GM Silbeg's Emerald Spire level 1 (Inactive)

Game Master Silbeg

Declan stands around for a few seconds before realizing shakes means him. He'll trudge a short ways ahead drawing his earthbreaker which will drag the ground as it's held loosely in his right hand.

Drungaard becomes a bit agitated by Sigríðr and says "I don't know what your problem is...but it doesn't bode well to anger your fellow party members."

Sigríðr growls at Drungaard, "I have a problem with your FACE Captain Torag."

As four people have posted, I am using that as the "rule of three" being passed.

The stone staircase that led up to the tower’s door is now nothing more than a rubble-strewn cliff. On the tower’s south side, a dirt path winds up the steep embankment to a pitch-black doorway.

As the team enters the ruins, they realize that something is causing the light from any source to only emanate in a 5' radius. Darkvision is unaffected, but anyone relying on light to see can only see 5' around them.

The team moves forward cautiously, with Declan in the lead.
Before we move forward, what are Betty and Anya using for light?

"F-f-fascinating." Sithy says, lurking near the back of the party. "Anything inside, my big friend?"

Sithy looks in front of and behind him, considering his options as he casts a cantrip, holding his hand out to Anya.

"For uhh... communication. I'd cast it on Elizabeth but uhhh... you know... she's a bit loud as it is."

Message

"Why thank you, Sithy, I would appreciate a Light spell cast upon me as well if you have it."

"Just let it go you two. It doesn't matter...nothing matters."

"Sithy, it looks like the stone staircase that leads up to the towers door is now nothing more than a rubble-strewn cliff."

A dreamy expression plays across Declans face as he describes the busted staircase.

"So uh...what's it like being a rock...or...whatever?"

Drungaard will follow..

At the mention of a light spell, Elizabeth holds her earthbreaker towards Sithy.

"LIGHT IT UP."

Absent a light spell, Elizabeth would use a sunrod. She has no knowledge(arcana) and has never encountered magical darkness so she should have no clue how to deal with it.

Sithy chuckles a little. "We aren't actually rocks... just tougher skin than most. And different colors.."

He looks up at Elizabeth and down at Anya. "I ummm do have it prepared, but I can only uhh... hmm. I can only keep one going at once."

Sithy eyes a particularly interesting stone on the slope and takes to examining it instead of making a decision or dealing with the conversation.

Sigríðr lets out a loud sign over the incompetence, "Less talk, more movement. If you and your pitiful eyes can't see, didn't you remember to bring a torch?" She just shakes her head at whatever answer is given.

Anya offers to carry Betty's Sunrod if Sithy wishes to cast Light on Betty.

To Sithy:"Oh...I'm sorry to hear that."

To Sithy: "I SAID 'LIGHT IT UP', ROCK LOBSTER."

Sithy does as he is asked, lighting up the earthbreaker with a few motions of his hand. He then pulls out a potion and drinks it.

Mage Armor

"Let's uhh.. do this. Or something."

The footpath climbs up to a jagged hole in the side of the green glass tower. The light outside the tower does not penetrate into the building more than a few feet. Beyond that, it’s pitch black.

The group is moving forward, when they hear someone call out ahead, "Hälytys! Hälytys! Tunkeutujia!"

Emerald Spire

Betty, Sithy, Anya, and Sigríðr are up
Universal Adjustments:
Universal Conditions: Dark, 5’ limit on light
Knowledge:local, nature

Delay

Sigríðr hefts her pick, "Outta my way 'Shakes'," she both verbally and physically accosts the half-orc as she shoves her way by.

Move: 15' movement forward, Hrafin follows on defend.

"DIE DOG THING!"

Standard: Attack

Pick Attack!: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 Pick Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Sigríðr seems to stumble a bit over her own feet, "Dammit, if you hadn't been in my way I'd have hit the thing. Move it!"

"Where the hells is everybody?" her voice calls from the dark.

Sithy moves up the hill, a bit nervously slipping past his teammates.

"Oh, uhh... things! Enemies!" he mutters, swinging his arm out, impacting the dog telekinetically.

Touch Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Telekinetic Fist: 1d4 ⇒ 3

First Sigríðr moves forward to attack, but fails miserably. Then, Sithy tries to be clever, throwing a telekinetic punch at the dog-thing, but what with Sigríðr in his way his "fist" deflects off the ground between Sigríðr's legs, missing the target, badly.

Anya in delay, Betty is up

To the voice in the darkness: "THAT'S NO WAY TO TALK TO A LADY!"

She follows Sigrid into the darkness.

Elizabeth moves foward, past Sigríðr. As she does, the dog-like creature attacks her.
bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Luckily Ms. Spaghetti is missed by the creature, but she also also misses with her earthbreaker.

The goblin steps up, yelling "Pitkät varret! Ja kääpiöitä! He hyökkäävät! Hälytys!"

It attacks Betty with its horsechopper, but misses.
horsechopper: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7

Downer and Drungaard are up!
Universal Adjustments:
Universal Conditions: Dark, 5’ limit on light
Knowledge:local, nature

Declan moves past Betty and Sigrid and swings his earthbreaker as he turns to face the dog thing.

Earthbreaker Power Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 182d6 + 9 ⇒ (1, 3) + 9 = 13

As he moves past, Declan is attacked by the goblin.
Horsechopper AOO: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9
Wow, am I rolling like s%&@

He is missed, and puts the dog down.

Drungaard moves closer but is unable to attack due to his party members being in the way. He readys to hack any goblin type thing that comes near.

I think that I moved my icon correctly.

While the goblin dog has been vanquished, its master is still up, and the sounds of goblins calling out can be heard from the area behind the goblin. There is also the sound of more of the rat-like goblin dogs moving around in the darkness, yapping away.
Betty, Sithy, Anya, and Sigríðr are up!
Universal Adjustments:
Universal Conditions: Dark, 5’ limit on light
Knowledge:local, nature

Elizabeth will move deeper into the darkness, coming upon the nearby goblin. She swings with her earthbreaker.

power attacking: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 3) + 7 = 13

Move action instead of 5 foot shift (can't see the goblin until she's right next to him), standard action attack.

Hearing the sounds of more goblins in the darkness, she says "I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO BE VERY STEALTHY ANYWAYS."

Sigríðr rushes in further, Hrafin following right on her heels defending her. She growls, "No, I suspected a long time ago 'Miss Shouts A Lot" that we'd probably call the entire warren right to you."

Pick Attack!: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Pick Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

She curses at her pick, nearly throwing it to the ground, "Do you want a time out too? I could bring you right back to where I bought you."

Anya comes out of delay.

Moving up the path, Anya spies the goblin surrounded by her friends. Saying a few words and moving her hands, a small cloud of ice crystals explodes in front of the Goblins' eyes.

Daze: DC 14 will save

Betty moves up and swings her earthbreaker at the little bugger. She hits him solidly, but he still stands, though looks a little wobbly. Her voice is as potent as her swing, echoing through the halls.

Sigríðr growls and attacks with her pick, but is not nearly as effective.
Neither is the daze spell that Anya attempts.
will save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Sithy is on the clock!
Universal Adjustments:
Universal Conditions: Dark, 5’ limit on light
Knowledge:local, nature

Sithy moves a bit further up the trail, finds a particularly good looking stone, and picks it up.

The goblin looks like he is in terrible shape. As such, he retreats back into the darkness (withdraw action), as another goblin moves up with his goblin dog.

The goblin dog bites Sigríðr, but misses. The goblin attacks Betty Spaghetti with his horsechopper (presumably this is an indictment on Betty's appearance by the goblin). Betty is not as lucky as Sigríðr, as she takes a nasty hack to the shoulder by the shoddy-looking pole arm. Luckily, it was a glancing blow, and doesn't cut too deeply.

goblin dog bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
horsechopper, blind defender: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 2 + 2 = 21 damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4

Sigríðr notices rubble and sharpened sticks barricade the entrance to this room, and a thin wall runs down the room’s middle. (FYI - North is to the left) All can hear the sounds of many more goblins mobilizing to the north and east.

Emerald Spire

Drungaard and Downer are up!
Universal Adjustments:
Universal Conditions: Dark, 5’ limit on light
Knowledge:local, nature

Hrafin, seeing the goblin dog attack Sigríðr, swoops in for an attack.

Hrafin's delayed action of "Defend" goes off. He's after the goblin dog in initiative now.

Hrafin would swoop into the only open spot, the space above the dog, which would open him up to an AoO.

Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 Bite Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Hrafin starts cawing and pecking wildly at the head of the Goblin Dog.

Declan seems to be annoyed as he moves up and weaves between the dog and it's master.

Flanking Power Attack Earthbreaker Swing: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 202d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 5) + 9 = 20

Declan seems to be annoyed as he moves up and weaves between the dog and it's master.

[ dice=Flanking Power Attack Earthbreaker Swing]1d20+6; 2d6+9

Declan, please always explicitly declare your target. I am pretty sure that Declan had to move through the goblin's threatened square, because he attacked Betty w/o cover.

Hrafin flies above the goblin dog, provoking from it. But, it misses
dog bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Declan moves up, taking an attack from the goblin with the horsechopper. The attack of opportunity disables the half-orc, who then swings at the goblin dog, squishing it, and falling unconscious himself.
horsechopper AOO: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 2 = 23 horsechopper: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 2 = 10

Drungaard is up!
Universal Adjustments:
Universal Conditions: Dark, 5’ limit on light
Knowledge:local, nature

Drungaard moves closer, he doesn't have enough movement to get near the goblins. He sees that his fellow party member have been stuck down. He will cast stabilize on Declan "Hang on Declan!. We be coming!"

With Drungaard's spell, the half-orc stops bleeding. The sounds of goblins mobilizing can be heard to the north and east still.

Betty, Sithy, Anya, Sigríðr
Universal Adjustments:
Universal Conditions: Dark, 5’ limit on light - without darkvision, you can see only 5' from a light source. All light is consumed 5' from its source.
Knowledge:local, nature

"NOBODY MAKES ME BLEED MY OWN BLOOD!"

She moves towards whatever struck her and swings with her earthbreaker at the goblin.

power attacking: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 6) + 7 = 16

Sigríðr grumbles, not so quietly, "Serves you right you glory stealing hog. Now lie there." She quickly moves up, readying herself for anything that might come her way.

Move: 20' forward
Standard: Total Defense (+4 AC).

Squawks confusedly because he can't find himself on the map anymore.

@Betty You can do either... however, since you don't know if the target has moved (and are not asking your companions), you don't know if a 5' step will do it. So, for now, I will rule that you have to use a declared move action. But, you are lucky, 'cause the goblin already used its AoO!

Betty moves up, and lays the smack down on the goblin with her earthbreaker. The goblin crumples into a pathetic pile of broken goblin.

Sigríðr then moves up, seeing a large foyer that seems to have been the main tower entrance, but the grand doorway leading outside is now a broken mass of glass rubble. Crumbling archways lead to the north and south. She also notices a mass of goblins staging to attack!

Sithy and Anya are being waited on.
Universal Adjustments:
Universal Conditions: Dark, 5’ limit on light
Knowledge:local, nature

delay

Sithy moves further up the trail, distracted by all the interesting looking rocks scattered about the path, picking up two more. The ones in his hand start glowing; when he notices, he is surprised for a moment.

Magic Stone, Oread spell-like

Sigríðr looks forward wide eyed, and then leans over her shoulder and shouts, "Where's the magical support? I've got at least six goblins in my sights right now! Quit falling asleep on the job like 'Shakes' there!"

She then turns to the Goblins, "COME ON AND FIGHT!"

"Maybe you could draw them out to where the magic support can see them?

Anya can not see at all in the tower and would be nothing more than an arrow attractor. Now if someone had given me that sunrod...

"Maybe you should come in here and be an arrow attractor or something else useful! If you can't see, get a sunrod out!" Sigríðr yells with growing anger.

"Why should I put myself in danger? Are you not capable of handling a few goblins?"

"I'm capable of handling whatever comes my way, thanks for asking. You should come up here because it's your F!#@ job! Don't make me come back there and carry you up here."

If you came back here you would simply prove that you need my help to finish this nasty goblin business."

"Are you just afraid to come up here because you don't want to break a nail? Oh no, a broken nail she cries! You know what, my left little toenail rotted off a few days ago because of the wet weather up here, and you don't hear me complaining about getting up in the front and killing gobbos. So suck it up princess!"

A longer pause as if there's some thought behind what was said, "And by Princess I want you to know I'm not recognizing you by title, rather, I'm calling you out by attitude."