GM Ragged's Keep on the Unknown Borderlands

Game Master waynemarkstubbs

Ahh..shoot...forgot...sorry about that! Then the first shot would be a 10 to hit....still a miss! Thanks Nogrogomed for the reminder!

If I'm mounted do I still need a token for the dog? Also how does one post a token?
Should I post my action or wait till everyone has gone before as per the list? Just double checking.

You can paste an image in to the document, and then resize as needed.

Please see the post in the discussion thread re: initiative. Everyone should have edit rights on the map document, so you can paste in a square image, or use Insert -> Image, and then resize it to the size of a map square. Everyone should be able to move their images around, just like you'd move minis on a map.

Love that donkey!!! and the owlbear's text bubble!! Awesome!

Couldn't resist :)

Opalia laughs out loud at the jest from Garrun. She shakes her head and admits, "you know I call it donkey. Not a real name - it is so stubborn about water that it never gets its own name. But I don't want to leave my kits and tools anywhere yet until I have a home. So Garrun, donkey is coming whether he is right or wrong!"

The girl is re-energised by the interaction, she tries harder to pay attention to the track and shrouded woods.

"You were a soldier?"

"I...", Garrun's mind seems to drift far away at Opalia's question, a mix of apprehension and regret darkening the young man's face.

So preoccupied is he with his thoughts that the warrior fails to notice the approaching creatures until the nearest of them roars it's challenge and attacks. Reaching for his weapon, Garrun curses his own stupidity. Gorum must be mocking his folly from the Iron Keep, how would he protect anyone if he couldn't spot the monsters before him over his own moping.

Pulling his mind back to the present, the warpriest shouts to the others, "Get the donkey clear! Norgrogomed! Draw the other's attention, can't let them flank us!"

Surprise Round

Opalia almost howls at the spray of blood from her donkey. She slaps its back and screams, "go!"

Rather than handling the donkey, she is simply encouraging it to flee directly away from the monster.

EDIT: forgot there is only one action. So encourage the donkey away wins.

"Aww OWLBEARS!! I love Owlbears. Their Cubs are so cute! They're almost perfect predators. Magnificent creatures. Everyone give us some room!" Finnick yells as he levels his lance and prepares to attack.

Finn riding upon Mr Scruffles seeing their Dwarven comrade trots up to Ichabod. "A silver piece for your thoughts sir Dwarf."

Sorry I missed this post

"Nothing really. Just not a big fan of the forest. Too easy for things that like to eat you to sneak up on you".

"See"!

Ichabod fumbles and stumbles about trying to find his balance to fight.

The wounded donkey screams again and, encouraged by Opalia, rushes away from the beast, charging into the woods and getting itself tangled in the trees.

Garrun shouts orders to the others.

Dai manages to loose and arrow, but in his hurry fumbles the shot, which thunks into a tree behind the owlbear.

Rotation:
Owlbear 2
Owlbear 1
Opalia
Garrun
Dai
Finn - May Post (you can make a partial charge into the square the donkey was in)
Ichabod - not acting in this round
Lucian - May Post
Nogrogomed - May Poast

Nogrogamed heeds Garrun's suggestion, and focuses on the farther creature. He tips the crucible of anger and battle-lust he's been kindling since he first joined his former tribe, letting it flow over him.

"Dėl randų ir šlovės

Raging Partial Charge: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 202d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4) + 5 = 13

For the next round, Nogrogomed's Armor Class is 11

Nogrogomed's falchion sinks into the creature's flesh, eliciting something somewhere between a shriek and a roar.

Lucian step toward the owlbear closest to him, stabbing at the beast with his paired shortswords.

Right Shortsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Left Shortsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Single attack please - we're still in the surprise round. I'll take the first attack.

Lucian thrusts with his sword against the owlbear, but he beast's thick matted fur absorbs the blow.

Finnick, leveling his lance spurs Mr Scruffles onward towards the feathered beast. With a growl and fur flying the pair peel forward tearing hard at the ground towards their foe.
"Mr Scruffles, lets do this! CHAAAAAAAARRRR...."

Charge: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 = 26 (Charge -2 AC, Mount gains +1 Dodge Bonus vs challenged creature)
Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 2 + 4 = 9 (Lance double damage from Charge, Paw's Challenge)

OOOH! Crit chance. Let's see triple damage on that lance!

Ooh I didn't spot that!

Crit Confiirmation: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 = 26
Extra Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4

Ugh so many 1's

You get another die of damage because of the charge, I think. A tripled double is a quadruple. I'll roll it.

1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6

19 damage total isn't too shabby.

Finn and Scruffles charge in recklessly, sharp lance leading. The pair crash into the creature, and the lance sinks deep into its hide.

Surprise round over - you now get full actions

Nogrogomed has bravely positioned himself between the second creature and the rest of the group, but this makes him vulnerable as the creature turns its full fury on him, lashing out with claws and snapping with its sharp beak.

Owlbear2 Claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Owlbear2 Claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Owlbear2 Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

The creature rips into the half-orc,who is left barely standing afterwards. The creature pulls him into a savage bear hug.

Nogrogomed takes 24hp of damage, and is thus STAGGERED and GRAPPLED

The other creature does not react well to mounted halflings poking holes in it. It too lashes out at its attacker.

Owlbear2 Claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Owlbear2 Claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Owlbear2 Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Finn takes 12hp damage

Rotation:
Owlbear 2
Owlbear 1
Opalia - can post
Garrun - can post
Dai - can post
Finn
Ichabod
Lucian
Nogrogomed

A quadruple! I didn't know how that works but I'll take it! still woulda been better if there were less 1's hehe. But yeah 19 isn't bad for 2nd level :)

4 of the hit points taken were from temporary HP gained from raging, so luckily Nogrogomed is not staggered.

CMD is not affected by either rage or charging, so it is 14 (or 15, if you accepted the changes I submitted this morning via PM).

It probably only fails on a Nat 1, so I'm being nommed on :D

Seeing the second creature tearing into the half-orc, Dai moves towards the combatants and fires two arrows into the beast in hopes of saving Nogrogomed.

Attack-ranged: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Attack-ranged: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Not sure if you use this rule or not, but seeing as Finn rolled another 20 on his crit confirm roll, is he not able to roll once more to see if he instant-kills the creature? That might have just been a home made rule, but I always thought it was kinda a cool idea.

That's not a standard rule. Anything that makes crits or individual attacks worse tends to work against the PCs in the long term. I'm not using the massive damage rule, for instance.

Both of Dai' arrows thunk into the hide of the owlbear holding Nogrogomed, causing the beast to roar again in pain and fury.

Grapple Check Against Nogrogomed: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28

yeah, grappled

Bringing his shield up to a high guard, Garrun calls to the Lord in Iron to shield him from blows and advances around the nearby owlbear with measured steps, planting himself opposite Lucian

"Here you beast! Test those claws against the Lord's steel!", he cries trying to draw the creature's ire to him as he thrusts his longsword hard into the creature's stomach.

Activate Fervor to swift cast Shield of Faith

Longsword - Power Attack, Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 1 + 1 + 2 = 17
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 2 = 12

Edited to include PA.

Garrun, you cannot take Weapon Specialization at 1st level, as it requires 4th level fighter. You wouldn't be able to take it until the class bonus feat provided at 6th level, as this is the first opportunity you would meet the 4th level fighter prerequisite, and also be able to use your warpriest level as a fighter level per the class ability (ie you couldn't take hit as your HD feat at 5th either).

Round one

Opalia calls on the witch's blessing to infuse the party with renewed energy and fighting prowess as the fight reaches its peak.

cast bless on everyone except Nogrogomed

Then she steps away from the owlbear and strings her bow.

Don't forget your +1 to attacks for the next 2 minutes folks.

The beast that is nearly surrounded looks badly wounded, having taken a number of heavy blows.

Rotation:
Owlbear 2
Owlbear 1
Opalia
Garrun
Dai
Finn - can post
Ichabod - can post
Lucian
Nogrogomed

"Opalia, Dai, Ichabod, focus your attacks on the one fighting Nogrogomed and bring it down! We've got this one!" Yells Finnick as he takes another swipe at the Owlbear.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Mr Scruffles meanwhile tries to take a chunk of feathers for himself.

Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Oops forgot to take into account the +1 Attack bonus from Opalia which would make the attacks 24 for Finnick and 13 for Mr Scruffles respectively.

Ichabod recovering his wits steps up, and rubs some dirt between his fingers, he then slings it at the Owlbear in front of him, and it turns into a glob of acid as it leaves his hand.

1d20 ⇒ 13 Ranged Touch(+1 for spell =14)

1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Acid Dart (1/7)

Ichabod, Finn and Garrun rain blows on the owlbear, which is looking very unsteady on its feet.

Rotation:
Owlbear 2
Owlbear 1
Opalia
Garrun
Dai
Finn
Ichabod
Lucian - can post
Nogrogomed - can post

Nogrogomed will attempt to break the grasp of the mangy beast (standard) and then tumble away (move).

Nogrogomed Not Food!: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

If successful:

Strategic Move - Not Retreat: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

"This could be going better..."

Nogrogomed will drop his rage after two rounds, leaving him fatigued for the next minute. Though, I imagine that won't matter much here soon :)

Taking advantage of the flank provided by Garrun, Lucian stabs at the wobbly owlbear with both of his blades.

Right Shortsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 (flank)
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (1) + 1 = 7 (sneak attack, dirty fighter trait)

Left Shortsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 (flank)
Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + (1) + 1 = 9 (sneak attack, dirty fighter trait)

For all his struggling, Nogrogomed can't escape the beast's clutches.

Meanwhile Lucian is a flurry of blades. Finally, he spots an opportunity and sinks his blade deep into the owlbear. It utters a piteous roar and topples over with a crash.

Seeing its mate felled, the other owlbear releases the tiring Nogrogomed and lopes down towards the rest of the group, roaring as it goes.

Nogrogomed will get an AoO as it goes past

The creature lashes out in its fury at the first attacker it comes across, who happens to be Dai.

Claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

The young monk bends at the waist, ducking barely out of the way.

Rotation:
Owlbear 2
Owlbear 1
Opalia - Can Post
Garrun - Can Post
Dai - Can Post
Finn
Ichabod
Lucian
Nogrogomed

Nogrogamed, happy to be temporarily spared, tiredly swings his falchion

Fatigued Swing AoO: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 - 2 = 152d4 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 - 1 = 9

Nogrogomed actually managed to connect, cutting another wound into the beast, but it does not stop.

Bent over to avoid the creatures attack, Dai continues the motion and flips right around. Coming up he fires another 2 arrows into the creature.

Attack-ranged: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Attack-ranged: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Dai's first arrow plunges into the creature's beak, snapping its head back. It gives a wail, and collapses on the spot.

The chaos of battle is suddenly replaced by the hushed silence of the woods.

Combat over. Both beasts are still alive but dying, and can easily be finished off.

"I am happy to receive wounds, but I am afraid this bleeding will not stop. Could I trouble you for some healing?"

Taking the odd-looking ax from his belt, Dai moves to the beast and slices its throat.

"No sense letting it suffer" he mutters. He then goes about trying to retrieve his arrows.

Finnick on the back of Mr Scruffles runs up to the felled half Orc companion and dismounts. Wincing at his own wounds as his lands upon the cool soil. "My armour has seen better days. It's barely any kind of protection at all. I have a healing potion for you if you need it. It's my last one." He holds it out to Nogrogomed.

"Finn, I appreciate the offer, but I was hoping one of the holy men and women among our group could assist me. I would not wish to deprive you of a scarce resource."

As the last beast topples, Garrun lowers his shield reluctantly, nodding in surprised approval to the young monk, "Well placed Dia! It's clear you did a lot more than meditate at your old home."

The young warrior nods again at the archer's prudence, "Aye. They gave a fine fight. Let them pass with some dignity."

Moving to the remaining one, he thrusts his sword thought the back of the massive creatures neck, severing the spine cleanly.

Finished he cleans his sword on the beasts mottled feathers and fur before looking to Nogrogomed, "The Lord in Iron can pucker a wound indeed, but my ability is limited. Opalia here is the more accomplished healer. I will gladly assist if needed though but I defer to her judgement. Or perhaps yours Ichabod? I admit I'm uncertain of your skill-set beyond fine craftsmanship."

I mean zero offense and will happily help if needed, it's just a Warpriest's healing is best saved for the heat of battle. Available as a swift and all.

Round 2

Current effects - bless

The elven maiden raises her bow and aims for the bear's heart waiting until it opens up an arm so that the arrow can enter through the monster's side.

arrow: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 - 4 + 1 = 7, damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Then she steps back to give the others more room to fight.

Never saw the last five posts, weird.

Opalia comes down from the adrenalin high of her first deadly combat. It had finished seconds ago but she fires the arrow into the woods shaking. Slowly with some deep breaths she looks at Garrun - "I'm no, no soldier."

"Anyone hurt much?"

"Come here Orc blood. Let me see if I can staunch the flow of that green blood a bit".

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 CLW