Nyssa Veshane |
This wasn't Birdfood's door, remember? Probably their treasure room." Nyssa whispers back. "I'm thinking we spike this one for now, and check the other doors."
I rolled a 7 or something for perception earlier, so I'm assuming that Nyssa doesn't hear what Čemifobbar hears.
Čemifobbar |
Čemifobbar motions for quiet and whispers to the others: "There's people in there who don't seem to know what's happening out here. And what sounds like a squawking bird. Which just might mean our friend Birdfood is in that room. Anyone got magic to open a door like this? Or should Kraig, Nyssa and myself dispense with niceties and just open it the hard way?"
Nyssa Veshane |
Nyssa leaves the others to puzzle out what they want to do. She heads to the Southeast door and listens at it. She also notes if it's locked or not.
Trying to be sneaky.
stealth: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19
Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
GM Demonmoose |
Nyssa heads away from the group, back to the center then down a short hallway to the southeastern room. She opens the metal slab that serves as a door and finds a reinforced chamber with chains and skeletal remains, along with dried blood covering parts of the floor beneath the chains.
A few moments after, she hears loud noises on the other side of the door she entered, and someone talking. An orc enters, and someone shuts the stone slab behind him.
”Well, hello there. How would you like to be tortured? I got some javelins, or Mr. blade here is real good, too.” He makes some stabbing motions with his falchion. The orc seems to be waiting for Nyssa to make the first move.
For everyone, you can push the story with more action and less discussion. Or maybe no one just wanted to open the door. Sometimes you have to be the one that does stuff to move the story forward. Also it is Nyssa’s turn for her combat.
Alexis Ravani |
Alexis was staying back, letting the others move forward as she kept watch. When the orc emerges and says his piece she says
Nyssa, hold out for something more interesting. Javelins, or a Falchion, please. I know a song about that.
Alexis starts singing the song of the happy torturer.
+1 attack/+1 damage
Čemifobbar |
"Nyssa is nothing if not decisive!" Čemifobbar muses.
"Well, I guess we may as well follow Nyssa and Alexis. They've doubtless making some friends right about now."
With that, Čemifobbar will take a leisurely walk down the hallway to follow in the footsteps of Nyssa and Alexis.
Smiling to himself, Čemifobbar thinks "Those two should be able to take care of themselves for a few moments! If not, I'm sure there will be a clamour and din to help find them easily." muses.
Nyssa Veshane |
Nyssa sizes the orc up, looking for his weaknesses. As soon as she sees it, Nyssa draws back and lets an arrow fly.
MW bow standard arrow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
If its within 30' then point blank shot applies as well. (+1/+1) If Alexis acted first that would add in also.(+1/+1)
"It's always torture with you isn't it?" Nyssa asks the orc in a sarcastic tone.
Čemifobbar |
Čemifobbar will try to see if he notices the sounds to tell him what door to follow Nyssa and Alexis.
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
That should do the trick, normally.
Provided he's got the right door, he'll walk on in and casually say "Sorry I'm late!" and immediately lob the javelin he has in hand at the first enemy he sees.
javelin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 161d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
GM Demonmoose |
Kraig, Valt and Tessara hear a clicking noise as the locked door unlocks. It does not open.
Cemifobbar and Kharamell see three orcs in the central "courtyard" of the Hawk Palace. One of them is standing down a hallway in front of metal slab-like door. As soon as Cemifobbar sees the orcs, he hurls a javelin at the nearest one.
Alexis sings as Nyssa's arrow strikes the orc in the prisoner chamber. The orc grunts, blood streams from the wound in its side. It laughs, hefting its falchion menacingly.
I'll get you a map eventually. Orc A (10), Orc B(8), Orc C(0), Orc D(0).
Alexis's Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Nyssa's Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Nortmog’s Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Cemifobbar's Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Kharamell's Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Tessara's Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Valt's Initiative: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8
Kraig's Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Enemy Initiative: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1
1. Everyone
2. Enemies
Orcs B,C,D(at the door) are 15, 15 and 30 feet from Kharamell and Cemifobbar. Kraig, Tessara and Valt are in a completely different room (50 to 60 feet away). Orc A is about 15 feet away from Nyssa and Alexis. It is everyone's turn.
Čemifobbar |
"Good! Some some exercise at last!" says Čemifobbar, who drops his make shift bundle of javelins and falchions, goes into a bloodrage and immediately charges the nearest Orc with his own (+1) Falchion.
falchion (+1): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 222d4 + 15 ⇒ (2, 4) + 15 = 21 (charge, p-attack & f-focus)
If he's still standing, that Orc should be staggered for two rounds from the Frightful Charge bloodrage ability
GM Demonmoose |
Kraig opens the door with his foot.
He sees a throne made of debris, stone and rusted technological gadgets, atop which is perched three hawks. Beside the throne, pointing a glowing longbow at the door, is a Smiler. He laughs as he lets loose an arrow at Kraig. The arrow digs into Kraig's stomach.
"Damn, I quite like kidneys. So acidic."
Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 222d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2) + 3 = 9
The Smiler is about 20 feet from Kraig and the door. Kraig still has an action. Valt, Tessara, Alexis and Nyssa's turn.
Nyssa Veshane |
Nyssa puts her bow back in its case, and draws her blade. Move action, free action as part of a move action.
Then she steps forward, attacking with her sword. 5' step, standard action.
MW longsword: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Studied target and inspire courage in effect.
GM Demonmoose |
Orc A (20), Orc B(29, staggered 2 rnds), Orc C(0), Orc D(0).
Cemifobbar's blade digs a deep wound in the orc, spilling blood across the wall and floor.
In the prisoner room, Nyssa switches tactics and slashes at a weak point in the orc. It raises an arm up to block the attack, and gets a deep slash in its non dominant arm.
Kraig barely manages to grab a hold of the Smiler. Birdfood stares at Kraig, "Usually the prey avoids the predator. If you think that giving me a hug can garner sympathy from me, well, you'd be correct. I'll be sure to cook your innards with love and spices. Hyeheheh."
Valt and Alexis' turn.
GM Demonmoose |
Valt moves into the room and tries to daze Birdfood. The ex-Smiler lowers his glowing bow slightly, but continues smiling at Kraig.
Will Save, DC 14: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Alexis continues singing, moves close to the orc and tries to stab him with her rapier. She trips slightly as she walks and nearly stabs into the door behind the orc.
Rapier: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 91d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Enemy turn.
GM Demonmoose |
Orc A (20), Orc B(29, staggered 1 rnds), Orc C(0), Orc D(0), Birdfood (0, dazed, grappled).
The orc in the prisoner room ignores the bard and swings his falchion at Nyssa. The orc fighting Cemifobbar roars and cuts at the dhampir with his weapon. The other orc in the room shifts closer to Kharamell but attacks Cemifobbar. The orc by the door sees the fight and charges at Cem.
The falchion bites into Nyssa deeper than it should, drawing blood from the Suli. Cemifobbar dodges two attacks from surrounding orcs, but is unable to avoid the third charging orc as it slashes across his chest.
Falchion at Nyssa: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 262d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 6 = 8
Falchion at Cem: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 132d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 6 = 11
Falchion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 92d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 4) + 6 = 11
Falchion: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 2 = 202d4 + 6 ⇒ (2, 2) + 6 = 10
Crit Confirm vs Nyssa: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 192d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 4) + 6 = 11
19 damage to Nyssa. 10 damage to Cemifobbar.
Everyone's turn.
Kharamell |
"Shazbot!" Kharamell cries in frustration as he hears the distinctive sound of his favorite weapon jamming. Again He forgoes reloading to cast a spell to try and keep the orcs from overwhelming Cemifobbar.
He targets the orc that appears the most injured.
Scorching Ray: range touch, fire into melee
To Hit: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 4 = 21 To Hurt: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 2) = 10
Confirm Crit: range touch, fire into melee
To Hit: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 4 = 16 To Hurt: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 2, 3) = 11
GM Demonmoose |
Burning rays fly from Kharamell's hands striking the near dead Orc and puncturing it in multiple places in its chest. It smokes and falls.
Nyssa slashes at the orc in the room and severs its stomach. It clutches at its exposed guts and slides to the ground.
Tessara's second arrow stabs through Birdfood's thigh. He screams and laughs, a trail of blood spills from his mouth. He slurps it back up.
"Did you know that elves are quite high in white meat? Their flesh and vittles are so succulent. Just add a little pepper. Hyahaheh."
Cemifobbar, Valt, Alexis, Kraig's turn.
Orc A (20), Orc C(0), Orc D(0), Birdfood (13, dazed, grappled)
GM Demonmoose |
Kraig Forge-Hammer |
Birds like Kraig, they find his beard comforting. It reminds of them of their nests when they were just hatchlings. Free action to start grabbing style, move action to use martial flexibility to gain Dodge, standard action to maintain grapple.
"Yeah well I'll cook your bad attitude with patience and... understanding."
Standard action to maintain grapple/Damage: 1d20 + 13 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 13 + 5 = 37
Blunt Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Kraig keeps a firm grip on the guy and punches him.
Čemifobbar |
Čemifobbar will strike at Orc A, since he's the got the best chance of killing that one with one blow:
falchion (+1): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 262d4 + 15 ⇒ (4, 1) + 15 = 20 (p-attack & f-focus)
And he probably did so!
Got back one point from his Fast Healing ability while bloodraging.
GM Demonmoose |
Kraig punches Birdfood in the gut. He coughs up blood and spittle. "Ah, you're so annoying, ya bearded freak. Let go of me, and I'll cut off your beard, and wear it while I'm eating your guts. And I'll say, 'I understand my guts taste really, really good.' Hey, you stupid birds protect your master! Rip out their throats and feed it to ME! Caw, caw, caw!"
Cemifobbar slices through the orc's barely armored frame and the green skinned humanoid slides down against the dhampir's body.
Orc C(0), Orc D(0), Birdfood (22, dazed, grappled)
Valt and Alexis' turn.
Valt Skyddade |
Valt looks at Kraig, who has a solid grip on the hawk-man, so he decides to hamper one of the orcs attacking Cemmifobar, focusing his mind to numb the orc. daze DC 14 Will
Looks like Kraig has improved his hugging techniques.
Thinks the summoner, barely smiling and forgeting about the menacing hawks for a moment. Then, Valt tries to command his own flock of eagles to engage the hawks, making gestures to indicate them as their target.
Handle Animal: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
No idea if Handle animal works this way or not.
Eagle A: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 2 = 201d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Eagle B: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 = 251d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Crit confirmation: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 2 = 211d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Eagle C: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 2 = 141d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
GM Demonmoose |
Valt can't cast daze, because the the orcs are in a completely different room.
Valt's eagles surround Birdfood and start pecking at him, pulling out tiny bits of flesh from his body. "Irony. Heheheh."
Alexis stops singing, moves forward and opens the door.
Enemy turn.
Birdfood tries to pull himself futilely from Kraig's grasp again. His hawks move in close, ignore the eagles and bite at Kraig.
CMB: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 191d4 ⇒ 2
Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 31d4 ⇒ 2
Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 161d4 ⇒ 3
The orcs slash furiously at Cemifobbar, one of them shifting to get better positioning, but not flanking yet. One of the orcs brings his blade across Cemifobbar's chest.
Falchion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 142d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 1) + 4 = 10
Falchion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 272d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 6) + 4 = 13
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 92d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 = 12
Orc C(0), Orc D(0), Birdfood (37, grappled)
Everyone's turn.
Nyssa Veshane |
Nyssa moves toward the sounds of fighting.
20' move. There's a corner there, but if Nyssa can see the orc well enough she will study him. (I'd charge but the rules prohibit it. Nyssa has no LoS to the orc.)
Kharamell |
If he can get more than one orc in the area of effect, Kharamell will move up and unleash a blast of Burning Hands from his weapon 4d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 1, 2) = 8 Reflex DC 17 for half.
Concentration: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Valt Skyddade |
The eagles peck and tear with beaks and talons, in a confusing mass of feathers, as they mix with the hawks. Valt, unable to discern where is Kraig in middle of the avian chaos, hesitates about how to proceed, loosing its pace to act.
Kraig, are you well? Can't see you!
Eagle A
Beak: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 141d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 71d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Eagle B
Beak: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 91d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 71d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 211d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Eagle C
Beak: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 231d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Crit. confirmation: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 111d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 151d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Čemifobbar |
OUCH!
Čemifobbar will strike at the Orc that hit him:
falchion (+1): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 232d4 + 15 ⇒ (1, 4) + 15 = 20 (p-attack & f-focus)
He'll then step back five feet and swallow one of his potions of inflict minor wounds to heal himself up a wee bit:
ILW poition: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
If he's hit again the next round, critical or not, he'll use a Windy Escape spell for each hit.
I think he can cast that more than once in a round that since the casting time is instantaneous
Got back one point from his Fast Healing ability while bloodraging.
GM Demonmoose |
Reflex Save, DC 17: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (10) + 0 = 10
Reflex Save, DC 17: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (17) + 0 = 17
One of the orcs takes the burning hands straight in the face, the other one, ducks and weaves away from most of the flames of Kharamell's spell.
Tess's arrows completely miss the mass of birds, Kraig and Birdfood, darting through the dark feathers and into the eastern wall. It is quite a surprising attempt to how she could miss everything.
Valt's eagles rip at Birdfood, pulling leather and flesh and blood from the tangle of feathers and talons.
Cem slashes through the orc, who trips and falls to the ground from the blow. The other orc snarls and roars at the dhampir.
Cemifobbar cannot use a potion as it is a standard action.
Orc D(4), Birdfood (47, grappled). Alexis and Kraig's turn.
Alexis Ravani |
Alexis casts a daze at the nearest foe
DC18 will or lose next round.