One of the skellies Orange, being 'frustrated' at the impenetrable armor of the dwarf and sensing a new target, rotates and swings both fists at the human-looking warrior.
And in his over-eagerness he almost strikes the other skelly.
CURRENT INITIATIVE: Block 5
Gansu, & Brother Guiness
Followed by:
Top of the round again - I've totally lost count at this point. Sure is taking longer than I expected! Only 3 skellies left, come on you all can do it! :D Block 1:
Aldhranhald
Block 2
Green Skelly(dead), Blue Skelly, Pink Skelly(dead)
”Hang on, Gansu. We’ll get the better of these sacks of bones yet!”
Assuming that blow was enough to destroy the skeleton to the south, BG moves to give Gansu a flanking position. Please move BG two spaces south—I can’t move the icon when using my phone
Gansu certainly does manage to smash part of the skelly, and bone chips do fly! But the skelly is still standing.
If it had not been for the DR/5 bludgeoning, yes you would have killed him! This means your staying there right? - And rats! I just realized Orange's attack on you earlier should have included a flanking bonus with the Blue skelly and that means that one attack would have hit! My bad, I forgot, lucky you Gansu.
Aldhranhald continues guarding the rear. One of these times I'm going to have to make something happen in the rear just for the fun of it! ;)
The skelly furthest east Blue will take two swipes at The 'human' fighter.
Blue flanking attack # 1 on Gansu:1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 2 = 10 Blue flanking attack # 2 on Gansu:1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 2 = 12
But he still misses!
CURRENT INITIATIVE: Block 3
Boudacia, Sama, & Tamlara
Boudacia uses the Misfortune Hex on the "Dark Blue" skeleton.
Misfortune DC 16 Will Save. The witch can cause a creature within 30 feet to suffer grave misfortune for 1 round. Anytime the creature makes an ability check, attack roll, saving throw, or skill check, it must roll twice and take the worse result.) I have used that hex on all the remaining skeletons now. Good thing the combat is nearly over.
"Nice shot, Sama! Tamlara, we need to get you some blunt arrows."
Brother Guiness seems somewhat relieved that Gansu seems to be holding his own, especially after those nasty hits. If only he had stayed in formation, he wouldn't have been so exposed...but I guess I can't expect everyone to fight like a Dwarf.
We are waiting on Tamlara who had told me yesterday that she would be posting last night ... I have sent her another message today via other means, but she has not yet responded. Since she typically does nothing in this scenario anyways I'm waiting til late tonight and then I'll proceed to bot her doing nothing if I have not heard from her.
Oooh! A new kind of action! Something fresh! Yay! Something different than this battle that is becoming very lengthy and boring! (Should be read as: Come on you warrior types! Hit these skellies already! ;) )
Oh my! I just realized I totally forgot to roll that Will save for Blue skelly vrs Boudacia's hex! Sorry! At least it's had no effect yet.
Blue Will save:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
And he fails!
Perception checks to see if skellies notice the somewhat clumsy red-headed girl.
Blue Skelly Perception # 1:1d20 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3
And since he is under Boudacia's hex he has to roll twice and take the worst.
Blue Skelly Perception # 2:1d20 + 0 ⇒ (6) + 0 = 6
Orange Skelly Perception:1d20 + 0 ⇒ (12) + 0 = 12
And the somewhat clumsy rogue somehow manages to sneak past the one skelly! The other notices, but can't do anything about it. She does not see anything different about the room or anything else from her current position. Spidy-webs in corner.
Next the skelly caught between a rock and a hard-place (Dwarf and Gansu) Orange skelly will try to swing his fists at Gansu.
... Tanlara: if you have a light mace or similar weapon you should be able to take that last skeleton down with a sneak attack.
Also, if you at least hold a melee weapon in hand and go back one square you would at least both get AND provide a flanking bonus for Gansu on the Blue skelly!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! - Sorry I haven't posted sooner, I'll be honest and admit, I just plain forgot today. Trying to come up with character creation for a new tabletop pathfinder 8th lev character, and also trying to come up with another character concept for a new PBP 5E that Aldhranhald is going to be doing. Two totally different characters and concepts so getting a little confusing keeping them separated! :D
Aldhranhald continues the boring job of keeping watch on the rearguard. Nothing happens ... for now ... ?
In the meantime the only skelly remaining Blue will swing both its fists at Gansu. Since he is under the hex from Boudacia I will have to roll each attack twice, so a total of four rolls taking the lowest from each of the 2 sets.
Blue attack 1.1:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15So this one. Misses. Blue attack 1.2:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Blue attack 2.1:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20 Blue attack 2.2:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13And this one. Misses.
Boudacia's hex once again saves a party member from taking damage!
CURRENT INITIATIVE: Block 3
Boudacia, Sama, & Tamlara
Realizing that he can't make it all the way to the skeleton, Brother Guiness drops his Warhammer and draws one of his throwing hammers as he moves into position. Finding a clear line of fire, BG throws it at the last skeleton!
Blue Skelly Perception to see if he sees Tamlara this time:1d20 + 0 ⇒ (17) + 0 = 17
The skelly notices movement behind him and turns to face the new threat.
So that means he doesn't take the sneak-attack damage and with his DR 5/Bludgeoning he takes no damage from Tamlara. But Tamlara will/would have(see below) provide a flanking bonus for Gansu.
The angered/frustrated dwarf throws his hammer at the last skelly, aiming the throw perfectly at the back of the head! His hammer smashes through the skull and the skelly crumbles to the ground in pieces never to rise again.
Battle is done! Out of Initiative!
As the party starts to recuperate and gather themselves back together, someone or other remembers a magical glow was detected in the furthest coffin. Upon looking inside you see a War-hammer, but even to the dwarven eyes it is very well crafted and to those using magical vision it has a faint aura about it still. You also find 50 silver pieces and 66 copper pieces. Quickly enough you will figure out it is a + 1 Magical warhammer. I wonder who should get this? ;) Party decision. The module has it listed as a horn of fog instead, but that seems fairly useless to me in here and since there will be at least 1 monster with dr magic/bludgeoning I wanted to make sure you will have a weapon that can deal damage to it just in case ... Course, ya still gotta hit it! ;)
And XP for this encounter was already added to the chart some time back. Nobody levels yet. :(
Seeing all the dead bones dead again, Aldhranhald stops guarding everyone's rears and comes to join them. After examining the hammer and determining it is a magical weapon, albeit of the weakest variety, he says, Gansu or Brother Guiness would benefit most from this weapon." Then he begins to search the room thoroughly for anything they may have missed in their previous looks.
Perception Take 20:20 + 10 = 30+11 when searching for traps. so a total bonus of 31 in that case.
Sorry, that thrown light Warhammer to hit should have been +4 instead of +5 (uses Dex, not Str modifier to hit--I had it wrong on my sheet). Result of rolls would be the same with Skeleton AC of 16. Also, I think Tamlara automatically gets sneak attack damage when she flanks a foe even if she is not hidden from them, so I think she did some damage to the skelly...anyway, on to the fun stuff!
"Four skeletons dead at my hands, Gansu! That means four mugs of ale given our bet--and I owe you at least two...uh, maybe a bit later..." As he makes his comments on the way to picking up his dropped Warhammer, the adrenaline of the battle wears off and Brother Guiness, feeling the extent of his wounds, sits down heavily on the edge of a coffin.
Leaning wearily on the stout Warhammer, BG looks around the room as the rest of the group filters in and starts searching. Wounded though he is, BG is ready to leap again into action should he be needed. Perhaps now is the time for one of those healing potions"Gansu, do you have healing capability remaining, or should we try out these poitions?"
BG Perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Even with all the noise BG is making on the other side of the room, he hears Aldhranhald's comment about finding a weapon over where he detected magic before. Levering himself to his feet, BG interjects, "A weapon, you say...What have you found Aldhranhald?"
"An enchanted weapon, that is welcome news. Well fought everyone. Gansu, Brother Guiness raises a good question. How much more healing do you have? My spells are exhausted, though my hexes remain." says Boudacia as she observes the room folowing the end of hostilities.
"An enchanted weapon, that is welcome news. Well fought everyone. Gansu, Brother Guiness raises a good question. How much more healing do you have? My spells are exhausted, though my hexes remain." says Boudacia as she observes the room folowing the end of hostilities.
I saw on the treasure list that there is a wand of Cure Light Wounds available, but I don’t remember who has it...
Sorry, that thrown light Warhammer to hit should have been +4 instead of +5 (uses Dex, not Str modifier to hit--I had it wrong on my sheet). Result of rolls would be the same with Skeleton AC of 16. Also, I think Tamlara automatically gets sneak attack damage when she flanks a foe even if she is not hidden from them, so I think she did some damage to the skelly...anyway, on to the fun stuff!...
Thanks for pointing out these things. Yes, you still hit/destroyed. And you are correct, Tammy still gets her sneak damage, my bad there. Sorry. That means she did score 1 damage to the Skelly if anybody's keeping that detailed of a score. ;)
Good job BG on remembering to check the loot chart and seeing that wand of CLW! That could be used for healing of course, or if someone else has the ability they could use it as a weapon if you get more skellies or undead possibly as well.
What's the party going to do now?
1. You have a door to the south from this room, B7.
2. Back through the secret passageway to the room with the spire, cage, & twitching corpses, B8, and from there a door to the south.
3. Back through the secret passageway to the room, B1, with the stairway up, or a door to the south, and a door to the east which has a hallway (with no number) connecting back to room B8 and another open door to the east.
4. Or head back to town to rest/resupply (you WON'T make it to town before dark - Echo woods at night? I shudder.)
"Perhaps we can take our rest in the wide hallway we just came out of? With secret doors on either end and (until recently) undead in each flanking room, it may be an ideal place to spend the night and recover."
Stormstrider, feel free to add more if you think the dice rolls above would give better tactics for making a defensible place to rest for the evening...
| Active Conditions: 1 CON damage.. | Current Buffs: none.
"Save the potions for later."
Gansu examines Brother Guiness' wounds. "You're not complaining about these, are you? Mine were much worse. See? Hah!"
Gansu lays his hands on Brother Guiness and murmurs a prayer to the Lord of the Moon.
cure light wounds:1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
BG: That should put you at 22 which will get you to full after a full night's rest.
Gansu then does the same with his wounds.
cure light wounds:1d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 = 8
And that brings me to 20. I have no spells left for today and only 2 lay on hands now.
"That is most of my magic. I have a little healing left, but not much."
"A magical weapon you say? Here, let me see-"
Gansu reaches eagerly for the hammer, but stops short. For a moment it seems as if he is listening to a voice no one can hear. Then, with a frown, he retracts his hand.
"No... no. Brother Guiness should take it. I have the sword that my father carried, and his father before him. It was given to our family by the emperor. I do not need another."
"Besides... if Guiness took four of them then that beats my three. It's only fair."
"Perhaps we can take our rest in the wide hallway we just came out of? With secret doors on either end and (until recently) undead in each flanking room, it may be an ideal place to spend the night and recover."
Seems like a very wise choice to me. Party/majority decision?
"Don't worry, there is plenty of Dwarven Stout to share with all. It may be fun to keep score for killing blows, but we should all remember that if it weren't for Tamlara, we wouldn't have known there were undead to begin with and may have been caught in a much more tactically vulnerable position." BG nods graciously to the rest of the party.
"As far as the hammer goes, yes--it is of magnificent quality. And you say it is magical, Aldhranhald? Wonderful--it may come in useful. If no one minds, I will carry it and use it until we get to a convenient time to divide treasure, then we can discuss shares then." Brother Guiness examines the hammer carefully, looking for signs of its origins, but he is not skilled in such matters. Maybe there is a clue hidden in a small maker's mark rune or some other way?
BG Perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19(and will likely take a 20 for a 28 sometime during his watch in the night)
"Gansu, Tamlara, would you care to carry my Warhammer or a light hammer in case we run into skeletons again? And thanks for the healing, Gansu, I do indeed feel much better.
Assuming we are settling in for the night, BG breaks out the dwarven stout and his dwarven rations and sets up in the corner of the hallway. If others want to keep going and/or scout, please feel free to interject...
Tamlara walks up next to Brother Guiness.
"I'm not sure I know how to use either of these. . .but I'll carry the light hammer, if that's okay. At least I'll be able to do some damage if we come across any more skeletons."
She looks around the room.
"Assuming I can hit them, of course."
She shakes her head in disgust and walks away.
"The hallway is as good a place as any to bed down for the 'night'."
Were I to hazard a guess, I'd say because she didn't do as much damage in combat as she would have liked? Perhaps Tamlare (the character) wants to be more of a contributor because she still strongly desires to "fit" among "normal" "human" society... Excellent role play, by my way of thinking.
Before the party gathers in the hallway to take their rest, he takes out his map kit, sketching and jotting notes for the room they just examined, including all the details of the magic hammer. He takes his time so as to make sure all the latest details are not rushed.
Craft Cartography Take 20:20 + 8 = 28
Later, as everyone is getting their bedding arranged, he says, "I have a spell, that we've used once already to great effect, called Keep Watch. I can cast it on anyone that is willing, and the magic results in not only the ability to stay awake and watch all night, but in the body still reaping the benefits of having slept the entire night. In our current situation, I believe it would be best to have someone with darkvision take the spell, then we can extinguish our light, and be all the more hidden from anything that might be wandering about. So..." He looks around at the group. "Is anyone willing to accept this burden?"
| Active Conditions: 1 CON damage.. | Current Buffs: none.
Brother_Guiness wrote:
"Gansu, Tamlara, would you care to carry my Warhammer or a light hammer in case we run into skeletons again? And thanks for the healing, Gansu, I do indeed feel much better.
"No, that's all right. I do have a club as well, though it does not have as good a balance as my father's blade."
The Warhammer thing was just RP... I am not actually proficient with them. I had to spend a trait to be proficient with the nodachi; otherwise it is just simple weapons for me.
Aldhranhald wrote:
"I have a spell, that we've used once already to great effect, called Keep Watch... Is anyone willing to accept this burden?"
"Does it interfere with recovering magical energy? If not, I don't mind."
I too am interested in this spell, Gansu. Typically I must remove my armor at night in order to get restful sleep, making me less effective in combat if we are attacked. I would be willing to give it a try, or perhaps alternate nights if someone else wants to try as well.”
"Yes, Gansu, the body is restored, including magical energies, just as if the recipient had slept restfully for a full eight hours. And, yes, Brother Guiness, you could stay awake and watching in your armor all night, and your body would be restored, just as if you had slept the entire night. Perhaps you two should throw dice to see who fate favors to take it tonight?" Aldhranhald says, as he pulls his book Faiths of the River Kingdoms out of his bag to spend some time reading before he falls asleep, as is his usual routine.
So, BG and Gansu are each down 2 hp, and Gansu has two 1d6 cures left. What say we get one apiece, BG keeps watch, then we clear the rest of the level in the morning?
Don't mind me, just making a little roll here. Nothing for you all to pay attention to ... :D
Random encounters?:1d100 ⇒ 36
Hmmm ... I wonder what that means in DM terms? ... Oh duh! I am the DM! Hee! Hee! Hee! ... Sorry, rough day at work, me just being silly. You all go ahead and do your 'rest for the night' thing and I'll let ya know if something happens or not. :D
Give me a party majority on what you all are doing and we will proceed. Never mind, I typed that, then checked and realized we already have 4 party members agreeing to rest for the night in the 'secret' passageway. So ...
Everybody except BG lies down to rest, after Aldhranhald casts his Keep Watch spell on BG.
BG's Perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
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And everybody awakes fully refreshed except for BG who simply suddenly feels fully refreshed!
