GM Fuzzfoot's AP: Giantslayer, Dwarven Brigade (Inactive)

Game Master PJP

Thozar lays a hand on Belir's shoulder. "It's no use... What should we do with her? It looks like she has gone mad..." While the others mull over their decision, he gives the axe a once over. "Anyone heard of this Umlo? If orcs took him, he has probably departed this world, but judging by her state, who knows if he ever even existed?"
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Spellcraft vs Magical Axe: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Kragmyr shrugged. ”One for me, one for you.”

He first chugged down the first one, as payment for his wound. CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
And then as they didn’t have any healing Magic’s of his own, he said ”Hold her still. This potion removes curses. Might as well see if it restores her mind.” And he then poured it down her throat.

Ulark looks the woman over carefully. Hold off just a moment Kragmyr. May be magic, or just a poison or sickness caught in these waters. Let me give her a look.

He crouches to try and identify what seems to be affecting the dwarf.

Heal: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Unfortunately, Ulark cannot tell from examination whether or not the cause of her mental conditions was a curse or not. He can find no other cause, however.

Pouring the liquid in the female's mouth, she starts to sputter and yell that you are trying to poison her. Enough gets in, though, and she convulses briefly and then passes out. She seems to be breathing, though.

You check out her camp, and it is pretty rough - some of it is useful, but other things make no sense - probably due to the mental state of the camper.

After about an hour, she comes around. "Who are you? What happened to me?"

She seems to be fairly normal again.

"Dunno." Belir shrugs at the woman. "You attacked us thinking we were orcs and something about your brother....Um..Umlo was it?"

Can we tell whether or not it was for sure the potion that restored sanity to her, or whether this might be a temporary reprieve?

Heal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 To check for signs of latent madness.

"Good thinking Kragmyr, you likely just saved her life!," Thozar congratulates his fellow Dwarf. Seeing that Belir has already said what he had to say, he remains quiet to let her respond.

Kragmyr smiled and slapped Thozar on the back. He made a mental note to give Thozar a good part in the inevitable saga that he’d write when this was all over. But like his kinsman, he remained silent. The lass was likely still confused, and too many dwarves talking would just make the situation worse.

"Umlo... yes, he is my brother. Ingrahild Nargrymkin is who I am. Thank you, friends. Yes, I am sorry about that. We, my brother and a couple of hired hands, were looking for something here in this swamp when we ran across a coven of witches. I... I think they killed the help... but cursed my brother, and then probably me. I am pretty sure we got two of them, though! "

"Witches?" Ulark exclaims. "Terrible sorts. Were they orcs? Or swamp folk? And what were you lot looking for all out here?"

The warrior goes into his pack to pull out some food to offer her - fairly bland rations, but at lest its something. "Now your brother Umlo. You say they cursed him. What sort of hex affects him? And where is he now?"

"Thanks. Orcs? No... green hags, they were. Three of them, and some monstrosity they had as a bodyguard. That bulbous thing may still live. They cursed us both, so I fear my brother could be wandering out there on his own, confused."

She eats the food happily.

"Whatcha all lookin' fer? I definitely owe you one."

Knowledge ??? What could he tell of the bodyguard from its description?: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Knoweldge ??? What does he know of Hags?: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Kragmyr thought about what he knew of hags and what their ally might be. He kept his peace for the moment, content to let the others speak.

Kragmyr takes some educated guesses and asks for enough followup information to figure that the ally is likely a female marsh giant.

Knowledge Nature is what you want.

Terrifying crones known to haunt foul swamps and tangled forests, green hags harbor an intense hatred for all beauty and purity. Making use of their varied deceptive abilities, these crones delight in murdering innocents, unhinging noble minds, and debasing the pure of heart. They are particularly fond of using disguise self to assume the forms of alluring young maidens and then seducing young men away from their lovers or families. In this form, they can infect such noble and upstanding citizens with all manner of debauchery and scandal. Some green hags prefer to reveal their true natures to their lovers at a moment precisely engineered to drive the man mad with horror and shame. Others drag out their dalliances and do what they can to utterly ruin the lives of the men they seduce before showing the broken shell that remains the truth. In the end, the luckiest of these unfortunate lovers end up being eaten by their green hag companions—for the unlucky, their final doom can be much worse, for the cruel imagination of the green hag is vast.

A typical green hag stands between 5 and 6 feet tall and weighs just under 160 pounds.

You can also ask for 1 particular type of specific knowledge, as per this list.

"Hags? Sounds dangerous. We should take care while in this swamp, it is clearly home to all manner of dangerous beast. We are on the hunt for a Will-o-Wisp, know of any nearby?" Thozar asks the woman. "Where did you last see these hags?"

"Will-o-wisp, eh? As it turns out, I did see one of those, before encounter those witches. I am not sure I can show you were the hags were... details are a bit fuzzy there. But the wisp? Sure, I can get you there. Whatcha need to see one of them for? Anyway, follow me..."

Once you are ready, she leads the way. She warns you as you get close, so you can make any preparations you like before arriving.

Also, who has the lantern? Where is it?

"Just as well. Seems as we may want to avoid these hags."

"Agreed, we only need a wisp. Teaching those things a lesson for messing with Dwarves is one worth giving, but we do have a task to complete," Thozar adds.

Not sure who has it. I believe we just stuck it in a bag. Belir can carry it if you want though.

Belir grabs ahold of the lantern, holding it nearly at arms length as he doesn't trust the strange magic.

"Let's make this quick. I don't like it." He follows the post-crazed dwarf through the forest.

"It was right around here, I think..." Ingrahild leads you into a clearing, with Belir carrying the lantern out in from of him.

“Where did you get that?” a shrill voice screams. A glowing ball of light appears as it races towards Belir. “Your theft will not go unpunished! Give that back to us!”

Partial Charge: 1d20 + 16 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 16 + 2 = 35
Electrical Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6

Round 1: (Bold may act)
Will-o-wisp
Thozar
Kragmyr
Gundar
Belir
Ulark

Sorry late on last question. For Green Hags, how are they likely to attack?

Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

”A wisp! Get it lads!” Immediatley Kragmyr began chanting.

Rage! Everyone gets +2 Str and 2x primary natural attacks, 1d6 slashing

Please move him up 20ft

"Are you sure?" Thozar asks out loud as he draws a scroll from his pack. "If it is, this might do the trick! Help me locate it!"
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Dungeoneering, DC 16: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
GM, what information about it's location can we deduce? Presumably it is next to Belir, but can we tell in what direction? I have a 5ft radius burst to play with. Do we have to kill it, grapple it, or what to get it into the lantern? Move action to draw scroll, Ready action to cast once I have some idea of where it is.

Seeing electricity crackle in the air Belir's mind protects his body from harm. Drawing his axe Belir charges the ball of light.

Dwarven waraxe: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Swift: Energy shield (Elec 20 points) for 1 minute

Sorry - it is a fuzzy white light, and you can see it. It is a red outlined white circle on the map (it was missing before, sorry!)

Belir tries to kill it with his axe, but misses by a mile.

Round 1: (Bold may act)
Will-o-wisp
Thozar
Kragmyr
Gundar
Belir
Ulark
Rage is available: +2 Str and 2x primary natural attacks, 1d6 slashing

"There it is!" Thozar draws the magic from the scroll and momentarily envelopes Belir, Kragmyr, and the Will-o-Wisp in shimmering blue light.
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Faerie Fire! Hopefully that does the trick and we can shove the damn thing in the lantern even if it turns invisible!

Didn't take the thing ourselves. Ulark yells as he steps back, away from the glowing orb as it suddenly appears. Think some druids made it. But shocking Belir, that was a mistake.

Ulark lances out with his longaxe, though the form's small size is hard to strike.

Accepting rage
Attack, PA FF: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 1 = 17 for damage: 1d12 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 6 = 20

So that's the thing, eh? Well, better get to it then, Gundar thinks. With a flick of his shoulder he encourages his owl to take flight, not willing to risk the creature unless things get grim. Letting the magical rage flow through him, he lashes out.

Attack Wisp: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

"Of course we made it!"

You all take mighty swings, but none of you manage to hit it. Thozar causes Belir and Kragmyr to glow, but the magic has no effect on the wisp.

The creature now attacks Gundar, who was closest to damaging it. But it misreads the target and the attack fizzles.

Melee shock: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17

Round 2: (Bold may act)
Will-o-wisp
[b]Thozar
Kragmyr
Gundar
Belir
Ulark
Rage is available: +2 Str and 2x primary natural attacks, 1d6 slashing

Belir begins to feel the rage growing inside of him as his adrenaline coarses through his body.

Dwarven waraxe: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 1 = 25
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8

Energy shield (Elec 20 points) 9 rounds remaining

Wielding his falchion, Kragmyr ran forward and attempted to cut the wisp down.

Hit flank: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 2 = 26
Damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 6 = 8

If a 25 missed I figure that I’ll need every bonus I can get

The Thorn Vault was made by the druids here. Ulark shouts back at the flitting wisp. To keep weapons to strike back against the unnatural - like you!

Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 2 = 14 for damage: 1d12 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 6 = 21

With a 25 missing I think that this is going to be quite a tricky encounter. Anyone able to attack without AC?

Can we grapple it? Maybe shoving the thing into the lantern will suffice.Otherwise we can just start rolling aid anothers on the whoever a\has the highest attack bonus.

Thozar circles around to the other side be starts trying to grab at the thing. "Let's just stuff it in, it's too nimble to strike!"
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Aid Another (Grapple) vs Whoever: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

"Aye, just get it in the damn thing!" Gundar says as he sidesteps the crackling energy unleashed by the Wisp. He'd been sure his earlier blow would land, but the little malignant lightning bug was amazingly agile.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Kragmyr manages to get a hit in, and the wisp pulses slightly. Then it attacks him.

Attack: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30
Electrical Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (8, 4) = 12

Round 3: (Bold may act)
Will-o-wisp
Thozar
Kragmyr
Gundar
Belir
Ulark
Rage is available: +2 Str and 2x primary natural attacks, 1d6 slashing

I don't see any reason why grapple won't work.

”Ach! Fookin’ beastie!” With glowing axes, Kragmyr struck back...

Hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

His first blow went wide, but the second found it’s mark.

Primary natural attacks time! We all need a 16-18 to Hit. So let’s surround it and double our attacks. Throw enough and we’ll take it down.

Belir does little more than be able to distract the Will-o-Wisp as he has a difficult time finding a good place to strike. "This thing is all over the place!"

Dwarven waraxe: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 1 = 12
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8

Energy shield (Elec 20 points) 8 rounds remaining

"DWWWAAAARVEN DOOOOOOOOG PIIIILLEEEE!" Thozar cries as he lets Kragmyr's chanting overcome his rational senses. Letting the now familiar anger course through him, he starts to flurry his weapons at their foe.
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Attack (Inspired Rage) vs Red: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 1 = 151d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Attack (Inspired Rage) vs Red: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 1 = 221d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Agreed, if we aren't going to grapple it together, we should try to roll as many dice as we can! Too bad I'm rolling for 20's!

Watching Kragmyr and Thozar launch themselves tooth-and-nail at the wisp, the already enraged Gundar joins them, dropping his axe in the mud to rend the creature with his fellow feral dwarves.

GUNDAR SMASH AND/OR CLAW!: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 2 = 30
LIKE THE ABOVE, BUT A SECOND TIME!: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 2 = 22

Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Sorry for delay. Vacation, combined with my biannual 'committing to too many simultaneous things and games' thing :)

Ulark nods his head as he fellows strategize about grappling the thing. His eyes then widen as the attakcs continue. Well, one more go, then try it meself. he thinks as he swings his axe high.

PA, FF: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 + 2 = 17 for damage: 1d12 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 6 = 20

Kragmyr and Gundar both manage to strike a blow.

The will-o-wisp responds by tryin gto shock Kragmyr.

Attack: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26
Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (8, 4) = 12

Round 4: (Bold may act)
Will-o-wisp (23 dmg)
Thozar
Kragmyr
Gundar
Belir
Ulark
Rage is available: +2 Str and 2x primary natural attacks, 1d6 slashing

Hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Twitching as electricity courses through him, his beard likewise jutting out with static, Kragmyr managed to growl ”...Jarl Broadbeam was carried home on his shield, his wounds to the fore...”. He forced himself to continue chanting, though even seeing straight was becoming difficult. His vision blurred, with only the wisp being clear. He brought his axe down on it once more, determined to make his ancestors proud.

That's a good hit, but it is still moving.

As another crackle of electricity snaps out Belir times his strike with where it looked to have come from in the veiled ball of light.

Dwarven waraxe: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 1 = 26
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 = 12

Energy shield (Elec 20 points) 7 rounds remaining

"RRRAAAAGGGHHHHHH!" Thozar screams as the rage continues to course through him.
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Attack (Inspired Rage) vs Red: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 1 = 241d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 [ooc]I did a thing! :D[/dice]
Attack (Inspired Rage) vs Red: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 1 = 231d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Confirm?: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 1 = 211d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Breath ragged, heart pounding, Gundar continues his primal assault.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 2 = 14
Attack 2: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 2 = 27

Damage 1: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Damage 2: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

With true dwarven bravado, you manage to kill the creature. Only a spongy globe remains.

Still sizzling, Kragmyr bent down to examine the wisp. His arcane power was totally spent; as was his physical stamina. The creature had been slippery, but against all hope he had managed to consistently apply his axes to it. He was proud of his efforts, and wanted to show it.

”I wonder if I can do something with this...” he muttered.

Knowledge on wisp physiology: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

He looked around to see if there were any other dangers around before going to work. The last thing he wanted was to be surprised by the wisp having kin around, or their struggle attracting more mundane predators. Or...hags.

When satisfied...

Craft Trophy: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Looking to incorporate the wisp into Kragmyr’s helm. Any way I can have him make it glow when he uses inspired rage? I like the image

Don't we need to shove the wisp into the lantern?