Lyr Scarheart |
Lyr hands out vials of alchemist fire to everyone. "Saphren you've seen them. Give us a count down and pull the door. We all throw off your lead."
Zoso Cendele'tiqile |
"Thanks, but I got my own. Just, be careful of the books guys? On Saphren, ready." Zoso pulls out an alchemist fire and is ready to infiltrate.
Saphren |
Books? Did I miss something? I think this is only a lobby and contains no books.
Gathering the rest of the group closer Saphren councils quietly. [b]I got the northern one. There are two to the south. And this will not likely kill them but should get their attention. He counts down silently before he moves and throws at the northern spider.
Range Touch, flat footed?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 131d6 ⇒ 5 Plus fiery splash that hopefully burns a lot of webs away.
GM SpiderBeard |
FOOM
There's a flash as the alchemist fire goes off, and the webs vanish in an instant as the spiders in the room are burned. They chitter, charging out of the room, furious at the loss of their webs! However, they are startled enough to allow some of you to act first.
Saphren: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Brenna: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Trig: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Zoso: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Lyr: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 (+2 in surprise)
OMGSPIDERS: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Saphren
Zoso
---
Spiders:
Purple (1 dmg)
Yellow (1 dmg)
Grey (5 dmg) (1d6 dmg next round)
---
Trig
Brenna
Lyr
Saphren and Zoso are up!
Saphren |
No one else has moved themselves up yet so I am unsure where people are. This discourages me to stand my ground.
The most northern of spiders continues to burn. Alchemist's Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Unless it drops Saphren fires a crossbow bolt at it while it is still flat footed. He then steps back around the corner dropping the small crossbow and griping his falchion with both hands.
MW Hand Crossbow, flat footed spider: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 131d4 + 3d6 ⇒ (2) + (6, 3, 5) = 16 Plus Drow poison
GM SpiderBeard |
We're going to take a step back and allow everyone to position themselves and take their surprise round action. Saphren can then take his first action according to the map setup. Trig, Brenna, Lyr, and Zozo can take a surprise round action in addition to positioning themselves by the door.
Brenna Eklund |
Brenna takes Lyr's poffered vial of alchemical fire, steps up next to Saphren, and hurls the concoction at the spider in the southwest corner of the room. Then she draws her axe.
Thrown alchemist fire: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 (probably a miss)
Alchemist fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6 (if it does hit)
Lyr Scarheart |
Lyra takes a knee to make it easier for people to throw over his head and tosses his vial up in an arc that follows Saphren's.
Ranged Touch, point blank: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Fire Damage, point blank: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Zoso Cendele'tiqile |
Yeah books! A library can have them anywhere, it was more of a character thing than something serious.
Zoso moves to the door as planned, alchemist fire in hand. As the other move to throw theirs, he times his to fly in simultaneously.
Alcemist Fire toss!, point blank: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Trig Glittergold |
Trig doesn't have alchemist fire so she just gets ready to cast grease on the entrance when the spiders get there.
GM SpiderBeard |
Direction: 1d8 ⇒ 1
The group fling in several alchemist fires, one of which smasehs against the south wall while the others connect directly with the spiders. There's a FOOSH as the webs vanish, leaving several burning, angry spiders.
Saphren and Zoso now have their round one actions! I have moved Lyr and Zoso closer to the door for the purposes of throwing the fire.
Sphren
Zoso
---
Spiders:
Purple (1 dmg)
Yellow (2 dmg) (1d6 dmg next round)
Grey (8 dmg) (2d6 dmg next round)
---
Trig
Brenna
Lyr
Zoso Cendele'tiqile |
Zoso Takes out his bow and breaks into song.
"Leaves are falling all around
It's time I was on my way"
Inspire Courage, +2 saving throws against charm and fear effects and to attack and weapon damage rolls.
Zoso Cendele'tiqile |
I think Saphren's hand-crossbow was his first round action.
Lyr Scarheart |
I think Saphren's hand-crossbow was his first round action.
No, that was his Surprise Round action. We are now at the start of Round 1.
GM SpiderBeard |
Apologies for my absence over the long weekend, back and in action!
Zoso bursts into song to motivate the group!
Saphren is up with his round 1 action!
GM SpiderBeard |
Saphren steps to the side of the door, readying an action to attack the spiders.
The spiders rush out angrily into the daylight as their webs and friends are destroyed. Saphren lashes out as one rushes out, the badly-damaged spider dies quickly beneath his falchion.
Falchion Power Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 Damage: 2d4 + 10 ⇒ (3, 1) + 10 = 14
Chittering evilly, the spiders lunge at Brenna and Saphren. However, Brenna easily blocks her attacker while Saphren leaps back.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 Damage: 1d62 ⇒ 38
Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
The flames on one of the spiders continues to burn before going out.
Saphren
Zoso
---
Spiders:
Purple (1 dmg)
Yellow (8 dmg)
---
Trig
Brenna
Lyr
Everyone is up!
Brenna Eklund |
Brenna lashes out quickly with her axe at the southernmost spider, hoping to give it a couple of carapace-splitting knocks and take it out of the fight quickly.
Attacking purple spider. Power attack!
Attack 1: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28 (includes -2 for Power Attack, +2 for inspiration)
Attack 2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25 (includes -2 for Power Attack, +2 for inspiration)
Damage 1: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 (includes +4 for Power Attack, +2 for inspiration)
Damage 2: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 (includes +4 for Power Attack, +2 for inspiration)
Saphren |
And if Purple dies I am sure you step into the flank with Saphren, right? :)
Wishing for a flank the rogue attacks the spider threatening him, power attacking.
+1 Cold Iron Falchion: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 2 = 132d4 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 10 + 2 = 19 Nat 1. Even a flank will not help. :(
GM SpiderBeard |
Sorry for not posting, was waiting on others. THen I calculated the damage required and realized that Brenna had already won the fight!
Brenna attacks twice and swiftly, the huge barbarian taking out both spiders with her axe. They twitch and roll over, dead.
End of Combat
The interior reeks of smouldering webs, and there are doors to the north and south.
Saphren |
I should always be one of the first. Good at spotting traps. Trap Spotter here Need to be in first or second range for that to work. Let me check both doors.
Perception 1: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38
Perception 2: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (11) + 19 = 30
GM SpiderBeard |
Thanks for your patience, work stuff is busy for the next few days so I'll be posting at odd hours.
Saphren listens at both doors. To the south, he hears quiet conversation in a language he's beginning to recognize as Undercommon. To the north, a lot of smashing and grunting. He tries the north.
This circular chamber has a crumbling staircase on the opposite wall, leading up to a balcony that rims the room ten feet above the floor. Arranged around the balcony are a number of short pillars, several of which support a faintly glowing crystal globe.
Six squat, hideous-looking creatures stomp gaily along the upper balcony, grabbing and throwing globes at each other. As Saphren opens the door, they shriek with joy and attack!
These creatures are dretches, the lowest and most common demons of the abyss. They are resistant to weapons which are not cold iron or good-aligned, and notoriously cast stinking cloud spells.
Saphren: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Brenna: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Trig: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Zoso: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Lyr: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 (+2 in surprise)
Dretches: 1d20 ⇒ 5
Saphren
Trig
Zoso
Lyr
---
Dretches:
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
White
Plain
---
Brenna
Everyone but Brenna is up! PLease note the dretches are on a balcony 10' up and to reach them you need the stairs or some other fun method.
Zoso Cendele'tiqile |
Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
"Use Cold-Iron! These dretches are lower Demons, so anything that effects evil too! And watchout for their stinking cloud spells.."
Zoso then buffs the group for battle.
"It was an April morning when they told us we should go
As I turn to you, you smiled at me
How could we say no?"
Saphren |
Saphren is unsure of what these creatures are and so delays until after Zoso. I have forgotten if I need to activate these slippers as a standard action to use them. Thoughts? Also, is the crumbling stair climbable?
Lyr Scarheart |
Lyr drew a Cold Iron tipped arrow and let it loose.
Attack Yellow, Inspired: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 2 = 19
Damage, Cold Iron: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
GM SpiderBeard |
Wondrous items are pretty much always a standard action. The stairs are easy to climb, no penalties for going up the stairs.
Zoso bursts into song while Saphren tries to decide upon his actions. Lyr knows just what to do, and an arrow thumps into a dretch.
Saphren
Trig
Zoso
Lyr
---
Dretches:
Red
Blue
Yellow (8 dmg)
Green
White
Plain
---
Brenna
Saphren and Trig are up!
Saphren |
Unable to reach the enemy to attack Saphren moves into the room, pulling his bow as he moves and fires an arrow at the green flat footed dretch.
WM Composite Shortbow, Cold Iron Arrow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 111d6 + 4 + 3d6 ⇒ (4) + 4 + (1, 3, 2) = 14
All that for a miss. Sigh. If all of these things drop stinking clouds we are in trouble.
GM SpiderBeard |
Trig quickly casts a snowball spell, flinging one at one of the dretch which crushes its head, killing it instantly. Saphren's arrow misses.
Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 2, 3, 6) = 20
Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
The dretch then act, and as Saphren feared, a stinking cloud appears, blotting out the room. They then charge for the group, rushing down the stairs. Saphren is quickly overwhelmed, although none move quickly enough to actually attack him.
Saphren
Trig
Zoso
Lyr
---
Dretches:
Blue
Yellow (8 dmg)
Green
White
Plain
---
Brenna
Everyone is up! Saphren must make a DC 13 fort save or be nauseated. The green area is now a stinking cloud spell, entering it means a DC 13 fort save and there's no sight for archery.
Brenna Eklund |
Without hesitating any further, Brenna takes a large gulp of air, then dives into the cloud to help Saphren.
Fort save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
She swats at one of the dretches with her adamantine axe. Power attack silver.
Battleaxe attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Miss chance 20% - high hits: 1d100 ⇒ 44
Battleaxe damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
"Maybe best to back out of here?" she manages to choke out to Saphren, though she can barely see him.
GM SpiderBeard |
Brenna holds her breath mightily and smashes down with her battleaxe. Despite a great hit, she's unable to get past the dretch's resistance to even her mighty weapon.
Saphren can still take a move action to GTFO if he so wishes. Trig, Zoso, and Lyr are up!
Saphren |
Yep, on his turn he does just that, tumbling to avoid any AOO if alowed. Since its part of a move action I think its ok. ?
Retching horribly the rogue rolls backward tumbling away from the enemy in an attempt to get out of the nauseating cloud.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
Trig Glittergold |
Knowledge(planes): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Trig casts a spell to open an extradimensional pit under two of the dretches.
30 ft deep pit, indicated by the red square. DC 18 Reflex save to jump to the nearest open space for brown and green. Any creature ending its turn adjacent to the pit must make a saving throw with a +2 bonus to avoid falling in.
GM SpiderBeard |
Reflex: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (15) + 0 = 15 Falling: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 2) = 10
Reflex: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (6) + 0 = 6 Falling: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 4) = 11
With a dwah! two of the dretches slide into the pit as Saphren leaps back!
Saphren
Trig
Zoso
Lyr
---
Dretches:
Blue
Yellow (8 dmg)
Green (1 dmg) (in the pit)
White
Plain (in the pit)
---
Brenna
Not a peep from Lyr or Zoso. I'll give them another day and then GMPC, don't want to autopilot half the group.
Lyr Scarheart |
Lyres eyes narrowed. He had spent years in the darklands. He didn't need sight to find his enemies. He notched another cold iron arrow and tried to pinpoint the creature's location by sound.
Perception to pinpoint Silver's square by sound: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34
Attack Silver, inspired, point blank: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 17
Damage, Cold Iron, point blank: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Miss Chance (50 or less misses): 1d100 ⇒ 82
Booya! Firing blind FTW!
Zoso Cendele'tiqile |
Zoso maintains his buffing song,
"With all the fun to have, to live the dreams we always had
Oh, the songs to sing, when we at last return again."
Without being able to see well enough to shoot, he casts Cause Fear as he sings on the Dretch near Brenna.
DC14 Will save to only be shaken 1/round, else frightened for 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds. HD 6 and higher immune.
GM SpiderBeard |
Sorry for no post. I'm at a work event until Saturday and so won't update until the weekend. Thanks for your patience!
1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Saphren is nauseated for two rounds.
GM SpiderBeard |
Okay, back in business. Let's get our posting rate back up. Zoso, unfortunately your cause fear requires a target and you can't see one. .
Lyr concentrates, and thankfully the dretch are very, very noisy. He lets loose an arrow into the cloud which astonishingly connects. Zoso tries a shot of his own, which unfortunately goes wide, pinging harmlessly off of Brenna's armour.
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 1 Misses: 1d2 ⇒ 1
The dretch start to counterattack as they surge through the stinking cloud. Brenna finds herself quickly overwhelmed as they charge her. However, the doughty barbarian finds the dretches aren't particularly skilled combatants, and she blocks their attacks easily.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Saphren (nauseated, 1 rnd remaining)
Trig
Zoso
Lyr
---
Dretches:
Blue
Yellow (8 dmg)
Green (1 dmg) (in the pit)
White (5 dmg)
Plain (in the pit)
---
Brenna
Everyone is up! Saphren is nauseated for one more round. Brenna requires another fortitude save.
Zoso Cendele'tiqile |
Dang, I was afraid of that. Thanks for the kindness of the alternate chance with an arrow GM.
"We need to clear this thing out, can anyone make wind? Or do we just get them to chance us? Then we could set a trap in this room for them." Zoso says as an aside to the group.
Brenna Eklund |
Fort save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Brenna holds her gloved axe-holding hand over her mouth as she withdraws from the nauseating gases. She backs up out of the doorway and takes up position in front of the others.
Withdraw action.
"You know they're just going to blast this room now, too," she says conversationally.
GM SpiderBeard |
Brenna is overcome by the stinking cloud and backs out of the room while Saphren tries to recover as well. The group gather in the main entryway trying to figure out the best counterattack.
Lyr, Trig, and Zoso still have actions!
Zoso Cendele'tiqile |
"Sending off a glancing kiss, to those who claim they know
Below the streets that steam and hiss,
The devil's in his hole "
Zoso sustains his buffing performance while beginning to summon a creature to said them. Summon Monster 2
Lyr Scarheart |
Lyr loosed another arrow, but this time he wasn't so lucky.
Perception to pinpoint the square of the nearest Dretch: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36
Bow Attack, inspired, point blank: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 28
Damage, Cold Iron, point blank: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Miss Chance (50 or less misses): 1d100 ⇒ 25 Damn.