DM Salsa Presents: The Rise of the Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master AdamWarnock

D’oh! I just thought of something, and I feel like an idiot for forgetting it up to now!

Pavanna reaches the doors back out into the corridor — then she spots Sprig, and a thought occurs to her. “Sprig, go ahead of us and get to Ping! If there are goblins around her, hit them all with your magic — we’ll clear them up when we arrive!”
Thankfully, those dazzling colour-bursts have no directly injuring effects. Ping will feel terrible when she wakes up, but we’ll be there to finish the goblins attacking her, so she will wake up!

» Double move action: move from position ‘1’ out into the corridor (ending at position ‘2’).
The intent is for Sprig to fly through the corridor to the square directly east of Pavanna’s ending position and fire her colour spray SLA down the corridor, hitting Violet Dashes Goblin, Ping, and Red Dashes Goblin. It’s not a spell that attacks hit-points, and Ping’s incapacitated at the moment anyway; Ping will have a chance to recover in safety later, while the gobbies will come down with a bad case of ‘dead’ before they wake up.

"R-right!" Sprig zips around the corner and targets the first goblins she sees.

"SKITTLES!" she cries and brilliant vortex of color erupts from her tiny fingers, and slams into the two goblins faces.

The other goblins look at each other as the tiny sprite zips in from nowhere and blasts the two goblins over Ping into unconsciousness.

"Did Gurgmik and Murggik just get their arses kicked by a rainbow?" One of them asks.

Apparently, Skittles is the power word for color spray. Makes sense as to why it's so potent against mooks.

Anyone here read Rusty and Co.? In one scene, Prestige Perkins, a wizard, uses color spray on two illithids. The sound effect? "VANCE!"
One of them complained that it felt like his sinuses were full of skittles.
I love that webcomic.

Well, at least for fey. :D

will post when I get home more detailed. but for now, Noro simply uses all the movement she can to go help Ping. If she arrives and there is nothing to do then she will be pissed. (she may have to go attack a gblin lair just to vent her frustrations.)

this is from past experience where I spend the enire fight running back and forth trying to help while everyone else takes out the bad guys before I get there. so that is another reason Noro never likes to follow orders.

Saroune rushs out of the main room with Pavanna. Sprig had subdued the pair of goblins that had injured Ping, but more were more coming down the hall.

Grabbing at a piece of her will, Saroune concentrates and forces it down her arm, through her hand, and into a fingertip. Magical energy coalesces there as she tightens her focus, willing it into a bolt that she releases with an utterance in Draconic: "Tên lửa kỳ diệu!"

The missile flies unerringly from her finger and impacts the lead goblin.

Magic Missile Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

She shouts ahead to Pavanna. "If you can hold the hallway, I can flush them out with fire. Assuming your heritage will protect you."

Noro, there is a goblin standing 20 feet away from you on the map, if I'm not mistaken. Go smash that one. :)

In the airport getting ready to board my flight, can't do a detailed post. Asuriel will follow behind Saroune and Pavanna. She will shout that she will take care of Ping and that the others should focus on the goblins.

Okay, This is a list of who I think has gone. If there's an X that means I'm pretty sure you've posted your actions. A ? means I'm not sure, or I'm pretty sure you haven't posted your actions.
Saroune X
Noro ?
Pavanna X
Ping X
Asuriel ?
Sprig X
Horatio X
Olivius X
Thirzin ?

@Pavanna: Sorry, RAW and I believe they were intended to be interpreted this way, is if you don't have a straight line to the enemy, you can't charge.

@Saroune: Is it the one that was just tasted the rainbow or the one that wasn't in range?

ok home from work and can get to the map.

Not sure where Ping was exactly, Noro did know that there were goblin in front of her, and they actually though they were going to hurt her.

Right, you think itsh funny? well then here comesh the punchline Noro charges forward to lay into the goblin in front of her.

eems Noro is too engrossed in goblin smashing to really pay much attention to directions.

attack on purple charge: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
damage if a hit: 1d3 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

The goblin reels back form the blow and sways drunkenly.

"Why's there five o' ya?" he asks through pulped lips and broken teeth.

Reduced to 0 HP

Sorry for the delay, first day back after traveling has been rather chaotic.

Asuriel follows Pavanna out the western door into the corridor. Along the way she drops the first link she had created with Olivius. When she Ping comes into sight, Asuriel establishes a new bond with the fallen gnome.

"Я буду связываться с Ping, она будет вокруг в мгновение! Перейти получить их!"

Move out into hallway and establish link with Ping.

The one that wasn't in range.

Paging Thirzin! Goblin clean up on aisle 3!

Sorry. Didn't realize it was my turn. Lol I think it's just a matter at this point of moving me closer. Can't get access to a computer, so would someone mind moving me up? Dang stubby legs!

Done. Post incoming.

The goblin at the back door runs for it, as does the one that Noro's fist just introduced itself to, and barely misses getting dropped by its fellow. The one facing Thrizin drops his bow and draws a crude shortsword, but his clumsy blow is easily avoided, and the smell of urine competes with the rest of the smells as a puddle appears on the floor beneath him.

On the new arrivals sends an arrow at Noro, only to curse as it misses. His fellow, though, aims for the fleeing goblin, and kills it with a blow to its throat, just as a half-elf with tien features walks in.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the lisping b!%@& herself. No, I'm honored! Here's a welcoming gift even!" he says as he draws his bow and looses an arrow at Noro, managing to nick her arm.

Meanwhile, the other goblins are dumbfounded at what just happened, until one of them gets a bloodied nose from Saroune's magic missile.

"Kill that bloody fairy what's give me a bloody nose!" the lead goblin howls as the others move up and send a barrage of arrows at the tiny fey girl. Three of them find their marks, but only one of them manages to do more than shred her clothing.

Party up

"EEP! I'msorry!I'msorry!I'msorry!I'msorry!I'msorry!I'msorry!I'msorry!"

Sprig zooms away form the line of fire and hides behind Saroune.

I don't think I have a legal charge lane due to that wall, but I want to double check with you, GM, before I forego a charge and just double move. I would have to charge up to between Thirzin and Noro to be in reach.

Salsa, I was moving in to engage those goblins at the far end of the room. It seems I didn't ask someone to move me :(

Olivius: Sorry, going to have to double move. there's no charge lane.
Horatio:Moved you to where you can get to them.

Asuriel feels the sharp pain as a gash on her leg tears open. She looks over at Ping as she begins to stir and feeling confident that the bond is set she focuses on the goblins. Looking to Pavanna she says, "Я буду нуждается в некоторых исцеления, связь работает через Ping. Надеюсь, вы меня спиной?".

The oracle winces as the pain bites in. Without waiting for a reply she takes a deep breath and begins to run down the hallway past her allies and sets her sights on the closest goblin. As she passes by her allies she screams, "Для свете!"

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

She raises her blade high and slams the scimitar home into the creature.

Ping heals 5, Asuriel takes 5 damage, 17/22.

The Arrow scraps Noro's arm, she glances at the wound. She then looks back at Tsuto

Tsuto, If I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you

Noro moves up on the next goblin trying to go straight for Tsuto.

attack on dashed Teal? w/rage: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

acrobatics to avoid AoO: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Asuriel feels the sharp pain as a gash on her leg tears open. She looks over at Ping as she begins to stir and feeling confident that the bond is set she focuses on the goblins. Looking to Pavanna she says, "Я буду нуждается в некоторых исцеления, связь работает через Ping. Надеюсь, вы меня спиной?"

«Всегда!» Pavanna returns.

Even as she speaks, she’s sizing up the tactical situation. Ping will live, but even with the link, that spell will keep her out of action for a while. Asuriel’s up against four of them, and pulling back would leave Ping in their hands — which means it is not an option. «Saroune, убить этих двух оглушенных те — нам не нужно их выскакивать за нами! Asuriel и я буду обрабатывать эти четыре!»

With that, she grits her teeth and charges into the fray beside her aasimar comrade.

» Swift action: activate Arcane Strike (+1 damage)
» Full-round action: charge from position ‘1’ to position ‘2’ and attack Orange Dashed Goblin. (Pavanna suffers -2 AC (AC16), enjoys +2 to-hit)

Acrobatics to avoid an AoO from Red Dashed Goblin, if needed?: 1d20 ⇒ 6
MW longsword + bless + charge: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
damage MW longsword + bless + AS: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 Assuming it’s needed, after that unimpressive attack-roll....

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

After such an amazing display of skill, the closeness to the goblin made his anger flare and throw his arc completely wide, almost losing his grip on the ancestral weapon.

Horatio moves in next to Thirzin, stabbing at the goblin while it's distracted by the dwarf's clumsy swing.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Unfortunately, his desire to not be hit by said swing himself causes him to drop his arm at the last moment and duck aside. Flails were terrifying.

Waiting on Saroune. Full round to Coup de grace the gobs.

Gah! Sorryyyyyyy

Saroune ran after Pavanna, channeling heat from her body into her hands. Once she was behind the tiefling bard, she unleashes the heat in a gout of flame, careful to avoid hitting Asuriel.

Move Action: Move
Standard Action: Cast Burning Hands

That should hit Pavanna and the two goblins adjacent to her (red and orange).

Burning Hands Damage (DC 16 Reflex): 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

"Aw what'sh the matter? Did mean ol' Tshuto shtrike a nerve?" the half mocks Noro, exaggerating the lisp to comedic proportions. The two goblins closest to Noro fail to do anything, as does Tsuto, though that doesn't seem to phase him. The goblin facing thirzin and Horatio swings wildly at the dwarf, failing to even inconvenience him.

Meanwhile in the hallway, Saroune's spell finally grab the goblins' attention.

"Witch! Kill the witch!" the one almost done in by the flames cries. The two lead goblins drop their bows and draw their horsechoppers. They attack Pavanna and Asuriel, trying to open a route to the Varisian wizard. The two behind them do the same, but fail to accomplish anything beyond nicking Pavanna's armor.

Behind them, Ping stirs and draws a knife. Murder in her eyes as she spies the two slumbering goblins.

Coup de Grace on Violet: 2d3 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

Fort Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Ping crawls over to one of the goblins that had surrounded her and stabs it in the throat, killing it with a gurgle. She turns to the other one, and her eyes glitter with a hatred as deep as her history, and as personal as her faith.

Asuriel takes the blow from the horsechopper with a muted grunt of pain. After the attack she staggers a step when the bond with Ping unexpectedly steals away more of her life, another large wound opening across her chest. She braces herself against the wall with her left hand and steels herself once more as she raises her scimitar and buries it home on the goblin (red dashed) in front of of her, dropping it to the ground.

She looks back behind her to check on the fallen gnome.

Please be up, please.

When she catches sight of her laying on top of the gurgling goblin she dismisses the link with her with a gasp. Looking back to the group of goblins in front of her she steps up to fill the void before a goblin can.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Break bond with Ping at the end of this round. Ping gains another +5 HP, Asuriel -5 HP. Asuriel @ 8/22. I'm assuming that takes the red dashed one down, if so I'll 5' forward into it's space.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Thirzin grins. "Time to quit playin' around, boys! The lasses will be needin' us!" And it is with those words, his weight swings around again and this time slams home into the side of the gob, a definitive crack of bone echoing out.

"Yar turn, Horatio!"

Olivius comes around Thirzin and Horatio just as Thirzin sends another goblin to the ground. He stops just north of Noro and attempts to clear her path to the half elf.
attack light blue dashed: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
damage: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
But he can't quite get at the little monster without clipping Noro.

I moved olives on the map per his description.

attack on dashed teal: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
hopeful damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

If that hit then Noro moves up on the half-elf that is gonna feel some wrath

Missed by one. AC 15 without the shield.

do we have horatio inspiring or a bless spell active?

Uh, GM, not objecting to the added help, but did Ping automatically make her save against that colour spray because she was unconscious, or something? ;-)

Noro: Asuriel put bless on everyone when the party breached the building; it should still be active.

Pavanna grunts as a goblin halberd hammers into her side — for little pests, earfangs are surprisingly strong. The blade scores the leather of her armour deeply; it doesn’t actually breach the underlying chainmail, but still crushes it against her ribs, even through the under-padding. Something flexes the wrong way, and she can feel the bruises flowering.
Oooh, that was not fun! Okay, you little twerp, you want to play rough? Two can play that way!

» swift action: activate Archaeologist’s Luck
» standard action: longsword strike against Orange Dashed Goblin

attack — MW longsword + bless + AL: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
confirm crit?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
damage — MW longsword + bless + AL: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

... rats, not enough to KO the little bastard. Really could’ve done with confirming that crit there, but meh.
Tell you what, Asuriel: once we ride out the next swings from the earfangs, I’ll do the sheathe-the-sword-and-heal-sidelong routine. ;-)

"Well done," Horatio grins at Thirzin, clapping the dwarf on the shoulder as he slips past. Seeing Noro pummeling one of the little bastards, he heads past her, towards the goblin hiding in the alcove.

"Well, look what we have here. Don't feel so tough without your friends, do you?" he teases, taking a stab at the creature.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 I forgot about bless as well. >.>
Crit?!: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Crit damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Saroune kept behind her friends, although the fighting had shifted so that another flame spell seemed inadvisable. She flung a telekinetic fist at the furthest goblin and shouts: "Asuriel , я не могу рисковать еще заклинаний огня без сжигания вас."

Telekinetic Fist vs. touch AC (green goblin): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Telekinetic Fist Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Move Action: 5-Foot Step
Standard Action: Attack

Six Telekinetic Fists remaining

Without turning back Asuriel says in a pained monotone voice, "
Делайте то, что вы должны, сжечь меня, я буду лечить.Dawnflower увидим меня через."

Asuriel will dismiss the second bond with Noro at this point.

@Pavanna: For the sake of my sanity, I'm just gonna say that she did.
@Horatio: Sorry, no crit.

Salsa, Noro did hit as I did not include the bless spell so teal is squashed

The head of the goblin facing Noro explodes covering Noro's fist and Tsuto's face in gore.

Suddenly, the half-elf looks as if this wasn't such a good idea.

"It doesn't matter, I can take all of you." Tsuto boasts as he throws his bow to the side and begins to pummel Noro with a flurry of strikes. Horatio's opponent swings to no effect and begins blubbering as its impending doom draws near.

In the hallway, the goblin at the back fires wildly as the other bow-gob drops his bow so he can wield his horsechopper. As that goblin lashes at Asuriel, adding another wound to her arm, his fellow flees. The goblin facing Pavanna strikes as well, but his blow fails to even touch the Iomedaean.

Party up! Finish these goons!

Coup de Grace: 2d3 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5
D.Red Fort DC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Ping crawls over to the other goblin, stabbing it in the throat as she screams in wordless fury.

Sprig moves up, unsure of what she could do to help. She sees Ping covered in blood and screaming as she sends another goblin to the Boneyard. The little fey feels as if there's nothing she could do.

Olivius smirks when the man actually steps into reach! He obviously had little experience with such things. Good thing Olivius was here to teach him. Someone might get hurt!

School's in session: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 = 21
damage: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9