GM Phntm888's Rise of the Runelords Campaign

Game Master Phntm888

Ten of them?!? Hopefully they drop a bit easier than the last one... Let's see if we can't even the odds a little. Rasmorn will reach into his spell component pouch and pull out a small bit of fleece. He will extend that hand, and weave a sudden illusion.

Down the hall, just behind the 4th goblin, a stone wall springs up, cutting off the nearest 4 goblins from the rear 6. The wall molds itself around any debris in the room, not leaving any openings at all to crawl through.

Silent Image, DC16 Will save to disbelieve if interacted with. I can see through it, as the caster, but everyone else would need to make the will save to see what's going on.

Added a green rectangle to show the location. Let me know if I got it right.

Perfect, thanks!

The sudden appearance of a wall out of thin air throws Laufey. She doesn't know what to make of it. Instead of advancing into the room, she readies an attack against any goblin that approaches.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Isabella says, "Martyred mother! Please, help us repel this invasion of danger."

Casting bless. Laufey, that should affect your readied action as well... not that it can do much to help a roll like that. :/

Yasu?

Oh, sorry! Will use the surprise round to move in where I can see our targets.

Yasu will move into the room and set to fire on the next round.

The goblins recover from their shock at the sudden appearance of more longshanks, especially once a wall suddenly appears in the middle of the room. The goblins on your side of the "wall" have a crazed light in their eyes, and begin singing a familiar song as they look on menacingly.

Initiative Order
Rasmorn <--
Talia
Goblins
Laufey
Yasu
Isabella

Rasmorn and Talia can post Round 1 actions.

Rasmorn will concentrate on his wall illusion with barely a thought, as he also hurls a glob of acid toward the nearest goblin. However, the shot completely misses the menacing little creature. The gnome will then take a step back away from the goblins.

Swift action to concentrate on Silent Image (allowed by Effortless Trickery feat)
Standard action to fire Acid Splash at the nearest goblin
Move action to step back a little
Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Edit to add that I can't move myself on the map. Would like to move diagonally southwest by one square.

Okay, I moved you. Everyone should be able to move their tokens now.

Talia moves into the room and snaps a shot at the Yellow Goblin.
Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 Here we go again.

GM, I've added colored borders to all the Goblins, makes it easier to choose which target we're going for. Just use the Border color to pick a color, and the Border weight option to make it thick enough to stand out.

Talia moves into the room, firing her crossbow. The bolt goes wide as Rasmorn maintains his illusion and fires a glob of acid. The acid shoots into a furnace, causing a small flare up.

Two goblins on this side of the wall run up to Yasu and Laufey, swinging tongs of molten glass, singing both Heroes of Sandpoint with their tongs (1 fire damage each). The other two hurl bottles of glass at Talia and Isabella. Both miss, with one flying over Isabella's head and the other breaking at Yasu's feet.

The two places where the bottle broke should be treated as having caltrops in them.

From the other side of the illusion, you hear the sounds of goblin voices shouting about how to get past the wall that appeared out of nowhere.

Initiative Order
Rasmorn
Talia
Goblins
Laufey <--
Yasu
Isabella

The party can take their actions.

The molten glass spatters on the ranger and he doesn't even notice. Fire resistance 5!
Yasu lets go of the bowstring with his right hand, his left holding the bow and arrow as he draws his short sword and attempts to skewer the goblin before him.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

... Okay, we're doomed. :p

Laufey grits her teeth but ignores the glass. She swings her sword in a low arc, the shortness of these things is a problem.

Attack (yellow): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

24-hour notice for Isabella. Otherwise she'll be casting Guidance on someone she can reach.

With a goblin nearby fighting Laufey, Isabella hauls her enormous, heavy blade from her back and swings with a clumsy chopping stroke at the enemy.

Falchion attack vs. goblin (yellow): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Confirm crit: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

Falchion crit: 4d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4, 1, 2) + 2 = 10

Not a bad opener for my first melee attack!

Round 1
Yasu attempts to fight off the goblin that struck him as the molten glasss has no effect on him. Laufey retaliates against the goblin and his fiery tongs of glass with a sword stroke that neatly gashes his hand as Isabella steps in with her falchion and clumsily decapitates the rabid monster. The other three goblins seem a bit surprised by this development, and they falter in singing their song.

Round 2 kicks off. Rasmorn, Talia, bring the pain.

Rasmorn continues to concentrate on his wall illusion as sends another glob of acid toward the nearest goblin.

Swift action to concentrate on Silent Image
Standard action to fire Acid Splash at the red goblin
Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

GM, since I can see through my own illusion, can I get an update on what those goblins are doing? Would like to know if they are gathering near the wall, finding another way around, or doing something else.

"Keep an eye behind us" Rasmorn says quietly. "A few of our friends on the other side of the wall are gone, likely circling around."

Does the door right behind me have a lock? If so, and it isn't currently locked, I'd like to lock it.

Talia mutters a prayer and shoots at the Blue goblin. Sorry Yasu, I don't have Precise shot yet.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

What do you know, being religious works. :)

I mean, Isabella crit on her first attack with her falchion, so clearly it does.

Rasmorn once again flings a splash of acid that goes wide, but Talia turns to prayer, and her aim is true piercing a goblin through the shoulder and causing him to drop the bottle he was holding. Rasmorn warns that three of the goblins appear to have run out a door on the other side and may be circling around behind them.

Rasmorn, there is a lock. You can use your move action to get to the door this round, then two move actions next round to close and lock the door.

The death of the first goblins seems to have made the others take you much more seriously. The goblin next to Yasu drops his tongs of molten glass and draws out his dogslicer, swinging a the ranger's midsection. Fortunately, Yasu is able to evade enough of the blow to take only a scratch as opposed to the disembowling blow it could have been. Almost crit, 1 damage Another, seeing his friend fall, charges Isabella, drawing his dogslicer as he does and scoring a strong blow on her arm, seeking vengeance for his fallen friend. 4 damage. The one hit by Talia pulls out a short bow and returns fire, aiming high and going over her head while he curses longshanks and their unnatural height.

You hear goblin voices shout something on the other side of the wall, and then suddenly another goblin runs through the illusion, holding tongs of molten glass. Seeing his deceased friend he stops, and then gets out his dogslicer.

Initiative Order
Rasmorn
Talia
Goblins
Laufey <--
Yasu
Isabella

The party is up! Go ahead and take your actions.

Laufey holds her position and attacks the goblin who has moved in to replace the one just fallen.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Yasu, Isabella - 24 hour notice, then botting

Sorry, thought I had to wait for Yasu in the order.

Isabella winces at the gash that she received and makes a wild return swing.

Falchion attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
Falchion damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 1 = 5

Nope, block Initiative. Technically, Talia and Rasmorn can post their Round 3 actions, so long as they denote they are the Round 3 actions.

Yasu swings at the gobln again, his frustration from last time exploding forth.
Melee: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

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So, with the doors, the door I was originally asking about was the one I am currently adjacent to - that is a door, right? Is it already locked?

Oh, hey, totally forgot about that door. It is not currently locked, and it's a move action to lock it.

Isabella, since Laufey will be taking out the green goblin, I'm going to let you save that attack roll and damage roll for your next attack. Just go ahead and say you're using it. If you want to post a different action for this round, feel free.

Laufey cuts down the goblin who charged at Isabella, while Yasu vents his frustrations out at the goblin before him. Unfortunately, his frustrations cause his swipe of the short sword to go wide. As the goblin ducks and dodges.

Initiative Order
Initiative Order
Rasmorn
Talia
Goblins
Laufey
Yasu
Isabella

Talia and Rasmorn can take their actions.

Ok, I'll duck over to the other side and help Yasu with red!

Round 2 Redux
Isabella darts over to help Yasu out with the one before him, scoring a solid blow. Unfortunately, the Goblin remains on his feet - though barely.

Rasmorn reaches down to the door next to him and flips the lock shut. "Talia, shut and lock those doors! More goblins might be circling around!"

The gnome then tries to fire another glob of his favorite ever-missing acid at the nearest goblin.

Talia keeps shooting at the Blue Goblin.
Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11 Sigh.

Forgot to pray. :(

This is how the game ends. Mugged by goblins. Incapable of rolling over 11

Rasmorn locks the door next to him, in the hopes that any goblins trying to circle around won't get to them as he fires a dart of acid at the goblin in front of Yasu. The acid burns the goblin, causing him to scream in pain and slap at the wound, although he remains standing. At exactly 0 hp

Talia fires her crossbow, but again her shot goes high.

As Laufey cuts down another goblin, the goblin sees this happen and charges at her, waving his dogslicer. Fortunately for the northern warrior, his dogslicer skips off the table and she easily evades the blow.

Talia is not so fortunate, as the goblin she's been trading fire with takes aim and lodges an arrow solidly in her left shoulder. The pain is incredible, as this was clearly a well-placed blow Crit, 5 damage

The goblin before Yasu decides to push through the pain of the acid and swipes at the other, scoring yet another scratch 1 damage before finding he's not quite as good at pushing through as he thought and collapsing to bleed out on the floor.

You hear more goblin babble on the other side of Rasmorn's illusion before two goblins suddenly run through. One of them hurls a piece of glass at Laufey that falls short. The other rushes forward through some broken glass and then hops out going, "Ow, ow, ow, ow!"

We're moving to more of a block initiative. The party is up!

So that leaves no goblins left on the other side of my wall, right? Pink, maroon, and white skedaddled, and the rest are through?

Correct.

"Talia, could you step aside? I need to lock that door!" While Rasmorn waits for Taila to move, he will continue to concentrate on his wall. They might come back around, might as well keep it up...

Delay until Talia moves. Once she does, I will take a 5-foot-step to move into her old position, then use a move action to shut the doors, and another move action to lock them.

Talia winces and takes a 5 foot step on her turn. Firing back at Blue.
Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

How many unconscious-but-still-living goblins are near us? I can exclude up to three when I channel.

Laufey places a hand on the table and vaults up onto it, sliding across the top. She comes down off it directly in front of goblin and takes a hasty swing at it once she re-grips her sword.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Call it two (light blue and orange), Isabella. If a non-named NPC falls below 0 hp, I consider them dead.

Isabella pauses for a moment, then lightly touches the dark blue disk that she wears on the thong about her neck. A pulse of warm, comforting energy floods outward from her.

Channel energy: Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Excluding goblins.

Yasu quickly puts his shortsword away and grabs his arrow, drawing it back and getting ready to fire upon the first target that shows up.

Readying an attack to shoot the first goblin that comes within sight of me.

Readied attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 5) + 3 = 9

Sorry, Isabella, that should have been regular blue and orange. Light blue would have been out of range.

Laufey places a hand on the table and vaults up, sliding over and along it to land in front of a goblin. Unfortunately, she doesn't quite recover her balance enough as her sword swings wide of the creature

Strictly speaking, Yasu, there are 3 goblins within sight of you. Let's take out the light blue one, shall we?

Yasu stows his shortsword and draws forth an arrow to fire at the goblin furthest away. The shot flies true, as the javelin-sized arrow pierces and impales the monstrous creature, spinning it about as it falls to the floor. Dead

Isabella touches the holy symbol about her neck, and her allies feel a burst of healing energy flow over them, healing their wounds a bit. Everyone heals 1 damage

End Round 2. Round 3 actions below.

Rasmorn says to Talia, "Talia, could you step aside? I need to lock that door!" Talia does so and, seeing Laufey now engaged with the goblin she'd been trading fire with, looses her bolt at the one behind it. Her bolt breaks through its shield and into it's shoulder, and the creature sways unsteadily. I redirected your bolt, since you've thus far avoided firing into melee and Laufey's move put her into melee with your original target.

Rasmorn is then able to move and shut the door, locking it as he does so.

The Goblin now engaged with Laufey drops his bow and draws forth his dog slicer, swinging at her and missing completely. The other standing goblin in the room, swaying on his feet, looks about and then has a look of horror draw across his face. He shouts something, and then begins to limp and stagger away.

Rasmorn hears the door he just vacated rattle, and then mere seconds later, he hears the second door he just locked rattle and indistinct goblin voices on the other side that quickly fade.

The party is up!

Isabella continues her prayers and releases another wave of soothing energy.

Channel energy: Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Laufey's next attempt to strike the goblin in front of her sees no better results than her last.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Talia, now fully healed again (Thanks Isabella.) Shoots a bolt at the Orange Gobbo.
Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Rasmorn breathes a sigh of relief as the handles of the door are rattled just a heartbeat after being locked. He then slips around Yasu and the glass at his feet in order to get a clear shot at the remaining goblin, but once more his glob of acid flies wide of the mark. Almost as an afterthought, he keeps up his wall (swift action to maintain concentration), in case the other goblins come back around.

Ranged touch attack into melee: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 2 - 4 = 5
Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Yasu draws another arrow and knocks it, aiming at the unsteady one as ot cries out. ranged attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1) + 3 = 6

He releases his shot, the thick drawstring thrumming from the attack.

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