Petty-DM Cayzle - Into the Woods Thursday August 6th, 2020 7:47:32 AM
The hobgoblins have no knowledge of this Elder Tree, either, and no desire to eat the party's food, evidently. So the party is content to send them on their way. The trail leaves the river and heads deeper into the woods.
Entering the forest, you realize that it actually seems quite lovely. There are a few small clearings here and there that would make ideal picnic spots.
Looking ahead, the road dwindles to a footpath, and the forest gets darker and more overgrown. The wagons will not be able to proceed further. Already today you have found the dead fey, buried them, explored a bit to the river, traveled the road, fought the hobgoblins, and traveled some more. Maybe one of these little glades would make a good place to park the wagons and rest?
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+5=18 ; Thursday August 6th, 2020 2:01:37 PM
"Um. I can try," Honor says to Zeoll.
Taking out her healer's kit, she tries to use her Healing skill to treat deadly wounds on Asimov. She fails.
"I'm sorry," she says to Asimov. "I've had the basic training, but honestly I'm not very good at this."
She helps Asimov find a comfortable place in the cart before they continue on.
When the group stops for the day, she helps set up camp.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 9/11 d20=10 ; Thursday August 6th, 2020 2:11:29 PM
"So, no one sees fox? Can no one track? The animal needs more care. Let us find it, and see if he will come with us." Having asked, may I presume that Zeoll tells her? If so...
Mundhildur speaks to the poor creature in soothing tones. "Handsome red one. May we make friends?" She takes out her waterskin, and pours a bit into the palm of her fair-sized hand. "You must be thirsty, no?"
Slowly, carefully, she approaches and kneels down. "Here, take some water." If he (change to 'she' if a vixen) does not take that, the Jotun tamps down the ground, and pours a bit of water there, then moves back a foot or two. "It's good. Drink, lovely one." "May I call you 'Refur'? Because, you may need to re-fur around your poor leg. And that is what we call the fox in the Giant tongue."
Mundhildur knows that Azimov did something to try to help the animal. She looks to see if whatever he gave it had a positive effect.
She does not have the handle animal skill, and diplomacy may not apply. Here's a simple d20 to gauge the measure of her success, or otherwise - 10. Perhaps the earlier kindness may add to that roll.
If the fox will, she will see if it wants to go along with them - perhaps ride in the wagon until the limb heals further. If the fox comes, she will provide some food.
...
At the point the wagons can go no further, the tall one suggests, "We have seen some good places here. Now we rest, eat, conceal the wagons?" she asks. "How about that spot? One wagon we can push behind those bushes. The other, we find a place. The horses and my mules can carry what they can from the wagons when we set out on the morrow, do you think?"
If the fox has come along, she sees if they can bond further. She knows that some of her companions need healing. And Refur, too.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 Thursday August 6th, 2020 9:09:19 PM "NO! Mundhilduh, that is a fox. You got to realize -- they're no good. A fox is like a -- a -- a fox. They're killin' machines!" Elron has a hard time putting the visciousness of the cute varmint into words, and wants the party to have nothing more to do with the fox. He should have put it out of its misery when he had the chance.
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When the wagons will go no further, Elron's all for staying with them through the night and deciding what to do with them in the morning.
To be clear, is this the main road that the wagons can't travel further on, or a side path to the Elder tree?
Asimov | Hugh | AC 17/14/15 HP 4/12 Thursday August 6th, 2020 11:44:00 PM
While Mundhildur is playing with the fox and Elron is counciling her against it Asimov says to Elron, "It is just a small fox. It isn't like it is ginormous, has 9 tails and likes to go on killing rampages through hidden villages or anything. If Mundhildur wants to have a pet, can't she have one?"
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Asimov says to Honor, "I appreciate the effort. I only built one device that can be used for healing and I exhausted it on the fox. Tomorrow I'll build 2 more healing devices and something that can make me slightly harder to kill."
When they stop in the clearing for the night he says, "would you folks be okay if I didn't take a turn at watch in the interest of trying to heal up? I mean I will if you really want me too but I don't know how good I"ll be at it in my present condition."
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Friday August 7th, 2020 5:47:13 AM
Zeoll grins as he comes to realize that foxes, generally speaking, are kind of like racial enemies to ... chickenfolk? He tries to reassure Elron.
"I think I underrstand yourr concerrns, my frriend, but in this case they seem misplaced. You alone arre twice the crreaturre's size, and the rrest of us farr surrpass it."
Zeoll tries to help Mundhildur with befriending the fox. He uses his speak with animals ability. It only lasts four rounds, but thats enough to say, in foxish, Highlight to display spoiler: {"This is Mundhi. She wants to be your friend. She will take good care of you. Do not be afraid." [OOC: Yes, using the SLA, Zeoll does not have his usual accent.]}
The liontaur, though old in spirit, relishes using his hale middle-aged body to help hide the wagons, set up camp, and take a watch. "You rrest, frriend Asimov! You'll feel betterr in the morrning."
Privately, he reassures Honor, thanking her for doing her best. "We'll all get betterr at doing what we do, I think. We arre still beginning adventurrerrs."
Petty-DM Cayzle - Whichaways? Friday August 7th, 2020 6:02:19 AM
The party sets up a camp and rests. Honor, Zeoll, Mundhildur, and Elron each take a watch.
The morning dawns with natural beauty. Per the rules, with a full night's rest, you recover 1 hit point per character level. The fox, though by no means tame (that would require some Handle Animal or similar), nonetheless stays nearby, and you see it from time to time, especially Mundhi and Zeoll.
You leave your wagons and beasts behind, loosely staked, presumably?
Walking onward, the road becomes a track, and then a path; there is no other way to go. The forest becomes dense. Thick brush, large surface roots, and closely nestled trees make it difficult for travelers to progress. Eventually, even the footpath peters out. Going forward, there are no trails to follow -- people avoid the thick areas of this forest.
The fox, though, has no trouble following you. It does so quite stealthily, but every now and then someone spots it poking its head up to look around.
It’s a warm day and the forest is peaceful. Slight breeze, with a few sunbeams shining through the canopy of leaves overhead. That said, how do you proceed with no path to follow?
Honor Bright (Kathy) Friday August 7th, 2020 2:01:36 PM
Fully armored and further encumbered by a shield, Honor has a lot of trouble navigating the dense forest. She trips and falls--again--on a root, and actually considers saying a bad word.
When the trail goes, she is no help at all. She uses Detect Evil in all directions, and when she [presumably] finds nothing, she is out of ideas.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 Friday August 7th, 2020 4:01:35 PM
Elron sulks through the night. These folks just don't want to understand. Foxes kill. He doubts that Zeoll would welcome Mundhildur bringing her pet hell hound along -- Elron's sure she might have one of those back home, too. The girl's already proven she's got too big a heart. . . but Elron can't bring himself to break it. He's just got to focus on their common goal of helping that little Dani, and be subtle as he protects Mundi from the red terror.
In the morning, it just doesn't feel like a singing day. Elron walks along with the others, very aware of what's following them.
As the party gets to the point where they have no path, Elron has only one idea how to proceed. He can't carry it out himself. But only one of them might be familiar with the area, so Elron waits to see what the others come up with.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 Friday August 7th, 2020 8:16:41 PM
"Elron, I know that foxes kill," Mundhildur speaks in a soft voice. "They go for rabbits, squirrels, frogs, mice, maybe worms, and berries, but also for eggs, and roosting birds. You have seen that, I think. And no doubt you have defended yours from such. I can't change that a fox must eat. He will help us. He will not dare attack you. Give me time. I will teach him. And learn of him. And learn of you."
Before they rest for the night, she pulls from Azimov's wagon a device. "Here, Elron. This is your perch bed." She hands over a wooden device shaped exactly as he requested back in the mansion. "I found a carpenter."
Once a day she will set out a small amount of food for the fox. Not enough to fill his stomach for the day, but something to show care and provision.
"Azimov, you are very brave. To offer kind words to those who injure you. Foolish in a way. But kind and brave. I wish I could heal you, but my hands lack that skill."
She brings with her the mule she calls Sled, carrying a few things. Mules usually can travel even through tough territory, but she will see how he does. Rockhead she leaves back with the other critters, on a 40' tether near them - within reach one direction, out of reach the other. She digs two troughs, uses some of her canvas, and makes a place for the equines to drink water. It looks like there is enough grass and plants to graze on, if they are not gone from them too long.
Going through the wood, she is willing to take the lead from time to time, using her seven-foot staff to beat away bushes and such, using her weight to break sticks and navigable obstacles out of the way. She helps make a path. "If anyone knows a good direction to go, then tell us." Otherwise, she heads in the general direction she think the tree must be.
At times she hums tunes. Once in a while, short phrases from songs come out her lips.
Asimov | Hugh | AC 17/14/15 HP 12/12 d8+1=8 ; Saturday August 8th, 2020 9:30:44 AM
Asimov sleeps soundly in the wagon bed. He wakes having healed a little naturally. That morning he studies his design folio and tinkers with the components in his belt to produce 2 medihaler lights, a compass, a freeze ray and a pill bottle full of lesser temporary health improvement capsules.
After he has completed his device creation for the day he immediately inhales some of the healing vapors from the medihaler, fully healing the rest of the damage he sustained the previous day.
To Munhildur he says, "I should've been more careful. The trees were providing good enough cover. I could have changed from my freeze ray to my crossbow."
As they go off trail he takes the map that was provided for them and the compass he created that morning in order to help hopefully lead the way to the elder tree.
The compass means that every time Asimov uses it he knows for certain which way is North.
================= Device Prepared: 0: compass, freeze ray, lesser temporary health improvement capsules 1st medihaler light, medihaler light - x
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20+6=7 ; d20+7=22 ; Saturday August 8th, 2020 9:07:36 PM
Zeoll helps howsoever he can to find a way forward and consults with Asimov regarding the direction to go. He prays for Guidance as he scouts.
Survival 7 Know Nature 22
Petty-DM Cayzle - Whichaways? Saturday August 8th, 2020 9:14:14 PM
OOC: Oops, your DM failed to reconcile the module text (says one thing) with the map (says another). Let's retcon a smidge and assume that the road continued along the river, but you followed a path that broke off north towards where the map suggested the Tree should be. How's that?
Honor casts about for evil, but finds none.
Elron also finds himself at a loss.
Mundhildur works well to offer comfort and friendship to her comrades.
Asimov and Zeoll work to figure out a way to go.
Together, the two lead the party north. The party comes across a small camp. There's a burnt-out fire, two sleeping mats, bones from some type of animal (pheasant?), some chains with spiked collars. This seems like a safe place. It smells really bad though.
It seems pretty clear that this is the hobgoblin camp, and that they have not returned here.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 Sunday August 9th, 2020 10:00:46 AM
"They know nothing about the Elder Tree. Yet they camped close to it. Liars they are, maybe," Mundhildur comments to Honor. "Maybe."
"You think of having children someday with husband man?" she asks the aasimar warrior. "I think soon, maybe in twenty, thirty years, I find mate, and we have children. Four, five, six." Then she changes the subject again. "Nice sword," she comments on Honor's main weapon.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20+10=18 ; Sunday August 9th, 2020 12:23:06 PM
Elron looks around the camp, and carefully pokes through anything left behind a bit. (Perception = 18) In particular, he wonders if there are any more traps. However, he's not interested in sticking around unless there is clearly something of interest.
"It’s sure, I say, it’s sure quiet 'round here. Do you suppose that those two fellers would'a 'bandoned their camp because of somethin' we did, or somethin' else?"
Honor Bright (Kathy) Sunday August 9th, 2020 5:01:22 PM
Honor gives Mundhildur a puzzled look. "Have you been talking to my mum?" she asks.
To Elron, she says, "well, we did tell them to leave, so I guess they didn't bother coming back here for their things."
[OOC: what time of day is it?]
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 12/12 Sunday August 9th, 2020 9:11:12 PM
Asimov says, "I don't know Elron. I mean they called us as thieves maybe they didn't want to stay in a place with high crime?"
To the group he says, "Am I the only one here who has the capability to heal people because I only have one medihaler lights on the day. I used one to fully heal myself and I can only make 2 per day. I mean my devices can do a lot of things but I wonder if for the time being I just make medihalers for now?"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 Monday August 10th, 2020 9:48:44 AM
"Your mother? I do not yet know your mother," Mundhildur responds to Honor.
"Good question, Elron."
"It is well, Asimov, you can make these, these little healers, and you are well now. Your cheeks have a tiny bit of color in them again. Maybe a good idea to make more of them. What else can you make?"
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20+5=10 ; Monday August 10th, 2020 11:06:18 AM
Zeoll enjoys the conversation about motherhood, but does not join in. As a confirmed bachelor, the old taur knows not to touch this topic himself!
He tells Asimov that he hopes to add curing to his capabilities soon, but for now it looks like he is the party healer.
Zeoll takes Elron's concern seriously, and helps him look around. Perception 10 to aid another.
Petty-DM Cayzle - Whichaways? Monday August 10th, 2020 11:10:13 AM
The party used the early morning to prep, heal, and get to know each other. Then to travel a couple miles to this site. So that makes it mid-morning to find this campsite.
Zeoll and Elron do hear something alarming! Soon the sounds are loud enough for everyone to sense.
From the north the party hear screams. Two male voices. It sounds like they are terrified!
In the distance, through the trees, you see these lads running and scrambling as fast as they can towards you.
One, seeing you, yells, “Run! Demon! Get out of the way!”
Honor Bright (Kathy) Monday August 10th, 2020 3:10:06 PM
Honor lights up. "A demon? Really? Where?!"
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 Monday August 10th, 2020 5:18:32 PM
Elron looks to see who's approaching and whether they're being followed.
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 12/12 d20+5=13 ; Monday August 10th, 2020 10:18:12 PM
Asimov says to Mundhildur well I can make
(Perception: 13)
Asimov says to Mundhildur, "Well I can make a number of things really. I just can't really make that many per day right now. I can make wrist rockets, my medihalers, an elemental shield, a growth ray, a shrink ray, a parachute and a primitive trap detector among other things."
He says to Honor, "Most people don't perk up when someone says a demon is coming."
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 Tuesday August 11th, 2020 1:21:38 AM
"How did you come to be so clever?" Mundhildur asks Asimov. "I don't even know what all those things are."
As the two boys - young men? - give warning, the Jotun takes off of Rockhead the mule a coil of three-part silk rope. She hands one end to Zeoll. "Here, singer, take this end, wrap it twice around that tree over there, about three or four feet high. Then hide behind that tree. I'll take the rest of the rope, and get behind the other one on the other side of the path the lads came down. Just as the demon is about to cross, I will pull back and lift it off the ground to catch it before it can go farther. Maybe it will wrap around its waist. Maybe it will trip and fall." Once Zeoll has his end firmly in hand, she crosses to the other side, and makes a loop around her waist. She prepares to haul back at the appropriate time. Her right holds the longspear. She takes a moment to ensure it will be hard to see her from anyone coming the direction the lads just traveled. She makes sure some leaves or brush break the contours of her face, but with enough visibility so that she can see movement along the pathway. "Anyone want to cover the rope in the middle with a little grass?" Oh, Rockhead? She bribes him to get off the pathway with a carrot.
If she sees a demon or something coming along, she will wait until the being is almost there, then pull back on the rope so as to lift the line about three feet off the ground if the demon is medium sized. Slightly higher if it is taller. Lower if smaller.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Tuesday August 11th, 2020 10:42:34 AM
Zeoll readily agrees to try Mundhi's tactic. He takes the rope and prepares to brace it as a form of a primitive trap.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20=5 ; Tuesday August 11th, 2020 10:50:48 AM
Zeoll extra:
"Hey wait," says Zeoll. "I can do that and one betterr!"
The liontaur ties the rope around himself for the bracing, but leaves his hands free.
Then he tries his best to hide in the underbrush behind the tree ... untrained stealth 5. hmmm ...
But Zeoll also readies an Animate Rope spell to make the primitive trap even more effective.
"Mundhi, if it worrks, the rrope will also trry to entangle him. If it does not worrk, thrrow yourr end of the rrope at the demon and it can maybe grrab onto the monsterr."
Petty-DM Cayzle - Whichaways? Tuesday August 11th, 2020 11:09:48 AM
[OOC: Two of my fabulous players say they are looking for an enemy, but I see no perception checks! If it is hiding in the concealment of the underbrush, your chance of seeing it is zero unless you roll!]
Honor and Elron think about searching for the demon, but don't get around to actually doing so yet.
Asimov, on the other hand, misses nary a beat of his conversation while also keeping a sharp lookout!
Zeoll and Mundhildur set up a primitive rope trap, to be enhanced at the exact right time by a spell. Still, the two are not subtle: Zeoll's large bulk does not really hide too well behind the narrow trunk, and Mundhi does not even try to hide!
The two young men race up to you. One is human, the other a half-elf. You’d put them in their late teens. Still youths. They have a few small cuts and scratches from running through the forest so fast. Their faces, hands and clothes look a bit grubby too from falling and scrambling so fast. They are obviously scared of something.
They stop in front of Honor, Elron, and Asimov. They pant out, "DEMON!"
Asimov sees no sign of demon or other pursuit.
"No really, we saw it. A huge blobby thing with claws and big teeth and a piggy nose." says one.
"Yeah, fat and droopy and strong and ugly as sin!" says the other.
Knowledge Planes DC12: Highlight to display spoiler: {The boys are describing a very weak kind of common demon called a "dretch"}
If you make an intelligence check vs DC10: Highlight to display spoiler: {You may recall that Horatio told the party "one man swore he saw a demon there".}
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20-1=8 ; Tuesday August 11th, 2020 2:00:39 PM "Now, son, it's no use runnin' 'round like the most unfortunate o' chickens. We got us a paladin here who fights that sort o' thing. But she's gonna need a bit more information. How far back did you see the thing?"
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+3=8 ; Tuesday August 11th, 2020 3:03:49 PM
Honor smiles at Asimov. "If there is a demon, I can smite it," she says. "Or, I can fall nobly in the battle against the forces of Evil. Obviously, I'd prefer the first one, but either would be grand."
"Where?" she asks the youths again. "Where is this demon?"
[Since the DM seems to want one, here is Perception check: 8. But, to be fair to Honor, she was not so much looking for the demon as asking the witnesses where it was.]
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 12/12 Tuesday August 11th, 2020 10:58:28 PM
Asimov says to Mundhildur, "Well I'm not from around here originally, the Wold I mean. I don't know how I got here. One day I just was here. I must have traveled quite a ways through Jericho space somehow. Where I'm from the things I described to you are pervasive and there are even more advanced things than that. I mean I don't know if what I do is me remembering things from wear I can from and building them here or me interacting with the magic of this place to create a reasonable fascimile. Regardless, I think I'm the only one who can do what I can do. We also don't really have demons where I'm from, well not literally."
To Honor he says, "Definitely hope it is the former."
He asks, "Do demons not like cold or do I need to switch to my crossbow if we are fighting it?"
================= Device Prepared: 0: compass, freeze ray, lesser temporary health improvement capsules 1st medihaler light, medihaler light - x
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+2=18 ; d20+3=18 ; d20+1=6 ; Wednesday August 12th, 2020 3:47:45 AM
Mundhildur reacts to Azimov's revelation with astonishment. "By Harald's Biceps - I've never met one with your story before."
Well, Mundhildur did stand behind a tree, and ensured that some sort of foliage would be between her and whatever may or may not be coming... that seems a bit like hiding.
She likes Zeoll's suggestions, and sets up to comply. "We might have to go back the direction the lads came. Do you want to guide us there, brave ones?" she asks the young human and half elf. ================= Stealth, untrained: 18 - plus any adjustments to being mainly behind a tree? And peering through little gaps in the foliage for movement? Perception: 18 Intelligence check: 6
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20+2=18 ; d20+1=16 ; Wednesday August 12th, 2020 8:07:47 AM
Know Planes check: 18 Int check: 16
Zeoll muses, "I think I have hearrd of demons like unto the ones these fellows descrribe. They arre called 'drretch.' And that rreminds me. Rrememberr, my frriends, that Horratio told us of a man who sworre he saw a demon in these woods."
Petty-DM Cayzle - Where's the Demon? Wednesday August 12th, 2020 8:23:16 PM
Elron asks how far back the lads saw the demon.
"Half a mile, tops," says the human. "But I heard it chasing us!"
Honor wants more info on where the demon is.
"It's right behind us! We gotta run!"
For the record, Honor does not hear any sounds of an oncoming demonic nature.
Asimov wants to know if this demon will resist his cold attack. Good question! [OOC: Knowledge Planes can tell you more about Demons, hint)
Mundhildur asks the lads to lead the party to the demon. But they are clearly unnerved. They look at each other.
"We're not going near that thing! Good bye!"
They run off.
Zeoll offers some bardic lore. He points out that the boys left quite a trail as they crashed through the woods. Plus following the stink of their fear is easy.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20+10=24 ; Wednesday August 12th, 2020 8:55:34 PM "Well, Miss Honor, shall we investigate?," Elron asks, before heading the direction the boys came from. He doesn't really think there will be a demon -- something, no doubt, but not a demon. But unless the boys left a really clear trail, he slows considerably while figuring out where to go by what he can see and hear. (He has no tracking ability/ Perception = 24).
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 12/12 d20+5=14 ; Wednesday August 12th, 2020 9:29:38 PM
(Perception: 14)
Asimov says to Elron, "I guess we are investigating the demon. Though I definitely think we need our paladin pal so she can smite it if we are going after it."
Assuming Honor and everyone moves after the demon Asimov goes to readying his crossbow on the fly. (OOC: I got a buckler because it allows for the use of a crossbow so I don't have to de-equip my shield to fuire)
Honor Bright (Kathy) Thursday August 13th, 2020 12:23:41 AM
Actually drawing Virtue at this point would be a bit much, so Honor contents herself with a smile of grim determination as she follows Elron down the boys' trail.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+3=5 ; Thursday August 13th, 2020 10:30:01 AM
Mundhildur watches the retreating lads, and shakes her head. "Well, Zeoll, looks like we'll be following the path of trampled plants these youth left for us. I'll coil the rope." Once the liontaur releases the rope, she does so, then sets out with her companions, guiding her mule along.
Her perception is low: 5
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 12/12 Thursday August 13th, 2020 8:41:18 PM
Asimov thinks about demons as he walks
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20+5=9 ; d20+5=9 ; Friday August 14th, 2020 12:28:04 PM
Zeoll takes the lead to follow the trail, using his eyes and nose.
Perception 9 Survival 9
He hopes the trail is VERY obvious, because he is not at his best today!
Petty-DM Cayzle - Elder Tree Friday August 14th, 2020 12:33:55 PM
Asimov and Elron have no problem finding the way. Those boys crashed through the forest as they ran!
The party follows the trail for about a half a mile. You are headed north. The forest opens up ahead and you sense that there is a large clearing ahead. The dense trees and thick brush of the forest give way, parting seemingly in respect for the titanic tree that dominates this clearing.
Several times taller than a building, in one direction the obviously ancient tree reaches into the sky with branches like a giant’s arms, while in the other direction it plumbs the earth with roots thicker than a man’s waist. Its limbs are broad and strong, its bark thick and so richly colored as to almost be black, and its leaves are the size of bucklers. The giant thing is less a tree and more a cathedral of boughs and branches.
Honor Bright (Kathy) Friday August 14th, 2020 1:36:26 PM
"That must be the Elder Tree," Honor says, staring up at it. "Right? And we want the north side, so we'll need to work our way around it."
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20+10=23 ; Friday August 14th, 2020 5:40:23 PM "I won, I say, I wonder what those boys were doin' here. Guess we'll never know." Elron agrees with Honor's assessment that this must be the Elder Tree, and starts working around like she indicated. He keeps an eye out for whatever frightened the boys. (Perfeption = 23)
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+3=7 ; Saturday August 15th, 2020 6:30:44 PM
"This is a tree worthy of the Jotun," says the tall woman. She approaches the trunk of the tree, and stretches out her arms. "We need your help, oh Elder Tree. That is, a young sweet girl needs your help." She finds the smoothest part of the trunk near her face, and plants a kiss.
She steps back, and says, "I think the other side is north, eh?" She walks around the tree on the side opposite of those who have started their circumnavigation. ============ Perception: 7
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 12/12 d20+5=6 ; Saturday August 15th, 2020 10:34:28 PM
Asimov consults his compass to know just which direction North is so they can harvest what they need from the right side of the tree.
He also keeps his eyes peeled for anything (Perception 6; natural 1) but is distracted and says to Honor, "So if you have the ability to detect evil and there was a demon nearby your evil detector would be going off crazy right?"
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20+6=11 ; Monday August 17th, 2020 7:13:07 AM
Zeoll draws on his bardic lore and love of the wild to study the tree from the edge of the clearing.
Know Nature 11
He sticks with his friends as they edge around the clearing.
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 1 Monday August 17th, 2020 7:26:05 AM
Honor and Elron start to work their way around the edge of the large clearing.
Asimov, cautious and perceptive, looks around carefully and keeps with them, asking about Honor's ability to detect evil. At the edge of the clearing, where the boys' trail begins, he finds a dagger dropped on the ground. It is well-oiled and honed, with a worn and polished wooden handle.
Zeoll learns little besides the obvious: This oak tree has a trunk 30 feet in diameter, with low, easy to climb branches that extend 35 feet from the trunk in every direction. A persistent character could eventually scale the tree’s nearly 300-foot height, gaining a commanding view of the entire forest. The liontaur wonders if someone planted and cared for it, for it to be so perfect.
But Mundhildur shows no sign of caution! She approaches, intent on hugging and kissing the tree! As she steps into the clearing, she sees a blobby, clawed, humanoidish Dretch, as described by the boys, emerging from the forest and approaching from the south west! AND there are two more fiends emerging from the forest and approaching from the south east! These two look like smooth-skinned, hairless humanoids with penetrating eyes and mottled skin! They are carrying swords!
And the Map! (Please let the images load, then scroll and zoom for a closer look! Also, assume the green (forest) squares are difficult terrain that offer concealment and partial cover)
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+7=27 ; d20+7=13 ; d8=3 ; d8=4 ; Monday August 17th, 2020 2:15:11 PM
Honor moves toward the demons, drawing Virtue as she goes. [Move to V-35]
"Fiend!" she cries. "Trouble this place no more with your foulness!", because that's how she talks when she gets all smite-y.
She chooses #2 as her smite target and strikes it with a solid blow. [Hit AC 27, critical threat. Confirmed to AC 13. Damage is...really contingent on a lot of things. Okay. Base damage is 7 with the smite. Add 2 if the target is an outsider with the evil subtype. Add 8 if it's a critical hit. Add 2 more to the critical hit if the target is an outsider with the evil subtype. Smite bypasses DR. Okay I'm done.]
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 Monday August 17th, 2020 8:08:41 PM
Seeing three of these things appear from just the near parts of the forest, Elron hastily decides that, "I ain't waitin' to see how many come out if we can grab some moss before they do!"
Double-move to U-26, trying not to come in reach of the foul things near his starting point.
Asimov | Hugh | AC 17/14/15 HP 12/12 d20+2=12 ; d8=5 ; Monday August 17th, 2020 11:43:35 PM
When Asimov encountered the dagger he picked it up.
Asimov moves 20 feet through Zeoll's squares to R41 gaining concealment and partial cover.
He then fires off a bolt from his light crossbow at the Dretch as there is no paladin friend in the way to potentially spoil his aim (12 vs AC; 5 damage if that hits)
Active Effects: Forest Square: Partial Cover: +2 to AC and a +1 bonus on Reflex saving throws. Concealment: 20% miss chance Device Prepared: 0: compass, freeze ray, lesser temporary health improvement capsules 1st medihaler light, medihaler light - x
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+3=5 ; d20+2=19 ; Tuesday August 18th, 2020 4:19:39 AM
Mundhildur continues heading the direction she had been heading, but under the circumstances chooses to forego hugging and kissing of the tree. Rather, she begins to ascend the well-spaced branches, keeping her feet close to the trunk where branch strength is greatest, and never having less than two limbs in contact with the branches. Her move is from R31 to R25, then upwards by about five feet. However, her grasp was not adequate, and she falls five feet. Making a dexterity check to see if the five foot fall left her prone or standing - a 19 seems to indicate she landed on her feet.
[Question: Does she get a +8 bonus on climb? For Jotun Paragons climb is a class skill... because if the bonus accrues, then her climb roll was a 13, and she simply made no progress, but did not fall - this may be one of the first times I've had a character use this skill in Pathfinder]
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Tuesday August 18th, 2020 7:18:48 AM
Zeoll begins to sing an encouraging song. [Inspire Courage, +1 to attacks and damage]
He moves up some, to R-S-36-37, so that he is positioned to move to one side of the battle or the other next round.
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 2 d20+1=7 ; d20+1=8 ; Tuesday August 18th, 2020 7:35:48 AM
Mundhildur and Elron sprint for the tree! Mundhi even tries to climb up, but does not succeed.
[OOC: You need an actual Climb Speed to get the standard +8 racial bonus to climb. It is not enough to just have it as a class skill.]
Honor swings at Demon 2 and hits it solidly -- or would have, except that her weapon passes right through the monster as if it were not there! Is it a ghost?
Asimov's bolt passes through in the same way, right on through!
Zeoll sings an encouraging combat tune.
THE ENEMY:
The Dretch takes a double move to get to Mundhi! It clearly plans to attack next round. The other two demons step up and swing at Honor. Two misses!
Asimov and Honor, please make Will saving throws vs DC13.
And the Map! (Please let the images load, then scroll and zoom for a closer look! Also, assume the green (forest) squares are difficult terrain that offer concealment and partial cover)
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+3=11 ; Tuesday August 18th, 2020 1:29:51 PM
That....was not what Honor had been expecting.
[Will Save 11]
Are these demons even here? Are they really demons?
Honor pauses a moment and uses her Detect Evil ability, focusing on #2.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20+10=25 ; Tuesday August 18th, 2020 7:38:06 PM
Elron proceeds around the tree to about S-19 (double move), and looks for moss on the north side (perception = 25).
Hopefully it's not too high.
Asimov | Hugh | AC 17/14/15 HP 12/12 d20+1=11 ; d20-2=-1 ; Tuesday August 18th, 2020 10:39:48 PM
(Will Save: 11)
Asimov reloads the crossbow, shakes his head and fire another bolt at #1 (Natural 1 = miss)
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+3=22 ; d20+3=11 ; d8+3=9 ; Wednesday August 19th, 2020 12:59:27 AM
So, there is the dretch-thing. Taking a 5 foot step back to S13, Mundhildur stabs at the detestable thing. AC 22, damage 9.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20+2=8 ; Wednesday August 19th, 2020 9:52:24 AM
Zeoll charges forward 15 ft to U-V-36-37 and claws at demon 1. The liontaur hits AC8, a miss, even with the charge and inspire courage bonuses.
He continues to sing. [OOC: +1 inspire bonus to att and dam continues.]
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 3 d20+1=5 ; d20+1=9 ; d20+1=13 ; Wednesday August 19th, 2020 4:41:06 PM
Honor does not detect any evil from the odorless, silent demons.
Elron ignores the ruckus and looks for moss. He finds three kinds on the north side of the tree. One is soft and brown, one feels a little damp and is orange, one looks quite firm and hard, and is green.
Asimov shakes his head, and that throws off his aim. He misses.
Mundhildur stabs, and her weapon too goes right through the quiet quiet demon. Like it were a ghost maybe?
Zeoll charges, takes a swipe, and misses.
The demons make very scary faces and try their best to hit you, but they all miss, all three of them. Maybe you all should run away while you are still lucky not to be injured?
All but Elron, please make a DC13 Will save.
And the Map! (Please let the images load, then scroll and zoom for a closer look! Also, assume the green (forest) squares are difficult terrain that offer concealment and partial cover)
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+3=18 ; Wednesday August 19th, 2020 8:00:31 PM
[Will save 18]
"Whatever these things are, they're not evil," Honor says. She sounds disappointed. "I think somebody's playing silly games."
She reaches out to try to touch #2, directly ahead of her. She just wants to touch it with her hand to see if it is there. This action will provoke an AoO.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 Wednesday August 19th, 2020 8:43:12 PM "We got us a problem here! There's three mosses might be what we want. I need, I say, I need one of th'eggheads to pick the right one." Elron doesn't wait, of course. Unless there's some special way to harvest the stuff that no one told him about, he'll take some (but not more than half) of each type. Starting with the firm green one.
Asimov | Hugh | AC 17/14/15 HP 12/12 d20+1=19 ; Thursday August 20th, 2020 2:02:31 AM
(Will : 19 = success)
Asimov holds off on anymore attacks with the crossbow and moves to R29 with a double move since Elron is calling for help.
"I'm coming Elron"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+2=13 ; Thursday August 20th, 2020 4:04:32 AM
Mundhildur turns to the tree, and does as she had planned to do earlier. "We need your help, oh Elder Tree. That is, a young sweet girl needs your help." She finds the smoothest part of the trunk near her face, and plants a kiss. She thinks the 'demon' is fake. Did not her excellent attack go right through it, and did she not hear it make a single sound? "Send away these ghostly images. They are but phantoms. And let us help the poor little girl!" ========= Wisdom save: 13/13 - save made
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20+3=16 ; d20=13 ; d20=6 ; d4+1=5 ; Thursday August 20th, 2020 9:54:13 AM
(Will Save 16)
Zeoll continues his attack, swiping twice with his paws. He hits once, if a hit on AC13 succeeds. Max damage - 5.
He keeps singing.
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 4 Thursday August 20th, 2020 12:46:14 PM
Zeoll and Honor touch the demons, but they are not there.
Asimov runs toward Elron.
Elron takes a blade to the moss growing on the Elder Tree. (Or maybe rips it with bare hands?)
Mundhi plants a kiss on the Elder Tree.
It is clear to everyone now except Elron that the "demons" are illusions. But even his lack of disbelief becomes moot when the illusions vanish.
You see a goblin laughing across the clearing, at G22. You *hear* the laughter coming from that general direction, too.
Elron, when you cut the first moss, you hear a soft cry of pure agony! Do you continue?
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+3=8 ; Thursday August 20th, 2020 3:04:43 PM
[Will save 8]
"Hello!" Honor strides across the clearing toward the goblin. [Double-move to P-28] "I have to say, that wasn't very nice. Why would you do a thing like that?"
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20+6=8 ; Thursday August 20th, 2020 7:51:56 PM
(will save = 8)
When he hears the cry from the moss (or tree), Elron stops trying to take it. Maybe if he were sure he had the right one he'd take it, but it's best to know what's going on first. He'll wait until Asimov has a chance figure it out.
He looks over and spies the goblin, wondering what's so funny.
Asimov | Hugh | AC 17/14/15 HP 12/12 d20+1=17 ; d20+5=16 ; d20+4=24 ; Thursday August 20th, 2020 11:34:06 PM
(Will Save : 17)
Asimov moves to R26. He asks Elron, "What seems to be the problem?"
(Perception: 16) (Int: 24 )
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+2=4 ; Friday August 21st, 2020 4:23:55 AM
Following the kiss, Mundhildur moves around the tree to the other side to see what is happening there. She gets to about U21. She hears laughter, but it seems to be on the other side of the tree. ========== Will (lack of) save: 4
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle d20+3=9 ; Friday August 21st, 2020 8:03:33 PM
(Will save 9)
Zeoll's ears prick up, the demons disappear, and the true malfeasor makes an appearance. The swift liontaur dashes over, running across the meadow at 4x speed. Move -> G-H-23-24.
The bard also keeps on singing as he runs!
"Hey you! What's all this about, then!?"
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 5 d20+7=15 ; d20+7=18 ; Friday August 21st, 2020 9:18:03 PM
Honor strides across the meadow, maybe annoyed at having wasted her smite? She challenges the goblin.
Zeoll runs past her, four legs churning.
Elron waits for Asimov's help and keeps his eyes open. What's up with that goblin?!
[OOC to Asimov: I presume you want to move to Elron. He is the PC on the north side of the tree. It is Mundhi on the south side. I gave you a double move to get to Elron. Hope that's ok.]
Asimov hustles around the tree towards Elron. He sees the beastkin looking at three different kinds of moss growing on the tree: One is soft and brown, one feels a little damp and is orange, one looks quite firm, hard, and green. Elron is holding a knife and considering the moss.
Mundhi also heads toward the moss, and sees much the same thing.
Over by Zeoll and Honor, with one hand, the goblin puts a finger to his lips in a "shhh" gesture. With the other hand, he makes a rude gesture. He then uses a withdraw action to slip away into the woods.
Two creatures drop from the branches above, down among Mundhi and Asimov. (Elron is 10 ft away). They are small humanoids.
Perception 10: Highlight to display spoiler: {They land as silently as cats, in fact, they are hovering noiselessly an inch off the ground.}
The one at U20 tries to swipe with claws at Mundhi, dodging around and making fancy combat moves. The one at V21 does the same toward Asimov. Please make sense motive checks, you two!
The miss as their claws swish through thin air. They make rude gestures.
If you attack these creatures, please roll your attacks and damage twice.
"Which one do I --" Elron starts, but he doesn't finish the sentence.
Elron is a simple sort. He basically needs something to whap and something to whap it with -- and he always carries his stick for whappin'. So when a floating creature drops down to attack his friends, he's ready. Best of all, these aren't demons (as far as he knows) so he might have a chance to hit them. Elron takes a step and attacks.
5' step, Flurry of blows: 1st attack -- 9 and 3 to hit 2nd attack -- 16 and 3 to hit, 2 and 1 damage
Honor Bright (Kathy) Friday August 21st, 2020 11:19:51 PM
The mischievous goblin is too fast for Honor to catch it. She instead begins moving around the tree to help her companions. [Double-move to V-24]
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+3=23 ; Sunday August 23rd, 2020 5:07:10 AM
She tries to figure out what these new aggressors are up to [Sense Motive 25 (was supposed to be +5, not +3)]. "Scat! We're not trying to hurt the Elder Tree. We respect it. But we have a young girl who needs some moss for medicine. Can you help us? Does the Tree need our help? Can we do something in trade?"
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 12/12 d20+5=11 ; d20+1=5 ; d20-2=18 ; d20-2=2 ; d3=2 ; Sunday August 23rd, 2020 9:42:48 PM
(Perception: 11; Sense Motive: 5)
Asimov takes a 5 foot step back to W19, stows the crossbow with a move action, swiftly draws his freeze ray and fires off a round at at V21 (18; natural 20; 2 cold damage ) and (2 presuming a miss )
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Monday August 24th, 2020 5:05:31 PM
Zeoll chases the goblin and takes a double move to D-C-19-20 as a double move. He keeps on singing.
YOU FOLKS IN COMBAT, PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADD +1 TO ATTACKS AND DAMAGE!
Note for convenience: These two small enemies near the tree are identical except one has green embroidery on his jacket and one has purple embroidery. We'll refer to them as Green Guy and Purple Guy.
Elron steps up and takes two swings -- and even though one of those SHOULD have hit, in fact both miss!! What is happening?
Mundhildur tries diplomacy, but these guys are not talking. As they float above the ground, they do not say a word.
Asimov steps back and fires off a freeze ray at the Purple Guy. It hits the shocked creature, inflicting 2 cold damage, but let's add Zeoll's +1 for a total 3 damage.
Honor hustles over to the tree fight.
Zeoll chases the goblin and reminds the party to be inspired by his singing.
The Green Guy and the Purple Guy both take five ft steps toward Asimov and claw at him, twice each. The Purple Guy has some kind of advantage, that is, he slips inside Asimov's guard a bit. The Green Guy misses twice; the Purple Guy draws blood with a claw, inflicting 1 damage to Asimov.
The goblin retreats further from Zeoll, smiling.
Please continue to roll TWO attacks and TWO damages with every swing, even if you think you miss!
GOBLIN - Undamaged PURPLE GUY - 3 damage GREEN GUY - Undamaged
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 Monday August 24th, 2020 5:41:01 PM
"It's the laughing man," Mundhildur announces. "Let's get him." She follows her own counsel, and hustles (I think she can get to J12).
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 11/12 d20+2=15 ; d4+2=6 ; d20+2=3 ; d4+2=4 ; Monday August 24th, 2020 10:26:16 PM
Asimov takes a 5 foot step to V20, swiftly stows the freeze ray, draws his dagger with a move action and stabs at the purple guy again.
(15 vs AC; 6 damage) (3 Vs AC; 4 damage if that hits)
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+5=9 ; d20+5=14 ; d8+4=7 ; d8+4=6 ; Monday August 24th, 2020 10:53:55 PM
Honor steps up to the goblins and swings at the closest one, whose tunic boasts purple embroidery. She is rushing, however, and her aim is not good.
[Move to X-21. Attack rolls are 9 and 14; damage rolls are 7 and 6.]
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20=14 ; d20=1 ; d20=12 ; d20=5 ; Tuesday August 25th, 2020 8:54:40 AM
Elron's not giving up yet.
5' step, Flurry of blows attacking green guy: 1st attack -- 14 and 1 to hit 2nd attack -- 12 and 5 to hit
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Tuesday August 25th, 2020 11:08:47 AM
Tired of this nonsense, Zeoll keeps on chasing and singing. Double move to 12-13-D-E.
Mundhildur hustles toward the goblin. Note: It clearly looks like a goblin. The other two small humanoids do NOT look like goblins! Also, counting odd diagonals as 5 and even diagonals as 10, I have Mundhi arriving in L14 after a 60 ft move.
Asimov takes a step and resorts to his dagger and manages to prick the Purple Guy, inflicting just one point of damage.
Honor moves forward to swing and miss!
Elron steps up, swings, and thinks he should have hit, but the swing flies wild -- if a friend had been standing next to him, he might have hit his friend! It's like these guys are out of phase with reality.
The singing Zeoll chases after the goblin.
The Goblin grins and continues to withdraw and run away!
Purple Guy takes a five ft step to flank Asimov. He claws at the technologist, hitting AC11 twice, two misses.
Green guy also targets Asimov, with two flanking claws: AC17 and AC13 -- one hit for one point of damage to Asimov
Please continue to roll TWO attacks and TWO damages with every swing, even if you think you miss!
GOBLIN - Undamaged PURPLE GUY - 4 damage GREEN GUY - Undamaged
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+5=12 ; d20+5=20 ; d8=6 ; d8=1 ; Tuesday August 25th, 2020 9:23:45 PM
Honor steps up again, swings at Purple again, and likely misses again.
[Step to V-20. Hit AC 12 and AC 20, for 10 and 5 damage.]
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20=16 ; d20=18 ; d20=7 ; d20=18 ; d4=1 ; d4=2 ; d4=1 ; d4=3 ; Tuesday August 25th, 2020 10:40:35 PM "This boy’s harder to hit than a feather in a whirlwind."
Flurry of blows attacking green guy again: 1st attack -- 16 and 18 to hit, 1 and 2 damage 2nd attack -- 7 and 18 to hit, 1 and 3 damage
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP 10/12 d20+2=5 ; d4+2=3 ; d20+2=5 ; d4+2=5 ; Tuesday August 25th, 2020 11:28:19 PM
Asimov takes a 5 foot step diagonally to T21 getting out of flank.
He continues to attack the purple guy (5 vs AC; 3 damage if that hits) (5 vs AC; 5 damage if that hits)
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+3=9 ; Wednesday August 26th, 2020 1:03:55 AM
Mundhildur double move through K11 to G7. ========== Perception: 9
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Wednesday August 26th, 2020 10:00:05 PM
Zeoll, moving at half speed through the underbrush, chases the goblin to B-C-8-9 while still singing.
Honor swings at the Purple Guy, who ducks! Honor misses him and instead her sword connects with Asimov!
Asimov, please take 5 hp damage from Honor's blade! Asimov is down to 5!
Elron swings an unarmed strike at the Green Guy, and surely would have missed -- but somehow the fellow phases out at the exact moment that leaves Elron following through with a blow aimed at Asimov! That one lands hard.
Asimov, please take 3 hp damage from Elron's stray fist! Asimov is down to 2!
Elron's flurry of blows offers another chance to hit, but this one flat out misses -- and instead whomps Asimov in the head! That's all she wrote for the arcane mechanic!
Asimov, please take 4 hp damage from another of Elron's monkish blows! Asimov is down to -2! And DYING! Poor fellow is now prone and needs to roll for stabilization! What is going on? We're killing ourselves!
Last round, Mundhildur only made it to L14. This round she chases after the goblin, with her speed falling by half in the underbrush. This round, her efforts get her to H9.
Zeoll too chases that darn goblin!
The goblin responds with another withdraw and retreat.
The two small fellows take noiseless five ft steps to flank Elron!
They swipe with claws! They hit ACs 26, 19, 13, and 17. Only one of those hits Elron, for 1 hit point of nonlethal damage!
Please continue to roll TWO attacks and TWO damages with every swing, even if you think you miss!
Do not break Old Zeoll's heart and forget the +1 on attacks and damage
GOBLIN - Undamaged PURPLE GUY - 4 damage GREEN GUY - Undamaged
Honor Bright (Kathy) d20+7=21 ; Thursday August 27th, 2020 12:02:17 AM
Honor drops Virtue, pulls out her healer's kit, and attempts to stabilize Asimov.
[Heal check 21]
"This isn't working!" she calls. "We should just get the moss and get out of here!"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+3=15 ; Thursday August 27th, 2020 1:50:03 PM
The tall woman hears the admonition of Honor Bright. "Zeoll, Honor is right. Let's get the moss and go." She turns about and works her way back to the tree.
========= Perception: 15 DM Cayzle: Please move Mundhildur as far as she can double move towards the tree.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20+1=16 ; d20+1=15 ; d20+1=5 ; d20+1=8 ; d4+1=3 ; d4+1=4 ; d4+1=4 ; d4+1=4 ; Thursday August 27th, 2020 7:57:35 PM "Which moss? There's three kinds!" Elron yells. He's frustrated, but not willing to give up on pummelling the green guy. He does, however, take a 5' step to V18 first, so he's not close enough to hit his friends, and gives non-lethal damage just in case.
Flurry of blows attacking green guy again: 1st attack -- 16 and 15 to hit, 3 and 4 damage 2nd attack -- 5 and 8 to hit, 4 and 4 damage
1 hp non-lethal damage received
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Thursday August 27th, 2020 11:38:31 PM
Zeoll is intent on chasing this guy down! Singing, he follows after.
"Aha! I've trapped you against the corner of the map!" he declares!
[OOC: No post from the unconscious Asimov, alas. We'll proceed, seeing as it is almost midnight.]
Honor stops fighting to care for her friend. Asimov is stable.
Mundhi gives up on the goblin and runs back. She gets to P-11 with a hustle. That's close enough to attack next round if she charges to make one charge attack.
Elron cleverly realizes that to fight these things he can't be in range of friends! He steps back and attacks. He feels SURE he should have hit, but his blow phases through the creature. [OOC: It is fair at this point to deduce that the enemy has damage reduction 5. I'm not sure, short of a critical, that Elron can do damage to them.]
Zeoll, indefatiguable, chases that goblin, "cornering" it.
The Goblin blinks out, going invisible without a sound.
The Green Guy attacks Elron, one on one! Two claws miss!
The Purple Guy attacks Honor, lucking out with a 22 and a 21! Honor takes 3 and 1 (total 4) damage.
The Blue Guy drops to attack Honor! Wait, what Blue Guy?! He dropped down out of the branches above Honor! Two misses!
Honor please put your AC and HP in your header!
Do not break Old Zeoll's heart and forget the +1 on attacks and damage
BLUE GUY - Undamaged PURPLE GUY - 4 damage GREEN GUY - Undamaged
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP -2/12 Thursday August 27th, 2020 11:55:45 PM
Asimov is unconscious and can't do anything. He couldn't do anything last round either
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+3=10 ; Friday August 28th, 2020 4:52:51 AM
Mundhildur rushes forward, and uses the edge of her longspear to slice off the red, green and yellow moss. She had wanted to be more careful, more gentle.
Was her attempt even useful? Hit AC 10. Let's see how it went.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20-4=8 ; d20-4=5 ; d20-4=5 ; d20-4=7 ; d4+1=2 ; d4+1=4 ; d4+1=2 ; d4+1=5 ; Friday August 28th, 2020 10:13:33 AM
Realizing he can't hurt this creature and taking in the situation, Elron's first worry is that Honor is next to Asimov. "Miss Hona', move away from th'egghead. They can redirect your attacks.""
Elron moves to the other side of the green goon (U17) and fights defensively to keep its attention (AC 23).
Flurry of blows attacking green guy again: 1st attack -- 10 and 7 to hit, 2 and 4 damage 2nd attack -- 7 and 9 to hit, 2 and 5 damage (Forgot +1 each for size and singing on the attack rolls, so the penalty on the roll should have been -2; included singing on the damage)
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 8/12] (Kathy) Friday August 28th, 2020 1:04:26 PM
Honor snatches Virtue out of the tall grass and stands up. If she has an action left (she was kneeling; I don't know if standing from kneeling is a move action or not), she uses total defense, making her AC temporarily 23.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Saturday August 29th, 2020 9:10:43 PM
Zeoll sniffs to see if he smells where the goblin went. If he can smell anything, he follows the trail. If not, he heads back to the tree. Still singing.
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 10 Saturday August 29th, 2020 9:19:39 PM
Asimov is unconscious but stable.
Mundhi wants to get back to the tree! The DM gives her a run to 20-T. SHe can cut off some moss next time.
Elron steps farther away from his friends and fights defensively. He misses, but his misses at least cannot harm his friends!
Honor grabs her weapon and uses total defense.
Zeoll's scent suggests there never even WAS a goblin there! The taur heads back through the underbrush.
CONTINUED ...
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 10 d20+6=23 ; d20+6=13 ; d4-1=0 ; d20+6=7 ; d20+4=15 ; d20+4=14 ; Saturday August 29th, 2020 9:33:56 PM
[Started on one machine, finished on the other ...]
The Green Guy says to Elron, in common, "You're no fun, Buck buck BAWK!!" He moves from Elron to Honor, provoking attacks of opportunity from both, and ending his move action flanking Honor. He shouts something in a strange language (email me if you speak Aklo!) He attacks Honor, flanking -- One claw, hits AC23, and Honor takes 1 point of nonlethal damage (please track seperately from lethal damage).
The Purple Guy, now also flanking, attacks Honor, misses twice.
The Blue Guy, not flanking, swipes twice at Honor, and misses!
Do not break Old Zeoll's heart and forget the +1 on attacks and damage
BLUE GUY - Undamaged PURPLE GUY - 4 damage GREEN GUY - Undamaged
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 7/12] [1 nonlethal] (Kathy) Saturday August 29th, 2020 11:19:56 PM
Honor doesn't dare swing; she'll likely cut Asmimov's head off. She doesn't dare leave him, either; he is unconscious and helpless. She stays where she is, and remains on total defense. [AC 23]
"Hurry with that moss!" she calls.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+4=15 ; Sunday August 30th, 2020 12:24:52 AM
"Tree, this is to help save the life of a little girl. I don't want to hurt you. May I have some moss?"
She touches the red, the yellow, the green moss with the little finger of her left hand, just brushing lightly along it. "For the sweet one." She carefully eyes the moss, sees what it looks like, observes how it is attached to the bark. She looks at the bark and tries to judge how hard it is, how coherent it may be. Does it look solid, firm? Layered? Mundhildur is proficient in the crafting of wood (Craft wood 15). She does not come to this task totally untutored.
She tries to determine whether she might pull it off, or whether the sharp edge of her spear would do a better job. Her right hand holds the spear near the bark, aligned so that she might cut a firm path to extract the three colors of moss... next round.
[Cayzle - I thought I hit 'roll' on 1d20+4, and the confirm post window popped up. So I clicked to go back, and did not see a roll. So I completed the roll.]
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP -2/12 Sunday August 30th, 2020 8:43:29 PM
Asimov is still unconscious
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 d20=15 Sunday August 30th, 2020 11:06:16 PM
Elron tells no one in particular, "Green, I say, green boy's about as sharp as a mouse in a wet sack." as the green guy turns to Honor. He can see that Munhildur has the moss-gathering in hand, which means the best thing for Elron to do is get Asimov away so Honor can defend herself. Well, the boy's skinny enough, and Elron doesn't have to lift him, just drag him. . .
Elron moves to V19 and grabs Asimov, then drags him just out of the reach of Honor's sword. Weighing in at only 35 pounds, Elron can lift and carry up to 75 pounds as a heavy load. If he can manage to drag 160 pounds at least 5', Honor should be good to go. Heck, she can even follow them if she keeps her body between them and the goons.
Egads! Fifty pounds of gear? Well, here's a d20 roll just for the fun of it. Call it a strength check. . . 15.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC16, 10hp | Cayzle Monday August 31st, 2020 11:52:31 PM
Zeoll steps out of the woods and cast Lullaby on the melee. Honor and the three miscreants, please make DC14 Will saves or take a -5 penalty on Perception checks and a –2 penalty on Will saves against sleep effects.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 ! 1 nonlethal dmg Tuesday September 1st, 2020 12:05:11 AM
Elron watches Honor and the goons, prepared to drag the big lump further away if the battle moves closer and it's necessary to keep him safe. Sadly, he's headed in the direction opposite of the way they came in.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 d20+5=6 ; Tuesday September 1st, 2020 2:42:09 AM
Now that she has somewhat keyed in to the quality of the bark, and the texture of the moss, the relatively young Jotun moves with deliberation, using both hands to carefully guide the blade, and slices off some green, some yellow, and some red moss, in that order.
Well, that was her intention. However, the blade turns just as she begins, and makes a light slice in her thumb. A small drop of blood drips down upon the trunk a few inches below her blade.
"Ay!" she says in surprise. ========== Rolled d20+2+1 from Zeoll's inspiration, and +2 from craft wood. But she just got a little ahead of herself, and rolled a natural 1. Maybe next time.
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP -2/12 Tuesday September 1st, 2020 8:03:38 AM
Asimov is unconscious and being dragged
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 6/12] [1 nonlethal] (Kathy) d20+5=20 ; d8+4=8 ; Tuesday September 1st, 2020 2:21:07 PM
Honor steps out of flank [5-foot step to V-22]. She takes another swing at Purple Guy. [Hit AC 20 for 8 damage]
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC15, 10hp | Cayzle d100=16 ; Tuesday September 1st, 2020 10:03:47 PM
Oh lordie! I always forget that darn 5% arcane spell fail chance. Let's see if it matters last round: Nope.
Zeoll smiles to see Honor back up a step. then he frowns when he realizes she stepped in the wrong direction. She did not even do the old taur the courtesy of saving vs his Lullaby spell! It's like she's not even paying attention! Well, at least she remembered to add in the Inspire Courage bonuses.
But as he focuses on the battlefield, he faces a conundrum. Where to center his Sleep spell? The trick is to put the enemy, but not Honor, into the 10 ft radius burst.
Then he smiles again as he sees Purple Guy take some damage.
Zeoll uses a move action to doff his shield. AC reduced to 15.
He casts Sleep with the standard action. He centers it to get only the green and blue unwounded enemies. The spell affects up to 4 HD, Zeoll hopes these guys only 1 or 2 HD each. The save DC is DC17 since they both failed vs lullaby.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 6/12] [1 nonlethal] (Kathy) d20+3=12 ; Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 12:03:00 AM
[Will Save 12, fail. Honor is now even worse at Perception than she was to start with, which was already pretty bad.]
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 12 d20+4=7 ; d20+4=23 ; d20+4=7 ; Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 12:35:59 AM
Elron readies a drag action in case the fight comes his way. Alas, for poor unconscious Asimov this whole battle is a real drag.
Mundhildur gathers more moss. She has a decent selection now of all three varieties.
With Elron guarding Asimov, Honor goes on offense, hitting the wounded purple guy for 8, of which 3 hp damage gets through. "Ouchie, ya daft cow!" shouts the Purple Guy. That may be the first words in common you have heard from them. He seems scared, for the first time in the fight.
Zeoll sings to keep his bard stuff going -- how long can he keep this up? Then he switches to a spell, and casts Sleep on the two unwounded enemies.
The two are rolling at +4 to hit a 17 ... a 7 and a 23! One falls asleep, one remains awake.
The wounded Purple Guy shouts something in his odd native tongue, and uses the withdraw action. He levitates up into the air, gaining cover and concealment among the branches and foliage.
The awake Blue Guy uses his action to wake up his friend, the Green Guy. The green guy wakes up and stands up. That provokes an AoO that Honor can take. Angry, he swipes with a claw at Honor. He misses.
Do not break Old Zeoll's heart and forget the +1 on attacks and damage
AC13, DR5: BLUE GUY - Undamaged PURPLE GUY - 7 damage, 20 ft up in tree, cover, concealment GREEN GUY - Undamaged
Asimov | Hugh | AC 15/12/13 HP -2/12 Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 12:41:54 AM
Asimov is unconscious and being guarded by the Chicken man.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (Kim) AC 18 Touch 13 FF13 HP 10/11 Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 2:40:20 AM
Ah, so Mundhildur did manage to acquire some moss. She places it carefully in a bag, and says, "I think we have what we came for. If you'll stop pestering us, flighty creatures, we will be on our way. Thank you, Elder Tree."
She offers to carry Asimov for a suitable distance away from the tree - several hundred yards, after which if others can minister to him further, she gently sets him down.
Honor Bright [AC 19; HP 6/12] [1 nonlethal] (Kathy) d20+5=18 ; d8=2 ; Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 3:56:35 PM
[Honor's attack of opportunity hits AC 18 for 6 damage. Except...she shouldn't have gotten an AoO because green guy is in X-21 and Honor had stepped to V-22. But, assuming green guy stepped to W-21 after getting up, he could still have attacked Honor, and Honor can now attack him back. So let's use those rolls for her normal attack, shall we?]
"Come down here and call me 'cow,' coward!" Honor shouts at purple guy. For her part, she considers her 5-foot step to have been an excellent move. First, it got her out of flank, which was her priority. Second, it pulled the fight away from the unconscious Asimov. And third, it put this nice, solid tree at her back.
Honor swings her sword at green guy, hitting AC 18 for 6 damage.
SteveM - Elron | AC 21, HP 10 ! 1 nonlethal dmg Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 8:08:34 PM
Fortunately for the goons (and the tree, and possibly Honor at this point), Elron isn't carrying anything he can use to try to set them on fire or entangle them with. Elron starts to admit something to himself that just doesn't make sense: fighting might not be the best option here.
Elron looks down and chuckles. Asimov has a crossbow. Why was he thinking he was out of combat options? He loads it.
Zeoll the Greensinger | AC15, 10hp | Cayzle Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 10:03:01 PM
Zeoll has one more uncast first level spell. The lullaby ends this round. What the heck, he'll try again.
Sleep, DC17, on as many as he can get without putting friends in the area.
Then he moves 40 ft closer. DM, please just push him up 40 ft.
Also, he keeps singing. As the DM should know, or can easily tell from his PC sheet, the liontaur has 14 rounds of bardic performance per day, so he has two rounds left in him!
Petty-DM Cayzle - TREE FIGHT Round 13 d20+4=11 ; d20+4=20 ; Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 11:00:56 PM
Your DM had googledoc access issues last night and was unable to update the map. That should not work against the PCs! So that attack WAS an AoO, Kathy, and I'll need you to make another attack for your standard action this round for Honor, please.
Honor swipes at the Green Guy as he rises from prone, hitting him for a point after the DR. She follows that up with another attack, and it ...
Elron Picks up Asimov's crossbow and loads it.
Mundhildur puts away the moss (first move action), takes a five ft step, and then picks up Asimov (second move action). Next round she seems ready to walk away from this fight.
Zeoll sings and casts again! The two are rolling again at +4 to hit a 17 ... an 11 and a 20! Again, one falls asleep, one remains awake.
The wounded Purple Guy calls down to his pals in his odd native tongue, and uses total defense with cover and concealment up there.
Again, Blue Guy uses his action to wake up his friend, the Green Guy -- but then Blue Guy moves to the far south side of the tree, out of line of sight of the spell-happy liontaur. The green guy wakes up, uses total defense, and stands up. That provokes another AoO that Honor can take. He takes a step back. (assuming he survives an attack and an AoO from Honor!)
Do not break Old Zeoll's heart and forget the +1 on attacks and damage
AC13, DR5: BLUE GUY - Undamaged PURPLE GUY - 7 damage, 20 ft up in tree, cover, concealment GREEN GUY - 1 damage
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