Archers:
Arrows pepper the battlefield again, however they were less accurate than before and again, the one on the ground has taken the brunt of the arrows. Looking in terrible shape.
Bron up.
HP 29/29
AC 18 (-1 size, +0 Dex, +4 armor, +2 shield, +1 deflection, +2 natural)
Benefitting from:
Arcane Strike feat: +1 damage and weapon is considered magic.
Inspire Courage: +1 competence attack and damage rolls, +1 morale to saving throws against fear.
Enlarge Person: +2 Str, -2 Dex, size Large (net -2 AC, +1 damage).
Barkskin: +2 natural armor to AC.
Delay Poison: Immune to poison.
Heroism: +2 morale bonus on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks.
Total: +3 attack rolls, +3 damage, size Large (weapon damage 2d8), +2 on saves and skill checks.
The furious giant takes two steps towards the beast while bringing his enormous blade up for a vicious blow.
Round 2
HP = 42/42
AC = 22/11/21
Weapon Equipped = Lance
Speed = 50'
Challenge = 2/2
Status Effects = Mounted
Donal HP = 32/32 AC = 22 (20 Charging)
Status Effects = Inspire Courage
Jameson will charge the other wyvern.
The giant baron takes a heavy swing at the wyvern, smashing his blade into it's thick scaled hide, but not yet deep enough to kill the creature. His maw is filled with blood.
Jameson's lance only just misses, but he is currently beneith the flying Wyvern that remains flying.
Ganit's first shot misses, however his second hits the flying target, delivering anad powerful strike to the neck and causing it's wounds to bleed.
Round 2
Order:
Carina Stigard (Greenwood)
Archers
Wyverns
Sir Bronwyn Raslov (Greenwood)
Zorestar Lebeda
Telias Markan
Jameson Addercop IV
The Hermit Ganit D'Artain
The Wyvern attempts to dodge the flaming sphere and though the net restricts it's movement, it is still able to just move out of the way of the flaming sphere.
Telias casts produce flame and hurls it from where he is at the grounded wyvern, however his shot misses.
attack:
With impunity the ranger stands in his nest and reaches for the smooth whitewood arrows he had crafted for this purpose a few days before. Keep the b!&#% grounded. Can't afford that advantage, he thinks as he laces the first enchanted arrow and takes aim.
Visions of war and death and blood flash through the rather pregnant sorceress's head, but Carina manages to push these aside and calls upon her alien powers. Moments later two bolts of light flash from her fingertips and drill into the flying wyvern.
Cast Magic Missile @ flying wyvern, unless it is dead.
Damage:
Jameson's attack cuts the wyvern down, killing it easily and downing the creature. The flying one remains high, until Ganit fires off his his arrows, stabbing deep into the creature and causing horrific wounds, but it remains flying, if barely from the damage it's recieved from the attacks.
Round 3
Order:
Carina Stigard (Greenwood)
Archers
Wyverns
Sir Bronwyn Raslov (Greenwood)
Zorestar Lebeda
Telias Markan
Jameson Addercop IV
The Hermit Ganit D'Artain
Carina's bolts of energy knock into the flying dragon, mortally wounding it, spitting up blood as the last one did.
Archers:
The archers bring the creature down, making it into a literal pincushin and it crashes to the ground.
Just as you tidy up, Ganit takes his time in attempting to scout where they came from. Their diet suggested a nearby cave and as you make your way there you found the horde that these creatures were keeping to themselves.
You find:
1) Potion of Magic fang, greater +1
2) Masterwork Chainmail
3) Potion of Wood shape
4) Potion of Magic stone
5) Darkwood buckler
6) Arcane Scroll, Gaseous form
7) Arcane Scroll, Ice storm
8) Masterwork Mace, light
9) Divine Scroll, Detect good
10) Sunrod
Piles of Gems and Coins. Gems and Jewlery totalling 299gp and a huge pile of copper and silver coins. 335sp, 550cp
The baron raises his sword high, the polished blade shining in the sun.
The enemy has fallen, men! The land is safe! Our people are safe! This calls for a celebration!
He strides towards his wife, taking her in his arms and kissing her tenderly.
You did it, love. We did it. My blade, our men's arrows, your spells. Rejoice, for today we acted as one and the day is ours.
As Carina sees the second wyvern fall from the sky, she moves out from her position at the entrance to the barn to look at the dragons.
That went well, no serious injuries and two dead wyverns.
As she sees her huge husband striding toward her, she casts Enlarge Person on herself and returns his embrace. She says with a mischievous grin: You name keeps changing Bronwyn Greenwood the Dragonslayer.
Carina then turns to the troops that accompanied them, human and kobold.
You all have done a great service to this land. When we return to Evergreen, we shall have a party to celebrate this first victory of the troops of Vertaria. We shall take these dragons back and create a monument to celebrate this first great victory. Forever after, you shall be able to tell your children and grandchildren that you fired the arrows that helped bring down these mighty predators.
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Zorestar approaches Bronwyn and James after the battle and speaks to them.
"Vipera cum alis. A most impressive foe and a victory that will go down in the history books. I am certain that this will go far for the citizens of Vertaris in giving them a sense of security in this land. Congratulations are due to both of you for a job well done."
"I would be most interested in any scrolls found among the treasure horde. They would make for great additions to my library."
"Well need to make sure they didn't have any young. Offspring could prove just as troublesome."
"Indeed the offspring will clearly grow up and pose a problem for you in the distant future. Were any eggs found in the nest?"
"None that I found," Ganit cuts in as he leads a trio of bag toting archers to the group. "Some poultices, torn out book pages n' some other mostly useless dreck." He motions the men forward and points to the ground. "Here. This place is good as any." As requested, the grunts spill their bags to reveal the contents of the Wyvern's hoard.
"Thought dragons was s'posed to keep their weight in gold. $&!**y hoard fer a couple a $&!**y dragons, I say."
Bronwyn approaches the grumpy archer with a satisfied smile and claps his back.
Our greater reward are the the thrill of the hunt and the beasts' demise, Ganit. Our people can now sleep safely without the fear of these monsters swooping down from the sky and for that I'm grateful.
You do find that this stuff was arranged to such a way as to make a nest. If you hadn't stopped them when you did, they may have had eggs and children that would've spread chaos through your kingdom.
"Our greater reward are the the thrill of the hunt and the beasts' demise, Ganit. Our people can now sleep safely without the fear of these monsters swooping down from the sky and for that I'm grateful."
"Indeed this is a great reward to bring about the beast's demise, but I am not sure that I would call this thrilling! I would much prefer to be back in my library with a good book to study."
Zorestar will take the two Arcane Scrolls (Gaseous form & Ice storm).
"Our greater reward are the the thrill of the hunt and the beasts' demise, Ganit. Our people can now sleep safely without the fear of these monsters swooping down from the sky and for that I'm grateful.""Indeed this is a great reward to bring about the beast's demise, but I am not sure that I would call this thrilling! I would much prefer to be back in my library with a good book to study."
Zorestar will take the two Arcane Scrolls (Gaseous form & Ice storm).
Upkeep Phase
1. Stability Check:
2. Pay Consumption: 0
3. Fill Vacant Magic Item Slots: None.
4. Unrest: None.
Improvement Phase
1. Leadership Adjustments: No change.
2. Claim Hexes: Claim 2 hexes (B2 and B3)
3. Establish and Improve Cities: Build Shrine in Evergreen, Build House and Herbalist at Olegsburg.
4. Build Roads: Build 2 hex of roads
5. Establish Farmlands: At newly-acquired grasslands hex (B2).
6. Issue Edicts: No change.
Promotion: Token +1 Stability, +1 Consumption.
Taxation: None +1 Loyalty
Festivals: 6. +2 Loyalty, +2 Consumption.
Income Phase
1. Deposits: None.
2. Withdrawals: None.
3. Sell Valuable Items: None.
4. Generate Income:
Surveying their newly-acquired lands up in the western plains, the Vertaria council meets at a pavilion tent overlooking the recently-dug corn fields. The booming voice of a mud-spattered baron is heard over the winds.
My good folks! As is plain for all to see our efforts in colonizing the western plains are going really well!
Bronwyn kneels down, grabbing a handful of loose earth.
The land is soft and fertile, and shall yield its bounty soon to our hardworking people. As we establish and protect our western borders we pave the way for our folk to settle into the woods and finally restore the Temple of the Elk to its former glory. Father Jhod, you'll need to double your efforts of educating the people how to collect the bounty of the woods without depleting its resources.
He gets up, searching the eyes of his companions, the man-at-arms that guard their realm and people.
We'll need our eyes and sword arms on this region. Anything might come from the lands further west. Ganit, for the next few months I'd rather have you out here, patrolling the wilds and our borders to ensure the settler's safety.
Jameson and his men should make the roads safe enough but there may still be bandits in some of the unexplored parts of the woods, so keep yer eyes open.
As for you, lady Lebeda, I have a task of the utmost importance. As Varnhold sits to the east, we have a neighbor to the west. As we expand to that direction, we need to establish friendly relations to them. We need to assure them we won't intrude on their lands, and most importantly, we need to set on stone the issue of our common borders before our folks clash on undecided lands. The realm needs you to travel to their land and settle the subject with their ruler, or at least start proper negotiations. I have complete trust in your judgement on the matter.
No event, things go according to plan.
The speech is much appreciated and Zorestars wife gives a nod approvingly. Everyone is hanging on every word and listening to all that is mentioned of peace and not wanting to forcefully take over more than that.
Minor item 1:
minor wondrous item
Unguent of Timelessness
Minor item 2:
magic armour of shield
armour
chain shirt
adamantine
+1
DAMN that's a expensive peice of chainmail! Anyone want?
The second item is worth under 4k so you won't make any BP, but you still need to sell it to open the slot free for next month for somthing else to be generated. The second item however will generate BP (As it's close to 5k without the +1 enhancement.) just so you know.
We'll need our eyes and sword arms on this region. Anything might come from the lands further west. Ganit, for the next few months I'd rather have you out here, patrolling the wilds and our borders to ensure the settler's safety.
"Ay, I'll try an keep them travelers from losin' a boot to the mud er gettin themselves mauled by thylacines. Won't promise nothin' tho."
"I will do as you say, Lord, but remember not to use "yer" I've only limited facilities and men, we can only do so much with this much land to patrol."
Upkeep Phase
1. Stability Check:
2. Pay Consumption: 0
3. Fill Vacant Magic Item Slots: unguent of timelessness and adamantine chain shirt +1.
4. Unrest: None.
Improvement Phase
1. Leadership Adjustments: Ganit's Spymaster bonus (+3) goes to Stability from Economy.
2. Claim Hexes: Claim 2 hexes ("Thorn River Camp" D4 and "Temple of the Elk" C4)
3. Establish and Improve Cities: Establish new city at Temple of the Elk hex, Build Monument at Evergreen, Build Dump at Olegsburg.
4. Build Roads: Build 2 forest hex of roads
5. Establish Farmlands: At previously-acquired grasslands hex (B3).
6. Issue Edicts: No change.
Promotion: Token +1 Stability, +1 Consumption.
Taxation: None +1 Loyalty
Festivals: 6. +2 Loyalty, +2 Consumption.
Income Phase
1. Deposits: None.
2. Withdrawals: None.
3. Sell Valuable Items: Sell unguent of timelessness and adamantine chain shirt +1
4. Generate Income:
New members of the fey enter your kingdom and swear allegence to you. these consist of a stunning Dryad with flowing redhair and only a few leaves covering her modesty, leaving little to the imagination, a satyr named Harod, a pixie named Raul Redwood, A Forlarren that matches the one Carina met once in the woods.
They also bring with them gifts and tools to help in whatever way possible. This benefits the kingdom by reducing unrest by 2 (doupt you had any) and granting you BP
Slot 1: belt of giant strength +2
Slot 2: potion of Enlarge Person
For those interested:
Sorry the pics are a little small, did not have the energy to redo them. Let me know if we should move something. I know we get experience for filling blocks, but in Evergreen, putting the Shrine and Monument next to the Dump and Tannery just seems wrong. I also did not put them by the house as that is for the Market.
Not sure why we have 2 houses in Olegsburg, but it is fine, just seems like we spent some BP unnecessarily as the same house can be used as the basis for the Herbalist and the Stable.
Just my thoughts. Please let me know whether there are any buildings that people want moved.