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Where Did the Dinosaurs Go?
Young Augmented Unusual Dinosaurs


DM Mitch Lift Map  
Friday September 8th, 2023 7:45:42 AM
Colt feels his legs go shaky and is glad that Dapple and Ezekiel have moderated the situation and is no longer transfixed once Grim releases his glare. He takes a portion of the egg and shares it with fogbank while watching the exchange between Yofiel and Grim. He offers comforting words to the sobbing Elf bard.
Dapple agrees with the idea of heading back down to look for survivors or things of interest.
Siolo awaits the rest of the crew at the lift and investigates the nearby flora for anything that might help the lift.
Grim tells Yofiel that life is learning and she is alive so she should apply the learning. He explains where the name Thunder God comes from and says while she may not get another chance with a flying one there are thousands of creatures out there. He then goes to retrieve the Shaman mask so he misses the rest of the exchange. He notices when back that Yofiel had been upset but he decides not to pry and joins the others at the lift once more.

The party rides the lift for a third time in a single day. At the bottom they end up in the little alcove, sheltered from weather and the greater area of Cthonia. They’ll have to leave it to start their mission this time, but that means for the first time being exposed to all the deadly threats that exist out there. Hopefully a wandering trex doesn’t eat them for a snack or something.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Friday September 8th, 2023 8:06:15 AM
"Colt, it pronounced orc, not jerk," corrects Ezekiel
"Grim is an orc."

"I know how to determine which way the survivors went! Everyone pay attention."

He turns ro Siolo. "Siolo, which way do you think they went?"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Friday September 8th, 2023 2:13:57 PM

"Thank you, Colt. Thank you for your kindness. Grim is... Grim. He said about me some of what I was feeling about myself. I can appreciate ... frankness." And, drying her tears, she laughs at Ezekiel's correction of Colt's description, and gives Ezekiel and Colt each a light punch in the arm as a mark of affection. She puts away her grief.

Last evening, knowing that they may soon again go down the lift, Yofi rearranged what she was bringing along. Some of the looped ropes she had just left on the lift from yesterday's journey so that their team, or others, could use them again. [We overnighted it up above after our return, rather than returning the same day. New spells, etc.]

Today, she takes her backpack, weapons, and gear, and joins the others. She is glad the muscle team had a chance to rest overnight before going through the strenuous exercise of again lowering them.

As they descend, she again refreshes her overview of the nearby territory, noting hills, vales, changes in vegetation, clearings, visible water, evidence of roads, if any, and so forth.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=11 ;
Friday September 8th, 2023 10:13:59 PM
Siolo responds to Ezekiel, "It is hard to tell. There is a lot of destruction to root through.

(Survival 11+10=21)

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Friday September 8th, 2023 10:21:01 PM
"Well, are we ready to see what's out there?" Dapple says. "And don't worry. You don't have to run faster than the dinosaurs. You just have to run faster than me. Ha!"

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Sunday September 10th, 2023 8:42:32 PM
"HA! Ha! Grim's an orc. He's a real orc." Colt agrees with Ezekial, with a broad smile.

He accepts Yofiel's shoulder punch with a half-smile and a shrug, looks down at his feet.

He grabs his gear before joining the others at the lift. Once again he leaves Fogbank with Matilda. He frowns at Dapple's jest. "I don't think that's reassuring, Dapple. Watching a dinosaur eat you would be terrible."

He keeps an eye out for Grim and makes sure to keep himself out of the halforc's way. No point in tempting Grim's ire.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=13 ; d20+7=23 ;
Monday September 11th, 2023 12:40:50 AM
Grim joins his team mates at the lift, bow, guisarme, and falchion at hand, ready to explore, something...

At the bottom, he looks about making sure those scavenging compsognathus have left for good.
Perception + 7 = 13

Grim smirks, [b}"Maybe they went the way the road goes?"[/b]
Although that is easier said than done. The jungle has a way to quickly reclaim any open space. The caravan has to whack its way through each time it comes to Cloudhaven, and it's been several months since they last traveled the track.

He brandishes his falchion and follows the most obvious tracks towards the jungle, the most probable location of the way out to civilization.

Perception + 7 (locate the caravan track) = 23

DM Mitch Lift Map  
Monday September 11th, 2023 9:50:33 AM
Ezekiel corrects Colt in his pronunciation of orc and then says he knows how to determine which way the survivors went to whit he asks Siolo.
Yofiel thanks Ezekiel and explains that Grim is himself and frank and that he said some of what she was thinking. She laughs at Ezekiel and playfully punches each of them. She rearranges her gear for the trip down.
Siolo tells Ezekiel that it is hard to tell because there is a lot of destruction to root through.
Dapple asks the others if they are ready to see what is out there and that noone has to outrun the dinos they just need to outrun her.
Colt agrees with Ezekiel that Grim is a real orc and accepts Yofiel’s punch with a half smile and shrug before grabbing his gear and telling Dapple that it would be horrible to watch a dinosaur eat her.
Grim joins the team on the lift. When they reach the bottom he makes sure the compys are gone for good before suggesting the caravan survivors might have followed the road before reflecting on the jungles power of reclaiming things and following the most probable location towards civilization.

Part of what makes Cthonia so dangerous is how difficult it is to establish permanent trails. Nature reclaims things fast here, and the extreme weather events and massive dinosaurs can cause paths through the growth to change wildly as water carves channels towards the lakes and ocean and trees are felled by the passing of great behemoths.

With the expertise of Grim and Siolo they’re able to find something that might be the remains of a trail cut through the jungle for the caravan, but any traces of humans walking or running through the jungle are long gone. It’s just been to long since the caravan came and the attack happened. More worrying are the signs that many large dinosaurs, the type the group would stand no chance against, have been hanging around the general area. The massive treads of great herbivores and predators are found, no more than days or even hours old. There shouldn't be so many in such a small area unless they were all together for some reason and have been slow to fully disperse.

One particular set stands out in how unusual it is. A scattering of large bird-like prints, if you didn’t know any better you’d think the prints are similar in nature to some of the smaller flying dinosaurs. However these prints are much larger than the kind those dinosaurs usually make but aren’t the same as the normal large flying dinosaurs, and some other type of dinosaur or animal seems to be accompanying them. They’re very recent as well - whatever made these must by nearby.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Monday September 11th, 2023 5:07:26 PM
"I wonder what why they all gathered here," says Ezekiel. "Something must have drawn them here, like a lighthouse in a storm."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Monday September 11th, 2023 7:02:31 PM
Dapple knows very little about dinosaurs.

"Is it normal to have this many different kinds of dinosaurs all together?" she asks. "I mean, not together together, but in the same place?"

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+7=26 ;
Monday September 11th, 2023 8:49:31 PM
From a distance Colt watches Siolo and Grim carefully to see what they are looking for, beyond the large prints themselves. How do they date the prints? What's the difference between herbivores and carnivores? He doesn't dare ask, not so soon after his run-in with Grim. Unfortunately his attention is often drawn away by noises in the undergrowth. When he hears something he looks in that direction, and intently tries to see what made the noise.

Perception roll, 27

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Monday September 11th, 2023 11:24:28 PM
Siolo responds to Dapple, "Naturally, there shouldn't be so many of the large ones in such a small area. Large animals eat large amounts of food."

He changes the subject as if he had explained enough, "There are some really strange bird-like tracks that I don't recognize."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=16 ; d20+5=25 ;
Tuesday September 12th, 2023 12:34:50 AM
Grim is satisfied to confirm what he had already surmised, that the survivors fled quickly and immediately, by the new growth already obscuring the caravan trail.

"The large plant eating Thunder Gods wander about, their feet are flatter and more round, not having much of claws to speak of, and move about on four feet. The Hunter Thunder Gods have more bird-like feet with claws and mostly move about on two hind feet and follow along the paths the plant eating ones make. So, finding a mingling of tracks is not unusual. But these over here, they almost seem as one large birdlike is herding the other bird-likes. They don't seem to be your lizard type Thunder God but a more bird-like Thunder God, if they are even that."

He studies the tracks a little more and where they seem to be headed.
Perception +7 = 16
Knowledge Nature + 5 = 25 N20!

"I'm half inclined to check them out. Anyone else?"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+12=17 ; d20+12=27 ; d20+2=14 ;
Tuesday September 12th, 2023 5:21:28 AM

The elf takes three arrows from her quiver. One she nocks. The other pair she holds with the ring finger and pinkie of her left hand against and parallel to the front face of the bow. "Yes, let's follow the big bird tracks." She steps forward, but pauses at the edge of the vegetation, leaving room in case one or two others want to take the lead in tracking. If anything pops up, she wants to be ready to let fly an arrow or two.

The bard lends what skill she can to the tracking efforts. She comments, "Perhaps it's a saurian moot."
============
Perception: 17
Knowledge, Nature: 27
Survival: 14

DM Mitch Lift Map  
Tuesday September 12th, 2023 7:49:05 AM
Ezekiel wonders why the dinosaurs were gathered here and what drew them like a lighthouse in a storm.
Dapple knows little about dinosaurs and asks if it is normal for so many different species to gather in one place.
Colt watches the trackers to try to learn about how they do it.
Siolo answers about normally there not being so many then talks about the weird footprints.
Grim thinks the trail means that survivors down below the lift took one of the wagons and left, hopefully making it back to the trading center on the coast safely. He explains the differences between types of tracks, why these ones are odd, and wants to follow up.
Yofiel agrees on following up the strange tracks. She prepares her bow just in case.

The trail is surprisingly easy to follow given the area, though that's perhaps due to Grim being in the flow of things. More signs of larger dinosaurs abound, from footprints to breaks in the forest to imprints where something massive laid down to rest. It leads the party generally south, away from the plateau and towards a thicker, more dense part of the forest where a smaller animal would be safer from larger predators.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+12=18 ;
Tuesday September 12th, 2023 2:08:31 PM

Along the way, Yofiel marks tree trunks every hundred feet or so in order to help them find their way back again. She also looks back at the way they came each time she does this. The bard uses a piece of paper about every tenth tree to map and make brief marks or comments. Then it's back to arrow nocked, and trying to remain alert moving forward. The elf looks upwards frequently. She knows snakes can drop from above. She scans left and right into nearby vegetation.

"RJ decided to stay behind," she comments. "I hope he'll decide to rejoin us when he can."

=================
Perception: 18

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday September 12th, 2023 2:45:18 PM
"Herding them?" Dapple asks, curious. "I wonder if this kind of creature could have herded the dinosaurs into attacking the town."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Tuesday September 12th, 2023 9:59:42 PM
Colt feels a little more nervous and realizes that it's not just the possibility of bigger dinosaurs, or the denser foliage here on the jungle floor. It's also the absence of the sniper. His ability to strike at distance was somehow reassuring. "I hope he'll rejoin us too."

The young man has no opinion on new dinosaur-herding-dinosaurs except that he doesn't like the idea. And he really doesn't have anything much to offer the trackers. "Shut your mouth or you'll show off how stupid you are." his mum used to say. He takes her advice and keeps quiet.



Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=20 ;
Tuesday September 12th, 2023 10:38:36 PM
Siolo continues to help follow the tracks, his eyes having an easy time following them.

"Ms. Yofiel, " he starts at one point, "you seem to be very knowledgeable about many things. Where are you from?"

((Survival 20+10=30))

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=23 ; d20+5=11 ; d20+6=19 ;
Wednesday September 13th, 2023 12:37:57 AM
Grim acknowledges that RJ is missed and presses on commenting, "You can herd an animal in any direction you please, but you can't herd an animal to bash down an iron gate", then busies himself on watching out for danger.

Perception +7 = 23
Knowledge Nature + 5 = 11
Survival + 6 (follow tracks) = 19

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Wednesday September 13th, 2023 6:22:13 AM
"Perhaps two bird-likes herded them together," suggests Ezekiel. "If they were panicked enough I doubt a gate would stop them."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Wednesday September 13th, 2023 2:16:05 PM

As she jots a note about small trees knocked over by large dinosaurs, she looks up at Siolo's question. "Heart of the Culverwood, on the edge of the Emerald Kingdom is where I was born, Siolo. Grew up there, but we left when I was about 50 years old. A green dragon, Parnoth, was Tyrant of the Emerald Kingdom. I do not have much of anything good to say about him. Our family left, as bards came under suspicion of the paranoid ruler. My father may have sung some of the songs mocking the dragon and his goons."

Meanwhile she had put away her paper and resumed walking as she continued to answer the druid's query.

"So we left, moved for a short time to Plateau City. Since then, we have spent years on the road, stopping here and there for a few years. My father was a courier for the WLA. Last place before here was a little town called Windhorn Hamlet."

She smiles. "That's the short version. I'm over a hundred years old, friend. One picks up bits of information here an there along the way."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday September 13th, 2023 2:42:26 PM
Dapple works hard to keep up with the group. With RJ gone, she is now the smallest one in the party, and she's not sure she likes that.

Yofiel's brief tale interests her. "I've been to Windhorn Hamlet a couple of times," she says. "Cute town. Weird people."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday September 13th, 2023 9:28:36 PM
Colt looks around nervously. "I'm getting turned around. Are we headed toward the coast or deeper into the jungle?"

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Wednesday September 13th, 2023 11:16:29 PM
Siolo smiles at Colt. "I can understand your concern, but my circle taught me a simple incantation that tells me which way is north. I am never completely lost."

He then nods thankfully to Yofiel, "Thank you lady Yofiel. I would love to hear about the Culverwood sometime. And the animal within."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday September 14th, 2023 12:11:14 AM
Grim doesn't look at Ezekiel, keeping an eye on the jungle around him, when he responds, "I was there, I didn't see any bird-types herding anything. What I remember is the Thunder Gods, rather than stampeding through like if they were being herded in there, they had only one purpose on their little brains, kill and eat us and that included the smarts to break down the Keep's gates. Whatever motivated them was brought about by a very powerful magic."



DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map   d20+4=24 ; d20+12=29 ; d20+14=21 ; d20+13=17 ; d20+13=27 ; d20+13=28 ; d20+13=31 ; d20+13=19 ; d20+13=19 ;
Thursday September 14th, 2023 2:56:17 AM
Yofiel marks tree trunks so they can hopefully find their way back. She remarks she hopes RJ decides to rejoin them when he can.
Dapple asks about the herding theory and wonders if a creature could have herded them to attacking the town.
Colt feels slightly more nervous with both the possibility of bigger dinosaurs and the absence of the sniper. He doesn’t really have an opinion on the dino herding dino theory so he keeps his mouth shut.
Siolo continues to help with the track following and asks Yofiel where she is from seeing as how knowledgable she is.
Grim points out you can herd dinosaurs but you can’t make them attack a gate so easily.
Ezekiel suggests the birdlike prints are responsible
Yofiel answers questions about her history.
Dapple is not sure she likes being the smallest now.
Colt asks about their heading.
Siolo knows how to find north at all times.
Grim was there during the attack and doesn’t think flying dinosaurs herded anything.

The party follows the trail through the undergrowth cautiously scanning the area as they do so. They nearly walk into an ambush - fortunately Siolo’s sharp eyes see the hidden animals before they can pounce.

A Troodon crouches in a tree. A gangly, long necked predator dinosaur, they're fairly common in the area but this one has strange silver scales on it. Even as Siolo points it out it sees the party spotting it, gives a little roar, and jumps into the air somehow flying away from the party even with no wings to a more distant vantage point.

Several small winged dinosaurs, Dimorphodons, fly after the flying troodon. Another local species they’re like smaller versions of pteranodons. These ones look small, possibly young, and have strange green growths on their backs.

The small aerial pack pause some distance away looking down at the party with beady little eyes.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+5=11 ; d20+5=22 ; d6+1=6 ;
Thursday September 14th, 2023 3:30:03 AM

If the 'some distance away' is within range of her bow, Yofiel lets fly an arrow toward the densest grouping of the critters. She isn't thinking it likely that she will kill any, but she does want to warn them that her group is not to be messed with. That arrow flies wide enough that it may not cause any alarm. She follows with a second, hitting AC22 for 6 hp damage.

She figures that someone in the party may rebuke her for her action, but figures it's going to be better to persuade the ptero-birdies to leave them alone than to appear harmless to them. Two 'keep-your-distance' shots.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday September 14th, 2023 3:49:24 PM
"Well, all right," Dapple says, gazing after the retreating fliers. "Place your bets, ladies and gents. did we scare them off, or are they just regrouping?

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Thursday September 14th, 2023 5:55:53 PM
"Maybe they saw what we done to the pteros," says Ezekiel. "Thunderbolts and lightning are very, very frightening, afterall."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Friday September 15th, 2023 12:37:09 AM
Traveling to the different plateaus to visit other orc clans, Grim sees different critters, that's the nature of the jungle impeding movement and intermingling. Creatures don't tend to venture far from their birthplace. And Grim's seen some strange things, but this leaves him rather speechless.

A floating (can't call it flying) troodon is indeed unique, but one that also acts like 'mother' to dimorphodons is beyond unique.

Two arrows fly towards them.

Grim sorely wants to confer with his Shaman on these strange things. First, the Greater Thunder God that acts like someone's pet and now this. The Chief Shaman had suggested he take the shamantic path but he suspected it was because he wanted a big burly guard right next to him. And Grim didn't mind going along with that because the shaman had protected him from the bullies.

Now things are different, though, and Grim really wanted to be able to speak to the Great One and ask about these strange things.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Friday September 15th, 2023 1:51:04 AM
Siolo observes the failed amushers with confusion.

"Hey Grim," he says quietly, "I'm not specifically familiar with this area. Do animals like that normally fly without wings? Also, there seem to be strange growths and colorings. Is that usual?"

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map   d20=19 ; d20=5 ; d20=13 ; d4=3 ; d4=2 ;
Friday September 15th, 2023 7:25:24 AM
Yofiel snaps off 2 shots at the densest group of dinos. One of her arrows hits one of the strange looking Dimorphodons.
Dapple asks if they scared the dinos off or if they are just regrouping.
Ezekiel suggests that they may have scared off the new dinos as thunderbolts and lightning are very very frightening.
Grim is struck speechless and really wants to ask the shaman and the Great One about these strange thunder gods.
Siolo looks on with confusion and asks Grim if he’s seen anything like it.

None of the party gives chase to the flying dinosaurs. This turns out to be a good thing - they don’t run face-first into an ambush. Instead the other half of the pack that remains hidden has to sneak up and launch the assault on their own.

Three Dimorphodons suddenly fly out of concealment and past the group slashing at Dapple and Ezekial before flying past. Dapple gets bitten but Ezekial manages to avoid both and they do draw AoO from the pair. Dapple takes 2 damage and must roll at DC 11 fortitude save or take 2 STR damage.

The rest of the pack moves closer to help their fellows now that the attack has begun.

We are in combat. There is a map in the header. Dark green areas are particularly thick growth, counting as difficult terrain and providing cover. Light green is difficult terrain. Brown is normal movement.

HP tracker:
Dimorphodon 1 : 6 damage


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Friday September 15th, 2023 11:28:22 AM

"Our lot seems to be
Birds that fly by
We'll clip their wings though
And help some to die."

Yofi quickly composes low-quality doggerel, yet sings it with vigor to lend courage to her mates. Inspire courage, +1 Att/+1 Dam.

She nocks her next arrow.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy)  d20+5=22 ; d20+6=15 ; d8=8 ;
Friday September 15th, 2023 1:37:07 PM
Dapple grunts a little as the dinosaur bites her, but suffers no ill effects other than the damage. [Fort save 22]

She decides this is as good a time as any to bust out the Spiritual Weapon, so she casts the spell, targeting D3 first. She hits AC 15 for 10 damage.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+4=6 ; d6+3=7 ;
Friday September 15th, 2023 5:18:52 PM
Colt can't help ducking as the dimorphodons swoop by while attacking Dapple and Ezekial, but he quickly straightens up and lifts his staff into a defensive ready position. He watches the nearest dinosaur in the dense brush, although the memory of the swooping attack and the sight of other dinosaurs at the edges of his vision keep him turning his head this way and that.

[ooc] Ready attack for any dinosaur that get within 5'. (6 is going to miss. Too bad. It was a nice damage roll.)

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20=3 ; 2d4+2=8 ;
Saturday September 16th, 2023 1:21:05 PM
Ezekiel swings his quarterstaff as he is attacked.

Attack: 1d20 + 0 = 3. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's a miss.

After the flyby, Ezekiel will cast two magic missiles on the one that attacked him.

Damage: 2d4 + 2 = 8.



Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=26 ; 2d4+7=14 ;
Sunday September 17th, 2023 12:04:52 AM
OOC: Is this soft cover or standard (hard) cover?

Strange creatures or not, Grim recognizes aggression and danger when he sees it and immediately decides to reply in kind. He takes a step (diagonal) back to put himself between Dapple and takes a swipe at D2 with his guisarme.

Att w/ reach d20+7 + 1(bard song) = 26
dmg = 2d4+6 +1(bard song) = 14

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Sunday September 17th, 2023 1:08:10 AM

[OOC Note for Colt, et al: Be sure to add +1 on Colt's attacks and damage due to the bardic inspire courage (Yofiel's singing).

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=19 ; d4=4 ;
Monday September 18th, 2023 12:13:58 AM
Siolo pulls out his sling and flings a stone bullet at D2.

((19+4+1=24 to-hit, for 4+2+1=7 damage))

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map   d20+6=12 ; d20+6=25 ; d20+6=21 ; d20+2=12 ; d20+2=3 ; d20+2=13 ; d20+2=9 ; d20+2=7 ;
Monday September 18th, 2023 8:09:00 AM
Dapple grunts a little as the dino bites her but resists the poison. She then busts out her spiritual weapon against D3
Colt readies his staff against the next incoming dinosaur attack.
Ezekiel whiffs with his staff then casts 2 magic missiles at the one that hit him.
Grim steps between the danger and Dapple and then hits one of them with his guisarme
Siolo lands a nice shot on d2.

Between Grim’s powerful blow and Siolo’s well aimed stone d2 falls to the ground dead. The Troodon gives an echoing call and the entre pack rushes Grim. They don’t all have enough movement to do flyby attacks so most just swarm him. He gets an AoO vs 3 - if he has a feat that lets him take more then 1 he also gets one vs 4

Grim’s armor mostly protects him from the assault. The Troodon gets one through, and in addition to the feeling of claws slashing a jolt of electricity surges painfully through the orc warrior. (2 slashing and 2 electric damage)

Brown - normal terrain/movement
Green - difficult terrain, half movement
Dark green - thick brush and trees, half movement and +4 AC while you are in it

Enemy AC is 15, 19 in cover

HP tracker:
Dimorphodon 1 : 6 damage
Dimorphodon 2: 21 (dead)
Dimorphodon 3: 10 damage
Dimorphodon 4: 8 damage


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+7=27 ; d20+7=27 ; 2d6+6=13 ; d6+3=4 ;
Monday September 18th, 2023 11:26:12 AM

If the Troodon is high enough in the air that she can hit it without hitting Grim, Yofiel's accurately aimed arrow (nat 20 for AC27, confirmed with nat 20) strikes the wingless flyer for (13+4) 17 hp damage. [That's her normal 1d6+1, +1 from point blank range, +1 from inspire courage, and tripled for a critical strike (I accidentally only rolled double damage, thus the one additional roll to bring it to triple).] If she cannot get line of sight to the Troodon, though, apply the damage to D5.

"They have wings
But not a prayer
We'll cut them down
And pluck them bare," sings the bard.

Inspire courage +1 att/+1 dam continues for her allies.

The tall elf is glad that Dapple is short. Easy to shoot over.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+3=7 ; d20+3=11 ; d6+3=7 ;
Monday September 18th, 2023 12:13:46 PM
Grim might be a real orc, but Colt is pretty sure even the barbarian deserves some help in these circumstances. The young man flails away frantically at the nearest dimorphodon.

[ooc] Full attack, with staff to hit +4, (two weapon fighting, net ) -2, inspire courage +1 : 7 and 11 to hit. [/ooc]

[ooc] Pretty sure both miss, but I'll roll damage for the 11, just in case ( inspire courage adds +1 ) : 7+1 = 8 hp

Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy)  d20+6=11 ;
Monday September 18th, 2023 2:56:44 PM
Dapple sees that Grim could use a Bit of Luck, so she reaches out and gives him some.

Meanwhile, her Spiritual Weapon continues thwacking, but not very effectively. [Hit AC 11, miss.]

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  3d4=9 ; 2d4+2=7 ;
Monday September 18th, 2023 9:18:27 PM
"Hey, that guy's stealing my schtick!" says Ezekiel. "Zapping people with lightning my thing!"

Not sure if this will work with enemies flying, but Ezekiel will 5 ft step and cast "burning" hands (which does electricity damage instead of fire). He should be able to hit D1, D4, and D5 with the blast.

SV Ref DC 15.
Damage: 3d4 = 9.

If they are airborne and he is unable to get at least 2 in the blast, he will instead cast magic missile on the Troodon.

Damage: 2d4 + 2 = 7.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 33/37 CMD 18  d20+8=14 ; d20+9=19 ; d4=1 ; 2d4+7=12 ;
Monday September 18th, 2023 11:42:42 PM
Grim apparently caught their attention and swam him. He fights back by whacking at the incoming swooping Dimorphodon D3 as it passes through his guisarme's reach.

1 AoO: d20 + 7 + 1(bard song) = 14

The creature is nimble enough to dodge the blade but that causes it to miss as well. However the swarm distract him enough that one other dive biter scores a hit. It stings with a little numbing shocking sensation.

He drops his quisarme now that enemy is too close (free action) and draws his falchion (Move Action).
He swipes at D6, the greater threat to his friends.

Att d20 + 8 + 1(bard song) = 19
dmg = 2d4 + 6 +1(bard song) = 12

OOC: ignore the d4=1, accidentally hit that.



DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map   d20+2=17 ; d20+2=19 ; d20+2=12 ; d20+6=12 ; d4=4 ; d4=2 ;
Tuesday September 19th, 2023 7:26:05 AM
Yofiel would have felled D5 but something has been done to these Dimorphodons

Yofiel + Know Nature 16 - These creatures have the plant flesh trait Highlight to display spoiler: {When a creature becomes a plantblood, many of its internal organs are replaced by vegetable matter. Whenever a sneak attack, critical hit, or other form of precision damage is scored against the plantblood, there is a 50% chance that the extra damage is negated and damage is rolled normally.}
Colt has two swings and 2 misses with his staff
Dapple[b] gives Grim a bit o luck while her spiritual weapon whiffs this round.
[b]Ezekiel uses his Electric burning hands to fell two of the beasts but the third manages to evade some of the damage

The animals had attacked Grim as the biggest threat but now Ezekial’s downed 2 with a single spell and they do not like that. The Troodon draws the AoO for it’s fellows as they move away from the warrior and the whole pack descends on the odd caster and attack. Two Dimorphodons hit doing 6 total damage and he must save vs two doses of poison (DC 11 fort save, 1d2 STR damage on fail, ends after 1 success or 4 rounds)

HP tracker:
Dimorphodon 1 : 16 damage (dead)
Dimorphodon 2: 21 (dead)
Dimorphodon 3: 10 damage
Dimorphodon 4: 17 damage (dead)
Dimorphodon 5: 10 damage
Dimorphodon 6: 12 damage


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+7=8 ; d20+12=28 ;
Tuesday September 19th, 2023 8:35:10 AM

Yofi flubs her next arrow (nat 1 - Yofiel is an extremist), yet she does perceive that these fauna are part flora (knowledge nature 28).

"These beasts are partly made
Of plants and green inside
So each one that you chop
A salad bowl you'll fill
Keep it up, slash and bash
Flying plants we'll kill."

Informative doggerel. Keep up the +1 att/+1 dam.



Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=8 ; d4=4 ;
Tuesday September 19th, 2023 10:23:23 AM
Siolo maneuvers around Yofiel as he loads another sling bullet. He focuses on his next target, D6, and lets the bullet fly.

((8+4+1=13 to-hit, for 4+2+1=7 damage))

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Tuesday September 19th, 2023 12:44:07 PM
"Yea-gh..." Colt's victory cry as the creatures lift off from Grim catches in his throat as they fly toward Ezekial. He swings and jabs with his staff to keep them off the caster.

[ooc]Try this again, full attack against D5, inspire courage, +4, -2, +1 = +3 attack bonus. [/ooc]

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+3=16 ; d20+3=21 ; d6+3=8 ; d6+3=6 ;
Tuesday September 19th, 2023 12:50:24 PM
One blow catches the dimorphodon (D5) solidly in the wing. It drops to the ground where Colt drives his staff into its head.

[ooc] I'm assuming D5 only took a 5' step and I don't get an AoO. [/ooc]

Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy)  d20+6=10 ;
Tuesday September 19th, 2023 3:33:46 PM
Now it is Ezekiel who needs a Bit of Luck, so Dapple 5-foot-steps over to give him one.

Meanwhile, her Spiritual Weapon continues attacking D3, and continues missing its target.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24  d20+3=20 ; d20+3=18 ;
Tuesday September 19th, 2023 7:34:18 PM
SV Fort: 1d20 + 3 = 20.
SV Fort: 1d20 + 3 = 18.

"Hey, stop hitting me! I'm just a feeble old man! Nothing to see here, certainly not lightning hands!"

Ezekiel makes a tactical withdrawal so as to not provoke any AoOs.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 33/37 CMD 18  d20+9=25 ; 2d4+7=10 ;
Tuesday September 19th, 2023 8:54:30 PM
Grim would have preferred being the target but that's ok.
He takes a 5' step and slashes at D5.

OOC: sorry Dapple, forgot to add your Luck bonus, but hit anyway. :)

IC:
Att d20 + 8 + 1(bard song) = 25
dmg = 2d4 + 6 +1(bard song) = 10


DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Wednesday September 20th, 2023 9:13:32 AM
Yofiel misses with her arrow but keeps the song going adding to it the knowledge she just learned.
Siolo reloads his sling but misses.
Colt gave a short lived victory cry as the dinos shift from Grim to Ezekiel, still he manages to clobber one dead himself.
Dapple give’s Ezekiel a bit o luck while her spiritual weapon seems to be lacking luck of its own in hitting a target.
Ezekiel makes a tactical withdrawal
Grim would have preferred to remain the object of the creature’s attention but he turns toward one of the remaining Dimorphodons and kills it dead.

The pack is mostly devastated at this point. The Troodon and the last Dimorphodon take withdraw actions and attempt to flee from the group, though they remain in archery range should you wish to leave no survivors.


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday September 20th, 2023 12:51:53 PM
Colt watches the dinosaurs fly away. By the time he retreives his sling, loads it, and throws, they'll be well out of his effective range. "Is everyone OK? .... How could that one fly without wings? .... And , Yofiel, what did you sing about plants?"

He looks reflexively down at his feet, and sighs with relief. Foggy's not there. He'd left the dog back at Cloudhaven again.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24  d4+1=5 ; d4+1=3 ;
Wednesday September 20th, 2023 4:34:24 PM
Ezekiel tosses a pair of magic missiles at the dinos attempting to fell, 1 each.

Troodon: 5
Dimo: 3.



Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday September 20th, 2023 4:39:56 PM
Dapple dismisses her Spiritual Weapon. "We're all still standing, anyway," she answers Colt. "I'll channel a bit of healing energy as soon as I can make sure I won't accidentally wake up some dinos."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+7=9 ; d20+7=9 ;
Wednesday September 20th, 2023 8:50:34 PM

Yofi tries to hit the troodon a couple of times, but misses both and it disappears in to the surrounding foliage. She shrugs.

She starts collecting her arrows from the critters whom she helped bring down, as well as one stuck lightly in a tree trunk. Colt asks her about why she sung about plants. "Let me show you," she responds. She takes her dagger, and slices open one of the dimorphodons. "Look - you can see plant-type material here within the body. It's a plantblood creature. Internal organs are replaced by vegetable matter. I haven't heard of it much, but have heard about it. Say I aim an arrow such that it perfectly cuts open the liver. In a normal animal, that would result in profuse internal bleeding, and the creature would be critically wounded. But not as much with a plantblood. I do not know perfectly how it works. Regardless, there are probably other plantbloods here in the jungle."

[Not in so many words, but she will paraphrase the following here written in game terms into relevant equivalents in 'normal' terms: "When a creature becomes a plantblood, many of its internal organs are replaced by vegetable matter. Whenever a sneak attack, critical hit, or other form of precision damage is scored against the plantblood, there is a 50% chance that the extra damage is negated and damage is rolled normally."}

"Hope that helps, Colt. That's why I was singing about plants."

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:22/22  
Wednesday September 20th, 2023 9:31:26 PM
Marest

Marest stays silent as she watched the events unfold.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Wednesday September 20th, 2023 10:51:52 PM
Siolo regards the dead creature with surprise. He gad heard of plantblood, but hadn't seen it before. He moves closer to get a better look and begins inspecting.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 33/37 CMD 18 
Thursday September 21st, 2023 12:45:42 AM
Grim doesn't chase the survivors and when he cuts the one he just killed to perform his usual ritual, what Yofiel is pointing out to Colt is quite evident. He does not do the usual 'hart eating' ritual.

In the folklore of his tribe there are stories of such things but it is considered a curse from The Jungle, so they don't eat them.

"I've never seen one before but there are old stories about them. We worship The Great One, but there are those that believe there are other powers here too. The Jungle is one of them. I don't know if it is true, but that would explain a lot. Either way, this creature is no longer the one it was created to be, so I can't honor its life, for that Life has been usurped by the Plant."

He does cut the head off the one he just felled and stuffs it in his bag.

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Thursday September 21st, 2023 7:24:26 AM
Colt watches the dinosaurs fly away. By the time he readies his sling he figures the remaining adversaries will be out of range. He asks how one could fly without wings and what was that Yofiel was signing about plants.
Ezekiel tosses some magic missiles at the fleeing dinos
Dapple dismisses her spiritual weapon and says she’ll channel as soon as they make sure it won’t revive any dinos.
Yofiel misses the fleeing Troodon and then gives Colt a lesson on plant blood creeature anatomy.
Marest quietly watches events unfold.
Siolo regards the dead creature with surprise as he had heard of plantblood but he hadn’t seen it before.
Grim has also heard of such things. His people consider them cursed. He does not do his usual ritual.

The party’s conversation is interrupted by a faint rumbling in the earth. It quickly gets louder, and soon the sound of a great weight tramping through the forest is heard in the middle distance. One of the massive dinosaurs you found so many signs of must be passing nearby.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday September 21st, 2023 2:05:57 PM
Dapple (finally) draws a dagger. "What's that?"

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+2=12 ;
Thursday September 21st, 2023 2:40:03 PM
"That's big trouble." Colt tries to get a bearing on where the sound is coming from. He imagines a line between himself and the sound, then he points in a direction perpendicular to that line.

"We should go that way."

[ooc] Survival roll = 12, if needed for such a task.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24 
Thursday September 21st, 2023 8:42:50 PM
"Please tell me that was Grim," says Ezekiel.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+2=10 ; d20+12=28 ;
Thursday September 21st, 2023 8:57:41 PM
Aid another on Survival roll (10) for Colt +2 - he now is at 14 (she gives him some sort of affirmation or insight).

"Moving out of the way seems wise. And then, find the thickest tree trunk you can to hide behind. C'mon, Marest, Dapple, this way, like Colt said."

She hustles into the foliage, rapier in right hand and dagger in left, leading her through the brush and helping to cut and thwap branches out of the way. "Hold your arms up in front of your face to either side to keep from getting hit by the plants," she encourages others. She also glances upwards a few times to see if birds or another animals are fleeing in a path similar to their own.
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Survival: 10
Perception: 28 - which may also help her to discern the oncoming pathway of the beast and better ways to travel to get out of the way - as well as gauging movement of local wildlife

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=8 ;
Thursday September 21st, 2023 9:25:21 PM
Both Yofiel and Colt voice the suggestion quicker than Siolo. But that is fine by him. As he follows those two, he incants the minor circle magic to ensure that he knows where they are headed so the team doesn't get lost.

[Cast Know Direction] ((Survival 8+10=18))

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 33/37 CMD 18  d20+7=27 ; d20+5=7 ;
Friday September 22nd, 2023 12:34:11 AM
While some discuss which direction to go, Grim tries to discern whether it is a large lumbering plant eater or the faster predator type by the gap in the thuds and ground shacking as well as any sound of foliage being snapped by a creature lumbering through and eating or blustering through, maybe being pursued or in pursuit.

Perception +7 = 27 N20
Knowledge Nature + 5 = 7

Then he follows taking up the rear, with attention to their backs.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+12=32 ;
Friday September 22nd, 2023 3:18:00 AM

As they make their way through the underbrush, Yofi's attention turns in a similar vein to what Grim tries to discern: Can she figure out what sort of creature comes their way? And whether it is only one, or more than that?

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Knowledge, nature: 32 (nat 20)

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:22/22  
Friday September 22nd, 2023 6:54:56 AM
Silence

Marest continues her self-imposed silence, watching the events unfold around her.

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map   d4=2 ;
Friday September 22nd, 2023 7:06:01 AM
Dapple draws a dagger while asking what the noise is.
Colt reasons it is big trouble and suggests they go perpendicular to the sound
Ezekiel was hoping it was Grim
Yofiel agrees with Colt’s plan and suggests they hunker down behind some vegetation
Siolo is fine with this plan and uses Know Direction to keep from getting lost
Grim tries to listen to determine what kind of dinosaur is tromping past.
Yofiel attempts a similar thing to Grim.
Marest stays quiet and follows the group.

The party manages to safely move away from the giant beast. Just listening to it, with no other information, gives at best a vague idea of what it might be. It may have been two legged by the rhythm of the steps, which indicates a predator, but the steps were slow, so it may have been a herbivore moving slowly as it grazed, so not matching the gait of one walking full stride, or a predator meandering slowly about.

Regardless of what that specific threat was the many signs the party found indicated the entire area had similarly massive beasts all over the place. It may not be safe to stay down here much longer.


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Friday September 22nd, 2023 8:15:25 AM
Colt sticks his head out of the bush he's been hiding in and looks to the party leaders. "Now what?"

Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy) 
Friday September 22nd, 2023 7:53:07 PM
"We need to figure out some way to make it safe to approach the lift," Dapple says. "Otherwise we aren't getting any caravans through here."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Friday September 22nd, 2023 10:05:01 PM

"Maybe we could build a causeway," Yofiel says. "That is, a raised roadway." She smiles. "That's something very easily done, to be sure." By the set of her face, it should be clear that she means the opposite of easily done. She adds, more seriously, "Some of the ancient Teucri roads are raised roads. It's tons of work, but people have built them before."

"For today, though, we have fought off pterosaurs, and dodged a dinosaur. Shall we press on a bit further before turning back?" she asks the others. She is open to suggestions.


Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Saturday September 23rd, 2023 11:36:42 AM
Siolo nods to Yofiel, "I'm okay going a little farther, but we have to navigate past anything again on the way back. I can ensure that we have sufficient food day-to-day, so long as we find some berries."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Saturday September 23rd, 2023 5:26:39 PM
"What if we went to the coast? Could we ask for help there?"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Sunday September 24th, 2023 12:07:08 AM

"Marest, stop being quiet. It gets on my nerves," Yofiel says to her friend who is 4 inches taller than herself. "What are you thinking? What course do you recommend? Honestly, the first part of this journey I could hardly even tell that you were with us!"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Sunday September 24th, 2023 2:52:04 PM

"Dapple, Grim, Ezekiel - any ideas?" Yofiel further prompts. "I mean, we could keep on heading in the same direction we've been going, which is my notion for the moment. Do you think we should veer off? Should we try to walk all the way around the plateau, just so we know a fair bit of what lies more or less directly below Cloudhaven? It could take a while to get to the coast - not a bad goal, but might it take days to reach? If none object, let's press on ahead. Otherwise, give us a reason to change course."

As she talks, she marks the tree she stands next to with her dagger, drawing a circle, with dots surrounding it.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 33/37 CMD 18 
Monday September 25th, 2023 1:18:37 AM
Grim grimaces, trying not to look too annoyed as members discuss what to do next. However he nearly explodes when it is suggested to circle the plateau.

'AAAAARRRRGH! HEY! Anyone remember what Rothlorien asked us to do? Circling the plateau, in this jungle, will take weeks! Double AAAAAARRRRRGH! Build a raised road? How high off the ground do you plan to make it? Twenty feet high? Thirty? Might as well cast permanent Fly on the horses and wagons. The heat and bugs are getting to your brain! A raised road won't stop the smaller hunter's from climbing up and the Greater Thunder God can raise up to at least 20'."

He lifts up his trophy bag and says "I got me another trophy head and I'm good to go back up! We've seen all we need to see to report to Rothlorien that the Thunder Gods still roam down here, that it looks like the caravan members that were left down left. That's what he asked to look into. As far as making it safe for a return caravan, we would have to build a thick, stone wall encircling the alcove, with an iron gate, but would only keep them safe once they get here."

He turns to head back to the lift, "If you really want to know what lies hidden around the base of the plateau, train a bird to go looking, then ask it what it saw when it gets back. But those Thunder Gods that attacked Cloudhaven didn't come from down here, they were gated in from who-knows-where. I've got what Rothlorien asked for, I'm going back."

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Monday September 25th, 2023 8:12:39 AM


Colt sticks his head out and asks now what
Dapple says they need to make it safe to approach the lift
Yofiel suggests they build a causeway another day but asks if for today they continue to press on
Siolo says he’s okay to go a little further and offers to provide food as long as they have berries
Colt suggests they try looking for help along the coast
Yofiel tries to prompt Marest into conversation before asking Dapple, Grim and Ezekiel for ideas while marking the trees with her dagger.
Grim points out the party has found out what they were asked to find out and most of the things they were suggesting would take weeks.

Grim is at least right about the time frame of things. The caravans take weeks to get to the plateau, it’s part of the reason they’re spread out, and if it takes 1.5 days to cross it it’d take much longer to circle it. Does the party conceded the point and head back with Grim, or do they still want to continue to press on through dangerous territory?


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Monday September 25th, 2023 12:22:32 PM

"Silly Grim, my main thought was that of continuing the present direction a bit farther," Yofiel answers with a smile. "The other ideas were to stir our thinking. I concur circling the plateau would take several days, with heaven knows what risks. Nor have we the time or resources to build a causeway - both are ideas for down the road. So, you figure you're ready to head back without gathering additional information - that we have at least the bare minimum to satisfy Rothlorian's request? Sleeping in our own beds tonight would also be fine with me."

She asks the others, "Are you fine with Grim's suggestion? If so, let's head back. If not, maybe I can lasso him so we don't split the party. Or at least experience the joys of being dragged by him through the jungle."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Monday September 25th, 2023 12:43:45 PM
Colt shrugs. "We're going to have to think about other plans sooner or later, but we don't have to do anything now. I'm happy to go back up." After a bit more thought he says, Did you guys circle the top of the plateau when you went exploring? Do we know for sure that there's no climeable route to the top from the jungle?"

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24 
Monday September 25th, 2023 5:42:41 PM
"I'm not eager to fight whatever made that loud noise," says Ezekiel. "At least not until I learn some more powerful magics."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy) 
Monday September 25th, 2023 9:50:14 PM
"Yes, by all means let's go back up," Dapple says. "If we're going to do any serious exploring down here, we need a game plan. As for caravans, they were able to get to us before, without a raised road or anything fancy like that. I wonder what changed."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 33/37 CMD 18 
Monday September 25th, 2023 10:22:04 PM
Grim's frustration is different than Grim's anger. Good thing too. Yofiel doesn't necessarily help by his comments, but then she's an elf. That's Grim's point of view. "A trip around the base is doable, but we'd be wise to actually plan on that venture. Bring enough food. Bring ropes and climbing gear to climb trees to sleep in. Bring bug repellent. Stuff like that."

He looks at Colt, his wide grin barring his tusks, "We didn't need to. If there were another way, it would have been found many years ago, before the keep was built next to the cliff and a hole dug into it for the lift, and the Keep would have been built there. But... that's getting to the top the normal, upright, walking way. If you mean a place low enough a climber could make it with ropes, pitons, climbing gear, magic..., well, we can try that some other day from the top!, not from the bottom."

Grim waits a few seconds before starting to retrace their steps.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Monday September 25th, 2023 11:12:49 PM
"I agree Grim. A trip around the plateau should be planned," Siolo agrees as he looks a little abashed at Yofiel.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 2:36:37 AM

"Back we go for now, then." Since their distance traveled has been relatively short, and the elf marked trees along the way, so long as no encounters occur, the group should be able to get back to the lift, signal to those above it is time to raise the platform, give them a few minutes to gather the muscle, and ascend.

If that happens, the bard marks on her map the route they took, and compares that with her overview of the path they traveled.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 7:40:16 AM
"What are you doing there,Yofiel?" Colt's intrigued by her map making. After she explains a little, he replies," oh, like the captain's charts. I guess somebody has to make them."

Colt is very impressed.

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 8:12:04 AM
Yofiel tells Grim that even though she wanted to continue their current direction a bit farther her other ideas were things that would take more time and were merely food for thought. She asks if he is okay with only the minimum information they have though confides she too would like to sleep in her own bed tonight. She asks the others if they are fine with Grim’s suggestion.
Colt asks about if the party circled the edge looking for ways down.
Ezekial doesn’t want to get into a fight with the larger dinosaurs down here.
Dapple agrees going up and coming back with a game plan.
Grim suggests any exploration of ways down would best be done from the top. Any exploration of the area down below should be done with much more preparation and better supplies for it.
Siolo things a trip around the edge of the plateau should be planned.
Yofiel maps out what little they’ve seen.
Colt is impressed by the map making.

The way back is fortunately uneventful. There’s a long ride up and Rothloian is waiting for them at the top having helped with operating the lift. He takes the party to the tavern for some food and asks what they learned.


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 12:32:12 PM
Colt is happy to be reunited with Fogbank, who barks and circles the young man's feet before jumping up to be caught in his arms.

Colt's equally happy to follow Rothlorian to the tavern for food. He leaves the the talking to the party leaders, or maybe he's just eating too fast to talk.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:22/22  
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 8:03:07 PM
Silence is Golden...

Marest stays silent while she listens to her friends retell their tales. She takes mental notes as she goes. She drinks and eats with her friends while watching Rothloian.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 33/37 CMD 18 
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 9:09:10 PM
Grim is pleased that a future exploration around the base of the plateau is in the works and enjoys the ride up the lift once more.

He lets others speak first then takes his turn. He plops the head of the dimorphodon in the middle of the table, pushing a plate aside, and starts.
"It doesn't seem like anything unusual is going on. The plant eaters move about doing what they do and the hunters roam around doing what they do. Pretty much the same no matter where in the jungle you go. We did encounter these smaller Flying Gods. They were led by a Thunder God that had the rare ability to float about like one of those creatures from lore, the One-Eyed Ball with many eyestalks as long as tentacles. But these flying ones have the Jungle Curse on them. See how its flesh is intermingled with plant like flesh?"

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24 
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 10:20:21 PM
"While I admit that the creature being part plant is interesting, it seems to me that we are neglecting that the one was quite literally a THUNDER lizard. At
least now we know what worse then a giant thunder lizard...a giant thunder lizard with lightning in its mouth so that it zaps you while eating you."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 10:58:29 PM

"Marest. Have you taken a vow of silence?" asks Yofiel.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Tuesday September 26th, 2023 11:52:56 PM
Siolo chimes in, "My interactions with the animals have not been abnormal for the most part. There does not seem to be rampant unnatural changes."

"I am very interested to spend more time taking a venture around the plateau to gather more information. Hopefully we can figure out why it happened and more, how it was done."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday September 27th, 2023 8:38:16 AM
Colt frowns. Jungle curses, electricity spouting dinosaurs. These don't seem like the right thing to focus on. Uncharacteristically, he blurts out, "What do we know? Not if there're more dinosaurs in the jungle below Cloudhaven. Not if they're more aggressive. Grim and Siolo are the only ones who know what it was like down there before, and they need to spend time down there to figure out what's it like now. But can we spare them for a long time? Or do we need to do stuff up here?"

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Wednesday September 27th, 2023 9:35:45 AM
Colt is happy to be reunited with Fogbank and equally happy to follow Rothlorian to the tavern for food. He leaves the talking to someone else being too busy eating himself.
Marest stays silent while she listens for her friends to retell their tales as she takes mental notes. She drinks and eats with her friends while watching Rothlorien
Grim lets the others speak then offers up the head for inspection. He tells of the strange abilities of the dinosaurs they fought.
Ezekiel mentions they ran across one of the larger species.
Yofiel wonders why Marest has been so quiet.
Siolo hasn’t noticed rampant unnatural changes. He’d like to explore more.
Colt points out that they don’t know if the situation down below has changed - are the dinosaurs down below more aggressive or in greater numbers?

Rothlorian grimaces as Grim puts his dinosaur head on the table. He clearly considers saying something about it before sighing and continuing his meal. ”These odd dinosaurs worry me, but it’s good nothing else seemed unusual. If things have calmed down it might be possible for us to retreat to the coast to get supplies and reinforcements to rebuild. It’d be risky with only myself able to take on the bigger threats out there but it might be doable if we need to. Cole is probably right about more investigation being needed but it’s a start.”


Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy)  d6=1 ; d6=2 ; d6=2 ;
Wednesday September 27th, 2023 3:54:02 PM
Dapple keeps her promise from earlier and channels positive energy. [b]Everybody heals 4.[b]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Wednesday September 27th, 2023 5:24:38 PM

Quick backstep
While in the jungle when Siolo commented on the benefit of planning a trip around the plateau, Yofiel responded to him, "Yes, of course. Planning for such is much wiser than simply jumping into it." Siolo might be able to discern that the ideas she was throwing out were to get people thinking for what to do down the road, not to jump into immediately, but also getting them to voice what they wanted to do next.

At the Table
As the party meets with Rothlorian, Yofiel sits across from Marest and occasionally spends moments observing her until she gets some sort of notice or reaction. If no response comes, then she finally walks around the table and asks, "Can I take your pulse, dear? I fear for your well being." If Marest does not resist or object or respond, she takes up the drow's wrist in her hand and feels for her pulse. If she does respond, Yofiel breathes a sigh of relief, and thanks her for responding. "Sister, we need you to be with us. Not simply walk in silence like some compliant undead creature. I know you are very bright. Let some of that light also come out your mouth, friend."

Regarding the conversation, the elf nods to acknowledge what others are saying. "There are matters to deal with up here. There are matters to deal with down there. I am fine with helping out whether up here or in the lowlands. Which will be best for us in the short term, and long term? Supplies and resinforcements sound good to me. Do we need to do anything to help folks stock up topside before we descend?"

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:22/22  
Wednesday September 27th, 2023 8:43:44 PM
CloudHaven, Dinosaurs, the height difference

Marest looks at her friend, Yofiel, and says, "I've been pondering how these [/b][/i]Thunder Gods[/i][/b] managed to get to the top of the plateau, let alone organizer themselves into a hoarding stampede. We've seen whats below the lift and it seems that those critters are what is to be expected for these species, air or ground types. What puzzles me is the though that someone, something, or someones might be experiementing on the dinosaurs for their own devious ends and using the town of Cloudhaven and their testing grounds."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Wednesday September 27th, 2023 9:08:45 PM
Grim keeps eating, the dimorphodon head still on the table, dead eyes staring straight at someone sitting a few seats down the table. It doesn't occur to Grim that it might bother some.

After a few more bites he asks Rothlorien, "This coast you talk about. How far is it? Once reaching it, is there a settlement there? If not, how do you figure that getting there will get us the supplies to build? It has been long enough for any caravan survivors to make it back to their town and report the unusual happenings and no one's come yet nor sent any form of message, magical or otherwise. Is this coast place less dangerous to travel in?"

The logistics of the jungle make travel difficult and travel long distances quite impractical. Grim's ONLY at Cloudhaven because of a dream of doom his shaman had. So tales of 'a' coast are only existent in lore and it wouldn't even be the jungle's coast but some coast up the Scabb way.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Wednesday September 27th, 2023 11:37:23 PM
"From my perspective," Siolo chimes in once more, "there is information that can be gathered whether scouting the circumference, or going to the coast. How prevalent strangeness is nearby, or how far the strangeness extends."

He then shrugs, "Thinking about it now, I don't think my role, or preparations, will be very different. Though, I would like a full day to prep."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Thursday September 28th, 2023 8:00:17 AM
The head on the table doesn't bother Colt. He lived for three weeks with his uncle Nedric who hung rats, squirrels, and rabbits on his kitchen wall to age before cooking.

Listening to the others plan, he exchanges a glance with Fogbank. This could be a real adventure, and a dangerous one. It doesn't occur to him that he just assumed he'd go along.

After the conference Colt follows Grim. Once they're clear of people, or once the barbarian notices him, he asks, "Grim can you train me to fight like you? If we make this trip, it's going to be dangerous, and we'll need to be as strong as possible."

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Thursday September 28th, 2023 8:11:06 AM
Dapple keeps her promise from earlier and channels 4 healing energy to everyone.
Yofiel previously agreed with Siolo about needing to take a more planned approach with respect to investigating the plateau. She then while at the table shows concern for Marest and asks if there is anything they need to do topside before descending again.
Marest explains to Yofiel that she’s been pondering how the Thunder Gods managed to get to the top of the plateau and organize themselves in a hoarding stampede and suggests that some entity may be experimenting on dinos for their own end and using Cloudhaven as their testing ground for their creations.
Grim keeps eating oblivious to the fact the head might bother others. He asks Rothlorien further questions about the settlement on the coast.
Siolo suggests regardless of the direction they go in they can figure out the prevalence of the strangeness and requests a day to prepare.

Rothlorian answer’s Grim’s question. ”There’s a little trading post down south, smaller than this place. It has a little dock and some areas to grow food and is our lifeline to civilization and our supporters, who we send our trade goods to and they send us back supplies and staff. The caravan takes a good 2 or 3 weeks to get here from there, but a skilled group well supplied could probably make the trip in a week and a half. The big problem is the river - you probably know it. It’s wide, it’s fast, and it’s dangerous to cross.

If survivors down below decided to head back to the trading post and made it a new caravan would probably take 2 or 3 months to prepare and send our way - a few weeks sailing for the message to the big city, a month the hire new guards and put together an expedition, then another month and a half of sailing and traveling to get here.

All of that is assuming the best honestly - most of the guards and experienced crew were up here enjoying a meal while the less experienced and the low paid labor stayed below to unload. I’m honestly not sure if they could make it back on their own. The big city might not realize there’s a problem until the caravan doesn't return, and that just happens sometime. Our next one is due in about the same amount of time it would take for warning to get there and back, we generally get one every 3-4 months, so that’s when we can expect newcomers regardless of whether they’re bringing relief or just a normal supply shipment.”


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24 
Thursday September 28th, 2023 3:46:37 PM
"Well, there's only one way to find out for sure. Onevwe need a coconut. B...no, two: we right a message on the coconut. And there or C or three little i's, we get that sparrow to carry the coconut to town!"

Dapple [AC 18; HP 26/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday September 28th, 2023 7:21:45 PM
"So, we need to head to the coast and let them know?" Dapple says.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday September 28th, 2023 9:19:02 PM
Grim raises an eyebrow (I think he has two). All this is news to him. Then again, on his first visit, it wasn't obvious where the caravans came from and none were open about any of it. Not to him at least. It was awkward to be among non-orcs and awkward for them to have a rather docile orc stranger from the jungle wandering around the town. The caravan operating in a dangerous environment could be made worse by a marauding native orc tribe.

"The prospect of seeing this fabled Lake of Unusual Size that boats the size of castles go about is worth a trip for me. To see if this coastal outpost is intact or destroyed like Cloudhaven just makes the decision to go that much easier," he mumbles with food stuffed in his jaw.

Grim has no idea what Ezekiel is harping about and thinks maybe one too many coconuts landed on his head.

"Ezekiel, you speaking gibberish, here, chug this tankard of mango ale, see if it unties your tongue."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Thursday September 28th, 2023 10:42:09 PM
Siolo nods in response to Rothlorian and adds after Grim, "I agree. It sounds like there is need to get information to this trading post. I am willing to go and aid any others that will also."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d3=3 ;
Thursday September 28th, 2023 11:34:49 PM

Curiously overcome at Marest's response, Yofiel's eyes well up. "Sound words. Certainly things we have discussed before, but now we have a broader context." She reaches her hands across the table and takes Marest's in her own. "Oh, Marest, I do not ken why, but somehow I thought we were losing you," the bard says gently. "It frightens me when you withdraw into yourself. Do not, I pray you, go so long without speaking again. Or at least, let us know there is someone alive within the silence!" She squints her eyes with a smile, squeezes Marest's hands with her own, and withdraws her hands to wipe the tears away,

Then she turns toward Grim. "Grim, sweetheart, it does not do to leave an uncooked dead thing on the table where we eat, especially when we do not plan to eat it. Would you be so kind as to place that head back in your bag?"

"And yes, Ezekiel, try the mango ale. It may go well with coconuts."

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Friday September 29th, 2023 7:04:34 AM
Ezekiel suggests there is a way to find out for sure involving coconuts and sparrows.
Dapple suggests heading to the coast and letting people know.
Grim reflects on relations between random orc tribe and Cloudhaven and says the trip would be worth it for him.
Siolo thinks a trip to the trading post is a good idea.
Yofiel gets emotional about Marest’s answer. She gives some advice to Grim and Ezekiel.

Rothlorian hesitates. ”Well that’s one option. The problem is sending myself or you guys to the trading post lessens our defenses here. We still don’t know what caused the attack and the area is still very dangerous. It might be best to wait for the next scheduled caravan, or maybe for our entire group of survivors to head out. It’ll be a very dangerous trip either way. We’ll have to discuss -”

The conversation is interrupted by the now familiar sound of an alert. Sentries ringing bells and banging pots to alert the survivors they’ve spotted something. Somehow it seems more… urgent than recent times. Like they’re banging faster or harder, it’s hard to say exactly what gives the impression but it’s definitely there. Something is wrong.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24 
Friday September 29th, 2023 11:55:12 AM
"What now? Did the coconuts learn of my plan to sacrifice one of them and are attacking! We have a spy in our midst!"

Ezekiel will refresh his mage armor before heading out.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Friday September 29th, 2023 12:55:29 PM
Colt drops his fork and stands quickly enough that his chair tips back and falls to the floor behind him. Fogbank yips when he's spilled from Colt's lap , but quickly regains his feet.

Then Colt looks to the others. (And will follow whoever leads the way out the door. )

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Friday September 29th, 2023 2:43:48 PM

Yofiel gets up and runs out the door to see what is happening, and to call out to those sounding the alarm. "WHAT IS IT?"

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Friday September 29th, 2023 8:45:40 PM
Colt follows the elf out the door, scooping up his staff on the way.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Saturday September 30th, 2023 4:11:38 PM
"Attacking at mealtime is just rude." Dapple stands up and follows her friends to see what the trouble is.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Sunday October 1st, 2023 7:35:00 PM
"I won't argue."

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:22/22  
Sunday October 1st, 2023 8:36:51 PM
familiar sound of an alert..

Marest gets up and begins to follow, making sure her goggles are in place and quickly casting Message pointing to Yofiel, Dapple, and Colt.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=24 ;
Monday October 2nd, 2023 12:48:04 AM
Grim turns to Yofiel as he answers her, "Oh, Yofiel, it's not so bad, at least it won't eat off your plate like that yappy dog there in Colt's lap. But... into the sack you go, no appreciation for at this table." and Grim stuffs he head back into the sack and sets it on the floor under the table.

No sooner the bag is stowed away the alarm sound. Getting up and grasping his guisarme, he replies to Dapple's gripe, "It's not as rude as waking you up in the middle of the night." and rushes out the door.

Outside he listens for a moment to discern which watch tower the alarm is coming from.
Perception + 7 = 24

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+12=26 ;
Monday October 2nd, 2023 1:24:14 AM
Perception roll for Yofiel to see how well she might suss out the situation. Since returning from the dinosaur overpopulation below, she has decided she needs to do a better job of keeping her adventuring gear at hand. She quickly strings her bow and nocks an arrow.

Perception: 27

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Monday October 2nd, 2023 5:44:54 AM
Ezekiel asks if the coconuts are spying on them and casts a spell.
Colt takes to his feet too abruptly for both his chair and Fogbank then looks to the others before finally scooping his staff up and leaving through the door.
Yofiel runs out the door to ask what the alarm is. She tries to keep her eyes and ears open and her adventuring gear ready.
Dapple opines that attacking at mealtime is rude
Marest follows the others while securing her goggles and casting a message spell.
Grim tells Yofiel the dinosaur head won't eat off one’s plate like Colt’s yappy lapdog before stuffing it back in the sack as there is no appreciation for it at the table. He then gets up, grabs his guisarme and tells Yofiel that it isn’t as rude as getting woken up at night.

Rothlorian gets up from his meal looking concerned and leaves with the PCs. The party moves swiftly in the direction of the alert. A nervous looking sentry on a rooftop sees them coming and points them in the right direction. Rounding a building they see a women standing amongst a pack of dinosaurs.

The dinosaurs are strange. They look very much like the compies the party has fought before, but enormous. The smallest is at least four and a half feet, the largest a head taller than the woman they are circling defensively around. The woman is even stranger. She looks like some kind of elf - probably a drow? But her skin and hair look nothing like any regular elf. Her skin is a deep glistening purple, as if wet. She’s wearing some kind of hide or leather that’s poorly maintained exposing many scars that crisscross her body and her weirdly green hair is in a braid that’s coming apart and full of loose twigs and dirt. Grim and Yofiel’s perception let them get a good enough look to notice…. Are those gills on her neck? And slight webbing to her hands?

The woman has her head tilted quizzically at the roof where the sentry banged his pot when the party arrives and she lowers her gaze to stare at them with too wide eyes. A low cackle seems to slowly build up and then escape from her, a mad, threatening sound as she grins at the party and says, ”You must be survivors. I was so sure my pets had killed everyone.”


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Monday October 2nd, 2023 3:36:54 PM
So, water elf, what was your plan to do once your pets managed to kill everyone?" asks the elf bard. "Oh, and, have you a name? I am Yofiel. You killed my little brother."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Monday October 2nd, 2023 6:23:15 PM
Siolo frowns at the strange elf, "You have disrupted the harmony. Civilization and nature can coexist. I am Siolo of the Circle of the Alder. I will put an end to your disruption."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+7=8 ;
Monday October 2nd, 2023 7:00:24 PM
Colt is right on Yofiel's heels. When she stops to view the scene, he steps to her left so that he can see. Seeing the odd elf, he glances at Marest, then back to the circle of dinosaurs. He starts counting.

[ooc] How many sizes and how many of each? Awesome. a natural 1 gets me 8 on perception.[/ooc]

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24 
Monday October 2nd, 2023 7:27:55 PM
"Hey guys, I have a hunch that this elf lady might be responsible for attacking the town," says Ezekiel. "We best be ready for a fight just in case."

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d4=3 ; d20+8=24 ;
Monday October 2nd, 2023 7:52:38 PM
... I was so sure my pets...

Marest stares at the odd elf woman(Skill check: Perception: 24); and listens to her words, then her guttural cries. Without missing a beat in the process, Marest casts Spectral Hand temporarily losing 3 points to the hand.

Looking at this apparent culprit of the Cloudhaven massacre, there is no time for subtle niceties!

Skill Checks:
Perception: 24

Spells in Effect:
Spectral Hand:
duration: 3 minutes
HP: 3

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 12:09:37 AM
Grim is silent for a moment, taking in what he sees and trying to piece things together. What is an aquatic creature doing so far away from any large source of water? How does an aquatic creature command land animals so easily? And why would an aquatic creature even care for anything this far away?

Finally he asks, 'Under what authority did you command these pets to destroy this trading outpost?

Grim will not go against any servant of the Great One, but he will try to put an end to any being trying to usurp Him.

DM Mitch Flying Dinosaur Map  
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 7:46:35 AM
Yofiel asks the water elf what her plan was after her pets killed everyone before introducing herself, asking for a name and explaining to the water elf that she killed her brother.
Siolo tells the strange elf that she disrupted the harmony and that civilization and nature can coexist. He introduces himself as well and says he’ll put an end to her disruption.
Colt is on Yofiel’s heels, stepping to her left and counting the dinosaurs in the newcomer’s retinue.
Ezekiel tells the others he has a hunch this elf lady is responsible for attacking the town and that they better be ready to fight.
Marest stares at the odd elf woman and the casts spectral hand sacrificing some of her own life energy to create the ghostly hand.
Grim asks under what authority did she command the dinosaurs to destroy the outpost.

The strange drow puts her hand to her chest in mock offense. ”Kill people? Me? Oh I’d never. I’m Maya. I make things better. Stronger. Faster. Give them new abilities, more intelligence. Like my darlings here.” she rubs her head against the face of one of the compies as it passes close to her and it returns her affection. ”They’re very good at hunting, yes they are, and it seems the town just wasn’t ready for them. Such a shame. I expected more, but that’s the law of the jungle. Maybe you’ll do better, you did survive when no one else did after all.”

Knowledge: History DC 15 Highlight to display spoiler: { In the past there have been people known as monstrologers who like dangerous creatures like aberrations or other monsters more than people. This lady sounds like the type, speaking affectionately of her enhanced dinosaurs and doesn’t seem to care about all the deaths in town she caused.}

Rothlorian steps up as if to address the woman, perhaps to ask more questions, but on some silent signal the pack of compies split up and rush around the building and towards town. With a curse, Rothlorian tells the party ”Protect the people, I’ll capture the mad woman.” and rushes at Maya, who dances away laughing.

We are now in combat. Please place yourself on the map, starting positions in the general area behind Rothlorian.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 8:30:31 AM

Looks like you need to link to the new map, Mitch. The link above is to our last combat down in the jungle.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+12=32 ; 5d6=11 ;
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 8:48:33 AM

[Will post in absence of up-to-date map, trusting to DM Mitch to figure Yofiel will aim to get as many of the compies as possible in the 40' diameter blast area. If you want to place the compies, and then have me fill in the blast area later today, I could do that.]

Yofiel seems to know quite a bit about monstrologers (knowledge, history: 32 - nat 20), but will delay passing on that knowledge for a moment as she grabs the only item from one of the pouches at her waist and hurls it toward the largest grouping of compies that she can include in the 40' diameter blast area of the last bead from the fireball necklace which was found in the keep among the remains of Delilah's husband. It does 5d6=11 hp fire damage (huh, rolled three 1s, two 4s - wimpy), DC14 reflex save for half damage. She can hurl it to a max distance of 70', but likely will toss it a shorter distance so as to include as many as possible before they get away - without hitting any of her friends.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy fight  
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 9:11:12 AM
Testing

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 1:14:54 PM
Mitch - I'll bet you're missing the endquote just before the bracket

Try this to reach the map: Maya and Compy Fight Map

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 3:47:57 PM
Dapple wants to stay in a central position, so she's able to help anyone who needs it, but she also wants to do something this round. She darts up to give Rothlorien a Bit of Luck.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+4=9 ; d6=2 ;
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 8:45:52 PM
Colt dashes toward the scorched compies. Reaching the first, he lunges forward using his staff, lance like.

[ooc] 9 to hit compy 2. 2+3 = 5 damage if that hits. (But probably won't) [/ooc]

[ooc] I think I can assume that 11 is not going to put down Compys 2-4. If somehow it does, Colt will give chase to the other compys instead of this post. [/ooc]

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 8:50:53 PM
Grim now knows for sure that this strange aquatic elf-like being is NOT a representative of the Great One. That Holy one would never raise and train creatures to attack others just to see if they've 'evolved' enough to survive. The Great One lets things happen naturally. And whoever does what she claims to have done is working against the Great One's lordship over the jungle.

However, these things cross his mind as his instinct to protect the town spurs him to head back down the street and into an ally way to try to cut off one of the compy groups. They simply can't split up to stop both, so he yells to the watchman to keep banging the pot, and more loudly and faster than before!

Moved to S9, a Double Move at 30'/Move.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+5=16 ; d6=3 ; d20+8=18 ;
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 9:44:07 PM
Just a touch...a simple subtle touch

Marest delivers her spell Touch of idiocy through her Spectral Hand on Maya in spot AO13. Marest using her perception skill hopes to see if the spell was successful.

Skill Checks:
Perception: 18

Spells in Effect:
Spectral Hand:
duration: 3 minutes
HP: 3

Touch of Idiocy:
Range touch
Target living creature touched
Duration 10 min./level = 30 minutes
Saving Throw no; Spell Resistance yes
^-=-^
Attack: d20+3+2(spectralHand) = 16
Damage:
Your successful melee touch attack applies a 3-point penalty to the target’s Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24  d20+6=19 ; d6+6=10 ;
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 10:12:58 PM
Ezekiel moves next to Yofiel and fire an elemental ray at carbon dioxide CO2. If down, he will instead ready a blast at the next hostile to come within 30 feet.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + (pbs) = 19.
Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 (pbs) = 6.

(Subtracted 4 from roll b/c I bumped the roll button trying to edit the bonus)

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 11:26:07 PM
Siolo rounds the corner with his shield in hand and swiftly incants a spell at C05.

((Casts Hold Animal, will DC 14))

DM Mitch Maya and Compy fight   d20=6 ; d20=4 ; d20=10 ; d20=15 ;
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 7:51:59 AM
Yofiel hurls her sole remaining bead from her necklace of fireball at the densest group of compies.
Dapple wants to stay in a central position in order to help anyone who needs it but for this round she gives Rothlorien a bit of luck.
Colt dashes forward with his staff trying to hit a compy but missing
Grim Ripr realizes that the strange aquatic elf-like being is not a representative of the Great One as his instinct to protect the town spurs him to head down an alleyway trying to cut off a group of compies while instructing the guard to keep banging the pot.
Marest attempts to user her spectral hand to deliver a touch of idiocy to Maya but the lithe drow easily avoids the hands attempt to touch her.
Ezekiel moves next to Yofiel and fires an elemental ray at Compy 2
Siolo rounds the corner and casts hold animal. To his surprise the spell has no effect - it isn’t resisted, it just doesn’t work on the target. Knowledge, Nature 15 Highlight to display spoiler: { these things must be so changed from their natural state that they count as magical beasts instead of animals and resist magic that targets specifically animals}

Rothlorian charges the druid and swings at her but she avoids it as easily as she did the Spectral hand.

The compies, though giant, seem to have lost some of the dexterousness of their smaller relations and take the full blast of the fireball. Ezekiel finishes off one and the other two run around the corner, as do the three to the south. There’s a scrambling sound and one of the sentries yells in alarm to the south, while to the north one sees Dapple and runs towards her while the other heads deeper into town.

The mad druidess laughs like a lunatic as she dances around the attacks being thrown at her. ”Now that’s just rude. I haven’t done anything to hurt you.” she says even as her dinosaurs run towards down with clearly lethal intent. She casts some kind of buff on herself and rushes to the edge of the woods, dancing around Rothlorian’s AoO. She’s fast, faster than a regular sprinter, moving 45 feet to reach the treeline.

Compy 2 - Dead
Compy 3 - 11
Compy 4 - 5


DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 7:54:30 AM
Fixing map link. I hope.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24 
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 11:40:22 AM
Ezekiel double moves until he gets line of site one company.

"Keep him busy, Dapple, and be ready to duck!"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 1:18:59 PM

Figuring there are enough people to handle the compies that she fireballed, Yofiel calls out, "She's a monstrologer," and decides to run after the other three, going from AC10 to AA21, just a bit behind the trailing compy at V21. Her arrow is still nocked as before, but she's used up the whole round in running. She ends with her right hand back on the string, index finger touching the top of the arrow shaft, middle finger supporting the bottom, ready to draw...

[By the way, I teach archery. Holding a nocked arrow by having my left hand wrapped around the center of the bow, and left index finger clamping down on the shaft of the arrow, I have and can run just fine without the arrow losing its nocked condition.]

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 6:55:27 PM
Covering Bases

Marest double moves to spot N13 as she tries to cover the groups flanks.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 8:50:21 PM
Colt continues around the corner after the surviving compies. He sees only the one dashing away, and realizes he's never going to catch it on foot. While he runs, his hand plunges into his belt pouch and draws out his sling. He threads his hand through the loop. Glancing down the alley as he passes , he sees the missing compy and a burly figure beyond. Savage satisfaction passes through him because Grim is going to make short work of that creature. His hand dips into the pouch again for a stone.

[ooc] Double move, draw sling n the way. [/ooc]

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 8:50:40 PM
OOC: Somehow I managed to move D instead of G, didn't even see G, so I put D back where Dapple would have touched Lothlorien for the luck and planed G where the C03 thought it was a little halfling.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 9:20:04 PM
Dapple moves toward the fight and casts Sanctuary on herself. Opponents have to make a DC14 Will save to attack her.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=25 ; 2d4+6=8 ; d20+8=28 ; d20+8=17 ; 2d4+6=11 ; 2d4+6=10 ;
Wednesday October 4th, 2023 10:12:43 PM
Grim is glad he doesn't have to chase a compy down as one turns right into the ally and heads towards him.

OOC: should get an AoO as it closes past the guirsarme but since you were thinking it was Dapple, I'll understand if the AoO is not appropriate. BTW, I did post where Grim was going to be so...

Grim takes advantage of the charging Lesser Thundergod as it tries to get past the guisarme point.
AoO +7 = 25 dmg = 2d4+6 = 8

If it is still standing, it is now too close for the guisarme, so he drops it and draws his falchion, slicing at the compy.
Free action: drop weapon
Move action: draw weapon
Standard: slice with weapon

Att +8 = 28 N20
Crit roll + 8 = 17 dmg = 2d4+6 + 2d4+6 = 11 + 10 = 21 or 11 if not a crit.

If the AoO felled it, he takes after Colt (double move for 60') who he saw running past, unless he hears screams or yells from the others.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=19 ;
Thursday October 5th, 2023 1:41:02 AM
((Kn Nature 19+6=25))

Siolo curses under his breath as the spell is ineffective. "They are no longer animals!" he shouts as he quickly follows his target.

((Double move))

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d20=15 ; d20=3 ; d6=2 ; d20=3 ; d20=2 ; d20=6 ; d20=16 ;
Thursday October 5th, 2023 8:06:09 AM
Ezekiel double moves until he gets line of sight on a Compy and tells Dapple to keep it busy but be ready to duck.
Yofiel tells the other that the mad druidess is also a monstrologer and runs after the 3 compies keeping an arrow knocked while doing so.
(OOC: I’m willing to defer to your IRL experience; considering you can draw a weapon while moving if you have a BAB > 1 I think this kind of fits within the spirit of the rules)
Marest double moves to N13 as she tries to cover the flanks
Colt continues around the corner after the remaining compies. He realizes he’s never going to catch up to the only one he can see dashing away so he prepares his sling for next round while he takes satisfaction seeing Grim ready to make short work of the Compy he is by.
Dapple casts Sanctuary on herself as she moves towards the fight.
Grim finishes the one that rushed him with an attack of opportunity and double moves.
Siolo comments on their nature and movers.

CO 1 and 5 hear Siolo yelling and notices the two chasing them. They turn and move to attack him. He manages to avoid one bite but the second gets him in the arm dealing 5 damage and making him save vs their poison (DC 16 fort for 4 rounds or until 1 save, 1d2 STR damage).

CO 6 is trying to climb up to reach the sentry and attack him. It leaps as high as it can and grabs onto a shutter to climb up further but the shutter can’t hold it’s weight and it falls back down.

CO4 is torn between the terrified sentry and Colt, but decides to go for Colt after a moment. It’s indecision makes it’s attack easy to avoid though.

The sentries stop ringing out the alarm and grab shortbows to try to help. Their nervousness and inexperience means they shoot very wide of the enemy though.

Maya the mad druid runs off into the forest, with Rothlorian directly behind her.

Compy 2 - Dead
Compy 3 - dead
Compy 4 - 5


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+6=7 ; d20+10=29 ; d6+3=5 ;
Thursday October 5th, 2023 9:12:43 AM

Yofi somehow manages to pull the bowstring without drawing the arrow with it. Yet seeing her good friend Siolo being ganged up on by two of the monstrologer-modified monsters, she draws on heroic inner resources to quickly bring the string back into a firm nock (NOTE: Arrows are always NOCKED onto the bow string, and never KNOCKED. The nock is the slotted string receptacle at the non-pointy end of the arrow) and successfully looses an arrow from her masterwork composite shortbow striking AC29 for 5 hp damage vs Compy No. 5. (Almost a nat20)

"Come to this side! Three of 'em!" the bard calls out for her friends to hear.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=8 ; d2=2 ; d20=11 ; d6=6 ;
Thursday October 5th, 2023 7:50:55 PM
((Fort 8+2=10, 1d2=2))

Siolo grimaces as the compy's teeth sink into his arm as he draws his sickle. He still manages though and prepares an attack. It is then that he nearly drops his sickle once more as he feels his strength leaving him. Despite this he strikes out at the one that bit him.

((11+4-1=14 to hit, for 6+2-1=7))

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Thursday October 5th, 2023 8:45:33 PM
Flanking

Marest attempts to flank the Comps, by double moving to spot E16. She then pivots and points to Yofiel, Dapple, & Grim, whispering a message "What do you see? How many Compies left? Is everyone safe?"

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=12 ;
Thursday October 5th, 2023 9:43:53 PM
Last Round: Grim finishes the one that rushed him with an attack of opportunity and double moves.
OOC: I moved G to next to Colt, that would be the logical spot as Co4 hadn't turned around to go for Colt. Could be that Co4 had already committed to go for Colt not realizing Grim coming rushing around the corner.

IC: Grim is about to put chase to the Compy4 when it turns on Colt. Grim stops short and chops down on it with the guisarme. The chop misses the compy and bites the dirt inches from Colt's foot.

att +7 = 12


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24 
Thursday October 5th, 2023 10:06:19 PM
Ezekiel continues to hustle around the buildings while muttering to himself.

"Wait, was that Grim or Dapple? Sometimes these people all look the same."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d6=2 ; d6=4 ;
Thursday October 5th, 2023 11:12:35 PM
Dapple channels positive energy. Ezikiel heals 6.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d20=15 ; d20+5=15 ; d20+5=14 ; d20+5=8 ; d20=12 ; d20=11 ;
Friday October 6th, 2023 7:22:58 AM
Yofiel lets with an arrow scoring a direct hit against Compy 5. She calls for the rest of her friends to join her and counts out the number of enemies. She also corrects the grammar of the voices in her head.
Siolo grimaces as the foe’s teet sink into his arm while he draws his sickle. He nearly drops his sickle but still manages to strike out with it but the creature’s thick hide prevents the druid from striking a blow.
Marest moves to flank and messages to ask about the other side.
Grim misses colt and the compy.
Ezekiel hustles and comments
Dapple heals.

Compy 4 takes a 5 foot step north and viciously tears at Colt but his armor manages to protect him.

Compies 1 and 5 press the attack on Siolo but much like Colt his armor manages to keep them from penetrating skin this round.

Compy 6 tries to get up the building again and this time manages to succeed, clambering up to where the sentry is.

The sentries continue to be ineffective with their bows, though one manages to clip a compy without doing real damage. The one now sharing a roof with 6 calls out for help.

Compy 2 - Dead
Compy 3 - dead
Compy 4 - 5
Compy 5 - 5 damage


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+4=10 ; d6+3=5 ;
Friday October 6th, 2023 7:26:40 AM
Colt stops, surprised by the compy turning back on him. He throws the useless stone in his hand at the compy and swings staff up to defend himself. It blocks a slashing claw, and he whirls fully round, the sling trailing from his hand in a roundhouse to the compy's gut.

[ooc] Drop stone, Staff v compy 4 . 10 to hit. (5 damage) [/ooc]



Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 18/24  d4+1=5 ; d4+1=4 ;
Friday October 6th, 2023 9:52:04 AM
Ezekiel rounds the corner of the building and sees two copies engaged with Siolo and Yoffiel.

"Huzzah, something to blast!" he says as he fires a magic missile at each.

CO1: 1d4+1 = 5.
CO5: 1d4+1 = 4.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Friday October 6th, 2023 5:23:18 PM
hp update

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0  d20=5 ; d2=2 ;
Friday October 6th, 2023 6:38:55 PM
((Fort 5+2=7, 1d2=2))

Siolo's strength continues to leave him causing him to let his sickle hang and focus on defense. He musters his remaining strength into holding up his shield and in his legs.

"Protect the sentries!" he tries to yell, but it certainly isn't that loud.

((Full defense, new AC 20))

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+10=15 ; 2d4+6=9 ;
Friday October 6th, 2023 9:54:19 PM
Grim drops his guisarme and while maneuvering around (avoiding AoO) he draws his falchion, positioning himself opposite Colt, flanking the unusually large compy4, and slashes at it.

Att +8 +2 (flanking) = 15

If hit: dmg 2d4+6 = 9

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+6=25 ; d6+2=3 ; d20+3=19 ;
Saturday October 7th, 2023 1:18:21 AM

Yofiel moves to U23 and lets fly an arrow at point blank range (~20' away, pbr=within 30', allowing for +1 att/+1 dam) hitting larger-than-normal Compsognathus #5 AC 25 for 6+2=3 hp damage, hoping to take the fight out of it (has received total of 5+4+3=12 hp damage) and give Siolo a bit more of a chance by having only one of these critters to face rather than two.

She also is mindful of Siolo's words to protect the sentries, and again digs deep to do a little bit more toward that end, dropping her bow (free action) and spending a hero point to allow another standard action, casting animate rope on the hemp rope which hangs off her left hip, throwing the bulk (retaining hold of one end) of it in a ranged touch attack (1d20+4-1=19, and should have subtracted one more for 18) AC 18 - success) toward the compy at R20 which threatens the sentry at N20 on the roof, and calls out "Loop and knot!" to tie up Compy #6. #6 must make a Reflex save DC14 or be entangled

[Entangled: The character is ensnared. Being entangled impedes movement, but does not entirely prevent it unless the bonds are anchored to an immobile object or tethered by an opposing force. An entangled creature moves at half speed, cannot run or charge, and takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity. An entangled character who attempts to cast a spell must make a concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) or lose the spell.]

Summary:
Compy #5: AC 25, 3 hp dam
Compy #6: AC 18 (ranged touch), wrapped with looped and knotted rope, Reflex DC14 or entangled
Yofi spent her penultimate hero point

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Saturday October 7th, 2023 7:29:10 AM
Assessing...

Marest awaits the intel from Dapple, Yofiel, and Grim before making her next move, although she does point to the next three party members trying as she recalls their locations for great intel. Marest points to Siolo, Colt, and Ezekiel.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Saturday October 7th, 2023 5:58:00 PM

"Marest, we need help on this side. Three compys attacking," Yofiel responds to Marest's plea for information.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Sunday October 8th, 2023 8:15:03 PM
"Thanks, Grim." Watching the half-orc slip in behind the compy is hugely reassuring. Colt knows he's unlikely to win a head to head contest with the reptiles.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d20+5=15 ; d20+5=16 ; d20+5=14 ; d20+5=6 ; d20=6 ; d20=12 ;
Monday October 9th, 2023 7:36:01 AM
Colt is surprised by the Compy turning back on him, switching from the sling to the staff. He tries to deliver a blow to the giant Compy’s gut but its hide deflects it.
Ezekiel sends magic missiles at 1 and 5
Siolo strength continues to leave him and decides to focus on defense with a full defense action while he calls for someone to protect the sentries.
Grim drops his guisarme while switching to his falchion and maneuvering around though the dino’s thick hide turns his blade.
Yofiel moves to U23 and lets fly an arrow at point black range into Compy 5 while being mindful of Siolo’s words. She takes a heroic action to cast animate rope and uses it against Compy 6 though Compy 6 is able to nimbly avoid being tangled (1d20 + 2) = 17
Marest tries to get information from her teammates to figure out where she is best needed.
Yofiel tells Marest that she needs help on this side.
Colt thanks Grim for the help.

Compy 4 does not like being flanked and attacks Cole ferociously but the rogue manages to keep it’s bites on his armor.

Compies 1 and 4 attack Siolo but neither have much luck this round.

Compy 6 avoids the rope and rushes the sentry but rolls a 1 on it’s attack so hits nothing.

The sentries have about as much luck as the compies in their attack.

Compy 1 - 5
Compy 2 - Dead
Compy 3 - dead
Compy 4 - 5
Compy 5 - 12 damage
Compy 6 -


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Monday October 9th, 2023 8:57:05 AM

"EZEKIEL - GET THE ROOF COMPY & SAVE THE SENTRY!" Yofiel calls out to the sorcerer.

Will have to follow with action post later...


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+4=7 ;
Monday October 9th, 2023 11:00:35 AM
Colt fends the compy off with sweeping blocks by his staff. When the compy glances back at Grim, hs sees an opening and quickly jabs the end of his staff at the saurian's head.

At Colt's feet Fogbank bark and growls and nimbly stays out from under everyone's stomping feet.

[ooc] Even adding +2 for the flank, that will only get him 9 to hit. Fortunately his true purpose right now is to provide Grim with a flanking buddy. [/ooc]

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Monday October 9th, 2023 11:05:24 AM
[ooc] Hey DM Mitch, how tall are the buildings here, especially the threatened sentry's building? Is there a ladder to the rooftop anywhere?[/ooc]

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+6=7 ;
Monday October 9th, 2023 12:16:29 PM
Ezekiel moves to get a show and fires an elemental ray at the roof compy.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 (PBS) = 7. Natural 1 miss.

"Aye aye, capitan," says Ezekiel. He fires a lightning ray at the comp and misses.



Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0  d20=20 ;
Monday October 9th, 2023 8:51:16 PM
((Fort nat 20!!!))

Siolo's inner fortitude prevents the poison from ravaging him any further. This gives Siolo some more resolve to continue. With a little more energy, he keeps his shield raised. Hoping to continue distracting their enemies.

((Another full defense))

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Monday October 9th, 2023 9:04:44 PM
The Roof?!

Marest runs to AF19 from Z13 in an attempt to help Yofiel next round.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+6=17 ; d6+2=6 ; d20+12=20 ;
Monday October 9th, 2023 9:28:52 PM

Yofiel cannot do everything at once. Three compys to take down, one arrow to shoot. Siolo to help. Sentry to rescue. Grabbing up the bow at her feet, she looses an arrow at Compy #5, hitting AC 17 for 6 hp damage, presumably bringing it down (18 hp total damage) so as to cut a break for Siolo. Hey, he looks better.

Almost twisting her guts as she turns her head around, the redhead elf calls out to the Sentry (and there's a 99% chance she knows the name of the sentry, which she uses), "Hey, {insert sentry's name here}, keep your bow between you and the lizard, and jump off the roof. I'll catch you with a feather fall spell. Jump, I say!" Her aim is to have him take a defensive retreat, and, calling upon her last hero point, she casts the feather fall spell to allow him to float softly down the last few feet. When his feet touch the ground, she yells at him, "RUN AWAY, around the building!" And she points, just in case he does not at first know which way to go.

After another busy round, she feels just a flash of dizziness. She forces herself to be ready at the top of the next round to draw another arrow and decide where to send it.
"Save the sentry, save Siolo, save the Wold," she intones softly.
===============
Perception: 20

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+10=18 ; 2d4+6=11 ;
Monday October 9th, 2023 11:38:01 PM
OOC: never forget that, when the odds are very much against you to hit, and there's a teammate also trying to hit, you can Aid Another at much better odds of success to give your teammate a +2 bonus to his/her roll.

IC: Grim is getting a bit frustrated at missing the darn critter twice in a row. Letting out a howl, he slices at Comp4 once more.

Att +8 +2 (flanking) = 18

If hit: dmg 2d4+6 =11

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 
Tuesday October 10th, 2023 5:19:55 AM

Maybe the right word is 'disengage'.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d8=4 ; d4=2 ; d20=7 ; d20=10 ; d20=10 ; d6=3 ;
Tuesday October 10th, 2023 7:46:33 AM
Yofiel tells Ezekiel to get the roof compy and save the sentry
Colt manages to block the dinosaur’s attacks while providing a flanking buddy for Grim while Fogbank barks and growls
Ezekiel moves to get a shot and fires an elemental ray at the roof, missing the compy with his lightning this time
Siolo manages to resist the poison this time before taking another total defense action and hopefully more of the Compy’s attacks
Marest moves to get into a better position to help Yofiel
(OOC: keep your hero point Yofiel, feather fall is an immediate action which can be performed at any time, even if it is not your turn)
Yofiel takes down Compy 5 with her arrow and yells for the sentry to jump off the roof using an immediate action to cast feather fall on the sentry.
Grim is getting tired of missing the Compy but this time with a flanking buddy he is able to hit, staggering the creature

The compies press the attack. Well the 2.5 still standing. Grim and Siolo are able to bat aside the incoming attacks, but the sentry gets bitten for 6 damage. He cries out in pain then jumps like Yofiel told him to, floating down safely to the ground. I have rolled to determine he is a male half elf and we’re going to name him Tanis because it’s the first name to come to mind. He thanks Yofiel and leans against the wall.

Compy 1 - 5
Compy 2 - Dead
Compy 3 - dead
Compy 4 - 16 damage staggered
Compy 5 - dying
Compy 6 -


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Tuesday October 10th, 2023 8:14:03 AM
With the sentry out of harms way, Ezekiel draws his wand and casts grease on the roof compy.

If the compt attempts to move, cimpy must succeed at a DC 10 Acrobatics check or it fails to move. If I gets less than 5, it falls prone. DM call if it falls off the roof.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+4=10 ; d6=4 ;
Tuesday October 10th, 2023 7:35:51 PM
Colt keeps fending off the compy with his staff. He makes a weak attempt at an uppercut with the left end of his weapon that hardly distracts the reptile.

Meanwhile Foggy tries to bite the beast's tail. But when the dino rears back from Colt's staff, its tail sweeps forward to balance and knocks the little dog a few feet away.

[ooc] Attack roll 10 + 2 flank = 12. Probably not a hit, but I'll roll damage on the outside chance. 4+3 = 7 damage if 12 hit. [/ooc]

[ooc] Remind me to full attack next round. [/ooc]

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+10=21 ; 2d4+6=14 ;
Tuesday October 10th, 2023 9:10:34 PM
With another roar, Grim tries to finish Compy4 and give Colt a chance to see to Foggy.

Att +8 +2 (flanking) = 21

dmg 2d4+6 =14

"Take THAT, you Abomination, in the name of the Great One!" he shouts as the blade cuts deem and splatter's blood all over Colt (and himself some too).

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d6+1=5 ; d20+4=10 ;
Tuesday October 10th, 2023 9:49:33 PM
Next...

Marest takes a five-foot step and leans to see the nearest Compie, C05, too close to Siolo. She sends her Spectral Hand to deliver her newly cast Touch of Gracelessness upon C05.

Attack:

1d20+4 (+2 ranged bonus for Spectral Hand) = 10
Dexterity loss = 5

Spells in Effect:
Spectral Hand:
duration: 150 /180 seconds
HP: 3

Touch of Gracelessness:
Range: touch
Target: living creature touched
Duration: 1 round/level (3 rounds)
Saving Throw Fortitude partial; Spell Resistance yes

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday October 10th, 2023 10:06:29 PM
Not seeing any foes--or allies needing help--Dapple double moves toward the sounds of combat.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0 
Wednesday October 11th, 2023 12:00:01 AM
Siolo is grateful to Yofiel and feels emboldened. He continues his defense against the compy.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20+6=26 ; d20+6=12 ; d6+2=8 ; d20+12=32 ;
Wednesday October 11th, 2023 1:45:22 AM

Yofiel shoots Compy #6 hitting AC 26 (Nat 20, but not confirmed crit) for 8 hp damage. "Take that, Mean Compy!" she says to the roof beast.

"I hope Rothlorien is doing all right. Never trust a nasty druid in the jungle," she says. Then she somewhat repents of what she said, as she hopes she did not hurt Siolo's feelings. He is a druid - but he is not nasty.

The elf glances left and right. She notices Marest peeking around the corner. "Try to take down the one nearest the building [#1], Marest - that one is in better shape than the other."

=================
Perception: 32 (nat 20) to notice Marest at the far corner.
(lovely round - she got 3 max rolls!)

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d20=18 ; d20=13 ; d20=12 ;
Wednesday October 11th, 2023 7:55:50 AM
Ezekiel takes out his wand and casts grease on the roof compy
Colt keeps fending off the Compy with his staff and he tries to hit it again but again the creature’s thick hide turns his staff. Meanwhile Foggy gets knocked back by the tail.

(OOC: is Fogbank a roleplay animal or a utility animal? Roleplay = just there for RP, not targetable in battle, utility = you use him for things like tracking by scent etc but he is targetable in battle)

Grim Ripr kills Compy 4 in dramatic fashion.
Marest sends her hand to debuff the enemy but the compy avoids it.
Dapple runs toward the continuing combat.
Siolo defends.
Yofiel shoots one and hopes Rothlorian is doing ok.

Compy 6 agilely avoids the grease (reflex 20) and climbs down the building after it’s prey (16 climb).

Compy 1 would have hit Siolo if not for his defensive manauvering.

The sentry withdraws looking terrified.

Compy 1 - 5
Compy 2 - Dead
Compy 3 - dead
Compy 4 - dead
Compy 5 - dying
Compy 6 -


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+6=16 ; d6+2=4 ;
Wednesday October 11th, 2023 11:05:35 AM
Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 (PBS) = 16.
Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 (PBS) = 4.

"Fine, be that way," says Ezekiel, sad that his grease didn't work out. "I'll just blast ya!"


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday October 11th, 2023 4:57:42 PM
Dapple keeps moving toward battle, ending up a little behind Siolo. [Double move]

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0 
Wednesday October 11th, 2023 9:10:40 PM
Siolo hears footsteps behind him. He grips his shield strap a little tighter and weakly shouts, "Be careful, these are dangerous and seem to have poison!"

((While boring, I continue full defense.))

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+4=22 ; d6+1=6 ;
Wednesday October 11th, 2023 9:19:59 PM
Where oh where did that Compy thing go?!

Marest is annoyed that her spells aren't making their mark, so she silently says a prayer to Queen Maab. Heeding Young Yofiel's suggestions, Marest takes a 5-foot step forward to AF21 and then sends her Spectral Hand with another [i]Touch of Gracelessness[b][i] spell after CO6 at O21!

[b]Attack:

1d20 +2 (+2 ranged bonus for Spectral Hand) = 22
Dexterity loss = 6

Spells in Effect:
1x Spectral Hand:
Range: medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) 130ft.
Effect: one spectral hand
Duration: 1 min./level (D):: 140/180 seconds
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
HP: 3/3

2x Touch of Gracelessness:
Range: touch
Target: living creature touched
Duration: 1 round/level (3 rounds total)
Saving Throw Fortitude partial; Spell Resistance yes

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday October 12th, 2023 12:10:06 AM
Grim's focus on the compy before him and Colt and the buildings between them and the others makes him have to stop momentarily and assess what is going on. His breathing is even, barely breaking a sweat, and is ready to remove these abby-normal creatures from the jungle.

Hearing the yells and calls from the others, he quickly picks up the pace to rejoin the battle, IF he can find his way around the obstructing buildings in time.

He makes it back to the main street but doesn't see anything but a sentry on top a building.

"Hey YOU! SENTRY! Where are they? What's going on?" he calls out to him.



Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21  d20=4 ; d20+3=4 ;
Thursday October 12th, 2023 2:49:06 AM

[The opponents' status list should include: 'Compy 6 - 8', as Yofiel hit it with a nat 20 for 8hp last post.]

Yofi's bowstring launches an arrow, but it flies off to the right of Compy 6 and plinks into the wall of the building behind (d20+6=AC10). She then grabs the end of the rope at her waist to try to pull down the other end of the rope from off the roof at R20 in hopes of getting it closer to where the oversized critter landed so she could command it to wrap it up. But as it slides down, the far end flips much closer to her, rather than anywhere near the compsognathus. (d20+3=4 is a nat 1)

At least she can still talk. "Tanis, round the corner, run, and find a place to hide!"

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d20=13 ; d20=7 ; d6=6 ; d6=6 ;
Thursday October 12th, 2023 9:23:16 AM
Ezekiel pouts and blasts them but they avoid it.
Dapple moves to catch the fight.
Siolo keeps doing what is working.
Marest lands her debuff this time.
Grim asks the sentry he can see what’s going on.
Yofiel shoots at the enemy and tries to rope them but has no luck with either. She tells Tanis to run.

The sentry still on the roof has no line of sight and has no idea what’s going on. ”I think they’re still fighting over there? I saw one get on the roof for a moment.” he tells Grim before vanishing into the building he’s on.

Compy 6 moves to attack the nearest target, Yofiel. Compy 1, realizing it’s unlikely to break through Siolo’s defense and seeing Dapple coming to aid him, also switches targets. They move to flank.

Both hit Yofiel due to the flanking bonus and she takes 18 damage (Max on both rolls) and must save vs 2 doses of poison (DC 16, 1d2 STR damage)

Compy 1 - 5
Compy 2 - Dead
Compy 3 - dead
Compy 4 - dead
Compy 5 - dying
Compy 6 - 8 -6 dex


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Thursday October 12th, 2023 10:07:03 AM
"Ughk. !" Colt wipes the blood from Grim's strike from his eyes and spits some from his mouth.

He looks for Fogbank, and sees that the little dog has already recovered his feet, and is following Grim. The young man spits once more and chases after the dog and barbarian.

[ooc] Double move as shown. [/ooc]

[ooc] Thanks for the answer on building height. [/ooc]

[ooc] On Fogbank, it's not clear. Certainly he's an RP foil. With regards to utility, I do kind of expect him to get Perception rolls against 'approaching or nearby 'creatures, dog-stuff. I don't expect him to do anything useful in combat. Colt's got some Handle Animal skills. If we get a good bit of downtime, maybe he'll train Foggie up to perform some useful game-mechanical tricks. Right now in line with dogs, I expect Foggie to mostly come when called, lie down, and, given Colt's and Foggie's history, keep quiet on command.

He's not my PC; feel free, Mitch, to have him do things that dogs might do, even disobey those simple commands. And if you want to use him for some purpose, that's fine. Likewise if Siolo or another animal speaker wants to talk with him and use him n some way, I'm OK with that. [/ooc]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 3/21  d20+2=14 ; d20+2=13 ; d2=1 ; d2=2 ; d20+5=24 ; d6+1=2 ;
Thursday October 12th, 2023 2:37:44 PM

"My turn!" Yofi cries as the last remaining compys gang up on her. She fails both DC16 Fort saves, losing 3 hp strength (down to 8), and suffered significant damage. [How does a roll of 7+2 from flanking penetrate her AC 14?]

The Compy to her left is practically standing on her animated rope. "Loop and knot!" she commands to tie up Compy #6. #6 must make a Reflex save DC14 or be entangled. [See her post of Oct 7 for details on results, or click on link]

She takes a 5 foot step from T22 to U23 as she draws her masterwork rapier (which has a +1 BAB, therefore [I think] does not provoke an AoO), and stabs at the less nimble C01, hitting AC24 for 2 hp damage.

She ends the round with, "HELP?!"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 3/21 
Thursday October 12th, 2023 5:59:31 PM

PSA:
[ooc] Can Ezekiel cast any more magic missiles? An inquiring mind wants to know. If so, focusing both missiles on one of the beasts (like C01) has a much better chance of taking it down. Splitting it between two can leave both still able to attack and send a party member to Gargul. [/ooc]


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+6=12 ;
Thursday October 12th, 2023 8:18:24 PM
OOC: Ezekiel is out of level 1 spells unless I miscounted. Down to elemental ray, ray of frost, an wand of grease for offense.

Ezekiel moves up and attacks again with elemental ray.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 = 12. Assume that's another miss.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Thursday October 12th, 2023 8:44:25 PM
POX on YOU!

Marest is waiting for C06 to fall on its face, but in the meantime, decides to attack C01 at Y21 by casting another spell. This time she chooses Pox Pustules. While casting the Pox on C01, Marest thinks to herself...POX on YOU!

Attack:

1d20 +2 =

Spells in Effect:

1x Spectral Hand:
Range: medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) 130ft.
Effect: one spectral hand
Duration: 1 min./level (D):: 140/180 seconds
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
HP: 3/3

^-=-^

2x Touch of Gracelessness:
Range: touch
Target: living creature touched
Duration: 1 round/level (3 rounds total)
Saving Throw Fortitude partial; Spell Resistance yes

^-=-^

1x Pox Pustules
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M (leaves from a toxic plant)
Range close: (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) = 35 ft
Target: one creature | C01 at Y21
Duration: 1 minute/level = 3 minutes (180 / 180 seconds)
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance yes

{You inflict a painful, itching rash on the target creature. The target is sickened and takes a –4 penalty to Dexterity (this penalty cannot lower Dexterity below 0). The target can spend a move action scratching furiously at the rash to remove the sickened condition (but not the Dexterity penalty) until the start of its next turn.}

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday October 12th, 2023 8:57:15 PM
Grim grumbles at the sentry as he vanishes out of sight. However a yell for help from the other side of the buildings in front of him shows the way. He takes off again, rounding one corner then the next almost bowling over the other sentry.

He's so pumped up that he doesn't realize he's left his guisarme way back there somewhere.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday October 12th, 2023 9:06:57 PM
Dapple hurries to Yofiel as fast as her little halfling feet will take her. Unfortunately, that's not very fast. Sbe arrives, panting, next to her friend, but can't actually do anything this round.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0  d20=15 ; d6=4 ;
Thursday October 12th, 2023 11:56:28 PM
Siolo curses that the compy abandoned him as prey. He quickly follows it and uses Yofiel to flank with. (I think moving through threatened to get there) Though weakened he swings his sickle anyway.

((15+4-2+2=19 to hit, for 4+2-2=4 damage))

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 3/21  d6+1=6 ;
Friday October 13th, 2023 3:58:27 AM

If Ezekiel aimed his elemental ray at Compy #6, and if #6 is entangled (plus the -6 dex he already suffers from), AC 12 in a ranged touch attack just might work. If it does, and if the DM will allow it, I rolled the electrical damage the sorcerer would obtain (1d6+1) at 6 hp damage.

[Unless you roll really low (nat 1 or so), go ahead and roll damage just in case :-)

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d4=4 ; d8=8 ; d20=2 ; d20=14 ; d6=4 ;
Friday October 13th, 2023 7:42:42 AM
(OOC: Tim please see This link about the differences between RP and Active. This is a site rule and there is no in between.)

Colt wipes the blood from Grim’s kill off and then finds that Foggy has recovered his feet and is chasing after the barbarian so he spits more Compy blood and takes off after Foggy and Grim.
Yofiel seizes the opportunity of the attention of the compies to use her animated rope on one and counterattack with her rapier against the other one. She draws blood with her rapier and entangles 6 with her rope. She then calls for help. (Poison lasts for 3 more rounds or until you make the save)
Ezekiel moves up and attacks with his elemental ray which flies wide.
Marest casts pox postules on Compy 01 and Compy 1 resists the spell (rolled 24 on Fort save)
Grim grumples at the sentry as he vanishes out of sight however a yell from the other side shows him the way as he takes off again rounding the corner and almost bowling over the other sentry.
Dapple hurries to catch up to the fight.
Siolo runs up to stab Compy 1 but draws an AoO to do so.

Between the curse and the rope Compy 6 is reduced to complete helplessness (Dex is -10 which sets it to 0). It struggles and growls but is out of the fight.

Compy 1 tries to finish it’s weakened prey and takes it’s AoO. Fortunately Yofiel manages to ward it off, though Siolo is not so lucky and takes 7 damage. DC 16 fort save vs the poison.

Sentry 1 AKA Tanis realizes he is no longer being chased, but is having flashbacks to the day of the attack and needs time to calm down. He leans against the wall trembling.

Sentry 2, who I rolled to determine is a female canine beastfolk, bursts out of the house she spent last turn navigating and charges right behind Grim growling the entire way.

Compy 1 - 11
Compy 2 - Dead
Compy 3 - dead
Compy 4 - dead
Compy 5 - dying
Compy 6 - 8 -6 dex, entangled, dex at 0


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+6=19 ; d6+2=8 ;
Friday October 13th, 2023 8:14:32 AM
"These things are hard to hit!" says Ezekiel.

Lacking any better options, Ezekiel trues again on the remaining Compy.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 pbs = 19.
Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 pbs = 8.

Zeke also has precise shot so no penalty for firing into melee.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0  d20=19 ; d20=3 ;
Friday October 13th, 2023 1:10:09 PM
((Fort 19+2=21))

Siolo powers through the pain and continues to try to take advantage of the tactical positioning.

((3+4+2-2=7 to hit))

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 3/21  d20+2=5 ; d20+2=19 ; d2=2 ; d20+5=13 ; d6+2=8 ;
Friday October 13th, 2023 1:41:48 PM

Yofi manages now to resist the toxin from one of the bites, yet the other weakens her further (-2 str to 6). Though the weight of what she carries is not great, it feels more massive. The bow she drops from her left hand, now steadying her rapier with both hands. She struggles to remain upright so that she might help Siolo through flanking, and manages to attempt a stab against #1 (AC 15 (rolled 13, but forgot to add +2 from flanking) for 8 hp), but may not have quite penetrated the skin of Maya's beast.

"Hi, Dapple," she says weakly, glad to have her friend nearby.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 3/21 
Friday October 13th, 2023 1:50:48 PM

OOC: from DM's post: (OOC: Tim please see This link about the differences between RP and Active. This is a site rule and there is no in-between.)

[I fixed the link.]

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+3=18 ; d8+3=9 ;
Friday October 13th, 2023 2:13:44 PM
Since there is now a dinosaur in her face, Dapple steps back [5-foot step]. Quickly, quickly, she casts a spell and heals some of Yofiel's wounds. (Yofiel heals 9)



Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+5=9 ;
Friday October 13th, 2023 8:50:48 PM
I've had enough!

Marest seeing one Compy still going, has had enough! She casts, Touch of Fatigue using her Spectral Hand upon the Compy at U22!

Attack:

1d20 +3 (+2 for Spectral Hand = 1d20+5=9 (Probably missed)

Spells in Effect:

1x Spectral Hand:
Range: medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) 130ft.
Effect: one spectral hand
Duration: 1 min./level (D):: 140/180 seconds
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
HP: 3/3

^-=-^

2x Touch of Gracelessness:
Range: touch
Target: living creature touched
Duration: 1 round/level (3 rounds total)
Saving Throw Fortitude partial; Spell Resistance yes

^-=-^

1x Pox Pustules
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M (leaves from a toxic plant)
Range close: (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) = 35 ft
Target: one creature | C01 at Y21
Duration: 1 minute/level = 3 minutes (180 / 180 seconds)
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance yes

^-=-^
1x Touch of Fatigue
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M (a drop of sweat)
Range: touch
Target: creature touched
Duration:1 round/level = 3 rounds
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance: yes

You channel negative energy through your touch, fatiguing the target. You must succeed on a touch attack to strike a target. The subject is immediately fatigued for the spell's duration.

This spell has no effect on a creature that is already fatigued. Unlike with normal fatigue, the effect ends as soon as the spell's duration expires.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Sunday October 15th, 2023 3:46:04 PM
Spotting the action, finally, Grim rushes to aid his friends.
(Run puts him at melee distance for the round).

Colt Human Rogue (Kim for Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Sunday October 15th, 2023 11:59:07 PM
Colt follows Grim, and draws up next to him, breathing just a bit hard. He looks around, seeing the creature almost surrounded. "Get 'em, uh, everybody!"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 12/21 
Monday October 16th, 2023 12:13:37 AM

Current locations on map
Y - Yofiel - U23
S - Siolo - U21
C - Colt - T23
E - Ezekiel - O22
M - Marest - AF21
G - Grim - T22
D - Dapple - V24
R - Rothlorian - off the right side of the map in the woods pursuing Maya the Monstrologer
Se1 - Sentry1 Talin - H21
Se2 - Sentry2 beastman canine - F21

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d8=5 ; d8=2 ; d8=8 ; d8=2 ; d8=6 ; d6=2 ; d6=3 ; d4=4 ; d4=1 ; d4=2 ; d4=4 ; d4=2 ; d12=3 ; d12=5 ; d12=2 ; d12=1 ; d12=8 ; d6=5 ;
Monday October 16th, 2023 8:07:52 AM
Ezekiel remarks that these things are hard to hit and lacking any better option he continues to use his elemental ray, dropping compy 1.
Siolo powers through the pain
Yofiel resists the the toxin from one of the bites but the other weakens her further so she drops her bow and greets Dapple.
Dapple casts a spell and heals Yofiel some.
Marest was going to cast touch of fatigue but Ezekiel already took down the last Compy
Grim runs over to aid his friends
Colt Follows Grim.

The last standing compy drops. Now they just have to deal with the one tied up. It continues to struggle. (We are still in combat)

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 12/21  d20+2=9 ; d2=1 ; d20+7=18 ;
Monday October 16th, 2023 8:43:09 AM
"The other one," Yofi says, pointing in its direction as she sinks to the ground cross-legged, barely able to shrug the knapsack off her shoulders. "Don't cut my rope," she adds, hoping whoever finishes off the last altered dinosaur does not damage the rope she has it wrapped in.

She reaches into a pouch and removes a vial. The bard barely has the strength to unstopper it. She feebly raises it to her lips and drinks. She waits a moment... then, the antotoxin she drank does its work. She shakes off the last of the poison (Fort DC18). She lays back on the ground, breathing shallowly.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 12/21 
Monday October 16th, 2023 8:47:03 AM
Yofiel lost 1 more strength point before taking the antotoxin, so is down to 5 strength.

Colt Human Rogue (Kim for Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  2d6+6=10 ;
Monday October 16th, 2023 5:41:46 PM

"May, uh, may I kill it? I mean, put it out of its misery?" he asks Grim.

If Grim does not object (and no one else quickly objects), the pale, gangly young man with brown hair sets down his staff, takes out his +1 shortword and a dagger, and tries to figure out the best way to finish off this overgrown compy. Coup de grace, 10 hp (or is it max damage crit, for 18 hp?).

If no one objects, Colt's pale face flushes with the thrill, the fear, a small tinge of shame perhaps. But these creatures were trying to kill us, and our people. Huh. Oh, and he was careful not to cut the rope, since Yofiel asked.

Should someone object before he begins, he quickly backs down from the notion before carrying it out.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Monday October 16th, 2023 7:14:00 PM
The BloodWitch Way

Marest seeing her friends drop from their injuries, attempts to help them. Looking up and to the left, Marest tries to recall her helpful spells. "Hrmm, I think I have it..." says Marest to no one in particular. With her newfound solution in hand, Marest double moves to be closest to her friend, Yofiel, and will start casting Lesser Restoration when able, as it takes three rounds. When the spell is ready, she will explain to Yofiel and then touch her friend to remove the ability drain.

Spells in Effect:

1x Spectral Hand:
Range: medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) 130ft.
Effect: one spectral hand
Duration: 1 min./level (D):: 140/180 seconds
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
HP: 3/3

^-=-=-^

2x Touch of Gracelessness:
Range: touch
Target: living creature touched
Duration: 1 round/level (3 rounds total)
Saving Throw Fortitude partial; Spell Resistance yes

^-=-=-^

1x Pox Pustules
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M (leaves from a toxic plant)
Range close: (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) = 35 ft
Target: one creature | C01 at Y21
Duration: 1 minute/level = 3 minutes (180 / 180 seconds)
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance yes

^-=-=-^

1x Touch of Fatigue
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M (a drop of sweat)
Range: touch
Target: creature touched
Duration:1 round/level = 3 rounds
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance: yes

^-=-=-^

1x Lesser Restoration
Casting Time: 3 rounds
Range: Touch
Target: The creature touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (Harmless)

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+6=17 ; d3+1=3 ;
Monday October 16th, 2023 8:54:30 PM
"Are we killing them?" asks Ezekiel. "Or are we taking prisoners?"

He readies a ray of frost if one of them becomes hostile or he gets the go ahead to shoot.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 (pbs) = 17.
Damage: 1d3 + 1 (pbs) = 3.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+5=14 ;
Monday October 16th, 2023 10:18:33 PM
Grim pulls back from chopping down Compy1 as it falls dead from Ezekiel's attack.

One more remains struggling caught in an animated rope, however since Colt asks to have the honor of dispatching it, he replies "Go ahead. Take it down. Show that lady her pets are only worth anything when their heads are on a pole!" he growls.

Although it has not been specifically voiced out loud by anyone, he's beginning to suspect the nature of the strange being that brought these 'pets' to test them.

Knowledge Nature + 5 = 14 (Grims' suspicion of that demented creature being a Monstrologer is practically confirmed by his tribal folclore).

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Monday October 16th, 2023 10:46:47 PM
"I've got one of those, too," Dapple says as Marest begins casting her spell. "But I'm going to wait and make sure it isn't needed for anything else."

Colt Human Rogue (Kim for Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d6=1 ; d6=6 ;
Tuesday October 17th, 2023 1:38:07 AM
Since Colt gets sneak attack damage, I should have added that to his damage roll, in addition to the automatic from CDG. So the 10 becomes 17 hp.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Tuesday October 17th, 2023 6:29:44 AM
Yofiel directs her friends to the other Compy cautioning them against damaging her rope as she drops to the ground and feebly uncaps a bottle of antitoxin downing it.
Colt switches his staff for a shortsword and dagger and volunteers to take the creature out of its misery
Marest attempts to help her friends by starting to cast lesser restoration on Dapple
Ezekiel prepares to fire his ray if given the go ahead or the creature turns hostile.
Grim is all ready to execute the thing but someone else beats him to it. He suspects the lady is a Monstrologer much like Marest did.
Dapple also has that spell but wants to save it in case of more problems.

Colt stands over the compy and hesitates, ready to execute it. That’s about the moment Touch of Gracelessness wears off and it surges up out of it’s bonds to attack him. Fortunately the startled human was already in position to coup de grace it and his blade goes through it’s eye as it surges up, killing it.

The sentries gather around to look at the dead compies. Tanis sighs in relief while the racoon lady growls in satisfaction. After a few moments they she shakes herself and reminds Tanis they’re supposed to be on watch and more might be coming. With a groan and a grim nod they resume their posts.


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Tuesday October 17th, 2023 12:49:29 PM
Colt reels back from the compy body and sits, or more accurately falls, on his hind end, breathing heavily. His dog noses in and he absently tucks Foggie into the crook of his arm.

"Is that all of them? Are we done?" He shifts his legs around, preparatory to standing.

"What about Rothlorien?"

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Tuesday October 17th, 2023 7:14:38 PM
"I think he went that ways," says Ezekiel. "Or was it that way? Maybe it was this way?"

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Tuesday October 17th, 2023 7:55:05 PM
This young witch, the happy BloodWitch...

Marest continues her casting of Lesser Restoration in hopes that she can restore her friend Yofiel to her happy former self!

Spells in Effect:

1x Spectral Hand:
Range: medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) 130ft.
Effect: one spectral hand
Duration: 1 min./level (D):: 140/180 seconds
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
HP: 3/3

^-=-=-^

2x Touch of Gracelessness:
Range: touch
Target: living creature touched
Duration: 1 round/level (3 rounds total)
Saving Throw Fortitude partial; Spell Resistance yes

^-=-=-^

1x Pox Pustules
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M (leaves from a toxic plant)
Range close: (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) = 35 ft
Target: one creature | C01 at Y21
Duration: 1 minute/level = 3 minutes (180 / 180 seconds)
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance yes

^-=-=-^

1x Touch of Fatigue
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M (a drop of sweat)
Range: touch
Target: creature touched
Duration:1 round/level = 3 rounds
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance: yes

^-=-=-^

1x Lesser Restoration
Casting Time: 3 rounds
Range: Touch
Target: The creature touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (Harmless)


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 12/21 Str 9  d4=4 ; d8+3=10 ;
Tuesday October 17th, 2023 8:25:38 PM

The redhead begins to feel a measure of strength returning to her limbs as Marest's lesser restoration spell works its way through her body. She opens her eyes and sits up. She missed out on witnessing Colt's dramatic sword-through-the-eye thrust against the compy, but did hear a shout and a couple of thumps.

"Thank you, Marest. Bless you, Dapple." She sees Tanis and the other guard heading away, and calls out, "Tanis! Wait up! Both of you!"

She says, "Be right back," and runs to catch up to them. "Hey, you two, thank you for sounding the alarm, and using your arrows against the 'saurs. Say, I saw the beast bite you, Tanis." He turns to the racoon woman. "Are you all right? You didn't get wounded too, did you?" As with Tanis, she should know her name, so would have used it.

Anyway, she asks permission of Tanis to cast a healing spell. If he agrees, her cure light wounds spell brings him up full (10 hp healing). "Back on watch now, eh? Want someone to bring you food, water?" she asks. "We really depend on you and our other sentries to enable us to respond quickly, and you remaining alert really made a difference this time. You have our gratitude."

============
As the lesser restoration spell takes care of 1-4 points of ability damage, I rolled 1d4, and got 4. So Yofiel is back most of the way to 9 of 11 strength.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=27 ;
Tuesday October 17th, 2023 8:30:55 PM
Grim does not waste any time and when it is clear the last one is down, he takes off after Rothlorien. He knows exactly where he was when he took off, it's a matter of trying to follow him in the jungle. But one has to start somewhere, and sooner the better.

Run to the spot they encountered the weird lady, take the bearings on the direction he saw Rothlorien take, then plunge in.

Perception +7 = 27 (did he find the right spot?)

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0  d20+5=25 ;
Tuesday October 17th, 2023 11:21:53 PM
Siolo pants but follows Grim, also trying to track Rothlorian and the evil one.

((Survival 20+10-5=25)) ((the -5 is to track at normal speed))

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d6=6 ; d6=4 ;
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 12:56:27 AM
Dapple remains near Marest and Yofiel. "Siolo, and anyone else who's hurt, come here for a sec," Dapple says. She channels positive energy.

Everyone heals 10.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 1:48:01 AM

Once Tanis and the other sentry are taken care of, Yofiel returns to those gathered near the last two dinosaurs to be dropped, sees Grim and Siolo take off running, and gratefully receives the additional healing from Dapple. {Note: as combat was over, I assumed that we would step out of round-by-round posting, and back to a more fluid time, which is why I also assumed that the additional 12 seconds of Marest's casting would do the trick, without having to wait through two more days of posting. I did not see the Marest post of 8:55:05 before Yofi's post at 8:25:38}

"Shall we join the boys? You were right to ask after Rothlorian, Colt," she says as she gathers up her knapsack, bow, and rapier. She leaves the one rope for later retrieval, as she has a second. "I wonder whether the two got close to Delilah's new grove? Anyway, let's join them!" She begins to run after them, but now at 3x speed. Maybe she and Dapple will be close in pace for now.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 8:22:58 AM
Colt reels back from the compy body and falls on his hind end, breathing heavily and tucks Foggy in the crook of his arm before asking about Rothlorien.
Ezekiel reasons he went one of several ways
Marest continues casting lesser restoration to bring Yofiel back to her former self.
Yofiel thanks Marest and blesses Dapple before calling out to the sentries and running after them. She offers to cast a healing spell and thanks them for their vigilance.
Grim takes off after Rothlorien
Siolo takes off after Grim to help track down Rothlorian
Dapple heals the group.
Yofiel finishes treating the sentries and sees Grim and Siolo run off. She suggests the group follow them.

Rothlorian’s trail is not subtle. He carved his way through the underbrush rather than try to go around so Grim and Siolo are able to follow it quickly. They find him after about 5 minutes standing next to a particularly large tree with a big cut in it looking frustrated. He turns at their approach.

”Ah. I hope this means the compies are dealt with? She never even tried to fight me, just mocked me and kept out of my reach. Eventually she just melded into this tree and vanished.”

Spellcraft 21 Highlight to display spoiler: { That sounds like transport via plants, a powerful druid spell.}

He thinks for a few moments before continuing. Hopefully this wasn’t just a distraction to draw us off while others attack the other side. We should get back.”


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 12:53:49 PM
"Shall we join the boys? You were right to ask after Rothlorian, Colt," Yofiel says as she gathers up her knapsack, bow, and rapier. She leaves the one rope for later retrieval, as she has a second. "I wonder whether the two got close to Delilah's new grove? Anyway, let's join them!" She begins to run after them, but now at 3x speed. Maybe she and Dapple will be close in pace for now.

"We better." Colt gets back to his feet and starts running in the wake of the party.

He's panting when he joins the small group clustered around the tree. He puts his hands on his knees and leans over to suck in long deep breaths.

"Back to town? OK." Acquiescence aside. He stays bent over and wheezing until the rest of the party starts moving and he resumes his place at the party's tail.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 1:20:42 PM
Dapple has barely managed to catch up with the group, and then they turn and head off again. Doggedly, she keeps after them.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+12=13 ; d20+12=20 ;
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 2:18:36 PM

Yofiel joins the reversal of direction just as she arrives at the tree. She realizes she is not running as fast, and her load, which had felt light, now feels of at least medium weight. "We can pace each other, Dapple."

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Spellcraft: nevermind (nat 1, 11 (not 13))
Perception: 20

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+9=14 ;
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 6:50:26 PM
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 = 14.

"Well, the good news is nobody is dead," says Ezekiel. "Unless you count the compies. None of the sentries died, right?"

"The bad news is that if this is a distraction, I'm pretty much tapped out on magic for now."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 10:19:59 PM
Grim curses at the tree. That sort of magic, to vanish into trees, is only known by him to be used by dryads.

"We should cut this tree down, either to trap her in it or prevent her from using it again!" he exclaims.

If he had an axe right then he would have started right to it. But Rothlorien's concern about it being a ruse also rings in his head. He takes several chops at it with is falchion to mark it well then says, "Ok, let's get back. We can deal with this tree later. I doubt she's hiding inside anyway." Turning to head back he answers Rotholrien's first question, "Yes, they are all dead. No one seriously hurt. I wish I could wave the heads of her pets in her face and see her cheerfully prance around then!"

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Wednesday October 18th, 2023 10:42:08 PM
Marest finishes her casting this round then Touches Yofiel I an attempt to restore her ability loss.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0  d20+4=14 ;
Thursday October 19th, 2023 1:54:33 AM
((Spellcraft 10+4=14))

Siolo investigates the tree thoroughly. "I'm sorry all, I just don't know how she entered the tree."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Thursday October 19th, 2023 2:00:50 AM

"Ezekiel, most of us are," Yofiel responds to the sorcerer. "Fortunately, I used little magic when we went below earlier today, so had just enough to get through this. I think Siolo also was sapped of some strength, but do not know for certain. He certainly was valiant standing up against two of them at once, time after time after time! It kep them focused on him, so others of us could attack, and also try to address the one that jumped up on the building to try to take down Tanis. I thought both Siolo and Colt rather heroic today. And you showed up well, too, Zeke!"

[I nominate Siolo and Colt for 1 hero point each. And think a case could be made for Ezekiel and others in the group.]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Thursday October 19th, 2023 2:27:47 AM
"Again, thank you, Marest," Yofi repeats. "You folk who work with Woldsblood - your spells fascinate me, though I cannot claim to understand them all." She gives Marest a hug around the shoulder. "You need to catch up to the rest of us, tall girl!" [J-P - as we went out of combat a few rounds ago, likely you might have just wrapped up the spell in a post or two... and Yofi is still appreciative! The rest of the group used up a bunch of rounds in pursuit of Rothlorian.]

"Me, neither, Siolo. Some druid thing. Maybe we can find someone else who can tell us."

More on Maya
Now that the group is heading back into town to see if this is a diversionary tactic, Yofi says, "Like I called out earlier, it looks like Maya is a monstrologer. They tend to be quite estranged from people, and enamored of beasts, of monsters. Some are outcasts, or mocked and embittered, or insane, or flat evil. Some want to preserve animals and the lands in which they live - not, on the surface, necessarily a bad thing. Some want to improve on monster-kind. Monsters are like clay they can shape, or proxies they send out, or even friends to whom they gift additional abilities. Maya sees herself, it seems, as an 'improver.' But they don't care much, if at all, for people.

"Rothorian, I forgot to tell you at lunch. But below there were more dinosaurs than I've ever seen before, and this is my third trip to Cloudhaven. They were all over the place, and some were - well, I think that Maya changed some of them. You saw what Grim tossed on the table. Pterosaurs with sinews of wood and flesh of vegetation. Maybe she is working alone, or maybe there are other monstrologers out there.

"But it hardly seems safe for travel through the jungle with all the dinosaurs tromping around below. You should have seen how many tracks, of how many different kinds there are. Not to mention the genius T-Rex over beyond Delilah's old grove."

[Note: Some of the above derived from Yofi's earlier roll on knowledge, history: 32 - nat 20 on Oct 3, regarding Maya being a monstrologer]

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Thursday October 19th, 2023 9:04:23 AM
Colt runs after the others and ends up panting when they join the small group clustered around the tree, sucking in breathe until they decide to head back.
Dapple also had trouble keeping up before they decide to head back
Yofiel joins in the reversal of direction, telling Dapple they’ll pace each other
Ezekiel says the good news is nobody died besides the compies and the bad news if it was a distraction he’s out of magic
Grim says they should cut the tree down, but Rothlorian’s concerns seem valid and he heads back and reports the party’s success.
Marest finishes restoring Yofiel.
Siolo doesn't know the spell in question.
Yofiel talks about the party’s performance and tells everyone what she knows of Monstrologers.

Rotherlorian consider’s Yofiel’s words as they head back. ”That is interesting. This place has a habit of attracting outcasts and weirdos. The council was always very accepting of all types of people as long as they could help the place function and this far out people can get away from old sins and stigma. There have been a few problems in the past but never anything this serious, and I’ve never seen this Maya character in town..”

The party makes it back and Rothlorian leads them to the tavern. A few people look on in nervous curiosity as they pass and Rothlorian waves at them to follow. ”Help me gather everyone at the tavern so we can do a head count and make sure everyone’s ok.”


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Thursday October 19th, 2023 7:21:32 PM
Colt listens to Rothlorian and Yofiel on the march back to town.

When Rothlorian suggests rounding everyone up, Colt goes first to get Grimelda, then he works his way back to the tavern, telling everyone he sees that Rothlorian wants to see them all.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Thursday October 19th, 2023 8:04:13 PM
Another PowWow

Marest dons her goggles just in case they are necessary. She stays with the females of the group, knowing that at some point she will need sleep to recover her contingency of spells.

Marest is eager to hear what Mr. Rothlorian has to share with the town.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0 
Thursday October 19th, 2023 8:37:00 PM
Siolo listens to the conversation but also seems a little lost in thought.

Finally he speaks up with a question, "Lady Yofiel, if the animals are now part plant, how do they interact with the sunlight? How active would they be at night?"

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday October 19th, 2023 9:05:15 PM
Grim stops by the battlesight and picks up his dropped guisarme, then proceeds do lop the head off the Abey-Normal thunder lizard, skewers it with the quisarme point, then heads back to the others hoisting the head at the end of his quisarme up for all to see.

Supposedly this is supposed to bolster and encourage the people. It does orcs, but they aren't orcs, so who knows. Grim just does what is the custom, for his people.

Yofiel seems to know Monstrologers pretty well and strengthens Grims suspicion. Rothlorien seems to agree on the assessment.
His tribe never had to deal with such in the Scaab. Ages ago, when weird anomalies in the animals were encountered, their Chief Shaman consulted with The Great One, and received such instructions on these aberrant animals and the evil ones behind their creation.

In the remoteness of their corner of the jungle such encounters are rare, so it is easy to forget about that twisted band of Nature Meddlers. As such is their nature to warp the natural nature of animals and plants against The Great One's authority, they are an enemy of The Great One and therefor an enemy of his orc tribe.

Grim growls and shakes the guisarme flinging drops of blood around. Those near him find themselves 'magically' a few more feet distant.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday October 19th, 2023 9:39:02 PM
Dapple helps gather people for the meeting/headcount. She starts at the temple, reasoning that some people may be there offering thanks. Then she works her way in a wide circle toward the tavern, knocking on doors and making sure everyone is coming.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Thursday October 19th, 2023 9:53:22 PM
"Outcasts and weirdos?" asks Ezekiel. "I don't recall seeing any in town. How about you guys?"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+12=31 ; d20+8=28 ;
Friday October 20th, 2023 2:50:31 AM

Yofiel interacts with team members, some just before, and some after returning from notifying people in the keep of the called meeting. She finds her mother there sewing to repair a rip in the tunic of one of the strong lift wheel-pushers. "Mother, sit with me at the meeting, all right? Maybe we can swap gossip after it's over." She'll find a quick quiet moment to ask her to fill her in later on the social interactions in the outpost while they've been out and about.

She considers Siolo's query. "Well, let's look at the one that Grim just offered up and is sprinkling about. Does it have plant parts, or more traditional dinosaur meat and bones?"

If they are not plant-like, then the question for the current batch is moot. [That is for our DM to let us know!] Nevertheless, there were those below that were composed of a combination of meat and plant material - at least some pterosaurs. She will respond according to what they discern about the extra-large compeys. Regardless, she then continues, "Those are astute ponderings, Siolo. I do not yet ken the answers - that is something certainly worthy of further research, and I can think of few people better than a druid to head such an investigation, my brother."

"Weirdos, Ezekiel? Huh. I dunno. I can't think of any except for you and me!" she teases him.

She sits to let Rothlorian take the lead in the meeting. At some point she praises both the alertness and bravery of the two sentries, mentioning them both by name [And it seems a good time for our DM to fill us in on the racoon beastwoman's name :-) ]
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Perception: 31 (nat 19) - To observe people as they gather, note who is with whom, and telling interactions prior to when Rothlorian begins to speak.
Sense Motive: 28 (nat 20) - To gauge people's reactions, moods, motivations, fears, etc.
Her mother is also quite a perceptive person, and good at reading people.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Friday October 20th, 2023 8:15:27 AM
Colt listens to Rothlorien and Yofiel on the way back and starts rounding folks up when they get back.
Marest dons her goggles in case they are necessary. She is eager to hear what Rothlorien has to say and knows at some point she will need rest to recover her spells.
Siolo listens to the conversation though he’s a little lost in thought. He asks if the animals are now part plant how active they’d be at night.
Grim recovers his dropped guisarme and then skewers a head from one of the abnormal thunder lizards on its point.
He hopes to bolster and encourage folks but he isn’t sure if it works on non-orcs.
He reflects on how his tribe in their remote corner never had to deal with those who pervert the Great One’s Creations and shakes the guisarme in anger, flinging some blood drops.
Dapple helps gather folks for the headcount starting at the temple and then working her way around.
Ezekiel says he doesn’t recall seeing any outcasts and weirdos in town and asks the others.
Yofiel suggests they check the giant giant compy to see if it’s also plantlike and asks the sentry her name. Her name turns out to be Lady. Yes, her parents had no imagination - she was named after her mom, who was married to someone named Tramp.

Yofiel’s question is quickly answered. These new dinosaurs have nothing plantlike about them. The Troodon that led the plant dinosaurs was also not plantlike, instead seeming to have some sort of flight and electric powers.

It takes a bit but soon everyone is gathered Rothlorian explains the incident and a count is done. The count comes up one short. A second look around confirms it - Dotti is missing. Gatter is furious. ”You call yourself adventurers? You ran off like idiots to chase obvious bait and now she’s gone! You’re supposed to stop stuff like this from happening!” he yells at the party.


Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Friday October 20th, 2023 2:22:18 PM
Gatter

Marest is beginning to get irritated. "It's probably not a good idea to irritate a Drow Bloodwitch", Marest thinks to herself.

Standing up, Ms. Marest chimes in after Mr. Gatter has his time. "And which did you wish us to address: handle the six ravenous Compy's or head counts?" addressing Mr. Gatter. "I believe you misunderstand the role of an Adventurer. Perhaps you would like to join us and show us what we are missing, eh?"

With her piece spoken aloud, Marest looks to rest and recoup her accouterment of spells.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 14/19 , NL 0 
Friday October 20th, 2023 8:27:53 PM
Siolo nods at Marest's words. "Mr. Gatter, I admit, to your criticism rings a little hollow. I would ask you, why weren't you keeping track of Dotti while I was getting chomped by the creatures and their poison ran through my veins? Or when I rushed to Rothlorian's aid? Surely keeping an eye on your fellow townsfolk is a simple task?"

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Friday October 20th, 2023 10:15:17 PM
"So next time the town is attacked by dinos, you don't want us to help?" asks Ezekiel. "It's your sinking shipping, captain."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Friday October 20th, 2023 10:38:43 PM
Grim manages to hold his council a few seconds, otherwise he'd burst into Gatter with a slew of verbage that'd melt that orc hide away to leave the true skin he wears. This lets Marest, Siolo, and Ezekiel say something more civilized.

He stands and glares at Gatter and belts out "You heard the alarm! Everyone here heard the alarm! Did anyone here just sit around and pick their nose like you? Or did they scramble to a safer place? Did they all just care for themselves or look out for each other? You think that because you declined any training to fight and defend yourself or others it's someone else's job and you hold no responsibility?"

Grim would like to go on with more orc-colored language, however his time with these people have taught him to watch such language and rather than embarrass his friends, he stops short and seeing what lame excuse the half-human can come up with.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Friday October 20th, 2023 10:46:10 PM
Colt feels both guilt and the same sort of resentment that Siolo and Ezekiel express, but says nothing to the gathering. He moves over to Ezekiel and asks, "Were you a sailor once?"

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Saturday October 21st, 2023 2:07:48 PM
"Me? A sailor? What make you think that?"

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Saturday October 21st, 2023 9:35:30 PM
"It might not be a bad idea to institute a buddy system," Dapple says. "So that in an emergency, it's everyone's responsibility to find their buddy and make sure they both get to safety."

"But for now," she continues, "Dotti is missing, not dead. That we know of. Which means somebody should look for her."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Sunday October 22nd, 2023 3:27:28 AM

As Dori's [Her name was originally given as Dori. We're facing a Delilah naming reassignment again] absence is discovered, and bitter words are exchanged, the bard goes into practical mode, not disagreeing at all with her friends, but thinking exchanging angry words will not lead quickly toward a good resolution. She takes out pen and paper and begins writing furiously in her neat bardic script.
We have not found Dori
- When is the last time today anyone saw Dori? Where was she seen?
- How soon before the dinosaur attacks was she last seen?
- Can we find recent examples of Dori's footprints? See 'NOTE' below...
- Is there blood evidence?
- We should dissect with care the dead compeys to see what items have recently gotten into their stomachs. If she is found there, the matter is settled, tragically.
- If none of the six creatures have her remains in their stomachs, then there is a ray of hope.
- Did she encounter them in the woods before they appeared to the rest of the town - and, if so, might she be lying somewhere in the woods, sick with poison?
- Did she just run off in fear?
- Was she kidnapped?
- Did she go into hiding - underground? - if so, might Grimelda be able to help?
- Or is she hiding - or hidden - elsewhere?
- Might Colt's dog have any tracking skills - especially by scent? Or are there others in town that might have scent-tracking abilities?

NOTE: First, find examples of Dori's footprints before they are all trampled out of existence. Is there anyone skilled in pottery in town? Or candlemaking? If so, might they, or might Timothy know a way to make an image of Dori's footprints? How about pouring hot wax into left and right footprints in the soil, let it cool, then use that as a model? Does she own more than one pair of shoes? What did Gatter, or others, last see her wearing?
As Dapple says her words, Yofiel nods in agreement, and hands her note to Rothlorian, "Yours, sir, with discretion."

She stands and projects loudly so all can hear. "Dapple has spoken wise words. A buddy system seems good.

"And we do not yet know what has happened to Dori. Gatter, your worry for your wife is strong and understandable. Yet before any of us jump to conclusions, let us eliminate possibilities, then see what options lie before us. I jotted down some ideas for our leader to read, and communicate with us as he chooses. Let none of us yet give up hope."

As Rothlorian looks over the paper, she moves next to Grim, speaking very softly. "You willing to work with a couple of our group to find out what's in the compies' guts? Without damaging whatever might be inside?"

She goes next to Gatter. "You are worried," she says gently, "and rightly so." She asks quietly - repeating if she needs to should he decide to bark at her - not remonstrating, simply seeking the information, "When did you last see your wife? What was she wearing? Are you willing to work with me to see if we can find her? Dori is very important to you - and to us, the whole community."

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Monday October 23rd, 2023 8:26:21 AM


Marest thinks to herself that it isn’t a good idea to irritate a Drow Bloodwitch. She asks Gatter if he would have rather have them seeing to head counts or the giant companies and asks if he’d like to join them and show them what they were missing.
Siolo nods at Marest’s words and tells Gatter his criticism rings hollow and asks why he wasn’t keeping track of Dori while he was getting chomped by the creatures and the posion ran through his veins or when he rushed to Rothlorien’s aid. He says surely keeping an eye on a fellow townfolk is a simpler task.
Ezekiel asks if next time the town is attacked by dinos he doesn’t want them to help.
Grim manages to hold his council for a few seconds letting the others say their piece before telling the other orc that he heard the alarm as did everyone and did everyone pick their noses like he did or did they scramble to a safer place. He also points out that because Gatter declined to learn how to fight and defend himself is it other people’s job and Gatter holds no responsibility.
Colt feels both guilt and the same sort of resentment that Siolo and Ezekiel express but says nothing before asking Ezekiel if he was a sailor once.
Ezekiel asks Colt why he thinks he was a sailor
Dapple suggests they institute a buddy system but fo now Dori is missing not dead and that means somebody should look for her.
Yofiel scribes down a number of questions that she proceeds to hand off to Rothlorien before agreeing that the buddy system is a good idea and then quietly asks Grim if he’s willing to discreetly check the compy’s guts before asking Gatter some follow up questions regarding Dori and making an assumption about them.

Gatter gets up in Siolo’s face growling, ”I was doing my job, and so was she. In case of a serious alert we were supposed to gather everyone not a sentry to the keep and we did. I took the east and she took the west. Now she’s gone, snatched right under your nose and the nose of all of our so called sentries. You’re all failures. I’ll find her myself.”

And with that he storms out of the building. Unless someone physically stops him, which none of the NPCs will do. From the sounds of things her trail, wherever she went, should be fresh and you shouldn’t need any plaster molds. She’s one of the few halflings who survived so her tracks should be distinct enough to pick out of the crowd.



Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 7/19 , NL 0 
Monday October 23rd, 2023 2:24:37 PM
Siolo maintains a level expression as Gatter gets in his face.

After Gatter storms off, Siolo mutters under his breath, "Who would have thought that we couldn't be in two places at once?"

"Well," he says more audibly, "at least we know where to start looking." As he says these words he slowly begins moving, wincing as he does so.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d6=1 ; d6=3 ; d6=2 ; d6=5 ; d6=2 ;
Monday October 23rd, 2023 4:13:03 PM
"Siolo, looks like you need some more healing," Dapple says. "I got you."

She channels positive energy twice. Siolo (and anyone else who still needs healing) heals 12.



Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+2=8 ;
Monday October 23rd, 2023 5:57:10 PM
Colt enjoys the warm feeling of the channel. "Thanks, Dapple."

The young man circulates among the west enders, asking who last saw Dori and where.

Failing to learn much he asks Yofiel if it wouldn't be a good idea to ask who saw Dori last.

[ooc] That's an untrained 8 in diplomacy to learn something. [/ooc]



Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Monday October 23rd, 2023 8:46:50 PM
Pairs for Safety

Marest listening to Gatter's words, and thinking of how they executed their tasks, chimes in, "Perhaps everyone should go about their tasks in Pairs or Triples in case of Monster encounters?"

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Monday October 23rd, 2023 9:01:04 PM
"Was I a sailor?" ponders Ezekiel. "Maybe. The ole' memory ain't what it used to be. Or maybe it was always this bad. I can't remember."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Monday October 23rd, 2023 9:47:14 PM
Grim tensely waits to see how Siolo reacts and what Gatters' reaction will be. Siolo does a good job at keeping things somewhat civil and Grim turns to Rothlorien and growls "Under his nose! You know where we were. You'd better have a talk to that half-breed human else he's gonna step too close to me!"

He waits to hear from the party's info gathering experts as to where to start. They know she was at the keep and to the west side to keep watch. But someone else may have something to add to that. And Gatter may not be entirely truthful in how he describe everything.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=15 ; d20=7 ;
Tuesday October 24th, 2023 2:00:03 AM
The wave of healing from Dapple causes Siolo's wounds to close and his muscles to relax significantly. Though he could still feel that his strength wasn't back to 100%, he did feel much better.

"I'm going to start looking for any tracks that might lead us to the missing," Siolo declares with a sigh. "I won't leave town without reporting back to you all first."

Siolo heads out toward the indicated direction. As he walks he gets an idea. Maybe some of the animals around saw something. So he incants his spell and asks the small animals around if they know anything.

((Cast Speak with Animals and Diplomacy gather information 15+6=21))

((Survival 7+10=17))

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+12=23 ; d20+7=27 ; d20+8=27 ;
Tuesday October 24th, 2023 2:55:55 AM

Yofiel sees the angry half-orc stomping off toward the door, and runs to stand in the doorway. "Gatter - you plan to go all by yourself? Sounds like you may have been the last to see her, maybe 20 minutes ago[*] at most, heading westward from here. If there's something out there that kept her from reaching the keep - you figure to take it on all by yourself? Some of us are coming with. Show me her footprints."[b]

The elf steps aside, lets him pass, and tells the others (who already clearly heard her), [b]"I'm sticking near him. Some can come along if you want. If anyone else here saw Dori after she left the tavern, as Colt suggested, please tell the others. Dapple - Siolo got bit. Can you help him with the effects of the poison? Siolo - once that's done, you want to check for tracks near the tavern off to the west? I'll be trying, too, but am not that good at it." She does not stick around any longer, but hustles to catch up to Dori's steaming husband. She looks for dino tracks and asks Gatter again to show her Dori's footprints.

The bard wonders to herself whether a pterosaur might have swooped down and picked her up ... but it's unlikely such would have been unobserved by anyone. She will be alert though if the tracks show Dori hurrying along, then her tracks stopping entirely, or an signs of a struggle near her tracks.

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[*] 20 minutes ago: From the alarm to our short discussion with Maya was likely about 3-4 minutes. The fight through the chase into the woods and the weapon-marked tree about 2-3 minutes. A bit of healing, and getting word out to the community to gather - maybe 4-7 minutes. And the discussion and ideas and raving, 7-12 minutes. So, 16 - 25 minutes all together.

Perception: 23
Survival, tracking: 22 (not 27 - should have been 20+2) (nat 20)
Sense motive, Gatter: 27

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Tuesday October 24th, 2023 2:57:26 AM

[OOC: Note - it took about an hour to scribble Yofi's last post, and I had not seen Siolo's post until just now...]

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d20=16 ;
Tuesday October 24th, 2023 9:04:30 AM
Siolo maintains a level expression as Gatter gets in his face. After the half-orc storms off Siolo mutters who would have thought they couldn’t be in two places at once before more audibly reasoning at least they have a direction to look in.
Dapple tells Siolo he looks like he needs more healing and starts channeling positive energy to heal Siolo and anyone else that needs it.
Colt enjoys the channel and then circulates around the west enders asking who last saw Dori and where.
Marest suggests folks should go about tasks in pairs or triples in case of Monster encounters
Ezekiel ponders the sailor question some more and comes to the conclusion he can’t remember.
Grim waits to see how Siolo reacts and what Gatter’s reaction will be. He growls at Rothlorien that someone needs to tlak to that half breed human before waiting to hear from the party’s info gathering experts to know where to start.
Siolo feels better after the healing and goes out to start the search. He talks to some local animals and looks for tracks.
Yofiel stands in the door and tries to appeal to Gatter. She guestimates how long Dorri’s been missing and says she’s going to stay near the half orc. She continues to make unsubstantiated assumptions about his marital status, though not outloud this time.

Gatter walks right past Yofiel who’s unable to stop him (bullrush 18). At his words he hesitates slightly but keeps going. With her sense motive she’s pretty sure he’s not stupid enough to pick a fight with a dinosaur on his own, he’s just mad and worried and needs to blow off some steam. He’ll probably wander towards the edge of town and growl to himself for a while before coming back. Following him would not improve the situation from the read she’s got on him.

Siolo’s efforts quickly produce results. Some animals saw her at the edge of town and are willing to show him exactly where she went.


Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Tuesday October 24th, 2023 1:12:06 PM
Dori..Somethings Fishy!

Marest would like to accompany Siolo and friends when they go retrieve Dori...

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday October 24th, 2023 1:48:06 PM
Dapple trots along in the wake of her friends, taking care not to disturb any ground Siolo hasn't had a look at yet.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=24 ;
Tuesday October 24th, 2023 10:17:04 PM
Grim struggles for a moment on which way to go, follow Siolo or follow Gatter. Where Siolo is seeking informatin, Grim suspects Gatter knows more than he's letting on. The decision ends up being neither, but heading to the keep and to the area of the keep where she was supposed to be keeping watch.

The keep area itself is very much trampled but Grim hopes the place to set watch is less so.

Perception + 7 = 24
Were there any fresh halfling tracks? If so, did they lead on out of the keep?

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Tuesday October 24th, 2023 10:21:14 PM
OOC: Yofiel's speach two turns ago indicates Dori and Gatter are married. I don't remember anything indicating this but to make sure we stick to the correct relationship between the two, please clarify their relationship. Thanks.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 2:47:43 AM

Noting that Siolo may have found something, Yofiel mentions this to Gatter, and adds. "Look, Gatter, we'll find out all we can about her. I don't know if you pray, but if you do, pray for heaven to help us help Dori."

Did anyone else come along with them? She does not want to leave him alone, and sees that he needs to deal in his own way with the anger and worry competing for his attention. If there is someone else not in the adventuring group nearby, she simply asks them to keep an eye on him.

She heads over to join Siolo, et al. If Siolo let's them know what the animals told him, she calls out for someone to fetch Grim who was heading toward the keep, and anyone else in the party.

{Looks like their introduction to the game on April 3rd as 'Getter and Dori Oakencask' was not intended to indicate they are husband and wife. - No, they're not married. That was Kim's (and Yofiel's?) misunderstanding.}

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 7:14:20 AM
Colt follows the main party group; Fogbank swirls around his heels. He watches Siolo talk to the animals. (It's incredible!) While the druid follows his animal friends to Dori's last known position, Colt tramps along, keeping a wary eye toward the jungle.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 7:32:54 AM
Marest follows after Siolo
Dapple tries not to tread on any trail Siolo is looking at.
Grim heads towards the keep to look around.
Yofiel considers telling Gatter about what Siolo found, but the search and conversation would have taken several minutes, long enough for Gatter to storm off. She asks a local to keep an eye on Gatter.
Colt follows the main group and is impressed by Siolo talking to animals.

Grim finds any trail at the keep heavily obscured. It seems that as Gatter stated all the townsfolk not on watch proceeded into the keep, then all left in small groups once the alarm was called off. The ground around it is a muddle of people of all sizes and species walking through the dirt trail to and from.

Siolo presumably follows the animals to Dori’s last known location. There’s sign she was here - footprints of a small bare foot in the dirt, a satchel of some sort filled with herbs dropped on the ground, etc. There are also signs of a struggle. Torn ground and plants and some kind of strange fur.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+9=19 ;
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 8:26:36 AM
"I will check for magic."

Ezekiel will detect magic to see if he can find any lingering auras.

Spellcraft: 19.



Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 1:00:21 PM

Maya and the dinosaurs appeared on the west side of town. How close or how far off, and in which direction were the compey tracks to where the satchel lies?

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 3:34:26 PM
Privately, Dapple thinks that the fur and the torn-up ground don't bode well for Dori's survival. But she keeps her thoughts to herself and hangs back to let the others detect what they can.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 7:00:25 PM

Here is a Cloudhaven map to show tracks of Dori, dinos, and furry thing. It would be helpful if we could learn the source of the dinosaur tracks into the outpost. And also to have shown on the map where Dori's tracks led, and the furry critter's (critters'?) pathway.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=12 ;
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 9:06:11 PM
When Siolo finds the site of the struggle, he does some investigation but not overly much. He then quickly gathers the rest of the crew.

"I found what was likely Dori's abduction site and some local animals are willing to show me where they may have taken her."

After gathering those that wish to join, he guides them to the site. As the others investigate the site for themselves, Siolo looks around for the local animals he was speaking with previously. He goes to them, crouches down and gives them some of his rations.

"They will lead us when you all are ready."

((Wild Empathy 12+6=18))

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+9=13 ; d20+9=20 ; d20+9=17 ; d20+9=29 ; d20+9=18 ; d20+9=14 ; d20+9=20 ;
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 9:21:26 PM
CloudHaven Mysteries

Marest will store the herb satchel to return to Dori when we find her. In the meantime, she looks through the satchel to get an idea of which herbs Dori is collecting. (Knowledge (Nature) 1d20+9=13)

Marest will try her hand using the various knowledge skills she has in her toolset in hopes that she can piece together what might have happened.

Skill checks:
Knowl (Arcana) (1d20+9 = 29 | NAT 20)
Knowl (Dungeoneering) (1d20+9 = 18 )
Knowl (Engineering) (1d20+9 = 14)
Knowl (Geography) (1d20+9 = 20)
Knowl (History) (1d20+9 = 17)
Knowl (Local) (1d20+9 = 20)
Knowl (Nature) (1d20+9 = 13)


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+2=18 ;
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 9:52:25 PM
Colt straightens up from where he's been examining the footprints, and trying to figure out in which direction they lead. He doesn't think he'll be able to track the missing halfling, but thinks that this is an important skill to practice. "Ready when you are , Siolo. Do Dori's tracks go that way? "

[ooc] Survival to track = 18 [/ooc]

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday October 26th, 2023 1:04:52 AM
Grim joins the rest of the group. Perhaps he is just tired form a long day and a hard-fought battle, but he had understood the watch was within the keep. Finding nothing there, he meets up with his friends and finds out otherwise.

He grunts when Colt says 'Ready when you are..'.

The Mothman Cometh


DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Thursday October 26th, 2023 7:35:37 AM
Ezekiel casts detect magic to see if he can find any lingering auras.
Yofiel tries to put things into perspective geographically speaking with respect to the Compy attack and Dori’s abduction.
Dapple thinks the fur and torn up ground don’t bode well for Dori’s survival but keeps her thoughts to herself and hangs back to let the others detect what they can.
Siolo finds the sight of the struggle and does some rudimentary investigating. He tells the others that some animals are willing to take them where Dori may have been when she was abducted and where she was taken.
Marest stores the herb satchel studying the herbs the halfling woman was collecting and then puts her various knowledge skills to use trying to decipher the abduction site.
Colt tries to help with the tracking.
Grim reflects on misunderstanding and how tiring the day has been.

The party is all ready to follow Dori’s trail, but there’s a problem. There is no trail. It’s like she fought something then up and vanished. Nor is there a trail that can be followed for whatever attacked her, at least not that the party can find. The animals are a bit more help. They seem uncertain, but lead the group in the direction of the woods and indicate they think the whatever it was came from this way.

After slowing advancing through the woods for a little bit the party runs across another trail left by someone humanoid.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+12=28 ; d20+2=20 ;
Thursday October 26th, 2023 11:55:13 AM

"A furry bird, or pterosaur?" wonders Yofiel. "Or a shape-changed Maya, or other shape-changer?" she speculates.

She tries to figure out if she can narrow down the type of humanoid footprints. They are not Dori's, are they? Or Maya's? If not, then... what? What size, and might they be able to guess the approximate weight of the owner of the footprints?

"Where is Delilah's new grove from here?" If it is close by, then maybe they can ask the dryad whether she observed anything unusual.

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Perception: 28
Survival, tracking: 20

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Thursday October 26th, 2023 6:12:44 PM
"It's odd," is all Colt can say. A small part of him is glad that it wasn't his fault that he didn't read the signs right. He ponders Yofiel's shape changer suggestion and waits for someone more knowledgable to decide what to do.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday October 26th, 2023 7:55:36 PM
Dapple had been ready to ask about possible teleportation when the animals began showing them the way.

"Did they say what it was?" she asks. "What kind of creature?"

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+5=25 ;
Thursday October 26th, 2023 9:18:17 PM
Heading out again Grim gets caught up on the latest developments. His thoughts go back to that Abominable Monstrologer and her disappearing act. He asks to see the tuff of fur and while inspecting it he asks "That monstrologer and her disappearing act, can those types take someone with them or are they limited to just themselves and their gear?"

Inspect the fur Knowledge Nature +5 = 25 N20 (what type of animal)

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=6 ;
Thursday October 26th, 2023 10:42:50 PM
Siolo crouches down to offer their guides some more of his rations as thanks.

As the others inspect the track itself, Siolo focuses on where the tracks lead.

((Survival 6+10=16))

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Friday October 27th, 2023 8:49:19 AM
Yofiel suggests that it might have been a furry bird or a pterosaur or some kind of shape change (Maya or otherwise). She then tries to figure out the humanoid footprints before asking where they are in relation to Delilah’s grove and suggesting they head there if it isn’t too far.
Colt says it is odd while a small part of him is glad it isn’t his fault he didn’t read the signs right. He ponders Yofiel’s suggestion and defers to someone more knowledgeable.
Dapple was about to suggest teleportation when the animals start showing them the way. She asks the others if the animals have any information on what kind of creature it was.
Grim inspects the fur as he wonders about the monstrologer taking others with her tree thing.
Siolo focuses on following these new tracks.

As Grim looks over the fur the closest thing he can think of similar to it is the little fuzz moths have on their antenna. But the amount and size of it is far to great for any moth or even swarm of moths.

Siolo’s able to lead the party down the trail deeper into the forest as it’s really their only hint at the moment. It’s a bootprint, decently sized like would be worn by a big man. About half an hour from town they catch a look at whom they’re following and - oh. It’s Gatter. He’s just sort of standing there in a clearing at the moment looking up at a big tree.


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+10=21 ; d20+7=21 ;
Friday October 27th, 2023 10:57:48 AM
"Stupid. He shouldn't be out here alone. And how did he get here before us? " thinks Colt, overlooking the fact that he recently went traipsing through the jungle with only Foggy to find the party and bring them supplies.

Still, Gatter must be looking at something. Colt carefully approaches the clearing and looks up to see what Gatter's looking at.

[ooc] 21 on stealth check to get to clearing without disturbing anything. 21 on perception to see what's in the tree. [/ooc]

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+8=27 ;
Friday October 27th, 2023 11:56:27 AM
Furries

Marest with googles in place, tries to keep up with the group and stay quiet lest she starles any potential targets.

Marest will cast See Invisability upon herself and then look in and around the area of Gatter, including up the big tree.

Skill check: Perception: 27


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Friday October 27th, 2023 3:38:42 PM
"Look, it's Gatter," says Ezekiel. "And despite what you might think, he apparently can find a tree in the woods!"

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Friday October 27th, 2023 3:58:31 PM
"Well, hi!" Dapple says, approaching Gatter. "Fancy meeting you here. What's in the tree?"

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Friday October 27th, 2023 9:12:17 PM
Grim hands the tuff of fur back and follows right behind the lead scout.

He shrugs when he realizes it might have been better to follow Gatter, but Gatter certainly would have noticed, so who knows.

Grim mumbles to Ezekiel, "Are you sure he found the tree and didn't just bump into it by accident?"
Grim stays back, behind a tree, not to aggravate Gatter any by his presence.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Friday October 27th, 2023 10:01:07 PM
Siolo stays back as well. His last interaction with Gatter is unlikely to improve the situation. He silently roots Dapple on. It us hard to dislike Dapple.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Saturday October 28th, 2023 12:29:19 AM
"Or maybe the tree found him," replies Ezekiel to Grim.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+12=21 ; d20+12=26 ;
Sunday October 29th, 2023 5:02:49 AM

With everyone gathering perhaps on one side of the tree, Yofiel walks a broad circle around to the far side, giving some space, depending upon the density of the forest at this point. Perhaps 30'-50' away from the base. She has an arrow nocked. She looks at the faces of Gatter and of her friends, and checks to see if they have, or are moving toward, stupified expressions. If one were to become enchanted by gazing above, well, she does not want to fall for that. However, if the others seem to be in their right minds (or as right as they typically are), then she will risk a glance upwards, too.

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Perception: 21
Knowledge, nature: 26

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Monday October 30th, 2023 7:49:13 AM
Colt thinks Gatter is being stupid in being out here alone and he is also wondering how the half-orc got there before they did. He stealthily approaches to try to see what Gatter’s looking at.
Marest tries to keep up with the group with goggles in place. As they approach the clearing she casts see invisibility upon herself and takes a look around.
Ezekiel points out that it is Gatter and that the half-orc can find a tree in the woods.
Dapple says hi to Gatter and asks him what is in the tree
Grim Ripr hands the tuft of fur back and follows the scout. He shrugs when he realizes it might have been better to follow Gatter but then again the half-orc could have spotted the tail so who knows. He replies to Ezekiel asking if Gatter found the tree or just bumped into it by accident. He then hangs back.
Siolo hangs back with Grim, not wanting to worsen the situation considering his last interaction with Gatter.
Ezekiel suggests maybe the tree found Gatter
Yofiel knocks an arrow and circles around from the other side being careful to try to figure out if whatever is up there has everyone in some kind of enchantment wanting to avoid it if possible.

Gatter looks unusually focused, like someone who’s doing an important job and doesn’t want to be distracted. He scowls at Dapples question. ”Nothing. It’s just a tree. Where did…”

Just then a strange moth looking creature, about human in size but buglike and with giant moth wings, flies in to land on the tree. ”Finally.” Gatter growls. ”How am I supposed to follow you if you keep vanishing on me?”

The strange bug monster tilts it’s head curiously at the party, then takes off. Cursing, Gatter rushes after it trying not to lose sight of it again.

Sense motive 15 Highlight to display spoiler: { You don’t think Gatter would be following this thing willingly unless magic is involved.}

Spellcraft 19 Highlight to display spoiler: Highlight to display spoiler: { From his complete focus on the task of following this thing it’s likely been magically compelled to do so, like with a Geas, lesser Geas, or similar spell.}

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+5=13 ;
Monday October 30th, 2023 12:37:36 PM
"That giant bug! That could have grabbed Dori!"

Colt launches himself in pursuit of Gatter and the giant moth.

[ooc] Kim, I thought about some kind of magical fascination too , but Colt wouldn't. So, he snuck up and looked. He's not always real bright about that kind of thing. It's fortunate there are wiser party members to keep him out of trouble. [/ooc]

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+3=8 ;
Monday October 30th, 2023 12:55:16 PM
"Did that thing grab Dori?" Dapple asks Gatter. She runs as fast as she can to keep up with Gatter and the giant moth, but her little halfling legs just can't do it. She puffs along in Gatter's wake, trying to keep him in sight.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+9=19 ;
Monday October 30th, 2023 3:29:15 PM
Spellcraft: 19.

"You seemed to be enchanted," says Ezekiel. "Perhaps it was an evil enchantress! I hear they do evil trances and if you look into their eyes they put you in dances."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=25 ;
Monday October 30th, 2023 10:07:31 PM
Perception + 7 = 25

Despite the trees and foliage, Grim had by chance positioned himself in a place that gave him a decent view of moth-thing. It seems clear to him that the tuff belongs to this creature.

However, this creature does not seem the kind to be able to be able to pick up someone like Dori, or Dapple for that matter. But magic being what it is, no option is left but to take after it.

On his way after the Gatter and the moth -thing, he snatches up Dapple and grunts "Just hang on, we won't leave you behind."



Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+9=10 ; d20+8=16 ; d20+10=21 ; d20+9=10 ; d20+9=29 ; d20+9=14 ; d20+9=28 ; d20+9=29 ; d20+9=14 ;
Monday October 30th, 2023 10:42:07 PM
Moth Man Cometh

Marest tries her skill at spellcraft and comes away with an understanding of why Gatter's acting so strangely. "I believe that Gatter maybe under or magically compelled to do so, like with a Geas, lesser Geas, or similar spell. We may wish to treat lightly here."

Looking around, Marest tries to discover what her knowledge skills may reveal about this creature.

Skill Checks:
Perception: NAT 1
Sense Motive: 16
Spellcraft: 21
Knowledge:
Knowl (Arcana):29 (NAT 20)
Knowl (Dungeoneering):10 (NAT 1)
Knowl (Geography): 14
Knowl (History): 28
Knowl (Local): 29 (NAT 20)
Knowl (Nature): 14

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=3 ; d20=16 ;
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 2:24:23 AM
((Sense Motive 3+2=5))
((Spellcraft 16+4=20))

Siolo intuitive what Marest expresses as he chases after Gatter as well.

"Without another lead, we might as well see where this goes."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+8=28 ; d20+10=21 ; d20+12=22 ;
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 7:07:32 AM

That Gatter is under magical compulsion is as clear as the nose on his face to the bard.

She joins in the chase, skirting ahead and to the left of the pursuing entourage. She never knocks her arrows. However, she does keep an arrow nocked. The elf decides not to shoot the mothman yet, as it might lead them to Dori... and/or into a trap.
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Sense motive: 28/15
Spellcraft: 21/19
Perception: 22 - to look ahead of where the mothman flies, that she might anticipate what they are getting into before the actually get into it.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 7:42:26 AM
Colt suggests the giant bug grabbed Dori and runs after Gatter and the moth.
Dapple[b] runs as fast as her little halfling legs will carry her after Gatter but still falling behind as she asks Gatter if that thing grabbed Dori.
[b]Ezekiel[b] suggests Gatter was enchanted perhaps by a dancing enchantress
[b]Grim gets a good look at the moth-man thing and it seems clear to him that the fur belongs to it. However he doesn’t think the creature could pick up Dori without some sort of magical aid which he isn’t ruling out. Speaking of picking up halflings Grim picks up Dapple telling her she won’t be left behind.
Marest comes to the conclusion that Gatter is geased somehow before turning her skills toward the mothman
Siolo thinks they might as well see what this is about.
Yofiel also intuits what’s going on and keeps an arrow knocked but without making an aggressive motion.

Gatter scowls as the party join him on the chase. ”What are you doing, that’s my guide! Go find your own moth… thing to follow.” He tries to pick up speed to lose the party, which is actually really hard in the thick jungle.

As for the weird moth creature, it seems to have no interest in giving the group an easy time following it. It can fly far faster then the party can push their way through the thick jungle and it is often obscured by tree branches, advantages it uses to fly ahead out of sight before popping up unexpectedly elsewhere, to double back and confuse the trail, and to lead the party into minor annoyances like brambles or thick brush. The party seems to be generally heading north and west along the edge of the plateau.


Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+8=18 ; d20+4=7 ; d20+9=22 ; d20+9=28 ; d20+9=13 ; d20+9=27 ; d20+9=14 ; d20+9=12 ;
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 4:32:43 PM
Another Creation of Maya?

"Is this creature from Nature or a sick creation of the Monstrologer Maya?" asks Marest aloud. "Let us keep distance between us in cause it's power "gease" is powerful and far ranged."

"15 feet should be a good distance or so..., what do you think Yofiel?" asks Marest of Yofiel.

Skill Checks:
Perception: 18
Sense Motive: 7

Knowledge:
Knowl (Arcana):22
Knowl (Dungeoneering):28
Knowl (Geography): 13
Knowl (History): 27
Knowl (Local): 14
Knowl (Nature): 12


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 4:50:27 PM
"Well if it tries to grease us I'll grease it right back," says Ezekiel as he draws his wand.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 5:28:24 PM
"People like us have a saying," Dapple pants, struggling to keep up. " 'Don't split the party.' We will not be finding our own guide to follow, Gatter, because it's dangerous to go it alone."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 8:48:19 PM
OOC: Either Dapple forgot that Grim picked her up as he passed her by or she avoided the snatch and grab not wanting to be carried. :)

IC: Grim, trying to keep the jungle foliage from scraping Dapple too much, chimes in, "Wonder if this moth-thing is as attracted to bright lights as regular moths are. Might be a way to fight it with a bright Dancing Lights spell."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 8:55:22 PM
Siolo continues to follow with much less difficulty than the rest though he stays silent.

The paths this creature is taking...is almost as if it is doing this intentionally. A flying animal would have taken advantage of the flight...what is happening..?

((Woodland Stride (Ex): Starting at 2nd level, a druid may move through any sort of undergrowth (such as natural thorns, briars, overgrown areas, and similar terrain) at her normal speed and without taking damage or suffering any other impairment. Thorns, briars, and overgrown areas that have been magically manipulated to impede motion, however, still affect her.))

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Tuesday October 31st, 2023 10:32:01 PM
"Don't be a git, Gatter. We're trying to help get Dori back. " Colt supports Dabbler. Then another thought slowly seeps into his brain, seeded by the magic users' discussion.

"Gatter, what is it leading us to?"

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d20=10 ;
Wednesday November 1st, 2023 7:58:33 AM
Marest wonders if the moth creature is natural or another creation of the monstrologer. She suggests keeping their distance lest someone else get geased.
Ezekiel says if it tries to grease them he’ll grease it back, drawing his wand.
Dapple tells Gatter about the phrase “Don’t split the party” so they won’t find another guide because its dangerous to go alone.
Grim suggests the moth creature might be attracted to light the way an actual moth is and suggests they might be able to distract it with a dancing light spell
Siolo continues to follow with much less difficulty due to his woodland stride druidic ability.
Colt tells Gatter not to be a git and that they are trying to help get Dori back. He asks Gatter what the moth creature is leading them to.

The moth creature continues to lead the party through the woods. Gatter scowls at Colt, opens his mouth, pauses, then growls, ”It’s none.. Of your business…” through his hard breathing. Sense motive 10 Highlight to display spoiler: { Not only does he have no idea where he’s being led to, but it didn’t seem to occur to him this had anything to do with Dori. More evidence he’s only following due to being enchanted.}

The moth man has swooped back around close to the party after vanishing briefly when suddenly a trex bursts out of the undergrowth and roars at the party, a deep, terrifying noise painful so close to the group. Will save 17 Highlight to display spoiler: { It is an illusion, harmless if startling and painful on the ears.}


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+4=23 ; d20+8=11 ;
Wednesday November 1st, 2023 1:05:47 PM

"I don't know, Marest. I think he's leading us a merry chase. And I don't yet know why."

She works on keeping going, albeit somewhat hampered in pushing through the undergrowth due to her slightly weakened state after the bites of the compsognathus.

Then of a sudden a tyrannosaurus rex pops up out of the brush. [Will save 23 vs17].

She notices some things amiss. She can see some of the underbrush visible through the image, as though the monster were translucent or semi-transparent. She does not feel any movement of the earth despite the large size of the creature.

"It's a fake, friends - meant to scare us. Ignore it - and try to see what else is nearby." She walks up to the T-Rex and through it, as she perceives it as a false image. "See?" she raises her arms, and walks out of the image to the other side.

"Gatter, this mothman has enchanted you. You are under a magical compulsion."

"Mothman, what do you want? Where is Dori the dwarf? What do you want with her and Gatter?"

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20+5=19 ; d20+2=22 ;
Wednesday November 1st, 2023 1:15:11 PM
[ooc] Sense motive, 19. Will save 22. [/ooc]

Colt starts putting things together. "Gatter, you git. You're bewitched," he says softly between his own deep breaths.

He doesn't have time to think about what to do next , because the moth thing and T-Rex appear. "Oh, Bang a Gong!"[b] Colt dives aside and rolls behind some bushes. Something doesn't seem right. Colt grabs a handy stone and throws it at the dinosaur. [b]"It's not real!"

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+3=9 ; d20+7=12 ;
Wednesday November 1st, 2023 3:56:24 PM
[OOC: Whoops! Sorry, Jonathan, I did miss that.]

Dapple doesn't sense anything amiss, and the T-Rex freezes her blood. "Look out!" she shouts, and is not entirely convinced by Yofiel's demonstration.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+1=17 ; d20+6=21 ;
Wednesday November 1st, 2023 9:09:31 PM
OOC: A failed saving throw indicates that a character fails to notice something is amiss. A character faced with proof that an illusion isn't real needs no saving throw. If any viewer successfully disbelieves an illusion and communicates this fact to others, each such viewer gains a saving throw with a +4 bonus.

From the above, we have PCs that made the save and pointed out that it is not real: +4 bonus
Form the above, we have a PC that made the save and walked into it and from within it shouted out it was fake: no save needed as prof it isn't real

Interesting. With Initiatives, it would make a difference, but we don't use that so...
Which of the three to use... roll save, roll save +4, no save needed.... ugh...

IC:
Sense Motive +1 = 17
Grim has not forgotten Gatter's outburst in the mess hall and storming out. His behavior now is so contrary to that just half an hour before that Grim sees through Gatter's stated motive. He belts out "That thing is just leading us into a trap or away from town! We must stop this mad chase and...

HIs words are cut short by the appearance of a Greater Thunder God!

Dapple shouts out a warning and Grim drops her, acting on pure reflex, and grips his guisarme firmly with both hands.

Will +2 +4(bonus from friends) = 21

His pause in dropping Dapple and hefting his guisarme in position to defend against those jaws gives his friends that see through the illusion enough time to react and Grim sees it for what it is.
He isn't amused at all since he involuntarily dropped a friend and growls back at the moth-fiend, "You want something that roars? You got a real one with me! State your business or we'll mothball you!"

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=3 ;
Wednesday November 1st, 2023 9:54:27 PM
Siolo continues to follow the moth. He is startled by the trex, but quickly finds out that it is an illusion.

It is leading us on a chase. It can produce illusions...what is this creature?

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+4=19 ;
Wednesday November 1st, 2023 9:58:39 PM
SV Will: 1d20 + 4 = 19.

"An illusion!" says Ezekiel. "Don't waste time fighting it, you might as well be fighting a cloud!"

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+4=22 ; d20+4=9 ;
Wednesday November 1st, 2023 10:48:02 PM
WOW!

Will save = 1d20+4 = 22
Sense motive = 1d20 + 4 = 9

Marest easily sees throughthe illusion, but has trouble sensing a motive here.



DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Thursday November 2nd, 2023 8:04:22 AM
Yofiel suggests to Marest they are being led on a merry chase. She works on keep going only to find a T-Rex pop out of nowhere. However Yofiel is sharp-eyed and not fooled by the illusion. She tells the others it is a fake, tells Gatter he has been enchanted and attempts to communicate w/ the Mothman.
(OOC: if you failed the save you can roll again w/ a +4 circumstance bonus b/c Yofiel pointed out it is fake)
Colt tells Gatter he is bewitched and then dives and rolls when the T-Rex appears. Colt is nobody’s fool and he can tell its a fake as well.
Dapple doesn’t sense anything amiss and the T-Rex freezes her blood. She tells the others to look out.
Grim Ripr attempts to get through to Gatter only to be cut short by the roar of the illusionary T-Rex. Grim drops Dapple and readies his guisarme at first but the orc who is familiar with Thunder Gods is able to tell with a little help from his friends that this one is a fake so he bellows a challenge / threat to the moth creature instead.
Siolo finds out the illusion and wonders what the thing is is.
Ezekiel compares the illusion to a cloud.
Marest isn’t sure what the motive here is.

The strange moth creature make a strange clicking sound as people react. It dismisses it’s illusion and flies onward, not answering their questions or accusations. Gatter leaps behind the nearest PC as he shrieks in terror at the t-rex’s appearance. The party’s quick deduction that it’s fake and it fading soon afterwards leaves him flushing with anger and embarrassment.

”Dolts! That wouldn’t have happened if you weren’t hear! It obviously only wants me following it so go away!” Then, either due to stupidity, honest trust in this strange creature, or compulsion by the magic is under, he turns to continue chasing after it before it gets out of sight.

It is still close enough to attack should the party decide to do so instead of continuing to follow it. They’ve been chasing it for about half an hour.


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Thursday November 2nd, 2023 12:38:17 PM
Grim's warning that it could be a decoy, or a trap sounds entirely too plausible to Colt. And now that it knows its illusion didn't work, the possibility of it waltzing the party into a real T-Rex or pack of compys is rather high.

"Gatter! It probably wants to get you alone and eat you. Why follow it?" When the man inevitably won't stop and can't answer, Colt turns to his magic using companions. "Can any of you take the charm away?"

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+9=26 ; d20+9=10 ; d20=12 ;
Thursday November 2nd, 2023 5:09:56 PM
Somewhere Over the Edge!

Marest says, out loud to no one in particular, "I feel that this wild Moth chase is leading to eventual DOOM! Gatter is gonna go splat, right off the edge!"

Using the skills at Dungeoneering (26), Geography (10), & Survival ( 12), Marest tries to determine the time of day.

If it is close to sunset, Marest will remove her Smoked Goggles and see if she can get a batter sense of what's out "there" in the jungle.

If not close to Sunset, she leave the Smoked Goggles in place.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday November 2nd, 2023 6:31:32 PM
"I have a Protection from Evil spell prepared," Dapple says. "It will give him another chance to shake off the charm, if we can catch him. Can anybody boost his willpower?"

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday November 2nd, 2023 11:23:44 PM
As Gattor runs off Grim answers Colt "I can knock that charm off him!"
Grim ponders the whole purpose of this chase as he follows Gatter. "This mothman captures Dori then charms Gatter to get him to follow him? For what reason? Lead him to Dori? Not likely. It's a trap, it's a ruse. It's a test like the water-tree-woman tested us. She tested our strength with enhanced Lesser Thunder Gods. This one tests our Will and intuition with a farse."

Next time Grim gets within arm's length of Gatter he'll see to it that the half-man doesn't budge for a few days, at least not without some pain.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Friday November 3rd, 2023 8:30:59 AM
Colt suggests to Gatter that the Moth creature wants to eat him and then asks his magic using friends to do something.
Marest suggest the wild moth chase will lead to their doom and tries to get a feel for the time of day in order to figure out what to do with her smoked goggles.
Dapple offers her Protection From Evil spell since it could give Gatter another chance to resist the effect if they can catch him but can anyone improve his willpower she asks.
[b]Grim[b/] is sure this is a trap and a test and decides to beat up Gatter to stop him chasing the thing.

The party was having lunch when Maya came and Dori vanished right afterwards so it’s mid afternoon. Gatter isn’t particularly fast so Grim is able to catch up to him the next time he loses sight of the mothman. As he approaches threateningly the mothman flies back and glares at Grim - DC 18 will save or be shaken by it’s fearsome gaze. Whether to keep it’s game going or to protect Gatter from harm it seems to be acting to defend him.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Friday November 3rd, 2023 11:05:41 AM
Ezekiel readies his wand to grease the ground in front of Gatter should he get away from Grim.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Friday November 3rd, 2023 5:45:07 PM
The spell Dapple wants to cast is a touch spell, so she waits patiently until Grim--and by extension Dapple--is close enough to Gatter. She's only going to have one shot at this.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Friday November 3rd, 2023 7:30:39 PM
Gatter, Grim, at least they've stopped the mothman, if only for a moment. Colt seizes the opportunity. "Hey there! Moth-- man. What do you want? Can you talk? "

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=3 ;
Friday November 3rd, 2023 8:00:42 PM
Siolo, reading the moths behavior, pulls out his sling and prepares for hostile action.

In the meantime he tries to wrack his brain to identify this creature.

((Kn Nature 3+6=9))

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+2=20 ; d20+7=9 ; d20+9=10 ;
Friday November 3rd, 2023 9:43:00 PM
OOC: since speech is a free action, and Colt asked the mothman a question, Grim's actions, if he passes the Will save, will depend on the mothman's reaction to the question during the few moments Grim tries to make his save.

Will + 2 vs DC18 = 20

A) if the mothman responds verbally to the question from Colt, Grim tries to grapple Gatter rather than pummel Gatter.
Grapple +7 vs Gatter's CMD = 9 weasily half-man!

B) if the mothman does not respond verbally to the question from Colt, Grim is so angered by the attempt to scare him that he goes into Rage and roars very loudly right back at mothman:
Intimidate + 9 = 10 vs (DC of this check is equal to 10 + the target's Hit Dice + the target's Wisdom modifier.) i guess the effort to throw off the Gaze took a lot out of him

Grim's roar to intimidate, tit-for-tat what the mothman tried to do to him, however the effort fizzles as the effort to overcome the creatures' own attack takes a lot out of him. Nevertheless, Grim's anger remains intact and grows.
Rage in effect.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+9=21 ; d20+9=11 ; d20+9=27 ; d20+9=12 ; d20+9=18 ; d20+9=28 ; d20+9=12 ; d20+9=20 ; d20+9=14 ; d20+9=21 ;
Friday November 3rd, 2023 10:30:13 PM
Language?!

Marest shouts in eat of the languages she knows hoping the Mothman creature responds to one of them. Marest starts with this phrase in common, and then through to Elven, Woldian Below, Aklo, Draconic, Gnome, & finally Goblin.

"Hey there! Moth-- man. What do you want? Can you talk? "


Then, using her Knowledge skills, tries to recall if she knows anything about mothman creatures.

Knowledge Skill Checks:

Knowl (Arcana) : 21
Knowl (Dungeoneering): 11
Knowl (Engineering): 27
Knowl (Geography): 12
Knowl (History): 18
Knowl (Local): 28
Knowl (Nature): 12
Knowl (Nobility):20
Knowl (Religion): 14
Knowl (The Planes):21



Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Saturday November 4th, 2023 5:39:52 PM
Friends... I've been sick, flat on my back, unable to do much of anything except to cough and ... I won't go into further detail. Will try to catch up posting by tomorrow. -Kim

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Sunday November 5th, 2023 1:03:56 AM

"This one did not carry Dori off," shouts Yofiel. She continues, not shouting, but projecting so all might hear, "A larger one did. I do not think it wants to harm Gatter - and perhaps, by extension, the mothmen do not want to harm Dori. Let us not harm Gatter - but if you want to grab and hold him long enough for Dapple to cast her spell, then, yes!"

"Mothman, we will not harm you, so long as you do not harm Gatter - or Dori, the dwarf - or us. Lead on. We will follow."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+12=30 ; d20+12=27 ;
Sunday November 5th, 2023 1:43:22 AM

Yofiel thinks things over a bit more.

"Our friends who run the inn may have something that the mothmen need. They may need help they perceive this half-orc and dwarf can provide. I'm as ready as any of you to pepper a proven opponent with arrows. But this mothman - though irked with us - has not yet shown he wants to harm us. Scare us away? Sure. Let us choose grace so long as we might, and only revert to harm if there be no better choice. It may be very difficult to find Dori if we choose otherwise.

"As nerve-wracking as it might be, we could win friends, depending upon how this plays out." As they continue the 'merry chase' - Yofiel slings her bow over her chest, placing the arrow back in the quiver, and takes her rope in hand. She preps a lasso for later usage. She hopes she is not wrong in her evaluation of the situation. Some of her friends may in truth hold a perspective closer to reality.

Her father said once, "I go into negotiations with optimism, and back-pocket options. It's far better to turn a potential opponent into a de facto ally, when you can get away with it."

Perception: 30 - Are we anywhere near a place we have been before? Do we know roughly where we are in relation to known places in this section of the plateau?

Knowledge, monstrous humanoid: 27 - What might this bard have heard about mothmen from others over the past 100 years or so? What does Yofiel recall? Does she know of any special abilities and weaknesses of mothmen (aside from what we can suss out from what we have witnessed in the past 30 minutes)?

At some point in the next few minutes, Yofiel might mention to some of her nearby friends, "After a day like today, I could use a good soak in the tub."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Monday November 6th, 2023 1:25:29 AM

Yofiel adds a side comment to Ezekiel, "Say, you can be pretty good with rhymes once in a while. I noted what you did with trances and dances."

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Monday November 6th, 2023 7:11:24 AM
Ezekiel readies his wand to grease the ground in front of Gatter if he gets away from Grim.
Dapple wants to cast a touch spell so she waits until they get closer to Gatter as she’ll only get one shot at it.
Colt asks the Mothman what it wants and if it can talk
Siolo pulls out his sling and prepares for hostile action as he tries to identify the creature but comes up short.
Grim Ripr resists the fear effect but becomes angry by the whole situationa and flies into a rage, attempting to intimidate the Mothman only to fail.
Marest goes through the languages she knows trying to communicate with the moth creature. She then tries to figure out if she knows anything about this creature. (Know Nature roll to low) but she doesn’t think she’s heard of anything like this.
Yofiel suggests that this creature didn’t carry Dori off but a larger one did. She also suggests it won’t harm Gatter and that they don’t want to harm anyone and is agreement with the idea of grappling Gattter and having Dori cast a spell. She puts her weapons back and suggests to the others that they try to peacefully interact with the creature and tells it they will follow if it won’t harm Dori or Gatter.

The mothman does a birdlike tilt to it’s head when Colt asks his question. It seems to consider it for a moment before shaking it’s head. Grim’s attempt to intimidate doesn’t seem to impress it.

With a 27 Yofiel has heard vague stories of mothlike creatures acting in strange ways and getting people to do certain things. Sometimes those things helped, like saving a lost child, other times they harmed, like leading a villian to his target. The motivation in such stories is always unclear but the plot wouldn’t happen without their interference.

The party isn’t really heading to any of the landmarks they know. They’re heading west along the edge of the plateau and the closest location, the fruit grove, is several hours north and east from here. They’re still less than an hour from town.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Monday November 6th, 2023 8:08:23 AM

"Mothman, you can give voice to an image, to an illusion, as you did with the tyrannosaurus rex - it roared quite audibly. Could you not make a similar image, that is empowered with speech, and communicate with us in that manner? We care for our friend, the dwarf, we call Dori, whom one of you carried off over an hour ago. Will you take us to her? You do understand us. You can say 'yes' or 'no' by the way you shake your head, and you know we will understand. Are you taking Gatter," and Yofiel points to the half-orc, "to where the female dwarf we call Dori is?"

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Monday November 6th, 2023 11:30:44 AM
Dapple casts Protection from Evil on Gatter, leaning way over Grim's arm to reach him. She pauses to observe the effect.

[If the compulsion was caused by an evil creature, Gatter gets a new save with a +2 bonus.]

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Monday November 6th, 2023 7:36:44 PM
Ain't God great, allows us to Communicate!

Marest takes a step back and allows her friends to lead in this case...feeling tired.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Monday November 6th, 2023 8:50:05 PM
Colt hears Marest speaking in tongues, and Yofiel trying to expand the means of communication to non-verbal methods. There's Dapple trying to break the enchantment on Gatter, and Grim trying to break Gatter from under the enchantment. And Ezekial, well, whatever Ezekial's doing, it's something Colt knows he won't really understand. For just a moment he feels a bit of kinship with Siolo, who like Colt himself seems to be just caught up in the chase.

He wonders how he found himself in this company.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+9=14 ;
Monday November 6th, 2023 10:35:54 PM
OOC: I was trying to get some reaction out of mothman that would give Grim a reason to drop his rage and give the attempt to parlay with mothman some time to work without metagaming it. That's not happening. So...

IC:
Despite Grim's outrage at mothman's attempt to frighten him, Grim still has very good tactical sense and remains fully aware of that no harm to anyone has occurred yet. This creature may be a Monstrologer, but may not be, and rather than offend the Great One by making an identity mistake, Grim swings his quisarme around against Gatter and tries to knock him off his feet.

Trip Att
CMB d20+9 vs Gatter's CMD = 14

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=15 ;
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 2:32:10 AM
Siolo remains prepared for hostilities but hopes that diplomatic overtures succeed.

While he waits for things to happen, Siolo makes sure to be aware of where the team is heading.
((Survival 15+10=25))

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 6:24:25 AM
Ezekiel maintains his Gatter watch and readies his wand of grease in case Gatter attempts to dart off on his own again.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 6:35:57 AM
Yofiel[b] suggests the mothman communicate utilizing illusions
[b]Dapple casts protection from evil on Gatter, leaning way over to observe the effect.
Mareest[/ takes a step back
[b]Colt observes his companions and wonders how he wound up in such company
Grim uses his Guisarme to knock Gatter off his feet
Siolo remains prepared for hostilities but hopes diplomacy works.
Ezekiel continues to be ready to slow down Gatter should it be needed.

Grim’s able to knock down Gatter and keep him from chasing the thing. It makes more of those strange clicking noises before fluttering off the direction it was going in much the same way it had been doing

Sense motive 15 Highlight to display spoiler: { You realize that clicking noise is it laughing. It definitely wants you to follow it, and objects to you harming Gatter, but otherwise finds the situation amusing and is refusing to communicate clearly for some inscrutable reason.}

Gatter, from his spot on the ground, clearly still wants to follow it but looks at Grim and manages to stop himself. ”Well great, now I’m not following it, but how’s this fix anything huh?” he says snidely as he gazes longingly after the moth monster.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 9:31:32 AM
Ezekiel casts grease on top of the downed Gatter.

"This is for your own good. That it's also hilarious is a plus."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+3=7 ;
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 11:44:04 AM
"Well, you won't run off by yourself and get killed," Dapple tells Gatter severely. "That's what we were trying to fix."

"But I do think we should keep after that moth thing," she tells her compansions. "If a similar one snatched Dori. And I'm find with Gatter coming with us, if he wants, so long as he doesn't go running off by himself anymore."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+8=22 ;
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 1:21:09 PM

"Ezekiel, that was rude."

The bard figures out the lepidopteran is amused by the group, laughing at them.

"Whether leading us into doom or blessing, I say we follow on. Dapple is right. Our goal is this: Finding Dori."

Yofiel steps next to the fallen cook. "Gatter, let's keep going." She leans down to give the community's chef a hand up, if he will take it.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 3:30:02 PM
The Lepidopteran

Marest follows after the group, making sure that her Goggles are in place if she needs them to be.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+1=18 ;
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 8:34:56 PM
OOC: Yofiel forgot that Gatter is now covered in grease! LOL! Anyone for a game of 'Catch the greased half-human?

Sense Motive (Will) +1 = 18

Grim simmers down. The mothman is gone even though it seemed to find the situation amusing, he feels he got the better of IT, having fought off the fear attack and stopped Gatter.
Ending Rage - free action.

By now the others have had their say and Grim's in no mood to argue with Gatter so he growls "What He said, what she said, and she said!" pointing to Ezekiel, Dapple, and Yofiel in turn. "You can chase after it all you want now, but at least you now do so on your own will!"

After a few moments, probably waiting for Gatter's greasy body to de-grease, he recovers from his Rage after-effects and is ready to go.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Tuesday November 7th, 2023 9:13:49 PM
"Let's go ! We can catch it!"

Colt's more than willing to continue the chase. Since the group's sentiment seems to follow, he even starts off in the wake of the mothman.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=8 ;
Wednesday November 8th, 2023 2:36:59 AM
((Sense Motive 8+2=10))

Siolo thinks for several moments. This moth is pretty much our only lead. If I can keep track of where we end up going, we can still back track to Clouhaven.

He then nods "Let's go."

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Wednesday November 8th, 2023 7:42:59 AM
Ezekiel tells Gatter that this was for his own good and that it was a plus it was hilarious.
Dapple tells Gatter that he won’t run off by himself and get killed as that is what they were trying to prevent. She also says that she thinks they should keep after the moth thing and Gatter can come too as long as he doesn’t run off by himself anymore.
Yofiel tells Ezekiel that that was rude and figures the moth is amused by the group since it was laughing at them. She agrees they need to follow on with Dapple being right as their goal is Finding Dori.
Marest follows after the others making sure her goggles are where they need to be.
Grim Ripr calms down. Even though the moth was laughing at them they got the upper hand since he fought off its fear effect and they as a party stopped Gatter. Still he is in no mood to argue with the other half-orc and just says what he said, what she said and what she said. He also tells Gatter he’s free to continue the chase just now it is of his own free will.
Colt cheers the others on and says he thinks they can catch it and then starts off in the wake of the mothman.
Siolo considers and thinks it’s worth following as long as they keep track of the way back home.

Gatter seems unimpressed at the parties’ logic and decision. Then again he often seems personally affronted by their actions/existence so maybe this is an improvement. He will take Yofiel’s help in standing and has trouble proceeding now that he’s covered in grease before hurrying in the direction the moth thing went.

The party finds it just out of sight waiting for them to follow or not. With an odd sound it continues to lead the way in it’s infuriating manner, though it doesn’t play any more pranks with illusions. After about 20 more minutes of travel the party sees what is presumably their destination - a small campsite hidden in a tangle of bushes and brush. You can just see the top of a tent poking out from here.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday November 8th, 2023 2:50:10 PM
"Thanks for the ride," Dapple says to Grim. "But I think you should put me down now."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+2=10 ; d20+12=13 ; d20+8=12 ;
Wednesday November 8th, 2023 6:42:27 PM

"Let's spread out a bit," suggests Yofiel. She walks carefully towards the left (clockwise, for clarity), marking each step before her, seeing what the ground is like, trying not to snap twigs, to go to a place about a quarter way around the tent about the same distance from it as the rest of the party.

She looks up at the mothman, tries to sense its mood.

Survival: 10
Perception: 13
Sense motive: 12
Huh - she may be feeling a bit worn down by the sustained brisk pace through the woods.



Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 8th, 2023 7:29:19 PM
"I don't think the campsite is Dori's. I could just sneak over there and have a look. If anything goes wrong, you guys can get me out of it."

Confident in his companions' ability to save him from harm, and immersed youth's invulnerable self-image, Colt volunteers to lead the way into the camp.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Wednesday November 8th, 2023 7:54:24 PM
"Are we sure we want to do this now?" asks Ezekiel. "If there's a fight, I won't be able to do much except make him a bit chilly.."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 8th, 2023 8:56:49 PM
Grim complies with Dapple's request and gently puts her feet back on solid ground. Studying the tent through the jungle for a moment he gruffly comments, "Strange things keep popping up on this plateau considering its inaccessibility from the jungle floor. Mothmen, monstrologers, Thunder Gods that are happy to just sit in front of a cave... It's actually getting crowded up here."

He waits to see what Colt can find but as Colt starts to leave he reminds the rogue "That mothman knows what you are up to and watching your every move. Just thought I would remind you."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=14 ;
Wednesday November 8th, 2023 11:28:54 PM
Siolo nods to Colt and follows closely behind the young man to make sure he is not going into possible danger alone. He rests a hand on Colts shoulder as they go.

((Stealth 14+7=21))

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Thursday November 9th, 2023 8:14:30 AM
Dapple thanks Grim for the ride but then requests to be put down.
Yofiel suggests to the others that they spread out a bit as they approach the campsite as she tries to get a read on the mothman.
Colt suggests that the campsite isnt’ Dori’s and that he could just sneak over there and take a peak and if anything goes wrong the party could get him out of it.
Ezekie asks if they want to do this now since the wizard only has the ability to make someone a little chilly.
Grim complies with Dapple’s request and reflects on how things on the plateau are getting a little crowded between the mothmen, monstrologer, and strange acting Thundergods. He warns Colt that the Mothman knows what the rogue is up to and can see his every move.
Siolo follows Colt in stealthily.

The mothman waits to see the party has seen the camp impassively. Once Colt and Siolo begin to approach it it flies off, this time without slowing down or doubling back so that people can keep up with it. It quickly vanishes above the canopy. Whatever magic was compelling Gatter to follow seems to have faded - he ignores the creature to focus on the pair sneaking forward to investigate.

The pair make their way through the tangle slowly and quietly. They can hear faint sounds indicating that the camp is definitely occupied. As they get through the last bushes they can see a simple tent and a small spot for a campfire, though one isn’t burning right now. Through the front of the tent they can see someone sitting on a large rock with a book muttering to themselves, though the angle isn’t right to see much more than hands and legs. It’s possibly Dori and very much not Maya judging from the size and skin tone.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+7=18 ; d20+12=14 ;
Thursday November 9th, 2023 2:47:15 PM

Yofiel circles further, near to the opposite side, again moving slowly, as quietly as she might.

Stealth: 18
Perception: 14 - trying to get a better view from a different angle. Didn't help much.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Thursday November 9th, 2023 6:29:45 PM
Colt stops, nudges Siolo, and and holds up his hand palm out. He shrugs his pack off and lowers it gently to the ground. "That might be Dori, but when we she have time to set up a camp, and why? I'll go up empty handed so I don't spook whoever it is. "

Colt leaves his staff on the pack and creeps toward the tent. About 30 feet away he rustles some branches and calls softly to the tent. "Dori, is that you? It's Colt. Gatter's worried." He moves carefully into plain view.



Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday November 9th, 2023 7:14:41 PM
Before Colt leaves on his solo scouting trip, Dapple gives him a Bit of Luck.

[On his next d20 roll, Colt can roll twice and take the better outcome.]

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Thursday November 9th, 2023 8:34:48 PM
"Or you guys could just go off on your own and maybe get yourselves killed," mutters Ezekiel as the scouting team departs. "Hope they ain't expecting me to be able to come save them with snowflakes."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=9 ;
Thursday November 9th, 2023 8:40:41 PM
Grim maneuvers into position to view the clearing and both his companions. Yofiel, however, is out of sight but he hopes that the bard keeps alert for things lurking outside the campground as well as within.

Perception + 7 = 9

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Thursday November 9th, 2023 8:46:22 PM
Again, Siolo nods to Colt. He grabs the pack that Colt removes as well as Colt's staff to ensure as much silence as possible. He waits there to see if Colt is successful.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Friday November 10th, 2023 12:33:11 AM
Calm b4 the Storm

{OOC: Was traveling yesterday to visit my dad in Vegas}

Marest casts Comprehend Languages on herself, in hopes she will understand the MothMan the next time he tries to communicate.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Friday November 10th, 2023 7:25:38 AM
Yofiel[/n] circles around to get a better vantage point
[b]Colt stops and signals to Siolo to stop while he lightens his load. He agrees that that might be Dori but that she didn’t have time to set up camp so the question is whose camp is that and why. He volunteers to go out empty handed to not spook who is there.
Dapple gave Colt some luck
Ezekiel reflects that the scouts could just go off on their own and get themselves killed as he can’t come in and save them with snowflakes.
Grim positions for guarding the clearing and keeping an eye on the camp.
Siolo nods to Colt and waits with the pack.
Marest casts comprehend languages.

There’s a startled noise from the tent and Dori pokes her head out. ”Colt! How’d you get here?”

At the sound of Dori’s voice Gatter drops all caution and rushes forward. There’s a somewhat confused reunion as Gatter gets emotional and Dori is confused as to what all the fuss is about. ”I’ve only been gone like 2 hours, why’s everyone so freaked out?”


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Friday November 10th, 2023 1:53:10 PM
"There was an incident back in town," Dapple explained. "When Gatter couldn't find you, we all assumed the worst. I'm glad to see you're all in one piece."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Friday November 10th, 2023 9:49:52 PM
Grim's surprise at seeing Dori is quickly replace by anger. He stays put, outside the clearing behind a tree, but would very much like to go over and smack Dori clear across the clearing.

He growls out to Dori, "Fancy that, during an emergency, while we are out fighting Thunder Gods and Monstrologers, and you and Gatter are charged get the people to safety in the keep, you go wandering off on your own to your own little tent in the woods."

From Grim's perspective, based on his tribal traditions, when a member decides to go it alone, it's up to him and none will stop him, but his fate is his choosing and none will bother to go hunting for him when he goes missing. He either makes it back or doesn't. So it is now with Dori. So she goes missing again? She either makes it back or doesn't. He's not going through this charade again.

Then again, is this really Dori? She could be an impostor. He's not trusting this Dori and not likely to ever trust the real one again if this is she.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Saturday November 11th, 2023 5:38:58 AM

Hearing Dori's voice and her reunion with Gatter, Yofiel steps through the underbrush to come out into the open area. She smiles. She also posits that Dori may not fully understand how and why she came here, but she suspends judgment until the matter can be explored more fully.

"Dori, dear, tell us what moved you to come out here. And what have your plans been for your time in a tent in the midst of the jungle? I hope you do not mind me asking, for we were worried for you." She does not voice yet the fact that moth dust was found where she had left her satchel next to the forest.

The bard also considers that there may be something further the moth men have in mind for them to discern, for she does think that there was more than one of these odd creatures working in concert.

Best, though, to let Dori tell the story from her own perspective, before feeding her information that she may have forgotten due to the mental machinations of mothmen.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Saturday November 11th, 2023 7:23:25 PM
"Dori, I didn't think it would be you." Colt's further comments are cut off by Gatter, and then the party members. Yofiel seems to be asking all the right questions so he keeps his mouth shut, and listens while he retreives his gear from Siolo.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Sunday November 12th, 2023 2:47:38 AM
Siolo similarly comes out from hiding. He instead levels his gaze at Gatter. "Also Gatter, I believe an apology is in order. You have been very short to say the least."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Monday November 13th, 2023 2:53:01 PM
"On the contrary, he's very tall," Dapple replies. "I'm the short one."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Monday November 13th, 2023 10:01:09 PM
Grim ponders on how long Dori's had this vacation home. She certainly didn't traipse out here and put it up in the short time since the Monstrologer attack. Not to mention the relationship between Dori and the mothman. He wonders if the mothman is some different type of gremlin, but a gremlin type that teases them more so than tosses doodoo.

DM - Hugh - What's in a book  d6=1 ; d20=5 ; d20+3=12 ; d20+3=8 ; d6+3=7 ; d20+3=5 ; d20+2=11 ; d20+3=23 ; d20+3=5 ; d6+3=7 ; d20+3=22 ; d20+3=8 ; d20+5=13 ; d20+5=19 ; d6=4 ; d20+5=8 ; d2=2 ; d20=12 ; d20+6=11 ; d10=4 ; d100=63 ; d100=8 ; d20+7=9 ; d20+7=14 ; d20+7=26 ; d6=1 ; d20+2=17 ; d20-4=6 ; d20+8=24 ;
Monday November 13th, 2023 11:02:44 PM
Dapple explains that there was an incident in town and that when Gatter couldn’t find Dori they assumed the worst.
Grim Ripr’s surprise at seeing Dori is quickly replaced by anger and he snaps while they were dealing with Monstrologers and Thundergods and Gatter and Dori were supposed to get folks to safety they instead went wandering off to a little tent in the woods. Based on his tribal traditions he has had it. If Dori runs off again she either comes back or not. Then again is it really Dori.
Yofiel steps through the underbrush to come out into the open area. She posits that Dori may not understand how and why she came to be here but she suspends judgement until things can be explored more later. She asks Dori how she got out there and what has the plan been from her time in the tent. She asks some follow up questions.
Colt said he didn’t think he would see her there and then he is cut off by Gatter and other party members but Yofiel seems to be asking the right questions.
Siolo comes out of hiding and tells Gatter an apology is in order.
Dapple cracks wise about Gatter’s height
Grim wonders how long Dori’s had this vacation home and if teh mothman thing is some kind of gremlin that plays tricks rather than throw poo.

Dori says, “The Mothman guided me here. I got the feeling it wouldn’t hurt me and that it was important and so I followed it here and when I got here I found this journal and I’ve been reading it ever since.”

She offers the journal to the party.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+9=24 ; d20+9=19 ; d20+8=12 ;
Monday November 13th, 2023 11:43:09 PM
"You mustn't read from the book!" proclaims Ezekiel. "Or maybe you...should? I don't know."

Detect Magic on the book. Ezekiel will also see if he recall anything about books and mother.

Spellcraft: 24
Know Aracana: 19
Know Planes: 12

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Monday November 13th, 2023 11:58:28 PM

"Hmm, I discerned the mothman - is there just one of them? - had a purpose, but just could not discern what it might be." As she is nearly in reach, the pretty elf steps forward to accept the proffered journal from Dori's hand.

"Can you tell us what you've been able to discern from it so far?" she asks. She holds it open in such a way that if one or two others wish to draw near to look at it, there is room for them to see, too. She looks for a title or topic, name, dates, and how the opening couple of pages go. She knows Marest is quite bright and might want to look, and perhaps one of her intrepid friends who stepped into the clearing to contact the tent dweller. But really, whoever wants to see...

As she scans the beginning, she adds, "I think the mothman wanted only Gatter to join you on this discovery. Yet Gatter also let it be known, in his inimitable way, that we adventurers had fallen quite short in the duty to keep all people safe, since no one could find you. He was so worried - and we were concerned for both him and you, Dori. The timing of your departure during an alarm situation... well, I thank the heavens you are well. And look to have been led to, you believe, an interesting discovery?"

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Tuesday November 14th, 2023 2:18:23 AM
Siolo walks over as Yofiel begins looking through the journal and leans in to look over her shoulder. The curiosity of what could be written in the journal overcomes any other considerations and leads to him being very close to Yofiel.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Tuesday November 14th, 2023 8:48:11 AM
Colt takes a step forward to see the book, but it's suddenly crowded around Yofiel. Instead he drifts to the edge of this little campsite and looks into the forest.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday November 14th, 2023 12:32:56 PM
"Dori." Dapple pinches the bridge of her nose. "You can't just run off without telling anyone. Even if it's important, grab the nearest person and tell them where you're going and why. It doesn't take a minute."

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+8=18 ; d20+9=13 ;
Tuesday November 14th, 2023 1:41:48 PM
Journals

Marest observes the situation realizing that her friends have it pretty much in hand, so, she will cast See See Invisibility upon herself and then scan the treeline around the group using her understanding of Nature and her perception skills.

Skill Checks:

Perception: 18
KNowledge (Nature): 13

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+7=9 ;
Tuesday November 14th, 2023 11:00:39 PM
Grim's grim look at things is smoothed a little as it appears that Dori was under a compulsion to come to this place, just as Gatter, and thus unable to alert anyone. Yet he remains somewhat suspicious, as where there's one Monstrologer there's more.

He remains alert to any activity outside the camp on his side, watching for signs of danger.

Perception + 7 = 9

DM - Hugh - What's in a book 
Tuesday November 14th, 2023 11:58:26 PM
Ezekiel objects to the reading of the book and examines it.
Yofiel wonders about the mothman, if there is only one, and tells Dorri a bit more about recent events. She looks over the journal.
Siolo reads the journal with Yofiel.
Colt wants to look at the book but it’s getting crowded so he goes to stand guard instead.
Dapple admonishes Dori for vanishing without telling anyone.
Marest realizes her friends have the situation in hand and casts see invisibility and looks to their surroundings
[b[Grim[/b] suspicion of Dori was abated a little seeing as she was under a compulsion like Gatter and unable to tell anyone. He remains somewhat suspicious as where there is one Monstrologer there are more. He keeps an eye on the perimeter.

Dori properly chastened. ”You’re right Dapple. I know better. I was going to gather some useful herbs I noticed growing at the edge of town, well within sight of the sentries. Then I saw the moth thing and it just seemed really important to follow it. It must have been right before the attack you mentioned, I never heard the alert.”

The book seems to be some sort of daily journal. It seems little used, perhaps only a few weeks. Dori is able to point out to Yofiel some key entries.

Early in the book - “My experiments were successful beyond my wildest imaginings. The test subjects grew smart enough to escape from their cages. Everyone at the facility is dead. I’m not sure where the subjects ended up after the battle. I’m checking the town in the morning.”

The next entry reads, “The town is completely destroyed. Truly an impressive feat. The test subjects took heavy losses at the facility and both locations were guarded by some of the best, people who could go toe to toe with large dinosaurs as an everyday part of their job. That my creations overwhelmed them shows they could be a threat to even large population centers.”

Several pages later it says, “I’ve spent the last several days checking the plateau. Other than a small pack of compies I’ve rounded up, the test subjects don’t seem to be up here anymore. I must track them down and re-establish control. They’ll probably head back to the cavern network. The trex guarding it shouldn’t give them any trouble. I’ll get some supplies from the town ruins before I go, shouldn’t have any trouble getting past any scavengers still around.”


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Wednesday November 15th, 2023 12:55:07 AM

After absorbing the highlights as Dori points them out, Yofiel calls out into the air in the general direction their winged guide flew away, "THANK YOU, MOTHMAN!!"

She then speaks loud enough for the party to hear. "These are Maya's notes. You see that, Siolo?" she asks as she pats him on the shoulder. She makes certain to read the key passages aloud so all can hear.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Wednesday November 15th, 2023 2:02:24 AM
Siolo can't help but smile a little as he moves away from Yofiel. "Guess we should check out that cave behind the trex."

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Wednesday November 15th, 2023 7:43:52 PM
The Facility?!

Marest says, "We know where the Caverns are, but where do you suppose the Facility is?!"

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 15th, 2023 9:18:28 PM
Grim ponders how they missed that tent in all their wanderings and scoutings they've done, including the townspeople, but it is a jungle, and you can miss things that are only feet away.

Grim comes into the clearing and comments on the revelations, "I expect you'll think to sneak past the Thunder God. You'll need to mask your scent, your noise, and yourselves. So Invisible, at night, Silenced, and de-smelled. Good Luck. Unless you are interested in trying to kill it."

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Wednesday November 15th, 2023 10:05:26 PM
"It sounds like the attack on this town was not planned after all," says Ezekiel
"Nonetheless, it doesn't sound like Maya can keep control of her subjects. If they escaped once, they might do so again. I'm half inclined to let them eat her for all the trouble she caused."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 15th, 2023 10:23:51 PM
[b ]"I'm not sure what to think, but it sounds like Maya is headed for the T-rex cave. If we hurry we might be able to catch her there!"[/b]

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday November 16th, 2023 1:43:46 PM
Dapple frowns. "Do we know when that last entry was written?" she asks. "I'm not sure we could catch her. Though I guess," she grins at Ezekiel, "we might be able to figure out whether she's been eaten."

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Thursday November 16th, 2023 4:53:04 PM
Cavern Enterence

Marest grins, "I'd like to know if Maya got eaten!" "Can we rest here and head out in the morning?" asks Marest to the assembled.



Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Thursday November 16th, 2023 6:16:34 PM

Yofiel checks the journal to see if the entries are dated to help answer Dapple's question.

"Let's review," suggests the bard. "In the last 30 hours we have finished repairing the lift, gone down, fought pteranodons, driven away dinosaurs, come back up, slept, gone back down the lift, headed into the jungle to see what we find, where there is evidence of myriad good-sized dinosaurs, fought and killed some flying saurs, hidden from a huge ground-stomping dino, come back up the lift, confronted a monstrologer and her four altered compeys, killed the latter, then hastened on a hunt for our friend Dori, following a mothman through jungle thickets.

"Thank heaven we found you, Dori, through the Mothman's weird guidance, and we now have Maya's journal.

"But some of us are still weakened by the bites of the compeys. We who cast spells have expended many of them. We have need of rest and healing.

"Grim made good points. Siolo's and Colt's surmises have value - but I think we need to gain strength before going there. And I am feeling famished."

She pulls a bramble she noticed at the end of a braid. "Marest, rest is a good idea, but let's return to Cloudhaven, alleviate the concerns of folks there, take care of healing and rest, and make plans." The elf turns to Ezekiel, "I should not mind were the monstrologer made into a dinosaur snack. She is a pest who makes pests."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Thursday November 16th, 2023 8:13:06 PM
"Agreed Yofiel. We can easily make it back to Cloudhaven by nightfall," he responds and then adds thoughtfully. [B]"Your review, Lady Yofiel, reminds me of the words of my father's brother, Elder Behn. 'With little power, comes little responsibility. The converse is also true.' "

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday November 16th, 2023 9:08:59 PM
Grim leans up against a tree with crossed arms and listens to the banter. Gruffly he adds some words to the conversation that might help. "You want to know when that last entry was done? Well, it has been many months since the attack and it is clear from the entry that it was entered soon after that when she had time to survey the destruction and we were surviving in a cave on the other side of the plateau."

Then he glares at Ezekiel and almost yells "What you got for brains? Mush? Gremlin Poo? Oh, she didn't plan the attack on Cloudhaven, that was just an accident. Goblin ^*#&@^ (orc expletive omitted)! That's not what she said! She said their escape was unexpected, but their attack on Cloudhaven was planned, just not as early as it happened! Didn't she write they exceeded her wildest dreams? Didn't she gloat over how impressive they manage to crush the town? Didn't she say she was confident her creations could do the same to even larger towns and cities?"

Grim stops there, as his anger was beginning to grow as it was clear that his own tribe must be on this Monstrolerger's list, he would, or could, in anger smack Ezekiel hard enough to knock whatever sense he had out across the plateau.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Thursday November 16th, 2023 10:23:31 PM
Colt nods in heartfelt sympathy with Elder Behn's wisdom.

"Back to Cloudhaven it is then. But while we walk, can anyone tell me why the Mothman picked Dori? Why not one of you, or Rothlorian?"

DM - Hugh - The long and winding road 
Friday November 17th, 2023 12:02:17 AM
(OOC: Everyone give yourself a hero point for treating with the mothman peacefully and not devolving to violence)

Yofiel calls out in the direction where the Mothman disappeared to a thank you. She then points out that the journal contains Maya’s notes and reads the key passages to the party.
Siolo smiles a little as he moves away from Yofiel and then suggests they check out the cave behind the T-Rex.
Marest says that they know where the cavern is but asks the others where they think the Facility is
Yofiel reviews everything that has recently happened. She suggests they go home before resting.
Siolo says they can easily make it back quickly and is reminded of something his uncle used to say.
Grim comments on the timeframe of things and yells at Ezekial.
Colt nods in sympathy with Elder Behn’s wisdom and then agrees it is back to Cloudhaven. He asks the others why the Mothman chose Dori and not one of them.

The trip back to Cloudhaven is uneventful. There is no Mothman to harass the party and Dori and Gatter are surprisingly silent.

Quite a crowd has gathered on the outskirts of the village as you return. Rothlorean is standing in the center holding a lit torch. “How fare Dori and Gatter?” he asks.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Friday November 17th, 2023 9:27:16 AM
"Dori is fine, and Gatter is...Gatter. I'm going to go take a nap. I'll see you when I go fry someone's head until it explodes like a melon again."

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Friday November 17th, 2023 9:43:46 AM
To To Grim: "Maya and her compatriots were trying to harness the power of a storm, but that power was too great and got away from them. Not everyone can ride the lightning. While she mat relish in that power, we know not what she intended to do with that. Just because you relish your prowess with your axe doesn't mean you are going to cut everyone's head off with it.

In any case, her intentions matter little. It is clear she can't control these creatures, not in any large number at least. They are the main threat, not her."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Friday November 17th, 2023 2:06:01 PM

"Here they are, alive and well," Yofiel confirms Ezekiel's initial words. "A Mothman led Dori to an important discovery, and a Mothman then led Gatter and us to where Dori was.

"She was in a tent a 90-minute jungle walk away that was used - is used? - by the monstrologer Maya, and where the dinosaur warper kept her journal."

She clears a wisp of hair from in front of her face, and adds, "We rejoice. We are exhausted. We would be glad to spend a few minutes bringing you up to speed on the contents. Then we need to rest and recuperate. How are things here?"

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Friday November 17th, 2023 6:56:45 PM
Colt frowns at Ezekial's logic. Sure they have to kill the mutated monsters, but Maya's apparently busy making more monsters. Shouldn't she be the primary target.

He waits for a quiet moment to ask Yofiel and Grim what they think should be done next.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Friday November 17th, 2023 6:57:55 PM
"If anybody is still weakened from the Compeys, I can help," Dapple says. "Got one more spell."

[OOC: Dapple has a Lesser Restoration prepared. Who wants it?]

When they reach the town, Dapple says, "I am that most terrifying of creatures, a hungry halfling. Flee! Save yourselves!"

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Friday November 17th, 2023 7:56:15 PM
Grim glares back at Ezekiel and growls "My Tribal Lore says otherwise! Did it just happen by accident to have a portal from that breeding ground directly to Cloudhaven? Did you forget that just a few hours ago she was quite clear on her purpose in unleashing those four beasts on us and laughed at us the whole time? You see this whole thing as a game that got out of hand when she was very clear she intends to improve on their heresy and attack the larger groups living here, with Cloudhaven just a test of their work so far!"

He turns away before clenched fists find something solid to hit but calls over his shoulder as he starts back down their newly made trail, "There's a wider world of evil out there that is swamping your brain. Best get a grip on it before you sink to deep in that swamp."

Back home Grim's in no mood to talk to any townsfolk other than Rothlorien.

When/if Colt approaches Grim with his question, Grim is calmer and answers more friendly "We knew that cave was a key to all this and we now know that the Thunder God guarding it is a Monstrologer creation. Just on that fact alone it should be destroyed, but exploring the cave is a priority, and having an exit free of a gaping sharp toothy maw is preferred. We'll have to spend a few days to prepare an attack that offers our best survival odds. So start thinking."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Friday November 17th, 2023 11:44:55 PM
Siolo stays in the back of the group as they travel back to Cloudhaven. The exhaustion setting in as the last remnants of adrenaline fade away.

Almost on cue to Dapple's question, his strength nealy leaves him and he weakly raises his hand.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Saturday November 18th, 2023 1:02:37 AM
Lesser Restoration
During the attack of the altered compies, Siolo took 4 STR damage, so is down from STR 14 to 10. Yofiel took 6 STR damage, but Marest's lesser restoration took care of 4 STR, so the bard is down 2 STR from 11, to 9.

So, Siolo needs 4. Yofiel needs 2. Tanis, the male elf sentry, also had been bitten, but our DM has not let us know whether he might also be in need of restoration. Yofi had healed him of his hit point loss.

Yofi joins Siolo in asking Dapple to attend first to our druid. The elf again thanks Marest for helping her in that regard this afternoon.
"Oh," Yofi says quietly, "I still need to pick up my rope. Colt, you need to tell me about how you killed the last compey. My eyes were closed when that happened, and when I opened my eyes, the compey had your short sword stuck in its eye, and you were sitting on the ground. Want to tell me the story while I fetch my rope?" It had been left partially wrapped about Compey #6. "Where's Foggy? He should come, too."

She won't depart, though, until Rothlorien gives leave. It may be that villagers already have cleaned up the battleground, and retrieved the rope.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Saturday November 18th, 2023 1:10:38 AM

Ah, and when Colt approached her and Grim about ideas, she concurs with Grim. "Sound counsel, friend. We should all be thinking of ways to deal with the guardian of the cave, then what lies within."

Hmm... she never had really thought much before these latest days about having a half-orc as a friend. But she likes his honesty and frankness.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Saturday November 18th, 2023 6:14:33 PM
"What if Rothlorian came with us? He's fought the big dinos before. Maybe we could all take it."

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Sunday November 19th, 2023 7:39:16 PM
Back in the saddle again

Now that the team is back in town, Marest will get some shuteye in order to recoup her sanity and her spells.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d4=4 ;
Monday November 20th, 2023 2:29:31 PM
"Okay, Siolo, looks like you're elected," Dapple says. "Now we'll just hope Wardd is in a good mood."

Siolo restores 4 Strength.

"Wow," says Dapple. "A really good mood. Thanks, Boss."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Monday November 20th, 2023 7:49:57 PM
[b]"Grim, you know the dinosaurs best. Could we take the one at the cave with Rothlorian's help?"/[b]

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Monday November 20th, 2023 8:09:10 PM
Meditative Rest

While in a meditative state, Marest hopes that the team doesn't leave her behind when they venture forth to the T-Rex guarded caverns.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Monday November 20th, 2023 8:24:16 PM

DM post should arrive in the morning, Mitch and Hugh let me know...


Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Monday November 20th, 2023 8:35:18 PM
Siolo smiles as his strength is returned. "Thanks to your boss from me as well"

"Also, I should be able to be helpful against the Rex in front of the cave."

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Monday November 20th, 2023 9:40:20 PM
Ezekiel dreams pleasant dreams of rain and thunder. And getting his spell slots back.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Monday November 20th, 2023 10:22:07 PM
Grim is confident that they can take on the Thunder God if they plan properly, and certainly if they have Rothlorien's help.

"We all need to rest. And it won't hurt to take a day to plan and prepare what we'll need. We'll see what Rothlorien suggests also. Maybe leave in two days."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Tuesday November 21st, 2023 12:19:36 AM

"Two days is good," replies Yofiel to Grim. "After they rest, perhaps Marest or Dapple can restore my strength to full. Bless Wardd for helping Siolo through Dapple's hand. Can we also see if Tanis the elf sentry needs restoration?"

"Siolo - can you share some of your ideas on ways you might help us deal with the T-Rex?" the bard asks the druid.

"Colt, no doubt Rothlorian would be an amazing asset to take down the bright guardian. In the past though he has emphasized he needs to stay while we are gone to protect the people. Certainly we can ask."

The elf searches more deeply through the items brought up from below. Perhaps some tanglefoot bags or other alchemical items might be found to help them out. Antitoxins. "I have heard of wands of curing. I wonder if we might ever find such?"

Perhaps at a meal, she will ask the members of the group to help kick around ideas for dealing with the dinosaur. "Ezekiel, how many spells can you cast a day? Do you have to memorize each, or can you select as you go along?"

As she eats a mango, Yofi quietly comments, "Sure would be nice to have with us Kazzor. R.J. Muffins." She sighs wistfully.

She also finds someone in the village who is good at carving wood. She wants to commission a carving, to be painted, of Gatter and Dori, roughly half-life-sized. Show them with kitchen utensils, cooking something. She wants it to be labeled, "Faithful Friends. Great Chefs" Oh, Dori should have a shoulder bag with herbs and spices overflowing the top.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Tuesday November 21st, 2023 7:56:30 AM
Ezekiel tells the group that the pair are fine and replies to Grim
Yofiel explains about the mothman and what they found.
Colt frowns and thinks they should deal with Maya first.
Dapple makes an offer of restoration and a comment that she is the most terrifying creature, a hungry halfling!
Grim disagrees with Ezekiel strongly and he answer's Colt’s question.
Yofiel reviews everyone’s status and asks about the slaying of the final Compy.
Col suggest Rothlorian could come with them.
Marest is ready to rest.
Dapple restores Siolo
Colt wonders if Rothlorian and the group can take out the t-rex.
Siolo thanks Dapple
Ezekiel dreams pleasant dreams.
Grim suggests two days to prepare.
Yofiel agrees on two days, asks her fellows about their abilities, and looks for someone to make a commission with for Dori and Gatter.

As the group gives their answer and Dori and Gatter advance out of the shadows of the trees there’s a collective sigh of relief. Soon the pair a whisked off to the tavern to share their tale and Rothlorian has a chance to get the full story from the group. He considers the question about him defeating the T-rex. ”I could.. Probably beat it? It would be a tough fight, and if it’s been enhanced like the other dinosaurs then it might be too much for me. My big worry is that it might be a trap, to bait us away from the town while it’s attacked. If we had some fast way of getting there it’d be one thing, but it’s a day and a half of travel and 3 days is a long time for the town to be un-defended.”

The party rests from their long day. It was a very busy one. The next day some administrative stuff needs to be done. The magic gear is done fixing up the smithy - it looks very nice now without any holes in it. Another building can now start to be worked on.

Additionally some new stuff has been dug up for the party to improve their odds of succeeding in their spelunking (everyone can go ahead and get to WBL of a 4th level character, since we level in slightly more then a month. That is 6000g of gear)


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Tuesday November 21st, 2023 8:45:54 AM
"I have a plan," says Ezekiel. "We lure the t-rex towards town. Then we can all attack it without leaving the town undefended. I see no way this could possibly go wrong!"

"Maybe the mothman will help us lure the Rex here."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=1 ; d3=2 ; 10d4=19 ;
Tuesday November 21st, 2023 3:22:32 PM
"With my circle's magic, I might be able to paralyze it. Though it may resist."

**********

During the day of prep, Siolo wanders around in the brush surrounding Cloudhaven gathering berries. With those berries and all of the magics that he had prepped at the beginning of the day, he enchants them to be more nourishing.

((Survival 1+10=11)), ((5× 2d4 = 10d4 =19 good berries))

In the evening, Siolo reads, writes, and sketches in his books.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday November 21st, 2023 3:57:04 PM
"Let's call that Plan B," Dapple says to Ezekiel.

"I don't think we're ready to take on a T-Rex in a fight," she continues. "If only we had some way of making sure it stayed asleep. I think there's a spell for that, but I don't think it'll work on anything that big. Anyway, I can't cast it, and I don't know if anybody else can."

After a pause, she says, "Drow poison? Would that work? And how much would we need?"

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Tuesday November 21st, 2023 9:24:14 PM
Drow Poison

Marest will join her companions upon completing her meditative & rest period.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 12:51:58 AM
Grim rehashes his tribe's most successful tactic on taking down a Greater Thunder God.
"We lure it into the jungle, surrounded by a dozen warriors with bows and spears, half run circles around it one way and half the other, all the while shooting at it. Yes, we loose a few, but the jungle hinders it more than us, keeping it's tail from doing as much damage, and it has a hard time focusing on any one individual. It eventually tires and loss of blood slows it to where we can close in.
But alas, we don't have that many warriors expert enough to pull that off. We'll have to devise a number traps, trip traps and spear traps, and lure it to those. We'll see. It could very well be that in our planning, we realize we aren't ready yet."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 12:55:46 AM

"More things found? Glory!" exults Yofiel at the growing trove of treasure of use to adventurers. She begins to sort through what was found, and sets up a system to organize by category. Weapons. Armor and such. Potions. Alchemical items. Potions. Scrolls. Wands and other stick-based magic. Miscellaneous magic. Toys.

She has +12 on spellcraft for identifying properties of magical items.

Yofi asks Siolo, "What do you mean by your 'circle'?"

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 8:58:04 AM
Ezekiel suggests a plan involving luring the T’Rex to the town so everyone can attack it and not leave the town unguarded
Siolo suggests he could potentially paralyze the T-Rex using his circle’s magic. He gathers some berries that he enchants in the day and reads, writes and studies by night.
Dapple suggests they call Ezekiel’s idea plan B as she reasons a T-Rex is a little outside their weight class. She then tries to come up with some ideas involving making it sleep using the sleep spell or drow poison.
Marest joins the group.
Grim tells of his tribe’s tactics for the massive dinosaurs.
Yofiel sorts through things and identifies them.

Rothlorian adds his own thoughts about the Trex. ”Killing it would be ideal, you wouldn’t have to get past it on the way out that way, but if you could find some way to sneak past or bypass it entirely that would work both ways that could work just as well.”

The afternoon after Delilah arrives. The sentries alert the town to her coming but with a different signal then the alert so no one panics. Slowly a solid system of different rhythms is being made to signal different things.

The Dryad sticks to the edges of town - she may want more interaction with people but she’s still not comfortable with large numbers of them. She’s likely here to try to claim a tree as discussed. Also, no one discussed where to move the gear artifact to repair more of the town. Previously the chapel had been suggested a good place to repair.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 1:12:12 PM
"Well, you know I'll always vote to repair the chapel," Dapple says. "I think it's important for people to have a place to go when they need to worship--or when they get hurt."

She's content to let the more nature-y members of the group speak with Delilah, but she'll come along if invited.

[OOC: Dapple's shopping is complete.]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 7:05:36 PM

"That is a clever tactic, Grim," comments the elf. "You are right, there are not enough of us skilled in that way to pull it off, but the confusion it might engender is something we might accomplish another way."

"Yes, let the chapel be restored," votes Yofiel.

Delilah
She hastens out to greet the dryad. "So happy to see you, Delilah," she says with joy. "Are all things well with you?" she inquires, and waits for her response. If she indicates things are well, she asks, "Do you think you are ready for your transition? Would you like us to help you, perhaps to guard you as you make new bonds?" If the dryad indicates things are not well, she asks, "How can we help you?"

Lesser Restoration
Can Marest or Dapple help Yofiel regain her two strength points?

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 9:08:41 PM
Rothlorian shoots down Colt's idea for him to come fight the T-rex and the young man falls quiet again.

When Delilah shows up, Colt follows Yofiel out to see the dryad. He doesn't try to talk to Delilah.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d4=3 ;
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 10:21:52 PM
Lesser Restoration

Marest walking over to Yofiel, explains that she can help her regain her two strength points, but it will take a bit longer than normal. Marest then asks Yofiel, "Are you ready now for me to do so?" If Yofiel agrees. Marest begins to cast her spell Lesser Restoration as it takes 3 rounds to complete. When finished, the spell will restore both her lost points of Strength.



Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Wednesday November 22nd, 2023 11:22:55 PM
"Oh," Siolo says abashedly, "I thought I had already said. I come from the Circle of Alder in the Floating City. The Circle takes a much more academic approach to education than the other circles. Or so I'm told."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 1:24:23 AM
OOC: you also regain ability points after resting.

IC: Grim visits the newly remodeled smithy and talks to the smith. He shows the smith caltrops from his backpack and asks the smith if he can make the same but at least double the size so that they won't merely prick a Thunder God but hinder it's movement.
"How much will it cost to make a dozen of these larger ones and how long would it take?"


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 11:06:08 AM

Marest
Once Marest performs lesser restoration upon her, Yofiel says, "Well, that hardly took any time at all!" Feeling a surge of strength, she gets down on her knees, then stretches out and does 11 pushups, then stands back up. "Oh, thank you, sister, thank you," and gives the taller-than-she-is slender woman a big hug.

Siolo
"Oh, oh, that is right, you had told me that before." Yofi's face flushes. "Th-thanks for reminding me. I'm a bit embarrassed that slipped my mind!" She encourages him to tell her more about their approach, as she does like to understand things, especially those things important to her friends. "You mentioned the Circle just before we met Delilah. I recall you had very wise words for her after she shot the arrow at our feet. Um, you are from Floating City, right? Off to the east?"

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Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends


DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 11:29:37 AM
Dapple voices support for repairing the chapel deferring to the nature oriented party members on speaking with Delilah though she’ll come if invited
Yofiel compliments Grim’s tactics and agrees they couldn’t pull off the same but they might be able to confuse in another fashion. She agrees on the chapel restoration and she goes to greet the Dryad and asks how they can help with the dryad with her tree transition or otherwise. She also asks if Marest can help her with her strength deficit
Colt is quiet after his idea to recruit Rothlorien to fight the T-Rex is shot down. He follows Yofiel to see the Dryad but doesn’t say anything.
Marest agrees to cast lesser restoration explaining it takes longer to cast than a cure spell and if Yofiel is okay with that proceeds
Siolo explains his origins.
Grim asks the smith about dino sized caltrops.

With no one else having a strong opinion the gear is moved to the chappel. Building materials will need to be found and brought to fully repair it but the ghostly figures get started quickly.

Delilah says she is well. She is ready to try to transfer herself to a local tree and would appreciate assistance (you can try to aide another by rolling a Knowledge: Nature check, giving her +2 for every PC over 10).

Timothy considers Grim idea and grins. It shouldn’t take more then a heck of a lot of scrap metal, but with all the destroyed armor and weapons from the attack I think I can manage something. I might need a few extra hands.”

You can help Timothy with a profession: smithing check or another skill or stat check that might be appropriate (IE, Int to figure out the design, Str to help with the lifting, etc). Each success will give him +2 and if he rolls high enough he might make masterwork Caltrops so that they have +1 to hit.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 1:48:18 PM
"What if we made a pit and lure it into it," suggests Ezekiel. "It has small arms so it's probably not very good at climbing. It will be stuck there! Unless it knows levitate. I'm looking forward to figuring that one out myself."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 6:45:46 PM
"It....would take a very deep pit," Dapple says.

She lacks the skills to help with any of the tasks, but is ready to offer a Bit of Luck to anyone who wants it.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+9=25 ;
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 7:50:31 PM
Delilah Assistance

Marest agrees to assist Miss Delilah with her needs, using her skill set.

Skill Check:

Knowledge Nature: 25

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+5=18 ; d20+4=22 ;
Thursday November 23rd, 2023 10:09:06 PM
Grim has been ignoring Ezekiel's suggestions. Dapple says enough. Digging a 50' deep pit that's 20' square in a jungle is a very deep pit.

Grim leaves a caltrop with Timothy to be used as the design model and promises Timothy that whatever help he needs to get, Grim will pay for the wages.

Meanwhile he assists Delilah with her move.
Knowledge Nature +5 = 18 +2 to Delilah.

Next day Grim loads up with scrap metal and piles it where Timothy designates.
He spends as much time in the smithy helping melt the metal and pour it into metal bar molds where, after cooling, the bars can be heated and beaten into the caltrop shape and melded properly for the desired caltrop shape.

Strength +4 = 22 +2 for Timothy's caltrop making

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+12=32 ; d20+8=22 ; d20+12=14 ;
Friday November 24th, 2023 12:51:16 AM

Background
Delilah earlier had chosen a rubber tree near the west edge of town as the tree with which she will next pair (DM Mitch Jungle Rumble Map, Tuesday August 15th, 2023 8:09:28 AM). Also with that post, Delilah had entrusted the group with some seeds from some of the trees of her grove, which Yofiel had kept tucked away in a cool dry safe place. She lets the dryad know that she has those, and had labeled them according to what she had been told about them. Perhaps sometime after the bonding is complete what to do with them can be determined.

Delilah's dryadic bonding ritual
Before Delilah begins her ritual, Yofiel spends time with her to ask her how the process works, how much time it might take, and the best ways she and her friends might assist. She makes certain [forgot to in earlier post] to introduce Colt to the beautiful wood nymph, and speaks of his bravery.

She asks whether her playing some music might help, as she has a gittern and can sing melodic or harmonic notes. With her knowledge of nature, she is able to provide the dryad an astute insight (nat 20, right?) concerning how she and the rubber tree might interact throughout the ceremony with the surrounding trees that will form her new grove. And, if Delilah agrees, she will add bardic inspire competence to give her at least another +2 in her efforts.

[As she can engage in bardic performance 3 times per day, and the ritual is a long affair, perhaps Yofiel can do this up to three times in the course of Delilah's bonding with the tree -- Once as she begins, again several hours later - especially if it appears a moment comes when Delilah is flagging in her efforts, to encourage her to rally - and lastly toward the end of the pairing, to help wrap the package in a nice bow as it were. Now, it may be the 3 bardic performances will only grant a net +2 - or, perhaps, subject to the DM's ruling, as much as +6 (2+2+2).]

Just in case the ritual does not work for the dryad this time, the elf ensures that a travois is available in good shape and ready to use, to help in returning the dryad to her grove for rest and recuperation, awaiting another day to try again.

She is not as insightful in helping Timothy but gives it a shot. See below. Oh, as Delilah will do her ritual today, and the metal will be gathered for Timothy tomorrow, she can provide a measure of bardic inspire competence (+2) - better than her perhaps not-quite-enough knowledge roll.

Knowledge, Nature: 32 (nat 20) - Give Delilah +2 on her ritual
Bardic Inspire Competence - Grant Delilah another +2 on her ritual... or, +6? Maybe compromise on +4 from 3 +2 performances?
Sense Motive: 22 - Discerning the dryad's mood, needs, preferences
Knowledge, Engineering: 14 - to try to help Timothy with caltrops - +2?

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map  d20=5 ; d20=7 ; d20=2 ; d20=11 ;
Friday November 24th, 2023 12:12:20 PM
Ezekiel suggests a pit trap as a T-Rex has small arms it wouldn’t be good at climbing and he doesn’t think it can use levitate.
Dapple points out it would have to be a very deep pit
(OOC: with respect to lacking of skill; what about the heal skill? I would argue it could potentially be applied to the smithing; perhaps you could develop the Woldian equivalent of a sports drink to help those working the forge, not dehydrate? )
Marest agrees to help Delilah with her needs
Grim ignores Ezekiel’s suggestion as the pit would need to be very deep in the jungle. He leaves a Caltrop with Timothy to be used as the design model and promises whatever help Timothy needs Grim will pay for wages while he goes to assist Delilah with her move. The next day he brings loads of scrap metal to Timothy and starts helping in the forge.
Yofiel introduces Colt to Delilah and spends time with the tree woman learning about the ritual. She is prepared to ask the Dryad after everything is complete what she wants done with the seeds she was given from the trees from her grove. She asks whether playing music might help with things being that bardic songs have certain abilities and Delilah seems open to the idea. She is ready with a Travois in case the ritual doesn’t go as expected and the next day plans to use her knowledge of engineering to help Timothy with the giant caltrop schematic

The party helps Delilah and Timothy with their crafts. The caltrops prove more difficult than expected but with just a little more help Timothy should be able to make a really nice set.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Friday November 24th, 2023 3:33:12 PM
EVERYONE READ AT LEAST THE LAST PARAGRAPH!

Having done what she feels she can do for Delilah and Timothy, she becomes a cheerleader for her friends.

She thanks Marest and Grim for their good ideas for the nymph.

Yofiel speaks with Ezekiel. "Can you figure out a way to help Delilah, Zeke?" With his knowledge of the planes, of arcana, of spellcraft perhaps he might think of something. She also knows he must have a measure of heroism stored up inside. "Think of a heroic way to help her, can you? Or, I don't know - maybe you can fashion a twig of encouragement or something? Be innovative, creative. She wants to merge with a rubber tree. Rubber is bouncy. It can help give a good grip. A gardener where I grew up had gloves made of rubber. She could dip her hands in water and keep her fingers dry. You show yourself clever, betimes, sorcerer. Help her with your creativity.

"Siolo - good job on berry transformation. Now, you're a druid. Help Delilah!"

"Colt - can you think of a way to help our dryad friend? I know Timothy needs assistance, too."

READ THIS!
[If anyone really wants to be sure to help Delilah, a hero point can add +8 to your skill rolls. Even untrained, and not having an attribute bonus, any roll you make (except 1) will benefit her, and perhaps nudge her over the edge. With training, or an attribute bonus, ANY roll - even 1 - with a hero point - will give you a 10 or better, and lend her +2 skill points. Also, you can ask Dapple for a bit of luck on your skill checks! You simply roll d20 twice, and take the better of the two rolls.]

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+9=25 ;
Friday November 24th, 2023 5:29:49 PM
Seeing the conditions in the Forge, Dapple recruits a small troop of youngsters to keep bringing water in to the workers. She doesn't allow little kids to try, because the forge can be dangerous, but she picks a collection of responsible tweens and young teens and tasks them with bringing in enough water to keep the smiths healthy.

If the water is not enough, Dapple starts tinkering with various additives to boost energy and restore electrolytes. [Heal 25] The result is a concoction that tastes awful, but does the job.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22   d20+9=18 ; d20+9=16 ;
Friday November 24th, 2023 8:02:19 PM
Helping those in Need

Marest wonders if she needs to try again having already helped where she could. Listening, for a retort or another request, Marest waits for additional directions from her friends. In the meanwhile, she will flex her Knowledge of Nature again just to see if it will lend a hand to Lady Delilah's quest, for a second turn. (Knowledge Nature = 18) She then looks to the skies trying to determine the phase of the moon (Knowledge Nature = 16)



Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0  d20=5 ;
Friday November 24th, 2023 9:31:05 PM
((Knowledge Nature 5 + 6 = 11))

Siolo joins in the collaboration assisting Delilah. Though his mind is mostly elsewhere. He had been studying the texts of his circle and was very close to figuring out how to take animal shape. Much of his thoughts are overwhelmed by remembering all of the different aspects of each form.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18  d20=7 ; d20+2=12 ;
Friday November 24th, 2023 11:12:38 PM
Colt's already gazing at his feet when Yofiel introduces him to Delilah. "I just follow the others around, and try to help out."

He shakes his head regretfully at Yofiel's request. "I don't know anything about that, but if someone tells me what to do, I'll be happy to help Delilah."

[ooc] Untrained know nature to help = 7 [/ooc]
[ooc] Strength check to help Timothy = 12 [/ooc]

The young man is much more comfortable, and useful helping Timothy the smith. Stepping, fetching, and lifting under the smith's direction is well within his capabilities and he rather enjoys the reflected glory of the forge.

[ooc] Sorry I missed posting this week. Crazy work and Thanksgiving with family kept me busy. [/ooc]


DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Saturday November 25th, 2023 10:31:59 AM
Yofiel becomes a cheerleader for her friends. She thanks Marest and Grim for the good ideas regarding the nymph. She asks Ezekiel, Siolo and Colt if they could help Delilah in some way.
Dapple starts recruiting a water brigade to keep those running the smithy hydrated. She then tinkers with the water to create an electrolyte boosting concoction.
Marest waits for additional directions from her friends and uses her knowledge of nature to determine the phase of the moon.
Siolo joins the collaboration assisting Delilah. It is enough but barely though his thoughts are on how to take animal shape.
Colt tells Delilah he just follows the others and tries to help out. He shakes his head regretfully at Yofiel’s request and is unfortunately unable to give the Dryad a boost but he can lift well enough to lend his strength in the forge.

With the couple more people pitching in to help Delilah’s ritual seems to get off to a great start. That lets Dapple grant a bit of luck to Timothy, and the group effort solves some of the issues he’s having with the giant caltrops.

The day passes quickly with all the work being done and soon it’s the next day. Timothy thinks he has a good working plan for turning the scrap into very good caltrops for giant dinosaurs and has turned out half a batch and Delilah’s ritual is all but done and looks like it’s going to succeed. Everything should be finished by mid afternoon.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24  d20+12=20 ; d20+9=18 ;
Saturday November 25th, 2023 1:09:13 PM
While nature magic is not his forte, Ezekiel will attempt to utilize his innate connection to magic and general magical knowledge to aid Delilah.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 = 18.
Use Magic Device: 1d20 + 12 = 20.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18  d20+4=12 ; d20+5=16 ;
Saturday November 25th, 2023 7:56:16 PM
Grim is pleased with the work in the smithy and continues to help, by bringing wood for the forge fires and pumping the bellows to get the fire heat to the metals' melting point.

Strength +4 = 12 +2 for Timothy's continued work on caltrop making

He has little time to help Delilah but if word comes to him that the group needs some if his help, he takes a break from the smithy to get some fresh air and rest his muscles to help the birth of a new Dryad Grove.
Knowledge Nature +5 = 16 +2 to Delilah.


Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Saturday November 25th, 2023 10:11:45 PM
The work with Timothy is physical, and often boring, but Colt doesn't mind. Working means he'll get three meals a day which is more than he was guaranteed in earlier years. And life has never been so interesting. Delilah's new dryad grove, the way the caltrops stand with a point up, the dinosaur menace, all keep things interesting. Timothy even let's him hammer some hot iron, and there's pleasure in shaping the metal -- when Timothy doesn't put it back in the furnace to start over.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Sunday November 26th, 2023 2:04:38 PM
With the ritual all but done, Siolo reprepares his standard incantations the next day. He continues to mentally prepare animal forms.He thinks that when he can consistently do so, he will be able to change forms like his uncle.

Before his uncle Behn was struck by stray crossbow fire, he was one of the best in Floating city. Behn had taken notes on several animal forms and after his death, his father passed those notes on to Siolo. In the notes, Behn also had strange, but pointed comments of praise to Maab.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11  d20+12=25 ;
Sunday November 26th, 2023 3:14:24 PM

When Timothy takes up the next day of work, Yofiel uses bardic inspire courage in the form of a brief song of the smith's hammer. +2 to Timothy.

She spends most of her time at the edge of the settlement. As the denouement of Delilah's embrace of the new tree as her home, a quick thought occurs to the bard, who whispers a brief suggestion to the dryad. [Knowledge nature:25: +2]

And she plays a song on gittern, and elvish lyrics, inspiring competence in their friend the tree nymph. +2

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Monday November 27th, 2023 8:19:40 AM
Ezekiel attempts to use his connection to magic and general magic knowledge to aid Delilah
Grim focuses on working the forge but is able to help Delilah should she need it
Colt reflects on the work in the forge and how interesting everything has been lately.
Siolo prepares his standard incantations for the next day while continuing to mentally prepare animal forms. He thinks that when he can consistently do so he can change forms like his uncle. He has his Uncle’s notes to guide him from his father
Yofiel uses her bardic inspire courage to sing a song to the smith’s hammer. She spends most of her time at the edge of the settlement, whispers a brief suggestion to the dryad and also plays for her friends.

It’s hard work but the giant caltrops are finished. They can cover a 20x20 foot area and make a touch attack vs the Trex at +1 to see if he steps on any. Movespeed will be halved after the Trex steps on one. They are of masterwork quality.

Delilah finds similar success. After a long 24 hour ritual she manages to succeed and vanishes inside her new tree for an hour or two to rest.

Rothlorian gathers the group in the evening of the second day. ”You said you’d take two days to prepare and I saw you making various preparations. Have you managed to finalize a plan?” he asks the group.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Monday November 27th, 2023 6:39:24 PM
"I don't think so," Dapple replies. "I think we have too many cooks."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Monday November 27th, 2023 6:39:25 PM
"I don't think so," Dapple replies. "I think we have too many cooks."

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Monday November 27th, 2023 6:48:42 PM
"Too many cooks?" asks Ezekiel. "I never thought I'd hear a halfling complain about that! I guess we'll just have to eat up. On the plus side we can use whatever meat we have leftover to bait our traps for the thunder rex."

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Monday November 27th, 2023 10:20:59 PM
Wardd

Marest looks to the skies in hopes of seeing Wardd; bright and full. If she has an inkling that Wardd be bright tonight, she will set up her MW Cauldron in the center of her herb garden in the marketplace.

As the dusk draws nigh, Marest will make a list of herbs she still needs to add to her garden so she can begin to share them with the town:

Chamomile,
Valerian,
Lavender,
Anise,
Ginger,
Lemon,
Peppermint,
Rose,
Bergermot,
Calendula,
Aloe,
Witch Hazel,
Rosemary,
Rosehip seed for oil,
Sweet Almond for oil,
Prickly pear for oil.
Arnica for oil.

"Oh, so much work to do..." mumbles under her breath to herself.



Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Monday November 27th, 2023 11:15:28 PM
Colt had pitched his idea and been shot down. He shakes his head silently in response to Rothlorian, but not out of pique. He's merely waiting for the proven leaders, Grim or Yofiel, to lay out their plan.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Monday November 27th, 2023 11:58:19 PM
One 2-pound bag of caltrops covers an area 5 feet square - cost 1 gp
Double the size of them so 1 4lb bag covers 10x10 at 2gp
caltrops to cover a 20x20 so 4 bags at 8gp
The masterwork quality adds 300 gp to the cost of a normal weapon (or 6 gp to the cost of a single unit of ammunition).

Caltrop = ammunition. Unit of Ammunition = 1 bag
8gp/ bag + 6pg for masterwork = 14 gp per bag of masterwork caltrops of Large size.

needing 4 bags to cover 20x20 area = 56gp

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 12:11:17 AM
Grim inspects the Thunder God sized Caltrops and is pleased. Large enough to affect a Greater Thunder God and due to their size, easy enough for normal sized humanoids to spot and avoid, if they don't trip and fall on them.

Grim tells Rothlorien that the plan will probably take shape when they get there and study the area in more detail. They'll need to know if there is more than one way into the area in front of the cave, best place to put the caltrops, best place to use their bows and slings to make entice it away from the cave entrance, and so forth. Maybe even get it to chase Ezekial all the way back to Cloudhaven where by then it will be so worn out and exhausted the town can finish it off easily.
At that last comment he grins at Ezekiel.
'Ideally we would have half a dozen ballista ready for it, but we haven't those, so...'

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 1:39:24 AM
Siolo shrugs to Rothlorian, "My contribution seems to be the same regardless of the specifics of the plan. It is also unlikely that I will be the focus of the creature." He then gives the others a confident smile, "This team will succeed. It is merely a question of how."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 5:21:13 AM

The bard listens to what her friends have to offer in reply to Rothlorian. She adds the following.

"I have a few goblin seals," Yofiel says. "One of them can make someone really big - like enlarge person - for about 3 minutes. Makes you twice as tall, and eight times as heavy as you normally are. And stronger, and such. One of us - Grim? Or someone else? - might benefit from it.

"Also, another goblin seal can make me smaller - tiny size - for about 15 minutes. What if I were made tiny, and someone tossed me so I landed on the back of the T-Rex? And, I have a rod or metal ring that I could glue to the back of the T-Rex - behind his head or on his upper back, so it's hard for his little arms to reach. And I have a rope tied on it. And I command the rope to tie him up some way. I've got some really strong silk rope that might make it harder for him to get out." The elf seems rather excited about all this and is speaking fairly quickly, her face animated as though she is imagining herself flying through the air, landing on the dinosaur, putting a metal circle with a flat base firmly down on the back of the creature, tossing a rope, and so forth.

"Also, I have some tanglefoot bags. Tangle up his feet so he can't move at all, or slowly at best. Or his mouth, so he can't bite, or arms so he can't grab you.

"Grim's and Timothy's caltrops should really help, too. Now, remember, this is a very smart T-Rex, so it might be a lot trickier and less predictable than a normal dinosaur of its type."

"Siolo, can you cast spells to help make someone stronger, or more nimble, that type of thing?" she asks him. "Can anyone else do that - like Dapple or Marest? Making someone wiser, or tougher, and the like?"

"I found a wand of cure light wounds. I'll teach anyone who wants to learn the command to make it help heal someone. Probably Siolo, Dapple, Marest and I can use it easily. Others, if you have skill at using magic devices, step up and let me know."

She thinks for a moment. "Can anyone blind it, or make it deaf?" she asks. "I do have a thunderstone that might do the latter. Oh, and before we begin, we can cast a few message spells to help us communicate with each other like Marest often does. Ezekiel, what kind of wand is that I see you have? Did you just get that?"

It's obvious she has more ideas to share but waits to see if others are forthcoming before she adds to the planning stew.

DM Mitch Maya and Compy Fight Map 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 8:48:50 AM
Dapple suggests that they haven’t really formulated a plan yet as they have too many cooks.
Ezekiel doesn’t think he’d ever hear a halfling complaining of having too many cooks and suggests they just have to eat up and on the plus side they can use whatever leftover meat they have as bait for the thunder rex.
Marest makes a big list of herbs to gather.
Colt had ideas but was shot down.
Grim is pleased by the Caltrops and says they should probably look at the place. He jokingly suggests Ezekial can run all the way back to town so the Trex gets tired and is easily delt with.
Siolo is confident in the team’s success.
Yofiel has options of all kinds bouncing around in her head.

Rothlorien nods along at everyone’s comments. ”So it sounds like the outline is to bait it away and slow it down so you can move around it and get inside. It might work, but getting back out again might be trouble.”

At that moment Delilah shows up, making a beeline for the group. The Dryad looks like she has a question, but when seeing the meeting going on instead asks what they are planning.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 12:48:13 PM
"We're planning to get into the cave system we think is being guarded by a very big dinosaur with very big teeth," Dapple tells Delilah, worry creeping into her voice.

"Those spells are open to me," she tells Yofiel. "I can make somebody stronger, or tougher, or faster, or smarter. I can ask Wardd for two such spells per day--but I already asked Wardd for my normal spells this morning, so it would be tomorrow before I would have them available."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 2:58:26 PM

"No, sir. Really, we want to kill it. If I figured we had a good shot at befriending it, I would go all in on that. But I doubt that would work. So, we kill it, and that monster no longer threatens us, and Maya will have lost that guardian. There are a whole lot of more unusual dinosaurs smashing trees in the jungle below us - and Maya is looking to find them.

"We slay the tyrannosaur, then we look into the lab. That should be our plan."

"I think tomorrow would be fine, Dapple, and I am not yet saying you need to change your spells out - but yes, maybe. We need to plot things out in greater detail."

She brings the map she drew of where the T-Rex hangs out, showing where on the area the monster was seen, and including the terrain and vegetation, and in some places the lack of vegetation.

[To our DMs: A map of the area would be appreciated. Several of us have seen it. I do not want to wait until the day combat begins to see a map, since we already have done the work to make our own map. Thanks!]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 3:19:11 PM

With the arrival of Delilah, and after responding to some of the questions, she turns to the dryad. "I was so pleased to see you merge with your tree, Lady Delilah. How do you fare today?" She awaits her response, then, if needed, will prompt, "Is there some way we might help you?"

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 8:11:14 PM
What cha' Planning

Marest rejoins her friends for the meeting with Rothlorien. Marest nods and smiles along with the current conversation.

Turning her head as Yofiel asks a question, Marest replies, "Ms. Yofiel, I do not possess such spells. My craft is different. Most of the spells I can cast of the type you are asking about usually just affect me. "



Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 10:08:56 PM
"I felt bad that I ran out of useful spells the other day," says Ezekiel. "Waard smiled upon me with a wqnd of blasting things. I also found a nice crossbow with some special ammunition."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Tuesday November 28th, 2023 11:22:08 PM

"All right, Ezekiel, how does the wand work?" asks Yofiel. "What kind of blasting? How powerful is the wand? What would normal people call it? Can you let us know what the command word would be?" For the crossbow, what is special about the ammunition?"

"Marest, you have the skill to use magical devices? If so, you might be able to use it. And maybe Ezekiel's wand, too. If something happens to me and I can't use it, I want someone else in the group to be able to pick it up and use it to help people."

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 12:39:34 AM
Grim comments on how being larger and stronger would certainly help. To himself he says he'll have to do some deep praying tonight for guidance.
"We have to kill it. It is a Monstrologer monstrosity. If intelligent ones like that were to breed, then what?"

Siolo (Joe) - AC 16/12/14 ; HP 19/19 , NL 0 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 2:58:43 AM
"I do think that I can remember some of those incantations, lady Yofiel. Though I had planned on focusing on trying to paralyze it," Siolo responds. "It is a bit more of a gamble, but if it is successful, it will save us many resources."

DM MitchTrex Map 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 8:33:08 AM
Dapple explains they are trying to get into a cave system guarded by a big dinosaur with big teeth. She explains to Yofiel that Warrd can grant her such spells but she is limited to 2 per day and Warrd already blessed her with spells today.
Yofiel says that they want to kill the T-Rex. She explains her first plan was to befriend it but it doesn’t look like that is going to work so they kill it and deprive Maya of her cave guardian but there is a whole jungle below them full of dinosaurs Maya is looking for. So they slay the T-Rex and then look into the lab. She tells Dapple that tomorrow will be fine and that they probably need to plot things out in greater detail. She also tells Delilah she is happy to see her merged with her new tree and asks if she needs any help.
Marest rejoins her friends for the meeting with Rothlorien. She nods along to the current conversation and explains to Yofiel that she does not possess the spells in question as most of the spells mentioned if she can cast them will only affect her.
Ezekiel talks about his new weapons for when he runs out of spells.
Yofiel asks for details.
Grim agrees that killing it is the best option.
Siolo explains he planned on trying to paralyze it rather then buff the party.

Rothlorian stares at Marest for several moments before shaking his head and falling silent. The party reviews the map the made and the information they remember and make an outline of the area around the t-rex.

Trex Map

Rothlorian looks over the map and seems to mentally review things for a moment before sitting back and addressing the group ”The terrain does not favor you. The hill is steep enough you’ll have trouble going up and down it quickly without falling. The t-rex will have the same problem, but it’ll be difficult to attack it and flee safely. You might be able to put the Caltrops on the down side of the hill and have it run into them before it sees them, but if it ever gets close enough to bite any of you…”

He sighs. ”Look, you’re all fairly good at fighting and getting better all the time. Really you surviving the attack is a blessing by the gods, I wouldn’t have been able to manage things on my own. But you are not ready to take down a Tyrannosaurus. You just aren’t. I don’t think any of you have the skill to survive a single bite. I might - might - be able to survive a fight with one but it would be a close thing and any enhancements to it would render it unwinnable. Even if the gods favor you and you manage to kill it, half of you will probably die doing so, and we can’t afford to lose you. You need to focus on disabling it or sneaking past, investigate the cave, then get out safely.”

Delilah who had been watching curiously at the discussion, looks somber as Rothlorian talks. Then, hesitantly, she offers, ”Maybe I can help? I know of some powerful sleeping herbs you might be able to drug it with. They’re guarded though, so it would be dangerous. Less dangerous than it sounds like a direct fight would be though.”


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 12:26:23 PM
Dapple listens soberly to Rothlorien's assessment. She is inclined to believe him.

"If Miss Delilah knows of where we can get sleeping herbs, I think we should go with that," she says. "Especially if we could get enough to drug the creature twice--once on our way in, and once on our way out."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 12:26:24 PM
Dapple listens soberly to Rothlorien's assessment. She is inclined to believe him.

"If Miss Delilah knows of where we can get sleeping herbs, I think we should go with that," she says. "Especially if we could get enough to drug the creature twice--once on our way in, and once on our way out."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 12:59:39 PM
Link to T-Rex map

T-Rex Map

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19IBcT9S3Q92O0b9doTsw4Z9OeVi8xo0dTy7xUiAMCYQ/edit?usp=sharing

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 3:48:33 PM
"That is a lot of question. It fires a pair of arcane force volts that uberringly barrage my foes. Magical missiles, if you will. Some casters can invoke five missiles, but this wand only does two. The command word I will not speak until it is time to use. Last time I spoke it prematurely I ended up covered in grease."

"The crossbow is not magical, just made by a master artisan so it is more accurate than common crossbows. The bolts are also non-magical, but are of various materials that can harm foes otherwise impervious or resistant to steel weapons, such demons, devils, and golems."

"I, of course, can use any magic item. Though I am best at arcane magic, the storm in my blood is strong enough to utilize other types of magic as well."

Translation:
Wand of Magic Missile (CL 3)
MW Light Crossbow
Bolts of cold iron, silver, and adamantine
Sorcerer + High UMD score (max ranks, high cha, plus magical aptitude)

DM MitchTrex Map 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 6:54:04 PM
Fixing header bugs

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 22/22 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 8:08:24 PM
Colt just sits and listens to the others talk and plan. He's no strategist, or spellcaster, or even a great fighter like Grim or Rothlorian. He certainly doesn't have much experience in this kind of campaign. But he fully intends to go along and help, whatever the plan ends up being.

Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:12, Saves:(F:6/R:4/W:6), HP:19/22  
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 8:37:13 PM
Sleeping herbs

"Miss Delilah, to which herbs to you speak?" asks Marest of Miss Delilah. "I am knowledgeable about many things herbal, so I am always open to new plants," explains Marest.

Grim Ripr (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 37/37 CMD 18 
Wednesday November 29th, 2023 8:41:03 PM
"Our Shaman knows of herbs that can do something similar to that, Delilah, but not to something as large and tough as a Greater Thunder God. I would certainly take the challenge to gather these herbs you talk about. Now, a tribe several days away from us live in a place where they can find huge frogs that produce a substance that can be extracted and used on arrow tips and darts that will render a Thunder God numb and paralyzed. But alas, that's too far away."

Grim turns to Rothlorien, "Indeed my goal will be to kill it, but that may not be possible at this point. The caltrops is to hinder its movement, and we have Grease. If we can bring about a wall of fire, between that, caltrops, and grease, we might be able to create a narrow passage to the cave entrance. As tough as they are, they don't like fire and smoke, and smoke can mask our scent. On the other hand, if our wizards can conjure up scent of a female Greater Thunder God and cast it on Ezekiel, he can lead that abominable thing away. He just needs to run fast enough to the next large river or lake."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard AC 14/14/12 HP: 21/21 Str 9 of 11 
Thursday November 30th, 2023 2:15:47 AM

"The sleeping drugs are guarded, Delilah? By what, or by whom? Nearby?"

The elf nods at the halfling's comments.

Yofi thanks Zeke for the clarifications on his gear. She is also glad to have an herbalist in Marest on the team.

"Should the 'saur be sleeping soundly, might it not be possible for several of us to line up, and execute multiple coups de grace? Why, Colt executed a coup de grace against a compey that had just managed to get loose! However, I'm willing to forego that if sneaking in and out with a sleeping guard is enough for our purposes."

Looking over the map, Yofiel comments that knotted ropes could allow a few folks to climb down from the cliff to the floor in front of the entrance, despite the recess under the lip of the entrance.

She takes in Grim's comments... and manages to stifle a laugh at his last suggestion by turning it into a cough. "Um, swallowed wrong."

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 24/24 
Thursday November 30th, 2023 6:56:32 AM
"I would need to make haste or some sort of expeditious retreat, and unfortunately I do not know such a spell," says Ezekiel. "Perhaps we would be better use someone more athletic."

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