DM Robert - "...dangerous times warrant abundant caution." Wednesday February 24th, 2021 8:24:10 PM
Bartomus questions the council. Stock thinks someone owes them. Zanderallen tries to hire the boat, and detects evil. Delia - yes Endurance makes you immune to the forced march fatigue. Ohen marks a spell for future reference. Stohp is ready to leave. Micah does some diplomacy. Sid surreptitiously reads the note.
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Lord Rothchild cocks an eyebrow at Bartomus. Lord Yeager responds, "We are still working with the merfolk to fully outline our diplomatic and economic relations. There's a lot of past history to work through."
The older fisherman turns to Zanderallen, "Well sir we have a good crew, but there's only so much space on board. We've a crew of 8, and can fit your group," He pauses and eyes the two minotaurs, "reasonably well. But a rower can't row to beat a turtle long. I guess we can hire 6 more crew that would allow enough to take turns at the oars, but then the boat would bet fairly crowded." He scratches his chin, "Reckon that with good winds and some strong backs we could have you on the western shore in 2 maybe 3 hours or so."
DM aside the forced march is because moving through the forest is going to be difficult terrain and I assume you're going to be in a hurry. So actually if Delia has the right feats it may not even be difficult terrain for her.
Zanderallen scans Malici and detects no evil. Sense Motive 30, just because Highlight to display spoiler: {You do get a strong sense of purpose from him, a strong will. Perhaps long talks over a campfire would reveal more.}
Micah diplomatically queries Malici I really should have considered a non M name for him, but that would also eliminate S names for sure, as well as B, Z, D, and O now. Malici smiles and offers the coin again. Sense Motive 30, just because Highlight to display spoiler: {You do get a strong sense of purpose from him, a strong will. Perhaps long talks over a campfire would reveal more.}
And as stated previous Ohen detects: the medallion radiates overwhelming: Universal, Conjuraction, Divination, multiple Enchantment, and Transmutation. [i]I just checked and Ohen did not follow up on the schools I gave him. Weird, arcane sight keeps saying like detect magic, but detect magic requires a knowledge arcane check to detect schools, and arcane sight says spellcraft to detect schools, but then can determine more based on detect magic, but then detect magic states use spellcraft after knowledge arcane to detect properties of an item. Very confusing. I will allow you to use either Spellcraft or Knowledge Arcane to determine possible spells involved on the Medallion, ROLL HIGH, REALLY HIGH.[i]
Ohen sees that Malici is a sorcerer between 9 and 12th level.
Sid reads the note. It's in draconic. It pretty much says what Tanglefoot told you.
Tanglefoot looks at his hand and then starts patting his robes and looking around on the floor.
Overlord Aerashkiel addresses the Silver Shields. "I leave this in your hands for now. Paragon Belkior will you see to means of staying in touch with the Silver Shields. The rest of us have duties that must be performed." She looks at all the council and then rises and exits the room.
Belkior bows to Aerashkiel. After she leaves he turns to you, "I believe I have a few feather tokens back at the temple."
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 25/22/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 Thursday February 25th, 2021 9:38:22 AM
Stock nods to Ohen, "Yeah as much as I hate being teleported I appreciate its usefulness. I'm sure the folks in the Catacombs would be willing to put it down on paper for you for one time use as well...alas we probably don't have time for shopping at present."
Then to the council he says, "You need to screw your pride to the sticking place and make nice with the merfolk, even if just for now. The guard is good, but having a below-the-water naval force is better; especially now that you have multiple hostile forces in the area. Even if you are not ready to make them your allies, I'm fairly certain they are the enemy of your enemies.
Paragon Belkior - we have an extra pair of ring gates. Can we use them as a communication channel?"
========= We still have the Ring Gates. The DM heavily hinted we'd want to make use of them in the module although they are currently off our WBL.
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+17=25 ; d20+17=34 ; Thursday February 25th, 2021 4:04:14 PM
Zanderallen nods to the fisherman, "You'll have a bonus on top if you can get us there that quickly. we'll be at the dock as soon as we can." He clears Malici and offers a hand, "Sorry to submit you to that, but these are uncertain times. Your help would be appreciated."
He bows to the council, "We will report as soon as we learn anything. Then we will quickly stop by the temple Lord Belkior, then home to gear up, and then the dock."
Zanderallen moves to follow Belkior to the temple, doing his best to refrain from picking up and carrying the short legged halfling. -------------- Sense Motive 25 (ignore double tap)
Micah nods thanks to Malici after he passes the examinations. "I am off to my quarters to get my equipment. Would you care to join me?" he offers.
When Stock speaks, the priest's mien goes blank, attempting to hide his mirth at the discomfort the dwarf's words surely caused.
With or without the half dragon, he heads back to get his armor and other gear.
====================== Sense motive 30
Stohp (John H subbing) Thursday February 25th, 2021 6:22:14 PM
As Stohp expected, the Shields off to do the council's bidding, so she heads back to their quarters to prepare for the journey.
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 Thursday February 25th, 2021 6:26:27 PM
Ohen is deep in thought staring at the medallion.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeah I noticed the discrepancy with Arcane Sight. I just used Detect Magic's rules. Knowledge (Arcane) to determine school, and Spellcraft to determine properties. In the end, it doesn't matter, because I add the same +15 to Knowledge (Arcane) and Spellcraft. I meant for my February 20 post to be a 24 Knowledge (Arcane) to determine school, and the Spellcraft natural 20, total of 35, to determine properties or spells. Let me know if I should make more rolls for other properties.
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+19=35 ; Thursday February 25th, 2021 7:00:45 PM
Sid hides the note in his hand and says to Corbin, "We'll do what we can as fast as we can. Don't lost faith." on the way out he pats Tanglefoot, "It'll be ok. Your people are strong and we don't forget our friends." During the exchange he plants the note in Tanglefoot's pocket. "I'll meet you at HQ!" Sid says and darts to his home to pack and prepare.
DM Robert - "You need to screw your pride to the sticking place and make nice with the merfolk," Thursday February 25th, 2021 8:08:32 PM
Stock offers the ring gates for communication. Zanderallen is for getting ready and going as soon as possible. Micah is ready to get ready. Stohp feels they are once again the council's lackeys. Ohen concentrates on the medallion Sid does roguey things. Bartomus ? Delia ? ___________
Stock's comments stop some of the council people from leaving. Lady Asking says, "Impertinent." and leaves in what you assume is a huff. Lord Rothchild simply looks down his nose at you, sniffs with disdain and leaves. Lord Yeager says, "Rather harsh words sir." and also leaves. Belkior sighs and shakes his head, "For better or worse there's always someone that blurts things out." He smiles at Stock to take the sting out of his words. "Friend Stock, I fear you may have made some enemies today, and you are as a babe when dealing the political game. Come let's be off, but if you have those ring gates that would be the fastest and most secure method of staying in contact. I'll have a temple acolyte on duty all the time to observe the ring for any messages you pass through."
Corbin nods to Sid. "You're a good lad. I trust you'll do right by Cutter." He heads out.
The two fisherman say, "We'd best get moving to hire some people this time of day."
AS you recall, you came here in the late afternoon, at this time it is now suppertime. Given what you know by the time you get ready and then head out, you'll probably make landfall as night is just starting. Though that would put you on shore to begin your journey as soon as the sun came up.
Jasper says, "Oh, thank you. It's makes me miss working for you to see how you jump in to help others." He looks up at Stock. "The Paragon is right though, the rulers weld power you can't even think of, like sudden rezoning of your residence, or something like that. Best make nice when the opportunity presents itself again."
Tanglefoot nods and suddenly grabs Sid in a hug. "Thank you. You have done so much for my people and for me. You did saved me from certain death with the trolls, and of course then you saved the whole village from invasion." He lets Sid go and then pats his pocket again and finds the note. He shakes his head, "I thought I checked that pocket."
Malici watches the interchange between Tanglefoot and Sid (note the note passing, just the actions and words). Then he nods to Micah. "As I'm not that sure of my way around your fair city I think it best I accept your gracious offer."
Ohen gazes long and hard at the medallion. One can almost see the glow in his eyes twirling like twin whirlpools. Ohen only Highlight to display spoiler: {You're pretty sure that some of these spells are in play when creating the medallion: Wish, Geas, Permanancy, Major Creation, and Nondetection. Certainly not all the spells in use simple from the amount of aura's you detect.}
The party exits the council chamber and makes a quick stop at the temple to Alemi, where Belkior is also the high priest. One of the ring gates is exchanged.
Any last minute shopping? Next post will have you leaving at the wharf...unless you want to do anything else. Remember you have not ate dinner, and you will be arriving on shore after the sun has set. It is currently mid spring as no one has really given me any time of season otherwise.
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 Thursday February 25th, 2021 9:40:30 PM
Bartomus was lost in his thoughts until Stock called out the Council's leadership. He didn't disagree with Stock, rather just sat there slowly nodding his head in agreement. He also continued to nod in agreement with Belkior's assessment of the situation.
"Jaspar, we miss you as well. It would be great if we can help though, not fair that these marauders have attacked you all," Bartomus said and just shrugged at the comment that Stock and probably everyone else would need to make amends for the statement of the obvious.
"You two, I am wondering if we might on the sail drop a message or a dozen to the merfolk? Not sure how we would do that...maybe something bright and shiny with a message inside. Could we drop glowing weighted floats every hour or two with some type of message attached?" While Bartomus directed that back at the two fishermen, but really looked about the Shields. "They may not like it, but Stock is absolutely right about needing everyone to help and that included the MerKing and his court if possible."
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29 Thursday February 25th, 2021 10:01:55 PM
Delia tries to cover a snort with a cough at Stock's callout of the Council. As members of the council huffily leave, she leans over and mutters, "The Float probably did things just as terrible as what they're mad at the Merfolk for doing. People aren't magically nicer just because they don't have gills or a tail. People who are actively trying to kill you are much worse than people who used to try to kill you and have decided not to anymore."
Delia will introduce herself to Jasper and promises that, even though she is new to the Shields, she's just as willing to help his city.
Delia is ready to go whenever everyone is ready. (Benefits of only have work clothes.) She will help in any way she can to speed up preparations.
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 25/22/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 Friday February 26th, 2021 9:06:26 AM
Stock smiles at the interactions and then nods to Paragon Belkior. "It's a fair point but what they may just need to be reminded of is that while they are playing politics, I am not. I, along with the other Shields, will just keep saving the day. I will allow it is wise council nonetheless and thank you for your honesty."
To the rest he says, "I will jog ahead and have Happy box up some meals for us and the crew.
Delia- does Hawky have any dietary requirements?"
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 Friday February 26th, 2021 4:10:41 PM
Zanderallen nods to the fishermen and Stock as they announce plans of action, he thanks the paragon for being their point of communication and leaves him one of the rings. He quickly makes his way through the city back to headquarters. Once there he removes his fancy clothes, and switches to his rugged adventuring gear and armor. Making sure all his equipment is properly stashed he grabs several bags of gold and makes his way down to the docks with whoever else is ready. He glammers his plate armor to look like normal clothes.
Stohp (John H subbing) Friday February 26th, 2021 5:05:45 PM
Micah escorts Malici back to their quarters, but stops along the way to buy some supplies, grabbing a couple of flasks of acid and two flasks of alchemist fire. "Tanglefoot's mention of trolls reminded me that I have been wanting to have some of these on hand," he explains to his new companion.
Once at the Shields' home, Micah gives his guest a quick tour of the ground floor and makes sure he has something to drink and eat before heading to his chamber to retrieve his armor and other adventuring gear.
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) Friday February 26th, 2021 9:55:27 PM
Sid stops for supper on the way, bringing a few things that Elly loves and one or two treats for her apprentice. He explains what is going on with the Float and the surrounding area to Elly only, after supper and they spend a few minutes alone. He promises to come back, as always, and let's her know that Torbin might need assistance and that Tanglefoot might need a friend. She's always been better at that than he has and he wants to make sure that people have the support that they need. She knows her limits and skills and he trusts her.
When he is done making sure he has fresh tea and food in his HHH he heads to the docks after a long goodbye.
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29 Saturday February 27th, 2021 1:55:45 AM
Delia smiles at Stock's concern for Hawky, "Thanks for thinking of him. He'll eat anything that used to breath though. I'll go with you to help carry food, and to get some of his favourites. Do you think Happy has any extra beef kidneys lying around?..."
She'll jog along with Stock to the Giggling Ghost and the on to the Shield's next meeting point, whistling to call Hawky to her from where he was waiting right outside the council building. She'll then ask, "Do the Shields often get called to speak to the council? If so, I'll have to get used to them..."
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 Saturday February 27th, 2021 10:11:43 AM
Ohen stares at the medallion, his eyes swirling and glowing, twin pools of gold. After a while, he comes to himself with a start, and nods as if satisfied.
Later on when the Shields are alone together, he'll talk to all of them. "I was able to see some of the properties of that medallion. It has powerful magics on it, magic powerful enough to warp the fabric of reality (wish). Malici's has also been put under a powerful compulsion by it (geas). I think it would be wise to try and determine if that compulsion is as harmless as traveling here, or is more sinister. There is permanency magic on it, as well as creation magic (major creation). And we were told that it resists scrying (nondetection). There was definitely more besides that."
While shopping. "Given the number and uh... size," Ohen's eyes flick briefly to the Taurs, "of our group, buying scrolls of teleport would not be feasible. I will try to figure it out on my own."
DM Robert - "Jaspar, we miss you as well." Saturday February 27th, 2021 10:31:52 AM area map
Bartomus makes a suggestion Stock goes for takeout. Delia helps Stock Stohp is ready Zanderallen gives out a ring Micah picks up some things. Sid takes his time. Ohen....?? grr, posting after 9am when I start typing thus making me redo some of my typing. __________________
All the Shields gather at the doc and find the fishing boat with which they had set up a contract. Stock and Delia arrive with food. The boat crew quickly munch it down. While the others wait. The boat captain, Ahab, rubs his hands together. When he learns of Bartomus's thought about dropping messages to the Merfolk he shakes his head. "My understanding is that them Merfolk live deep in the lake, over 50 miles south the Float and however deep the bottom is. That would be a great detour and add days of travel onto your mission."
Malici scratches his head. "I don't feel any sort of compulsion other than to return to this area. I'm not sure of anything else. Perhaps it must be also keeping me here."
The boat crew makes ready. a lass, Sid has yet to show up.
Malici turns to the other Shields. "From that, let's see, his name was Tanglefoot right, well from what he said I take it you saved an entire village?"
The sun goes down behind the eastern mountain ranges when Sid finally comes waltzing down to the wharf. It's clear he's already eaten. In dusk the boat sets out. It's close packed in the craft It's 30 feet long and 18 wide. There's a single mast rising mid boat and three oars on each side. Ahab's crew seems competent.
It's a good thing you have the oars as the light wind seems mostly out of the south west. Unless someone has some control weather or wind related spells. The rowers break into some sea chanties to keep time. After a while the non-rowers keep the singing up, as the rowers need their breath to pull the oars. The second shift of rowers take over, and you see shore, dimly in the night. You make shore and disembark and Captain Ahab bids you ado. "Sorry for the late arrival. Circumstances were a bit out of my control though." He glances at Sid.
Jasper has been fairly quite all this time. In fact he's been asleep. But he wakes up when you hit shore and looks apprehensively at the forest.
It's night. Do you want to try and move forward or set camp here? What sort of camp, i.e. campfire or cold camp? Watches set?
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Sunday February 28th, 2021 7:20:11 AM
Stohp presumably knows about how long it will take to get to where their going from past trips (or Jasper does). She tries to figure out when they will arrive if they rest now
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20+12=16 ; Sunday February 28th, 2021 10:51:13 PM "Not thinking it would be a wise thing to light a big old fire here on the beach and create a beacon in the night to call in the nightmares." Bartomus said as they huddled after coming ashore. He took a few steps towards the shore and just listened and then looked about. [b]"Don't like just sleeping here on the shore, but that might be a safe move.
Perception - 16
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 25/22/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 d20+14=21 ; Monday March 1st, 2021 9:20:24 AM
When Delia asks about past meetings with the council, Stock shrugs, "Maybe every month or two we get called by Belkior...although it is growing more often. Best keep your eyes open with that crew. I believe most of them to be well meaning, especially Belkior. The rest though we've not yet gotten to know."
Later at the landing...
"I don't see a reason for us to force a march at night through the dark. Seems like some of us would trip through the woods...Anyway let's see about finding a place to bed down."
======== Survival 21 looking for a non-descript, defensible camp sight inside the treeline.
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29 d20+17=36 ; Monday March 1st, 2021 10:43:21 AM "We'll have to force a march through the forest once dawn comes anyway, but... I guess we don't have to start yet. Hawky and I normally take second or third watch, so we'll do that again. If it's alright."
She will also look for a good, sheltered campsite.
=========================== Survival for looking for safe campsite in the area: 36 (+4 more for 40 if forest favored terrain is relevant yet)
I don't know if the Shields normally take 4 or 3 watch shifts, but she will volunteer for any of the mid shifts. At the start of her watch, she would cast Darkvision on herself (lasts 7 hours).
Micah (John) HP: 84/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 d8=7 ; Monday March 1st, 2021 11:29:22 AM
Micah watches as Delia and Stock work to identify a camp site, nodding his appreciation to each. He takes the opportunity to stretch his own legs while they set up camp.
"Let us settle down for a proper meal, no fire needed, before we start are watches. Please give me some time while I pray for it," he explains as he sits down at the chosen site for an extended prayer. After about 15 minutes, the tone of his prayers change, obviously shifted into the casting of a ritual. When he has completed it, a magnificent table cover with find food and drink and fitted with enough chairs of the appropriate size for everyone, springs forth in their campsite. "Thanks be do Domi," he says as he sets the example by sitting at the table and helping himself.
While eating, he offers to cast darkvision on Delia. If she declines, he casts it on himself.
============ Prayed to fill open 2nd level slot with darkvision and open 5th level slot with Heroes' Feast. Provides 12 temporary hit points, +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and will saves, and +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects, and benefits of neutralize poison and remove disease for the next 12 hours--basically until the end of our watches.
Micah volunteers to take last watch. He casts darkvision on either Delia or himself, duration is 11 hours, being ready to start his morning prayers once others awake.
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 Monday March 1st, 2021 3:25:43 PM
As they disembark Zander, with a short glare at a certain elf, thanks captain Ahab warmly, "You and your men did a fine job. I could not have asked for more. Here is the promised gold and bonus. We'll be contacting the Temple to Alemi to arrange our return so no need to wait for us. Safe return."
"Let's push far enough off shore to avoid being visible to roving pirates. Then we can get a good night's rest and start first thing in the morning. I will take 1st watch while there is still some light." He lays in heartily to Micah's prepared feast, bowing his head in thanks to Domi.
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 Monday March 1st, 2021 3:54:06 PM Sorry, I can do the last watch with Micah," Bartomus added.
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) Monday March 1st, 2021 4:44:35 PM
Sid mumbles his apologies once he actually quite embarrassed for having diner with his new wife and skipping out on what would be their honeymoon while telling her to try and take take of the home front. "I only need 4hrs so if I trance the first part of the evening I can take the later half, or whatever would work best for you."
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 Monday March 1st, 2021 5:29:38 PM "A wonderful meal. Thanks be to Domi."
"I can see in the dark, I can take 2nd watch."
DM Robert - "...we can get a good night's rest and start first thing in the morning." Monday March 1st, 2021 8:05:04 PM
Stohp wonders how long the march will take As stated previously, but you were out will, it's 2 days march because of the difficult terrain. Bartomus thinks it's wise not to sleep on shore. Stock looks for a defensible place to make camp. Micah lays out a feast....lasts for 12 hours, 8 of which you're in camp. Zanderallen pays the boat crew. Sid mumbles an apology while still not revealing he's newly wed. Ohen volunteers for second watch.
Hmm, seems we have some questions about who's on what watch, let alone how long a watch is. Just an FYI, you may want to work out a marching order unless you're going to walk through the woods in a skirmish line. Might I suggest when you've gotten the bugs worked out...put in on your wiki page? _______ Watches - 2 hour shifts? First Watch - Zanderallen Second Watch - Ohen Third Watch - Delia and hawk?, Sid? Fourth Watch - Micah and Bartomus
Stock and Delia manage to find a fairly good spot to set up a camp, as there's a small outcropping of rock just off the shoreline in the first area of trees. It's large enough to see over if you stand on your tip toes and wide enough to protect the entire party from prying eyes further in the forest.
Stock and Stoph manage to not volunteer for a watch and thus attempt to get a good night's sleep.
Malici observes the team pull off the campsite. He seems somewhat put off that no one addressed his question about their saving of the Lizard-folk village while on the cruise over to the shore. "I too can see in the dark and am willing to aid in your watches. I do not require a great amount of sleep."
Malici will take second watch with Ohen. To help pass the time he tries to engage in some quiet small talk with Ohen "I can see that you have some of the blood of dragons in your line. Do you find that others, I mean humans and such, tend to ostracize you for that? I've often found myself on the receiving end of persecution and thus have often had to move. Have you heard anything about this group's past exploits? I find it interesting that they don't seem to have a care about those they help in the past, not bothering to check up on them or keep up with them. Are they mercenaries?"
Fortunately this night passes uneventfully.
The morning will bring the start of your journey. You will be traveling in an old growth forest, that has few animal trails (the occasionally large beetle was actually hunted out and killed by the forest before the shift to the plateau.) It's going to be filled with large old trees, piles of dead leaves, vines, and lots of low shrubbery. While you don't need a marching order, you will find that having a trailbreaker (and possibly switching off for that position) is going to make things easier. NOTE Delia is not affected by the terrain and can move at normal speed.
Feel free to make any sort of traveling role checks you think might be useful.
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20+12=14 ; d20+8=12 ; Monday March 1st, 2021 10:37:12 PM
Bartomus enjoyed being up and not only doing his daily meditations but also getting to watch the rising sun and its light upon the distant lake and nearby forest.
When they started off, Bartomus offered to help mark trail using his glave to cut away saplings that would help his colleagues follow along. He was comfortable in working his way through the brush and shrubs, as his growing up with the nomads of the plain made him accustomed to finding trails and avoiding trips.
"Jaspar, we need to commission a good road and path for you all with a right and proper dock on the lake's edge," he offered after slashing a few sapplings and briars. He was leaning on his glave and looking back at the others.
Bartomus has woodland stride, so that will help him to move along slashing trail marks with his glave. Perception 14; Survival 12
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=9 ; d20=7 ; d20=17 ; d20=16 ; d20=7 ; d20=4 ; d20=11 ; Monday March 1st, 2021 11:01:18 PM "It probably makes more sense for me to scout ahead with Hawky, but I can trailbreak if that's what we need. I've spent a lot of years doing this kind of thing for a handful of mercenary groups, so whatever you guys need I can do."
If trailbreaking, Delia will use her survival skills to try and lead the party through the animal trails and patches of lighter underbrush.
If scouting, Delia will stay within a reasonable distance of the group crashing through the woods and, if she finds an easier path direct them towards it, but mostly be on alert for dangers or signs/tracks of the enemies Jasper has warned them about and any other threats that make their home in the supposedly ex-spooky forest.
Regardless of what else Delia does, she will instruct Hawky to scout. He will maneuver through the trees overhead, trying to look like a regular old bird, and be on the lookout for any threats that he can detect. He has specific calls to inform Delia of immediate/close and far-off dangers, as well as general size of the threat.
I'll throw in some know (geo) and know (nature) in for good measure to see if I know any faster/easier ways or identify potential dangers. Know (Geo): 20 (+16) Know (Nature): 22 (+11)
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 5:53:38 AM
Stohp does her best to answer any and all questions Malici has.
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 28/25/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 d20+17=22 ; Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 9:20:10 AM
Stock wakes realizing he never told the others when he'd take a watch. He sheepishly does not mention his oversight. When it's his turn to break trail, he takes out his engraved hand axe and attacks the foliage with gusto.
========== Perception 22
Micah (John) HP: 84/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 11:43:31 AM
Reminder to DM. Stohp has specifically stated that she has checked in with the other groups we have helped in the past. Of course, Malici and Ohen would not be aware of this.
Marching order. If no one objects. Delia scouts ahead. Bartomus, carrying(?) Jaspar leads the rest of the party breaking trail and following Delia's signs.
In the absence of a trail, we will be single file. Stock Stohp Ohen Malici Micah Zanderallen
If path allows two by two then Delia and Bartomus as before Stock and Zanderallen Stohp Ohen and Malici Micah
Micah finishes his prayers, breaks his fast, despite still be full from last night's dinner, then dons his armor, and is ready to set out with the others.
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 4:40:27 PM
Ohen will cast mage armor in the morning, at noon, and in the evening, so that it's always up.
Ohen will talk to Malici during his watch. "My draconic ancestry is less noticeable than yours, and I've moved around a lot anyway, so it hasn't been as much of an issue. Of course, until my eyes started glowing. I have definitely gotten strange looks from people since then. I generally ignore other people's negative opinion of me. I imagine that your other ancestry also leads to persecution, however. "I must admit that I've been swept up quickly be this group, and do not know details of their past exploits, only that they are considered noble warriors and heroes of the Float. I have started to hear stories, though admittedly from their side. Who in particular have they not checked up on? From my perspective, they've dropped everything to come to the aid of Jaspar as soon as they heard something was wrong."
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+7=27 ; Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 5:53:50 PM
Zanderallen accepts Micah's marching order and slots himself into place accordingly. He keeps looking around nervously, uncomfortable without an enclosed ceiling over his head. "One would think the canopy would give more comfort than the open sky but it almost feels more unnatural somehow." He keeps his eyes and ears open as they travel, and whenever a particularly dense undergrowth halts their progress till a path is cut he opens his divine senses for the presence of evil. ----------------------------- Perception 27 Detect Evil, 60 ft cone, blocked by 3 feet of wood if an area is particularly dense
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+16=20 ; Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 7:04:51 PM
Sid shuffles to the end of the line, pouting slightly that Micah seems to forgotten him, but glad that he doesn't have to break the trail. "I'll keep an eye out on our tail end to make sure that nothing comes up behind us."
DM Robert - Prepost Disclaimer Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 7:56:08 PM Micah: Reminder to DM. Stohp has specifically stated that she has checked in with the other groups we have helped in the past. Of course, Malici and Ohen would not be aware of this.
Yes and I specifically asked about this at the beginning of the module which Stohp did role-play well. Part of this module is going to lead you to 'other things' down the line. But I would also like to point out that you do not, have an effective means of communication with all the groups you have 'helped', wherein you could....oops almost said too much. Ergo... On the Float is easy, you mostly interact with the Fence level, the Merchant level, and the Trash level.
Lizard Folk at Riverton: you have a contact through Tanglefoot their diplomat on the Float.
Beast Folk: you know Jasper and Zoule, but you have no way to interact/contact with them. They all left the Float and it's not like you can just call or text them.
Cutter (human village): I think you went there once, and have Torbin Cook as a contact on the Float.
Merfolk: you know King Atteun, but again there is no line of communication.
Surface Drow of It’lal: Lady Yasume of House Mylyl, Lady Larvanya Bralfah of House Bralfah. Lady Athena of House Bancurpi. There's a Gate to the It'lal but no formal delegation in town.
Kobolds in the caves below It'lal: king Kasmeer. No direct line of communication there.
DM Robert - On with the Show Tuesday March 2nd, 2021 8:26:20 PM
Bartomus hacks a trail. Delia does some scouting Stohp responds perfunctorily. Micah organizes the party. Ohen defends the Shields. Zanderallen tries to detect evil while walking. Sid humble marches at rear.
Marching order. If no one objects. Delia scouts ahead. Bartomus, Stock Jasper Stohp Ohen Malici Micah Zanderallen Sid _______________________
Bartomus marches in front hacking a trail but like Delia he is not too bothered by the undergrowth. Thus there's a time or two he fails to hack at things because he doesn't perceive them as an impediment. Fortunately, Stock is next and feels like working out some energy so what Bartomus misses he manages to whack soundly.
Delia finds the going pretty easy if a bit unnatural. This part of the forest still has no natural wildlife. It is quiet with only the wind rustling the young leaves as any counterpoint of sound to your parties loud slashing and marching. Delia does run across the remains of a giant beetle half smashed under a huge tree limb. It's almost like the limb just detached itself from the tree and fell on the beetle. Delia does manage to find some new berries, just ripe and some mushrooms. Enough for a snack for everyone, or for some seasoning of cold trail rations.
Jasper responds, "Well certainly that would be nice and it's on the to do list. But setting up a village isn't something that happens quickly. We've been busy working on the pyramid to clean it up and get some of the niceties of living arraigned. You don't realize how you depend on fresh running water in the Float, but out here it's a lot like a long term camping trip. We're getting there. Hopefully in a year we may get some sort of trail going, a road is a long ways off. Let's see how did the council phrase it...it has to be economically feasible. In other words we have to come up with something the Float wants, that is something we can sell at a profit you know."
Malici walks along listening to Jasper. "Mr. Jasper, I understand you've lived in the Float. May I suggest you consider what the Float has and what it doesn't have to try to come up with some form of commodity."
Knowledge Local 15 Highlight to display spoiler: {You remember that: The Lizard-Folk have set themselves as lumberers and makers of wood products. The Drow came up with spider silk clothing and minor magic items to be sold. Cutter has turned itself into the garbage composting village.}
Malic looks at Ohen and Micah since they are closest in line. "Is there anything that you could suggest to your friend?"
Zanderallen and Sid find themselves trudging along at the rear. Zanderallen tries to envision all the leaves as just a big green roof.
In all you spot nothing more exciting. Thankfully the ancient Crying Wood even hated insects so there are hardly any bugs around to cause you problems. After a long day of travel you estimate that you've only covered 14 miles, and that not in a straight line, but rather in the path of least resistance. Jasper estimates that at this pace you should reach the pyramid about noon tomorrow. At the end of the day Bartomus and Stock are the only ones that reallyworked up a sweat having been trail breaking and chopping all day. Whew, there's a smell.
When you stop for the day Malici goes up to Stock and Bartomus, "Good sirs, if you would like I have a spell which would aid in cleaning one's self up." Spellcraft 10 Highlight to display spoiler: {probably prestidigitation}
Night Watch? Watches - 2 hour shifts? First Watch - Zanderallen Second Watch - Ohen and Malici? Third Watch - Delia and hawk?, Sid? Fourth Watch - Micah and Bartomus Please make Perception checks for your watch period. Also feel free to question Jasper or Malici.[/i]
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 8:20:04 AM
Stohp is a little perturbed to find out they didn't have a solid trading plan before moving to the woods. For some reason she thought they had. "Food is a good option, right now the float has to import all of it's food. Well except what we catch in the lake. In theory beating the imported food prices should be easy as you'd have less transportation overhead but the lack of good roads makes any trading difficult as you can't transport things in bulk. What you need is something in the woods that is valuable in small quantities for easy transport until you can get a proper road built. Which here means some sort of plant probably." She sinks into thought, making various hrms and hums as she walks along.
Micah (John) HP: 84/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 d20+4=11 ; Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 8:35:10 AM
Unlike Zanderallen, Micah finds the open air exhilarating and marvels at how many different shades of green available to gaze upon. Beyond the markets of metal and fuel, Micah has little to offer in the way of potential commercial ventures and keeps mostly to himself during the long walk.
================ Perception 11 on watch
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 28/25/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 9:22:44 AM
When Malici asks about cleaning up, Stock looks down at himself, notices a loose twig and tosses it away, ignoring the stains from vegetation and sweat that have coated him. "I'm not too dirty yet...but sure, why not."
"I'll take first watch.
So Jasper - what are we likely to find when we get to the village? What kinds of enemies? How many? How are the villagers defending themselves? How are they even holding back the wave of the siege?"
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20+7=11 ; d20+4=12 ; d20+12=16 ; Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 10:02:37 AM
When they were done, he was sweaty, thirsty, and stinky. Not necessarily in the order of greatest concern, mind you. When Malici was offering a quick way to freshen up, and the Taur seeing no major water hole nearby to wallow in, he quickly agreed, having an idea what spell might be involved. "Thank you, as I suspect that even the Float might have an idea of where the two of us are at if the wind shifts just right."
When the light began to fade, after a good helping of bread, nuts, and dried fruits, Bartomus unrolled his kit and was asleep nearly instantly and snoring shortly thereafter as he dreamed of various things with the occasionally tall Tauress.
When he was shaken awake for his watch, he yawned, stretched, and took a slow walk about their camp to get his bearings and clear out all of the cobwebs.
[i] KnowLoca =11; Spellcraft 12; Perception 16
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+7=17 ; Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 4:23:30 PM "I can see how much of an undertaking building a proper path through this forest would be." He takes his meal quietly and settles in for his watch. ----------------------------- Perception 17
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+16=35 ; Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 5:46:12 PM
Sid eyes the woods and keeps his mind on the task at hand. "The Float is more of a hub of commerce and recreation. We connect the outside Wold to the area and provide an easy assembly point." He says more automatically to himself, and possibly Z, than anything. Walking through the woods and only having to be normally paranoid makes him feel better however so that by evening he is able to help setup camp, eat, and trance without issue. After four hours he takes the middle shifts that would be more disruptive to others.
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 d20+1=18 ; d20+15=23 ; Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 6:06:19 PM
Ohen will speak with Micah about the communication problem. "As we've seen from recent events, there needs to be better communication between the float and the surrounding cities. Considering the necessity of trade in a floating city, and the advantages of quick communication between leaders, I'm surprised the council hasn't done it already. Perhaps we can talk to them about setting it up?" "What role do the Silver Shields have in the Float? Do we in general help someone when the council tells us to, or are we more autonomous? Does it make sense for the Silver Shields to set up communication, or wouldn't it be best to set up sending stones in some sort of postal system set up by the council?" Ohen is happy with his marching and watch position. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 18 Local. 23 Perception
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=13 ; d20=18 ; d20=19 ; Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 6:15:35 PM
The extreme quiet of the woods unnerves Delia initially, every noise (especially from the party) breaking loudly against her senses. However, after a few hours she settles into it and allows the heavy silence to calm her from the stress of the Council and the threats unveiled there. During their meal break she would share the berries and mushrooms she found to make their rations a little bit more interesting.
She would come awake quickly when shaken for third watch and nod amiably to Sid as she casts Darkvision on herself and settles in for their shift. If there's a convenient tree that she can perch in, she will do so to give herself both a better vantage point and a place to hide. If there isn't a good tree, she'll just find a shadow to melt into.
DM Robert - "I'm not too dirty yet...but sure, why not." d20+12=13 ; Wednesday March 3rd, 2021 8:43:44 PM
I'm skipping the summary because in flipping screens I accidentally closed this one after I was done with the writing so now I have to rewrite it. Grrrr
First Watch - Zanderallen (17) and Stock (no perception role) Second Watch - Ohen (23) and Malici (13) Third Watch - Delia (34) and hawk (30) and Sid (35) Fourth Watch - Micah (11) and Bartomus (16)
Jasper puffs along behind and responds to Stohp. "Well we were working on tilling up that green space around the pyramid and turning it into a farmstead. It's slow going and of course most of the crops we'll be needing for ourselves. However Briadoc Greenstocking, has been doing a lot of exploring around us in the forest. He says he's sure there some unique things that could be distilled from different plants." He continues along for a bit and then answers Stock. "Well at first it was more of a confrontation, there were these strange looking humanoids, with a purple vegetable-like skin and razor-sharp claws. Its head sports two large yellow eyes, a wide mouth, inset nose, and a topknot of dark brown leaves. Leafy tendrils protrude from its shoulders, midsection, arms, and legs." Knowledge Nature 21 Highlight to display spoiler: { some hybrid of a Vegepygmy}
Jasper pauses and then continues "And there were some old, moss covered, dead looking trees, but they were walking around. First off one of them purple humanoids steps out and proclaims itself ruler of the land and that we was trespassing. When we went to see what's what he said to bow down and accept his rule or die. Well I can tell you, actually we asked for some time to think on it. But then he started attacking. We fled back to the pyramid and holed up there. Briadoc had some vials of stuff, said twas agent orange and to toss them out at the things attacking. They didn't like it much and retreated. Then the next day we started noticing strange plants around the far edge of the greenspace. That's when it was decided I should get some help." Knowledge nature 24 Highlight to display spoiler: {maybe some form of treant, okay a lighting treant}
Malici casts prestidigitation on Bartomus and Stock, and anyone else that wants some freshening up.
Ohen asks some questions of the group when setting up camp. sticking them in here."Considering the necessity of trade in a floating city, and the advantages of quick communication between leaders, I'm surprised the council hasn't done it already. Perhaps we can talk to them about setting it up?" "What role do the Silver Shields have in the Float? Do we in general help someone when the council tells us to, or are we more autonomous? Does it make sense for the Silver Shields to set up communication, or wouldn't it be best to set up sending stones in some sort of postal system set up by the council?"
Malici asks, "I thought the Float was ruled by an overlord, but this council seems to have a fair amount of power in your city. Would you say it's a representative democracy? I mean is the council elected? Knowledge Local 20 Highlight to display spoiler: {Deriving from the old tradition of its founding from the merger of two communities, there are two leaders in the Float. The Overlord dwells in the palace at the top of the Open Air Level. The Underlord lives in the Bunker on the Trash Level, maintaining the magic that powers the Big Float. But these two alone do not Power In The Float
Since the Float is a form of democracy, egalitarianism is valued, and those who openly display their power are mocked and scorned (aside from the OverLord and the UnderLord). Therefore, those who are powerful tend to use their influence in secret, and it is hard to figure out who is in charge. However, these centers of power are fairly well known:
The Floating City Council are advisors selected by the Overlord, in number chosen by him, to advise him on policy and strategy. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy, or civil service, actually runs things in the upper city. These devoted officials, chosen by test and promoted by merit, control the day-to-day affairs of the city and directs the city guard. This bureaucracy also licenses and tracks adventuring groups, following the New Elennian tradition of relying on hero groups for special missions and defense of the city. In the city below, the Underlord and his 400 undercrats, run the magical machinery that keeps the Float afloat. An old tradition of nobly born aristocrats still persists, with the wealthiest families being the most powerful. The Big Float does not permit guilds, believing that such things take away from the freedoms of the citizens. Therefore, such guilds that exist are thinly disguised as clubs or individual businesses. The most prominent of these are the three distinct groups of thief organizations. These are the Rogues’ Fellowship, the Black Blades, and the Lord’s of Diamonds. There are diverse gangs and protection societies that hold more sway on the Fence and the Trash.
Elections and Transitions
Once a year, on Mask Day, the Underlord emerges to preside over the selection of 20 new Undercrats, and to switch roles with the Overlord. The Overlord becomes the Underlord, and vice versa. They continue rotating each year.
Current Turtle Law states that the Overlord and Underlord serve until one of them retires, dies, or is impeached. As a point of history, the longest any pair of lords has retained office is 31 years. When one Lord leaves office, the other Lord must also abdicate as soon as an election campaign can be completed. The election fills both positions. Anyone can run for Overlord, and a candidate typically self-funds the campaign or has backers provide financing. After the election, the winning candidate becomes Overlord and the second-place winner becomes Underlord. They swap positions after the second Mask Day after the election, then every Mask Day as usual. }
The night passes seemingly quietly. You hear nothing. You see nothing.
Now originally when I wrote this module there was no ranger, and no flying scout. You are approximately a half day's trail breaking noisy movement away from the pyramid. Which is to say Delia and Bartomus could make it here in a couple of hours. You may want to take some game time and plan how you want to do this. At this point, you really can't sneak, well Delia could, maybe Bartomus, but the rest of you are going to be heard. Options, go straight in, scout the siege line, look for the main army encampment, etc.
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 28/25/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 d20+10=21 ; d20+10=24 ; d20+3=22 ; Thursday March 4th, 2021 11:42:39 AM "Sounds like we're dealing with some kind of vegepygmy thing...part humanoid, part plant along with more treants. Didn't we just deal with treants on the Float?
So how do we want to approach this place? Do we have any magical solutions to getting close without being detected? How about ways to find a soft spot in the siege that we can exploit?
You know that I want to just go straight in but that may not be all your cup of tea."
======= Knowledge Nature 21 vs DC21 Nature 24 vs DC24...wow, nailed it on the dot twice in a row Local 22vs DC20
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 Thursday March 4th, 2021 12:25:37 PM
Zanderallen considers Ohen's and Malici's questions before answering to the best of his knowledge. "I have been confused my whole life as to how the government of the Float works. I know there are overcrats and undercrats and they get chosen by lot and there's a big celebration every year where the overcrats and undercrats switch positions. The undercrats live in some sort of control room for the floating city in the Trash level that nobody really knows anything about. As to the council I have no clue as to it's membership or power. It seems to be comprised of leading nobles of the upper levels and conduct much of the day to day business of the city. I do know that one of the undercrats is an old adversary of ours, a priest of the Hands of Love cult."
"As to our role in the Float. We were originally commissioned by a committee of merchants on the Fence level to deal with problems that the neither the town guard nor the upper levels were willing to help with. Before we set up shop even the Fence level was a lawless place the guard seldom ventured into except in force. The merchants built our headquarters on the Fence level to keep us connected to the lower levels, which our friendships would have anyway. The Float, whether they admit it or not, is extremely class biased depending on what level you're from. Maybe it is time to more openly set ourselves as protectors of the common person. I'm sure Happy would love to get food supplies from the beastfolk or Riverton rather than having to buy everything through the upper level gate. If communication channels were setup through the council much would get lost in the bureaucracy. We need Silver Shield Tokens to hand out that set off an alarm in our headquarters when activated, color code them to certain groups or something. Is such a magic item possible?"
After waking and getting geared up, Zander offers a potential plan of action, "We probably don't want to go barging into an army without knowledge. Delia and Sid could sneak through the woods and figure out the best point of attack, then lead us there to attack. Although it might also be wise to plan a path of retreat rather than get stuck in the middle of an army." ------------------------------------------------- {OOC: Zander can't make the knowledge local check, I'm just going off of information provided to us at the start of the campaign and bits of information we've found out or been told that I remember. I guess with a DC 20 check no one really knows how the government works.}
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20+11=17 ; d20+11=26 ; Thursday March 4th, 2021 3:47:10 PM "I lived in the Float for all of my childhood and I still don't understand how it works, other than there's some fancy people in charge who get caught up in wanting to do the things that make them look or feel more powerful. With that, it might be really good for the people if the Shields are accessible to them. I'm not even opposed to getting cats off of roofs."
"I'm somewhat familiar with Ents, but... Did you guys say that you had encountered these Vegepygmy-like creatures before? If so, do we know any of their weaknesses? Or anything that would make it harder to sneak up on them? Or harder to run from them if sneaking fails? "I'm good to scout the siege. I can range ahead of everyone and scout it while y'all are travelling so recon doesn't move the timetable back too much on when we're able to start breaking the siege." She turns to Sid and Zanderallen and bluntly states, "If Sid and I got in trouble, we'd have to stay and fight because he couldn't outrun them. I don't think it's a good idea for anyone else to come scouting with me in this terrain."
I'm able to have a 45ft move speed if I cast Longstrider (lasts 7 hours) before scouting ahead, so I should be able to stay far enough ahead of the party to have time to scout before all of the heavily armored people get within hearing range of the plant monsters and theoretically outrun any threats if they do see me.
======================= Nature: 17 vs 21 Nature: 26 vs 24
Micah follows up on Zanderallen's comments about the role of the Silver Shields, "As Zanderallen said, we were initially commissioned by folks who saw a need the government was unwilling to provide. As we have had some measure of success and have gained a bit of a reputation, the council was obligated acknowledge and even commission us. For whatever reason, they have been unwilling to think outside of the Float, even to the point that we felt we had to step in to facilitate the trade agreements with the Lizardfolk, the beastfolk, and the Drow, not because that was our role, but because it needed to be done.
"Perhaps we need to stop waiting for the council to do their job, and take the initiative ourselves to set up effective relations with those around us outside of the normal diplomatic channels.
"Zanderallen, I like the idea of some form of long distance notification device that is significantly less costly than those ring gates we found. Simple thaumaturgical principles would imply that such a thing should be possible. Perhaps Ohen and I can devote some time to studying this after the immediate crisis is resolved."
As the topic of scouting comes up he adds in, "It appears Delia is well suited to wilderness exploration. I think Sid would be best utilization staying here. His perceptiveness and other skills can be put to better use here should our group be discovered."
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+17=33 ; d20+16=29 ; Thursday March 4th, 2021 4:40:06 PM
Sid will gently correct any and all misinformation adding any fine points. "Honestly I've never been the best at gallivanting in the forest, but if you want to be the vanguard I can scout for the group as we move forward any today since we're still so far out."
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 d20+1=21 ; Thursday March 4th, 2021 5:32:27 PM
Ohen looks aghast at Micah.
"You facilitated the trade agreements, not the council or Overlord? I'm shocked, surely trade is important in a city full of so many people without any farmland around. It must be a nightmare to get food and other supplies, like iron and wood. I suppose they can get lumber from the lizardfolk now, and teleport other things through the gates. I must talk to my father about this, he will be beside himself at the trade opportunities if he hasn't figured them out already. 'One man's ordinary seasonings are another man's exotic spices' as my father always says. Filling needs like this is exactly his specialty. Surely they are tired of fish all the time.
"Considering what I've read of the city typically following New Elennian practices of relying on heroes to help those in need, and the apparent incompetence of the council, I think Malici is right, we need to be able to help these people.
"I will talk to Micah more about figuring out what we can do. But for now, we should focus on the siege." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 21 on the knowledge local.
For some reason I don't think there is a spell in pathfinder in between 0th level medium range Message, and 5th level infinite range Sending. Micah and Ohen might be doing some magic item research soon.
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) d20+17=33 ; Thursday March 4th, 2021 6:45:14 PM
Stohp knows all about how the local government works and explains in great detail to anyone curious (33 knowledge local)
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 Thursday March 4th, 2021 7:14:39 PM
Bartomus listened to explanations of the Shields to the new members. He was more concerned about what lay ahead and yet still had a few ideas for Jasper.
Jasper, any way you all could find and bring u der your influence the giant beetles that can plow to a path to the lake? It's something we could explore, when we get your seige broken, that is.
He kept listening and then looked at Micah. "Would an air wisp be invisible to whoever has the pyramid under attack? Thinking of a way to see what we are heading into. Also we could see about starting a forest fire behind whoever is trying to force them to submit."
DM Robert - "We probably don't want to go barging into an army without knowledge." Thursday March 4th, 2021 8:14:42 PM
Stock is for going straight at the enemy but willing to listen to a plan. Zanderallen recounts some past encounters with politics in the Float. (give your memory a hero point) Delia offers to scout and has a spell to help out. Micah offers what the Shields have done to aid the Float, and questions the usefulness of the council. Sid is pretty knowledgeable about politics (though he didn't say anything, so I guess you can highlight info from last turn if you are curios.). Ohen is shocked at the potential trade opportunities and wonders about palantíries. And yes MikeK and I argued about the economics of a city that seeming exporting nothing and had to import everything including food, that's why we got the Crying Wood Reduced and opened up the territory. Stoph also explains some of the ins and outs of government. Bartomus wonders about some tactics. ___________
Bartomus did not get the hint. Before the Crying Wood left the whole of the forested area and made itself isolated on the plateau, it waged a final war on all the living things. The beetles are all dead. You found a carcass on your way here. I looked it up, it says a Wisp is tiny but made no mention of invisible. IT does say though that it emits a strange hum, which would be pretty obvious in this forest.
Anyone Knowledge Nature 10 or Intelligence 15Highlight to display spoiler: {As stated previously, this is an old growth forest, LOTS of dead leaves from years of neglect on the ground, lots of shrubbery half starved for sunlight and water. Starting a forest fire as a distraction would lead to a serious wildfire.}
Jasper takes all the suggestions in. "Say Mr. Ohen, you say your father is a merchant. Maybe if we can convince him of something worth selling out here he would be willing to help in constructing a road."
Malici stands astounded at what he's heard. "It sounds to me like the form of government the Float has is grossly incompetent. No wonder nothing gets done as this leaders are constantly changing positions. It almost sounds like someone planned for the city to be a chaotic mess." As to conversations about tactics, Malici says, "Well I could cast Fly on at least 7 of you. It's only going to last about 12 minutes though, and you would loose one minute while the first person waits for the last person to receive the spell."
Delia takes off on a scouting trip. Remember you have to move at half speed with being stealthy, and I doubt you have the fast stealth rogue ability. Please make: 3 stealth checks and 3 perception checks. Also if you want your hawk to follow you or operate on his own he will need instructions. If you send him off on his own he will also have to make 3 stealth checks and 3 perception checks, he's going to have to fly under the canopy though so it's not like he can soar way high and avoid detection. Also, unless you have the speak with animals spell though you won't know what he's actually seen.
While Delia is gone.... Sid please make 2 perception checks. Everyone else are you being quiet, napping, or on the lookout? If on lookout make 2 perception checks.
Malici will quietly inquire of anyone, "So what form of government do you think is best?"
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4); Longstrider(7hrs) - 45ft movement speed d20+28=39 ; d20+28=30 ; d20+28=43 ; d20+21=41 ; d20+21=32 ; d20+21=22 ; d20+11=25 ; d20+11=15 ; d20+11=13 ; Thursday March 4th, 2021 11:12:44 PM
Delia will take a few seconds to look mildly horrified at the suggestion to start a fire, as all the dead leaves and growth of this ancient place would likely lead to burning half the forest down.
Before heading off, she will do a quick check of weapons and say, "If I get into trouble, I'm sending Hawky straight back to you, if he gives two sharp cries, then I was up against a serious threat when I sent him to you. If I just need to relay information faster than I can get back to you, I may send a note with him, but he won't make much noise if I'm not in immediate danger. Stay safe, see you soon."
Delia picks up a pinch of dirt and rubs it onto the soles of her boots as she murmurs a few words (Casts Longstrider), with that, she takes off into the woods with Hawky tucked safely under her cloak, probably perched on her sword hilt or hip quiver.
======================================= Nature: auto-succeed Before getting closer to any known threats Delia would try to move quickly, unless it incurred major stealth penalties (greater than -5). Once she hears/sees anything or gets closer to where we think that threats would start appearing, she'd shift to slow and quiet as can be
If Hawky gets to make the same perception checks here they are, if he can't see well from me covering him with my stealth check that's fine: Perception 1: 25 Perception 2: 15 Perception 3: 13
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) d20+16=32 ; d20+16=36 ; Friday March 5th, 2021 7:59:25 AM
Stohp shrugs. "Meh, they all have pros and cons. Our government changes a lot but that means when we do get a corrupt or incompetent ruler at least they're gone soon enough. Doesn't matter what the system is it'll always be open to abuse, corruption, and incompetence. The important thing is to just make sure the system if fixable when problems happen.
Stohp is fairly alert when it's her turn to man the watch (32, 36).
Micah (John) HP: 84/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 Friday March 5th, 2021 8:41:02 AM
Micah was made a little nervous by Malici's mention of different governments, fearing that such talk could be misconstrued as treasonous, or at least disloyalty. When Stohp gives her answer, he releases the breath he had not realized he was holding. "Well said, Stohp,"
"I am not sure," he replies to Bartomus. "Let us see what are new scout sees," before we make alternative plans.
The priest checks his equipment while awaiting word from Delia.
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 28/25/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 d20+10=14 ; d20+17=22 ; d20+17=33 ; Friday March 5th, 2021 9:42:58 AM
Stock watches Delia practically vanish into the forest. "That was spooky. Any of you remember seeing somebody disappear into the brush like that before? I'm glad she's on our side."
To Malici, Stock says "Whichever one minimizes corruption the most. You're new hear so you may not have picked this up about me but I'm not the most...respectful...of authorities. My behavior gets worse as the corruption gets worse."
He says this quite matter of fact-ly without any malice or embarrassment at any implications. He then leans against a tree and keeps an eye out in the direction of the settlement.
======= Nature 14 Perception 22, 33
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+7=8 ; d20+7=17 ; Friday March 5th, 2021 3:25:26 PM
Concerned their candid opinions on the council had taken a step too far, Zander relaxes as Stohp and Micah respond. "Your offer to give us magic to fly is generous Malici, and depending on the situation scouted by Delia may be quite advantageous. But since our new member possesses such skills let us make the best of them. Speaking of which where did she go... Oh slipped away already, I'm with you Stock." Zander keeps his eyes open waiting for the return of Delia. ------------------------- Perception 8, 17
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4); Longstrider(7hrs) - 45ft movement speed d20+11=15 ; d20+11=20 ; d20+11=28 ; d20+11=31 ; d20+11=17 ; d20+11=23 ; Friday March 5th, 2021 6:33:03 PM
Here are the requested Know (Nature) checks: 1: 15 2: 20 3: 28 4: 31 (nat 20) 5: 17 6: 23
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20+5=18 ; d20+12=18 ; d20+12=31 ; Saturday March 6th, 2021 12:25:00 AM
Bartomus shrugged and watched the new scout vanish into the wilderness. He looked about and listened to the conversation. He walked about looking out as the conversations were going on. When Malici mentioned his concerns about the government of the Float, Bartomus chimed in.
"Efficient is not necessarily the best way to do something when many people are involved. Sometimes, the inefficient process creates a tension that requires collaboration and compromise. Progress is a constant effort and requires a firm commitment to continually form a more perfect union, you might say." Bartomus paused and looked out in the woods. "It is not perfect at the Float, more need to be represented on the Council I suspect. But, I think we may need to be focused on the hear and now in the woods."
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 d20+1=4 ; d20+15=31 ; d20+15=16 ; Saturday March 6th, 2021 6:18:27 AM
Talking about tactics, "I can also cast fly, so we could get everyone up in the air twice as fast.".
To Jasper, "I think so Jasper, I will talk to him about it as soon as we return."
Talking about politics, "I think it's a bit strange that the same person is the Underlord and Overlord, I would think those take different skill sets. I think it would be better if the council was comprised of representatives from every level, so that the Trash and Fence levels aren't forgotten by those above, and so that there is accountability for incompetence. But yes, I've probably spoken too freely of my opinions." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ohen will be looking around as he speaks, but can't pass up the opportunity to get his opinion in on the political discussion. 4 Nature 31, 16 Perception
DM Robert - "Let us see what are new scout sees," Saturday March 6th, 2021 10:17:07 AM
Delia melts into the forest on her scouting trip… Stohp feels all governments are corrupt. Micah checks his equipment. Stock sounds off on government. Zanderallen considers Malici’s offer of flying Bartomus offers his opinions on government. Ohen mentions that he too can cast fly and also talks about government. Sid? _____________
The political discussion carries on. Malici comments, ”This is very interesting, you all seem to feel that your current government is shall we say not optimal but are willing at least to let it continue perhaps with modifications. It seems to me though that those currently in a position of power may be recalcontant about sharing power. Or perhaps that are just blind to others. Maybe their life view has not included considering all the others that they govern. Maybe a sheltered life? Or cloistered?” [i]Everyone gets a hero point for participation.
Fortunately the party detects nothing approaching the camp. Until suddenly Delia is aback among you.
Delia stealth is masterful. As she come closer to they pyramid she slows and takes her time. It seems there is a strange bunching of plants at the edge of the forest leading to the greenspace around the pyramid. There seems to be 3 groups of plants placed around the Pyramid. Assassin Vines Vampire Roses Blood Brambles. There’s several spaced around, more than enough to keep the beast folk in for now. Not really a serious threat to the Sheilds, though the Blood Brambles could be difficult. She knows not to get to close to them as they have tremorsense. And it they get tied up at one area that would allow the ‘sentinels’ from the other areas to converge on them.
But she wants to find the main army and thus stays out a little longer. About a mile west of the pyramid she finds the main ‘army’ encampment. This time she has to be even more careful. She recognizes what looks like a Giant Flytrap in the center of the encampment. It seems to be acting as an area sentinel. There are about 30 Vegepygmy preparing crude weapons. It’s odd though, these are not pygmies. All of them are medium sized. And there’s one that is very robust looking. He really doesn’t look that much vegy, he has wings and a tail along with his leaves. There are also 4 odd looking treants stationed at the edges of the encampment (the 4 cardinal points).
Jasper asks ”How are my people doing? Delia however is not able to really give an answer as the did not get close enough to the pyramid to really give any sort of answer.
You now have some options… 1 Attack the siege line and raise the siege, though eventually the army will join in. 2 Attack the main encampment, though eventually the siege line will join in. 3 Do something the DM has not foreseen. However, you’re pretty sure that whichever way you attack your battle would be over before the reinforcements could arrive.
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Sunday March 7th, 2021 11:12:20 PM
Stohp considers. "I always prefer to parley, but that would just throw away our advantage. We should hit the main camp and take out the leader, there's a good chance the rest will disperse with no leadership."
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 Monday March 8th, 2021 12:21:18 AM "I kinda agree with Stohp. We hit the weird plant and the winged tailed thing, and between the two of them, that should make it easier to end all of this." He shrugged and looked about. "Here I thought the weird of the wood was gone, but it looks like someone wants to bring it all back."
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 Monday March 8th, 2021 2:32:02 AM "I imagine with two sorcerers we have the range advantage against plants and crude weaponry. I say we either parley, or we bombard them with spells. Make them come to us or be destroyed. We should also be on the look out for another fourth of the medallion."
Ohen will also look around at the state of the forest, trying to determine how likely instantaneous fire from Fireball or sustained fire from Wall of Fire would be to cause a forest fire.
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 28/25/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 Monday March 8th, 2021 8:52:58 AM
Stock comes back from his spot against the tree, surprised that Delia slipped past him again. "Might be hard to do something devious like somehow getting the two groups to attack each other...they are each too easy to recognize...and we don't look enough like plants...yeah, let's go for the top. I'll be in the thick of it so is there anything I should be particularly RESISTant to? I have some potions that are easier to drink before the rage hits me."
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 Monday March 8th, 2021 1:07:51 PM
Zanderallen listen to the report from Delia, envisioning the layout in his mind, "The enemies first move was to demand enslavement of our friends and then attack them. I agree with a direct attack on the main camp. Judging from the description and what we know of the current situation I would guess the one with wings and a tail is another half-dragon and almost certainly the leader. He will be my primary target as his bloodline leaves him particularly vulnerable to Domi's justice.", Zander looks slightly apologetically at Malici, "I would guess he exerts some kind of control over the plants, eliminating him should end or at least greatly reduce the threat they pose. I would be highly appreciate of the capability of flight magic. Both to keep certain members of the party out of harms way and to let us keep certain enemies in harms way."
Micah agrees with the others about focusing their attack on the command post.
He turns to Delia and asks, "What was the vegetation like around the main camp? Specifically, would a prodigious use of fire on the plant creatures pose a risk of fire spreading out of control?"
"What about the winged, tail being. Could this be a half dragon?"
"How close can we approach without likely being detected or would it be better to fly in and attack from the middle?"
============== Although those questions are directed at Delia, the DM will likely have to provide the answers.
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4); Longstrider(7hrs) - 45ft movement speed Monday March 8th, 2021 3:56:35 PM
Delia ghosts back into the midst of the party and efficiently gives her report, sketching out the threats and layout on the ground. She then answers Stock and Micah's questions to the best of her ability and knowledge.
She will try to reassure Jasper, "The vege-monsters are still there and I didn't see any bodies of your folk, so they should still be safely inside."
"The 3 types of plants stationed as the siege line and sentinels are not very fast, so if we hit the main camp hard and fast, they shouldn't be able to join them quickly. Not like the winged-plant-maybe-dragon-monster and its forces if we attacked the other way around." She'll turn to Ohen, "If there are three medallions to go with the three threats, that maybe-dragon-plant will probably have the medallion, same as Malici, 'cause of the compulsion magic on it."
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+16=17 ; Monday March 8th, 2021 5:49:19 PM
"The direct attack is classic Shields. I've got 5mins on my boots, which is forever in a fight, but would barely get me there in a delay. If we have Team Flying we could wrangle wingy boi and keep them pinned. Right?" Sid's eyes gaze around them as they talk and he thinks of a warm fire and home.
DM Robert - "We should hit the main camp and take out the leader," Monday March 8th, 2021 8:28:11 PM
Stoph is for an assault. Bartomus agrees with Stohp. Ohen is for parley or long rang bombardment. Stock thinks an assault is for the best. Zandreallen feels parley is past they've attacked innocents. Micah agrees the command post would be best and asks some questions. Delia does some sketching. Sid agrees, direct attack seems to be their M.O. _____________
Delia sketches a crude map in the ground (unless someone has paper, ink, and writing implement). a map
She tries to answer Micah's questions."The camp is in a clearing of sorts, but there's still fine grass and some low shrubs. There's a lot of big trees and intertwined canape around the clearing. It's very strange like the tree's moved around to give them a place to make camp. Fire in the tree line would certainly pose a larger fire risk. Yes the vege-orc (that's what they really are) with the tail and wing could be a half-dragon, I marked him in red for now, but he was moving around a lot. You guys are pretty noisy moving through the woods. It doesn't help that there's nothing else really moving round, well except for some of those plants guarding the pyramid. So I'd say no closer than a mile, maybe more like 2."
DM says, I always get confused with converting round distance to minutes and such. Fly gives you move of 60/round, but can you double move? What does that convert to in minutes? 600 feet a minute, 10 minutes gives you 6000 feet right? A mile is 5280 feet, so if you can double move, you can be 2 miles out and have Malici and Owen cast fly, Sid's boots would last the duration.
Things you might need to protect against? Knowledge Nature 23 Highlight to display spoiler: {well lighting treants are called that because they can do some lighting attacks} and a seperate Knowledge Nature 20 Highlight to display spoiler: {they are all plants, as a reminder Plant Traits (Ex) Plants are immune to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms), paralysis, poison, polymorph, sleep, and stun.}
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Tuesday March 9th, 2021 7:36:28 AM If we only approach to max spell and arrow distance then we don't have to be particularly stealthy to catch them by surprise. Stepping on a twig won't alert them from 100 feet out. It looks like we can hit the middle of the camp from about 50 feet away from the edges. We advance from an angle to give us the most distance from the treants (around the n-p/36-38 tree), then cast fly on our archers and casters. They go up over the treeline and target the winged guy. If they have a competent ranged response they can always drop back under the treeline to get cover. Best case scenario we take out the leader before any of the rest can respond. Worst case scenario we still weaken him a good bit before having to engage all the rest."
She looks around at the party. "Ok, now tell me what I've missed that will get us killed."
"If they really are lighnting treants, then elecricity resistance would help." He searches around in his bag and pulls out two potions. "Resistance against fire and cold...no lightning. Hmmph."
He goes over and looks at the map and listens to Stohp's proposal. "Ok, come from the southwest, Z goes for the half dragon...I'll go after the southmost Treant once they start to close and then charge the flytrap. If we get that far without the plan blowing up, we're doing pretty good."
Micah (John) HP: 84/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 Tuesday March 9th, 2021 9:30:45 AM
As Delia starts to clear off the ground to draw, Micah reaches for his pen and paper, then thinks better as he realizes the larger ground map would be easier for everyone to see.
He responds to Stohp, "If those trees really have relocated, then we cannot assume that they will not be brought into the fray against as well. We need to be wary of getting too close to them. Otherwise, I like that plan."
He then adds, "I can prepare a spell to allow one person the ability to walk on air for nearly two hours. Unfortunately, I can only do it once. If the winged opponent is of draconic origin, the best choice may be to cast it on Zanderallen. For whatever reason, the giant flytrap, being in the center, seems to be the focus of the camp. That should be our second priority."
================= Micah is proposing filling his open 4th level slot with air walk with a spell duration of 110 minutes.
Micah (John) HP: 84/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 Tuesday March 9th, 2021 9:31:32 AM
Additional thought:
Does Malici recognize the description of the winged creature?
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20+5=13 ; d20+5=9 ; Tuesday March 9th, 2021 9:33:27 AM
Bartomus looked down at the map and tried to visualize in his mind what lay ahead. His focus was such that really everything else seemed to go right by him as Delia explained what she saw. His life before the Float was spent on the grassy plains and the idea of walking or moving forests was simply alien to him. His first encounter with a forest was when he was introduced to Eberyon by his tribe's shaman filling his belief that woods were a place where magic occurred. His second was when they had to fight amongst the woods and it simply affirmed that belief. Now, the trees were moving about on their own. So, that seemed rather common.
He stared at the map etched into the dirt. He rubbed his chin and sighed. "So, I have a few questions. First, why as that in the center? Is it needing protection? Does it do something that we can't see? And if it does, should we focus on it or on these tree things on the outer edges?"
He paused took a deep breath and then asked another set of questions. "What do we use? Fire, Lightening, or hot winds? I could change into a large bird, but someone would have to carry my kit and glave, so not sure how that would help."
[i]KnowNat 13; KnowNat 9
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 Tuesday March 9th, 2021 2:44:15 PM "I like the sound of that plan. With any luck we'll be on them before they know what's happening. Malici, pardon the question, but do you and by extension your half-siblings possess the ability to spew forth elemental breath attacks like your father? I only ask because I have magic to protect myself from an element. Stock I will also ward you with Domi's blessing, it will help ward you against spells and attacks specifically those that target your mind." Zanderallen is ready to enact the plan and offers his preparations. --------------------- Planned pre fight actions - Resist Energy (If Malici answers in the positive) 20 energy resistance - 80 minute duration - Protection From Evil on Stock - 8 minute duration - Divine Bond (Sword) - 11 minute duration
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23/16/18; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4); Longstrider(7hrs) - 45ft movement speed d20+11=18 ; d20+11=22 ; Tuesday March 9th, 2021 4:07:42 PM "If needed, I can, uh, talk to the plants to see if they're working with the vege-monsters, or if they have some type of power over them. If not, I'm ready to do some weed-whacking." She will also remind everyone of the innate immunities/traits of plant creatures.
=================== Know Nature: 18 vs 23 Know Nature: 22 vs 20
Pre-fight prep: Cast Barkskin on self - +3 Nat armor for 70 min
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) Tuesday March 9th, 2021 6:12:23 PM
"You know, I should probably look is to resisting something at some point in time. Hmm, besides getting one of our heavy hitters on Flyboi, I think it would be good that Stohp lock onto to him if she can and grapple him. I don't think we should make that the main point of the fight, but it would be a good opportunity to watch out for."
DM Robert - "So, I have a few questions." Tuesday March 9th, 2021 8:19:00 PM
Stohp says that you should be able to approach to within 100 feet and not be noticed... Let me just say in the previous post I said, if you get within 1 mile with your trudging over the difficult terrain of the forest you risk being heard, 1 mile is 5280 FEET.
Stock outlines who should go for what beasty. No I double checked for the last knowledge nature rolls, nothing is poisonous.
Micah thinks the trees may be brought into battle. Yes the half dragon is also have vege-orc.
Bartomus tries to think of several things. Fly trap plant has a good tremor-sense. You don't have to strip down when doing beast-shape, your gear either falls to the ground or trans-morphs into your body - I've always ruled that anything worn trans-morphs. The only thing that might not is your glaive since you have to hold it...unless you do like my cleric and get an efficient quiver which is where I store my glaive along with other long pointy things. Oh, and perhaps more importantly....higher level druids can make plants move around for them, allowing say vege-creatures sunlight to nourish with.
Zachary proposes some prep spells to cast. Malici responds in the affirmative, acid breath, 30 foot cone.
Delia proposes she can talk to plants. Might want to be closer to the control area for that. Also Let's hold off on prep spells yet.
Sid thinks that maybe Stohp could grapple the leader. I'll give you this as well, your bow is not going to do well against most of the plants, plants generally have DR 5/bludgening or slashing.
Okay, that all said, I'm not putting you on the map yet. If you want to SNEAK within 100 feet, you all have to make stealth checks at -4, and you have to all take the lowest role of the individual that rolled lowest. You are moving as a group I assume. Or As I said in an earlier post, Malici can cast fly on almost all of you at 1 mile away and you would be able to fly in attack, avoiding the difficult terrain movement penalties. But your fly would run out when battle is joined.
So that being all said... Make your decisions on: 1- What your plan is, 2-what prep spells you're going to cast, some of which could be done in the 10 minutes of flight time, 3-where you want to land, Once you cross out of the tree line you will be spotted, even if you're flying. I would allow 1 charge/surprise attack/person.
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 22 (14T, 20 I, 20F, 19CMD); Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc +15 Wednesday March 10th, 2021 2:04:14 PM
Ohen will cast fly on: himself, Delia, Zanderallen, Bartomus if he wants it, and Jasper if he's coming with us. We all get a +9 bonus on the fly skill from the spell, on top of any ranks or Dex.
Ohen will cast spell resistance on himself when a few minutes away. SR 23. 1 min/level.
Ohen will want to start in the bottom right corner of the map.
One round before combat starts, Ohen will cast haste, I can get 11 creatures so that should be everyone. We all now have a 90 foot fly speed. Lasts 11 rounds.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As the group flies together among the trees, Ohen will turn to Zanderallen. "If your goal is to dual the half-dragon, you should stick with me, I plan to get his attention. You don't suppose he's resistant to fire do you?" Ohen will smile and draw his metamagic rod of maximize.
Right before the combat starts, Ohen sweeps his hand across the group and mutters in draconic. The air shimmers and twists around them as their movements accelerate. "Come, let us bring swift defeat to the attackers!"
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20-4=11 ; Wednesday March 10th, 2021 4:58:41 PM "I would rather trudge through the forest and save the flight magic for when we are close for the battle. Say within a couple hundred feet of the edge of the camp. We fly in as a group heading for the southeast corner of the clearing (AL-30). Let the spellcasters open the assault and then move in to engage targets." -------------------------- Nearing the camp Stealth 11 Protection from Acid 80 minute duration
As Fly is being cast Protection from Evil on Stock 8 minute duration Divine Bond(Weapon) 11 minute duration
Micah contributes to the preparations, casting the following spells before they are close enough to be detected.
Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 110 minutes) cast earlier Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22 min) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min)
When they break cover, Micah will touch Stock, using his battle rage domain power, giving him +5 to damage for one round.
He has magic vestment already cast on his shield, Ezer. Ezer casts Expeditious Retreat on Micah (duration 17 minutes)
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 23(26)/16/18; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4); Longstrider(7hrs) - 45ft movement speed d20=5 ; Wednesday March 10th, 2021 5:52:04 PM
Once they are nearing combat, Delia will cast Barkskin on herself (+3 nat armor for 7 hours) and prepare to target lock on plant-dragon-man to assist Zanderallen, keeping an eye out for any new threats.
================= Perception: 26 (+21)
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20=9 ; Wednesday March 10th, 2021 7:13:20 PM
Sid starts with Branwen out, hoping to make a some lucky shots or at least sow some chaos. Mildred waits on his hip and he briefly considers that he is going to have to figure out a different plan for combat. He pours on the speed as he considers maybe wands or something and stays with his group.
Perception: (Mod of +16 didn't get added in: Roll 9, Mod 16): 25
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20-4=13 ; 4d6+11=26 ; Wednesday March 10th, 2021 7:55:39 PM
Bartomus agreed with the plan and then as they got to their departure point, he choose the form of a large sea bird that they would see flying over the lake. He flew as best as he could in the new form working his way to the rally point and coming to ground. When he landed, he took his time and cast upon himself the spell that made his skin stone, hardened stone, it should help, he thought to himself.
Then he moved deftly as he could and threw the bundle of swirling air at the space near the center plant thing. He could see where the winds settled, but was unsure in the swirling what all felt the heated blast.
Use wild form to fly to rally point; change back into Bart; cast Stone Skin for 110 points (11th level x 10); Wait and then cast Sirocco Winds and have it ready to release upon reaching area (in effect for 11 rounds willing to loose a round or two of that as we move if that is appropriate); Stealth 13!; moved towards the glade with the objective of moving to at least AM/AN 35; release Sirocco Winds at AB 27 - 20' radius, 60' height for 4d6+11 fire damage = 26 points, a knocked prone - fortitude save reduces by half and they stay standing.
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) d20+4=9 ; Wednesday March 10th, 2021 7:56:03 PM
Stohp is as stealthy as she can be. If there aren't enough flight spells for her then she'll hang back so as to hopefully not give away the teams position as she fights through the brush (stealth 9)
DM Robert - "..." d20+3=7 ; Wednesday March 10th, 2021 8:30:20 PM
Ohen casts spells and more spells, and one last spell at the 'rally point'. NO stealth rolled. Zanderallen wants to save the flight for closer in, let the spellcasters spell, then attack. Doing some prep spells. Stealth 11 Micah does some prep spelling. NO stealth rolled. Delia tries to see dragon boy. No stealth roll. Sid prepares for battle, no stealth roll. Bartomus wild shapes there and back and casts some prep spells. Stealth 13. I'm not going to place you on the map where you indicated rather I'm putting you back with the others doing prep spells, since I assume you'd do prep spells before getting to said location. Stohp tries to be stealth. Stealth 9 It amuses me your a rogue not built on rogue skills. Stock?
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Malichi will cast Fly on whoever else needs it. So everyone has Fly on for at least 5 more minutes, assuming you were going to hustle from 1 mile out.
I made the map edge bigger so more people could fit at that bottom corner. Bartomus declared a different start position but that would be too close in to start casting your prep spells. Zanderallen also declared a point at the edge of the clearing, but again there looks to be several prep spells cast at the last minute, since none of you have silent casting I thought it better to put you all at Ohen's rally point.
You have at this point cast all your preparatory spells. The camp seems to be in a non-state of alert, at least that's what you think.
Dragon boy is on the north side of the Fly Trap plant.
The plant men are standing and flexing. Zanderallen recognizes it as warming up calisthenics, but not necessarily for combat rather for marching.
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Thursday March 11th, 2021 8:15:12 AM
(It also amuses me, which is why I did it.)
Stohp spends the time judging distances while the rest of the party casts their preparation spells. "You should be in range next to that tree there to hit the middle of the camp where the target is." (by my count AO/35ish is where the 110 feet mark is).
Stock (JonM) HP: 125/125; AC: 28/25/16; Per: +17; Surv: +14; SM: +9 d20=19 ; Thursday March 11th, 2021 9:42:00 AM Flying, Enlarged, Protection from Evil, Remove Fear, Haste, Bear's Endurance
Stock feels dizzy from all of the surrounding magical effects. He shakes it off and chugs a potion, dropping the bottle through the tree canopy and starts flying left to go after his chosen target. He senses Micah wants to touch him again with more magic but says, "You're going to have to chase me, cleric."
He ends up behind a tree and can feel his rage starting.
========== Potion - Bear's Endurance Move AJ44-AK45 - I think we have 90' of flight right? -Fly gives 60' or 40' if in heavy or medium armor -But Dwarves w/ Slow and Steady ignore all movement speed penalties so 60' I think? -Haste gives +30' -Is there something else I'm missing? -Stealth 19 - not sure it matters anymore
Stock (JonM) HP: 147/147; AC: 29/25/17; DR 2/-; CMD: 32; Rage: 0/30 used Thursday March 11th, 2021 9:44:02 AM Updated header from all the buffs
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc Thursday March 11th, 2021 11:12:05 AM
Ohen will fly 75 feet to square AM41, lets say 20' off the ground and take cover from the nearby treant behind the tree. He raises his metamagic rod and shouts. A ball of fire shoots from the rod to the corner between Z22 and Y23 and explodes near the half-dragon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maximum of 10d6+10 is 70 fire damage. DC 20 reflex for half.
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+14=21 ; d20+14=25 ; d20+3=6 ; d8+1=3 ; d8+1=3 ; Thursday March 11th, 2021 4:59:14 PM
Sid waits until the fireworks begin and let's loose on the Flyboi. Rapidly three arrows fly into the air. Then he gets ready to switch out to Mildred as they close. He stays close to his group as they head in.
ToHit1(RapidShot): 21 Damage: 3 v DR/5 = 0 ToHit2(RapidShot): 25 Damage: 3 v DR/5 = 0 ToHit3:6
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 Thursday March 11th, 2021 5:17:16 PM
[OOC: In heavy armor Zander's fly will be 40ft +30 ft from haste will be 70ft fly speed. Or Air Walking at 60 ft hasted move speed]
With all preperations complete Zander stays low as he follow Ohen toward the clearing. With his new and improved size he knows there will be no keeping the approach silent as his plate armor smashes through the lower branches of trees. Flames erupt along the blade of his sword as he activates its magic, mingling with the enhancements coming from his divine bond. He bursts into the clearing yelling out a challenge as he does, "Jaspar brings his greetings you CRAVEN SCAVS!" ------------------------------- Air Walk 100+ minutes Resist Acid 20 80 minutes Divine Bond +1 Holy 11 minutes Enlarge Person 11 minutes Haste 11 rounds
Lay on Hands 10/10 Smite Evil 4/4
Double move to AK-37-AL-38 10ft airborne
Micah (John) HP: 84/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 d20+14=28 ; d8+3=7 ; Thursday March 11th, 2021 6:34:58 PM It amuses me that Mitch is amused.
When Ohen's fireball bursts, Micah exclaims, "I guess that's the signal," and misses Stock as he rushes forward. Micah then flies forward and upward. He targets the nearest treant with his spiritual weapon to distract it from the nearby sorcerer.
============ Active Spells Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 106 minutes) Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22 min) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min) Spiritual Weapon (11 rounds remaining)
70 fly speed in heavy armor
Move action to move to AP49 at an elevation out of reach of any trees. is that 40 feet high? Cast Spiritual Weapon on Treant at AB36. Hits AC 28 for 7 magical force damage.
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 4d6+11=28 ; Thursday March 11th, 2021 6:53:00 PM
Bartomus moved along with the others and focused his attention on the space between the central plant and the masses of warriors doing calisthenics. When he got to a point, he stopped and let lose the desert winds and watched what occurred.
Move to AS/AT 43
Active - Stoneskin 0/110
Sirroco Winds - for 28 points release --> at AB 27 - 20' radius, 60' height for 4d6+11 fire damage = 26 points, a knocked prone - fortitude save reduces by half and they stay standing.
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 27/17/21; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20+19=23 ; d8+11=13 ; d6=3 ; Thursday March 11th, 2021 6:53:08 PM
As soon as Ohen's fireball goes off, Delia will soar into the air, much more comfortable than when she first started flying, getting within 110ft (around AR-33) of the dragon-plant and taking a shot at the edge of range, then retreating back behind a tree to AS-35 (fly speed 90ft, with Shot on the Run feat).
=================== Current Buffs: Haste - 11 rounds remaining Fly - some amount of time that covers combat remaining Barkskin - 70 minutes remaining Longstrider - probably around 2 hours remaining (doesn't stack with haste)
DM Robert - "I guess that's the signal," d20+3=12 ; d20+3=7 ; d20+3=20 ; d20+3=21 ; d20+10=28 ; d20+8=28 ; d20+17=36 ; d20+5=18 ; d20+5=6 ; d20+5=12 ; d20+5=15 ; d20+5=12 ; d20+5=17 ; Thursday March 11th, 2021 8:28:52 PM
Stohp, recommends to whomever "you" is where they need to move. Stock moves, (and is medium sized, I'm so used to you being not medium) Ohen moves and then casts his mega fireball. Sid shoots (you really only get 1 arrow during a surprise attack I believe, but none of them hit anyway) Zander flys forward issuing a challenge. Micah moves and casts (no trees are 60 foot high).
Bartomus casts a spell, and doesn't tell me what the save target number is forcing me to go calculate it off his character sheet. ALSO THAT SPELL IS NOT CORE:"The Pathfinder Advanced Player Guide (APG) is not allowed at all as a general rule; APG base classes are never allowed. Traits are also never allowed, including formerly used Woldian traits. In order to make use of the interesting variety in the APG, you may submit a request for the use of an APG rule (spell, feat, core class archetype, magic item, etc) to your DM and the ACDMs; if approved, you can use that single rule for your PC. You are more likely to obtain permission if the rule fits your character concept, if it is not over-powerful, and if you are currently using no other APG options." That's the last time, no more APG spells. REMOVE Stone Fist
(changing all the vege-orcs to numbers) Malici double moves to AY21. This is your surprise round. Enemies don't get a reaction.
_ _ _
Vege-Orcs 4 die instantly consumed by the fireball (see the little x's) Vege-orc 19-24 died. 1/2 dragon makes his save damage 30 (he resisted some...) Giant Flytrap makes its saves, damage 48 Lighting Treant 4: AC 22, damage 7
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc d20+11=17 ; Thursday March 11th, 2021 10:56:44 PM
Ohen will hover in place and swing his rod again, launching more deadly fire.
He will shake the metamagic rod and look at it. "One left" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17 fly check to hover
Centered between AC23 and AD22, 70 fire damage, DC 21 reflex save (it's 1 higher because I forgot my spell focus (evocation) last round)
Active Spells Spell Resistance: SR21 to myself, 8 minutes left Fly: Myself, Delia, Zanderallen, Jaspar, 5 minutes left Haste: On everyone, 10 rounds left Mage Armor: Hours left
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 82/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Friday March 12th, 2021 7:42:59 AM
Stohp heads towards the front now that surprise is over so she can be ready to intercept attackers. (AN/AO 40/41 is as far as she can get with a double move I think).
Stock (JonM) HP: 180/180; AC: 27/25/15; DR 2/-; CMD: 33; Rage: 1/30 used d20+19=29 ; 2d8+19=24 ; Friday March 12th, 2021 9:50:51 AM Flying, Enlarged, Protection from Evil, Remove Fear, Haste, Bear's Endurance, Greater Rage
Rounding the tree, Stock sees an explosion and giggles at the carnage. He reaches down for his trusty flail and decides against it, instead grabbing his new axe. Then a thought strikes him; while Stock is definitely not used to flying, he has no idea about landing. He does his best to loop to the side of the treant to flank with the spiritual weapon...and then the rage hits him and everything turns red.
======= I think Stock is large sized right now. Micah cast it in the fly up 2 turns ago and the spell has minutes/level; When stock was flying away from Micah it was avoiding his battle rage spell ability since it wasn't going to be used anyway. This post has Stock still enlarged; if your ruling for this post is still that he's medium, I'll update my future posts. Fly to Z37/AA38 trying to loop a bit to avoid AOO's; If the treant still gets one, it is vs AC33 w/ Mobility Greater Rage PA1 vs LT4 hits AC29, 24 slashing damage ignores DR (adamantine)
DM Robert - A lot of moving parts in this big fights. Thanks for what you do!
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 119/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+16=29 ; d10+13=23 ; d6=6 ; d6=3 ; d6=2 ; Friday March 12th, 2021 1:04:32 PM
Heeding some level of caution, Zander slowly strides through the air, glaring at the half-dragon in the center. He stops his progress and takes a swing at one of the vege-orcs on the out-skirts. --------------------------------- Air Walk 100+ minutes Resist Acid 20 80 minutes Divine Bond +1 Holy 11 minutes Enlarge Person 11 minutes Haste 10 rounds
Lay on Hands 10/10 Smite Evil 4/4
Move to AG32-AH33 Attack Vege-Orc 27 29 to hit Damage 23 Slashing, 6 Fire, 5 Holy
Micah (John) HP: 84/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 d20+14=27 ; d20+9=20 ; d8+3=7 ; d20+9=11 ; Friday March 12th, 2021 9:28:16 PM Unfortunately, Spiritual weapon does not provide a flanking bonus.[i].
Micah flies forward trying to stay equidistant from Stock, Ohen, and Zanderallen. He fires his heavy crossbow at the same treant the spiritual weapon is targeting.
Active Spells [i]Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 106 minutes-10rds) Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes-4rds) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes-3rds) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes-2rds) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22-5rds min) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min-7rds) Spiritual Weapon (10 rounds remaining)
70 fly speed in heavy armor
============= Cruddles I meant for Micah to be at AP39 not AP49 last round. He will take a move action 70 to get Micah moves to AM36. Fires crossbow at Treant 4 for 11, misses Spiritual weapon hit with 27 and miss with 20. 7 more force damage to Treant 4
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) Friday March 12th, 2021 11:13:48 PM
The plan, as far as Sid is aware, if for him to stay with Z and advance. He switches to Mildred and will stay on Z's flank as best he can on this round ((Meaning that if he ends up a little forward or backward of Z he will keep in line with him as they advance)).
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 4d6+11=26 ; Saturday March 13th, 2021 12:38:46 AM
Bartomus moved forward and shifted the winds he had released towards the right where another group of the vege-orks were gathered.
Winds could be such that they just evaporate - otherwise, center at AH27 4d6+11 = 26 Fortitude save reduces by half the damage and prevents being prone Fortitude save = 10+5+2=17
Move to Ap/AQ 39
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 27/17/21; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=12 ; d20=12 ; d20=3 ; d20=12 ; d20=17 ; d8+11=17 ; d8+11=14 ; d8+11=18 ; d8+11=15 ; d8+11=18 ; d8+11=13 ; d6=1 ; d6=5 ; d6=4 ; d6=5 ; d6=4 ; d6=3 ; Saturday March 13th, 2021 2:14:47 AM
Delia will look slightly frustrated as her unfamiliarly hasted hands sent her first shot wide. Then she will 5 ft step to the edge of the tree, resettling herself as her she unleashes six arrows at the plant-dragon.
Attack 1(Manyshot)(+17): 29 Damage(x2): 17 P & 1 cold + 14 P & 5 cold
Attack 2(+17): 29 Damage: 18 P & 4 cold
Attack 3(+12): 15 Damage: 15 P & 5 cold
Attack 4(+7): 19 Damage: 18 P & 4 cold
Attack 5(haste)(+17): 34 Damage: 13 P & 3 cold
=========== Move to AS34 Full attack action with rapid shot, manyshot, and deadly aim on the big bad (improved precise shot should ignore any cover) (I'm not used to pathfinder anymore... that's a lot of dice)
DM Robert - "One left" d20+10=30 ; d20+8=17 ; d20+16=34 ; 2d8+9=21 ; d20+5=17 ; d20+5=15 ; d20+5=16 ; d20+5=10 ; d20+5=18 ; d20+16=19 ; d20+16=31 ; 2d8+9=16 ; 10d6=25 ; 12d6=46 ; 12d6=42 ; d20+5=11 ; d20+12=18 Saturday March 13th, 2021 11:51:56 AM
Hmm, please put your height in your post somewhere so I don't have to backtrack looking it up. Maybe when/where you post your position.
Ohen unleashes another fireball. Stohp moves forward Stock, enlarged goes after the treant hitting it. Unfortunately Spiritual Weapon cannot provide flanking bonus. Zanderallen moves forward cutting the vege orc in half.(how high off the ground are you? ) Micah moves and fires his crossbow, fortunately the spiritual weapon hits. Sid moves with Zander. (I'm sorry it looks like I never placed you on the map. Putting you there now.) Bartomus moves and keeps spelling. (Again please post the save goal when using offensive spells). Delia unleashes a storm of arrows, alas only the last one hits but for not near enough damage that it shuld have. __________ The trees Delia, Ohen & Stohp, and Malici seem to twitch and move even though there is no wind. There's almost like a sound but just barely at the edge of your hearing. It's more like an itching in your ears. Too bad no one has speak with plants going.
Treant 4 has 15 foot reach, and takes its AOO against Stock. Stock is up close and sees the wound the spiritual weapon gave it last round heal up completely. To hit 34 (d20+16) Damage: 21 (2d8+9)
Vege 1-5 reposition. Veg 1 is calling out in Slyvian Highlight to display spoiler: {Pull back into the tree's and blend in.} Veg 9,11,13 head east, one calls out in Slyvian Highlight to display spoiler: {There's one up in the tree over here.} Veg 8,7,18 head south. Veg 26 seems more foolhardy, he takes a 5 foot step and stabs at Stock. To hit 18 (d20+5) miss
Treant 4 decides to take care of the pesky dwarf and attacks Stock. To hit 19 (d20+16) miss To hit 31 (d20+16) hit damage 16 (2d8+9)
Treant 3 casts lighting bolt hitting Bartomus and Delia. Reflex 16 for 1/2 damage. Damage 25 (10d6)
Treant 2 casts Chain Lighting at Zanderallen (ref save 19) as primary and Sid (ref save 17) as secondary. Makes saves for 1/2 damage. Damage is 46 (12d6)
Treant 1 listens to the trees and casts Chain Lighiting at Stoph as primary (ref save 19) and Micah and Ohen as secondary (Ohen I did not over come spell resistance) (ref save 17) for 1/2 damage. Damage is 42 (12d6)
I missed veg 25, he will throw a spear at Zanderallen. To hit 11 (d20+5)
Veg dragon moves and casts two spells. Spellcraft 13 Highlight to display spoiler: {He cast Protection from Energy twice}
Malici casts spell resistance on himself. _______________
More x's for dead vege-orcs
1/2 dragon AC 34: makes his save damage 66 (he resisted some...) Giant Flytrap fails its save, damage 118 Lighting Treant 4: AC 22, damage 27
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20+5=18 ; d20+8=28 ; d6+5=11 ; Saturday March 13th, 2021 10:44:38 PM
Bartomus moved as the lightning bolt came at him, but it still jolted him as he moved. He dismissed the winds as his mind and fingers began another rather simple spell pulling forth a flame in his hand. He flicked it at the Tree-thing in front of him that had sent a bolt at him.
Reflex save of 18 v. 16 so 13 pts damage taken. 5' shft to AQ/AR 28 * Dismissed offensive winds. * Produce flame - ranged touch attack at LT 3 => 1d6+5 (max bonus) with a range of up to 120' - 11 pts damage, no save, spell resistance applies, however. Duration 11m - 10m due to flicked flame attack * Active - Stoneskin 0/110
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 27/17/21; CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=16 ; d20=11 ; d20=12 ; d20=20 ; d20=20 ; d20=4 ; d20=6 ; d8+11=13 ; d8+11=19 ; d8+11=19 ; 3d8+33=45 ; d8+11=15 ; d6=4 ; d6=2 ; d6=3 ; d6=4 ; 2d6=12 ; d6=5 ; Saturday March 13th, 2021 11:31:24 PM
With her heightened speed, Delia narrowly dodges lightning flung at her. Realizing that she's not consistently hitting the leader and that these Ents are a danger to her metal covered friends, she switches targets (LT3) and floats just a little bit closer to the treant (5 ft step to AS33). (I forgot that she is in fact airborn (about 20ft up), but I autosucceed the needed DC 10 or 15 check to hover or move just a little bit)
Attack 1(Manyshot)(+17): 28 Damage(x2): 13 P & 4 cold + 19 P & 2 cold
Attack 2(+17): 29 Damage: 19 P & 3 cold
Attack 3(+12): Nat 20 - Confirm: second nat 20 Damage: 45 P & 4 cold (ignore the 2d6, I thought this got increased too but it doesn't)
Attack 4(+7): 11 (miss)
Attack 5(haste)(+17): 23 Damage: 15 P & 5 cold
============================================ Reflex 16 vs 16 with evasion, 0 damage (thank you haste) Full round attack (DA, RS, MS) on LT3
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 40/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) d20+14=18 ; Sunday March 14th, 2021 2:42:05 PM
Stohp grimaces as she takes the hit. Covering for the casters seems to have become more of a hindrance then a help. She's thinking too 2d, as if the enemy could charge the flying group and attack in melee. She double moves tot he branches of the tree at af/ag 40/41, trying to take cover from more lightning and be far enough away more won't be able to make the jump to any of her comrades if more does come.
Micah gasps in shock as the treant hits him AND Ohen with chain lightning, but it having no affect of the sorcerer. "So much for trying to draw fire from the sorcerer," he says to himself as he moves higher and further away, calling out, "The half dragon cast resistance on himself--TWICE!
Active Spells Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 106 minutes-11 rds) Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes-5 rds) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes-4 rds) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes-3 rds) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22 min - 6 rds) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min-8 rds) Spiritual Weapon (9 rounds remaining)
70 fly speed in heavy armor
=================== Spellcraft autosucceed to identify dragon boy's spells Reflex Save 10 (12 if treant 1 is evil), failed. Micah takes 42 points damage. Spontaneously cast Cure Critical Wounds using neutralize poison for 25 points. Move to AM31, elevation 60 ft. Spiritual weapon rolls 17 and 18 to hit. Both miss.
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 96/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+11=24 ; Monday March 15th, 2021 5:00:47 PM
Zanderallen gets his shield angled to throw off the worst of the electrical blast, but still feels it. Seeing the vege dragon furiously casting spells he recognizes the need to threaten the caster. "I hear you Micah, I'll get him." Not wanting to risk getting grabbed by the flytrap he flies up and over the flytrap before descending next to the vege dragon. "You seem to have wandered into the wrong neighborhood, friend." he says in Draconic. And then focuses Domi's anger onto the vege dragon. ------------------------------ Air Walk 100+ minutes Resist Acid 20 80 minutes Divine Bond +1 Holy 11 minutes Enlarge Person 11 minutes Haste 9 rounds
Lay on Hands 10/10 Smite Evil 3/4
Reflex save 24 vs DC 19 saves - 23 damage taken Double move over the venus fly trap (Staying 30 feet away from it) to Y18-Z19 Height: inches above the ground Swift action Smite Evil on Vege dragon (+4 att and AC, +11 damage and ignore DR)
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc d4=4 ; d4=4 ; Monday March 15th, 2021 5:08:25 PM
Ohen will cast wall of fire centered on the fly trap, creating a 10' radius ring around it. Then he will seek to electrically isolate himself from his companions.
~~~~~ Ohen flies to BA35, 20' in the air.
The wall of fire is opaque, 20' high, 10' radius centered on AB24 AC25 and has the heat facing inward. The flytrap takes 2d4+2 = 10 fire damage (no save). If anything passes through the wall it takes 2d6+13 fire damage (no save).
Sid(Andrew) HP: 66/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+11=30 ; Monday March 15th, 2021 5:54:07 PM
"The Vege-Orcs are moving to the trees to blend in for cover. Stoph, you've been made in the tree!" Sid yells out, thankful for that correspondence course in Sylvan. Sid barrelrolls out of the way of the lightening and yells to the Vege-Orcs, "We are friends of those you have unlawfully attacked. We are a party of arsonists and carpenters who have dealt with your kind before. If you lay down your arms and surrender, though, there may be peace!" Sid keeps pace with Z to AB17, 20' up.
Reflex: 30 Evasion: No Damage Languages of note: Sylvan, Draconic
DM Robert - "HAHA My new axe is working!" d20+16=27 ; d20+15=29 ; d8+7=12 ; d20+22=37 ; d20+9=16 ; d20+5=20 ; d20+5=20 ; d20+5=16 ; d20+5=9 ; d20+5=19 ; d8+1=3 ; d8+1=5 ; d8+1=4 ; d20+5=17 ; d20+5=20 ; d20+5=9 ; d20+16=20 ; d20+16=23 ; 2d8+9=18 ; 2d8+9=23 ; 10d6=34 ; d20+16=18 ; d20+16=18 ; d20+19=20 ; Monday March 15th, 2021 9:06:11 PM ALL please make sure you are updating your header with hit points lost each round!
Bartomus casts a spell. Please tell what the rolls you make are for. FOR instance you have two d20 rolls. I assume one is for your reflex save. Perhaps the other is for your ranged touch attack. But YOU didn't say ranged touch to hit 28 (d20+8) etc... LIKE I do when I'm doing the bad guys rolls. Delia shoots at Treant 3. Stohp moves to the top of the canopy. Sorry you cannot occupy the same space as a tree. BESERKER Stock chops wood like a wood chuck wishes it could. Zanderallen goes after the veg dragon. double moving. Ohen cast a ring of fire as he moves. Sid moves like the wind. ___________ If you didn't indicate a height I'm assuming you are on the ground. Oh, I put the height indicator out next to your names on the key.
Bartomus see's his fire hit the treant...and not do much damage. Resist fire 10 Delia shoots treant 3 but sees that her arrows aren't doing as much damage as they should. DR10/slashing Stock in his frenzy kills everything around him. Ohen is amazed that the Fly Trap doesn't seem to even notice the flames anymore.
As Zanderallen comes in for a landing Vege1/2dragon whips his glaive around cutting at him with his AOO. To hit 27 (d20+16)
The Giant Flytrap moves through the wall of fire, ignoring it (the druid cast resist fire on it-as the plant has a 15 foot reach at the time and since the vege/dragon/druid/king was touching it before he moved). Using it's reach attack it bites at Zanderallen (it's neutral holy man, but only 1 bite since it moved). to hit 29 (d20+15) damage 12 (d8+7) also it attempts to grab. CMB 37 (d20+22). Zanderallen is grabbed by one of the flytraps stalks plant mouths.
Vege 1 comes out of the forest and throws a spear at Sid. to hit 16 (d20+9) miss Vege 2-5 don't take kindly to Sid's words either and come about and throw spears at him too. to hit 20, 20, 16, 9, 19 (d20+5) three hit, damage 3, 5, 4 (d8+1)
Veg 9,11,13 throw spears at Malici. To hit 17, 20,9 (d20+5) all miss
Veg 7 and 8 double move north. Veg 18 is doing something in the tree line, you can't make out what
Treant 2 double slams at Sid (15 foot reach) 20 and 23 (d20+16) both hit damage 18 and 23 (2d8+9 twice)
Treant 1 casts lighting bolt at Zanderallen and Sid. Reflex save 16 for 1/2 damage. Damage 34 (10d6) The tail end of the bolt hits Treant 2 and does NO damage.
Treant 3 double slams at Bartomus (15 foot reach). 18 and 18 (d20+16) two misses!
V1/2D takes a 5 foot step and then casts defensively...(d20+19=20!!!!!!fail, there goes Baleful Polymorph).
1/2 dragon AC 34: makes his save damage 66 (he resisted some...) Giant Flytrap fails its save, damage 118 Lighting Treant 3: AC 22, damage 70
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 40/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Tuesday March 16th, 2021 7:40:06 AM
Stohp would love to grapple the leader, give her allies an opening, but she can't take any more lightning hits like that last one. She double moves towards him and strait up, hoping that none of the enemies will look that far up to attack her (moving to AC/AD 21/22 and 90 feet up)
Stock (JonM) HP: 147/180; AC: 25/24/13; DR 2/-; CMD: 33; Rage: 3/30 used d20+17=33 ; 2d8+21=24 ; Tuesday March 16th, 2021 9:19:22 AM Flying, Enlarged, Protection from Evil, Remove Fear, Haste, Bear's Endurance, Greater Rage
Stock takes off at a run and flies parallel to the ground straight at the fly trap, angling around the wall of fire. He skids to a stop and buries his axe in the flytrap's side. He yells "Boo! HAHA!" as the plant reacts to his presence.
======= Move - Y25/Z26 If movement causes an AOO, Stock has AC29 from Mobility PA vs GF hits AC33, 24 damage
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 76/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 3d6=12 ; 2d6=10 ; Tuesday March 16th, 2021 10:08:08 AM
Bartomus stepped back just a bit and as he did so he focused his attention away from fire, letting the flame in his hand snuff out as he thought of ice, hail, and snow. He
============= 1. Shift 5' to AR/AS 30 2. Dismiss produce flame 3. Cast Ice storm at LT3 for a total of 22 points damage described below. - Target AN 24 - 20' radius, 40' H cylinder w/ no saving throw; spell resistance applies - heavy snow & sleet in cylinder 11 rounds, -4 Perception; - 3d6 bludgeoning for 12 & 2d6 cold damage for 10 4. Active - Stoneskin 0/110
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc 10d6+10=43 ; Tuesday March 16th, 2021 12:45:22 PM "You sneaky botanical beggar!" Ohen shouts as he realizes the second Protection from Fire was cast on the flytrap. He will then fly north to get an angle on the vege-orcs without forming a line with Delia and Bartomus, and incinerate them out of frustration. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spell Cast Fireball: 10d6+10 = 43 fire damage, DC 21 Reflex Save, centered on Z12 AA13.
Movement BA35, 20' up To BB27, 20' up
Active Spells Wall of Fire: He stopped concentrating this round so 11 left Spell Resistance: SR21 to myself, 8 minutes left Fly: Myself, Delia, Zanderallen, Jaspar, 5 minutes left Haste: On everyone, 8 rounds left Mage Armor: Hours left
Delia's attention will snap over to the flytrap as it latches onto Zanderallen, "Just die already..." she'll mutter as she takes aim at the giant, smoldering plant, shifting up and over slightly to start to move away from the potentially hostile trees (5ft step to AS32, preferably up to 25ft as well, but not sure if I can do that and still take a full round action). If there are any extra hits at the fly trap, later hits go back to LT3.
Attack 1(manyshot): 31 (+17) Damage: 15 P + 4 C and 17P + 6C
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 88/119 AC: 27(32 vs VD) T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20=14 ; d6=6 ; d6=4 ; d6=6 ; d6=2 ; d6=3 ; d20+19=22 ; d20+14=25 ; d20+9=28 ; d20+19=25 ; Tuesday March 16th, 2021 3:21:13 PM
Twisting to dodge the lightning being thrown his way Zander is just distracting enough to distract the enemy spellcaster. The flytrap coming at him gives him a moment of pause as he throws up his shield arm to block and is greeted with crushed pain and the thing grabs him. Channeling healing energy into his body he maintains his focus on the vege dragon, following his step if he can shake the flytrap off. Moving faster than he seems to be able to control, Zander cuts an outline of the vege dragon in the air around him. ---------------------------------------------------- Air Walk 100+ minutes Resist Acid 20 80 minutes Divine Bond +1 Holy 11 minutes Enlarge Person 11 minutes Haste 8 rounds Smite Evil on Vege dragon (+5 att and AC, +11 damage and ignore DR)
Lay on Hands 9/10 Smite Evil 3/4
Reflex 25(14+11 forgot modifier) succeeds vs DC 16 17 damage taken
Grapple if flytrap survives Delia -2 to hit -2 AC
Swift Action Lay on Hands - 21 healed If Flytrap is dead 5 ft step to Z19-AA20, if alive then stuck
Full Attack on Vege Dragon 22 misses 25 misses 28 is a potential crit but a miss so misses 25 misses
[OOC: Flytrap living or dying changes nothing in my hits.]
Micah (John) HP: 67/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 d20+14=21 ; d8+3=5 ; Tuesday March 16th, 2021 6:27:20 PM
Micah switches his spiritual weapon to one of the lone vegeos and flies closer to the center of the combat zone.
Active Spells Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 106 minutes-12 rds) Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes-6 rds) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes-5 rds) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes-4 rds) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22 min - 7 rds) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min-9 rds) Spiritual Weapon (8 rounds remaining) Bless (10 rounds remaining)
70 fly speed in heavy armor
=============== Move action to change spiritual weapon to target #18. Spiritual weapon attack. To hit 21. For 5 points magical force damage.
Move to AC30 at 60 ft.
Sid(Andrew) 10' High HP: 13/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+11=12 ; d20+11=17 ; Tuesday March 16th, 2021 6:42:05 PM
Sid does his best impression of a pincushion yet and staggers in the air. Eyes clearing he kips down and flies to AG28 or farther, dropping 10' as he goes knowing that he needs to get to Micah.
Reflex: 12 ((IF I can use a Hero Point to reroll)): 17
DM Robert - "HAHA My new axe is working!" d20+15=26 ; d20+3=23 ; d20+3=13 ; d20+3=8 ; d20+3=20 ; d20+3=10 ; d20+4=22 ; d20+5=15 ; d20+5=23 ; d20+5=21 ; d20+5=13 ; 3d6=8 ; 3d6=6 ; 3d6+15=29 ; d4=3 ; Tuesday March 16th, 2021 8:46:28 PM
Stohp takes the high road. Stock takes his axe and goes after the fly trap, drawing an AOO. Bartomus casts a snow storm You still have not recorded the lighting damage from the round before Ohen arsonist nature takes control as he whips out another fireball. (Veg 2 made the save but dies anyway, veg 1 being a leader type makes his save and still lives.) Delia moves and fires at the Flytrap, killing it. (I'm going to say okay to up and over 5 it would be like a diagonal step on a 2 dimension board). Zander swings valiantly a dazzling display to be sure. Sid uses a hero point to reroll and moves away. ___________ The Giant Flytrap takes it's AOO on Stock. to hit 26 (d20+15) miss
Vege 1, slightly burnt moves in and then releases a spore cloud 40' radius (Stock you're height makes you safe). Zanderallen and Stock, being non vege based life forms. Please make a Fortitude save DC17 or be paralyzed.
Vege 7 and 8 throw spears at Stock. To hit 15 and 23 (d20+5) misses.
Vege 18 uses its claws to attack the spiritual weapon. He hits both times 21 and 13, but finds his attacks do no damage.
Vege 11, 13 and 9 start taking some crushing damage from the black tentacles.
Treant 2 double slams at Sid (15 foot reach) 20 and 23 (d20+16) both hit damage 18 and 23 (2d8+9 twice)
Treant 1 casts call lighting and brings down a bolt on Zanderallen. Reflex save 17, damage 8.
Treant 2 casts call lighting and brings down a bolt on Zanderallen. Reflex save 17, damage 6.
Treant 3 double moves to get out of the snow storm, and heals Fast heal 10.
V1/2D takes a 5 foot step into the squishy remains of his beloved Giant Fly trap, and now out of reach of Zanderallen and Stock. He casts FINGER OF DEATH at Stock for killing his plant. Fortitude save DC 23. IF fail, take 150 points damage. IF succeed take 29 points damage (3d6+15), and using his meta rod, he casts CONTAGION on Zanderallen, casting Blinding Sickness (p557). Fortitude save 16. (onset is ignored, you most however make two consecutive saves 1/day. If you save no effect right now. IF you fail take 3 strength damage (1d4) and be permantly blinded (since I rolled over 1).
Malici looks around the battlefield and mutters. "Most of my spells are deadly area effect spells." _______________
More x's for dead vege-orcs
1/2 dragon AC 34: makes his save damage 66 (he resisted some...) Giant Flytrap fails its save, damage 142 Lighting Treant 3: AC 22, damage 72 Vege 1 : AC? Damage 21 Vege 18, AC 16 damage 5
Sid(Andrew) 10' High HP: 13/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) Tuesday March 16th, 2021 9:55:25 PM
Eyes blinded by the lighting that he somehow made it through he pulls out one of the spears that is lodged in him and turns 90ish degrees to follow Micah. "Micah! If it's not too much trouble I seem to be about to die." He pulls another spear out of his rib. "Also I think I need to rethink my place in combat."
((Sid will follow Micah as far as he can so I don't know where he's going to end up. He will try and not end anywhere in attack range.))
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 62/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20+8=27 ; 2d8+1=13 ; Tuesday March 16th, 2021 10:33:20 PM
Bartomus watched as the Treant raced away from the hail and ice and he swung at it with his glave. Then he stepped away hoping to put a bit more distance between him and it.
==== 1. Using the reach associated with the Glave for attacking Treant 2. Melee - 27 Damage 13 3. Step 5' to AS/AT 28
Damage noted
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 40/82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) d20+7=17 ; d20+19=36 ; Wednesday March 17th, 2021 6:05:32 AM
Stohp sees the cloud and momentarily hesitates on her plan but there's no time to hesitate and she charges right through it. Luckily she fights off it's effects (17 fort, just enough!) and drops next to the half-dragon, seizing him and, hopefully, limiting his casting ability
(Double move to enemy, hero point to grapple, 34 to grapple)
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 101/119 AC: 29(34 vs VD) T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+16=30 ; d20+12=18 ; d20+12=16 ; d6=1 ; d6=3 ; d6=3 ; d6=6 ; d6=5 ; d6=6 ; d20+21=39 ; d20+21=28 ; d20+16=30 ; d20+11=28 ; d20+21=41 ; d20+21=41 ; d10+24=32 ; d6=5 ; d6=6 ; d10+24=34 ; d6=3 ; d6=3 ; 2d10+48=64 ; d6=1 ; d6=3 ; d6=4 d6=4 d6=1 Wednesday March 17th, 2021 1:32:48 PM
Zanderallen coughs at bit at the spores but otherwise remains unaffected. He dodges out of one lightning blast only to end up right in the middle of the second one. Grunting a little in pain he starts stepping towards the vege dragon when he casts his spell. A grim smile spread across his lips as he feels the disease purged from his body by holy energy before it even takes hold. Continuing the flow of holy energy into his wounds he heals some of them. He then completes his step and finding his balance, lays into the vege dragon, including a heroic turn of the blade to land a hit in the middle of his attack sequence. "Domi sends greetings!" he yells as his blade cleaves plant matter. ---------------------------------------------------- Air Walk 100+ minutes Resist Acid 20 80 minutes Divine Bond +1 Holy 11 minutes Enlarge Person 11 minutes Haste 7 rounds Smite Evil on Vege dragon (+5 att and AC, +11 damage and ignore DR)
Lay on Hands 8/10 Smite Evil 3/4[/i]
Fort 30(+16) saves versus spores Reflex 18(+12) saves versus call lightning 1 (4 damage taken) Reflex 16(+12) fails versus call lightning 2 (6 damage taken) Contagion - Divine Health class feature grants immunity against all disease
5 ft step to Z18-AA20
Swift Action Lay on Hands reroll 1s - healed 23
Full Attack on Vege Dragon 39(18+21) hits, 28 (+21) fails to confirm crit - Damage 32 +11 Holy + 4 Fire 34 (30(+16) +4 Hero Point used) hits - Damage 34 + 6 Holy +4 Fire 28 (+11) Misses 41 (+21), confirmed with 41 (+21) crits - Damage 64 +4 Holy +1 Fire
[Edit forget the fire damage for what it's worth whittling down his protection]
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 27/17/21 (w/ Barkskin ~70 mins); CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=6 ; d8+12=20 ; d6=3 ; d8+12=14 ; d6=2 ; d20=3 ; d20=15 ; d8+12=14 ; d6=6 ; d20=18 ; d8+12=13 ; d6=2 ; d20=19 ; d8+12=14 ; d6=3 ; d20=13 ; 2d8+24=38 ; Wednesday March 17th, 2021 3:20:39 PM
Seeing the treant she's been attacking moving towards her, Delia will glance down at the sword on her hip, but realizes that even against a tree, her mastery of the bow outclasses her swordplay. Decision made, she will edge away to get out of its reach (5ft step to AT32 and up to 30ft) and draw back her bow...
Attack 1(manyshot): 24 (+18) Damage: 20 P + 3 C and 14 P + 2 C
Attack 2: 21 (+18) (miss)
Attack 3: 28 (+13) Damage: 14 P + 6 C
Attack 4: 26 (+8) Damage: 13 P + 2 C
Attack 5 (haste): 37 (19+18, crit threat; 31 to confirm) Damage: 52 P + 3 C
======================= Full Round attack at LT3 - Damage and to hit +1 from point blank shot
Note: Hawky is hovering a few hundred feat above the battlefield, far out of harms way. I kept thinking about that but it never made it into my post until now.
Stock (JonM) HP: 147/180; AC: 25/24/13; DR 2/-; CMD: 33; Rage: 4/30 used d20+21=24 ; d20+17=33 ; d20+17=28 ; d20+12=23 ; d20+7=21 ; 2d8+21=28 ; 2d8+21=30 ; 2d8+21=34 ; 2d8+21=27 ; Wednesday March 17th, 2021 5:10:25 PM Flying, Enlarged, Protection from Evil, Remove Fear, Haste, Bear's Endurance, Greater Rage Stock coughs when he's hit by the spell and yells "STOP POINTING AT ME!" He steps forward and lays into the dragon thing squirming in Stohp's arms.
======== Fort 24...yikes! 5ft step forward to Y24/Z25 PA1 vs V hits AC33 (35 if flanking with Stohp) 28 damage PA2 vs V hits AC28 (30 if flanking) 30 damage PA3 vs V hits AC23 (25 if flanking) 34 damage PA4 vs V hits AC21 (23 if flanking) 27 damage ...I think I'm really hoping Stohp has the thing grappled.
Stock (JonM) HP: 118/180; AC: 25/24/13; DR 2/-; CMD: 33; Rage: 4/30 used Wednesday March 17th, 2021 5:10:47 PM
...HP now updated.
Micah holds his breath as he sees what the plant dragon man casts on both Stock and Zanderallen. He releases it in relief as the effects are mostly resisted. Not having to (immediately) worry about Stock, he turns at Sid's call. After assessing his friends' injuries he flies forward, descending as he goes, and calls forth Domi's healing power.. "Get out of here, Sid. We are no match for this lightning," he says as he ignores his own advice.
His spiritual weapon continues on its target, hitting twice.
=========== Active Spells Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 106 minutes-13 rds) Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes-7 rds) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes-6 rds) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes-5 rds) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22 min - 8 rds) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min-109 rds) Spiritual Weapon (7 rounds remaining)
70 fly speed in heavy armor
===============
Spiritual weapon attack against #18. To hit 33 and 27. First hit 6, second is 9. 15 total force damage against #18.
Move to AC24, rapidly descending to an elevation of 20 ft. Channel Energy (8 uses remaining) Heal 16 to himself, Stock, Sid, Stohp, and Zanderallen
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc 5d4+5=17 ; Wednesday March 17th, 2021 7:43:26 PM
Ohen, wishing to conserve spell slots, simply casts magic missile at the treant. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spell Cast Magic Missile, 17 damage, at treeant 3
Movement BB27, 20' up To BB31, 20' up Auto succeed fly check
Active Spells Wall of Fire: 10 rounds left Spell Resistance: SR21 to myself, 8 minutes left Fly: Myself, Delia, Zanderallen, Jaspar, 5 minutes left Haste: On everyone, 7 rounds left Mage Armor: Hours left
DM Robert - "Domi sends greetings!" d20+16=26 ; d8+5=12 ; d20+5=16 ; d20+16=22 ; d20+5=12 ; d20+5=17 ; d6+4=6 ; d6+4=5 ; d6+4=8 ; d20+16=21 ; d20+16=22 ; 3d6=13 ; 13d6=53 ; d20+3=18 ; Wednesday March 17th, 2021 8:47:59 PM FYI, the treants have fast healing 10, it specifically says in their write up that they will heal after the 'dying' stage of death. You need to take them down in hit points well beyond the normal 'death' zone of a PC, ie you have to get it past it's CON in negative hit points.
Sid calls for aid. (moved you to stay near Micah) Bartomus actually hits with his glaive as he steps away slightly. Stohp double moves for descent and heroically wraps her arms around the half dragon. However, since he has a reach weapon he gets one AOO as she closes on him. Zanderallen steps forth and with the luck of the gods (criting) slays the half dragon! Delia shoots into the treant (though it has DR10/slashing). Stock....since Zander killed the 1/2 dragon I'm going to assume you would attack the nearest lightning treant. So I moved you toward it and used your first attack to inflict damage. (However this would generate an AOO from vege 8 and from the treant since it has reach on you, but I don't think your character would really care about that in his desire to chop things.) Micah's magic weapon continues it's attack and Micah desends to do some healing. (Hmm, healing is a 30 foot radius and you are 20 feet high, I'm not sure everyone would actually be in that sphere...need some 3D math you engineers.) Ohen magic missiles treant 3, and see's it stagger and fall over, but not get 'removed' from the board.
___________ The Half Dragon takes his AOO on Stohp. to hit 26 (d20+16) hit, damage 12 (d8+5, tis but a flesh wound)
Veg 8, takes an AOO on Stock but Stock doesn't even register such a feeble attack. To hit 16 (d20+5)
Treant 1 takes an AOO on Stock to hit 22 (d20+16) miss
Vege 1seeing his leader fall, shakes his fist at Zanderallen and shouts in Slyvan Highlight to display spoiler: {}"Revenge is a dish best served cold!"[/b] And then he double moves away into the forest.
Vege 7 runs into the forest.
Vege 8 can only see huge dwarf and claws at it. To hit 12 and 17 (d20+5).
Vege 18 uses its claws to attack the spiritual weapon. He hits both times 21 and 13, but finds his attacks do no damage.
Vege 11, 13 and 9 continue taking crushing damage from the black tentacles. (lets see 6 from the first round, 5 from last round, 8 from this round, nope still alive.)
Treant 1 double slams at Stock (15 foot reach) 21 and 22 (d20+16) both miss!!!!!!! And fast heals this round since it goes after Stock.
Treant 2 casts call lighting and brings down a bolt on Zanderallen. Reflex save 17, damage 13.
Treant 3 is on the ground, but you can see some of the wounds closing.
Malici flies to AJ17 and breaths his breath weapon.... Treant takes 53 damage (13d6) save 22, it fails the save (18). _______________
More x's for dead vege-orcs
1/2 dragon AC 34: makes his save damage 66 (he resisted some...) Giant Flytrap fails its save, damage 142 Lighting Treant 1: AC 22 Damage 18 Lighting Treant 2: AC22 Damage 53 Lighting Treant 3: AC 22, damage 142 Vege 1 : AC? Damage 21 Vege 18, AC 16 damage 20
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 62/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 d20+7=16 ; Thursday March 18th, 2021 12:00:04 AM
Bartomus shifted towards the fallen Treant and saw its wounds were healing. In Sylvian, Bartomus spoke to it. "We can end this in two ways, surrender, and heal yourself as you and your fellow trees leave this place, or better yet help us." Bartomus paused and raised the glaive. "Or, we make you into kindling and offer your other two brothers or sisters a surrender you refused."
======== 1. Shift 5' back to AR/AS 29; 2. Intimidate - 16 3. Ready strike for next round
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 28//82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) d20+17=28 ; d20+17=26 ; d20+17=31 ; Thursday March 18th, 2021 6:06:28 AM
Stohp grunts as she takes the hit. "That's enough out of you." she says as she maintains the hold (33 to maintain) and turns it into a pin before tying him up so he can't cast. "It's over. You can order the rest of your troops to surrender or let them get slaughtered by my companions. Your choice." (rolled to pin, then remembered I don't have to, I just have to roll to maintain. Feat lets me do 2 grapple actions a round)
Stock (JonM) HP: 134/180; AC: 25/24/13; DR 2/-; CMD: 33; Rage: 5/30 used d20+17=25 ; d20+17=21 ; d20+12=28 ; d20+7=24 ; 2d8+21=30 ; 2d8+21=30 ; 2d8+21=26 ; 2d8+21=28 ; Thursday March 18th, 2021 9:08:00 AM Flying, Enlarged, Protection from Evil, Remove Fear, Haste, Bear's Endurance, Greater Rage
Somehow, some way Stock hears Bartomus across the battlefield. He's not exactly thinking clearly when he hears it though so he just shouts "KINDLING!" as he attacks the treant.
Micah has no idea what the fleeing vege said, but does not want his to summon reinforcements and sees the one that also flees.
"Delia!" he shouts, "Do you see the one running away to the northeast? I will intercept the other one.
He then heads toward the one going northwest (Vege 7).
His weapon continues to attack 18, hitting twice.
============== Active Spells Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 106 minutes-14 rds) Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes-8 rds) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes-7 rds) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes-6 rds) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22 min - 9 rds) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min-11 rds) Spiritual Weapon (6 rounds remaining)
70 fly speed in heavy armor
Spiritual weapon vs #18. Hits with an 18 for 6 damage and 16 for 11 damage (17 damage total)
Micah Full Move (135 with elevation change) to Vege #7. If can charge #7, then he moves to ground level and makes a trip attack using his weapon master domain ability. CMB 22. If he cannot charge, but can close, he moves to ground level; if cannot close, then he gets as close as he can and rises to 30' elevation.
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 95/119 AC: 29(34 vs VD) T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+12=20 ; d20+16=35 ; d20+16=30 ; 2d10+26=36 ; d6=2 ; d6=1 ; d6=1 ; Thursday March 18th, 2021 4:00:08 PM
Zanderallen starts to say something to Stohp, but she seems focused on doing her thing so he moves towards the treant that keeps tickling him with lightning. "Stohp, I don't, oh never mind. Hey you, cut it out with the lightning.' He attacks once he closes. ---------------------------------------- Air Walk 100+ minutes Resist Acid 20 80 minutes Divine Bond +1 Holy 11 minutes Enlarge Person 11 minutes Haste 6 rounds
Lay on Hands 8/10 Smite Evil 3/4
Reflex 20(+12) saves, 6 damage taken
Move to AB16-AC17, will take an AoO if the treant has 15ft or great reach
Single Attack on Treant
35(+16), confirmed with 30(+16) crits - 36 damage + 3 holy(if evil) + 1 fire
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 27/17/21 (w/ Barkskin ~70 mins); CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=4 ; d8+11=19 ; d6=3 ; d8+11=19 ; d6=4 ; d20=16 ; d8+11=16 ; d6=4 ; d20=2 ; d20=12 ; d8+11=12 ; d6=5 ; d20=7 ; d8+11=15 ; d6=1 ; Thursday March 18th, 2021 4:48:07 PM
Seeing Bartomus give the evil treant an opportunity to surrender, she'll say "Just kill it, I don't think these things can understand the mercy you're offering."
Smiling a little at Stock's new battle cry, she'll hear Micah's call and look to the northeast, "I see him!" as she moves and fires at the fleeing Vege-orcs.
================================= 5ft step to AS31; remain at 30ft.
If I kill V1, I target V7 at -2 and maybe -4 if Micah successfully tripped him. If I have any leftover attacks, I will shoot the treant with +1 to hit and damage.
Attack 1(manyshot): 21 (+17) Damage: 19 P + 3 C and 19 P + 4 C
Attack 2: 33 (+17) Damage: 16 P + 4 C
Attack 3: 14 (+12) (miss)
Attack 4: 19 (+7) Damage: 12 P + 5 C
Attack 5 (haste): 24 (+17) Damage: 15 P + 1 C
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc 5d4+5=20 ; Thursday March 18th, 2021 6:22:19 PM
Ohen will cast magic missile at whoever's still alive. In order of priority: V1 V7 LT3 "I agree with Stock. To the pyre with these." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spell Cast Magic Missile, 20 damage
Movement BB31, 20' up To AW31, 20' up Auto succeed fly check
Active Spells Wall of Fire: 9 rounds left Spell Resistance: SR21 to myself, 8 minutes left Fly: Myself, Delia, Zanderallen, Jaspar, 5 minutes left Haste: On everyone, 6 rounds left Mage Armor: Hours left
Sid(Andrew) 10' High HP: 13/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+14=32 ; d6+1=5 ; d20+3=20 ; Thursday March 18th, 2021 6:36:30 PM
Sid swoops down to LT3, diving to skewer it with Mildred. "I have got to invest is something fire related," He twists through the heartwood, hopefully cracking it permanently. "Maybe Fire Arrows? Hey Bart, Fire Arrows a good idea?"
ToHit1(ShortSword of Subtly): 32 Damge: 5 ToHit2(ShortSword of Subtly): 20
DM Robert - "Do you see the one running away to the northeast?" 6d6=23 ; d20+16=33 ; 2d8+9=14 ; d20+12=29 ; d20+1=15 ; d20+1=16 ; d6+4=6 ; d20+16=30 ; d20+16=30 ; 2d8+9=21 ; 2d8+9=19 ; d20+16=26 ; d20+16=29 ; 2d8+9=25 ; d20+12=14 ; Thursday March 18th, 2021 8:18:21 PM
Bartomus attempts to intimidate a tree. Stohp pins the 1/2 dragon to the ground. Stock chops wood, but doesn't kill it. Micah charges vege 7 and trips it while his spiritual weapon chases the target and kills it. Zanderallen connects with the VERY EVIL treant, however they are fire resistant 10. Delia, actually I'm going to have to rule you cannot see #1 from where you are even with movement. I put a ruler up just to be sure, his outer edge and yours are still in the ice storm spell which is 40 foot high. You don't have a shot with only a 5 foot move. Ohen, unfortunately at BB31 you can't see V1 there's a tree in the way, however at AW31 your outer corner and his outer corner are visible. Magic missles away. Sid attacks a prone defenseless target, and forget to add his backstab multiplier forcing the DM to look it up. Also remember, you only get 1 attack when you move more than 5 feet. :P (+23 damage)
_____________ Stohp throws the dead half dragon to the ground following up with a pinning arm bar. It is quite spectacular as the intestines spill out and blood flies everywhere, partially covering Stohp. As she applies the cross body arm bar, the arm, somewhat severed in Zanderallen's attack comes off of the body and Stohp finds herself holding the bloody arm shoulder to fingers.
Sid's attack on the tree splinters it with a resounding crack.
Treant 2 takes an AOO on Zanderallen to hit 33 (d20+16) hit, damage 14 (2d8+9)
Vege 1 goes all stealthy, You must make a perception check of greater than 29 to see him.
Vege 7 will attack Micah from the ground. 15 and 16 to hit with its claws, so miss.
Vege 8 makes a withdraw action, avoiding provoking the raging dwarf.
Vege 11, 13 and 9 die in the constricting grasp of the black tentacles spell.
Treant 1 wobbly but still on its root tips, double slams at Stock. 30 and 30 (d20+16) hits, damage 21 and 19 (2d8+9) And fast heals.
Treant 2 hesitates but decides to attack Zanderallen since he killed the king. 26 and 29 (d20+16) miss and hit, damage 25 (2d8+9)
map, [i]poop I forgot to copy and paste the map before I started moving everything around this time.
Malici looks around for vege 1 but fails his perception roll. _______________
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 28//82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) d20+15=32 ; Friday March 19th, 2021 4:29:46 AM
Oh, he's dead. That was embarrassing. Dropping the corpse, Stohp moves to flank Lt 2 (stopping next to MA), trying to trip it and provoking an attack of opportunity (32 to trip)
Stock begins a low pitched humming as he methodically carves through the lightning treant and anything else around.
========== 5 ft step to S24/T25 PA1 vs LT1 hits AC32, 35 damage PA2 hits AC29, 25 damage PA3 hits AC 22, 30 damage PA4 CRITS AC 27, Confirms w/ 30 (+4 from Critical Focus), 80 damage d3 rolls were mistakes
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 62/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 2d8+11=21 ; Friday March 19th, 2021 10:34:16 AM
Bartomus moved over to where Sid was standing and took note of the Elf's work and his sudden fixation on fire. He also noted that Sid had been pretty much worked over by the veggies and the lightning. "Sid, I think it's done, like firewood done. So, let's get you a bit of healing here, ok?"
Bartomus laid his hand on Sid's should and pulled off a healing. "If you need it, I also gotta potion I can give you."
======= 1. Move to AO/AP 29; 2. Cure Moderate Wounds on Sid for 2d8+11=>21
Micah grimly focuses on his prone opponent, power attacking with his mace and exploiting his enhanced speed provided by the sorcerer, he pounds it, hitting it three times.
Since Micah did not have the opportunity to redirect it, Micah's spiritual hammer continues to attack the slain target.
============== Active Spells Hasted by Ohen ( 5 rds remaining) Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 106 minutes-14 rds) Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes-9 rds) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes-6 rds) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes-7 rds) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22 min - 10 rds) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min-12 rds) Spiritual Weapon (5 rounds remaining)
70 fly speed in heavy armor
Spiritual weapon beats a dead horse.
Micah full round attacks, including the haste attack against #7, to hit 24 for 11 points of damage, to hit 32 for 9 points of damage, and to hit 30 for 11 points of damage. All damage bludgeoning. 31 points before DR.
Remain at R16
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 54/119 AC: 29(34 vs LT2) T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+23=41 ; d20+23=32 ; d20+18=31 ; d20+13=22 ; d20+23=25 ; 2d10+24=37 ; d6=4 ; d6=2 ; d10+24=27 ; d6=4 ; d6=3 ; d10+24=25 ; d6=5 ; d6=1 ; d10+24=27 ; d6=3 ; d6=5 ; Friday March 19th, 2021 3:06:16 PM
Zanderallen grunts as he takes a couple solid blows from the knobs of the treant. However he notes that his blade surges with holy energy as it hits, confirming the treant as an evil being. Needing no further prodding he channels more divine smiting into his lumberjack skills. Having seen the regenerative powers of the other treants he doesn't stop swinging. ---------------------------------------- Air Walk 100+ minutes Resist Acid 20 80 minutes Divine Bond +1 Holy 11 minutes Enlarge Person 11 minutes Haste 6 rounds
Lay on Hands 8/10 Smite Evil 2/4
Swift Action - SMITE Lt 2 (+5 Att and AC, +11 damage, bypass DR)
Full Attack on LT 2 - Flanking +2 Att 41(+23) hits, and 32(+23) confirms crit - 61 damage + 6 Holy (forgot to double modify on die roller) 32(+18) hits - 27 damage + 7 Holy 22(+13) hits - 25 damage + 6 Holy 25(+23) hits - 27 damage + 8 Holy
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc d20+15=33 ; d20+15=22 ; Saturday March 20th, 2021 4:30:22 AM
Ohen, seeing that nearly everything is handled besides the fire resistant trees, will move to a more central location to get a better view of everything. As he passes by the fallen treant, he will call out to the group "Does anyone know how to make these stop healing besides turning them into firewood?". As he looks around, he will make sure treant 3 has stopped healing after Sid's strike at the heartwood, and will check to see if any of the other ones are healing. He also points to the tree to the northeast. "Our vegetable friend moved behind that tree." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Perception 33 to see the vege-orc 1 Perception 22 to look around at the treants
Double move to AE30, 40' up, wanting to be able to see over the 20' tall wall of fire.
Active Spells Wall of Fire: 8 rounds left Spell Resistance: SR21 to myself, 8 minutes left Fly: Myself, Delia, Zanderallen, Jaspar, 5 minutes left Haste: On everyone, 5 rounds left Mage Armor: Hours left
Sid(JonM Sub) 50' High HP: 13/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+19=32 ; Saturday March 20th, 2021 8:19:51 AM
Sid floats above the dead tree for a moment and smiles. He then sheathes his sword and takes off at an angle to get some height among the trees to snipe any remaining targets.
========= Move - Sheath sword Move - Draw Branwen as he flies up to 50' to AT20 If relevant - Stealth 32 to hide among the branches
DM Robert - "Our vegetable friend moved behind that tree." d20+16=21 ; d20+12=13 ; d20+12=23 ; 2d6=8 ; Saturday March 20th, 2021 10:40:28 AM
Stohp moves and trips treant 2, but no before taking an AOO. Stock chops and chops making lots of kinding of treant 1. Bartomus does some healing on Sid. Micah goes full battle cleric and makes vege 7 into chopped vegetable. Zanderallen shows Stohp the value of weapons as he makes more kindling for the fire. Ohen moves and points out where vege 1 is hiding. Sid moves. Delia? taking some of her attacks to kill Vege8, it takes 3 arrows to get it. ___________ Treant 2 takes an AOO on Stohp. to hit 21 (d20+16) miss
Vege 1 is the only enemy moving and he's still trying to stealth away. Stealth 13.
map, [i]poop I forgot to copy and paste the map before I started moving everything around this time.
Malici sees vege 1 moving, and decides to get nasty. Perception 23. He casts acid fog. damage 8, "Oh that's going to continue to spread..." _______________
More x's for dead vege-orcs
Lighting Treant 1: AC 22 Damage totally dead Lighting Treant 2: AC22 Damage more than way dead but not as dead as totally dead. Lighting Treant 3: AC 22, damage way dead Vege 1 : AC? Damage 49
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 27/17/21 (w/ Barkskin ~70 mins); CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=10 ; d20=15 ; d8=5 ; d6=3 ; Saturday March 20th, 2021 10:56:44 AM [OOC Last round] Since I couldn't see vege 1, I would have targeted the other foes within line of sight like vege7 and LT3. Can my attacks last round move to them? I don't know how things like that work in a PBP game.
The threats around her killed, Delia will take off after the fleeing vege-orc, locking onto him and firing a single shot.
===================== Perception: 31 to see him Move to AQ13
Attack: 35 (+20) Damage: 17 P + 3 cold
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 62/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 Sunday March 21st, 2021 3:26:40 PM "Sid, play it a bit safer," Bartomus yelled after Sid as he floated away. Bartomus moved out around the snowstorm that still held the prominent position next to the tentacles.
"Hey, hey, is that all of them?" He shouted trying to see around a wall of flames in the center of the forested grove.
====== 1. Move to AH 29/30
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 28//82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Sunday March 21st, 2021 10:34:59 PM
Stohp puts away her flail. "Let him go, lets not waste energy pursuing one guy. She calls to the others. If we're lucky he'll alert the rest of his group to their leaders death and the siege will break up before we have to fight them. If not, well they will have probably heard the fight anyway and we should save our spells for the next one."
Stock (JonM) HP: 98/180; AC: 25/24/13; DR 2/-; CMD: 34; Rage: 7/28 used d20+17=26 ; 2d8+21=32 ; Monday March 22nd, 2021 9:51:13 AM Flying, Enlarged, Protection from Evil, Remove Fear, Haste, Bear's Endurance, Greater Rage
Stock's head whips around and locks onto the remaining evil tree. With a battle cry of "KINDLING!" he skids to a stop next to the thing and hits it with his axe.
======= AoO AC 29 (mobility) Move AD18/AE19 PA hits AC26, 32 damage ...I think LT2 is still up in the map? The text above says its dead. Either way, Stock hits it with his axe :)
Micah (John) HP: 83/84 AC: 27/12/27 CMD:20 d20+4=22 ; d20+14=24 ; d8+3=7 ; Monday March 22nd, 2021 10:59:45 AM
Micah looks around for other foes. Seeing none, he takes to the air again and moves north looking for the vege that fled to the northeast and finds him. He then directs his spiritual hammer to his newly spotted target.
====================== Active Spells Hasted by Ohen ( 4 rds remaining) Airwalk on Zanderallen (duration 106 minutes-15 rds) Enlarge Person on Stock (duration 11 minutes-10 rds) Enlarge Person on Zanderallen (duration 11 minutes-7 rds) Remove Fear on Stock, Sid, and Delia. (duration 10 minutes-8 rds) Owl's Wisdom on himself with metamagic rod of extend (duration 22 min - 11 rds) Magic circle against evil on himself (duration 110 min-13 rds) Spiritual Weapon (4 rounds remaining)
70 fly speed in heavy armor
Perception 22 vs #1 stealth of 13: see him Std action to Move to AD10 at an elevation of 20 ft. Move action to change target of spiritual weapon SW hits with a 24 for 7 pts force damage.
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 54/119 AC: 29(34 vs LT2) T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 d20+7=8 ; Monday March 22nd, 2021 4:23:48 PM
Zanderallen looks around for whatever the group is chasing, but it really confused seeing nothing. He stays in place making sure the splinters in front of him don't start regrowing. "Where is he?" ----------------------------- Air Walk 100+ minutes Resist Acid 20 80 minutes Divine Bond +1 Holy 11 minutes Enlarge Person 11 minutes Haste 5 rounds
Lay on Hands 8/10 Smite Evil 2/4
Perception 8
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc Monday March 22nd, 2021 5:26:44 PM
Ohen will leave the hunters to their hunting and descend on to the square with the half-dragon's body. He will use his arcane sight to search for a medallion quarter, and any other magic items. He will keep checking if any of the treants move. "Sorry Bartomus, that wall will keep burning for a while after I let it go."
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Active Spells Wall of Fire: 7 rounds left Spell Resistance: SR21 to myself, 8 minutes left Fly: Myself, Delia, Zanderallen, Jaspar, 5 minutes left Haste: On everyone, 4 rounds left Mage Armor: Hours left
Sid(Andrew) 10' High HP: 13/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+16=18 ; Monday March 22nd, 2021 6:52:34 PM
"Sorry guys! Ugh, that was nasty. Is that all of them?" Sid will fly up 30ft and see if he can see anything interesting.
DM Robert - "Where is he?" 2d6=11 ; Monday March 22nd, 2021 8:06:48 PM
Delia shoots into the acid fog.... Bartomus warns Sid and tries to look around. Stock whirls around but their is no enemy to hit only wood. Micah looks for vege 1... Zanderallen looks around. Ohen starts to loot (actually can't you dismiss a spell at will?) Sid looks around. _________
Unfortunately Micah and Delia cannot see into the acid fog...Acid fog creates a billowing mass of misty vapors like the solid fog* spell. In addition to slowing down creatures and obscuring sight, this spell’s vapors are highly acidic. Each round on your turn, starting when you cast the spell, the fog deals 2d6 points of acid damage to each creature and object within it. *This spell functions like fog cloud, but in addition to obscuring sight, the solid fog is so thick that it impedes movement. Creatures moving through a solid fog move at half their normal speed and take a -2 penalty on all melee attack and melee damage rolls. The vapors prevent effective ranged weapon attacks (except for magic rays and the like).
Everyone is looking around and realizing that there are no more combatants.
The acid fog cloud spreads some more, (11 points damage to everything, including the tree). You hear the distinct crackle of bark sizzling in dissolving acid. The smell of the acid is non to pleasant either. Delia is pretty sure she did not see the vege come out to the east, and Micah is pretty sure he did not come out to the north. As you hover briefly you hear a rasping scream as if someone's lungs were no longer fully functioning due to inhaling some caustic substance. And then there is only the sizzle of the spreading acid cloud.
Ohen detects several magical items...Malici descends to join Ohen. potion 1, potion 2, scroll dragonhide breastplate (red dragon), heavy wooden shield, cold iron glaive amulet cloak headband pearl ring rod 1/4 of an amulet/medalian and 652 gp
Everyone gets 4,500 experience for scene 1 and 2 (I forgot to give out ex when scene one ended, scene two is not quite over.)
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 28//82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 7:54:00 AM
Stohp helps with the looting.
Stock (JonM) HP: 65/147; AC: 26/24/14; DR 2/-; CMD: 31; Rage: 7/28 used Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 9:24:19 AM Flying, Enlarged, Protection from Evil, Remove Fear, Bear's Endurance, Fatigued
Stock raises his axe to strike again but then realized the treant is not moving. He mutters "One shot that time...yeah I got him good..." Even as he looks around, the rage leaves Stock. He smears wood chips across his face in wiping the sweat away.
Stock limps over to the dread dragon thing and points at the medallion. "That look like yours, Malici?"
========== I let haste expire and started the fatigued clock; assuming we let time pass I'll let the other buffs expire as well
Bartomus(Rod) HP: 62/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 9:44:04 AM
Bartomus joins in the gathering of things from their foes. Like the others, he was standing about and hears Stock point out the 1/4 medallion to Malici. Bartomus rolls his eyes a bit as he seemed to recall that the four holders of the medallion were connected as siblings, albeit estranged. He tried to find some diplomatic way of asking the question he had, but sighed and just put it out there.
"Malici, if it is, then that was one of your siblings, right? " Bartomus paused then continued. "Will we have to expect a battle with everyone holding one of these?"
Micah makes a quick check to verify they are out of immediate danger.
He then gathers around the shields and channels healing energy.
He then gets out his wands of cure light wounds and starts the rounds.
=============== Channel energy (7 uses remaining) Heal all Shields 21 hit points. 8 charges on Stock for an additional 45 hit points 8 charges on Zanderallen for an additional 36 hit points 5 charges on Stohp for an addition 32 hit points 5 charges on Sid for an addition 32 hit points
Let me know who needs more Note on character sheet--that used up most of my old wands. I still have 3 new fully charged ones.
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc d4=1 ; d20+15=35 ; d20+15=31 ; d20+15=30 ; d20+15=31 ; d20+15=20 ; d20+15=18 ; d20+15=35 ; d20+15=27 ; d20+15=16 ; d20+15=25 ; d20+15=16 ; Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 12:40:50 PM
Ohen will raise his eyebrows in surprise at the dragonhide breastplate, and pick up the medallion. "It seems our theory was correct unfortunately. 3 other half-dragons compelled to come to this area. Each with less than peaceful motives." He will place the medallion in his bag of holding for safekeeping, watching the magical energies with his arcane sight as he does so, and pulling the medallion away if anything untoward happens. He will then start identifying. ~~~~~~~~~ I think the spell has to have a (D) tag in the duration to be dismissable, e.g. Duration: 1 round/level (D) Wall of fire doesn't for some reason.
D4=1: accident Potion 1: 35 Potion 2: 31 Dragonhide Breastplate: 30 Shield: 31 Glaive: 20 Amulet: 18 Cloak: 35 Headband: 27 Pearl: 16 Ring: 25 Rod: 16 (come on Ohen he used this, it shouldn't be that hard) All of these are arcana or spellcraft, whichever is appropriate, I add the same regardless.
Sid(Andrew) 10' High HP: 13/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+16=20 ; Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 4:38:57 PM
Fly and keep watch until his 5mins are up and then will descend and continue to watch the forest around them.
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 27/17/21 (w/ Barkskin ~70 mins); CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=3 ; d20=17 ; Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 5:47:34 PM
Delia will wait for the fog cloud to disperse and find the body of the sizzled vege-orc if she can once it does. As soon as she verifies its death, she'll call Hawky back and help Sid keep watch.
========== Perception to find vege-orc if needed: 21 Perception to keep watch: 38
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 110/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 6:43:08 PM
Zanderallen relaxes as the final combatant falls. Receiving healing he helps in moving the bodies to the spell casters to identify items. He calls out to Jasper, "[/b]Jasper, main body down. Let's keep eyes open for if the various plants forming the perimeter are incoming."[/b] His words trail off as he sees members of the group already on lookout. ------------------------------ Lay on Hands 8/10 Smite Evil 2/4
DM Robert - "Will we have to expect a battle with everyone holding one of these?" d20+13=31 ; d20+13=31 ; Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 8:11:20 PM
Stohp starts looting. Stock is feeling the aftereffects. Bartomus asks the obvious. Micah starts the after action healing. Ohen starts identifying. Sid goes on patrol. Delia keeps a watchful eye for a vegematic. Zanderallen calls out to Jasper and makes some sorting piles. ______________ Hmm, Acid Fog can't be dismissed either, that thing is going to go on for 12 rounds (total). And I think it keeps expanding by 20 feet each round. The camp is going to be encompassed before that spell is done.
Unfortunately, there is nothing really left to loot. The vege-orcs had only simple weapons made of bone and wood. (well except of the vege-orc leader, he had some masterwork stuff, but it pretty much dissolves in the acid). The treants had no treasure nor did the giant fly trap.
Even as Stock points out the medalion Malici has already landed beside Ohen and see's it as well. Bartomus asks his question. Malici shrugs not taking his eyes of the medallion. "I guess so, it's not like I have a working knowledge of all the possible siblings that may have survived my father's trials. I did not think I would and did not want to try for I did not want to be his puppet. That's why mother and I fled."
Ohen identifies: potion of cure serious wounds potion of haste, scroll of heal +3 dragonhide breastplate (red dragon - fire resistance 5), +1 light fortification heavy wooden shield, +1 cold iron scythe, amulet of natural armor +1, cloak of resistance +2, headband of inspired wisdom +4, ring of protection +2,
Malici looks over Ohen's shoulder and identifies what he failed to. pearl of power (1st), Lesser Metamagic rod quicken,
As Ohen tries to picks up the medallion he feels an electrical tingle and icy hotness (that's from the medallion not Malici). The glow from the detect magic seems to pulse on the medallion. As he tries to tuck it away, Malici says, "Excuse ME, I believe that should go to me." Malici holds up his quarter of medallion. At this point everyone can see that both parts of the medallions are pulsing in sync with each other. So no, Ohen, you don't get to pocket the medallion as you posted. You may try to now though...
When Zanderallen calls for Jasper he hears no response. Delia and Sid having stated they are on lookout can not see him either.
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 28//82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Tuesday March 23rd, 2021 11:25:16 PM
Stohp sighs loudly. "This is going to be a pain in the rear. We better go check on and clear out the other force if needed and get moving to the next target as quickly as possible."
Stock (JonM) HP: 109/125; AC: 28/25/16; DR 2/-; CMD: 31; Rage: 7/28 used Wednesday March 24th, 2021 9:26:13 AM Letting all buffs expire
"More like we'll be a pain in their rear...am I right?" Stock looks around at his clever(?) joke.
"Whoa...that breastplate is special. And that (metamagic) rod looks like something I could use as a small mace...wait...you mean that's not what it's for?"
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Bartomus(Rod) HP: 62/76 AC 19; CMD 20 Melee +8;Perc+12;Heal+9 d8+1 Wednesday March 24th, 2021 10:31:32 AM
Bartomus nodded as Malici reiterated the fact that the experimentations and the efforts to create controlled puppets is why he and his mother had fled the dragon. He watched as the medallions were pulsing and he looked at the two pieces. "Could it all be a key? Do they join together if they are put side by side?"
Then he was looking over at the other things collected. "That head band kinda looks like the one I am wearing. Huh," he picked it up and looked at. "better made and looks a bit older as well. I would be interested in swapping these, unless someone else needs this?"
When they had mentioned Jaspar being missing, Bartomus looked about and noticed that the acid fog was still moving about. He chuckled at Stock's joke. But, continued to wonder about Jaspar. "Any chance he might have ran back to his village? Do we just head that way to see what we can do and then worry about where he might be?"
======= Willing to move out and follow along. Headband would raise Bartomus' Wisdom to an 18 and change his modifier by an additional one I believe.
Stohp and Sid, you each have been healed for 53 hit points each.
Satisfied that everyone is mostly well, Micah focuses his attention on Malici and Ohen.
He frowns deeply when Malici tries to claim the medallion piece. "If it is all the same to you," he says quietly, but firmly, "I would rather Ohen keep possession of that." Although careful to keep his posture unaggressive, his demeanor is nonetheless serious and intense.
============ Bartomus having the circlet makes the most sense to me. Micah does not have an open headband slot, so could not benefit from the new circlet or Bart's old one. Anyone with this slot open could benefit from Bartomus' old headband with the +1 boost to will saves and perception checks, even if they are not a wisdom based spellcaster.
Zanderallen (Zachary H) 110/119 AC: 29 T: 13 FF: 28 CMD: 24 Wednesday March 24th, 2021 5:30:14 PM
Still a little worried about Jaspar, Zanderallen knows wandering off into the forest alone to look for him is just a good way for two people to get lost. "Go ahead and take the headband Bart, you're best suited for it." He stops and stares for a good while at the breastplate, "Wow, real bona fide dragonhide armor. That's not something you see everyday."
Near the pile of bodies being looted he sees the medallions light up and he has a hard time not reaching for his weapon. As Micah speaks, he positions himself next to Ohen, posturing solidly next to the new medallion piece as he opens his divine sight(Detect Evil) and looks at both medallion pieces.
Delia (Hannah) HP: 87/87; AC 27/17/21 (w/ Barkskin ~70 mins); CMD 29; Forest terrain (+4) d20=5 ; Wednesday March 24th, 2021 5:54:55 PM
Delia, unaware of the potential conflict with Malici and concerned about Jasper's disappearance, would go to where he was last seen as soon as we realized he wasn't responding and look for signs of struggle or tracks. As she heads in that direction, she'll call out and let the rest of the party know that she's looking for Jasper.
========================================= Survival: 26 (+21) (additional +5 if tracking)
Sid(Andrew) 10' High HP: 13/66; AC: 19/16/14; CMB: 7; CMD: 22 Speed: 30ft, Swim 30ft.) d20+16=18 ; d20+8=25 ; Wednesday March 24th, 2021 6:07:11 PM
Sid will keep on lookout but at the sounds of tension behind him he switches to Brawen and gets ready to notch one of his elf bane arrows.
Perception: 18 Bluff: 25 (To look calm and relaxed and not like he is going to start shooting at Malici if needed.)
Ohen Kuldrven (Jacob H) HP: 83/83, AC: 23(15T, 21 I, 20F, 20CMD); SR 21; Permanent: Arcane Sight(120'), Darkvision(60'), See Invis, Perc Wednesday March 24th, 2021 6:48:49 PM "I think it would be best if the medallion pieces remain separated. After all, we don't really know what they do yet, and there is a powerful magical resonance between them. I think if we come across another one, someone else should hold it besides the two of us."
Ohen will wait and see what Malici has to say before pocketing it, but he also will not let Malici take it.
DM Robert - "I would rather Ohen keep possession of that." d20+12=17 ; Wednesday March 24th, 2021 8:00:58 PM
Stohp suggests going to the next target....where ever that may be... Stock thinks about being a pain in keister to the powers that be. Bartomus queries what would happen if the pieces were put together, and places dibs. Micah is rather firm about the medallion. Zanderallen uses a little paladin power. Delia goes off looking for Jasper. Sid readies a threat. Ohen is steadfast. ___________
Delia flies to where the party met to pre-cast their battle spells. Then she realizes that Jasper was also flying with the group, so there's not much in the way of tracks to follow. Delia Perception 30 Highlight to display spoiler: {You notice some broken twigs and then what appears to be a scrap of paper stuck to a bush.}
Zanderallen detects no evil from the medallions.
Malici crosses his arms, bringing himself to his full height. He looks around noting some of the postures of the party. Arching an eyebrow he says, "I see." Then he takes flight straight up and once above tree top level, turns southeast and heads off.
For those curious, I'm saying the map now shows the acid fog at about 1/2 of it's total potential spread radius. That's if I'm reading the spell right, it says it spreads Effect: fog spreads in 20-ft radius, 20-ft high. I'm not sure if that means just the initial spell point or if it continues to spread each round. map
Stohp (Mitch) HP: 28//82 hp AC: 25/15/21 CMB: +13 (17 Grapple, 15 Trip, 17 Disarm) CMD: 22 (+4 vs grapple,+2 disarm) Wednesday March 24th, 2021 9:05:25 PM
Stohp is confused. "Wait what? Why'd he leave? Why didn't we just let him have the magic coin thingy?"
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