DM Dr Evil's ROTRL AE - Private Group (Inactive)

Game Master rpblue

Viro flips the sword in hand, shrugging.

"I'm sure I can get the smell out eventually. And it CHANGES SIZE. I wonder if I gave it to a giant it would grow really big?"

Uirdir turns to Alexei. "You should see if those keys will open these rooms." the elf states as he tries the door handles to see if they are locked.

"Also, we shouldn't be handing out weapons to giants unless we know they won't stab us." Uirdir remarks as he thinks of being skewered on a huge short sword. He grimaces for a second before investigating the door some more.

Only giant you'l be seein close to dis Dwarf is a dead giant!

Beromar grumbles as he impatiently awaits for Viroleth to open the next door.

"It's a beautiful blade, Viroleth. Makes me wonder how a goblin got it."

Bruin contemplates the keys.

"We should try out the room Viro couldn't open first."

Area C20

The door opens to reveal horrors

This foul-smelling butchery is a horrifying affront to all the senses. Haunches of poorly smoked meat hang from hooks along the ceiling or lie heaped in and atop crates. In some cases, the meat seems to dog or horse, but in many other cases, the meat has all-too-recognizable features, like feet, hands, or grimacing faces.

Bruin looks green for a moment, before he rushes to a corner and vomits.

"Well, there goes Ameiko's wonderful breakfast. I hate goblins."

Viro gags, turning away from the room.

"Why are they so disgusting, I'd rather we just push on."

He quickly tries the next door, leading to C21.

Area C21

This room contains a small armory of crudely made weapons (mostly dogslicers and shortbows) and several small goblin-sized suits of studded leather armor and dented shields. To the south stand a pair of workbenches.

#Loot

• x23 dogslicers
• x11 shortbows
• x80 arrows
• x11 suits of studded leather
• x6 light wooden shields
• x2 coiled whips
• mwk dogslicer.

With the exception of a lone masterwork dogslicer, the gear stored here is of poor quality, bespeaking typical goblin crafting expertise. Also these are all small in size.

Wrinkling his nose at the stench in the first room, Alexei quickly shuts the door behind them, leaving the noisome smells alone.

In the armory, he looks quickly through all the goblin gear making sure there isn't something of greater value hiding in among the goblin-y weapons.

If he doesn't spy anything, Alexei suggests leaving all these low quality weapons behind, perhaps burning or breaking them instead.

Uirdir glances over the armory and shrugs. "Hmm... nothing of value here. Let's try the door to the north." the elf suggests as he moves to enter C23.

I says it time and time again...All goblins is good fer is target practice... Beromargrumbles as he studies both the butchery and armory.

Bruin locks the armory with the key.

"Hopefully, there aren't any copies."

He then moves to the next connected door, and turns the key.

Area C23

Several rugs made from dog or horse hide lie strewn over the dirt floor of this room. Against the north wall stands an impressive collection of horseshoes, each nailed to the wall. To the east sits a ragged padded chair next to a rickety desk that may have once been an expensive antique. In the northwest corner sits a canopied bed covered with silk sheets and sporting an elaborately carved headboard that features nymphs and satyrs cavorting in a forest. The bed's sheets are stained with dirt, while the headboard is bashed and battered.

Everybody make 2 perception checks.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Uirdir looks around the room, but he doesn't see anything of value that can easily be taken. "Hmm... quite opulent for a goblin. I don't see anything. Shall we move on?"

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Viro quickly cases the room, shaking out sheets and so forth. As he lifts a pillow, he blinks before snatching something up.

"HEllo, what's this?"

From his hand dangles a holy symbol of Lamashtu.

A1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
B1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Pfah... best we break it to bits...

Perception : 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
Perception : 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

As Viroleth is discovering the holy symbol, Bruin finds a large iron key wedged under the seat of a chair.

"Well, look at this. It must be such a burden to be born so unnecessarily tall," Bruin said a bit smugly.

"I believe we only have the room to the north of the horse's domain to explore, aside from those stairs we saw earlier." Uirdir comments to the party. "Shall we continue?" the elf states as he moves deftly towards C22.

"Every bit of me is necessary," smirks Viro. "And yeah, what Uirdir said."

Alexei smiles at the finds of his two allies, wondering where the iron key must fit.

"Did we miss where that key goes? Seems strange to stash it, if it doesn't unlock something important."

When the others are ready to go, he is also ready, bow in hand.

"Better to have it, then not," Bruin said right before putting the key in his belt pouch.

The one room left on the eastern side of Thistletop is Area C14, we tend to be thorough, so I assume we check that as well.

Area C14

Beromar kicks open the door to find six poorly constructed bunk beds, little more than hammocks slung from rickety frames, standing along the walls of this room. Each is heaped with a vermin-infested blanket and a lump of straw that serves as a frustrating pillow.

There is nothing here.

But a whimper to Beromar's right announces the presence of six goblins waiting in the main hall.

Area C11

Round 1

Viroleth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Alexei: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Uirdir: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Goblins: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Beromar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Bruin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bold is up.

Uirdir readies his drawn rapier as they spy the goblins in the entryway. He yells in a whisper to his fellow non-goblinoids. "Fall back into this room and let's bottleneck them in the hallway!"

He steps back and readies a strike for the first goblin to get into his reach.

Readied Rapier: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Round 1

Listentng to the advice from Uirdir, Alexei falls back and climbs the first few stairs getting a little elevation under his shots. He readies an arrow to fire down the narrow hallway once his allies clear the path.

Readied action to fire if Beromar and Viroleth clear the hallway and allow good LOS at a target.

REadied Bow shot, if applicable: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 (+1 if target w/i 30')
Dmg, if hit: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 +1 more if target w/i 30'

Uirdir winks at Alexei as he moves to bottlneck the goblins with him. "At least someone has some battle sense!" the elf exclaims quietly.

Should probably bot Viroleth. It has been a week since you started this combat, GM.

Quickly agreeing with Uirdir's line of thinking, Viro steps back out of sight.

Readied Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Acrobatics DC 18: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

One of the goblins rushes Beromar and attempts to duck under his blade. But Beromar sees it coming and responds with a vicous swipe that removes the goblin's head.

AOO 1 vs. Goblin: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 = 9

A second goblin barrels in, heedless of his comrades failure. But he shares the same fate.

AOO 2 vs. Goblin: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 6) + 4 = 16

After this, several of the goblins huddle closer together, weary of gettng any closer to the dwarf. The last fires a shot from his bow, but gulps when Beromar simply smashes the missile with a block from his axe.

Shortbow vs. Beromar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

Round 1 to 2

Viroleth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Alexei: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Uirdir: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Goblins: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Beromar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Bruin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bold is up.

Beromar steps forward and raises his hammer to strike down another goblin.

Attack 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 Damage 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 = 11

Bruin gawks as Beromar kills a third goblin. And seeing the situation well in hand, he holds his position.

Beromar's combat reflexes are kind of insane in a bottleneck situation.

Round 2

Viroleth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Alexei: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Uirdir: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Goblins: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Beromar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Bruin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bold is up.

Agreed...however I've been playing quite a few characters with combat reflexes in different games and rarely has it been as good as it has been in this game... it does help however that the gang doesn't charge every foe on first sight! As a GM you will have more leeway to circumvent it once you get to NPC "intelligent" foes ...

Shrugging, Viroleth charges down towards Beromar, leaps onto a wall, and then tries to vault over two goblins!

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Landing neatly, he waggles his shortswords enticingly.

"Behold!" He says, lamely.

I need a catchphrase.

Move action to move 30', standard to acrovault over two goblins.

Uirdir sheathes his rapier through his loop holder, letting the blade rest against the metal ring as he watches Viroleth leaps through the air and Beromar smashes things.

"Seems that the dwarf and the agile one have it covered." Uirdir remarks to Alexei and Bruin as he stands by to watch.

Hold Action

"Behold!" He says, lamely.

...the heroes of Sandpoint is here to kick your little goblin arses!

Viroleth manages to deftly dodge the blades of the goblins with an otherworldly grace.

Alexei is up. I'll give him until tonight since his actions are a bit limited anyway.

Gonna go ahead and bot Alexei here to keep things moving.

Alexei moves just behind Beromar and fires an arrow at the one goblin he clearly sees. The arrow seriously wounds, but does not kill, the little monster.

Alexei longbow (PBS) vs. Goblin: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 1 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

The goblin with an arrow in its abdomen, fires on Beromar once more. And this time he hits him.

Goblin shortbow vs Beromar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21; Hit!
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

The rest of the goblins carefully shift around, avoiding Beromar's axe. Two attack Viroleth, while another tries one last desperate shot at Beromar. But all three attacks are feeble indeed, missing their targets

Goblin shortsword vs. Beromar: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Goblin shortsword vs. Viroleth: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Goblin shortsword vs. Viroleth: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

No joy in Mudville... :-(

Round 2 to 3

Viroleth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Alexei: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Uirdir: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Goblins: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Beromar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Bruin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bold is up. Beromar at 28/31 HP.

"That was a fair shot, Alexei." Uirdir remarks as the woodsman lands an arrow in the shoulder of a tiny green menace.

"Hey!" he bellows to Beromar. "Stop playing with your food and just kill them. Dwarves do eat goblins right?" he asks, uncertain on the dietary habits of dwarves.

Hold Action as I can't get into combat.

Alexei nods his thanks to the elf after the compliment. He grits his teeth in frustration as Beromar still blocks the path to shoot at the rest of the goblins.

Alexei draws his bow to his check ready to send an arrow on its way if the path clears.

Ready action to shoot a goblin if Beromar clears the LOS.

Alexei longbow, pBs: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Dmg, PBS: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Beromar barrels past the goblin and looks to help Viroleth however in these tight quarters the Dwarf can't bring his axe to bear. However Alexei already has n arrow knocked and takes out the pesky goblin for Beromar.

Move through goblins square. However as the Acrobatics DC is 5 +CMD I doubt that will do it. Try agai with my standard action... that should do it. The goblin north of Viro is now flanked btw....as is Beromar...

Acrobatics to move through goblins square.1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Acrobatics to move through goblins square.1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

That's an acrobatics DC of 19 and 14 respectively. So the first provokes an attack. Due to initiative order, the AOO happens before Alexei gets a shot off.

AOO vs. Beromar: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The goblin that Beromar all but runs over takes a token swipe with his sword that does little other than chip away at the wall.

He raises his arm for another strike, but his head is impaled by Alexei's arrow, ending his existence.

Round 3

Viroleth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Alexei: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Uirdir: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Goblins: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Beromar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Bruin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bruin holds his action. Bold is up.

Can't get to the map, but I did the flip so Ic ould have a flank.

Having neatly avoided the goblins' attacks, Viro stabs out at the distracted creatures.

Attack+Flank: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 2 = 24 Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (3, 1) = 9
Attack+Flank: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 2 = 25 Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (1, 6) = 12

Bruin strains a bit to look past the forrest of legs in front of him.

"Was that good? Are we winning? Why are you all so bloody tall?!"

It's worth noting that after this battle we level up to 4. So everybody might want to start thinking about that. For spellcasters who get additional slots, you'll need 15 minutes of uninterrupted time to prepre their new spell slots.

Uirdir is holding his action unless the tides of battle turn.

Additionally, Uirdir is ready for level 4.

Removed a dead gblin from the map

Viroleth leaves his goblin opponent in broken, bloody tatters. Another goblin dead.

2 gobbos left.

The goblin facing Beromar drops his shortbow, draws his shortsword and with a whimper stabs at Beromar. But to his absolute shock, he actually manages to slightly wound the intimidating dwarf.

Goblin vs. Beromar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21; Hit!
Confirm: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

The other goblin is clearly insane, as he starts cackling and aims a stab at Viroleth, indifferent to all his dead comrades. Viroleth parries the wild attack with no problem.

Goblin vs. Viroleth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Round 3 to 4

Viroleth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Alexei: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Uirdir: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Goblins: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Beromar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Bruin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bold is up.

After knocking down one goblin with this last shot, Alexei rushes forward, nocking another black-feathered shaft and shoots again. Firing around Viroleth, the arrow strikes the fierce goblin he is engaged with, wounding it mortally.

Alexei longbow, PBS: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
Dmg, PBS: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Easily parrying the attack, the cocky young rogue tries to knock aside the goblin's blade before slashing in with one sword, and then another.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

5 foot step and hammer smash

Beromar shifts a step back so that he can swing his hammer with full force but the Dwarf only scrapes the ceiling.

Attack1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 Damage 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9

Viroleth would kill his goblin before Alexei could hit him. So we'lll just retcon that he hit the one facing off with Beromar instead.

And in an explosion of movement the goblins are all dead.

Combat over. That's 162 XP for each player. Bringing everyone's total to 6,062 XP. And everyone is officially level 4.