One Big Tree Friday December 7th, 2012 10:09:07 AM
Parrots and macaws squawk overhead. Somewhere in the jungle branches, creatures move unseen. The river gurgles as it flows onward towards the Floating city. Everpresent, is the heat and humidity, felt even more as the heroes move from the relative shade to the cleared area and into the wating mouths of black flies, horseflies and the omnipresent mosquito.
Ragnarok is off to follow the tracks Faust lets the others know that the tree may not be showing magic now, but he does not believe that it grew up here. Faust also suggests caution on the fungus. Toregan pulls a knife and takes a couple samples of the fungus to bring back to Gazzy, storing them in his....? Griffin is off on the trail with Ragnarok to see where it leads
Toregan notices the fungus seems to have eight roots, that hold it to the tree as he extracts the miniature mushroom, spaced four on one side and four on the other. A second fungus shows to be identical in this way.
The trail is simple to follow the 100 meters to the thick of the jungle. The divets are spaced in two distinct sets of four with about a 10 meter gap between the two sets. Another description is standing lined up to the center of the tree abouth 5 meters away to each side, are four divets, left and right. Each set of divets run in a parallel line to the jungle. The trail ends at the jungle line at an almost 15 meter wide hole about 2 meters deep in the center. The ground has a freshly dug up look and smell.
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 14/14/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 12/16 d20+9=13 ; d20+6=12 ; Friday December 7th, 2012 10:46:03 AM
Having made his own perusal of the camp, Yngvar gets the mule settled into one of the lean-to's and fills a bucket with water and sets out some feed as well.
"If we are going to go off after the tracks, lets get our gear settled, I think we are going to want to be light on our feet."
Yngvar follows Rag' along the trail, keeping an eye out, his compy's head sticking out of his pack keeps an eye on the back trail.
perception: yngvar 13, familiar 12
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC19 / 20 evil / 23 AoO / 24 AoO Evil - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+9=11 ; d20+8=20 ; Friday December 7th, 2012 6:02:54 PM "I don't trust these tracks... I don't trust those Fungi... 4 roots on each side... 4 'legs' perhaps like spiders have 2 times 4 as well. And these tracks are so wide from one another?! Some giant Fungi?? And this dug up dirt feels almost as if something lifted itself from the ground!... and from the smell of it not that long ago.
Someone slap me in the face I feel like I'm losing it!
Torregan... I'm thinking you'd better put that thing back till we know more about what's going on here... like I said I might be paranoid but I don't trust these Fungi... especially not when they are foul coloured ones."
Perception 11 Survival 20
Ragnarök is not going near the hole yet. But he scans the surroundings for more similar tracks. If something crawled out of this earth, it appeared to have crawled up the large tree... weird... all too weird. And Rag's paranoia isn't going to improve the situation.
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 d20+8=24 ; Friday December 7th, 2012 10:26:03 PM
{ I am with Ragnarok on this one [/b] says griffin there is just to much off here to be good and wholesome I vote air on the side of cation put the fungus down but maybe on the dirt first and see what it does
Grifffin will also stay well away from the hole and scan the area for anything else
Perception 24
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 14/14/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 12/16 Sunday December 9th, 2012 10:02:30 AM "Hard as it is to believe, does it look like that tree walked here?"
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 d20+7=26 ; Sunday December 9th, 2012 8:21:59 PM Toregan has a waterproof otterskin pouch that he'll be putting the fungus into and he'll seal it to make sure that if it is trouble, it'll have a hard time getting out.
Toregan shrugs off Rag's and Griffin's fears about the fungus as he places it into his pouch. "While I doubt the fungi are dangerous to us right now, especially when they are sealed in a pouch, it does look as though the tree moved from that hole to its current location." Toregan tries to think of anything that could cause a tree to move in such a way. "Well, someones got to go into the hole and check it out. I'll go first if no one else is prepared to." He approaches the ede of the pit, but stay far enough way from the edge to react if something decides to pop out of it.
Move 5ft away from the edge of the pit Knowledge Nature (+7): 26
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 31/31 -- Rage 14/14 Sunday December 9th, 2012 8:45:51 PM
Asteron listens to everyone's words, and decides to join Toregan on his investigation. "I'll go with you, Toregan," he says as he joins the other tauren, mimicking his careful actions. - - - - - OOC: Sorry for my lack of posting... it was one busy week. Had to staff at a week-long course and, at the same time, attend another event. Posting should be back to normal now.
Aid another: Toregan: Knowledge(nature)
One Big Tree Sunday December 9th, 2012 10:11:31 PM
The group talks over about the fairly fresh hole and the potential danger of the fungus with Ragnarok voicing the most concern and linking the fungus tendrils to spider legs. A numeral fact repeated in the divets and rows on the tree. Still, Toregan pries one off and puts it in a pouch. Nothing unseemly happens when he does so. The fungus, at least for now, behaves like a normal fungus.
At the edge of the hole, the ground is freshly churned and Yngvar suggests verbally what many might be thinking. The tree walked from where the hole is now to its current location.
Toregan and Astern investigate the hole closely. The ranger finds small feeler roots and all indications is that yes, about 3-5 days ago, the nearly 120' monkeypod tree uprooted itself and moved to where it currently grows.
While a walking tree is certainly a clue as to what might have happened to Raven, the trail here ends and this station shows no sign of an attack.
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 16/16/10 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 9/9 Monday December 10th, 2012 2:16:42 AM
Faust waits near the hole with bomb in hand in case it's needed as he watches Asteron and Toregan take a closer look, while commenting, "Truth be told, mr. Ragnarök, we'd be rather lucky if it were a spider...most spider monsters aren't that dangerous as long as you can stay away from the web...well, at least the ones I can think of work like that."
Once the findings that quite likely prove their 'walking tree' theory are voiced, he adds: "But...yeah, sure looks like the damn tree walked. It doesn't seem to be moving now though, ergo I don't think it's a cousin of the rabid bushes we faced off the other day. Must've been some temporary animation spell...though that still doesn't explain the mushrooms. No reason to fret however, there was no noticeable smoke or smell, few poisons behave that way, so it doesn't seem like we released toxic mushroom air and are going to die any time soon."
"Looks like the attack here was short-lived, maybe the monstrologers appeared or something else happened to startle whoever moved this tree and, I fear, possibly others elsewhere. Are there more waystations around?"
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 14/14/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 12/16 d20+5=6 ; Monday December 10th, 2012 9:26:21 AM
Returning back to the waystation, Yngvar goes about preparing a meal, giving himself an opportunity to mull over this recent event.
"Honestly, looks like a druid that is going to the extreme of neutrality. The way stations should be located about a day's march along the main route. One thing Randolf left out of his briefing, how many, if any, of these way stations fall under our charter to maintain. I'm inclined to consider a few days ride from the outpost in either direction, but more than that would sorely tax our capabilities."
Yngvar takes a whiff of the meal he had been working on an grimaces, "trail rations guys, this is ruined." Sighing, Yngvar takes the mush off the fire and walks off to pour it out at the far edge of the clearing.
ooc: that cooking roll sucked.
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC19 / 20 evil / 23 AoO / 24 AoO Evil - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+9=22 ; Monday December 10th, 2012 1:40:14 PM
Nodding to Faust who claims that spiders are less worrisome than walking trees Ragnarök leaves the while in the ground and returns to the waystation like Yngvar does.
"Still that leaves us with a walking tree... ", looking at the tree Ragnarök circles the tree and tries to discern if there's a front or a rear to the tree and who knows... if the tree has what can be perceived as a head.
Perception 22
At risk of being ridiculed he whispers to the tree: "... hello? ... anyone home??"
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 d20+7=25 ; Monday December 10th, 2012 4:26:23 PM
Toregan will gather what food supplies he can from the surrounding area before sitting down near whatever cooking fire has been placed. "I'm pretty sure this isn't the waystation that was attacked. The druids said that they found Raven half buried in rubble, and I don't see any ruins around here There also aren't any signs of a fight here. Other than the tree moving, nothing out of the ordinary happened here." Toregan pauses as he thinks back to when Nathaniel and the other first left the Post. "Ellie said that Nathaniel planned to stop at the waystations once every few days, and that they were going to travel on the river. Our best bet on finding the location of the attack would be to follow the river to the next station."
Survival (+7): 25
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 Monday December 10th, 2012 7:56:27 PM
atotal out of her element here Griffin is lost as to what to do with a walking tree so she will wait and see what the others do this is a new one for me I got nothing she says to the group
One Big Tree Monday December 10th, 2012 8:35:36 PM
The group returns to the waystation clearing, most content that this was not an attack site. However, there is a very big tree now quite capable of doing so. Ragnarok talks to the tree in low tones, but gets no response. For the time being it is behaving very much like a tree. Yngvar burns the boiling water and the group resorts to dried meats, bread ad cheese for their afternoon meal.
Toregan brings up Nathanial plan, 'to stop at the waystations once every few days, and that they were going to travel on the river.' So the question becomes to start hiking what the group can see to be downstream, or to dig out the raft from the vines and put it in the water. The total number of Waystations is not known by any as Mr. Randolph never mentioned them, but the magical gate was supposed to be the supply line. Logic would put them a day down river from each other at most.
The vine covered raft upon inspection shows it to still appear very sound, measuring about 12' across and perhaps 20' long
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 31/31 -- Rage 14/14 Tuesday December 11th, 2012 3:17:29 PM "I suggest we use the raft, if you all agree to it. We will get less tired by doing so. As its draft is very shallow, we can remain near the water's edge, so that there is no danger of drowning, or being swept by the current. What do you think?"
If there were no more clues in this waystation, maybe there are in the others.
As he started to remove the vines, the minotaur had a sudden thought. "What if something happens when we remove ALL the fungus from the tree? Would it be worth the risk trying it?
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC19 / 20 evil / 23 AoO / 24 AoO Evil - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+9=13 ; Tuesday December 11th, 2012 4:02:39 PM
Not fond of the fungi at all, Ragnarök raises his nose as Asteron suggest scraping off all from the tree...
"I'd rather put you up on that rafting idea... Toregan could be right saying this perhaps isn't the correct way-station to investigate. Still it leaves us with trees that like to go on walkabout. Oh well... perhaps he got a cramp in one of his roots and just wanted to stretch... "
Ragnarök quickly counts his steps from a fix point (like one of the tents or fireplaces) to the tree. Just in case that if ever they come back here they can check if old fellow here enjoyed another stroll around the encampment or not.
"Raft?" he asks waiting to see who else will follow Asteron's lead.
Waiting for a response Ragnarök sinks to his knees close to the Fungi trail and keeps staring at them... are they standing still or just crawling forward very very slowly?! (perception 13)
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 16/16/10 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 9/9 d20+9=22 ; d20+10=13 ; Tuesday December 11th, 2012 8:39:55 PM "Well, I'm up for some quick science.", says Faust, raising his hand like a kid asking for permission to speak.
He then takes his bag off, opens his alchemist kit and an empty flask from it, some parchment, his inkpen and a grappling hook, "Help me out here, hold this parchment under the mushrooms, I'll scrape them with this hook onto the parchment and from there into this flask for transportation."
"Hope they prove to be useful...at least for dye...purple dye isn't so cheap. Anyway, having more samples will also allow more aggressive research. Anyone got anything against taking a few minutes to awake the dreadful tree monster?", he says, taking his time to analyze the conditions in which the mushrooms grow and take notes about it, in case it's decided to plant them afterwards.
Unless anyone has anything against it, Faust will do as described, otherwise he will stop (in case I don't get the chance for another post). Perception to analyze the conditions in which the fungi grow (+9): 22 (darkvision) Knowledge Nature for the same goal (+10): 13
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 Tuesday December 11th, 2012 9:23:09 PM "I couldn't tell you why or how the tree moved. Maybe the forest wanted that tree to be somewhere else, or maybe the tree itself decided that. Or maybe some druids moved it. Too many things could have happened to tell. And I'll help you with the raft Asteron. It'll be a lot faster than walking." With that, Toregan helps to remove that vines from the raft and move it closer to shore.
Rafting Wednesday December 12th, 2012 7:22:07 AM
Talking more about the tree and a few further investigations about it turn up nothing new. The fungus is not moving, the tree's location is counted off and with nothing more the raft is freed and placed into the river. It takes effort, but nothing the party cannot manage. Faust is able to secure a hefty sample size of fungus without incident.
The group pushes off and, with the pair of poles found with the raft when it was uncovered, start making their way down river.
The current is steady but not swift. The river varies in width some, but for the most part is about 100' wide. The jungle grows up high on both sides towering above you to heights of nearly 200'. Branches stretch out over the water providing cover from the sun, but also a feeling of entrapment, as if you were in a living tunnel. Only the middle 25' of the river gives a constant view of the open sky. Vines hang from the branches high above you and the sound of birds fil the air. Occassionally you glimpse a great gecko like lizard upon a branch, or see movement of a shadow. Other than reminding you that the jungle is full of creatures, nothing comes from any of the encounters. Near the days end, the jungle opens out to the right. Another Waystation clearing and sunk deep into the bank are two large beams about 15' apart and topped with coils of rope. Beyond is the remains of a shelter, larger than the ones at the Waystation nearest the Post. It was perhaps a 10x20 building, but is now a pile of firewood. Other similar piles, but on a smaller scale, dot the area as well throughout the clearing. The group is very quick to notice that 2 trees, though not nearly as large as the tree at the first Waystation, are next to the largest destroyed building. There are also 3 large lizards, with great sail-like fins on their back, nosing about the wreckage. Each is perhaps 15' long and even from the shore it is easy to spot the dagger like teeth within their mouths
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 14/14/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 12/16 Wednesday December 12th, 2012 10:05:43 AM
Ynvgar spent most of the rafting trip trying to keep the mule calm while thinking about the recent events. Something was off, he hadn't quite put his finger on it until they were floating past the next way station. "Guys, floating down river on a raft is fine and all, but how are we getting the raft up riv..."
Yngvar pauses upon sighting the large lizards, and quickly pulls a cloth over the mule's head to keep it quiet and calm. "well that certainly complicates things. We can probably scare them off from here though."
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC19 / 20 evil / 23 AoO / 24 AoO Evil - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+7=8 ; Wednesday December 12th, 2012 4:30:32 PM "We'll be able to use these poles we found Yngvar... at least I hope. It will take us a lot more effort though to get home that's for sure..."
During the rest of the trip Ragnarök remains silent. The jungle is omnipresent and feel suffocating. Upon seeing the remains of the next outpost Ragnarök is about to disembark from the raft as he is stopped by Yngvar's words about the Lizards...
"These jungles aren't the best place to play with fire I suppose... and those trees probably won't like it either if we burn their feet... noise? Nah that might attract other beings instead... "
Then Ragnarök eyeballs Asteron... "You might scare them!" he adds with a smile.
"But look! Don't worry! They look nice - they won't harm us. Come let's go. " Sense motive 8 - natural 1 - complete goofball reaction to whatever threat the lizards might impose...
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 d20+9=13 ; Wednesday December 12th, 2012 5:00:30 PM
Toregan takes out his crossbow and readies to shoot at the creatures if they approach the raft. Racking his head for a clue as to what these things are he says, "While I hate to kill your hopes Rag, those teeth mean that they're meat eaters. We're meat. Any thoughts on how to scare them off? If not, we should fire at them from the raft. Not sure if those things can swim or not, but it would definitely take them longer to get to us."
Knowledge Nature (+9): 13
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 31/31 -- Rage 14/14 d20=18 ; d20=16 ; d20=10 ; Wednesday December 12th, 2012 6:01:49 PM
The rafting down the river is pleasant enough, until they get to the next waystation. Never mind the erstwhile buildings, now piles of firewood. It is the three lizards that make Asteron's brow furrow.
"It will take more than a hornless minotaur to scare those three, master Ragnarök," Asteron says worriedly, "and they are too large for me to be confident about our success if we have to fight them."
The taur tries to recall any bit of lore that might be useful in their current situation. As he does so, he scans the area, trying to spot anything out of the ordinary. - - - - - Knowledge(nature):18+6=24 Survival(to get along in the wild):16+11=27 Perception:10+8=18
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 d20=1 ; d20+8=22 ; Wednesday December 12th, 2012 7:23:36 PM
The whole time that the groups is talking Griffin is scanning the area as she has a very uneasy feeling here and is looks very nervous
Griffin looks at the dino's I do not thing that we can drop them fast ether, witch mean more fights soon Thinking at what is in her pack ... crap I got nothing here that works for dino's ...yet she thinks Faust would a thunder stone or two work here, we want noise and no fire, it might scare them off.... or make them attack I am not sure witch
keeps scanning the area
survival check nat 1 ( very not sure ) Preseption check 22
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 16/16/10 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 9/9 d20+10=16 ; Thursday December 13th, 2012 12:09:02 AM
Faust remains silent once he spots the lizards and squints his eyes, trying to see them properly and thinking if he ever saw such a creature in a book and if there was anything remarkable (other than their pointy teeth) to look out for when engaging them.
He snaps out of it when asked about the thunderstones, he ponders for a moment and answers: "Yeah, a thunderstone might be loud enough to do the trick...only caveat is that it's hard to throw one of these much further than 40 or so feet..."
"Ergo, don't think we'll be able to do much from here, it'll require some sneaking."
"Anyone feels up to the task? I can try, but I'll go ahead and apologize in advance for the failure...", he says, holding the thunderstone in hand, "Don't worry, these things are easy to use, just aim and throw, even a kid could do it. Alchemists' moto! Hard to make, easy to use.", he says with a proud smile.
"Ah yes, and if everything else fails...Worldtraveler, drink this. It'll make one of your kind big enough to wrestle an iguanodon on equal footing.", he says, giving Asteron a flask of his extracts.
Knowledge Nature to identify the lizards and remember anything remarkable about them, especially anything to look out for (+10): 16
If everyone decide to strike the lizards before I post again, Faust will ask for a second to chug down his mutagen (Dex) before the battle starts.
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 d20+11=21 ; d20+8=16 ; Thursday December 13th, 2012 9:53:04 AM
Griffin add here give it to me I will do it taking the stone I am sure that I can get there unseen and heard if luck holds she will take the stone and try to sneak up ( within the 40 Feet ) and throw the stone if no one esle has better ideas sneak 21 preseption 16
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 14/14/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 12/16 d20=2 ; d20+9=20 ; Thursday December 13th, 2012 10:33:20 AM
Yngvar holds out a hand to Griffin, "'fore you go swimming, let's see if we can't just get in a little closer. Either the dino's will go for us in the water, or they won't. We can jam the poles into the river bottom to hold the raft still, and range on them."
Looking around the area Yngvar adds in, "I can also make this raft look like a large pile of brush. Should keep the dino's from knowing where any attack is coming from."
He also checks for the wind direction, "we just need to keep downwind."
Survival=2; Perception=20
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 31/31 -- Rage 14/14 Thursday December 13th, 2012 3:44:13 PM
Asteron is not trained in magic or alchemy, so he keeps silent as others talk about thunderstones and illusions. Still, everything they do that does not involve a frontal assault on the three large lizards gets his vote. He will not shy away from combat, but that does not mean he's got a death wish.
"Any tricks up your collective sleeves that you can use, I am all for. All I have is combat skills. I do carry a good bow, but that is as close as I get to a trick"
The minotaur readies his bow just in case. He hopes he will not have to use it, but a couple of arrows can make a huge difference.
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC19 / 20 evil / 23 AoO / 24 AoO Evil - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+9=27 ; d20+7=19 ; Thursday December 13th, 2012 5:51:13 PM
Ragnarök looks again as to why his friends appear to be afraid of the friendly looking Lizards... (perception 27 ; Sense Motive 19) ... "Ok... I get the point... I hadn't noticed those dagger like teeth! But still... making noise is probably not too bad as I will prefer anything over the usage of fire or the need to kill those reptiles. "
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 Thursday December 13th, 2012 6:09:59 PM "Life in the jungle is kill or be killed. If you aren't the predator, you are the prey. But...." Toregan sighs as an idea comes to mind. "I guess I could try to convince them to leave, or at least not attack us. I've never really been good at dealing with animals that way though. I'd be just as likely to get attacked if I tried it."
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 d20+5=10 ; Thursday December 13th, 2012 6:28:57 PM So we go with try to scare them off with the stones.... yes she stands ready to move
.with her heart pounding in her chest ... she thinks ..I am, a city girl,... what am I doing here in the middle of the jungle ..... , I hope that this works ..... Here goes nothing ....this is crazy ...
if there are no objections, then with the groups help she will if able pole the raft to the river bank that is close to the lizards but down wind (if able )
Then sneak only as close as needed to throw the stones in the general area of there feet and then lay flat to the ground and see what happens,
sneak 21 preseption 16
OCC the roll should be =+7 for attack not 5 so attack roll would be 12
Dinos at the Station Combat Round 1 d20+12=26 ; d3=1 ; d20+12=25 ; d20+12=21 ; d20+12=32 ; d20+12=23 ; d20+12=25 ; d100=82 ; d20=3 ; d20=10 ; d20=2 ; Thursday December 13th, 2012 9:21:03 PM
The group poles near the bank, about 60' now separate them from the 3 large reptiles. The ground is grassy, like the other station and except for the fist 10' nearest the river, it is quite flat. A quick discussion begins on trying to frighten the interlopers off so that the group might investigate the ruins of the station and the two large trees growing where logic says they should not be. Downwind seems to not be a issue, as the air currents on the river are calm the thus carrying mostly in the same direction as the river itself.
Griffin and Faust discuss the use of a Thunderstone and Griffin is willing to give it a go, even though it means needing to get well within 40' of the three carnivores.
Yngvar talks of keeping in the river and trying to simply use the groups superior range to kill them or drive them off.
Asteron readies his bow
Toregan and Ragnarok both share their trepedations on the bold plan.
A couple of pushes and the raft makes contact softly with the river bank. Griffin starts to move, but the large reptiles are already looking at the raft and the group. One opens it mouth and gives a loud hiss as its great tail swishes angrily behind it. Answering hisses come from the other two. Both stop pushing through the timbers to take up flanking positions with the first. The three are 10' apart each in a row about 50' from the top of the bank. All are hissing. A fourth appears from around a pile of timbers as well
We are in combat..On the raft in the river provided no cover once you came into view of the cleared area. They saw you pretty much as you saw them. They did not react until you made a move to come ashore. Please post your actions in story form and then track rolls and such after
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25 - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple Friday December 14th, 2012 11:52:20 AM
(Can't find myself on the map yet - but I assume I'm with the rest of this crazy gang)
"Food! We brought food for the Kobolds no? Hurry take that out and throw it at them!"
Ragnarök moves R16 and takes a full defensive stance (+6 dodge bonus to AC when fighting defensively), bracing himself for impact...
"Hush... we mean no harm... here's food... shhhhhh... shhhh... " With no actual Handle Animal skill the Monk does try to calm the lizards.
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 13{17}/13{17}/10{14} -- CMD 12 -- HP 16/16 Friday December 14th, 2012 2:05:11 PM "oh Rag, you're gonna be the food..." turning to Griffin, "throw the stone, now!"
Yngvar sighs, he recalls hearing something once about best laid plans and first contact with hostile forces, but the quote eludes him, while he casts mage armor on himself.
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 31/31 -- Rage 14/14 d20=10 ; d6=3 ; d6=3 ; Friday December 14th, 2012 4:09:00 PM
Asteron sighs. It seems that evading combat will not be possible. Still, he has a bow ready, and an arrow nocked. He will fire the arrow at the first lizard that moves towards Ragnarök in a menacing manner. Under his breath, he muters "I hope you know what you are doing, short one. I really do..." - - - - - Attack: [d20+5]=15 Damage: [2d6+4]=10 OOC: Sorry, the MultiRoll does not work in my version of IE :(
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 d20+7=8 ; Friday December 14th, 2012 10:49:58 PM
With a look of shock on griffin's face what the She thinks crazy monk is going to get us or himself killed..... this is going to hurt ....
Drawing her bow she will loose a arrow at dino 1 [Nat 1] .... yep this is going to hurt
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 16/16/10 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 9/9 Friday December 14th, 2012 10:56:14 PM
Faust sighs, "Well, the worst has come to worst, so we either dine dimetrodon, or become diner!"
"I'm personally a bit biased the former option, but let's see how everything goes...", he mumbles as he chugs his mutagen, making his limbs stretch and become slimmer.
"I wouldn't bother to offer them our food, given our relative size and the fact that they have a decent number of them, I seriously doubt they'll settle for the food we're carrying...were it only one lizard...maybe, but 4? Not going to happen."
"If they don't turn tail and scram with the noisestone, we should focus our fire on one or two of them at a time, the faster we take one of them down, the faster we'll have one less set of jaws to worry about. Hey...you think we could let them approach and then move the raft, trying to flank them from behind the rubble?", he says to Yngvar while grabbing his crossbow and getting it ready.
Move Action to drink Dex Mutagen (+4 Dex, +2 NA, -2 Wis, 30min) Second Move Action to draw his crossbow
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25 - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple Saturday December 15th, 2012 2:51:50 AM
EXTRA POST ooc : being a Monk of Domi and Alemi Ragnarök will always try to go first in battle... and laugh doing so! The idea is to become a hand of Domi later
Ragnarök sees hesitation and fear in his friends eyes but mostly even concern for the Monk's poor life!
"They smell fear lads 'n lasses!"
Somewhere deep down he realises that this perhaps wasn't the smartest thing to do but then again even though he's trained in showing compassion he never did learn patience...
In the hope to startle the lizards with his unexpected move he gazes at them and... roars definitely not showing fear! With any luck... they turn tail and run...
"RWWAAAAAUWW!!!!! ... YOU GO BACK TO THE WOODS OR WE MAKE LIZARD SKIN RIDING BOOTS FROM Y'ALL!!! WHOEHAHAHAHAHA"
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 31/31 -- Rage 14/14 Saturday December 15th, 2012 2:35:08 PM Lizard skin riding boots? As if I had any use for those... Still, Asteron smiled. His companions could never be called cowards. Fools? Maybe. But never cowards.
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 d20+9=22 ; d8+3=7 ; Monday December 17th, 2012 1:52:05 AM
Toregan fires his crossbow at the dino directly in front of them, quickly loading his next shot. "Bring down the ones closest to us!"
Standard action to attack Move action to reload
Attack w/Light Crossbow (+9 vs animals): 22 Damage (1d8+3 vs animals): 7
Dinos at the Station Combat Round 1 Monday December 17th, 2012 8:00:05 AM
My apologies guys the weekend got nuts I will make a post this evening 9 ish eastern
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 d20+7=23 ; d6=1 ; Monday December 17th, 2012 9:04:05 AM
Griffin will fire as per request and attack the same dino that Toregan is firing at Attack hit AC 23 Damage 1
Dinos at the Station Combat Round 2 d100=2 ; d20+12=20 ; d20+12=18 ; d20+12=20 ; d8+9=14 ; Monday December 17th, 2012 7:24:59 PM
Ragnarok moves up on the Dimetrodons speaking softly and obviously having no impact on their put off dispositions. Yngvar encourages Griffin to throw the stone in her hand Asteron takes aim and awaits the inevitable. Griffin drops the Thunderstone, which lands soft enough to not detonate, draws her bow and fires. The shot is wild and sails into the jungle Faust drinks a mutegan and draws his crossbow, calling for coordinated attacks to take one down quickly Toregan fires at the closest dimetrodon and strikes it in the front shoulder
The Dimetrodons attack, Asteron looses his arrow striking the one Toregan hit just moments before, but it does not slow any of the beasts down. 2 of them Charge the laughing monk, hissing like great land bound crocodiles. [Hit AC 20 18] both miss
Another charges down to the raft and attacks the largest target he can find, Asteron. [Who gets an AoO with his Gore attack] Biting at the minotaur and sinking those dagger sized teeth into his thigh [Hit AC 20 Dmg 14] The last runs from his position to close in on the party.
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 13{17}/13{17}/10{14} -- CMD 12 -- HP 16/16 d20+4=19 ; 2d4=5 ; 2d4=6 ; Tuesday December 18th, 2012 10:15:05 AM "Well this is going to go over well." Yngvar lets loose an arrow of acid at the nearest.
Hit ranged touch AC 19, dam 5, next round dam 6
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+10=29 ; d20+6=17 ; d20+2=14 ; Tuesday December 18th, 2012 12:50:01 PM "They are landbound!! ... ARGH ... And way to strong!! Push the raft out on the water and don't worry about me!!! MOVE AWAY FROM THE SHORE!!"
Taking full defence (+6 dodge to AC Acrobatics) Ragnarok first makes a 5 ft step backwards (no AoO) and then withdraws at full speed towards the water (+4 to AC vs AoO - 40ft base speed) Extra acrobatics check to avoid AoO.
If the raft hasn't moved before he reaches the shore he will hurl himself onto it hoping his momentum will push the raft away... (Strength check 14)
If it moved Rag will dive into the water and swim towards his friends... (Swim ceck 17)
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 d20+7=8 ; Tuesday December 18th, 2012 2:20:20 PM
Griffin will scoop up the thunderstone and throw it as far as she can toward the dino's 1-2
(nat 1)
OOC luck is working against me here lol
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 31/31 -- Rage 14/14 d20=4 ; d20=9 ; d8=1 ; d8=2 ; Tuesday December 18th, 2012 5:27:08 PM So, now what? Asteron asks himself under his breath as the dimetrodon sinks its teeth in his thigh. Not the time to drink tea and eat cookies, I guess.
There is only one thing that Asteron does well: to kill. And there is one way that Asteron does his killing the quickest: the Fury. So, Asteron drops his bow on the barge as his vision turns red and his claws grow, and then he tries his best to return the favor to the lizard in front of him. Gaaaaaaahhhhhh!
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 16/9/14 -- CMD 20 -- HP 17+6/31 -- Rage 13/14 Tuesday December 18th, 2012 5:35:10 PM
OOC: forgot to adjust AC, HP & Rage. Header is now correct.
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 d20+10=16 ; d8+4=10 ; Tuesday December 18th, 2012 8:34:19 PM
Toregan curses while taking a step back, firing at the dinosaur that is attacking Asteron. He shouts out, " Rag's right! Push off and we'll pick them off at a distance!"
Standard action to fire at D3 Move action to reload 5-ft step to R21
Attack w/light crossbow (+10 vs animals withinn 30ft): 16 Damage (1d8+4 vs animals within 30ft): 10
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 9/9 d20+9=26 ; 2d6+5=12 ; Tuesday December 18th, 2012 9:48:46 PM
At the sound of the dimetrodon's maw ripping Asteron's flesh, he grabs one of his bombs and throws it at the dimetrodon tasting the minotaur, quickly making his arcane hand signs to suppress any unwanted splash damage.
"Fair enough, let's go.", he says, reaching for the pads and moving the raft.
Standard Action to throw a bomb at D3 on the S19 cell, hitting touch AC 26 for 12 damage (fire), using Precise Bombs to suppress any splash damage that will not hit a dimetrodon (unsure if the splash generated can hit the same creature at S18 and/or T19), if it's rulled that it hits, the splash is 7 damage (fire)
Move Action to move the raft or at least get ready to do so in the next round.
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 Tuesday December 18th, 2012 9:50:42 PM
OOC: forgot to update my bomb count
Dinos at the Station Combat Round 3 d8=5 ; d20+10=16 ; d20+10=18 ; d20+10=26 ; d8+9=12 ; d8+12=14 ; d20+12=30 ; d8+9=11 ; Tuesday December 18th, 2012 10:48:34 PM
Yngvar casts a spell and burns an arrow of acid into one of the Dinosaurs Ragnarok spins and deftly twists and tumbles his way back to the Raft. [Total defensive is a Standard Action, Withdrawing is a Full round action, you cannot take a 5 foot step and then withdraw. I used your acrobatics check to move all the way to the position behind Toregan. This require 50' of movement the raft has not moved] Griffin reaches down and picks up the Thunderstone and tries to throw it, However it slips from her hand and lands in nearly the perfect location. [S.T/17.18] Asteron roars in fury and tears back into the Dimetrodon, drawing blood with one of his claws. Toregan steps back to reload and fire, calling for someone to push the raft back out. His bolt strikes solidly into the Dimetrodon attacking Asteron Faust hurls one of his flaming cocktails at teh sorely wounded Dimetrodon on Asteron. The mixture detonates nicely catching his initial target as well as the other by the raft. Faust then scoops up one of the poles.
The sudden bang just behind the pair of Dimetrodons only seems to give them pause for a moment. The sorely wounded Dimetrodon hisses and then withdraws. The other Dimetrodon steps forward and attacks Asteron. [Hit AC 26 Dmg 12] Tearing into the minotaur again The Dimetrodon in front of Griffin charges the raft and the rogue, sinking its dagger like teeth into her [Hit AC 30 Dmg 9] The last one shifts its position to its right, as if waiting for a hole to open and keeping its distance so that it still might charge in
AC 16 D2 has a tmp AC 14 after the charge D1 wounded 17 D2 D3 wounded 35 Severe D4 wounded 4
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple Wednesday December 19th, 2012 1:59:47 AM
( I'm a bit confused about the positioning of us all towards the raft. I thought Rag was the only one foolish enough to leave the raft and he reached his current position in one move. Also thought the area where everyone but Rag was standing to be the raft... Hence the move to push away the raft and create distance between the Dino's and the group. It was in no way the intention to cowardly get behind his friends! After all Rag somewhat created this mess. Can you please add the raft to the map if the area where we now all stand isn't. Rag's actions will bebased on that - thx - posting later today)
DM I took the Acrobatic check to mean you were trying to tumble past the enemy so as not to provoke AoO, Each square counts as 10' when doing so. The light brown square where everyone is standing is the raft. I put you behind Toregan when i read his post about wanting to step back so he could fire without provoking AoO.
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+2=21 ; Wednesday December 19th, 2012 3:02:29 PM "Pick up the poles Faust and let's push the raft away... hopefully they don't like water too much... and if they do well... then we'll see..."
Ragnarök picks up one of the poles that were meant to push the raft... plunges it into the soft river bed and attempts to push the raft away and out of reach from the Dimetrodons... (strength check 21)
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 16/9/14 -- CMD 20 -- HP 5+6/31 -- Rage 12/14 d20=16 ; d20=20 ; d20=5 ; d8=8 ; d8=8 ; d8=8 ; d20=2 ; d20=4 ; d8=3 ; d8=8 ; d20=8 ; d20=13 ; d8=1 ; d8=1 ; d20=4 ; d20=13 ; d8=2 ; d8=4 ; Wednesday December 19th, 2012 4:49:45 PM
Asteron sees nothing but red. Thankfully, his Fury is not blind, so he will not direct it towards his friends. But as the wounded dimetrodon retreats, he attacks with both his claws, trying to rend as much flesh as possible.
But then, another two reptiles close in, one of them biting his lower torso. His life is fading fast, but his defensive training kicks in, and he attacks both giant lizards before they come into contact. He is not very successful, he thinks, but he gets to attack one of the dimetrodons once more.
I may fall before these monsters, but not before I send at least one of them onwards to pave my way... Then, in a reflex born out of necessity, the hornless minotaur yells: "Heal me, please!"
- - - - - Opportunity attack against D3 as it withdraws: [d20+9]=25; [d20+9]=29 natural 20... confirmation [d20+9]=14 Damage against D3: [d8+6]=14; [d8+6]=14... or 28 if critical is confirmed
Opportunity attack against D2 as it closes in: [d20+9]=11; [d20+9]=13 Damage against D2: [d8+6]=9; [d8+6]=11
Opportunity attack against D4 as it closes in: [d20+9]=17; [d20+9]=22 Damage against D4: [d8+6]=7; [d8+6]=7
Attack against D4: [d20+9]=13; [d20+9]=17 Damage against D4: [d8+6]=8; [d8+6]=10
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 d8+1=7 ; Wednesday December 19th, 2012 6:48:27 PM "You don't have to tell me twice!", says Faust as he puts his hand into his bag and quickly out with the wand, which he points to Asteron and concentrates for a moment, activating the healing magic present in it, causing some of Asteron's wounds to close.
Move Action to retrieve the wand from bag (handy haversack) Standard Action to activate it and heal Asteron for 7 points.
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 HP 18/27 d20+2=21 ; d20+2=18 ; d4+2=6 ; d4+2=6 ; Wednesday December 19th, 2012 8:25:15 PM
Yelling in pain Griffin as the dagger sized teeth rend her flesh, she drops her bow on the raft and grabs one of her daggers with one hand and grabbing her wound with the other. Using pure instinct to survive she lashes out with the dagger with a quick thrust toward the creatures eyes
Hit AC 21 (nat 19 crit, hit ac 18 crit comfim (HP damage 12)
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 d20+10=17 ; d8+4=5 ; Wednesday December 19th, 2012 8:56:51 PM
Toregan continues his rain of fire, now directed upon the dinosaur in front of him. "I'm on it!" he calls out to Ragnarok, moving for the poles, preparing to shove off as soon as possible.
Standard action to attack Move action to move to where the poles are, or to pick one up if one is close enough. Use a free action to drop the crossbow if I need two hand to pick up a pole
Dinos at the Station Combat Round 4 d20+10=23 ; d8+9=11 ; Wednesday December 19th, 2012 10:00:32 PM Round 3 AoO Asteron slashes at the Dimetrodon as it withdraws and kills it before it can. The Barbarian also lands a viscous blow against one of the Dimetrodons as it charges in on Griffin. [D2] He swipes at the last as it closes as well , but misses You only get a single attack against each so D3 [d20+9]=25; D2 [d20+9]=29 natural 20... confirmation [d20+9]=14 and D4 [d20+9]=11
Ragnarok grabs a pole and starts pushing with all his might The minotaur engages the Dimetrodon on his right that is trying to end his life, connecting once with a powerful claw. Griffin screams and draws her dagger, her will to survive guides her hand true and she stabs the dinosaur deeply in the neck Toregan fires and kills the Dinosaur in front of Griffin, he then drops his crossbow to the deck of the raft and moves to grab a Pole Fasut moves next to Asteron, pulling a wand form the Haversack, he activates it and heals some of his wounds. Heal 7
The raft begins to swing out away from the bank on Ragnaroks side The Dimetrodon on Asteron does not appear ready to let his would be meal escape and lunges again. The creatures powerful muscles and razor sharp teeth tear into Asterons abdomen [Hit AC 23 Dmg 11] The other Dimetrodon hisses and steps forward, but not very far. It shakes it head and hisses again.
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 Wednesday December 19th, 2012 11:26:43 PM
Toregan moves in front of Yngvar and pushes the raft out with all his might. "Once we're out of thier range, we fire until they are dead or run off!"
Move action to move to U20 Standard/move action to push the raft out into the river
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 13{17}/13{17}/10{14} -- CMD 12 -- HP 16/16 d20=13 ; 2d4=3 ; 2d4=6 ; Thursday December 20th, 2012 10:45:19 AM
ooc: sorry, had issues at work and home.
"didn't someone suggest ranging on them in the first place? But noooo, let's pat them on the head." Yngvar balances on the raft, moving back a step (5' to Y22) as he grumbles while throwing another acid arrow at the dino in front of him (d4).
Acid Arrow, ranged touch, into melee: 13; damage 3, next round 6
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 HP 18/27 d20+2=10 ; Thursday December 20th, 2012 11:22:08 AM
Giffin still holding her wounds stabs the creature again aaaaaaaaaaaa screaming in frustration or pain she swings her dagger wide
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 16/9/14 -- CMD 20 -- HP 1+6/31 -- Rage 12/14 d20=18 ; d20=2 ; d8=3 ; d8=8 ; Thursday December 20th, 2012 2:08:19 PM
Asteron is both healed by Faust's wand, and bitten once again by one of the surviving giant lizzards. He feels his life fading, and fast, but the best he can do is keep trying to kill the monsters. Let the others take care of me, if I fall. I need to take care of them before I do. He thinks as he grits his teeth.
Yelling a minotaur war cry, the taur attacks the dimetrodon yet again, trying to kill it with his claws before it kills him... or one of his companions. - - - - - Attacks: [d20+9]=27; [d20+9]=11 Damage: [d8+6]=9; [d8+6]=14
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+2=12 ; Thursday December 20th, 2012 2:15:12 PM
"... yes yes ", Ragnarök thinks to himself, "this wasn't the smartest move... hope they don't throw me out... and especially hope Asteron won't fall here... I'm bound to get plenty of comments..."
Not replying to Yngvar, at least not out loud, Ragnarök continues to create a distance between Asteron and the Dimetrodons by pushing the raft further away.
Strength check 12
Dinos at the Station Combat Round 5 Thursday December 20th, 2012 9:35:09 PM
Toregan starts pushing with a pole Yngvar invokes another Acid Arrow and strikes one of the creatures Griffin swings wildly, however, the raft has moved and the Dimetrodon is longer in her reach. Asteron, standing on adrenaline alone, strikes again at the beast that very well could end his life. More of the dinosaurs blood mixes with his own Ragnarok keeps poling the raft out
The raft clears the shore and moves out into the river where the mild current begins to take it gently down stream. A current the two men with the poles can easily arrest if they desire. The Dimetrodon's do not attempt to enter the water. They remain firmly onshore hissing at the party on the raft
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 d20+9=29 ; d20+9=28 ; d8=4 ; d8=8 ; Friday December 21st, 2012 12:38:01 AM "Worldtraveler, here, drink this, its magic is a bit stronger than the wand's.", says Faust, handing Asteron an extract vial.
"Let's finish these dinos once and for all."
Move Action to pass a CLW extract (CL3) to Asteron Standard Action to strike D3 with a crossbow bolt, hitting normal AC 29 (double critical!), damage: 8 or 12, unsure if the norm here is to double the number or roll twice.
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple Friday December 21st, 2012 6:19:19 AM
Happy all survived from his own stupidity Ragnarök remains very very quiet and just does his best to hold the raft in place so the archers can do their distasteful act... the Monk has chosen a path of non-violence and so tried to avoid yet another slaughter... if only those Dimetrodons would have listened he would have been able to safe them. A sad event this was.
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 5/31 -- Rage 12/14 -- Fatigued 3 rounds d8=1 ; Friday December 21st, 2012 8:50:55 AM
Since they are now temporarily safe, Asteron lets the fury fade. The minotaur knows he is near death, so he accepts Faust's potion gladly with a smile directed at the surface drow, and quaffs it quickly. The extract does help, albeit merely a little.
"I will need more healing before I go into close combat again, but this might do for now. Still, I need to catch my breath before I will be of any use. I won't be even able to use my bow effectively before then. So hold the raft in place for a while, until we get rid of the lizards." - - - - - CLW Extract: [d8+3]=4
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 HP 20/27 d8=2 ; Friday December 21st, 2012 9:49:27 AM
Griffin grabs up her bow off the raft and then downs a potion from her belt ( potion CLW HP 2 )
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 Friday December 21st, 2012 4:25:54 PM "If they don't close in, we can finish or scare them from safety and I'll prepare healing extracts once we're done. Otherwise, wand's still ready for the go.", says Faust in response to Asteron.
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 Saturday December 22nd, 2012 1:18:25 AM "I'd prefer if someone took over for me here, I'd much rather be put a few more bolts into those dinos on the shore." Toregan continues to hold their position steady, handing the pole to anyone who may decide to take over for him, and recovering his crossbow.
Dinos at the Station Combat Round 6 Saturday December 22nd, 2012 3:27:56 PM
Faust draws an extract from the Haversack and hands it to Asteron Move action draw, move action to hand it over Ragnarök remains very very quiet and just does his best to hold the raft in place Asteron drinks the extract from Faust gratefully Griffin picks up her bow and then draws and drinks a potion Toregan continues to hold their position steady, but asks for someone to take over so he can help put down the dinosaurs
The Dimetrodons seem to have other ideas rather than stand there and get shot. Both retreat looking for cover and hissing
Likely won't post until the 27th, but I will try and pop in to add color if the group continues posting Happy Christmas
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple Sunday December 23rd, 2012 12:09:05 PM
Assuming it's safer now to go back up to the shore Ragnarök steers the raft into the shore again... carefully watching the Dimetrodons don't return for a rematch. Should they do... it's but a little nudge that is needed to get the raft away again.
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 13{17}/13{17}/10{14} -- CMD 12 -- HP 16/16 Monday December 24th, 2012 10:21:44 AM
I believe that my acid should have hit again...
Yngvar slides his crossbow around and loads it.
taken into account D1 took an additional 6
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 d8+1=6 ; Wednesday December 26th, 2012 11:27:34 PM "It's a bit hard to see clearly...I think I can manage a shot against the one on the left...but not too sure...", he takes aim, but ultimately decides against it, using the wand on his other hand to heal Asteron instead.
Standard Action to activate wand and heal Asteron for 6 HP Move Action to aid Ragnarök in moving the raft? 5 foot step if needed.
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 5/31 -- Rage 12/14 -- Fatigued 2 rounds Thursday December 27th, 2012 8:51:02 PM
The minotaur stands... barely. He knows the battle is not over, and he is still very, very tired. But there is nothing he can do for the time being, with the exception of picking his bow up.
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 HP 20/27 d20+7=27 ; d20+7=24 ; d6=1 ; d6=3 ; d6=6 ; Thursday December 27th, 2012 11:16:13 PM
With the pain washing over her eased a bit by her potion Griffin draws her bow and fires her at d1 hitting for a with a meaty thud nat 20 crit confirmed damage 10
Griffin AC 18 CMD 17 HP 20/27 Friday December 28th, 2012 2:07:17 PM
OOC checking in ...
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 5/31 -- Rage 12/14 -- Fatigued 2 rounds Friday December 28th, 2012 7:43:08 PM
OOC: likewise, checking in.
Dinos at the Station Combat Over Friday December 28th, 2012 9:28:04 PM
Ragnarok puts the raft back into shore Faust heals Asteron Yngvar reloads his crossbow Griffin puts another arrow into one of the dinosaurs Asteron retrieves his bow and tries to not pass out
The dinosaurs continue to move away from the group and through the break and into the deep jungle. They crash through the light underbrush and soon are lost to sight
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 11/31 -- Rage 12/14 -- Fatigue 1 round Saturday December 29th, 2012 6:12:25 PM
Asteron breathes, relieved. It seems that there will not be immediate combat. Besides, Faust is helping the taur heal. "Thanks, master Faust. Were it not for you ministrations I might not be on my feet." Also, the fatigue is leaving him, he can almost feel it gone. In a bit, the minotaur will be able to aim and shoot his bow effectively.
"So... now what? Do you think it is safe to search the place? It does warrant a thorough search, in my humble opinion..."
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 d20+9=19 ; Saturday December 29th, 2012 6:32:01 PM "Yeah...that...that went pretty well..."
"...seriously, for a moment I thought that they were actually out to kill us. It's good to see that normal, decently predictable animals still exist in this place.", he gets on land, still with crossbow on hand and looks around suspiciously, just in case they aren't quite that lucky.
"Indeed we should investigate, but before we need to patch you up more properly. I'm sure no one here wants to be surprised by a killer plant, undead, piece of animated debris or the amazing rat-sized dragon with the local big guy still out of commission."
Perception to see if there's anything else moving or of any worthy mention around (+9): 19 (darkvision)
If there's nothing that says trouble, will drop bag to the floor, get components and start making CLW extracts for Asteron (3 in total).
OOC: Everyone, just a heads up, come Jan 7th, APG stuff will be illegal, which means the Alchemist class. Been trying to find CRB alternates for the overall Alchemist feeling (on the fly adaptability, party support and decent offensive staying power), the best options I could find are either a Blaster Sorcerer (draconic or arcane) or Evoker Wizard with some enemy control on the side, possibly with UMD to access valuable divine spells, such as CLW.
If anyone has anything to say about this, please, feel free to do so (or send me an e-mail if you wish).
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+9=16 ; Sunday December 30th, 2012 12:29:30 PM "My sincerest apologies friends... I have not wished for any of you to get hurt nor did I want these animals dead... I seriously misjudged the situation at hand. It won't happen again."
Ragnarök disembarks from the raft and examines the surroundings. He checks the dead Dimetrodons and then observes the rest of the destroyed outpost... the odd tree... again the tree...
Perception: 16
(Sean) Toregan Dondarin AC 18/14/14 -- CMD 18 -- HP 23/23 d20+7=24 ; d20+9=19 ; d20+9=17 ; Sunday December 30th, 2012 9:36:15 PM "Just be more wary next time Ragnarok. I doubt the animals here would have reason to view us as anything but prey at the moment." Moving the raft to the shore, Toregan pciks up his crossbow, and reloads it, and scans the treeline. Putting away his crossbow for the moment, Toregan takes out a knife and inspects the dead dinosaurs. "We need someone to watch the trees. Make sure nothing attacks us from there. I'll dress the bodies."
Perception (+7): 24 Craft Leather (+9): 19 and 17 on the dinosaurs
Remains of the station Wednesday January 2nd, 2013 6:59:24 PM
The group puts into shore, the dimetrodons don not seem intent on returning and there are signs of any others lingering about. Faust takes the time to make several healing extracts for Asteron Toregan is able to dress the two dimetrodons and salvages a total of 300 gp worth of leather and trophies.
The group moves into the clearing. What once was a fairly substantial structure has been reduced to a pile of splintered timber. Growing suspiciously close is a huge sized tree. Again the group notices 8 evenly spaces rows of violet fungus growing up the trunk. Some timbers of the building seem to have been pulled away and a small cavity can be seen beneath. Blood stains some of the wood and a small pouch with the symbol of Gargul upon it is under those beams. The other tree in the clearing by a smaller pile of timbers also bears the violet fungi and something else as well. The bark has been scorched in multiple places, multiple arrows pertrudge from the bark and several deep cuts have been hewed into it.
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+9=14 ; d20+9=27 ; Thursday January 3rd, 2013 3:39:42 PM "Have these trees seen combat?!" Ragnarök says with surprise... "Question is if they were on the good side... or the other... and who have they been fighting?!?"
Ragnarök inspects the arrows in the that are stuck in the tree making sure not to thread on any of the Fungi (Perception 14) and then he gradually inspects the rest of the campsite (perception 27)
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 d20+9=22 ; d20+10=19 ; Thursday January 3rd, 2013 4:04:39 PM "Unsure, but folk wisdom dictates that animated things that normally shouldn't be animated are not a good sign."
"As for whom it was fighting...this pouch here can indicate Raven, perhaps...didn't notice if she carried one of these or not. What I really can't recall is whether she was carrying a bow or sword, maybe she wasn't alone? The scorching also hints arcane magic, though I'm not knowledgeable enough in divine spellcasting to rule the possibility out.", he then wanders close to the collapsed structure with the Gargul pouch, inspecting the area to see if there's anything else worth of notice, while also eyeing the surroundings to see if anything looks out of place...other than the obvious, that is.
"Bleh...my money's on some druid who wants to drive civilization away from Cthonia."
Remains of the station Thursday January 3rd, 2013 10:47:41 PM
Ragnarok and Faust begin to examine the trees more closely. As they survey the scene, both recall that Raven did not venture out on her own. She left with Ellie, Artrius, the rescued elf and Nathanial.
Toregan begins to look more closely at the rest of the campsite and eventually make a grisly discovery. Following a trail from the largest building he finds the partially eaten remains of an elf. He is near the edge of the clearing and a hand axe lies near him. Toregan can find no tracks or evidence that others went off into the jungle. It appears a lone trail from the area of the largest building. Perhaps he panicked, but it is certain to the ranger that the others did not flee this direction. In fact, Nathanial, Ellie and Artrius can not be found anywhere about the campsite. Toregan is certain however that a fight did indeed occur about the largest debris pile where the Gargul pouch was found. A battle involving at least 2 medium sized humanoids and a large cat. The only direction of escape without leaving a trail is the river
(StevenVdB) Ragnarök HP 25/25 - AC25/AC 29 vs AoO (full defence) - CMD 22 / 24 vs Grapple d20+9=24 ; Friday January 4th, 2013 6:33:05 AM "Do you reckon they would have gone further down the river?"
As Toregan points out the remains of the Elf Ragnarök kneels besides the poor one... the Monk observes the wounds and bite marks... would they match the Dimetrodons jaws or has something else been feeding here...
"No one deserves to be left behind... there must have been something seriously wrong for Nathanial and the others to leave the Elf behind... We should bury him... "
perception 24
(Ezra, the Second) Yngvar Hefnd AC 13{17}/13{17}/10{14} -- CMD 12 -- HP 16/16 Friday January 4th, 2013 11:07:21 AM
Yngvar sighs at the wanton destruction, "we'll have to come back and rebuild the way station, but lets continue on after we bury those remains."
Staying on the raft, Yngvar will take up watch, his scrawny stature just isn't made for shoveling.
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 d20+9=21 ; Saturday January 5th, 2013 1:35:51 PM "Let's just hope those are the only remains we have to bury..."
"Not sure if we can assume they went downriver...seems logical if they were being attacked by murderous flora and/or druids, but the river's current is quite rough to travel without a raft of any such.", he begins looking around, looking for something.
"Anyone happens to know how many rafts each way station houses? If they're all here, whole or in pieces, then Ellie, Nathanial and whoever could be with them should either run to the woods or...", he takes a deep breath, "...were captured and moved...maybe to be held hostage...maybe for more sinister motives..."
Perception to look for rafts or anything that could've been a raft before being destroyed (+9): 21 (darkvision)
(Jorge) Asteron Worldtraveller AC 18/11/16 -- CMD 20 -- HP 11/31 -- Rage 12/14 d20=10 ; Sunday January 6th, 2013 6:32:12 PM
Asteron remains alert, watching for unexpected company, bow in hand. His fatigue is gone, but his wounds are not totally healed, although he is now ready to fight, if need be. - - - - - Perception: [d20]+8 = 18 @Faust: how many HP did your elixirs heal Asteron for? Thanks!
(Pedro) Faust Havler Tavir'e AC 22/16/16 -- CMD 18 -- HP 18/18 -- Bombs 8/9 d8+3=4 ; d8+3=6 ; d8+3=5 ; Sunday January 6th, 2013 6:58:16 PM OOC: I had left if for you to roll, but here goes.
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