Dungeon Kobold |
Farrukh circles around the side to the hole in the wall, stealthily, and looks inside.
[Stealth]1d20+7
[Perception]1d20+6
Read Tanith's spoiler. In addition:
The map link can be accessed right below my username now. This should make things easier on everyone.
Farrukh Al'Khatel |
Farrukh calls around to Tanith.
"Tanith, watch it! There's something coming towards you, and it sounds big!"
With that, he decides a slight change of location is in order. He sneaks around closer toward Tanith, staying behind the wall the whole time.
Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
Hearing Farrukh's warning, Tanith backs up a pace and raises his polearm defensively.
I assume Tanith saw/heard nothing?
Dungeon Kobold |
Tanith looks around for a sign of whatever caused the mayhem.
d20+1
1d20 - 3 ⇒ (3) - 3 = 0
Tanith can hear what Farrukh hears, now: Something big. Very big. And it's coming right towards him.
Initiatives: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 161d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Around the corner lumbers a dark shadow.
An amalgam of fur and feathers, this looming monstrosity stalks towards Tanith on huge, ursine paws. Talon-like claws click-clack on the old wooden floorboards as it advances.
Farrukh sees the creature. It doesn't see him. Yet. It half-growls, half-shrieks growls at Tanith.
Everybody else, including Cuetzpalli, hears this peculiar shrieking sound. Something is wrong.
The owlbear moves up. Tanith and Farrukh are up. This is a SURPRISE ROUND, so only Tanith and Farrukh may act.
Make Knowledge (nature) checks, if you can.
And a Heal check.
Dungeon Kobold |
The farmhouse fence is 80 feet away, so everyone but Bermintrude (and Robin, if he's mounted) will need to take a double-move to arrive at the edge.
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
Tanith's eyes grow wide at the sight of the feathered beast. He tightens his grip on his poleaxe and falls back a step. "We've got trouble!" he bellows.
Step back and brace for a charge.
Dungeon Kobold |
I should tell you that it can't charge, because going through the doorway requires squeezing. Unless you're expecting it to forget what ad to spoof and burst through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man...
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
If it looks like a charge is going to be impossible, Tanith will attack and then step back.
Tanith briefly surges with Kord's divine might. He strikes and then falls back a step.
Fervor for Swift Divine Favor.
Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 = 22
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 = 10
Farrukh Al'Khatel |
Farrukh nods to Tanith to make sure he knows Farrukh is ready to help, and tries to stay hidden from the creature.
Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Mark it as my Favored Target, keep hiding for now.
If it looks like a charge is going to be impossible, Tanith will attack and then step back.
Surprise Round. You get a Move OR a Standard, not both. So if you attack it, you're stuck there.
Dungeon Kobold |
The creature lets out a louder shriek, like that of a barn owl, as Tanith cuts into its leg.
Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
Farrukh steps on a twig, crunching it beneath his foot.
Instantly, the beast's head does a 90-degree pivot, spinning to face him. Its wild red-rimmed eyes lock with Farrukh's. It hisses.
For a moment, he thinks the beast has noticed. But its bloodlust has too strong a hold of it now for it to investigate every little thing it notices.
Dungeon Kobold |
Drat. I remembered about the distraction penalty when it was just kind of rustling around, but forgot about it when it's getting ready to rip Tanith to shreds. Forget that, then—it doesn't notice Farrukh.
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
Tanith is okay with things forgetting to rip him to shreds.
Edit: Drat!
Who's up?
Dungeon Kobold |
And it almost did, too. Good thing Farrukh's so sneaky, otherwise Tanith would have totally gotten passed by! :)
ROUND ONE
The monsteradvances on Tanith.
AoO: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10
Tanith's strike misses, and then the beast is upon him. It claws viciously at the warpriest. Though his armor reduces it to merely a graze, Tanith realizes the claws have hooked into his side and now hold him fast.
Claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
GRAB!: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
Tanith has been grappled.
Dungeon Kobold |
You are up! Those of you off-map, refer to the above information on catching up with the others.
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
I'm to see what Farrukh has up his sleeve before Tanith launches his daring escape attempt.
Farrukh Al'Khatel |
Up my sleeve? Not much. I just didn't want to get tenderized before I could act. =p
Shouldn't you be at 19/24? It did 5 damage, not 6.
Farrukh quickly moves into the house, around the wall, and then sandwiches the creature between Tanith and himself, lashing out with a powerful strike.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Shouldn't provoke since he's behind a wall in the would-be threatened square.
Fighting Defensively + Power Attack. AC is 19 for a round.
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
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Math isn't one of Kord's domains.
You won't provoke either way. It's currently wrasslin' Tanith. When you're grappling you can't take AoOs.
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
If Farrukh hasn't killed it and nobody else is able to do so, Tanith will attack.
Even though wrestling with the beast gives the big Kordite a rush unlike any he's felt before, the dangerous nature of those claws and fangs aren't lost on Tanith. Rearing back with a ham-sized fist, he clobbers the owlbear when he spots an opening.
Punch with divine favor and grapple: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 1 - 2 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8
Carina Viera |
Carina hears the battle in the farmhouse and looks inside.
"Oh heavens!" She says when she sees Tanith & Farrukh fighting a large, loathsome beast.
Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Heal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Her eyes widen. "Guys! Tanith's wrestling a mother owlbear!" She looks at the injury it's already sustained. "And it took a bolt to the leg!"
She moves out of the way, unable to throw a bomb into the melee without injuring either party member.
Cuetzpalli |
Cuetzpalli and Spiny run forward towards the battle.
Double move
Astraden Limhaare |
Astraden hears the shrieks and yelling and runs to the farmhouse, huffing in her heavy mail.
Full-round run action: 20ft*4=80 feet. How wounded does the owlbear look after this round's assault?
She keeps an eye out for any cubs/chicks in the farmhouse area.
Also Cuetzpalli, weren't you up near Farrukh, helping follow the tracks?
Dungeon Kobold |
It looks extremely severely injured—one more hit will finish this beast.
ROUND TWO
Farrukh slices into the owlbear's leg as Tanith manages to clip its shoulder.
Snarling, it releases Tanith and swings both talons at him, following up with a snap of its serrated beak at his arm.
Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Claws: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 201d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Bite Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Claw #1 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Claw #2 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
You've gotta be kidding me.
You are up!
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
Grimacing in pain as the beast rakes its claws across his exposed forearm, Tanith puts up his fists and throws another brutal punch.
Punch with divine favor: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 1 = 24
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9
Robin O'Haranson |
"BATTLE!" Robin roars, hopping onto Bermintrude. "AWAITS!
He pats his noble steed and gallops towards the owlbear, drawing his bow.
"I shall be the one who does the deed! Fear not!"
Longbow: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1
The arrow lands harmlessly onto the bear, barely managing not to bounce off. As the bear starts to topple from Tanith's final blow, Robin rejoices.
"Yes, Tanith, finish him off!"
Dungeon Kobold |
Tanith lops the owlbear's arm clean off. Robin lands a shot...in the falling limb.
Tanith takes a wide swing at the owlbear, breaking its beak and puncturing its lung. At the same time, an arrow lodges in the owlbear's heel.
The owlbear gives a gurgle and collapses.
Combat over.
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
Tanith was using his fists. He dropped his weapon while he was in the grapple. He punched its arm off, grendel-style!
Carina Viera |
Carina cringes as she sees the owlbear fall.
She moves over to Tanith. "Ouch. How badly hurt are you, Tanith?"
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
No Beowulfing for me.
Tanith breathes a sigh of relief and then cheers boisterously over the fallen beast despite his bleeding wounds. "Never brawled with an owlbear before..."
"You think she's the one that dug up the bodies?"
Edit:
At Carina's question, Tanith takes a moment to assess the tears in his armor and lacerated forearm. "I've had worse", he says with a laugh. Tanith's down 10 hp.
Dungeon Kobold |
"You think she's the one that dug up the bodies?"
Open pits yawn from before all five headstones. Piles of fresh dirt and a pair of abandoned shovels suggest that the excavation took place recently, certainly within the week.
And what a clever owlbear she was!
Carina Viera |
Carina starts digging in her backpack.
"Tanith, would you like me to do something for that?" She asks as she pokes around.
I'd like to meet whoever trained that owlbear to use tools and shake his/her hand. XD
Farrukh Al'Khatel |
Farrukh pats himself all over, making sure he didn't hurt himself this time somehow.
"Well that's surprising..." he mutters to himself
"You all right Tanith? She seemed to have a vendetta against you."
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
"Well I'm bleeding alright but I think I'll make it", Tanith explains with a laugh. "If you have something to patch me up, I sure wouldn't mind", he adds with a smirk Carina's way.
Dungeon Kobold |
Everyone hears a cheep. A miniature version of the beast just fought crawls out of the shadows along the north wall. It stares at the adventurers with wide eyes, cheeping louder.
Tanith 'Kordson' Creed |
Nature: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0
Hearing the cheeps, Tanith's attention is directed to the tiny feathered beast. "She was just defending her cub..."
Dungeon Kobold |
The chick/cub waddles towards the adventurers, eying them curiously. It cheeps again.
Carina Viera |
Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Carina eyes the baby owlbear.
"...I don't mean to alarm anyone, but... well... baby owlbears can go for 3,000 gold pieces if you find the right buyer..."
She immediately pales. "N-Not that I'm suggesting that! That's just cruel, even for owlbears!"
She kneels down, looking at the owlbear chick/cub more closely.
Dungeon Kobold |
The owlbears aren't generally eaten, in case that's what you're assuming. They're just made into guard beasts, or (quite often) stuck in arenas.
Now that the fight is over, the newcomers see that thick, sludgy puddles of dried blood and unidentifiable fleshy chunks litter the wooden floor immediately inside the front door.
Carina Viera |
Carina backs away from the little owlbear.
Noticing the bloody chunks in the front door, she instead investigates them.
How fresh are these?
Heal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Dungeon Kobold |
[dice=Knowledge (Nature)]1d20+7
Carina eyes the baby owlbear."...I don't mean to alarm anyone, but... well... baby owlbears can go for 3,000 gold pieces if you find the right buyer..."
She immediately pales. "N-Not that I'm suggesting that! That's just cruel, even for owlbears!"
She kneels down, looking at the owlbear chick/cub more closely.
The owlbear stares up at her with wide eyes.
Does she in any way touch it? :)
Carina Viera |
Not after the Alastor incident. She's more circumspect about where she sticks her fingers now. :)
Dungeon Kobold |
Carina backs away from the little owlbear.
Noticing the bloody chunks in the front door, she instead investigates them.
How fresh are these?
[dice=Heal]1d20+6
They are very, very fresh. She's pretty sure it's the remains of at least three humans.
Among the parts, she finds three things of note:
An intact severed arm. It has a tattoo on it that Astraden instantly recognizes. This is the symbol of Garavin Vesst, a greedy mine manager who branded his employees with it as a mark of status. Vesst was bankrupted by Smenk years ago. The branded employees were little more than slaves under Vesst, and regard their current servitude to Smenk as a privilege. Kullen wears the tattoo on his forehead, having once been Vesst's chief enforcer.
A masterwork composite +1 longbow.
A bloodied scroll.
Dungeon Kobold |
The owletcub's eyes follow Carina around the room as she searches through the gore.