GM thunderspirit's Online Gameday PbP: Burnt Offerings (Inactive)

Game Master thunderspirit

Beleg looks over at Carl. "It seems our luck has improved."

Carl may have finally gotten the hang of this "cleave" stuff. ;-)

Carl charges one goblin with fury of a man denied for so long. He slashes into the first and, with the same stroke, into the second, cutting both down.

Not to be outdone, Beleg strikes out at the other set, dropping first one, then arcane marking the other with his black blade, across the neck and severing its head.

I will note that the second goblin's face now bears the brand "Merde" across the forehead.

I almost charged the middle one so i could cleaving finish a third. didn't want to get greedo

Maddie moves into the room, drops her wand at her feet and fires a crossbow bolt at the goblin in the north corner!

MW Lt. Crossbow+Bless: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 16
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Ander rushes in and attacks the furthest goblin.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 1 = 29
Damage: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Now I get a crit.

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 1 = 15
Crit Damage: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Ander and Maddie finish off the hapless goblin defenders.

Out of initiative!

Recap description, in case you missed it...

Within, the floor of this room is hard-packed soil, as if the builders either ran out of lumber after building the walls and roof, or as if they simply never thought about building a floor. A number of poorly preserved horse and dog heads are mounted along the eastern wall, while along the southern wall hangs a pair of large black-feathered wings tacked to the wall with daggers.

After picking up her wand, Maddie walks over to investigate the feathered wings before casting Detect Magic on the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

"Those wings used to belong to a harpy." Maddie explains to the group, "That one pearl handled dagger holding them up seems to be worth some money, but it isn't magical."

"Hmph. Harpies. That doesn't sound good."

Wow, you guys are awesome! Quiven barely has time to get his compliment out before all the goblins are dispatched. That was so impressive! I wish I knew how to kill two goblins with one move!

After Maddie says her peace Quiven will ask, What's a harpy?

Taking a look around, the halflings sees all the doors. Umm, which way do we go, Beleg?

Carl asks "Can someone tap me with this wand?" Infernal healing

Ander nods and taps Carl again!

Good lookin out, Carl tells Ander. Once healed he goes to the double doors to the west. How about these?

Beleg averts his eyes as Carl and Ander do their thing.

OK, sounds good to me! Quiven will mosey on over to the double doors that Carl suggested and checks them out. Take-10 to check for traps/locks.

Maddie removes the valuable dagger from the wings and reloads her crossbow as she waits for the results of Quiven's examination of the doors.

Hmm, seems safe enough. It isn't locked either. With that announcement, Quiven will open the door as quietly as he can and take a look beyond.

Quiven opens the door to reveal a broad corridor, with a door to the north and another pair of double doors fifteen feet ahead.

Quiven will cautiously move to the double doors and (taking-10) will check those for any pitfalls and nastiness.

Carl follows quiven on his tippy toes

Hmm, locked this door is.

Quiven will take-10 for a 23 on his attempt to open the lock of the door. If successful, he'll open the door and peek inside.

"Why don't I give you a little Divine inspiration." Maddie says as she casts Guidance on the lock picking Quiven.

Quiven successfully unlocks the doors.

We going in? Ander asks.

That's why I unlocked the door, isn't it? Quiven quips in answer to Ander's question. The halfling will psuh open the door and will again let Carl and Beleg enter before following behind them.

Quiven opens the door, revealing an open flight of wooden stairs that wind up to a trap door in the ceiling some thirty feet above.

Two sleeping goblins are here, a half-empty bag of pickles between them. The room smells strongly of vinegar and dill.

Beleg gives a quick look to his companions before walking over and slitting the goblins throats.

damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8
damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 = 10

damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8
damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

Beleg finishes both snoring gobbos before they even knew they were starting.

Ander looks up, startled as the deed is done before he even realized the goblins were there. Peering up the trapdoor, he says. Up?

"Sounds good. Let's go."

With some help, Quiven scrambles through the trap door after checking it. Atop, he finds a floor with no other exits, and two Small shortbows with a cache of arrows. It seems the now-dead goblins were supposed to be on guard up here, but came across a treasure trove of pickles and ate themselves into a food coma.

The battlements about this tower are considerably shorter than those of the other tower from which the arrows came; there is less cover and the halfling feels not a little exposed.

After hearing of the dead end, Ander goes back down and checks the double doors near the goblin corpses.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Carl snuggles up to the door and also percepts.

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

While the others are busy making their way forward, Maddie keeps her guard up in the back, wary of any ambush.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Not that wary after all.

His ear to the door, Ander looks at Carl. "Do you hear that?"

I don't hear anything. Damn. Carl tries to open the door.

Both doors open easily, revealing another set of double doors at the end of a short, wide corridor.

Guys! I found more double doors! All right!!!

More doors? It would be my pleasure. Step aside! Quiven will do the usual check for nasty business stuff and unlock the doors if needed. He'll be a little cautious while traveling the hallway also. Taking-10 on all checks.

As quiven starts to work on the locked door he will tell the party, I hear something behind this door, some yelping and running about. Animals maybe? I don't know. Ummm, do you want me to open this door once I unlock it?

Take-10 to pick the lock.

"Most likely they will be more goblin dogs." Maddie ventures a guess, "Perhaps we should ready ourselves for an attack?"

Beleg lights another cigarette before unsheathing is sword. "I'm always ready. Let's do it."

Quiven unlocks the door and opens it.

This large courtyard is open to the sky. Tenacious clumps of partially trampled grass grow fitfully here and there in the hard-packed earth, in places stained with blood or scratched with furrows. To the north, what appear to be two dead goblins are slumped at the entrance to an outbuilding.

Of more immediate concern are the four goblin dogs running free here!

Initiative!
goblin dogzes: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Initiative: 1d20 ⇒ 14