EltonJ's World of Greyhawk (Inactive)

Game Master EltonJ

Raising an eyebrow -sans hair- Zahk'rii meditates for a second as he tidies his clothes and hat once again "By the salt in me blood, yer a cunning lady, Bitterleaf! Hahahahah! I will try to speak the little scallywags into behaving, but if ye hear plenty o' screaming ya better hurry or I will have all the action for meself alone!"

The dragonborn sheathes his sword and draws a bottle instead, sipping on it as he does so "Absinthe, the grean booze jewell! Perfect for parley!" says Zahk, mostly to himself, as he is headed through the right tunnel.

"Kobolds aren't exactly known for being reasonable, though I suppose there's no harm in trying."

"Zahk has courage but that will not protect him against overwhelming numbers. We must be ready to back hm rapidly if they respond with violence."

"I will be behind him.. watching from the shadows, I just thought perhaps a friendly familiar face should be the first they see."

She added with an almost trademark scowl by this point.

I'm ready.

Sinch grips the chain tightly, poised to pull it off when necessary.

Lia sighs and draws her scimitar in anticipation of violence. "...let's make this quick, if we can."

Going down the tunnel wasn't easy. But one could manage. You find three kobolds hanging out with two gnolls. The kobolds were discussing the cows with the gnolls.

The dragonborn measures the situation for a split second. Gnolls? That's strange, and surely could tip the balance towards violence real fast.

But Zahk wasn't one to shy away from a potentially amusing situation and as such, the dragonborn stepped forward, shield in one hand and bottle of absinthe in the other.

"Ahoy me hearties!" he exclaimed, waving the bottle for the gnolls and kobolds to see "Me name's Zhak'rii and I come to parlay bout the cows with ye all."

The dragonborn takes a step forward, but keeps his distance waiting for them to react "The humans that own them are handsomely angry that ye took a bunch of them away, but I humbly thing ye, me and the longshanks can reach an agreement, so how about ye sit with me around this tasty bottle and we talk."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

They do sit down and talk. One of them says, "What about the cows?"

The talk was in draconic.

Crap, Zahk, we didn't expect them to actually accept to talk... think fast.

Zahk indeed sits, gives a long hit off the bottle and offers the gnolls and kobolds "Ye fancy a taste?"

Good, now talk.

After leaving the bottle in front of him so anyone can reach for it, the dragonborn adjusts his hat and clears his throath "Ye see, lads and lasses, the owners of the cows don't want them swiped from them and have gone so far as to recruit strong men like me, humble servant of the coin, to return them and deal with the threat. And they be offering a handsome pay for the job, ye can bet yer asses to it. Hahahaha!"

"But I know how t'spot a kobold track when I see it, them little scaly cousins of me have scaly little feets like me Hahahahahaha!" after laughing Zahk leans forwards and shows a fanged smile "Thing is, I said to meself: 'Zahk, if only because ye are a good hearted man and feel kind today... why not give them the chance to bugger off and leave the cows alone?" his voice turning progressively less friendly, Zahk continues "If they know better ye won't have to turn a friendly chit-chat into a bloodshed. They get them lives and ye keep the prize.' Errybody wins... And in truth, me friends, that's the best deal ye will get... second best being: We will spare those that move outta our way while we sort thrugh the scallywags that disagree on the terms, dead gnolls tell no tales."

Intimidate: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Zahk uses common through all the speech so the rest can understand his words

Creeping forward doing her best to stay in the shadows and out of direct sight of the gnolls and kobolds she tried to close. Frowning when Zahk'rii spoke in common. She was afraid that might get their .... hackles up. She hoped to hear their replies, even if they were in draconic, after all she had picked up the nuances of that language long ago.

stealth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

"Why are you speaking in common?" asked one of the kobolds in draconic. "We can hardly understand that language."

Intimidate didn't work, try again.

Baldwin stays motionless, waiting for a cue to rush in, the tension of the situation bringing some sweat to his brow. He does not know draconic, but has strained to hear Zakh's side of the conversation.

...what was that reference to dead gnolls?...

"Darned muckled uncivilized swines..." mutters Zahk to himself.

The dragonborn sighs and speaks again, this time in draconic and increasingly angered "I said that the farmers are offering quite a sum to anyone who gets rid of the threat and returns the cows. I am offering you the chance to surrender yourselves, piss off and live to see another day. The other option is WE get rid of the threat the old way, with tooth, claw and steel. Did I make myself understood?"

Ah, dragons and their short fuses.
Intimidate 2: The Draconing!: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Thank you RNG for taking Zahk as a joke. No wonder why he doesn't trust his own skills. Also reference was because Zahk doesn't like gnolls and he rather deal with them and offer the kobolds a chance to scurry away like the little buggers they are.

Lia winces and prepares for the worst...

Gotta say, guys and gals, you trusted the draconic pirate with the negotiations.

I am actually impressed they even sat with me to talk.

Well, Lia doesn't speak Draconic.

ANd Im going to stay hidden as long as possible hard to do that talking :P

Sinch prefers to let his chain do the talking, especially with gnolls.

Sinch sets his jaw, ready should something go down.

"Darned muckled uncivilized swines..." mutters Zahk to himself.

The dragonborn sighs and speaks again, this time in draconic and increasingly angered "I said that the farmers are offering quite a sum to anyone who gets rid of the threat and returns the cows. I am offering you the chance to surrender yourselves, piss off and live to see another day. The other option is WE get rid of the threat the old way, with tooth, claw and steel. Did I make myself understood?"

Ah, dragons and their short fuses.
[Dice=Intimidate 2: The Draconing!] 1d20 + 9 ;

Should have given you extra points for waving your sword around.

The kobolds shiver a little, but the gnolls where unimpressed, as they growled at the prospect of paying for thee cows. The gnolls answer in accented, growling, common. "We don't agree with you, the cows were ours, fair and square."

How far away is the gnoll who just spoke from Malayvin's hopefully hidden position? I was aiming to be at least 20 - 30 feet away

"As ye wish, scallywag..." says the dragonborn, mostly to himself. A split second afterwards, Zahk spins around and tries to slam the gnoll that talked with his strong tail. "T'hell with ye!"

Attack Roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

"Fire and glory, ye darned laughing landlubbers! Hahahaha!"

Assuming I can get a surprise round and/or hit him, if not this will be my first round action because SURPRISE TAIL ATTACK!

attack throw, surprise, flatfooted, sneak: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
-2 if beyond 10 feet, -4 if beyond 20 feet if over 30 feet away she woudlnt throw a dagger and instead would continue to sneak forward 15 feet

damage: 1d4 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) - 1 + (2) = 2

She slid forward and threw her dagger even as Zahk made his move...

"crap" She muttered to herself the moment she let the dagger go.

"As ye wish, scallywag..." says the dragonborn, mostly to himself. A split second afterwards, Zahk spins around and tries to slam the gnoll that talked with his strong tail. "T'hell with ye!"

[Dice=Attack Roll] 1d20 + 4 ;
[Dice=Damage] 1d8 + 3 ;

"Fire and glory, ye darned laughing landlubbers! Hahahaha!"

Assuming I can get a surprise round and/or hit him, if not this will be my first round action because SURPRISE TAIL ATTACK!

"Brother Abioye!" says the second gnoll as you trip him.

Dang it, why don't I take the time to produce a map? Malayvin Ai Illiurda you are 20 feet away from the second gnoll.

The dagger grazed the gnoll's ear. He held his ear, saying "By Mallovan's beard!"

Sinch pulls his chain from over his shoulder. Readying for action...

Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Yup, Initiative should be rolled I think.
Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

initiative for kobolds: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

initiative for gnolls: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (5) + 0 = 5

my rolls for initiative

Initiative!: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

initiative: 1d20 ⇒ 14

Alright. One more initiative to go.

initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

I believe that makes me first

Rushing forward another ten feet she drew out another dagger and threw it at the same gnoll

thrown dagger, flatfooted, sneak: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
damage: 1d4 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) - 1 + (4) = 7

hit!!

The gnoll is currently severely wounded and will try to strike back.

We are waiting on Briena and morley.

Posting my first turn here in case I'm not around when it gets to me.

Seeing the situation going sideways, Morley takes a bomb out of his pouch and throws it at the biggest group of enemies. "Eat that, ya little bastards! Ye stole from a grape farm and didn't even take their wine! How dumb are ya?

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Frost Bomb: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 vs touch
Direct Hit Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 cold damage, 1 turn stagger (Con DC 15)
splash damage to all surrounding the target square = 5 cold (ref DC 15)

You caused the gnolls and the kobolds to be staggered on their next turn.

Brienna's Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

I'm not really sure how far back I am, and I am wearing medium armor which does slow me a bit, so I'll assume I can't quite get in and smash away just yet (I'd have to be no further than 10 ft away) - I'll content myself with getting there.

Following closely on the lob of the bomb and its loud report, Baldwin jogs forward into the chamber. As the bestial gnolls come into view, he understands Zahk's references to dead gnolls telling no tales. While they are still reeling from the bomb, Baldwin gets into a good position to smash one of the gnolls with his mace.

okay, Lia?

Round 1: Actions
Move Action: Move into position to see the room's occupants
Standard Action: Use evil eye hex on biggest gnoll

Lia almost casually walks up to the entrance to the room and glares at the biggest-looking gnoll in the room. Such was the way of properly channeling her doubt-sewing hex.

Target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls for 7 rounds unless he makes a DC 15 Will Save, in which case it's reduced to 1 round.

Alright, I'll make that for him.

Big Gnoll's will save: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Alright, I'll make that for him.

11. Looks like he is affected by your hex for seven rounds.

Alrighty then. Who's next?

Briena, whome I'll bot for in a couple of hours.

Briena casts entangle on the largest gnoll.

gnoll's reflex save: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (10) + 0 = 10

Gnoll is entangled in vines and plant life for 4 rounds. So are the kobolds, so they spend their round cutting themselves out of the entangling vines. Next.

Initiative order: Malayvin 22, Morley 19,Baldwin 14,Lia 13, Briena 12, Kobolds 9, Zahk - 8, Gnolls - 5
Waiting on Zahk and the gnoll I believe

Initiative order: Malayvin 22, Morley 19,Baldwin 14,Lia 13, Briena 12, Kobolds 9, Zahk - 8, Gnolls - 5

Waiting on Zahk and the gnoll I believe

Sinch goes after Zahk and just before the Gnolls since my initiative is 6.

D'oh, I wrote your name down on the scratch paper i had, i just didnt type it in sorry!

Zahk performs a quick step forward, bringing down his tail again on the gnoll before slashing with his sabre.

Assuming I was close enough that I can take a 5ft stop and threathen them. If not, ignore the tail attack and Zahk moved and stabbed the gnoll.
Tail: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7
Tail Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Scimitar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

GM please give a revised account of where everyone is, please. (A map would be helpful as well, but who has the time, amiright)

alright. Everyone should be in the cavern. The cavern is large enough to hold 100 people snugly. The gnolls are near the end of the cavern tied up with tangling vines. The kobolds are near to the end by the gnolls.

Zahk is attacking the gnolls with his sabre. The rest of you are in the cavern. Briena just cast entangle against one of the gnolls and now he and his companion are entangled. Malayvin Ai Illiurda is advancing on the kobolds, and just attacked one. The cavern is a limestone cavern.