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Scene 5 - Hairshirt


DM Mark - The LAnd of the Giants  d20=7 ; d20=20 ; d6=2 ;
Wednesday March 1st, 2017 1:02:48 AM
(Please keep track of the funds you are paying to these goblins.)

The party locates a hiding place that will be perhaps a 15 min walk to where they believe Hairshirt resides. Plans are discussed.

Murphy offers the goblins more gold if they will keep watch outside the party’s hiding place, and gather information in the giant’s camp. Then he discretely gives Knucklehead a pre-written love letter for him to use later. Predictably, Knucklehead opens it. “Love letter, eh? Lemme see. What ’undying’ mean - izzat undead? Why goblin love be like a rose? You gots NO mention of smootches or babies or dirt baths or nuthin? Thanks for tryin, but you gots lots to learn about lovin. An I don’t haves time to teach you now.” He gives Murphy his letter back.

Bliss and Mookie have fun with the Silver Raven, and have it do a trick. Then Bliss summons his sleeping cauldron.

Kezem thinks Knucklehead would be a good dad. Knucklehead agrees because he’d make strong goblin babies. As for rearing, you learn that goblin babies are raised together in pens. Food is tossed in, and the strongest have to fight to survive. Knucklehead was told he was a very strong baby.

Alleah, Shel and Pressi discuss the watch schedule. Shel is worried the giants will be on alert now. Pressi shows great sensitivity to Alleah’s feelings, concerned that crushing Knucklehead heart may have been hard for her.

The goblins agree that for some gold they will sleep outside this cave, and see what info they can gather.

The goblins become a bit of a problem, walking in and out of the illusion of a wall, delivering each bit of information through the night, seemingly as it is learned. They report the following:

- There have been demons spotted in camp.
- Different giants have been to visit Hairshirt. No details were available.
- No one has seen any invisible flying goblins.
- Dolp’s mutilated body has been seen by some.
- Dolp was made into a zombie.
- Someone saw a flying ogre.
- Hairshirt is now in charge, and stone giants have had to enforce his rule.
- Dolp was eaten by Hairshirt and some stone giants.
- The giants there seem to be willing to follow Hairshirt.
- The orcs and goblins still hate the giants.

Morning has broken. Once Murphy sees to a nice breakfast, all are ready to go.

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Wednesday March 1st, 2017 8:13:47 AM
Posted yesterday but apparently it was eaten.

Sky watches bliss an mookie play with the raven, he casually picks the enlarging mushroom if no one disapproves. Sky and Meko then lay down and get much needed rest together, after dinner of course.

Goblin babies...... Ewwww Sky's dreams are plauged with puke yellow and green monsters with sharp teeth and snot running down their faces. 5 of them scampering about the town, gnawing on halflings legs and pants.

With dawn breaking and breakfast on its way. Sky is ready to go giant hunting.

Maybe the zombie Dolp will be a better challenge this time around, stupid giants in life, maybe at least half wits in death ey?

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 74/74, CMD 20 
Wednesday March 1st, 2017 10:05:29 AM
"A flying ogre, eh?" asks Kezzem. "Was he flapping his arms like an idiot? That would be something to see."



Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 27 
Wednesday March 1st, 2017 3:14:06 PM
Pressi smirked as Knuckle handed Murphy his love letter back. "Don't worry. We the brain trust are working on him, and are at least somewhat pleased at his progress thus far."

Her humor kind of fled as she shared with Murphy her thoughts on the rolls of human skin she was still inexplicably carrying, and on her thoughts of the drawings. "It may just be coincidence, but a drawing of a wolf next to a naked lady? After a vision of two wolves fighting to destroy the forest from a no longer dead priestess. Near rolls of human skin that were clearly meant to be delivered to a necromancer. You'll forgive me if I take some of these undead rumors more seriously than others. Killing one giant first may have been a mistake, but I don't even know how."

She also shuddered at Skye's cocky statements. Putting on a show of confidence for the goblins that might join them in revolt was one thing. Forgetting the difficulties they had killing Dolp without anyone falling themselves - that was quite another. She regretted downing that last Cure Serious potion - but if she hadn't, the giant mistresses would surely have attacked her.

Bliss (AC30, HP56) & Mookie (AC34, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Wednesday March 1st, 2017 7:00:56 PM
Come the morning, Bliss is ready to try the same thing again with a new set of giants.

The two bits of news that definitely do make his ears prick up, though, are these: “Uthvas” and Zombie Dolp.

"It's that jerky caster fellow who killed Murphy!" he says. "Anybody have a See Invisibility? Or can your Wolfie smell out an invisible fellow, Mister Sky? Or can we Faerie Fire him!"

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 49/57 
Wednesday March 1st, 2017 8:09:54 PM
"Wardd willing I can cast See Invisibility when the time comes. I also have a Wand of Faerie Fire for the occasion." Alleah grins

"Right. That rest did me a whole lot of good. Is everyone fully healed? I'm ready to head out"

Alleah isn't going to weigh in on the goblin gossip.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Wednesday March 1st, 2017 9:41:09 PM
Shel also felt better in the morning. Much stronger, and her magic reservoir felt full. Good thing as he group would no doubt need it today. She waited to see if Bliss or Murphy decided to do any scouting. When the group was prepared, she fell in line and headed with them toward Hairshirt.

Murphy (Kim) 
Thursday March 2nd, 2017 12:55:02 AM

As the most recent news report has been given, Murphy opines, "Ah, rumors. A tossed salad of mixed truth, lies, fears, speculation, fancy. There may be an element of Uthvas there, or just echoes of him. No invisible flying goblins sighted? Surprise! No, not really." He thanks all their local friends for their diligence in reporting.

He enjoys Bliss's enjoyment of his new messenger bird. He thanks Kezzem for payroll distribution assistance. He laughs at Knucklehead's takedown of Murphy's own lack of luster in the loveletter writing business - though to be fair, someone else wrote it - and laughs at Pressi's response to the goblin. In the end, he feels rather sheepish that he would even attempt to encourage the goblin at the expense of his friend Alleah. Later he apologizes to her - in particular after Pressi handles things properly on her account.

He is happy that Sky takes the mushroom, and lets Pressi have both the stage dagger and the hammer. "I thought to use the hammer to really shut the ladies' door back there, but couldn't pull it out of my stoney body," he tells her. "You need some spikes to hammer with it? Because I'm fresh out. Unless you'd like a bag of caltrops to go with it."

He offers also to whomever so desires to take any of the following items they think they might be able to use as we face the giants, and he can't use them shapechanged:
Alchemical
Acid - Alchemist's Fire - Antitoxin vial - Smokestick - Sunrod - Thunderstone
Other - Chalk - Fishing net

Murphy is most sad to learn that the skins were such as he thought - though he was not certain what race they might be until Pressi told him. "I'm not sure just what to think about the vision you speak of. There is a certain necromancer who deserves to be sent to Marteaus, however. I doubt that Gargul will have his carcass."

To help his friends put the demons issue to rest, the druid tells the goblins, "Do not think that it was demons who killed Dolp. It was halflings, and our friends - none of them demonic. Just people, who have decided that those who eat halflings and other intelligent creatures themselves have earned death."

Regarding scouting, Murphy says, in halfling (then in Sylvan for Bliss), "First, we need to get closer to Dolp's cave. There are a whole series of caves between here and his cave. Let's find one that is unoccupied closer, and most of you can wait there. Second, once that far along, if someone can cast a message spell upon me and Bliss, and if Shel can render me invisible, then he and I can scout on ahead by a few minutes, and see what we can see, then report back. I will shape change to an air elemental, I think, unless someone has a better suggestion. I do not think it wise for us to try to penetrate too deeply, but if we can at least determine the outer defenses, then that might be enough to get started."

For the goblins, with the party's consent, he offers each ten silver pieces and five gold pieces for their diligent work at bringing information back to the party over the whole night. "I know it's morning time, and many of you will be feeling sleepy. If you can help get us closer to the cave, and do the excellent job you have done so far, then, after we get done with our business, we will make sure that additional coinage is given to you later. Sound good to you? There is a condition, however. From what we give you, each will take a similar amount, and not fight among yourselves about that. Do you agree? IF you agree, then we will do that for you."

Dm Shawn - The La La Land of the Giants 
Thursday March 2nd, 2017 10:53:50 AM
Many rumors from the night are given to the group, with them having the hard work of sorting through and figuring what is true and what is not.

Sky had nightmares of goblin babies.. maybe more so then even Alleah. He is the first one to speak up about a potential zombie Dolp. Perhaps in undeath he picked up a few more braincells.

Kezzem asks about the flying ogre. Wanting to see the behemoth flap his arms and try to fly.

Pressi is grossed out at the thoughts of the rolls of human skin. The thought that it has something to do with the necromancer also nags at her. She isn't as optimistic of taking on Dolp again, especially as an undead, without the worry she will lose an ally.

Bliss is ready to go in the morning but does being up the fact of seeing invisibility being needed. There was that pesky nuisance last time.

To which Alleah assures she can, and also has a wand of faerie fire to help. She though, doesn't take any heed into the runors from the goblins.

Shel took stock of her spells and felt comfortable about being fully stocked with healing. She knew they would need it. She also assumed Murphy and Bliss would want to scout.

The goblins take the money from Murphy but their hands stay out... " More.. " Knucklehead says. " If I aint get my love, I want my money."

Murphy also lays out a plan of scouting.. for Dolps cave. ( Does he want to go back and check the rumors of Zombie Dolp or was that a typo for Hairshirt?)



Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 74/74, CMD 20 
Thursday March 2nd, 2017 11:01:00 AM
"Zombie Dolp is still probably better than non-zombie Dolp," says Kezzem. "Zombies are lacking in braaaaaaains, and Dolp wasn't too bright to begin with."

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday March 2nd, 2017 8:27:22 PM
Shel agrees to make Murphy invisible when the group got close enough for maximum effectiveness. She noticed the rest of the group was being even quieter than normal...but she understood,as the nerves were getting the best of her too. She trudged along quietly, hoping the group could continue through the terrain without getting spotted.

Murphy (Kim) 
Thursday March 2nd, 2017 8:56:21 PM

Murphy, in talking with his friends in halfling/sylvan, corrects himself. "Did I say Dolp's cave? I meant the Shirt's cave."

He comments to Kezzem that he hopes they will not be facing another of the taxinecromancer's critters.

"You are expensive allies," Murphy tells the goblins. "But here is 30 more silver each - you did a good job overnight. Also, there is a thing called waiting for the big payoff," he explains. "Help us get to a cave much closer to Hairshirt's, and there's 3 more gold each. Wait for us, and help us get out of the valley afterwards, and there's another 15 more gold each. But, instead of 15 more gold - if ALL of you help us escape, instead of 15, we will pay you 20 gp each. So, all seven of you help, then all seven get, not 15 - but 20. If that is not fair, I do not know what is."

He counts the 35 gold and puts it in one pouch, holds it up and says, "For when you get us closer." He counts the 175 gold, and puts it in a bag. "For when you help us leave here. This is promised payment, so long as you do your part. Thank you for the good work you have done so far. I know you left the Bottoms to find prosperity, but have not done so until now. And we hope the payment we have given and will give you help you prosper. Let us remain allies." He is hopeful to discourage desertions, or being sold out - though he reckons such is not impossible. "Remember - we are trying to help free you from the oppression of the giants."

Coin count for goblins: (earlier stuff paid by Murphy & others not listed here - this is just from giants' lair, passed on - will add prior payments later) 250 sp(get info); 42gp(cross valley)+35gp(get info)+21gp(at next cave)=98gp. 175gp held in abeyance. Will have to get additional 35gp if the goblins help them get all the way out.

He also adds in halfling, "If any of my companions feel I am being to free with undivided treasure, let me know, and I will take from my own funds instead."

Dolp's belt of giant strength +2 - if Murphy understands correctly, that was placed in Pressi's bag. If no one is using it at present, he asks if he might wear it for the next assault. Yet, if someone makes a case it would be better used by someone else, he is fine with that.

As there are rumors of demons about, Murphy offers, in addition to the alchemical items he offered (in prior post), he adds one vial of holy water to... Shel, if she wants it. He thanks her for being willing to cast invisibility upon him - and asks her to wait until he lets her know he is ready.

"How about the rest of you, friends? Any counsel, ideas?"

He is ready to move more closely to Hairshirt's cave, if all seems well with friends and goblin allies.

Bliss (AC30, HP56) & Mookie (AC34, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Thursday March 2nd, 2017 9:17:42 PM
Bliss is a little bit worried that without the Stealth Elixers, the party will be less sneaky this time. Well, nothing much to be done about that.

He is ready to head for a closer cave, then to the enemy HQ.



Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 49/57 
Thursday March 2nd, 2017 9:37:51 PM
"I'm just going to throw this out there once more, but do you think this time we could stick together? The more we spread ourselves out the weaker we are. Let's work together, find choke points, and focus on one giant at a time. Spreading ourselves thin just leaves it open for one of us to get squashed" Alleah is hopeful that Bliss and Murphy can see some logic to her thinking.

Dm Shawn - The La La Land of the Giants 
Friday March 3rd, 2017 11:22:36 AM
Kezzem cracks a joke about he not so smart Dolp and if he is now a zombie would be even less smart.

She is in agreement of casting invisibility on murphy when closer to the cave.

Murphy splits some coinage for the goblins. The little creatures yellow eyes take on a shiny gleam as they all reach for the bag. "Wait... the we are close enough to the cave. How much closer do you want us to get. Should we just kill Hairshit for you too..."

"Woh.. if they want us to bring them to the cave we will. That's a lot of gold. I don't have that many toes to count."

"Fine.. where do you want us to get you to. The opening of the cave?"

Bliss is worried about being less stealthy. Well for everyrone else since he is almost impossible to see sometimes.

Alleah again pleads the group stays together. The splitting up was bad.

The goblins lead the group out into the camp and the changes are obvious. The stone giants walk around with their chests puffed out, and with a sense of suppiriority. Some of the hill giants have thrown in with the stone giants, while some are more stand offish. The ogres and orcs all see which side to head too. An occasional stone giant will smash a goblin, or beat on an orc and nothing is done.

The goblin guides have a bit of uneasiness to them. Some looking over their shoulders, and peeking out at the camp. The group hears an occasional whisper of it being a bad idea for them to guide the group, but as of now they don't break rank. When they get around 100 yards from the cave they stop and turn to the halflings...

"this is far enough... we'll be at the cave you slept in and wait for you. The stone giants are being big bosses now. "



Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 74/74, CMD 20 
Friday March 3rd, 2017 12:22:20 PM
"Maybe we can confuse them by asking 'why does your nose run but your feet smell?' That always worked on my cousin when he smoked his....oh, you said STONE giants."

"So, anyone have a plan or do we just go in and start stabbin.'"



Bliss (AC30, HP56) & Mookie (AC34, HP28) (Cayzle)  d100=14 ; d100=18 ; d100=75 ;
Friday March 3rd, 2017 2:28:54 PM

Just before the group heads out of the home cave, Bliss has a little prep to do. He uses his wand of Mage Armor on himself, Mookie, Pressi, Shel, Murphy, and Sky's Tiger. "Anyone else?"

He casts Message several times to connect himself and everyone in the group. He casts Reduce Person on Mookie.

He looks around at the group.
- Bliss can cast Alter Self, and is good at hiding anyway.
- Alleah can cast Disguise Self
- Pressi has a hat of disguise
- Shel can cast Invisibility on herself
- Murphy can be wildshaped
- Sky has no way to be disguised
- Kezzem has no way to be disguised

Bliss gives Sky his Hat of Disguise! - so he can be a goblin.

He asks SA to be ready to cast Invisibility on herself and on Kezzem.

Mookie turns on his silver raven and asks Bliss to tap her with the wand too.

Then the party sets out.

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Bliss giggles when Kezzem asks what the plan is ... 300 feet from the cave!

"It's easy!" he says. "Alleah will be disguised with Disguise Self (goblin) or Alter Self (goblin or orc). I will be disguised with Alter Self (orc). Sky will be disguised as a goblin with my hat. Pressi will be disguised as a goblin or orc with her own hat. Murphy will be wildshaped as a wolf or something. Shel and Kezzem will be invisible. Then we walk right in and demand to see Hairshirt. We say we have secret info about who killed Dolp and he'll want to know and we're only telling him. Somebody who's a good fast talker can be the spokesperson. If we are lucky, we get to meet the fellow, kill him, and escape."

"It's the escape part that's got me worried," says Mookie.

Bliss, meanwhile, is busy casting.

He renews Mookie's Reduce Person.
He casts Alter Self to become an orc. Ley check 14 = A-OK.
He casts See Invisibility. Ley Check 18 = A-OK.
He casts Cat's Grace. Ley Check 75 = A-OK.

"Come on everybody, let's go!"

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Spell Status:

Bliss: Mage Armor, Alter Self, See Invis, Cat's Grace
Mookie: Mage Armor, Reduce Person
Silvie the Silver Raven: Mage Armor
Others with Mage Armor: Pressi, Shel, Murphy, and Sky's Tiger
Sky has Bliss's Hat of Disguise

Revised Bliss Orc PC Sheet

Murphy (Kim) 
Friday March 3rd, 2017 2:55:03 PM
[Welcome back, Dm Shawn!]

Murphy STOPS Bliss from going through the whole prep procedure in their overnight cave. "There's a closer cave we can do that." [I wrote the following apparently as Bliss was posting, but before I saw his post]

"The camp is about 500 yards from side to side, there are smaller caves on the sides but each side has one main cave." -Dm Shawn, Monday December 12th, 2016

Murphy had gone yesterday into the first two caves in Hairshirt's complex, explored and popped into other cave openings nearby Hairshirt's cave - in the direction the party is coming from, as he was moving generally back toward the party. That is why, based upon prior information given, Murphy is aware of smaller caves closer to Hairshirt's cave, and he recommends popping into one - smallish relative to Hairshirt's as it may be. He also went into the first two rooms of Hairshirt's complex - the entrance, and a kitchen-like area beyond, with a door behind which were barking dogs. Murphy had sketched a map of this for the party [See Murphy's post, Tuesday December 13th, 2016 1:46:52 AM]. Were it possible for our kindly DM to post a map of the first two rooms (without occupants, perhaps for the moment, until we get there?), that would be helpful.

Perhaps [x number of yards - 50? 100? 125?] from Hairshirt's, Murphy counsels the party as follows: "Look, all, behind that rock is a small cave. Let's go inside, I will pay what we promised to get us this far, and then, yes, my goblin friends, waiting for us at the cave we stayed in overnight would be a good place to meet up again." Inside, he hands to Bizig - the goblin whom they first met, the pouch of 21 gold. "That's three gold pieces each for you for getting us this far. You are very brave, and honorable. Bizig, Gutplug, Knockhead, Scabby, Socket, Bungleak, and [whatever is the name of the seventh goblin] - We'll see you all in a little while, I trust. Wish us well."

After the goblins depart, Murphy quickly lays out a few things with his friends.

"Kezzem - that flying ogre is likely an ogre mage. I know a half ogre mage, and our group took out two others - Idafeatu and Noyudint. Anyhow - ogre mages can fly, and use magic - they can be tough foes. And they regenerate. And go into gaseous form. Hope we don't see one inside. If so, though - fire and acid are good to use against them. And faerie fire - they go invisible sometimes, but, if they're faerie fired - you can still see them, invisible or gaseous."

"Ah, Bliss, I had forgotten you were benefiting from the elixers. I thought you were just naturally super sneaky all on your own. Yes, well, that does change things somewhat. If I go take a peek as a quiet, invisible air elemental, with a message spell from someone - Alleah? - I can let you know what I see - maybe come out and whisper, and the rest of you can come along with a bit of a plan at that point. Either that, or we walk up boldly and say, 'We have this letter for Mister Hairshirt from Gurthax, and we're supposed to deliver it to him,' and we walk in with the letter from, well, Gurthax. Hairshirt receives us, and thanks us, and invites us to tea. Then, after tea, we all fight."

"Alleah - you have a wand of faerie fire? Nice! I prayed for a faerie fire spell this morning. Would have been handy against Castor the spell-casting goblin." Concerning Alleah's desire that we stick together, Murphy says, "That's sometimes - likely more often than not - a good plan, 'Leah. I was able to take out several wolves and orcs, and between Bliss and me, we managed to keep a few giants pretty busy, and ... well, no promise, but I'll try. But sometimes it helps to have someone doing some scouting ahead."

"So, 'Leah, can you offer me a message spell in a moment, after we've agreed to a plan? Bliss - can I have mage armor? Then, Shel, you can cast invisibility on me - but wait until I say so. Then I'll change to an air elemental, scout ahead for a minute or two, then we can all come in with a plan. Pressi - how about I give you this letter," and he hands her the letter from Gurthax to Hairshirt. "You can do your orc thing, and tell whoever is at the entrance that you have a letter you are to deliver directly to Hairshirt. That should buy us at least a moment - we either take out those at the entrance, or continue past them in to where Hairshirt is - maybe walk through the door in the kitchen, and close it behind us, and Shel casts silence on the door area, so that the kitchen can't hear the sound of all the fighting inside. How does that sound?"

Murphy adds, "This is potentially a much harder task we have ahead of us than we faced yesterday. Stone giants are smarter than hill giants - and now they know that someone took out the head of their allies, so may be better prepared."

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After he gets done talking, Murphy casts longstrider on himself, then casts know direction, so he knows which way is north. (I think that Hairshirt's cave is on the north side of the valley, but please correct me if I'm mistaken.)

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 27 
Friday March 3rd, 2017 2:58:28 PM
"Actually, I was rather concerned that we might need a bit smarter plan," Pressi fretted. "These guys seem pretty stupid and egotistical, but surely even they are capable of learning from... Oh Domi, I can't even say it with a straight face."

"So anyone else wanting to try their luck in lying their way through? Kezzem, want to show us what that maxxed bluff can do?"

Pressi hands Murphy the belt of strength (I think anyone else who normally uses it has something), and helps herself to an alchemists fire, the fishing net, and a thunderstone. Without any cure potions left, her bandolier begins to look a bit vial heavy. She shifts back to orc form, taking some steps to make herself look closer to the orc concubine. "I figure having a relative of a survivor might give us a leg up," she explained as she placed around her neck and in her ears some of the more recognizable jewels from the Dolp cave.

She of course accepts any buffs that come her way.


Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Friday March 3rd, 2017 6:40:51 PM
Shel proposes casting Protection from Evil on Kezzem and Pressi. "It'll help make you harder to hit, and it might help against any mind control one of those ogre mages might try to use against you. It should last for about 8 minutes." She agrees to cast ainvisibility on Murphy.

Finally she plans on casting Fly, Mirror Image and Shield on herself.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Friday March 3rd, 2017 6:51:39 PM
She also will cast invisibility on herself and whoever needs it for the brisk walk to the cave.

If you want to combine this with the last post, that'd be great since I forgot to add this.

Murphy (Kim) 
Friday March 3rd, 2017 7:53:11 PM

Shel - you might want to wait to cast mirror image only after the invisibility is gone...

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Saturday March 4th, 2017 4:52:33 PM
Sky accepts the hat of disguise, and shifts form to a goblin, resembling knucklehead,

how bout them babies Alleah he chuckles, and casts long strider on himself as well.

I think the letter, and saying we have info for hairshirt on who killed Dolp is a grand idea to get us through to an audience with him.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 49/57 
Saturday March 4th, 2017 10:05:43 PM
Alleah furrows her brow as she listens to Murphy "Scouting is one thing, but once the fight starts we should work as a group. Going off scouting in the middle of combat leaves you open to being surrounded and killed. That was a pretty nasty cut you took in the last fight. One inch to the right and I'd be reading your eulogy right now. Anyway, wandering off also weakens the main group and leaves the rest of us more exposed. If you're hiding in the walls it paints the rest of us as targets."

As to the plans, "Uh, getting an audience with him means being inside his cave and having to fight our way out with nowhere to fall back to. My vote would be to take a similar approach to last time. We make ourselves a safe room and then make the push ahead from there. If need be we can fall back or even retreat."

She gives Sky-goblin a punch in the arm. A friendly punch, of course.

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Monday March 6th, 2017 1:24:30 AM
Sky nods, ya, funnel them through a hallway or door if possible, an stick together. Best plan by far is the safe room, your right.

Sky takes the punch with humor, awww you know you want em'!


Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Invisible?, Protection from Evil? 
Monday March 6th, 2017 9:38:28 AM
"Okay, be invisible, wait for things to go bad, start stabbin, got it," says Kezzem.

"Wait, am I invisible or am I buffin'? I could just TELL them I'm invisible."

Murphy (Kim) 
Monday March 6th, 2017 2:12:43 PM

Murphy thanks Bliss for the mage armor and message spell. He also responds to Alleah, "I appreciate your concern and counsel, my friend. Look, in the midst of a situation, I want to keep options open, so I will not promise you never to take in-the-moment tactical decisions regarding positioning or gaining of insight. Some of my spells are best cast before the rest of the party is directly engaged with the bad guys. However, I will try generally to be mindful of what you have to say. And I hope that none of us die as we take on the next murderous giant."

The druid casts bear's endurance on Pressi just before going invisible and wild shaping into an air elemental before heading off to do a quick scout of the cave entrance, and possibly kitchen area beyond.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 27 
Monday March 6th, 2017 4:52:14 PM
Pressi shrugged at Kezzem. "Just thought you might like to take a crack at this whole telling stories that might actually be believed thing. It's real fun, when it works. It's only sort of fun when it doesn't." Bliss' plan did call for invisibility, but Pressi had figured that he might make the attempt, disguise skill or no.

To Murphy, "Look, I am the last person to advise against rushing in against the bad guy. Course, I don't have a lot of options if I just stand in the back. But I think Alleah is just saying that some of those tactics can wait until we are in position, so maybe don't stick your neck out so far. Some of us want you around after this. List of names TBD."

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Buffs

Mage Armor
Bears Endurance
Protection from Evil
Orc Form

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Monday March 6th, 2017 8:32:50 PM
Shel waits for Murphy's quick scouting report before deciding an any more exact plans. "Sounds like a plan, Alleah. It worked last time, so let's try it again. The only thing that scares me is the invisible goblin. It saw her strategy, and I'm sure it's made its way to Hairshirt to report on us.."

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 49/57 
Monday March 6th, 2017 9:39:45 PM
"It's only because I care about you." Alleah smiles to Murphy "Well, and care about myself too! Do you have any idea what your aunt would do to me if you didn't come back safely?"

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Monday March 6th, 2017 10:42:04 PM
Bliss runs through the guantlet of buffs and makes sure everyone has something. He is ready to go, and has to be calmed down before heading in.

Murphy talks over the plan and also does his best to add some more buffs that he doesn't have already.

Pressi hands over the belt to Murphy, all the time wanting a better plan even if the giants are stupid.

Shel adds to the buffs, and includes a bunch for herself. [bold](Keep Track of all your buffs on your posts,)[bold]

Sky wants to try a bottle jam maneuver. get as many as possible in a small area.

Alleah tells Murphy she is not a fan of his splitting the group for the umpteenth time... maybe this time he'll listen.

Kezzem wants to know if he will be invisible or just bluffin.

Air Elemental Murphy make his way to the cave entrance, and it appears that much hasn't changed from yesterday. Two Ogre guards are sitting in chairs with their feet up on rocks. Snores come from their noses and mouths, as he dream of something else... Between them the pig is still on the spit roasting... its skin crackling and dripping juices on the open fire that end in a sizzle. the door to the kitchen is closed this time.



Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim)  d20+29=48 ;
Monday March 6th, 2017 11:18:18 PM
After slipping out the cave, getting ~25 feet above the top of the cave entrance, looking quickly to ensure no one else is up there, Murphy whispers to Bliss via the message spell, "Let the four quietest ones come, coup de grâce two slumbering ogres in their chairs. The others come in right after. Door to kitchen is closed. Pig on the spit roasting. Come now." His vision scans left to right, looking out from his heightened vantage point, seeing if any others appear to be approaching the cave from near or far at the moment.

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Perception: 48
[will add other stats with next post - have to run]

Orcish Bliss (AC30, HP56) & DiminuMookie (AC34, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 10:47:49 AM

"Let's Go!" says Orc-Bliss.

As the party walks briskly to the cave, Bliss reassures Shel. "I'm seeing all the invisibles, so if I see that caster, I'll shoot him, and then Miss Alleah can Faerie Fire him."

Meanwhile, Mookie and his roboraven add, "We'll be helping you guys fight, so no worries."

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Spell Status:

Bliss: Mage Armor, Alter Self, See Invis, Cat's Grace
Mookie: Mage Armor, Reduce Person
Silvie the Silver Raven: Mage Armor
Others with Mage Armor: Pressi, Shel, Murphy, and Sky's Tiger
Sky has Bliss's Hat of Disguise

Revised Bliss Orc PC Sheet

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22)  d20=8 ; d20=2 ;
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 10:53:34 AM
Once the information is passed along, sky begins sneaking towards The entrance. Keeping his eyes open as well.

stealth-22, perception-14

Invisible Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil  d20+13=18 ; d20+39=40 ;
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 11:38:34 AM
"Wait, I'm still visible guys," says Kezzem.

Bluff: 18

"Ha ha, just kidding, I'm actually invisible now. Okay, let's do this."

Invisible Kezzem stealth a little bit ahead of the party and enters the cave, but keeps the group within line-on-site.

Stealth: 40 (including a +20 for being invisible; good thing too with that roll).



Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 27  d20+14=30 ; d20+13=18 ;
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 3:29:13 PM
Even at her larger size, Pressi remains one of the stealthier members of the crew. She also remains one of the ones with some likelihood of talking her way out in this case.

She sneaks forward quietly (stealth 30), keeping her eyes open for any traps (Perception 18).

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 49/57  d100=6 ;
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 6:10:51 PM
Alleah lets the others wander a little farther ahead of her to "take care of" the sleeping ogres.

On the offchance there are undead around, she takes the opportunity to cast Deathwatch. Unfortuantely Wardd is having none of it again.

"C'mon Wardd! You have to give me something!"

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Standard action: Cast Deathwatch. Leyline check: 6 = Fail!
Move action: Stay within 30ft of the main party

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (24, +2 if evil), HP 58 (74), CMD 27 
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 8:07:20 PM
header update

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Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +2 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons (saves does not stack with cloak)
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) AC 20 HP 66/66 CMD 17 
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 8:08:01 PM
After looking abroad to see if any others come the direction of the cave, Murphy spots the passage even of his invisible friends.

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2nd post: Fixed header; spell effects added per DM request
Perception: 48

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 479.0 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 239.0 minutes
Message via Bliss 39.0 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 7.8 minutes
On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 7.8 minutes

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51  d4+2=4 ;
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 8:54:35 PM
Shel casts Invisibility on Murphy, Kezzem and herself. She then casts Fly on herself. She casts Protection from Evil on herself and Pressi, if Pressi allows. Finally, Shel casts Mirror Image on herself, creating four additional images of herself.

Current self buffs (all will last for 8 minutes):
Invisibility
Fly
Protection from Evil
Mirror Image (5 images)

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt  d20+5=6 ; d20+5=10 ;
Tuesday March 7th, 2017 10:55:04 PM
After the last buffs and a word from Murphy, the quieter members of Humbles Sword move into the cave. Almost at once the sweet, savory smell of roasting pig assaults there noses. The two ogres make no moves and continue to snore away...

The members who moved up are all standing in the cave...

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (24, +2 if evil), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+14=21 ;
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 3:42:12 PM
Pressi, outside the cave, considers and talks out her options. (Protect doesn't stack with rings or cloaks. Pressi thinks that the summoned demons are fake, since they supposedly did what we did. So it's a +1 to AC and a second will save at +14). Ultimately, she leaves it up to Shel but tells her to save the slot, thank you.

"Also, nice to hear that you are speaking with me again," Pressi quips before heading into the cave. "Look, when you are friends with me, it gets loud. I'm a big girl, I can handle it, though I guess sometimes I forget others can't. What I can't handle whatever this refusal to talk back is. If we aren't friends, can't say I blame you. But if you do, understand that when I push doesn't mean that I don't."

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Pressi makes her way silently towards the further away ogre, trying to get into flanking position. (Stealth 21 if needed). She stares down at him quietly.

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Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.

Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons (if Shel casts anyway)


Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22)  d20+12=30 ; d20+14=17 ;
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 3:48:25 PM
Sky whispers through the message spell (everyone is connected right?)
maybe leave them sleeping and cast a silence spell at the entrance of where the fighting starts? Two dead ogres at the entrance might bring unwanted, extra attention

He takes a good look around, trying to note doors and other ways through the cave.

Meko brings up the rear of the group, casually following 20' behind them.
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Move forward only a few feet, so to see the whole area.
Perception-30
Stealth-17

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) AC 20 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+29=40 ;
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 4:17:12 PM
So, did Murphy see anyone else moving in the direction of the cave?

And, which way is north?

And, he casts owl's wisdom, quietly as he can.

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Perception: 40

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 478.8 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 238.8 minutes
Message via Bliss 38.8 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 7.6 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 8.0 minutes

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 7.6 minutes

Invisible Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil 
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 6:13:51 PM
Could someone please NPC Kezzem for the next couple days?

Thank you,
Brian

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 7:46:07 PM
Shel whispers to Pressi, "We can talk about it later....lets just both get out of this cave alive, and we can try to figure things out.". She casts Protection from Evil on Pressi, wanting to shield her mind as much as possible before the life or death battle.

She continues to follow the rest of the group, staying close.
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Invisibility
Fly
Prot. From Evil
Mirror Image (4 images plus Shel)

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 8:07:47 PM
Alleah holds her position until the ogres are dealt with. In the mean time she takes the Wand of Protection from Evil from her pack and taps herself with it.

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Active effects: Endure Elements, Longstrider, Prot from Evil, Comp Languages

Invisible Kezzem (Kim for Brian) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil  d20+39=49 ; d3+2=5 ; 4d6=17 ; d3+2=3 ; d4+1=4 ; 4d6=15 ; d3+2=4 ; d20+11=28 ; d20+13=22 ;
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 10:19:51 PM
Kezzem moves as quietly as if he were Bliss, and ends his quietly walk and weapons extraction on the far side of the ogre nearest the door. He waves to Pressi, over by the other snoring bigun. He signals to her, indicating he is about to attack. Of course, she can't see him signal. If she does not object, he executes a coup de grâce.

[Am not certain whether we are in strict rounds, until combat begins... so his attack may be for next round. Coup de grâce damage is, I think, 10+5+3+17=35, though it may be more. If more than one strike can be used in the attack, then he also does an additional 19 from adamantine short sword (AC 28), and another 4 from the dagger (AC 22), so 35+23=58 - and I may have some of this wrong, as I have not played a Pathfinder rogue before. In any event, the ogre needs to at least make a Fortitude save vs DC35, or he dies. If he does not die from that, then the 58 hp damage may at least slow him down. -Kim]

Stealth: d20+39=49

After Coup de grâce, invisibility goes away.

Orcish Bliss (AC30, HP56) & DiminuMookie (AC34, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+28=39 ; d10+6=7 ; d10+6=10 ; d20+18=26 ;
Wednesday March 8th, 2017 10:34:22 PM

Well, if Kezzem is going to coup de gras the one ogre, I suppose Bliss in Orc form should do the other.

Stealth to sneak up: 39

Coup De Gras with +1 bah ... 1d10+6 x2 = 17 damage on the attempt.

Bliss looks around -- See Invis plus Perception 26
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Spell Status:

Bliss: Mage Armor, Alter Self, See Invis, Cat's Grace
Mookie: Mage Armor, Reduce Person
Silvie the Silver Raven: Mage Armor
Others with Mage Armor: Pressi, Shel, Murphy, and Sky's Tiger
Sky has Bliss's Hat of Disguise

Revised Bliss Orc PC Sheet

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Thursday March 9th, 2017 12:37:30 AM
Murphy didnt see anyone enter the cave. Also the cave is on the North side of the valley.

Kezzem drives his dagger into the neck of the ogre easily dispatching it. For some reason Bliss doesn't have the same luck as the bah wounds the creature but doesn't kill.

The ogre sits up and screams... We're under attack... goblins and orks..... " His eyes go wide as he sees the now visible Kezzem. " Halflings... halflings... halflings" the creature bellows.

Ooc: Sorrybabout short posts.. i am off schedule. I want to post around 10-11am ets daily. A schedulibg conflict with work put me off course. Next week will be better.

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) AC 20 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+31=42 ;
Thursday March 9th, 2017 10:18:16 AM

Murphy hears some sort of bellowing from within about orcs, goblins and halflings. He casts call lightning, not presently activating any bolts, but about to call down up to eight strikes at any time during the next eight minutes.

He also looks to see if anyone nearby might have taken note, or if people are just going about their business.

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Perception: 42

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 478.7 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 238.7 minutes
Message via Bliss 38.7 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 7.5 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 7.9 minutes
call lightning 8.0 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 7.5 minutes

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) AC 20 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+31=42 ;
Thursday March 9th, 2017 10:18:16 AM

Murphy hears some sort of bellowing from within about orcs, goblins and halflings. He casts call lightning, not presently activating any bolts, but about to call down up to eight strikes at any time during the next eight minutes.

He also looks to see if anyone nearby might have taken note, or if people are just going about their business.

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Perception: 42

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 478.7 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 238.7 minutes
Message via Bliss 38.7 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 7.5 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 7.9 minutes
call lightning 8.0 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 7.5 minutes

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Thursday March 9th, 2017 3:35:59 PM
And.... Here... We... Go!

Sky mumbles as he exits the cave fixing an arrow into the bow, ready to shoot.
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Two move actions, move in sight on ogre and pull out bow and arrow.

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Thursday March 9th, 2017 3:35:59 PM
And.... Here... We... Go!

Sky mumbles as he exits the cave fixing an arrow into the bow, ready to shoot.
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Two move actions, move in sight on ogre and pull out bow and arrow.

Visible Kezzem (Kim for Brian) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil  d20+13=21 ;
Thursday March 9th, 2017 6:01:07 PM

With raspy menace in his voice, Kezzem speaks. "I'm an ogre mage in disguise, and we are here to test and terminate guards who fall asleep on the job," he bluffs (21) the ogre. "You have a choice. Shut your mouth, run away from this valley completely, don't talk to anyone today, and don't come back - and never call me a halfling again, you fool. Or, we kill you here and now," he says, his dagger dripping with blood, which he licks with his tongue, wiping the rest casually on the cheek of the dead ogre.

Visible Kezzem (Kim for Brian) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil  d20+13=21 ;
Thursday March 9th, 2017 6:01:07 PM

With raspy menace in his voice, Kezzem speaks. "I'm an ogre mage in disguise, and we are here to test and terminate guards who fall asleep on the job," he bluffs (21) the ogre. "You have a choice. Shut your mouth, run away from this valley completely, don't talk to anyone today, and don't come back - and never call me a halfling again, you fool. Or, we kill you here and now," he says, his dagger dripping with blood, which he licks with his tongue, wiping the rest casually on the cheek of the dead ogre.

Orcish Bliss (AC30, HP56) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP25of28) (Cayzle)  d20+21=31 ; d20+12=22 ; d10+6=10 ; d20+13=24 ; d6=5 ; d6=2 ; d6=3 ; d20+4=15 ;
Thursday March 9th, 2017 6:31:47 PM

Orc Bliss tumbles back out of reach ... Acrobatics vs its CMD = 31

Bliss fires a bolt at the ogre, hitting AC 22 for 10 more damage.

Mookie watches to see if the ogre takes an AoO this round. If it does use its AoO, then expecting it has no more left, Mookie and Silvie fly into the Ogre's space and peck at it! [They do not want to suffer the usual AoO for moving through threatened spaces and into enemy squares.] Diminutive Mookie attacks at +13, hitting AC24 for 1 hp nonlethal damage PLUS 7 hp viscious tear damage. Mookie himself takes 3 hp vicious damage. Silvie, just a normal raven, hits at +4 to hit AC15, inflicting another point of nonlethal damage if she hits.

(Mookie is AC30, Silvie is AC18 with hardness 10 and 3 hp)

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Spell Status:

Bliss: Mage Armor, Alter Self, See Invis, Cat's Grace
Mookie: Mage Armor, Reduce Person
Silvie the Silver Raven: Mage Armor
Others with Mage Armor: Pressi, Shel, Murphy, and Sky's Tiger
Sky has Bliss's Hat of Disguise

Revised Bliss Orc PC Sheet

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday March 9th, 2017 8:14:06 PM
Shel doesn't attack and risk breaking her Invisibility, but she will move forward and cast Haste on as many party members as possible. OOC: with no map, not sure who all I can get. I'll leave that to the DM's discretion.

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Invisibility
Fly
Protection from Evil
Mirror Image (5 total, counting real Shel)

Visible Kezzem (Kim for Brian) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil  d20+13=23 ; d3+2=4 ; 4d6=20 ; d20+11=29 ; d3+2=4 ; 4d6=16 ;
Thursday March 9th, 2017 8:58:14 PM

Conditional action:
If the bellowing ogre attacks anyone in the party, Kezzem throws two daggers at him. In case someone is flanking, he does, vs AC23, 4+20=24 hp damage, plus another, vs AC29, 4+16=20 hp (44 total). If no one is flanking, then he does 8 hp damage to the ogre.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (25, +1 if evil), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+10=27 ; d20+10=20 ; d20+10=12 ; d20+5=16 ;
Thursday March 9th, 2017 9:01:48 PM
If Bliss's rampage doesn't do the deed, Pressi shuriken flurries to finish him off.

(Attack Rolls: 27, 20, 12, 16, 5 damage per hit.)

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Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons
haste for 8 rounds, 1 extra attack, +1 attack rolls (negates med penalty), +1 AC, +1 reflex, movement



Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Thursday March 9th, 2017 10:17:52 PM
Alleah puts her Protection Wand away and retrieves her Faerie Fire wand.

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Posting from phone. Apologies for short post today!

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt  d4=4 ; d20+12=26 ; d20+12=24 ;
Friday March 10th, 2017 7:53:50 AM
Murphy casts call lightning, and watches for anyone to see if they take notice. If they have they are doing a good job of hiding it.

Sky exits(?) the cave. (OOC: Did you mean enter, or is Sky walking out of the cave in plain site of an entire giant army?)

The ogre looks at Kezzem and just mouths "What". His face scrunches up, too dumb to get the connection.

Bliss fires his bow and connects again. Mookie and Silvie head in thinking the ogre has no more attacks.. Mookie also connects but Silvie doesn't wound the ogre. The ogre sings his aoo at Mookie. (No one else triggered,) but he misses. His actuall attack also misses.

Shel casts Haste catching Kezzem, Bliss and herself.

Kezzem replies to the ogre with two daggers and Pressi adds some shuriken. The ogre does not drop.

Alleah gets her faerie fire wand ready.

From behind the door, a loud, audible slam of metal on metal. As if a latch was put into place.

OOC: The following room will have maps.. my apologies again,

54 dmg

Orcish Bliss (AC30, HP56) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP22of28) (Cayzle)  d20+13=32 ; d20+13=17 ; d20+13=19 ; d10+6=7 ; d20+4=17 ; d20+15=23 ; d6=6 ; d6=5 ; d6=3 ;
Friday March 10th, 2017 10:50:36 AM
Bliss sighs and shoots twice. First shot is a 19, crit threat, followed up with a 17 no confirm. Second shot is a 19, a ???

First shot inflicts 7 hp. Second, if it hits AC19 OH WAIT Firing into melee without prescise shot, that's a miss.

Diminutive Mookie, reduced to the size of a hummingbird, wonders why he and Silvie are the only ones fighting toe-to-toe, and he wishes he coulda got some of that sweet sweet haste spell, but he's too busy giving Silvie orders to take the time to grouch out loud. He tells his ladybirdbot to help distract the ogre (Aid Another to hit).

Silvie tries to Aid Another. She does so.

Mookie at +2 with Aid Another hits AC23 for 1 hp nonlethal plus 11 vicious damage, and himself suffers 3 damage.

Does it look like the nonlethal damage is being applied? Is this a real ogre or one of Ulthar's Taxidermied StuffedOgres?

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (25, +1 if evil), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+12=29 ; d20+5=21 ; d20+7=24 ; d20+26=27 ;
Friday March 10th, 2017 3:14:58 PM
"Son of a..." Pressi began in halfling. "We prepared for every eventuality except the one that seemed overly obvious. What kind of villian hides behind a locked door?"

Moving quickly, Pressi made her way towards the locked door, taking some time to study its construction and to look for traps should they force it. (Perception 29, 30 if trap. Dungeon Knowledge 21).

"Hey," Pressi shouted in orc as she banged on the door repeatedly. "They're going to kill us. We know how they killed Dolp. Let us in. They're going to kill us. They're crazy." (Bluff 24. Disguise 27)

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) AC 20 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+31=34 ;
Friday March 10th, 2017 4:41:56 PM

Air elemental Murphy is satisfied that no one seems to be paying particular attention to the cave entrance, nor currently heading their way. He flies down, says, "Get inside, Sky," and heads to the door where Pressi pounds and yells. Despite the ambient noise, he listens at the door - finding whatever crack or keyhole seems most available - to hear what he may hear coming from the kitchen.

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Perception: 34

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 478.6 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 238.6 minutes
Message via Bliss 38.6 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 7.4 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 7.8 minutes
Call Lightning 7.9 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 7.4 minutes

Kezzem (Kim for Brian) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil  d20+17=26 ; d20+13=27 ; d20+11=14 ; d3+7=8 ;
Friday March 10th, 2017 4:54:34 PM

Kezzem tumbles (Acrobatics 26 - so as to avoid the AoO) up to the large, bleeding, bird-harried creature. He stabs it with his dagger for 8 hp damage, but misses with his short sword. [No sneak attack as diminutive Mookie is not big enough to qualify as flanking with the rogue.]

"I was going to let you go if you didn't attack, but you swung at my crazy bird friend. Betcha didn't know that ogre mages like black birds, now, dincha?" Kezzem asks.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Friday March 10th, 2017 9:47:09 PM
OOC: Kezzem and Bliss, please note you two are Hasted now, and include it in your current buffs.

Shel continues to maintain her Invisibility, as he others seemed to be finishing the remaining ogre reasonably easily. She readied an action to cast at any new enemy that might enter the fray.

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Haste
Invisibility
Fly
Protection from Evil
Mirror Image (5 total Shel's)

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=71 ;
Saturday March 11th, 2017 4:55:03 AM
Alleah readies for what may lie ahead, casting See Invisibility.

She wonders whether the party should decapitate and burn the bodies of the ogres given the possible threat of them rising as zombies.

With the others in combat, she says a quiet prayer to Gargul "Forgive us, Lord Gargul, for the lives of the creatures we send to you today. I pray you weigh their deeds fairly. Grant us the strength to overcome the wicked, the power to protect the innocent, and help us keep our souls pure until that fateful day we should face your judgement"

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Standard action: Cast See Invisibility. Ley line check: 71 = Pass

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Saturday March 11th, 2017 12:10:53 PM
Bliss puts the ogre away with another shot. Kezzem's acrobatics are not needed.

Murphy tells Sky to head back in before anyone sees him outside.

Shel keeps her invisibility going while Alleah casts see Invisibility.

Pressi bangs on the door trying to convince whoever was on the other side that they were allies being hurt. Nothing moves on the other side. She examines the lock and sees no traps. The lock, from this side atleast, appears to be a bar dropped into a latch. The only way to get it open would to be able to get the bar over the latch and let it fall to the ground. A hard one indeed if the right tools arent available.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Saturday March 11th, 2017 12:10:54 PM
Bliss puts the ogre away with another shot. Kezzem's acrobatics are not needed.

Murphy tells Sky to head back in before anyone sees him outside.

Shel keeps her invisibility going while Alleah casts see Invisibility.

Pressi bangs on the door trying to convince whoever was on the other side that they were allies being hurt. Nothing moves on the other side. She examines the lock and sees no traps. The lock, from this side atleast, appears to be a bar dropped into a latch. The only way to get it open would to be able to get the bar over the latch and let it fall to the ground. A hard one indeed if the right tools arent available.

Orcish Bliss (AC30, HP56) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28of28) (Cayzle)  d8+1=8 ;
Saturday March 11th, 2017 4:57:32 PM

Bliss touches Mookie with the wand of CLW, curing 8 damage.

He looks at the door. "Well, anyone got any way to open that?" he asks. "I got nothing."

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) AC 20 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+31=47 ;
Saturday March 11th, 2017 6:27:22 PM

Murphy listens another moment (47 - should hear a flea fart on the other side of the door), then whispers, in halfling, near her ear, "Murphy here, Pressi. It's quiet on the other side. And I'm an air elemental."

He whispers to Bliss via the message spell to pass along to others via his own whisper. "I'm invisible, thanks to Shel. I've changed into an air elemental. Though I could change into gaseous form and get through the door, I'm a bit reluctant to do so, as I would be pretty much stuck in that form for over an hour.

"When we open the door, two likely things. One - we may be facing a huge assault against us. Or, two, people may have retreated farther in. The longer it takes us to get through, the more likely the first option is.

"That said, when we get the door opened - we need to be ready with arrows, daggers, fireballs, perhaps a slow spell against the enemy, or haste for us. Now, who can get that door opened? Oh, and there are dogs, or wolves, further in."

[/i]=============
Perception: 47

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 478.5 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 238.5 minutes
Message via Bliss 38.5 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 7.3 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 7.7 minutes
Call Lightning 7.8 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 7.3 minutes[/i]

Kezzem (Kim for Brian) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil; Haste  d20+19=22 ;
Saturday March 11th, 2017 6:56:15 PM
Kezzem retrieves his non-returning dagger, looks around and sees that everyone seems all right. He heads over to the door, asks what's up. Assuming Pressi tells him, he takes out his thief's tools, and pokes around a little. In halfling he says, "All right, Pressi, help me out here. You hold this little bar here. I will try to lever the bar up. You take this other thin piece, and poke the top - it should be at about that height, when I say, 'Go.' The bar should fall on the other side and make a loud clatter. And then, I suppose, you push the doors open, and we all yell, 'Surprise!' Have you ever worked with an ogre mage like me? All right - Ready?"

As soon as she can help him, he does his part.

Disable device: 22

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Sunday March 12th, 2017 12:33:25 AM
"Well, I do have a portable ram in my kit if someone wants to use it? I could also enlarge you to make the effort a little stronger. Then again, I do have some alchemists fire handy too. We could burn the door down? But we may as well try the less violent approach first"

Alleah pats Kezzem on the back "Give it another try"

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Standard Action: Use Touch of Luck ability on Kezzem. Any skill he uses he may roll twice and take the more favourable result

Kezzem (Kim for Brian) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil; Haste  d20+19=21 ; d20+19=28 ;
Sunday March 12th, 2017 1:13:54 AM

"All right!" Kezzem (if he needs to) tries again, following Alleah's encouragement.

[What luck! First I roll a 3, for 22, then a 2, for 21... However, bump his best one up to 24 if Pressi helps.]

If the door does not open, he discusses the matter with Pressi, and asks if she can take a turn trying, and he can help her [a 28 on assist - she gets an extra +2 on her roll].



Orcish Bliss (AC30, HP56) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28of28) (Cayzle) 
Sunday March 12th, 2017 12:54:51 PM

"Why can't we go away and try again tomorrow?" asks Mookie. "Or in a few hours, even. It's not like they are going anywhere. They are warned now. Let them cast all their spells to prep against us, we retreat for a couple hours, all those prep spells expire, and we surprise them this afternoon."

Bliss says, "Huh."

Silvie cocks her head and listens to every word Mookie says.

Kezzem (Kim for Brian) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil; Haste 
Monday March 13th, 2017 1:13:37 AM

At Mookie's comment, Murphy responds, "How about, if we can't finesse it from this side, I get us in there within 30 seconds?"

He explains, "I change to earth elemental. I've been in the next room, so I know the shape of the walls. I drop through the floor, or move through the walls, come out next to the door, open the latch, and in we all go." He does not say, but plans, should Kezzem and Pressi not be able to get the door open, he also would take a quick look before committing to fully enter the room - perhaps glancing down from the ceiling. He will wait for a moment, though, to observe success, or hear other ideas. For now, he flies off to one side. Knowing which side the door is within the kitchen to whatever lies beyond, he goes to the side opposite that, so that he does not inadvertently enter yet another room. If the door to the room after the kitchen, however, is more or less straight through across the kitchen, he moves to whichever side appears to give him more room to maneuver. Another reason he moves out of the way is, in case the door opens, he does not want to be directly in the line of fire, if there is such.

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Monday March 13th, 2017 9:49:46 AM
Still disguised as an orc with his new hat, Sky waits patiently with his bow ready.

We still attempting to get escorted to Hairshirt or we going in spells blazing?

If were discarding the stealth, Sky will climb atop meko for better maneuvering. If stealth is the plan, meko will hang back.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (25), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+12=13 ; d20+12=20 ;
Monday March 13th, 2017 10:49:44 AM
Pressi rubbed her eyes. It had been a long weekend.

"Ok, one step at a time. Sky, I think it's clear that we aren't talking our way in, though I could certainly try again, or at least get someone to come out here with questions. I mean, I could try appealing to their manhood or "admit" that we are mercenaries trying to destroy humble's ford too, or I could go back out there and try to convince someone that the demons have Hairshirt, but I'm not truly confident that we can talk our way in.

"Bliss, I am not sure if we will get another better chance at this. They are clearly waiting for us now, and they will be waiting for us later. So if we leave - and someone should be making sure our path doesn't get cut off - we are going to have to do something more subtle than trying to talk or sneak our way in again.

Pressi takes out her masterwork lockpicking tools and makes the lockpicking attempts as Kezzem requested. (Disable Assist 13 (Nat 1), Disable 20). But she explains what she saw of the bar that normal lockpicking might not be sufficient. "And Murphy, the last time you changed into a gaseous form, it was not great. I do have some other tools. Crowbar, rope and other climbers equipment (if someone has animate rope or mage hand, we could build a pulley), smokesticks...

"And this hammer to drive in my climbers kit pitons. Maybe instead of trying to break in, we should try sealing them in further or smoking them out?"

Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons

Invisible Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil 
Monday March 13th, 2017 12:34:16 PM
Kezzem shakes his head at his ill luck. "Sorry laddies, this has never happened to me before. Believe me."

"Why did it have to be doors," he mutters under his breath.

OOC: Special thanks to Kim for NPCing Kezzem while I recovered from stomach flu.

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) AC 20 HP 66/66 CMD 17 
Monday March 13th, 2017 2:39:55 PM

Quick query for DM: Are the doors made of wood, metal, or stone? If the latter, Murphy can turn earth elemental, reach through and lift the metal bar.

Brian: yw, and welcome back! BTW, I just looked up disable device. If 20 is needed, we're in. If 25 is needed - Kezzem can retry (re-retry?). If a 30 is needed, then... Alleah's plan or Murphy's, or someone else's.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil 
Monday March 13th, 2017 3:39:43 PM
Header update...because I'm not inivisible anymore.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Monday March 13th, 2017 4:31:23 PM
Bliss cured Mookie using his wand.

Murphy listens at the door, and hears some lite whispering on the other side. He hears growling, which he can assume is from the dogs but that is a little further than the whispering.

Kezzem tries the lock but is unable to get the bar off of the latch. Both times he is close but fails.

Bliss suggests leaving and coming back at a later time.

Murphy suggests him going through the walls to open the door( because splitting the grouo always works out.). (Ooc: Holding you there because we are jumping rounds and others arent on the same time frame.)

Sky asks for a breakdown of the plan, ready eithed way.

Pressi suggest some alternates while also answering some of the questions. Her attempt at the lock also doesn't work.

The metal door is still locked.. and every except Murphy hears nothing on the other side.

Orcish Bliss (AC30, HP56) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Monday March 13th, 2017 5:32:27 PM

"I think Mookie is right. We should leave and come back later," says Bliss.

"I like the idea of spiking the door shut, but these are giants. They can just bash the door down when they want to leave. And this is a cave. There's not much to burn."

"Even if we could open the door, they're ready for us. Why don't we just go kill a giant or two and take off?"

"If we just kill a couple giants and ogres every day, while the leaders hide in a cave, well, that seems like a good idea to me."

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+1, HP 74/74, CMD 20; Spells: Protection from Evil  d20+13=17 ;
Monday March 13th, 2017 7:33:47 PM
"Let me try one last thing, says Kezzem.

He turns towards the door, "I am a powerful ogre mage. Open for me!"

OOC: Bluff 17 vs. the door

"Naw, that guy was too smart. Think he might be the leader? Or at least the ogre mage in disguise?"



Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Monday March 13th, 2017 8:31:13 PM
Shel was flummoxed. "I can't think of a single spell I know that could get us inside that door. I'm very sorry but I'm no help here, unless we think a couple fireballs will melt the door. Is there a chance there could be a back door into this cave, I wonder?"

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 12:05:40 AM
ya, a battering ram would prove loud and useless I think.... What was that spell placed on me before? Heroism? I think? Maybe that would help, it seemed to help me sneak and heightened my senses some. Keep trying, I think its locked for a reason.... An will stay locked, coming back later might mean the same obstacle...

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) AC 20 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+31=35 ;
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 1:08:14 AM
"Kezzem. You were so close. Try one more time to unlock the door," Murphy in an airy voice encourages the new bard and experienced rogue. "Then, when you succeed, you can write a song about your clever solution."

"Pressi - any tanglefoot bags? Maybe have one on hand for when the door opens."

"Good idea, Sky, mount Meko."

"Bliss, let's not leave until the party's over."

"Maybe hold until we see what's on the other side, Shel."

He transforms into an earth elemental. His voice, no longer airy, becomes rough, raspy, deep - but relatively quiet nonetheless. "Alleah, please cast enlarge upon me." He gets up right next to her. "My invisible rocky arm is about three feet in front of your face." As he waits, he says, "There are at least two on the other side, whispering. Some dogs are farther back."

He does not respond to the nervous Bliss. The kid'll get into it once the door is opened, he figures. He really likes Bliss, but often he wants to leave before the party is over.

[DM Shawn: 1. Was Murphy able to discern what the whispered language was, and any of the words spoken? He knows what orcish sounds like (has learned a few words - in the process of learning, but competence will be next level), speaks goblin and giant.
2. Is it safe to assume that the double doors open inward, as in the hill giant chief's cave complex?]

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Perception: 35

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 478.3 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 238.3 minutes
Message via Bliss 38.3 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 7.1 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 7.5 minutes
call lightning 7.6 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 7.1 minutes

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 3:41:00 AM
"If we leave now they will regroup and prepare for us for next time. The whole camp will be on guard. If we're going to do it I think we have to do it now" Alleah whispers.

"Sorry Murphy, but I can't enlarge you any more than you already are" Highlight to display spoiler: {From Enlarge Person: "Multiple magical effects that increase size do not stack" and Murphy is already sized Medium} "But I can make you stronger"

Alleah takes the Wand of Bull's Strength from her kit and uses it on Murphy

"Now, since you're invisible, do what you can to get to the other side and get the door open quick-smart. No scouting off ahead, just get the door open. Ok?"

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Move action: Retrieve wand of Bull's Str
Standard action: Use wand of Bull's Str on Murphy. Murphy gets a +4 enhancement bonus to his Str

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (25), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+12=14 ; d20+12=17 ; d20+12=30 ;
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 10:13:57 AM
"I do in fact have some tanglefoot bags and will be glad to take them out."

Pressi makes another attempt herself (assist roll 14, disable 17) but doesn't seem to be getting anywhere herself. She takes out a tanglefoot bag and gets ready to throw it.

She also makes sure that nobody is coming in behind them or gathering behind them. (Perception 30 + darkvision).

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 11:56:48 AM
Sky climbs atop meko, arrow at the ready in case something is on the other side of the door when it opens

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Haste, Protection from Evil 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 2:19:47 PM
Second header update: now with Haste!

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Haste, Protection from Evil  d20+17=22 ; d20+17=29 ;
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 2:31:41 PM
"Well, if you say so Murphy."

Kezzem attempts to pick the lock once more.

OOC: Disable Device 22 vs. the lock.

"Almost got it...."

OOC: Disable Device 29 vs. the lock--hopefully that will be enough



Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d100=54 ;
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 3:39:18 PM
Bliss has the deep intuition that this is all a bad idea. He's not so worried for himself, but he tells Mookie to stay here and stay hid near the exit. Under a dead ogre, say, both him and Silvie.

Mookie says, "Okay Kid, just take care in there."

Bliss cancels his Alter Self. He does not want to be a medium orc. He wants to be his tiny usual self.

He casts Bear's Endurance (ley check 54 = A-OK) to boost his hp by 16 and his fort saves by +2.

He stands to one side of the door, ready to sneak in once it opens.

[OOC to DM: How much time has gone by? Bliss's Cat's Grace only lasts 4 minutes.]

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Spell Status:

Bliss: Mage Armor, See Invis, Cat's Grace
Mookie: Mage Armor, Reduce Person
Silvie the Silver Raven: Mage Armor
Others with Mage Armor: Pressi, Shel, Murphy, and Sky's Tiger
Sky has Bliss's Hat of Disguise

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 5:07:56 PM
Bliss likes the idea of spiking the door and heading out, killing some giants on the way out.

Kezzem tries bluffing his way in but the door doesnt open.

Shel doesnt have the appropriate spells but does ponder about a possible back door.

Sky agrees it might a battering ram is a bad idea and thinks the door will be locked in the future as well.

Murphy turns into an earth elemental and asks for Alleah to enlarge him, to which she informs him she cant. The whispering was indecepheral and was just audible. The doors do swing inward.

Alleah uses her wand to cast bulls strength on Murphy.

Pressi tries the lock but fails. She gets her tanglefoot bags ready.

Bliss tells Silvie and Mookie to stay back. He gets rid of his image and takes his normal appearence. More then four minutes has gone by.

Kezzem tries to pip the latch again, and the first time is the same but the second time he catches it a little flusher and an audible clang echoes in the next chamber as the latch falls away.....


Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Haste, Protection from Evil 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 5:17:44 PM
Kezzem cracks his knuckles. "You know what they say, fourth time's the charm!"

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 6:53:00 PM
Bliss reads a scroll of Cat's Grace and waits on the side for the door to open.

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 21 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+31=33 ;
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 7:27:09 PM

As Kezzem is working, Murphy has sidled next to him by the door. As he hears the clang on the other side, he says, "Ready, all. If you want to, Press, remember the letter to Hairshirt I gave you." He pushes the doors open, and sees what and who might be in the room as he sinks into the floor, choosing another point to earthglide towards, based upon what he sees, and should be still invisible. [Will announce his pathway once visual feedback - and, if possible, a map - are provided.]

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Perception: 33
Current strength: 20 (+5)
Current AC: 21

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 478.1 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 238.1 minutes
Message via Bliss 38.1 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 6.9 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 7.3 minutes
Call Lightning 7.4 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns
Bull's Strength (+4 Strength) via Alleah's wand 3.9 minutes

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 6.9 minutes

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 8:12:56 PM
Shel waits on Murphy's return before spending any more of her magic. She bounces from foot to foot waiting on his scouting report. Or she waits to hear him getting pounded by several giants, in the alternative.

Medium Air Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 21 HP 66/66 CMD 17 
Tuesday March 14th, 2017 8:55:41 PM

Note: Murphy is not 'scouting' - he (hopefully) just pushed open the doors, and likely you are staring at someone staring back at you - or something. Murphy is invisible, and after the doors opened, he sunk into the floor.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Wednesday March 15th, 2017 2:52:29 AM
Alleah raises an eyebrow as she looks to Murphy and Pressi "So, um, since we just killed the guards I'm guessing they're not going to be in the mood to read letters" she whispers in halfling.

She puts her Bull's Strength wand away and prepares to use the Faerie Fire wand.

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Move action: Put Wand of Bull's Strength away
Free action: 5ft step back from the door
Standard action: Ready action to use Faerie Fire wand if she sees something invisible (other than Murphy)

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (25), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+9=17 ;
Wednesday March 15th, 2017 10:59:30 AM
"I can't even remember what the letter says," Pressi responds back.

Pressi readies herself to toss the tanglefoot bag at anyone rushing at them through the door. (Readied action range attack at 17 at close range).

Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Haste, Protection from Evil 
Wednesday March 15th, 2017 1:42:10 PM
"The letter asks Hairshirt if he likes us an then asks us to check 'Yes,' 'No,' or 'Maybe,'" says Kezzem.

"Well, I got my daggers readied and my puns sharpened, so let's do this."

Kezzem opens the door unless anyone objects.



Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Wednesday March 15th, 2017 9:23:06 PM
Shel moves back from the door, not wanting to get a giant fist in the face as a welcoming gift from the crew inside that door. They knew the group was there, the group knew that they knew the group was there, and it was probably going to get action packed really quickly.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Thursday March 16th, 2017 12:11:20 AM
The door is opened, and a kitchen is seen behind. From the vantage point no one and nothing can be seen. No dogs barking, no giants.

A entryway to a smaller room can be seen as well as another hallway.

MAP

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Haste, Protection from Evil  d20+19=35 ;
Thursday March 16th, 2017 1:06:15 AM
Kezzem stealthily to get a better look at the smaller room.

Stealth: 35.

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 22 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+12=21 ; d20+5=21 ; d20+31=41 ;
Thursday March 16th, 2017 1:30:39 AM

Having seen, just before submerging last round, that the kitchen and the room beyond appear empty of people, Murphy earthglides forward (full round movement), emerging at AH18, halfway out of the ground, still invisible. Once there, he looks all around and listens up, real good. Including glancing back over his shoulder to see what his companions may do.

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Survival: 21 (vs DC15 so as not to get lost/disoriented on more than a single move)
Acrobatics: 21 (vs DC10 so as "to avoid stumbling out and falling prone" when breaking the surface of the stone (though I think the stumbling and falling should really only apply if he comes all the way out, and if he is doing so coming out of a vertical surface or from a ceiling, rather than from the floor - for the latter, a +4 circumstance seems not unreasonable to apply - which I have not on this roll)
Perception: 41
Current strength: 20 (+5)
Current AC: 22

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 475.9 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 235.9 minutes
Message via Bliss 33.9 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 4.9 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 7.2 minutes
Call Lightning 7.3 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns
Bull's Strength (+4 Strength) via Alleah's wand 3.8 minutes

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 6.8 minutes

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+18=19
Thursday March 16th, 2017 8:22:47 AM

Bliss says to Shel, "Miss Shelly, would you be thinking of casting a Haste spell now?"

The tiny fellow delays the rest of his action in case she is considering it.

Then he peeks around the corner [free action] to see if he can See Invisible things or anything else. Perception 19.

[OOC: Position on map is BEFORE taking any actions this round.]

[OOC to Kim -- Mage Armor is from a CL1 wand, so duration is only 60 minutes. Of which maybe 5-10 have elapsed]

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Thursday March 16th, 2017 4:55:38 PM
Sky, riding Meko, moves into the room.
where is everyone? Feels like a trap.... Get ready

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (25), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+13=15 ;
Thursday March 16th, 2017 9:17:10 PM
(Ooc can't modify map on this machine. Move her to middle front of room, on front line, near shel if she is casting haste.)

Pressi searches for traps but seems unlikely to find them. (Perception 15, darkvision )

She stabs the letter with a spike and throws it down the hallway. "See Bliss. Now we can leave."



Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday March 16th, 2017 9:59:17 PM
Shel agrees with Bliss and casts Haste to enhance everyone as requested. "This will only last about 45 seconds so we have to be fast," she whispers.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday March 16th, 2017 10:00:58 PM
Would someone please place me on the map, near as I can to the others to try and affect as many with Haste as possible? Thanks.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Thursday March 16th, 2017 10:23:09 PM
Alleah stay close by the door, casting a Light cantrip if needed

Apologies but I don't have access to the map from work

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Thursday March 16th, 2017 10:52:20 PM

Bliss grins and whispers a thanks to the mage. He prepares himself to be attacked (standard action: total defense for +6 AC). Then he moves a hasted 60 feet into the room. He has darkvision and see invisibility. His hasted AC is now 33, or 37 vs AoOs provoked by his movement.

As Bliss walks in, he is not hiding, and in fact he calls out loudly in his high-pitched voice, "Hey stupid cowardly giants! Come out and fight! You are afraid of halflings! You are chickens! Buck buck buck!"

He makes note of the places in the complex where he COULD use his Hide In Plain Sight, if he had to! IF there are any! What light sources are there in here?

[OOC: Current position noted on map.]

ADM Kim Map positions; Hasted people 
Friday March 17th, 2017 2:08:31 AM

Per players' requests, Shel has moved to AE12, Pressi to AG11, and Alleah to AC13. Murphy is at AH14, Bliss at AK11, Sky on Meko at AK7, And Kezzem sneaking around at AD6. Hasted for 8 rounds: Shel; Pressi; Alleah; Bliss; Murphy. Those who are hasted, their initials on the map are now in blue (as in blue streak).

ADM Kim One more dimension to the map - height? 
Friday March 17th, 2017 2:38:01 AM

P.S.: Roughly how high is the ceiling? Is it of a fairly uniform height, or taller in the middle than along the edges?

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt  d20+5=12 ; d20+7=20 ; d20+4=12 ; d20+4=15 ; d20+4=8 ; d20+4=17 ;
Friday March 17th, 2017 1:15:30 PM
The room is illuminated by the giant fire in the kitchen Kezzem comes around the corner to see a a female giant standing behind the counter (50% conceal). The wicked smile is followed with a rock that goes skidding by the halfling rogue.

Murphy comes up an see the scene before him. The roof is high enough for a stone giant to walk without stooping down. The ceiling is uneven.

Bliss asks for a haste ad then peeks around the corner. Other then the giant she sees nothing.

Sky and Meko paw into the room, seeing the giant. He feels like it is a trap.

Pressi doesn't see any other traps other then the giant. She spikes the note and throws it down the hallway.

Shel casts haste while Alleah casts light to help illuminate the room some more.

A sudden sound comes from the room to the right as an ogre comes charging out with four wolves. One second it was absolute silence, and the next the group charges at meko and sky. The ogre swings a rolling pin at him but misses. The four wolves start snapping at the new animal, but all of them miss.
MAP



Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+16=35 ; d20+16=31 ; d6+6=8 ; d6+6=7 ; d20+16=23 ; d6+6=9 ;
Friday March 17th, 2017 3:23:40 PM

[OOC: fiddled with the map a bit. Everybody, please make sure to use the R2 tab in the doc!]

Bliss steps back five feet to AL12 and shoots twice at the ogre. Normally he is a +12 to hit, but with haste, cat's grace, and PBS, that's a +16. He hits AC 35 with a crit threat that confirms vs AC31 for 8+7=15 damage. His second shot hits AC 23 for 9 more damage.

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Spell Status:

Bliss: Mage Armor, See Invis, Cat's Grace
Mookie: Mage Armor, Reduce Person
Silvie the Silver Raven: Mage Armor
Others with Mage Armor: Pressi, Shel, Murphy, and Sky's Tiger
Sky has Bliss's Hat of Disguise

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+31=43 ;
Friday March 17th, 2017 4:11:42 PM

[This will be a partial post - because Murphy might move farther or do something in addition - if I could see more of the map.]

Invisible hasted Murphy moves (on the surface, no longer partially embedded) from AH14 to AI, AJ, or AL-17, depending upon what he sees as he comes around the corner of AK15 - and may move even farther - again, depending upon what is or is not or who is there. If it looks like there are several people down there, he may end his turn earthgliding into the adjacent wall (AI16) - again, depends upon what he sees.

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Perception: 43

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 474.7 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 54.7 minutes
Message via Bliss 33.8 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 4.7 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 7.0 minutes
Call Lightning 7.1 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns
Bull's Strength (+4 Strength) via Alleah's wand 3.6 minutes
Haste via Shel .7 minutes.

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 6.6 minutes

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Friday March 17th, 2017 4:51:12 PM
Post coming later tonight. Requires more than the ten mins before work lol

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+10=11 ;
Friday March 17th, 2017 5:04:50 PM
Pressi's initial charge stopped as Murphy began, once again, to move away from the group. "You know, if you want to get yourself killed, I can't stop you. But honestly, the rest of us could use some backup before you go pull some more monsters towards us. Whatever scouting needs to be done down there can wait."

As Murphy rounded the corner, Pressi began to dream of ex-boyfriends.

She shook her head. "Ok, we need to get some space going to keep these guys from moving. Sky, Bliss, see if you can keep the ogre there for now. Shel, Alleah, any spells that can be used to help keep these guys from flanking anyone would be appreciated. Kezzem, I'm on my way."

Pressi tossed the armed tanglefoot bag at the ogre (4 increments=8 penalty. No other penalty because of Ogre size and distance, DC 15 reflex). (Pressi hits a natural one).

Cursing, Pressi makes her way to flank the stone giant. "So, does this mean the kitchen is still open?"

Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons
Haste: +1 for AC, attack rolls (reverses loss from being medium)

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Friday March 17th, 2017 7:54:57 PM
Alleah sighs and shakes her head as Murphy wanders off. Again. At least Pressi was seeing things her way as well. "Whatever happened to stick together? Deal with things as a group?" She decides that if Murphy dies she will reincarnate him into something without legs.

She nods to Pressi's directions and moves up between Sky and Pressi.

Alleah casts a Bane spell, catching all the enemies in her burst.

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Move action: Move to AI5 (thanks to haste)
Standard action: Cast Bane. Clerical spell so no ley-line. 50ft radius burst affects all enemies. Will Saves vs DC19 or take a -1 penalty on attack rolls and fear effects

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Friday March 17th, 2017 11:05:47 PM
"Sky, get Meko and get out of the way," Shel warns as she readies an action to cast Glitterdust on all the wolves and the ogre when he does so.

OOC: if they move, Shel can catch that whole group of enemies, by my count. DC 18 Will save to resist.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58 (74), CMD 27 
Saturday March 18th, 2017 10:47:18 AM
BTW, this is what the note said

Hairshirt -

Things are moving as planned. Go along with the hill giants for now. They are stupid and we will rule them later. We still plan to destroy and rule the little ones in their valley. Do not eat all of them. Take some as prisoners for experimentation. The necromancer that was sent to us that is very interested in the halflings. He says he has a debt to repay them.

Gurthax

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so not really good we saved you from Dolp material but we can still claim to be on his or Gurthax's side

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Haste, Protection from Evil  d20+14=29 ; d3+2=3 ; 4d6=12 ;
Saturday March 18th, 2017 11:18:37 AM
Kezzem moves on up and stabs at the giantess.

Attack (including Haste): 29.
Damage: 3.
Sneak Attack (if applicable): 12.

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22)  d20+17=19 ; d20+12=24 ; d6+4=6 ; d6+4=7 ; d6=1 ; d6=4 ; d6+4=8 ; d6=3 ;
Saturday March 18th, 2017 12:24:45 PM
What!!! Who wants to die first ey!?

Sky trys to keep his head on winning, instead of being overwhelmed by the pack of wolves and ogres in front of him.

Meko backs up a few feet, while Sky unleashes a full round atk at the wolf not affected by the spell cast.

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Hit AC 19 for 6 and 1 ice, 2nd arrow 7 and 4 ice, hit AC 24 for 8 and 3 ice.

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23 
Sunday March 19th, 2017 4:51:53 PM
Heeding Pressi's words, as he rounds the corner, Murphy pulls back from his intended exploration, only looking down into the next room or passageway, but not going down it. Instead he steps back to AJ14. If he saw no one down the passageway, he begins to cast a summoning [I know it will not be done until towards the end, rather than the beginning of next round]. If he does see someone down there, then he may take a different action.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt  d100=40 ; d100=23 ; d20+5=9 ; d20+5=23 ; d20+5=10 ; d20+5=14 ; d20+5=12 ; d20+5=15 ; d20+5=20 ; d20+5=13 ; d20+5=16 ; d20+5=22 ; d20+5=23 ; d20+5=10 ; d20+7=15 ; d20+12=14 ; d20+7=13 ;
Monday March 20th, 2017 10:34:42 AM
Both Bliss' shots hit the stone giant. Both plunging into her side.

Murphy heads around the corner and comes face to face with anothe door. 10' in from the corner. He begins casting a summon spell.

Pressi yells to him about getting killed by exploring.. she throws the tanglefoot but misses terribly. In the back of Kezzems head he thinks of a joke about how girls throw.

Alleah moves in and also is annoyed with Murphy splitting off. She casts her spell catching all the combatants. The wolves are effected but the ogre and stone giant seem to take no effects.

Shel waits for Sky to move before blasting the ogres and wolves with glutterdust. She catches all but two of the wolves.

Kezzem stabs the giant knicking a wound.

Sky and Meko move back and unleash on a wolf ending its life.

The three wolves scatter back to were they came from.. terrified from Alleahs spell.

The ogre steps forward and again swings and again misses Meko.

The stone giant smiles at Kezzem. " i bet you're delicious.. " she says as she misses him twice with a frying pan that is larger then he is.

Sg: 27 dmg

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Haste, Protection from Evil  d20+14=28 ; d20+14=15 ; d20+14=21 ; d3+2=3 ; d3+2=3 ; d3+2=5 ; 4d6=10 ; 4d6=16 ; 4d6=16 ;
Monday March 20th, 2017 11:38:20 AM
"You don't want to eat me," says Kezzem. "You don't know where I've been."

Kezzem makes with the stabby-stabs.

OOC: Flanking with Pressi. All attacks also include Haste and Two-Weapon Fighting.

Attack #1: 28.
Damage: 3.
Sneak Attack: 10.

Attack #2: 15.
Damage: 3.
Sneak Attack: 16.

Attack #3: 21.
Damage: 5.
Sneak Attack: 16.

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d3=2 ; d20+6=25 ; d4+1=5 ;
Monday March 20th, 2017 3:11:33 PM

About midway through the round, Murphy completes his summon nature's ally 3 spell. In a moment, two small air elementals in the air immediately behind the head of the ogre. "Hyökkäys Ogre joka kiiltää! Antaa hänelle mene sokea silmissä!" Murphy instructs them in a rough and bold voice, speaking Auran. The instructions translate as: 'Attack the glittering ogre! Make him go blind in the eyes!'

The first of the two elementals who appeared slams into the back of the ogre's head, AC25, for 5 hp damage. The second is getting oriented... (did not roll for 2nd, due to mid-round arrival).

Everyone: Use the R3 Map for positioning.

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+16=33 ; d20+16=22 ; d6+6=11 ; d6+6=12 ;
Monday March 20th, 2017 8:01:28 PM

Having inflicted 24 on the ogre with two bolts last round, Bliss tries to duplicate that achievement. He hits AC 33 and AC22. The first bolt definitely inflicts 11 damage, and if the second hits, it inflicts 12 more!

Bliss has but one bolt left in his current clip.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51  4d4+4=15 ;
Monday March 20th, 2017 8:26:32 PM
OOC: having map trouble. There is a big gray bar on the right side of my screen and I can't see any of the relevant people in the round three map. As such, I'll make it easy.

Shel empowers a magic missile and blasts the stone giant for 22 points of damage.


Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+13=15 ; d20+13=27 ; d20+8=15 ; d20+13=21 ; d8+5=10 ; d8+5=10 ; d8+5=10 ; d8+5=11 ; 2d6=6 ; 2d6=8 ; 2d6=10 ; 2d6=6 ;
Monday March 20th, 2017 9:28:21 PM
"Yeah, we get it. You want to eat halflings and have no other traits whatsoever besides stamp collecting. Say Kezzem.... Is it bad that I'm thinking about how halflings might taste now. Like, I wouldn't go out and eat a halfling, but if everyone else was having one, I might be interested in a bite. You know, just to see what all the commotion is about."

Attack Rolls: 15, 27, 15, haste roll 21

Damage Rolls: 10, 10, 10, 11

Sneak Rolls: 6, 8, 10, 6

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Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons
Haste: +1 for AC, attack rolls (reverses loss from being medium)

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 6:06:22 AM
Alleah is just a little bit proud of herself. "Yep, that's right, run wolfies!" About time Wardd had her spells work.

The Bloodwitch heads just behind Sky and casts another spell: Bless

"Cut them off at the knees!"

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Move action: Move to AI8
Standard action: Cast Bless. From AI8 Alleah should be able to affect all allies (except Mookie): Everyone gets a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 11:08:14 AM
Kezzem, now using the flanking from Pressi carves into the flank of the stone giant. Twice the comedic cutter carves into the kidney.

Murphy's pair of air elementals roar to life, and the one attacks the ogre right away.

Bliss, who wounded the ogre last round, attacks again striking home twice. The second one takes her life from her.

Shel sends a magic missle into the stone giant who is looking bad.

Pressi slashes twice, and with the added presence of Kezzem, it is too much for the stone giant who colapases forward slamming on top of the counter. her body lands where her entire body is off the ground supported on the counter.

The wolves continue into the pen area.

SG dead
og dead

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 11:28:08 AM

Bliss looks at the departing wolves and asks Alleah if they should follow and kill them. "Poor doggies."

He uses this chance to reload his bah with a new clip. That takes the whole round.

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+31=51 ;
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 12:30:18 PM

Murphy calls back the two wee air elementals, and asks them to discern whether, besides himself, there are any other invisible creatures in the area for the moment. In halfling, he asks, "Are any injured?" and then, "Shall we prepare for the next room? Would you want me to take a peek in through the wall or ceiling before we try to enter. I am invisible - though not inaudible." He then translates to sylvan for Bliss. He finally adds, "I heard your well-deserved remonstrations, Alleah and Pressi." He moves to AL14.

Perception: 51 (nat 20) to tell if there is anyone invisible in the area - including looking down toward the closed doors.

Map R4

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 1:30:03 PM

OOC: Bliss's active See Invisible spell should help too!

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+12=17 ; d20+12=31 ;
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 3:38:26 PM
Pressi seems at a loss as to what to do next, with seemingly nobody else coming. But after a look at the giant and the area (Perception 17, darkvision), she figures she ought to retrieve the note that she tossed.

Still hasted, she makes her way towards the room ahead, expecting Sky to follow her. She moves to barely in the hallway and looks around carefully (Perception 31, darkvision). If she can, she picks up the spike and note.

"If there's anyone in here," she calls out, "don't let pride get in the way. We just want to talk. And I think you know what we want to talk about."

Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons
Haste: +1 for AC, attack rolls (reverses loss from being medium) (7/8 rounds left)
Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects for 8 mins

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Bless,Haste, Protection from Evil 
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 8:01:15 PM
"Hey Press, you talking to the doggies? No sense attacking them if they aren't hostile. Fall back and I'll grease up the tunnel in case they change their mind."

OOC: Readied Grease

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 8:57:55 PM
Shel whispers to the others. "The Haste spell doesn't have too much time left. We need to find Hairshirt ASAP.". She was buzzing around with almost kinetic energy, ready to finish off the giant and get out of there before the other Giants found them.

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23 
Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 2:58:18 AM

Time for a quick spy?
"Since no one has said, 'No,' I will take a quick visit to the next room," Murphy whispers via the message spell, for Bliss to relay on. "Once last chance to change my mind. Plan to up a ways, and inward, perhaps look down from ceiling area on the room beyond - then likely come back to you - or open the door from within, then duck down. General plan. Suggest alternatives if you'd like."

He goes to AJ18 - last time he'll be in earshot for a few moments. He plans to earthglide upwards above the ceiling at AI18, then off to one side, come in off to one side for a peek - but that move will await the next post or so. Right now, at AJ18.

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Perception: 51

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 474.4 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 54.4 minutes
Message via Bliss 33.5 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 4.3 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 6.7 minutes
Call Lightning 6.8 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns
Bull's Strength (+4 Strength) via Alleah's wand 3.3 minutes
Haste via Shel .4 minutes.

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 6.3 minutes

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 12:25:41 PM
Bliss asks wether they should kill the wolves or not.

Murphy tells the air elementals to scan around looking for invisible creatures but none are found. Bliss also didnt see any. ( Holding to only the first post since some havent posted yet).

Pressi moves up and retrieves her note. She moves closer to the door and calls out.. an orkish voice calls back in Goblin .... " Who be there?"

Kezzem jokes about the wolves, and Shel tells everyone they need to move asap. The haste spell is about to wear off.

The wolves seeme to have been coralled in the little nook area.. they start barking and growling and even seem as if they are starting to tear into each other.



Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+18=25 ;
Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 1:57:11 PM

Bliss looks at the door. Is it locked?

He listens ... Perception 25

ADM Kim - clarification request 
Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 2:23:24 PM

Is there a door near Pressi? She's in the room the wolves ran into, I think. Confused as to where the orcish voice speaking goblin is coming from. The doors right near Murphy, at the bottom of the map (if so, Murphy may respond)? Some door or doors up in the room the ogre came out of that are not yet shown on the map?

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 3:28:57 PM
Sky and Meko follow Pressi, bow at the ready.

show yourself

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26+4), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+6=24 ;
Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 4:22:12 PM
Pressi switches to orcish herself as she begins to step forward, using a total defense action.

"I... am one of the orcs that was at Dolp's cave, sort of. I have information about what happened to Dolp, and evidence. We will not harm you unless you intent to harm us, and may even be able to help you. But you need to identify yourself so we can talk." (Diplomacy 24).

Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons
Haste: +1 for AC, attack rolls (reverses loss from being medium) (7/8 rounds left)
Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects for 8 mins
(Total Defense Action +4 AC)


Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 9:26:46 PM
Shel moves to follow Sky and Meko toward Pressi. She wasn't sure what the voice was saying but she definitely heard some sort of strange tongue being spoken.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=4 ;
Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 9:56:09 PM
Alleah tries to cast a Speak with Animals spell to tell the wolves that the party mean them no harm. All that comes out is some weird growling noises though.

Alleah kicks a pebble in frustration.

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Cast Speak with Animals. Ley line check: 4 = Fail!

ADM Kim 
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 7:08:02 AM

Here is the confused map for R5

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Bless,Haste, Protection from Evil 
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 10:42:14 AM
Kezzem looks around confused. "So should I grease these wolves or what?"

OOC: You're not kidding about the confused map.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 11:46:03 AM
Ooc: My apologies. Assumed pressi went for the door that was mentioned and not where the dogs were headed. Tbe dogs only ran back to their area and there is no door there. The only door is at the bottom. But also.. I didnt need you at randomize the map and make it more confusing in some passive aggresive knock. Remember a map isn't required. I prefer not to use one because then i get questions like: how high is the roof, what grade is the slope. I.e questions that aren't relevant to the issue at hand. Perhaps more confusing is when people are posting multiple rounds worth of actions instead of keeping it in the allotted ammount.

Bliss moves up to the door and sees it is in fact not locked. He hears a few orcish voices whispering inaudbly. He also hears chains clanking.

Sky and Meko move towards the door behind Pressi. "Show yourself" he yells.. " we cant" a brutish voice calls back in common.

Pressi then adds to it.. and the orcs call back. " We're chained up. "

Shel follows behind the duo.

Alleah casts speak with animals but it doesn't work. She takes out her frustration on a pebble.

Kezzem offers to grease the wolves.

If Murphy earthglides into the room he sees a group of orcs and goblins chained to walls. The room is 15 by 15 square( no map).



Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 11:47:34 AM
Sky sets atop Meko, bow ready, not sure what to think at the moment

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 11:49:26 AM
Chained up? They're eating orcs too? Hmmm

Could be a trap to guys.

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 2:43:13 PM

Bliss reaches up to open the door. If he cannot reach the doorknob, he asks Murphy to open it.

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+31=34 ;
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 4:05:33 PM

Seeing the room is a prison, and those inside are chained, Murphy says in goblin, then in common, "I will open door. I know you cannot see me. Don't be afraid." He earthglides the rest of the way inside, stepping down and over a goblin, and opens the door. "It's me," his growly voice says in common.

"Why are you all chained?" asks the disembodied voice of those inside, as he walks to wall opposite the door to allow his friends also to enter.

How many orcs? How many goblins? He looks at the chains, considering their thickness, and whether he might be able to break them, or pull them from the wall.

He also looks next to the wall next to him, seeing if he can discern a secret door.

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[Sorry, Shawn - I could tell that the group really was not on the same page at all - and, with no clarification, I punted. I really thought there might be another door in the wolves room, just did not know where. Please, let's keep the map - and everyone can refer to it, DM and players alike. In tactical situations, it makes a huge difference, and, in theory, minimizes confusion and ambiguities. The height of the cave was requested for purposes of earthgliding.

I think our styles of communication may be frustrating to one another - but I don't think either of us intends the frustration. I paint details, you paint with broad strokes. My apologies to all for perhaps going overboard representing the clear confusion on the map positioning options.]

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Perception: 51

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 474.2 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 54.2 minutes
Message via Bliss 33.3 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 4.1 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 6.5 minutes
Call Lightning 6.6 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns
Bull's Strength (+4 Strength) via Alleah's wand 3.1 minutes
Haste via Shel .2 minutes.

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 6.3 minutes

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26+4), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+12=30 ; d20+6=12 ; d20+12=26 ;
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 4:27:59 PM
"Ok, we get it," Pressi called back to Kezzem. "You cannot wait to just release that grease all over. I get that self control isn't your forte, but at least think of baseball for a while."

Pressi turned to Skye. "Our disguises and attempts to foment rebellion may have made things much worse for those already at the bottom rungs of society. If they really are chained up orcs, then I shoulder some of the blame.... I'm going in. Cover me."

Pressi made her way forward, checking carefully for traps and to make sure that the group is who they say they are. With the corner of her eye, she makes sure that the wolves stay off to the side. (Perception 30, 31 for traps, with darkvision). "Listen carefully," she starts saying in orcish. "I am going to free you but you need to decide where your loyalties lie. If you intend to help us or flee, or are willing to answer questions, we appreciate your support. If you are lying about who you are, or make any opposition to us, that's the kind of thing that can wait until later.

"Also, I will only free you if you can tell me where everyone else is. Why does it seem like only chained up orcs seem to be here? Where is Hairshirt?" (Diplomacy 12).

If she sees chained up orcs, she will try to free them (Disable 26). If not, she does the total defense action again.

Buffs

Mage Armor +4 (force) AC for 1 hour, replaces the +1 bracelets (+3)
Bears Endurance +4 con for 8 mins
orc form for 1 hr: +2 str, medium size, darkvision, etc.
Protection from Evil for 8 mins, +1 (deflect) AC, second mental save, protect evil summons
Haste: +1 for AC, attack rolls (reverses loss from being medium) (7/8 rounds left)
Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects for 8 mins
(Total Defense Action +4 AC)

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+18=38 ;
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 7:50:41 PM

Bliss looks around with his See Invisibility and also looks around for clues. Is there a door in the jail going further in? Is there a secret door around here somewhere?
Perception 38.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday March 23rd, 2017 8:09:28 PM
Shel double moves again, staying close to the group. She waits for words from either Pressi or Murphy before deciding to close further. She grips her Staff of Fire, ready to unleash hell should the situation call for it!

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=8 ;
Friday March 24th, 2017 5:21:37 AM
Determined to let the wolves know she is a friend, Alleah tries once again to cast Speak with Animals. Wardd, however, is not in the mood.

Alleah mutters a number of words under her breath, any one of which would result in a scolding from her mother.

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Standard action: Cast Speak with Animals. Ley line check: 8 = Fail again! The die roller is not being very nice lately.

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Friday March 24th, 2017 10:11:52 AM
Sky doesn't like the look of things, he relays his thoughts to Meko, who also growls in distrust at the "orcs". He pulls back on his knocked arrows, ready to unleash a volley at anyone making a threatening move.

even if they are real orcs, I'm not sure letting them loose right away is a good thing. Were still out numbered by giants and orcs for that matter. Let's thin the heard a bit first I say..

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Bless,Haste, Protection from Evil 
Friday March 24th, 2017 1:14:53 PM
"Geez Louise, Press, your giving me a blue spell component pouch here!" says Kezzem.



Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Friday March 24th, 2017 6:01:03 PM
Sky is unsure, and Meko adds his growl to accentuate the point.

Bliss asks Murphy to open the door for him.

Murphy sees three of each. The chains are about 3 inches, more built for giants then orcs. While staring at the wall he sees an outline of a large door.

Pressi asks about Hairshirt and one of the orcs points to the hidden door murphy saw. As for the chains, they will need to be broken to get off.

Bliss sees no invisible creatures but he does notice a door across from Murphy.

Shel readies some firepower, literally.

Alleah is having a hard time with her spell. Maybe it is good the wolves cant understand her.

Kezzem cracks another joke.

" The stone giant last went in there" the orc says pointing at the wall. " We just want to leave."

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Friday March 24th, 2017 11:44:46 PM
Assuming the others tell shel about the room the stone giant went into, she tells the others thest the group has to go get them. "They know we are here, but if we don't stop them now, we'll never have such a good chance again. We can do it!"

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=58 ;
Saturday March 25th, 2017 3:08:47 AM
While the others turn their attention to the next room, Alleah cracks her knuckles and tries one last spell: Detect Magic. Amazingly, her cantrip casts perfectly.

"Sure. NOW I can cast spells"

She looks about the fallen ogre and giant with the aim of looting their corpses and grabbing the large frying pan.

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Cast Detect Magic cantrip. Leyline check: 58 = Pass. Looking for anything with a magical aura in the room

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Bless,Haste, Protection from Evil  d20+16=33 ;
Saturday March 25th, 2017 12:18:35 PM
"Let me check the door first," says Kezzem.

OOC: Perception 33 (including +3 from Trapfinding).

OOC2: Has haste expired?

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+31=43 ; d20+23=43 ;
Saturday March 25th, 2017 8:46:48 PM
Murphy calls for the air elementals, and says, "Kun ovi avataan, hyökkäät suurin jättiläinen." [When the door is opened, attack the biggest giant.] (Note: I put the two air elementals at AK17, but they're up in the air, so someone can be under them in the same square.)

In halfling he says, "Get Alleah here. I am going to take a peek inside."

Not taking more time to talk nor to translate for Bliss, he jumps upward into the wall. He is hasted (earthglide 40', therefore), but moves with stealth of 43 (so, 20' max total move). He likely will not travel the whole 20' - his plan - get through the leftwards wall enough to poke his head through for a quick glance (perception: 43 - & he has dark vision 60') to get the lay of the room beyond. If he encounters an obstacle, he will try to navigate up and to the left in a room-centered arc - the plan being, when he does find open room, his eyes sweep right (the other side of the door) to left around the room, then he pulls back into the wall, to lower the chances that, IF someone spots him (unlikely with his invisibility and decent stealth roll), his face won't be sticking out if they decide to huck a boulder in his direction.

If enough movement remains for him to poke his head back into the prison room, he will do so. If not enough movement remains, he will be in the wall for the moment, and cast know direction to help preclude getting lost.

=============
Perception: 43
Stealth: 43

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 474.1 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 54.1 minutes
Message via Bliss 33.2 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 4.0 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 6.4 minutes
Call Lightning 6.5 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns
Bull's Strength (+4 Strength) via Alleah's wand 3.0 minutes
Haste via Shel .1 minute (last round)

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 6.2 minutes

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23 
Saturday March 25th, 2017 8:49:24 PM
OOC: btw, 'last round' does not mean the round before - it means this is the last round of the haste - for Kezzem's benefit (at least by my count). Shawn has final say.

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Monday March 27th, 2017 1:09:30 AM
I'm following you Kezeem.

Sky and Meko move toward the door. Still ready for what he thinks is about to come.



Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+29=32 ; d20+18=29 ;
Monday March 27th, 2017 6:29:38 AM

Bliss sneaks up closer to the big door, hiding in plain sight and hoping someone in the group will be big enough to open it.

He tries to peek under it, and he listens.

Stealth: 32
Perception 29

=====

Spell Status:

Bliss: Mage Armor, See Invis, Cat's Grace
Mookie: Mage Armor, Reduce Person
Others with Mage Armor: Pressi, Shel, Murphy, Silvie the Silver Raven, and Sky's Tiger
Sky has Bliss's Hat of Disguise

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Monday March 27th, 2017 6:56:38 AM
Alleah grabs everything she can - stuffing it into her handy haversack - and then follows the group

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26+4), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+12=27 ;
Monday March 27th, 2017 10:23:13 AM
Pressi looks embarrassed, wondering if she even has the strength to free the orcs. "I'm sorry. I just, I have to...."

Sheepishly, Pressi maneuvered her way back towards the door, listening to make sure that Murphy is still all right. (Perception 27). Much as she and Alleah felt about this kind of scouting, Murphy remained an adult.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Monday March 27th, 2017 12:36:23 PM
Shel gives a voice of confidence and tries to rally the troops vs the giants.

Alleah is annoyed that now her spells work. Well atleast she thinks they did as nothing magical is detected.

Kezzem checks for traps, but nothing is sticking out. Atleast to the best of his knowledge.

Murphy again decides to scout ahead and earth glide through the walls. He gets about five feet into the wall is stopped. The next room has metal lining the walls. (Ooc: Not that it matters now, but how is Murphy moving any more then 5' with earthglide. Unless I am reading it wrong on the spell and earth elemental pages)

Sky and Meko follow behind Kezzem. Ready at a moments notice.

Bliss tries to peak under the door, but the floor and door are so close. Almost as if sculpted out of the wall itself. He does hear moving around but very feignt.

Pressi realizes she cant break the chains.. the orc shrugs his shoulders and looks down. She sees a tear fall.

The door is still shut and Murphy isn't able.to push through.



Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+18=34 ;
Monday March 27th, 2017 5:34:06 PM
Bliss says to the orcs, "No funny business you guys, and we won't kill you!"

He looks for secret doors here in the jail room.

Perception 34.

He is thinking that his Cat's Grace spell is expired, so he reads another one when he has a chance. (Are we in combat rounds?)

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+31=40 ;
Monday March 27th, 2017 6:15:31 PM
Answering your question, Shawn: The earth glide spell does allow for 5' movement. The earth elemental uses earth glide for its burrowing, which is at a speed of 20'. Haste would allow for double that speed. This from the earth elemental description: "Earth Glide (Ex) A burrowing earth elemental can pass through stone, dirt, or almost any other sort of earth except metal as easily as a fish swims through water. If protected against fire damage, it can even glide through lava. Its burrowing leaves behind no tunnel or hole, nor does it create any ripple or other sign of its presence." So - its burrowing is using earth glide, typically moving along at 20'.
Murphy, last round, hit the metal (which may have produced a 'thump'), went up higher, to see if the shielding also covered the ceiling, or just the walls. If just the walls, and not the ceiling, he should have gotten a decent look. If the ceiling also is shielded, then this round he pokes his head out back into the room with prisoners, and carefully steps back into the room. He does not want to squish anyone.

"Metal clad room inside," he says quietly in common. He goes to the door - stone surface, right? He moves his rocky hand as far as it will penetrate to whatever metal is underneath, and feesl about, until he understands through touch what that might reveal about the mechanism [Perception check 40]. If it's easy to open that way, he announces to the group to ready themselves, and opens it, then steps in and quickly to the left or right (whichever side is most easily available). If not easy to open, Murphy communicates that to Kezzem, who likely has the best chance of overcoming any lock (aid another +2).

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Monday March 27th, 2017 7:50:48 PM
"Well, we've been defeated by a wall and a door. We could always go back outside and look for a different way in...maybe a back door? They've got us stumped here, I'm afraid."

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Monday March 27th, 2017 9:40:47 PM
"If someone was to make me invisible I could use a Blink spell to get past the door and hopefully open it from the other side"

In the mean time, Alleah starts casting Reduce Person on the orcs, making them small enough to slip free from their bonds.

"There are wolves in the next room" she warns them in case they didn't know "Once you are back to your normal size, casually walk out the entrance. Gather what you need and then quickly leave this camp. The giants here are not your allies"

She turns to look at the door, and then back to the orcs "You didn't happen to see some sort of switch or lever or something in here that would open that door, did you?"

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+25=32 ;
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 3:07:05 AM

Forgot to mention - if he succeeds in opening the door, when Murphy moves into the room he does so with stealth (32), and goes far enough in to make it easy for others to access (again, off to one side or another) - no need to have a massive earth elemental blocking a bunch of halflings, bumping in to him since he's invisible. His movement is 30 due to longstrider, so he will move up to 15' (1/2 speed for stealth).

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26+4), HP 58 (74), CMD 27 
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 10:45:13 AM
Pressi shakes her head, hoping to get a better idea of how to open the door. She stands at the ready as Alleah and Murphy work at the door.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Bless, Protection from Evil  d20+17=26 ;
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 11:38:57 AM
"At least it's not a lava door," says Kezzem. He will attempt to find a lock to the door and disable it.

Disable Device: 26

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 12:08:42 PM
A rock and metal door. Sky awaits the strange door to open. Keeping g an eye on the soon released orcs as well.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 12:23:28 PM
Bliss comments to the orks, no funny business. He looks for another door, but none are revealed. He adds another cat's grace.

Murphy feels around, and even tries scaling the roof but the room is encased by the metal.

Shel offers the back door plan again. If a door and a wall stumped them, perhaps a back door.

Alleah shrinks the orcs and goblins down enough for them to get out of the chains. "thank you" the crying ork says, as a tear continues to stream down his face. The orks heads the advice and head out, making sure not to capture the attention of the wolves.

Pressi waits for Aleah and Murphy to figure something out.

Sky watches as the others work, and also keeps an eye on the orcs. They pose no problem though.
Kezzem searches alongside the door, and finally he sees a little gap. With the right amount of pressure from one of his picks, he hears a sudden suction of air. The doors slides back an inch, before fully releasing and sliding back the full distance. Once back enough the entire door slides to the left inside the room.

Across from the door about twenty feet is another wall... it appears the door opened in the middle of a hallway but the group can't tell until they enter.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 7:28:28 PM
"Good job, Kezzem! I had given up on us ever getting in! To the rest of you, are we ready? I can cast Haste again, when the group is ready to move on..."

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 9:33:23 PM
Bliss waits for the haste, and then moves through the door and looks right and left. He reports back as to what he sees.

Mookie and Silvie remain at the entrance, hiding on guard.

Spell Status:

Bliss: Mage Armor, See Invis, Cat's Grace
Mookie: Mage Armor, Reduce Person
Others with Mage Armor: Pressi, Shel, Murphy, Silvie the Silver Raven, and Sky's Tiger
Sky has Bliss's Hat of Disguise

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+31=42 ;
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 9:51:12 PM

As Kezzem finessed the door open, Murphy watched carefully how it moved, and how the tools were used. In a gravelly whisper in halfling, he thanks the rogue, answers Shel, "maybe hold on the haste, sister," and says to Kezzem, "Comin' through, movin' to the right." He steps in with stealth (using 32 rolled above during movement), looking left to right, up and down, then moves to the right. "Ilma elementaalit, tule tänne. Yksi lentää vasemmalle, yksi lentää oikealle, ja kerro mitä näet käytävää pitkin." [Air elementals, come here. One fly to the left, one fly to the right, and tell me what you see down the hallway.] He looks to see if metal is visible along walls, floor, and ceiling, and, if so, whether there may be gaps. He also tries to sense if there is any breeze, or any particular smell - or sound. If a large missile appears to be coming their direction, he calls 'Beware!' and tries to avoid.

=============
Perception: 42
Stealth: 32 while moving, 52 once stopped.[i]

[p]Active effects on Murphy:[/p]
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 473.9 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 53.9 minutes
Message via Bliss 33.0 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 3.8 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 6.2 minutes
Call Lightning 6.3 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns
Bull's Strength (+4 Strength) via Alleah's wand 2.8 minutes
Haste via Shel - expired

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 6.2 minutes

Sky & Meko (Marty) HP:61/61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18(MA:22) 
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 11:08:00 PM
Sky waits for Murphey to report back on what his elementals tell him. No sense I. More than o e person stepping into a trap if it can be avoided.

what have you learned Murphy?

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Bless, Protection from Evil 
Wednesday March 29th, 2017 10:24:23 AM
"Thanks, Shel," says Kezzem. "They are surprisingly tricksy for giantses."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26+4), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+4=7 ;
Wednesday March 29th, 2017 10:50:11 AM
"A little too tricksy," Pressi agreed. One can see the flash of paranoia in her eyes.

"... On the off chance that this door is primed to slam shut and lock behind us...."

Pressi attempts to use her Hammer of Force to hammer a climbing spike in the door frame so that the door can never close again. (Can hammer a spike in any hard surface with a DC 15 strength check. Strength check roll is 7). Cursing, she leaves the spike in the path, hoping it will at least act as a doorstop.

Unless someone else wants to try it?

(I really need to get some abilities that have a better than a coin flip's chance of succeeding.)

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d100=46 ; d20=15 ;
Wednesday March 29th, 2017 12:48:18 PM

"Oh! Me! Me!" says the diminutive Bliss, still waiting for the Haste. He casts a Guidance (Ley check 46 = A-OK) and swings Pressi's hammer at the spike.

Str check: 15! Exactly what he needs!

"Easy peasy!" says Bliss, grinning. "There you go!" He hands the hammer back up to Pressi.

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt  d3=2 ; d20=7 ; d20+6=12 ;
Wednesday March 29th, 2017 1:24:56 PM
Shel congratulates Kezzem and offers to haste the group which Murphy tells her to hold off on.

Pressi tries to spike the wall to prevent the door from slamming shut. She isn't up to the task but Bliss helps her out.

Murphy steps in and sends his air elementals off in opposite directions. the hallway ends towards the left only a short distance to the left of the group.. to the right the hallway continues, but no one cans see past a very dark area. The ceiling is 20' up, and the walls and roof are covered in the plates but not the floor.

sky and Meko hang back to wait for a report.

Kezzem takes the thanks accordingly.

The air elemental that went the other way comes back quick at Murphy.... and attacks. Luckily the small elemental doesn't connect.

Map Rd 1OOC: I will be adding to the map, only place yourselves as far as you can see.


Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt 
Wednesday March 29th, 2017 2:38:40 PM
Ooc: sorry at m5 is air elemental 2. The one attacking Murphy

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Wednesday March 29th, 2017 7:17:52 PM
OOC: I think the map is view only for me. Someone please place me at O 8, if you don't mind.

Shel delays to hear what the front liners report back. Once they give a report, she will move forward and attempt to catch the entire group in her Haste effect.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Wednesday March 29th, 2017 7:28:14 PM
With all the prisoners - orcs and goblins - released from their chains, Alleah can now turn her attention to this mysterious room the others have found.

She stays at the rear of the group waiting for the all-clear to proceed

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Alleah will be at P1

Invisible Medium Earth Elemental-Murphy (Kim) Str 20 AC 23 HP 66/66 CMD 23  d20+31=50 ;
Thursday March 30th, 2017 4:34:48 AM
[Note: I squished the size of the columns, as they represent 5' squares, to be closer to visually square. Hope that is okay, Shawn. Oh, also changed sheet name we are in this round to R1, and added sheet R2 for your next round updates.]

As Murphy had explicitly earlier moved 10' to the right (from his perspective) coming out of the door, he likely should be at L5, but let's compromise at M5 (he had moved to get out of others' way to come out the door themselves). If that's okay, then air elemental 2 (ae2) could be at L5 (where I nudged him), or right above Earthy-Murphy sharing M5.

Assuming the black on the map is magical darkness... Murphy has darkvision to 60'. So he can see (in black & white) all the way to A5 (if the open space goes that far). A few points of the arc of his vision extend to A6, A7, B10, C14, and as far as H17 (and to J18 after his 5' step before he casts a spell) (I put a temporary 'x' at each point on his visual arc so you can see his visual range - feel free to delete the x's on the R2 map), if obstacles do not block his view.

He says, in halfling, "Spellcaster ahead. Shel, haste! Alleah, light!" He will add in halfling a superfast description of what and whom he sees ahead (sorry, Bliss, he does not have time to translate for you).

He steps forward to L6 (so long as that spot is not occupied by someone or something else), so should still be in range of Shel's haste spell, and within 30' of everyone except for Alleah (who looks to be outside Shel's haste area of effect). Disloyal small air elemental may get an attack of opportunity vs Murphy, and then, both air elementals blink back to their elemental plane (end of summoning duration at close of this round).

If someone is invisible ahead, even hiding in shadows or hiding in plain sight - he may still be able to spot them (Perception 50). If an invisible one looks either large as a giant, or small as a goblin named Caster (the fellow in Dolp's cave), he casts faerie fire on that person.

If he discerns none who are invisible, (especially if there are multiple targets, and one or more giants) he will instead cast ice storm (however, I need a description / map update before I can specify where it is centered, to keep up with what he actually sees - and will roll damage at that time).

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Perception: 50
Stealth: 32 while moving, 52 once stopped.

Active effects on Murphy:
Longstrider (+10 move on foot) 473.8 minutes
Mage Armor via Bliss (+4 AC) 53.8 minutes
Message via Bliss 32.9 minutes
Invisibility via Shel 3.7 minutes
Owl's Wisdom 6.1 minutes
Call Lightning 6.2 minutes, up to 8 bolts at 3d6, DC 19 for half in 30' tall 5' wide columns
Bull's Strength (+4 Strength) via Alleah's wand 2.7 minutes
Haste via Shel .8 minutes

On Pressi: Bear's Endurance 6.1 minutes

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+2, HP 74/74, CMD 20+1; Spells: Bless, Haste, Protection from Evil  d20+16=27 ; d3+2=4 ;
Thursday March 30th, 2017 11:00:35 AM
Kezzem moves into the room, using his extra hasted movement to run in a circle. If he can see it, he attacks the air elemental.

Attack (includes Bless, Haste, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot): 27.
Damage: 4.



Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26+4), HP 58 (74), CMD 27  d20+12=13 ;
Thursday March 30th, 2017 11:18:11 AM
Pressi shrugs at Murphy's command to caste haste. "I'm not sure. Even if we are in combat now, it doesn't feel like such combat will be quick. We may need to keep some stuff for later."

Pressi moves forward, trying to peer in the darkness. (Perception Nat 1). Even with her darkvision, she doesn't really have much chance in stopping whatever comes. She considers going after the air elemental but Murphy gets in the way.

(OOC: I moved Kezzem in for you)

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+16=33 ; d20+16=35 ; d20+16=18 ; d6+6=9 ; d6+6=10 ; d6+6=8 ;
Thursday March 30th, 2017 12:57:19 PM

Bliss takes a five ft step back to 5N. He shoots twice at the air elemental.

He hits AC33 and AC35. The hit in AC35 is a nat 19, a crit threat, and Bliss follows up to confirm vs AC18.

He inflicts 9+10 = 19 hp damage, plus 8 more if it is AC18 or less.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday March 30th, 2017 7:20:02 PM
Without knowing exactly what was ahead, except for a spellcaster, Shel fells like she has no choice but to cast her magics now. She goes ahead with the Haste spell, moving to get all of them in range, if possible.

Bliss (AC26, HP72) & DiminuMookie (AC30, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Thursday March 30th, 2017 7:32:12 PM
But wait! Shel, you cast your Haste spell yesterday!

Dm Shawn - Hell or Hairshirt  d20+48=50 ;
Friday March 31st, 2017 12:42:29 AM
Shel awaits for a heads up so she can cast her haste spell.

Alleah also waits for the all clear sign.

Murphy moves up and looks into the room. He sees a huge stone giant standing at the end of the table. He has a wicked smile on his face.. " Welcome halflings. Come.. come... We were expecting you." Murphy casts ice storm.

Kezzem comes into the room and looks for the air elemental, but Murphy already dismissed it.

Pressi thinks about attacking the elemental, but Murphy has already dismissed it.

Bliss saves the shots as the air elementals are displaced.

Shel does decided to cast her haste spell.

"Come to me halflings. There are enough places to sit at my table... and a few on top..." the giant says with a laugh.

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