Eben's Rise of the Runelords Game (Inactive)

Game Master Eben al'Jol

Assuming the last goblin doesn't survive that blow, and after ensuring all the other goblins in the immediate area are dead (not just in negatives), Priyya will channel burst to heal - including Gilligan. Can't leave the little bugger out in good conscience, beside there may be more gobs around.

Channel Energy (Healing):
30' radius burst, Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 3

• May remove 2 creatures from AoE

That helps some. I think Anneke and I are still both down about 2 HP. I'll save bursts in case we have more fighting.

Anneke's blade ends the final goblin's retreat, and the yard is momentarily still, the heavy breathing of the team an odd counter-point to the echoing screams through the town.

From your vantage point, you take a moment to look out over the darkening Sandpoint... the screams, fires, and fighting seem less abundant than before, but you still catch the antics of the invading goblins from time to time. You just catch sight of a goblin chasing a young man around a corner wielding a dead cat of all things, but they are gone before you can really react.

Take a few moments to gather yourselves, do any healing you want, or take care of anything else you want to in this yard… more to come.

Sense motive: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Nadya slings her bow over her shoulder, ready to fight again. "Some party, making us fight goblins in the middle of it! Then again, it WAS exciting!"

Sense Motive Check 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Priyya, after healing the Goblin, hopes to prove that his loyalty to Gilbere is correct. She turns to him, kneels down to get eye-to-eye and smiles, "You are a loyal friend, that is why I healed you. Those others?" she says indicating the dead goblins, "They mocked you and would not help you with healing magic. Thank you for being a brave warrior."

Priyya, after healing the Goblin, hopes to prove that his loyalty to Gilbere is correct. She turns to him, kneels down to get eye-to-eye and smiles, "You are a loyal friend, that is why I healed you. Those others?" she says indicating the dead goblins, "They mocked you and would not help you with healing magic. Thank you for being a brave warrior."

Diplomacy check?

Diplomacy Check 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Kord heads over to the wagon to examine the casks and assess the risk.

Perception 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Find Traps 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Paehz goes over to the warchanter's corpse, and yankes his arrow free. after wiping the viscera on the goblins clothing, he picks up one of the still-lit torches the goblins were carrying.

"Well done, everyone."

Perception check for more goblin activity nearby: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

"Perhaps we should check the bodies - they may have left some clue as to their numbers and motives."

Suiting actions to words, Paehz examines the body of the Warchanter.

Nadya nods at Paehz & walks to the goblins near her to search them.

Perception check for any clues or anything of value on or near the goblins: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Gilbere nods at Priyya's wise words and reinforces them with his own. "yer a fine goboo. These uthers are just jealous" pointing to the dead goblins, giving the goblin some more food.

This lasts an hour how long has it been

Judging by Eben's description, there may be some more 'clean-up' combat yet, so topping up may be wise

Priyya channels energy once again on herself and Anneke (and any other wounded).

Channel Energy (Healing):
30' radius burst, Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Anneke, you should be up 5 HP total... think that maxes you out

To Gilbere:
1 round in the last fight
Down time in between fights
Running to the new fight
2.5 rounds in new fight
Little buddy... priceless!

This lasts an hour how long has it been

As Nadya has pointed out, it's only been 5 or 10 minutes since you cast the spell... you've got most of an hour left.

Once I find (or don't find) whatever I'm going to find (or not find) at the wagon, I'm going to head over to the flaming wreckage of the contrivance formerly known as wagon to see if I can find (or not find) something there as well...

Well then, I guess I'm happy (or sad) for you based on what you find (or not find). :)

Tries to find her errant crossbow bolt.
1d100 ⇒ 19% - come'on, low roll... YEAH!

Priyya finds the bolt sticking in a wall and manages to pry it loose.

Gilbere begins to ask his new lil green friend questions about where he lives, who or where is longshanks?

Ok I am out till morning

"I notting brave," the little warrior comments as he ponders Priyya's soothing words, you can see that the scorn and near-hatred he holds for the rest of you has been replaced - at least in the case of the dark woman - by curiosity. Gilbere's questions bring him from his reverie, however, and he barks a laugh at Gilbere's odd question about longshanks, "You all is'ing being longshanks, silly," he points to the long legs of the group, "but I is'ing not to call you that, of course." He cuts his eyes back to the rest of the group and his eyes narrow menacingly, "only them. And I from Thistletop! Best goblin tribe in area! Beautiful beyond imaginings…" he casts a tiny hand around your surroundings,"not like this horror." He sees the group rifling through the dead goblins, and joins in with glee, jamming any found food or shinies into his surprisingly deep pockets and squealing delightedly.

The rest of you spend the time retrieving any salvageable ammunition, searching the area and the dead goblin bodies. Kord's searches don't turn up much, both wagons appeared to be filled with sealed barrels of fuel for the celebration's evening bonfire. Your guess is that the goblins just stumbled upon them. Add accelerants with the vaunted goblin love for fire… trouble was bound to arise. There are four remaining barrels of fuel, but there rather large, unwieldy, and heavy. The bodies of the goblins reveals a seemingly endless bounty of worthless and gross crap. Other than each goblin's tiny torch (some of which still flicker feebly), dogslicer, and armor, their clothes seem to be filled with scavenged items from their plunder… coins, shards of glass, buttons, nails, fish heads, rotting food items, one has a severed dog foot, the bloody sleeve of a child-sized shirt, and the list only gets worse. Paehz does find a small vial full of thick liquid, though.

The sounds of fighting seem to have moved deeper into the lower city, and even there they seem to be growing more infrequent. The invasion apparently has nearly run it's course. As you decide it's time to go help finish the defense, however, a desperate cry fills the night air back to the north, followed by the barking, growling, and yelping of a big dog mixed with the war cries of more goblin mouths.

Showing the vial to their goblin companion, Paehz asks about the contents.

"Do you know what this is, friend?"

Does this guy have a name?

Showing the vial to their goblin companion, Paehz asks about the contents.

"Do you know what this is, friend?"

Does this guy have a name?

The goblin pauses in the middle of ripping something shiny from one of his fallen friends' pockets and shrugs, "Gharlen drec?" He resumes sifting, muttering something about "tokhel kuukac".

I'm sure he has a name... he hasn't given it.

Kord slips up beside Paehz and translates quietly.

While I certainly want to run back up to the north to help, I also don't want to leave these fuel barrels unprotected. Don't suppose I see a suitable hiding place in very close proximity? Either of these buildings in front of us have doors on the side where we're standing?

The buildings in near proximity are houses, and other than their shut doors, there is no readily available hiding place for the wagon, though there are some bushes along one side of one house, they might hide the barrels. Your knowledge of the town also tells you there are some sheds around the north-east side of the cathedral, but it would take a number of minutes to wheel the wagon (or carry the barrels) over there. At this point, its a question of priority...do you have the minutes necessary to hide the barrels and reach the combat before things get out of hand over there?

"What effects does 'Gharlen drec' have, if one were to drink it?"

The goblin ignores Paehz, and what can only be goblin curses stream unending from his mouth.

Kord speaks respectfully to the little goblin.

Don't suppose I see someone around dressed like Hemlock? Or any other clue that might make me think they were an official or guard or temple employee or anything like that?

For the record, I won't be drinking this. Considering that they eat dogs, garbage, people, and who knows what else - I'm not feeling that brave. I just want to know what it does.

The goblin turns his head and spits towards Kord's boots, "Goblin's name is goblin's own. Notting know what drinking would do, anyway, Longshanks!" he puts as much venom into the last word as he can muster, then scuttles back to Gilbere, and sits down, arms crossed, apparently pouting.

At best, he's unfriendly towards you... your sweet words were not sweet enough, and he's probably not gonna get much nicer to anyone who has not magically-induced him to. :) Priyya's words earlier are the only reason he's not down-right hostile to everyone.

And no, you don't see any town guards or anything, but you did see Father Zanthus and some of his acolytes take cover inside the cathedral, which is in teh same direction as the sounds you heard... so how many minutes are yall letting pass while sounds of combat happen from the north?

So far I'm seeing maybe 60 seconds of conversation - and I'm ready to head north. I'd like to stop by and yell at Father Zanthus or someone about the fuel on my way...

The goblin turns his head and spits towards Kord's boots, "Goblin's name is goblin's own. Notting know what drinking would do, anyway, Longshanks!" he puts as much venom into the last word as he can muster, then scuttles back to Gilbere, and sits down, arms crossed, apparently pouting.

At best, he's unfriendly towards you... your sweet words were not sweet enough, and he's probably not gonna get much nicer to anyone who has not magically-induced him to. :)

"Touchy little runt, isn't he? Perhaps we can just call him Runt."

... from across the courtyard in a squeaky, mocking, sing-songy voice, "Perhaps we can just call him Runt.. meh meh meh meh meh." When you look over, he's sticking his tongue out at you.

Rapier in hand, Kord heads off to the north at a run, pausing to yell at the Padre and acolytes about the fuel still in the wagons.

Nadya follows Kord, pulling her bow off her shoulder & preparing to fire, just in case.

Right behind you.

Anneke grins at the thought of more battle and is running along with the rest of you, shield at the ready.

Perception 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (19) - 2 = 17 what to seeee, what to see
Initiative 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 if needed

Perception 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Initiative 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Nadya's Perception 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Nadya's Initiative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Patting his thrall soothingly he shrugs to the others not sure weather to kill the goblin and save the group the trouble later.

Perception 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Initative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

"Lemme see that vile Paehz, I might be able to tell ye what it'll do".

Gilbere calls upon his minor magic to determine if the vile or any of the goblns equipment is actually magical Detect Magic
Spellcraft 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Regarding the vial, if someone takes the initiative to Detect Magic on it...

Gilbere calls upon his minor magic to determine if the vile or any of the goblns equipment is actually magical Detect Magic

Spellcraft 1d20+7

The vial is magical, but what it is eludes you. Maybe Priyya can give it a shot when she's back on.

Perception Check 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
Initiative 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

Priyya lopes along with the rest of the team. She stops, only briefly, kneeling to address the Goblin, "Ignore him", she says indicating Paehz's departing form, "he is longshanks and does not know your great strength." She claps him on the shoulder and continues after the team, bothered. I hope we don't need to kill him. Have to ask Gilbere what the long-term effects of his spell are.

Priyya, you want to try to identify the vial before the fight starts?

You all sprint back across the dirt of the cathedral square, searching for the source of the combat. The sounds lead you around a corner in the road and onto Cliff Street in front of an inn with a painted sign of a white deer swinging in the evening breeze. You dash into the street just in time to see a goblin, riding a horrible pink rat thing the size of a dog, sink an arrow from his shortbow into a large mastiff, which yelps his last and collapses in the dirt. A cry reveals what the dog was protecting… behind two rain barrels cringes a human man, his clothes mark him as nobility.

As the dog dies, a vicious cheer erupts from the mouths of four goblins,who had been cowering behind the bodies of dead horses in the street. Their courage bolstered with the death of the much-hated dog, they begin to clamber out from behind the equine corpses and taunt the man.

Luck is with you… none of them see your approach...

The Map
Okay, this one is basically an outdoor fight, not much terrain, big open space. A-Y across the top, 1-25 down the side. An inn runs the length of the top of the map, A-Y/1-3, with it's door (which is closed with no lights on inside) at M-P/3. There are two rain barrels, occupying spaces G-5 and H-5, with the cowering civilian in G-4. The dead dog is in H-7, with a goblin warrior wielding a shortbow and riding a goblin dog in I-9. There are two dead horses in C-D/11-12 and F-G/14-15, both provide partial cover and are difficult terrain to cross. Behind each dead horse is two goblins (four total); positions are B-12, C-13, E-15, and G-16.

They are not aware of your arrival, so you'll have a surprise round. Place yourselves in any of the squares in the lower right hand corner of the map (T-23 through Y-25). And roll initiative, please.

Initiatives so far
Kord 23
Nadya 17
Priyya 16
Gilbere 14
Goblin Warriors 10
Anneke 10
Mounted Goblin Tough 9
Paehz ??

Perception Check 1d20+10

Initiative 1d20+1

Priyya lopes along with the rest of the team. She stops, only briefly, kneeling to address the Goblin, "Ignore him", she says indicating Paehz's departing form, "he is longshanks and does not know your great strength." She claps him on the shoulder and continues after the team, bothered. I hope we don't need to kill him. Have to ask Gilbere what the long-term effects of his spell are.

Sense Motive 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15 Noticing and sharing Priyya's concern about the goblin he attempts to talk about it with her in a round about way.

"These kinds of arcane enchantments be limited to the power of a caster." looking her in the eyes, he continues "I would estimate we have less tha half an hour before it wears off." conflicted now, "I am not certain what shoulda be dun". He finishes looking for her advice.

Priyya, you want to try to identify the vial before the fight starts?

Love to, unfortunately, while I have Detect Magic memorized, I don't have Spellcraft yet. Could I aid Gilbere's roll?

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

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Love to, unfortunately, while I have Detect Magic memorized, I don't have Spellcraft yet. Could I aid Gilbere's roll?

Yes, but he still won't hit the DC... no worries.

SURPRISE ROUND
Okay, give me coord's (the map's described above), and then we'll get rolling on this thing!

Kord 23+
Paehz 23
Nadya 17
Priyya 16
Gilbere 14
Goblin Warriors 10 (surprised)
Anneke 10
Mounted Goblin Tough 9 (surprised)

For those who got google docs access from Nadya, we put this on the Sandpoint townsquare map.

I'll start on T-23, with Nadya behind me at T-24

Starting in W23

Anneke will start in U23.

"Dog rider mine"! Anneke hisses.

Kord moves forward to N-20.

I am delaying my action until Nadya & Priyya go