DM Jonasty's Mwangi Madness Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Jonasty1031

Alexander is going to swing at the boggard with his flail for round 2.
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21, Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Round update shortly.

DM Jonasty wrote:

Grutsnick wrote:

Reloading a crossbow for the type of crossbow you chose when you took Rapid Reload no longer provokes attacks of opportunity.

The issue is not the reloading of the crossbow but the fact that he's firing a ranged weapon in melee. There's no mention in the post of him moving away and if he is, because of the difficult terrain he can't 5-foot step which means he couldn't full attack. That's my confusion, is there something he has that prevents AoO's for firing a ranged weapon in melee?

Oooh good point, didn't read it correctly.

Damn, I didn't read it right either. No, I guess I don't have anything to stop AOOs stemming from firing in melee, then. And I guess the haste doesn't help us 5' step? Oh well. :P

Damn, I didn't read it right either. No, I guess I don't have anything to stop AOOs stemming from firing in melee, then. And I guess the haste doesn't help us 5' step? Oh well. :P

Well not like it mattered in this case although something to keep in mind for Round 3.

The group tears into the boggards, Grutsnick and Finnian dispatching half their number with axes chops and sword blows.

Lorelei and Barker pepper one with bolts and acid while Reginald and Alexander stun and attack the other.

The boggards can't even retaliate for their fallen brethren as they don't manage to land a single hit against the party.

Round 3:
Reginald: Init 23, HP 62/62, AC 20
Finnian: Init 23 HP 66/66, AC 24 (22 regularly) (Shaken for 2 rounds)
Grutsnick: Init 22, HP 62/96(84 normally), AC 16 (20 regularly)
Barker: Init 22, 45/60 AC 18
B1: Init 20, HP 0/59, AC 13 (Staggered)
B2: Dead -33/59
B3: Dead -10/59
B4: Init 20, HP 44/59, AC 13 (Stunned until it's action)
Lorelei: Init 15 HP 36/36, AC 12
Alexander: Init 9, HP 60/60, AC 17

Updated Map

Sorry for the lamely abbrieviated update. Internet monster ate the original post and I was too frustrated to retype it.

Grutsnick your second attack would have dropped the boggard thus why you didn't move last round.

Please post your Round 3 actions.

Round 3 Init 22

Grutsnick laughs maniacally as his axe invokes his nickname, moving over to the boggard attacking Reggie in order to show it how it's companion fared.

Move 50' to L12 (seriously Lorelei that Haste was the prefect spell at the perfect time!) and attack once.
Greataxe Power Attack Raging Reckless Abandon Hasted +15
1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 211d12 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20

Round 3 Init. 23

Finnian moves over to assist against the nearest boggard.

attack vs B4 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
damage 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Taking advantage of the moment, Regi brings his pistol to bare on the stunned frogman firing one barrel.

Barrel 1, Point Blank, Touch AC 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 DMG 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Round 3 - Initiative: 15

Lorelei fires off another couple acid darts at the boggard in front of Regi.

[ooc]ranged touch -
attack 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 4 = 2
attack 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 4 = 20
damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Unable to slip out of range of retaliation in the thick swamp muck, Barker simply continued to fire Alexina in the boggard's face, trusting to luck that it wouldn't be able to hit him.

round 3 hasted attack 1: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
round 3 damage 1: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

round 3 hasted attack 2: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15
round 3 damage 2: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

round 3 hasted attack extra: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
round 3 damage extra: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

The boggard will take it's AoO against Barker as it sways on it's feet, it's life blood oozing out. After that Barker ratchets back the string and sends two bolts flying towards the final boggard both of them punching through the creature's throat and face, dropping it into the water.

Didn't think I'd have any more rolls to make but the order of things will dictate it. Sequence: Reg, Fin, and Grut will bring B4 down to 4HP, Barker will fire xbow provoking AoO but then B1 drops from being shot and already being staggered. With his next 2 shots of the full attack, Barker will then spin to shoot B4, dropping it before it can attack. Consequently Lorelei you won't need to expend your spell for the acid darts.

AoO at Barker
Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28, Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

End of Combat
Reginald: Init 23, HP 62/62, AC 20
Finnian: Init 23 HP 66/66, AC 24
Grutsnick: Init 22, HP 62/84 (Fatigued)
Barker: Init 22, 29/60 AC 18
B1: Dead -6/59
B2: Dead -33/59
B3: Dead -10/59
B4: Dead -7/59
Lorelei: Init 15 HP 36/36, AC 12
Alexander: Init 9, HP 60/60, AC 17

"Hah!" *huff* *huff* "That was bracing!"

After taking a few moments to catch his breath, Grutsnick will check over his injuries before turning to the others.

Should be 50/84 for my HP now right?

"Any idea what they were protecting? Or were they just hunting?"

Knowledge: Nature and Survival to see if they were hunting or just mean. 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 131d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

Finnian recovers from his momentary startlement with some embarassment. Flicking the blood from his sword with a quick motion he begins to sheathe it, but then decides it would be best to keep it at hand for the nonce.
Nasty creatures, who would have thought that such a horridly loud noise could come from something like that?

"Bracing?" Shaking her head with a sigh, Lorelei looks around. "How about we keep going on and try to find some dry land to walk on for a bit. My legs are worn out from slogging through all this swamp muck."

Looking fairly battered, Barker patted Alexina and wiped a smear of blood on his hands onto his pants. "If any of you are closet clerics, I'm feeling a bit religious right now," he quipped. He limped over to examine the fallen boggards. "Let's see what these bastards have on 'em. May give us a clue," he grunted.

Also a check to see what he can learn about the boggards' motives. Know: nature 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Gathering the bodies together you take a quick inventory and find not much of real use. Between them all you find 4 sets of Leather armor, 4 morningstars, odd bits of junk the creatures collected and a combined total of 24gp.

Scanning the area and the overall encounter that just occured, Barker and Grutsnick are fairly certain that the ruined city would make an excellent home for aquatic swamp dwelling creatures like the boggards. Grutsnick mentions that he is fairly certain he's seen these kind of tactics in other primitive lands he's been to and that these are probably perimeter hunters who watch for both prey and intruders into a village's realms.

Lorelei shakes her head as the group moves on, dry land nowhere in site ahead of them. After an hour of further travel you begin to find yourself amongst some of the outlying ruins, some seemingly sturdy enough to provide shelter while others look ready to completely collapse and let the swamp retake them.

Despite Lorelei's hopes, there so far doesn't seem to be any dry land anywhere near you. The sinkhole is well and truly flooded. Given the layout of some of the buildings you are seeing on the outskirts, some of you are pretty sure that they could be fortified to provide a little bit of shelter if you end up out here overnight or need to recuperate if things take a turn for the worse.

While the sun is still up, due to the nature of the sinkhole and it's walls, the whole area is already seeing diminished sunlight. You've got about an hour of light left, followed by 2-3 hours of dim light(standard effects, no penalty to those with low-light vision, etc) and then full darkness. What does everyone want to do given that information?

Knowledge Local 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

"Well, shall we pick one of those studier buildings to hole up in for the night? I'd rather not be out here in the dark, slogging around still and meet up with another Boggard patrol."

"More boggards in the ruins, maybe a patrol or two during the night, do we have any traps to guard the camp? Keep the fire low and concealed. "

We'll need healing before going farther. Maybe scout?

Alexander gathers the wounded close and lets loose another burst of positive energy. 3d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 4) = 16

K Religion1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Fortifying a building sounds like a good plan.

sorry for the sporadic posting. Lots of stuff going on IRL.

"Thanks Alex. One more of those and I'm good. I think Barker is hurt pretty bad, don't let his stories fool you."

Grutsnick scans for any other lurkers as well as a likely building to camp.

Perception 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Tired from slogging through the swamp in his wounded condition, Barker was quick to agree with Lorelei about camping. With a grateful tip of his hat to Alexander for the healing, he set about looking for a good spot to settle in for the night - somewhere it wouldn't immediately be apparent to the locals that they'd bedded down.

Knowledge local: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Durr, dis place don't look familiar...

Survival to find a decent place to camp: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25+2 if this counts as jungle terrain

Picking a likely-looking spot, he helped Grutsnick set up camp.

Lorelei gives a little snort of laughter at Grutsnick's comment. "What fire will we have to keep low? I don't know that you can find anything dry enough to burn around here."

Barker and Grutsnick keep the party moving for another 30 minutes before they both agree on a particularly suitable site. Moving into the structure it is impossible to tell what it was used for originally, so old are the markings and stones. The water is thigh high as it is everywhere else but there seem to be shelves built into the walls, maybe for a long ago shop or merchant that remain above water level and will allow for a modicum of comfort during the night.

Barricading the door after the group is in, people settle on the shelves, trying to stay warm without a fire to light the evening. Except for Grutsnick the night is dark and forboding, sounds of movement and life coming from without the building. Its hard to sleep but the night does eventually pass and a new day dawns to everyone waking bleary-eyed in the ruined structure.

PC percentiles, 5 or less is bad:
Grutsnick: 1d100 ⇒ 66
Lorelei: 1d100 ⇒ 63
Finnian: 1d100 ⇒ 70
Barker: 1d100 ⇒ 34
Reginald: 1d100 ⇒ 7
Alexander: 1d100 ⇒ 53

HP 72/84 by my count yeah?

"Everybody rested? Good. Barker, we gonna take out more patrols or go right to the nest? They'll be alert now."

Kill patrols while we scout the area?

"I say we scout the area some more and take out whatever patrols we find."

HP 72/84 by my count yeah?

Beat me to my edit. I'm gonna assume that Alexander will use his healing bursts to get the party to full which would then replenish after the night rest. Please just make sure that all of you who used ammo last encounter note down the expenditure on your character sheet.

"Chances are that what we want will be at the nest," Barker sighed. "If we can get the drop on more patrols before they get too alarmed, then hit the nest hard while their other patrols are out, we may get out of here alive. Sound good?"

I agree with Grutsnick, let's scout.

"I will defer to the opinion of more experienced individuals."

"Bah, you did fine Lorelei, that spell yesterday was quick thinkin', probably saved us all. Always speak your mind with me, you've earned my trust."

I agree with Gutsnick, Lorelei, you turned what might have been a severe mobility disadvantage into an even field. Do not downplay your own contribution.

"Indeed, was a fine battle friends. It will certainly make a fine story to told at the museum, Haha.

"You guys really know how to flatter a girl. Seriously though, I'm in agreement with taking out some scouts, before we hit the nest. Taking them out will also clear us an escape route out in case we have to leave in a hurry."

Barker pulled down the brim of his hat and cocked his crossbow. "Let's do this, then."

DM, any chance of using Survival in place of Stealth so we don't get ambushed again?

Rather than heading straight towards the heart of the ruins, you start to veer to the right, looking to scout the perimeter of the area. Eyes alert for more boggard patrols you travel for some time. The scenery is much unchanged, thigh high water everywhere and small copses of trees rising above it. The ruins in this area seem very similar, none more than 1 story tall most with roofs collapsed and being taken over by the swamp.

It's approaching noon when you come to a set of ruins that seem to be in better shape than the others, larger too. There is a large opening in one wall and there are no doors across the 15 foot entryway. What catches your eye about this set of ruins is the scrawled lettering that is carved into one side of the wall. It's rather new, at least in comparison to the age of the structure, and in a language none of you recognize.

Barker, Stealth will be the skill to use. However, when making a Stealth check you can gain a +2 bonus to it with a successful Survival check DC 10 to "aid yourself" by using the local fauna and such.

Lorelei casts comprehend language and then attempts to read the carved lettering.

Lorelei finishes her spell and the scribbled lines suddenly come into focus. She mutters to the group, Boggard is such a primitive tongue. Apparently this is Jorbuk's home. Really, that's actually what it says, "Jorbuk Home".

"Well let's go see if he's home."

Grutsnick's tusks are reflected in the gleam of his axe, his eagerness to kill the frogmen evident on his face.

"I'm tired of all this water, dry land will be a nice change."

Alexander gathers the group over quickly and says I have a spell that will allow us all to walk on water should we need to. It will only last 2 hours thoughusing metamagic rod of extend so should we need to use it, it is available.

Updated spell list for today:

3 (3+1/day) Summon Monster III, Water Walk (DC 18), Displacement (DC 18), Dispel Magic
2 (4+1/day) Restoration, Lesser (DC 17), Resist Energy (DC 17), Bull's Strength (DC 17), Align Weapon (DC 17), Weapon of Awe (DC 17)
1 (5+1/day) Protection from Evil (DC 16), Comprehend Languages (DC 16), Magic Weapon (DC 16), Bless, Confusion, Lesser (DC 16), Sanctuary (DC 16)
0 (at will) Read Magic (DC 15), Detect Magic, Create Water, Purify Food and Drink (DC 15)

Lorelei nods in agreement with Grutsnick. "Some dry land would be nice. I've spent more time in the water lately than a mermaid.

"Though I do wonder if the writing was meant to indicate that a powerful and important Boggard lives here or if it is meant as a warning that something they call a Jorbuk makes his home here."

Barker gave Alexander an appreciative nod. "That could come in handy if we need to get out fast."

Hefting Alexina, he went to peer into the ruin from around the doorway. "One way to find out, Lorelei."

Barker taking the lead, the group slowly moves into the shadowed structure. While most of the ceiling is gone, the walls are high enough to block some of the light. The large chamber looks rather empty although there appear to be 2 alcoves, one on either wall that are hard to see from the entry.

Hugging the right wall, Barker gets to the corner and peers around. There's nothing out of the ordinary, it appears to be an empty alcove. As you go to continue around the room, some of you suddenly feel a pressure wave within the water coming from the center of the room. Suddenly a Large creature explodes from the center of the room sending a blast of water into the air. When the splash clears and the mist in the air settles a hideous creature stands before Barker and Grutsnick. Two large pincers clack together menacingly but what's even more horrific is the mass of writhing tentacles where the mouth should be. Nested within is a large sharp beak like one would see on a squid.

The tentacles writhe and you are all horrified to hear a sibiliant voice escape the mass. I sssee the boggardsss have provided me with a ssspirited meal today.

Jorbuk Stealth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Perception checks (Regardless of if you see Jorbuk, if your character at least hits a DC 10 with the Perception they at least can tell that the center of the room (dark blue squares) is much deeper than the rest of the floor, i.e. Swim checks deep. If you don't hit the 10, then your character thinks it's simply the same depth of water as the rest of the room, thigh deep as outside.)
Grutsnick: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Finnian: 1d20 ⇒ 4
Barker: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29
Reginald: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Lorelei: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
Alexander: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Initiative
Grutsnick: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Finnian: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Barker: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Reginald: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Lorelei: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Alexander: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Jorbuk: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Map

Those of you who made the Perception check vs Jorbuk's Stealth may act in the Surprise round. Jorbuk will move to where he is on the attached map as his Surprise round action. Everyone who can, please post your Surprise round actions. After that, we'll move on to Round 1.

Round Surprise Init 13

"Too easy."

Free to Rage, Standard to Attack. Assumes I had my axe out but we were looking for trouble after all.
Greataxe Power Attack Raging Reckless Abandon +14
1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 241d12 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24

Alexander moves to touch the creature, malevolent black energy coalescing around his fingers as he does.

Move to L11 to flank with Grutsnick, Vision of Madness touch attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10(+3 to skill checks, -3 to attacks and saves)

Damn die roller!

Move to L11 to flank with Grutsnick, Vision of Madness touch attack

Surprise round, you only get a Standard action. Do you want to move to L11 and then do the touch attack as your Round 1 action?

"Looks like you guessed right, Lorelei." Barker let out an earsplitting roar, lifting Alexina towards the monster.

I can't recall if you can take a 5' step along with a standard action in a surprise round? It is a free action... If you can, Barker will move one square north before casting Hunter's Howl.

Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Alexander Do'Rafien wrote:

Move to L11 to flank with Grutsnick, Vision of Madness touch attack

Surprise round, you only get a Standard action. Do you want to move to L11 and then do the touch attack as your Round 1 action?

Sounds good, forgot about that. So just move to L11

I can't recall if you can take a 5' step along with a standard action in a surprise round? It is a free action...

Even if you could, the terrain prevents it right now cause of the water.

Thrusting his hand out, the bard shouts, "Flash!" Attempting to dazzle the creature with a multitude of lights.

Flare DC 12 Fort, Fail equals dazzled for 1 minute.

That's the surprise round. And since Jorbuk goes before everyone but Finnian, I'll have its Round 1 action up shortly and then everyone else can go.

Round 1, Init. 23

Finnian reacts as quickly as he can having been surprised by the immense creature. He moves up and attacks the creature cautiously as he knows nothing of its capabilities.

attack 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

The creature rears back as Grutsnick's axe bites into and spells go off around it. It slices out with it's pincers at the creatures around it.

Fort save vs Flare: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Will save vs Hunters Howl: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
AoO against Barker for spellcasting: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 3) + 7 = 12 + grab attempt 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (11) + 19 = 30

Move action to transfer Barker to it's tentacles
Barker Fort save vs tentacles DC 19: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Tentacles maintain grapple check: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 29
Mandibles damage to Barker: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

So everyone else can post Round 1 actions.
Spells didn’t work.
Barker you will be Grappled on your turn in Round 1.

Round 1 Initiative: 7, AC: 12, HP: 36

Not knowing the reach of the tentacles, Lorelei takes a 5 ft step back O-14 and then casts Acid Arrow at the creature.

Ranged Touch Attack - 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 4 = 20
Acid Arrow Damage this round - 2d4 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6