GM Dak - Second Darkness

Game Master Dakcenturi

Cameron's heart skipped a beat and it seemed to flutter round his chest. "Uh..." he breathed not entirely sure what to say. The Ekujae wouldn't have approved of Nessa, he knew that much for sure, however his Father told him on many occasions that only an idiot looked a gift horse in the mouth. He still didn't know what to say but he decided he didn't have to. Thanks to the Ekujae he'd visited Callistrian temples on occasion so he wasn't exactly unaware of what was being offered. In the end it wasn't a difficult decision, this was a horrible island and it was very likely one or more of them might die here so they might as well take what comfort they could. He also had the feeling Nessa wasn't quite as strong as she made out perhaps she had a softer side...

"...Sure" he said as he allowed Nessa to take his hand and lead him away. or should that be astray? Probably best if we fade to black here.

The group splits up finding dinner, setting up their tent the way they like, or other alternative activities to pass the time until it is time for their shift.

Just as people are settling in for bed, while Cameron and Thyra are on the first watch, they spot something moving in the woods near the camp and before long they realize it is half a dozen of the zombies they had fought before shambling toward the camp.

Will do this theater of the mind for now. 6 Undead advance across an open field toward the camp, 60ft away. Pairs of two, so first two are 60, next two 65, etc. Thrya and Cameron are present, everyone else would be in their tents and likely unequipped, as you were getting ready for bed. There are three of Clegg's thugs that will join the fight but they are an additional 30ft away from watching the other side of the camp.

Everyone except Hedran and Thyra to go!

"TO ARMS! UNDEAD APPROACH!" cried Cameron as he saw the zombies approaching the camp. He whispered a short prayer before rushing to intercept, spear in hand.

Casting Bless, and moving forwards to fish for some AOOs.

"Uninvited guests--just what we needed," Sarai says as she fires off an arrow. But being unprepared, the arrow is ill-aimmed.

mwk shortbow (point blank shot, sneak attack): 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 = 101d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 32d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

Just waiting on Nessa

Nessa was quite pleased with the results of Cameron's reward and was all set to rest comfortably when the alarm was called. Nessa popped out of the tent and quickly cast a spell causing a pall of sparkling dust to fall all over the encroaching enemies.

Cast Glitterdust dc 16 will negates blindness. I will get as many of them as I can while not getting any of us.

Nessa runs out of her tent, nearly naked as she was getting ready for bed and casts a spell on the incoming threat just as Cameron advances somewhat to act as a first line. It is hard to tell how effective the spell was since the undead continue to lumber forward but Nessa feels like it was at least somewhat helpful.

Sarai grabs her bow, luckily a bit more clothed than Nessa as she runs out taking a haphazard shot at one of the approaching undead, but missing horribly.

The undead continue on to meet Cameron. Strategically placing himself far enough away it will take the undead a moment to get there, he has several openings to attack before they begin to surround him.

For you to get the most opportunity of AoOs you would need to be 15ft closer to them. They would all double move to get to you and you could get up to 10 AoOs (2 on the lead two, 4 on the second two and another 4 on the last two), but they would surround you at that point. For each 5ft less than 20 you loose 2 AoOs, down to a minimum of 2 if you just stay where you are. I will let you decide how many AoOs you want to take.

A couple of the thugs hear the commotion and come over to help with the fight, forming up somewhere behind Cameron.

Group is up, with Thyra and Hedron's actions coming first.

Hedran stands up with a snarl - "I guess a good night sleep would be to much to ask..." - the words die out in his lips when he realizes what is going on.

He shuffles through his scroll case, retrieving a specific parchment and casting from it.

Mage Armor.

Then he grabs his morningstar and shield, and moves outside, into the fray.

Thyra follows Cameron out to meet the undead attackers, standing ready to smash the first one to come into range.

Hammer Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Hammer Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 = 10

Cameron gets up to 3 AOOs, and I don't fancy being surrounded so lets advance 5'.

As the undead approached, Cameron sets about them with his spear, thrusting and parrying!
All of these have power attack and bless factored in.
Longspear AOO #1: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 14Damage: 1d8 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 3 = 13
Longspear AOO #2: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 17Damage: 1d8 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 3 = 17
Longspear AOO #3: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 11Damage: 1d8 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 3 = 12

Once they where upon him, he thrust his butterfly pendant towards them and cried, "DESNA!"
A burst of purple radiance leaving a trail of butterflies washed over the undead, searing them as it went.
Channel positive energy: To Harm: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10 That's his last channel for the day. DC 12 (ugh) for half.

Sarai tries to steady her breath. She fires off another arrow, this time better aimed. She moves away from the undead enemies.

mwk shortbow (point blank shot): 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 = 231d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Seeing more of the zombie things charging them still Nessa cast another spell. This time a pair of magical bolts leapt out and slammed into whichever of the zombie's had taken the mist hits so far.
magic missile vs zombie hit the most times: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 2) + 2 = 7

Before the others can act Cameron cuts down two of the undead getting close to him as they advance, but misses the third.

Hedran casts a spell of protection on himself and grabs his weapon and shield to advance and join the group.Thyra moves up to help Cameron but her swing comes up short.

All but one of the remaining undead seem to avoid the worst of the damage from Cameron's burst of positive energy. Luckily, Sarai picks the one that go injured the most, finishing it off. Nessa blasts another one ending that one as well, leaving only two left. One each attacks Cameron and Thyra.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (11) - 1 = 10
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Cameron avoids all the attacks from the one, but Thyra gets slammed once by the one attacking her.

The thugs in the back fire some arrows trying to help end the remaining undead.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Neither are very successful though, which clearly indicates why Clegg wanted your help.

Group is up! Each have 7HP left, mop them up!

Cameron steps back and tries to attack the zombie in front of him but the ground was slippery and he nearly fell as he tried to attack!
Longspear with power attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 8Damage: 1d8 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 3 = 13

Hedran wades in from the side, and swings his morningstar at one of the creatures - "What are these? Zombies?"

Morningstar (is it Bludgeoning and Piercing?): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Damage if it hits: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

To note, they are the same things you killed near the cyphermage tower, before everything went so wrong there. Also, Hedran dropped one so only one remaining!

Grumbling through the hit, Thyra takes another swing at the undead.

Hammer Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Hammer Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 = 12

Another swing and a miss!*cries*

Sarai raises her shortbow and fires another arrow at the last zombie.

"Finish it off!" she cries.

mwk shortbow (point blank shot): 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 = 211d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Nessa cast a spell of her own, it was a small one, but she hoped it would help take the last one down and sent a glob of acid sailing at the last of the undead things.
acid splash: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 - 4 = 171d3 ⇒ 2

The groups combined effort finishes off another one and Nessa does a bit of damage on the last remaining one, though the one left continues its attack on Cameron.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (17) - 1 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

It manages to get a solid blow in on Cameron, but being alone the part quickly dispatches with it afterwards.

Out of combat!

Just to expedite things, let me know what your plans are for tomorrow in game from Zincher's tasks.

Cameron grits his teeth as the skeleton rends his flesh but thank Goddess it was disposed off shortly after. He whispers a prayer and casts a spell which stops the bleeding before asking, "Did anyone else get hurt?"

CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 Sacrafice bless for CLW.

Later on he discussed plans with the others, "So Zincher wanted us to gather skymetal from the large crater site, and to capture alive one of those blue beasties. He promised to pay us handsomely for the effort too. Anyway so how about we check out the crater? If we come across a beastie we can try to subdue it although they roam in packs so perhaps just the last one."

Thyra apparently took a hit, but I'm not sure which one. I'm guessing it's the 7HP hit, which she can take care of herself, and get the spell back after resting.

Tending to her own wounds, Thyra nods in agreement. "The creatures, I'm sure, will come to us, so we should focus our attentions on finding the metal."

Sarai acknowledges that she is uninjured.

When Cameron sets forth a plan, she can't help but think it makes sense.

"This place has been a lot more troublesome than I thought it would be," she says pensively. "But checking out the crater seems like a good option to start."

"Right then, do we know the way from here?" asked Cameron? If they didn't he supposed they could ask Zinchers men, no doubt getting a sarcastic reply.

Nessa sighed and nodded as she said, "I agree that we should look for the metal, but I think we need our rest first don't you?" With that she turned to go back into her tent and go to sleep.

Still the evening we were about to go to sleep IIRC.

Yeah I'm getting ahead of myself.
Cameron yawned suddenly, "Yeah that's true..." As everyone trickled back to bed he then resumed the remained of his watch.

Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32

Assuming nothing happens.
When it was time for the next watch, Cameron gently woke them before slipping quietly into the tent Nessa had entered some time before. He was careful not to wake her as he found a comfortable place to sleep.

Back from vacations and getting into it again - guess we are ready to depart next morning?

A dot.