DM Rah's Thornkeep (II) - "Part 2 - The Forgotten Laboratory" (Gameday 2) (Inactive)

Game Master Kobash

Sark holds up his hand and whispers to person behind him "Come in on my signal rats ahead." He sneaks into the room, then takes out a alchemy fire and throws at nearest one trying to splash other one next to it.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11 dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 2

When you hear a loud smash and rats screaming in pain you guess that is the signal to enter.

Sark's alchemist fire bursts over the rat and splashes the one beside it. Both screech wildly from the sudden attack and the first runs about in flaming circles before collapsing. The smell of burnt rat fills the air.

2nd Round Alchemist Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Unable to adjust map right now. One rat is dead. One injured.

INITIATIVE - Round 1
Grimdoc <=UP
Sark <=UP
Rats
Ali
Rhoswen
Rufus
Swarmholio

Grim will move in and south to chop at the close rat.
"what did ye find here Sark? Need an exterminator in here. ."

axe : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Sark moves out and into his snake style to meet the rats now they are wounded and fearful of the fire he threw. He kicks one to finish it off or attacks an unwounded one if Grim kills the wounded one.

att: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

"Everything okay up there?"

Grimdoc hacks another rat down with one blow.

Sark jumps in and kicks, but the rats skitters out of harms way, then tries to bite his foot.

Bite on Sark: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11 Miss

INITIATIVE - Round 2
Ali <=UP
Rhoswen <=UP
Rufus <=UP
Swarmholio <=UP
Grimdoc <=UP
Sark <=UP
Rat

Rhoswen does her best to catch up with Sark and Grim. "Oh... rats! You weren't kidding, were you?" She draws her sword as she approaches the last rat standing.

Double move and draw weapon.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Sark gives the rat another good kick trying to remove the vermin from their path.

Ali moves into the room and fires his wand at the rat if it's still standing

force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Ali enters the room and begins leveling his wand but Sark beats him to the attack and kicks it across the room.

Rats are all dead.

However, before Sark can call "goal" an angry screech fills the air behind him and a strange looking goblin with crystal vials protruding from the top of his head appears out of thin air in mid swing with a battleaxe.

"You kill Snarltongue's rats! Snarltongue now kill you!"

Attack on Sark (flat-footed): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

INITIATIVE - Round 3
Ali <=UP
Rhoswen <=UP
Rufus <=UP
Swarmholio <=UP
Grimdoc <=UP
Sark <=UP
Mutant Goblin

Sark whirls around at the new attack, caught off guard by the surprise attack almost cutting him in half, blood spills onto the floor and does not seem to be stopping, suddenly a masterwork dagger(Swift spring loaded dagger) appears in his hand and withdraws from combat saying "Hmm hate to bother you all again but i may have stepped into a very large axe, some help would be great....".

as you can see Sark gets hurt ALOT, almost like the DM is after him :P I think i went down 3 times in the first mission with Rah, looks like this one wont be any different heh but at least its me not the rest of you :P. At 3 HPs

Sark is almost always up front. It's a gutsy position. And usually bloody and crispy.

i dont understood why when designing the 4 base PCs they give the guy that was always in front looking for traps one of the lowest HPs, almost like they wanted the rogues to all die trying to find the traps.... plus am sure if i was at the back something would try to kill from behind :P

Rhoswen loses no time in coming to Sark's aid. "Thanks for taking care of the vermin. Now to deal with the pest!"

She steps around the rat carcass to bring a powerful swing of her elven curved blade down on Snarltongue.

Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 7 - 1 = 19
Damage: 1d10 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 3 = 15

"hold on there, Sark. Nobody huts my pals like that! . "

Grim will charge and attack the humanoid.

masterwork battleaxe, chg: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 2 = 11 for damage : 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

As grim slashes down on the table next to the creature, hacking off a large chunk of wood.

After moving into the room Rufus maneuvers to find a better shot and attacks the mad goblin.
Double move in round 2 and move and attack in 3.
CLbow: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 5 - 4 = 17
Dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Ali frowns as the rat is kicked across the room. As he sees Stark backing up to him, he casts a spell and gives Sark a high-five.

cure light wounds: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Sark retreats and receives magical first aid from Ali.

Rhoswen moves in and injures the goblin, then Rufus shoots an arrow into its leg. Grimdoc swings his battleaxe, but misses by a wide margin.

Swarmholio is up!

Not sure what happened to Swarmholio, but since you've only got one enemy I won't waste his resources yet.

Swarmholio moves into the room, angling for a clear line of sight for a spell.

The goblin screams and swings at Rhosewen, the one that injured it.

Target 1=Grimdoc 2=Rhoswen: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Attack on Rhoswen: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

INITIATIVE - Round 4 - All PCs are up!
Ali <=UP
Rhoswen <=UP
Rufus <=UP
Swarmholio <=UP
Grimdoc <=UP
Sark <=UP
Mutant Goblin

Rhoswen takes a careful step around the goblin. "Taste steel, little whelp!" She swings her elven curved blade down in a powerful slash.

Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 - 1 = 14
Damage: 1d10 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 3 = 9

Hmm, not sure that hit.

Grimdoc will regain his composure from his errant swing and take another try if the creature is still standing.

Grimdoc MW battleaxe: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16 for dmg: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"Hey, now that's better old chap!"

Rufus lets loose another arrow at the creature.
Atk: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 5 - 4 = 7
Dmg: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Sark still feeling a bit hurt drinks his potion.

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Ali decides to let the more martial wing of his sideshow take care of the enemy while he retrieves another wand and heals Sark.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Sark drinks a healing potion, then is healed further by Ali.

The goblin ducks under Rhoswen's blade and dodges Rufus' arrow, but takes another wound from Grimdoc.

With a gleeful cackle, Swarmholio screams "Fire! FIRE!" and casts a spell that sends 3 burning missiles into the goblin's face.

Magic Missiles: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3, 3) + 3 = 13

The goblin screams in anger and remains in the fight despite multiple wounds. Raising its axe, it swings at Grimdoc.

Goblin Power Attack on Grimdoc: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

INITIATIVE - Round 5 - All PCs are up!
Ali <=UP
Rhoswen <=UP
Rufus <=UP
Swarmholio <=UP
Grimdoc <=UP
Sark <=UP
Mutant Goblin

Rhoswen takes another swing at the goblin.

Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 - 1 = 24
Damage: 1d10 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 3 = 7

Crit. Confirm?: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 - 1 = 12
Nope.

Grimdoc grows serious with the near miss of the goblin.

"Now you are just making me angry, gobbie!"

mw axe, pa, hatred : 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 - 1 + 1 = 18 damage : 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8

Rufus fires again but misses one more time.
Atk: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 5 - 4 = 6
Dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

attack w/ flank: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1
jump: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Sark fully healed now makes his way back into the fray to repay the goblin the opening attack. Jumping onto the table he moves along it so he can flank and kicks the goblin straight in the face maybe breaking his nose.

hope a 12 makes getting onto the table ;)

Ali drops his curing wand and reaches down to pick up his missile wand again. "Nice work, Swarmholio! I see you've learned a few tricks from the Amazing Ali!"

force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

The mutant goblin falls to sword, magic, axe, and kick. Two of the vials in its head grow still, but one continues to bubble. After a moment it become apparent that the creature's wounds are healing at an accelerated rate, but a couple kicks or a blade end the threat.

If you really want to you can keep him alive, but he'll need a stab or kick every so often to keep him unconscious.

Combat Over.

A quick search of the creature and the room discovers the following:
The goblin possessed a magical handaxe, small hide armor, and 3 flasks of alchemist fire.

Behind the table on the dais is a bucket filled with rotten viscera.

Grim picks up the handaxe.

"I've always been fond of axes...although a small, smelly goblin axe is no treasure in my book. Anyone else want it?"

Unless anyone else steps forward to claim it, he will hang it on his belt.

Rhoswen leans over and spits on the downed goblin. "Can't say I'm not glad to see this one sent back to the mud." She sheathes her curved blade and walks over to Sark. "Hey, are you alright? Good job on those rats."

Rhoswen picks up the flasks of alchemist's fire. "Oooh! Firebombs! Anyone else want to carry one of these?"

She looks down in the bucket. "Hey Ali! Any chance you could use your magic to sift through this bucket of guts? Leave no intestine unturned."

"All magic is revealed to the Amazing Ali!"

detect magic

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Sark nods and says "Yea am fine, i had worst. I can use those vials to replace the ones i used on rats." Sark will take as many as he is given.

"By all means... I hope you don't mind if I keep one. Might come in handy." Rhoswen hands over two of the alchemist's fire flasks.

Sark nods and says "Ready to continue?"

Ali does indeed detect magic within the bucket and fishes out what appears to be a feather token, though he cannot tell what type.

What direction are you headed?

Rhoswen situates herself near a door in the western wall of the chamber. "How 'bout we try this way?"

"Lead the way my Fair Elven Maiden!" Ali says with a grand gesture to Rhoswen.

Grim nods in agreement.

"Hah, when we do not know where we are goin, any direction is a good one. . "

Opening the western door you find a short hall that leads back to the corridor containing the two statue traps. Bisecting the hallway is a rough passage, that ends in collapse to the north and seems to open up and connect to another passage leading south from the large chamber into a crumbling cavern. These rough passages all look like they were made by some sort of drilling device that tore through the surrounding stone. A large pool of stagnant water fills part of the southern cavern, fed by a rivulet that runs from the ceiling. Thick sheets of webbing hang from the roof of the cave.

MAP UPDATED

Sark goes north a bit to search for anything of interest, then comes back and looks into the pool to see if he can spot anything at bottom.

perc: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Posting from out of town, cant open the map.
Rufus advances with the others closing the line.

Grim will move south with Rhoswen.

"Ah be careful miss elf. You know what they say...where thar be webs...thar be a need for a better housekeeper! HAHAARRRR" the portly dwarf laughs at his own joke, then realizes others may not have got it.

People just don't appreciate comedy these days. All too serious even.

Ali laughs hysterically at Grim's joke. "Have you ever thought about comedy, Sir Dwarf? I could give you a bit in my show if you'd like."

"Now there's a good man! See a little humor goes a long way. Ali...let's talk after this adventure. First drink's on me!"

Rhoswen steps into the chamber with the webs and takes a careful look around, smirking at Grimdoc's joke. "I hope you don't expect me to do any of the housekeeping, Grim."

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Unfortunately, it's hard to find humor in a swarm of spiders, which is what Rhoswen and Gimdoc discover, crawling down from above along with a giant black spider.

INITIATIVE - Round 1
Rufus <=UP
Grimdoc <=UP
Spider Swarm
Sark
Swarmholio
Rhoswen
Giant Spider
Ali

Sark shouts from the back "Throw the fire, burn them out, keep clear so we can use the fire without hurting rest of you."