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.
1820 replies and 76 files omitted.
Lets look around for things to explore.
>>133944Brozal is marching in the front most rank
Appearance and backstory:
>mlpol.net/vx/132102#133785
>>133944Roll Listen
>>133945Got a horse??
>>133947Also I have no horse
>>133949It'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.
>>133942>>133944The 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.
>>133954[1d20-1 = 19]<Spot roll
>>133949>>133952[ 1d20+mod ] (without the spaces also works - if you want to roll in text)
[1d20+9000 = 9005] [1d20 = 8]
[1d20-3 = 1]
>>133955
It goes in the email field.
I'm going to roll for you.
>>133959My mod for listen is -8. I think this is hilarious.
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.
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.
>>133962[1d20+7 = 24]<Reflex Save
[1d20+6 = 25]<Initiative
[1d20+2 = 13]>>133968init
>>133969My initiative roll was 13.
>>133967Indeed.
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!
>>133968Fail.
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.
Gosh, this is not going nearly as well as I had hoped it would...
>>133974It can be salvaged... I drew fire riposte, mountain hammer, and stone bones for my first three moves.
>>133973With 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.
>>133975I meant in terms of speed and clarity... Perhaps it would be better done in voicechat.
Anyway, a farmhouse is barely visible to your left
>>133976There 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.
>Anyway, a farmhouse is barely visible to your left
Up a steep hill
>>133977Quickly 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.
>>133979That'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.
>>133980[1d20+13 = 31]<Sleight of Paw check
Such a comedian I am.
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.
>>133981None of the marauders see the tabby cat draw his weapon.
>>133982Left or right?
More arrows rain down on you, but none manage to pierce your armor.
Rolled 20 on both attack rolls. If both hit, I deal 26 damage. I will be getting +5 DR on my next round.
>>133985Which way are you running?
>>133984Either left or right. I don't mind either way. I have 23 AC for fighting defensively.
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.
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.
>>133985*+5 dr until my next round
I'll go left. Also my attack rolls were actually 24 on both. Fire riposte is still 17.
>>133992Fire riposte uses touch AC though, so it should land.
>>133987You 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.
[1d20+4 = 16]>>133994I will charge left
>>133996Alright. 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.
Assume I am in the martial spirit stance
>>133984>>133990>>133994With 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
>>133996That roll was my reflex
>>133998>>133998Who/what do you target? The archers or the dog?
>>133999Pass, you only take three damage as the canine attempts to roast you.
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.
>>134002NOW 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.
>>134001The 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
>>134003I already made all of my rolls for attacks, damage, etc. I also told you the results.
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.
I have 23 AC at the moment, and a DR of 5 due to Stone Bones.
>>134008Oh, I also regain 4 HP because of Martial Spirit. 6 HP if the melee touch attack lands against the first person who attacks me.
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.
>>134010The melee touch attack from fire riposte is a particularly vigorous slash that tears through their armor.
>>134006You 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.
>>134004You 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.
>>134009I thought it was only 1, but sure.
Btw, you might want to help out the poor kitty currently being dogpiled (lol) by hellhounds...
>>134012You 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.
>>134012*additional 8 damage
Whiskers isn't doing so well... The hellhounds (it's hellhounds, btw) are currently flanking him.
>>134014You 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.
Oh yeah, it's Bro's turn again.
>>134016It wasn't an actual charge because I didn't add the +2 mod from charging
>>134012Not 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.
Gosh, I anhor splitting initiatives.
Bro, it's your turn to move, then we can start the next round with Whiskers.
>>134019Wait until Bro moves.
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.
>>134023I rolled my two attacks. They are 21 and 19 respectively. The first will deal 23 damage, and the second will deal 14 damage.
>>134024Since I was unable to use Fire Riposte, I still have that card and will be using it to counter any hits from the hellhound.
I have 23 AC at the moment
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.
>>134024Is that all piercing damage?
>>134027I didn't do a real charge so I still have 2 action points. It is a mix of piercing and fire damage.
>>13402812 points of fire damage
>>134029the rest is piercing
>>134028You can't make a full attack after moving.
>>134029The 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
>>134031I heal myself because I'm going to need it with all of the attacks coming in
Should we open voicechat?
>>134033I think it would make things faster. Yes.
>>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.
Speaking is faster than typing.
>>134035Roll concentration
>>134037[1d20+11 = 31]<Concentration Check
Okay, this didn't go nearly as well as I planned...
>>134038Success. 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.
>>134039He definitely takes the chance to hide, already feeling the mortalitly of his existence.
>>134041Alright.
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.
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.
>>134043Realizing 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.)
"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.
>>134044The archers appear to be fooled, the one next to you firing at the illusion, missing it comically.
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.
>>134047Okay, 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
>>134048With 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)
>>134050Miss.
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.
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.
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.
*11 damage from the samurai
>>134054Fishing 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
>>134056The wolf hears you.
It moves it with a smiting bite, but misses.
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.
>>134059Figuring 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.
>>134060Okay, that's a retreat action, to move uphill at one half speed, the wolf snarls after you.
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.
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.
>>134063[1d20+23 = 39]<Hide Check V2
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.
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.
>>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.
It's Whiskers turn, btw. His decision could decide this encounter.
>>134157Oh 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.
>>134156The 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.
>>134159You 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.
>>134160I'll give sneaking another shot.
[1d20+1 = 11]<Move Clumsily Roll
>>134157>>134158Your 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?
>>134161The 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.
>>134162[1d20+6 = 20]<Caster check
>>134163Nice. 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.
>>134162I mount Misty and run towards the turkeys.
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.
>>134165You 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
>>134166The 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>>134165You are about 30-40 ft away from the kill-circle, btw.
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.
>>134167[1d20+2 = 9]I cast call lightning on the group of warriors.
>>134168Okay.
>>134170Call 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?
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.
Both the pursuing hobgoblins strike at you with longswords, comically missing like stormtroopers.
>>134171>>134170You see 9 blinded regulars, one wolf, one fire-dog, one not-blinded Samurai, and one blinded priest in the kill circle.
>>134171>>134175>Do you have a particular target in mind?The priest and the fire dog.
>>134176The 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.
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.
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.
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.
>>134180>>134176Also, be aware that you can use Call Lightning again every round, and drop up to 6 bolts.
>>134179Whiskers 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
>>134182With 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.
>>134177>>134181I cast call lightning on the regulars
>>134183Meow 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.
>>134184You manage to damage two, but that's not enough to drop them.
>>134185Technically 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.
>>134186Crud.
Let's pretend Whiskers simply holstered the crossbow for instant scratching action instead.
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!"
.... I really wish Brozal's player were here... e_e
>>134188I'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.
>>134186I cast plant growth in the area around the regulars.
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
>>134184Chad'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.
>>134191Ah
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
>>134192*8 regulars left on the road.
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
>>134192[1d20+3 = 15]I cast entangle on the area.
>>134194Feeling 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.
>>134195The 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.
>>134196You can sneak up behind them with your movement.
>>134197Ooh, boy. Time to roll Move Silently!
[1d20+2 = 15]<You know what I'm rolling here.
>>134197I cast flaming sphere on the entangled priest.
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>>134199I 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.
>>134198B
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.
>>134200With 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.
>>134200The dice roll in
>>134195was meant to be the ride check.
I use wild shape to change into a black bear.
>>134203It'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.
>>134204Oh
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.
>>134205Good to know for the future.
[1d2+3d6]<Raw Clawing Action
>>134206Shit.
[1d2 = 1]<Raw claw damage
[3d6 = 13]<Iaijustu damage mod
>>134207You slash an archer in half, killing him instantly.
The other archer recoils in fright.
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.
>>134209Alright, what happens next?
A Hobgoblins draws his sword and dagger and attacks Whiskers, both attacks missing him.
>>134210>>134211That was some pretty good timing.
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.
>>134213Should last 6 rounds (1 round/level)
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.
>>134214Shit, I guess we've got about two more rounds then.
The regulars, still blinded, entangled, and prone, flop about helplessly.
Whisker's turn.
>>134217Being 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.
>>134215I call lightning on the priest.
>>134218Even 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".
>>134219Thanks 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.
>>134220I call lightning on the blade bearer.
Can i call a lightning storm?
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.
>>134222Brozal fails his save against the vines and still can't move. Still fighting defensively, he heals 2 HP from his potion.
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
>>134224Did the lightning hit him?
>>134227No. Sorry.
You hit the priest, but not hard enough to drop him. He's sizzling, on his last leg.
>>134228Wait until next turn for that. You move after Whiskers.
>>134232
That can't work twice in a row, sorry. You'll need to wait a couple rounds.
>>134230>>134233Whiskers, 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.)
>>134234I'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.
>>134235With 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
I'm here now. What can I attack?
>>134238>>134239[1d20+6 = 20]<Jump roll
comboing into a bluff check to pretend that was my plan.
>>134235I change from wild shape back to normal.
>>134241You could attack a regular or the cleric. They are all shaken and prone.
>>134242Got it.
>>134240Roll damage
>>134243[1d3 = 1]<Epic cat time damage
>>134243Okay I'll attack the cleric with revitalizing strike, and then I'll burn an action point to hit him again with crusader's strike.
>>134244Doesn'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