GM Netherpongo's Champion's Chalice I (Inactive)

Game Master Nathan Goodrich

No worries, GM, that was my bad...that's how I should've written it up and will do so from here on out...

Jiro is pierced through his right shoulder by the sharp barb of the dragon's tail. "By the might of Taldor!" he exclaims as he places his hand on the wound, feeling the warmth of blood gushing from his body.

"I'm not ready for this!" Having no rapier, wearing studded leather and lacking his arcane focus, Jiro is direly unprepared for combat. As he is already injured, he takes a step back out of reach of the animals and adopts a defensive stance.

Total Defense - AC 21; HP: 23/26

Pethwen also steps back a few feet before drawing and shooting off an arrow towards the easternmost creature, an eager glint in her eye.

Mwk Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 1 - 2 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 = 5

"Don't worry, Jiro!" the cleric remarks with a short laugh, her voice just containing the faintest vibrato of a plucked string. "It seems our friends are always ready for this sort of thing. It is the beasts who should be cowering, not you!"

She will throw a rock at one with her telekinetic projectile
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
1d6 ⇒ 1

The west Amphiptere's tail lashes out at Crowe as he moves to engage the creature, but misses the barbarian as it swings wildly. Note: due to his starting position, the center Amphiptere should have gotten a swing as well (no cover on Crowe's former square). I missed that earlier, however, so I'm not taking that attack.

Ingrge & Crowe combine their efforts to take down the western dragon in a cascade of blood and scale. Nalina's claws savage the center Amphiptere, but her bite fails to gain purchase & her attempt to grab the creature fails. Pethwen & Rivani's attacks go wide of their targets.

The Amphiptere Nalina is fighting responds with a flurry of teeth, claws & tail attacks, but only the tail connects. 6 damage to Nalina

Whether attracted by the tinkling bells of Pethwen's voice or her lack of armor, the eastern Amphiptere finds her highly attractive and tasty. It charges in with its bite attack and takes a large bite out of her, but she manages to twist out of its viselike mouth before it can lock on. Crit damage of 8 to Pethwen (rolled so bad) & a missed grab attempt. It has several party members threatened now, so keep that in mind as you take your turns.

Nalina, my inexperience with Shifters is showing: I'm not sure how you are getting 2d4 damage on your claws. I see 1d8 for tigers and I'm not seeing any class features or feats you have that would raise it. Let's not stop the action, but let's look at that too.

Crowe runs towards the next little dragon standing next to Nalina and attacks from a flanking division.

As Crow gets an AoO due the reach he fights defensively for +2 AC and -4 to hit. AC is 16 now.

Mwk Longsword two-handed attack roll, fighting defensively (+1 Mwk, +4 Bab, +4 Str., -0 Powerattack for first attack due to Furious Focus, -4 fighting defensively, +2 flank): 1d20 + 9 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 4 + 2 = 20

Longsword damage (+4/+2 str 2H, +6 Power Attack: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

@gm: the shifter wild shape actually lets you turn into a dire tiger, which gets 2d4 for claw attacks. Dire Tiger

FAQ specifying it.

Ingrge will direct his attention to the amphiptere attacking Pethtun and fire two arrows its way...

PBS, Precise Shot, Weapon Focus, Flurry of Blows, Deadly Aim, Deadeye Bowman

Longbow: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 23

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 4 = 9

Longbow: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 17

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 4 = 9

Nalina roars in pain as the creature's tail once again pierces her fur, her tiger blood staining the beautiful orange-and-black fur of her flank.
She ferociously attacks the creature again, this time with Crowe's help to distract it.
bite: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 = 28 damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4) + 5 = 13
claw1: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 2 = 29 damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 2) + 5 = 8
claw2: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 2 = 18 damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 1) + 5 = 8
grab: 1d20 + 6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 4 + 2 = 27

crit bite: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 = 21 damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (6, 1) + 5 = 12
crit claw1: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 = 17 damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 4) + 5 = 12

Wow, that might be the first time I've ever rolled 2 natural twenties in a row!

Another telekinetic projectile, at the surviving dragon
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Gritting her teeth through the pain of the wound, Pethwen steps back a few feet from the little dragon and sends off another arrow towards it.

5' step away from dragon. She's at edge of map, so assuming this is still possible.
Mwk Longbow, PBS, Precise Shot, Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 1 - 1 = 8 Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 2 = 11

Seeing that the dragons seem to have forgotten about him, Jiro leaps back to consolidate their position as he tries to utilize his magical abilities, despite the armor and his lack of an arcane focus. "Blood of the Shaitan, come forth!" he yells as sickly yellow runes swirl around him.

Armor-Spell Failure of 15% (High Is Good): 1d100 ⇒ 70
Concentration Check - DC 20: 1d20 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 3 = 26

Surprised that it actually worked, Jiro looks at the smallish ball of acid in his hands. "Well, it is a bit small..." He tries to chuck it at the dragon out to the east.
Acid Splash @ Right Dragon: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8
Acid Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Total Defense - AC 17; HP: 23/26

I missed Crowe's action for a while and was waiting for them. Oops.

Crowe is able to finish off the Amphiptere attacking Nalina, and she turns to savage the one fighting Pethwen, ending the assault.

As you strike down the dragons, you realize quickly that their hides, talons and scales might be useful for crafting new equipment. Each Amphiptere can be used with the Craft Tools advantage to make a masterwork version of one of: piercing weapon, slashing weapon, light armor, medium armor.

If you move to examine the small body that the Amphipteres dropped when you arrived, you will find that it is Ramagh, one of the halflings from Team Ebanasi. They are very dead. The halfling has a makeshift bundle attached to their clothing that contains two intact waterskins with a non-water liquid inside.

You can stop after an encounter if you want to, but I don't think I beat you guys up nearly enough for that. Don't forget to recover whatever hp you want to spend resources on. When you are ready to move on, you can enter hex 12. We're still in Phase 2 of Day 1 and you have 5 progress left for the phase. That's enough to complete hex 12. Which hex would you like to go to next?

i'd say 13...if we take the direct route, we may be able to finish in less than 3 full days...that ought to give us a decent shot at winning the race...

Ingrge nods at his companions. "Good job. Sad about the Ebanasi, though...

"Nalina, do you need healing? We need to tarry no longer than to heal, gather ourselves, and move on..."

"Yes, very sad! But the little people are at home here - they knew the danger. We should craft armor and weapons now. I need a greatsword and armor that is better than this here!" he says and points at the leather armor.

Nalina, still in tiger form, nods her head up and down in a very human-like gesture. Currently down 10hp.

Pethwen also spends a few moments adminstering some last rites to the halflings before tending to the wounds of her companions with the found wand.

Nalina down 10hp, Pethwen down 8hp. Anyone else hurt?
CLW - Nalina: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW - Nalina: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
CLW - Pethwen: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

17 charges left

Crowe & Jiro both had some damage, although it was in fairly small amounts. Any objections to the hex 12 -> hex 13 plan?

Hex 13 next seems fine to me.

Crowe & Jiro both had some damage, although it was in fairly small amounts. Any objections to the hex 12 -> hex 13 plan?

Crowe had 3 damage so no need to spend a charge of the wand.

Crowe looks at his wounds and says "I am a Shonati! Surface wounds have to heal ... a battle scar shows your respect for the opponents that you defeated and that enabled you to grow!"

13 is fine with me. Is there only 1 dead halfling?

But we are crafting during the time, right? We need weapons! ;-)

Jiro investigates the bodies of the halflings as he spots the auras emanating from the waterskins. With a quick perusal and a sniff of the liquid, Jiro smiles as he tosses the pelt bags to Pethwen and Crowe. "These are infusions of Cure Moderate Wounds. I wonder how those little jerks managed to get so lucky!" he says without regard for their death.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

As for the bodies of the ampheteres, Jiro is looking at the spine of one and thinking that it would make a good rapier. "We should stop soon to make some weapons..." he adds as they trek to the next hex.

Are we supposed to post hex actions now?

"Yes, weapons for those that haven't already got one...and then armour for those of us that do, if we have enough material to go around?" Pethwen helps gather up the remains of the creatures so that the group can craft as much as they can.

I think crafting would be a good use of our time this travel period. It will cut their ability to move in half, so Nalina may as well gather supplies at the same time, since we have just enough to get us through the current day, and hopefully that means the next day we can do two full-speed phases. So, anyone with any kind of craft skill can do two crafting checks for the phase, and anyone else should focus on making checks to increase the group's speed. Seem reasonable?

The party spends the remainder of Day 1, Phase 2 travelling through the entirety of hex 12 and moving one progress (3 remaining) into hex 13.

Day 1, Phase 3 begins (Forced March)

Everyone make Fortitude saves for the beginning and end of the travel phase. I think Pethwen may be negating them, so if she casts the appropriate roll before your post, you can stop and any failed saves will be ignored. Nalina needs to make the saves, but I'll otherwise take her check for Gather Supplies above. Nalina, if you could note the result of your check in a post below this one that would be great. Sometimes I forget to look above my post an action that should be taking place after I call for the check.

The longsword that Crowe is carrying can be taken. He would like to use a bardiche! :-) And a breastplate medium armor would be great, too! But Crowe cannot craft. :-(

Crowe looks for shortcuts to find a way to decrease the travel time!

Notice shortcut - perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Fort: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

GM: I'll be crafting but have a question beforehand. When crafting for items, my craft roll would be for just one item, correct? A weapon or a piece of armor perhaps?

Result of Survival from spoiler above: Survival (gather food/water): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

fortitude: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

fortitude: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

While I await an answer from the GM, if I'm allowed to attempt to craft just one item, as I suspect, what should it be? I was leaning towards a rapier (if that's possible) as that would give Jiro a usable weapon and give us another fighter. Does anyone else have a Craft mod?

Craft Rules from Campaign Tab: ...Because the PC attempting to gain this advantage is assumed to have 4 hours in which to work, she can attempt two checks for each phase instead of one.

Definitely craft a Rapier for Jiro!!

Thanks, Nalina, I missed that! I'll craft twice during this phase then and I'll concentrate on a rapier for Jiro first. As my mod is only +4, someone may want to try to give me aid in my attempts. I'll forego rolling my attempts till everyone has posted their actions for the phase as I don't want to game the system; if my rolls are known beforehand, it'll be obvious if I require aid or not...

I don't think Pethwen's Marching Chant spell would affect a Forced March, so FORT rolls are needed, I think.

FORT 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
FORT 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
non-lethal damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Pethwen and Fara help Crowe look for shortcuts so that the group don't lose too much time while they are spending time crafting weapons.

Pethwen Perception (aid): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Fara Perception (aid): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Jiro's rapier should be priority No.1. Not sure Pethwen's needs will be high up the list but if it comes to her then she would like some light armor.

Fort 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

She will also aid the group to make sure that they do not get lost
1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 = 8

Crowes light leather armor could then be distributed Pethwen to you. :-) When a tough fight breaks out Crowe will need a high damage dice weapon for enlarge person. So Bardiche would be good.

I'm here. Thursdays are my busy days.

Why is Crowe saying that he cannot Craft? Craft is not a trained skill (just an Int check if you are untrained). Nalina is right that everyone can make two Craft checks for each phase the character spends doing Craft Tools. Plus, if the point of this phase is to craft & gather supplies, Crowe using an advantage for travelling faster would consume an advantage and take away a possible item that you guys could make.

Currently, the results for the phase are at:
Crowe Notice Shortcut +1 progress
Rivani - not sure what check, but fail -1 progress

If you guys wanted to make gear, though, probably everyone should be making their own Craft Tools checks or Gather Supplies checks. You could assist instead, I guess, but most characters are so bad at Craft that it makes sense to get a bunch of d20 rolls in and hope for something high. Making progress while you do either of the other tasks is inefficient because anything you do gets halved.

I've pointed to a table for the Craft DCs, but never posted them yet. Simple melee is DC 12, Martial melee is DC 15, Exotic melee is DC 18. Armor & shields are 10 + AC bonus. See page 93 of the Core Rulebook for the full table or the Craft entry if our page counts are off. Specify whether you are making masterwork items out of the Ampipteres or not.

Since there seems to be confusion about what you were allowed to do, I'll let Crowe take back his progress check if he wishes. Rivani had a failure, though, so that will have to stick. What skill check was that though?

I agree, everyone with at least a 12 in Intelligence should be attempting their own craft checks. If you have a negative Int mod, either help me gather some stuff or make an Aid Another check on the crafters.

Ok GM, thanks. Then I would take back the shortcut advantage. GM, one more thing: Pethwen and Pregens only assisted my perception roll. So if I can take that perception roll back then pregens failed check can be taken back, too? Crowe has negative Int mod. So he would aid. We have three advantages and thus three times two equals six craft checks. right?

Guess I'll go ahead and roll then...

Ingrge will work on a rapier for Jiro...if successful, he'll then work on armor for Crowe...

Craft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Craft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Seeing that Ingrge is working on a rapier out of the leftover materials from an Amphitere corpse, Jiro decides to aid the man in his construction. "Why don't we try using the spine instead of the claws, Gogulope?" he offers.

Craft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 :(

Seeing that his advice seems to be impairing the process, Jiro takes the leftover materials to try to piece something together.

Craft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

I think this is one advantage's worth.

If anyone else can assist Ingrge, then I think we can get me a rapier in the first half! Sadly my rolls are terrible!

Yeah, Pethwen & Rivani can redo their phase as well if they wish. I missed what was going on there.

Pethwen aids in the work to try and make something useful out of the remains of the little dragonlike creatures.

Craft (aid Ingrge for Jiro's weapon: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Craft for 2nd priority item - Crowe's stuff?: 1d20 ⇒ 15

craft aid Bardiche: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13

I need Fortitude saves for Jiro. Crowe can do a second crafting aid and Rivani can do Craft checks still if they wish. The rapier and bardiche are both being completed at this point (masterwork quality off the Amphipteres). I'm reading Pethwen's second craft check as an actual check rather than an aid.

Okay, I checked the thread above now. Can I also make a check for myself to craft a breastplate armor? See the roll below as either aid if I cannot make an own check or as my own check for breastplate.

craft check aid or own (see above): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 Finally, a good roll!

The long nights surprisingly take little toll on the elf, despite his weaker constitution than his compatriots. "Let's go, guys!" he yells as he brandishes an Amphetere rapier around.

Two fort saves, Jiro. Crowe, you could make the check but that doesn't succed. Rivani still has a shot at it if they want to take it, though.