Curse of the Crimson Throne (Inactive)

Game Master StephNyan

Aid attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Majenko uses his tail to stab at the derro south of Baer. The attack misses on purpose, but creates a new opening for Baer to strike.

Round 2

Baer angrily swings again at redguy.

1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 3 + 2 + 1 - 1 = 18 to hit; (flank, bless, -PA)
1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6 damage.

1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 1 - 1 = 7 to hit; (flank, bless, -PA)
1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4 damage.

AC 17 HP 22/22

Denario draws another card, eyeing the result before throwing it.
2 of clubs. 1 match.

Flick card, PBS: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 Dmg, acid imbued: 1d4 + 2 + 1d3 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (3) = 7

Quorthos stabs the red derro, taking advantage of his teamwork with Baer. dagger, flanking: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 = 15
damage, knife master sneak: 1d4 + 4 + 1d8 ⇒ (2) + 4 + (4) = 10

He then steps SE to put his back closer to the wall. Can't move my icon, if someone could please 5' step me SE I'd appreciate it!

Tural takes a small step forward and is able to see one of the Derro. A evil grin appears on his face and he tries to affect the Derro with it. After it he starts a low voiced chant, filling the cave with its doubt inducing sound.

5 foot step, 1 standard action for evil eye -2 AC and a move action for chant. & moved you Quorthos!

Baer whacks the red derro once against its head.

Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Tural successfully lowers the red derro's defenses with his hex and chanting.

CL check Denario: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Denario's card hits the derro, but the magical effect added to the card doesn't affect the creature.

Due to the derro's lowered defenses Quorthos is then able to sink his dagger in the derro's stomach, causing it to drop its short sword and sink to the floor of the cave. Quorthos then 5-foot steps to a position east of the other derro.

Round 2:
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Mavor
Baer

Round 3:
Allyph
Blue derro
Denario
Tural
Quorthos
Majenko
Mavor
Baer

Mavor should be back today. I'll wait for him to post his own actions.

The derro by the way have spell resistance. Hence the roll I made for Denario. (I won't do that retroactively for his last acid imbued attack.)

Sorry didn't have as much time yesterday as I had hoped.

Mavor moves south-east and positions himself between the Derro, but also puts the red Derro between him and Baer.

He uses his greataxe to hack away at the little critter. Hacking away at the red Derro

Attack with Greataxe, Power Attack, Sneak Attack, Flank: 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 - 1 + 2 = 211d12 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 3 + 1 + (1) = 17

I think the red derro has fallen already...

Righto, seem to have overlooked that part. I'll move to flank the last Derro with you then with the same rolls.

Allyph double moves into the room. She provokes an attack by doing so, but moves into a flanking position with Quorthos. "Ha, got you now!"

Mavor moves up to the last derro and hits it hard. Even when not flanking, Mavor still manages to wound the derro gravely.

Short sword, AoO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Allyph provokes an attack when she moves to flank with Quorthos, but the attack bounces off her battle ward.

Short sword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

The derro then swings its short sword at Mavor, but again its attack bounces off the protection Tural provided. It quickly takes a 5-foot step back, glaring at those gathered around it.

Round 3:
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Denario
Tural
Quorthos
Majenko
Mavor
Baer

Round 4:
Allyph
Blue derro -16HP
Denario
Tural
Quorthos
Majenko
Mavor
Baer

Allyph provokes another attack by circling the derro, but then stands in a position that would make flanking it easy for her allies. "Okay, now then."

She readies to stab the derro the moment someone else is flanking with her.

Readied Attack: +1 Rapier, Flanking: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 = 19 Damage, + Sneak: 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 1 + (4) = 8

Majenko shifts lightly on Baer's shoulder. He once more readies himself to aid her next attack.

Aid attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

"I'm sure we can finish this now!"

Round 3

Baer angrily swings again at blueguy, moving up to flank and swing with Allyph.

1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 2 + 1 - 1 = 21 to hit; (flank, bless, -PA)
1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6 damage.

AC 17 HP 22/22

Quorthos slashes the remaining derro, then shouts at the creature, "Drop your weapons!"

+1 dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
confirm crit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Short sword, AoO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

The derro tries to hit Allyph when latter provokes an attack, but the short sword bounces off the battle ward surrounding Allyph.

As Allyph's rapier sinks into the derro's chest, Baer hits its head hard with her quarterstaff. The derro sinks to the ground when Quorthos yells at it to drop its weapons, and it drops its short sword just before it passes out.

Combat's over!

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

While looting the derro Allyph looks up for a second. Her eyes move around the room and rest on the southeastern wall.

"There's a secret passage there," Allyph says as she points it out.

Tural moves into the room whilst chanting, moving the ominous sound completely inside the cavern.

Last one should finish up quickly enough with those attacks...

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Quorthos moves to examine the secret passage that Allyph points out. Finding nothing, he looks for a way to open the door.

Quorthos has trouble seeing the secret passage, even after Allyph points it out, but Allyph has no trouble in finding a way to open it. She presses a specific part of the secret door and it swings open. A narrow passage is revealed, running 10 feet into the rock before stopping in front of another secret door. The switch to open the door is quite obvious for anyone inside the passage.

"Passages, animated bones. Next thing is ending up in a crypt with zombies."

Denario follows the frontliners.

"Around these parts of the city, that just might happen Denario. Careful what you wish for."

Mavor takes the lead when the party heads into the passage, watching diligently as he goes.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

"Heh, i'm not 'wishing' for anything. But call it a 'professional hunch', that such odds are within the mission. Like a set of cards that gets smaller, the possibilities of the opponents hand to be bad for you can vary. All i'm saying is everything's possible. Though..i would rather not meet a vampire that's out to suck our blood and enthrall us. Those are bad odds."

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17 Perception

Baer grunts as the derro fall, a strange smile upon her lips as she goes through the corpses of the fallen.

"They are not all so tough," Baer grunts, looking for the next place of exploration.

Baer falls in behind Mavor.

Mavor, I'm uncertain as to which passage you were moving through, and since you're still not moved on the map, I took the liberty to move you through the secret one. I placed myself behind you.

Thanks Baer, I meant the secret passage indeed.

As you move into the secret passage you smell something incredibly foul. When he reaches the ends of the passage Mavor carefully opens the secret door at the other end of the passage and looks into the room beyond.

The majority of this room contains a nasty-looking stretch of mud—a partially collapsed sinkhole—kept damp by rivulets of water seeping from the walls. A patch of solid ground extends into the mud to form an island, on which is heaped a reeking pile of body parts. To the north, a rickety wheelbarrow sits on its side against the wall.

There's also an otyugh, which is in the process of enjoying the body parts. It's taking its time eating as it wallows in the mud, and hasn't yet spotted you.

Mavor looks around if he sees any body part belonging to Thousand Bones's grandson, any part fitting a Shoanti clan member.

Taking 10 on Perception to do so for a 16.

If he sees a part of his body or a part that could be of his body.

Mavor frowns and whispers back to Baer.
"We need to stop it from eating that part of the body. I'm not sure if we could reason with it, but I don't want to take that chance. Follow my lead."

Mavor moves up to the Otyugh. If he can charge he will.
He heaves his greataxe and slams down hard on the Otyugh.

Attack Greataxe, Power Attack, Sneak Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 1 = 261d12 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 3 + 1 + (5) = 27

If he doesn't see a body part
Mavor holds his hand up to warn Baer of the Otyugh and whispers back.

"An Otyugh, perhaps we can get around it. Remember the one we faced on the street?"

Baer follows Mavor in (if necessary), also seeking to engage the beast before it is unaware.

Moved Baer and Mavor (and others) on the map. My guess is that Mavor's move is surprise round and we'll see when Baer moves in the initiative.

Mavor doesn't spot any Shoanti body parts in the room with the otyugh, but as he holds his hand up and informs the others about the otyugh the aberration spots him. "WARM FOOD!" it cries out in a delighted slobbery voice.

The otyugh's slow though, and all of you get a chance to move before it can properly turn around.

Using the actions Mavor already posted for his turn.

Mavor doesn't have enough space to charge, but he does move up to the otyugh. His powerful attack cuts deep into the otyugh, causing it to bleed profusely.

Round 1:
Allyph
Baer
Denario
Majenko
Mavor
Quorthos
Tural
Otyugh -27HP

Round 1

Baer takes the confusion caused by Mavor's advance to circle the otyugh before it gets its tenacles in play. She swings once in anger.

1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 1 = 19 to hit; ( -PA)
1d6 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 3 = 10 damage.

AC 17 HP 22/22

"This the other one's bigger fouler brother?"

Denario moves to just before entering the cave.
Card, PBS: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 Dmg, acid imbued: 1d4 + 2 + 1d3 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (1) = 4

"What is that?!"
Tural exclaims as he sees the creature. From the small passage he motions for the creature, trying to steal its luck. The moment he gets the feeling it's worked he starts chanting to keep the creature under his spell.

"Something we've seen earlier, before we met you."

Quorthos' eyes widen as he sees the creature, but he steels himself and follows the lead of Mavor and Baer. When the otyugh speaks, he can't prevent a shudder. Things like that shouldn't speak!

Quorthos dashes forward before the creature can react and stabs it, keeping clear of the tentacles if possible.

+1 dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
damage, sneak attack if it's flat-footed: 1d4 + 3 + 1d8 ⇒ (3) + 3 + (5) = 11

Majenko goes full defense on Baer's shoulder.

Not a sewer monster! Nooo!

Allyph moves up behind Denario and shoots a ray of electricity past him.

Elemental Ray, -4 cover, -4 in melee: 1d20 + 4 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 - 4 - 4 = 0 Elec damage + sneak: 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 1 + (6) = 13

The ray hits a pile of body parts, electrocuting them. Allyph has trouble keeping her lunch in when she sees what she's done. "Oh yuck!"

Baer moves in after Mavor while Majenko goes full defense on her shoulder. Baer circles the otyugh and hits it hard.

Denario's card hits the cave's wall and Allyph's ray electrocutes a pile of body parts.

Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Tural's hex brings misfortune upon the otyugh and he chants to make the effect last longer.

Quorthos moves in and tries to stab the otyugh, but his dagger bounces off of the aberration's natural armor.

Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 <-- this Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Tentacle 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 <-- this Tentacle 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Tentacle 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 Tentacle 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 <-- this Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

The otyugh goes all-out on Mavor, but Tural's hex causes all attacks to miss. (No BW left for Mavor)

Round 2:
Allyph
Baer
Denario
Majenko
Mavor
Quorthos
Tural
Otyugh -37HP (Misfortune for 1 round)

From the corner of its eyes the creature sees Tural glaring at him. Causing doubt to seep into his mind. -2 AC, will 16DC to reduce to 1 round Tural follows it up with a short chant.

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Round 2

Baer delays for someone to move into flank, then strikes out twice at the beast.

1d20 + 3 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 3 - 1 + 2 = 22 to hit; ( -PA, +flank)
1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9 damage.

1d20 + 3 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 3 - 1 + 2 = 15 to hit; ( -PA, +flank)
1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4 damage.

AC 17 HP 22/22

Tural uses another hex, but before you can see if it works Baer knocks out the otyugh.

Combat's over!

You take another look around at the body parts on the island. On the otyugh's other side, where Mavor couldn't see before, are the broken legs and hips of a human. The legs are decorated with bold Shoanti tattoos and likely once belonged to Gaekhen.

"Nice hit Baer. Now to see if that guy is indeed among the remains."

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Mavor rummages through the body parts and finds a piece of recently dismembered Shoanti body parts.

"I think I've found something over here. Must be Gaekhen's, look at all the tattoo's of Shoanti origin."

Mavor hauls out the legs and hip from the pile of other parts of the corpses.

"How do we carry this around? I can carry some of him. Each of us a part? Dragging it along? Or does someone have a better idea?"

Tural drops his backpack and starts rummaging about in it.
"Ah! Found it. Here, I think it might be better to use this. "
Tural says as he hands Mavor the empty sack he retrieved from his pack.
"I can't carry much more than I am currently holding."

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Tural stops next to Mavor to take a closer look at the body parts.
"Seems some of the people dragged here had some valuables with them"
He grabs some items from between the corpses.

Baer thumps the downed otyugh a few more times to be sure, then again twice more...an angry grimace on her face.

This is for existing.
And *this* is for when they called me ugly.
*This* is for them calling me green.
And *this* is because you're ugly.

Baer staff blurs as she strikes.

She stands breathing heavily from the exertion, and slowly looks around at her companions and surroundings.

"Seems fitting that a beast like this lairs in a place like this," Baer observes.

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 Perception

Baer helps grab the loot and the body.

Quorthos silently observes Baer work out her issues on the otyugh's corpse, and grimaces as the others begin sifting through the remains. How many innocent people lost. To these beasts... just so the royals don't have to hire dungsweepers! He grits his teeth and helps search the remains, looking not only for the Shoanti but also any other bodies that might reasonably be identifiable.

"Hmm... That necklace may be something identifiable," he muses. "Perhaps we can find the owner?"

There are many more body parts, but none of them recognizable.

Where to from here? If you want to continue exploring you can go to the room north of where you're now, or you could go back to the room with the derro and make use of the stairs there.

When the slop is finished being slung, Baer will nod to Mavor, indicating the next passage to go through.

Moved peeps on map, let's go.

Mavor heaves the sack containing Gaekhen's body part on his back and walks towards the next passage.

"Baer? You mind taking the front now? My hands are a bit tied to lead the front lest anything surprises us."

Mavor speaks before he enters the passageway.

Moved Baer to the front.

Quorthos moves forward, following Baer into the next room. [b]"

Three wooden tables stand in the middle of this room, their surfaces stained red with old bloodshed. On the middle table is a dead vagrant with four stirges sucking the blood out of his body. They're currently too occupied to pay any attention to you. To the east stands a ten-foot-wide hutch with wicker doors opening into a strawlined cage. Inside the cage are two more stirges.