DM Alexander Kilcoyne's Kingmaker PBP- Chapter 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Alexander Kilcoyne

"Careful, friends. I'm going to put something unpleasant between us and them."

Ilya casts stinking cloud, centered on space J32. (It should catch the two trolls without hitting Malthir) He then moves 30 feet to K20.

Hrundar- 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
Roorgh- 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

The troll Malthir struck is clearly affected by the foul vapors of Ilya's stinking cloud, while the other troll seems to be merely somewhat confused by the fog surrounding him.

Note that the cloud functions as fog cloud too, the fog obscuring all sight beyond 5 feet into the cloud. Currently, you have lost sight of the other two trolls, and they have lost sight of you. Fenna is up.

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Fenna would indeed have cast shield of faith on whoever wanted one.

Fenna sits astride Dandelion, calmly watching the battle unfold.

Delay until after Kalev.

Assume you cast on Casimir and Malthir then.

Revised Initiative-
Casimir- 21
Hrundar- 17
Roorgh- 16
Malthir- 16
Ilya- 13
Krahn- 9 (acted)
Kalev- 7 (next to act)
Fenna- 6
Pogot- 6

One of the trolls emerges near the wounded 'Hrundar', having skirted around the strange fog cloud. He bellows in rage as he prepares to attack next round.

I'm not updating the map again just for that- the newcomer is two squares north and one square right of Hrundar (the troll Malthir is engaged with).

Kalev charges the wounded troll with his ranseur, hoping to take it down before its legendary regeneration kicks in.

Moving to K-L 25-26 and using his 20 ft. reach.
Attack: (Charge + Power Attack + Inspire Courage) 1d20 + 11 + 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 2 - 2 + 1 = 14
Damage: 2d6 + 10 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 6) + 10 + 6 + 1 = 25

The ranseur cuts into the troll and fells him- Hrundar falls to the ground unconcious, but his non-lethal wounds are already rapidly healing...

Fenna is up.

Once Kalev charges forward to bring down the wounded troll, Fenna rides behind him, calling upon Aroden's glory to disable the giant emerging from the fog.

"May the vision of His sight blind this foul creature."

Move to M25 and cast colour spray past Kalev at the troll leaving the cloud at L28.

Once Kalev charges forward to bring down the wounded troll, Fenna rides behind him, calling upon Aroden's glory to disable the giant emerging from the fog.

"May the vision of His sight blind this foul creature."

Move to M25 and cast colour spray past Kalev at the troll leaving the cloud at L28.

You taking the AOO or are you casting defensively? Alternatively you could cast from O28 without being in a threatened square.

You taking the AOO or are you casting defensively? Alternatively you could cast from O28 without being in a threatened square.

M25 is just outside of its reach, isn't it?

Ah yes, my mistake. Had you in M26 thinking it was M25.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

The troll Fenna targets shakes off her colour spray with the same ease he ignored the vapours of the stinking cloud, grinning as the magic washes over him.

The final troll reappears most of the way up the hill, having skirted around the stinking cloud on the other side.

Round 2-

Initiative-
Casimir- 21
Hrundar- 17
Roorgh- 16
Malthir- 16
Ilya- 13
Krahn- 9
Kalev- 7
Fenna- 6
Pogot- 6

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Speak out of turn for the round.
Casimir, help them on the right flank, I can keep these two occupied!

Round 2 Action
Guide mount with knees so it 5'step up and drop Lance as a Free Action
ride 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Dismount as a move action and attack Hrundar who is laying on the ground unconscious.
+1 FLAMING longsword smite pwr atk 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 - 2 = 31 dam 1d8 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 1 + (6) = 23

EDIT: I was hoping to remove his head for effect, if this kills him...BTW I was ending my turn in H-28 for the round.

Sorry, noble leader. I already talked over my action with Alex before you posted. Just didn't have time to get it online. I'm sticking by it and letting the remaining trolls do their thing. You are just going to have to react accordingly.

Seeing the lead troll down, but already starting to regenerate, Casimir drops the wand he has just used and sprints across the hilltop, his steps flying with magical speed. He rips a flask of alchemist fire from his bandoleer and grasps it firmly as he comes to a halt next to Kalev and nods to the downed troll. (square J24)

Malthir, this should keep that one down, while you tackle the one coming up the north side of the hill. I'll help the others with the remaining two once I deliver this.

Taking careful aim, he hurls the explosive flask at the green heap in front of him. Ranged touch attack vs grid intersection H29 top right - AC 5 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 8 - 2 = 17 - 1 fire splash damage.

As the burning liquid sears its way into the skin of the unconcious Hrundar, Casimir yells out with wild exuberance:

I LOVE THE SMELL OF BURNING TROLL IN THE AFTERNOON - SMELLS LIKE VICTORY! sorry, couldn't resist - this also counts as continuing IC.

As Casimir hurls the alchemists fire at "Hrundar", causing the healing process to immediately stop for the troll leader. Without an inspection, the Guardians are unsure whether Hrundar is still alive, but if he is hes certainly not going to be getting up in the next few seconds.

The troll closest to Kalev steps out of Ilya's stinking cloud, muttering to himself in Giant as he glances over at his fallen fellow troll- ignoring the burly ranger and launching itself at Fenna in a howling, green mass of teeth and claws. The gnome's sturdy armour and the training to fight giants she gained in her youth combines to confound the troll, and only his bite catches her.

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 Bite (hit)
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 Claw (miss)
1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20 Claw (miss)
1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Malthir is up- still want to make sure Hrundar is dead?

Confirming orignal post, Malthir dismounts and lops off its head to make sure it doesn't rise again and then turns to face the newest troll.

Malthir beheads the troll leader with his flaming sword- the effect doing little to break the morale of the other three, who roar in rage.

Ilya is up.

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Think Tanner didn't notice the update. Bump...

My new message updates are really hit and miss lately. I saw this toward the top of the cue, but it didn't say that there were any new posts.

Ilya casts summon monster III to call forth a crocodile. Will have it appear adjacent and south of the troll threatening Kalev.

Kk, note that as the spell doesn't finish until your initiative next round you can change where its going up until it appears if you wish.

The troll closest to Malthir is clearly wary of the flaming sword in the Baron's hand, but nevertheless launches an attack. Malthir's shield and armour are proof against most of the troll's fury, but one massive claw latches into Malthir's neck, blood spurting from out of Malthir's full plate.

Bite- 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19, 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Claw 1- 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12, 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Claw 2- 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28, 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Crit threat...

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28, 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Malthir takes 20 points of damage. Kalev is up.

Kalev looks slightly worried with Fenna so close the the troll. Looking around quickly, he drops his ranseur, steps past (almost over) Fenna while drawing his great axe, then swings at the beast.

Squeezing past, taking AoO (with Mobility AC 24), and activating Ranger's Focus. Ending in N-O 26-27.
Attack: (Focus, Inspire Courage, Power Attack) 1d20 + 11 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 11 + 4 + 1 - 2 = 19
Damage: 3d6 + 10 + 4 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (2, 5, 3) + 10 + 4 + 1 + 6 = 31

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

The troll lunges for Kalev with a claw as he shifts around the battlefield, but can't penetrate the fine breastplate armour. Kalev's axe sinks into his foe and the greenskin grins at his worthy foe, wincing a little but not overly concerned by the blow.

Fenna is up.

To be read after Casimir's action.

Fenna ducks beneath the reach of the troll as it swipes at Kalev, urging Dandelion around her giant sized friend to where she has a clear view of the guardian's yet approaching foe.

Preparing a prayer in her mind, she waits patiently.

Move to P27 and ready to cast colour spray once the troll gets within 15'.

The final troll asends the hill, only to have a spray of illusionary colour sent hurling his direction. The troll barely manages to resist the spell, hurling his javelin at Fenna's mount Dandelion in a cunning move to make things difficult for the Gnome. The hound barks in pain and defiance as the javelin pierces its hide.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 Will save pass (barely!)

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Round 3-

Initiative-
Casimir- 21
Hrundar- 17
Roorgh- 16
Malthir- 16
Ilya- 13
Krahn- 9
Kalev- 7
Fenna- 6
Pogot- 6

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Active Effects (group)-
Bless +1 attack rolls
Inspire Courage +1 attack rolls, +1 damage

Eager to finish off the troll that Kalev has already injured, Casimir grips his Aldori blade firmly in both hands and prepares to engage.

Ilya, Fenna...get some fire ready. We chop, you burn! - FOR SCORCHBARK!

Attack rolls:
Charge to K27 - Two-handed pwr att + Arcane Strike:
Attack roll 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 18
Damage roll 1d8 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 14

His wounds slowly healing up, the troll fighting Kalev bellows in laughter as Casimir's sure strike becomes a complete miss. Ignoring the agile warrior, the troll turns his attention to Kalev and manages to cut him with a nasty claw wound, before taking a step back from the trio.

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19 Miss
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 Hit
1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16 Miss
1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Malthir declares the target of his smite and walks forward into the waiting claw attack of the Troll-the blow glancing harmlessly from his divine protection and his full-metal suit of armour. In return, Malthir's flaming sword arcs up and singes the flesh of his latest foe.

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19 AOO miss

Ilya is up- crocodile time.

With a puff of smoke, a large crocodile appears beside Kalev (L25, L26, M25, M26) and attacks the troll. It's normally green scales are instead golden yellow, flecked with orange, betoken of its celestial origination.

Grapple check 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

Ilya turns his attention to the two trolls menacing Kalev and Fenna. With a distinctly audible pop, the elven wizard teleports a short distance from his original position (shift as swift action to L22) and begins casting a spell. A thick layer of viscous oil covers the area in front of Kalev and Fenna. (Grease on O28, O29, P28, P29)

The crododile pulls the troll closer with a a lunge, latching onto the troll's midriff as it wrestles the beast. Ilya's grease spell blocks the closest troll's most obvious route to pumme Fenna and Kalev.

Having no success against the armoured brute with the flaming sword, Malthir's foe withdraws back away from the combat, further than the armoured Paladin can easily reach.

Kalev is up.

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I only just realised that Malthir's horse is in the stinking cloud- I will use a solid colour from the beginning next time. Fort save for horsey...

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15 Fail

We'll assume horsey moved out of the cloud, and has been nauseated for one round out of... 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 so far.

Uhm, Alex...the only reason the horse is in the cloud to begin with is because YOU put him there when Maladin dismounted. The horse would probably not wander in there on its own accord, and there are plenty of other squares he could be instead.

I didn't have it wander into the cloud lol, I just put the horse adjacent to Malthir's dismounted position as I hadn't seen a need to put it on the map before that. Never mind the nauseated horse stuff we'll assume you charged a square higher than declared to avoid it- the area was not very clear with the texture I was using for the stinking cloud in previous rounds.

On an unrelated note, the player of Edric is now in a PFS play-by-post...

Fenna, get back! Kalev yells as he swings at the already wounded troll standing in front of him.

Attack: (Ranger's Focus, Inspire Courage, Bless, Power Attack) 1d20 + 11 + 4 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 4 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 32
Damage: (Ranger's Focus, Inspire Courage, Power Attack) 3d6 + 10 + 4 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (5, 6, 5) + 10 + 4 + 1 + 6 = 37

Kalev's axe thuds into the troll once more, but its still standing, just barely; wrestling the crocodile.

Fenna is up.

Btw, Ilya. I noticed that you have haste on your spell list. I believe I speak for all of us sword-swingers when I say that it would be great if you would memorize and cast this pre-combat. I'll get it myself, but not for many, many levels.

Btw, Ilya. I noticed that you have haste on your spell list. I believe I speak for all of us sword-swingers when I say that it would be great if you would memorize and cast this pre-combat. I'll get it myself, but not for many, many levels.

+1, it is by far the most powerful 3rd level spell in the game, escpecially for damage output. We are averaging about 50points of damage per round, think about possibly doubling that. I think we would be willing to help pay for some scroll to augment your memorized spells as well.

Will do. I will prepare it the next time we rest.

My 24 hour policy kicks in, hope your just busy and nothing sinister Fenna :).

Fenna shifts Dandelion to Q27, pulling out and hurling a vial of alchemists fire at the grappled, wounded troll- aiming for the lower left intersection of M2. The alchemist's fire sails east of her target square, but the splash still catches the Troll in the blast- the troll's wounds suddenly become lethal at the touch of flame, leaving the crocodile grappling an unconcious but still living troll.

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 Miss!
1d8 ⇒ 3 Direction

The unengaged troll steps tentatively into the grease in an attempt to launch a full attack on Kalev, but promptly slips, cursing in Giant at the strange green substance. He launches a bite at Kalev from his prone position, missing due to the difficulty of biting his legs from a prone position.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 Reflex save failure

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Round 4-

Initiative-
Casimir- 21
Hrundar- 17
Roorgh- 16
Malthir- 16
Ilya- 13
Krahn- 9
Kalev- 7
Fenna- 6
Pogot- 6

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Averaging about 50 points of damage? Wait, are the two of you only dealing a combined total of approx. 15 damage every round? ;)

Happy to leave the celestial reptile to its meal, Casimir deftly steps over the unconscious troll to get to his comrade rolling round in the slippery grass. move to O31

Still moving with enhanced speed, he jumps and skips to avoid the sweeping claws from the prone troll. Acrobatics 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20

Once in position, he once again swings his Aldori dueling blade with both hands, the magically sharpened edge cutting deep into green flesh.

Two-handed pwr att + Arcane Strike:
Attack roll 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 32
Damage roll 1d8 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 14

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

The troll lunges for Casimir as he leaps, but his claw is deflected by the power of Fenna's shield. Casimir's blade cuts into the prone troll, who grimaces in pain from the slashing wound.

Malthir is up.

Malthir sees the troll trying to escape justice and decides to to re-mount and move up.
Swift action to heal myself, Inheritor, heal thy servant!
Lay on Hands 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 1) + 1 = 6 that puts me down 14 points total
Move action to horse G27. Move action to mount horse.
Guide with knees check to get the horse to move to D,E 32,33.
ride 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Are trolls such cowards that they flee from puny humans? he says sarcastically...

Sorry about that, I've been moving things to my new place since yesterday. I was hoping to have time to post last night, but it all took longer than I'd expected.

That's the action I was planning anyway, except that it'd take a standard action to retrieve the alchemist's fire, meaning that it couldn't be thrown until next round.

I'm going to be at a convention from tomorrow afternoon until Monday; I might get wi-fi there, but you can NPC me from then until I get back anyway, so I don't hold everyone up.

In the interest of not having to retcon multiple actions, we'll say Fenna's curse eased up for a round ;). The troll was on 0HP anyway so I doubt it will affect much. Yup, will NPC Fenna, have fun and thanks for letting us know.

Ilya and Crocodoom are up.

Averaging about 50 points of damage? Wait, are the two of you only dealing a combined total of approx. 15 damage every round? ;)

I was kind of assuming when we are not all buffed to the max...lol's

Mr. Chompers clamps down tighter with his jaws and tries to flip the troll onto the ground.

CMB 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28 grapple check to pin the troll.

Blinking again across the battlefield, Ilya intones another spell, this time floating gently into the air and taking flight at the completion of his casting.

Ilya shifts to K24. Casts fly, then moves to E33.

Mr. Chompers has no trouble pinning the currently unconcious troll down. Onlookers get a specific sense that the crocodile is grinning at its appointed tasks.

The fleeing troll continues to move away, glancing over his shoulder to keep checking on Malthir and Ilya's progress in chasing him.

Edit: Fleeing troll is in CD47/48, about 70/80 feet from Malthir.

Kalev is up.

Coup de grace! Coup de grace! Coup de grace!

Coup de grace! Coup de grace! Coup de grace!

You really should feed your pets something other than troll, Ilya - it messes up their digestion something awful.

Hoping Fenna has more alchemist fire to deal with the trolls, Kalev brings his axe up over his head and strikes downward full force at the prone troll.

Attack: (Ranger's Focus, Bless, Inspire Courage, Power Attack, Prone Target) 1d20 + 11 + 4 + 1 + 1 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 4 + 1 + 1 - 2 + 4 = 27
Damage: (Ranger's Focus, Inspire Courage, Power Attack) 3d6 + 10 + 4 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (2, 4, 2) + 10 + 4 + 1 + 6 = 29

Ilya Shukhov wrote:

Coup de grace! Coup de grace! Coup de grace!

You really should feed your pets something other than troll, Ilya - it messes up their digestion something awful.

Thanks to their regeneration, trolls are an all-you-can-eat buffet!

Figured, I might hurt the croc's feelings if I stole its kill...:)