FIND A KEY...TEMPT FATE ITSELF (Inactive)

Game Master Gilthanis

Knowledge(arcana): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Know:Arcana: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Know:Planes: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Knowledge(Arcana): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Knowledge(Planes): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

"Ok, you guys have been studying long enough- what the hell is it?"

Binx, Dolgrin, and Eb stare down onto the circle and with combined efforts remember hearing about summoning circles. They are typically used to bring specific creatures or entities through from a different plane to the material plane. They are not two-way "portals" only one way. But there is also no way of know if it has been used; or if so what was brought into this plane.

"it is a summoning circle of some kind. Might be how the mephit once got here. Can't say if it was used recently. Maybe we should move further and investigate it in detail later." Dolgrin said after taking a last look at the summoning circle

"Yeah, might as well check out all that commotion. "

Ok, lets move to area 18 and see what we can see. If we can move past without incident, I'd like to tackle area 17, just for completeness sake, but lets see whats down the area 18 passage first.

"I concur."

The group decides to head west, down the hallway they came from and bisect the hallway where the sounds of battle are coming from. They approach the noisy hallway, burning minion at the forefront, and Binx can clearly hear the directions of a commander to their troops.

enemy perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (10) - 1 = 9 vs DC 10

The skeleton, even glowing of fiery hate, the dark dwarves seem oblivious of its presence, until they nearly trip over it.

Init:
Dolgrin: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Ebenezer: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Marvin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Thackery: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Thorakiz: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Triba: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Dark Dwarves: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11
Q enemy:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Init Tracker: round 1

Eb--go
Triba--go
Binx--go
Dol--go
Thor--go
Marvin--go

Dark Dwarves
Q (enemy)

Binx steps around the corner and fires a sickly green ray at the nearest Duergar. Cursing in Necril at his miss, he orders Mr. Bones to attack.

Ray of Enfeeblement: 1d20 ⇒ 6
STR Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 (Fort DC 17 for half)
Claw: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Claw 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (3) = 8
Damage 2: 1d4 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (2) = 6

Eb follows Binx into the north tunnel, and chants out an off tune dwarven lullaby.

Cast sleep (DC16)

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Binx, commands his minion to attack the nearest enemy, which it happily does so. It raises both its claws and rends the unsuspecting dwarf in two, causing the buddy to get visibly angry. But a few moments later, the anger fades away as Eb sings a lullaby that hits a soft spot in the enemy's callous heart and it falls into a deep slumber.

As one enemy falls, Eb and Binx can see four more Duergar trying to flee back towards where the party is. What or why they are fleeing is still a mystery.

Init Tracker: round 1

Eb--done
Triba--go
Binx--char go, minion done
Dol--go
Thor--go
Marvin--go

Dark Dwarves
Q (enemy)

Stupid question maybe, but how close are the other duergar? Some of them might have been caught in the 10 ft radius burst of the sleep spell

Round 1
Dolgrin moved up next to the skeleton and tried to finish the sleeping Duergar with a swing of his warhammer.
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fighting defensively, against a prone opponent. (So his AC goes down by 4, my attack goes down by 4 and my current AC goes up by 2 to 19)
Warhammer attack: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 6 - 4 = 20
Warhammer damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Marvin will move around the corner, but keep behind the front lines with his bow ready.

Don't see the new enemies on the map so I'm not sure if I can engage.

There is a row of empty squares before the next Duergar start. Sleep is 10 foot radius and a full round cast time so the dwarf should have actually still been up but I am not gonna worry bout that since Dol would have killed it with his blow anyways. But Marvin you can engage the next wave if you wish, not engaged in melee, they will have sift cover due to slight slope in terrain

Dolgrin moves up next to the minion and takes a mighty swing with his trusty hammer on the sleeping foe. He easily connects with the hapless enemy and decisively crushes its cranium in. Marvin, steps up to be able to see the heads of the next wave of Duergar just beyond.

Init Tracker: round 1

Eb--done
Triba--go
Binx--char go, minion done
Dol--done
Thor--go
Marvin--done?

Dark Dwarves
Q (enemy)

Marvin will take a shot at one of them.

to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 miss

Actually, I'm completely finished. Before my skeleton attached, is fired a ray of enfeeblement that missed.

i forgot bout the ray

Init Tracker: round 1

Eb--done
Triba--go
Binx--done
Dol--done
Thor--go
Marvin--done

Dark Dwarves
Q (enemy)

Marvin moves to be able to get sight on one, but he overcorrects for the slight slope of the cavern tunnel and the arrow sails wide overhead and goes far beyond the enemy line.

So we're waiting for Thorakiz and Triba right? Just checking, as there hasn't been any posts in a while :)

I know Thor may/may not still be on board. I need to drop a mp their way. I DM-bot Thor soon enough to keep the game going forward. And I just wanted to give Triba the option to post her general whereabouts or general actions since I know what may or may not be coming up ;)

Thorakiz bot

Thorakiz, hearing the sounds of battle goes forward not wanting the others to have all the fun.

Double move to be directly in "green" space in front of minion.

So top of the next round then?

Eb Hexes the dark dwarf across from Dolgrin

Evil Eye for -2 to hit

Init Tracker: round 1

Eb--done
Triba--go?
Binx--done
Dol--done
Thor-- (6 hp)
Marvin--done

Dark Dwarves---done
Q (enemy)---going

The duergar, seem very surprised that there other people in the caves. The look at the large foreboding orc in front of them, and look back at the tunnel from whence they came. The decide that in order to get out of their current predicament is to fight their way out. The two dark dwarves step forward. One goes after Thirakiz, and the other walks by him in an effort to get to Dolgrin.

AOO by Thor: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 282d8 + 7 ⇒ (7, 8) + 7 = 22

swing 1 @ thor: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 211d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 vs ac 15

The orc, quite upset that the enemy blows him off and simply walks by takes a swing with his large sword, and cleaves the enemy in half. The remaining enemy, steps up and takes a swing of his own on behalf of him fallen comrade and digs a chunk of flesh out the the orc in return.
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Right after the fleeing dwarves attempt their escape, right behind them appear to be the cause of the fleeing. A tiny winged demon, with curved ram horns sprouting from it head approach the remaining duergar. It lashes out with a flurry of swipes and a bite. The remain dark dwarf falls to the tiny gashes.

claw 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 211d3 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
claw 2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 201d3 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0
bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 151d4 ⇒ 4

know planes if you want :)
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Init Tracker: round 2

Eb--done
Triba--go?
Binx--done
Dol--done
Thor--
Marvin--done

Q (enemy)---going

Eb, d you want to target the new enemy with the evil eye, and if so which stat?

Nothing right now, go ahead and move onto the next round :)

If I got it right the Init Tracker for round 2 is a copy from round 1, as most of us haven't acted in round 2 yet ;)

Knowledge(Planes): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

waiting on my action to see what the knowledge gets me.

Marvin will begin freebooter's bane against the apparent demon (everyone is +1/+1 against that target)

and take a single shot.

to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 once again missing

Eb, d you want to target the new enemy with the evil eye, and if so which stat?

Yep. I'll keep it as a to hit penalty. We're almost out of healing, and that little critter tore the duergar to shreds.... lasts 8 rnds on a failed will save (DC16), 1 rnd if will succeeds.

The skellie charges the strange creature.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 + 1 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 3 + (6) = 13
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 1 + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Init Tracker: round 2

Eb--evil eye, -2 atk 1 round
Triba--go?
Binx--minon atk/go?
Dol--go
Thor--go
Marvin--go

Duergar---queue
Q (enemy)---queue (6hp taken)

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Dolgrin, searches his memory banks for any information on what exactly the entity is before them, but can quite seem to figure it out.

Binx, orders his minion to take some swings at the new enemy. It lands a solid blow, that would easily fell a normal foe. This new enemy seems to relish in the fellow like-minded, love for destruction. The extra-dimensional beings body absorbs some of the damage, and you can see it laugh at the fire as it gets bathed in the glow.

It locks eyes, momentarily with the "old scrooge", as it gets a look of doom shot at it. It merely shrugs off the old-timers stare and focuses on the enemy at hand.

There's a small explosion as flames leap out of the far corridor. A dark haired halfling jumps from the room, then looks back into the flames with a smug smile. "Ha!" She turns and looks at the battle. "Oh." She stands still, looking at the fight as the fire behind her burns and spreads. "Hello there!"

Where are you on the map? Maybe you can put up a temporary marker until GM has added your picture to the map

Probably from corridor 15, but whatever the DM thinks would be most appropriate.

"Friend or foe?" Dolgrin said at the sudden appearance of the halfling, he then looked back at the creature in front of him and said "Hmm, no time for that, let's first deal with this small demonic thing here and then we'll sort that mess out."
After uttering those words, Dolgrin moved next to the burning skeleton to take a swing at the small demonic creature.
Warhammer attack & Damage if hit (+1 from freebooter's bane): 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 1 = 171d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 11

Triba, you can come from the corridor leading to area 17 if you want...or from "level 3" if you want giving you a chance to shine with backstab...or the corridor connecting area 15 that loops around but that would mean you have been near the group and just followed on their coattails for a lil bit ;). Feel free to use a placeholder token until I can get to my computer to add you in

Tracker: round 2

Eb--evil eye, -2 atk 1 round
Triba--go?
Binx--minon atk/go?
Dol--attacked and hit
Thor--go
Marvin--go

Duergar---queue
Q (enemy)---queue (12hp taken)

Triba, added you to map, place yourself wherever you see fit :)

Dolgrin, rat the appearance at the halfling, ponders momentarily of that, then refocuses himself and attacks the current threat, landing a solid blow. But once again, the creature seems to absorb some if the blow lessening the potential damage.

Marvin will take a couple of shots at the target.

rapid shot, point blank shot

to hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
to hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Marvin is having trouble shooting past all his compatriots into the melee. alternatively, my dice hate me

Triba takes out her little longspear, then sets up a flank with the loud dwarf. "I'm out of fire, so this will have to do!"

Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 2 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 3 + (4) = 12

Tracker: round 2

Eb--evil eye, -2 atk 1 round
Triba--atk and hit
Binx--minon atk/go?
Dol--attacked and hit
Thor--go
Marvin--atk and missed

Duergar---queue
Q (enemy)---queue (19hp, down)

Marvin takes two shots, but indeed is having a very tough time. The tiny creature is using the larger enemies as cover, causing both arrows to plant in the stone floor far from their intended target.

The newcomer however, Triba is able to use the dwarf...even if temporarily as a distraction and aid in combat. With the creature slitting its attention, Triba is able to piece the enemy, right between its ribs, causing to creature to yelp in pain and collapse to the ground.

"Bones, stand down!" Binx orders his minion. Addressing the newcomer, he addresses her calmly. "Please don't hit the skeleton. Raising it was a real pain. And who might you be?"

Triba draws her spear back in with a triumphant smile, but keeps it out amongst the strangers. "Triba the Windsong." She gives a flourishing bow. "Perchance are you lot here for the chance at drawing from a certain peculiar deck?"

"If we say 'yes', will the rest of your band come out and try to murder us? Or are you the sole survivor and are planning to leech off of us?"

"Well well, aren't you the optimist? In fact my band is already here and standing out on the open, here before me seen but their names unknown to me."

"Well well, aren't you the confident one? What makes you so sure we'll take you?"

Dolgrin, seeing that there aren't any more combatants coming, puts away his shield.
"If ya don't mind, I'm going to make certain we finished the job, before we continue with the pleasantries", Dolgrin said bringing his warhammer, grasped in both hands, down on the creature in front of him.
Coup de grace auto hit/auto crit damage (warhammer is x3): 3d8 + 18 ⇒ (1, 3, 4) + 18 = 26
"That should do the trick" Dolgrin said whilst cleaning of anything still stuck to his warhammer and then looked towards Triba.
"Although I am grateful for the timely assist you provided, I'm with him on this one. Why are you so confident we'll take you on?" he said while gesturing towards Binx.

"This can be resolved easily enough. Can we see your stone from the drawing? If it matches ours, then we'll believe you. "

Eb took a liking to the Halfling immediately, but he had been told long ago by someone close to him that he was too trusting, so he kept quiet and let his comrades do the talking, his gaze snapping back and forth between the various speakers.

"Well because I was sent by the same person, wasn't I? I'm reinforcements as it was." Assuming she has one Triba shows the stone she has.

yes, you have a stone...will try to get the "new" area up this weekend if computer and program will allow. Otherwise it may simply be text based...any objections and or thoughts?

Dolgrin utterly crushes the quasit into goo (fast healing can only work when alive lol)

Smoke billows out from behind Triba...looks like she was a bit over the top.

Triba turns to look at the smoke. "Oh, right. That. Well suppose that was entirely unnecessary given the circumstances."