Onwards to the Wedding Saturday July 22nd, 2017 6:56:26 PM
There is no daylight left, and the Agents are leary of mounting the cliffs in the darkness. There are anger issues that get in the way of tracking, but cooler heads prevail and a trail is found.
There will be a short break for recovering spells, but everyone is eager to move onto the important task of finding Verity and removing the Vampire's curse from this town.
The Agents camp at the base of the cliffs, looking up into the darkness. Oddly enough, the cliffs seem less dangerous than the villagers had implied. The trails are fairly obvious, if a bit overgrown from disuse. In fact, the lack of traffic makes it even easier to pick up the trail of the recent users. All the Agents have to do is decide their plan of attack.
Michael Highlight to display spoiler: { if possible, during the night, try to steal and hide the other agents' silver weapons.}
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet d20+10=19 ; Sunday July 23rd, 2017 7:05:17 PM
Sleeping less than a mile from their warm and defensible room seems foolish, but Sigvar holds his tongue. Prudence has lost her sister, and they are probably marching to their deaths. He takes his normal first watch and when he retires for the night is loathe to remove his armor, given their situation However sleeping in it will fatigue him, and he will need every edge in the morning. He sets his armor near at hand and keeps his blades and shield ready in case they are awakened in the night. Perception on watch 19
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+9=15 ; Sunday July 23rd, 2017 10:19:34 PM
Anna also removes her armor for the night as she does not possess the endurance feat. Before it is her turn on watch she activates her darkvision SLA so she can see better in the darkness than she can see without it.
(Perception: 15)
She makes it a point to refill bag of tricks when the others pray or renew their spells in the morning. Active Effects: Darkvision - 60 ft = 6 hours [600/600 rounds]
(OOC: without armor Anna's AC becomes 14/14/11)
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+14=27 ; d20+17=32 ; Monday July 24th, 2017 10:52:32 AM
The decision to sleep outside near the cliffs had two aspects Nikolai had to consider: finding the tracks early enough before an unforeseen storm hits and obliterates them and the impression on the villagers and Pru's family that they were not taking their time to get around to a pursuit. As far as any disagreement from his team, if he noticed any, he ignored it.
The cliffs probably had a reputation because less experienced folk having troubles on the trails, but nevertheless, even an easy route can pose a problem if one is careless.
"Even if the trail seems easy enough, don't let your guard down. We don't know what minions that vampire has gathered and he may be smart enough to set them to guard any trail leading to his lair."
A quick cold breakfast and Nikolai takes the lead.
Survival (Tracking) +14 = 27 Perception (Forest) +17 = 32 (or 30 if not in forest)
Onwards to the Wedding Monday July 24th, 2017 6:18:16 PM my bad for posting so late last week - giving people some more time to get in one today
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Monday July 24th, 2017 8:36:48 PM
OOC: my problem was that I worked Sunday and last night storm system came through and power kept going off and back on so I just shut the PC down and went to bed early. :}
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Monday July 24th, 2017 8:49:45 PM
Trayvin takes advantage of the rest and prepares some new spells, maybe something that will help them defeat this vampire.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 Monday July 24th, 2017 9:13:57 PM
Michael takes his turn at watch.
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Monday July 24th, 2017 9:14:21 PM
tinker takes his turn at watch.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] d20=13 ; Monday July 24th, 2017 10:09:17 PM
Pru can't sleep from worry over Verity, so she watches the whole night--and doesn't regain her spells. In the morning, she casts Extended Mage Armor on herself and Nikolai, as normal.
[Perception 13, if it matters.]
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Monday July 24th, 2017 11:06:08 PM
Anna takes her turn at watch, trying to see if any danger comes near the Agents during the night.
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 Tuesday July 25th, 2017 2:48:51 PM
Pompous writes a few paragraphs in his book, fixes up his gear and takes his turn on watch.... He also sharpens up a few sticks into stakes. One never knows after all when these will come in handy.
The Ranger shares his concern with his fellow agents that his lack of silver weapons will impede his usefullness in a fight... " There's only so much I can go with my flaming short sword... and without some decent silvered arrows, my bow won't be of much use".
Onwards to the Wedding d20+15=19 ; d20+14=30 ; d20+13=31 ; d20+9=26 ; d20+4=22 ; Tuesday July 25th, 2017 5:19:33 PM
Tensions are high and rest doesn't come easy. Thankfully, priests don't have to have good rest to pray for spells. Trayvin just hopes he can do enough to thwart whatever strange abilities this vampire may have.
Everyone else keeps an eye out during their watches, but they see no sign of any enemies. The night is quiet.
A weak dawn comes upon them. There is still no sunlight, but the land becomes lit in muted grays, so even human eyes can see a bit. The paths up the cliff look potentially dangerous, but some general care in where they place their feet seems enough to keep them safe.
Pompous opines about his lack of effective weaponry. He would prefer to fight from the back, providing ranged support to his comrades, but the lack of silver makes this somewhat of a problem.
At his mention of his weapons though, the rest of the Agents unconsciously reach for their own weapons, and gasp in a medley of shock and horror as they discover all of their silver weapons have disappeared from their scabbards and bags!
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Tuesday July 25th, 2017 8:24:32 PM " So, the old man has someone else stealthy enough to walk into camp while we set a watch and steal our silver weapons. OK, so I need to brute force my way through the vampire's damage reduction. Anna, you had said earlier that silver arrows and small, light weapons were easy to pull from your bag, right? If you give Pompous arrows, his magic bow will allow them to overcome the Vampire's resistances, I can give that potion to someone else that you give a dagger to, your armor should allow you to beat him to death since Mithril counts as silver, that arms a few of us, Prudence can burn him to ashes, and Travin can heal him to death, so as lon as he can be kept from our minds we could win this." " Also, Pompous has the right idea with those stakes, we should make more as we travel." " I disliked him before when he stole your sister. Now he has taken away my weapon and made the rest of us have to dig deep to fight him. Now it is personal. Lets go kill a Vampire" Sigvar gathers whatever wood is left from the fire, and makes himself a half dozen stakes as they climb towards whatever is at the top of the cliffs.
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Tuesday July 25th, 2017 8:56:27 PM
"It's true, my mace is gone also. He knows we're coming, let's not keep him waiting. Can someone scout a trail that everyone can manage to use?"
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Tuesday July 25th, 2017 10:09:59 PM
"Holy water should work, too, if anybody has any," Pru reminds her friends. She is sorry--and quite puzzled--about the loss of the silver weapons, but nothing is going to stop her from going after her sister. She walks toward the trails, anxious to get started.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+14=28 ; d20+17=35 ; Tuesday July 25th, 2017 10:57:59 PM
Nikolai notices his silver kama gone but his kama +2 is still there, that should help a little, maybe not as much as silver, but better than just his fist.
[b]"If it is possible to produce silver arrows, even if only 10, from your sack, Anna, that would be good, but not until we know we've reached his lair. I don't want those going missing also like ours has. If my memory is correct, a vial of holy water is 25 gold, but 20 silvered arrows is 3 gold."[b]
It bothers him that his kama could vanish from his belt without him noticing it unless there was some magical sleep that overcame them, but anyone on watch would notice that and speak up.
Nikolai takes up the lead spot and studies the trail a little before starting up. Survival (Tracking) +14 = 28 Perception (Forest) +17 = 35 (or 33 if not in forest)
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Tuesday July 25th, 2017 11:45:55 PM
(OOC: Anna did not sleep in the Mithral armor so as to not wake up fatigued. Was the armor stolen with the rest of the weapons? Also I believe 1 silvered arrow is 2 gold + 5 copper as 20 arrows is 1 gold or 20 silvered arrows could be produced for 41 gold )
As Anna has refilled her bag of tricks she says, "I too have a magic bow so if I had silver arrows I could do damage with that but I'm a better melee combatant than a ranged fighter. I can pull 300 gold worth of gear from my bag including potions and scrolls. I believe each arrow I pull would use up 2 gold and 5 copper and each light silver weapon I pull a silver dagger for 22, a silver light mace for 25 or a silver sickle for 26. I can even replace Niko's Kama for 22. Each scroll of magic weapon would also be 25 gold assuming I pulled a first level scroll so I could pull approximately 6 silver light weapons or ammo bundles and matching scrolls of first level magic weapon so all is not lost, I just need 6 seconds and both hands free to pull each item. Hopefully we have time to pull what we need and cast the scrolls on our weapons as needed."
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 Wednesday July 26th, 2017 5:00:59 PM
Pompous rubs his hands together. "I've got the coins Anna if you have the arrows"
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Wednesday July 26th, 2017 7:50:06 PM " So since we are talking tactics and spell allocation, if I could be enlarged and or have my strength enhanced during the fight with the old man it will greatly increase my effectiveness at overcoming his resistance. Of course if I could learn power attack before the fight, that'd help alot too. Basically, I will be slowing his massive healing rate, it will be up to the rest of you to hurt him. If we had some sunlight to drag him into that would be great." "What else hurts vampires?"
Onwards to the Wedding Wednesday July 26th, 2017 8:56:33 PM
The Agents seem to take it in stride that their weapons have disappeared. Strange though that there was nothing else was done by their stealthy visitor.
Nikolai has no problems finding the trails leading up, as they aren't even hidden at all. It quickly leads up to a cave set in the side of the mountain.
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Wednesday July 26th, 2017 9:08:01 PM
"Holy water and magic will be useful. Fire usually works, but he may have resistance. And if he starts flying around we'll need to swap to ranged weapons."
"He'll have minions too. Did we get a count on how many escaped and went this way?"
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Wednesday July 26th, 2017 11:52:26 PM
"We know of two minions," Pru says. "There may be others, of course. Does anybody want to be invisible? I don't know if it'll do much good, but it's an option."
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Wednesday July 26th, 2017 11:57:35 PM
Anna says, "Should I start pulling silver gear and scrolls of magic weapon now?" I believe it is a spell that clerics and sorcerers can cast so if I pull 1 scroll of arcane for every 2 of divine Pru can cast one of the arcane scrolls while Trayvin and I use the divine one and we can time the effects to overlap at the same time. Unfortunately we might need to wait to cast the scrolls but I could start pulling the silver weapons now. I know that Pompous wants arrows and Sigvar wants to be enlarged. I do happen to have a stilled scroll of enlarge person I could cast on Sigvar. Nikolai do you want a replacement silver Kama?"
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+12=13 ; Thursday July 27th, 2017 12:37:42 AM "I have a magic bow as well, so silvered arrows are a first priority. Silvered weapons a second. I can use my magic kama for some good so see if someone else needs a silvered weapon first."
Seeing the cave entrance, he likes Pru's idea of an invisible scout.
"I'll take that invisibility spell and go scout out that cave entrance. We'll get as close as we dare before casting the invisibility."
He knows Michael may be a better scout, but this job will be very dangerous and he's not going to ask anyone to do something he wouldn't do himself.
Survival +12 (find the closest most reasonable spot and stay relatively hidden before going invisible) = 13. (Great! If someone spots a better 'camp', please stop Nikolai and point it out. LOL!)
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+9=11 ; Thursday July 27th, 2017 12:44:25 PM
(Survival: 11 vs DC 10 to aid another, so Nikolai gets a +2)
Anna tries to help Nikolai but doesn't do as good a job at woodcraft as he has however she did enough to give the ranger/monk a slight boost.
She then starts pulling silvered arrows from the bag of tricks. (OOC: Is 10 enough to start with?)
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet d20+4=20 ; Thursday July 27th, 2017 4:22:20 PM
As the others discuss arrows and light weapons made from silver, Sigvar searches the ground for tracks. He has now been snuck up on twice in one day and the minotaur's sense of pride is definitely taking a beating. Survival 20 " I don't get it. I mean I am no great huntsman, but I see no tracks but ours in the camp. I slept with that sword within 5 feet of my hand and yet something managed to sneak in and steal it from under my nose, just like when he took Verity. This old man is very stealthy. But I still maintain he doesn't want us dead. If he was here, and we were disarmed and unaware of him, he could have slain us all. I still think he wants us as minions. Otherwise why let us live. He knows we are coming. Does he think this setback will scare off hardened mercenaries?" " I just don't get it."
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 Thursday July 27th, 2017 5:01:46 PM
"Well... either the thief flew in, past the watchman... teleported in, past the watchman.... the stuff is actually invisible and still really here.. someone who looked like one of us stole the us... or one of us took it....."
"J'ACCUSE!!!"
Onwards to the Wedding Thursday July 27th, 2017 5:19:36 PM
Sigvar does a double take after mentioning that he didn't see any tracks in or out of the camp. When he looks again, in fact he does. He just hadn't taken the time to look for them before! Perhaps he didn't think about it in his warrior haze after losing his weapon.
Accusations start flying, and discussion starts up of a possible traitor in their midst! Anna starts pulling silvered arrows from her bag, but pauses after a minute when she hears the possibility of finding their lost vampire slaying weaponry.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+9=28 Thursday July 27th, 2017 8:36:13 PM
Michael is stunned at where the weapons have gone?! someone must have failed to keep awake during watch. but why just take the weapons? why not just kill us all in our sleep. He looks around for tracks.
survival 28
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) d20+2=4 ; d20+14=23 ; Thursday July 27th, 2017 8:44:33 PM
Tinker looks for tracks as well. Who ever got their weapons could not have gotten far with all that gear, He thinks it might be hidden near by so he looks around for likely hiding spots.
survival 4 perception 23
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Thursday July 27th, 2017 9:04:13 PM
"This is slowing us down, do we really have time for this?"
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Thursday July 27th, 2017 11:08:02 PM "Well, did anyone fall asleep on watch? We keep two at all times. Time to be honest. Did anyone fall asleep on their watch? This is not a hunt for blame, just that we need to verify any possibility that someone invisible could have snuck past us and snatched our weapons, just the silvered ones, knowing exactly who had any and where they were tucked. That takes time and a near impossibility while two Fist Agents are on watch. But if they were magically put to sleep, then it would have the time to search. Magic can detect metals and what kind, but it is still a far stretch in any case. So let's see what tracks are here other than ours."
While Nikolai gets close to the ground to study it, he answers Trayvin, "Yes, it does seem like a waste of time, but if he has a minion that can do this to us, then we need to know as much as we can about him, her, or it. Otherwise, it will happen again."
Nikolai studies the ground around where he slept and takes his time. He figures there would be very few tracks there as most of the activity centered around the middle of camp. There should be his and most likely only one other, the pilferer. Take 20 on Survival check to find tracks = 32
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Friday July 28th, 2017 12:08:26 AM
"I, for one, didn't sleep a wink," Pru says. "Though I think you all know I'm not good at noticing things. Honestly, the weapons were probably magicked away. Many vampires are spellcasters, and it would make sense that they might have something to remove silver weapons."
"Please don't take too long," she adds softly. "My sister's out there someplace."
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+9=13 ; Friday July 28th, 2017 12:13:54 AM
Anna tries her hand at helping the trackers (Survival: 13).
She then says, "I have 10 silvered arrows here. You know I would have to think who ever took the weapons doesn't know our capability otherwise why not take my bag of tricks? Then again that really wouldn't help them since the bag itself is magicked so that if I lose it I wake up with it as a pillow so that wouldn't really help them. Then again I haven't lost the bag yet so how would they know that?"
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet d20+4=15 ; d20+10=24 ; Friday July 28th, 2017 12:08:25 PM " Wait, what are these tracks? Pompous, Nikolai, come look at these!" Sigvar calls the real trackers over as he finds tracks in the camp. Survival 15 to help them track the new tracks ( Aid another +2 to whichever one tracks them ) Perception 24 Looking for a hiding spot like Tinker is. Trying to see drag marks, disturbed brush ect.
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Friday July 28th, 2017 8:28:44 PM
"Maybe one of the scouts could start checking for the best trail while the rest of us look for tracks?"
Onwards to the Wedding Saturday July 29th, 2017 3:54:48 PM
The trail up the mountain to the cave is well and truly scouted, but the tracks in and around the camp are more interesting at the moment. Between the master trackers of the party, a set of very small footprints are found leading all around the camp to the places where everyone slept (or brooded) and then off into the rocks and trees beside the trail.
Following these tracks leads the Agents to a cache of quickly hidden silver weaponry that they easily recognize as their own. Something is not right in the Fist.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Saturday July 29th, 2017 9:27:39 PM
"Well, that's odd," Pru says. "I'm glad we found them, though. But why would someone take the weapons, but not take them away?"
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Sunday July 30th, 2017 6:27:37 PM
Sigvar sits down and puts his chin on his fist and thinks. Michael had been talking quite a bit with the old man, and had been the one that was with hiim most of the night last night swapping stories and generally having a good time. Could the old man have dominated him? Sigvar recalls what he knows and has seen.... The tracks are small and seem to originate in the camp, travel all around to their gear piles and then to the spot where the weapos were found. There were multiple trips and it seems that some of the heavier gear was dragged there. Michael had been uncharacteristically clumsy around the Fist while they were trying to detect undead and get to the heart of the matter. Sigvar had seen the halfling drink, and often wondered if he had a secret bladder that he hid somewhere to put so much alcohol away and not show it. He had spoiled Anna's scroll before she found more undead in the crowd. Michael had tackled Prudence when she could have done something to stop the old man's escape, claiming he was trying to protect her from the Vampire. Less than an hour later he scolded Prudence's mother , putting Prudence on a pedestal saying she was the most capable member of the team and that she was admired. This was true, but if he believed that then why tackle her? The weapons were hidden and not taken away because the person that did it was still here. Sigvar was growing concerned that Michael was not in control of all of his actions. Did the Vampire have the minds of other Fist members in his pocket? What would happen if they caught Michael? Would the Vampire sacrifice him to try and hurt the Fist? Without knowing who the Vampire might have already dominated, Sigvar didn't know who to tell about this. Anna seemed to be acting to thwart him, maybe she was a good one to confide in. The Minotaur rose to his hooves and called out to Anna in the language of his people, because he knew she spoke it. In Tauric " Anna, I think the Vampire has taken over Michael's mind. Michael spent alot of time with the old man, giving him plenty of opportunity. He made your scroll fizzle, tackled Prudence and is the only one of us besides you that could have left such small tracks removing the weapons and hiding them. Is there a way we can free his mind without him knowing and ask him? If the old man has had him for the past two days and we didn't see it, how many of us has he already dominated? I am wholeheartedly behind saving Verity, but I think we might be in this too deep. What should we do?" The questions were also a kind of test, because he knew what they HAD to do. They HAD to press on even if it meant their lives because Prudence would even if she were alone. His honor wouldn't allow that to happen, so his path was clear. Anna would know that, the Vampire may not If she said to turn back, he would suspect that she also had been dominated as she spent time with the old man as well. Why couldn't they fight stand up opponents that just wanted to kill them? All this intrigue was making his head hurt.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Sunday July 30th, 2017 8:26:42 PM
With the weapons now recovered, Nikolai puts his mind back to the task of saving Pru's sister. He puts his mind to work on the puzzle but says little. "Vampires can have all sorts of minions. Imps come to mind. Something that small and sneaky could easily come in, invisible, and done this. Anyway, we know now what to keep watch for. An Alarm spell might work, See Invisible or other such precautions. We have our weapons back, let's find a way into that cave. Good thing vampires must spend the day in their coffins."
OOC: the following is what Nikolai was going to do before the distraction. I'll take the rolls as I rolled them then: Seeing the cave entrance, he likes Pru's idea of an invisible scout.
"I'll take that invisibility spell and go scout out that cave entrance. We'll get as close as we dare before casting the invisibility."
He knows Michael may be a better scout, but this job will be very dangerous and he's not going to ask anyone to do something he wouldn't do himself.
Survival +12 (find the closest most reasonable spot and stay relatively hidden before going invisible) = 13. (Great! If someone spots a better 'camp', please stop Nikolai and point it out. LOL!)
Anna did the following: (Survival: 11 vs DC 10 to aid another, so Nikolai gets a +2)
Pompous (JonathanT subbing) d20+9=18 ; Sunday July 30th, 2017 8:40:41 PM
Pompous grins as he takes a moment to write in his book a short note of the puzzling events around the disappearing silver weapons, then takes the silver arrows from Anna. "Good thing he doesn't. Or maybe it didn't have enough time and the silver ones were a priority. An Imp, like Nikolai said, wouldn't be able to take them far and have time to return for the magic items."
He looks at the area Nikolai hopes to gather the Fist close enough to the cave entrance but out of direct sight of it. Survival +9 (find a spot behind a rock or tree where they can wait unseen for the scout to return) = 18
He finds a better spot and points it out. "Nothing is guaranteed, but that spot looks better. Pru can cast her Invisibility spell on Nikolai unseen by any watcher in the cave and Nikolai will have enough time to get to the entrance, spend a moment to scout, and maybe get back before the spell expires."
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+20=21 ; Sunday July 30th, 2017 11:38:07 PM
Anna replies back to Sigvar in Tauric, Highlight to display spoiler: {"Vampires and Undead aren't really my forte. We do have to rescue Verity but if he is mind controlled I could use protection from evil on him and it would suppress the mind control while the abjuration is in effect. However he did ruin my spell and for some reason the Grandfather himself didn't show up as undead. Should I try to pull a scroll of protection from evil from my bag of tricks?"}
If the Taur gives the go ahead she does as he suggests, pulls a scroll of protection from evil then gets near Michael and attempts to cast it on him. (21 vs DC 21 = success) and Michael gets a +2 and a re-roll against any mind control.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Monday July 31st, 2017 4:22:31 AM
Sigvar nods his approval of her plan.
Onwards to the Wedding Monday July 31st, 2017 4:47:45 PM
While Nikolai is scouting the cave entrance and everyone else is requiping themselves with their silver weaponry, Sigvar and Anna hatch a plan.
Sigvar distracts Michael, who is showing some signs of confusion, wondering if he really could be behind all the shenanigans that have been going on. Anna approaches him from behind and casts a spell on him, which shocks him momentarily, and perhaps does something more.
Michael Highlight to display spoiler: { Will save vs DC 22, you have a +2 bonus from Anna's spell }
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Monday July 31st, 2017 5:59:44 PM
Tinker cannot understand what Sigvar is saying, but it' does not take a genius to know that one of their own has somehow become co-opted by a Vampire. He glances at Michael and cannot help but feel sorry for his little buddy.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+9=25 ; Monday July 31st, 2017 6:22:08 PM
Anna is his friend and Fist Mate, and he's had spells cast on him before, with no compulsion to do otherwise he embraces the spell. He instantly notices the lifting of a dark presence from his mind, suddenly he is conscious of the control being imposed upon him, memories come flooding back and in the space the darkness was he sees the path it took to control. mentally he walls up the path and bars the door to his will. Its gone for now, but will it return once Anna's spell expires?
he stumbles a bit, puts his hand to his head, then turns to his companions. Nikolai...guys...I've been compromised, the Vampire did something to me, he was giving me commands to meddle with the mission then either making me forget of make up an excuse. I...I...I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough to fight him off...I'm sorry I screwed up your Spell Anna, I'm sorry I pushed you down Pru. and I'm terribly sorry I hid all your silver weapons. He begins to pull off his weapons and armor, I think I should be taken into custody pending the end of this matter for the Fists safety.
Will save 9(+7+2) = 25
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Monday July 31st, 2017 8:03:27 PM
Sigvar reaches out as Michael stumbles, putting a hand on his shoulder to steady him. " Is the compulsion something that can be dispelled? Cuz I don't think disarming you is the answer. Lets face it, there is going to be a fair amount of killing once we get in there, and I can think of no better killer than you in our group, and I mean that in the best light possible. Prudence, can the mind control be dispelled like a spell can, or is it something more organic that a vampire can do just through his force of personality? Trayvin, do you know?"
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Monday July 31st, 2017 8:41:11 PM "Hmmm. Well, he should be ok for now, but the vampire may be able to use that power on him again. Or on any of us for that matter. Any of us could fall to that compulsion. I can use a spell to help block it, but it will mean staying close together which can cause it's own problems. We'll have to make the best of it and deal with it if it happens again. But at least this time we know what to look for."
Pompous (JonathanT subbing) Monday July 31st, 2017 9:53:30 PM
Unaware of Anna and Sigvar's plan and suspecting an outside force to be the culprit rather than one of their own, Nikolai is a bit surprised at the revelation. However he quickly recovers, as dealing with vampires, anything can happen.
"Well, it would have to be someone who knew exactly where our silver weapons are, and Michael, don't fret over it. It could have been anyone of us as we all were in contact with the vampire. It only takes a second for a vampire to capture an unsuspecting victim. However, as far as permanently breaking the link, [/I]Dispel Magic or Dispel Evil[/I] come to mind once a link is established. If the vampire asks Michael to do something that's against his own nature, Michael's own will may be able to break the link. This vampire, though, would seem smart enough not to go that far. In any case, if he is awake, he'll know the link has been temporarily suppressed but may not know exactly why. We need to hurry and get in there while it is daylight.
Let's get to that spot Pompous pointed out and get our rescue plan in motion."
The plan being, cast Invisibility on Nikolai from a spot close to the entrance but not observable from it and Nikolai scouting the entrance to see if anything is guarding it.
Pompous (JonathanT subbing) Monday July 31st, 2017 9:54:59 PM
OOPS. Forgot to change the header. That should have been Nikolai's post. Pompous' follows.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Monday July 31st, 2017 9:58:04 PM
"Custody!" Pru echoes. "No way. First of all, it wasn't your fault. And second, we can't spare anybody to guard you." She looks around at the rest of the group. "We can't. He'll have to come along."
Pompous (JonathanT subbing) Monday July 31st, 2017 10:08:23 PM
Pompous has a slight smile as he adds the final touch to his notes on the mystery of the vanishing silver weapons, puts his notebook and pen away and prepares for the expedition into the cave. "True, speed now is important more than before. If the vampire is asleep, he won't know of our discovery and he can't issue any new commands until he awakens. Let's go!"
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Monday July 31st, 2017 11:41:52 PM
Anna says, "I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I only bought us a minute with the spell as I pulled a 1st level version. We will have to do something else to remove it permanently but again it depends on the effect. I don't suppose anyone can dispel magic? I can't pull a 3rd level spell from the bag."
Active Effects: Michael - protection from evil = 1 min [9/10 rounds]
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Tuesday August 1st, 2017 4:30:02 PM
Several mysteries seem to have been solved at once - it seems the vampire was compelling Michael to get up to all sorts of mischief. His control was subtle enough that it would not be noticed right away, but it got to be too much for Michael's friends not to see it.
Michael makes his apologies, and suggests that he be confined until the vampire is dealt with. Pru tells him to soldier up though, as they can't waste someone to watch him and they need his talents. They'll just have to make sure he doesn't fall under the vampire's spell again. Trayvin has some plans for that.
Nikolai invisibly approaches the lair, but sees no guards about. The entranceway is a simple hole in the side of the cliff. He can't see more than a few feet inside.
Pompous (JonathanT subbing) Tuesday August 1st, 2017 8:24:24 PM
Pompous looks at the large black hole in the side of the cliff. "I'm afraid I can't help Michael any either. My spells are attuned to nature and such. Unfortunately, most of my skills are best suited to the outside, and yet, we delve underground again. Sigh..."
Nikolai (JonathanT)AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+34=51 ; d20+15=27 ; Tuesday August 1st, 2017 9:20:58 PM
Nikolai kindly pats Michael on the shoulder as a brother would do. "We'll defeat this vampire and put an end to his spell on you, don't you worry. In the meantime, try to keep your thoughts completely away from the fact that you now know he's got a link to your will. In the meantime, focus on the task at hand."
Trusting in his stealth and invisibility, Nikolai steps inside the cave entrance enough so that his half-elven eyes can see a little farther inside. Keenly aware there may be a trap, he prays to Alemi to keep him safe, although he wonders if praying to Gargul would be more appropriate here.
If he manages to get inside for a better look, he has low light vision, he then returns to report what he finds.
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) d20+14=15 ; Tuesday August 1st, 2017 9:52:36 PM That's right lad, we ain't gonna turn on ya, just because a vamp cast a spell on ye. Now lets get in there an set things right.
Tinker follows about 3 min behind from where he guesses Nikolai went in. , His Urgrosh ready and his senses alert for danger. It's a bad go for him though, he keeps thinking he detects Nikolai and can't pay attention.
perception 15 (natural 1).
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+15=23 ; Tuesday August 1st, 2017 9:56:33 PM
Michael is in a weird place, He is proud and grateful for his teammate's faith and help. but at the same time, he's scared witless that the vamp is going to resume control and he is going to fail them. Still, soldier on and all that. he tries to help as best he can.
perception 23
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Tuesday August 1st, 2017 10:02:13 PM "Looks like we'll need a light source. Who's got one?"
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Tuesday August 1st, 2017 10:33:19 PM
Pru casts Invisibility on Nikolai.
"I do have Dispel Magic available," she says. "But I'm not confident in my ability to overcome the power of a centuries-old vampire. I could try a few times, but even that might not be enough."
If a light source is needed, Pru can cast Dancing Lights
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Tuesday August 1st, 2017 11:02:41 PM
Sigvar pulls out his everburning torch. " Light is covered." "How is this gonna work? Is he coming back for us or are we following Tinker into the trap. I mean I still have every faith that the old man has this all planned out and knows we are coming. It has to be a trap."
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Tuesday August 1st, 2017 11:49:59 PM
Anna asks, "Is there a non obvious way into the location? Could we make our own door with a well placed stone to mud spell and an Arsinotherium charge or perhaps find an alternate way into the caves?"
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet d20+10=29 ; d20+4=23 ; Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 10:58:35 AM
Perception 29 Knowledge Engineering 23 " Let me see if I can find a weak spot in the hillside for that. There doesn't appear to be a 'structure' to breach though." Sigvar puts his Minotaur senses and Fist training to the test, looking for a way to thwart what he is certain is a trap.
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 4:17:59 PM
Speaking of traps, when the torch is pulled out, Nikolai's keen eyes catch the edges of a pressure plate spanning the floor just inside the cave entrance.
Unfortunately, the placement of the cave doesn't lend itself to having alternative entrances. From what you have heard about this place, it seems the vamps were relying on rumours keeping people afraid to come up this way. Any structural damage would likely collapse the entire thing, which isn't an attractive option if Verity is trapped inside, like they think she might be.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 6:45:22 PM " So does lift with a fly spell count on the native flyer's lifting ability, of is it the same for everyone? We could fly over the plate."
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) d20+24=36 ; Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 8:55:28 PM
A Trap! this is right up Tinkers alley! he gets down on all fours and studies the thing, getting his tools out working to find a way to disable it.
Disable device 36.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+11=23 ; Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 9:03:32 PM
Seeing his friend begin to do his thing on the pressure plate Michael assists, Holding the light, passing tool and being a "third hand" when needed.
Disable device to assist. 23 +2 bonus to his roll.
if its a trap and you know it's a trap, then it becomes a trap for the trapper....I don't know where I heard that, but it makes sense.
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 9:33:04 PM
While Tinker and Michael work on the trap, Trayvin looks around to see if there is any obvious movement or activity. "Looks like we'll have to go in the front door. Nikolai, what order would you like us to go in?"
Nikolai (JonathanT)AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+14=21 ; d20+15=19 ; Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 10:45:17 PM
OOC: Don't know, time-wise, if Nikolai is still invisible but ...
IC: Nikolai whispers to Tinker and tosses a small pebble next to the trap to show him where it is, the dwarf focuses on it and goes to work. Meanwhile, the others start to gather and Nikolai looks for a way around the trap. If he sees one, he'll head in a little further (20'), without light if invisible, with his Everburning Torch if now visible.
Stealth +14 (1/4 Move) = 21, or +41 if still invisible Perception +15 (hidden guards, traps) = 19
Pompous (JonathanT Subbing) AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 d20+13=32 ; Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 10:51:18 PM
Pompous looks around for tracks, wondering if those two escapees actually entered the cave and what path they took to avoid the trap.
Survival +13 (find tracks) = 32
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 11:04:15 PM
Sigvar just waits for the way to be clear, and tries to keep anything bad from happening to Tinker while the Dwarf concentrates on the trap.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 11:24:37 PM
Pru just cast the Invisibility, and it should last for 9 minutes. And if it expires before we get in there, she can just cast another one. Pru is always willing to cast touch spells on Nikolai.
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+9=11 ; Thursday August 3rd, 2017 2:25:10 AM
Anna activates her barkskin SLA and then tries to keep a sharp eye out for anything while Michael and Tinker work on the trap. (Perception: 11)
Active Effects: Michael - protection from evil = 1 min [7/10 rounds] - ???? Anna - Barkskin + 3 Nat armo = 60 min [600/600 rounds]
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Thursday August 3rd, 2017 5:27:48 PM Nikolai is still invisible, but the protection spell has worn off of Michael by now.
While Tinker and Michael work on the trap (which they easily disarm), Nikolai makes his silent way down the passageway past the range of their light. Beyond the entranceway is a short hallway that ranges from 5 to 8 feet wide and is simple and rough. After a couple turns, the walls open up, and from the feel of the air, Nikolai has found a large room, though without light, he cannot tell how far it extends. There are no sounds from within.
There are some tracks leading up to the cave, as of several humanoids. But all trace of tracks stops at the entrance.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 Thursday August 3rd, 2017 9:23:02 PM i dunno, I think Me. Tinker and Nikoli aught to be up front. that way ya'll can watch me for any influence, Trayvin, Sigvar behind us, followed by Anna and Pru. This puts Trayvin where he can cast his protection from Evil spell from a position in the middle and Sig can crush me should I go nuts and start killing folk. Anna can provide overwatch and has the time to change into something more apropos and protect our spell slinger. Pur can bring down the wrath of the gods from a position of safety.
Michael shrugs, wipes his hands off draws his blades and starts making his way down the hall.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet d20+10=30 ; Thursday August 3rd, 2017 9:24:27 PM
With his torch burning, Sigvar stops at the edge of the trap and puts his keen Minotaur senses to work, looking for cracks the minions could have seeped through or ledgs for them to wait on as bats. Perception 30
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Thursday August 3rd, 2017 9:25:34 PM
Michaels plan sounds reasonable to Tinker, he puts his tools away and draws his Urgrosh, he follows shortly behind Michael as he travels on.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Thursday August 3rd, 2017 9:28:13 PM " Michael has a valid point. Normally I would say that as a shock troop I should be up front to take the brunt of an assault, but I have all the stealth of an bull in a china shop. Sounds like a plan."
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Thursday August 3rd, 2017 11:29:12 PM
"Why don't the tracks go into the cave, do you suppose?" Pru asks. "They just go to the entrance and stop. And there's a big trap there. Maybe the cave is a decoy."
She tips back her head and looks up. "Maybe they fly up to someplace else."
Pompous (JonathanT Subbing) AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 Thursday August 3rd, 2017 11:38:19 PM
Pompous points out the tracks that lead up to the cave entrance but puzzles over no tracks going in until it occurs to him that they could have turned into vapors to fly in or into a bat. He shrugs "The cave itself could be the trap. Lure us in, have a trap at the entrance to make it look legit, then we waste valuable time searching it when they've gone elsewhere."
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+15=21 ; Thursday August 3rd, 2017 11:46:25 PM
Nikolai returns with the news of a room further down and hears Michael's marching order plan. "OK, sounds good to me. Let's get in place then. It is completely dark in there so we'll need the light, which will spoil any surprise but that can't be helped. Just be ready for anything jumping out of the shadows."
Nikolai takes the lead and brandishes his Everburning Torch. Michael follows and Tinker is close behind Michael. The others fall in behind as planned. Nikolai leads the way to the room, moving cautiously although trying to be real quiet this time is pointless.
Perception +15 = 21
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Thursday August 3rd, 2017 11:55:24 PM
Anna says, "Anyone want any more silver weapons or magic weapon scrolls before we go in? If the cave isn't a trap we may need them." She takes time to fulfill any orders.
She then activates her darkvision SLA in case something happens to the torch as they move into the cave.
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [593/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [6000/6000] rounds
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Friday August 4th, 2017 4:40:30 PM " Will you be able to pull scrolls once you transform? If not best pull another for my sword. I doubt this old man will go down in the short amount of time the oil will enchant my blade. You can cast while transformed though, correct?"
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Friday August 4th, 2017 5:23:21 PM
Gonna be a late post. I need to make a nap and have no computer access at the moment.
Trayvin AC 22/13 touch Hp 70/70(BrianZ) Friday August 4th, 2017 8:32:21 PM
Trayvin brandishes his now returned silver mace and follows everyone in. "That's a good point about the missing tracks, but I guess we will still need to check the cave first before looking for secret flying entrances."
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Saturday August 5th, 2017 1:52:03 PM
"Then let's check the cave," Pru says. "If something starts, remember that I can Haste people who are close enough." She turns to the halfling. "Michael, you'll tell us if you feel a sudden urge to do something bad, right?"
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Sunday August 6th, 2017 2:13:44 PM I'd like to Pru, but the control is subtle, when I hit Anna, he basically told me to stumble into anna then forget that he told me to do it. same thing with tackling you, He knows that making me do things against my nature will test his control. so I probably won't know when I'm under his control. and he probably won't make me attack, right up until we are fully engaged. He might make me not see him or his agents if he is planning an ambush.
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/11/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Sunday August 6th, 2017 5:26:24 PM
Anna says to Sigvar, "I can't pull or cast while I am transformed but if I pull a cleric version Trayvin can cast it on your weapon or if I pull a sorcerer version Pru can. Do you still want me to enlarge you?"
She says to Trayvin and Pru, "What type of scroll should I pull for Sigvar? Which one of you is going to enchant his weapon should the oil wear off?"
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Sunday August 6th, 2017 6:59:43 PM " No. no enlarge since I have a silver weapon that can be made magic. It might be tight where he faces us and I don't want him to be able to get away from me. He is going to pay for taking Verity and for taking Michael's free will. I don't want him slipping into a hole where I can't get to him."
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Monday August 7th, 2017 11:07:23 AM
Nikolai waits until everyone is ready to move on it.
Pompous (JonathanT Subbing) AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 Monday August 7th, 2017 11:09:50 AM
Pompous looks for bat droppings while the wait to go inside.
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Monday August 7th, 2017 7:31:51 PM
The Agents proceed past the hallway. Their lights reveal a large cavern, 100 feet or so in diameter. Pru's dancing lights zip around, revealing several openings on the sides of the chamber. 10 in total. It is dark and quiet other than the lights they are holding and Pru's lights roaming at her direction.
Trayvin AC 25/10 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) Monday August 7th, 2017 9:50:47 PM "Hmmm. Well should we try door #1, or #2, or...." "Splitting up is probably a bad idea. How should we scout this?"
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Monday August 7th, 2017 10:08:46 PM
"Are there tracks?" Pru wonders. She turns to look at the way they came in. "We should probably mark the exit," she says. "Just in case we want to leave in a hurry."
Pompous (JonathanT Subbing) AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 d20+13=14 ; d20+13=16 ; d20+13=30 ; d20+13=26 ; d20+13=15 ; Monday August 7th, 2017 10:59:37 PM "There weren't any tracks past the entrance, but that could be because those two went vapor-like just long enough to bypass the trap. I'll take a look along this side and Nikolai can take a look along the other side and we meet in the middle."
Pompous goes to side passage #1 and looks for tracks, then heads for #2 and so forth: Survival +9 and+4 (Ranger level) = 14, 16, 30, 26, 15 for #1, #2, etc.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+14=31 ; d3=3 ; d20+14=33 ; d20+14=15 ; d20+14=16 ; d20+14=33 ; Monday August 7th, 2017 11:06:02 PM "Good idea, Pompous, and it's not technically splitting up. Tinker can go with Pompous and Trayvin can come with me. The rest are the Reserves."
With that, Nikolai starts looking for tracks starting at side passage #10 and going down until meeting Pompous. OOC: Excuse the d3, mouse move when I clicked Roll button. :}
Survival +14 (Tracking) = 31, 33, 15, 16, 33, for #10, #9, etc.
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 27/14/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+9=17 ; Monday August 7th, 2017 11:35:25 PM
Anna asks, "Should I pull an extra scroll of magic weapon for Trayvin or Pru?"
She keeps an eye out while the rest of the party is scouting around (Perception: 17)
"Anyone else want anything from the bag of tricks?"
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [591/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5998/6000] rounds
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet d20+10=30 ; Monday August 7th, 2017 11:52:09 PM
Having been unable to find anything while he looked in the past, Sigvar still tries to keep a lookout for trouble. Perception 30 He also notices that the spellcasters ignoring Anna's attempt to prepare for the coming fight. With one of their number already controlled and a Vampire no slouch as an opponent, not to mention the fact that the old man has already walked in circles around Sigvar unseen He would expect more concern. "I guess I will just need to kill him in the limited time I will have with the potion Anna. At double the cost you could pull another potion. That way no one has to stop what they are doing to allow me to keep hurting him." Sigvar hoped it was just 'him', by now it could be 'them', or even 'all of them'.
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 Tuesday August 8th, 2017 10:07:45 AM
ooc>Aaaaand I'm back. Thanks pseudo-Pompous for the great sub work. I'll start posting again after the next DM post.
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Tuesday August 8th, 2017 7:19:31 PM
(I was trying to get through to Jeff to get some map assistance, but haven't been able to. I'll give you one extra day to prepare as I'll be back at my computer tomorrow. Just had some bad timing on my part getting to the cave.)
All is quiet for now as the Agents enter the cavern. There are no discernable tracks in the Rock and no sign of motion anywhere.
Trayvin AC 25/10 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) d20+7=9 ; d20+7=12 ; d20+7=17 ; Tuesday August 8th, 2017 9:20:14 PM
Trayvin follows Nikolai around one side of the cave, using his darkvision to try and spot anything Nikolai might miss.
"Save it for now Anna, in case we need something more pressing later."
Actions: perception checks: 9, 12, 17
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Tuesday August 8th, 2017 10:23:22 PM
Pru doesn't have any chalk, so she looks around for loose stones she can gather to make a cairn next to the exit. "We need to know which way is out," she explains.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 Tuesday August 8th, 2017 10:55:59 PM I'll handle that Pru, Michael reaches into his pants pocket and pulls out a bag of powdered chalk, He wets his finger and sticks it in the chalk, he then makes an arrow pointing towards the exit on the wall of the cavern. he keeps the chalk bag out, we can mark the passages we explore with an X that way we can keep track of which ones we explored and haven't
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) d20+18=26 ; Tuesday August 8th, 2017 10:59:28 PM
Tinker explores the atrium using his dwarven stone sense and traps finding to find what is hidden.
Perception 26.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Tuesday August 8th, 2017 11:28:13 PM
Back from looking for tracks and finding none, he sees Pru gathering stones to mark the exit so they don't keep going down the wrong passage. Taking that a step further, he lights candle and lets some wax drip onto a small part of the exit wall on the lower right hand side. Just enough to see if you know what you are looking for.
"Just in case those pebbles get moved, this wax will be harder to notice by any enemies."
"Anna, I guess if they want something by now they'd ask for it. I have may Kama back, we still have the silver arrows, and such, but Pompous might need extra arrows if he gets the chance to use the ones he has." Nikolai smiles.
"As soon as we are ready, we'll hit passage number one. Probably not the right one, but it is better than rolling the dice for it," and waits at the entrance to the first side passage until the go-ahead signal is given.
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 27/14/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+9=13 ; d20+9=14 ; d20+9=21 ; d20+9=18 ; Tuesday August 8th, 2017 11:52:38 PM
Anna says to Sigvar, "I could pull another potion at double the cost true, but wouldn't it be better to pull a more powerful scroll? I pull a second level scroll, then Trayvin uses that on you and you have the potion as a backup should the battle last longer."
If the cleric agrees she pulls a CL2 scroll of magic weapon from the bag and hands it to him. She also readies an action to use her bear's endurance SLA on herself if she spots any vamp.
(Perception: 13, 14, 21, 18)
(OOC: I deducted 10 rounds from my long running effects this post; should I take more?)
She asks, "Should I be spider climbing around in this cave?"
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [581/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5988/6000] rounds
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Wednesday August 9th, 2017 4:42:21 AM
Sigvar does the battle math. He explains what he figures out to Anna, in Tauric, to help her decisions. " No one has magical silver weapons. So Tinker Michael and Nicolai will still need enchantments on ther weapons. Pompous fires three arrows per round, unhasted. His bow will enchant them, so he is covered for magic, but needs more silver arrows to be in the fight for more than a few seconds. Also, if the old man is half as smart as I think he is, he will use hit and run so that people like me and the rogues can not close and use out talents against him, so Pompous and Prudence will be doing alot of the heavy lifting in this fight. That said he will probably shield himself from magic missiles and protect himself from fire, so Prudence might be in trouble damagewise as well. He might ward himself against arrows, like Prudence can, but if the arrows are already magical, like Pompous's bow makes them, I think they will not be affected. The rest of us will be unable to hurt him with arrows or thrown weapons though. These are the things I would do to win this fight. He is far smarter than I am, so he may have even more ploys." " I wish you luck in deciding what to pull from the bag. It won't be easy." Sigvar puts a hand on Anna's shoulder in sympathy for the tough decisions she must now make. To Nickolai he says, " Give her a few minutes. This fight will not be as easy as you are making it out to be. She carries the tools we need to win, but must decide how to arrange them so that we can all be effective in this fight. The combination of magic and special materials makes this fight a logistical nightmare. Your silver kama, unless enchanted will be as useful as a handful of pebbles against this vampire. Let Anna juggle the puzzle. She will find the answers."
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 Wednesday August 9th, 2017 10:42:13 AM
Pompous listens intensely to Siggy... " Arrows.. we need arrows.... more arrows... lots of arrows..."
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Wednesday August 9th, 2017 4:01:15 PM
We have a MAP!
Please arrange yourselves as you like. Light will be important, so please note who has a light source other than Nikolai and alternate vision like Anna, Tinker, and Trayvin.
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 27/14/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Wednesday August 9th, 2017 4:12:21 PM
(OOC: Per the discussion in the email Anna pulled 20 silver arrows and gave them to Pompous )
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Wednesday August 9th, 2017 4:27:22 PM
OOC I roughed in what a torch radius should light on the right side, I couldn't find a way to make it translucent, so you kinda need to put it on the map, see where you can see to, then remove it.
Trayvin AC 25/10 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) Wednesday August 9th, 2017 10:30:34 PM
"We're about as prepared as we are going to be. Let's set up a formation and move in."
Abilities: darkvision 60'
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Wednesday August 9th, 2017 10:37:39 PM
Pru nods at Sigvar's assessment. "I've got some stuff that isn't fire," she says. "But fire is my best stuff, so hopefully I can figure out a way to use it."
[Pru is fine where she is.]
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+15=32 ; Wednesday August 9th, 2017 11:10:35 PM
Michael looks out for trouble and gets ready to rock.
32 perception.
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Wednesday August 9th, 2017 11:11:17 PM
tinker moves forward and prepares to engage.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+15=31 ; Wednesday August 9th, 2017 11:56:08 PM "Oh, I have no doubts this will be a very tough fight! Nikolai assures Sigvar
Nikolai holds his Everburning Torch in his left and holds it out from his body then moves 10' into the first passageway on his right.
Perception +15 = 31
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 27/14/24 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+9=20 ; Thursday August 10th, 2017 12:12:37 AM
Anna, having previously supplied Pompous with silver arrows still has a lot she could pull form the bag of tricks. She takes this opportunity to use her longstrider SLA to up her mobility for the coming battle and then keeps her eyes peeled for any signs of trouble moving up (Perception: 20)
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [560/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5967/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [6000/6000] rounds
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 81/81 d20+13=26 ; Thursday August 10th, 2017 9:23:53 AM
Pompous thanks Anna and readies the silvered arrows in his quiver. Then, he takes out and lights his lantern and sets it down at his feet.
(ooc providing normal light in a 15-foot radius and increasing the light level by one step for an additional 15 feet beyond that area -darkness becomes dim light and dim light becomes normal light)
As far as placement goes, Pompous looks for a spot that will give him the best cover and if possible, height. Most importantly, he'll want a wall at his back.
While the rest of the party makes ready, he'll keep an eye out for trouble, (perception 26)
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway 8d6=35 ; Thursday August 10th, 2017 4:52:59 PM
The Agents cautiously work their way into the cavern. The ground is a bit uneven in places, but not enough to hinder movement.
Nikolai walks into the alcove, finding a coffin lying in the back. He gives it a little kick, but it seems to be empty.
Light is slowly making its way into the empty space, until there is a sudden bright flash as a ball of fire explodes in the entrance, catching Tinker, Michael, Anna, Pompous, and Sigvar in the blast! 35 damage, DC21 reduces damage to 17
An ominous cackle follows the fireball from somewhere near the middle of the room.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 54/89 Character Sheet d20+6=8 ; d20+15=19 ; d6=3 ; d6=2 ; d20+10=18 ; d8=1 ; d8=7 ; Thursday August 10th, 2017 8:26:20 PM STUPID Thinks Sigvar. We bunched up nicely for that fireball. You would think after watching Prudence do it we would be better prepared. Reflex save 8 huge fail Sigvar feels his flesh and good deal of his gear crisp under the intense heat from the fireball. The question was, was this a minion, a spawn, or was it the real deal? The only way to learn that was to get out there and find the caster. He knew the risks. There could easily be a pit out there with his name on it. But taking risks was what made soldiers live instead of die. With a deep throated roar he surged forward, taking his torch with him to light the room for Pompous and Prudence to return fire. As he moved he drew his silver blade ( if it wasn't drawn already, DM's choice, but it IS free with a move...anyway) If he reaches an enemy, he will attack, if not he activates his Brahmah's Tattoo to heal himself a little. Attack roll hits AC 19 for 11 damage ( and now I pay for all those awesome perception rolls ) Perception 18 to see a target and point it out If no target is within reach activate the tattoo for 8 healing ( rerolled the 1)
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+13=26 ; d20+11=18 ; d20+11=21 ; d4+2=4 ; d4+2=4 ; 5d6=14 ; 5d6=18 ; Thursday August 10th, 2017 8:37:16 PM
Hyped for Danger, Michael is drawn tighter than a cat falling in a lake, He sees the fireball coming and rolls forward beneath it and out of its blast range. This also puts him closer to the person or thing casting the spell.
Reflex save 26 (evasion means I take no damage.)
he then rushes forward to engage the enemy, better near the enemy than waiting to be dominated and posing a danger to his friends. He sees that Sigvar has already rushed forward, he lays in beside and slightly behind the big beast of a Minotaur, ready to exploit any opening the Armored behemoth provides for him.
If anything is where I can attack he flanks with Sigvar and lays in.
to Hit AC 18 for 4 +flanking bonus of 14 = 18 damage. (forgot to add the +4 to hit for AoTF team flaking tactic. so AC 18 +4 = 22 to hit
To hit AC 21 for 4 + flanking bouns of 18 = 22 (AoTF flanking bonus: 21 +4 = 25 to hit.
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) d20+12=25 ; Thursday August 10th, 2017 8:40:56 PM
Tinker rolls out of the way of the fireball, His rouge levels serving him well. he comes up Urgrosh ready and moves toward where the fireball came from.
Reflex save (evasion) 25.
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 27/14/24 HP 49/84(18 temp hp) -- CMD 17 d20+6=15 ; Thursday August 10th, 2017 10:20:58 PM
Anna takes a fireball directly to the face.
"I'm hurt pretty bad by that fireball." she says.
She then activates her bear's endurance SLA and moves 30 feet in a zig-zag pattern.
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [559/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5966/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5999/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [60/60] rounds
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Thursday August 10th, 2017 10:21:48 PM
Pru moves forward and casts Haste on herself, Trayvin, Pompous, and Nikolai. She may be able to get Michael, too, depending on how we're counting squares.
Trayvin AC 25/10 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) Thursday August 10th, 2017 10:34:27 PM
Trayvin moves up to the middle of the group and casts a spell on himself. "Looks like the party just got started."
Actions: cast magic circle against evil Anyone within 10' will be able to take advantage of the bonus
Active Effects: magic circle against evil - ten foot radius, duration 90 min
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+15=32 ; d20+15=23 ; Thursday August 10th, 2017 11:41:42 PM
An empty coffin is not good. He makes a mental note on the condition and quality of the coffin before he heads back. Perception +15 = 32
Just in time, too, as a fireball erupts at the entrance and the mocking vampire cackle. More light is needed to dispel the darkness that hides the vampire so he moves into the room to help shed some light. He is aware that the vampire may be able to use magic and thus be invisible, so as he moves, he waves the Everburning Torch in front of him. He moves next to Anna and looks for the evil vampire.
Perception +15 = 23
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 46/81 d20+10=16 ; Friday August 11th, 2017 9:35:29 AM
Pompous takes the full brunt of the fire ball..... With a "whoooosh", the heat and flames from the blast envelopes him knocking him down to one knee.
" Well, that's not fun!"
The ranger, feeling a bit quicker casts resist energy (fire) on himself.
" There, that should help".
The ranger takes position next to Trayvin.
----------------------- Effects Haste Resist energy (fire- 20 points) Circle against evil
Trayvin AC 25/10 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) Friday August 11th, 2017 9:01:53 PM
Trayvin notices Pompous move close for the benefits of his spell. "I'll heal you up a bit as soon as we get a little breathing room."
Active Effects: Haste Protection from Evil
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway d20+4=22 ; d20+4=13 ; d4+1=4 ; d20+4=21 ; d20+4=10 ; Saturday August 12th, 2017 12:10:45 AM
Many things begin happening all at once. The brave Agents charge into the room, spreading themselves so another ball of fire will not be so effective. The light reveals spawn such as they fought before lurking in the middle of the cavern, as if waiting for their prey to arrive. Sigvar cuts his sword through one of them, and it looks quite damaged already. Michael's silver rapier cuts through it soon after, and it turns into mist.
There is no sign of the master vampire, who may well be invisible, as Nikolai surmised. The Agents cast spells to prepare themselves for the onslaught.
Trayvin centers a spell around himself to guard against negative creatures. Unfortunately, Michael is just outside of the effect and seems to be under the vampire's spell!
Michael Highlight to display spoiler: { Fall to the ground and do nothing }
The revealed spawn swarm in around Trayvin and Michael, ready to do their worst. Michael suddenly drops flat on the ground and stops moving altogether! Two of the spawn rush in to attack him, though one cannot make it through his armor. The other latches on though, dealing 4 damage and causing a DC14 fort save or take one negative level (I was doing it incorrectly before, sorry)
The other one attacks Sigvar, but is not able to penetrate his defenses. [i]Sigvar can make one AoO against VS3 that attacked Michael. There is more cackling echoing through the cavern. It seems the vampire is not impressed by your efforts.
VS1 (misted) VS2 VS3 VS4
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 54/89 Character Sheet Saturday August 12th, 2017 12:16:58 AM
OOC Don't take that negative level yet Michael. Sigvar has combat reflexes. If they are that hurt already, maybe none of them get to you. But it's too late for me to think and post tonight. I'll post on Saturday. Finally reach pays off 8)!
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 24 (T 13, FF 21) CMD 28 HP 54/89 Character Sheet d20+15=24 ; d20+19=21 ; d20+19=30 ; 2d6+6=17 ; 2d6+6=12 ; 2d6+6=17 ; d20+15=23 ; 2d6+6=12 ; d20+10=21 ; d20+15=16 ; d20+13=14 ; d20+10=19 ; d20+7=14 ; 2d6+6=16 ; d8+2=3 ; d20+15=21 ; d20+15=25 ; d20+15=31 ; d20+15=17 ; 2d6+6=12 ; 2d6+6=16 ; 2d6+6=9 ; 2d6+6=11 ; Saturday August 12th, 2017 8:56:28 AM
Sigvar has 10 foot reach and Combat Reflexes, so any movement within his reach, other than a 5 foot step will cause an attack, per the normal AoO rules. AoO vs northern spawn hits AC 24 for 17 damage (silver) AoO vs spawn flanked by Nickolai hits AC 21 for 12 damage (silver) AoO vs spawn flanked by Anna hits AC 30 for 17 damage (silver) Last AoO in case any of them moved more than once inside my reach hits AC 23 for 12 damage (silver) --------------------------------------------------------------- Sigvar becomes a storm of flashing blades as the spawn close on Michael and himself. He strikes out at each one as it tries to get close, using his superior reach and training to keep them from getting close to either of them. Them for no reason Michael falls. Sigvar can see that he is not wounded yet, nothing, not even the fire has touched him. Perception 21 " Michael is down, the old man has his mind and his minions are trying to kill or turn him. Trayvin we need protection up here. I can hold them, but it keeps me from seeking the real threat. Do they have coffins here to regenerate in after we destroy them? We will need to destroy those." Sigvar has done what he can to let his comrades know what is happening, now he goes to work removing the spawn. Sword 1 hits AC 20, miss (natural 1) Shield hits AC 18 miss (natural 1) Sword 2 hits AC 23 for 16 (silver) Horn Gore hits AC 20 for 3 damage (nonsilver, nonmagic) Sigvar starts with the spawn that he flanks with Nickolai and Anna. If he should kill them he works counter clockwise. (After the 2 flanked ones die, subtract 4 from his attack rolls since he won't have flanking. Forgot to add the outflank bonus to the die rolls, added them in the totals above, but, rolled 2 natural 1's so they don't really matter) His reasoning is to protect Michael and free the others to deal with coffins and getting Michael to safety. If these spawn are anything like the ones a few nights ago he has little to fear from their claws, their other powers however..... ------------------------------------------------------------- To help speed things up, here are all of Sigvar's AoO's for this round, with no bonuses for flanking. All are taken with the silver longsword. He has 10 foot reach and Combat Reflexes, so any movement within his reach, other than a 5 foot step will cause an attack. AoO 1 hits AC 21 for 12 damage (silver) AoO 2 hits AC 25 for 16 damage (silver) AoO 3 hits AC 31 for 9 damage (silver) AoO 4 hits AC 17 for 11 damage (silver)
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 46/81 d20+10=11 ; d20+10=13 ; d6+2=7 ; d6=4 ; d20+10=28 ; d20+10=15 ; d6+2=8 ; d6=6 ; d20+8=15 ; d6+2=7 ; d6=1 ; Saturday August 12th, 2017 10:09:27 AM
The hastened rangers responds Trayvin...
" No-sweat-Tray. Time-to-let-some-silver-fly!"
Pompous lets loose a flight of four silvered and electrified arrows towards the spawns next to Michael.
------------------ Pompous aims for the northern of the two spawns Active effects- Haste, resist energy(fire 20 pts) and protection from evil. Deadly aim -3 attack/+6 damage
+ 6 physical damage for the deadly aim Att 1- miss (nat 1) Att 2- 13 - 13 physical and 4 electrical dam Att 3 28 (crit threat 15) 14 physical and 6 electrical Att 4 15 13 physical and 1 electrical
26 silvered arrows left,
Well, that sucked!
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Saturday August 12th, 2017 1:07:54 PM
Pru moves up and casts Haste on Sigvar, Tinker, and Anna.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 22 Tch 21 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+15=32 ; Saturday August 12th, 2017 8:54:17 PM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 5/5
OOC: I could have sworn I had my silver kama in hand but never said it. oh well, .... Whatever spawn nearest him that is left alive after Sigvar's hurricane...
IC: Nikilai pulls from himself power and lets it loose. His friends feel an empowerment over the spawn as Nikolai speaks, to the one nearest him still alive [/b]"Doom faces you this day, vile spawn!"[/b]
Move Action: activate Hunter's Bond - gives all within 30' of Nikolai that can see or hear him a +1 bonus vs that specific spawn, lasts 3 rounds)
Move Action: draw silver kama
Looks for signs of an invisible foe (shadow?): Perception +15 = 32
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) d20+12=20 ; d20+7=21 ; d20+12=25 ; d20+7=25 ; d8+4=12 ; d6+2=8 ; d8+4=12 ; d6+2=4 ; 3d6=10 ; 3d6=9 ; 3d6=11 ; 3d6=10 ; Sunday August 13th, 2017 11:49:13 AM
Tinker takes a 5ft step to put him in flanking position against Sigvar, the then lays into the spawn with his magical silvered Urgrosh. About the time he attacks, Pru's Haste and Nikolai's Hunters bond washes over him.
To Hit AC 22 (added bonuses from haste and Hunters bond.after roll.) for 12 points of sliver magical damage plus 10 points flanking damage. To hit AC 23 (added bonuses from haste and hunters bond after roll.) for 8 points of Silver magical damage plus 9 points flanking damage.
To hit AC 27 (added bonuses from haste and hunters bond after roll.) 12 points of Silver Magical damage plus 11 points flanking damage.
To hit AC 27 (added bonuses from haste and hunters bond after roll.) 4 points of silver magical damage plus 10 points flanking damage.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Sunday August 13th, 2017 1:24:02 PM
OOC: updated header for new AC. I forgot to add the +1 dodge for Haste.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 25 (T 14, FF 21) CMD 29 HP 54/89 Character Sheet Sunday August 13th, 2017 3:22:20 PM
OOC did the same
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+9=14 ; Sunday August 13th, 2017 9:50:19 PM
Michael thought he was ready for it. with Annas spell he was able to push the Vampires influence from his mind and wall it up. but then the spell wore off the spawn attacked and when the Master flexed his control it broke through his will like a hammer crushes an egg.
No subtle urgings this time, no cognative dissonace, or double think. All thoughts leave his head as the command of a god fills his head like the sun fills the sky. he drops like a stone where he lay.
Dimly the attack of the spawn reach his consciousness, but it's like a dream, the sounds of battle, the shouts of his teammates all bounce off the shell of the Masters control. Still the core of his being resists to it's utmost the negative energy of the hits.
fort save 14.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 20/13/17 HP 49/84(18 temp hp) -- CMD 20 Sunday August 13th, 2017 10:39:45 PM
Anna activates her Beast shape II SLA to take the form of an arsinotherium. She sprouts a pair of massive knife like horns and grows in size becoming covered in shaggy fur. Next round her massive hasted horns will reek havoc.
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [558/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5965/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5998/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [59/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [60/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+12(4d8+7), (with haste) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Haste : +1 attack on full attack, movement + 30 feet, +1 to attack, +1 dodge to AC, +1 reflex saves
Trayvin AC 25/10 touch Hp 86/86(David F posting) d6=6 ; d6=4 ; d6=1 ; d6=2 ; d6=6 ; Monday August 14th, 2017 5:17:08 PM
OOC Over the weekend.... IC Trayvin steps up to stand next to Michael and Sigvar, bringing Michael under the influence of his Circle of Protection from Evil. " This is your chance to regain your mind Michael. Throw off his domination and then stay by my side and keep them from interfering with my casting." Trayvin them channels positive energy to heal his comrades, EVERYONE HEAL 18 POINTS OF DAMAGE
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway d20+8=27 ; d20+6=25 ; d20+6=19 ; d20+6=26 ; d20+6=8 ; d20+6=12 ; d4+1=3 ; Monday August 14th, 2017 5:20:16 PM
Sigvar easily poofs all the little spawn running past him at Michael into clouds of gas with his sword sneaking out into their paths in a most unexpected fashion. Tinker and Pompous easily handle the other two foes, and their little gas clouds start moving off to different corners of the room. Michael does not in fact take the attack
Pru moves up to share some magical speed with her other allies, but the Vampire's inaction last round reveals itself to be a ploy, and she finds her spell countered! Caster level check for Dispel Magic 27 - counterspell held action successful - Tinker, Sigvar, and Anna are not hasted.
What's more, a loud gong-like sound goes off in Pru's ear soon after, disrupting her spellcasting ability. no spells with a verbal component can be cast without a concentration check of DC 15+spell level
Four more spawn drop from where they were hiding on the ceiling out of sight, wisely avoiding the silver taloned taur.
They have no luck getting past Tinker's armor, but one gets a solid blow on Pompous (nat 20, no crit). Pompous takes 3 damage and makes a DC14 fort save or takes one negative level.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+16=22 ; d6+6=8 ; d6=6 ; Monday August 14th, 2017 6:41:22 PM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 5/5
OOC: my guess is that since all the spawn were decimated before Nikolai issued his Hunter's Bond, there were none left that qualify. He'll need to issue another one for these new ones.
IC: Nikolai sees the new threat to Pompous and not knowing of Pru's predicament, he goes to Pompous' aid. "Pru, head towards Sigvar and Trayvin and let them keep your back covered!"
Move to flank spawn at Pompous' left = 35' skirting to avoid AoO.
Attack w/ silver kama +13 +1 (haste) +2 (flanking) = 22 +2 (favored enemy) = 24 damage = d6+ 5 +2 (favored enemy) -1 (silvered) = 8 Precise Strike (Fist Team Feat when flanking) extra d6 dmg = 6
Total = 8 or 14 if they are vulnerable to Precise Strike.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 72/89 Character Sheet d20+13=28 ; d20+13=19 ; d20+8=16 ; d20+7=16 ; 2d6+7=9 ; d8=8 ; 2d6+7=14 ; d8=8 ; Monday August 14th, 2017 6:41:25 PM
Sigvar knew that this Fist was different from the rest. It was different because they all had dissimilar talents. This was his time. He saw how to win this and keep the Fist whole while doing it. " Nickolai's Fist! Form on me! Trayvin, find that old man. Prudence, you are fire's mistress, counter any more fireballs or other area spells he throws. Pompous, button up and get in here, no more domination, no lone wolves. I am the anvil, you all are the hammers. Stay within the circle and kill them as they come. How many spawn can there be? Then we deal with the old man." Sigvar steps to his left and throws a flurry of swings at the vampire spawn, hoping that being one of the new guys doesn't make them doubt he knows what he is doing. He has been here before, beset on all sides. It is what he has trained for, it is what he knows. Start with the one nearest Sigvar, work his way outward if that one falls Sword 1 hits AC 28 for 9 damage silver Shield 1 hits AC 19 for 13 damage magical initiates a bull rush beating CMD 19 Sword 2 hits AC 16 for 14 damage silver Horns hits AC 16 for 10 damage normal
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Monday August 14th, 2017 6:50:05 PM
OOC: DM Info If Pompous has Precise Strike, it should work, if not, it won't work. The Feat is in the APG under Precise Strike and is allowed for Agents of The Fist Characters. The interpretation is a bit loose but it could mean the monster has to have vulnerable area, so a hit to the heart with a silver weapon on a vampire might be considered a Precise Strike qualifier.
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 86/86(David F posting) Monday August 14th, 2017 6:53:46 PM
Trayvin is startled a little by Sigvar's outburst, but looking at the fight, he thinks the Minotaur might be onto something. He knows he can find the invisible Vampire, but he needs to be free to move and have the rest follow him, at east once he casts this spell. he saw the old man countered Prudence's last spell, maybe he can get one off now that the old man has already countered one. Staying under Sigvar's protective reach he moves as close to the center of the room as he dares,( also out of Michael's reach, in case the old man retains control), clutches his holy symbol and asks the gods to bless him with the power to rid the room of invisibility. Move then cast Invisibility Purge Purges invisibility in a 45' radius from Trayvin. " You will need to move with me if I am to find him be ready to do so."
5/6 Channel energy remaining Active Effects: Haste 7/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 88/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 90/90 rounds remaining
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] d20+8=13 ; d6=3 ; Monday August 14th, 2017 7:24:46 PM
Pru obediently moves toward Sigvar, but, "Can't cast," she gasps. "Bells in my head."
Instead, she targets the spawn behind Pompous with an Elemental Ray. This is a spell-like effect, not a spell, so it should be fine. Hit Touch AC 13 for 7 damage. Pru has the Precise Shot feat.
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 61/81 d20+11=27 ; d20+12=30 ; d6+10=11 ; d6=5 ; d20+12=30 ; d6+10=12 ; d6=4 ; d20+12=17 ; d6+10=13 ; d6=3 ; d20+10=13 ; Monday August 14th, 2017 9:05:06 PM
Pompous is annoyed that the spawn dared to touch him. He feels a weakness briefly affecting him but quickly shakes it off. (save 27)
The ranger draws and fires twice at the spawn behind him (the one not between him and Prudence) and twice at the one between him and Pru.
Active effects- Haste, resist energy(fire 20 pts) and protection from evil. Deadly aim -3 attack/+6 damage
AC 28 vs evil. Fort bonus 9 (11 with res. evil)
Save role 27
------------ Attack 1- 30, 11 physical and 5 electrical damage Attack 2 - 30, 12 physical and 4 electrical Attack 3- 17 , 13 physical and 3 electrical Attack 4- 13 assuming a miss
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+9=20 ; Monday August 14th, 2017 9:27:20 PM
through the freezing shell of the Masters control Michael feels Trayvins protection begin to wash over him, but perhaps it is the nearness to the Master, or that it has put more force into the control, but this time Michael is unable to cast it off. Inside he screams.
Will save vs DC 22 = 20.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 67/84(18 temp hp) -- CMD 20 d20+11=21 ; 4d8+7=18 ; Monday August 14th, 2017 10:10:01 PM
Anna-Arsinotherium is happy to be healed a little and dismayed she did not benefit from Pru's haste spell.
Still though she can move up on the two spawn and lash out at one with her massive horns.
(25 vs AC; 18 damage; forgot the +4 to hit from outflank)
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [557/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5964/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5997/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [58/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [59/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 86/86(David F posting) Tuesday August 15th, 2017 9:11:19 PM
OOC headed to bed, I'll post in the morning if I have time.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 67/67] Tuesday August 15th, 2017 10:12:44 PM
Pru stays close to Sigvar, shaking her head in an attempt to clear it.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 Tuesday August 15th, 2017 11:02:19 PM
OOC: going to bed as well. Michael isn't doing much besides doing a reenactment of Metallica's "one" video in anycase.
Michael lays on the floor.
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Tuesday August 15th, 2017 11:04:05 PM
ooc: willl post tomorrow.
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Tuesday August 15th, 2017 11:45:00 PM
Sorry all - long field day with bad internet. Will get a battle post up early and do another around normal time.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Tuesday August 15th, 2017 11:53:07 PM
Nikolai holds his breath as Anna-Arsinotherium rips into the undead. What a horrible way to go.
OOC: don't worry. It happens. I've got to be at work tomorrow at 4am anyway. :(
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 67/84(18 temp hp) -- CMD 20 Tuesday August 15th, 2017 11:54:03 PM
Anna-Arsinotherium waits to see how the spawn reacts to her giant knife-like horns as things slow down.
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway d20+6=16 ; d20+6=11 ; d20+4=8 ; d20+4=24 ; 8d6=23 ; d20+4=8 ; d4+1=5 ; Wednesday August 16th, 2017 10:34:11 AM
Sigvar easily poofs another foe and begins on another, which is followed by a gore from Anna.
Michael lies prone and silently screaming against the vampire's compulsion. He feels orders trying to get through, but Trayvin's magic prevents any new things from taking hold.
Nikolai and Pru do some more damage. Pompous callously fires into the spawn next to him, provoking their attacks, but rightfully trusting his agility to protect him (2 AoO misses). He finishes poofing one and tries another.
The master's invisibility drops to his surprise! Luckily Trayvin was just outside the range of the chime's effect, only 30 feet to his own spell's 45.
"No Matter. I will destroy you whether or not you see me!"
Seeing that his minions are pretty much useless, he drops another ball of fire in the middle of the group, not caring that he toasts one of his own. Anna, Sigvar, Pru, Michael, Tinker, Trayvin - 23 damage (DC21 Reflex for 11 damage instead.
The last standing spawn manages another precise strike on Pompous somehow, though it does not inflict a crit. 5 damage and DC14 fort or take 1 negative level
green - 18
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Wednesday August 16th, 2017 10:45:27 AM vampire is 25 feet in the air - and I keep meaning to mention that I just did initial placement on the dancing lights - Pru can move them around ;-)
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 63/86(David F posting) d20+4=8 ; Wednesday August 16th, 2017 5:01:25 PM
Reflex save 8 fail 23 damage taken. Trayvin burns, and is not happy with the result. He sees his friends burn and knows he can stop this from happening, at least for some of them. He moves between Anna Tinker and Sigvar and shouts to them " Fist hold hands!" He hopes Nickolai and Pompous will join them, but they seem quite resistant already to the fire. He casts Resist Energy fire on the group. Anna, Tinker, Sigvar and himself ( and Prudence, if she doesn't have better already) now have DR 20 vs fire.
5/6 Channel energy remaining Active Effects: Haste 6/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 87/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 89/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 900/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence)
Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge all used (I can't edit Trayvin's sheet)
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 61/89 Character Sheet d20+6=22 ; d20+11=25 ; d4=3 ; d4=3 ; Wednesday August 16th, 2017 5:23:03 PM
Reflex save 22 saves 11 damage taken Sigvar manages to raise his shield just fast enough to deflect some of the incoming fireball, but he is no closer to being able to hit the Vampire. At Trayvin's shout he reaches out and touches the cleric, feeling the spell's magic wash over him, too late for this fireball, but insurance against the next one. Unable to strike the vampire, he drops his everburning torch and transfers his sword to his shield hand (gotta love light shields) and reaches into his belt pouch. Finding what he is after he launches the vial at the vampire. Throw a vial of holy water Hit touch AC 25 for 6 damage " We either need to be able to get up there or get him down here. Anna, Prudence, anything you can do? Tangle him, grapple him, dispel him, whatever it takes to put him and me on the same fighting ground. No Area damage though. Verity is here somewhere."
Effects on Sigvar: Resist Fire DR 20 vs fire 900/900 rounds remaining Magic Circle vs evil for as long as he stays in range of Trayvin.
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 56/81 d20+11=21 ; d20+11=30 ; d6+10=12 ; d6=6 ; d20+11=28 ; d6+10=14 ; d6=4 ; d20+11=19 ; d6+10=14 ; d6=1 ; d20+9=19 ; d6+10=12 ; d6=1 ; Wednesday August 16th, 2017 7:46:56 PM
Pompous shakes off the draining effect, takes a 5 foot step to the left and then takes 2 more shots at the spawn. He then turns and fires two arrows at the vampire
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Active effects- Haste, resist energy(fire 20 pts) and protection from evil. Deadly aim -3 attack/+6 damage
AC 28 vs evil. Fort bonus 9 (11 with res. evil)
Save role 21
Spawn Attack 1 - AC 30 , phys dam 12 electrical 6 Attack 2 - AC 28, phys 14 elect 4
Vamp Attack 3 AC 19 phys 14 elec. 1 Attack 4 AC 19 Phys 12, elec 1
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 54/67] d20+9=12 ; d20+15=21 ; d20+13=16 ; d20+15=17 ; Wednesday August 16th, 2017 10:18:00 PM
Pru can't dodge the Fireball, but fire doesn't hurt her as badly. "Okay, I'll try to counter the next one," she says to Sigvar.
[OOC: I don't know whether she still has to make a caster level check to cast a spell, but here it is: 21. She should be able to cast anything. Her Spellcraft check to identify a spell being cast is 16, which probably isn't enough. So, if the vamp casts a spell, she will try to counter it with a Dispel Magic, which doesn't require her to know which spell she's countering. Her caster level check for that one is 17, which almost certainly fails.]
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Wednesday August 16th, 2017 10:33:11 PM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 5/5
If the spawn next to Pompous is still active, Nikolai attacks it: Silver Kama +11 +1 (favored enemy) =
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+12=14 ; Wednesday August 16th, 2017 10:35:09 PM
Let me try that again:
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 5/5
If the spawn next to Pompous is still active, Nikolai attacks it: Silver Kama +11 +1 (favored enemy) = 14
If the spawn is no longer active he stays put and casts his own ranger spell Resist Energy (fire), then retrieves a Tanglefoot bag from his backpack.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Wednesday August 16th, 2017 10:35:54 PM
OOC; oops, forgot the Haste, so that would be a 15 to hit if necessary.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+9=23 ; d20+13=28 ; d20+12=32 ; Wednesday August 16th, 2017 11:20:51 PM
lying still and taking a fireball is not something that Michael would do His spirit rails against the impending doom and he breaks free, with Trayvins help of course. His control back in his own hands he flips behind Trayvin to shield himself from the blast. He then whips out a Alchemists Fire from his pocket and flings it at the master.
Buck control 23
evasion 28.
To hit AC 32 Vamp lord with Alchemist fire.
Alchemist's Fire: You can throw a flask of alchemist's fire as a splash weapon. Treat this attack as a ranged touch attack with a range increment of 10 feet.
A direct hit deals 1d6 points of fire damage. Every creature within 5 feet of the point where the flask hits takes 1 point of fire damage from the splash. On the round following a direct hit, the target takes an additional 1d6 points of damage. If desired, the target can use a full-round action to attempt to extinguish the flames before taking this additional damage. Extinguishing the flames requires a DC 15 Reflex save. Rolling on the ground provides the target a +2 bonus on the save. Leaping into a lake or magically extinguishing the flames automatically smothers the fire.
You can come down here and put that fire out or you can stay up there and burn! I'll bet that's the closest your undead body has come to feeling in years.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 56/84(7 temp hp) -- CMD 20 d20+8=23 ; Thursday August 17th, 2017 2:03:21 AM
(Reflex: 23)
Anna manages to avoid some of the fireball this time. She then activates her spider climb SLA moves 20 feet to the wall and then starts climbing 10 feet up the wall.
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [556/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5963/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5996/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [57/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [58/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Fire Resistance 20 Spider Climb 20 foot climb speed = 60 min [600/600 rounds]
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway d20+13=33 ; d20+4=8 ; d6=5 ; Thursday August 17th, 2017 4:47:10 PM
Trayvin calls down some divine protection for his friends.
Sigvar shields himself and pops a bottle of holy water on the vamp. ouch!
Pompous pops the bloodsucker next to him after nimbly evading its AoO. Since his first arrow turned it into gas, he switched his next 3 shots to the master, and the first connects! He hisses in pain from the silver, but you notice that the electricity just dissipated on contact with his body.
Nikolai retrieves the bag from his bag.
Michael's instincts kick in, but unfortunately not before the fire washes over him. no bucking control until something actually happens, sorry. He does pay the vampire back in kind, though he doesn't seem to be as bothered by fire vial as the holy water.
Anna moves to get into position so she can attack from above. I bet no one expected an Arsinotherium to charge up a wall.
The Vampire seems to have decided that he doesn't like you being so mobile, and having correctly deduced the spell Trayvin cast (nat 20 spellcraft), he casts another spell. Pru, surprising herself, identifies it as a web spell and successfully counters it! She knows it was a close call though, and a more powerful spell would have taken more effort to counter.
The vampire hisses in aggravation as his latest efforts are foiled by some well prepared Agents! True to his kind, his wounds begin to heal almost immediately, though he is still visibly hurt.
Vampire - 15 damage
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 56/81 d20+11=31 ; d20+11=16 ; d6+10=11 ; d6=3 ; d20+11=29 ; d6+10=14 ; d6=1 ; d20+11=31 ; d20+11=13 ; d6+10=15 ; d6=4 ; d20+9=14 ; Thursday August 17th, 2017 8:24:05 PM
A flight of four arrows leaves Pompous' bow and heads towards the vampire..
---------- Active effects- Haste, resist energy(fire 20 pts) and protection from evil. Deadly aim -3 attack/+6 damage
AC 28 vs evil. Arrow 1 - Nat 20 (crit role 16) Phys 11, elec 6 Arrow 2- AC 29, Phys 14, elec 1 Arrow 3- Nat 20 (crit 13) Phys 15 elec 4 Arrow 4 AC 14
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 63/86(David F posting) Thursday August 17th, 2017 9:07:02 PM
Trayvin sees Anna run up the wall and smiles a toothy grin. This will be good. I wish there was a way to capture this moment. He thinks. Then he is back on the job. He casts a spell (Bless Weapon) and touches Sigvar's sword, the silver one. " Strike fast when he hits the ground, he may not be there long. It has to count. This will make it hurt, and help you find the chinks in his defenses."
5/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Haste 5/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 86/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 88/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 899/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence)
Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon all used (I can't edit Trayvin's sheet)
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) d20+12=20 ; Thursday August 17th, 2017 11:07:35 PM
Tinker grabs a bottle of Holy water out of his pack and throws it at the ceiling above the vampire splashing him with the Holy liquid.
to hit AC 20 holy water.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+13=17 ; Thursday August 17th, 2017 11:42:03 PM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 5/5 Resist Energy (Fire) 10
Nikolai dashes forward with his Tanglefoot Bag and tosses it at the flying vampire 25' up. Range Increment 10 = -6
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP57/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+12=23 ; d6+2=6 ; Thursday August 17th, 2017 11:42:11 PM
Michael thinks that if Sigvar tosses him at the Master he might do more good, but then Knowing that the beast has him dominated he is loathed to get outside of Trayvins protection. he settles for loading his hoopak with a silver sling stone and flinging it at the creature.
To hit AC 23 for 5 damage. (forgot to -1 for silver.)
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 54/67] d20+15=16 ; d20+13=31 ; d20+15=30 ; Friday August 18th, 2017 12:57:45 AM
Pru re-readies to counterspell.
If the clanging is still happening in her head, she can only cast first-level spells. Is there a duration on this effect?
Her Spellchaft check to identify a spell being cast is 31--so, yeah. She knows what's being cast.
If it's on her spell list, she will counter with the same spell. Although that may limit her to first-level spells.
If it isn't on her spell list, and she can cast a third-level spell, she'll try to counter with a Dispel Magic. Caster level check for that is 30.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 56/84(7 temp hp) -- CMD 20 d20+11=17 ; 4d8+7=22 ; Friday August 18th, 2017 1:46:08 AM
Anna-Arsinotherium climbs the rest of the 15 feet up the wall (OOC per previous email you said ceiling height couldn't be more than 25 and she was already 10 feet up) She then moves another 5 feet horizontally across the ceiling before taking another 15 feet worth of climbing to get within range of the vampire.
She then heroically attacks with her massive double horns. (17 vs AC; 22 damage)
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [555/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5962/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5995/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [56/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [57/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Fire Resistance 20 Spider Climb 20 foot climb speed = 60 min [599/600 rounds] Last Hero Point Used
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 63/86(David F posting) d20+18=31 ; d20+13=17 ; 2d6+8=16 ; 2d6+8=20 ; d20+18=27 ; d20+18=37 ; d20+18=33 ; d20+18=21 ; 2d6+8=13 ; 2d6+8=13 ; 2d6+8=13 ; 2d6+8=15 ; 2d6+8=13 ; Friday August 18th, 2017 4:38:21 AM
Sigvar waits to see if Anna can bring the vampire to the ground, if she can, he attacks it with his sword only. His shield will not do enough damage and he doesn't think he will be able to knock the creature prone with it, so he doesn't use it. Sword 1 hits AC 31 for 16 magical silver damage Sword 2 hits AC 17 for 20 magical silver damage
If the vampire is down on the floor and provokes them, Sigvar would get AoO vs it. These are the rolls for that. AoO 1 hits AC 27 for 13 magical silver damage AoO 2 hits AC 37 auto critical due to Bless weapon for 26 magical silver damage AoO 3 hits AC 33 for 15 magical silver damage AoO 4 hits AC 21 for 13 magical silver damage
Effects on Sigvar: Resist Fire DR 20 vs fire 899/900 rounds remaining Magic Circle vs evil for as long as he stays in range of Trayvin. Bless weapon 90/90 rounds remaining
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway d6=3 ; d4=2 ; d4=1 ; Friday August 18th, 2017 6:10:44 PM
Now that he is focused, Sigvar is well able to home in on the Vampire Lord and makes his arrows count. Ouch!
Trayvin prepares Sigvar's weapon while Tinker adds more blessed water to the mix.
Nikolai finds the bag a bit unwieldy and the vampire dodges it.
Michael wisely stays in the circle of protection and knocks the vampire (just barely) in the side with a slingstone. His fire continues to burn, but does not harm the vampire.
Anna gets in range, but does not connect with her horns. Fighting upside down is weird! But it's another thing for him to think about. She does notice that she can't hear the chime up here, so there must be a limited range on it.
The vampire moves back slightly at all these threats in his personal space and tries to cast a spell. Pru identifies it as Greater Invisibility, and a wash of magic from her dispels it! He seems to be getting worried and makes a dash towards the back of the cave to regroup.
Vampire - 58 damage
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway d6=3 ; d4=2 ; d4=1 ; Friday August 18th, 2017 6:10:44 PM
Now that he is focused, Sigvar is well able to home in on the Vampire Lord and makes his arrows count. Ouch!
Trayvin prepares Sigvar's weapon while Tinker adds more blessed water to the mix.
Nikolai finds the bag a bit unwieldy and the vampire dodges it.
Michael wisely stays in the circle of protection and knocks the vampire (just barely) in the side with a slingstone. His fire continues to burn, but does not harm the vampire.
Anna gets in range, but does not connect with her horns. Fighting upside down is weird! But it's another thing for him to think about. She does notice that she can't hear the chime up here, so there must be a limited range on it.
The vampire moves back slightly at all these threats in his personal space and tries to cast a spell. Pru identifies it as Greater Invisibility, and a wash of magic from her dispels it! He seems to be getting worried and makes a dash towards the back of the cave to regroup.
Vampire - 58 damage
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 81/86(David F posting) d6=5 ; d6=6 ; d6=1 ; d6=2 ; d6=1 ; d6=5 ; Friday August 18th, 2017 7:57:56 PM
Trayvin can see that there is still darkness in the back of the cave, which means that his purge will not reach there unless he follows, and thus the vampire will again be invisible. " Time to move, stay close if you want to stay master of your own minds." Trayvin channels positive energy before he goes to help heal his Fist, then follows the vampire. All but Pompous heal 18 damage Pompous was out of range.
4/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Haste 4/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 85/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 87/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 898/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence)
Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon all used (I can't edit Trayvin's sheet)
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 81/86(David F posting) d6=5 ; d6=6 ; d6=1 ; d6=2 ; d6=1 ; d6=5 ; Friday August 18th, 2017 7:57:56 PM
Trayvin can see that there is still darkness in the back of the cave, which means that his purge will not reach there unless he follows, and thus the vampire will again be invisible. " Time to move, stay close if you want to stay master of your own minds." Trayvin channels positive energy before he goes to help heal his Fist, then follows the vampire. All but Pompous heal 18 damage Pompous was out of range.
4/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Haste 4/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 85/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 87/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 898/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence)
Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon all used (I can't edit Trayvin's sheet)
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet Friday August 18th, 2017 8:04:33 PM
Sigvar scoops up his everburning torch and follows Trayvin as the cleric follows the Vampire. Maybe, hopefully, an opportunity will present itself for him to swing at the vampire, until then he can just follow and stay ready.
Effects on Sigvar: Resist Fire DR 20 vs fire 898/900 rounds remaining Magic Circle vs evil for as long as he stays in range of Trayvin. Bless weapon 89/90 rounds remaining
OOC Sorry, that Trayvin post this morning should have been Sigvar. Warren, can you post the map header going forward. It is about to fall off of my viewing settings. Thanks.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet Friday August 18th, 2017 8:04:33 PM
Sigvar scoops up his everburning torch and follows Trayvin as the cleric follows the Vampire. Maybe, hopefully, an opportunity will present itself for him to swing at the vampire, until then he can just follow and stay ready.
Effects on Sigvar: Resist Fire DR 20 vs fire 898/900 rounds remaining Magic Circle vs evil for as long as he stays in range of Trayvin. Bless weapon 89/90 rounds remaining
OOC Sorry, that Trayvin post this morning should have been Sigvar. Warren, can you post the map header going forward. It is about to fall off of my viewing settings. Thanks.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP57/70 Me+12(8)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+12=26 ; d6+1=2 ; Friday August 18th, 2017 10:16:55 PM
As Trayvin Moves Michael keeps close as a shadow. On the move, he casts another silver sling stone at the Vampire. He manages to tag him, but it does not seem to do much damage.
To hit AC 26 for 2 points of damage.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 54/67] d20+13=26 ; d20+15=30 ; d20+15=23 ; Saturday August 19th, 2017 3:08:59 PM
Pru readies again to counterspell.
[Spellcraft 26; Caster Level check 30 (for chime); Caster Level check 23 (if she needs to cast Dispel Magic for the counter)]
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 74/84(8 temp hp) -- CMD 20 Sunday August 20th, 2017 11:25:44 AM
Anna-Arsinotherium continues the bizarre task of climbing upside down on the ceiling towards the vampire lord to keep the pressure on him. She calls out to her friends, "Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd be crawling on the ceiling as a form of Mega Fauna!"
(Double move to keep pace with Vampire)
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [554/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5963/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5994/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [55/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [56/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Fire Resistance 20 Spider Climb 20 foot climb speed = 60 min [598/600 rounds] Last Hero Point Used
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 56/81 d20+11=26 ; d6+10=11 ; d6=6 ; d20+11=14 ; Sunday August 20th, 2017 4:16:58 PM
The hasted Pompous decides that it's time to move closer to the action. He move near Michael (J9 I believe)) and fires two arrows at the vampire.
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Active effects- Haste, resist energy(fire 20 pts) and protection from evil. Deadly aim -3 attack/+6 damage
Att 1 26 AC Phys 11 and electric 6 Att 2 14 (miss)
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+14=20 ; d8+3=4 ; Sunday August 20th, 2017 5:08:37 PM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 5/5 Resist Energy (Fire) 10
Disappointed at the results of his bag toss, Nikolai can't think of anything else at the moment other than pestering the vampire. He draws his magic bow and starts shooting arrows.
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 81/86(BrianZ) Sunday August 20th, 2017 10:09:14 PM
OOC- I'm back. HUGE thank you to Dave for the sub posting.
4/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Haste 4/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 85/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 87/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 898/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence)
Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon all used (I can't edit Trayvin's sheet)
-updated header, please delete other post. (taken care of ;-] welcome back )
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway d4+1=4 ; d6=2 ; Monday August 21st, 2017 3:56:38 PM
As the Agents, and more importantly, their light sources, make their way further into the cave, they see several alcoves, which they assume hold more coffins for the spawn to retreat into. The Master keeps making his way back towards a smaller, but more well constructed alcove in the back of the cave. Unfortunately for him, the ceiling is also getting lower, and he decides to beat a hasty retreat into the mouth of the small passage, hoping to get some advantage from the smaller space.
withdraw action
Peppering shots from Michael and Pompous manage to stay just ahead of his regeneration.
damage 66
From the entrance to the cave, there comes sounds of squeaking, as of thousands of diminutive creatures. Several distinct swarm of bats coalesce from all corners of the cave, converging on the Agents.
Everyone but Anna takes 2 damage from the swarm and begin bleeding for 1 each round
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 81/86(BrianZ) Monday August 21st, 2017 9:41:34 PM
Trayvin swats at the bats but keeps focused on the goal. "Keep going Sigvar, I will cover you with the magic circle."
Actions: Trayvin readies to follow Sigvar
4/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Haste 3/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 84/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 86/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 897/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence???)
Spells used: Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP55/70 Me+12(9)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+12=25 ; d6+1=6 ; Monday August 21st, 2017 9:41:36 PM AHHHHH! I hate bats, Echelon front! we gotta keep the pressure on him or he'll get away!
Michael puts some mustard on the next sling stone he sends toward the Vamp, hitting him solidly with the silver bullet.
Michael keeps right on Trayvins tail
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP68/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Monday August 21st, 2017 9:54:37 PM
Tinker gets out his Grapple and silk rope, thinking that maybe if they get close enough he can snag him with the grapnel and bring him down to our level.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Monday August 21st, 2017 10:15:02 PM
The vampire begins moving away.
"Oh, no you don't!" Pru says, starting after him. Hasted, she can cover quite a lot of ground, although it does mean the bats get to nibble on her. "You're not going anywhere until you tell me what you did with my sister!"
Reaching for a seldom-used spell, she tosses a web into the tunnel opening, centering it on the square the vampire is standing in. He can make a DC 18 Reflex save to avoid being actually grappled by the Web, but even then, he'll still be in it and have trouble moving around.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 58/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+16=31 ; d6+5=6 ; Monday August 21st, 2017 11:01:48 PM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 5/5 Resist Energy (Fire) 10
Bleed: -1 hp/rd
Note: I count 85' from Nikolai's position to that in front of the vampire
Nikolai puts on a burst of speed and races to the entrance to catch the vampire. Move: 40' + 30' (haste) + 20' (1 Ki pt) = 90'
He drops his bow and draws his silver kama while dashing past friends and swarms of bats.
OOC: I'm assuming that the web won't work outside the entrance as there won't be opposing surfaces to attach to, but if it does, Nikolai will get there after the web takes effect and he won't go into it to attack but wait for a fireball or something.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 74/84(8 temp hp) -- CMD 20 Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 4:28:51 AM
Anna-Arsinotherium takes another double move action after the master. Her time is best spent staying on the ceiling and going after the master from above.
She might be able to convince the bats to shove off under normal circumstances but it would take a minute she currently doesn't have.
(OOC: double move action to go after the master)
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet d20+18=38 ; 2d6+8=15 ; 2d6+8=15 ; Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 4:45:06 AM
The bats do no damage to Sigvar, his Adamantine plate armor fends them off. Since no damage was dealt, no bleeding sould have happened. Sigvar watches the vampire run, clearly Pompous has been hurting it, enough to break it's calm assurance that it would win. But it is headed for a small doorway, one it may be able to bar, one that will at least slow Sigvar from getting to it. Then the others ineffectually attack it, using only silver, not magical silver. Enough was enough, this needed to end. Lowering his head Sigvar charged the vampire. He would get one attack, and it needed to count. The charge went through perfectly. Sigvar slammed his magical silver blade into the Vampire as hard as he could, and Trayvin's magic made the strike even more potent. Attack hits AC 38, critical threat confirmed by Bless Weapon, 30 damage total (Magical and Silver) Sigvar has -2 to his AC this round due to charging.
Effects on Sigvar: Resist Fire DR 20 vs fire 897/900 rounds remaining Magic Circle vs evil for as long as he stays in range of Trayvin. Bless weapon 88/90 rounds remaining
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 54/81 d20+11=27 ; d6+10=13 ; d6=5 ; d20+11=12 ; Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 3:43:17 PM
Pompous considers his actions carefully, he could likely deal with the bats with one of his few ranger spells, a wall of air, or ignore the swarms and continue firing at the vamp... " Oh well.... " With a shrug, he moves forward, near Trayvin (2nd square North of Trayvin's position) and fires two silver arrows towards the vampire.
------------------------------------ Active effects- Haste, resist energy(fire 20 pts) and protection from evil. Deadly aim -3 attack/+6 damage Bleeding 1HP/Rd
Attack 1 AC 27 13 phys and 5 electrical Attack 2 AC 12 (nat 1)
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway d20+11=12 ; d100=63 ; d100=55 ; d100=57 ; Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 5:26:32 PM
Sigvar charges in with a mighty blow of his sword, easily blowing past all of the Vampire's defenses. Trayvin hurries after him, keeping his aura of protection up, unfortunately outpacing Michael as he stops to take a potshot.
Michael's slingstone connects solidly, but he is no longer covered by the aura of goodness emanating from Trayvin.
Anna keeps up the pressure from above and Tinker readies himself to restrain his foe.
Pru calls up some rare magics for her, and in a strange twist of fate (ie the DM accidentally rolling in his other game and re-rolling here) it snagged him up, just in time for Nikolai's kama to slice through him. If that wasn't enough, Pompous sends a final arrow hurtling through the cave to piece the vampire right in the chest.
The vampire goes limp, suspended in the webbing of the alcove. The bats chitter for a moment and disperse, the mind controlling them having stopped its communications, and Michael feels a dark cloud lift from his head. For a moment, everything is quiet, other than the heavy breathing of the Agents.
The vampire is down for the moment, but his wounds are still regenerating, so who knows when he may spring back into action?
Vamp damage 116
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 54/81 Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 7:44:06 PM
Pompous smirks as his arrow fells the vampire. Of course, his comrades helped... but in the ranger's mind, the final arrow did the creature in.
"Dibs!"
Pompous takes out one of the stakes he had prepared last time they were in camp and stabs the vampire right in the heart.
"Anyone want the head???"
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 8:11:03 PM
It really, REALLY bothers Sigvar to do this but he holds up a hand and stops Pompous. (besides he is kinda blocking the way for anyone but Nickolai...) " Hold on. He really deserves that, and you can do it when the time comes, but what if he has hidden Verity or done something only he can reverse to her? We need him alive, well functional since he isn't technically alive, until we are sure she is safe."
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 81/86(BrianZ) Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 9:06:46 PM
"We can't exactly tie him up. Let's start searching for Verity and any other prisoners he may have. I can stay here with someone to make sure he doesn't get back up anytime soon."
4/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Haste 3/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 84/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 86/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 897/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence???)
Spells used: Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 74/84(8 temp hp) -- CMD 20 d20+9=18 ; d20+7=25 ; Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 9:18:01 PM
"Can't we chop his limbs off? I mean a Torso Vamp is a lot less intimidating than a fully formed Vamp."
Anna then looks for any Bat stragglers from the swarm that may still be in the cave she will attempt to empathize with the creature and ask it if it knows where a human girl might be hidden.
(Perception: 18 to find a bat; Wild Empathy 25 to hopefully get it to help them find Verity)
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [552/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5961/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5992/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [53/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [54/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Fire Resistance 20 Spider Climb 20 foot climb speed = 60 min [596/600 rounds] Last Hero Point Used
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP68/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 9:25:12 PM I've heard putting a steak in their heart keeps them down, but only so long as the steak is in place, pull it out and they come alive again. so steak him, lets look around and get rid of the spawn, find Verity and the loot, if we need him...he'll be "fresh" if we need to wake him and a good vampire when we decide to show him the sunlight. Oh yeah, and if I ain't never told ya'll...you guys are awesome!
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 10:04:19 PM " OK, that will work. He will get a final ending, and stand before Gargul and be judged, but not until we have Verity. Stake him and lets get the rest done"
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 10:34:17 PM
"I really want to set him on fire," Pru remarks quietly. "But you're right. Let's find Verity first. Verity!" she calls. "It's all right; the vampire's gone! Where are you?"
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 57/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+10=30 ; d20+15=30 ; Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 12:25:34 AM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 5/5 Resist Energy (Fire) 10
Bleed: -1 hp/rd
Nikolai feels the effects of the bat bites as he ponders his teammates words. "Tinker, stake that vampire and keep him unconscious until we've got Verity safe. Sigvar, bring that vampire with you while we check out his alcove. If you want, you can impale him on your horns and bring him that way. Anna, keep that form as long as you like and keep guard here or change and come with us."
Nikolai then tries to administer First Aid on himself to stop the Bleed. Heal Check +10 DC 15 = 30
That done, he asks if anyone else needs help. If not, he leads the group into the vampire's alcove.
Perception +15 = 30
OOC: I think he needs someone else's light source at this time. Pru's magic lights I guess.
" REALLY!!!! We're not going to destroy this undead??? This things regenerates. It's can take over our minds. It can summon bats!!! IT CAN'T BE RESTRAINED BECAUSE IT CAN TURN TO A GASEOUS FORM!!!! Come on now! We can see it's wounds healing right in front of us! And by the way Nick, horns are not wood! "
Pomp realizes that he's throwing a tantrum here but really can't understand that the vampire's head hasn't been separated from it's shoulders yet.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 3:30:25 PM
Sigvar weathers Pompous's rant and nonchalantly reaches out, past Nickolai and stabs the vampire. " More wounds, I can do this all day. Just stake it. That'll stop the healing. But don't finish it until we have Verity. He has been tricky, he may still have unplayed cards." Once the old man is staked, Sigvar cuts him from the web and after searching him, drags the old man behind him by his boots. Since Sigvar can't detect magic, searching him is pretty much stripping him of all but undergarments.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 57/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 5:44:25 PM "Calm down Pompous. Staking it will stop it's regeneration. And Sigvar can parade around with it stuck on his horns as a trophy and still has his hands free," Nikolai grins.
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 9:41:50 PM
Pru gets a little bit of her wish fulfilled as she Sparks up the web. The vampire chars a bit and starts to regenerate until the stake is driven into his chest. After a moment, a slight sound can be heard, as if beating against a wooden door.
Moving into the last alcove, a much fancier coffin is found, the noises seeming to be coming from within it.
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 78/86(BrianZ) d20+8=26 ; d20+8=10 ; d20+8=21 ; d20+8=26 ; d20+8=11 ; Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 9:45:28 PM
"I agree with how you feel Pompous, but it may be that we'll need to question him. Don't worry he will get everything he deserves soon enough."
Actions: Trayvin will tend to some wounds with heal checks to stop any persistant bleeding. If it doesn't seem to be enough, he can gather everyone around for some channeling.
4/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Haste 2/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 83/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 85/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 896/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence???) bleeding- stopped
Spells used: Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 57/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) d20+13=31 ; d20+14=20 ; d4=3 ; d6+5=8 ; d6+5=9 ; Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 11:05:52 PM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 4/5 Resist Energy (Fire) 10
"Pru, you have the honors to open the casket and free your sister, but beware, it still could be a trick," and stands next to Pru ready with silver kama.
Readied Action: Attack coffin occupant if it isn't Verity but a spawn pretending to be her.
Attack: Att 1 +11 +2 (favored enemy) = 31 + 1 (haste if still on) = 32
Hasted Attack (if still on) = 20
dmg = 8 and 9. ignore the d4.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 11:08:07 PM
Pru doesn't care if it's a trick or not. "I'm coming, Verity!" she says, hurrying to the coffin. She attempts to open it.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP55/70 Me+12(9)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+5=13 ; Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 11:09:35 PM
Michael stand close to Trayvin for some good ol' clerical healing. but thinks better of it and uses his own skills and materials to heal himself. He asks Trayvins advice as he does so, (need an aid another to beat this 13 roll.
Heal 13.
Hey! lets not forget all the Vampire spawn we sent back to their coffins earlier. they are regenerating even as we speak. We might need to think of moving them to a sunnier location soon.
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) d20+9=11 ; Wednesday August 23rd, 2017 11:12:47 PM
Tinker shoves a stake into the heart of the Master Vampire ensuring his continued cooperation with this operation and investigation. He takes his time and takes 20 on the task.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 74/84(8 temp hp) -- CMD 20 d20+9=26 ; Thursday August 24th, 2017 12:37:40 AM
Anna remains climbing on the ceiling, following Anna and Nikolai to the coffin if she can and says "I'll keep a look out from up here for any new threats. Considering we we sent the spawn reeling, that is unless you want to like fashion some sort of harness and ropes or chains and have me pull the spawn coffins outside."
(Perception: 26)
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [551/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5960/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5991/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [52/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [53/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Fire Resistance 20 Spider Climb 20 foot climb speed = 60 min [595/600 rounds] Last Hero Point Used
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Thursday August 24th, 2017 4:45:42 PM
Fearing the worst, Pru finds the simple latch and throws open the lid of the coffin. Inside, her sister sits up, almost bumping heads with Pru in her haste to breathe clean, fresh air (at least compared to inside the coffin). She looks much as she did at her wedding ceremony, though a bit more rumpled, and with a large black diamond hanging from a chain around her neck.
The others looking through the alcove see a tripod set up behind the coffin area with a small glass sphere on top. It reflects the light a bit, and seems to have images of dark clouds swirling through it. There is also a closed chest to one side, though it may have been shut in haste as there are several bits of fabric poking out of the seam.
Anna prowls through the larger cave, ready to fight off any spawn that decide to come back to the fight, but there is no sign of them yet. She does hear the chime still ringing towards the front of the cave though.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet d20+10=29 ; Thursday August 24th, 2017 5:26:00 PM " Check her to make sure she is safe Prudence. If she is alright we have some spawn to attend to. You catch up with Verity, I can handle the spawn, well, some of them, I may need more stakes." Perception 29 If everything seems OK with Verity, ( no obvious bite marks or other signs, if Sigvar even knows what to look for, of her being a Vampire) Sigvar will head back out into the main room and start working clockwise towards the entrance, staking and beheading spawn as they try to heal in their coffins. He continues o drag the undergarment clad vampire around with him, checking every few rounds to be sure the stake is still in place and the old man is not healing.
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 64/81 d8+5=10 ; Thursday August 24th, 2017 9:00:40 PM
Pompous appreciates Trayvin's kind words but he still believes that the vampire should be sent back to the underworld. How would you make a regenerating, mind controlling undead tell us what we want to know anyway.
" Thanks Trey-Trey... I'll follow the wisdom of the group..."
The ranger's hand glows as he chants a few words and heals some of his wounds.
ooc> cure light wound ranger spell- 10 points.
" A little bit more healing would be appreciated folks. Oh, and I'm running low on silver arrows. I can't guarantee how many more volleys I can fire if we face another one of those. "
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) d6=3 ; d6=6 ; d6=6 ; d6=1 ; d6=5 ; Thursday August 24th, 2017 9:42:43 PM
Trayvin gathers everyone close enough and channels energy. He makes sure Verity is included in case she suffered any injuries. "There, that should help a bit, and stop the bleeding from the bats as well."
"You may be right Pompous, I'm not sure if we could contain him if he wakes up. But I will let Nikolai and Pru make the call."
Actions: channel = 20hp healed and stops any ongoing healing.
3/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Haste 1/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 82/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 84/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 895/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence???) bleeding- stopped
Spells used: Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Thursday August 24th, 2017 10:58:42 PM
Spells in effect: Mage Armor, Haste (+1 att, +1 dodge, +1 Ref, +30 speed, extra att w/Full attack) Ki 4/5 Resist Energy (Fire) 10
Nikolai eyes the black diamond then asks Verity, "That diamond, do you remember how it got there? Did the vampire say anything about it? then whispers to Pru "She could still be under a charm from that diamond. See if it radiates magic."
He turns to Trayvin, "Got any detect evil spells handy?"
Meanwhile Sigvar goes about dispatching spawn, "Tinker and Pompous, go with Sigvar, keep him out of trouble. Anna, keep watch over the cave. Michael, sit tight and gather your thoughts, now that you are free. If you are bored, see it that chest is trapped and what's in it. Don't go near that sphere with those swirly dark cloud stuff in it. It doesn't look safe to touch."
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Thursday August 24th, 2017 11:46:10 PM
"Verity!" Pru pulls her sister up, helping her out of the coffin. "Verity, are you all right? Are you hurt? Did--did he bite you?" She is horribly afraid that it may already be too late for her sister, and examines her anxiously for signs of puncture wounds.
At Nikolai's behest, she also casts a Detect Magic, and examines Verity for signs of magical auras.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 84/84(18 temp hp) -- CMD 20 d20+9=23 ; Friday August 25th, 2017 2:34:45 AM
Anna remains in her lookout / sentry position climbing on the ceiling. (Perception:23) She calls out to the group if she spots anything.
(OOC: how much time elapsed on my effects?)
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [550/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5959/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5990/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [51/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [52/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Fire Resistance 20 Spider Climb 20 foot climb speed = 60 min [595/600 rounds] Last Hero Point Used
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP70/70 Me+12(9)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+15=21 ; d20+12=22 ; Friday August 25th, 2017 10:16:13 PM
Michael goes over and checks the chest, noting the scraps of cloth sticking out of it
Perception 21,
When his study is done he steps to the side and sees if he can open the lid by prying on it with one of his daggers, if it's not locked. if it is locked he gets out his tools and picks it.
Disable device 21.
in any case, he does not open the chest while standing right in front of it. the same way you don't turn over a log by pushing it away from you, whereby you give the snake beneath a clear path to you, you pull it towards you, leaving the bulk of the log between you and the snake. If the chest is trapped by a rune or poison pulling it open from behind might give him some protection from the trap.
once his paranoid chest opening is complete, he looks in side.
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) d20+7=23 ; Friday August 25th, 2017 11:29:52 PM
Trayvin shakes his head. "Sorry Nikolai, I don't. I can look that diamond over a bit, but I don't think anyone should touch it."
Active Effects: Haste 1/9 rounds remaining Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 82/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 84/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 895/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence???) bleeding- stopped
Spells used: Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Saturday August 26th, 2017 4:01:48 PM
To all senses, magical and otherwise, Verity is perfectly healthy. She is plenty angry however, though it seems to be directed to the vampires, rather than at the Agents or her sister.
"I'm so sorry, Pru, and to all of you. I'm sure much of the hostility shown in town was due to that Vampire's influence. Was Zoonor even his grandson? Did I even love him? I don't think I'll ever really know."
She seems sad, but not depressed. She's been through a lot. Maybe she did love Zoonor, or maybe she was just under the Vampire's spell.
She doesn't have any bite marks, and doesn't radiate any magic. Neither does the diamond.
There is some magic from the chest though, and two fancy vests glow with it. One is red with gold trim, the other is almost a cape with arm holes, and is green with embroidered animals of all kinds. The orb on its stand also glows with magic, as does the chime that Anna digs out of a small hole in the cave. The Agents deem it safe to see the Vampire to his final end.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Sunday August 27th, 2017 1:35:10 AM
Pru wants to make sure. "Verity, are there any other captives here that you know about?" she asks her sister.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 84/84(18 temp hp) -- CMD 20 Sunday August 27th, 2017 8:45:09 AM
Anna-Arsinotherium carries the chime carefully in her mouth and climbs down from the ceiling. Being careful not to break it she deposits it at Pru's feet.
"I know this was interfering with your spell casting." She says, "Maybe you want?"
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [540/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5949/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5980/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [41/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [42/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Fire Resistance 20 Spider Climb 20 foot climb speed = 60 min [585/600 rounds] Last Hero Point Used
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet Sunday August 27th, 2017 7:28:41 PM
Sigvar moves off and starts dispatching the spawn. He systematically uses wood from the coffins he opens to stake each spawn and then remove it's head with the enchanted silver sword. If their coffin is not wood, he uses the stakes he made earlier. When it becomes clear that Verity is alright he stops, lifts the old man up by his foot and beheads him, finishing the fight and delivering his soul to Gargul for judgement.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Sunday August 27th, 2017 9:35:12 PM
Nikolai takes Trayvin along the other side of the cave from Sigvar and starts dispatching any spawn they find there. When they return, he asks, "Well, how does it go? Pru, did you send the old geezer to meet Gargul? Or was it Verity taking her revenge?"
He's glad that the diamond seems to be a normal one, probably of great worth, but what will Verity do with it? He can't help but be queasy about hidden curses from vampires...
"Pru, was Verity the only one here still in control of themselves?" he asks worriedly. It would be hard on the village if there were one or more villagers here the vampire already preyed upon.
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Monday August 28th, 2017 5:15:15 PM
"No - I was the only one here. Many in the town were under his influence, but I'm sure that broke when you slayed him like it did me. I just hope that Zoonor was under his influence too. I would hate to think that his behavior just runs in the family."
The chime has stopped ringing for the now, but there is much potential in such an item. Perhaps Pru would prefer someone else use it though, to keep it from affecting her.
The spawn souls have been freed and soon after, so has their maker. They drag the bodies outside to dissolve in the sun, which has come out from behind the unnaturally thick layer of clouds for the first time in days. Verity takes the diamond off of her neck, preferring to rid herself of any "gifts" from the old vampire. She would prefer to excise all of his influence from her life.
There was little of value in the cave other than the magical items and the diamond.
Orb of storms Chime of Interruption Vest of escape Druid’s Vestment A large black diamond in a setting with a value of 2,250 gp
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Monday August 28th, 2017 5:21:01 PM
Oh - some catchup for EXP
9000 for the travel to town and the spawn in the forest 1000 for the scene in town 2000 for the wedding encounter 25000 for the trip up the mountain and vampire battle
2 hero points for all, and feel free to email me with suggestions for bonus points for heroics
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) Monday August 28th, 2017 6:39:12 PM
"Looks like we're all cleaned up here. I think we should get back to the town and make sure there are no leftover spawn hiding out there."
3/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 81/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 83/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 894/900 rounds remaining ( also on Anna, Sigvar, Tinker and Prudence???)
Spells used: Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon
AC 31 T 24 F 24 CMD 31 35 vBull Rush or Trip; HP 71/ 71 "Tinker" (SteveK) Monday August 28th, 2017 10:01:13 PM
Tinker isn't worried about having enough steaks to put in the spawn. a wooden crossbow bolt will serve just fine. Tinker and Sigvar work their way around the cave popping coffins and staking vamps.
OOC: Do i need to roll for each vamp? what do I roll? gimme a target and a skill to check and I'll shoot for it.
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Monday August 28th, 2017 10:12:47 PM
"Let's get you back to town," Pru says to Verity. "Everybody was so worried! Ma and Pa will be real glad to see you."
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Monday August 28th, 2017 10:17:05 PM
OOC: I have on record that we received 5k for trolls and vampire spawn from the forest. So that would be 4k for the trip to town?
DM Edit: I may have mislabeled some of the exp, but I was keeping track of amounts I had rewarded, so the total I gave should be correct. 44k for the entire module so far.
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP55/70 Me+12(9)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+15=18 ; Monday August 28th, 2017 10:18:28 PM
Michael checks the area for hidden loot.
perception 18
but prolly is too excited to be free of the master vamp to notice much.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Monday August 28th, 2017 10:35:36 PM
Nikolai makes a mental note to ask the village to send some hunters up to the cave once a month to make sure nothing evil takes up residence again.
"Yes. The cleanup here seems to be done. The villagers, specially your family, Pru, will be worried sick. We should return in haste."
Assured that they've scoured the place and have found everything there is to find, he stands at the entrance ready to leave and is the last one to leave.
"Keep your guard up. We aren't home yet and we have a civilian to keep safe," he voices.
Anna Morphling[arsinotherium] (Hugh C) -- 19/12/17 HP 84/84(18 temp hp) -- CMD 20 Monday August 28th, 2017 10:43:12 PM
Anna asks, "Is there even an easy way to get to the catacombs from here?" (OOC sorry for the short post; I'm not feeling well. I'll finish leveling some time this week.)
Active Effects: Barkskin + 3 Nat armor = 60 min [539/600 rounds] DarkVision = 6 hours [5948/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [5979/6000] rounds Bears Endurance +4 con = 6 min [40/60] rounds Beast Shape II - form of arsinotherium = 6 min [41/60] rounds 10 foot space, 5 foot reach, 30 foot base speed, low-light vision, scent, gore+11(4d8+7) +4 CMD vs trip 4+ Str , –2 Dex, +4 nat armor, -1 AC, -1 Attack, -4 stealth, -2 fly, +1 CMB/CMD Fire Resistance 20 Spider Climb 20 foot climb speed = 60 min [584/600 rounds] Last Hero Point Used
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Tuesday August 29th, 2017 4:08:53 PM
All the spawn in the cave have just started regenerating. Those that looked like they were getting close to being in fighting shape again lack any direction with the death of their creator and don't put up any resistance to being staked. coup de grace -able in effect
Now that the danger seems to have passed, there are excited feelings for going shopping, though there is not too much of interest to the Agents in this town and they don't have a good way of getting to the Catacombs until they get back to the Citadel. Sigvar reminds them that they aren't out of the woods yet, and should remain vigilant until everyone is safely back in town.
There is nothing else found in the cave, unless they want to lug around a normal chest and a fancy used coffin.
The climb down the cliffs is much easier than the ascent, and Verity seems to have a load lifted off her shoulders as she breathes free air. In a couple of hours, they are walking back into town with the sun shining at their backs and a huge crowd of people waiting to see what happened in the cliffs.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 29 (T 14, FF 24) CMD 29 HP 79/89 Character Sheet Tuesday August 29th, 2017 7:59:43 PM
Before they leave the lair Sigvar has a request for Prudence. " I have heard that some spellcasters can hide their souls inside objects, usually valuable objects. This is one way to escape Gargul's judgement. Magic would be required to do this. Now that the old man has been dispatched, would you please examine the diamond pendant again to be sure he has not played a final trick on us and hidden his soul in the diamond, only to rise again once we have handed it off to an unsuspecting merchant?" Once that is done he assists in pulling the coffins with the staked spawn outside. On the way down the mountain he talks about what they could do with the items in the Vampire's hoard. " The orb is a powerful item. It may not be useful to us on a day to day basis, but what organization would not benefit from being able to control the weather on the battlefield? I think we should offer to sell it to the Fist rather than just pawn it in the catacombs. The chime could also be a game changer, but I don't think we need it to defeat a spellcaster in battle."
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) Tuesday August 29th, 2017 8:46:56 PM
"That's a good idea Sigvar, we should see if the Commander is interested in the orb. I'm sure she would be willing to trade some things from the armory for it."
Trayvin sees the crowd and thinks some assistance to the expected discussion may be of use. As they get closer, he uses his Touch of Glory ability on Nikolai, Pru, Sigvar, Anna, and Michael.
Touch of Glory- +8 to a single Charisma-based skill check or Charisma ability check. duration 1 hour. (sorry for anyone I missed, I don't have enough of those for everyone.)
3/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 80/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 82/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 893/900 rounds remaining
Spells used: Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP55/70 Me+12(9)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 d20+15=35 ; Tuesday August 29th, 2017 8:55:57 PM These aren't items we would ever think of getting on our own, weather control, Man I can think of a lot of uses for that. and the chime. We've been lucky, most of the thugs we fight don't screen their spell casters really well. but all it would take is one spell slinger with a good meat shield and we could have done to us what we do to our enemies. That chime could give us a distinct advantage. Keeping those items would seriously undercut the GP distro though. on the other hand, turning it into the Fist exchange would give us some serious clout as far as weapon exchange is concerned. the gold difference is going to be about...lets see...carry the 2...about 4000 gp difference...4900 thereabouts if we sell. 900 if we keep.
while walking along and talking Michael keeps a sharp eye out for danger.
perception 35.
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 64/81 Tuesday August 29th, 2017 9:14:54 PM
Pompous walks with the others back into town. Every once in a while, he takes out his book and scribes in a few lines.
{ And with his finale silver arrow, Pompous slays the vampire lord! With a deep sigh of relief, our hero confirms that all of his comrades survived the epic battle.}
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Tuesday August 29th, 2017 10:09:28 PM
"Well, Sigvar, I would think such an item would detect as magical, and the diamond didn't before. But I'll check again."
Just to be safe, Pru casts another Detect Magic and eyes the diamond.
As she walks with her sister back to town, Pru tries to get Verity to tell her more of what has happened at home over the past few years.
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/14/21 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 d20+15=25 ; Tuesday August 29th, 2017 11:38:36 PM
(Diplomacy: 25)
Anna tries to be diplomatic with the assembled crowd, "Please folks. The Agents of The Fist have slain the vampire lord and rescued Verity. Don't push or shove, we are willing to answer any remaining questions you may have. Keep your cool and we will be more than happy to explain everything that happened"
Active Effects: DarkVision = 6 hours [4748/6000] rounds Longstrider +10 base speed = 6 hours [4779/6000] rounds
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Tuesday August 29th, 2017 11:55:37 PM
Nikolai puts the coffins on fire once the spawn and lord are vaporized by the sun. He does so making sure the burning coffins don't start a forest fire!
He remains quiet on the way back. Not much to say. The Team worked superbly together and the results showed.
"Although I know Pru can take care of herself, if indeed she were incapacitated in some way, this chime would not hurt her but hinder any opposing spellcaster, mage or cleric, so I think it good to keep even if the occasion to use it is rare. Just my thoughts."
In town, he wants this to be Pru's moment to shine so he remains in the background unless called forth.
OOC: according to my records, 44k given so far matches what I have. Yipee, 10th level!
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Wednesday August 30th, 2017 5:54:36 PM
Sigvar's worries seem unfounded. It seems the vampire is well and truly gone from this world.
Trayvin prepares the group for an encounter with the townsfolk, but the general air is of confusion. Some memories seem to have been lost. Other people are glad to see that their loved ones are back to acting normally. When Anna explains that the vampire that had been dominating them is gone, there is a sense of relief. The two vampire hunters seem a little disappointed that they weren't a part of the eradication, but are also glad that they didn't kill an innocent man.
Michael thinks about the money and Pompous records his great deed.
Ever pragmatic, Nikolai plans for future encounters, and uses of new loot and new abilities.
Pru tries to engage her sister on the trip back, but Verity seems a bit in denial about what happened to her. Prior to that, everything seemed a bit of a whirlwind. Reflecting on her engagement, it did seem a bit rushed. The vampire must have been influencing them from the beginning, though the kindly grandfather figure remained in secret.
Zoonor seems the most impacted by the domination. He was likely under the vampire's sway for the longest time. It seems that it was his grandfather, though how long he had been a vampire was anyone's guess. He remembers little of his engagement, and is quite shy around Verity. He apologizes for the problems his grandfather caused, and has a lot of stuff to figure out now that he is free.
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) Wednesday August 30th, 2017 8:32:29 PM
Trayvin checks the willing villagers for any injuries they may have suffered from the brawl at the wedding ceremony. He is relieved that the Agents may have prevented a significant problem at this town and maybe saved a lot of people.
3/6 Channel energy remaining
Active Effects: Magic Circle against Evil, 10' radius 80/90 rounds remaining Invisibility Purge 45' radius 82/90 rounds remaining Resist Fire DR 20, 893/900 rounds remaining Touch of Glory- +8 to a single Charisma-based skill check or Charisma ability check. duration 1 hour. (sorry for anyone I missed, I don't have enough of those for everyone.)Nikolai, Pru, Sigvar, Anna, and Michael
Spells used: Resist energy, magic circle vs evil, invisibility purge, Bless Weapon
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Wednesday August 30th, 2017 10:29:36 PM
Pru escorts Verity back to their parents. "Is everyone all right?" she asks them. She's hoping they will talk to her, reach out to her, say something that isn't about the wedding or the vampires, something to indicate that they're glad Prudence is their daughter and they want her back in their lives. And she's afraid that she's destined to be disappointed yet again.
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/14/21 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Wednesday August 30th, 2017 10:49:21 PM
Anna walks with Pru and Verity back to their family's home. Anna hangs back when the 2 sisters head inside sensing that this may be something the family might want to share just with themselves. She takes this time to reflect on what might be of her birth parents and if she has any siblings though one could argue that Ma'ab was her mother now as her Queen has bequeathed her a new name to go with her abilities.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Thursday August 31st, 2017 12:31:17 AM
Nikolai suggests to the Team before they reach the village, "You know, if it were not for those two vampire hunters, things could have been worse. We owe them some for their work. What do you think? What should we give them?"
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 28 (T 13, FF 23) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Thursday August 31st, 2017 9:36:10 AM " Lessons on how to really kill an undead?" " Let's review, they stumbled into a wedding hunting something we were already on top of. They tried to kill a man who was controlled by, but not actually, a vampire and had nothing in the way of information on the real vampire. They had been at it for years and we had been at it for two days. They were not even armed with enough silver to kill spawn, much less a vampire that takes magic AND silver to harm. What exactly did they do to help us except make us try to keep them from killing an innocent man while the actual vampire flew away?" " I have been thinking alot on what to do with my life since this whole vampire hunt started. I need to go and consult someone that knows better than I what I am meant for in the Wold. As they have no temple or priest here, it will have to wait until we return to the Citadel. I think my mother had more in mind for me than just being a warrior. Seeing actual Hunters made me think that I was lacking a certain training that I could be an asset to the Wold in. Seeing their lack of any knowledge meant that I knew that there is a need in the Wold for those who can put down Vampires and other powerful undead. The Fist has taught me discipline, combat tactics and how to work together in a fight, maybe they can provide this last bit of training too. I will have to see when I return to the Citadel." Sigvar takes a breath, holds it and lets it out. He then remains silent, rummaging through his own thoughts. In the village, when Prudence is taking Verity back to her family, he can see the hope in her eyes, and the hunch to her shoulders that she is prepared to be disappointed again. Loudly enough for those gathered around to hear he says, " Prudence, The spells you stopped him from casting, even after he attempted to shut down your magic were key to our success. Know that. You are a vital member of our team and the only mage I have ever served with. I would serve with no other."
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Thursday August 31st, 2017 4:58:36 PM
Pru returns Verity to the overjoyed arms of the rest of the family. Pru may not be the favourite, but rescuing the oldest child does a lot to restore their faith in their wayward daughter and hugs are given all around. Her mother was still a bit reticent, but Sigvar's boasting about Pru dispelling all sorts of harmful magic must have tipped her over a bit. That takes a powerful amount of control. Her mother humbly thanks Pru for saving Verity.
Nikolai wonders about some sort of reward for the erstwhile hunters. Sigvar thinks that the best reward is to combat the misinformation that seems to plague people about the undead and how to properly protect against them.
The situation makes some of the Agents think about their families as well and their purpose in life. Whatever help they need, it will be in the Citadel waiting for them.
The mayor of the town approaches them. "I wish to offer a heartfelt thank from the town for all you've done. You could have turned away, and I wouldn't have been surprised with the welcome we gave you. Please take this as a token of our appreciation."
He presents Nikolai with what looks like a box about a foot long. However, when given the proper commands, it can extend itself out into a small boat, and then again into a proper sailing ship! This should make the trip home a bit easier!
Tinker expresses his regret that he cannot come with them though. Seeing his own family did something to him, and he can't let something happen to them again. Not while he can help it. He tells the group that he must return to them and help protect their operation. He hopes he will see them again in the future, and will certainly pay a visit with the whole tribe to the Citadel someday.
Pompous AC 26 CMD 24/19, HP 64/81 Thursday August 31st, 2017 8:09:30 PM
{And the mayer of the great city, recognizing Pompous' great valor.. and that of his team... gifted him with a wonderous item. A box... a box that transforms into a great sailing ship... Such a wonderful relic would indeed be useful as Pompous Marcus Maximous continues his quest to legendary immortality... } ..
The ranger places a hand on Tinker's shoulder.
" I'll miss you Tinky... but family is family... Luck, love and prosperity by brother. "
Trayvin AC 27/12 touch Hp 86/86(BrianZ) Thursday August 31st, 2017 8:22:07 PM
Trayvin extends his hand to Tinker and shakes it firmly. "It's been an honor serving with you. Good luck to you and your family at the mining operation. I hope we will have a chance to work together again."
It must be some trick of the light, or maybe there is a tear in Trayvin's eye as he turns away.
Sigvar Ironhorn (David F) AC 28 (T 13, FF 23) CMD 28 HP 89/89 Character Sheet Thursday August 31st, 2017 8:38:42 PM
Sigvar looks at Tinker and smiles. " You will have to be incredibly careful going back to live with those gnomes. In a month you will not fit into your armor ad in two your fingers will be so fat you won't be able to work a lock. You will have to mine 20 hours a day to keep the weight off from their home cooking. Wouldn't it be easier to just face death with us every day and sleep on the cold ground?" He extends his hand to the dwarf that welcomed him to the Agents and shakes for a bit longer than is necessary. To Tinker he whispers, " Contact us if they need help again. The trolls were fun and the cooking was fabulous."
Shane P Michael Wittman AC22, T18, FF16 (ucdodge) HP55/70 Me+12(9)11 for TW, R+12, CMB+11, CMD+22 Thursday August 31st, 2017 9:20:59 PM
OOC: sorry guys, works has been hectic, just got back home.
Michael goes to shake Tinkers hand, then wraps him up in a hug. I"m going to miss you Tink, You've been a good friend, a great teacher and guide to me. I'll try and use the things you taught me, I'll try to. If you need help...Man I'll move the world to come to your aid.
Nikolai (JonathanT) AC 23 Tch 22 Ffted 19 HP 60/60 CMD 28/30(Grapple) Thursday August 31st, 2017 10:34:46 PM
Nikolai accepts the gift on behalf of The Mailed Fist and assures the mayor that it was an honor to help them and the family of one of their own.
"Tinker, I had a feeling, from what I noticed of your demeanor since we left your family that you might decide to go back and help them out, for a while at least. You have been a great asset to us and will be much missed. Take care of your family and return to us if you get tired of digging dirt with those hands and want some real action, eh?
Nikolai is in no hurry to move on and spends as much time as he can with Pru's family. You never know....
Prudence Gundle [AC 20; HP 51/67] Thursday August 31st, 2017 11:35:29 PM
Pru enjoys catching up with her family, but is somber when Tinker decides to go.
"You were with us from the beginning," she says. "Remember Bliss? And Linden? And William and Carver and everybody? They've all gone. And now you're going, too. Take care of yourself."
Later, she finds Nikolai. Somewhat shocked by her own boldness, she slips her hand into his. "We're the only ones left," she says. "The only ones who were there at the beginning. Don't go anywhere, all right? I--I'd miss you."
Anna Morphling (Hugh C) -- 24/14/21 HP 66/66 -- CMD 17 Thursday August 31st, 2017 11:56:38 PM
Anna shakes Tinker's hand. "I know you guys picked me up on your were rat hunt and so I wasn't with the Agents as long as some of the Fist were, but we were siblings in Arms after all. May Ma'ab shine a blessing on your way home and her consort Lord Eberyon keep the weather pleasant for you." She says to the Dwarf
The Vampire's Cliffside Getaway Friday September 1st, 2017 3:40:21 PM
As happy as they are to stay and catchup with family, all good things must come to an end, including this vacation turned monster hunt. They saved two families, and while they are losing a loved one to his own, Pru has regained the love of hers, or at least re-established a dialogue (in the case of her mother, who still isn't completely convinced her daughter isn't some sort of demon.)
All that's left is to decide how to get home. If they use their new boat and don't mind some rowing, they could probably save a couple of days travel (assuming someone knows enough about sailing to keep them on course.)
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