Dungeon World PBP play (Inactive)

Game Master Elsine

Conwall, follow Ron! They are struggling to be near me and I can keep them back! I'll be right behind! Tom shouts holding his shield and sword up looking to harry the creatures further until Ron and Conwall escape and then retreating himself out of the burning building.

Conwall, follow Ron! They are struggling to be near me and I can keep them back! I'll be right behind! Tom shouts holding his shield and sword up looking to harry the creatures further until Ron and Conwall escape and then retreating himself out of the burning building.

That sounds like defend to me. and I think you lost the Conwall defense hold when you got grabbed and stabbed, a lot.

For a moment I consider helping Tom and ignoring the voice in my head. But when the voice in my head and the voice outside my head are in agreement, I listen. I flee the building, ready to rush back in if Tom needs assistance.

Defense: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 = 13

Belym turns her focus back to the elemental and, muttering "I'm sorry to do this", launches a boulder at it.

Channel Giant's Sharpened Stones(near, forceful): 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5) + 3 = 12
Damage, 2 piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Ron sprints for a nearby brick building seeking cover.

Defy Danger Dex: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 2 = 14

Once concealed, Ron drinks a healing potion and yells, Demon in the house throwing fireballs!

Roshan is pushed further away from the house, but keeps her footing? Twisting her arms and rotating her wrists, she lunges forward with Shepherd's Bounty, pulling her blades across each other and spinning past the elemental and into the demonic creature getting to his feet.

(targeting the elemental if it's alive, or the demon if the above attack finished the elemental, or both if I do a ton of damage)
Hack & Slash: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 4) + 2 = 12
Smite: 1d8 + 1d4 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (7) + (4) + 1 + 3 = 15

Roshan's blades hum and seem to pass through stone and flesh alike, leaving afterimages hanging in the air.

I zig zag after Ron, looking for cover from which to execute a counter attack.

2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 5) + 2 = 13

What's the plan, commander? I'm not exactly excited about getting close behind him.

I take a swig from my healing potion.

Does it seem content to just sit in the burning house?

We have to draw it out. We can't fight it inside a burning building.

Ron leans out of cover long enough to fling Remorse at Tom's target.

Cast Magic Spear: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 1) + 2 = 4

Tom will run out into the street and tries to pin the remaining demons in the burning building, Belym, seal the building up!

Cast a Spell(Hold Person): 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5) + 2 = 11-> Empower, lose the spell. Target two demons in the building as it burns down.

Tom

You dive out of the hellblaze, the demon hot on your tail, and turn, summoning the power of your god from deep inside you, and bind the demons where they stand. the lesser demon will no doubt be crushed when the house inevitably collapses, but you can already feel the greater demon struggling against your bonds. what do you do?

Belym

Your stone shatters the elemental, and you watch Roshan injure one of the demons (badly enough that it is clearly on it's last legs). Conwall and Ron are pinned down under a volley of fire, and Tom is still in that inferno, what do you do?

Roshan

Belym dispatches the elemental, and leaves you able to deal with the hell-spawn. The beast lashes out with claws, but your blade is faster. the forms are perfect, and their work is efficient. The demon bleeds purple goo from a dozen wounds, and is limping and slowed. it's death is imminent, but an almost dead demon is still a deadly foe, what do you do?

Conwall

You follow Ron, expertly dodging volley after volley of fireballs. you dive behind the garden wall as Ron goes up to launch Remorse at the Greater demon, and gets a fireball meant for you directly to the face. what do you do?

Ron

You dive behind a nearby high garden wall, which provides adequate cover from the firestorm. You get up just as Conwall dives down, and your spell is interrupted by one of the fireballs chasing him. What do you do? 1d12+4, messy, forceful, ignores armour

That last narration didn't seem to take into account Tom's action. I'm going to assume that he gets out of the building. If he doesn't, nothing below applies.

"I'll do what I can!" Belym replies to Tom. She kneels, and calls forth the largest stones she can from the ground outside the house. One of them flies past the demon Roshan is duelling and clobbers it as it moves to block an exit.

Bender of the Elements: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 4) + 3 = 13
Damage to the demon outside: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Spending 3 hold to deal 1d6 damage, move to a new position within sight (blocking as many exits as possible - door first, then the hole Belym made, then any windows), and retain the position once there.

That last narration didn't seem to take into account Tom's action. I'm going to assume that he gets out of the building. If he doesn't, nothing below applies.

"I'll do what I can!" Belym replies to Tom. She kneels, and calls forth the largest stones she can from the ground outside the house. One of them flies past the demon Roshan is duelling and clobbers it as it moves to block an exit.

[dice=Bender of the Elements]2d6+3
[dice=Damage to the demon outside]1d6

Spending 3 hold to deal 1d6 damage, move to a new position within sight (blocking as many exits as possible - door first, then the hole Belym made, then any windows), and retain the position once there.

whoops, missed his second action. sorry, tad... sleepy. I will edit tom's bit posthaste

Roshan leaps into Cobra's Fangs.
Hack & Slash: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 6) + 2 = 13
Smite: 1d8 + 1d4 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (5) + (3) + 1 + 3 = 12

Driving her blades into the demon's chest, Roshan flips as her momentum brings them both to the ground. She holds him there, watching the fire die in his eyes.

When it stops moving, she'll look for injured allies. "Ser Bucanero! You are not looking good. I have... some facility with healing, but I must absolve you of a sin for it to take affect. Does... does anything come to mind?"

Ron goes flying backwards from the force of the blast. His face burns and his skin feels on fire inside the overheated armor. He lies on the ground, dazed by the blow.

Toasty: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

He can do little but croak in response to the vision of death that floats in and out of the haze. This is it. He squints at Roshan. An angel?

There are no gods, how can you be here?

Is heresy a sin?

I can suggest some sins for Ron that you can absolve, if that'll help. If not, I think he has a healing potion in one of his bags

Tom stands his ground, and concentrates on maintaining the spell despite the demon's resistance.

Defy Danger Wisdom?: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 = 13

Whenever the house collapses the spell breaks anyways - assuming the demon takes damage.

Roshan makes it to Ron's side and pulls his head and shoulders into her lap. To Conwall she says, "you can remind him of his burdens, but the admission is his to give." She pulls out one of the potions hers or his, depending on what's readily available and tries to see what he can drink in this state.

When he makes his delirious proclamation, she raises her hand to slap him, but holds back. "An admission of sin is not the same as a confession, Ron. You've traveled with Tom, you've seen miracles, you've fought demons, and now, to finish your camaign in glory, you must admit to yourself that you have turned your back to the Gods, and seek absolution... or drink much more of this."

Whenever the lovebirds are ready.., Tom grunts, this won't last forever.

Roshan's words cut deeply in Ron's fragile state. Truly, what else could explain his new powers? Or the demons among them. He whispers,

I have forsaken the gods, as ye say. And I am wrong to do so. Forgive me Hedron!

The old man begins coughing.

I can barely conceal my eyeroll. Hedron is no more a god than the monster lobbing fireballs, but now isn't really the time to bicker. We need Ron on his feet so we can stage an assault.

Belym, I've no intention of rushing into a burning building. What can you do to convert it into a burning pile of rubble?

Roshan uses the knife at her belt to cut herself, drawing blood she uses to anoint Ron's forehead.
Confession: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1) + 3 = 7
Healing: 1d8 ⇒ 2
Penance: 1d4 ⇒ 1

As he is healed, she helps him finish drinking the potion.

Really need to get that healing roll buffed, that was a bit anticlimactic.

Belym

Roshan dispatches the demon she fought, and rushes over to Conwall and Ron. Meanwhile, the final demon draws a brass scimitar, and charges you. What do you do?

Tom

This demon may be empowered by The Lady of Treason, but that godling is no match for the great god Iisac. The greater demon is held fast. you watch Ron get struck hard by one of the golden firebolts, and Belym is undefended and facing down one of the lesser demons. what do you do?

Roshan

you tear the demon, already slowed by it's wounds, apart, and dodge its cruel ivory talons. your confession is sufficient to close a few of the minor wounds, and aleviate the burns slightly, but death still hangs over the old man, what do you do?

Ron & Conwall

The barrage that had battered the wall lets up, and a cautious peek tells you that the demon is held fast, though the building will not last long. the peek also tells you that belym is facing down a demon, and is relatively undefended, what do you do?

Am I recalling correctly that the demon's swords ignore armor?

Is the demon still in a burning building?

Roshan, was that my healing potion?

Am I recalling correctly that the demon's swords ignore armor?

Is the demon still in a burning building?

Roshan, was that my healing potion?

1. No, they just have a lot of peircing

2. there are two lessers and greaer. one of the lessers and the greater are trapped in the building, and the second lesser is charging Belym. you guys are at a garden wall, some 20 meters away

I race out to meet Belym, intercepting the demon trying to fight her. My goal is defense by way of offense

2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 4) + 2 = 11 I fight hard, not smart, leaving myself open to attack if it means ending the fight sooner

1d10 + 3d4 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + (2, 4, 1) + 1 + (3) = 18

Roshan puts a rubber nipple on the mouth of one of her healing potions and leaves it with Ron.

Roshan takes the lul in momentum to switch to her kandar and shield. She stops and looks at her other healing potion, and Ron's burns, and decides to quaf the abhorrent drink and suffer the unhealthy consequences.

Cast a Spell: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 5) + 1 = 7Take a further -1

Roshan, may your sword extinguish these flames of hell! Tom calls out his blessing as he touches the blade of Roshan's blade. The mark of Iisac embedding itself in the steel and the blade gleaming bright with any light that touches it. +1d4 to damage

Tom's mind strains heavily under the weight of splitting so much of his magic, but he holds firm.

" Alright, Tom, I'll see if I can bring this down" Belym says, as she waves her hands back and forth, sending an escalating tide of stone towards the burning building that used to be Natria's home.

Channel Landslide (forceful, hazard): 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 4) + 3 = 13

Conwall

Your fight is short, but brutal, you deal the demon a number of serious blows before it can retaliate, and when it lashes out, you sacrifice defense to ram your blade into its heart. the beast falls dead, but not before its claws carve up your face some 1d10+4, 1 piercing messy

Tom

The last free demon goes down, but so does the house. as the demon is battered around, it slips free of your bonds. it is coming soon. what do you do?

Ron

The potion goes down, and you feel the worst of your wounds healing, yo get up, and see the field cleared, very temporarily. you have a few seconds to rally, what do you do?

Belym

Your avalanche impacts hard against the burning structure, sending it all collapsing on itself. purple sparks fill the night sky as it falls. you see bits of debris moving far past when the blaze should have settled. you have a moment to brace, what do you do?

Roshan

Why is a healing potion bad for you/so vile? also, what do you do with this breif reprieve?

Tom experiences a slight burst of feedback but it's a relief on his mind. He says, Prepare yourselves, the demons are free of my bonds. Tom takes a moment to heal his injuries.

Cast a Spell(Cure Wounds): 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12-> draw attention and heal Roshan too (after his damage)

Healing (Roshan): 1d8 ⇒ 1
Healing (Tom): 1d8 ⇒ 2

damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

I wince from the deep wound but give it little notice. I have only a moment before (at least) the greater demon rises from the ruins. When he emerges, he'll find the edge of Catastrophe waiting for him.

Deal damage or hack and slash if I'm waiting for him to erupt?

With a wary glance at Roshan, Belym kneels again, calling forth another echo from the earth and giving it form.

Summon Blast Elemental: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3) + 3 = 11
Control: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Then, she'll move to her right, circling to one side of the smouldering rubble.

In Roshan's mind, healing potions are a highly addictive drug that draws worship away from Hebron, and gives folks the idea that the grave is something that is easily avoided without penance. Her whole practice is sullied by overusing them. She's seen other inquisitors weighed down by bottles, tubes, and intricate infusion systems, all to circumvent pain and quicken their blades. Dylan's back was injured by one such inquisitor whom she insulted. She's just generally not a "lubricant of the masses" girl.

Seeing Conwall charge the center, and Belym strafe right, Roshan takes the left side, turning her empowered blade in her hand, and picturing a form she's only had the privilege of seeing once.

Charging up one of the collapsed beams of the house, a high peel of ululation splitting the night, Roshan turns in the air to bring her heavy blade up into Crofter's Plow.

Roshan literally cannot do her best damage in a backstab setting, so she'll call attention to herself if it means one of the others can roll straight damage.
Hack & Slash: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6) + 2 = 10
Crofter's Plow: 1d8 + 1d4 + 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + (1) + (2) + 3 = 7

I can go around the left if that helps. I have no specific reason to go up the center

Gambit from Conwall.

Larune, aid me! Merrick and Beldroth form up on me!

Ron charges from behind the garden wall towards the beast. Merrick forms on right side, Beldroth on the left.

Change tactics Reactive: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 2) + 3 = 7

Spend a gambit.

As the trio charges, Ron launches a spear at the beast's head, followed closely by Larune's magic arrow.

Cast Magic Projectiles: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1) + 2 = 6

Spend a gambit, -1 forward to casting. Enhanced potency.

Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

Ron stops before the exit to the burning building, and the three take defensive postures.

Defend exit: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 3 = 8

Okay, before you chargy-mgee's get too excited, can I get a DD+con to walk in the smoldering hellblaze? you guys can keep the rolls for the next time you H&S, just get there first

Defy Danger(CON): 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 2 = 9

I walk into the smoldering hell blaze, maybe not totally successfully but confidently and that's what matters.

2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 3) + 1 = 9

Tom

Your spell helps, slightly, though with your power so diluted. you call forth the power of Iisac again, and you sense in that moment a divine presence, beyond your own. the Lady's eyes are upon this clash. what do you do?

Belym

another elemental, this one in the shape of a massive monitor lizard, crawls forth from the earth, your leash wrapped round its neck. you watch the demon emerge from the ash, what do you do?

Conwall

You step in, the smoldering embers warming your soles, and immediately the smoke assails your elven senses with asmodian influence. take -1 ongoing while you are in this miasma.

Roshan

The demons influence is strong, and its impurity seeps everywhere.spend two wrath to resist the evil.

Ron

correct me if I'm wrong, but you can't make attacks in reactive stance. that includes offensive spells (That time with the snake demon was because I allowed that trying to lift you up counted as a hostile move)

Those who are waiting for the demon to emerge

as Roshan and Conwall approach, and Ron lines up his shot (possibly), the demon emerges from the ash, standing ten feet tall, swords held aloft, wings spread wide enough to cast shadows upon the smake-filled sky, all of him blazing with golden light. everyone Defy Danger to do anything but run in terror, or kneel in worship. And the hirelings are going to need loyalty rolls, because this is kinda big for day one. what does everyone do?

You didn't specify an attribute, but that sounds like Wis to me.

Defy Danger: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

The demon's glow and the pervasive smoke triggers Belym's miner's instinctive fear of fire, and she turns to flee.

You didn't specify an attribute, but that sounds like Wis to me.

[Dice=Defy Danger]2d6

The demon's glow and the pervasive smoke triggers Belym's miner's instinctive fear of fire, and she turns to flee.

I left it open ended because I could see it being done through mental fortitude (wis)r force of personality (Cha)

As written it prevents H&S. It does not list Volley, and by extension Cast a Spell. But as to the spirit of the move, I leave that to your capable hands.

Ron is no fool. He has seen too many armies rout to be ignorant of the fact that to flee is death. His rational mind and decades of training clamp down on his fear.

Defy Danger(+3 if you'll buy the justification to use INT): 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

Stand fast Belym! Trust me one more time!

Aid Belym: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4

Loyalty Rolls:

Merrick: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 3) + 1 = 8

Beldroth: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1) + 2 = 9

Larune: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 1) + 1 = 8

Roshan dances through the fire with precision, but as her blade arcs through the air, she hits a barrier which feels like a wall of cold water. Her joints ache, her skin prickles, and she makes a sharp intake of breath. Reducing wrath by 2 also reduces the resulting damage to 5.

Her prior momentum and the concert of blessings on her blade are all that caries her blade through to bite at steely flesh. It's all she can do to hold her grip on both sword and shield. Then the creature's aspect speaks to her.

You've found yourself on the wrong side, child.
Defy Danger(WIS): 2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6

dd cha: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 6) + 1 = 12

Conwall usnt entirely sure why everyone is scared. Yeah, the monster is big, but not flying snake big. And there are no gods but Pelnore.

Since I aced my dd and since I was waiting above the rubble with my big ol demon hunting sword, can I just apply my damage and/or cut him in half like I'm splitting a hot dog into two skinny hot dogs?

Defy Danger (Wisdom): 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 = 8

Tom tries to steel his mind but with others reeling it's much harder.

Ron

Okay, I can live with that. but it also specifies in melee, so reactive stance is going to be useless against the fireballs this guy loves slinging

You stand firm, and your helpers stand behind you, though shaken.. your shouting (and spear) get the monsters attention. a fireball speeds toward you. do you take it, or leap out of the way, and let Merrick be hit 1d12+4 ignores armour, forceful and messy, if you take it.

Belym

as you stand, awed at his divine presence, you feel your leash erode. you look down at the last moment to see an onyx dagger flanked by golden wings where your leash once stood on your elemental. the elementall attacks you, what do you do?

Roshan

You feel this beings divine presence acutely, it is the servant of a true god, and you feel its wrath upon you, for your nerve, daring to stand and lash out against such a being. prostrate yourself before the demon, or taste divine flame 1d12+4 ignores armour, forceful and messy, if you take it.

Conwall

you run up, unafraid of the beast. it is a great demon, and powerful, but as you look down at Catastophe, you are reminded that you have faced down worse, unarmed. your strike lands true, and the demon looks bewildered, how could anyone stand in its prescence when it displays its full might. itis badly wounded, but two of its scimitars lash out at you, while the third remains pointed at Roshan, what do you do?

Tom

You find yourself overwhelmed by the divine power this demon presents. stronger than you have felt Iisac ever. with it here, your connection to your god falters, tell em, hic ongoing spell is no longer ongoing? what do you do?

How many spells break? I have 3 ongoing spells...

How many spells break? I have 3 ongoing spells...

just 1

"Shale and slate!" Belym curses. As best she can, she'll dodge the elemental's attack and try to climb it's back, trying to pull the dagger free.

Assuming that's a DD +Dex to dodge the incoming attack; no idea what would be appropriate for getting to and extracting the dagger.

Defy Elemental +Dex: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 1 = 5