GM thunderspirit's Reign of Winter AP

Game Master thunderspirit

Ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Ali deftly ducks the bomb, but she didn't expect it to splash quite so far, and her leg is burnt by it before she quickly pats it out. She gives the bomb-thrower a murderous glare, and draws a bead on him...

Davosh gives the bomb thrower the evil eye!

Save to reduce duration.

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Davosh gives the bomb thrower the evil eye!

Save to reduce duration.

Targeting...?

DC 18 Will won't: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7

The rooftop bomb thrower's saving throws.

The rooftop bomb thrower's saving throws.

Saves. Got it.

Edward's bow shot hits Willem Dafoe the goblin bomber!

Vojtek!

Round the First

Vojtek gets his Irish Northman up and flies into a fearsome rage. With a sharp yell, he lashes out at the creature standing near him!

Power Attack with Greatsword: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 2 = 17 for 2d6 + 11 + 6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 11 + 6 = 21 damage.

Vojtek get angry and (just barely) takes Blue out!

Kappi and Ali!

Ali takes another shot on Red

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (5) = 9

Yeah, not so much

Round 2

Kappi gives another quick cut at Green Goblin

Attack 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Sh sword 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Ali's shot sinks harmlessly into the snow behind the goblin, but Kappi manages to land a blow on Green!

The bomb-thrower steps forward and gleefully hurls another bomb at Ali!
vs. touch AC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
asplode: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
if a miss, counting clockwise from square directly behind her for splash: 1d8 ⇒ 2
splash deals 3 pts of fire dmg to that and all surrounding squares, DC 13 Refl for half dmg

Meanwhile, Green and Red team up on Kappi!
G hack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
dmg: 1d8 ⇒ 7

R slash: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
dmg: 1d8 ⇒ 8

You guys are up!

Davosh opens his eye WIDE now. Misfortune Hex! Save to reduce duration.

Are these goblins random or do they sport some kind of identification?Local: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16

sorry gm if Im just understanding this wrong. Round 1 both Kappi and Ali hit the green goblin. With Kappi's round 2 hit, it should be almost 30 damage. If Im wrong please forgive my ignorance.

Round 2

Edward takes aim again at the Dafoe again.

Long Bow +PBS: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 = 14
Damage +PBS: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Vojtek steps over the fallen walking north with an intensity that chills the air. His lips curl back exposing his Wartooth and he slashes at goblin flesh with abandon. He shows no ruths whatsoever.

Power Attack with Greatsword: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 11 - 2 = 20 for 2d6 + 11 + 6 ⇒ (1, 6) + 11 + 6 = 24 damage.

Edward shoots his bow, but his arrow ricochets off the rooftop on which the bomber stands!

Vojtek moves over the difficult terrain in front of him and gets angry — very angry — that he can't reach the bombing goblin! He takes his fury out on Red, neatly separating its head from its body!

DC 18 Will (or not): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0
Davosh's hex, unsurprisingly, sticks!
He notes that the goblins appear to belong here; in fact, the locals seem to give a wide berth to the building, which looks empty, if only recently.

sorry gm if Im just understanding this wrong. Round 1 both Kappi and Ali hit the green goblin. With Kappi's round 2 hit, it should be almost 30 damage. If Im wrong please forgive my ignorance.

You are correct, I missed that. In which case, Kappi's last attack took Green out.

Kappi, Ali!

Round 3

Kappi drops his sword and pulls his tomahawk. With half a moments aim he hurls it at the bottle throwing goblin on the roof.

Throwing attack 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 1 - 1 = 16
Tomahawk 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 6

So the guy is up on the roof, and has been hit by the Evil Eye, correct?

If that's the case, he should be a relatively easy target for...

BURNING HANDS!!

BURNING HANDS!!: 4d4 ⇒ (3, 4, 4, 4) = 15 <--Ref DC 15 for half

Kappi's axe lands squarely in the goblin's gut, and he opens his mouth tos creamin pain, only to face a torrent of flame from Ali's fingertips (who absolutely took a five-foot step forward to make sure the alchemist wasn't out of the 15' range due to being up on the roof, right?!?)!

He does not survive that.

Out of combat!

Ringeirr pulls off his helmet, revealing a brow drenched in sweat. Wasn't sure we'd survive that, he says. Them's the Back Alley Boys. Usually hidin' about here someswhere. Never here before, tho.

The old man then takes a frantic look about, heaving a sigh as he sees no witnesses. Hide the bodies, now. Cos, technically, by the laws of Whitethrone, ye are murderers for defendin' yerselves, and subject to execution.

We are what? I have never heard of a law like that. Crazy crazy law. Yes let's hide the bodies, I will have to ponder on my fate.

"hide them and take their stuff. This is about to become a wild ride methinks. "

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The goblins' "stuff" consists of three rusty goblin horsechoppers (not worth the metal they're made of, says Ringeirr) and ratty leather scraps that form a kind of makeshift armor. The alchemist, on the other hand, has a trio of potion bottles which Davosh identifies as cure light wounds, jump, and resist energy (cold), along with a an alchemy crafting kit. (The formulae book, IIRC, is not usable by any non-alchemist.)

Ringeirr keeps a close eye while the party hides the evidence, then grunts as he picks up his end of the cart again. Once we deliver the food, he says quietly, I promise I'll take you to the shrine of Milani.

I'll still take the formula book.

"yes, let us make haste!"

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Kappi looks at his two bleeding wounds from the goblins, then he looks to the Oradin for perhaps some of Apsu's healing.

Kappi stays in his "fair skinned, blue eyed, silver haired" form and leads on w/ Ringeirr's subtle direction.

"Allow me first"

Davosh looks at Kappi and then quickly grabs the lads face. CMW: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (2, 7) + 5 = 14

I can heal each person that way once per day. I can do it at distance too. Grabbing Kappi's face was for effect.

Vojtek nods as his chest heaves, sucking in the foul air. He watches Kappi's wounds close and makes the logical assumption that the ancestors approve of both his and Davosh's fighting spirit.

"Good work lad," Vojtek wheezes as he catches his breath, "and all of you too." It's unclear whether Vojtek is addressing the party, or Davosh and the Ancestors.

As he gets his wind back, the wiry northman pokes around the edges of the area on the lookout for witnesses or additional assailants.

Kappi stays in his "fair skinned, blue eyed, silver haired" form and leads on w/ Ringeirr's subtle direction.

lets go

As the party cleans up and gets back together after their run-in with the Back Alley boys, the rogue catches a robed and hooded figure looking about as it glides along the road ahead. Ringeirr follows the rogue's stare and noticeably blanches. That's one of the mirror men! he hisses, motioning for the party to get out of its line of sight. They're spies of the Queen, with some magic way of speaking to the White Witches — they can see whatever the mirror men see. Hide! Quickly! And if it sees us, we can't let it escape, or else we're done for! Ringierr shoves the cart between two buildings and starts to climb toward the roof of one of them

The party has two rounds of actions to take before the figure is upon you. Second round will also require a Stealth check.

"This isn't going very smoothly..."

Round 1: Mage Armor
Round 2: Guidance on self Stealth: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 + 1 = 19

Here it is again the Mirrors. If this does come to combat, we must break the mirrors as fast as we can. Edward whispers to his friends while trying to duck and hide behind the cart.

Knowledge??: 1d20 ⇒ 5 Not sure which know it is
stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

The disguised rogue pulls a blade out as he moves into position for a quick kill.

1. Move

2. Stealth 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18

Edward doesn't know anything more than what Ringeirr has told the party, but he does spend a Move action and discerns EVIL from the direction of the mirror man. ;-)

Ali, Vojtek...?

Posting for Adam/Vojtek

The wiry barbarian drops his stance as if he is ready to fight but then he sees the others hiding. Screwing his eyes down as if thinking, he scuttles into the shadows to hide, holding his massive greatsword in a crude approximation of Kappi's stealthy short sword.

Stealth 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Posting for Ali

Ali takes position to where she can see an ally way opposite us, and hides. Then she readies to cast the spell Ghost Sound (will dc 14) of retreating footsteps preceeded by a "to loud urgent whisper" of "crap there it is run away".

She will cast the readied spell if we seem to be discovered.

Stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Sorry for dropping the ball..tx Ed. I'm Ali, and I approve this message.

Ok lets do it

We are not in initiative, rounds or no, so no readying. However, I'll take that as a reactive action on Ali's part. (Yes, it's nitpicking, but it's a pet peeve of mine, just like adventure authors who ambush PCs with boxed text.)

Ringeirr, atop the nearby roof, simply shakes his head at the Northman, who has tried to emulate a tree opposite the less-noticeable Varisian. The tall and lean hooded figure moves smoothly with a delicate grace until its mirror visage falls on Vojtek. It moves up alongside him, jabbing a finger with one gray, malformed hand as it holds an open palm to the barbarian with the other.

Should we roll initiatives? Kappi plans to sneak attack the crap out of this guy poking his buddy.

If Kappi is gonna do something aggressive, then yes we can go into initiative.

Thoughts of Ringeir's words about how dangerous these Mirror Men are, the young rogue hesitates just long enough to obtain his calm. Then with the quickness of polecat, he sneak attacks!

Just helping out our GM. Kappi I'm sure you will take your attack first then fall to top of init, so ignore the roll below, unless the GM wants you to use this roll. Thank you Vojtek for your spoiler of inits.

Ali: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 Kappi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 Vojtek: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 Davosh: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 Edward: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10Mirror Man: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Kappi 24
Davosh 15
Mirror Man 13+??
Vojtek 13
Ali 11
Edward 11

Thanks, Edward

I'll let Kappi strike in a surprise round, then go into normal initiative.

Surprise round
Kappi

Round 1
Kappi
Mirror man
Davosh
Vojtek
Ali
Edward

Kappi is up, with TWO attacks! Huzzah!

Surprise Round!

Fearing for both his comrade Vojtek and the entire party if the Mirror Man tells the Queen. Kappi strikes from stealth in a sneaky attack

sneak attack 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
+1 sh sword 1d6 + 6 + 3d6 ⇒ (4) + 6 + (1, 2, 2) = 15 dont forget bewildering strike, target has a -2 AC vs the party next round, and a -4 AC vs Kappi

Round 1

Kappi draws his dagger in his offhand and presses the attack.

main attack 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 2 = 21
sh sword 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

offhand 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 - 2 = 10
dagger 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Kappi you forgot sneak attack damage on your 2nd attacks (since he's still flat footed)

SNEAK ATTACK!!: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 1) = 10

Ali is correct, the mirror man does not have uncanny dodge and is still flat-footed on Kappi's Round 1 attack.

Kappi's short sword strikes home twice, though the hide of the mirror man seems to blunt the blade's effectiveness, neither doing as much damage as the rogue thinks they should.

The mirror man turns on Kappi and the rogue notices some of the wounds he just inflicted healing up a bit. It Quick Draws a wicked-looking longsword and retaliates with a full attack!

primary attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
dmg: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

secondary attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
dmg: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Ringeirr looks horrified at Kappi's attack, but appears to recover quickly enough. Blunt weapons! he hisses. Yer swords and arrows aren't as useful!

You guys are up!

not part of round action, just some flavor

Kappi yells a little (somewhat girl like) as the MirrorMan's first attack scores a nasty cut. Though the second attack the lad manages a jerky and awkward dodge.
The rogue looks at the space on the other side of the MirrorMan. He certainly hopes one of his comrades (perhaps Ed, perhaps Ali) would move into flanking position...

Knowledge?

If I think the Evil Eye will work I will use it.

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Knowledge?

Ordinarily it would be Kn (arcana), but in order to know what it is you'd have to have detailed knowledge of Irriseni magic. That's why I had Ringeirr throw a bone to the party.

It's up to Davosh whether he's willing to try that hex.

Seeing Kappi get stabbed, Ali springs forth, drawing her sword on the move. she embues the weapon with magic (+1 Keen) and charges the Mirror Man.

Charge attack: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 13
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Do it...

Davosh's Big Eye widens. In the middle of the fray he buries his mind into the look, with all the judgement and fury he can muster. Even with the wrong weapons, he knows these heroes are Worthy.

Ancients be praised he goes for the Evil Eye. (DC 19)