GM Woran's Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Woran

Vitro hacks at the half demon again

to hit vs pinned: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

and holds out rope to tie her up

Dayo: Stands up and rips Nualia's holy symbol from her neck.

Vitro: Hacks at Nualia again, sword drawing blood.

I'm delaying justin for the sake of getting this combat moving forward.

Bruthazmus: Cracks open en eye to see Shalelu standing over him.

"Brænd i helvede kvinde!"
He draws a flail and swings at Shalelu's kneecaps.

melee while prone: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 7 - 4 = 13

But Shalelu lightly jumps over the swing.

Nualia: You think you can take me? Take away my autonomy like the others before you? Mother will taste your blood! I shall have my revenge!"

Again the scars on her belly flare with angry red light.
channel energy, negative: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 5) = 8

will save vitro: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
will save Justin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
will save snowflake: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
will save Dayo: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
will save Oskar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
will save Shalelu: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Round 6

Init

Oskar 17 damage
Shalelu 36 damage
Lyrie 2 damage, Mirror image up: 2
Justin 4 damage
Vitro 15 damage
Dayo 28 damage
Bruthazmus 26 damage
Nualia 33 damage. Divine favor up. False life up
Snowflake 21 damage

Snowflake is up!
Justin is delaying, can act whenever.

Justin steps over to the downed bugbear and jabs at his foot

attack: 1d20 - 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (16) - 3 + 4 + 1 = 18 for [[1d3-2]] damage

A very interesting spellbook is getting away should we do something about that?

I think dayos plan was that you can't channel without your unholy symbol. (which he swiped) However demon baby in your stomach probably works too for lamashtu

damage: 1d3 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0 not that it matters...

that will do one subdual

Vy starts to concentrate. From some where, ouside from here a howl can be heard

Justin: Surprises himself by actually stabbing the bugbear.

Snowflake: Starts summoning.

Round 7

Init

Oskar 17 damage
Shalelu 36 damage
Lyrie 2 damage, Mirror image up: 2
Justin 4 damage
Vitro 15 damage
Dayo 28 damage
Bruthazmus 26 damage, 1 nonlethal
Nualia 33 damage. Divine favor up. False life up
Snowflake 21 damage

Oskar is up! (and Shalelu)

holds out rope to tie her up

[OSKAR]

Oskar uses his improved reach to snatch the rope before Dayo can.

"I got this, you cut off her pretty little head."

Maintain Grapple to Tie Up: 1d20 + 15 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 15 + 5 = 27

[/OSKAR]

Oskar: Continues to hold on to Nualia and manages to tie her up.

Shalelu: "You're never going to hurt anyone ever again." She stabs at the Bugbear

stab: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
stab: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

confirm?: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

The bugbear falls unconscious again.

Lyrie: Keeps running.

Round 7

Init

Oskar 17 damage
Shalelu 36 damage
Lyrie 2 damage, Mirror image up: 2
Vitro 15 damage
Dayo 28 damage
Bruthazmus 31 damage, 1 nonlethal
Nualia 33 damage. Divine favor up. False life up
Snowflake 21 damage
Justin 4 damage

Vitro and Dayo are up!

Apparently Oskar forgot Dayo was once again bleeding out on the floor...

Con check, DC 13: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

W00T!!

"I'm sorry Vy, but I have to, she's killing us!"

With that Vitro reverses his grip and plunges the tip of his longsword into Nualia's chest.

Coup de Grace damage: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5) + 6 = 14

fort save against coup de grace: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

With a bloody gurgle, Nualia goes limp and stops breathing. A few seconds later, Shalelu follows up by stabbing the bugbear trough the heart.

Anyone want to chace after the running spellcaster? If not we're out of initiative

If he's running downhill, then some of Dayo's DNA will give chase.

Vitro seems about to give chase, then notices all the weird unnatural bruising caused by Nualia's channeling and hesitates, looking at the others to see what they'll do.

With a growl a Wolf appears.It looks at Nualia, and the gowl deepens, before it notices she's dead, and he looks at Snowflake.
Vy points towards the exit the spellcaster took and says one word,

"Fetch"

Vy than walks up to Vitro, and lays one hand upon his shoulder.

"Thank you for doing what I could not"

CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

"Thank you all"

"I'm going to go chase the spel... "

He sees the wolf appear and head in that direction and ducks behind the embiggened oskar

"or not "

Invigorated by Vy's touch, Vitro bounds after the fleeing woman

"Come on Justin! I'm going to need some backup here! I'll attack her and you hamper her casting!"

Vitro may have dumped wisom.

reflex save Vitro: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Vitro chases after the spellcaster... Only to pailfully fall down after slipping in a large puddle of grease conveniently placed at the top of the stairs.

"drop your spellbook and repent we're only after the one thing really "

Justin comes upon the fallen V and....

reflex: 1d20 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 1 + 3 = 21

Easily leaps atop Vitro and runs over him and over the grease without even getting his paws icky.

Ok, if we're going to run after the running NPC, I'm going to pick up where we left after the coup de grace, and put you back into initiative there, otherwise there is no easy way for me to track this. I'll re-use the saves you made now.

Feel free to say I lose her, or use some sort of chase scene mechanic. It just feels like lazy not to even make a gesture of going after her.

I think I'll narate it for a bit. We've spend quite some time with the fight and Thistletop in general, so its good to keep it moving, there is still a lot of rooms to explore.

Justin gives chase, gracefully jumping over vitro, but overshadowed by Snowflake's wolf who easily overtakes him.

From upstairs you can hear a growl and a shriek. Once Vitro picks himself up and Justin catches up with his short leg, all you can find is a few bloodstains and a ripped off piece of a dress.
Interestingly enough, rolled to the side of the corridor is also a scrollcase, its belts snapped, and showing signs of chewing...

A little out of breath, Vitro comes to a halt next to these partial remains. Checking himself, he slides back into a low stance, unlike the more classic-elven running moves he was doing just then.

"Looks like she got away, but not without throwing something to the wolves. Who was she anyway? One of the lesser members of the conspiracy?"

Vitro bends down to pick up the scrollcase and inspect it.

"Have we accounted for all the members that we know of, down there I mean?"

A quick inspection of the scrollcase reveals that there are 5 scrolls inside.

"Well, those two got away but at least we've gotten the leaders of the conspiracy, I think.. But we'd best sweep the grounds to make sure they're not hiding in a corner somewhere."

While waiting for the rest to regroup Vitro inspects the scrolls in more detail.

Take 10 spellcraft to inspect the scrolls yields a 21 (9 +2 elf), should be enough to identify up to caster level 6.

"If you'[re looking for treasure just say you're looking for treasure... "

Vitro takes some time to figure out each scroll. They are: scroll of comprehend languages, scroll of minor image, scroll of see invisibility,
scroll of sleep and a scroll of whispering wind.

"These are pretty interesting... I think we should take the time to properly transcribe them into our spellbooks."

With the scrollcase retrieved, and the immediate danger over, Justin and Vitro notice now a pretty fouls smell... The door to the latrine you found earlier is open, and part of it has been broken down. A few coins are scattered on the floor.

Justin will prestidigitate with extreme prejudice and collect the coins

The coins themselves dont appear to be dirty. Taking a loot in the latrine room, it looks like there was a false wall behind the latrine. Someone broke that down, and retrieved whatever was behind it.

Whomever retrieved it was in a hurry, not bothering to stop and pick up some of the spilled coin. Counting them out, they amount to 95 GP.

"Okay guys, it looks like the rest ran away, but let's get back together, heal up, and sweep the place to make sure nobody's hiding. And also, let's have a look at the stuff they were using."

While others figure out the healing Vitro starts going through the pockets of the corpses, dumping anything interesting in a heap in the room so we can all have a look at it.

Unsure yet what Snowflake wants with Nualia's body, Vitro starts with checking the body of the Bugbear.

On the bugbear's body you find:
1 magical arrow.
1 potion

He wears studded leather, carried a heavy flail and a masterwork composite longbow with 20 arrows left and 4 platinum pieces.

"I would like very much to inter my sister at the temple at Sandpoint. I want the Gods to watch over her, and let the people learn of her fate, and their role in it. I pray Pharasma has mercy on her soul, and guide her to a lighter place"

Snowflake grabs the most devoid of any cult signs pieces of cloths from a wall, and starts to undo his sister of any of her garb and gear, while he wraps her up, knowing fully well that this could have been his fate as well. Maybe even more so.

On the pile coming from Nualia, you find:

A magical breastplate
A magical bastard sword
masterwork composite longbow with 20 arrows left.
A strange, 7 pointed medallion
7 platinum pieces and 5 gold pieces.

The Holy Symbol of Lamashtu that Dayo removed earlier is made of gold.

Dayo continues to remain splayed out on the floor.

After Snowflake is done, he walks over to Dayo, and taps him withe the cure light wand. He had waited tot do this, since they are both Defenders of the Faiths, but he wasn't sure what Dayo would do to the body of his dead sister, what Dayo's Faith would dictate him to do.
This inner turmoil and uncertainty is still visible on his face while he cures Dayo.

Dayo heals for 5 HP

Dayo opens his eyes and reflexively jumps to his feet. Crouching, the lack of action in the vicinity seems to puzzle him. And then he notices Nualia's still form.

It is not enough to slay evil and carry on. I will spend the time necessary to help those I’ve protected to fend for themselves.

He locks eyes with Snowflake, but his eyebrows bemoan sadness.

"Are you alright?"

Vy gives it some thought.
"No. I'm not. I am at ease. But I'm not alright"

Dayo follows Snowflake's gaze to his sister's body.

"On Little Beautiful, when we lost one of our own, we spent the next day cleaning them, wrapping them in linen, and at dusk we carried them to the entrance of Mengkare's cave. We had no concept of prayer, so we called out to our Father to let him know we had lost one of his children, and then we descended back towards our homes. Our stories told us that, so long as we never spoke of the deceased, their essence would be reborn into the next generation."

Dayo bites his lip.

"I have pondered on that practice since leaving the island. What would you like to be done? And, may I help?"

The chapel holds nothing interesting, but there are several more rooms you have not been to yet. Let me know which one you want to go to, and we'll take it from there

The bedrooms near where Justin and Vitro are?

Oskar will be taking a breather outside. I'll be door opener ^_^

"I want her at peace, and at rest, Forever. So, where taking her to Sandpoint, and we cremate her outside the temple, the place that she burned down. And we scatter the ashes over the sea from the highest point. So nobody can ever raise her. And in the Mausuleum where our foster father lies, we'll hang an memorial of her.

I'll start you on that side of thistletop. I'll make which rooms you're exploring by placing you inside. I'll give a discription of the room. For the sake of speed, do you all want me to roll a block of perception for all of you at every room?

To get your mind of what has happened in the chapel, you drag your weary bodies outside. In there were some doors here that you have not opened before.

You start at one of the doors in the main hallway.
Dozens of ratty cushions, lumpy pillows, and rumpled dogskin furs lie heaped in the south half of this chamber, which smells of a nauseating
mixture of vinegar and rotten flowers.

Continuing the conversation, Dayo inquisitively asks, "I don't know the people of Sandpoint that well. Are they forgiving?"

As Dayo opens the bedroom doors, he covers his face to protect against the smell.

"Jush-tin, cfan you do sumpfthing about this? I think I am liking the idea of bfurning this entire place to the ground as well."

"Maybe it's my duty to teach them forgiveness. Look at me. I had all the justification to be vengeful due to their treatment of me when I was a child, yet I've become a Servant of the Community."

perception Vitro: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
perception Justin: 1d20 ⇒ 2
perception Snowflake: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
perception Dayo: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
perception Oskar: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Going trough the room, you find nothing more then dirty pillows, some old bones (you think from birds) and a lot of stains you rather not think about.

On to the next room?

"I think this is the room where the goblins made...pickles. Lets...just go"

Maybe if Justin prestidigitates he can just Take 20?

I think we also Detect Magic every room. To look for traps and hidden treasure.