Dungeon Master S's "Giantslayer" AP (Inactive)

Game Master Chris Marsh

Surprise Round: Hamilton holds until just after the smoke and flame from the fireball then he moves into the room and takes a forward position next to Ushyle.

Delay until after Raen, then step and attack

Flaming Scimitar +1:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Damage on Hit:1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (4) = 7

Hamilton slides in front of Whistle Pig and lets the dire wolf have it.

The wolves react quickly, trying to take down the party's front line:
Blue versus Ushyle: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 for DMG: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 and it tries to trip him: CMB: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14, but can't get the half-orc down.
Red versus Hamilton: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 but gets only armor.

Surprise Round:
Ushyle: Move
Hamilton: Hit
Raen: Fire!
Wolves: ATK
Vael: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go

This didn't go as expected... The range is just too close.

"Damn dogs!!, the halfling curses under his breath. He takes aim in the left wolf and lets a bullet fly using a compact release.

attack on blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
damage?: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Vael steps 5ft closer to the door and begins having his hands a muttering a low, humming chant. His eyes turn pitch black as he works the spiritual magic.
Begin Summon Nature's Ally III

Doxon calls on the Blessing of Torag.

Activates Holy Strike

Something tells me Rich isn't using the Paizo plug in :-)

Whistle Pig nails the wolf with a stone. With a sickening sound the wolf's skull cracks, and it drops!

Vael begins to cast a complex spell Summon Vesk Soldier by the looks of it. while Doxon girds himself for the melee to come.

Round 1:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: TBD

Dwarven: Drop the wolf, then move in!

Ushyle charges Red!
Using previous roll, to his is 22 (20 plus 2 for charge), then the bodyguard should still be flatfooted, so 31 damage.

Ushyle rushes in, but the bodyguard is ready. Her combat trained reflexes kick in and she swings for the half-orc, "Your blood is THIN!" AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 for DMG: 3d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 3, 2) + 5 = 13. Her ability to dodge most of the attack is uncanny.

Both trade blows, but the bodyguard comes out the worse.

Round 1:
Ushyle: CHARGE!
Hamilton: Go
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: TBD

A trio of Varisians slips into the room behind Hamilton. Tucked against the wall and her back against stone, Raen grasps her rod of lesser extend and also begins to weave a complex spell...

Begin full-round cast using standard action.

Ham steps forward and slashes out at the wolf

Flaming Scimitar +1:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

But it's clumsy and easily dodged by the creature.

Hamilton's swing lacks its usual skill, and Raen's words spill forth, preparing to level the playing field.

The wolf chomps down on Hamilton's thigh, ATK: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21, but an't find purchase.

The bodyguard to the ranger's right immediately closes distance and tries to bring her greataxe down on Ushyle ATK: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24 for DMG: 3d6 + 5 ⇒ (5, 3, 2) + 5 = 15 the half-orc's blood sprays everywhere from the hit. The other guard laughs at the turn of events and forgoes the easy hit in order to drag Ushyle sideways Reposition: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20. She then squeezes herself between him and the wall.

Grenseldek gives a disgusting bellow laugh as she closes in too. Her handaxe turns just a bit, knowing just where to strike something with human blood: ATK: 1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 16 - 2 = 30 for DMG: 1d8 + 9 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 2 - 2 = 12 her sobbing seems to get in the way of her attacks.

Round 1:
Ushyle: CHARGE!
Hamilton: Miss
Raen: Cast
Enemies: ATK
Vael: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go

The area is getting crowded quickly. WP takes aim at the red gaint

attack on red: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
damage?: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Doxon runs in after Ushyle, calling for Torag's aid as he does.

Swift to use Fervor to cast Divine Favor

Then Doxon makes a swing in with Agrimmosh against the giant bodyguard holding Ushyle.

Agrimmosh: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 23
Damage: 2d6 + 5 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 1) + 5 + 2 + (4) = 14

Vael completes his casting. His call is to the spirit of Earth, who grants him 1d3 ⇒ 3 elemental guardians.

The shaman points at the respective foes, and the earth elementals begin to slam at the enemies with their stone fists.
EE (Blue) Attack on Giant (Red): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Damage on Giant (Red): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

EE (Yellow) Attack on Giant (colourless): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Damage on Giant (colourless): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

EE (Brown) Attack on Wolf: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Damage on Wolf: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Seeing the punishment Ushyle has received from the giants, Vael calls upon the Heavens to leap the half-orc to safety. With a swirl of starlight, Ushyle reappears behind him.

TL;DR - Finish SNA III, 3 earth elementals attack, then Heaven's Leap on Ushyle

Whistle Pig lands a sling bullet with a loud crack! The shot nearly knocks the giant orc down, but it fights on despite the blood pouring from its forehead.

Doxon goes for broke, knowing that Ushyle's life is in the balance. Both body guards swing at the dwarf:
Red AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Black AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Truly Torag is with Doxon! The dwarf's swing is powerful and it should be a fatal blow, but the giant fights on to the very end.

Vael's aid pounds their fists uselessly, but he does get Ushyle out in the nick of time... for now.

Round 2:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: Hit

Raen's complex weave concludes just moments after Vael's -- bringing forth a rockier, bulkier elemental than the trio the dwarf summoned, and studded with amethyst gemstones. The Varisian gasps audibly as her attention is drawn to Ushyle's body slumping against the floor, but in a moment it's gone.

No matter. She's seen Vael's trick enough times to know that Ushyle is in safe hands. Her focus returns to the melee in front, and she gravels out a command to her charge.

The spiky, rumbling shape smashes into the grievously wounded half-giant to its left.

Slam @ Red Guard: 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 8 - 1 + 1 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 3 + 1 = 13

Raen herself tries to finish off the wolf with sheer arcane force and slides further along the wall.

Magic Missile @ Yellow Wolf: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2, 3) + 3 = 12

Elemental: AC 17, HP 17/17.

Raen's magic solidifies into additional allies as a massive battle rages in the Fort.

The first elemental breaks the neck of the giant orc. Her body slumps motionlessly to the floor. Her death sets into motion new wails of agony and anguish from the others, far beyond the norm for such foul creatures. Raen's other spell slams into the wolf, and despite its force, is not enough to fell it.

Round 2:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Raen: Magicks and kill
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: Hit

Still got a wolf problem...

Flaming Scimitar +1:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Confirm:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Damage on hit:1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 2 + (1) = 9
Critical Damage:1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Hamilton locks eyes with Grenseldek. The flame of his scimitar reflects in his determined eyes. Without breaking contact the blade slashes. With a heavy thud, and a lifeless thump, the wolf's head and body falls, one by one.

The giant's wails intensify, and the sound turns the ranger's mouth ever so subtly upward, into a grim smile.

Round 2:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Kill
Raen: Magicks and kill
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: Hit

By my reckoning, Ushyle is at -9.
DC 19 CON check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
EDIT: Make that -10.

Ushyle sputters and drools heartblood. The rivulets pool run down his muscles and pool on the floor. The blood begins to twist and swirl. It dries and soaks into his body. In a singular moment, discrete and surreal, the blood tattoos itself into his flesh. Ushyle's sword arm becomes decorated in bloody rose blossoms. The metamorphisis doesn't stop with his skin. Gorum's Thorn also changes. The anvil becoming a pistol, the iconic hilt becoming petals. The trappings of the Lord in Iron vanish, and are remade with those of The Everbloom.

The remaining guard grits through the tears and swings her axe at Hamilton ATK: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9, but the ranger continues to have none of it.

Grenseldek, wrought with her own melancholy, continues to fight. she hacks at the elementals blocking her way. Twice she swings at the one bearing flecks of amethyst
ATK 1: 1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 16 - 2 = 34 THREAT
Confirm 1: 1d20 + 16 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 16 - 2 = 26 for DMG: 3d8 + 27 ⇒ (7, 6, 2) + 27 = 42
ATK 2: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 - 2 = 19 for DMG: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 Bluish if purple drops.

Round 2:
Ushyle: IN NOVA FERT ANIMVS MVTATAS DICERE FORMAS CORPORA
Hamilton: Kill
Raen: Magicks and kill
Enemies: ATK
Vael: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go

Pig is glad to see the numbers starting to swing in his favor. He smiles as the half-giant step right into his line of fire.

attack on bodyguard: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
damage?: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

He sets a stone into the pocket of his sling and with a quick flick of his arm, sends the bullet flying over Ham's head and strikes the bodyguard on his right brow. Blood flows freely from the wound.

Pig's bullet again strikes true, shattering the giant-orc's cheekbone!

Round 2:
Ushyle: IN NOVA FERT ANIMVS MUTATAS DICERE FORMAS CORPORA
Hamilton: Kill
Raen: Magicks and kill
Enemies: ATK
Vael: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Hit

Vael bends down, assessing his friends' wounds. "This be bad," he says gravely. Placing a hand on the half-orc, he calls upon a 'healing trick'. "Spirits of Life, and of Freedom, help this champion of yours..."

His request granted, positive energy flows through the shaman and into Ushyle. The air briefly smells of barley. Cure Moderate Wounds: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (2, 5) + 5 = 12

He watches his patient nervously, hoping that his magic was enough.

Doxon lets out a mighty bellow as his muscles grow and expand, his armor flexing under the new girth.

Fervor to swift cast Bull's Strength

Eyeing the badly wounded giant next to him, Doxon swings for the anvil, hoping to drop it and move on to Grenseldek.

Agrimmosh, TWF: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 17
Damage: 2d6 + 5 + 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 5 + (3) + 2 + 2 = 22

If the giant goes down, Doxon will 5' step diagonally to engage Grenseldek.

Pick, TWF: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 30
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 + (6) + 2 + 2 = 20

Pick, TWF, confirm crit: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 25
Crit Damage: 3d8 + 21 ⇒ (4, 8, 5) + 21 = 38

Doxon, wading through the battle he was made to win, breaks the neck of the second bodyguard. He wastes no time, vaulting off her falling body and ramming the pick into Grenseldek's eye. As gravity pulls him down he flexes every corded muscle fiber in his body and yanks the pick out, covering himself in vitreous humor.

Round 2:
Ushyle: IN NOVA FERT ANIMVS MUTATAS DICERE FORMAS CORPORA
Hamilton: Kill
Raen: Magicks and kill
Enemies: ATK
Vael: Go
Doxon: Giant kill
Whistle Pig: Hit

The tide turns heavily to the Heroes of Trunau as Vael closes Ushyle's wounds.

Round 3:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: TBD

As a coordinated force, Vael's elemental allies move in on Grendelsek. Eat swings a stony fist at her.

Attack (Blue) w/flanking: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Attack (Yellow) w/flanking: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Attack (Brown): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

One of the elementals scores a glancing blow, but the giantess is more concerned about her missing eyeball than her broken toe.

Round 3:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: TBD

5' Step towards the giantess, Full Defense.

AC Vs. Grenseldek is 27

Hamilton steps up, ready for the fury to come. He holds his guard up, resolute.

Round 3:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Full Defense
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: TBD

The half-orc's eyes open, and he squints as the fuzzy shapes begin to turn familiar. He can still hear the melodic words in his ears — in his head — when he blacked out.

As he tries to move, Gorum's Thorn swings in front of him and he notes with surprise the change to the pommel, the sword, and the arm that holds the blade as he struggles to his feet. How...

He knows the answer, but cannot wrap his mind around it. And there is little time to ponder it while Grenseldek still stands. He grips the blade, still astonishingly comfortable his hands, and moves behind the halfling, looking for an opening.

Raen can't suppress a brief surge of elation when the pick's point pops the princess's pupil. The giant refuses to fall, however, and the relieved moment soon fades. She watches Hamilton raise his sword, ready for the next blow, and succumbs again to trepidation...

Wait! A sudden memory floods back to her. A paper in her hands, filled with terrible power. She drops her pack and digs frantically through it, shoving cooking implements and potions aside until her fingers close on the sought scrap of parchment.

She lifts it and turns to face the giantess chieftain. Concentrating hard, she weaves from the scroll's instructions.

Caster Level DC 8: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 SUCCESS

A vast, looming shadow instantly springs from her being and lunges at Grenseldek. Raen does not know the terror's true form, but she imagines that it looks something like this mysterious Storm Tyrant, come to take more than just a hand.

DC 16 Will save please.

Ushyle regrips Milani's Thorn and returns to the battle!

Raen's spell weaves a deadly magic Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 "Foolish magic is NOTHING! I was prepared for the Tyrant himself!"

The giantess skips over the obvious target in Doxon, and opts for the human ranger:
Handaxe to head: 1d20 + 16 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 16 + 2 - 2 = 26 for DMG: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Handaxe to head: 1d20 + 11 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 2 - 2 = 14

She just barely sneaks a hit in on the prepared Hamilton!

Round 3:
Ushyle: Enter
Hamilton: Full Defense
Raen: Spell
Enemies: ATK
Vael: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go

Doxon steps in, under the giantess's axe swing, and brings his hammer and pick to bear.

Agrimmosh, TWF: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 27
Damage: 2d6 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 5) + 5 + 2 + 2 + (4) = 19

Pick, TWF: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 + 2 + (4) = 15

Doxon scores a hit with the Hammer of Unmaking. The giants begins to wobble from the totality of her injuries, but she doesn't fall.

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Point of Order... 26 does not hit. Hamilton Renaud is a native of Trunau, and learned from Dwarven Warriors what tactics and tells giants use. He has an additional +1 Dodge Vs. Giants. His AC Vs. the giantess is 27. :)

He sidesteps the swing that was meant for his head, and points the flaming blade at Grendelsek.

I am a ranger of Trunau. You want my head, you'll need to do better than that!

Well played sir!

The giantess leaves herself open as Hamilton twists at the last second!

Round 3:
Ushyle: Enter
Hamilton: Full Defense
Raen: Spell
Enemies: ATK
Vael: Go
Doxon: Hit
Whistle Pig: Go

Seeing the one-eyed jilted Giant, WP can't help but twist the knife,"It's going be that much harder to get married with only one eye! I didn't think you could have gotten uglier but was I ever wrong!" As the last word leaves the halfling's mouth, he hurls another bullet at the hapless giant.

attack!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
damage?: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

The elementals continue their assault...
Attack (Blue): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Attack (Yellow): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Attack (Brown): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

If she still stands, he calls upon more spiritual energy, creating a starknife of pure force. That weapon wastes no time attacking the giantess.
Attack w/Spiritual Weapon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Vael brings more magic in to the mix as Whistle Pig's shot goes wide. One of the elementals scores a lucky hit though!

The giantess looks panicked at this point, seeing that her end is near.

Round 4:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Go
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: TBD

Hamilton steps up and lashes out at the giant's thigh--extended from the lunge that was meant for his own head. He slashes, seeking the artery.

Flaming Scimitar +1:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Damage on hit:1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (1) = 6

Despite her bulk, the giant is quicker than she looks, and moves to make Hamilton's swing fall short.

Round 4:
Ushyle: Go
Hamilton: Miss
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: TBD

Ushyle is more cautious this time, moving behind Hamilton and Doxon with Milani's Thorn in hand, taking the time to study Grenseldek.
Move, move to study target.

Ushyle closes to distance, studying his bloody and half-blind target.

Round 4:
Ushyle: Move and study
Hamilton: Miss
Raen: Go
Enemies: TBD
Vael: TBD
Doxon: TBD
Whistle Pig: TBD

Raen ignores the giant's screech. Perhaps a simpler magic, then, she thinks to herself. The paper crumbles in her hand, its power spent. She summons her own. "Time for you to fall."

Grease under her wart-covered toes. DC 17 Reflex or fall.

REF: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 The giant holds her footing just enough to keep fighting. In her melancholy rage, she strikes out at Hamilton with a final crossing motion, knowing full well what the next few seconds will bring.

ATK 1: 1d20 + 16 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 16 + 2 - 2 = 27 for DMG: 1d8 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 2 = 19
ATK 2: 1d20 + 11 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 11 + 2 - 2 = 16

Round 4:
Ushyle: Move and study
Hamilton: Miss
Raen: Grease
Enemies: Hit
Vael: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go

Doxon wasted no time bringing Agrimmosh and pick up against the giant.

Agrimmosh, TWF: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 31
Damage: 2d6 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 5 + 2 + 2 + (2) = 23

Pick, TWF: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 29
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 + 2 + (4) = 19

And with a single swing of AGRIMMOSH, Doxon strikes the giantess in outstretched neck. Wound-slurry flies from her empty eyesocket and her head spins nearly all the way around. She is dead before she hits the ground.

For slaying the melancholy giantess, as well as her personal guards, each character receives 1,867 XP.