DM Feral's Tower of the Ironwood Watch (Inactive)

Game Master Feral

"I can try", Ezren says as he recites an incantation that conjures a burst of glittering dust in the demon's eyes.

Will Save: 1d20 ⇒ 14

But the demon resists the wizards's magic.

August splits the little plant monster in two. Merisiel skewers the demon deeply. Again, it doesn't look fully effective but it still leaves a visible wound.

Primary: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Iterative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

The party is up.

August moves to help the elf lady with her elf enemy! 5' step over to the enemy.

+1 Keen Adamantine Greatsword: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23 for Damage: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (1, 2) + 16 = 19
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 for Damage: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (5, 1) + 16 = 22

What happened as a result of Karos's turn?

Oh, you hit the demon but your bullet wasn't fully effective. Sorry, forgot to mention you. =(

Merisiel takes a 5ft step to her left and goes full defensive wither her sword...that should add +4 to AC as she moves towards flanking position for August

August connects once with his two-handed sword but the demon's resilience blunts the impact.

Karos and Ezren are up.

Pistol +1, Point-blank Shot and Divine Fervor: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 27 <-- vs. Touch AC

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 12

Karos's bullet hits the demon squarely but hardly seems to hurt it. DR =(

SR: 1d20 ⇒ 16
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Ezren brandishes his wand and flings a bolt of force that clips the demon.

The demon laughs and slashes at Merisiel again despite her defensive stance.

Primary: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Iterative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

The party is up.

Hmm, adamantine doesn't help me with this one. Rats.

August presses the attack!

Attack: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 12 + 2 = 27 for Damage: 2d6 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 16 + 1 = 23
Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 2 = 27 for Damage: 2d6 + 18 + 1 ⇒ (3, 1) + 18 + 1 = 23
Confirm #2?: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 16 for Damage: 2d6 + 18 + 1 ⇒ (5, 3) + 18 + 1 = 27

Merisiel takes a 5 ft step to achieve flanking with August and retains her defensive stance

The demon looks pretty hurt. One good sneak attack might finish it off...

Crap, forgot about flanking. +2 to hit if it matters to my attacks. Also, August has the Dirty Fighter trait which gives +1 to damage while flanking. Not sure it really matters, but you never know.

Neither of those additions matter enough to finish it but feel free to edit them in.

Karo grits his teeth and fires again.

Spend a grit point for Up Close and Deadly.

+1 pistol and point blank shot and Divine Fervor: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 17 <--- vs. touch AC

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 + 2 + (4) = 11

DR has not been kind to you Karos.

SR: 1d20 ⇒ 8

Ezren flings another arcane bolt at the demon but it fizzles against its hellish hide.

Unable to hit the wily elf, the demon turns its blade on August.

Primary: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Iterative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

The party is up.

This here fella is a tough one!

Attack: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 12 + 2 = 29 for Damage: 2d6 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (3, 1) + 16 + 1 = 21
Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 2 = 22 for Damage: 2d6 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (6, 2) + 16 + 1 = 25

Overwhelmed by the dwarf's assault, the demon finally collapses under the weight of his injuries.

Encounter over!

"Good job August..." Merisiel says as she kicks the demon to ensure it is in fact dead...she then looks around the room and checks for any equipment on the fallen foe...

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22

Merisiel's keen senses quickly spot a pouch containing ten Druman trade bars, 12 turquoise gems, and several thousand silver coins.

There's also the elven prisoner. =P

August will find his healing stick and ask that someone mend his injuries. Them were so tough fights! He then laughs as if it were a joke.

Elf-Lady! What 'bout your kin here? We ougtha help him!

WoCLW: 7d8 + 7 ⇒ (5, 3, 6, 8, 3, 8, 4) + 7 = 44 Perfect.

CSW: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (7, 7, 4) + 3 = 21

Merisiel drinks her potion of healing firt and then goes to check on the prisoner taking a look at his restraints...

"Keep an eye on him in case he attacks us..."

Disable Device: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36 to free him

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15 to notice anything unusual about him

if freed she will ask him "Who are you and how did you come to being a prisoner?"

Merisiel easily picks the lock to the chained manacles holding the elf upright causing him to collapse to the ground. Up close, she can tell his injuries are severe (including a few missing fingers) but nothing life-threatening. He groans as he slowly comes to.

"I am Caldion, and I am an outrider for the Shin’Rakorath. It's our mission to keep the night safe from things like these creatures. They managed to take me by surprise while I was on patrol. I would call on my comrades to end this infestation, but I suspect they would not arrive soon enough to eradicate the creatures as they slither back into the darkness below.”

Merisiel recognizes the title Shin’Rakorath as meaning 'Lantern Bearer'. They're sort of like the elven secret police/special forces.

"These creatures, do you mean this demon spawn we fought or the elven folk we encountered earlier"

Caldion spits in disgust. "Both but they are no elves. They are filth, worse than the demons that they worship. I believe they came here to steal important documents from this ruin. Their leader likely has them by now. No matter your own motives — I will not assume that you are the sort to return the texts to Kyonin - anything is better than allowing those creatures to keep the documents.”

It sounds like we oughta stop these fellas from doin' what they're doin', right old man? August starts looking at the ex-prisioner's boots. Hey, did he make them there tracks?

August then asks, So, where do we find these fellas?

"Past the library, there's a passage that leads to the Darklands. You have to strike soon or they'll escape into the depths beyond your reach."

"Who is injured?" asks Karos, digging out his [i]wand of cure light wounds[/b]. He looks over the prisoner to assess his needs, too.

The prisoner could use a hit or two from the wand.

Where's the library? C'mon Karos, heal the fella up and let's go! August expects the elf-man to lead the way.

"I still have bruises from that last fight and our new friend looks like he suffered greatly." Merisiel says and then pauses before going with August to the next room...

Feel free to retcon some healing whenever you post Karos.

Wooden bookshelves line nearly every inch of the walls in this circular room, creating an octagonal library stocked with bound volumes of all sizes. Despite the slightly damp conditions elsewhere in the basement, the air in this room is dry, and the shelves are all in unbelievably good condition but most of the books have been dumped on the floor. A small passage in the north end of the room opens into a larger room beyond, and an excavated tunnel descends sharply to the south.

After finding nothing of interest in the ransacked library, the party descends down the narrow tunnel into inky darkness.

Unlike the dwarf and the aasimar, Ezren can't see in the dark so he chants a cantrip and enchants August's axe with glowing light.

The air grows subtly cooler and dryer as the tunnel opens into a wide cavern split through the center by a deep chasm. Air wafts up from the chasm, circulating throughout the chamber and to the chamber roof twenty feet above.

1d20 ⇒ 15

Suddenly the light from August's glowing axe is smothered by a shroud of inky darkness. August and Karos deduce that the darkness was summoned by the skeletal demonic figure brandishing a longspear that appeared from behind a column.

Initiative: 6d20 ⇒ (16, 16, 19, 16, 7, 14) = 88 - wow

The party is up.

"Damn!" Ezren shouts as the darkness robs him of his senses. "Without sight we're vulnerable. Spread out!"

The old mage brandishes his cane and chants another spell, gifting the party with magical celerity.

Haste on everyone.

Don't worry, I'll get him! August moves to engage the creepy enemy!

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24 for Vital Strike: 4d6 + 16 ⇒ (4, 3, 3, 2) + 16 = 28

The demon jabs at August with his spear as the dwarf approaches.

AoO: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

The dwarf strikes back with a vengeance. He lands a mighty blow but the demon's hide blunts the impact.

Karos and Merisiel are up.

August grunts as he takes the hit. Is he flat-footed though? With my luck it has Combat Reflexes. Also, I have adamantine if there was any DR that it might help with.

Yes, he has combat reflexes. Adamantine doesn't overcome its DR.

Previously on Tower of the Ironwood Watch: Karos would have expended two cure light wounds spells on the injured elf and shared some food and water with him before moving on.

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Now, Karos considers his waning resources. He casts divine favor on himself.

August would have you use his wand of CLW instead of using your spells. He would have had you use the wand on him so you'd already have it in your hand. I'll take off two more charges.

Oh, those spells were very definitely from Karos's wand, not his own spells!

Merisiel moves up to attack the demon foe...

+1 ECB: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19...DMG: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Merisiel strikes the demon with her scavenged curve blade but the demon's hide seems to resist its cutting edge.

The demon bites at August and then steps back to jab at him with its spear.

Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Spear: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Iterative Spear: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

From the darkness, a feminine voice calls out followed by spellcasting.

The party is up.

Can I see anything further than what is currently indicated with my darkvision?

August takes a quick 5' step forward and attacks the enemy!

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30 for Damage: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (3, 3) + 16 = 22
Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24 for Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 6) + 18 = 28
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18 for Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (6, 5) + 18 = 29

Confirm #1?: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 1 = 22 for Damage: 2d6 + 16 ⇒ (1, 3) + 16 = 20

Karos steps cautiously forward until he can see again, then fires point-blank at the demon.

Swift action: Judgment of Destruction

Spend my last grit point for Up Close and Deadly

+1 Pistol, with Point-Blank Shot, Up Close and Deadly, Judgment and Divine Favor: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 26 <--Vs. Touch AC

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + (4) = 11

Good shootin', Karos!

"A voice from the darkness just wished us all our deaths! Take care this is not the only foe down here!"

Merisiel then moves in an arc around the foe to get behind him and flank with August before she strikes...
+1 ECB: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 2 = 30...DMG: 1d10 + 4 + 4d6 ⇒ (1) + 4 + (3, 6, 5, 1) = 20

August can't see any further unless he's got better than 60' of darkvision.

Despite the resistance from its abyssal hide, Merisiel drives her curve blade into its side killing the demon.

Spellcasting can be heard within the darkness followed by a burst of corrosive miasma in the party's ranks.

Damage vs Non-aasimar: 3d8 ⇒ (6, 1, 8) = 15 And be sickened for 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds.

Will 18 for half and to negate the sickened. If you're neutral you take half by default and are not sickened and can you can save for one quarter damage.

Damage vs Aasimar: 7d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 6) = 20 And be sickened for 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds.

Will 18 for half and to negate the sickened.

Will save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

"Oof!"

Forgot to mention, the party's up.