GM Arkwright's Enduring Rise of the Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master Arkwright

Heh, yep you would have seen it. Not that i'm not hoping you'll jump your horse through one of the windows.

Spectrum easily opens the door, finding himself in a familiar corridor. The door to the left leads to where the noises and Lonjiku lies.

Everyone who's not breaking a window, give a rough description of where you'd like to be placed and say what you're doing, though I'm guessing Spectrum will be bursting through that door. It is unlocked.[/ooc]

Noro follows Spectrum backing him up in case of any danger .

Chaise follows Wyam, staying close behind. "I'm not really very athletic," he says between panting breaths.

Spectrum hardly slows as he hits the second door. He comes in fast, sword in hand, his form beginning to flicker again as he ran.

Re-activating Spell Dance as a Free action
Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Spotting Spectrum enter the door, Wyam spurs Fearghus right up to the door and

Quick Dismount (Ride DC 20): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

practically leaps off his horse in a display of well-practiced horsemanship - to enter the building only moments behind Spectrum.

"Noro, Chaise! Spectrum went in here!"

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Init:
Spectrum: 11
Chaise: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Wyam: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Noro: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Goblins: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Init order
Noro
Goblins
Chaise, Wyam, Spectrum

SURPRISE ROUND

You're all up.

Spectrum bursts open the door to reveal a curious hell. Bright furnaces line the southern wall glowing with hellfire as goblins dance and dart and shove each other midst its flickering light. The bright glass-encrusted statue of Lonjiku catches the sunlight to the north, and bodies of fallen workers carelessly litter the floor as the goblins play with their new toys, picking up iron tongs glowing with the heat of the ovens and carelessly throwing glass in the air to watch it smash. Distracted, they miss you all.

Spectrum quickly assesses the situation.

Allies will quickly overcome the closest three. The next group will likely fight. The last in the back, after seeing what is about to happen, may run. No time to spare tracking a goblin through this place.

Neutralize furthest enemy first.

An unerring bolt of arcing light pulsed from his hand and slammed into the goblin at the back of the long hall.

Magic Missile to Goblin @ P47: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Glimmer, keep watch for any goblins trying to leave the building and help us coordinate our actions. Array, move inside. Keep hidden. Scout for more goblins and any sign of Amiko.

Alright Glimmer's mental voice echos down from the skylight, responding to whatever Spectrum had just thought to her. She seemed obviously worried and a little scared.

Array didn't say anything. He just dropped down off the building to look for a sizable rock...

The goblin nearly drops to his knees at the blow but remains standing, tottering on his little legs.

"Goblins! Remember what Shalelu said about them!"

Bardic Performance: Naturalist (+1 to AC, attack rolls, some saving throws against goblins), [8/9 performances]

Surprise Round

Wyam moves up to the closest goblin, drawing his sword as he does so.

More goblinsh, Guessh Amieko ish actually in trouble

Noro cracks her knuckles and walks up to a goblin with confidence in her capability to destroy it.

surprise round

move to H23

The goblins look startled at your appearance but are also grinning, anticipating trying out their new tools.

ROUND ONE

Initiative:
Noro <---
Goblins
Rest

Noro walked up to the goblin, as she approached her hands ball into fists and before it even has the chance to react Noro slams into it with a fierce uppercut.

attack vs flatfooted: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
if a hit damage: 1d3 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Noro's blow flies wide as the goblin dodges easily, grinning wildly.

Initiative:
Noro
Goblins <---
Rest

I'll post their turn soon.

Urgh. Anyone know how to push images up and down layers on Google Spreadsheets? The map background is on top of the icons and I can't find an option to move it down beneath them.

Had to make a new map. Apologies if I have messed up your position, please feel free to shuffle yourself a few squares if I've put you badly out of place.
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Initiative:
Noro
Goblins <---
Rest

The goblins grin wildly at the prospect of even more fun and spring into action.

One charges directly at Noro, cackling as it raises its worn Dogslicer.
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Unconfirmed, 4 damage.

Another pulls out a heavy set of tongs from the furnace, still glowing orange with heat, and jumps up on the table and thrusts them at Wyam, spittle flying as it laughs.
1d20 - 1 ⇒ (10) - 1 = 9 1d4 ⇒ 2 Touch attack, fire damage.
Miss.

Grinning, the goblin near Noro slashes at Wyam's knees.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Confirm: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Unconfirmed, 3 damage.

A goblin with blue and red patterns over its ears charges at Chaise with a dogslicer.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Confirm: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Confirmed, 7 damage

Two more sprint forwards and leap up towards Wyam, but are too tired from their burst of speed to attack.

The goblin at the back, already teetering from Wyam's spell, frowns and angrily hurtles glass beakers and cups at Spectrum.
1d20 - 5 ⇒ (12) - 5 = 7 1d3 ⇒ 3[/ooc]

Initiative:
Noro
Goblins
Rest <---

Ouch. Lucky buggers. >_>
(Current HP: 13/20)

Chaise is unable to avoid the goblin's sudden rush and bites out a hiss when its weapon slices him. He steps back to avoid another attack. 5-foot step

"Watch out! They move fast!"

Free Action - Continue Naturalist (Performances: 7/9)

Chaise begins chanting, taking out some colored sand from his component pouch and holds it in front of him before finishing the spell by blowing the sand, right into the eyes of two goblins.

Cast: Color Spray (Will DC 16 negates) on the Two Goblins in front of me.

Will 1: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13
Will 2: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (11) - 1 = 10

And down they go, frozen dumb, blind and stiff.

Green smiley = temporary affected (daze, hideous laughter)
Blue smiley = temporary unconscious (sleep, color spray)
Yellow smiley = hurt unconscious (<0 hit points)
Red smiley = dead

Round 1

"Gah, nasty little bugger!" grunts Wyam at taking a blow from the savage critters before slashing with his own sword in reply.

Attack (longsword): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Unfortunately, the other goblins trying to attack him disrupted his footing to throw his blade wide of the creature in front of him.

Status hp 17/20, AC 20

Spectrum calls power through the gleaming amulet around his neck and launches another unerring bolt at the distant goblin.

Using Bonded Item to cast Magic Missile.
Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The other goblins drops to the ground.

ROUND TWO

Initiative:
Noro <---
Goblins
Rest

sorry busy at work, are there any goblins still standing?

Noro will end the life of any goblin still standing.

if there are none standing then simply ensure that those that are not standing remain not standing.

attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
damage: 1d3 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

current HP 20/27

Noro slams her fist into the side of a fragile goblin skull and it falls to the floor gibbering before falling silent.

INITIATIVE
Noro
Goblins <----
Rest

The two goblins next to Noro, furious at her treatment of their fellow, leap at her legs and body.

They attempt Trip attacks, triggering AOOs from Noro and Wyam.
Noro AOO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 1d3 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Wyam AOO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Noro hits, downing one of the goblins, but the other successful aims a sweep at her legs.

Trip: 1d20 ⇒ 1

But only ends up tripping over its own legs, falling prone on the floor in front of you. Wincing, he looks up at you and tries to hide behind his eyes.

COMBAT OVER
Well, effectively over. The two goblins in front of Chaise are out of action for a few more round, so unless you ignore them until they wake up you have no problem. Three more goblins are bleeding out. And there is one in front of Noro who is prone and whimpering.

Spectrum runs to the mess of glass that used to be a human, taking a good look at it.

Lonjiku stands here strapped to a chair, a bloody wound in his breast frozen by the glass that entirely encases and runs oven him, the stilled molten liquid holding his corpse in place.

He's very dead.

Spectrum curses in Elven and dashes for the next door.

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Spectrum opens the door and finds himself in the

Loading Room: A wheelbarrow sits against a wall here, and
shelves on the walls contain additional reagents to create
different colors of glass (manganese for clear glass, cobalt
for blue, and tin for white glass; untreated glass is green,
while too much of any reagent makes black glass). A safe
on the floor.

I'm not sure where I am on the map. I only see the room we just fought the goblins in.

You just went through that door on the bottom-right and found yourself in that room.

No sign of Amiko. Spectrum didn't stop or wait.

He threw the next door open.

Odd the image didn't upload, my mistake.

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"Dammit, we haven't got time to tie these damn things up!" Wyam growls as Spectrum goes dashing off.

"Chaise, Noro - help knock these things out for a few hours and let's get after Spectrum," he 'asked'.

The idea is do Coup de Grace attacks with non-lethal damage to the goblins so they can be questioned later, without taking the minutes necessary to find rope and tie them up and lose track of Spectrum. As full-round actions, we can get the two unconscious ones automatically in 6 seconds. GM Arkwright, how would you rule the awake/whimpering one for this purpose? A regular attack for non-lethal?

Hmm; okay, you can punch them hard enough to knock them unconscious for some time.
Mr. Awake/whimpering would be a whole different kettle of fish if he was resisting, but he's going to let you punch him so no issue.

Wyam deals with the goblins for now, and goes off after Spectrum.

Noro helps Wyam with the goblins.

then heads after Spectrum.

which way should we go?

Perhapsh we should find a bashement

Spectrum nods. "Goblins like dark places, particularly underground. If she's still here, they'll have taken her to a place like that."

To clarify: there is a safe on the floor?

Chaise kicks the goblins where the sun don't shine, hissing as it brings some pain from his wounds, then rushes after the others, sparing a moment to look at Lonjiku.

In the loading room, he helps them search, trying the doors.

Ah my mistake. In the loading room on the bottom right, there is an empty safe with a wide-open door.

Spectrum isn't waiting around. His mind races, trying to remember the layout of the glassworks. The pulls open both of the interior doors in front of him and looks through them.

[ooc]Map

Ignoring the dead-end room, Spectrum quickly moved deeper into the glassworks.

Array dropped a twenty pound rock from about a hundred feet up. It smashed through the skylight with an impressive crash.

He swooped down and into the building, quickly looking, scanning, searching for any sign of Amiko.

Pseudodragons have Darkvision, Lowlight vision, and Blindsense

Miss Amiko! Am I reaching you! his mental shout sought her mind.

Hmm...

Swooping over and through the factory, Array eventually hears the usually restrained voice of Ameiko: Tell your pointy-eared master to get me the HELLS OUT OF THIS CLOSET!

After some more questioning, Ameiko reveals that she is locked in a storage room in the basement, restrained, wounded but stable, and very pissed at her brother.

There's nothing else in the glassworks except a great deal of fluff description, just so you know.

Chaise catches up after some more poking around. He sees Ameiko wounded and tries to tend to her wounds. "What happened?"

Chaise's brow furrows, feeling like he had just experienced some strange form of (ret)conjuration.

Heh, hold your horses, hold your horses! I never said there was nothing else in the BASEMENT, did I? Describe if you're going to go down there.

Whoops! Misread it. Thought we already went there to talk to her instead of being relayed it through Array. Chaise will poke around a bit but will follow Spectrum (who, if following his recent actions) will undoubtedly charge straight in there.

Spectrum's mind raced, full of memories of the layout and directions haphazardly given by Array.

"She's in the basement!" he said to the others. "Array found her! This way!"

Spectrum is running flat out to get to the basement. He's planning on going in guns blazing.

Ask her if she can hear anyone or anything outside where she is confined.

Narrowing his mental projection so it would only reach Amiko, Array maintained his communication.

Are you being guarded? Can you hear any more goblins?