Kjel Svensen |
OK, so I'm too late anyway. Resting overnight will help with his wounds, then he will spend a day getting everything together, and healing up fully. He's not willing to head out to a possible major threat without all his abilities available.
Once he is fully healed, and the horses are loaded up with the loot, he will head for the site of the ritual to see what is amiss there.
Your Benevolent Dictator |
The forest stands deathly quiet here. Even the wind has grown still as snow softly falls through the stark branches overhead. Tracks, human in size but oddly misshapen, mar an otherwise unblemished trail through the trees. As you continue, three ice-covered skeletons step forward.
Combat Begin
Your turn.
Kjel Svensen |
Just to note, I've been forgetting to use one of my traits which boosts damage when I'm the only person who threatens a target. Hence my damage will be 1 higher now.
He will try to break them without expending too many resources.
arcane strike, power attack
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 meh
Kjel Svensen |
same set up
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
wow those are some really awful rolls
Your Benevolent Dictator |
10d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 5, 1, 5) = 28
3d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 2) = 5
The skeletons come close to hitting you several times, but you're able to destroy them without incident. The unnaturally-cold aura emanating from their bodies almost penetrates your innate resistance on a number of occasions, but you're able to avoid injury.
Combat Over
Took you 6 rounds
Your Benevolent Dictator |
The rocks and snow along this part of the ridge are stained a reddish brown, and many tracks, both animal and human, cross the area. Half-buried in the snow is the corpse of a local hunter. His pack lies nearby.
Loot
Cold-weather outfit
Snowshoes
+1 animal-bane arrow x2
Trail rations x3
Applejack liquor
Journal (man's name is Dryden Kapp, tracking a giant weasel, left bear traps in the Somir Valley, discovered a strange hut with an even stranger doll inside)
Kjel Svensen |
Kjel will perform last rights and give the man a proper burial. He will then pack the equipment onto one of his pack horses and add the arrows to his quiver.
Then he will do a survival check to see if he can figure out what killed the man.
survival: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Kjel Svensen |
"Heh, guess his mother never taught him not to play with his weasel. " and noticing the horses looking at him funny -"Hey, someone has to keep me amused!"
Doesn't seem to be any of my business hunting down weasels, so he will continue on.
Kjel Svensen |
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
to hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12
confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
Your Benevolent Dictator |
Bloody animal tracks mark the snow where the trail descends from the ridge above. Warned by the journal, you keep a wary eye out for traps and notice two bear traps in the snow. A little farther on, over a dozen boulder-sized chunks of ice litter a clearing where a strange hut sits perched on tree trunks atop a raised mound of snow-covered earth.
Your Benevolent Dictator |
The small hut stands on four legs, each one a single tree trunk whose gnarled roots resemble the toes of a giant chicken. The hut is constructed of heavy logs with a patchwork roof of shaved bark shingles. Inside the hut's open doorway, a small doll sits on a carved wooden chair, staring across the clearing at the trail.
Your Benevolent Dictator |
The doll is very creepy, but its purpose in the hut remains a mystery.
Outside the hut, the trail continues through a narrow pass, descending southeast into an icy valley. An unusual pattern of lines is scratched into the fresh snow covering the trail at the edge of the clearing.
Your Benevolent Dictator |
A cold wind blows through the valley, bringing a spray of sleet and broken ice. The sky ahead roils with thick gray clouds, and the sun is only a dim glow somewhere in the mist.
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
From out of the trees, a giant weasel charges you with snapping jaws. One of its front legs is bloody, and it looks furious and hungry.
Kjel Svensen |
"Great, now I have to play with the hunter's weasel. "
He's going to try to calm it down with handle animal. Not sure if that can world since I don't have wild empathy. Just don't see a point in killing it.
handle animal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
If that doesn't work, he will try a lay on hands to see if it will calm it down by healing the wound.
touch: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 heal: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9
OK, need better rolls.
Your Benevolent Dictator |
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
2d8 + 8 + 2d4 ⇒ (4, 6) + 8 + (2, 3) = 23
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
You speak soothingly to the weasel as you dodge its attacks. After some time, it's able to latch onto your leg and begin chewing. It's rather painful.
You've taken 18pts damage, 5pts bleed damage, and are grappled. On the plus side, the weasel is slightly calmer, so you have a better chance at pacifying and/or healing the beast.