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

Game Master Chris Marsh

Vael's eyes go wide as saucers at the hops. He barely notices the other items. "This... these... oh. I cou' make some truly magical beer with this."

He comes out of his reverie, then looks over Hamilton. "I kinna git help from tha spirits for what tha Lurkers did ta ye and I. Tha rest of these item be worth somethin', but be only useful for sustainin' us."

Ushyle might have some success identifying the coin's origin, due to his work with the Countinghouse in Trunau.

The coin is blank, as in it was cut but never stamped

Would any of this help Trunau rebuild? Be more self sustaining?

Those knowledgeable in such things know that there's nothing overly special beyond the rarity. It'd be like having a japanese eggpant seed in Circa 1000 north America.

"Couldn't hurt," Raen shrugs. "A diversity of crops helps the fields grow."

She surveys the plant life with a keen eye. "Aha!" she announces, plucking a flower. "Eat this, Hamilton -- it will soothe your stiffened muscles. Whole is best, that's it..."

Take 10 Kn Nature to select an edible one. Placebo effect FTW.

WP does a quick search for trap doors or traps
search for trappy things: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

"It seems like this room has been missed by the evil that is affecting the rest of the Vault. I wonder why?"

WP takes a quick look at the flower Raen gave the Half-orc takes 10 for 19 and gives Raen a Spock eyebrow, begins to say something but thinks better of it.

Raen catches Whistle Pig's look, and winks.

Turning back to the door, she draws a contemplative expression. "Hmm." Pacing over to the room with the lily-pads, she carefully reaches out to touch the nearest one.

Will to Disbelieve: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 lol

She shakes her head, kicking herself for such a silly thought. "I guess this is the way, then," she mutters apprehensively.

WP takes a look at the room and is, for a moment, giggling. "this is like the game we used to play as kids. It's like hopscotch!" He gives everyone a big smile expecting someone to react the same way he is. When he get everything from looking of disgust from Raen to a pity smile from Hamilton, WP gets to work inspecting the area.

looking for traps: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Whistle Pig finds no traps.

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Raen and Vael discuss her master plan to get over the lily pads. The two finally nod and set the plan in motion.

The plan is:
1. Everyone in armor removes it so that they have no armor check penalties and can easily take 10 on Acrobatics. Except Vael, who keeps his on for the weight.
2. A rope is tied to Vael's waist. Ushyle takes the other end and crosses to the other side (Take 10 for lots, I think)
3. Ushyle ties off his end of the rope if he can. Else he holds on to it.
4. The rest of the party crosses, one at a time. Order will be: Ham, Doxon, Raen, Whistle Pig. The rope should help them not plummet to their deaths should the Take 10 Acrobatics not be enough.
5. Vael will then cast Levitate on himself, and Ushyle will pull him across.
Bonus: if anyone wants Vael to hold gear, he can carry up to 38lbs more gear.

WP is a bit annoyed that Raen and Vael won't let him play hopscoth on the pads, but he shrugs off his backpack and hands it to Vael. He keeps him armor, sword, ammo and staff.

"Shall we get to jumping?" You can see the excitement it the halfling as he can't control his bouncing.

Understood...

The party makes their way across the lily pads carefully. It appears that they do, in fact, hold their weight. No accidents make for a quick pass...

Until Raen begins preparations...

As Raen begins her preparations a swarm of bloated f lies rises from the floor below and fills the chamber in a thick blanket of buzzing insects. While these insects provide no direct threat to you, their distracting presence does. It's a DC 15 FORT save, or be sickened as you attempt to cross. Quick confirmation for the remaining 3, would a -2 penalty to anything prevent you from Taking 10 now?

Fort: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Raen pushes the bike back down her throat and shakily draws the scroll of jump, casting it before continuing.

Fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23, +3 vs poison

fort save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

WP find the the bugs nothing more than a slight annoyance.

"Couldn't hurt," Raen shrugs. "A diversity of crops helps the fields grow."

She surveys the plant life with a keen eye. "Aha!" she announces, plucking a flower. "Eat this, Hamilton -- it will soothe your stiffened muscles. Whole is best, that's it..."

Take 10 Kn Nature to select an edible one. Placebo effect FTW.

Nature Take 10=17

Hamilton looks at Raen with a raised eyebrow.

Naked Maiden. Hilarious. I'll either be crapping my drawers tomorrow or depressed for a couple of days. Really? You could have just said, 'No'.

Hamilton shouts to Raen

That's what you get for trying to comedically poison a Trunau scout!

Then he moves to help her land.

Map updated and rotated 90 degrees for ease of play.

The buzzing in the room intensifies, when all of a sudden, a brilliant blue dragonfly the size of a man appears out of thin air! It does so just as a million motes of glittery light strike Whistle Pig, Raen, and Vael. Save versus Glitterdust (Will DC 13)

Knowledge Nature or Planes to identify. Questions start at DC 17

Enemy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Raen: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Ushyle: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Vael: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Whistle Pig: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Doxon: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
Hamilton: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Round 1:
The dragonfly zips down to bite Raen: Bite: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14..I need to know if Raen passes of fails he save first...

Dragonfly:
Ushyle: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Raen: Go
Hamilton: Go

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 fail

The dragonfly takes a massive bite out of the woman, DMG: 3d8 + 6 ⇒ (1, 8, 1) + 6 = 16 and Grab: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 can't grab hold of her. The dragonfly "flies by" to the other side.

Dragonfly:
Ushyle: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go + Will
Vael: Go + Will
Raen: Go
Hamilton: Go

Knowledge, Nature:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

What is it?

Vael tries to close his eyes...
Will save (Vael): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 (+2 vs spells and spell-like effects)
Will save (Tulia): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Knowledge Nature or Planes (Vael): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Knowledge Nature or Planes (Tulia): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

"What is it? I giant dragonfly?"
Whatever it is, Vael doesn't care for it. He calls upon the spirits to aid him, forming a spiritual weapon to do battle for him. A starknife made of force appears and begins attacking the creature!
Spiritual Weapon Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Vael gets a spell off,, but it misses the dragonfly. Still he and Tulia avoid the worst of it.

Dragonfly: Fly by
Ushyle: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go + Will
Vael: S.W. + miss
Raen: Go
Hamilton: Go

Ushyle bounds back over to attempt to rescue his companions. Don't move, Raen, he says as gently as he can. I'll carry you over away from this thing in a moment.

Double move taking 10 to get adjacent to Raen.

will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

WP is momentarily dazed by the shiny dust, but wipes it away just in time to see Raen get ravaged buy a giant dragonfly of all things.
kn:nature: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Pig knows the group is not designed for a flying attacker, it's his moment to take up the slack.

attack on dragonfly: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
damage?: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Ushyle bounds towards the action, leaping from lily to lily. Meanwhile Whistle Pig grabs its attention by shaking off the spell and nailing it with a sling stone. Unfortunately, it too has some resistance to the heat treated metal.

Dragonfly: Fly by
Ushyle: Move
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Hit
Vael: S.W. + miss
Raen: Go
Hamilton: Go

"I need to get some cold iron bullets!"

Doxon draws and loads his crossbow.

"NO!!!" Raen shouts at the approaching half-orc. "The lily can't hold both of us!" She disappears from sight, but the lily stays depressed in the center from her weight. Invisibility.

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 no longer blind

Doxon prepares. The bolt clicks just as Raen shouts at Uhyle to stop. Raen then casts a spell and vanishes as she clears her vision.

Round 1

Dragonfly: Fly by
Ushyle: Move
Doxon: Prep
Whistle Pig: Hit
Vael: S.W. + miss
Raen: INVS
Hamilton: Go

Damn! It's FEY--we need to hit it hard or with magic. Unless one of you can crap cold iron.

I'm an idiot. I know the stories. I should have known to prepare!

Ham knows that it'll take Ushyle's heavy axe, a lucky shot from his sword, or Whistle's keen shot to down this. He needs to provide distraction and cover.

He leaps back onto the pads and closes with the Ultramarine Chaser.

Double Move. Let's give him something else to think about.

Ham claps his blade against his buckler, and yells, trying to get it's attention.

Hamlton's gambit pays off. The dragonfly turns its attention to the ranger. It buzzes ever louder and dive bombs Hamilton ATK: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27, the attack is swift, too swift to counter, and it takes a BIG chunk out of the ranger's shoulder DMG: 3d8 + 6 ⇒ (7, 1, 1) + 6 = 15 and tries to latch on Grab: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18, and does! It begins to take off with Hamilton over the VERY deep chamber!

Round 2

Dragonfly: Fly by
Ushyle: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Raen: Go
Hamilton: Go (Grappled)

"Ham!!

WP hopes to knock the bug out of the sky before it can drop Ham to his certain doom...

attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
damage?: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

AAAARGH! I AM NOT A MOSQUITO!!!

Whistle Pig's practiced aim leads to another glancing blow, but a hit nonetheless!

Round 2

Dragonfly: Grab
Ushyle: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Hit
Vael: Go
Raen: Go
Hamilton: Go (Grappled)

I'll post now. I've no choice given what's happening.

Ham drops his sword and attempts to break and reverse the Ultramarine's hold.

Break Grapple, Become Grappler:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 Vs. CMD

EDIT: Fortune granted by Vael:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Vs. CMD

"Desna weeps, this is bad," Vael manages to say before he calls on the spirits of fortune to offer up a reversal. Fortune on Hamilton

Meanwhile, the spiritual starknife continues to harry the dragonfly.
Attack w/Spiritual Weapon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Doxon curses their luck and cringes to see Ham picked up by the Dragonfly. He had thought to shoot it down, but now fears hitting his comrade.

Doxon drops the crossbow on the platform and begins leaping across the lilypads to the Dragonfly and Ham, drawing Agrimmosh and pick on the way.

Sorry guys, I don't know why I didn't think of this before.

Raen leaps back onto the wooden platform, the lily pad bobbing upward slightly in her absence. Underneath the lily array springs a wide and remarkably neat spider's web made of cables as thick as a man's arm.

Web directly underneath everything and supporting the lily pads. Should help in case the dragonfly drops Ham, and maybe even allow multiple people on a pad.

Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 vulnerabilities, if any

Hamilton thrashes, but even with a gift from Vael, cannot escape the dragonfly's grip.

As the spiritual weapon misses, Doxon closes distance, hoping to use the hammer to bring the hurt.

Raen drastically lessens the danger with a well placed Web spell!

Round 2

Dragonfly: Grab
Ushyle: Go
Doxon: Close
Whistle Pig: Hit
Vael: Fortune
Raen: Web
Hamilton: Thrash

Ushyle has taken Raen's admonition to heart, and watches the wizard place a spell strategically. She would do well in military matters, he thinks to himself as he draws his shortbow and takes a shot at the dragonfly. Sorry if this doesn't work, Ham...

composite shortbow, into melee: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 4 = 3
dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

The arrow sails far wide of the target, and Ushlye mutters to himself about being overly cautious.

Despite his efforts, Ushyle's arrow goes horrendously wrong.

The dragonfly indeed drops Hamilton, who lands on the web below! Ham can make a REF DC 12 to hit the lily pad instead.

It turns and dive bombs Doxon! Bite: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24 for DMG: 3d8 + 6 ⇒ (3, 7, 3) + 6 = 19 With the drop technique working it doesn't try to grab.

Round 2

Dragonfly: Grab
Ushyle: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Go
Vael: Go
Raen: Go
Hamilton: Go

"Great job, Raen!"

WP takes aim again. He curses himself for not preparing for Fey. Next time things will be different...

attack on bug: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
damage?: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

It didn't matter what ammo WP was using. He thought the bug was going to zig, but it zagged. Complete epic whiff.

Raen breathes a sigh of relief at Hamilton's landing. "Just in time," she mutters. Seeing little else she can do to help, Raen concentrates on bringing the creature down.

Magic Missile: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4) + 2 = 7

Whistle Pig finally misses, but Raen makes up for it with an unerring pair of bolts.

Round 2

Dragonfly: Grab
Ushyle: Go
Doxon: Go
Whistle Pig: Miss
Vael: Go
Raen: MM
Hamilton: Go

The starknife continues to attack the dragonfly...
Spiritual Weapon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Vael calls upon the spirits of Fortune, asking for their aid with Whistle Pig. Fortune for Whistle Pig