GM thunderspirit's Reign of Winter AP

Game Master thunderspirit

Glitterdust vs. Blue. Will DC 16.

POINT OF ORDER: TS, I was going from memory with the colors since I couldn't see the map; I thought Blue was teh uninjured one, turns out blue is the Dead one. I'd have targeted Yellow, may that target please be retconned? And if Yellow fails the will save vs. glitterdust & is blinded, can it even use its gaze attack??

In my head it was Yellow anyway. Saving throw would be the same though.

Round 2

With the one down and another grounded Ed steps up and fires two quick arrows at the grounded one. Die abomination

Longbow :( No smite
Longbow: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Longbow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Vojtek heal 5, Ed take 5 heal 1 for 84/88hp

DC 22 Will: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Davosh feels his hex take hold!

Even with that, only the first of Edward's arrows lands!

Red gazes upon Vojtek! DC 18 Fort

Round 3
Ali — GO
Kappi — GO
Vojtek (-32) — GO
Yellow — stop and stare
Davosh — GO
Edward (-4) — GO (DC 18 Fort)
Red — TBD

Corrected

Round 3
Ali — GO
Kappi — GO
Vojtek (-32) — DC 18 Fort & GO
Yellow — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Edward (-4) — TBD
Red — TBD

The varisian lad moves to strike the red creature. No flank this round but he hope to get one on next round, assuming Vojtek hasnt already killed it.

Melee attack 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28
+1 sh sword 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Kappi strikes the final blow on Red!

Round 3
Ali — GO
Kappi — kill
Vojtek (-32) — DC 18 Fort & GO
Yellow — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Edward (-4) — TBD

Running low on distance magic, Ali takes out her staff again and fires off Missiles

mm: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 3, 2, 3, 1) + 5 = 16

Ali tries the never-miss option, and this time it doesn't miss (no shield spell)!

Round 3
Ali — force barrage magic missiles
Kappi — kill
Vojtek (-32) — DC 18 Fort & GO
Yellow — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Edward (-4) — TBD

Saving Throw!: 1d20 ⇒ 6 plus...

Round the Third
• Current HPs: 98/129
• Raging!

Vojtek steps southeast to allow Kappi to flank red with him. He looks to avoid the necessity though, by splitting red in twain.

Great Axe: 1d20 + 18 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 18 - 3 = 29 for Damage: 1d12 + 12 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 9 = 25

Great Axe: 1d20 + 18 - 3 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 18 - 3 - 5 = 13 for Damage: 1d12 + 12 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 12 + 9 = 31

And Wartooth Gnash!: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15 for Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7.

FML...

Kappi whispers to Vojtek that the creature he is trying to bifurcate is already in several pieces thanks to earlier efforts to that effect. He politely suggests Vojtek instead attacks the flying baddie, and Vojtek reluctantly agrees. He plants his axe in the bloody stump of a thick drake leg, draws his bow and fires at blue.

Already rolled a 14, attack is +12, for 28. Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Vojtek's arrow sails true!

Yellow turns its gaze on 1d5 ⇒ 5 Edward!

DC 18 Fort: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32 success

Edward fends off the gaze attack, sends some healing to the Northman (Vojtek heals 5, Edward takes 5), and looses a pair of arrows!

Longbow: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16
piercing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Longbow: 1d20 + 14 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 14 - 5 = 24
piercing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

But both disappear into the blinding snow!

Round 3
Ali — force barrage magic missiles
Kappi — kill
Vojtek (-27) — pew
Yellow — TBD
Davosh — GO
Edward (-9) — pew pew

Davosh sticks his tongue slightly out and to the side to improve his aim and then lets fly with his final snowball spell:

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 for DMG: 5d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 3, 2, 4) = 12 and FORT DC 19

DC 19 Fort: 1d20 ⇒ 10 success

The snowball lands squarely on the creature's draconic hide!

Round 4
Ali — GO
Kappi — GO
Vojtek (-27) — GO
Yellow — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Edward (-9) — TBD

Ali uses the staff again.

Magic Missile: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 1, 4) + 5 = 21

The lad lightly curses that he is out of tanglefoot bags. Low on useful ranged options he throws a javelin.

Ranged attack 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
mundane javelina 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Ali's missiles strike home as they always usually do!

Kappi's javelin glances off the side of the dracolisk's hide! With the -4 for the blizzard, the javelin just misses the magic number

Round 4
Ali — missiles of magic
Kappi — fling
Vojtek (-27) — GO
Yellow — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Edward (-9) — TBD

Round the Fourth
• Current HPs: 102/129
• Raging!

The ranged fight lacks the immediacy of toe to toe combat, but Vojtek appreciates the tactical advantage of retaining his lifeblood. As the sines of his mighty bow creak in protest, Vojtek aims carefully and waits for just the right moment. He remembers the great blubbery walruses of his icy home. In the fullness of time, he releases his arrow!

Composite Longbow of the Centaur +5: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15 for Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10.

He shakes his head in disgust and prepares for another shot.

Round the Fourth
• Current HPs: 102/129
• Raging!

The ranged fight lacks the immediacy of toe to toe combat, but Vojtek appreciates the tactical advantage of retaining his lifeblood. As the sines of his mighty bow creak in protest, Vojtek aims carefully and waits for just the right moment. He remembers the great blubbery walruses of his icy home. In the fullness of time, he releases his arrow!

Composite Longbow of the Centaur +5: 1d20 + 12d1d8 + 100d1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (19) + (6, 6, 1, 1, 8, 4, 4, 6, 2, 3, 5, 3) + (15, 13, 9, 3, 9, 2, 15, 14, 7, 9, 13, 5, 4, 20, 14, 1, 9, 13, 1, 3, 11, 16, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 17, 6, 15, 20, 19, 12, 4, 19, 5, 11, 1, 10, 2, 1, 17, 10, 12, 2, 1, 8, 8, 9, 5, 18, 20, 5, 15, 5, 9, 6, 2, 17, 5, 20, 14, 17, 2, 3, 3, 15, 17, 2, 4, 8, 15, 1, 7, 17, 18, 9, 3, 9, 3, 11, 17, 15, 12, 6, 11, 4, 5, 11, 2, 6, 17, 6, 8, 16, 7, 14, 8, 14, 2) + 13 - 5 = 988
CL bow de centaur 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Round the Fourth
• Current HPs: 102/129
• Raging!

The ranged fight lacks the immediacy of toe to toe combat, but Vojtek appreciates the tactical advantage of retaining his lifeblood. As the sines of his mighty bow creak in protest, Vojtek aims carefully and waits for just the right moment. He remembers the great blubbery walruses of his icy home. In the fullness of time, he releases his arrow!

He shakes his head in disgust and prepares for another shot.

At Kappi’s urging, the northman takes another shot. Quickly before his round action is over Vojtek nocks a second arrow and bends the powerful bow. He releases.

Ranged attack 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 13 - 5 = 26
CL bow de centaur 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Vojtek's second arrow meets the same fate as Kappi's javelin!

Yellow turns its gaze on 1d5 ⇒ 1 Ali! DC 18 Fort

Edward lets some of his life force seep into Vojtek (Vojtek heals 5, Edward takes 5), then ARROWZ

Longbow: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16 MISS

Longbow: 1d20 + 14 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 14 - 5 = 12 MISS

Turns out his shots are about as effective as those in the link above!

Round 4
Ali — missiles of magic
Kappi — fling
Vojtek (-22) — miss/miss
Yellow — stone cold
Davosh — GO
Edward (-13) — miss/miss

Fort: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 <--boom

Davosh turns the Eye of Misfortune on the lone foe. His gaze tunnels into the drake's heart DC 22 negates

DC 22 Will: 1d20 ⇒ 8 FAIL

Round 5
Ali — GO
Kappi — GO
Vojtek (-22) — GO
Yellow — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Edward (-13) — TBD

Grumbling under his breath about foes that wont land on the ground and be properly backstabbed, the lad throws another javelin.

Ranged 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
Javelina 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Kappi's javelin lands solidly this time!

Round 5
Ali — GO
Kappi — fling
Vojtek (-22) — GO
Yellow — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Edward (-13) — TBD

Ali lets fly from her staff again.

MM: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 4, 3, 2, 4) + 5 = 20

Round the Fifth
• Current HPs: 107/129
• Raging!

Composite Longbow of the Centaur +5: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22 for Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8.
Composite Longbow of the Centaur +5: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 for Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10.

Vojtek nearly throws his bow down in disgust

Ali's missiles hit home, while it's just not Vojtek's day with his bow!

Bruised, battered, and bloodied, Yellow turns its gaze on Ali again! DC 18 Fort, which looks like was supposed to be DC 20 but I'm not rewinding the clock here

The nearly defeated dracolisk then flies away after its last middle finger at the magic missile caster!

Out of combat!

Davosh looks around, "Did we.... did we win?"

Davosh looks around, "Did we.... did we win?"

You can still hear the faint sounds of the battle going on, so you conclude that while you drove off the dracolisk assault...no, you have not yet won. Plus, you encountered this battle while responding to Commander Pharmol's summons.

Incidentally...

Victory points awarded: 4
Current total: 22

fort: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16 <--uh-ooohhh...

will look back to see if I used a hero point/whether I've got any to use, because a +4 here will be, um, helpful.

EDIT: looks like I did spend it, and we get 1, not the 4 I have on my char sheet...so I'm petrified, it looks like.

Ali's new theme song

Per Slack: the part of the petrified PC will now be played by Edward W. Fell.

The group takes stock: one friend now a statue and the rest still being called to meet with Commandeer Pharmol.

Ali gasps at Edward's current state and utters a vile oath. She hurries over to the petrified adventurer, and signals to the barbarian. Vojtek! Help me carry him!

"Come! Bring the statue! Pharmol needs us!"

Vojtek doesn't so much help Ali as carry the stone Oradin himself, taking the stairs two at a time to reach the conference room at the top of the Lord's Tower.

Pharamol raises his head to say hello, flanked on one side by Amerenth and the other by Jarilne, and is stopped short by the sight of the statue. By Zumlzi's scales...what happened?!?

"A temporary set back to be sure, but a potent one. Edward was our healer. While I can do a little, I'm no master.... of that anyway! Can you spare supplies while you tell us what you need of us?"

The young lad’s eyes are wide as he follows after his “big” brother. He breathes a slight small of relief when Davosh mentions it is temporary. Still an awful state to be in.
Davosh he whispers Is Edward still aware of whats going on around him? Kappi ponders it for a bit and isnt what would be worse…

"Ah! My boy, Edward is one of two things, and I'm not sure which is true. Either it is as if he is in a dreamless sleep where there is nothing to miss because there is no experience.... OR he is fully conscious with a mind frozen in time that is screaming with the constancy of the stone he has become." Davosh then shrugs nonchalantly and nibbles on a piece of jerky that he finds in a pocket.

Jarilne, seemingly nonplussed by Davosh's assessment, looks over the turned-to-stone Golarion and directs Vojtek to bring it to her chambers. When they return, she has a thin wand she hands to Davosh. It is not much, I fear, but it will have to suffice for now. This is a wand of cure moderate wounds with 19 charges

Commander Pharmol shakes his head. I am saddened to see you affected by the dreaded dracoliches as well. The abominations should be scoured.

He sighs. Take some time to catch your breath, friends. We are in a bit of a lull. But I am sure this is not over yet; we have yet to see our foe hit all at once. He motions to the map, where several black shapes have moved. And have something to eat.

Let's treat this as something akin to a "short rest" in 5E. In this case, you get up to one quarter (rounded down) of your hit point total back as healing — example: Ali's hp total is 77, 1/4 of which is 19 — and you recover up to one quarter (rounded down) of your expended daily resources, including spells. Kappi can also restock javelins or whatever, from the Spurhorn armory.

This is 100% experimental, and I may or may not use this again, depending.

Quick recap:

— as per the above post, the "short rest" here takes effect.
— Edward's heroic maneuver to take the brunt of the dracolisk's gaze spared Ali at the expense of himself. What a Paladin!
— Ali made a DC24 Arcana check on the dracolisks at the beginning of the encounter, but Davosh did not roll (presumably because Ali nat 20'd the roll). I'll allow that now to learn things.
— the battle is, by all accounts, not over.

Quick recap:

— as per the above post, the "short rest" here takes effect.

Just to make sure I did it right, I had Ali regain 19 hp, 2 arcane pool points, and 1 of each level spells.

GM thunderspirit wrote:

Quick recap:

— as per the above post, the "short rest" here takes effect.

Just to make sure I did it right, I had Ali regain 19 hp, 2 arcane pool points, and 1 of each level spells.

The hit points are good. I think what Davosh and I had decided for casters was to add up the total level of spells used, divide by 4, and then restore that level of spells. (Example: if you spent nine levels of spells, you could restore 1/4 of them, rounded down, so EITHER one 2nd level OR two first level spells.) Asking Davosh to confirm when he can.

Ali'yanah D'ohr'hein wrote:

GM thunderspirit wrote:

Quick recap:

— as per the above post, the "short rest" here takes effect.

Just to make sure I did it right, I had Ali regain 19 hp, 2 arcane pool points, and 1 of each level spells.

The hit points are good. I think what Davosh and I had decided for casters was to add up the total level of spells used, divide by 4, and then restore that level of spells. (Example: if you spent nine levels of spells, you could restore 1/4 of them, rounded down, so EITHER one 2nd level OR two first level spells.) Asking Davosh to confirm when he can.

That sounds right. I'm ready!

So sorry!. Davosh scratches his head a little, and then scratches Ali's. He looks at Kappi, but opts not to scratch his. Knowledge (Arcana): 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36

No apologies necessary. The game is supposed to be a pleasant distraction from life, not an additional source of stress. :)

"I once read a treatise on how you could coat a bout of gout in hag fish slime to lube it out. I've also heard that you can drain a basilisk of blood to turn people from stone to flesh. Perhaps it's worth seeing if a dracolisk can do the same!?"

Davosh makes an unconventional – and kinda gross – proposal. Commander Pharmol looks on in some shock as Davosh whisks the group out of the room, heading back down to where the dracolisks were defeated.

Ali, Davosh, and Kappi gaze at the fallen beasts, not knowing quite what to do. Vojtek has no such hesitation, stepping up to the least one felled and decapitating the corpse in one swing.

As the blood begins to flow, Vojtek clasps the neck closed and proceeds to drag the headless body through the tower and back into Jarilne's chambers. Somehow, Jarilne is there already, completely undaunted by the appearance of a massive and acephalous corpse in her room. The Northman opens the neck with one hand, and plunges the stone form of Edward in with the other.

Nothing happens. At least not yet.

So we wait, Jarilne says simply.

Almost as if on cue, Commander Pharmol's voice comes to you via sending, bringing you back to the task at hand. The final assault has begun! To the ramparts!

Outside, a lethal dance of claw and wing plays out in the skies about Spurhorn. Drakes and dragonkin slash and tear at each other's wings to knock their foes from the skies – mortally wounded dragons fall to their deaths, their shattered bodies lying broken and bleeding upon Spurhorn's battlements.

As you gaze at the carnage about you from atop the parapet, you see a single, riderless dragonkin engaged in combat with a trio of enemy dragonkin. It is Talsune, from the Spurhorn Council. His wing drives the blue dragonkin aside, but almost at once Talsune is caught in the fiery breath weapon of the gold Drakelands foe, and he turns directly into a claw from the white dragonkin, which knocks him unconscious.

Round 1
Ali — GO
Kappi — GO
Davosh — GO
Vojtek — GO
Blue — TBD
Gold — TBD
White — TBD