GM Woran's Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Woran

Vitro stares, dumbfounded. Why do you do with people like this?

Eoghan joins Vitro in silence. He knows he can't do much here. Better let Dayo take care of this. He will, however, take a good look at Aldern to see if anything seems off about him. Any form of possession, mind control, or general deception.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

For Eoghan: There is defenitely something off about Aldern. But its hard to say what exactly.

Aldern calms down again a bit at Dayo's calm and sure demeanor.

"Away? Yes? No? Yes? No. No no no. I cant. I cant go. I have to complete work. I have to. For them. There will be dire consequences if I dont. I cant refuse them."

"This is too much building for one person to maintain, maybe we could help? "

Eoghan leans towards Vitro and whispers, "You seem to know this guy. Has he always been this... murdery? Don't know if it's the influence of the house, or what he's been through, but I would keep my eye on him, if I were you."

"Away? Yes? No? Yes? No. No no no. I cant. I cant go. I have to complete work. I have to. For them. There will be dire consequences if I dont. I cant refuse them."

"Lesha would want you to come with us."

Vitro whispers back "Last time he just seemed like a bit of a whimsical noble, you know the kind, a bit more money than sense. Personally, I'd say tear down the house and see if that helps."

Eoghan leans towards Vitro and whispers, "You seem to know this guy. Has he always been this... murdery? Don't know if it's the influence of the house, or what he's been through, but I would keep my eye on him, if I were you."

"half an hour here and Dayo wanted to put me in a dress and give me a bath. That renders the possibility of an outside mental influence highly probable. "

"Cursed by a family, while I was cursed by losing one, my sister and my foster parent. Yet the gods let me find another one, my new sister and foster father Pateba. And now these people"
Vy looks at the rest of this ragged group.
'Although we can not always choose them"
Vy kneels in front of Aldern.
" Having a curse doesn't absolve you of your deeds. But it grants you understanding. And a chance. If you will let the gods back into your heart, and into your mind. Are you willing to work your way back into the light, Aldern?"
He looks him straight into his eyes, waiting for an answer.
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

"half an hour here and Dayo wanted to put me in a dress and give me a bath. That renders the possibility of an outside mental influence highly probable. "

"You think this place lowers inhibitions, like alcohol?"

Justin Norvegicus wrote:

"half an hour here and Dayo wanted to put me in a dress and give me a bath. That renders the possibility of an outside mental influence highly probable. "

"You think this place lowers inhibitions, like alcohol?"

"I'm think an external entity is more likely but admit my sincere hope that thats the case may render my judgement biased. "

Aldern looks distressed from Dayo to Snowflake.

"I want to! I want to leave! And dont come back! But the brothers, the brothers of the seven. They want the samples. They need the samples. Or they will hurt her. They want the fungus. And the rats. They want me to...

Oh no."

Aldern's eyes grow big and he looks over his shoulder, as if expecting to see someone.

"He's coming. Please. Please run. Please run and save my sister. They have my sister. They told me they would hurt her! Save... ARG!"

Aldern staggers back, and arches his back, letting out a strangled scream.
His skin darkens. Teeth lengthen to points, and his fingernails grow. A long toughe slips from between his lips.
In a completely different voice, he speaks.

"Ah, look at you all. So full of hope. Of life. You will make a fine feast."

Whatever stands before you now, its intentions are clear when it pulls a war razor from its coat.

Aldern: Seeing Snowflake's holy symbol, Aldern attacks.

war razor: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
claw: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Initiative

Round 1

Aldern
Dayo
Eoghan
[mystery actor]
Vitro
Snowflake 6 damage
Justin

Dayo and Eoghan can act!

Completely baffled by the sudden transformation, Eoghan doesn't even ask for questions and springs into action. He runs forward and slashes at the man with his bastard sword, but misses.

Attack, Power Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

"Guys, I don't know what this guy's deal is, but I bet suddenly growing fangs means he's on the naughty list."

"This facade must be the taint I suspected. If you can still hear me, Aldern, we will not forsake you."

Dayo draws his broadsword, but only as a distraction; he charges his open palm with holy light and thrusts it into the creature's solar plexus.

Move Action to Draw Weapon, Swift Action to Smite Evil, Standard action to Stunning Fist (Fort DC 14):

Unarmed Strike, Smite: 1d20 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 3 = 11
Nonlethal, Bypasses DR: 1d6 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 3 = 5

Ive put a picture of how Aldern looks now on the map

Eoghan/Dayo: The transformed Aldern nimbly steps aside to dodge both attacks.

Goblins, yo.: From the cracks and mold crawl 4 very undead looking goblins.

Initiative

Round 1

Aldern
Dayo
Eoghan
Goblins
Vitro
Snowflake 6 damage
Justin

Vitro, Snowflake and Justin are up!

Justin takes a shot at Aldern.

"If you can get him down alive, good. If not he's a danger to everyone else. Sorry "

crossbow: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 2 + 1 - 4 = 11

"This. Will. Not. Do." With his best Patrick Stewart voice Vitro gestures dramatically and a pit opens at the back of the cavern to try to swallow up the g(h)obbos.

(Create Pit with potent magic arcana, DC 18 reflex not to fall in, 20ft deep if you do, DC 25 to climb out.)

Nowhere else to go, Vy disconnects any link he has, grabs his morning star, and starts smiting into Aldern

smite evil: 1d20 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 3 = 27
damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 2 = 6

Ending a link is immediate, Smite is swift

Justin: Shoots with his crowsbow, but misses Aldern.

Vitro: Calls upon the power of the earth, opening up a big pit.

reflex save blue goblin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
reflex save red goblin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
reflex save green goblin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Two of the undead goblins fall in with rasping screams. One manages to jump aside.

Would the movement to escape the pit provoke?

Snowflake: normally calm and caring, snowflake manages to tear a piece out of Aldern's leg.

Aldern: "Come now. Let the Skinsaw man make it all go away. It will only hurt a moment.

war razor: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

claw: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
fort save Snowflake: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Initiative

Round 2

Aldern 6 damage
Dayo
Eoghan
Goblins
Vitro
Snowflake 12 damage
Justin

Dayo and Eoghan are up!

"And I thought goblins couldn't get worse...."

Dayo remains ever focused on the task of saving Aldern.

Stunning Fist (Fort DC 14), Smite: 1d20 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 3 = 29
Nonlethal, Bypasses DR: 1d6 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 3 = 6

Flurry of Blows, Smite: 1d20 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 3 = 29
Nonlethal, Bypasses DR: 1d6 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 3 = 8

Crit #1 Confirmation?: 1d20 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 3 = 24
Extra Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 3 = 10

Crit #2 Confirmation?: 1d20 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 3 = 23
Extra Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 3 = 8

Shoryuken!!!

Would the movement to escape the pit provoke?

(...)

Dayo and Eoghan are up!

Nobody knows for sure, but the trend is that forced movement doesn't provoke.

Also, Eoghan: remember that ending your turn adjacent to the pit requires a reflex save not to slip in. So you may want to step away a bit. But it also means Aldern and the remaining goblins are going to have to move, so take advantage of that!

Also, falling damage (20ft): 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11

Eoghan thwaps a goblin so it's not being a nuisance anymore. Dayo's got Aldern under control, it seems.

Attack roll, Power Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

After Eoghan has missed his second attack roll, he five-foot steps away from the pit of doom.

Also, boring rules stuff I'd like to discuss, but which is probably pointless anyway:
If Aldern is an undead, he's immune to nonlethal. Dunno if that was handwaved away or not, like undead not being immune to Vitro's acid cloud.
Dropping a link is an immediate, which eats the next turn's swift action. But details, schmetails.

I was hoping we'd gotten him at the quasi undead we might still save him stage

Snowflake can move, standard, end turn, drop link. (it comes back at the end of the turn)

Ah yeah, fair. Same actions, different order. Nevermind that, then.

He's not undead, otherwise he would initially have pinged as evil. My guess is he's a lycanthrope.

Holy cheesus my brain is like it got eaten by an ooze. I look at the numbers and it just goes *splut* in there. The lights are on but there is nobody home

I got struck down by a super flu as well, so no shame in slow progress. Take time to de-stress and relax. We'll be here. :)

Lemme see if I can start my brain up again

fort save aldern: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Dayo: With a expertly placed punch to an important nerve ending, Dayo manages to stun Aldern for the moment.

Eoghan: Misses his swing.

Goblins: Scrabbeling away from the edge of the pit, the goblins bite and claw.

purple bite vs Snowflake: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
purple claw vs Snowflake: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
purple vs Snowflake: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

blue bite vs Eoghan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
fort save Eoghan vs paralisis: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
length?: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

blue claw vs Eoghan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
blue claw vs Eoghan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Initiative

Round 2

Aldern 38 damage
Dayo
Eoghan 4 damage
Goblins
Vitro
Snowflake 12 damage
Justin

Vitro, Snowflake and Justin are up!

((Aldern, while stunned, still ended his turn on the edge of the pit.))

Good point.

reflex save Aldern: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

I guess he falls forwards ;)

Mirror Image is up, I might not be hit. 1 is me.

Mirror Image: 1d2 ⇒ 2

I'm saved! Blue's second claw attack still needs to do damage, though.

I will forever forget your mirror image. Just like you ALWAYS have to remind me of good hope

claw damage blue: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Vy presses on the attack on Aldern.

smite evil: 1d20 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 3 = 16
damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 2 = 6

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