GM/Lictor Lane's Who Needs Parenting? = CoT Team 1 IC Thread (Inactive)

Game Master michaelane

Jo moves into the kitchen and finds it to be clear of goblins. When he gets to the pantry entrance, he can see that the footprints all come and go to a closed wooden trap door.

So far, Xianae sees no threats in the corridor other than the swarm.

Round 6: Jo, Xianae, Coran, Roman, Emmett, Moondark, Baddies, Byron

Coran darts away from the swarm yet again. Emmett comes over to light the carpet on fire and Roman tosses it onto the swarm. Another burst of flames licks over the spiders, but still they come on.
1d6 ⇒ 4
1=Moondark 2=Coran 3=Emmett 4=Xianae, 5=Byron 6=Roman 1d6 ⇒ 4

This time the ragged swarm turns on Xianae in their dying desperation.
1d6 ⇒ 5 damage and only the poison Fort save (DC 11) is needed since you can still move away from them while nauseated.

Byron waits for the stricken Xianae to move away from the swarm and finishes them off with the last scrap of carpet.
1d6 ⇒ 4

Moondark and Jo, I'm just going to skip you this turn because Byron's carpet will be the end of them and I don't think there is anything you can do to finish them off sooner.

Fortunately, the manor is mostly made of stone and the fires fail to spread. The hallway is now clear, quiet and filled with the remains of smoke and blood.

Fortitude : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 SERIOUSLY? I am poisoned again?! Whats the damage?

Byron sighs with relief.

"Well, I am glad that that is over..."

He winces as he regards his own wounds, and those of everyone else.

"We took quite a beating in that fight."

Byron then begins to gingerly search the corpses of the Goblins.

Just getting you all in fighting trim for the big nasty uglies later in the AP. Just wait till part 4 :) 1d2 ⇒ 1 Strength damage and make one more save or take another 1d2 ⇒ 2 Strength damage.

Byron finds that all of the goblins fought at the entrance to the dining room have short swords and short bows. The archer has a short sword and a masterwork composite longbow for +1 strength (sized small). He also has two potions.

Fortitude : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 *SIGH* I think the Dicebot Gods like to see me poisoned.

I hold the vials in my hands, trying to see if I recognise them, while Jo is not in the room I shall cast detect magic and concentrate on them. If Jo comes back before I can do this, I will leave the vials alone.

Jo, are you coming back to the hall now that the commotion has stopped and smoke is drifting your way or waiting for them to come to you?

Emmet is only too happy to let the others go first. He wouldn't have enjoyed those spiders...

Jo stands in the doorway of the pantry deciding what to do - continue on or wait for his friends. The decision is a tough one for the dimwitted hulk.

"Hey you guys!!! Come-ear!!! I fink I found where days coming from."

Moondark looks over the accumulated goblin gear. "Is any of this magical?" she asks the verdigris half-orc and then dramatically grimaces as Jo's shouts echo through the manor.

"...and they definitely know where we're coming from..." she growls as she goes to babysit on the giant.

Heh, guess that answers that question.

Thanks for taking Roman over GM/LL, and to great effect :) I am going to get back into the game now.

After the exhausting fight Roman opens his waterskin and makes several large gulps. He inspects the bow taken from the goblin archer, but dismisses it with a grimace upon finding out it's too small for him to wield effectively. When he hears Jo's outcry, he runs in his direction, bow ready, stopping roughly 20ft. behind the big man.

We have been exhausted before even facing Whitechin himself. I will ask Milani to aid us in the upcoming fight.
before we engage the next batch of goblins, Roman has up to 3 Shield of Faith to cast on those who engage the enemies in melee. Xianae is the prime target. The spell lasts 2 minutes.

In that case I will identify and locate all of the magic aura's starting with the Potions.

Once Identified I will follow behind Roman, making sure to stand beside Jo after Roman has placed his hand on me.

GM can I have a damage total for the party for healing purposes

Byron: Currently on 3/15hp

My current Hit Points are : 11 / 19

HP 22/24

moondark at full.

Everyone who has posted their HP so far has the correct #. Emmett is at full, Roman is 3/13, Coran is 4/15. That was a close call for a couple of you.

yes, I know being one of them

Channel positive energy 1d6 ⇒ 3

Channel positive energy 1d6 ⇒ 3

Channel positive energy 1d6 ⇒ 5

All right, everyone is full excepting Byron who is down 1. What's next?

Down the Rabbit hole!!! :-)

Moondark shushes Jo as she enters the kitchen. Noticing the trap door she nods and checks it for traps before motioning for Jo to pull it open.

perception 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Xianae, you don't have Spellcraft yet. Auras are both faint conjuration

You all advance into the kitchen and Jo shows you all the trap door he found in the former pantry.

Sorry, missed the fact that you snuck a post in right before me.

Moondark finds no traps as she examines the trap door. She can surmise that this probably once led to a cold storage area or wine cellar for the manor.

Byron sighs in relief as Coran's channeled energy washes over him, taking the sting out of his wounds, and leaving him with a few minor scratches.

"Thank-you! It was a bit touch and go there, for a minute."

He then collects-up all of the weapons from the party's fallen foes.

When everyone crowds into the kitchen, Byron eyes the trapdoor nervously.

"I don't like it. It is a perfect set-up for an ambush... Still, we *do* need to finish exploring this place..."

Reluctantly, he follows Jo down.

Jo opens the trapdoor and peers down the hole.

Emmett spends some time looking over Xianae's shoulder as she checks the auras while Moondark fiddles with the tradoor and Coran heals everyone.

Detect Magic
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

"Interesting... Se how these violet strands mingle with the Voreto Loci?"

First one is cure moderate wounds. Care to try the other? I'll have a trap door post up probably tomorrow (possibly tonight)

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

The other one is lesser restoration. it will be sometime tomorrow before I get another post up.

Emmett turns to Xianae: "Has anyone been affected by poison from the spiders? I have here a potion that might help."

"I feel weaker and my blood is burning, could be poison. How would I know for sure? It feels different than the bigger spiders though."

Jo lifts the trap door and peers down into the darkness. A wooden ladder attached to the stone wall descends into the cellar. Cool air with a terrible sickly stench wafts out of the basement. From somewhere below you hear a giggle in the darkness.

"Is dark down dare." Jo states the obvious while looking at the rest of the party for guidance.

Coran reach in a side pouch and hand Jo a Sun rod "This should light the way.

Byron suppresses the urge to retch when the smell wafts up from down below, accompanied by the awful giggling.

"Lovely. I wish we could just pour lamp-oil down there, and burn them out; but I dare say that would not leave us any proof that we had actually accomplished our goal..."

With a sigh, he waits for Jo to lead the way, his hand reflexively clutching the hilt of his blade tightly.

In an atypically feminine move, Moondark grimaces and tries to wave the stench away from her face. "What an incredible smell you've discovered, Big Guy."

"Let me ask my goddess for guidance and then we'll go."
Roman places his palm on his companions' shoulders, mouthing several words under his breath. When it's Jo's turn, the giant's icy stare stays his hand and with a slight cough Roman skips to the next in line.
Xianae has Shield of Faith for 2 minutes and everyone else except Jo has Guidance for 1 minute or until used.

I look down the hole with everyone else, "It isn't's too dark down there's. Shall I go's first?"

Byron raises an eyebrow.

"Well then, ladies first..."

Emmett hands out the potion to Xianae before she heads down: "Time to find out if it works!"

Just let me know if its going to be Xianae or Jo and whether Xianae has that potion first, then we can proceed.

Xianae can see that the ladder goes down 10 ft. It is difficult to see much of the room looking through the door, but she catches a flicker of movement near the edge of where she can see.

I take the potion from Emmett and drink its contents cautiously.

Lesser Restoration (To restore Strength) : 1d4 ⇒ 4 Sweet, all Strength damage gone, Thank-you Dicebot!

I smile at Emmett, "I feel much better now's, thanks."

I would drink the potion before heading down first.

Before going down, "I think's I saw's somethin' movin' down there's." With that, I head down the ladder, where my eyes are of a benefit to the group.

Jo shies away from the magic light stick and then waves it off.

"Rosebud needs boph hand for me to swing'er. Holdin magic light stick won't work for Jo."

He turns to Xianae and says "You gots good eyes, huh? Jo knew a guy in Dah Pits dat had good eyes at night. He could see a mouse in a dark alley at fifty feet! He was a good guy. It was too bad what happen'd to him..."

I turn to Jo curiously, "... What did happen's to him?" Once answered I climb down the ladder.

Jo watches Xianae head down the ladder and quickly positions to follow. He smiles his gap-filled grin happy that someone is interested in his past life.

"'E was fightin two one one. E was dah one. Took a spiked club to dah back of his head. Club went so far into his head dat brains comeout his ears and two spikes come right outta his eys like horns! *snort* And he and his bruver were supposed to win! Lots of people got rich dat night."

"That sounds horrible, what happened to his Brother, did he survive or did he get hit in the brains."

"His bruver got knocked silly. Dats why it was two on one."

"The brothers not that good at fighting or was their opponent that good."