He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Bless - PCs gain a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.
Round 4! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Fomalhaut 30' up, climbing
__ Dominic
__ Black Maiden -5 hp, 3 nonlethal
__ Giant (medium-sized) Shroudweaver! 15' up
__ Lydia 30' up, climbing
__ Tawner entangled
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Bless - PCs gain a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.
Round 4! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Dominic
__ Black Maiden -5 hp, 3 nonlethal
__ Giant (medium-sized) Shroudweaver! 15' up
__ Fomalhaut 30' up, climbing
__ Lydia 30' up, climbing
__ Tawner entangled
HP 24 AC 18, FF 16, T 12, Init +2, Fort +4 Ref +7 Will +4
Not really having better options, the black maiden walks over to Tawner, edging to try and give distance between her and the spider and tries to assist to. Even the scary little rabbit joins in.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Lydia gives the spider a good thump from afar.
With everyone's aid and a retroactive Str check by Dominic ;) Tawner is freed, just in time for the spider to creep down the tree a few feet and try to take bite out of him.
Maiden, Dom, Evil Mr. Bun Bun, had you used your Round 4 dice rolls for attack they would have missed anyhow. I suggest we just put that turn behind us. ;)
Male Human CG Cleric 1 |AC 16, T 9, FF 16| |hp 13/13| |Init -1| |Perc +4, Sns Motv +4|
Additional Stats:
|F +4, R -1, W +6 | |Spd 20'| |KnRel +4| |CMD 11| |Channel 6/6| |Rebuke Death 7/7|
Active Bonuses/Conditions:
None
Fort Save class & alchemical potion:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
"Gah, SPIDER!" Tawner yells to let everyone know a spider just bit him. Pain rips into Tawner like he's coming apart. Only one person in his party knows he is largly untested in combat. But Tawner has felt pain before. The kind that left him for dead. He lifts his head and says in his most menacing voice, "That hurt, spider, that hurt."
If the spider just bit me without retreating AND if the group's help doesn't count as my move action, I will attempt to draw my weapon as a move and attack as standard. If not, then just ignore the next attack.
|AC 15, T 11, FF 14|HP: 21/21|F +2, R +2, W +7 (+2 vs disease/MA, -1 vs attribute loss, +4 vs reading/writing)|Init +1, Perc +4|CMB +5 CMD 16|3/3 dooms 1/1 Guiding Spirit, 3/3 Sense Bond, 6/6 Manifestation, 1/1 ES
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Lydia Stillbourne wrote:
If I can't do that as presented, my tactics are instead as follows
First, it looks like Lydia and Fomalhaut are trying to climb over the webbing (30 feet up) to get to the next tree to attack the spider there from above. If that's the plan Lydia misses the necessary climb check by 5 and falls 30 feet.
At the beginning of their turn, I have them both clinging to a knotted rope in the branches of the tree with the egg sack in it, 30 feet above the forest floor.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
I'm gonna go with Lydia's alternate actions (which I believe prohibits Formalhaut from moving far enough to attack the spider).
Lydia's next stone flies astray.
Bless - PCs gain a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.
Round 5! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Dominic
__ Black Maiden -5 hp, 3 nonlethal
__ Giant (medium-sized) Shroudweaver! 5' up -4 hp
__ Fomalhaut 23' up, climbing
__ Lydia 23' up, climbing
__ Tawner -3 hp
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
I should note that Tawner's attack from the round before hits.
While Dominic snaps his whip just in front of the spider's eight primitive eyes. Alas, he is standing too close to the arachnid when he does so. The spider takes the opportunity to lunge in under the whip to bite him.
|AC 15, T 11, FF 14|HP: 21/21|F +2, R +2, W +7 (+2 vs disease/MA, -1 vs attribute loss, +4 vs reading/writing)|Init +1, Perc +4|CMB +5 CMD 16|3/3 dooms 1/1 Guiding Spirit, 3/3 Sense Bond, 6/6 Manifestation, 1/1 ES
I did say that if we went with my sling attack last round, that I'd climb down AFTER making it. Since this all would have been much more easily adjudicated in an in-person game, can we please say that I did that and, since he couldn't have done anything else, Fomalhaut followed, meaning we both start this round at the bottom (since both Climb rolls we made succeeded)?
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
|AC 15, T 11, FF 14|HP: 21/21|F +2, R +2, W +7 (+2 vs disease/MA, -1 vs attribute loss, +4 vs reading/writing)|Init +1, Perc +4|CMB +5 CMD 16|3/3 dooms 1/1 Guiding Spirit, 3/3 Sense Bond, 6/6 Manifestation, 1/1 ES
What does that mean, exactly? Can we make it down and attack this turn?
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Normally a climb check is made to move 1/4 your normal land speed as a move action. Lydia was 30 feet up at the beginning of her last turn. She used a move action to descend. At the start of her turn this round Lydia is about 23 feet above the ground She can try to move faster (half speed, but there's a -5 penalty), jump down, double move, or do something else entirely. Moving (climbing) and moving again at accelerated speed would get you to the ground this round.
|AC 15, T 11, FF 14|HP: 21/21|F +2, R +2, W +7 (+2 vs disease/MA, -1 vs attribute loss, +4 vs reading/writing)|Init +1, Perc +4|CMB +5 CMD 16|3/3 dooms 1/1 Guiding Spirit, 3/3 Sense Bond, 6/6 Manifestation, 1/1 ES
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
This time Tawner miss the fiercely bucking and snapping spider.
Lydia and her shade continue their decent.
Bless - PCs gain a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.
Round 6! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Dominic -1 hp
__ Black Maiden -5 hp, 3 nonlethal
__ Giant (medium-sized) Shroudweaver! 5' up -10 hp
__ Fomalhaut 15' up, climbing
__ Lydia 15' up, climbing
__ Tawner -3 hp
HP 24 AC 18, FF 16, T 12, Init +2, Fort +4 Ref +7 Will +4
Frustrated with the fact that the spider is still standing, The black maiden carefully walks around and up to the sider to not provoke any attacks before attacking the thing with her sickle, though she keeps her shield up and wary.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
*SLICE!*
The Black Maiden's sickle drops the spider to the ground, where is quickly folds up into itself dead.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Funny you should ask wrote:
The PCs may also try to collect a silk gland from a spider corpse with a successful DC 15 Heal or Survival check. They may only attempt this check once for each corpse.
Lydia and Fomalhaut move back up the tree to harvest the fresh webbing from the egg sack.
|AC 15, T 11, FF 14|HP: 21/21|F +2, R +2, W +7 (+2 vs disease/MA, -1 vs attribute loss, +4 vs reading/writing)|Init +1, Perc +4|CMB +5 CMD 16|3/3 dooms 1/1 Guiding Spirit, 3/3 Sense Bond, 6/6 Manifestation, 1/1 ES
Male Human CG Cleric 1 |AC 16, T 9, FF 16| |hp 13/13| |Init -1| |Perc +4, Sns Motv +4|
Additional Stats:
|F +4, R -1, W +6 | |Spd 20'| |KnRel +4| |CMD 11| |Channel 6/6| |Rebuke Death 7/7|
Active Bonuses/Conditions:
None
"Lydia! Did you see? I hit the spider!"
Tawner feels particularly pleased. "Good fighting, friends. Who's hurt?" Tawner asks as he collects his shield.
I was reminded by Black Maiden's post that when I dropped my shield, it reduced my AC to: AC 14, T 9, FF 14. I'll be sure to note that each time I drop it.
"A night's rest and you'll be in fighting trim again." He raises his eyebrows. "That sound your whip makes. Well, it's the only sound that I remember from the battle! That is...unless you count Black Maiden's dirty looks." Tawner laughs at his own words.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Tawner,
The World's Most Interesting GM wrote:
Funny you should ask wrote:
The PCs may also try to collect a silk gland from a spider corpse with a successful DC 15 Heal or Survival check. They may only attempt this check once for each corpse.
Lydia and Fomalhaut move back up the tree to harvest the fresh webbing from the egg sack.
At the very least the cleric might remember to offer some guidance.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
HP 24 AC 18, FF 16, T 12, Init +2, Fort +4 Ref +7 Will +4
Heck Tawner, with guidance on yourself, you pretty much only fail on a crit fail, and you can probably take 10 to guarantee you can do it!
The black maiden turns one of those dirty looks on tawner, and a soft growl comes from the black rabbit. Almost sheepishly however, and speaking rather softly, she says.
I... seemed to have injured myself in the fall... I would appreciate some healing.
Male Human CG Cleric 1 |AC 16, T 9, FF 16| |hp 13/13| |Init -1| |Perc +4, Sns Motv +4|
Additional Stats:
|F +4, R -1, W +6 | |Spd 20'| |KnRel +4| |CMD 11| |Channel 6/6| |Rebuke Death 7/7|
Active Bonuses/Conditions:
None
That's a good point, Black Maiden. Taking 10 with a +8 heal would get us what we need. We'd have to see if The World's Most Interesting DM agrees since we're not in any danger at the moment...or are we...?
Tawner's smile fades as Black Maiden turns her attention to him. There's also something unnerving about that rabbit.
I probably shouldn't ever let on that I've skinned rabbits before.
"Well," he says while fumbling in his backpack, "Hold still." Tawner produces a smooth, inelegant piece of wood, one of which looks purposeful. He points it at her, mumbles, and then asks her if it worked.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Tawner Kelenfold wrote:
That's a good point, Black Maiden. Taking 10 with a +8 heal would get us what we need. We'd have to see if The World's Most Interesting DM agrees since we're not in any danger at the moment...or are we...?
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Having pulled the fresh webbing from the egg sack and extracted the silk gland from one of the spiders the group looks to their next move.
Currently, it is early-afternoon on the second day away from Daggermark.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
|AC 15, T 11, FF 14|HP: 21/21|F +2, R +2, W +7 (+2 vs disease/MA, -1 vs attribute loss, +4 vs reading/writing)|Init +1, Perc +4|CMB +5 CMD 16|3/3 dooms 1/1 Guiding Spirit, 3/3 Sense Bond, 6/6 Manifestation, 1/1 ES
Lydia quickly flips out the book.
"Well...Razmiran's not too far away, actually, and that's where the rod is. Scepter, technically. A place called Allenstead. Apparently they've been resisting Razmir but have finally given in...apparently because of it."
"Ustalav's not too far away, either. A necromancer's lantern hidden in some kind of enchanted 'Cannibal's Grove.' Sounds interesting."
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Remember also that you need to sell your spider silk and glands before they get too old.
HP 24 AC 18, FF 16, T 12, Init +2, Fort +4 Ref +7 Will +4
Black Maiden thinks outloud.
We have to sell the spider silk and glands first. Let's head back, sell them, then go to Razmir. I think it might be nice to spend some time someplace civilized for a bit rather than "Cannibal's Grove".
Human Kensai Magus 3 [HP 27/27 | AC 17/16/11 CMD 16 | F+5 R+4 W+3 | Init +3 | Perception +2, Sense Motive +1]
Dominic pulls out the journal and flips through it. "It says she had a buyer named Johaness Vox. Maybe we can try him, though it says he's not been forthright." He closes the journal. "Perhaps another merchant would be better."
Male Human CG Cleric 1 |AC 16, T 9, FF 16| |hp 13/13| |Init -1| |Perc +4, Sns Motv +4|
Additional Stats:
|F +4, R -1, W +6 | |Spd 20'| |KnRel +4| |CMD 11| |Channel 6/6| |Rebuke Death 7/7|
Active Bonuses/Conditions:
None
"Let's decide when we get there. It's early afternoon and we're still in the forest." Tawner looks at his blade. The scimitar has some scuff marking from his attack.
Useful
He smiles, though it may look to others that he is frowning at the blade. He doesn't care.
He shoulders his backpack and waits for the others.
