Dungeon Master S's "Giantslayer" AP (Inactive)

Game Master Chris Marsh

The plan on Slack seems to be popular. I'll ask that people place themselves. When you're ready, I'll roll for initiative. If no one posts that they're ready by 8 am on Monday, I'll assume you're still talking in place when the orcs attack. :-)

Omast isn't shy about his plan, now that he's sober, "I'll push enemies around the battlefield, forcing them into positions where you can flank or hit'em from cover. I built myself up a mean stop cut, so if any of them buggers comes through with a super mean looking axe, I'll aim for the axe when they don't expect it. FOR TRUNAU!"

The party finishes up the plan and defenses as orcs hurl all manner of incendiary weapons at the one portcullis between them and a full on assault.

Before you're quite ready (for would you ever truly be ready for this?) the gate shatters into a million splinters!

THE ORC HORDE COMETH!

The Screaming Horde of the Twisted Nail!: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (16) + 0 = 16
Raen: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Ushyle: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Vael: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Whistle Pig: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Doxon: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Hamilton: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

Omast: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (19) + 0 = 19 (Omast delays until just before the orcs.)

Round 1:

Whistle Pig: Go
Raen: Go
Omast: Go
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Go
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

"FOR TRUNAU!!!"

WP whirls his sling like a halfling possessed. He takes aim at the closest orc and let's the knot go with a snap!

bullet-2 for range: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 2 = 5

The bullet flies safely over the heads of the attacks horde

Hamilton shoots the first Orc through the door (Green) with his longbow.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

...Which does NOT hit. He curses looks down to make sure the Guisarme is within reach for when it counts.

Both Whistle Pig and Hamilton err with their first shots, unable to connect.

THE HORDE COMETH

Round 1:

Whistle Pig: Miss
Raen: Go
Omast: Go
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Miss
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

Doxon takes aim and let's fly a bolt from his crossbow.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 5

The bolt flies true.

Crossbow, Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Crit Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 5

Raen listens closely to the sound of detritus striking the portcullis. The orcs are close, and she can feel it. The team is in position, and she holds a ready scroll in hand. Now.

She shuts her eyes. Before her, she sees a gatehouse of wood and stone, a resting place for the watchers on the wall. She witnesses its destruction as a massive boulder flung from some great distance plunges through its thatched roof in an explosion of timber. The remains of the keystone arch lie shattered atop wattle and daub siding rent into a dozen sections. Beams as thick as the halfling's middle punch out of the rubble at odd angles, snapped like twigs underfoot in a forest of battered straw.

She opens her eyes to witness the illusion on the field, and she waits.

I mis-remembered the maximum area I can illusify in my haste this afternoon, so if the DM is okay with an amendment, I've adjusted the total area.

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"Here they come," Raen mutters, still holding the illusion together. Once the portcullis is finally pulled apart, she pushed the image from her mind -- though it still stands there, looming and silent behind the gate. It will remain for 1 round. She hurries as far forward as she dares, utters a few choice words, and the scroll in her hand turns to oil that flies toward the gate. It splashes (heroically) before the onrushing horde. DC 11 because scroll.

"Get ready with those logs," she calls.

Doxon draws first blood! The bolt slams into an orc. He immediately breaks the arrow off and continues forward!

Raen continues with her battlefield control. Omast moves up and fires from his heavy crossbow before dropping it: ATK: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19 for DMG: 1d10 ⇒ 9. He takes an orc in the face!

THE HORDE COMETH

The front two orcs, injured as they are charge through the Grease:
Yellow: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20 STUPID HUMAN! CHARGE! (Double move)
Green: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (2) + 0 = 2 GAH! The orc slips, falls, and stands back up.

The other orcs rush the defenses. One hangs back and hurls a javelin at Raen: Javelin: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9, but it lands in the barricade.

Round 1:

Whistle Pig: Miss
Raen: Grease
Doxon: Hit
Hamilton: Miss
Omast: Hit
ORCS!: ATK
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Go

Vael, holding a battleaxe that he looted, chops at the chord holding the logs back!
Attack w/masterwork battleaxe: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7

With a deft chop, the chord is severed!

The shaman grins.

Vael sets the logs rolling! They roll over most of the orcs. Bones snap and skulls split:

ATK Yellow: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18 for DMG: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 3) = 11 DEAD
ATK Black: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20 for DMG: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 3) = 7 Mortal wound!
ATK Blue: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18 for DMG: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 3) = 12 Mortal wound!
ATK Red: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28 for DMG: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 6) = 14 Mortal wound!

Round 1:

Whistle Pig: Miss
Raen: Grease
Doxon: Hit
Hamilton: Miss
Omast: Hit
ORCS!: ATK
Vael: LOG
Ushyle: Go

Ushyle's rage grows. Using instinct, born of both his orcish and human blood he grabs a ranseur from the stack. With his left hand he tears it from the ground and tosses it up. While it floats, he beats his chest with his right hand and then grabs it. He hurls it with deadly force. ATK: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 - 4 = 19

The halbard strikes the lead orc in the face like a spiked battering ram. DMG: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 = 8!

Round 2:

Whistle Pig: Go
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Go
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

Whew! Okay, so far so good, Raen thinks to herself. She produces her crossbow and points it over the barricade at the nearest battered orc. The black-feathered bolt strikes squarely between the eyes.

Bolt @ Black: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 THREAT Confirm: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Crit Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (8, 1) = 9

Then she backs up a bit toward the boulder.

Raen's bolt hits him right through the eyes and drops him dead!

Round 2:

Whistle Pig: Go
Raen: KILL!
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Go
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

WP watches the half orc perform some crazy heroic action and wonders if he should try it. Naw just hit them with rock!!

bullet on white: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Whistle Pig hits the northern orc with a stone in the ear. It knocks the orc silly, but not enough to drop him.

Round 2:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: KILL!
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Go
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

Later tonight.

White still alive, it seems.

Longbow Vs. White:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Damage on HIt:1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Hamilton picks up his Guisarme.

Hamilton hits center mass with an arrow, giving the orc a fatal wound, though by know everyone well knows that it's not enough.

Round 2:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: KILL!
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Hit
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

Seeing several orcs tottering on their feet, Doxon swings his crossbow to bear on Red and lets loose a bolt.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 5

Doxon's bolt glances off the orc's armor. Despite him being dead on his feet, the orc continues to advance.

Omast takes the time to reload his crossbow, and with a shout of "TRUNAU!" he lets fly: ATK v. White: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 for DMG: 1d10 ⇒ 7. The bolt slams into the orc's heart, dropping him dead.

The remaining three orcs charge the barricade.... [ooc]Will update at work. Gotta run!

Round 2:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: KILL!
Doxon: Miss
Hamilton: Hit
Omast: Kill
ORCS!: Go
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

The orcs charge forth, leaving a trail of blood in their path. Thankfully, that blood is theirs.

Green: Injured, but not mortally so, the orc rushes forth and hurls a javelin at Raen from just a few meters away. ATK: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10, but the Varisian watches it sail by.

Blue: charges to the wall, but that's it.

Red: charges to the wall, but that's it.

Round 2:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: KILL!
Doxon: Miss
Hamilton: Hit
Omast: Kill
ORCS!: Stuff
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Go

With an orc now harrying him, Vael decides to use the battleaxe as a deterrent. On red
Attack w/masterwork battleaxe: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Vael's axe cleaves the orc's skull on the sagittal plane, leaving another in the growing pile of bodies.

Round 2:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: KILL!
Doxon: Miss
Hamilton: Hit
Omast: Kill
ORCS!: Stuff
Vael: Kill
Ushyle: Go

Aargh, on phone and have lost this post twice now. >.<

Ushyle grabs a dagger from his bandolier, five foots in front of Raen to try and provide some cover for the Varisian, then hurls the dagger at Green!
dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

...and naturally, cos on the previous two attempts to posts the dagger hit, including one crit. Sure am glad Paizo "fixed" their site glitches. Sigh.

If it's any consolation, that happened to the orcs once (in the tower).

Ushyle's dagger hits hilt first, not hurting the orc.

Round 2:

Whistle Pig: Go
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Go
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

While the battle here goes well, there are more orcs coming. They'll be here in a few seconds. The sound of an explosion just outside the gates doesn't bode well for you...

Selecting targets gets easier as the group does their jobs effectively. WP slings at the staggered orc.

bullet: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Whistle Pig's bullet hits the orc and it shockingly stays up!

Round 3:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Go
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

Raen! Dox! Get that one in front of you!

Hearing Ham's shout, Doxon points his crossbow at Yellow and let's loose a bolt.

Bolt: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 8

Doxon goes wide:

Round 3:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: Go
Doxon: Miss
Hamilton: Go
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

Okay... Working off the assumption that a bolt from Raen will not drop Yellow...

Hamilton drops his bow and uses his off hand to help guide the guisarme. He lunges and hooks at Blue...

Guisarme:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Damage on Hit:2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 = 6

Eff Me... But Let's hope that's enough.

If it is (DM on slack says it is), Ham bolts down to stand beside Ushyle, ready to take advantage and strike at Yellow if he leaves his current square.

Hamilton finishes off the orc that Whistle Pig just cracked. At the moment a lone orc goes berserk before you... more are coming. The horde cometh...

Round 3:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: Go
Doxon: Miss
Hamilton: Kill
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

Botting Raen:

Raen steps 5' and fires her crossbow!

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Damage on hit:1d8 ⇒ 5

At the DM's Request... Firing a crossbow for Omast.

Omast Crossbow:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Goes wide.

Omast can't get it together this time, though Raen does give the orc a wound that will eventually kill her.

The orc, nearly dead stps towards the barrier, preparing to attack it with his last breath.

Round 3:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: Hit
Doxon: Miss
Hamilton: Kill
Omast: MISS
ORCS!: ATK
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Go

Vael moves in front of Raen and swings the axe...
Attack w/masterwork battleaxe: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
... but can't find the mark.

The next wave will be here in seconds, can Ushyle finish off this wave before they get here?

Round 3:

Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: Hit
Doxon: Miss
Hamilton: Kill
Omast: MISS
ORCS!: ATK
Vael: Miss
Ushyle: Go

Ushyle studies Green in front of him (Move action) as he moves the hand that threw the dagger back onto his greataxe. His eyes narrow as he sees a hole in his defenses: the blade, held to low. Now!

greataxe: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 1 = 20
dmg: 1d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13

Ushyle leaves a headless corpse at his feat as the next wave prepares to turn the corner and bum rush your position.

Round 4:

Whistle Pig: Go
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Go
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

There's just a short moment for some of you to catch your breath.

There is a short window. Tony said on Slack that he'll be chugging a potion, though he didn't mention what kind.

Round 4:

Whistle Pig: Go
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Potion
Omast: TBD
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

There's just a short moment for some of you to catch your breath. Omast spends it grabbing a longspear....

There is a short window. Tony said on Slack that he'll be chugging a potion, though he didn't mention what kind.

Round 4:

Whistle Pig: Go
Raen: Go
Doxon: Go
Hamilton: Potion
Omast: Rearm
ORCS!: TBD
Vael: TBD
Ushyle: TBD

Raen reaches behind her to the pouch of bolts that's getting lighter. "A little room, Sergeant?" she asks with a grin, slamming the bolt into place and pointing her weapon out over the stakes.

Move action to reload, five foot step, and ready to shoot the first orc through the gate.

Doxon reloads his crossbow. Then, he takes hold of his holy symbol and begins praying to Torag.

Ready action to cast Bless when orcs appear.

WP does a visual check of the group and looks at what's left. He's pleased on the one log stack was used. He stays on the northern end of the barricade. maybe the orcs won't see him as the threat and he can pick off a few of them as the stumble over their own dead.

Whistle Pig grabs a few rocks and loads the sling. He lazily swings it as he waits for an orc to come into view.

attack first orc that comes within 60ft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
damage if he hits: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

add one to hit if the bless is in effect at the time of the attack (pretty sure he misses)

Doxon blesses the party in the last second before the orcs turn the corner. A wash of confidence fills the defenders! (moving him to the top because I can.)

The confidence shows itself as Whistle Pig and Raen both strike the first orcs to turn the corner! They aren't stopped, and rush the baricade.

The last orc is bigger and stronger, but it's the sphere in his hand, burning with a fuse, that scares you the most. He lights it and moves.

Round 4:
Doxon: Bless
Whistle Pig: Hit
Raen: Hit
Hamilton: Potion
Omast: Rearm
ORCS!: CHARGE!
Vael: Go
Ushyle: Go

Bull's Strength. FYI.

I'll check back in tomorrow morning for Round 5.