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Scene 2 - So, What’s in the Bags?


DM Mark - On the road agan? 
Monday October 10th, 2016 12:49:50 PM
Humble’s Sword wakes refreshed. Well, all but Bliss who looks a little green. He seems to be moving rather slowly. He rides Mookie, but that brings new challenges for the tiny halfling.

Everyone prepare to head north, looking at the rough map that Graeff provided. Modes of transport are considered, speed, food, etc. (Please let me know what you are bringing, other than what you have on your backs/character sheets now. Also, I would like to have a marching order.)

As you go to leave, you can see there are a few there to send you off.

There are a couple of the dwarves from the Dancing Pig event last night. They smile broadly at Bliss, giving him the thumbs up. Even as they do this, a few peel off and start barking at the halfling “trainees.” Though their instruction seems a bit harsh, you note none of the previous halfling resentment of their dwarves instructors. Sense Motive 10: Highlight to display spoiler: {A trained eye will note that the dwarves seem to have modified their approach. They push the hafllings, but seem to know when to back off. Occasionally, the dwarves almost seem kind!}

The Burgomeister and Mayor Bumblebuck are there. The Burgomaster says, “Be careful, be quiet. Use your halfling strengths.” The dwarf Rockcracker says in response, “Nonsense! Yer all combat trained from what I hear, and one of you can drink with a dwarf! Graeff said to break up this giant organization. Take out what you can, and we’ll deal with any that get down here!” Mayor Bumblebuck shoots him a black look, “Don’t listen to him. Stay low, keep moving. We want you back in one piece. I do wish we didn’t have to put more of our folk in harm’s way. We halflings weren’t meant for this kind of thing.”

Also, as you go past, there is a group of halflings that step forward, looking at you with reverend awe usually reserved for great religious figures. All of them wear white shirts, and a couple of them carry an hourglass. They seem to want to touch one of you as you pass, and you hear low mutterings. “Time moves forward.” “Blessings from those without limits.” “Change to what must be.” Mayor Bumblebuck steps forward and shoos them off, “Ugh, go on. None of that here. Move on.”

Velesly is there as you pass the tower, which you can see is being rebuilt. “Good luck. We’ll hold things down here. The dwarves are helping me rebuild the tower. Jindrak is a great help as well!” The giant Jindrak waves.

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You head north (need a marching order). You consult your map (Survival DC 10 to not get lost.)

By mid-day, Bliss is back to his old self.

As the sun begins to set, you can see some smoke in the distance. As you approach, you hear arguing. There are a few voices speaking giantish, Perception DC 15 to hear what is said if you speak giantish: Highlight to display spoiler: { “Stewin’ is the best - it gots more flavor dependin’ on what ya put in wid em.” “Yer an idiot Babog. When they’re little like this, you just roast em on a stick. That makes the skin all crispy. I like the crispy.” “No, no, no. We need to make em into a nice halfling loaf and put it in the coals. We can peel off their skin first and crisp it up separate if you want.” “Look, there’s a few - we can try different ways.” “Fuzwar, keep that fire going good - we’ll need good coals.”}

In addition, something quiet is approaching from behind you. It looks to be a halfling with a rather large wolf.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Monday October 10th, 2016 6:55:05 PM
"Your marching order is fine with me, Pressi. As long as you and Bliss keep them away from me.". Shel doesn't pack anything extra, but she will try to cut up her elvish food and stuff it in Alleah's bag. She crackled with nervous energy, ready to head on this important mission with her friends.

Bliss (AC28, HP45of56) & Mookie (AC31, HP28of28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 12:00:12 AM

Bliss is glad to see the giant working with halflings and waves to say hi and thanks.

He puffs up with pride when the dwarves refer to him so nicely.

To the town officials who counsel caution, Bliss says, "We don't fight when we're sure to die, usually, but we ARE heroes! Or at least, we want to be!"

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 51  d20+7=18 ; d20+7=24 ;
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 5:20:37 AM
"A gentle but firm hand. It is good to see that the dwarves have adapted to a method of teaching that works well with us halflings."

After passing the white shirts, and well out of earshot of them, Tendel asks the party, "Who are those lot? I can only guess that I am missing something? Did you sell them those fine white shirts? Ha!"

Further on Tendel exclaims that now he has seen it all as Bliss waves back to Jindrak.

The brown-clothed cleric rides a little awkwardly upon his jaguar, with his potted fern tucked under one arm, his shield held in the other.

Trying to not be imposing, Tendel has a look at the map and [18] is able to confirm the correct way forward.

Tendel can hear the Giants talking [24] and interprets, "Sounds like they have some halflings ready to cook. They're arguing over how and it seems like it won't be long because they have a cooking fire ready. I'd guess that there are three of them. Fuzwar and Babog are two names. Could be four of them."


Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=91 ; d20+14=26 ;
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 6:31:27 AM
Alleah smiles to Kezzem. "True, but since I don't need to sleep it means the rest of you can get a little more rest"

"Your order works for me as well, Pressi."

Alleah plans on walking, leaving her pony at home.

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She doesn't speak Giant naturally, so when Tendel relays what he has overheard, Alleah takes a moment to cast Comprehend Languages. If these giants say anything further she wants to know first-hand what it is.

Alleah taps Kezzem on the shoulder, and points to the halfling approaching the party from the rear. It could be they are about to be surrounded on both fronts.

Until the muscle or scouts give some direction on what to do, Alleah holds her ground

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Sense Motive vs DC10: 13 = Autopass
Survival vs DC10: 10 = Autopass
Perception: 26

Cast Comprehend Languages. Leyline check: 91 = Pass

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25  d20+9=13 ; d20+14=28 ;
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 9:17:03 AM
Pressi holds the map in all different directions for a time before passing it to someone who actually was trained in survival.

As she moves forward, she thinks a bit about their leaving. About how they finally got respect from the dwarves (sense motive 13) who believed they could take on the entire giant army. So did she, of course, but she understood the prize was getting as much information as they possibly could without tipping the enemy off. That's why, like Alleah, she decided to leave ponies and carts at home.

She also thought about the white T-shirt time guys. In response to Tendel's question, she considers mentioning the fact that some of the group had once gone back in time. Instead, she chose to respond that she had no idea who those guys were. "But we wouldn't be Humble's Ford if we didn't have unique citizenry."

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Pressi had initially considered sending Bliss for flybys every hour, even at the cost of speed. But with the sound of giants squabbling (Perception 28) and the sight of a halfling coming up the path, it seemed to be moot.

She decided to deal with the halfling and his wolf first, asking him to introduce himself but pretty sure he would inevitably be joining them.

That done, she turned toward the giants, considering Tendel's words. "The smart thing would be to avoid breaking our cover, wouldn't it. Darn it. Ok, first things first is that we need an idea of what we are dealing with. Bliss, I think you are up. Shel, want to go invisible and back him up? The rest of us will try to pinpoint and surround the giants."

DM Mark - On the road agan? 
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 3:54:12 PM
[waiting for the new guy to post. will post soon if i don't hear from him.]

Bliss (AC28, HP45of56) & Mookie (AC31, HP28of28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 4:09:17 PM

Bliss listens closely and then asks, "Are we going to sneak in and rescue the prisoners quiet like, or just go in and fight giants?"

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless  d20+19=32 ; d20+13=29 ; d20+11=29 ;
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 5:14:08 PM
Kezzem takes Alleah's cue and slips out of sight, circling around to keep an eye on the new halfling.

Perception: 29.
Sense Motive: 29.
Stealth: 32

Sky and Meko  d20+12=28 ;
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 5:24:01 PM
Creeping up behind the party of halflings, assuming these are the ones Greaff told him to find. I can hear them almost as good as I can hear the giants talking... Solitude is horrible, but death isn't very inviting either...

Not trying to conceal himself from the halflings, or their very tiny friend, Sky gives a wave as he approaches the party. Sky's light brown hair is partially concealed by a wreath, matching the one the wolf adorns on his head as well. With tanned skin nearly as dark as the tunic he wears over some sort of armor. A large belt seems to have no actual use, but it's large enough to fit a dwarf or human for sure. The grey wolf has slightly dirty fur, probably due to them not living in any society for ages.

SO, your the ones sent out to spy on the giants ey? Graeff sent me, said it'd do me some good to be around others like me...

even if they are way to loud to be spies he thinks to himself, and Meko, who obviously snorts a bit.

Nice to meet ya, Names Sky, and this He gestures to his large Wolf, standing just as tall as he does, Meko, my brother and companion in this life...

From what i've overheard those giants speaking, their cooking some of your kin now. I think stealth and quickness are in order...Is there a plan?

DM Mark - On the road agan?  d20+6=12 ; d20+6=14 ; d20+6=16 ; d20+12=21 ;
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 5:50:06 PM
Shel says the party order is fine, so long as Pressi and Bliss keep everyone off of her.

Bliss was glad to see Jindrak helping with the tower. He likes the appreciation from the dwarves. Wow. Elf friend and dwarf friend, all the span of one day.

As he left Humble’s Ford, Tendel wondered about those halflings in the white shirts speaking in reverend, cryptic verse. He was surprised to see a giant working to rebuild a tower designed to keep giants out. As the party approaches the loud giant voices, Tendel relates what they said - giants cooking of halflings.

Alleah casts Comprehend Languages to see if she can learn more about the giants and their plans.

As they left, Pressi was glad to see an improved relationship with the dwarves. She also wondered about the halflings that the Mayor shooed away, but chalks them up to the eccentricities of Humble’s Ford. She hears the giant voices, and lays out some plans for advancing on these giants.

A new halfling appears. He says Graeff sent him. There’s a wolf with him. With a hat, or rather a wreath. Onlap the jaguar by Tendel growls, and the wolf growls in response.

Kezzem ducks from sight into the bushes and begins to circle around this new comer.
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The giant voices continue, and seem to carry well from about 400 feet away.

Perception 15 to hear what is said if you speak giantish: Highlight to display spoiler: { “Shuddup Gloklor. Whaddo you know about cookin? Yer mom choked your dad wid her cookin.”

“Oooo, he got you there Gloklor.”

“Ahhh. You both know mom choked dad wid her hands. She was a good cook - don’t insult her.”

“Both of you shuddup. I’m hungry - let’s eat one raw first. It’s a different kinda juicy when they’re raw!”}

You hear the sound of cloth being ripped, and someone starts screaming.

Here is your map. The party is way down at the bottome of this map, 370’ away from the smoke. You cannot see the giants from where you are, and will need to get about where those trees are to see them.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 9:03:20 PM
Shel waits for the plan. Her course of action would be to cast Mirror Image, Fly, and then Haste on the party, in that order as the group closes distance.

Sky and Meko  d20+16=32 ;
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 9:33:48 PM
Just overheard them again, they are about to have a living snack. What's the plan? I've helped hunt giants before, but not with other halflings. I hope you all have some ideas.

perception: 32

Bliss (AC28, HP45of56) & Mookie (AC31, HP28of28) (Cayzle)  d100=9 ;
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 10:40:21 PM
Bliss can't wait any longer. He casts Reduce Person on Mookie. Ley check 9 FAILS! He says a dwarf word he thinks is a cuss and moves 30 ft closer to the giants. Mookie follows.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25 
Tuesday October 11th, 2016 10:59:45 PM
"I was going to suggest we try to save them without the Giants seeing us, but that won't happen. In fact, we are going to need to run, just to get into spell range.

Here's the plan. I'm going to run as fast as I can, and I think maybe the animals should chase me, make it look like I'm lost. Everyone else should stay hidden in case I peel off a giant. They're not all going to come running; they have hostages. Get spells ready the second a target gets in range. And I'll take a fly spell or other way to retreat just in case.

One last thing. Take as many giants alive as you can. I'm working on something.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 51 
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 12:34:28 AM
"Pressi, that is a good plan. Let me summon a few animals to add to the effect."

Tendel will try to keep up with Pressi at first. He will use an action to be able to Speak with Animals, then (next round) summon a grizzly bear and tell it and Onalep to follow Pressi and attack with her. As they get nearer to the giants' voices Tendel and Onalep will remain out of sight for the moment. If there is enough time he can summon more animals.

Speak with Animals = domain power.
Summon grizzly bear = Summon Nature's Ally IV, domain spell.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 12:44:00 AM
"Working on something?" Alleah looks to Pressi with a smile. She's imagining Pressi opening up a Giant Zoo. Probably not what she is planning, but you never know.

She does have a few questions for the new halfling, but now is most certainly not the time for it.

"Whoever is out there with those giants is about to get ripped to shreds. We have to do something, even if just to distract or delay them. Every second we waste is another second someone gets closer to being eaten. And if we can see and hear them, then they can probably see and hear us too"

"I'm coming with you, Pressi. You may need help and what's more, it might help me get within spell range. Worst case, it makes me a target instead of whatever those giants are planning on eating, and I'm good with that. Two halfling girls shouldn't look too threatening, right?"

Alleah then takes off in a run, straight north. She throws her arms in the air, screaming as she does so "Help! Help!"

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Alleah moves at 40ft and has the "Run" feat meaning she can travel 200ft in a round, and also retains her Dex bonus
She will also use her Agile Feet ability as a free action to ignore difficult terrain.

This should put Alleah at about AH70 on the map

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless  d20+19=29 ;
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 7:38:36 AM
Kezzem decides that the giants are the bigger threat and advances stealthily towards them.

Stealth: 29.

Sky and Meko  d20+9=22 ;
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 11:45:27 AM
Sky hops on Meko and they take off after the halfling You don't stand a chance toe to toe with these giants with your new friends. Let's try their plan.

Sky gives a nod and pulls his bow out.
Riding atop meko wit grace he make it sem like he's helping hunt the running halfling.
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Ride-22
Run to AK88

DM Mark - On the road agan? 
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 12:26:33 PM
will post later today - it would help to know your next three rounds of actions, and your movement rate each round if you are moving.

Bliss (AC28, HP45of56) & Mookie (AC31, HP28of28) (Cayzle)  d100=39 ; d20+11=26 ; d20+18=24 ; d20+27=34 ;
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 4:47:50 PM
Bliss's plan:

Round 1: Bliss rolls a 09 and fails to cast a spell and moves 30 ft closer toward the trees (106-AM on the map), drawing his bah. Mookie keeps pace (landing at 105-AN).

Round 2: Bliss rolls a 39 and casts Enlarge Person on Mookie. He mounts. Mookie takes off and flies at 4x speed (run), getting 160 ft closer (73-AO on the map).

Round 3: Mookie flies up to a treetop (at about AP60). Bliss dismounts (Ride check 26 means this is a free action) and looks around (Perception 24). Then, hiding in plain sight (assuming there is enough shadowy areas in the tree 10 ft under the canopy) (Stealth 34 plus distance mod). Bliss loads his bah.

How high off the ground is Bliss?


Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d20+14=34 ; d100=22 ; d20+14=31 ; d100=57 ;
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 7:01:30 PM
Alleah's "plan":

Round 1:
Free Action - Use Agile Feet ability to ignore difficult terrain.
Full Round Action - Run like a damsel in distress to AH70 on the map. Alleah moves at 40ft and has the "Run" feat meaning she can travel 200ft in a round, and also retains her Dex bonus
Free Action - Screaming for help

Round 2:
Perception: 34!
Free Action - Use Agile Feet ability to ignore difficult terrain.
Free Action - Continue screaming for help
Move Action - Move to AE63
Swift Action - Arcane Armor Training to reduce chance of spell failure
Standard Action - READY Action to Cast Calm Emotions centered at AH34 IF she can see the giants about to harm a living creature. Leyline check: 22=Pass. All within 20ft of that space to make a Will Save vs DC19 or be unable to perform a violent action or do anything destructive.


Round 3:
Perception: 31
Free Action - Use Agile Feet ability to ignore difficult terrain.
Move Action - Move to AB59

IF Calm Emotions has already been cast...
Standard Action - Concentrate to keep Calm Emotions active

IF Calm Emotions has NOT already been cast...
Swift Action - Arcane Armor Training to reduce chance of spell failure
Standard Action - Cast Calm Emotions centered amongst the giants. Leyline check: 57=Pass. All within 20ft of that space to make a Will Save vs DC19 or be unable to perform a violent action or do anything destructive.


Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 51  d20+3=20 ;
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 7:56:56 PM
Tendel’s Plan
Round 1:
”Welcome Sky and Meko – no time to waste, come help us to rescue some friends.”
Tendel will quickly put Bill the Fern down and whilst still mounted on Onalep (move action, Dex check: 20, didn't break the pot?)
Then the pair will keep up with Alleah and Pressi (approx. 200’ with speed 50’ to around AK72). Whilst riding Tendel will activate his Speak with Animals (domain power).

Round 2:
Tendel will dismount and begin to summon a Grizzly Bear via his Summon Nature’s Ally IV spell whilst walking to AJ68.

Round 3:
The Grizzly will appear near to Alleah at AE64. Onalep will also follow the bear and the two halflings closely.
Tendel calls to all the allied animals, ”Follow Alleah and Pressi closely. Attack with them. Follow their lead.”
He will walk to AJ64 as he retrieves his Wand of Bless and activate for the benefit of everyone within 50’ of AJ64.


Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 51 
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 8:01:43 PM
[ooc]D'oh, amendment to the above in Round 2: dismount is a move action - can't walk in the same round.
Therefore, in Round 3 Tendel will end up in AJ64 and cast Bless from there.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51  d4+2=6 ;
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 9:22:19 PM
Shel looked around and all of a sudden, the team was gone. Just like old times,she thought to herself. She moved forward 20' and cast Mirror Image. She then casts Fly on herself, after moving forward another 20'. She then casts Haste, which will probably be just on her, as everyone else has scattered. After that she starts flying forward at 50' movement.

OOC: 6 Images created, so Seven Shel's are flying through the air at the end of the third round.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25 
Wednesday October 12th, 2016 10:35:44 PM
Pressi moves at a speed of 30, so her top speed running is 120, boostable to 140 with a ki point. She tries her best to get Alleah to slow down, and slows herself down to about 100 herself. (After all, part of the ruse is to convince the giants they aren't trained adventurers coming down upon them. And it's not like even Alleah can get to the camp in one round.) (She does wonder, in times like this, whether she should have joined the WLA rather than the fist.) She can run for two rounds without rest.

(Pressi does try to get a haste from Shel if she can still get it, but she won't wait around.)

Round 1: Like Alleah, Pressi runs forward at full speed, while whining about animals and why why did they take that marinade bath. She spends a ki point to get to 140.

Round 2: She continues to close the distance, hoping to peel off a single curious giant. She won't break an aggression but she does take some time to scan the area.

Round 3: If possible, she moves to grapple a giant. CMB 12, no AoOs.

Sky and Meko  d20+16=22 ; d20+9=13 ; d20+9=25 ; d20+14=19 ; d20+16=29 ; d20+5=7 ;
Thursday October 13th, 2016 1:51:15 AM
Round one: Will wait for haste cast.

Round two and three:

Ride closer, casting Longstrider on self.

Where I am on the map I dismount. Aj60/61 Having bow ready I sneak up under the tree, trying not to be seen.

Move to Ak56, (if dismount is free action, i move to AL52) Stealth 19, perception 29, ride check 25

Meko goes to, Ap54 "growling at the runner." Perception 7.... [/I]



DM Mark - On the road agan?  d20+3=5 ; d20+3=19 ; d20+3=5 ; d20+3=16 ; d8=5 ;
Thursday October 13th, 2016 2:02:22 AM
Humble’s sword contemplates how to approach the giants, but when they hear one of them propose to eat a halfling alive, they snap into action. They cannot see the giants, but they can hear them beyond the trees.

Over the next three rounds, Shel casts Fly and moves 60’. Then she casts Mirror Image and moves another 60’. Then she casts Haste on both her and Pressi and moves 90’

Alleah runs forward and screams like a damsel in distress, miraculously ignoring the brush and rough ground as she does so. Once she stops, she now sees the giant holding the halfling, and casts Calm Emotions.

Bliss takes off, with Mookie close behind. He tries to make Mookie larger, but fails and yells, “Grom!” Then he succeeds and charges forward on his trusty steed. He hops off Mookie, but soon realizes that the very edge of the tree branches are unsteady - even for his tiny self. Bliss needs to make an Acrobatics 25 check each round to avoid falling at the edge of the tree. Same check to move trunkward to more steady footing. He is about 15’ up. Trying to keep is balance, he can either hide or load his bah, but not both.

Kezzem moves forward, with a plan of sneaking up on them (I’m assuming he’ll move at full speed until close.)

Sky and Meko run forward, with Sky looking like he’s hunting from Meko’s back.

Tendel moves up with Onalep. As Onalep runs(round 1), Tenel must make a DC 16 concentration check to cast Speak with Animals. Then (round 2)he dismounts (move action) and moves 15’ (summoning a bear is a full round action.) The 3rd round, he stops to summon a bear, which will appear at the end of the round.
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The giants hear screaming. Their heads jerk up a the sound. Then they see things headed their way. A halfling hangs by his food, held up by a giant.

Perception 10 to hear in giantish: Highlight to display spoiler: {

”What the heck was that”
“Heh, it sounds like more food!”
“Mebbe it’s more giants chasing food.”
“Well, they can’t have our food! We caught these.”
“We are sposed to bring food back to the others.”
“The heck with the others! Dolp can send others for his food. I’m not no slave like an orc.”

As you Alleah and the animals come into sight, “I don’t like bears and cats. But I’ll eat the girls.”
“Hey - sumpthin’s in that tree. Where’d it go?”}

As Alleah casts her spell, the Giant 2 holding the halfling drops it to the ground. It falls, not moving. Giant 2 takes a step back.

The other two giants pick up their clubs and throw rocks at the bear. One hits the bear for 15 damage.

Here is your map.

Use the Round 5 tab to move your PC. Please mind the encumbered terrain as you move. The area beneath the trees is not encumbered terrain.

(OK, trying to cover 3 rounds in one post was a mistake. I did my best to get everyone where I think they should be, and give them the benefit of the doubt on movement. Use the Round 5 tab to move your PC. Please mind the encumbered terrain as you move. The area beneath the trees is not encumbered terrain.)

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 51  d20+13=20 ;
Thursday October 13th, 2016 6:35:19 AM
Concentration Check: 20 = Speak with Animals cast successfully.

Tendel continues to move forward 20' whilst casting another spell (move to AJ65).
"This will add to the ruse, no doubt, haha!"

Casting Summon Monster IV to summon another Grizzly Bear (to keep things simple). The bear will summon on my next turn.

When will Tendel and the others be able to see the Giants?
I will post for Onalep and the first bear after Alleah.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Thursday October 13th, 2016 8:51:38 AM
As long as Alleah can tell that at least one of the giants is feeling mellow (ie: Calmed) she will continue to concentrate on keeping the calm emotions spell going. The longest she can possibly keep the spell going is 6 rounds. After that the giants will be free to act normally, and she gets the distinct impression that it will not be pretty.

She calls out in hallfing for all to hear: "There's a halfling with the giants ahead! He's not moving!"

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58, CMD 25; hasted  d20+10=15 ; d20+7=10 ;
Thursday October 13th, 2016 10:50:21 AM
Here goes nothing, Pressi thought to herself.

Pressi takes a move action (60 feet) forward, trying to act like she just stopped in a blind panic, making her eyes as wide as she can as she surveys the situation. Trying to take in the halflings as the giants are held.

She raises her hands in the air, keeping a number of shuriken in the folds of her sleeves (Slight of hand 15).

"Animals, animals attacking us..." she began in common. "Please... mercy... I beg of you..." (Bluff 10).

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Thursday October 13th, 2016 10:50:49 AM
As a swift action, Pressi increases her AC for this round.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Thursday October 13th, 2016 12:29:59 PM
Kezzem abandons stealth and double moves towards the action.

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+20=39 ; d20+20=34 ; d20+13=23 ; d100=42 ;
Thursday October 13th, 2016 1:42:40 PM

Bliss keeps his balance (Acrobatics 39) and walks 15 ft along a branch to a sturdy spot from which to shoot at giants (with cover/concealment/stealth?) (move action). The kindly DM can position Bliss, but maybe a spot such as AQ58 or AR58 might suffice. Then Bliss casts his Divine Favor spell (Ley check 42 = OK).

Mookie perches near AS61, flying high into the tree, hopefully with good cover from the giants, to keep watch as best he can. Perception 23.

DM Sanity Info

Witch Spells Cast (CL4)
Lvl 1: 1 of 2 cast
Lvl 2: 0 of 2 cast

Current effects: Mookie: Enlarge Person; Bliss: Divine Favor.

DM Mark - On the road agan? 
Thursday October 13th, 2016 3:31:22 PM
If you move, tell me how far you can move and to where on the map please.

On the map, you can see the giants at about row 60. If you are up in a tree, you'll have a -2 to ranged attacks due to leaves and branches.

Sky and Meko  d20+14=28 ; d20+16=27 ;
Thursday October 13th, 2016 5:09:51 PM
Having cast longstrider and got his bow in hand, Sky dismounts and walks under the tree. 25ft per round. Double move to sneak to Aj54, stealth 28 perception 27
Sky does what he is good at, keeping alert, looking for the best time for a good shot.

Meko follows Pressi to attack with her, following her lead. Growling at her when she stops and surveys the giants and halfling positions.

move to AO 42 run at 150ft per round

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday October 13th, 2016 9:00:10 PM
Shel double moves due north to AI 48. She has plans to begin raining fire onto the enemies beginning next round.

OOC: maybe not fire. But, maybe fire, with her cool new staff! We will see.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 51 
Thursday October 13th, 2016 9:38:12 PM
Onalep and the Grizzly both move towards Pressi, double move each 80'.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Thursday October 13th, 2016 10:42:16 PM
"Ok, here's what I am thinking," Pressi had answered Alleah earlier. "I've been racking my brain as to how we will ever get into the camp. And suddenly, Domi responds that we shall go through the front door. These three giants here? They're our RSVPs.

"I haven't worked out the details yet, but if we can keep them alive, I think we can force or trick them to bring us into the camp without blowing our cover."

DM Mark - On the road agan?  d20+3=4 ; d20+6=16 ; d20+5=8 ; d20+5=24 ;
Thursday October 13th, 2016 11:10:36 PM
Tendel moves forward and starts summoning another bear. He can sort-of see Giant 3 from where he is. The bear and the jaguar move up.

Alleah can see that Giant 2 seems untroubled by all of this. He looks puzzled, and shakes his head a bit. The halfling that he dropped on its head is not moving. There are two sacks near by, about 3’ long, that seem to be moving a bit. Alleah yells out what she sees to the others.

Pressi tries to convince them that she’s a victim in all of this. She begs for mercy.

Kezzem runs foward. (I moved you further - using the run action allows you to run 4 x your movement.)

Bliss manages to keep his balance on a branch about a ¼” in diameter, and moves like some crazy ninja to more secure footing and casts a spell. He has cover, but will fire at the giants at -2. Mookie backs up.

Sky moves forward stealthily. Meko moves forward aggressively, following Pressi.

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One the giants seems relatively uninterested in the whole affair.

The two bags near the fire start screaming in common, “Help. Help us! Let us out! For the love of Flower, let us out!”

The remaining two giants react.

In giantish: Highlight to display spoiler: {
“Fuzwar - that halfling’s not really in trouble. But if we kill her anyway, the animals will eat her and then we can kill them.”

“Ooooo. Good idea Fuzway. You’re not as stoopid as you look. Hey Babog - hat’re you doing? Throw a rock or sumpthin.”

“Why? Why does it matter?”}

Two of them throw rocks at the thing closest to them - Pressi! Both miss as she deftly moves toward them.

Highlight to display spoiler: {
”Aw boogers! She’s hard to hit.
“Yeah, she is. I like boogers though.”
"Shuddup. Babog, incoming food - throw a rock!"
}

Here is your map.

Use the Round 6 tab to move your PC. Please mind the encumbered terrain as you move. The area beneath the trees is not encumbered terrain.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Friday October 14th, 2016 8:15:28 AM
Alleah continues concentrating on her Calm Emotions spell. She's not going to be able to hold it much longer, so hopes the others are getting into position

Calm Emotions: Round 5 of 6

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Friday October 14th, 2016 10:41:24 AM
"That's how you want to play it, huh," Pressi began. With her eyes locked on the eyes of giant 3, she moves her outstretched palm, smiling as she waves him over.

"Bring it," she says.

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Standard Action: Total Defense (+4 to AC)
Move: Readied Action 5 foot step backwards if any giant gets within 15 feet

Used: 2/4 ki points

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless  d20+19=36 ;
Friday October 14th, 2016 12:20:20 PM
Kezzem moves behind the tree and stealthily positions himself.

Stealth: 36

Sky and Meko 
Friday October 14th, 2016 3:13:30 PM
Post when I get off work tonight

DM Mark - On the road agan? 
Friday October 14th, 2016 8:55:35 PM
Waiting for everyone to post.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Friday October 14th, 2016 9:00:40 PM
Shel had closed enough range to start with her magical assault. She hopes to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. She speaks only a few arcane words, and both Giants 1 and 2, begin to feel something fuzzy going in in their minds.

OOC: cast Confusion. Will DC 20 for both Giants as by my count they are in a 15' burst range.

Sky and Meko  d20+17=22 ; d4=4 ; d6+8=11 ; d6=2 ;
Friday October 14th, 2016 10:47:44 PM
here we go Sky thinks as he closes in another 25' aims and let's an arrow loose.

move to AJ51, fires arrow vs G3 AC 26. (+4 to hit favored enemy) 11 dam and 2 cold dam.

D4 was accident...

Meko holds his ground for the moment, not wanting to get to near the giants without backup.



Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 51 
Sunday October 16th, 2016 6:30:46 AM
Onalep and Grizzle One move up closer to Pressi (double move), following her lead.

Tendel's summoning completes and Grizzly Two appears just ahead of Tendel.
Tendel moves forward another 20' and casts Hold Person (range 180') on G3. Will DC 17.

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+27=32 ; d20+12=13 ;
Sunday October 16th, 2016 9:35:36 PM

Bliss hides in the concealment of the leaves and snipes.

Stealth 32 plus per each 10 ft intervening.

Snipe (at the nearest non-calmed giant) at -2 to hit: nat 1 misses.

Eagle 
Monday October 17th, 2016 1:13:08 AM

An eagle flies in from the west, descending from 180' to 100', ending the round at AE25, looking over the scene below.

DM Mark - On the road agan?  d20+3=12 ; d20+3=5 ; d20+3=20 ; d100=94 ; d20+14=22 ; 2d8+10=15 ; d6=5 ; d20+3=21 ; d20+6=26 ; d20+6=22 ; d3=1 ; d20+6=15 ; d20+6=25 ; d20+6=14 ; d20+6=26 ; d20+5=8 ;
Monday October 17th, 2016 12:02:16 PM
Alleah holds her ground, concentrating on her spell. Pressi also holds her ground. Having been missed from a couple of rocks, she tries to taunt the giants forward. Kezzem moves up to the tree and hides.

Shel casts confusion on two of the giants.

Sky sinks an arrow into Giant 3, and Meko holds back.

Tendel casts Hold Person on Giant 3.

Bliss hides in the tree and shoots. His shot goes wide.

At eagle appears over head, watching the scene.

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You all smell the smoke from the large fire between you and the giants. The sun is just beginning to set, so there is plenty of light.

Giant 1 looks around for a moment, and his eyes narrow as he looks at Giant 2. In giantish, Highlight to display spoiler: {You, you …. UGH!} then he swings and hits!

Giant 2 looks at the guy that just hit him. In giantish, Highlight to display spoiler: {Hey Gloklor - what the heck! I thought we was friends you rotten orc-lover!} Grabbing his damaged side, he steps back from Goklor, his club raised.

Giant 3 shakes his head as he scowls at the other two. In giantish, Highlight to display spoiler: {Hey, you two knock it off! There’s things here an they’re messin with my head.} Then he throws another rock at Pressi, but was distracted enough that the throw goes wide - almost hitting Meko in the process.

The two bags on the ground scream, “Hey, hey! Let us out of here!” “Help us before they eat us!” The dropped hafling lies crumpled on the ground, motionless.

Here is your map. Use the Round 7 tab for your moves.

Gloklor - AC?, Dam. 0
Babog - AC?, Dam. 15
Fuzwar - AC21, Dam. 0

Alleah - Dam. 0
Bliss - Dam. 0
Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 0
Meko - Dam. 0
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+27=39 ; d20+13=32 ; d20+11=31 ; d6=2 ; d6=5 ;
Monday October 17th, 2016 2:27:02 PM
Bliss hides in the concealment of the leaves, lying flat on a wide branch, and snipes. Well, it's wide if you are tiny sized.

Stealth 39 plus 1 per each 10 ft intervening.

Snipe (at the nearest non-calmed giant) at -2 to hit: Hits AC30 (forgot the -2 in the die roller field). That's a nat 19, which is a crossbow crit threat. Bliss follows up and rolls a nat 20 to confirm!

Bliss criticals for 1d6+6 + 1d6+6 = 2+6+5+6 = 19 damage vs the nearest non-calmed giant.

DM Sanity Info

Witch Spells Cast (CL4)
Lvl 1: 1 of 2 cast
Lvl 2: 0 of 2 cast

Current effects: Mookie: Enlarge Person; Bliss: Divine Favor.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21 (26), HP 58, CMD 25; hasted  d20+11=27 ; d6+3=8 ;
Monday October 17th, 2016 3:10:42 PM
Pressi shakes her head when seeing the eagle. Someone really needs to relax on the summoning.

"Wow, that is just... wow," Pressi says as the rock flies by. With a quick jog, she runs up to giant 3. "How about now? Do you think you can throw a rock this far?"

Pressi swings with a stunning fist. (AC 27 for 8 damage, DC 15 to fatigue). Ki point spent to keep her AC up.

Used: 3/4 ki points, 1/5 stunning fists

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51  4d4+4=15 ;
Monday October 17th, 2016 7:58:03 PM
Observing enough to see her Confusion spell might have had an effect, army of flying Shel's concentrates on helping out Pressi. She does not move forward, instead casting an Empowered Magic Missile at giant 3.

OOC: Damage 22 from Empowered Magic Missile.

Spell-slinging Eagle (call lightning 8-1=7 bolts left) AC 15  3d6=7 ; d20+22=36 ;
Monday October 17th, 2016 10:02:44 PM

From AE25 the eagle uses a standard action to aim and with a small squawk call down a vertical 30' tall, 5' diameter lightning bolt on to the giant (#3) facing Pressi, for 7 hp electrical damage (Note: spell cast a few rounds ago already, can cast 8 total bolts in an 8-minute time frame). As the bolt originates directly above the giant, it may be difficult to know that the eagle called it forth. He descends to AI30 at an altitude of ~35 feet (or at least 20 feet above the heads of the giants).

If any stones are tossed his direction, he will attempt to evade, or dodge.

Perception: 36

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42 Ac: 18  d3=3 ; d20+17=18 ; d20+12=28 ; d6+8=10 ; d6=1 ; d20+6=20 ; d20+6=10 ; d6+3=6 ;
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 1:17:22 AM
Sky uses his training to loose Three total arrows at G3, two at first Then one with his second attack.
Full attack action, many arrows feat, first two miss (nat 1) third arrow hits AC 32 for 10 and 1 cold damage.

Meko rushes and in behind Pressi, biting at G3 from behind. Attempting to trip him as well.

Meko moves to AM32, bites AC 20 (24 if Meko gets favored enemy bonus) for 10 damage. Trip attempt vs CMD 10

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 5:46:26 AM
With the fighting now started, Alleah drops her concentration on the Calm Emotions spell. Instead, she moves closer to the action

Double move to AB52

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 11:30:30 AM
Kezzem runs towards the fight.

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+14=18 ; d20+14=28 ; d20+9=11 ; 2d10+10=19 ; 2d10+10=21 ; 2d8+10=17 ; 2d8+10=17 ; d20+14=17 ; d20+7=18 ;
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 3:39:41 PM
(The site wiped out most of my rolls, so you’ll have to trust me.)

Bliss shoots prone from his treetop hideout, sinking a painful needle into a, ahem, into a very sensitive part of Giant 3. Mookie looks at Bliss with both disapproval and admiration. “Nice shot kid, but next time, let’s keep it above the belt.”

Pressi again taunts the giant, and then runs up and punches the giant in the gut. While it didn’t have the stunning effect she wanted, now he’s plenty mad. Her movement provokes an AOO from the giant which misses.

Shel, or rather several Shels, cast several Magic Missiles that sink into the thigh of Giant 3, giving him yet another reason to howl in pain.

The Eagle casts Call Lightning, bringing a bolt down on Giant 3, and the Giant takes the full brunt of the shock. (Welcome back - spells are cast when first posted so you cast it this round. How far would this eagle descend in a single move action?)

Sky, seeing one giant bearing the brunt of the assult, adds to the mix - hitting Giant 3 for 11 damage. The giant seems to shiver as he does. Not to be left out, Meko attacks the Giant, sinking his teeth into the giant’s leg, but does not trip him.

With the giants now embroiled in a fight, Alleah ceases concentrating on her spell and moves up to get closer to the action. Kezzem likewise runs up.

As previously instructed, the Grizzley and Onlap move up with Pressi. The bear attacks, but does not hit. Onlap is more careful. Tendel watches to see how the fight goes.
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Giant 1, perhaps filled with remorse for his earlier actions, whacks himself in the nose with his club. His nose begins to bleed.

Giant 2 looks at the giant that previously hit him. In giantish, Highlight to display spoiler: {”Oh no, Gloklor, I didn’t mean it - you’re not no orc-lover! You don’t gotta hit yerslelf…..Ugh! We’re being overrun!”} This giant moves up to hit the wolf attacking his friend - he hits the wolf for 17 points.

Giant 3 can see that he’s in real trouble and yells in pain. Several times. In giantish, Highlight to display spoiler: {Gloklor, Babog, they’re everywhere. The forest is attacking us!} He brings his club down on the wolf biting his leg. He strikes twice, but only his first blow lands on the wolf - he also hits the wolf for 17 points.

The two bags on the ground wriggle around and scream, “Hey, hey Hari, Dino - was that thunder? What’s happening?” “Gari, sumthin bad’s happening. Hey - let us out!” “Help us before they eat us!” One hafling lies crumpled on the ground, motionless.

Here is your map. Use the Round 8 tab for your moves.

Gloklor - AC21, Dam. 0-14
Babog - AC21, Dam. 15
Fuzwar - AC21, Dam. 0-19-8-22-11-10

Alleah - Dam. 0
Bliss - Dam. 0
Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 0
Meko - Dam. 0-17-17
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51  4d4+4=14 ;
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 7:09:05 PM
Shel keeps firing magic missiles at the giant fighting with Pressi, hoping to take it out as quickly as she could.

OOC: 14 points of force damage to the giant.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 51  d20+8=25 ; d20+8=16 ; d20+8=26 ; d4+4=7 ; d8+4=5 ; d20+9=27 ; d20+9=23 ; d20+9=22 ; d6+7=9 ; d6+7=12 ; d6+7=12 ;
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 7:28:06 PM
Onalep charges in and Pounces on G3. (Provokes AoO but Onalep has Mobility: +4 AC = 22)
2 claw +8 (1d4+4), bite +8 (1d8+4 plus grab)
Claw: Attack 25, damage 7
Claw: Attack 16 - Miss
Bite: Attack 26, damage 5

Grizzly 1 attacks again, tearing cloth and flesh from G3’s leg with claws and teeth.
2 claws +9 (1d6+7 plus grab), bite +9 (1d6+7)
Claw attack 27, damage 9
Claw attack 23, damage 12
Bite attack 22, damage 12

Total Damage to G3 = 45

Tendel will Speak with Grizzly 2 directing him to charge the giant ahead (G3). However, he can only make a Run action to close the distance. Tendel also makes a Run action to get a better view of what is going on.

Spells in effect:
Grizzly 1 summoned in Round 5.
Grizzly 2 summoned in Round 6.
Each has Augment Summoning and 8 round duration.
Tendel: Speak with Animals begun in Round 4

Spell-slinging Eagle --> (giantish) eagle (call lightning 8-1=7 bolts left) AC 15 
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 8:20:42 PM
The eagle transforms into a pretty big eagle (large size) [using Giant Vulture skin if allowed, or Dire Bat skin if GV not allowed]; can fly 90 feet (good maneuverability). The Pretty Big Eagle descends to land, one talon on the ground, the other talon resting lightly, pad atop the bagged yelling halfling at AF32, and talons resting on either side.



Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+27=30 ; d20+11=28 ; d6+6=7 ;
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 8:33:15 PM

Bliss fires the third bolt in his clip as he snipes from his perch.

Stealth 30 plus 1 per each 10 ft intervening.

Snipe at -2 to hit: Hits AC28 (with spell and penalty). Bliss hits for 1d6+6 = 7 damage.

DM Sanity Info

Witch Spells Cast (CL4)
Lvl 1: 1 of 2 cast
Lvl 2: 0 of 2 cast

Current effects: Mookie: Enlarge Person; Bliss: Divine Favor.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Tuesday October 18th, 2016 9:58:22 PM
"No, no, we want to keep them alive," Pressi called out as the animals and Shel go to town on giant 3. "We want to... oh, never mind."

With giant 3 done for, Pressi breaks off (move to AI 32) to turn her attention to one of the bags (AJ 32), opening it quickly. "Hi, I'm Pressi, the head bellhop. If you'll just follow me to your room..."

Pressi trailed off as the eagle turned giant and threw lightning, daring to hope. Also, thinking of how to roast it if it turns out to be someone else.

Used: 3/4 ki points, 1/5 stunning fist

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=23 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 12:26:15 AM
"The eagle is going for the halflings!" Alleah calls out in concern. From her perspective, it looks like an opportunistic eagle has swooped down to gobble up some defenseless halflings. "Should I take it down?"

She casts a hold spell at one of the giants while considering what to do about the eagle. A hold or charm spell on it might work.

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Move action: Move to AC48
Swift action: Arcane Armor training
Standard action: Cast Hold Person on G1. Leyline check: 23 = Pass. G1 to make a Will Save vs DC21 or be paralyzed

Spell-slinging Eagle --> (giantish) eagle (call lightning 8-1=7 bolts left) AC 15 (quick role-playing reaction) 
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 12:42:56 AM

The eagle looks at Alleah directly, then clearly shakes its head in negation.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 7:26:45 AM
Kezzem begins to circle around the fire.

"That guy hitting himself, that was pretty funny, eh?" he says to Giant 2.

OOC: Hideous Laughter (Will DC 12)

Bardic Performance: 0 of 5 used.
Bard Spells/Day: 1 of 2 used.


Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18  d20+17=25 ; d4=4 ; d20+12=23 ; d6+8=10 ; d6+8=12 ; d6+8=10 ; d6=1 ; d6=4 ; d6=3 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 3:32:43 PM
Watching Meko take two monster blows, Sky steadily unloads two more arrows followed up by a third in a second shot. Firing at G2

Full attack action, many arrows feat, first two hit AC 29 for 12 damage and 1 ice, 10 damage and 4 ice and finally 10 damage and 3 ice.
32 dam and 8 ice total.

Meko makes a retreat towards the tree Sky is under.

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+14=23 ; 2d8+10=20 ; d20+3=10 ; d100=68 ; d20+3=11 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 3:49:51 PM
The many faces of Shel fires off another Magic Missile at Giant 3 for 14 damage. It’s a bit dizzying to see her and all those images move.

Onlap pounces on Giant 3, provoking an AOO. The Giant strikes the great cat for 20 points of damage. The cat sinks it’s claws and teeth into the giant, ripping it open as it ges down. At the same one of the grizzly bears tears into the giant, ensuring it’s death. Both the cat and the bear are covered in gore.

Tendel sends the other bear forward, telling it to attack. The bear charges.

The eagle transforms into a dire bat, and lands near one of the moving bags, resting protectively over it. (The eagle realizes it is limited to forms in Bestiary 1 or 2.)

Bliss shoots again from his hidden perch, sinking a tiny bolt into Giant 2 for 7 damage.

Pressi calls out to keep the giants alive. Then she moves and cuts open one of the bags, releasing a confused halfling to blinks at him in surprise. She looks on with some trepidation as the eagle transforms into a great bat, landing on the other bag! (Dire bat is a large creature. I placed it to fit and not provoke an AOO.)

Alleah shouts out in alarm as the great bat lands on the bag. "The bat is going for the halflings!" Then she casts Hold Person on Giant 1.

Kezzem moves up, and cracks a joke. Though the giant does not understand, he seems to appreciate the humor and falls prone, laughing.

Sky shoots at Giant 2. Even though the giant is prone, Sky still manages to hit it, inflicting 40 damage. Meko withdraws.
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Giant 3 falls with a loud thump.

Giant 1, freezes in place, it’s eyes wide with fear.

Giant 2 looks at the giant that previously hit him. In giantish, Highlight to display spoiler: {”Oh no, Fuzwar! Gloklor - Fuzwar’s dead. Don’t jus stand there you idiot!”} Then the giant breaks out laughing and falls to the ground.

The moving bag says, “Ahhhh. Something’s on top of me. Hari, Dino - what the heck is on me? Get it off, get it off.”

The released sees his friend lying on the ground and exclaims, “Hari! Hari’s dead!” Then he notices who released him, “Hey hafllings! Gari - it’s Humble’s Sword! We’re saved! Uh, Gari, you have a really big bat on you.”

“Bat?! Getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff getitoff …” The halfling in the bag begins to roll around violently beneath the dire bat.

Here is your map. Use the Round 9 tab for your moves. (It helps me immensely that you move your PCs and animal armies on the map.)

Gloklor - AC21, Dam. 14
Babog - AC21, Dam. 15-7
Fuzwar - AC21, Dead

Alleah - Dam. 0
Bliss - Dam. 0
Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 0
Meko - Dam. 34
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0

It might be sharing"]Murphy Eagle - Dire bat (call lightning 7 bolts left) AC 15  d12=4 ; d8+5=6 ; d8+5=12 ; d20+22=32 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 4:34:02 PM
The dire bat (I adjusted the four-square filling to 5' to the north, as I was picturing in my mind that the other leg was near the still body) flaps its wings, gently tightens its grip on the wriggling screamer, wraps its other claw gently around the still halfling, and lifts up into the air, skirts the fire, flying low to the south, landing with halfling-in-a-bag at AC47, and still halfling at AD46. As he comes in to land, he allows for an extra flap of the wings so as to set down softly his burden, and his feet end up about a foot away from bag and body. He casts cure light wounds (1+5 rerolled, 7+5=12 hp) on the still halfling, hoping he is not dead.

He knows Alleah is near him, as she spoke about him a moment ago. He stands so that she can see the two lying there, and bobs his head toward her, then toward the halflings. She might do a better job opening the bag than he.

Info
7 lightning bolts available from call lightning, 78 rounds left
Perception: 32
[no idea how d12 was rolled]
To DM: If you deem that he cannot take off, land, and cast a spell, then he did everything but that. I hope he was able to cast the spell, though.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51 
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 5:26:03 PM
Tendel moves towards G1 and calls out loudly to all, ”Can someone tie up this giant over here,” pointing at G1, ”I’ll cast Hold Person again if needed. Everyone else can deal with that laughing one (G2).”
Ready Action - Cast Hold Person on G1 = DC 17

Onalep and the grizzly’s will follow Pressi’s lead.
[ooc]I’ll post further actions such as attacks for them if needed.

Spells in effect:
Grizzly 1 summoned in Round 5.
Grizzly 2 summoned in Round 6.
Each has Augment Summoning and 8 round duration.
Tendel: Speak with Animals begun in Round 4

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless  d20+13=18 ; d3+2=5 ; 4d6=9 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 6:32:43 PM
Kezzem circles the fire and throws a dagger at the held giant.

Attack: 18.
Damage: 5 + 9 (Sneak Attack) = 14.

Bardic Performance: 0 of 5 used.
Bard Spells/Day: 1 of 2 used.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51  4d4+4=16 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 7:49:26 PM
Shel moves to AI42 and she fires yet another Magic Missile, this one at giant 2.

OOc: 16 points of force damage.

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+27=31 ; d20+11=23 ; d6+6=7 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 8:06:09 PM

Bliss fires the fourth bolt in his clip as he snipes from his perch.

Stealth 31 plus 1 per each 10 ft intervening.

Hits AC23 (with spell and penalty). Bliss hits for 1d6+6 = 7 damage.

DM Sanity Info

Witch Spells Cast (CL4)
Lvl 1: 1 of 2 cast
Lvl 2: 0 of 2 cast

Current effects: Mookie: Enlarge Person; Bliss: Divine Favor.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=55 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 8:49:13 PM
Alleah is quite pleased her hold spell worked "You wanted one alive, Pressi. There he is"

"Did... did that eagle-thing just shake its head at me?" Alleah holds her ground, but readies a spell just in case. If that eagle tries to fly away with the bag of halflings, she'll cast a Hold Animal spell on it.

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Leyline check: 55 = Pass

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted  d20+12=23 ;
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 10:26:30 PM
"Yeah, yeah, don't throw any parades for us yet," Pressi said to her just released halfling. "You see that really big scary bat that just grabbed your teammates? I want you to run to the nearby blond woman."

To Tendel's request to tie up giant 1, "I'm on it." Moving across the field, she proceeds to grapple the helpless giant (grapple roll 23), preparing to tie him up on the next move.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51 
Wednesday October 19th, 2016 11:00:10 PM
Onalep and the two Grizzly's follow Pressi. Tendel calls to these animals, "Only attack if she (Pressi) attacks. Stand guard for Pressi>" They flank Pressi to stand over the giant as she ties him up.

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+6=14 ; d20+9=14 ; d6+4=9 ; d8+7=14 ; d20+3=12 ; d20+3=23 ;
Thursday October 20th, 2016 4:31:24 PM
The dire bat grabs and takes flight with the two halfling forms, moving south toward Alleah. As it gently lands, it turns to Alleah seeming to bob it’s head toward Alleah, and then toward the bagged halfling and the halfling body..

Tendel moves toward the held giant and ask if anyone can tie it up.

Kezzem moves up, throwing a dagger at the held giant 1. Since the giant’s AC is now 17, he hits, doing 14 damage to the helpless giant.

Shel shoots some Magic Missiles at giant 2, doing 16 points of damage.

Bliss, up in his arboreal hideout, fires another bolt at giant 2. However, the laughing giant is prone and Bliss misses.

Alleah tells Pressi she kept the held giant alive for her. Alleah has some reservations about the dire bat that now stands over the halflings, and readies an action should the creature attempt to fly away with them.

Pressi says to the halfling she released, "You see that really big scary bat that just grabbed your teammates? I want you to run to the nearby blond woman." Then she moves to and grapples giant 1.

Tendel tells Onlap and the grizzlys to follow Pressi and only attack is she attacks. Seeing Pressi grapple the giant, they attack it as well. Even though the giant is immobile, the two animals that can attack fail to pierce its hide (one bear was too far and made a double move.)
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Giant 1 remains frozen, it’s eyes wide with fear as it is grappled and attacked by animals.

Giant 2 seems to recover it’s senses, and it’s mirth quickly turns to anger. It stands and picks up it’s club. In giantish, Highlight to display spoiler: {”Hey Gloklor! What’re you doin? Don’t play with your food - hit that girl!!”}

The halfling Pressi released stands, takes one look at the now angry giant, and retreats.

The halfling in the bag remains terrified, and you hear a small voice, “There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home…” The poor, crumpled halfling body just lays there beneath the dire bat.

Here is your map. Use the Round 10 tab for your moves. (It helps me immensely that you move your PCs and animal armies on the map.)

Gloklor - AC21, Dam. 14-14, held
Babog - AC21, Dam. 62-16
Fuzwar - AC21, Dead

Alleah - Dam. 0
Bliss - Dam. 0
Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 0
Meko - Dam. 34
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18  d20+17=28 ; d20+12=17 ; d6+8=13 ; d6+8=9 ; d6+8=11 ; d6=2 ; d6=1 ; d6=1 ;
Thursday October 20th, 2016 5:02:28 PM
ooc: Sky did 40 damage to G2.... Not reflected in bottom of DM post. (From DM Mark - Thanks for the reminder - fixed above.)

Sky fires off another 3 arrows.

What in the wold are ya tie'n that one up for! Dragging it back won't be easy haha

Meko makes his way toward the halflings in case back up is needed.

Full attack, 1st two arrows hit Ac 32 for 13 an 2 ice, and 9 an 1 ice. Second arrow hits Ac 21 for 11 an 1 ice.
35 damage and 4 ice total

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+11=30 ; d20+11=12 ; d6+6=12 ;
Thursday October 20th, 2016 6:03:37 PM

Bliss fires the fifth and last bolt in his clip and he stops sniping.

Hits AC30 (nat19), another crit threat! His follow up to confirm hits AC12, not a crit. Bliss hits for 1d6+6 = 12 damage.

"Mookie, come on, we should fly in and attack!" says Bliss, wishing he had a metamagic rod of quicken spell.

DM Sanity Info

Witch Spells Cast (CL4)
Lvl 1: 1 of 2 cast
Lvl 2: 0 of 2 cast

Current effects: Mookie: Enlarge Person; Bliss: Divine Favor.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51 
Thursday October 20th, 2016 6:45:04 PM
Tendel moves towards Pressi and calls to the animals. "Enough. Only attack on my command."

In Giant Tendel calls, "Hold still, my tall friend, ha! else the two bears and jaguar will tear you to pieces."

Ready Action: politely ask the animals to attack if the giant resists being tied up.
Spells in effect:
Grizzly 1 summoned in Round 5.
Grizzly 2 summoned in Round 6.
Each has Augment Summoning and 8 round duration.
Tendel: Speak with Animals begun in Round 4

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51  d20+10=18 ; d20+10=30 ; d20+10=28 ; 4d6=11 ; 8d6=27 ;
Thursday October 20th, 2016 8:50:31 PM
Shel moves up to AK 38. While the others were taking giant 1 prisoner, she wasn't going to let up on giant 2. The army of Shel's fires away at the giant 2 with a scorching Ray spell. Two blasts of fire erupt from her fingers, heading down toward the giant.

OOC: at this level, Shel gets two rays. She is targeting touch AC with her blasts, and has bonuses for Haste. First Ray hits a touch AC of 18. Second Ray is a natural 20 and possible crit. The crit roll hits a touch AC of 28. First Ray does 11 points of fire damage. Assuming the second one is a crit, it does 27 points of fire damage, for a total of 38 fire damage, if both hit.


Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted  d20+17=23 ;
Thursday October 20th, 2016 9:01:02 PM
"And the bunny goes around the tree..."

Pressi manages to retain the grapple (another 23) and uses her move action to tie up the giant.

"Great, now if we also capture the remaining giant, we can proceed to play them off each..." Pressi looked up to see Shel roast what was left of the giant. "Darn it, Shel, you'd better at least have pearl onions for this. Oh well, one live giant should be sufficient..."

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Friday October 21st, 2016 12:06:37 AM
Kezzem double moves to flank with Pressi.

"Hiya, Press, fancy meeting you here."

Bardic Performance: 0 of 5 used.
Bard Spells/Day: 1 of 2 used.

It might be sharing"]Murphy Eagle - Dire bat (call lightning 7 bolts left) AC 15 
Friday October 21st, 2016 3:28:43 AM
The eagle/dire bat casts cure light wounds, attempting to stabilize and heal the stilled halfling. If it works, good.

Next he carefully rips open the bag the fearful halfling inhabits, then steps back from both halflings 5 feet.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Friday October 21st, 2016 5:41:26 AM
Alleah looks at the bird. It's actions are far too precise and controlled for it to be a wild animal.

"Murphy? Is that you? Nod if it's you" Alleah will continue to ready an action to cast a Hold Animal spell on the bird in case it tries to attack the halflings.

It might be Murphy Eagle - Dire bat (call lightning 7 bolts left) AC 15 
Friday October 21st, 2016 7:51:33 AM

Murphy nods to Alleah.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Friday October 21st, 2016 12:16:38 PM
"Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's an airship, no it's Super Murphy--whose also a bird, I suppose."

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+3=18 ;
Friday October 21st, 2016 12:52:00 PM
Sky asks what the the point is tying up a giant. Both Sky and Bliss shoot giant at about the same time, killing it. It falls with a tremendous thump!

Bliss tells Mookie they should fly in and attack.

Tendel calls off the attacking animals, instructing them to only attack on his command. The animals tell him they want to kill this thing, but reluctantly pull back. He warns the giant the animals will kill him if he moves.

Shel is ready to cast a Scorching Ray spell, but holds back when she sees it fall.

Pressi continues her grapple, and while she tries to tie up the creature, she finds she cannot. (Pressi also has the Grappled Condition - “grappled creatures can take no action that requires two hands to perform.”) She can, however, pull out her rope.

Kezzem move to flank with Pressi.

The dire bat seem to squeak and gesture, and casts a healing spell on the unconscious halfling. It’s wounds do seem to heal. (Ripping open the bag would be a standard action, not a move action.) The bat then steps back from the halflings.

Alleah was ready to defend against the dir bat, but determines that it is actually Murphy in bat form. She breathes a sigh of relief and lower her guard.
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Giant 1 remains frozen, it’s eyes wide with fear as it is grappled by Pressi and surrounded by Kezzem and other menacing animals. :)

Giant 2 lies dead, along with giant 3.

The halfling Murphy healed rubs his head and sits up, feeling his body. “OK, all parts are here! I didn’t get eaten! Unless this is heaven…” He looks at the giant bat towering over him, “...or somewhere else…”

The halfling Pressi released runs over near it friends, eager to move away from the giants. It falls near the bagged halfling, ready to untie it. “Oh, thank you Humble’s Sword! And, uh, thank you giant bat.” To Alleah, “This bat is a friend, right?”

The halfling in the bag says, “Humble’s Sword? Hari, Dino - lemme out!”

Here is your map. Use the Round 10 tab for your moves. (It helps me immensely that you move your PCs and animal armies on the map.)

Gloklor - AC21, Dam. 14-14, held
Babog - AC21, Dead
Fuzwar - AC21, Dead

Alleah - Dam. 0
Bliss - Dam. 0
Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 0
Meko - Dam. 34
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0


Murphy Dire Bat (call lightning 7 bolts left) AC 15  d20+22=39 ;
Friday October 21st, 2016 3:25:08 PM

Murphy the very large bat leaps into the air, and flies up and over to where the one living giant lies prone, with Pressi and Kezzem and animals surrounding it. He circles, attaining an altitude of 45'. He looks around the wider area.

Perception: 39

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Friday October 21st, 2016 8:43:28 PM
Alleah approaches the halflings, smiling that they look to be in good spirits "The bat? Yes, I dare say he is a very good friend to all halflings. Are you hurt?"

She will try to help free the remaining halfling

"The last giant may still free himself from the spell. Best you all stay low until we check everything is safe"

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Move action: Moved from AB52 to AB47
Standard action: Try and help the other halfling from the bag

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Friday October 21st, 2016 8:44:24 PM
The group of Shel's lands near the others. "Boy, that was neat. Flying is just the greatest! That went really well for us. So long as we hit them from afar, we can do pretty good against those biguns! Is everyone okay?"

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted  d20+7=20 ;
Friday October 21st, 2016 9:19:33 PM
OOC: From Paizo's combat rules re grapple: Once you are grappling an opponent, a successful check allows you to continue grappling the foe, and also allows you to perform one of the following actions (as part of the standard action spent to maintain the grapple).Tie Up: If you have your target pinned, otherwise restrained, or unconscious, you can use rope to tie him up.... If you are grappling the target, you can attempt to tie him up in ropes, but doing so requires a combat maneuver check at a –10 penalty.

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Pressi, still grappling the giant, grumbles as she attempts to tie the giant up (grapple check with penalty is 20). So deep in concentration is Pressi that she doesn't even snark at Shel's statement.



Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18 
Saturday October 22nd, 2016 12:45:30 AM
Watching the giants fall, Sky gives a sly grin. He unsheathes his sword a bit and notches two more slits into the shaft of his bow. The total a proud number.

"Another one bites the dust" he hums to himself.

Meko what's with the bird huh?? He yells and moves toward the halflings and Eagle. Watching the expressions of the others.

What's the bird about? He moves toward the eagle in a calm and non offensive manner, bow held down to the side
Giants don't know nothin.... he thinks.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless  d20+7=18 ; d20+7=14 ; d20+7=18 ; d3+2=3 ; d3+2=5 ; d3+2=4 ; 4d6=14 ; 4d6=15 ;
Saturday October 22nd, 2016 1:39:08 AM
Kezzem strikes the giant's midsection with his daggers.

OOC: Nonlethal damage.

Attack #1: 18.
Damage: 3 + 14 (SA) = 17.

Attack #2: 14.
Damage: 5 + 15 (SA) = 20.

OOC: Disregard the third attack. I forgot he only get's two attack when not hasted.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51 
Saturday October 22nd, 2016 2:14:13 AM
Tendel asks the animals, very politely, to take a step back, "and besides, I've been told these big 'uns leave you with stomach pains." He moves forward to help Pressi tie up the giant if needed.

Ready action: call the animals to attack if needed.

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us! 
Saturday October 22nd, 2016 4:04:39 AM
(Thanks for the clarification Melvin.)

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Monday October 24th, 2016 5:43:14 AM

Mookie flies over to Bliss, and Bliss hops on.

"Looks like we did it, Mookie," says Bliss.

"Did what, Kid?" replies Mookie. "Beat a wandering monster? Ha! Probably the big fight is still to come!"

Bliss says, "Huh."

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Monday October 24th, 2016 7:32:39 AM
"That giant is wondering how a bunch of halflings beat him and is friends, I'll bet," says Kezzem.

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+3=7 ; d10=1 ;
Monday October 24th, 2016 10:54:12 AM
Murphy flies above the area, getting a bat’s eye view of the environs.

Alleah helps release the bagged halfling, and then reassures them.

Many-Shel revels Humble’s Sword’s quick success against the giants.

Sky, hums a song, “And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust” Then Shel asks about the dire bat.

Pressi succeeds in tying up the held giant. Tendel moves to help Pressi, asking the animals to back off. As they work to tie up the giant, Kezzem plunges his daggers into the unmoving creature causing 37 damage. (The giant is standing.)

Bliss hops on Mookie.

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Giant 1 remains frozen, it’s eyes wide with fear as it is tied up and Kezzem carves into its belly.

Giant 2and 3 lie dead.

The halflings are very grateful, and a bit star-struck having been rescued by Humble’s Sword. They introduce themselves as Garivald Galbassi, Heribald Burrows, and Dinodas Langham. Knowledge Local 15: Highlight to display spoiler: { You recall hearing these family names in Angel Springs.}

“Thanks, I thought we were gonners.”
“Wow. I can’t believe we were rescued by you guys. Boy, when my folks and aunts and uncles find out, I’ll be famous!”
“Yeah, an we’re really gonna be famousn to those White Shirts!”
“Those guys are weird.”
“So, what’s Humble’s Sword doing out here? Are you on a mission? Are you going to kill giants?”
“We were on a mission, like you guys. We were scouting.”
“Can we go with you and kill giants?”

Here is your map. Use the Round 11 tab for your moves.

Gloklor - AC21, Dam. 28+37, held
Babog - AC21, Dead
Fuzwar - AC21, Dead

Alleah - Dam. 0
Bliss - Dam. 0
Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 0
Meko - Dam. 34
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0

Murphy Dire Bat (call lightning 7 bolts left) AC 15  d20+8=22 ; d20+22=40 ;
Monday October 24th, 2016 2:18:13 PM

Murphy is still close enough to hear the halfling's names, and recognizes them from Angel Springs - but circumstances are not such that he can communicate that. He will interact when he is able, but for now, seeks greater altitude, so as to get a better idea as to what, and who else, might be in the area. He ascends to 90 feet above the ground, and continues to scan.

Knowledge, Local: 22
Perception: 40

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted  d20+5=18 ;
Monday October 24th, 2016 4:12:28 PM
Pressi straightened up, releasing her grapple. "And stay there," she told the giant.

Looking up, she remembers the three, being an angel springs native herself, and starts making her way over to them.

As she walks over, she eyes Murphy, finally laying eyes on him for the first time in a while, sort of. At the moment he flies too high for her to interact at the moment. "So, this is how you come back. Not even a message before now?"

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+6=19 ;
Monday October 24th, 2016 5:31:29 PM

Bliss flies over on Mookie. He listens to the rescued people.

Knowledge Local 19

"Sure, that's us, at your service," he says to the Angel Springs halflings with a bow.

"We saw those white shirt guys. Who the heck are they, anyway? They sure did talk funny."

When these guys ask what we are doing out here, Bliss blurts out, "We're looking for the valley where the giant clans are gathering. Maybe we'll just map that out, or maybe we'll just do some sabotage, or maybe we'll fight! I don't think you all would be safe coming with us. Are you trained adventurers? What can you do?"



Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Monday October 24th, 2016 8:43:32 PM
"Welcome back, Murphy! Glad you are back with the team. Did you find anything interesting out there? How bad is the giant situation after all?"

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Monday October 24th, 2016 9:39:12 PM
"Um, Kezzem? You can stop attacking the giant now"

Alleah looks over the group checking for wounds. "Ok, so we have a giant as a prisoner. We've only got a few more seconds before the hold spell wears off. Best be ready"

"Does anyone speak giant? I can understand what it says, but can't speak it myself"

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Monday October 24th, 2016 11:39:32 PM
"Just be glad you're not wearing red shirts now," says Kezzem.

OOC: Kezzem's last attack was for nonlethal damage in attempt to knock the giant out.

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 12:48:07 AM
hope that rope holds, Sky mutters, having no clue who these others are, he just listens for now. Understanding that the bird is a friend of sorts.

Scouting, causing a lil giant trouble. Sounds like a plan. Anyone able to help out Meko a lil bit. He took a few pretty hard hits.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 4:46:00 AM
"Okay, Pressi, I think you said you wanted one alive. What should we do with it now?"

Tendel maintains his ready action to bring the animals to attack.

Spells in effect:
Grizzly 1 summoned in Round 5.
Grizzly 2 summoned in Round 6.
Each has Augment Summoning and 8 round duration.
Tendel: Speak with Animals begun in Round 4

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+3=7 ; d20=8 ; d20=2 ; d100=73 ;
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 11:01:50 AM
Round 12.

Murphy seems to know these halflings’ families, and remembers tales of some . He flies up into the sky to get a better view. As he does so, he can see his friends their animals, the halflings, the tied up giant, and the two dead giants. He does not see any other creatures yet though.

Pressi does her best to tie up the giant. She too recalls these halflings’ names. She is also mildly annoyed at Murphy as he flies silently through the sky.

Bliss glides over the rescued halflings. He’s heard of these halflings’ families, and asks about what they referred to as the “white shirt guys.” Bliss tells them Humble’s Sword seeks a gathering of giants. He asks if these halflings are trained adventurers.

Shel welcomes Murphy back, and asks what he learned in his travels.

Alleah suggests that Kezzem stop attacking the giant, now that it is tied up. (Alleah cast Hold Person in Round 8. It is now Round 12. How long will it last?

Kezzem points out to the halflings that it’s fortunate they’re not wearing red shirts. He gets some puzzled looks in resposne. (Sorry I missed that was non-lethal damage. Thanks.)

Sky continues to think that the dire bat is a bird. He asks for some healing for his wolf.

Tendel asks Pressi what should be done with the held and bound giant. He holds his animals at the ready, knowing the bears will soon be gone.

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Giant 1 remains standing stock still and tied up. That rope look a lot smaller when it’s tied to a giant. Everyone’s not sure how long it’d last. So far, the giant has not been able to test it. (Was this just one 50’ help rope?)

Giant 2 and 3 lie dead.

The halflings are grateful. They look to be little beyond their teen-age years.

In response to Bliss, Dino says, “The White Shirts? Don’t know much about ‘em, ‘cept that they worship you guys. They say you can control time! I visited Humble’s Ford, and they wanted me to join up. They asked if I knew anything about you all. Then they told me how awesome you are and how you should be revered. You guys are pretty cool.”

Gari adds,“Hey, can you guys really control time? They said you can go back in time and change the past. Can you do that? ‘Cause if you can, there are some things I did I’d sure like to undo - if you don’t mind.”

Dino responds, “Hey, we met Humble’s Sword! We could start our own group, and get those guys to follow us! We can tell ‘em we went back in time!”

They are also interested in checking out these downed giants.

“Oooo, look Hari! The giants aren’t a threat any more. Let’s go see!”
“Yeah, and they still got our stuff. Let’s see what else they have.”
“Hey, wait for me!”
“Ewww, they’re all gross and bloody. This is cool.”

All three of them run toward the dead giants.

Here is your map. I do not plan to update the map - for now.

Gloklor - AC21, Dam. 28+37 nonlethal, held
Babog - AC21, Dead
Fuzwar - AC21, Dead

Alleah - Dam. 0
Bliss - Dam. 0
Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 0
Meko - Dam. 34
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0

Murphy Dire Bat (call lightning 7 bolts left) AC 15 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 11:49:42 AM

With what's going on down below, and not discerning anyone else in the area, Murphy decides to cut short his ascent. Instead, he uses a double move to descend to the ground, and momentarily wraps his wings around Pressi, uttering a happy chirrup. He does open up his wings, not wanting to smother her (and so she can talk without being muffled).

[Have to wait until next round to come out of wild shape]

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 11:52:02 AM
"Can we control time?" asks Kezzem. "That's a silly question. Just look at that giant? We totally froze him int time!"

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 1:32:03 PM

Bliss laughs at the "change time" thing. "We tried that once," he explains, "but it didn't work out like we wanted. Plus it was pretty scary."

He takes out his wand of CLW to use on the injured ones, but they run off. Bliss follows, calling, "Hey! Hold on! Don't get too close!"

Mookie marvels. "Words of caution? Who took my Kid and left this cheap imposter in his place?"

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 4:47:41 PM
Pressi hugs Murphy back, almost in tears. "I've missed you so much, too... But yeah, this is kind of uncomfortable."

She shoots an eye at the rope tied giant, suddenly wondering if 50 feet of hemp rope was enough. Then again, he had to know that attacking again was suicide; she was far more concerned that he'd run or otherwise get a chance to signal.

In response to Tendel, "My biggest hope is that we can convince him to take us into the giant camp personally. I will settle for some information on how they are handling security, whether anyone but giants are going, if he has some sort of token that indicates he belongs... oh, almost forgot."

Pressi takes the giant's weapons and throws them away.

"Of course, all of that depends on whether we can communicate, let alone if we can scare him or make a deal." She stares at the giant, speaking in a variety of languages: can you understand me?

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 7:02:38 PM

For the future, just in case, when it looks like the giant is going to be unstuck, Bliss stands a good 50 ft away from the giant and has his bah ready to fire, with a fresh clip.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 8:15:27 PM
"Hmm, I don't speak giant. Maybe we need to hire a translator, or something? Probably a good idea for us to learn a bit of it in the future..."

OOC: or put a point in Linguistics at our next level!

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51 
Tuesday October 25th, 2016 10:12:08 PM
"Good point, Shel, and I have just the thing, haha! My Wand of Comprehend Languages. I kind of assumed most of us understand their clumsy language. I can speak to them if needed, of course, we can speak to him in our tongue if I just do this..." and he steps forward to cast Comprehend Languages on the Giant and anyone else who wants it.
Just let me know if you take a tap of the wand so I can mark it off.

DM: you may recall that Onalep has taken 20 damage, which is not listed at the bottom of your post.

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18 
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 12:20:31 AM
I speak giant. Was kinda forced to learn it, else they try an plot on you behind your back. Try anyways. So, you guys want to get inside the camp, Acting like prisoners? I dunno bout all that. Being in the middle of even a small army of giants is a horrible situation, even being as skilled as we are...

Sky makes his way toward the Giant, and in the Giant tounge, Hey! Big guy, what can you tell us about the big camp huh? Anything else there besides your kind? Any idea of how many?

Meko whimpers a bit, making his way to Sky's side, Scouting the camp first seems a better idea speaking low, hoping the giant can't hear.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=26 ;
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 6:39:17 AM
"What else they have?!?" Alleah turns her attention to the halflings "You should reclaim your taken goods an no more. Anything else might be trapped, or cursed, or poisoned. What's more, this giant is about to wake up. Best wait until we declare everything safe"

"Besides... we'd already called dibs" Alleah notes to herself

She then looks to the newcomer - Sky "You speak giant? Well NOW it makes sense. Wardd in his wisdom sent you to aid us! I'm Alleah by the way"

Finally Alleah casts Detect Thoughts. "The giant will be free to talk in about 10 seconds. I'm going to try and read his thoughts while Sky speaks with him"

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Leyline check: 26 = Pass

The Hold Person spell will last 2 rounds (this round and the next)
On Round 3 the giant will need to make a Will Save vs DC17 to save against the Detect Thoughts spell

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+3=4 ;
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 9:34:54 AM
Round 13

Murphy descends and gives Pressi a big bat hug!

Kezzem confirms the other halflings’ suspicions, telling them they can control time as demonstrated by the frozen giant. Bliss says they did try to go back in time once, but it didn’t work out. Then he calls to the halflings to come back, but stays 50’ from the giant, ready to shoot.

Pressi hugs Murphy in return, and makes sure the held giant is disarmed as she lays out her plan to Tendel.

Shel laments not being able to speak giantish. Tendel tells Shel he has a solution, and steps forward touching the wand to the giant. Regrettably, Comprehend Languages cannot be cast on someone else so it has no effect.

Sky isn’t sure about going into the giants’ encampment posing as prisoners. He does, however, speak giantish, and says, “Hey! Big guy, what can you tell us about the big camp huh? Anything else there besides your kind? Any idea of how many?”.

Alleah admonishes the halflings to only take back what the Giants took from them. she tells them other things may be cursed or trapped, (or the property of Humble's Sword.) Then she castes Detect Thoughts, ready to read the giant’s mind.

(Thanks for the correction on the damage for the animals - it’s correct below.)
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Giant 1 remains standing stock still and tied up. Though Sky ties to speak to him, he gives no response..

Giant 2 and 3 lie dead.

The halflings the party released reach the dead giants. The first one there holds his nose.

”Ewww, gross. They smell even worse dead!”
“Yeah, no kidding. Wow, these things are huge.”
“Oooo, Hari, that’s the one that tried to eat you.”
“Yeah, it woulda if we weren’t rescued by Humbles Sword. I’m gonna be a famous adventurer like them.”
“Hari, we are famous adventurers. We survived a giant attack!”
“Yeah Dino, you’re right!”
“So, which one has our stuff? They said they were gonna keep it to give to their goblins.”
“I’m glad goblins won’t be wearing our armor. We should go kill those goblins.”
“Well, that’s what adventurers do is kill goblins.”
“Yeah, we’re gonna be famous all right. Wait’ll we see those White Shirts!”

Here is your map. I do not plan to update the map - for now.

Gloklor - AC21, Dam. 28+37 nonlethal, held
Babog - AC21, Dead
Fuzwar - AC21, Dead

Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 20
Meko - Dam. 34
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0

Murphy Dire Bat (call lightning 7 bolts left) AC 15 
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 1:41:08 PM

The large dire bat begins to shrink in size, and change in form - to that of Murphy, sandy hair, small gap between his central incisors, all three feet eight inches of him. He wears his customary coveralls, and a haversack, from which he withdraws a 50' silk rope, which he holds out for someone to take, as he speaks quickly.

"Great to be back! Pressi, Kezzem, please add this rope to wrap his legs."

In the giant tongue, he says boldly, "Gloklor, soon my friend will take off her magic from you. If you try hurt us, we kill you, as we made dead Fuzwar and Babog. Stand still and answer our questions, maybe you live."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 3:35:09 PM
Pressi cringed as she dug through the rest of her pack, looking for more rope. "I'm out," she said. "Always forgetting something...."

She also cringed as the halflings moved around. Hero worship was something she typically found herself attracted to, but this stuff was... just strange.

Murphy (call lightning 7 bolts left) AC 15 
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 3:59:27 PM

"Pressi! I am HANDING you rope!" Bill says, still holding out the 50' of silk rope for her to take.

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 6:36:05 PM

"Hi Mister Murphy!" calls Bliss. "Great to see ya!"

Mookie asks about the loot. Bliss says he is busy guarding the prisoner, but Mookie can gather it together himself. Except for what belongs to the folks we rescued.

Mookie helps gather the loot together. He asks Alleah which of it is magic.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51 
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 7:59:35 PM
"Reunions and introductions! Excellent. Pleased to meet you Murphy and Sky. Wish I could have said so earlier, haha!"

Still holding that ready action to call the animals to attack.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 8:43:22 PM
Shel waits, not being able to understand the language. She was prepared to blast the heck out of the bigun if it didn't accept his current situation though.

"Glad you are back, Murphy! Thanks for assisting us with these biguns!"

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Wednesday October 26th, 2016 9:04:46 PM
Once the giant is doubly bound - with the additional rope from Murphy - Alleah warns the others "Ok guys, I'm going to release the giant from his hold now. Best be ready."

Standard action to dismiss the Hold Spell

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Thursday October 27th, 2016 9:52:33 AM
Pressi stares at the rope Murphy is holding for a second. "Sorry, it's been a day."

Pressi grabs the rope and proceeds to reinforce her original knot tying.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Thursday October 27th, 2016 12:36:25 PM
"You think they smell bad now, you should see what they smell like on the inside. I knew a guy named Fot Loner who had to had to cut one up and crawl inside it for warmth. He smelled bad for a week, no matter how many baths he took after that!"

"Welcome back, Murph, I've missed messing with you."

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18 
Thursday October 27th, 2016 12:44:57 PM
good to meet you to,

Sky nods his head to the others, and in giants tongue he says, after the hold spell is off
Answer us bigun, to stay quite is to sign your death warrant

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+3=11 ; d20+7=13 ; d20+2=10 ;
Thursday October 27th, 2016 1:11:12 PM
Round 14

Murphy returns to his form, greets his friends, and give some rope to Pressi. He speaks to the giant, warning him not to hurt anyone and letting him know that if he stands still and answers questions, he may yet live.

As Pressi begins to look for more rope, she sees the Murphy offers and secures the giant a bit more. As she does so, the new halflings make her uncomfortable with their hero worship.

Bliss greets Murphy, while Mookie flies over to the dead giants to look for treasure.

Tendel now formally greets Murphy and Sky. He stays ready to have his animals attack. (I’ll rely on you to track the bears’ durations.)

Shel also remains ready to attack as she welcomes Murphy back.

Once Pressi secures the rope, Alleah releases her hold spell on the giant, warning others as she does so.

Sky greets the others. Then he warns the giant to answer their questions.
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Despite the warnings, the young halflings begin pawing over the dead giants, as does Mookie.

“Shoo. Shoo bird! You can eat the guts later! Shoo!”
“Hey, that bird can talk Dino,”
“Well, so can I, but he’s not takin’ my stuff. You can give him your stuff if you want to Gari.”
“Hey, here’s your backpack Dino. Ewww - it has giant blood on it.”
“Here’s some more of our stuff! And some gold!”
“Where’s my sword…. Wait - they got gold?”
“Cool - Look at this!” Gari holds up a golden skull.
“Hey, no fair!” says Dino, as he tries to grab it and slips in the giant’s blood.
“Icky!” laughed Gari.
“Double icky.” wailed Dino.
“Oooo, you two are gonna make the adventurers mad,” says Hari.
“Well, were adventurers too!”

Giant 1 remains standing stock still and tied up. The Hold spell holds. As the giant strains to break the ropes, they hold. He yells in giantish, Highlight to display spoiler: {“RAWWWR. WHY YOU HOLD GLOKLOR LIKE A BEAST? SO YOU CAN GUT ME LIKE MY FRIENDS! RELEASE ME AND LET ME FIGHT! Whoa, whooooaaaaa!”} BOOM

As he struggles to break his bonds, the giant loses his balance, falling backward toward Kezzem! (Kezzem - Reflex save DC 15 to avoid being crushed by the giant as he falls.)

Lying on his back the giant seems a bit more subdued as he stares up at the sky he says, Highlight to display spoiler: {“Awww boogers! What info you want from Gloklor? You let Gloklor go?”}

Here is your map. I do not plan to update the map - for now.

Gloklor - AC21, Dam. 28+37 nonlethal, held
Babog - AC21, Dead
Fuzwar - AC21, Dead

Kezzem - Dam. 0
Pressi - Dam. 0
Shel - Dam. 0
Sky - Dam. 0
Mookie - Dam. 0
Onlap - Dam. 20
Meko - Dam. 34
Gr1 - Dam. 15
Gr2 - Dam. 0

Murphy (call lightning 6 bolts left) AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17  3d6=9 ;
Thursday October 27th, 2016 3:00:07 PM

Murphy waves toward the cleric. "Hi Shel, Bliss, Kezzem, all. Greetings, Tendel. Heard a little about you. And - you would be Sky?" he lifts his chin in acknowledgement of the fellow on the other side of the fire. He was going to say more, however...

About then, the giant speaks, protests, threatens, and falls. "Kezzem - you all right?"

As the giant speaks the common tongue, Murphy says in common, "You were about to eat our friends, Gloklor. So, do you think we like you at all? Murderer. Cannibal." Murphy adds, "I could fill your lousy gullet with several of these." He invokes another 30 foot tall column of lightning to strike about five feet to the north of the giant's head while avoiding his shoulder - perhaps close enough for him to feel a tingle along the ground. (now 6 bolts left, for about 7 more minutes for call lightning).

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us! 
Thursday October 27th, 2016 3:53:28 PM
Oops. Correction. The giant spoke Giantish! I fixed the above post. Sorry for any confusion.

Murphy (call lightning 6 bolts left) AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17 
Thursday October 27th, 2016 4:29:41 PM
Correction response:
If he spoke in Giantish, then that is the language that Murphy addresses him in, after first translating what he said into Halfling. He also remembers that he needs to persuade Bliss to learn the Halfling tongue!

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51 
Thursday October 27th, 2016 6:45:29 PM
Tendel bids farewell to the Bears, ”Thank you, a job well done, haha! May you enjoy a happy full of honey with few bees,” and the bears quickly fade from this plane.
OOC Not sure if their duration ends at the start or end of Round 13/14, but now is as good a time as any.
Tendel drops the Speak with Animals (as a standard action I guess).

Tendel translates loudly and clearly what the Giant has said for all around.

Spells in effect:
Grizzly 1 summoned in Round 5. ended
Grizzly 2 summoned in Round 6.ended
Each has Augment Summoning and 8 round duration.
Tendel: Speak with Animals begun in Round 4 ended

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18 
Thursday October 27th, 2016 7:24:01 PM
Sky smirks a little as the bat turned halfling Murphy threatens the giant. Then adds in Giantish, Fried giants are just as good as fried boar Glokor! Remember, they want you alive, me personally would rather skewer you in pieces, rotessiri style! So, answer the questions. Where's ya big camp, how many more giants and anything other than giants in the camp?

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday October 27th, 2016 8:22:53 PM
Shel was happy to keep a look out while the others questioned the giant. She casts Detect Magic and started looking at the items found on the giants. She wasn't about to let those other halflings take their loot. We need the gold for more giant fighting gear!

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted  d20+14=19 ; d20+6=20 ;
Thursday October 27th, 2016 10:54:01 PM
WIth others finding a way to talk to the giant, Pressi made her way towards the halflings. She was beginning to see how the annoying thief stereotype had begun. It was a shame to see so many of her kinsmen being so greedy and stupid. Humble's Swords really didn't need the competition.

(Perception 19 to see what was being taken/left. Diplomacy 20 to talk to the halflings.)

"Gentlemen, please. We do appreciate your desire to be heroes, and look forward to the days we adventure side by side. Just remember, being an adventurer isn't just about fighting. It's about the behavior you hope to inspire in others. And of..." Pressi reaches for the skull, turning it over in her hands carefully. "Of trying to figure out puzzles that stare right at you.

"If I might ask, where were you headed when you got ambushed? Who were you scouting for? Where do you think you will go from here?"

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless  d20+13=24 ;
Thursday October 27th, 2016 11:16:44 PM
Kezzem gracefully side-steps the falling giant.

"Thank you for the concern Murph, but I am quite skilled at avoiding things. Especially the truth, eh?"

ADM Kim - Giggling Ghost Advisory 
Friday October 28th, 2016 1:59:09 AM
[Cajole on]

Rare OOC for wider Woldian concerns:

Every who can, at least post your character entering into the Giggling Ghost. There are AMAZING people there. And, yes, your character can be here and there - with semi-real / semi-dream memories of the place coming into your characters' minds. Don't try to figure it out too deeply. It's just part of the Woldian magic.

Serious, though. Some people are there whom you are NOT likely to see there for a long time. Don't miss this.

[/Cajole off]
-Kim

P.S.: DM Mark - feel free to delete this in the near future -maybe Monday or so. Thx

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Friday October 28th, 2016 7:05:51 AM
Alleah concentrates on the giant, trying to glimpse the images fresh in its mind as it answers Murphy's questions. She doesn't speak "giant", but if the giant pictures any beings or locations then hopefully she can make a note of them for the future.

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The Giant gets to make a Will Save vs DC17 to prevent the Detect Thoughts spell glimpsing "surface thoughts"

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+8=26 ;
Friday October 28th, 2016 1:14:14 PM
Bliss keeps the giant covered with his readied bah.

"You be nice, Mister Giant," he calls out, "cause I don't want to shoot you unless I have to."

Meanwhile, Mookie tries to sense whether the gear the halfling NPCs are claiming is really theirs. Sense Motive 26.

Big enough to look these guys eye to eye (for another minute or two), Mookie says, "Take what's yours; the rest is for the Humble Sword." He calls them on any lies he senses. He continues to look for other loot.

DM Mark - The Forest is Attacking Us!  d20+7=20 ; d20=20 ; d20=19 ; d20=10 ; d6=5 ; d6=4 ; d100=53 ;
Friday October 28th, 2016 1:46:44 PM
(We don’t need to strictly go round by round now, but please keep it simple.)

Murphy greets the others. Then he goes from congenial to very angry, threatening him with lightning bolts and bringing one down near the giants head! Sky also threatens the giant, and asks him “Where's ya big camp, how many more giants and anything other than giants in the camp?”

As the giant falls in Kezzem’s direction, he avoids the creature with ease. He thanks Murphy for his concern for Kezzem’s safety.

Tendel dismisses the bears, and translates what the giant said for all there.

Shel leaves the questioning to the others, and casts detect magic while he keeps his eye on these new halfling to make sure they don’t take any of the treasure that is rightfully Humble’s Sword’s loot. Shel a bit of magic, but later learns that was just the spell on Mookie.

Pressi likewise leaves the giant questioning to the others, and is dismayed that these halflings want treasure. She takes the golden skull away from them. Then she asks, “If I might ask, where were you headed when you got ambushed? Who were you scouting for? Where do you think you will go from here?"

Having moved up earlier, Alleah positions herself to use Detect Thoughts to isolate the giants thoughts. She detects that he as thoughts, but not very many really. Highlight to display spoiler: {Stupid Fuzwar! This is all his fault. I never liked that guy. I need to get out of here. That little lady that tied me up looks tasty. Too bad I didn’t fall on that guy that punched me in the gut - jerk. I don’t like the mad one with the lightning. I need to escape, but I’m tied up. Maybe they’ll let me go. Stupid rope - I hate you rope.}

Bliss calls out to the prone giant from a distance.

Mookie keeps an eye on these young halflings. They seem to only be taking what’s theirs, but it’s difficult to tell if they’re hiding something or just nervous around a big talking bird. (I’m pretty sure Mookie gets a +4 on his Sense Motive, not +8.)
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The giant Gloklor looks a bit dazed from the fall. While he wasn’t aiming for Kezzem, that would have at least cushioned his fall a bit. He blinks in the dust he created, and the ropes creak as he pushes against them again to no avail. He sighs, and then he speaks in giantish Highlight to display spoiler: {, “Let Gloklor go. Gloklor don’t want no trouble. Gloklor dodn’t even like those dead giants! You can eats them.

“Camp? Giants? We camps wherever we wants, but you mus mean where all the giants is. How many? Hmmm. Gloklor can’t see fingers and toes, but more than that. Giant valley some days from here. Lots of giant there. Dolp in charge - him good leader. Stoopid stone giants there too, but they dumb, not us. It hard not to fight. Giants like to fight, but Dolp say we can’t fight. Say we gotta fight halflings. But that’s stoopid - halflings easy to kill.

“But not you guys, er, no, we don’t kill no halflings. We like halflings. Halflings is our friends. We was out lookin for friends! Well, halflings my friends. Babog and Fuzwar was bad - don’t like halflings. Gloklor good. You friends with Gloklor. Let Gloklor go. Gloklor just go? Gloklor not bad.”}

The halflings seem a bit disappointed with Shel and Pressi’s intervention, but their disappointment is short lived. They become very helpful.

“No, we weren’t taking your stuff, now way. We’ll gather it for you. But we need our gear to get back.”
“Nice birdie,” says Hari as he looks warily at Mookie.
“Go back Hari? No way - we’re going with Humble’s Sword to help!”
“Are you insane Gari? We’ll be eaten for sure. I’m going back to Angel Springs.”
“Eaten shmeetin. No giants are a match for Humble’s Sword! The White Shirts say they control time. They ride talking birds and can turn into bats and throw lightning bolts and stuff. Maybe if we help, they’ll give us some of the gold! We could buy a lot of beer and mushrooms with gold. And some cool swords and armor!”
“I dunno Dino. I didn’t think we’d actually see any giants, and now you’re covered in giant blood. You almost got ate! They talk funny and they’re awful big and scary!”
“Big and dead you mean! Look at em. C’mon Hari - how bad could it be?”
“Well, I dunno…..”


Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Friday October 28th, 2016 4:26:18 PM
Pressi continues to turn over the golden skull, almost tuning out the saved halflings. She presses on it, turns it over, and at one point shakes it. She seems a little disappointed when it doesn't explode. She figures one of the others could study it better than she can.

"So what exactly is it that you three can do? Do you have any training? Special skills?"

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Friday October 28th, 2016 7:00:12 PM
"Pressi, these three are obviously skilled. Maybe we could get them to do important stuff for us. You know we always need messages delivered. Like we could send them back to Angel Springs to deliver a message and they could wait there until we summon them again. They could tell all the White Shirts how we have drafted them into the team."

She turns to the three halflings. "We have powerful magic and can communicate to you with our spells. Your job is to stay there until we call for you.". She hands them her Warddstone necklace. "Here. Take this. People have seen me wearing it. They'll know you are important to us if you have it. I'll want it back when we contact you again."

Maybe this will keep the boys occupied and safe until we can deal with all the Giants.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 31/51  d20+15=21 ;
Friday October 28th, 2016 9:46:57 PM
Tendel again translates and adds his opinion as to the veracity and intent behind the giant's words.

Sense Motive 21

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Friday October 28th, 2016 11:10:31 PM
Alleah folds her arms and looks at the giant, shaking her head.

"Even tied up he's picturing eating us. If he doesn't agree to reform his ways, we can't release him"

She continues to concentrate on the giants mind.

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18 
Saturday October 29th, 2016 1:43:11 AM
Lots of giants, stone giants..... Hmmm. You have goblin slaves? Orcs? Any animals in the valley? Where does Dolp plan to go? What does he plan to do with all these giants together, even if you don't get along. An don't play with me, if you want to be let go. Be truthful. The truth, no matter how bad it is we can forgive. Lie to us and your death will be slow and painful. Sky replies in giant. Trusting the others to care for the items plundered from the dead giants.

Murphy (call lightning 6 bolts left) AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+22=41 ;
Saturday October 29th, 2016 5:04:18 AM

This Sky fellow, according to Tendel, seems to be doing a good job of questioning. He hears what Alleah says. "If he will not reform, or bend to our will, then we may need to end him. Not my preference, but he appears quite evil. I trust him as far as I can throw him at the moment."

He steps back, and goes over to the formerly bagged halflings.

"Hello Dino, Hari, Gari. Hari - didn't I see you in Winwood Toys and Music over in Crescent Valley before? That's my family's shop. Very glad that none of you actually became snacks for these lunkheads. I agree with my friend, Shel, here - but with one modification. First swing by Humble's Ford, where things are being coordinated, and let Mayor Bumbleluck and the town constable know what happened here. They may have you talk with a few others. Then go to Angel Springs to await further word, as Shel has directed."

He takes out some paper, writes three notes, one of which bears the initials 'B.B'; one with 'M.M' - these two he shows first to the two women who are focused on the rescues, then seals each with wax. The third note he gives to the lads, which reads:
To whom it may concern:
Garivald Galbassi, Heribald Burrows, and Dinodas Langham, though captured by giants, showed great fortitude in the face of adversity, and we wish them well. --Murphy Leafwin Pipewood, with Humble's Sword
The wax-sealed letter with 'B.B' he asks them to deliver to the Mayor of Humble's Ford when they arrive. "Now, you know the only one who should open a letter which is sealed in wax, do you not?" The letter with 'M.M' he tells them to deliver to the new Lord Mayor of Angel Springs.

He does keep an ear open to hear what the giant says. Giants are generally not quiet in conversation. Murphy does cast detect magic on the golden skull Pressi bears, and lets her know what he discerns.

[Perception: 41]

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted 
Saturday October 29th, 2016 11:30:33 AM
"Oh, yeah, there's no way we can let him just go alive," Pressi agrees with Murphy and Alleah (in halfling). "Evil nature aside, he's a security risk. He has to come with us, go with team Wackadoo back to Humble's Ford, or... I feel confident, however, that we can still persuade, bribe or threaten him into coming with us and helping us get into the camp."

Pressi sighed. "And if not, I've made a decision to fight him one on one. We'll release him, give him back his weapon, give him a fighting chance. It was my decision to capture him in the first place, so it has to be me that takes him down."

DM Mark - What Now?  d20+7=12 ;
Monday October 31st, 2016 11:35:42 AM
Pressi takes the golden skull away from the new comers, and examines it. To the best of her knowledge, it is the skull of a medium creature that has been coated with a thick layer of gold. Then she asks these new halflings what they can do.

Shel notes that they are clearly skilled, and could do important things like deliver messages. Then she takes out her Wardstone necklace, instructing them to return with it to Angel Springs.

Tendel translates what is said in giantish. He senses that this giant sincerely wants to just get away, and is willing to pin any blame on the other giants.

Alleah says “Even tied up he's picturing eating us. If he doesn't agree to reform his ways, we can't release him." She continues to concentrate on the giant’s thoughts.

Sky, in the giant’s tongue, asks questions about the giants’ encampment and organization. He tells the giant he will be let go if he cooperates, and will die if he lies.

Murphy instructs these halflings to take messages to Humble’s Ford and then to Angel Springs. Then he takes out some paper and ink. (To keep pace with everyone else, he has not penned the messages yet.)

Pressi says there is no way he can be left alive. She says he must go with the party, or return with the other halflings to Humble’s Ford. If he will not agree, then she will honorably fight this giant alone.

Onalep and Meko lick their wounds.
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The giant Gloklor lays there in the ground. He pauses for a moment, staring up at the sky. He seems to be thinking which seems to require some effort. He strains against his bonds, but the ropes hold fast.

He eventually replies in giantish, “Goblins and orcs is slaves, yah. They smells bad and tastes bad. Animals? We likes to eat animals. Dolp? Dolp in charge - don’t go nowhere. Jus sit in cave as more giants come. Stupid stone giants in cave too. Food not even good there, so we comes out here.”

“Gloklor just wants to go. No kill Gloklor. Glokolor glad to have new little friends, but wants to go. You let Gloklor go? Gloklor not hurts or do bad. Gloklor good. Gloklor good.”

Alleah can read his thoughts: Highlight to display spoiler: { Stupid Dolp. He should go eat the hobbits (giantish for halflings) in their valley. Why does he wait? I wish goblins tasted good like hobbits and elves and humans. Goblins are much easier to get. Animals taste good.

I just want to go. But how to get out of here alive? Have to think! Have to think! Hate having to think! Thinking is the worst! Stupid hobbits making him think! Jhontua made him think. Hated her. Glad she’s dead. She never liked me, or my family. She was pretty, but she was bad. She made everything bad.

These ropes are bad too. I hate these ropes too.

Those clouds are cool. They look like a big fire, all orange and red. I like cooking on a fire. And eating, I like eating. I’m hungry. Probably not going to be able to eat these hobbits. I’m hungry. I want to go. Maybe they’ll let me go. Then I’ll run and run and run and run and run until I’m away.

I like running.}

Meanwhile, over by the dead giants, the other halflings respond to Pressi, Shel and Murphy.

“We can do all kinds of things. We’re quiet and sneaky.”
“Super sneaky. And we can fight!”
“Well, we’re learning to fight.”
“But we’re good with our slings!”
“Messengers? Being a messenger isn’t important.”
“C’mon, let’s take their messages back to the Crescent Valley. We’ll be famous!”
“But we came out here to be rich too. These giants got gold. We can’t just go back now.”
“Sure we can. I bet those White Shirts got money. We can charge ‘em for stories of Humble’s Sword, and how they moved around these giants by popping in and out of time and stuff.”
“What does being messengers pay?”
“Can we have the skull?”


DM Mark - What Now? 
Monday October 31st, 2016 1:51:27 PM
Oops. In response to Murphy's Detect Magic, the skull is not magic.

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18 
Monday October 31st, 2016 1:54:06 PM
Orcs, Giants an Goblins.... More than twenty giants.... I dunno guys. This doesn't seem like our small party can do much against such a force. We need a good plan, and possibly back up.



Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Monday October 31st, 2016 3:40:31 PM

Bliss says that if the giant will promise to never eat anything that talks ever again, then he can go. He has to mean it too. Otherwise, nope.

Bliss thinks the group should send one of the NPCs back now, and send back another when they have hound the giant camp and know more.

Bliss doesw not think giants are that tough. 20 is probably a challenge we can face, he says, if we are smart and confuse them and stuff.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Monday October 31st, 2016 4:47:03 PM
"Wait, I think I know that word," says Kezzem as the giant continues to speak in its strange tongue. "He said something about gnomes, I think. Gnomes are one of the two things that scare me. Small hands."

Murphy (call lightning 6 bolts left) AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17 
Monday October 31st, 2016 6:16:23 PM

"Pressi, is that the Domi in you? Of any of us, you may have the best chance to do it - but if it came down to a set combat, with no outside interference, I think that you and Kezzem together would be most potent against him. And two halflings versus one giant - who could complain of any unfairness, there? And, anyway, we have more things to do together, you and I, so my personal vote is for you not to face him alone. One lucky hit by a fella that large can ruin your whole day."

"Lads, give us a few minutes to think things through, here, and we will give you an answer," he says, as he continues to write.

He glances around. He sees Alleah focused in concentration on the giant. A couple of animals over there look to be wounded. "Say, that cat looks in bad shape. Anyone mind if I see if it minds if I heal it up a bit?" He continues writing as he awaits a response.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Monday October 31st, 2016 8:28:14 PM
Alleah raises an eyebrow and looks to Kezzem "What's the other thing that scares you?"

"He's still thinking about eating us" she lets the rest of the group know "Whilst it might be honorable to fight him one on one - or even two on one - what happens on the offchance he wins? We still wouldn't let him go, and wouldn't that mean dishonour to us all? If we're going to kill him, then I can at least minimise his suffering. I could put him to sleep and you could then deliver the coup-de-grace. He wouldn't feel a thing"

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Monday October 31st, 2016 9:36:05 PM
"I've heard that powerful mages can use Geases to make sure a creature keeps his word. Too bad I'm not a powerful Mage. He's told us what he knows; assuming he's telling the truth, that is. He knows we could kill him if we want. If we let him go, he might save us in the future, who knows? But if the rest of you think it has to be done, I understand."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25; hasted  d20+6=20 ;
Monday October 31st, 2016 9:46:26 PM
To Skye and others, Pressi reminds them that "The goal overall is supposed to be stealth. Get in the camp, get the information, get out without anyone even knowing we were there. Or with a lot of explosions. Probably the second one."

To Murphy and others, "Perhaps I was a bit over hasty, but I do feel somewhat responsible and, yeah, there is a little bit of making sure he has some honor if that's what he wants. Although, if all he wants is to run and eat... Maybe we don't have to kill him."

If the rest of the group is okay with the giant coming with them, Pressi asks someone to translate. "Oh great and wonderous giant. We wish only to see the great camp with our own eyes. If you would take us there and help us sneak in, I have no doubt that we could find a way to keep you quite well fed. Might that be something you'd be interested in?" (Diplomacy 20)

To the other halflings, she considers taking them along too, much as the whole "we want gold" bothers her. If they are sneaky, that could be of some use. "Ok, we will consider taking you - if you answer honestly how the giants managed to catch you and almost eat you."

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 50/51  d8+1=9 ; d8+1=4 ; d8+1=4 ; d8+1=2 ;
Monday October 31st, 2016 10:19:59 PM
"I'm not sure the giant can be trusted, based on what Alleah has been able to tell us."
Tendel calls Onalep to him and uses his Wand of CLW to begin healing the jaguar.

"There are a lot of what-ifs, but at the end of all the discussion comes the question - do we kill him in cold blood? I don't want to be part of that. I think we can do something better than that. Having him rejoin his kin might well solve this dilemma, as they are an issue we will probably solve soon enough anyway. I hope to be able to drive all the giants off, send them back home. And if he can help us sneak in, all the better for all of us. So, I guess I agree with Pressi."

"Does anyone else need healing?"

Wand of CLW, 4 charges = 19 points.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 12:01:08 AM
"Dragons," says Kezzem to Alleah. "I mean, they're almost as bad as gnomes, what with those hoppy legs and twitchy noses. And don't even get me started on the carrots. Wait, I'm thinking of bunnies."

DM Mark - What Now?  d20+7=18 ; d20+7=26 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 12:57:00 AM
Sky expresses some concern about the number of giants and other creatures in this encampment Gloklor mentions.

Bliss thinks 20 giants should not be a problem. He suggests sending the halflings back separately to send convey what is discovered.

Kezzem says that gnomes are one of the two things that scare him, due to their small hands.

Murphy, as he works on the messages he intends to send, objects to Pressi facing this giant alone. He suggests that two halflings should face the giant to ensure victory. Then he offers to heal the injured Onalep.

Alleak asks Kezzem what the second thing is that scares him. Turning her attention to the giant, she says that offering him a fight against one or two is not much different in the long run. Instead, she offers to put the giant to sleep before killing him.

Shel suggests letting him go is an option, but will go with with the others decide.

Pressi says that the goal is a stealthy infiltration of the camp. Or explosions. She proposes some options with the giant, and suggests taking the new halflings with them. She tells the halflings as much, asking how it was they were captured by the giants.

Tendel is opposed to executing the giant, and thinks he may be of use in approaching this giant encampment. He begins healing Onalep.

The wolf Meko continues to lick his wounds.
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The halflings reply,
“Send us back separately? No way - we stick together.”
“Yeah, we stick together.”
“Yeah….but, would the person who stays longer get more gold?”
“HEY!”
“Look, you’re not sending that giant with us - no way!”
“Nope, we not travelling with no giant.”
“And we’re not going to where there are 20 giants, that’s for sure!”
“No way!”
“Well, what’s it pay?”
"How'd we get captured? Look at them - they're giants!"
"Yeah - they run faster than us and caught us."
"Well, they caught you. I came back to help."
"Ooooo, you did not. You were just as scared."

The giant continues to strain against his bonds, and finally the ropes snap! He sits upright amidst the discussion amoung Humbles Sword, looking warily at them.

In giantish (translated by Tendel), “Ugh. Gloklor helped. Gloklor answered questions. Halfling friends made Gloklor think and now Gloklor leave. Gloklor want club back - gimme club!”

Alleah reads his thoughts. Highlight to display spoiler: {I’m free, but they could still kill me. Think. Ugh - not thinking again! I hate these little things for making me think, and for stopping me from eating. Tell them you’re a friend. Get the club. Get the club and run. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run...}

The new halflings see the giant break the rope and sit up. They scream,
“AHHHHH.”
“THAT THING’S UP.”
“ITS LOOSE! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”
“HEY, GET OUTTA MY WAY!”
“QUICK - HIDE!”

They run for cover, diving behind brush and rocks.

Murphy (call lightning 6 bolts left) AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+9=25 ; d20+22=23 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 5:17:23 AM

Murphy looks up from his writing, noticing the wolf also is injured, as he listens to the three friends chattering away about their plans and about what happened.

Then Gloklor bursts his nice silk rope. He forgot to tell him not to try to break out. At this point, he begins to think that having Dino, Hari, and Gari with them might not improve their stealth.

"I am open to Alleah's suggestion. I leave it to the rest of you either to immediately propose and begin to implement a better plan, or Alleah sends him to slumber now, and we end him. I will talk with him as you deliberate."

"Gloklor - you broke my rope. Bad giant! You stay sitting, or lighting hits you on the nose. Do you like eat deer? Or is goat better?" He puts his writing materials away for the moment, and gets out a tanglefoot bag. If Gloklor moves to get up or to take any offensive action, he will throw it at him. [Readied action - hit AC 25 - ranged touch attack.]

Perception: 23

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57  d100=86 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 5:43:34 AM
"It's sleepy time, Gloklor"

Alleah reaches for the nearest leyline (which is particularly strong) and casts Deep Slumber on the giant. Doing so immediately ends her Detect Thoughts spell.

"He wants his club and wants to run. He doesn't have any remorse for wanting to eat us, and didn't have any thoughts about wanting to reform at all. One of these days I'm going to have to prepare a Detect Evil spell."

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Leyline check: 86 = Pass. Giant to make a Will Save vs DC21 or go to sleep for 6mins

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 10:09:10 AM

Bliss watches. From what Miss Alleah says, the giant is not sorry and will be a danger to good people in the future. He votes to kill this giant now, and says so quietly.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless  d20+11=28 ; d20+11=22 ; d3+2=4 ; d3+2=3 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 10:50:19 AM
"Can you curse him with severe indigestion every time he eats someone?" asks Kezzem.

If Alleah's spell fails, Kezzem will hurl his daggers at the giant.

Attack #1: 28.
Damage: 4.

Attack #2: 22.
Damage: 3.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25  d6+3=6 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 11:20:09 AM
Pressi shakes her head as Alleah attacks on her own, but can't really blame her. Current danger aside, it had grown fairly obvious that they could not control him now, and the tide had clearly turned for trying to make a deal or use him over the next couple of days. (Of course, the issue wasn't really about evil. It was about whether he could be controlled.)

With a heavy heart, Pressi coup de graced the slumbering giant (Damage 12, so DC 22).

Turning to the halfling trio, any trace of good humor was gone. "I've been humoring you three so far, because I remember what it's like being a young rogue that insisted to laughter that she'd actually make her mark as a fighter. But you three won't just get us or yourselves killed. You three will get everyone in Humble's Ford killed. Go home. Find your money and glory elsewhere, where you don't have to find something else to drive you when those things dry up. Take a message, don't take a message, I don't care. Go home."

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18 
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 1:55:12 PM
yup, I say kill em. Only good giant a dead giant, Meko is hurt bad as well.

Sky also agrees, the three halflings will cause more trouble than good.

Murphy (call lightning 6 bolts left) AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17  3d6=6 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 3:26:38 PM
When he sees Pressi attack, Murphy says, "All who will, attack now, lest he awaken."

Murphy lands a lightning bolt on the giant - 6 hp dam.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 50/51  d20+8=23 ; d4=4 ; d8+1=4 ; d8+1=3 ; d8+1=5 ; d8+1=2 ; d8+1=9 ; d8+1=9 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 6:54:36 PM
"It is a shame that some creatures are not capable of kindness in any way. I wish it could have been otherwise. I offer this small mercy, that his passing may be quick."
He attacks the giant with his sickle.
attack 23, damage 4

When it is done, he will see to healing Meko as well.
OOC: assuming non-combat rounds, or waiting till appropriate. Rolling the charges now before I forget. 32 hp from 6 charges from his Wand of CLW.


Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:10/42 Ac: 18  d20+21=23 ; d20+16=22 ; d6+8=13 ; d6+8=13 ; d6+8=11 ; d6=1 ; d6=5 ; d6=2 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 8:29:21 PM
Sky attacks as well,

Full atk: hit AC 23 for 13 and 1 ice, 2nd arrow 13 and 5 ice, third arrow hits AC 22 for 11 and 2 ice.

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18 
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 8:32:46 PM
Meko howls happily, Thank you

Ooc:
Does Tendel have the ability to speak to animals?

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51  4d4+4=17 ;
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 8:56:48 PM
Even though the bigun was evil, part of Shel felt bad at the others having to kill the giant. He probably had a rough upbringing, but the fact was, their village was under attack by his kind and she was a defender. She had to help. If the others didn't finish him, she used a magic Missile to do 17 points of damage.

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 50/51 
Tuesday November 1st, 2016 10:37:24 PM
[ooc]Shel: Tendel can speak with animals 11 rounds/day (Domain power). He has only just dismissed that ability, but I reckon he can tell a 'thank you' meow from a 'I'm hungry' meow.

DM Mark - What Now?  d20+3=7 ; d20=3 ; d6=4 ;
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 1:02:34 AM
Murphy puts away his writing for the moment. He’s good with ending the giant now, and isn’t too sure about these new halflings. He admonishes the giant for breaking his rope and pulls out a tanglefoot bag.

Alleah reaches out to a ley line, and in doing so pulls out a lullaby woven of Woldsblood that puts the giant to sleep. He again falls back again with a dust raising thump. Then she informs the others of his dark thoughts.

Bliss is also in favor putting an end to this giant.

Kezzem wonders if Alleah can just curse the giant with indigestion whenever he eats someone. Then he readies to kill the beast.

Pressi steps over and reluctantly ends the sleeping giant. None too happy about this, she vents her anger on these undisciplined adventurer-wannabes. She tells them they’d likely just get themselves killed along with Humble’s Ford. She doesn’t really care what they do, but tells them to just go home.

Murphy adds a lightning bolt to the mix. Sky attacks.

So too does Tendel reluctantly contributes to the giant’s quick end. Then he tends to the injured wolf, who gives a grateful howl.

Shel adds a Magic Missile to ensure the giant’s demise.

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The giant was put to sleep by alleah, and then dispatched with dispatch by several there.

It’s also clear that Humble’s Sword has had about enough of these halflings.

“Great Dino, you went and made ‘em mad. Now they hate us.”
“Well Hari, if you’d buck up some mebbe they’d respect us more. I noticed you were the first to run!”
“You and Gari both ran for cover too.”
“Hey, leave me out of this. A giant that tried to eat us was getting up! Of course I ran.”
“So, we don’t get any gold out of this? Darn. What if we run your messages back like you asked?”
“Yeah, I’ve had about enough of giants for a while.”
“I guess we got a ways to go before we’re adventurers. We’re sorry.”
“Yeah, we’re sorry.”
“Hey, I didn’t find all my stuff. Can we check that giant too?”
“Yeah, me too.”
“Oooo, it’ll be dark soon.”
“Um, can we camp with you guys tonight?”

Checking the giants, you find that each of the three giants carried 30 GP, 50 SP, and 100 CP. One of them had a gold-covered skull worth 100 GP. They all wore some stinky hide armor, had a club and carried a bag of rocks. There is also some mismatched and patched halfling gear, including leather armor, two short swords, three daggers, and three slings. None of the treasure or gear detects as magic. There are three small purses with a total of 40 CP, and some backpacks with bedrolls and food.

These halflings and some of their gear is a bit messy at this point. After digging through the loot, some of Humble’s Sword are messy as well. “Icky!” say the young halflings.

The orange light begins to fade from the sky. It will soon be nightfall. There is a strong smell of blood and gore in the area - the animals did a number on one of the giants, and the other two are a mess as well. It occurs to you that you can smell this, so can other things….

Murphy (call lightning 6 bolts left) AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d3=3 ;
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 1:51:43 AM

Murphy sighs. Three halflings saved, three giants downed. He does not like to kill, but war is looming. He offers thanks heavenward that all his friends and acquaintances are alive, and their enemies not.

"I do not feel good about this execution, but think it was the right thing to do. Thank you, all."

He says, "There's a fair bit of gore here, on some of us, and on the gear. Gather close - I'll send down several showers of water to help clean us up. I have some soap here," which he breaks up into hand-sized cakes, and gives them to who wants them. "If any are thirsty, hold out a mug, and you'll get good water in it. If you want to get things clean without water, then you're on your own." After taking a minute or two to gather gear and willing participants on a rocky spot, he creates water some 30' in the air, several times, until people and gear are clean enough.

"Friends, let's do this," Murphy says so all can hear. "Hari, Gari and Dino set forth to help scout for the valley. For, let us say, mixed reasons. But they did go forth with some boldness. Yes, they found trouble, too.

"So, you want to stay with us overnight?" Murphy asks with a bit of a smirk. "Two conditions: First: You will work under my tutelage tonight, and that of my friends. And, second: In the morning, you will carry out whatever we ask.* If you do not agree, then you may go now. If you do agree, then I have work for you, starting now."

He speaks privately with a few of his friends suggesting, if the three largely comply, each be given 10gp, 10sp, and 10cp (out of the 90gp/leaving 60gp, 150sp/120, and 140cp/110). He would prefer one of his friends mention this in the morning, if members of the Sword agree.

"Meanwhile, we cannot stay here. If any are yet wounded, let us heal you now, then we head north a ways, and find a safe spot off the trail. Bliss, Mookie, can you scout a good camping spot ahead before darkness sets in?"

* [If the lads agree, then Murphy will run them through all the campsite preparation tasks he often does himself: Gathering firewood. Digging a privy pit, 3' deep. Laying trip lines and bell alerts at various points. Caring for animals. Preparing food. He works them hard. If that is not enough work, he has them gather rocks and create a rock pile off to one side of the camp. Also, each one will stand a different night watch with regular members of the group.]

Murphy AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17 
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 2:44:35 AM

[Fixing header, and one more thing]

As the group moves, Murphy takes time with the group and several individuals to catch up on the news, asking myriad questions about what he missed, and letting them know what he went through, as well as getting to know the new members, and the trio.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 7:25:17 AM
"Don't feel too bad for him, Murph," says Kezzem. "There's only so much you can do for people that don't understand that eating other people is bad."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25 
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 10:44:07 AM
Pressi shook her head. "And there we have it. All of us agreeing together to kill a captured and arguably incapacitated foe. I won't speak to the rightness or wrongness of it, but Cameron can never know. He'd have a field day with this."

Pressi hands the halflings what she judges to be their gear (the halfling gear, the small purses, and all the backpacks that don't appear to be comically huge). "Well, I suppose that they can stay the night at least. And who knows, they might still surprise us." It's fairly easy to watch her fall back to following Murphy some, being a little jealous and a little relieved at not having to make the various decisions. She takes the time to fill Murphy in on what happened, and formally introduces Murphy to Tendel and Sky.

At a later time, during travel, Pressi begins to relax the mask, showing Murphy that she is glad to have him back. She also tries to engage each of the halflings separately, attempting to evaluate their skills, alignment, temperament - whether any of them actually have potential.

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle)  d20+1=20 ; d20+18=26 ; d20+27=31 ;
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 2:55:09 PM

Bliss looks at the three young halflings who cannot seem to shut up. "You're silly." he says.

"And that's saying something," adds Mookie, "coming from the Kid!!"

Bliss looks at the corpses and thinks about saying a prayer for the dead. Then he decides not to. "That's not my job any more," says the witch who has no allied immortal power.

Then Murphy suggests that they look for a camp. "Good idea, Mister Murphy," says Bliss. He casts a Message cantrip to let him talk with Mookie. "You go high, old pal, and I'll go low!"

Bliss ranges out stealthily, up to about a mile ahead, circling around to find a good campsite or any trace of other giants. Mookie flies above and behind, within Message range. "I'll be back in an hour," Bliss says.

Survival (untrained) 20
Perception 26
Stealth 31

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 8:01:48 PM
Alleah nods her head. The deed was done. She says a prayer for the giants that have died today that they might find peace in the afterlife.

Once done, she takes out her dagger and collects a small token from the fallen giants: some fingernail clippings.

Finally she goes to work with castings of Prestidigitation and Clean Blood to tidy everyone up.

Since Bliss won't be back for an hour, Alleah then sets to the hard work. She gets her shovel from her kit and casts Enlarge Person on herself, and sets to digging 3 large holes: graves for the giants. If anyone else wishes to help, Alleah will cast Enlarge Person on them as well.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 8:35:37 PM
Shel usually was in favor of most of Alleah's decisions, but she wasn't going to dig a grave for a nasty giant that still wanted to eat her even as they were forced to kill it. She favored letting them lie there and feed some of the animals in the area, but she didn't mind the graves being dug.

"So Murphy, what did you find out there? How do things look for us good guys?"

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25 
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 9:46:24 PM
Pressi, sighing, agrees to help Alleah. It's a bit atypical even by Domi standards, but Pressi's decision to try and capture a live giant clearly continues to weigh on her.

Murphy AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17 
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 10:57:50 PM

Burial Detail
Murphy shovels, too. He uses one expeditious excavation spell to get a 5'x5'x5' hole started. Then he wild shapes into an earth elemental, and really goes to town with the burial detail. He tells people what he is going to do before he does it, so that they are not too taken aback.

DM Mark - What Now? 
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 12:47:31 AM
The death of the sleeping, homicidal giant weighs heavily on the minds of many.

Kezzem says not to feel too bad, cause, well, he ate people. Pressi says no one can ever speak of this to Cameron.

Murphy offers cold showers for all, which is met with silence and nervous looks. Then he offers for these new halflings to camp for the night, provided: "Two conditions: First: You will work under my tutelage tonight, and that of my friends. And, second: In the morning, you will carry out whatever we ask.* If you do not agree, then you may go now. If you do agree, then I have work for you, starting now.” He proceeds to show them how to set up camp and dig a latrine. He also lobbies his friends to provide them some of the giants’ gold.

Pressi is OK with them staying the night, and seems glad to have Murphy back.

Alleah offers to clean folks up with Prestidigitation. These new halflings are quick to take her offer over Murphy's cold showers. They are also eager to be Enlarged, so they're willing to help dig the graves. Pressi will help dig too. Murphy, both with an Expeditious Excavation and in the form of an Earth Elemental are a big help. It quickly becomes apparent that this would have taken several hours with just shovels.

“Wow, look at us! We’re big! We’re, like, … Wholelings!”

Shel wants nothing to do with digging graves for giants. She asks Murphy what he saw when he was away.

Bliss and Mookie move off to scout a place to camp. He sees nothing out of the ordinary. In short order, he finds a decent hollow screened by some brush on one side and not far from a water source. By time Bliss and Mookie return, it’s getting dark and people are about done with the graves. The low light vision of halflings serves all of you well.

Eventually, you will reach the campsite. The new halflings are tired from digging, but agree to what Murphy asks. They have some questions of their own.

“Why do we have to dig a latrine? We’re only here for one night.”
“Yeah, we can just pee wherever, and I can just bury my own poop. Or leave it in the woods.”
“Yup. That’s what bears do. That’s probably what that wolf does. Hey, do you make that wolf poop in this hole?”
“Ewww, don’t talk about poop.”
“Hey, it wasn’t my idea to dig a big poop hole.”
“Do you guys always do this when you camp?”
“I do not want to have to be the one to fill it in come morning. Yuck”
“Ugh, me either.”

Please provide a watch schedule for this and future outdoor stays.

The night passes without incident. You wake in the morning, breakfast, break camp. Everyone is packed and ready to go. These three halflings are looking at you for instruction.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 2:29:58 AM
Satisfied that the giants are now buried, Alleah gives a nod of approval. "It wasn't so much for the giants as it was for us. We don't want any other giants to come looking for them and find them... easily. This might help buy us some time from a search party"

Alleah settles in for a quick rest before her turn on watch.

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Watch list updated on the wiki:

*20:00 - 22:00 : Tendel, Murphy, Sky, Meko
*22:00 - 01:00 : Kezzem, Shel, Alleah
*01:00 - 04:00 : Pressi, Alleah
*04:00 - 07:00 : Bliss, Mookie, Alleah

Tendel, Murphy and Sky each require 8 hrs rest + 1 additional hour for spell recovery = 9hrs rest total
Alleah only requires 1 hour to recover spells, then uses a Calming Touch to remove all fatigue, thus no sleep needed.
Everyone else needs 8 hrs rest

If Sky doesn't mind, Meko could help cover the 3rd watch, giving us 3 sets of eyes and ears on every watch

Murphy AC 15 HP 66/66 CMD 17  d20+22=38 ; d20+12=18 ;
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 4:45:58 AM
Murphy nods at Kezzem's wisdom; laughs at the young halflings' exultation at largeness; and responds generally in an appropriate fashion to others' actions and interactions.

Concerning the complaints: "We dig a waste pit for a few reasons. One, it is cleaner and healthier than having people go all over the place," Murphy explains to the trio. "Two, it is a tiny bit harder to track us if we bury the waste. Three, we are not animals, we are people. Four, as long as it's not where we walk, or eat, or sleep, I don't too much care where you pee, unless you are indiscreet. Five, the agreement was you do everything we ask you to. Do you keep your word? Six, though I should make you use your noses to cover it in the morning for all your grumbling, if you dig it without further complaint, I will cover it in the morning -- using a shovel. You will take down the trip lines and alarm bells. Last, I don't want to talk about poop any more. If you want to, take it up with Bliss."

Though accustomed to and preferring last watch, Murphy decides to give first watch a try - especially since he will be able to get to know the newest members of the party a bit better. He takes advantage of that as circumstances allow, filling them in a little here and there as to how Humble's Sword first got started, and asking questions about their backgrounds.

"Shel, I'll fill you in a bit more as we travel tomorrow, but the Yoke of Culver are a rather insular group. They don't much care that the giants are a threat to the halflings, and figure we brought the trouble on ourselves. They see Marteaus' hand in it, and don't want to get involved.

"I mentioned to them that the giants may use the Culverwood as one channel of attack on Crescent Valley, and simply encouraged the Yoke to discourage the giants if that happens."

In the morning, he asks the counsel of his friends concerning the three. And he tells Dino, Hari and Gari: "Whether you go with us or return by way of Humble's Ford to Angel Springs is up to my friends at this point, and up to you. Only if all three of you agree to come, and only after my friends warn you of the dangers of doing so, and your responsibilities if you do, will going with us be possible. I have messages written and sealed."

Perception: 38
Survival: 18

Tendel (Robert) AC 27, hp 65 & Onalep: AC 18, hp 50/51 
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 5:03:21 AM
"I'll be back in a minute or two: I left Bill back there about half a mile, haha!. Join me for a walk if you like, though you young 'uns have work to do if you want to stay under our protection."

The older brown robed walks alongside his jaguar back the way they came, and return a few minutes later with a potted fern tucked under one arm. "I am hoping to find a new home for Bill. This looks like it might have been a nice spot but I don't fancy conjuring these memories again everytime I come to visit."

OOC: Thanks for the spellcasting consideration.
Onalep can also lend his eyes to a watch rotation, and I can leave him with instructions via Speak with Animals.

Shel Gerald--AC 18/16/14--CMD 17--HP 51/51 
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 7:03:20 PM
When the group convened to discuss the three new additions, Shel was against them accompanying the party. "It's a terrible idea. These are nothing more than kids. They have no skills to help the group. We'd just be leading them to their deaths. Let's send them on some simple task so they can have a story to tell the town."

DM Mark - What Now? 
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 7:09:55 PM
(While I will continue the halfling conversation as long as you wish, I encourage you to resolve things with them. Do you wish them to stay, and what do you send them with if they go? They are not at your level, and the giants scare them. They are, however, now proficient at digging a latrine.)

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 19/13/17 -- CMD 13 -- HP 57/57 
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 8:17:44 PM
"I agree with Shel. While I'm all for us risking our lives for the greater good, I don't think we should take responsibility for their lives. Let's give them the 'important mission' of reporting back to Humble's Ford for us"

Bliss (AC20, HP56) & Enlarged Mookie (AC21, HP28) (Cayzle) 
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 8:25:47 PM

"Send them home," says Bliss. "To be a real scout you have to know when to be quiet and follow orders, I learned that in the Mailed Fist. They could use a couple years as Fist recruits!"

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 21, HP 58, CMD 25 
Thursday November 3rd, 2016 10:45:27 PM
"Well, I kind of feel funny just dragging them around as our servants," Pressi spoke up. "We really should be considering using them as decoys. No, hear me out. We send them to attack the camp from the north. Then when we hear their screams and lots of giants laughing, we can take them from the south."

Pressi shook her head. "If any of them just spoke up with some signal of that hunger, I probably would let them stick around. But they're... I agree that we should just send them on their way."

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 65/65, CMD 20; Bless 
Friday November 4th, 2016 1:08:06 AM
Kezzem shakes his head at the antics of the "wholelings."

"You know Murph, these new guys are getting really annoying. They don't take anything seriously! I hate people like that."

:-)

Sky & Meko HP:61; Ac:22 & Meko HP:42/42 Ac: 18 
Friday November 4th, 2016 1:11:48 AM
Sky isn't used to traveling with others. He almost went scouting with Bliss, but hung back instead. Taking the cold water to refresh his an Mekos wreath hats. On watch he doesn't say much either, he sets back, listening to Humbles Sword stories and the wisdom of Tendel. Meko has no problems helping on another watch.

" Send them on their way, they talk way to much to be any sort of sneaky."

Ooc: sorry for yesterday, it was unusually eventful....

DM Mark - What Now? 
Friday November 4th, 2016 1:53:21 AM
Alleah explains the reason for burying the giants.
Murphy explains the reason for digging a latrine.
Tendel explains the reason he carries a fern.

The young halflings exchange some sidelong glances, but remain silent.

Murphy tells Shel what he learned from the Yoke of Culver. In the morning, he instructs the young halflings in breaking camp. He also opens the discussion on these halflings - should they stay or should they go now? Wanting to avoid a Clash on this, he says it will be up to these halflings and up to Humble’s Sword.

Shel thinks that bringing them along is a terrible idea, and wants to send them back to town. Alleah agrees, as does Bliss.

Pressi considers using them as a decoy with the giants. This generates some shocked looks from Humble’s Sword, and some very frightened looks from these youngs halflings. But she reluctantly agrees that they are not ready for the adventuring life and should go back.

Kezzem notes their inability to take things seriously. Kezzim has found his tribe.

“OK, we’ll go. We’ve kinda had enough of giants for now.”
“But we are brave! We can make it back on our own.”
“And now we know how to dig a … what did you call it …. a latrine?”
“Sure, we’ll make sure your messages get to the right folks. But usually a messenger is paid…”
“Cmon Dino, they saved our lives!”
“Hey, a guy’s gotta eat.”
“Yeah, and looking at these guys, I think we need to buy better gear.”
“And a talking bird. We totally need a talking bird. That’s cool.”

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