GMthunderspirit's Dragon's Demand (Inactive)

Game Master thunderspirit

Not wanting to miss an arrow shot and hit Endar, Valgrim draws his scimitar and strikes at the Kobold flanking the rogue...

Sorry, I missed this; the part between the kobolds and Valgrim is hard stone. It doesn't matter much as Valgrim didn't hit, but the kobold isn't melee-able from that point.

Endar drops Yellow, while Achmed gets frustrated looking for a target! Kinn moves forward, his armor slowing him down behind the spry rogue and slayer!

Orange joins Red; both drop their slings and use thier spears in the assault on Mordenaar!
R spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
R spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3 Min 1 dmg

O spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
O spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2 Min 1 dmg

Green, Blue, and Indigo continue to assail Endar!
G spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
G spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2 Min 1 dmg

B spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
B spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4 Min 1 dmg

I spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
I spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 Min 1 dmg

It seems that none of the kobolds are having much luck.

You guys are up!

Nice link TS

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Valgrim moves to follow the slayer...

Kinn takes the long way 'round and crashes, literally, into the kobold flank--with shield, if not with sword.

Scimitar @ Red: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 lulz

Mordenaar locks eyes with the kobold between him and Kinn. He then gives a head shake that seems too slow for the heat of combat. He then crosses his blades and aims to scissor the neck of the kobold:

Sinister: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 for DMG: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9, and Dexter: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 for DMG: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Achmed hurries towards the party.

double move=

Endar drops his pike, since the kobolds are all just too close for comfort. He draws his hook hand and tries to skewer the closest one (green).
hook hand: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Kinn moves forward but trips on a random stone!
Valgrim and Achmed move up!
Endar creates a nice breeze for the trio surrounding him!
Mordenaar does his class name proud by dispatching Red!

O spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
O spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2 Min 1 dmg
Orange then five foots away from the whirling dervish!

Green, Blue, and Indigo press on Endar!
G spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
G spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4 Min 1 dmg

B spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
B spear confirm?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 Nope
B spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4 Min 1 dmg

I spear: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
I spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5 Min 1 dmg

You guys are up!

Calmly, slowly, and without remorse, Mordenaar steps forward to take the next head as he fights his way to Endar.

Two-Weapon Sinister: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13 for DMG: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9, and Dexter: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11 for DMG: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

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Endar takes two kobold spears to the chest and is bleeding profusely. He's starting to look a bit woozy... I'm at 2/15 HP, so not doing too well.

However, he sees no easy way out of his predicament, so he swing his hook hand once again at [green].
hook hand: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Valgrim draws his bow and sends an arrow at one of the Kobolds flanking Endar...cant get to you right now- go defensive

CLB+PBS: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 = 25...DMG: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8

Possible crit: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 1 = 19...DMG: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

Kinn tries to see through the melee ahead for an opening...

Will wait for TS to resolve. Not sure there's room for me.

Endar misses, the lack of blood clearly cloding his vision!

Mordenaar's surgical precision falls short this time!

Valgrim's arrow, however, goes right through Blue's noggin and pins the kobold to the curtain of rock behind it!

Since Mordenaar didn't drop Orange, Kinn would have to Acrobatics through that square — or dispatch Orange himself — to reach Endar.

Gah! Sorry! Forgot this was waiting on me.

Kinn holds out, offering only a shield and a pointy edge poking out from behind it, waiting for a better opportunity. Aid Another to help Mordenaar's attack.

No worries, Real Life Comes First [tm] for us all, which coincidentally is pretty much why I didn't update this yesterday. LOL

With Kinn's help, Mordenaar goes back in time and eliminates Orange!

Green charges over to Mordenaar!

And Indigo maintains her assault on Endar (both never quite realize they were flanking all this time and not counting it...but when your kobold brain is the size of a peanut, it's not a big surprise, so...)
G spear vs. Mordenaar: 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 1 + 2 = 18
G spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1 Min 1 dmg

I spear vs Endar: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
I spear dmg: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4 Min 1 dmg

You guys are up!

Achmed holds back.

delay so the fighter types can move up

Mordenaar shakes his head at the ridiculous nature of the kobold battle plan. It's apparently contagious, as he hasn't even spared a moment to study his foe, opting to scissors their necks repeatedly.

He sighs, mid combat, and sets to the dirty work: Two-Weapon Sinister: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 for DMG: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6, and Dexter: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16 for DMG: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Oops! I meant for next round, but I'll take it!

Mordenaar does indeed finish off Green, and Kinn delivers some much-needed healing energy to a grateful Endar!

Valgrim and Achmed!

With only one foe left to defeat, Valgrim moves back down the path to ensure no one sneaks up on them and traps them in this corridor with no way out...
double move back to t intersection

"Thank you, my friend." Endar says solemnly to Kinn, then swings his hook hand at [blue] again.
hook hand: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 4 - 2 = 19
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Achmed tries to sling the last kobold

attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Achmed and Endar defeat the remaining kobold!

Out of combat!

These kobolds are no better equipped than the ones you've seen already. Valgrim finds that Nighttail and Hak are busy playing with the savage dire rats, who do not appear to be enjoying any game that doesn't involve ripping out the insides of other things.

Achmed looks into the shaft with the knotted rope and notices that the rope doesn't hang alongside a wall, making the Climb check down potentially more difficult.

"Another passage down. Looks like we have no choice. I'm not going anywhere until we're ready though. How're you feeling Endar?"

Achmed frowns.

"Hmmmm..does something have a rope they can throw down?

Did the dead kobolds have any?

Kinn removes a rope from his pack and hands it to Achmed.

Mordenaar asks once again, "What do we expect at the bottom?"

Seeing no danger Valgrim moves back to the others and helps them prep for the descent...

"How're you feeling Endar?"

Endar's silence suggests that perhaps he is no longer among the living. ;-)

Mordenaar asks once again, "What do we expect at the bottom?"

After a few times of Mordenaar asking this question, it occurs to Nighttail that perhaps he is directing this to her. Oh! she says, rousing from her own little world. Well, downstairs is Churgi. And Chief Roaghaz.

Her eyes grow wide. And the cave of kobold future, of course. No need to destroy kobold eggs, is there? she asks with concern.

"I think the Kobold eggs are safe from us for now."

was Endar at negative Hit Points? I thought Kinn LoH healed?

Sorry, busy weekend, had a local con. Endar is alive, though still badly wounded.

Endar, who had been distracted for a few moments by trying to pull kobold-sized spears out of his flesh, looks up and says "I'm badly hurt, but not dead yet, I suppose. That's somthin', ain't it lads?"

CLW: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Valgrim spends a moment healing Endar before the group continues...

Yes let's leave the eggs alone for more of these pathetic creatures to continue to inflict this area.

Achmed frowns and follows Valgrim.

"Yes the eggs are fine

With some vitality restored to Endar, I'll need Climb checks for those climbing down the knotted rope, or whatever else y'all have planned for the descent.

While tempting, Mordenaar forgoes the swinging attack technique, and simply climbs down the rope (Take 10 for 13).

Once down he looks about before motioning others to follow: Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Mordenaar notes that climbing down the knotted rope hanging into the hole is more difficult than it appears (DC 10 Climb) since it hangs in the center of the hole and doesn't allow the use of a wall as bracing..

Once down, his Perception check suggests the cave is empty; two separate paths lead north from it. In the flickering torchlight, Mordenaar notes the curvature of the east tunnel, whihc may suggest they re-converge further on.

"Endar, can you reconnoiter the Eastern passage? If it meets up within 100' feet we'll see you at the intersection."

Endar follows Mordenaar down the rope.
Take 10 for 13.

"Yes my friend, no problem!"
Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 Unfortunately he's not very quiet...

Dammed cliff....

"Some assistance anyone? Or better yet I'll try."

climb: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11

Achmed shimmies down.

Climb: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Valgrim shimmies down the rope wondering why it took so long for the others to descend...he then readies his bow once more...

Kinn follows the others in the rear (take 10 for 13 as well). Seeing the party split, he moves to back Endar down the second passage.

Endar does, indeed, reconnoiter the eastern passage.
Loudly.

At the edge of Mordenaar's torchlight, Endar can see the cave open up into a larger one, though he can't see much beyond that. He can hear, however, mumbling and chanting coming from deeper within the cave.

"I think we approach something wicked. Are we ready for this? It's going to likely turn into a service to Gorum whether we want it to or not."

Mordenaar draws both blades to accentuate his thoughts. Once the party confirms, he advances slowly and quietly, hoping there will be some kind of light ahead Stealth: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Kinn looks conflicted for a long moment. Then, reaching some sort of knot in his thoughts, he sheathes his scimitar and unbuckles his shield, putting both away. With distaste littering his face, he draws the long blade heretofore kept at his shoulder.

Mordenaar advances, quick to find that the only light ahead is that which he brings along.

The ceiling at the center of this cave is twelve feet high. (NO CROUCHING! HUZZAH!) A crude idol stands in the middle of the cave, decorated with grisly strips of dried viscera.

Torchlight flickers on two piles of bones which suddenly stir, rising up to take on a human shape, their long, bony fingers reaching out to claw at you, and behind them a kobold directing them to attack!

Round 1
Mordenaar
Endar
Kinn
Valgrim
Achmed
kobold & skellies

You guys are up!

My posting might get spotty over the next couple of days (with unpredictable spurts of ability to post and AFK in equal proportions.

Round 1:
The slayer shakes his head. "Should have stayed dead." The slayer ignores the skeletal figures and locks his gaze on the kobold. "Make peace, for your doom comes."

Move Action: Studied Target
Move Action: Move

Achmed moves into the cave and holds out his longspear. While looking at the kobold he says.

"Yes...prepare for your doom."

double move

Religion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

"Do not foget that these are undead skeletons and that blunt damage works best against them" Valgrim tells the others as he draws his scimitar to use the flat part of the blade and moves into the room...

Finishing off Pentosh is a nice place to pause. Remember Azmur is on your side and how you can contact him if needed. He's a druid, incidentally — potentially relevant for Endar (and Compy).

This will remain on hiatus until after August 25 — Gen Con and a trip to see the total solar eclipse is on deck! :-)

Relevant for Endar.

Relevant for Endar.

Yep, that would be perfect. I don't have the time at the moment to look up spellcasting payment for spells like that, can someone grab it from the table for me? I assume we're looking at paying for a level 5 spell from a Druid.

GM thunderspirit wrote:

Relevant for Endar.

Yep, that would be perfect. I don't have the time at the moment to look up spellcasting payment for spells like that, can someone grab it from the table for me? I assume we're looking at paying for a level 5 spell from a Druid.

It's simply a 1,000 GP diamond and a druid, ranger, or paladin who can cast 4th level spells (5th if a druid.)

Hey folks --

I may be AWOL for a couple of days. A Category 4 hurricane will be arriving at my location in a few hours and I will be helping manage evacuees. I may also lose power and, therefore, internet. Please bot as needed.

Just a heads up, I'll be AFK from 1500 EST today until about 2000 EST Monday. I'll be able to sneak in a post a day, but that's likely it.

I'm leaving Thursday night for the weekend. Getting married and probably won't post till Tuesday. Please bot me as needed after Thursday night.

Real Life Comes First [tm]! Congrats!

Congrats!

Thanks!

Congratulations! Best wishes to you both.

Hey, all, just a heads up: I will be at Skål Con in Minnesota starting tomorrow through Monday of next week. I'll pick up the reins of the game after I get back.

Say hi to Andy Christian and GM Hmm! Have a great time.

Hey guys, starting from about 2100 EST tonight until Saturday noon, I'm in 1 post per day territory. I'll try to make that post in the afternoon so others have enough time. By Saturday night I'll be back to normal.

Many apologies- I had a RL lvl 17 CR pop up with no internet access for a while. I am back and will continue in the scenario. Hopefully my absence did not prove to be fatal for anyone.

Are we going to level before the dragon fight?

You will be level 6 before fighting the dragon, yes.

Apologies. Got hit up with a sudden massive travel workload these last weeks. It isn't over yet but I do have a few days respite before I have to go again.

Reminder I'll be out the first week of November on my honeymoon please bot me as needed.

Reminder I'll be out the first week of November on my honeymoon please bot me as needed.

You will naturally have to remind us of that. Or at least me, since I'll have slept since then. LOL

I'll on my honeymoon this Friday for eight days with limited access to WiFi please bot me as needed.

Congrats, Achmed! Have a great honeymoon!

Enjoy your trip, Achmed! :-)

FYI I'll be out of town starting later today until Sunday evening for PAX Unplugged, and I don't foresee myself updating my games during the con. Please feel free to bot Endar as needed. I will probably continue to keep Compy out of combat so that he doesn't die again before we get his negative levels healed up.

Blanket post for all my PbP games:

My schedule through next week is iffy at best.

I'll be offline from this afternoon until Monday morning, likely not checking games.

I'll be hear at full strength Monday until Tuesday afternoon.

I'll be pretty much completely offline from Tuesday 21 November until Monday 27 November.

Then I return to normal until winter break.

For those who didn't know (largely because you're not on the Slack channel I frequent), my mom passed away a week ago Friday, and I've been dealing with the aftermath.

Thanks for bearing with me over the past week, all. I should be back to my normal posting rate now.

Sorry for your loss. :(

Thanks, Achmed. :-)

I refuse to be one of "those" GMs, so there won't be any of that "you don't get to use any of your spiffy new level-up abilities until you rest...BUT YOU'RE IN A TIME CRUNCH SO YOU'RE SCREWED MWAHAHAHAHAHA!" You're fully 6th level, with all the abilities gained thereby. :-)

Huzzah! Will update ASAP

Oh wait.... *I'm on of those..... oops.

Posting my holiday schedule:

I'll be posting at full speed from today until Friday afternoon. After that I'll be completely MIA from December 22-26.

I'll return on the 27th, albeit with a slightly slower pace, likely only once or twice each day until January 2nd, at which point I'll be back full speed for the foreseeable future.

I'll be disappearing at least partially from Friday the 21st through the 26th. I'll be back on the 27th and shouldn't have any other major interruptions through the New Year's holiday weekend.

No rest before the dragon?

No. But you get your new spell slots and your existing ones refreshed.

Incidentally, has anyone heard word from Valgrim? I'm concerned we haven't heard from him since before Thanksgiving. Hoping he's okay.

Valgrim/qwerty is ok just super swamped with real life and traveling a0 lot

@GM - ok thanks. I was just wondering since I was out of 1st level spells.

I think I still have the rod of maximize?

You have, Achmed.

Since at least two of our players are touch and go through the 26th, and since Valgrim is traveling/Real Life [tm]-ing, let's plan to pause this until then. No need for anyone to rush, then, since the final encounter is on its way!

Please make sure you're all leveled up and ready to roll then. :-)

Sounds good, it's a good time to take the break since we all just leveled up.

Happy holidays, everyone!

I'll have to text valgrim aka qwerty to see if he's able to keep going.

He said he was supposed to get online and post but I'll ping him again.

I'll give Valgrim until tomorrow morning my time Central Standard). I hate to bot him during the climactic battle but if that's what we have to do, that's what we'll do.

I'm GMing PFS at a convention and traveling etc this weekend please not me as needed.

Please don't kill me lol since we lack a cleric. :)

You guys had an amazing run of good attack rolls there — just when you needed them!

• 20 on Achmed's first SR check
  
• 20 on Kinn's smite attack (double Jeffs on the confirmation and reroll, though)
  
• 17/20, 18, 16, 16 on Valgrim's bane arrow attacks
  
• only one mirror image popped entire fight
  

Any of those go the other way and Kinn, at the very least, is toast.

Well done, dragonslayers!

Part 3 chronicle is ready!

Also when playing in Campaign Mode and applying all three chronicles to the same PFS character, you get a bonus chronicle!

Here is a very good explanation of how you can apply that chronicle, courtesy of Pirate Rob.

A great many thank yous to our stellar GM!

Awesome game!

Really excellent, and I'll be sad to see this one ending, but I also am happy to have my number of play-by-posts reducing by one, because I take on too many games all the time. LOL

Thanks so much for running, Thunderspirit!

Thanks Thunderspirit!

Hope y'all had fun!

I'll go ahead and archive this by the end of the week.

I'm good to go whenever you want to deactivate.