GM Wolfspirit's PbP Game Day IV: Siege of Serpents (Inactive)

Game Master Wolfspirit

Oops. Yeah, Smiley takes the damage, not Jillia. I think I had the order of attacks switched at one point, but we'll go with Smiley taking the hit.

Sadly, Kharg and Smiley's attempts to attack the intruders were woefully short.

"No quarter!"

Short Sword, Power Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 1 = 19
Short Sword, Power Attack: 1d4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6

Then, she tumbles away to get close to the escapee. Lockwood please!

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Jillia's attack clangs harmlessly against the breastplate of one of the intruders. She does nimbly jump back to the man by the door and manages to draw his attention away from escaping

Longsword Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Luckily his attack swings over her head!

Next up:Nella

"HEY! We can't let you burn the place to the ground! You were warned!" Nella's voice rings out as she calls upon a very simple blessing that she learned as a neophyte priestess. Suddenly, water seems to spill out of thin air, drenching the flaming papers.

"Get 'em guys! Boot to the head!"

Create Water on the fire square; hopefully that's enough to put it out. And I think I may have to change Nella's alignment to CG once this adventure is done with and before all her character stuff gets locked in...

Sadly, even though the fire starts to gut out where Nella caused a spontaneous shower, licks of flame still play out, causing a neighboring furnishing to the north to enkindle!

Direction, North = 1: 1d8 ⇒ 1 North

Longsword Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Longsword Attack, power attack, flank: 1d20 + 4 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 - 1 + 2 = 11

The assailant that started the blaze navigates around the furniture to avoid being trapped by the growing fire, while two of the other Aspis agents unsuccessfully attempt to attack Kharg and Jillia. Jillia finds herself flanked by two of the men!

Next up:Kharg, Markus, Smiley, Jillia

The way I'm going to rule it is that it would take another application of Create Water to put out the square marked 1/2

Smiley steps (5 ft) nearer to Blue and attempts to beat the tar out of him.

Fist to the neck!: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Well at least I rolled in double digits this time.

I got this one, Kharg. Help Jillia!

Shortsword, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 - 1 = 11
Shortsword, Power Attack: 1d4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4

A quick thrust into Reddy makes little purchase.

"You're out of your league, tallfolk," Jillia remarks to the Aspis flanking her as she (5-foot) steps out of their pressure. "If you are less interested in throwing away your lives, surrender is always an option, we can put out this fire, and talk like civilized people," she says, hoping to disarm them with a smile.

"Look out Jillia, there's one behind you!" Markus calls, moving into the centre of the room. He points his hand toward the ground, and a thin sheen of slippery liquid seeps up through the gaps in the marble floor slabs.

"Příroda vás prozrazuje!" he shouts.

Move Action to move to 2 squares left of Kharg (Lockwood please), then Standard Action to cast grease, catching the yellow looter in the lower right corner of the 10x10 area (Reflex save DC 14).

Alright, Smiley! If you say so!

Kharg turns to the right and sees Jillia taking on two opponents. He attempts to disengage from his current foe, bit his graceful maneuver is foiled by a slippery marble floor. Nevertheless, he continue on to one of Jillia's attackers, attacking with a two handed swing of his ax.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Purple gets an AOO, if he dares

Kharg attacks blue

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Yellow manages to keep his feet and Purple dares to try and strike at Kharg! His swing goes wide over the half-orc's shoulder however, and Kharg deals a nasty blow to Blue! The looter appears to be standing, but just barely!

Yellow Reflex save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Purple Dares: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Red Longsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Longsword Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Jillia's luck appears to have stuttered a tad, and she takes a nasty swing to the side from the looter she's facing!

Next up:Nella

Though frustrated that the fire is proving more resistant to her efforts to douse it than she'd expected, Nella realizes that her focus for now would be better spent on making sure she and her friends survive their clash with these looters. Hopefully they could manage that before the fire gets too out of control...

"Keep at it Smiley, you almost had him that last time!"

BotF on Smiley; +2 to AC :)

Fire direction: 1d8 ⇒ 7
The fire continues to spread onto the carpet!

Healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Blue moves back a step and pulls out a potion, drinking it and undoing a lot of Kharg's work.

Attack on Smiley: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Yellow Reflex Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Attack on Kharg: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Yellow manages to make it through the grease trap, yelling, "Are you crazy? Do you WANT to set the place on fire?" He slices at Kharg, scoring a nasty hit.

Next up:Jillia, Smiley, Kharg, Markus

Jillia shudders as she feels the sword bite through her mail.

Gotta cut down numbers, even for as much as I want to see this guy wasted.

"Your friend, first," she sneers, (5-foot) stepping back to strike at Blue.

Short Sword, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 7 - 1 = 17
Short Sword, Power Attack: 1d4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 = 5

Feeling sudden pain on his blind side, Kharg turns to face his new attacker!

RAAAAAGH!

full attack on yellow

attack 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

damage 1: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

attack 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Pulling out his Tanglefoot bag , Smiley tosses it at Purple.

Yer too slippery! Stick around a while!

Tanglefoot bag, touch attack, Dex boon: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 2 = 15

Feeling quite lucky thanks to Nella's blessing, Smiley steps forward (5 ft) and winds up his fist comically.

Hi there!

Disappointed that the looter stayed upright, Markus realises too late that he has moved too close to the fighting. Gripping his morningstar tightly, he thrusts at the nearest marauder, hoping to distract him enough to allow Smiley to land a telling blow. "You Aspis monsters always pick on those smaller than you!" he taunts.

Standard Action to attempt to Aid Another to help Smiley's next attack on purple

Aid Another vs AC 10, + flanking: 1d20 + 0 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 0 + 2 = 4

Longsword attack vs Jillia: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Red continues to slice ineffectively at Jillia, missing (this time!)

Next up: Nella

Sneaking in a post before running to a meeting. Will update the Combat chart later.

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Nella scoots around some of the nearby furniture, partly to get away from the side of the room that's currently on fire and partly so she can get a better view of the battle.

"Why are you here? Why are you doing this!?" she pleads with their enemies, even as she attempts to protect her companions from their blows.

BotF on Smiley again; +2 to AC!

Both Blue and Purple, deciding that they had enough of all this, make their way towards the entrance you all came from. Blue tempts fate by trying to get past Nella (you can make an AOO, Nella, otherwise he gets away. Purple did get away)

Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Yellow attempts a similar action, but falls flat on his face when he stumbles into the grease It is, the way.

Meanwhile, the blaze continues to grow!

Next up:Kharg, Markus, Smiley, Jillia

AoO vs. Blue (Quarterstaff): 1d20 ⇒ 13
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Nella yelps with surprise as one of the two looters appears to suddenly rush right for her and she flails wildly with her staff in defense...and then blinks as she realizes that he wasn't going for her, but rather the door behind her, along with his friend.

@GM, did Smiley's tanglefoot bag miss Purple?

Kharg advances on an Aspis agent and attacks, but the smoke in the room is beginning to affect Kharg, it seems.

attack 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

attack 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Kharg advances on red (5' step) and full attacks, with unfortunate results.

@Smiley Good call. Forgot that was touch AC.

Reflex save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Purple was hit by the Tanglefoot, but managed to avoid getting completely stuck to the floor, hindering his efforts and slows him down considerably. He makes it to just on your side of the doorway, yelling, "You idiots! We're all going to burn to death!"

Seeing his gooey quarry getting away despite the entanglement and oblivious to the fire, Smiley moves (5 ft) to Yellow to take out his frustrations.

Elbow to the chin!: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Yar! Gotcha!

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"Smiley, can I leave you with our friend here?" Markus asks, pointing at the looter on the floor. He turns away without waiting for a reply and drops his morningstar to the floor with a loud clang. Bending down, Markus grabs the rug from the floor and drag it over toward the burning papers, ready to try to beat the fire out. "We've got to get this fire out before we all end up overcooked like my pa's roast pig," he calls to no one in particular.

Is that OK GM? Move Action to pick up the rug, Move Action to move 10ft east towards the fire (Lockwood please).

Markus is right. They're getting away, but we won't if that fire keeps burning.

"This one's on you, Kharg," Jillia says through grit teeth, as she slashes distractingly at Mr. Red.

Short Sword (Aid Another): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 (+2 to your next attack!)

Then with a quick cartwheel, Jillia tumbles away to help put out the fire.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Yellow shudders from Smiley's Smash and falls to the greasy ground limp!
Red Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Red slices at Kharg but his blade goes wide! Meanwhile, the fire spreads to engulf a plush chair!

Unless Nella is going to try and finish off Purple, he's going to escape after her action. So in the interest of time, I'll roll everyone else into her initiative. No one other than Nella can interact with Purple though

Up next: Everyone!

Raaaagh!, Kharg shouts again

attack 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

damage 1: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

attack 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

damage 2: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

full round attack on red

Kharg's doing his part, gotta do mine. Gotta think fast.

Jillia rushes to where the fire is spreading, knocks a chair out of the way, and flips the nearest rug atop the flames, hoping to smother it.

Not sure what check it is to extinguish a fire, so feel free to roll it for me.

Though a part of her longs to turn and chase after the fleeing straggler and give him a good thrashing with her weapon, Nella is pretty sure that the Society higher-ups would frown on them letting the place burn to the ground. Grinding her teeth with frustration, she calls out, "Let them run; they'll probably be found by one of the other groups! We need to get these fires put out!"

Working to finish what she started, Nella moves to join Jillia and Markus in putting out the flames.

Create Water again on that 1/2 fire square!

To smother a fire requires a DC 12 CMB check. I'll let you roll it

Seeing that his Bestest Buddy seems to have Red under control, Smiley finally becomes aware of the raging fire at his back and moves to pull up the nearest rug and smother the fire with it.

Smother Fire: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

As he smothers the fire, he notifies the others of his firefighting wisdom.

Fire bad!

"Cmon!"

Fire Prevention: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Jillia smothers a fraction of the fire.

Choking on the acrid smoke, Markus tries to smother the fire with his rug.

Fire fighting: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 4

fire: 1d8 ⇒ 5
Smiley and Jillia are successful in their firefighting; Markus finds intimidating fire isn't as easy as people and apes. Nella's summoned water causes the another fire to go from smoldering to extinguished, though not before the fire spreads around Smiley!

Kharg's double swings take his opponent from hale and healthy to near death in the span of seconds. Seeing that he was alone and surrounded by enemies, he does the only wise thing and attempts to flee!

Kharg, you can make an AOO to take him down before he flees.

Next up: Everyone! Combat is winding down, if you can successfully stem the tide of the fire.

Smiley attempts valiantly to put out the fire below him on the map before it spreads to the grease puddle.

Fire Bad!: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

He finds a burn-resistant rug just the right size for his purpose.

Well, that was lucky!

Making Smokey Proud: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Jillia continues to make use of everything at her disposal to contain the fire.

"Stupid bloody fire!" Markus exclaims, frantically flapping his rug.

Fire fighting: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (7) - 2 = 5

Where are you going? Kharg demands as he takes a two handed swing at the runner.

AOO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

I don't suppose that hit?

Smiley and Jillia continue making impressive firefighters, forestalling the need for Markus' rug intervention. There is, however, one fleeing looter that's just at the edge of Markus' range of Acid Splash...

On the bodies of the looters, you find the following:

With the threat of fire resolved and the looters driven off and defeated, you have time to seek out Aram Zey's notes on the Hao Jin Tapestry As you rummage around through stacks paper and piles of books, Markus spies an incongruous book on the top of one of the Southern Bookshelves, mere feet from where the fire spread to. Investigating further, he discovers that inside the hollowed out book, there are notes penned by the Master of Spells to be what you were searching for!

Success!

Notes in hand, you set off towards the Tapestry Chamber!
Moving things along a tad, but you can stabilize the looters if you'd like before moving on. They're both unconscious, however.

With the last of the fires put out and the looters taken care of, Nella simply plops down on the floor for a moment to catch her breath as some of the others check to see what's on the bodies. "Is everyone okay? Jillia, you took a nasty hit earlier..."

I think all three melee folks took some damage there. Just holler if you want Nella to use a channel (still getting the hang of playing a cleric).

Once her companions are taken care of, she moves to check on the two looters now that they've been stripped of their gear. "May as well patch them up too, even if they tried to kill us and burn the place down. I'm sure the Venture Captains wouldn't mind having a few more of these Aspis people in custody, too."

Unless anyone objects, she'll stabilize them and tie them up.

As she works, her eye is drawn to the holy symbol that one of the looters was carrying. "Well, what have we here?"

Kn. Religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Nella would take the holy water unless someone else really wants it; everything else she's not too concerned about :)

Nella, I took a stab in the back from one of those scum, and I think Smiley and Jillia are a little worse for wear.

I would certainly appreciate a channel before the next encounter!

Jillia runs a fingertip along the slit through her chainmail and her skin, wincing a bit.

"I guess I'm not in the best of shape," she says, chuckling nervously. "I never seem to notice it until after the fight, though," she adds, smiling like a child who found out she was in trouble.

A channel would be lovely.

"Ooh..." Nella winces as Kharg shows off his newest battle scar. "Yes, we'd better patch up a bit before we move on. I'm still getting the hang of the 'triage' phase when it comes to mending wounds, but this is good practice," she jokes weakly as she calls upon divine aid to heal her companions.

Channel Energy: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Make sure to divy up the CLWs too! I'll post the scene change after dinner. ominous foreboding

Are there more than one?

"Hah, forgot about this!" Jillia says, as she consumes the CLW potion from earlier.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"Good as new-ish!" The scar from her earlier wound is nearly unnoticeable.

You got two CLWs from that encounter; the other two fled. There might be a few remaining from earlier in the scenario as well.

Smiley seems to have forgotten the nasty gash in his side, but discovers it anew.

I still gots my guts. I've had worse.

As Nella's divine healing surges through him, he feels much better and the gash becomes a scrape.

Ha! It's not as bad as I thought. Luck of the Seventh Son!

I'd suggest Smiley & Kharg take the CLW potions, as the 1st-levelers most often face-to-face (or in Smiley's case, face-to-stomach) with baddies. But I'm happy if someone else has a reason to take them.