DM-Camris' REIGN of WINTER Part 2: The Shackled Hut (Inactive)

Game Master Camris

oops. forgot the room descrip. yah here ya go

The scent of perfume fills the air of this small bedroom where several dresses styled for a Taldan noblewoman lie neatly arranged on the bed. A mirrored vanity and chair sit by the door next to a wooden chest, and a larger mirror hangs on the wall between two windows.

"I'm not an imbecile. I've heard the commotions outside. I just thought it was someone finally coming to rescue me. They don't tell me much, but I try and glean what I can from their questioning of me. "

"Ahh f%~~. this isn't working."
the features of lady argentea mute and vanish, her skin melting back to a featureless pastey white face. her hands grow more into claws and she throws a dress from the bed at ten-penny.

[ round 1 ]
[ 17: Ten-Penny], [17: Arwyn ], [13: Nadya], [10: Gondork], [9: giacomo], [4: Lady A], [3: caladan]

Ten-Penny moves into the room and draws her Masterwork Short Sword. She then thrusts her sword straight into the creatures vitals.
Map hasn't been updated yet, but I will position in such a way that Ten-Penny is not in the way for Arwyn. Will tumble if needed

Tumble: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Short Sword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 and 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8 sneak damage

About to go in to help the Lady Argenta, Arwyn is surprised when her face melted into something... else.
Knowledge:Nature: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
"What the... She's a Doppleganger!" She called out.
Arwyn made two quick shots at the creature. (rapid shot, point blank, precise).

shortbow attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 24 for a possible 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 = 9 piercing damage.
shortbow rapid shot attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 19 for a possible 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7 piercing damage.

Delay. Not much I can do in a cramped space like this.

-13
-9
-7

there's not much to delay for. with the stab under the ribs and two arrows to the heart, the doppelgangers body falls to the floor bleeding out.

welp

you spend some time searching the room, and aside from the dresses which do seem to be taken from lady argentea's stash, there's no jewelry or valuables. the lock itself on the door seems to be a very simple lock set up as a decoy.

one thing i forgot to mention. its an expansive library. The books cover such varied topics as Golarion's history, the Great Beyond, and bestiaries on dragons, fey, and magical beasts of the icy north. [ +2 circumstance bonus on history, planes, and corresponding monster lore skill checks ]. The open tomes on the table all relate to Taldor.

Several cabinets line the narrow walls of this oddly angular room. A chopping block, water barrel, and a cauldron stand near the room's only door. The tantalizing smells of fresh baked bread and meaty stew fill the air.

who opens the kitchen door to look inside?

"Who are you?" Barked Arwyn, levelling her bow at the creature.
Intimidate: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
She wondered if the little guy was related to the Doppleganger.
Knowledge:Nature: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

lol sorry i edited n changed my mind. eep. i guess you're opening the door ?

as you open the door and look in a morningstar crashes into the door from the cabinet nearby, and a small bald grey creature with pointy ears snaps "Go away."
small mwk morningstar: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 2 = 10

"I'm Mig. Get out of my kitchen."
>> picture of a spriggan. mind you' he's small and on a cabinet, kind of like a gremlin size creature.

*Giacomo's stomach starts growling.*

"Excuse me, we were just looking for a way to meet the owner of this tower. Is she around? We have an appointment. We've been waiting for a long time, and I think we missed our lunchtime window...

Giacomo's eyes start roaming around the kitchen.

giacomo @diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 7 - 2 = 13
"Nazhena's gone. Just Radosek up there. hall of mirrors. Now get out!"

He seems grouchy, and ill inclined to feed you.

"Thanks! Sorry for bothering you!"

With a final look of longing at the food, Giacomo closes the door again.

Know. Local: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
When the door is closed again, Ten-Penny whispers:
"Mig appears to be a Spriggan. We better not piss him of, because then he inflates to monstrous sizes..."

"What next then? that's everything on this level. The only place to go is the teleporter we can't operate. What do we do? stand on it and let Gondork keep licking it? "

As Nadya speaks, the ice crystal teleporters activate, the white witch's soldiers step out quickly look around, one slashes at Arwyn but misses, the other tries to hop across the table, to reach Nadya, but just manages to get across the table clumsily and fails to attack.

Arwyn:
cold iron longsword: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 61d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

acrobatics: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0

[ round 1 ]
[20: Giacomo], [16: Soldiers], [13: Nadya], [9: Arwyn], [8: Ten-Penny], [7: Caladan], [5: Gondork]

>:}

So the soldiers had a surprise round, right? No flat-footedness?

Giacomo yelps in surprise, tries to tumble past the guard that's cornered him, and fires an arrow at him.

Acrobatics check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Attack roll (already calculated being in melee): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 101d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Whelp, another sign that tumbling Clerics aren't supposed to be.

yeah, amounted to it. one five ft and attacked. the other just moved. we're into regular round now. though some of you won't have acted yet and are still flat footed. ( dealing out dmg in occ parenthesis )

the light blue soldier tries to swipe at Giacomo as he tumbles past, but misses. Catching his breath for a second he renews his attack with vigor. cutting into a still-flat-footed Arwyn (-13hp)

the blue soldier scores a nice hit on Nadya as well (-9hp)
changing how i denote hp on the map to try and display PC's current hp, instead of how much damage they've sustained.

behind them, Ochre and Yellow soldiers teleport in, thawing out and lob things. Ochre pelts a thunderstone at the wall by giacomo, while Yellow lobs a tanglefoot bag squarely at Gondork. Deafening Ten-Penny and Gondork, though the tanglefoot bag doesn't glue gondork to his square, he's now deaf and blind. reducing their inits by 4. marked 10 ft. area of thunderstone on map. will remove it later, if it interferes just delete it.

[ round 1 ]
[20: Giacomo], [16: Blue & Light Blue], [15: Ochre & Yellow], [13: Nadya], [9: Arwyn], [7: Caladan], [4: Ten-Penny (deaf)], [1: Gondork (blind, deaf, entangled)]

Nadya steps back, firing her bow at Blue
"What the heck!?"

comp longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 1 = 201d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8

for enemies i'm going to keep tallying the damage you've done to them on the map

Gondork goes into full defense, letting his allies solve things.

Shocked at the massive hit, Arwyn is thrown up against the door in a gout of blood.
Not liking to be hemmed into the corner where she could be cut to pieces, she quickly threw open the door behind her (the one with the Spriggin behind it), called out "You can't cook for crap!" and tumbled away over, under and around her friends to a more open area.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
Looks like more than 15 feet, so full round act.

morningstar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 91d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
caladan rushes the one Nadya shot, swinging with his morningstar, but lands the table instead of the guard.

Ten-Penny watches Arwyn open the door to the kitchen and then sees her shout something (maybe, she did seem to put a lot of effort into it). With her ears still ringing, she tries to feint at Light Blue, hoping to stab him somewhere that hurts afterwards.

Two-Weapon Feint: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Short Sword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 and potentially 2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10 sneak

My action for round 2:

Desperately wanting to defend the group from the sudden rush of guards, Giacomo casts a Burst of Radiance in between Yellow and Orange.

DC 14 Reflex to be blinded or dazzled for 1d4 rounds; 3d4 damage if they're evil, no save.

Blind/Dazzled: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Damage if evil: 3d4 ⇒ (3, 4, 3) = 10

giacomo succeeds at tying up yellow and ochre, they're dazzled and disabled. Blue and Light blue swing on caladan and penny respectively and miss. Yellow and Ochre crouch behind the table, taking defensive positions.

Volan and Jairess appear in the teleporters, volan firing his crossbow at Caladan after Jairess channels, her warm radiance reaching everyone but Arwyn and Nadya. the crossbow screaches across the room, sinking into caladan's shoulder, volan then drops the crossbow, stepping around the table as he draws his shield and sword.(-11 to caladan. anyone other than Arwyn and Nadya heal 6hp if injured. all the pcs are shaken except giacomo.)

Nadya fires at Jairess, missing. "Guys, its getting awfully crowded in here. Library? Garden?" she suggests, as she backpedals.

Mig pops his head out the door and goes "boo", the effect seems to be lost on everyone though, and he looks dejected. he chastises the soldiers for bringing their mess up to his kitchen. They ask whats on the menu, he says they are if they f!## up.

[ round 3 ]
[20: Giacomo], [16: blue & light blue], [15: yellow & ochre], [14: Jairess & Volan], [13: Nadya], [12: Mig], [9: Arwyn], [8: Ten-Penny], [7: Caladan], [5: Gondork]

Round 3
Arwyn is disappointed that the spriggin didn't jump on the guy who hacked her; but perhaps it's better the little guy didn't complicate things.
Taking aim at Dark Blue, her aim is shaken when the damned shrieking bolt flies through the room.
Rapid shot, precise shot, point blank shot, shaken.
shortbow attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 - 2 + 1 - 2 = 17 for a possible 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7 piercing damage.
shortbow rapid shot attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 8 - 2 + 1 - 2 = 18 for a possible 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 = 9 piercing damage.

Shaken due to another shrieking bolt/arrow? I like to remind the GM that I'm deaf ;).

Ten-Penny grumbles that the wounds on light blue seem to have closed. But she also realizes that this means she can cause some new ones.

Short Sword 1: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 - 2 = 19 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Short Sword 2: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 2 = 10 for 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

you'd be safe. but its not a sonic, mind effecting effect. its just a mind effecting effect =/

(-16 @dark blue) goes down
(-7 @light blue)

caladan switches on his justice for healing.
"Abadar! heal thine servant!" Caladan rummages in his satchel pulling out a scroll and reading it as he steps in front of gondork and arwyn.

aid: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

gondork's still full defensive, deaf and blind, possibly shaken, completely isolated in the room, unsure if his allies are dying all around him, or if they're winning, whether to flinch at being brushed, or hold steady
gondork's tanglefoot bag: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5
2nd round of tanglefoot / 5

@giacomo is up

[ round 4 ]
[20: Giacomo], [16: blue & light blue], [15: yellow & ochre], [14: jairess & volan], [13: Nadya], [12: Mig], [9: Arwyn], [8: Ten-Penny], [7: Caladan], [5: Gondork]

Oh jeez, seriously disabled, not dropped? :(
Also, if we're going to have to fight those 10 bandits all over again, I'm gonna put an arrow through each and every one of them. How did the Cleric get a new symbol, anyway?
And Hatch! Is he all right? :(

Giacomo looks wildly flustered as new people keep appearing out of the teleporter. He then decides to aim at the Cleric again.

Arrow at Jairess: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 241d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Was I shaken? I forgot, subract from my dice roll if I was.

"Gondork, we need you! Scrape that goop off your legs and I'll give you some eyes again!"

*Starts scraping with axe*

Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

nah you're not shaken.

light blue: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 111d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
blue stabilize: 1d20 + 1 - 9 ⇒ (4) + 1 - 9 = -4
ten penny aoo on ochre: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 5 - 2 = 10

ochre @ giacomo : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 141d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
yellow @ caladan : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 51d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Jairess holds up her holy symbol, and conjures a wall of wind
Volan marches up ten ft and swings at caladan with his longsword
volan @ caladan: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 2 = 221d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

two more guards appear in the teleporters, one throws an alchemist fire, the other throws a flask of liquid ice, with some difficulty, through the wind wall.

solider 1 @ gondork liquid ice: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 121d10 ⇒ 31d6 ⇒ 2
soldier 4 @ gondork alch fire : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 121d10 ⇒ 11d6 ⇒ 1
both miss b/c of the 30% from the wall
ice scatter : 1d8 ⇒ 1 splashes giacomo and gondork 1 cold
fire scatter: 1d8 ⇒ 2 splashes giacomo and gondork 1 fire

nadya stows her bow, drawing her pick and axe as she moves up to help gondork chip out.

mig attacks penny
morningstar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 91d6 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

[ round 4 ]
[20: Giacomo], [16: blue & light blue], [15: yellow & ochre], [14: jairess & volan], [13: guard 1 & guard 4], [13: Nadya], [12: Mig], [9: Arwyn], [8: Ten-Penny], [7: Caladan], [5: Gondork]

Seriously, if this keeps up we might need another night's rest before we're going to meet the boss. >_> I'm running dry here.

"Blast it, I can't shoot through that!
"Everybody back up an let 'em get through the wind curtain first!" Arwyn declared, backing up herself.

Also, if we're going to have to fight those 10 bandits all over again, I'm gonna put an arrow through each and every one of them. How did the Cleric get a new symbol, anyway?

I think it was that dude that jumped out of the window on this floor. He found the tied up people, and since they do know how to use the teleporters, well you know...

Ten-Penny suddenly finds herself flanked. Not only that, but Giacomo is being threatened. Which means Ochre needs to go first.

Two-Weapon Feint: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 2 = 16
Short Sword: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 - 2 = 21 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 and a possible 2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7 sneak damage

Where IS the wind curtain??

Where IS the wind curtain??

its the grey bar on the map. running right alongside gondork's mini.

(-12) ochre goes down as Ten-Penny feints him.

Caladan backs up a step, stretching out his morningstar to point at Jairess, shouting over the wind "A fine nest you've built yourself. out of it though. Approach! by Abadar's command, Approach!"

jairess @ will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

and gondork chips away some of the tanglefoot bag on his shoulders

[ round 4 ]
[20: Giacomo], [16: blue & light blue], [15: yellow & ochre], [14: jairess & volan], [13: guard 1 & guard 4], [13: Nadya], [12: Mig], [9: Arwyn], [8: Ten-Penny], [7: Caladan], [5: Gondork]

Seeing his friends getting injured, Giacomo opts for a tactical retreat and a channel.

Channel Energy, excluding three baddies: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 3) = 9

Three channels left, one first-level spell and one second-level spell left. And a domain spell I can't convert to healing.

Ten-Penny, i presume you five ft. step to close ranks after your attacks?

light blue @ penny: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 91d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
blue @ stabilize: 1d20 + 1 - 10 ⇒ (5) + 1 - 10 = -4

yellow @ godnork: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 191d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 think that might hit entangled and blind. (-9hp)
ochre stabilize: 1d20 + 1 - 7 ⇒ (14) + 1 - 7 = 8

jairess crosses the table, coming to stand in front of caladan and hold still.

volan moves around, rushing over to Ten-Penny Tacey and swings at her, catching her from behind with a delicate blow to the back, it nearly doubles her over. (-15 dmg)
volan @ gondork: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 2 = 291d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6
confirm: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 2 = 251d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9

guard 1 climbs over the table and moves around jairess to swing at Caladan, while guard4 maneuvers around the table to try and swing at caladan, but finds no room. (both miss)
guard1 @ caladan: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 - 2 = 61d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Nadya stands from crouching to help gondork with his tanglefoot bag to attack Jairess, but missing as her hands tremble in fear.
nadya @ jr : 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 3 - 2 = 141d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
nadya @ jr : 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 - 2 = 81d4 ⇒ 4

Black and Green guards emerge, and spend the round moving around the table joining the frey.

Mig stands back surveying the scene and licking a soupspoon

[ooc]@arwyn and the rest at bottom of round 4

Round 4
Looks to me like Jairess advanced through the wind wall.

Rapid shot, precise shot, point blank shot. Attack to Jairess.
shortbow attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 9 for a possible1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5 piercing damage.
shortbow rapid shot attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 20 for a possible 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8 piercing damage.

Yes, Ten-Penny will follow suit.

Ten-Penny shrieks in pain as Volan hits her. Not down yet, she decides to take care of him first. But she will do so carefully (combat expertise).
Feint: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 6 - 2 = 22
Short Sword: 1d20 + 5 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 - 2 - 1 = 18 for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 and a possible 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5 sneak damage

+1 Dodge AC gained

Question to the party: Will we be resting after this? I'm pretty tapped out, not sure if I have the resources for the final boss here.
Also, should I be a little more proactive? The consensus is that offense is better than healing, but I think I'm a decent buffer and pretty good at keeping you all alive.

@Giacomo: Ten-Penny likes healing. You're not underappreciated by me at all. If we survive, resting sounds good, but no more prisoners...

(-8) jairess
(-11) volan

caladan swings at jairess
cold iron morningstar: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 = 251d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
confirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 231d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

(-17) jairess. she goes down. in a bloody splatter.

gondork bottom of the 4th round, and giacomo top of the 5th round are up

[ round 5 ]
[20: Giacomo], [16: blue & light blue], [15: yellow & ochre], [14: jairess & volan], [13: guard 1 & guard 4], [13: Nadya], [12: Mig], [9: Arwyn], [8: Ten-Penny], [7: Caladan], [5: Gondork]

Everything seems to be going fine. I'll delay. Puts me in roughly the same initiative spot as the rest of the group.

light blue tries to hit penny, while yellow swats at caladan. both miss.
volan whails on ten penny with sword and spiked shield, hitting with his sword 12 dmg

g1 and g4 move up, striking at gondork and caladan, both missing
nadya clips yellow with her pick for (5 dmg)
black and green move up to ten-penny, she swipes at black, but misses. green moves up and scores a hit with his sword 4 dmg

one last guard emerges from the back to throw an alchemist fire, it
misses, just splashing nadya for 1 fire dmg

mig closes his kitchen door

"Ten-Penny, get your butt over here, I can't heal you without getting trampled by everyone, and there's too many people to channel without running the risk of them standing up!"

Giacomo then turns to Volan.

"This is your last chance, buddy. You saw how we beat up your Cleric, just like we did yesterday. Only now we're not as forgiving, as we know it'll be futile. Gondork may look silly now with that goop on his legs and his empty eyes, but I can assure you, that can change real quick. So this is your final warning: Just let us do our thing and we won't beat you lot up again. We might even consider letting you go after this. But that all depends on how nice you'll be in the next few moments."

No real intimidate intended, just some flavour. I'd even be willing to use my swift-Enlarge on it for funsies, but I might need my turn for healing TP.

"Ten-Penny, get your butt over here, I can't heal you without getting trampled by everyone, and there's too many people to channel without running the risk of them standing up!"

Unfortunately, Penny is deaf... But she'll look for you anyways, otherwise she will be unconcious...

Ten-Penny has taken some grievious wounds, and it is a miracle she is still standing. She quickly (yet slowly) withdraws backwards towards Giacomo, in the hope he has some healing left.

Still capable of doing stuff due to Orc Ferocity (once a day I'm not unconcious due to damage). If I'm not brought up before the beginning of my next turn, I will fall down.