DM Greg's Red Hand of Doom

Game Master Algar Lysandris

Hold your horses there Reil you already did you round 8 (CLW on the barbarian)

all i am missing to close round 8 and launch round 9 (with you acting first then the hobgoblin) is silvanus actions

oh I meant round 9 my bad

Round 8

"Grook'O no..." - the druid is dismayed at the sight of his friend going unconscious while trying to protect him.

Concentration: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Almost unconscious from the continuous onslaught, Silvanius has a hard time finding concealment from the still standing archer, but somehow manages to keep his consciousnes, finishing his conjuration.

Another hippogriff coalesces into being over Grooks' prone form.

"The ape is a friend!" - Silvanius shouts - "These are not" - he points to R9 and R6.

Hippogriff Claw 1 attack on R9: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 1 = 16Damage: 1d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 = 11
Hippogriff Claw 2 attack on R9: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24Damage: 1d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 1 = 9
Hippogriff Bite attack on R9: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 = 18Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 = 12

If R9 goes down durting his actions, the hippogrif shifts his attacks on R6

With the flaming enchantment still active, Silvanius launches a small ball of flame.

If R9 is still standing after the Hippogrif attacks, Silvanius shifts 5' to I13 and launches the ball of Flame at R6. If R9 is down, Silvanius launches the ball of flame at R6 then occupies R9 position for cover. If none of them are standing, the flame is at Zarr.

Produce Flame Touch Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Grook Stabilization roll (10% is it?): 1d100 ⇒ 3 MUAH!

Edit: Adding Status

Grook current status -> HP: -2/29 || AC: 17
Silvanius current status -> HP: 1/31 || AC: 18

Round 8 End

Galdamor hits his target with one claw.

as the dual wielding hobgoblin turn to face him Why you little.

Denlin's reverse back swing cleanly separate his head from his body.

Brian opened an eye to see where his weapon his but after being hit again goes back unconscious.
Free Stabilisation 10%: 1d100 ⇒ 30

Brian's body tries to stabilize make your round 8 stabilization roll or lose 1 hp

Silvanus manage to keep his concentration in order to summon a new hippogriff

the Hippogriff hits with 1 claw attack the hobgoblin in front of him but does not kill it.

The magical energies heal rufa for yet another point
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Round 9
Go

round 8 stablization roll
1d100 ⇒ 100

Sigh... Really?

yup really...

Round 9:

I am just going to perform the same action as posted earlier ;P Unless you would like me to re-post it to get it on this page?

es a repost. please as i closed the previous round. And are you sure you want to continue what that action?

Dang, was expecting that 18 to hit the mofo R9 :D Hippogrif has reach so threatens R6 correct?

Yes but he has cover from the hippogriff

Who? :D

R6, and please post these kind of questions in the ooc thread :) thanks

but... but... I made an epic fart noise to make him hideously laugh ;(

Round 9:

Reill took a minute to realize that his buddy Brian is unconscious and dying again. He stares at Zarr, really wishing to cast a spell. But he soon decides the best idea is probably to whip out his wand and poke Brian with it.

wand of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Round 9

Reil use his wand of CLW to help brian but is it enough to brink him back to consciousness ?

Zarr yell a bunch of things directed to who knows who.

He moves the force weapon over the ape's head

Spiritual Weapon : 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 211d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

The Hobgoblin (R9) flee the scene incurring an Aoo from the hippogriff

Hippogriff Aoo Claw: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 1 = 101d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 = 8 but misses

R6 Longbow: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 181d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 vs Silvanus

Zarr Cast a spell drawing an Aoo from Galdamor
Galdamor Aoo Claw: 1d20 + 8 + 3 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 3 + 1 - 2 = 131d4 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 13 but misses

Zarr Is feeling a lot better CMW: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (8, 1) + 3 = 12

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Rest of round 9
Go

Denlin moves forward and brings his Greatsword down on Zarr's head." Surender or Die you ambushing coward!"

Greatsword Stroke: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
Damage: 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (2, 6) + 15 = 23

Power Attacling for -2. Hopefully that connects and he reconsiders his life.

Finding his face in the dirt and a really bad headace forming, Brian was figuring that this was turning into a really bad day. Worse, he could feel his anger starting to wane and that was the only thing really keeping him going, well that and whatever brought him back to conciousness.
Brian delays again, bact to first initiative.

Round 9

Silvanius' eyes open wide as he sees the merciless attack landing on his companion Grook, even after the ape is already unconscious - the surprise is short lived however, since he his himself knocked out by yet another arrow shot from the side.

Grook stabilization roll: 1d100 ⇒ 1 -> Success
Silvanius Free stabilization roll: 1d100 ⇒ 17 -> Failure
Silvanius Init stabilization roll: 1d100 ⇒ 71 -> Failure

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The hippogrif continues its relentless assault, ignoring the fleeing foe and turning its attention towards the archer that has just felled Silvanius. (Attacking R6)

Not sure if Inspire Courage is still up - if not, please remove one from hit and damage for the attacks below:

Hippogriff Claw 1 attack on R6: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24Damage: 1d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 = 11
Hippogriff Claw 2 attack on R6: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 1 = 27Damage: 1d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 = 11
Hippogriff Bite attack on R6: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13

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Grook current status -> HP: -8/29 (Stable) || AC: 17
Silvanius current status -> HP: -1/31 (Not stable) || AC: 18

Round 9

A second ally fall, Silvanius followed his friend Grook in inconscioussness.

But a last enemy stand between Galdamor and his fallen comrade. He was time to finish him off.

Claw 1 with power attack (-2/+4): 1d20 + 8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 3 + 1 = 281d4 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 12
Claw 2 with power attack (-2/+4): 1d20 + 8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 3 + 1 = 151d4 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 13
forgot the PA malus to attack, so 26 and 13 to hit Zarr

Round 9 End

Denlin forward overhand stroke hits Zarr deeply

the hippogriff kill the last hobgoblin archer with its 2 claws

and Guldamor manages to finish off Zarr with his attacks.

Rufa feels the magical energy yet again coursing through her body

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Round 10
Go

"Brian, Brian! Are you still in one piece? Are you okay?"

Denlin moves over to brian and pulls out a wand of lesser vigor.

"Ugggh. That's the last time I leave without a healing potion. I've learned my lesson. I'm going to go to sleep now..."
Brian says weakly before passing out once again.

Rage ended, but I gotta say, it lasted juuust long enough. That and I am lucky for being alive :P

brian free Stabilization: 1d100 ⇒ 74

Denlin calls to Reill and Galdamar "Hurry, his rage cannot sustain him any longer! He needs more healing as does the druid."

Are we out of combat? If not...

Round 10

Reill whips out a wand and presses it against Brian's forehead.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

well you have 1 hobgoblin in light armor that ran away. and some people face in the ground that need saving. so if you are not going to pursue and just heal everyone whe can go back into story mode.

Galdamor take back his wand and go to Sylvanus before it's too late.

Good job guys ! We won the day. The Lord of War gave us His blessing

I vote back to story mode and lick our wounds for the night. That and loot the bodies. Loot, Loot, Loot!

Upon seeing Brian healed Denlin breathes a sigh of relief. He offers the wand of lessor vigor for helping heal the others and calls out"Mr. Frodo! Mr Frodo are you alright? The hobgoblins are gone for now!"

reminder: its about 11 in the morning and you are about 6-7h away from drelin's ferry.

A few minutes later Mr Frodo comes back with your horses in tow.

So you got what you wished for right Denlin. I am glad to see you all alive though. Well we should continue for a bit before lunch. We still have some distance to cover and we don't know what can happen between here and there.

seeing as we are out of battle now

Reill uses 7 more charges of his wand of CLW on Brian...

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

... To heal him for a total of 36 damage.

Alright there, Brian?... Mr. Frodo, how kind of you to rejoin us. Reill smirks as he speaks...Were the bandits a bit scary?

He will then pick up one of the magic short swords and begin looking it over.

Hmm... I wouldn't mind hanging on to one of these...

He also eyes a couple of the potions...

After healing Silvanius with his wand, Galdamor healed himself with the power of his god. faith healing +11HP

WCLW on Sivanius: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Then he took the wand Denlin proposed to heal the others.

1 on Rufa, 1 on Denlin and he let Sivanius took care of his Ape.

Happy to see you alright Mr Frodo ! At the end, your choice to hire us was a good one !
That was a nasty ambushed from these creatures, but something's strange. I don't recognize the symbol of the cleric. Even if I'm not an expert in thoses things, I know enough of it to be sure that I never see this one...
Mr Frodo, do you know if a scholar is in Drelin's ferry who could help us to find what is it ?

7 charges of CLW for me? Wow! I feel Special!

"Haha! Ya I am great! That was an excellent fight! Blood pumping, steel flashing! It was a thrill![/b]" his words are full of gusto and confidence.
He then grabs his brothers arm and pulls him aside
"We will go scouting, make sure that none of them are still lurking around."
But he does not go scouting, instead, after getting out of earshot of the group, he turns to Denlin, none of the previous bravado remains in his voice. Instead it is replaced with a very shallow sense of fragility.
"Hey Denlin, buddy. I almost died there. It really shook me up. Im scared a bit." he says while looking at his axe with a bit of apprehension, then up at his brother with that look that a younger brother gives his older sibling when he is being honest and vulnerable, a look you have rarely seen before.

A Scholar ? hum there is one sort of. His name is serentien i think a wizarly type. Of course you would find more in Brimdol or even better if you pushed to Denovar the biggest city in the vale replied Mr Frodo to Galdamor

As he stands up, Silvanius offers a bow to Galdamor - "Thank you friend... I think that was the most ruthless brigand attack that I have ever witnessed..."

Kneeling next to the ape, he adds - "My magic is all but exhausted, could one of you assist in Grooks' recovery?"

Sorry, the day is not over so I prefer keep my last cure spell in case of emergency and for a person, not an animal even if it's an intelligent one as ours

Said Galdamor to Silvanius

Do you know where they came from ? May be they left some clue to where they came. It's not your mission but if we can manage to find some evidence from where they came it could be an big help for the local authorities.

Thanks for the information Mr. Frodo. I think I will stop by this Serentien to ask him if he can know something about this strange symbol.

you search the abandoned farm, and you find everything needed to make a camp it appears the these hobgoblins have been here for a few days. (but you can't say how long really)

you also find 5 dead bodies in merchant clothing. they are relatively fresh (not more then 24h old)

No other clues are to be found.

Silvanius nods grimly to Galdamor - "Grook fought as bravely as any in our group, giving his life to protect us all - your perspective confuses me, but I have no choice but to accept your options of course"

Turning to Mr. Frodo, the druid adds - "Would it be possible that my companion can be transported in one of your wagons? If necessary I can pay for his transportation until I am able to recover my strength, and heal him myself"

Checking to make sure all is well with his horse, he continues - "I believe we should be on our way then"

Silvanius current status -> HP: 5/31
Grook'O current status -> HP: -8/29

Den hands Silvanus the wand of lesser Vigor. "I was saving this, picked it up a few jobs back off of an uppity ogre. Use a charge or two on the Ape, I have the hardest time getting the blasted thing to ever work. Grokko did a really good job. I mean, not as good as me, but I'd rather have him with me than half of the worthless riffraff I've trucked with before.

Denlin heads off with Brian to scout. "I know brother, that was one of the closest fights I have ever been in. Those hobgoblins were suspiciously well armed and equiped. Are you feeling alright now after the healing?" He asks concernedly, then starts rambling a little. " I hate getting jumped by cowards using bows. I mean, using a bow is fine, but standing up to an oppoenent with a sword in hand... exciting and honorable..." Denlin

Denlin lend me his wand of lesser vigor. As it's not mine I think you can use it on your animal friend.
I don't say it not fought bravely. But it's still an animal. I let the follower of nature take care of these kind of things. But my god don't expect me to do the same as yours believe.

Galdamor gave Silvanius the wand Denlin lend him a few minutes ago.

Seeing the corps Galdamor ask his comrades.

What do we do about these dead merchants ? Do you know them Mr Frodo ? And where are their goods ? It's strange that there is nothing here or on the hobgoblins, isn't it ?

Silvanius accepts the wand from Denlin with a smile - "Thank you friend, I will put it to good use and return it to you"

The druid uses as the wand on his friend, zapping him once, waiting for the effect to run its course, then zapping him again.

After it has worked its healing magic, Silvanius returns the wand to Denlin.

At Galdamors' argument, Silvanius simply shakes his head - "Again friend, you will of course do exactly what your common sense and your faith dictate - I cannot uderstand it, and do not see things with such sharp contrast as you do. As a follower of Nature, I would not hesitate to land healing magic on you, even though you are not an animal, so I am at a loss as to why the reverse is not valid" - he smiles again - "It is irrelevant however, one has to simply follow one's own ways - it is not my place to question it. Grook has recovered, and it makes me happy"

Coming conscious, Rufa turns to look at the others, feeling the pain shooting through her. "So, this is what it feels like to be dead. Feels a lot like being alive, just more pain." Standing, she looks around. "i take it we won. Not that I did much, it seems."

I think I should be at 14. -8, with 11 points twice healed.

You take the hit for others and your spells did good. So I think you take your share as everyone else.

Said Galdamor with a smile.

I tried to protect you, the best I can, Silvanius, Denlin and I provided you the heal to take you back with us.

Do you know the spell to identify some of the magic items we found on the corps ?

I do not know of these merchant, i can't really said what their wares are, but you know not all valuable things come in big package for example he says with a smile but the good question is probably where were they coming from. I suspect its Drelin's ferry, since if they came from our side they would have passed by us seeing that we travel at a slower pace. replies Mr Frodo

"I know the spell, but I'm afraid I'm lacking in components for it. And I have not prepared it today. Perhaps when we get to town, I can handle it. And thank you for the kind words."

Your welcome Rufa. I hope this Serentien could provide us with this component.

Then Galdamor looked at his comrades to see if some of them need to be heal.

I had my wand of cure light wounds if someone is still hurt badly

Then he thinks to what Mr Frodo said.

Yes, you're right. May be some of the answers could be found in Denlin's Ferry ?
Looked at the bodies and try to remember their face. We will ask some question about them in town.

Sure, let me know when you all have finished here. We can ride for an hour or so then break for lunch replies mr frodo

"Well thanks for hearing me out bro, I am feeling a whole lot better about it now. Shall we head back to the others?"
The two of them head back to the group
"We didnt see any hobgoblins but say, mind if I take one of those potions? I would feel a bit safer knowing I had one in a pinch."

Standing atop of his horse, Silvanius reassures Grook - "Well done my friend - thank you for your help in the fight, you are as strong as the jungle trees"

While waiting for the others to take the necessary preparations to resume their journey, the druid maintains a watch of their surroundings.

Feeling much better after the healing received, Rufa goes about gathering her horse, "Well now, glad to see you didn't decide to bolt during that whole escapade. Must have been laughing your tail off seeing me like that.

"I'd like one of them as well, just in case it's needed again."

you ride for an hour then Mr Frodo call for munch break.

During this time he tell's you the story of Drelin's Ferry:

At the spot where the Dawn Way crosses the River Elsir stands
the small town of Drelltn's Ferry, once known as Dwarfbridge.
As the old name implies, long ago the Elsir was spanned by a
sturdy dwarf-made bridge at this spot, but a hundred years ago
the bridge washed out in a great flood . An enterprising man
named Drellin hammered together a small horse-drawn ferry
to maintain a river crossing here, and a town eventually grew
up around the enterprise.

Resuming your journey you are all aware and extra careful, but nothing happens.

Late afternoon

The road descends into a small town built mostly built mostly on the side of a broad, sluggish river. Six old stone piers just from the water, marking the spot where a bridge once stood, but the span itself is lone gone. Instead a couple of long thick ropes cross the river, each secured to a flat bottomed ferryboat. Brown fields and green orchards surround he town.

A group of armed townsfolk stands guard, watching you warily.
Halt and state your business, strangers one of the guard says