I'm sorry but my internet connection is broken, so i can't post from home, and i only have limited options from work.
I just wanted to let you know that i might be out for some days, but i'm still with you.
Charlyl is good to go. I think Vhorun & Miu got pretty beat up in that fight? I know Miu drank a potion, not sure if Vhorun got anything besides a CLW from Miu. If not, he is currently at 6/58.
I think Vhorun has to accept the lay on hands as he is not much use when he is exhsausted, this also heals him of 24hp before you use the wand (so you can save some wand charges)
OOC we might go a bit slow for a few days as i dont fancy NPCing both Vhorun and Ghaun, as there could be a big fight soon
can everyone do me a stealth check and i will assume that charlyl will listen at the door of the barracks
the tactic that shal suggests is that she casts haste on everyone and then we all burst thorugh the door, this will give everyone a suprise round (assuming that the pcs are not expected!!), shal will use her suprise action to open the door and then all the pcs and Orrin act
remember that unless there in an enemy right in front of you all you will likely be able to do is move or cast a spell
does anybody want to do any buffs?
shal casts good hope and haste on you so take these two spells into account
Charlyl leads the party silently to the second barrack and puts his ear to the door. He closes his eyes and shuts off the irrelevant sounds one by one...till he is completely focused on noise in the barrack.
Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30
Stealth: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36
If Charlyl can get a bead when the door is open, he can use his composite crossbow during surprise round.
That ended up taking a lot more time than I thought it would, as my grandfather died this weekend and all of the sudden i had a lot of family obligations to attend.
But my connection is back so i'm ready for action again.
After receiving healing from both Orrin and Miu, Vhorun turn to Miu ”Thank you, Mistress”. He tries to make a point of not thanking Orrin.
”200 gp to the one who kills most duergars. Another 50 to the one who kills their commander. Sounds fair, I'm game.”
”but first. Tell me Orrin, how did our last bet went do you think?”
He laughs and turn his back on the dwarf.
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Stealth 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15 That's what you get from being so smug
That ended up taking a lot more time than I thought it would, as my grandfather died this weekend and all of the sudden i had a lot of family obligations to attend.
But my connection is back so i'm ready for action again.
After receiving healing from both Orrin and Miu, Vhorun turn to Miu ”Thank you, Mistress”. He tries to make a point of not thanking Orrin.
”200 gp to the one who kills most duergars. Another 50 to the one who kills their commander. Sounds fair, I'm game.”
”but first. Tell me Orrin, how did our last bet went do you think?”
He laughs and turn his back on the dwarf.
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Stealth 1d20+14
That's what you get from being so smug
Orrin says "how about just a competition between you and me 200gp for the winner and the commander counts as three duergar and lets include enemy drow!"
I'll wait with my actions until I know where those before me in initiative go
Miu you can wait if you like but remeber that i am happy for you to act before other pc's or allies even if they have better iniative scores
vhorun is still to act in the suprise round
and i am running Ghaun who will come in after everyone else and cover the rear, like a good wizard should!!
I think it would be wise to pick off those 4 duegars near Orrin. It's tempting to rush straight for Arak, but I imagine things would end very badly if we fail to kill him within 2 turns.
I'm in doubt too, there are a lot of duergar in this room. I could try a hold person on Arrak or walk over there and use my channeling to do as much damage to all the duergar there without hurting our party.
Or just bash the closest duergar :D
Vhorun and Orrin could hang back near the entrance acting as cleaving meat shields while you spellcasters do your thing? i think we end up finding ourselves surrounded and cut off from escape if we go to far into the room.
Vhorun move into the room, his curved blade ready to chop at the first duergar to attack him.
His eyes goes wide as he sees the amount of duergar present.
"I hate dwarfs.." he manage to mutter before he closes to melee with the nearest duergars.
Miu, i just need you action and then we can go to round 1
Vhorun, Charlyl is in k16 so you can pick another square please, or if it is easier just knock Charlyl out
Vhorun and Orrin could hang back near the entrance acting as cleaving meat shields while you spellcasters do your thing? i think we end up finding ourselves surrounded and cut off from escape if we go to far into the room.
Orrin has already moved in
and Ghaun signs that he is starting to run low on spells
I thought it was a shame that Shal was in Vhroun & Charlyl's way, cause otherwise one of us could have charged in and possibly score a kill. That curiosity made me look up some rules:
1. It says that you can only do a move or standard action during the surprise round.
2. Charge can be a standard action, but you can only move your speed (instead of x2 your speed) under that circumstance. Also, nothing (even an ally) can be in your way.
3. It says that you can take a 5-foot step in any round when you don't perform any other kind of movement.
So Shal can technically open the door and 5-foot step somewhere. Unfortunately, in this case, she has no where to 5-foot to that can get her out of Vhorun & Charlyl's way.
My next question is when does the surprise round start, before or after Shal opens the door. I guess it has to be before. If she opens the door then starts combat, the duegars would see us and there won't be any surprise.
So in the future, to enable a charge during the surprise round, either whoever opens the door 5-foot away, or he should open it from another square not directly in front of the entrace.
Charlyl will move to k17 instead so Vhorun can be at k16.
Round 1
All pc’s and allies get to act before the duergar
Shal Movs to M15 and strikes down a sleeping duergar
Orrin smacks down two Deurgar than 5ft steps
He looks at vhorun and smiles
Ghaun casts ray of enfeeblement at the commander
It hits and saps 7 off his strength (he is really pissed by that!)
Ghaun then moves to k14
My next question is when does the surprise round start, before or after Shal opens the door. I guess it has to be before. If she opens the door then starts combat, the duegars would see us and there won't be any surprise. the suprise round starts with shal opening the door with that being her action (or part of it) for the suprise round
So in the future, to enable a charge during the surprise round, either whoever opens the door 5-foot away, or he should open it from another square not directly in front of the entrace.
if possible
Charlyl will move to k17 instead so Vhorun can be at k16.
Miu's attention shifts from the still sleeping duergar to the commander:
"By Lolth shall he suffer! They'll all suffer!"
With these words she steps over the duergar slain by Charlyl, moves hastily between two tables, past Orrin and after a slighty curved path through the barracks positions herself right next to the commander (E20) where she grins as she invokes the magnificent powers of Lolth.
Channel Energy, 30ft burst, excluding herself, 3d6 dmg, Will DC17 for half damage
(OOC Im not sure how you decide the area of effect of a spell that centres on the caster, all other area spells seem to need a interesect so i will place the interesect at 18/19 e/f i hope that is ok and if people have a better way of me dealing with spells that centre on the caster then please let me know)
Miu takes out 11 duergar! and somehow manages not to hurt her allies!
the commander also seems to be a bit hurt
D10 is killed by Miu so Vhorun can take an attack at the commander if that is ok? as i have changed you target i will add in some bonuses to hit that you have not included
+1 for haste +2 for good hope and +2 for flanking
which means you hit the commander for 47 damage
the commander is unhappy!!
he draws his sword very quickly and takes two attacks at Miu, he misses twice! and then 5ft steps
the other durgar start moving, these durgar have no armour but are armed with warhammers (they were sleeping) one moves towards shal one towards Miu, and one towards Charlyl
D7 goes invisible
Ooooh boy, 11 dead? Didnt expect that... I thought I'd soften them up a bit for Vhorun hehe. Now I hope I get to finish the commander but I don't think he'll survive Vhorun's fury.
I am a bit confused on the other duergars who are moving towards Shal, Miu, and Charlyl. I don't see them on the latest map. Also, I thought Shal killed most of the sleeping duergars on our side of the room and Orrin is taking care of the remaining one that went invisible? Where did these extra ones come from?
I am a bit confused on the other duergars who are moving towards Shal, Miu, and Charlyl. I don't see them on the latest map. Also, I thought Shal killed most of the sleeping duergars on our side of the room and Orrin is taking care of the remaining one that went invisible? Where did these extra ones come from?
sorry if you are confused! (it probably because i removed the dead durgar from the map before i sent it to you)
after mius channel there were only 4 normal durgar left
one moved on you and one moved on shal
one on miu
and one went invis
Round 2
shal stepped between the one on you and the one on her, and killed them both
orrin killed the invisble one
which just leaves the one on Miu
I them sent the map which now only shows one normal durgar and the commander
I hope that helps
Miu looks around in triumph, fully enjoying the carnage they've caused. Her look becomes much darker after hearing her cousin Charlyl speak:
"It's good you know who's the strongest but I don't like you questioning my actions cousin."
Naturally Miu will claim all treasure... joking. Who wants what? Greatsword and full plate aren't any good for Miu but I guess none of us really want the full plate.
Orrin will have the armour and greatsword if nobody else wants them
Shal Suggests
the belt would be best for Miu or Charlyl
and the potion would be particularly good for Vhorun
How do people want to proceed
Shal suggests that the six of you (pcs, shal and orrin) carry on and that the other dwarves follow 100ft behind and that they are to join in when you are discovered
To Miu, "I meant no disrespect Cousin, may the power of Lolth continues to leads us into triumph."
To Vhorun, "That belt is nice and I think you would get the most use out of it." He also signs "It'll give you that extra edge to beat Orrin."
To Shal, "Aunty, If I remember the map correctly, Arak's room is on the way to the drow altar room, where we might bump into the enemy priestess Nala. Should we make a quick stop to check it out? Or would we roll with our current momentum?"
Regardless, Charlyl will be 30 ft in front of the party, scouting.
the store room just has food and basic stuff in it
Charlyl at n59 you start to hear sounds of people talking
as you peek round the corner (i will allow you a take ten as it is really unlikely you will be spotted)you see duergar in the dining area
without using spells you will be spotted if you go round the corner
as you will have no cover or concealment
"We were able to approach the gauths earlier with me disguised as the enemy wizard. We can try the same tactics again." He pauses and looks at Orrin, "Master Orrin, if we pretend to bind your hands, you can come along as our 'prisoner.'"
Anyone else has another idea to cloak the entire group?
"We were able to approach the gauths earlier with me disguised as the enemy wizard. We can try the same tactics again." He pauses and looks at Orrin, "Master Orrin, if we pretend to bind your hands, you can come along as our 'prisoner.'"
Anyone else has another idea to cloak the entire group?
Orrin says "thats a good plan except for one thing, what are we going to do with this big hammer of mine! i cannot let any of you hold it for me, perhaps i can disguise myself as a duergar to get me close enough, is the idea that we get close enough and then start killing the bad guys! that sounds like a good plan"
shal says " your plan is good lets move in quick while we have the element of suprise"
Ghaun says "I have no spells that will cloak all of us"
miu
Spoiler:
it is very unlikely that anyone will be in the altar room at this time of day
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