Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 8/23Character Sheet d20-4=15 ; d20+4=10 ; Thursday June 28th, 2012 7:47:50 AM
Barratore is about to follow Broms advise when Harves arrives with the wand. Energy flows back into him somwhat at least and so he holds his ground and strikes down and to his left, but again his sword skips off stone and wounds nothing but the air. [Perception check 15 nope] [Hit AC 10 nope]
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) d20+6=20 ; Thursday June 28th, 2012 8:43:24 AM
Ooc: I guess I'm a little confused. I guess I'm ahead a bit on the round. When Brom is able he will move and do his attack.
Perception DC20
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 13/16, ac 20/12/18 Thursday June 28th, 2012 2:22:30 PM
Lemick gives the cowering kobolds a moment of his attention to be sure they remain cowering. He then worries their light source will soon go out and wishes to reveal more of the hallway should more be hiding.
Cast Light on front of shield. Then step to Y13 to look down the hallway.
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) d20=11 ; Thursday June 28th, 2012 4:53:27 PM
[Perception 11]
Bralin follows the sound of the fighting, squeezing past Peza and Gerox, if necessary.
[Move to A13]
Peza Thursday June 28th, 2012 8:52:10 PM
Peza scrunches againist the wall ... letting Bralin squeeze by then follows in his footsteps .... once in the main room she drops the kobold bodyguard ..
Surveying the room Peza ees the farside where the kobolds are escaping " do we dollow them ?? "
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 d20+4=20 ; Thursday June 28th, 2012 10:12:58 PM
Gerox summons his dancing lights sending them to Y11-15 trying to brighten up the area and give everyone a better look at what it happening.
He will step farther into the room to D12 allowing the others to get by him. He looks around the room trying to find all of the kobolds to see if any are hiding or laying traps. (perception check 20)
"Can we get out of this stinking hole yet? I am basically out of spells, Barratore is beat up and we have prisoners and more information to give the Fixers. If we press on, we could lose people and the information we already have. It is time to retreat and regroup."
CO-DM JonathanT - Kobold Mess Hall (literally) 2d4=7 ; d20-1=1 ; d20+1=16 ; Thursday June 28th, 2012 11:42:22 PM Harvest is quick to act once she delivers the new wand to Gerox. She steps over to the bleeding minotaur and uses the healing wand, probably saving his life.
Barratore is glad of the healing but distracted by it, he misses K14s.
Brom chases after K17b and pins it to the wall, its guts pouring out onto the barbarian's hand.
Bralin comes to the rescue and stops on top of the lit square that is giving light to the room.
Peza follows Bralin and poses the question "Do we dollow them??", leaving the DM scratching his head (dollow?).
Lemick scowls at the kowarding kobold then casts Light on his shield and peeks down the back hallway. A surprise awaits him when he steps to Y13. A kobold goes BOO!.
Just kidding.
However, K1sc was waiting in hidding (see the two spoilers in previous post) for someone to do just that, peek around the corner.
DM NOTE: if you beat the DC18 Perception then you are not caught by surprise. If you don't beat the DC18 Perception, you are Surprised. This is an 'Ambush'. Barratore and Bralin failed their Perc, Brom made his. Lemck needs to roll his.
K1sc unleashes a burst of fire in Lemick's face. The blast extends out in a cone shape up to 15' also catching Bralin, Barratore,and Brom. Surprised PCs do not get their Dex bonus on their Ref Save.
Fire Damage: 7 , Ref DC10 for half: 3.
DM Note 1: if you fail your Ref Save, your flamable items on you will catch fire. You may take a Full Round Action to extiquish the fire.
DM Note 2: persuant that Lemick succeeds on his Perception check, he will get an AoO, however the Kobold has cover, so his AC will be 19. If Lemick succeeds on an AoO, then the kobold's Concentration check is 1. If that fails then the spell fails.
Gerox brings forth his Mighty Dancing Lights into the middle of the fracas. He sees no kobolds setting traps, however he does see the flash of flame engulf his friends (maybe). BTW: D12 is inside the wall. :}
K1sc (regardless of what happens), then Withdraws back into the darkness.
K14s takes a step to A15 and stabs at Barratore, hit AC16.
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 1/23Character Sheet d20+2=5 ; d20+6=17 ; 2d8+6=16 ; Friday June 29th, 2012 7:57:39 AM
The sudden cone of fire catches Barratore by complete surprise and he is completely engulfed by fire. His clothes and back burst into flame and the minotaur turns his full attention to the kobold that danced by trying to stab him.
Barratore dips his blade and sweeps it through. [Hit AC 17 Dmg 16 K14s]
DM errupts in cheers: HORRRRAAAAAY!
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) d20+2=15 ; d20+7=16 ; d4+5=9 ; Friday June 29th, 2012 8:17:31 AM
Brom makes his save against the fire.
He moves in against the spellcaster and brings his kukri again to bear.
Atk: AC16; damage 9
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 6/16, ac 20/12/18 d20+3=5 ; d20+3=9 ; d20+1=9 ; Friday June 29th, 2012 8:34:11 AM
Lemick only partially expected more kobolds behind the wall, and certainly not a blast a fire (Perception: 5 -- major fail). Moving his shield to cover himself doesn't prevent much as his motions are too slow (fail reflex. save 9)
OOC: Sorry group, set off the trap, failed save and burned everyone else.
The entire group is finally together and the thought of an organized retreat is sounding better as Gerox sounds as done as Lemick now.
"Barratore, go! We will hold them off for a moment while you squeeze through." Lemick isn't thrilled with this tactic, but he can't leave first with Barratore so close to collapse.
Lemick then attempts to fight defensively against the only kobold still in sight. Att 9 (not sure what to subract to fight defensively, but it doesn't matter since I missed high AC though right?)
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 4(5)/25 hp) d20+2=4 ; Friday June 29th, 2012 8:38:44 AM
[Reflex save 4, fail]
Like a miniature version of Barratore, Bralin also goes up like a torch. The dwarf vigorously beats out the flames on his pants and backpack.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d8+1=6 ; Friday June 29th, 2012 10:03:51 AM
Fire! It is dismaying. There is much healing to be done here. But Barratore Steelwind is the most in need now. Harvest Moon invokes the wand of Torian Silverleaf one more time and touches the magic to the minotaur.
"Someone please pat out the fire upon Barratore Steelwind and Lemick 4-Leaf Sted," she calls as Brom follows after the spellcasting Small-eyes. She herself, charges to the wall, bringing her orbiting Ioun Stone Torch with her to light up the passageway for him.
CO-DM JonathanT - Kobold Mess Hall (literally) Friday June 29th, 2012 8:17:35 PM DM Note: there are no more Kobolds in sight. The Spellcaster used his Move to Withdraw into the darkness. So you might want to rethink some actions. You've got this weekend to repost.
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 6/16, ac 20/12/18 Friday June 29th, 2012 9:06:49 PM
OOC: Awesome!
With no kobold in sight, Lemick drops and rolls away from the ignition of the flames returning to his previous spot.
Peza d20+8=25 ; d8=7 ; d8=2 ; Friday June 29th, 2012 9:24:50 PM
Peza frowns at the kobolds sneaky but smart tactics of surprise and move ..... she plans a surprise of her own ....
reloading Crags crossbow .... she raises it to a shooting position ..... pointing towards the kobolds retreat location ....
readied action .... [ kobold kiuller shot ] [ waits for another kobold sneak attack
CO-DM JonathanT - Kobold Mess Hall (literally) Friday June 29th, 2012 11:01:27 PM
DM OOC: to help a little bit, after Harvest's move, she can see down the back hallway. From X13 she sees a short hallway 10' long (X10-11) that opens up into a room. The West wall goes another 15 feet. At the edge of her light there is a back wall. This makes the west wall 25' long. The east wall of the hallway is only 10 feet long. So you can easly figure the room is at least a 15x15 if not a little wider on the east side.
Not need for a map yet.
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 7/23Character Sheet Monday July 2nd, 2012 7:51:11 AM
Barratore now drops his pack and puts the fire out on himself
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Monday July 2nd, 2012 9:39:02 AM
Harvest Moon is torn. There are many here who need healing. But Brom also requires her aid. Without her light, he will not be able to see. And, after watching him run, there is no doubt that he will be able to catch the Small-eyes and slay it.
Then an idea comes to the half-elfish girl. She could leave the wand for the others. Lemick 4-Leaf Sted can most surely use the magic of Torian Silverleaf's healing wand. So too, has she seen Bralin the Stonesinger use such magic. And Crag Hammerfist. She could drop it here and tell the others. Then she would be free to follow Brom.
Harvest Moon vows to do just this, should the necessity arise.
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) d20+6=7 ; Monday July 2nd, 2012 10:14:17 AM
Brom does not follow the kobolds into the darkness. Instead he holds fast with a javelin in hand staring into the shadows.
"Tend Barratore. I'll keep lookout. Also, find out what we have left- both in healing and other magic. We'll need magic against these latest spellcasting kobolds." He says to Harvest. "I can be a little reckless bit not this time."
We have to fall back. He thinks to himself. He doesn't like it but they just don't have the resources for a continued advance.
Perception dc7 (sweet 1)
CO-DM JonathanT - Kobold Mess Hall (literally) Monday July 2nd, 2012 3:53:26 PM
The Flaming Mino in a fiery anger plasters the remaining resisting kobold.
Brom madly starts to follow the kobold spellcaster into the darkness but wisely stops short and decides to keep a lookout instead. (DM OOC: i'll put Brom at X12)
Harvest desperately calls out for someone to help put the fire on the minotaur out, then reaches out and touches the Flaming Mino, healing him some. Then she moves over to the back hallway iluminating it.
The stench of burned hair and clothes permeate the room.
Lemick's first reaction is to ge the burning Mino out of the room and more harm, but no other attack follows or seems imminent as the sneaky spellcaster flees the scene and Harvest's light down the hallway shows no other kobold hord waiting. So he goes into a break-dancing routing and puts out his flaming clothes.
Bralin spends his valuable time putting out the fire on his precious beard.
Peza is determined not to let such an thing happen again and has her sights on that hallway, ready to pull the trigger.
Barratore does not wait for help and puts his own fire out.
DM OOC: i don't have Gerox's move but he can still post.
The chaos of the past hour seems have subsided somewhat. Two kobolds cower in the corners amids pools of kobold blood from their slain brothers and sisters (female kobolds defend the lair as much as male kobolds). Dancing Lights flicker in a weird way and a square in the floor shines brightly. The bloody axe hangs motionless in the entryway, its blood now dried.
The WLA'ers seem to have a moment to take a deep breath and assess their situation. But then, things are rarely what they seem... :)
Brom and Harvest hear what could be 'whimpering' in the darkness in the room at the end of the corridor.
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 Monday July 2nd, 2012 5:30:03 PM
Gerox Y13 and sends his dancing lights down the hallway x8-x11. "I don't want to keep whining about this but it is time to fall back. We have been lucky that none of us has fallen. Well I did fall for a few second but none of us has died and that is good. Lets keep it that way. Lets collect our prisoners and go report in. We can always come back tomorrow and root out some more of these mysteries."
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+11=31 ; d20+6=20 ; Monday July 2nd, 2012 5:56:21 PM
Harvest Moon cocks her head to one side. "I hear something, Gerox Shale," she says. "Here is the wand of Torian Silverleaf," she announces. "Use it to heal yourselves." She lays the wand at her feet before creeping past the figure of Brom, poised with his javelin.
"I hear someone who is troubled. I must see if they need help." These are the last words before Harvest Moon disappears into the passageway. She creeps with stealth, her senses almost impossibly sharp. She creeps to the corner where her Ioun gem lights the room.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Drop CLW Wand in square X13 Perception 31 Stealth 20
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) d20+6=26 ; Monday July 2nd, 2012 7:01:56 PM
Brom sticks a hand out to stop Harvest. "Stay behind me. I heard it too."
Brom leads the way with Harvest behind.
Perception DC26
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) d8+1=7 ; Monday July 2nd, 2012 8:22:02 PM
The din of battle quiets, and Bralin cannot follow the quick discussion that ensues. But when Harvest lays down the wand and moves off down a new passage, the dwarf does not follow.
Calling out an incantation, Bralin relieves some of his own wounds.
CLW on himself - heal 7 hp DM Highlight to display spoiler: {thats 5 of 6 spell slots used}
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 6/16, ac 20/12/18 d8=7 ; Monday July 2nd, 2012 8:37:52 PM
Lemick moves to the wand and again taps Barratore.
Heal Barratore: 7 + (what level is the wand cast at?) =
He then stands in frustration as the crazy chic pushes beyond what the group has decided. Again, forced to decide and Barratore's options limited, no kind words come to mind.
"Let's destroy that ax set-up before we leave -- I think we could even ignite these tables and have Barratore slide them down the hall rather than us walking into another trap.," he comments.
OOC: If we are still in rounds, that's it for Lemick. If not in rounds, Lemick moves to break the ax-mechanism.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Monday July 2nd, 2012 8:53:49 PM
OoC to Lemick: Caster Level 1.
Peza Monday July 2nd, 2012 9:12:31 PM
Peza keeps her focus down the corridor ... patiently waiting for another kobold sneaky tactic
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 6/16, ac 20/12/18 Monday July 2nd, 2012 9:45:08 PM
OOC: Thanks Harvest, that means Barratore heals 8 hp.
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 d20+4=12 ; Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 8:05:00 AM
Gerox sighs as the heros move down yet another tunnel. He starts looking around the room looking for loot and other clues which might give some information on the larger bosses of the area. He doubts that he will find much in this kobold area but he isn't interested in moving into any big dark spider rooms by himself either.
"Someone should tie up those kobolds so when we get out of here in a hurry, we won't have to struggle with them."
CO-DM JonathanT - Into the Depths of Kobold Lair Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 9:15:12 AM Gerox moves his Dancing Lights down the short back hallway and into the back room.
DM OOC: I put Gerox at X14 so he could direct the lights to those co-ordinates.
Harvest hears something that might mean someone(s) in trouble, or might mean more trouble, coming from the back room, but her big heart compels her to investigate. As she starts down the hall, Brom interposes himself and holds her back. He goes first, he insists.
They both creep down the 10' hallway, and peek into the room, now quite lit up by the Waltzing Lights. Their keen eyes see two bundles. One in the southeast corner that clearly look like two humans tied up and gagged. The other 'bundle' is four young kobolds in the northeast corner, blocking another short hallway. The young kobolds sit huddled together quietly happing something, their lips quivering, their beedy eyes fixed upon the bloody weapon in Brom's hand.
The room is a well furnished (remember, these are kobolds, so 'well furnished' isn't exactly the human term) bedroom with oppulence in the kobold style. Clearly somekobold of high rank inhabited the room. There are piles of skins for bedding (you surmise), and a chair a bit large for a kobold with kobold symbols and pictograms crudely carved all over it.
The spellcaster is nowhere to be seen.
Bralin heals himself from the fire damage, but restoring much of his beard will take time.
Lemick picks up the healing wand Harvest dropped and heals Barratore some more. Ya never know what's up next. They haven't heard the Fat Lady sing yet.
OOC: we are still in Rounds, but I'll go ahead and get you moving towards the axe.
Peza focuses on the corridor, waiting, no, hoping, another kobold dares to poke its head out.
DM OOC: don't have Barratore's move yet but that's ok, he can do whatever, then do whatever again.
The two bound humans realize that there may be a rescue at hand and make louder moaning sounds through their gags.
CO-DM JonathanT - Into the Depths of Kobold Lair Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 9:19:33 AM
Update: Gerox makes a point to mention tieing up the two kowarding kobolds and starts a search for loot on the kobold corpses. He finds that each carried a little personal pouch with a mix of small gems and coins (total of 10gp each pouch, i'll give you a total count at wrap-up time).
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+11=20 ; d20+6=8 ; Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 11:00:48 AM
It is as she had thought. And yet ... something seems wrong. There is no reason to this.
Moving past Brom, Harvest Moon follows the wall under the cover of the cavorting lights of Gerox Shale. She creeps behind the bed for a view past the fledgling Small-eyes and down the passageway behind them. Does it, in fact, lead only back to the secret door? If that is so, then this is where the tunnel ends. But how can that be?
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) d20+6=13 ; Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 12:20:10 PM
Perception dc13
Brom peers around the room looking for obvious dangers, and those that may not ne so obvious.
Once clear, he moves to the captives, while eyeing the young kobolds. "You behave and nothin'll happen to ya."
"We're gonna get you out of here. It'll be okay." He says as he cuts theor bindings.
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 d8=5 ; Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 2:24:54 PM
Lemick moves over to the location where the ax was reset (I'm guessing D15). Still with the wand, he gives himself a tap. (Heals 6 hp)
OOC: How many charges does this wand have left? I've used two now.
He then considers what type of damage he can do to the mechasism that gashed his leg earlier.
CO-DM JonathanT - Into the Depths of Kobold Lair Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 2:25:02 PM Harvest perceives nothing unusual as she moves and from behind the pile of skins that serve as a bed, sees pretty much what the map shows.
Brom, seemingly unaware that these kobolds don't know common, tells them to behave or else. One captive is cut free.
CO-DM JonathanT - Into the Depths of Kobold Lair Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 2:29:52 PM Lemick checks out the cranking mechanism for the axe trap. It is a simple handle that when cranked, pulls the axe back into the ceiling. Breaking the crank should disable the trap until the crank is fixed. It is a metal crank.
Disabling it is only a matter of some work at breaking the crank or axe or whatever. It just depends on whether you want to disable it forever or for a while.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 4:44:52 PM
OoC: I've gone out of town and left my laptop at home by mistake. I'm posting from my brother's computer now. Hopefully this will suffice.
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet d20+2=6 ; Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 5:00:40 PM
Healing flows into Barratore, "Thanks on that." he states deeply to Lemick. With Harvest and Brom checking out the passage and possibly room where the kobolds fled to, Barratore moves to the opening where the axe hangs and listens down the hall. {Perception 6] Save his own breathing he detects nothing coming from that direction.
Until the others returned or cried for help, there was little to do and so Barratore stands guard
Peza Tuesday July 3rd, 2012 11:02:03 PM
The raven haired girl walks in a shooting position ... crossbow readied for any surprise .... she follows after Harvest and Brom
CO-DM JonathanT - Into the Depths of Kobold Lair Wednesday July 4th, 2012 12:12:19 AM
OOC: Not gonna be fancy here.
IC: While Harvest and Brom investigate the bedroom, Lemick starts work on disarming the axe trap and peza keeps a sharp eye out for any more hostile kobolds.
Gerox starts looting the bodies and the rest keep watch.
Map hasn't changed except Brom is next to the humans cutting them loose and Harvest is behind the bedding and Lemick is at D15 looking at how to disable the cranking mechanizm.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+11=23 ; d20+1=20 ; Wednesday July 4th, 2012 10:10:53 AM
Harvest Moon emerges from behind the bed with caution. "How is it that you came to be captives of the Kobold Small-eyes," she asks of the single unbound captive as she approaches the huddled kobold brood. She leaves that single question to be answered as she approaches the four unmoving fledglings.
"Go." With a small shooshing motion of her hands, Harvest Moon directs the four back into the passageway behind them. "Shoo. You must go." Her voice drops into the soothing tones often adopted to speak with animals in a language that they most assuredly do not understand. "You must find your mothers. Your mothers will protect you. And you will grow to protect them too some day."
She then looks up and over the heads of the fledglings, into the passageway to see whether there is a way deeper into further Small-eyes lands, or, whether the passageway does little more than connect with the hidden rock door as she suspects it might.
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Wednesday July 4th, 2012 12:02:26 PM
Lemick continues to work on the crank. He intends on breaking it permanently unless someone suggest otherwise.
Peza Wednesday July 4th, 2012 9:46:04 PM
Peza stays alert ....the kobolds sneaky actics have surprised them several times already ..... she patiently waits for the next one ..... stepping lightly ... she moves in Harvests footsteps
[readied action - shoot next surprise attack .... spellcaster is 1st priorty ]
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Thursday July 5th, 2012 7:22:35 AM
Brom continues to cut loose captives. "We'll have ya out in a bit."
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) d20=1 ; Thursday July 5th, 2012 10:42:15 AM
Bralin slips past Barratore and Lemick, holding up his palm in a 'stay here' motion as he does so.
The dwarf does not move far, just to the corner in order to be able to see down the next hallway. [Move to F11 - Perception 1]
He gives Barratore a wave, trying to judge if the taur can see him.
CO-DM JonathanT - Into the Depths of Kobold Lair Thursday July 5th, 2012 8:56:40 PM Harvest, (in a senior moment), asks the captives how they got to be captured. The one freed first bursts out in many thanks to Brom and while Brom cuts the other loose, the first one goes on to explain how he had arose early, just at daybreak, to get some work done before the heat set in when these horrible spider-humanoid things appeared as if straight from the ground and wrapped him up in webs before he could shout out a warning.
The other, a young teenager, was too shaken to say much but nodd the entire time during the story.
Then Harvest tries to usher the kobold younglings out of the way, saying something about finding their mothers, oblivious that she and her friends just slaughtered them, and their fathers.
However they do get out of the way, staying in a huddled group, but end up on the pile of skins. A woman with a loaded crossbow stands in their way and they are not about to get close to her.
Harvest notices that the 'wall' that the younglings had been huddled against, seems a bit 'askew'. There is a crack from top to bottom of the back corner on her right hand side.
Lemick continues working on the crank shaft that sets the axe trap. To completely destroy it for good he would need to know something about traps and how they work (Skill check) but to disable it for the immediate future is not a problem.
Gerox finishes rifling through the kobold corpses and the two cowarding ones and gathers up their valuables, unaware that soon he will be having to explain to four kobold younglings that he and his friends just made them orphans in the Underdark and he just stole all their money.
Peza watches intently for any foul play, either from the younglings or from the vanished spellcaster.
Barratore ponders the meaning of life and how close he came to watching his life replay before his eyes.
Bralin heads back out into the corridor leading to the guard room. Reaching the corner he spies (despite the N1) Crag standing in the door way leading into the guardroom, bloody axe in hand, a kobold bleeding out at his feet. The kobold looks familiar, kinda witch-doctory in a way.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d12=5 ; d20+11=12 ; Thursday July 5th, 2012 9:46:22 PM
"And so, the Spiderkin then gave you up into the care of the Small-eye kobolds?" Harvest Moon asks the captives. "That is very interesting. It is especially interesting after what the Black Spiderkin Drys has said. In what way did the Small-eye kobolds and the Spiderkin work together," she further asks. "Did one seem to rule over the other? Did they speak with each other?"
Engaged in her conversation with the captives, Harvest Moon only listens casually to the crack at the door before pushing it open.
Peza Thursday July 5th, 2012 10:06:05 PM
Alert for any surprises .... Peza keeps her crossbow trained on the young kobolds ... but keeps he distance ... no need to get swarmed but the little lizards ...
As Harvest moves the raven haired girl keeps her in sight ..... Crags weapon readied .....
ooc: Crag going to follow us ??
DM OOC: I'll be handling Crag while in the tunnels. Once out, he'll be 'called' away for some special duty with the Fixers for a time.
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 d20+3=17 ; Thursday July 5th, 2012 10:19:11 PM
"Barratore, see if you can get that ax down. I've disabled the crank for now, but with the ax in place it will likely be an easy fix assuming they built it to begin with."
It then dawns on Lemick that tables shouldn't be this far down. Surely the kobolds didn't carry these tables the mile they had walked. He examines the tables to determine their age, surely they are not kobold sized tables -- he looks for any identifying marks such as a carpenter brand.
perception: 17
"Should we burn the tables to avoid having to fight the defenses of this room again?"
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) Friday July 6th, 2012 10:00:11 AM
Spotting the kobold at Crag's feet, Bralin gives a curt nod.
With a lung-cleansing sigh, he holds his position, listening only half-interestedly to the sounds emanating from the kobold room. Slowly, his racing blood slows, and he can begin to make out the actual words Lemick is speaking.
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Friday July 6th, 2012 11:55:41 AM
OOC: I'll be travelling this weekend, so I need to get my friday post done now.
Lemick continues to "destroy" the rest of the room. He feels the group will be leaving, but there certainly must be more down here -- so the group will be returning. Lemick has no desire to do this again. Legs are smashed off the table, and he considers making a large bonfire.
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Friday July 6th, 2012 3:27:03 PM
"Let's go." He says. "Take them with." Referring to the kobolds. "Maybe the fixers can find useful tasks for them." He continues not wanting to leave the young to fend for themselves.
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 Friday July 6th, 2012 9:26:32 PM
Gerox pockets the money and then sees the young kobolds, he pauses for a second but then shrugs. He thinks, "They started this shingdig. If they didn't attack the town, we wouldn't be down here freeing folks and killing them."
He says, "Lets get back. I am ready for some spirits and warm food. I wonder if the other groups found anything?"
Co-DM SteveK Saturday July 7th, 2012 9:21:12 AM
reading...
CO-DM JonathanT - Into the Depths of Kobold Lair Saturday July 7th, 2012 8:51:09 PM
DM OOC: I'll try to get a post up tonight.
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet 2d8+6=15 ; 2d8+6=17 ; Saturday July 7th, 2012 9:16:28 PM
Barratore eyes the Crag and Bralin as they head out the room in one direction, Harvest Peza and Brom are in the other. Lemick gets his attention and he gives the pole supporting the axe a couple hard chops with his blade [dmg 15 and 17] to the handle supporting the axe in the doorway
CO-DM JonathanT - cleaning out the Kobold Lair Sunday July 8th, 2012 8:56:38 PM Harvest continues to drill the captives for information, particularly the relationship of the spider-taurs and the kobolds.
Then pushes on the back wall of the nook and the 'solid' stone section swivels away from her revealing a short corridor straight ahead and a small nook to her right. Looks like the small nook has a decent sized round hole in the floor. (See Map).
Peza does not trust the younglings. Who knows what they may try to do? She keeps her crossbow trained on them.
Lemick takes the little metal crank and works on it to make it unusable to reset the axe into the ceiling. After some work he manages to bend it such to make it impossible to turn. That, however, could possibly be fixed, in time, so he asks Barratore for help with the axe itself.
Barratore makes his time useful by chopping at the axe haft and it soon is sundered, leaving a small shattered piece of the pole sticking out of the ceiling.
Bralin is pleased to see the dead spellcaster at Crag's feet. With the battle now over for a short while, he begins to get back to 'normal'.
Brom is ready to leave and reluctant to leave the youngling kobolds behind, suggesting to hand them over to the Fixers.
Gerox puts away the loot to count later and voices his desire for a coozy tavern.
The adult captive relates what he knows, as best he can. They were brought straight to the kobolds and dumped into a room with tables. He knows nothing of a black spiderkin but there was a third captive that was brought to the kobolds. The kobold chief took him past the secret door that Harvest just opened. He heard some horrible scraming that seemed to echo and 'fade away', and they haven't seen him since.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+11=17 ; d20+11=28 ; Sunday July 8th, 2012 10:42:07 PM
It is into this hole that the Small-eye kobold magicker must have escaped. Harvest Moon gestures to the Small-eye younglings. "Go," she says, and again she gestures them past her to the hole. "They will find their kin or learn to live on their own, Brom. Or they will die."
Somewhere in the dark lands beyond the hole, the Small-eyes and the Spiderkin must have an alliance. What must such a land be like? The Small-eyes must have other rooms nearby as well, beyond the hole. So many Small-eyes could not live in this many rooms. She wonders which one of the Small-eyes slept in the bed? Which were the mothers and fathers of these younglings? And how is it that they though it safe enough to keep their younglings here, upon the periphery of their lands? Perhaps their lands are like the Contested Kingdoms. Perhaps there is no safe place. Perhaps it would be best to slay the younglings, for their own sake as well as the sake of Rum.
"Go," she says, and gestures again. After the Small-eye younglings leave, Harvest Moon looks down into the hole to see what she might. Is there a ladder to climb? A rope? Hand holds? Natural rock? How far does the hole extend? All such things might speak of how the Small-eyes and the Spiderkin lived in this place and how often they came and went.
"I think you are right Gerox Shale. But I will first search these rooms for hidden things and useful items."
CO-DM JonathanT - cleaning out the Kobold Lair Monday July 9th, 2012 7:48:24 AM
The kobold younglings, if they looked scared before, having a crossbow aimed at them, look terrified now when Harvest points to the hole and makes motions for them to follow.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Monday July 9th, 2012 10:08:52 AM
It is a thing that she had half suspected. The hole must be another trap. Or, perhaps, the privy. Though the smell would have given that away. And would it have been concealed behind a hidden door?
Harvest Moon raises her hands to belay her last gesture. Instead, she seats herself upon the bed next to the younglings. To each in turn, she extends a hand. With her hand she gently touches one of theirs. Then she indicates that they should follow her.
"You are right, Brom," she says, rising from the bed. "We must take them with us. There is no way back to their lands from here. Their lands, and their way into this place must be in the direction that Sculley and his people went. Though, how so many Small-eyes and so many Spiderkin lived in so few rooms, I do not know. And why they have so many tables but only one bed." Harvest Moon shakes her head.
"I will scavenge the rooms. Please go ahead of me. I ... We will be along," she says. Then, with the Small-eyes younglings trailing behind her, Harvest Moon searches the rooms for hidden things and useful items.
(Use rolls from previous post.)
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Monday July 9th, 2012 2:13:12 PM
"Thanks Barratore," adds Lemick content that the ax trap will do him no more harm anytime in the near future.
"Now what, seems the next room is quite small" as he looks down the hallway (from X13).
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 Monday July 9th, 2012 5:32:52 PM
Gerox starts heading back out saying, "I will buy the first round! Lets get out of here."
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet Monday July 9th, 2012 6:29:23 PM
Barratore nods to Lemick "My pleasure I assure you." as Gerox heads out the taur looks back towards where some of the others still are in the other room and calls out loudly "Are we Leaving!?"
CO-DM JonathanT - cleaning out the Kobold Lair Monday July 9th, 2012 7:01:07 PM
DM Note to Harvest: At this point, it is my understanding, that you have not checked out the hole, since: "Somewhere in the dark lands beyond the hole, the Small-eyes and the Spiderkin must have an alliance. What must such a land be like? The Small-eyes must have other rooms nearby as well, beyond the hole. So many Small-eyes could not live in this many rooms. etc..."
This statement led me to infer that since the younglings did not go to the hole, Harvest did not: ""Go," she says, and gestures again. After the Small-eye younglings leave, Harvest Moon looks down into the hole to see what she might. Is there a ladder to climb? A rope? Hand holds? Natural rock? How far does the hole extend? "
However, if I've misunderstood, let me know quickly before I post.
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Monday July 9th, 2012 7:21:54 PM
"Take'em an I don't gotta kill'em later after they're grow kobolds. Fixers deal, fixers can decide." He says plainly.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Monday July 9th, 2012 7:32:43 PM
OoC: You are correct, DM. Harvest has *not* checked the hole.
Peza Monday July 9th, 2012 8:15:20 PM
Peza smiles at Harvests tactic with the little kobolds .... she keeps her crossbow trained on them ...
but she gets goosebumps at what might be behind the door ..... the raven haired girl stays readied for something sneaky .....
CO-DM JonathanT - cleaning out the Kobold Lair Monday July 9th, 2012 9:59:05 PM Harvest first indicates to the kobold younglings to go out the secret door and down the newly found hole. This terrifies the kobolds so that she changes her mind. Perhaps using something from her childhood when she was afraid, Harvest sits next to the four younglings and gently touches each one, trying to reassure them that they are not in danger from the her. Harvest then proceeds to check ransack the room. Not a difficult task as there's not much to ransack. The pile of hides do hide something though. - A sack, tied shut with a piece of cloth (ribbon) with runes etched into the fabric. There is the 'clink' of what sounds like pebbles on glass when she picks it up. It is not light, but not heavy. - A light crossbow - A quiver with 15 bolts
However, while she is doing this, the adult captive asks, rather vehemently, what are they doing about going after the kobold chief and his shaman adviser! Surely the party isn't going to just let them slip away!
Lemick and Barratore have successfully dealt a crippling blow to the axe trap. The axe head itself is in good (although bloody) shape and can be united with a haft and put back to use. Lemick looks down the hallway to the chief's room wondering what's going on.
Gerox starts back, his mind only on a mug of ale. The ones that come in pints. He meets up with Bralin and Crag and also sees the dead shaman at Crag's feet.
Barratore bellows down the hall to the chief's room, asking if they are leaving yet.
Brom certainly would rather the Fixers deal with the kobold younglings. Brain washed or slaves, it's better than encountering them down here again.
Peza, ever so vigilant over her friend, catches, out of the corner of her eyes, a shadowy flicker come from the hole. But it was ever so quick and 'shadowy', it could have been just the play of light from the Dancing Lights.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Perception roll made on the Blackbird Lake board by mistake. Monday July 9th, 2012 10:55:07 PM
Harvest Moon holds up the bag and smiles. It is to the captive, human, though, that she speaks.
"What is it that you would like us to do about the Chieftain of the Small-eye Kobolds?" she asks of the human. "We have slain all of the Small-eyes except for these four younglings and the magicker. If you know to where he has escaped, tell us that we might pursue."
"Otherwise, come to the room of tables. Perhaps you can tell us which of the fallen this Chieftain is."
Harvest Moon shoos the young ones before her, herding them into the south passage and the way back to the room of tables. As she passes Peza, Harvest Moon notes the intensity of her gaze.
"Are you coming, Peza? What is it that you see?" The half-elfish girl follow the gaze of her friend, and she listens carefully for sounds that are not of their making.
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) d20+6=22 ; Tuesday July 10th, 2012 9:09:36 AM
Brom looks at the human. "First we get all of us an take you back. We learn what fixers know. Then we come back an finish things."
"Let's get back to others and start back."
Perception dc22
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 Thursday July 12th, 2012 6:56:21 AM
Gerox keeps moving out of the Kobold warren, slips by the axe and summoning his dancing lights to light his path
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet Thursday July 12th, 2012 9:15:31 AM
Barratore sheathes his sword and grbs a handful of kobolds and heads back taking a position at the rear of the group. "Grab that," he says to Lemick, pointing at the axe blade from the trap
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) Thursday July 12th, 2012 5:05:27 PM
Bralin leaves his post in the corner, trusting Crag to sound any new alarms.
The dwarf starts back to the axe room, but sees Gerox emerging.
"We are returning to the surface?" he asks, in perfectly understandable Common.
Peza Thursday July 12th, 2012 8:43:26 PM
At Harvest's question ... " i thought i saw something move ... something shadowy ....well at least in the shadows .. "
" but the little ones certainly seem terrified of whats there .... and maybe the captives can shed more light on that once back with the fixers "
"As harvest and the little lizards pass .... Peza walks backwards .... her crossbow pointed at the hole .... she keeps instep with her firend
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet Monday July 16th, 2012 9:25:41 PM
checking in
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Monday July 16th, 2012 9:58:59 PM
Lemick moves over to the fallen ax blade and picks it up seeing that most of the blood on it is his. Still returning it to the surface prevents it from being used again.
OOC: Yeah the site is back up!
CO-DM JonathanT - cleaning out the Kobold Lair Monday July 16th, 2012 10:40:20 PM Harvest seems pleased by some loot she found. Her response to the villager's query is an inquiry of her own. Focused on the task of herding the younglings, she doesn't see what Peza sees, but sees Peza's expression, which in turn, alarms her.
Brom is ready to leave. Mostly, to make sure the newly rescued villagers are safe.
Gerox starts making his way out and takes his lights with him. Whoever stays, stays in the dark.
Barratore 'grbs' (Minotaurian for Grab) up the two captured kobolds and heads out too, directing Lemick to take the axe blade with him.
Bralin, now coherent, speaks for the first time since the battle began, asking if the return to the surface is eminent.
Peza answers Harvest's concern about her reaction to something. She says she thought she saw something from the hole. She replies that she thougth she saw something and remains vigilant.
The kobold younglings are glad to get away from the open secret door and shuffle past Peza, who keeps her eyes on the secret door opening.
The villager, for his part, helps the teenager up, and answer's Harvest's questions to him. "You won't find the chief among the dead back there," he points to the dinning room. "The sorcerer and chief ran out through that secret door. Why you didly-dally here while the two get away I don't know." He seems more puzzled than angry, clearly glad of his rescue. In turn he warns Harvest, pointing at the bag of loot, "I'd be very careful with that. The sorcerer treated it gingerly and uttered what sounded like magic words before he took that ribbon off.
Helping the teenager, the villager starts out behind the younglings and Harvest.
DM OOC: If you intend to go ahead and leave, we can skip to the surface and the meeting with the Fixers. If you intend to finish the last bit of exploration, then we can continue in Turn mode.
Your map positions may not be very accurate, however, if you are heading on out, that won't matter.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+11=21 ; d20-1=11 Tuesday July 17th, 2012 7:19:24 AM
"Thank you. I will take care," Harvest Moon replies to the captive. Then she turns her attention to the problem of the Small-eyes chief and the Small-eyes sorcerer.
She gestures to the younglings to wait and crouch down. "I think that you see either the Small-eyes chief, Peza, or the Small-eyes sorcerer." Harvest Moon re-enters the room.
"Brom, let us push the bed before us into the passage beyond the secret door. We can use the bed to block the hole and seal away whatever danger lies within." The small half-elfish girl grips the side of the bed, and even in her weakened state, slides the kobold bed across the floor, five feet toward the passageway.
"THERE ARE TWO MORE KOBOLDS!" Harvest Moon then calls out the warning. "THEY ARE THE CHIEF AND A SORCERER!" she then adds so that the others not now present in the room will be alert.
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Looks like you didn't resolve the perception check from the previous post. So, if you don't mind, I'll use the better one from the previous post rather than the one I rolled above.
Store the bag and move.
Perception 23 to see or hear the lurking kobold that Peza saw. STR check 11 to move the bed to square A8.
DM Note: with the passage of time, I forgot about your Perc check. However, consider the task of herding 4 kobold younglings, with yur back to the secret door, you didn't see anything.
Also, the chief's 'bed' is a pile of animal skins and fur, now strewn about the floor after you searched through them.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Tuesday July 17th, 2012 5:47:23 PM
Realizing a critical error in her thinking, Harvest Moon switches from the pile of furs that only look like a bed to the large looking kobold chair.
Peza d20+5=25 ; Tuesday July 17th, 2012 6:49:50 PM
Peza keeps her eyes trained on where she saw the movement in the shadows ... [d20+5=25 !! nat 20 !!][perception check]
" we need some light in there " replies Peza to her friend " i think we should go after them "
" we should get everyone together ...don't want to get too seperated "
"Brom be ready and careful ... these kobolds love sneaky traps "
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) d20+6=14 ; Tuesday July 17th, 2012 7:07:15 PM
Perception dc14
"Got it." He says before moving a table to block the secret door.
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet Tuesday July 17th, 2012 11:16:50 PM
Barratore remains in the room with the crude tables where most of his fighting had taken place. One of the women had called out about a chief and sorceror. He didn;t like that much and so decides to remain where he is for the time being. Barratore drops the kobolds and draws his weapon, moves to the passage that leads to the room where Brom and Harvest are and shouts down it "We got more to hunt down then?! Blade still has room on it!"
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 Tuesday July 17th, 2012 11:21:41 PM
Gerox turns and looks back, stamps his feet and whines, " I want to go home now? I am tired of running around in the dark, having nasties that could snap me up in a bite surprise me, nasty traps try an cut me in half, sneaking mages trying to shoot me with magic. Mulled wine! Doesn't that sound good. Maybe with some nice crusty bread and cheese. A well turned oxen leg over a nice fire."
Gerox pauses and listens to himself, "Not very heroic am I?" Ok check out this thing quick. He sends one of his lights dancing in the right direction to light the secret door.
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Wednesday July 18th, 2012 5:48:44 PM
Lemick is mixed about moving on. Captives make the process so much harder, and the tight quarters really prevent the whole group from being effective.
Unwilling to leave the minotaur to possibly fight and watch the captives, Lemick turns his attentions on the captives.
Lemick would prefer the kobold issue be finalized to avoid deadlier traps if they return. However, leaving a member solo in a room is not a good trade off.
CO-DM JonathanT - cleaning out the Kobold Lair Wednesday July 18th, 2012 11:21:22 PM
Bralin and Crag are left in the dark as Gerox goes back to the chief's bedroom. Not that the two dwarfs notice the dark all that much. However, now that Bralin has returned to 'normal', Crag can explain to his buddy what happened and not waste his breath.
Crag explains that while he waited and guarded the rear, two kobolds came charging out from that cubby hole with the secret door. He recognized the spell caster but not the other. They both rushed him but the other seemed to be running awful fast for a kobold, twice as fast as a matter of fact. He only had the chance to swing at one and he chose the spell caster as it was slower Crag had a grudge against it.
The other one had a patchwork cape of furs and a gold circlet on its head. He normally would have chased after it, but Mr. Speedy was just too fast.
Meanwhile, back in the other rooms, Harvest and Brom move the kobold throne into the narrow passageway and Gerox returns with his waltzing lights. The adult villager takes up a kobold spear and herds the four younglings into the dining room where they see the carnage and start to whimper and quiver.
Barratore drops his two captive kobolds and Lemick keeps guard, however he now has four babbling younglings to boot. All the dead kobolds and bloody gore does not help the fragil psyche of the teenage villager and he barfs in a puddle of kobold blood, which does not help much.
Peza, Harvest, and Brom watch the dark 5' hole with intense interest and concern. Was the kobold spell caster and the chief hiding there for one last 'Hurrah'? Only Crag and Bralin know about the fate of the two. As far as the others are concerned, danger is still right there in front of them and very real.
What do they do? Do they dare get close enough to peek down the hole to see where it leads? Do they try to explore past the hole to see where the corridor leads?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Perception checks do not reveal anything. That could be a good thing.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+11=20 ; Thursday July 19th, 2012 8:33:56 AM
Unaware of the escape of the two remaining kobolds, Harvest Moon continues into the secret passageway. With a grunt she pushes the chair into the hole and waits for a reaction.
After this, she continues on through the passageway, confident that it will connect to the other secret door, the door of the big rock.
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 Thursday July 19th, 2012 8:56:59 AM
Gerox waits patiently for the others to finish their explorations so he could go get some food and try to figure out how to activate the wand.
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Thursday July 19th, 2012 1:18:26 PM
"Let's move to the first room," Lemick says to Barratore. He looks to the freed captives and the bloody mess mixed with new vomit. He almost adds some himself. "Be better for them all, not to be in this room."
Lemick waits for Barratore to acknowledge, and realize that will put him in the room solo.
Next Lemick will instruct the freed humans to move down the hall to the next room (left, then right towards the original room). The kobolds and younglings will be directed next with Lemick holding his morningstar as stimulus if necessary.
OOC: Course Bralin is in the way, so he may direct us or stop us depending on what is going on around the corner. Lemick doesn't know -- noisy in the bloody room.
Peza Thursday July 19th, 2012 9:04:35 PM
Peza covers Harvests advance down the hall .... her crossbow raised in a shooting position ...
With a nod at Brom .... she waits for him to follow the bold waif ....
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Thursday July 19th, 2012 9:43:58 PM
"Seriously, Harvest. We can play with the hole later." He says pointing back to the troupe they gathered. "I'm heading back. You wanna stay and play, go for it."
Brom grabs his stuff and heads back to Barratore.
"Let's get out of here."
CO-DM JonathanT - Hey! Who left this hole here? Someone could fall in! d2=1 ; Thursday July 19th, 2012 11:26:08 PM
Act III, Scene IV: Set in tunnels beneath the new town, the intrepid adventurers think they are ready to go home. Forsooth they thought they had defeated all enemies. Yet the Fat Lady hadeth not sungeth yet-ith.
Harvest shoves the kobold throne into the mysterious hole. Was she expecting to hear someting? Like a Splat or Splash of the chair hitting the sesspool, or the distant echo of the crash as it hits bottom, somewhere. But instead she hears a THUDD and then an angry screech. The chair comes flying back up the hole, right at Harvest!
Harvest, make a Ref check DC10 to dodge the chair. Success she knocks the chair aside to C8, fail and take 1 point damage, chair still lands on C8.
Emerging from the dark hole is the most hiddeous creature out of you nightmares. A head, somewhat human, at least the eyes are human with a human forehead and cheecks, pokes out of the hole. It's mouth is a set of insect mandibles. The head is attached to a short, thick, neck that is melded into a chittinous segment of a CENTIPEEEEEED! "Food! Fresh Food!" it screeches.
Peza, steady as she goes, is ready. She gets a shot at the 'thing', at not risk of AoO (Readied Action, creature is just popping out of hole).
Round 1 starts with the Party, (after Peza's Readied Action), Harvest and Peza get their turn, then the, well, whatever it is, gets to go.
The two villagers are encouraged by Lemick to go ahead and lead the kobolds out of the mess, but there is no light outside the dinning room.
The others wait for the word from the trio in the chief's bedroom.
Only the top two or three segments extend above the hole, how much of it extends down the hole is only a guess.
Peza d20+8=19 ; d8=4 ; d8=1 ; d20+8=10 ; Friday July 20th, 2012 5:50:40 AM
As the hidious head pops out from the hole .... Peza snaps off her readied shot .....
" careful Harvest " as she smoothly reloads Crags weapon .... quickly taking aim again snapping off another shot .... but the shock of seeing something so hidious and strange throws off her aim
d20+8=10 missed
"Brom .... we're attacked "
CO-DM JonathanT - Hey! Who left this hole here? Someone could fall in! Friday July 20th, 2012 7:58:10 AM
DM Correction - I meant to write: "Food! Fresh Food!" it screeches in Draconic.
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Friday July 20th, 2012 8:52:38 AM
OoC Question: Each monster we defeat gets us more XP, right? Were we to skip a monster and simply go home, that would get us less, right? Or do you just say to heck with it and give us XP just to keep on schedule?
Also, before I post, I need to know, does the Kobolpede have hands? By your description, I would say no. But the picture does appear to have rudimentary hands. Basically, I'd like to know whether this creature would appear to have the ability to open a door once closed? Especially a door that must be pulled inward as it appears that the door at B8 would have to be.
DM Ans: your are correct, no hands. However, its numerous centipede legs have hooks, as any centipede leg seen under the microscope, to climb walls and such, and as a semi-intelligent creature, opening a door may be a challange, but not an impossibility.
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) Friday July 20th, 2012 1:52:44 PM
Bralin has waited long enough. He heads back toward his comrades, and soon as he comes within sight of Lemrick and Barratore calls out, "We are leaving, yes?"
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Friday July 20th, 2012 4:03:42 PM
"Damned women gonna get me killed." Brom says as he moves to help Peza and Harvest. "Get outta the way." He says to Peza.
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Friday July 20th, 2012 4:59:03 PM
Ooc: xp is fine. But I'd tell a story of our local game. We had finished the adventure and were heading back to town. One of the players insisted on random encounters for more xp. I was the DM. It ended up a ghoul, which got the jump on the group. The ghoul ended up paralyzing the group and TPKed the party over a little more xp.
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Friday July 20th, 2012 5:15:33 PM
Lemick will cast Light on a broken table leg so that freed prisoners and new captives can continue to the room. He'll pass the leg-torch to the freed human.
"Unbelieveable," mumbles Lemick as Brom yells filling in some of what is going on. A talk is definitely needed.
"Bralin, we should be leaving, but those crazy women are going to get someone killed. I've got the wand so need to head back to them, unless you want to? The other should bring these folks to the first room, ready to exit. [b] Depending on Bralin's response, Lemick returns toward Barratore or passes the wand off to Bralin.
[b] "Barratore, what's your plan? Might be best to squeeze back to the safety of the first room while there's time. Despite his smaller size, Lemick is himself beginning to feel squeezed by the walls and his forced actions to save these impatient women.
CO-DM JonathanT - Hey! Who left this hole here? Someone could fall in! Friday July 20th, 2012 9:30:39 PM
DM Ans: From my point of view, there are xps to gain even if a monster has not been encountered, either by luck or fate. However, if the monster in question is important to the story, then I'd say no xps. Typically an encounter is desigened with a set XP value first. That XP value is your Cash to buy the monsters (as each monster has an XP value) and once you run out of that Cash, your encounter is set.
Having said that, there are sometimes Story XPs as well as Monster XPs. If you miss out on some important part of the story, don't accomplish some quest, don't perform all or most of a task, then the Story XP value is diminished.
Having said that much more, I'm not the writer of these modules. It will be up to the Designer to make the decision on the XPs to be given out.
To my knowledge, unike the old table top games where we rolled for Wandering Monsters (1 on 1d6 indicating an encounter) every half hour or hour of Game Time, that's not the norm here. Good thing too, because it already takes a long time to get through the real stuff, who wants to kill a week or two on some unimportant wandering unfortunate creature?
CO-DM JonathanT - Hey! Who left this hole here? Someone could fall in! Friday July 20th, 2012 9:36:07 PM
DM Note #2: it is far more important to visualize the monster by the description I give and not by the random icon I find to represent it. I try to find icons that come somewhat close to the 'thing', if possible, but my verbal description is the one to go by.
No hands. Just a lot of insect feet. Lots.
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 Saturday July 21st, 2012 1:57:51 AM
Gerox shouts, "Don't fight that thing in such a close place. Lead it out here where we all can take a whack at it!"
Harvest Moon (HP19/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+10=23 ; Saturday July 21st, 2012 11:04:51 AM
It is very clear now why the younglings were in such fright at the thought of descending into the hole. This Centipedekin is more terrible even than the Spiderkin.
"Yes, Gerox Shale. I think that is good."
"Peza, Brom, meet me in the room of many tables. Prepare the axe trap," says Harvest Moon, unaware that the trap in question has now been dismantled. With those words only, Harvest Moon closes the door, preventing the monster before her from attacking her friends. Then she springs nimbly away and past the kobold chair. Harvest Moon ducks around the corner, confident that this passageway will connect with the main passageway and lead to the room of many tables.
"Come, Centepedekin," taunts Harvest Moon. If you wish to bite something, come and bite me!"
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet Sunday July 22nd, 2012 9:53:54 PM
Barratore quickly sorts through the shouts in the other room, "Sounds like they heading this way." he replies to Lemick. The fighter is torn, there is his fellows that might need him against whatever it is that has been found, especially if they are calling to fall back, but then there are the rescued towns people and very rapidly the minotaur knows who needs him more. The kobolds would follow if they wished, the minotaur doesn't care.
"Stay close," he tells the human adult as he takes the table leg from him, grabs a hanful of bound kobolds and begins leading them to the room just before the pit. Passing Bralin he answers, "We are with them, you are our rear guard. The others will come home when they do."
CO-DM JonathanT - Hey! Who left this hole here? Someone could fall in! d20+8=22 ; 2d6=7 ; d4=3 ; Monday July 23rd, 2012 12:44:12 AM Peza has good aim and puts a bolt into the segmented body. Her second shot goes amiss as she reloads in too much a hurry.
Bralin wonders what's keeping the party from going home to party and goes back down the hall to check on them.
Brom, frustraded that the women are in the way tells them to move out of the way.
Alerted to a new danger, Lemick issues suggestions to fall back to the entry guardroom so they can escape to the surface if necessary. Won't this ever end?
Gerox calls out to the two women and Brom to try to lure whatever it is back towards the larger room so they all can chip in.
Barratore heeds Lemick's suggestion and with the help of the villager, despite the darkness, with Crag's help, they make it to the outer guardroom.
Harvest slams the secret door shut in Peza's face, flips over the kobold throne and turns to mock the horrid centi-taur, hoping to lure it out and chase her. She sees that the corridor appears to do what she hopes it will, link up with the section of corridor she had chased the kobold spellcaster down but not all the way.
The centi-taur pulls itself out of the hole and after Harvest, In one smooth sweep, it's front legs crawl over the chair and its mandibles snap at Harvest. (DM Note: although it is a Medium sized monster, its segmented length takes up two squares.)
Bite Attack hit AC22, dmg 7 plus poison. Fort Save vs. DC 14, save negates, fail suffer 3pts of STR.
Harvest Moon (HP12/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+6=14 ; Monday July 23rd, 2012 8:46:02 AM
Harvest Moon flees. She grits her teeth against the pain and she flees. "Help! Beware! Centipedekin!" she shouts. As the half-elfish girl makes her way through the twisted passage, pushing herself off walls to make the next turn, she feels the poison of the Centipedekin burning within her. She fights the spread of the poison. Then it stops.
"Beware! Centipedekin! Meet in the Room of Tables!"
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Fortitude 14 vs DC14
Double Move Withdraw
Position D13 (Estimated at D13. Full 60ft double move)
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) Monday July 23rd, 2012 11:28:30 AM
Bralin nods a quick assent to Barratore's command. He waves off Lemick's offer of the wand, figuring the man will fall in with the taur to lead the rescued captives out.
Axe in hand, the dwarf waits for minotaur, kobolds, humans, and possibly Lemick to fall in, and takes up a rear guard position.
If Lemick doesn't fall in, Bralin takes up rear guard anyway.
Peza Monday July 23rd, 2012 8:43:36 PM " Harvest !! " as the slams in her face .... " Yes we'll meet you there " shouts Peza in reply
She turns and sprints down the hall " lets go Brom ... we have to get to her from the other side .... save her from her rashness .. meet her in the room of tables "
Running back to the axe trap [double move ] Peza passes several of her friends " follow me .... Harvest is luring a cetiped beastie to the room of tables .... we'll gang up on it together "
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Monday July 23rd, 2012 10:10:38 PM
Lemick finally here's the newest chaos that has been created. He shouts back trying to fill in other details. "Captives have moved to the first room with Barratore"
Returning the direction he just came from, weapon and shield ready, he moves towards the non-functioning ax trap. (double move) to take the rear guard of the captives. (G11-ish)
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Monday July 23rd, 2012 11:12:47 PM
Brom shakes his head as Harvest's action. "Sigh..." He moves as quick as he can to the room with the tables.
Rage left: 4/8 rds
CO-DM JonathanT - Help! Beware! Another Trap! d20+6=20 ; d4=3 ; d20+6=14 ; d20+6=23 ; d4=2 ; d20+6=8 ; d20+6=22 ; d4=1 ; d20+6=8 ; Tuesday July 24th, 2012 12:23:29 AM
While some converge back to the kobold dining room, others gather in the kobold front guardroom.
Harvest, barely managing to fight off the poison effects of the centi-taur, decides to run, or rather strategically withdraw, as a bard would sing.
However her flight may be short. Although she manages to evade the mandibles snaping at her as she runs (Withdraw), as she runs through E9, she suddenly feels the floor drop out from under her!
Unlike the pit trap at the entrance, this floor splits in half, the two halves folding down, dropping the Stepper into a shallow pit, only 5' deep. However, lining the bottom of the pit are a jumble of icky sharp wooden spikes that just happen to have their pointy ends sticking up.
Punji stick trap, 6 attacks: Att1 hit AC20, dmg 3 Att2 hit AC14 Att3 hit AC23, dmg 2 Att4 hit AC8 Att5 hit AC22, dmg 1 Att6 hit AC8
DM Note: you may ask why not be given a chance to maybe see it and avoid it, but your Withdraw action did not include a Perception roll to see a well hidden trap. Nor would a Perception roll to find a trap while Withdrawing at full speed seem to be possible.
As Harvest falls into the puji pit trap, (DM OOC: you may make whatever screaming sounds you find appropriate), that breaks her flight (End of Move 1). But the nimble monk may not be food to the centi-taur yet. (DM OOC: a successful Acrobatics check DC15 (Mode A) will get her out of the pit and to F9 for Move 2. An Acrobatics check DC20 (Mode B) will get her out and Move 2 (-1 square for climbing out) but at risk of further punji injury (1 more attack) due to hastilly jumping out of the 5' deep pit. Choose mode A or B first before making your Acro check. Mode A or B: Fail DC15 = Harvest remains in pit but not prone. Mode B: Fail DC20 (but >= 15) = Harvest manages to get out of pit at F9.
Is Harvest the gambling type? Is she gonna go for broke and try the DC20, or play it safer and choose the DC15?
Centi-taur is right on Harvest's heels, is it going to get another bite of Harvest or is she going to slip out of its mandible's reach?
I'm missing some posts but monster hasn't gone yet so go ahead and make your move.
CO-DM JonathanT - Help! Beware! Another Trap! Tuesday July 24th, 2012 12:24:28 AM
DM Update: Figures there'd be a cross-post. :} Just picture Brom in the dining room as well.
Harvest Moon (HP12/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+11=20 ; Tuesday July 24th, 2012 6:04:46 AM
Now bloody and torn, Harvest Moon still manages to extricate herself from the spikes in the pit trap and vault in a single bound from the pit. She then whirls to face the Centipedekin across the short gap of the spike filled trap.
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet Tuesday July 24th, 2012 6:44:36 AM
Barratore makes his way down the tight corridor, dwarves are nuts, underground is no way to live The table leg provides some light with Lemicks spell upon it, but soon they will be, or rather he will be squeezing down tiny tunnels and more light would be needed. "take this." he shoves the table leg back to the human adult. Barratore sheathes his sword and pulls out is lantern.
The shouts ring in his ears and how he wants to go to fight, but he cannot leave the people of Rum and so he grinds his teeth and tries to set it from his mind.
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) Tuesday July 24th, 2012 8:03:51 PM
Bralin maintains his position behind the humans, as Barratore leads the group out.
Peza Tuesday July 24th, 2012 8:49:32 PM
Peza keeps moving forward .... squeezing by the axe trap ... she catches Bralin ... " Harvest needs help ... she's luring a centiped beast .... i think shes trying to come through the side tunnel ... the one in shadow ... where the kobold mage escaped .... hurry " as she dashes by the stonesinger .... " we need to be there when she brings that insect out "
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 Tuesday July 24th, 2012 9:17:23 PM
Lemick continues to the room, to H11, asking for the table-leg light to be passed towards him now that Barratore has created his own lighted lantern. "Pass the light," calls Lemick.
Figuring he is going to be front line in a moment from Peza's announcement, he passes the wand to Craig and readies his mace and shield.
OOC: Not sure if Lemick can technically be "readied" since he moved, drew weapon, passed weapon and re-drew his mace. Still, he shouldn't be prone. :-)
CO-DM JonathanT - Help! Beware! Another Trap! d20+8=28 ; d20+8=27 ; 4d6=7 ; d4=3 ; Tuesday July 24th, 2012 10:10:54 PM
DM OOC: haven't heard from Gerox but when he does post he can catch up.
DM IC: The group scrambles one way or the other in anticipation of Harvest coming around the corner when she comes. However, the party knows how fast she is and she hasn't appeared yet. Little do they know she fell into another pesky kobold trap.
DM OOC: In the Hitchiker's Guide to the Wold, Kobolds are listed as pesky little lizard type creatures that like to lure their prey into traps and then swarm them.
DM IC: Harvest manages to scramble out of the small pit with spikes and turns to face the horrid creature. If your nightmares weren't going to be bad enough, this creature makes sure you wake up drenched in sweat.
DM OOC: I'm curious, whith the Acro 20 roll, You rolled just high enough to keep going. Did you purposely stop at F9?
DM IC: Harvest sees the centi-taur, hot on her heals, span the 5' long pit with its front half, it's many legs of its rear half easily keeping it in ballance over the pit, and snap at her again. Bite Attack hit AC28, N20, Crit roll = 27, crit confirmed , dmg = 7 + poison. (lucked out there big time!)
Fort Save vs. DC 14, save negates, fail suffer 3pts of STR.
DM OOC: the map may not be 100% accurate but it should be close. I'd forgotten the table leg with light. Gerox light spell is still on the floor in the dining room. Gerox also has the Dancing Lights, so when he moves, assume those lights go with him. But as far as I know, there is no light in the hallways where Lemick, Crag, and Bralin are. If Harvest makes it there alive, you'll have her Ion Torch, or if Gerox puts himself there you'll have his lights.
CO-DM JonathanT - Help! Beware! Another Trap! Tuesday July 24th, 2012 10:13:08 PM
DM addendum: Picture Lemick at H11.
Harvest Moon (HP12/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Tuesday July 24th, 2012 10:46:20 PM
OoC: No, I didn't purposely stop at F9. I thought that's where the turn ended according to your instructions. If Harvest has any movement after that, please move her as far as she can go.
Gerox Shale Hps 8/16 Tuesday July 24th, 2012 11:15:06 PM
Gerox summons his dancing lights to go with him and then takes a double move running through his old light spell towards the chair room. He has one fireball left to throw and he means to burn him some icky centapede thingy.
I am not sure if others are in the way so please post Gerox's position. He has 60' of movement available.
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Tuesday July 24th, 2012 11:15:31 PM
Brom continues to move with the others.
Harvest Moon (HP5/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+6=19 ; Wednesday July 25th, 2012 9:09:35 AM
The struggle from the Pit Trap had, unfortunately taken her too long to escape another bite. Again her body fights off the poison of the Centipedekin. And she flees.
Bralin the Stonesinger(AC 21, 11(12)/25 hp) Wednesday July 25th, 2012 7:41:00 PM
Confusion abounds as first Gerox and then Harvest squeeze past, retreating from...a centipede, Peza said.
Bralin moves purposefully to the intersection, retrieving a vial from his front pouch as he does so. The dwarf downs the potion in a quick gulp, and waits for whatever it is to appear.
[Move to G11, while retrieving a potion. Drink Potion of True Strike (+20 to hit if done by end of next round)]
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 d20=20 ; Wednesday July 25th, 2012 8:16:00 PM
Lemick should be getting the leg-torch passed to him from Barratore who now has his own lantern. Lemick tosses the light on the ground so that he can be prepared with weapon and shield.
Otherwise, Lemick waits and listens to see if Harvest's call or footsteps are getting closer.
Listen/Perception: nat 20 + 3 = 23.
Peza d20+5=13 ; Wednesday July 25th, 2012 9:17:33 PM
Peza stays near the sturdy dwarf .... loading Crags crossbow .... waiting for Harvest to appear ... hopefully ...
She peers down the corridor [ perception check d20+5= 13 ] watching .... listening for footsteps ...
CO-DM JonathanT - Help! Beware! Another Trap! Wednesday July 25th, 2012 10:43:54 PM
DM OOC: Harvest, I was thinking you had chosen Mode B. Mode A does stop you at F9.
Harvest Moon (HP5/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Wednesday July 25th, 2012 11:14:04 PM
OoC: I thought both modes stopped at F9. Too late now.
DM: Sorry about that. I wanted to give you a chance to get all the way out, with some risk, or get out to next square with no risk of pricking yourself again. By the Book, getting up and climbing out would be two extra moves, but it is only 5' deep so I treated it more like Difficult Terrain. Worked out ok though.
CO-DM JonathanT - Help! Beware! Another Trap! d20+8=23 ; 2d6=8 ; d4=3 ; Wednesday July 25th, 2012 11:20:50 PM Harvest choosing the safest option to get out of the pit finds herself confronting the centi-taur again and suffering another bite. Her inner strength is powerful and she fights off the poison effects again.
This time, she knows her way, though, as she'd been to the corner she sees now. With a mad dash she careens around the corner and past everyone waiting for her return. No need to explain to them anything, the looks on her face and the bloody gashes tell everything.
The centi-taur charges after her hissing something in Draconic. It's long body flowing around the corners, its many legs a mesmerizing blur, its segments undulating as it goes.
However its prey shoots past a short metal-clad food parcel that doesn't flee from it. Bralin sees its eyes squint a little, some intelligence, but yet not quite sane, behind that look. It then lunges at Bralin. Food is food, parts is parts. This one is just a mere bettle. Just crack that shell and suck the inners out and go for the next...
Attack Bralin, hit AC23, dmg 8 + poison Fort Save vs. DC 14, save negates, fail suffer 3pts of STR.
DM Note: Gerox is probably in the dinning room, Brom probably moved up some. This is what I have so far.
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Thursday July 26th, 2012 12:53:50 AM
BROM MOVES UP AND IS STUCK BEHIND MORE PEOPLE IN HIS WAY.
"GET OUT A WEAPON, UR GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
BROM IS AT G13!!!
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 17, CMD: 21; HP: 15/23Character Sheet Thursday July 26th, 2012 8:29:31 AM
Barratore lights his Lantern, and begins moving down the tight passages with the human in tow. the sound of combat fast approaching behind them should keep the Rum folk motivated and he feels no need to point out the obvious to them
Harvest Moon (HP5/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+10=28 ; Thursday July 26th, 2012 10:44:19 AM
Where have the others gone? Harvest Moon peers around the corner and into the Room of Tables. There is no one there. Instead they are all crowded into the passageway. Was it not Gerox Shale's plan to meet the Centipedekin in an open space so that they might all attack it?
And where are the others? Barratore Steelwind? Gerox Shale himself? The Small-eye Younglings? The two humans from Rum?
Harvest Moon rushes back up the passageway, passing Brom, passing Peza, passing Lemick 4-Leaf Sted, passing Bralin the Stonesinger, vaulting past the mandibles of the Centipedekin, past Crag Hammerfist. Here they are! She rushes past into a corner, panting hard.
They are leaving. Yes, that would be best. Harvest Moon puts hands on knees, sparing a moment to catch her breath.
Peza d20+8=26 ; d8=5 ; d8=3 ; Thursday July 26th, 2012 7:31:32 PM
Peza squeezes against the wall .... opening space for Brom to get to the front .... stepping back if needed.
Then she waits for an open shot .... raising Crags crossbow to her shoulder .... snapping a shot off through the crowd
Bralin takes the blow with a grunt, but his dwarven blood proves too much for the creature's poison.
Shifting his shield a bit for more protection, he strikes. The potion he drank moments before slows time, and Bralin knows exactly where to put his blade. The axe head slams into the foe with a THUNK.
The dwarf steps to the side. Bleeding heavily, he maintains his post as rear guard.
[Fighting defensively: +2 AC, -4 to hit True Strike potion: + 20 to hit
Hit ac35 for 13hp damage
5' step to H11]
Lemick 4-Leaf Sted/Anthony hp 12/16, ac 20/12/18 d20+1=15 ; d8=4 ; Thursday July 26th, 2012 10:17:18 PM
OOC: I thnk Lemick was on the other side of the hallway (H11).
Lemick moves in to bleed this beast more directly behind Bralin's blow.
Hit AC: 15 Dmg: 4+1(str) = 5
"We need that wand," Lemick calls back toward the table room
Harvest Moon (HP5/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al Thursday July 26th, 2012 10:24:32 PM
OoC: Crag has the wand now, right? Harvest dropped it. Lemick picked it up then later gave it to Crag. Am I wrong?
CO-DM JonathanT - Help! Beware! Another Trap! Thursday July 26th, 2012 11:31:58 PM Peza's bolt pierces the creature's chittinous shell but it is Bralin's divinely aimed blow with his axe that finishes it off.
Barratore starts herding the kobolds out of the underground caves with the help of the townsman.
Harvest manages to outdo herself as she nimbly weaves her way past her friends and the horrid creature, ending up in the guard room.
Brom yells to get out of his way and they do but the critter twitches one last time.
It could be that the WLA'ers finally finished clearing out the complex, but no fat lady steps out of the shadows to sing an aria finnalle so who knows?
DM OOC: If you are done here, we can fast forward to the sunlight. If you want to hang around down here some more, let me know.
Harvest Moon (HP5/18; CMD 18 / AC-See Combat Info at End of Post) - Al d20+11=29 ; Friday July 27th, 2012 10:03:15 AM
Is it really over? Have they truly at last discovered all of the secrets of this place and defeated all of its inhabitants? Despite her great wounds and possibly even greater weariness, Harvest Moon feels a sense of elation.
"I will return shortly," announces the small half-elfish girl before she races off to retrace the circle of passages, rooms, and secret ways within which the many Small-eyes had lived. She scavenges the place one last time for good worth taking back with them. And, in the end, regardless of whatever she might have found, Harvest Moon returns with the Great Chair.
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Perception 29 (For final search.) Acrobatics at 10 cannot fail to leap the 5ft wide pit.
Peza Friday July 27th, 2012 2:24:01 PM
Peza congratulates Bralin on his mighty swing " wow that was great ... perfect axe stroke "
She then sets about inspecting the centiped for a few moments .... before waiting for her friend Harvest to come around again ...
" I think we should head back up to the surface .... bring back all we have found and discovered .... with the other groups also going in different directions they might be able to better peice things together about what is down here "
As the raven haired girl prepares to head back ... making sure they go as a group .... no one gets left behind !!!
Brom the Barbarian; AC: 18 (T 12, FF 16, Raged 14), CMD: 19 (21 Raged); HP: 13/21 (17/25 Raged); DR 1/- (2/- vs. non-lethal) Friday July 27th, 2012 7:25:27 PM
Brom tromps off to the other group. "I'm leavin'" He says slinging his new shield over his shoulder and putting his knife away.
Brom makes his way to the surface with Barratore, the kobold kids, and the rescued people.
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