then begins roaming around town and digging through all of the abandoned houses and other abandoned buildings. He will also take a shit on the mayor's desk.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
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No.138987
139139
"Soranna...you said there is nothing stopping the Read Hand from reaching Brindol. What did you mean? What news did the Lion Guard bring, besides of Rhest Rail?"
Anonymous
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No.139139
139141
>>138987
>Why Brindol?
“Brindol’s the largest town in the vale. Between here and there it's only small farming communities along the Dawn Way. Brindol has a good wall, and a standing army. If we can spread the word and raise the country, we might be able to stop the Red Hand there.”

>what news
The Fighter fidgets somewhat
"It was a rather generous job offer, from Lord Jarmaath. I wouldn't normally spring to take it, but circumstances have changed this past week..." She replies, glancing back at the empty, partially-burning town once known as Drellin's Ferry
"As well as some minor details of 'suspicious hobgoblin activity in the north and west', as Lady Sura told us about earlier today.."
Anonymous
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No.139141
139142 139143
>>139139
"But what of their army? Why aren't they moving on the offensive, if it is their best interest? Are we expected to stop the tribes with farmers and pitchforks, while Brindol's fighter sit and look onward?"
Anonymous
8e0feb4
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No.139142
>>139141
fighterS. Typo.
Anonymous
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No.139143
139144
>>139141
>But what of their army?
>Why aren't they moving on the offensive
Captain Soranna just shakes her head in response.
Speaker Wiston speaks up.
"Brindol's forces may be a bit larger than ours, but they're not thousands... They'd have little chance facing an army like that head-on."

>Are we (the people) expected to stop the tribes with farmers and pitchforks
>What are your plans now? What of the people of Drellin’s Ferry?
“I reckon we’ll head east till we reach Terrelton. We’ll soon see if the horde is following or not. In the worst case, we move on to Nimon Gap, and then Talar. We’ll run all the way to Brindol if we have to. I’ve already sent some riders ahead to spread the news, warn the towns, and alert Lord Jarmaath to the dire news.”
Hamfist Henry
44eee0f
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No.139144
139145
>>139143
"We should probably get out of here before we get stormed and slaughtered. We killed many of them and lost nobody so even though they're gaining ground, they're still losing."
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
8e0feb4
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No.139145
139147 139148
>>139144
"Where to?"
(We can decide here to go check out the next small town over if you want some brawling before we head anywhere else plot-wise, I guess.)
Anonymous
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No.139147
139148
>>139145
“I suppose you could try to stay in front of the horde, keep the worg riders and such from slaughtering the folk of the vale-towns before they can flee. But what worries me most is the reports that the Old North Road and the Rhest Trail are blocked. If we’re going to get reinforcements from outside the vale, they’ll have to come in from the north. I guess I’d say go north and fi nd out if there are any more hobgoblins marching from that direction.”
Hamfist Henry
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No.139148
139331 139425
>>139145
>>139147
"I think we should escort the people who are evacuating."
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.139331
139362
>>139148
The entire party is here. Who's going where?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.139332
The game will be continuing tomorrow.
Aral Tel'thuen'slaugh Avaemaskan
0df92f5
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No.139362
>>139331
As I indicated before, after the looting and the resting is done, Aral is fine with catching up with the last wave of the evacuation just to make sure they get safely at least to the next town. Tactically, hitting the goblins right now might be better, but there is nothing terribly wrong with protecting townsfolk.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.139425
>>139148
"I suppose you could do that, but most of the town is already long-gone."