Down the Verdant Path...new PbP GM (Inactive)

Game Master R. Sweet

Climb (DC 15): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Minna suddenly arrives on the other side right behind Narissiel, spluttering a bit as she treads water. Still hefting Blanca under one arm, she manages to climb up and out of the well after her companion.

Dripping wet, she stops and gapes at Ayla up in the nearby tree. "What the-hey Ayla, this ain't the time to indulge your wild side!" she calls out.

Just like a cat...person. Cat-person.

I'm guessing that is a Sleep Arrow that Ayla is getting stuck with? Did you include the Improvised Weapon penalty? If not, would that have connected? (19 AC, +1 from Dodge)

If I Got Stabbed
Will Save DC12: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3 "Ow! You... hurt... *snoooooooore*" Ayla quickly falls asleep, hanging lazily from the tree. Maybe Falling? Your call GM!

If I didn't get Stabbed
AoO: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 - 1 = 11 AoO Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 2 = 9
Swinging at the Little Spiny Buddy, Ayla's claws get caught on the Tree Bark.

Just barely ducking out of the way, Alya swings again at the Agile Archer, trying to take him out of the tree. "No Stab! Ayla Punch!"
Flurry 1: 1d20 + 7 - 1 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 1 - 2 = 23 Piranha Damage!: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 2 = 8
Flurry 2: 1d20 + 7 - 1 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 - 1 - 2 = 11 Piranha Damage!: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6

AoOs first. As for improvised weapon, the way I read it is that the arrow is a weapon. The archer is using is to stab you as if it were a dagger. So no, you are napping. I will give you a reflex save to avoid falling out of the tree.

After checking that she's asleep, the archer moves away from sleeping cat, climb: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30 and prepares to fire at the new arrivals.

**Round 5**
Ayla
Narisiel
Mina
Foes

Narissiel rises to her feet and draws her longbow. With a glance at the sleeping cat, and the monkey man, she purses her lips.

"There are many more of us coming. Leave, while you still can." she commands sternly.

Minna, Ayla, and Narissiel get a distinct feeling of Deja Vu as the archer rewinds to next to Ayla. Time moves forward again with the archer moves 5' away from Ayla, uses point blank shot at Ayla.. using same numbers as above, if that's ok with all y'all.

Narissiel draws down on the archer..Ayla nods off, and Minna does....?

Finally spotting the archer up in the trees, Minna also draws her longbow. "HEY! We're not here to start anything but we'll damn well finish it if we have to! We just want to help some gnome lady find her colors!" she calls out, hoping the creature in the tree can understand Common.

Minna looks more dangerous: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17 fordamage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

must earn my name by protecting the wood

Mnna's arrow: nothing but leaves.

what season is it? And the GM is an idiot.: 1d4 ⇒ 3

It's summer. Rampant undergrowth makes footing difficult. Making melee attacks slightly harder (-2).

***Round 6***
Ayla (needs a reflex save or fall out of tree.)
Narisiel
Mina
Foes
Quon, the amphibian, looking none the worse for wear, surfaces.

whoever removed that barn, thanks!

Minna yelps as she gets an arrow for her trouble; she attempts to fire back but the arrow sails harmlessly through the trees.

"Oh you little..." she seethes, dropping her bow as she stomps through the underbrush towards the tree holding Ayla and the offending archer.
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I'm guessing there's some difficult terrain in effect here so Minna takes a double-move to (I assume) reach the base of the tree.

Narissiel moves forward, takes careful aim at the monkey-person in the tree, and fires an arrow at her.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10
Piercing Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Unfortunately, she arrow gets knocked off course by all the branches.

yes. Difficult terrain at the moment.

Minna again: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 for damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Wow....confirm?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

I guess not.

Still waiting on Ayla. Quon surfaces and hops out of the pool at the end of the round.

"Now what is this? Why are we fighting?"

"Damned if I know! We just popped up and Ayla's up the tree and in this guy's face!" Minna calls back to Quon, looking well on the way to being a human pincushion. "We tried talking but the bugger just keeps shooting at us!"

Quon, care to climb out of the pool? DC 15 climb.

Reflex Save?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Falling gracelessly from the tree, Ayla hits the ground with a THUD, jostling her awake. "Ayla Fall? Why Ayla Fall?"
Fall Damage (NL): 1d6 ⇒ 2

Assuming Quon wants out of the pool: Quon's Climb: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

Moving on to

ROUND 7
Bolded people go

Ayla
Koani pops up
Narissiel
Mina
Foes
Quon

Thanks for botting me, sorry for not posting yesterday

Narissiel moves closer and takes another shot at the vanara with her bow.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 1 = 23
Piercing Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Don't worry about it Quon. I have 12 hour shifts on the weekends.

Son of a BISCUIT EATER!

Now at the base of the tree, Minna begins trying to climb up after the offending monkey-person. Almost as an afterthought, she tries repeating her earlier demand in Elvish, in case the creature doesn't know Common.

<Elvish> "Come on, give it up! Most of us probably don't want to fight but you're making it damn difficult!" <Elvish>

Climb: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

What the...sounds like flowers facing the sun. Is she still trying to prevent me from earning my place? SHIT SHIT SHIT, she's coming back!

Glaring at the foe in the Tree, Ayla climbs back up. "No More Hurt Ayla! Ayla Show you!" Leaping to her feet, Move Action Ayla rapidly climbs back up the trunk. Standard Action

I will (again) attempt to Fast Climb.

Climb DC+5: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

Ayla can't seem to find a branch to grab into and pull herself up.

Koani pops up..

and tries to climb out.

climb: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Koani, unable to get a grip, slides back into the pool.

Now, lets see which season it is this time.

1d4 ⇒ 3 Looks like it's still summer.

An arrow flies out of the tree at That Darn Cat!

attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

I need to be very careful how I word this.

The two porcupines move to either side of the crazy cat lady...

tail slap #1: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12
damage #1: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

tail slap #2: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 2 = 25
damage #2: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Quon, you're up, then we move onto the new round.

Quon grabs his net and climbs a tree

climb speed 20: take 10 for 22
GM, can you clarify: are we facing two porcupines and one vanara? I have taken the liberty of coloring the borders of the enemy. Who is the Vanara?

Unconscious but Stable! (Thanks Sleep Arrow!)

Quon, thx, I was having trouble seeing my guys. The Varana is the one bordered in green.

Ayla, are you unconscious due to being at low HP? That last arrow that struck you was a regular arrow.

****Round 8****
Herbie the potted plant bobs to the surface.
Ayla
Koani pops up
Narisiel
Mina
Foes
Quon

Long weekend, but on a good note, I don't have to bot Herbie the love plant.

Low HP. 10NL from the Sleep Arrow (The 9 plus (presumed) Point Blank Shot), 2NL from the Fall. 8 more from his next arrow puts her at exactly 0, the 5 from the Porcupine puts her to sleep. Stable, but unconscious from Non Lethal.

Frustrated at the cowardly vanara, Narissiel draws her rapier, gives it a flourish and stabs at the yellow porcupine that attacked her poor feline companion.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Piercing Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

The porcupine at Narissiel's feet hisses. Are you deflating the poor thing?

Should Minna be close enough...

As she makes her way within reach of the vanara Minna's hand darts out to grab hold of him...or her, she couldn't really tell.

"Time to do this the hard way then!"

Grapple: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
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Should Minna still need to do some climbing...

"Grrr...gonna get you, you overgrown ape...!"

Climb: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Due to a gust of wind, tree branches interfere with Minna's attempt at hugging it out. So, she climbs about a foot or so.

dear God, am I going to need to crack out the grapple flowchart?

Awaiting
Hebie
Koani

Koani continues trying to climb out.

climb: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

Koani manages to FINALLY pull herself out of the depths of the pool....does anyone have a towel? She seems to be soaked to the bone. Good thing it's summer, not winter or you'd catch your death!

I wonder if Herbie, the love bud, is back....and yes, I've been waiting hours to say that.

Herbie 'the love bud' breeches the water's surface looking up at the weather he drinks in the summer sunshine smile coming across his face and the the sounds of battle stir him from his reverie. "Wait what's going on? Who are we fighting?"

Reaching up with his viney appendages he climbs from the pool.

Climb take 10: 10 + 7 = 17

Winterspring Summerfall: 1d4 ⇒ 4

There's a distinct nip in the are as leaves begin swirling around the air. Everybody takes a -2 on melee attack rolls.

Narissiel gets slapped by two pin cushions:

attack #1: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 2 = 19
damage #1: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

attack #2: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 2 = 24
damage #2: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

sorry about that
Looks like Narissiel is going down.

I just might earn my place after all. Now about that frog...

An arrow comes flying at frog...

attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Oh! Quon's got a spit in him....hmmm frog's legs...maybe not..I've heard how tough those legs can be.

[ooc]Love Bud..you are out of the pool with no ill effects,

Oh great spitted French delicacy...you are up.

Quon

***Round 9***
Herbie
Ayla
Koani
Narisiel
Mina

Heavily wounded, Narissiel takes a carful (five-foot) step back from the fight, then delivers a graceful stab at the yellow porcupine she previously wounded.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 5 - 2 = 10
Piercing Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Unfortunately, her many wounds throw off her aim and she stabs the now frozen ground.

EDIT: Woops! I didn't realize we were waiting on Quon before the next round could start. Haha. Sorry!

"Hé, I am not a kebab! I heard what they do to frogs in Taldor, but I am a grippli, not a mere frog! Stop that!" Quon throws his net over the monkeyperson

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Net rules

Narissiel: no worries...Quon was right there.

Narissiel realizes that had she connected with the moving pincushion, she'd have something to keep her hair in place with. OMG...grammar!

With Quon successfully netting the Varana...we have a man bites dog situation.