DM Wellards Hook Mountain Massacre

Game Master Wellard

Muchorak nods his thanks as his wounds fully heal then moves to the edge and gives out a low whistle for Ursus...the bear hearing his masters call eagerly comes and scales the wall.

Taking 10 on the Handle Animal with Ursus for a 29 and Ursus taking 10 for the climb is a 17

Lunas will stay guarding the horses unless |Ali tells me differently.

You find a secondary cave with a little searching that contains a moldy heap of sleeping furs..looking through them you find.1350 gp, 2300sp
,A pouch containing 10 pearls, a phylacteryand an nivory scroll tube inset with ivory there are some scrolls inside it...

Cone of Cold CL9
Telekinesis CL9
Hold Monster CL9

"Well, we warned 'im," Esteriande sighs when she sees the fallen Ettin, then turns to Naria. "Zat was very effective, Naria, merci. I suppose ze funds will 'elp restore ze fort. Now let us progress."

What was I thinking..it's an ivory scroll tube inset with jade..duh. Romon will value the pearls at 100gp each and the tube itself at 300.

The funds will help restore the fort? What about us? We got expenses! Daddy's little girl needs new shoes.

Romon shakes his head.

"Let's wait here, quiet-like. If we're not bee-swarmed, we can sneak ahead and Muchorak and I won't have to storm the spear topped ramparts."

"Okay there you eeeeeeewwwwwww." Naria as she dimension doors into a wave of ettin blood. "..........."

"I zink anyone 'oo was listening would 'ave 'eard two-'eads 'ere shouting," Esteriande points out. "Let us advance as quietly as we may."

"That's why we wait a bit. If they heard him, they're arming up. We give them time to lose interest. And if they come for us we deep six 'em."

Marak places his hand on his holy symbol, weighing the value of waiting, and perhaps finding their way forward blocked, having given foes time to fortify their position, or rushing forward and perhaps finding their foes at the height of their power, defensive magics ready, instead of allowing them to waste their power for an attack that only comes on our terms.

Has a foe *ever* wasted all of its defensive magic at the first sound of trouble, and been left diminished and unprepared for us when we belatedly arrived after binding wounds and sorting loot? I think not. he chides himself.

"I would prefer that we move forward now, before any doors may be shut before us or defensive fortifications readied for action."

"Or we can do that too. In which case through the tulips as quietly as we may!" Romon fairly skips to the northern cliff face and presumably scales or slides if need be the rocky surface.

Fast stealth 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29
Climb if he can't take 10 then roll 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23

Muchorak moves over to Ursus and ruffles the fur on his head then looks at Marak, "Keep an eye on him brother." Is all the ranger says before he bounds off after romon...

Handle Animal (Guard) 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32

Stealth 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
Climb 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33

The rogue and Ranger both scramble down to the exit from the 'Guardroom' and find themselves at the foot of yet another large set of stairs going upwards.

"We've seen this before. If this is long enough, no one will have heard the fight. Let's help the others up."

Romon's got a rope to lower. Surely we can do this the old fashioned way.

When the rope reaches him, Inikai grabs hold of it and does his best not to embarrass himself or Marak again.

Marak stuffs ettin's loot in his haversack, if no one else has taken possession of it, although he hands the scroll to Naria. "This seems far more useful for you, than any of the rest of us."

He casts detect magic and checks over the area, to see if anything was missed, and specifically the phylactery, before following the others up the rope.

Spellcraft, to ID item, if applicable 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28

"Might find more of two headed friend at the top of these stairs as well." Muchorak moves back to the rest of the group and whistles for Ursus to come.

Taking 10 on both handle animal and Ursus' climb check.

"More stairs ahead." Then the ranger returns back to Romon.

DireAliWolf cleans herself off as best as possible then loves, or flies, off after the others, using whichever mode of locomotion seems most appropriate.

Thanks for the dmpc! Will be away camping, Again, for another week or so. So please continue. Lunas will indeed continue to guard, senses alert for any trouble.

"Here's a troubler? If you're building stairs anyway, why not build them all the way from top to bottom? What's with these small cliffs?"

Apparently not truly troubled by the question, Romon skips forward up the stairs.

Fast stealth 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22
Perception 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

"Ze stairs are ancient. Per'aps sections of zem 'ave given way."

Still holding her longbow Esteriande trails Romon and Muchorak.

Naria follows casting presigation on herself to clean up the mess.

ok moving along.

You scale the stair s and the natural light grows again until you come out at the western end of the dam itself.

The upper walk of Skull’s Crossing is relatively clear of rubble, though a three-inch layer of water has pooled across much of its surface.
Here and there, sections of the dam’s surface have crumbled away, although this damage appears relatively old. A tower of skull-shaped
domes sits at the center of the dam’s walk. To the north surge the choppy waters of the Storval Deep, while to the south, the slope of the dam’s face drops away nearly three hundred feet to a muddy lake below.

Half a dozen ogres are apparently trying to destroy the dam with their ogre hooks directed by a larger tougher looking one who is sitting on a block off stone.You can tell that they are tired because of their laboured movements and they don't seem to have spotted you as yet.

Twitch "There trying to destroy it......" Twitches again "A millenium old priceless wonder that has survived Erosion and natural disaster and there trying to destroy it...." A third twitch her voice getting angrier as she talks "No one damages a historical sight on my watch."

If in range she hurls a fireball at the Ogres attempting to get as many as possible. (760 foot range right now)

Fireball damage 9d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 5, 2, 1, 3, 5, 5, 3) = 34

Dc 20 reflex for half

"Going out there could be a death a sentence," The ranger points out the water, "We will need a way to lure the ogres here or secure our footing..." He stops as the small one finishes her casting. "Hopefully that will bring them here."

How far away are the ogres?

"Indeed," Esteriande murmurs, and plies her bow at the survivors. I assume the enlarge has worn off.

Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

If the ogres are within 190 ft. and he can get a bunch within the blast, Marak will lead with an explosion of corruscating holy energy.

holy smite, 20 ft. blast like a fireball, evil targets take 4d8 damage and are blinded for 1 round. Will save DC 20 for half damage and no blindness. (More damage for evil outsiders, less for non-evil foes, none for good targets.) 4d8 ⇒ (4, 5, 4, 6) = 19

If the ogres are not within 190 ft., Marak calls upon a blessing invocation.

bless, +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and saves vs. fear for 9 minutes

The fireball and the holy smite each catch 3 ogres. Funnily enough both miss the leader

Fireball
Ogre 1 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (13) - 3 = 10 DEAD

Ogre 2 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (9) - 3 = 6 DEAD

Ogre 3 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (6) - 3 = 3 DEAD

Holy Smite

Ogre 4 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16 Blistered then killed by Esteriande's arrows

Ogre 5 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 Blistered

Ogre 6 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Blistered

Anyone else want to post for the surprise round?

Inikai looks at the lounging headman and mutters "Come a bit closer, just a bit."

No action

"Why lure them here when we can just kill them there?"

Romon targets the big guy carefully. "Hey you all overlooked one."

+1 Composite Shortbow (+2 Str), 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 ... damage 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 Given the probable range penalties his second shot doesn't have much chance. I guess initiative is in order too.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

The ranger nods at Romon, draws his bow, and takes aim on the same target...

Composite Longbow 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30 to hit;1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 damage

Init

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Initiative
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

"Come closer, ugly brutes, come closer Inikai quietly mutters as he waits for the enemies to come into range. There is an odd quality to his voice, as if his words came through water.

Initiative 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Initiative 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Romon and Muchorak take down another ogre and suddenly the odds are well in your favour.

Esteriande 25+
Marak 25
Ali 22
Muchorak 20
Inakai 19
Naria 17
Romon 16
Ogre Leader 15
Ogre 0

Staying at the distance Muchorak looses more arrows, targeting the leader if possible...

Composite Longbow 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18 to hit;1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 damage
Composite Longbow 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18 to hit;1d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 damage

What's the range to the ogres?

Esteriande shoulders her bow and sweeps out her blade, in case the remaining ogre's charge.

Naria blasts at any surviving ogres with a magic missile

4d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 3) + 4 = 12

Marak grips his holy symbol and calls upon Nethys' favor.

bless, everyone gets +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and saves vs. fear for 9 minutes. This should take effect before Muchorak's attacks, bumping his results to 19.

Romon waits for the ogres to close before loosing his arrows, firing at the first one to break the 30' mark.

ready action to fire when they come within 30'

+1 Composite Shortbow (+2 Str), 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 ... damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 with point blank

+1 Composite Shortbow (+2 Str), 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 ... damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 with point blank

the idea of the second shot hardly seems fair

Inikai waits to see if any ogres survive the onslaught before he makes a move.

Ali Hawk takes to the Air.

Esteriande and Inikai hold..Muchorak and Romon both put two arrows into the seemingly stunned leader and Naria polishes off the last ogre the force of the missiles blowing it over the wall for a boneless 300 foot fall.

The leader stands up and moves towards you but his movements seem leaden and he looks tired.indeed he is staggering towards you at a rate even Ali gnome could almost outpace.

Range to Ogre 80 feet 35 damage

"Throw down your arms! You cannot even reach us before death takes you!" Esteriande calls. "Surrender, tell us who sent you to damage zis dam, and we will let you live!"

Are you sure Naria is not going to kill him for it anyway? Inikai wonders privately.

Rd 2

The Ranger looses two more arrows at the Ogre...

Composite Longbow 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20 to hit;1d8 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 damage
Composite Longbow 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26 to hit;1d8 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 damage

So, is he dead? Or trying to surrender? If neither, AliHawk will do this...

Waiting for Naria and Romon's actions..

Sorry, I was waiting for the ogre's response to Randi.

Romon nocks another arrow and waits to see what the ogre replies.

Anything other than 'thank you, kind paladin. I will certainly avail myself of your kind and fair offer' or some such will win the ogre two more arrows.

+1 Composite Shortbow (+2 Str), 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 ... damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 with point blank

+1 Composite Shortbow (+2 Str), 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24 ... damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 with point blank

Naria geeting ready to blast the thing.