GM WhtKnt's Into the Borderlands, Table 1 (Inactive)

Game Master WhtKnt

Does an advantage roll not count as an attack roll or something? Just wondering why you would add that to the lower roll when 8+4 is only 12, which is decidedly less than 16.

Sure, it counts, but it was Disadvantage (from the ogre being prone), and based on the results from the d20 rolls, it was going to be the 2-roll that 'counted', so no point rolling the other one.

Attack: 1d4 + 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + (20) + 6 = 28
Advantage: 1d4 + 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + (4) + 6 = 14

Damage: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 = 9

Morgan swings his hammer down on the goblin before him.

Sure, it counts, but it was Disadvantage (from the ogre being prone), and based on the results from the d20 rolls, it was going to be the 2-roll that 'counted', so no point rolling the other one.

"Oh, I misread that as you having the advantage. I didn't realize that you are at a disadvantage against prone targets more than 5 feet away. That's kind of weird. *shrug*

The ogre is hit simultaneously by Ore's dart, Neil's sacred flame, and Ya'Bo's witchfire and yowls in pain! Meanwhile, Morgan pounds the goblin, shattering its skull into hundreds of pieces and spraying the ogre and himself with bone and grey matter!

The ogre finds its footing and clambers to its feet, moving and striking at Morgan as it does so, but the slick surface causes its blow to miss the paladin. Still, it remains standing.

The party is up!

Buoyed by the lucky accuracy of his dart, a shot he truthfully hadn't thought had much of, Ore continues charging forward, capitalizing in his momentum to pummel the now-standing ogre with kicks to its shins!

Flurry 1: 1d20 + 6 + 1d4 ⇒ (9) + 6 + (3) = 18
Flurry 2: 1d20 + 6 + 1d4 ⇒ (3) + 6 + (2) = 11

Flurry 1 Bludgeoning: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Flurry 2 Bludgeoning: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Ya'Bo keeps the pressure on

Witch bolt: 1d12 ⇒ 10

Now feel the true power of the Dark Side

Just had to get warmed up

Reminder for the blessed: The spell is continuous (1 minute / 10 rounds), and has no limit on the number of times you can use Bless per turn. You may add 1d4 to any and all attack and save rolls for the duration.

tl:dr - "You get a d4, you get a d4, you get a d4! EVE-RY-THING GETS A D4!"

Seeing his allies pepper the beast, Theo reaches for his bow and lets loose an arrow of his own.

Short Bow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

This is kind of starting to get old. :(

Sacred Flame, Dex, Radiant: 1d8 ⇒ 7

test

...that was a rough patch...
think it's over?

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 Bless: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Morgan continues his assault of the giant.

That down time was ridiculous.

With his previous spell thoroughly hindering their monstrous foe Sand follows it with a simpler and more familiar incantation as a bolt of arcane fire speeds towards the ogre.

Ranged attack (fire bolt): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Damage (fire): 1d10 ⇒ 10

Beset by the party, the ogre quickly falls beneath the combined assault. It has a sack of coins at its crude belt and it wields a greatclub.

Combat over for the nonce

"Should we seek out this Ogre's lair? Or any trophy's as prof to the keep that the Ogre is dead?"

"Or any trophy's as prof to the keep that the Ogre is dead?"

"Anything from the beast's face should be proof enough. An agile fighter might get away with a finger or toe, but I doubt the same could be said for an intact ear."

So, what's next?

"Ya'Bo did mention something of potential interest," Sand says. "We could indeed go looking for this ogre's lair. And potential treasure..." The elf removes the giantkin's coin pouch and tosses it in the air, easily catching it again. "Well, something other than this, I mean."

So, how many coins are we looking at?

Why do we need a trophy? Specific quest or RP thing?

Neil there was nothing specific, only a mention of an Ogre from someone in the keep.

The Ogre's lair should be back were he came from lets go that way.

Pointing down the hall

"Let's take a look further, but keep an eye out. There gotta be more to these caves than just these fellows," Ore says.

"Still looking for my axe back, too..." he muttered...

Ya'bo will harvest an ear like a spell component. and carefully puts it in his pack.

Findin' the lair seems like a good plan. Let's do it. Neil forges ahead.

The group enters the next room, which appears to be a small guardroom. A table sits against one wall, and a great barrel of water is in one corner. A smaller barrel, filled with javelins, stands near the entrance. Your party approaches from the east. There are three other exits from the room, one going west and another opening into a dirty cave to the northwest. A corridor also goes south, but dead-ends after about 20 feet. The northwest passage is obviously an open secret door and a horrible stench emanates from the opening. The western corridor leads off into darkness.

"With the smell I think that the ogre lived in there."

Pointing to the Northwest passage

Marking his homemade map of the cave net works.

"You're not wrong, Ya'Bo, but the smell's not that bad... Reminds me of a fermented vulture egg I had at some inn between here and Luiren. Powerful stuff, but worth it for the after-taste, I promise. Maybe this'll be the same!"

Morgan makes note of the room layout and says. "We shouldn't linger here, this room is too open for my liking."

Smells almost as bad as that ogre. Let's be investigating more.

I take it that the party is for investigating the cave beyond the secret door?

Let's do it!
PS stay safe!

Ya'Bo walks into the cave.

The cave beyond the secret door is cramped and smells strongly of offal and body odor. To your left is a great leather sack while to the right is a giant keg. An opening leads to a larger chamber to the northwest.

Ya'bo checks the sack of what it might have.

As they continue further in, Theo keeps catching himself staring randomly at Ore's flickering torch. At the same time, this nagging feeling - a memory, maybe - claws at the back of his mind. Something about the flaming stick just seems so...innefecient and mundane.

"Mundane? Of course, that's it!" Theo kicks himself mentally. How could something so basic slip his mind? Equally odd, why is it just coming back to him now? Maybe working so closely with such prodigious arcane casters - like Ya'Bo and Sand - has started to bring old lessons to the front of Theo's mind.

"Ore. Those torches won't last forever, and I imagine it's getting tedious carrying them around, especially in combat. I think I - I mean WE - might be able to help with that.

Ya'Bo, Sand. Do either of you have any glowing moss or a firefly among your components?"

Assuming one my fellow casters has what I need...

Theo crushes the ingredient between his thumb and forefinger. He then gives Ore a once over before reaching out and tapping the Hafling's *insert accessory*, "light".

Possible targets: weapon straps (Ore keeps his weapons on his back), buttons, jewelry (necklace, earing), headgear etc... Anything above waist-level that won't be in his way.

Don't worry. If stealth is called for, dousing the light requires but a thought.

tl;dr - Torches are for noobs. Have a glowing button, instead

Turning to Theo and handing him some glowing moss.

After Theo casts his spell
"Oh, sorry I forgot that many of you lack the blessing of sight in darkness."

"A good thing Theo has a better memory than either of us then, yes?" Isandril's question is more of a jest really as his smile clearly attests.

About to sleep. Too tired for proper RP. I totally forgot that Neil also lacks Darkvision. I can apply the light spell to him as well, if he would like.

Totally!

The sack contains seven smaller bags. Of these, one is filled with silver pieces, another has a wheel of hard cheese, two are filled with copper pieces, two are filled with gold pieces, and one contains a stoppered keg.

Theo casts light on objects offered by Ore and Neil.

Hot damn. This will go a long ways towards helping the people of the Keep, and possibly even hurt this monstrous expansion onto civilized lands.

Hot damn. This will go a long ways towards helping the people of the Keep, and possibly even hurt this monstrous expansion onto civilized lands.

"Oh, indeed."

"And if I might let piety give way to pragmatism, we can make certain that we are well compensated for our efforts. We should take at least enough to cover our losses. I don't find it wise to rely on the gratitude of monarchs."

"I do not disagree," Isandril says with a shrug. "After all, there does seem to be enough here to both reward us for our effort and make the people quite happy indeed."

"We might want to make sure though that once we bring this treasure to the Keep, that it will indeed be used to improve people's lives there," the elf adds after a moment's thought.

Let's take these back to the keep now, before someone else takes them and uses them for vile purposes.

"Another day's walk, with a mysterious room yet to be seen?!" Ore laughed, incredulous. "Not at all curious, Neil?"

You can see a cave mouth ahead, to the right of the unexplored room, or you can go back the way that you came.

I am a little. Come on, let's see what it offers us, eh?

Looking at the party

"If you don't mind, I would like to take a look in that room to complete my maps for the keep"
"And when we get back to the keep I would like to use some of the monies to buy supplies for us."

"Curiosity is certainly one of my weaknesses," the elven mage readily admits with a smile. "One of my strengths too."

"Shall we then?"

I'm fine with moving foward

To be frank: I'm running out of creative ways to say "yeah, sure". So, I'm just not going to try.

I check the game multiple times a day. So, if I don't post for 24 hours, assume I don't have anything to add to the conversation and that Theo just passively goes along with the rest of the group.