GMthunderspirit's Dragon's Demand (Inactive)

Game Master thunderspirit

Kinn rushes to the front and stands beside Mordenaar, quickly assessing the body language of the nearest (green) kobold. Swift action detect evil.

Scimitar @ Green: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage (possibly nonlethal): 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Endar moves past his allies, trying not to get hit by the kobolds they're engaged with.
Acro: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Then he stabs at the archer.
boarding pike: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Kinn rushes to the front and stands beside Mordenaar, quickly assessing the body language of the nearest (green) kobold. Swift action detect evil.

Technically, the kobolds' HD are not high enough to register. But I've never liked that part of the spell/ability (and this is campaign mode, durnit!), so...

Round 1 recap
Mordenaar — slice
Valgrim — pew
kobolds — poke
Endar — miss
Achmed — sling
S — pew
Kinn — it's-evil-kill-it slice

Modernaar rolls past Green and delivers a resounding strike on the archer kobold!

Round 2
Mordenaar — tumble, crit
Valgrim — up
kobold — TBD
Endar — (action prepared)
Achmed — TBD
S — TBD
Kinn — TBD

Valgrim is up!

Valgrim steps forward to shoot at the kobold in the back of the cavern...

LB+PBS: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10...DMG: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Achemd tries his sling against the kobolds again.

attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

"Bah this is ineffective!

Valgrim shoots but his arrow flies harmlessly over the archer!

Green, reeling from blood loss, stabs desperately at Kinn!

stabbity: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
1d6 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

With a crooked grin as his spear finds purchase, his eyes roll back and he falls to the cave floor, blood gushing from his side!

A short, high-pitched "eep!" escapes from the archer as she is stabbed by Mordenaar, but she keeps her wits enough to duck underneath Endar's pike!

Her attention is clearly focused on the slayer as she five-foots back and shoots at him again!

PBS, Precise Shot, Deadly Aim, fav enemy: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 11
PBS, Deadly Aim, fav enemy: 1d4 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 + 2 = 6

She looks at her bow curiously, as if something were wrong with it.

Round 2
Mordenaar — tumble, crit
Valgrim — pew
kobold — stab and fall unconscious
Endar — whiff
Achmed — whiff too
S — critical MISS
Kinn — TBD

You guys are up!

Kinn looks down in frustration at the red hole in his jerkin and holds his shield-arm closer to cover the wound. He steps over the bleeding body of a kobold to get at the archer. He cuts a quiet arc for the neck.

Scimitar @ Archer: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Endar steps forward and takes another swing at the stupid kobold.
boarding pike: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 At least that's a bit better...
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

ATK: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22 for DMG: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

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The slayer looks at the kobold calmly. When he thrusts the gladius in, it is with words that match his eyes, not the emotion of his suicide charge.

"Now."

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While Kinn and Endar can't quite land their blows, Mordenaar strikes home with his gladius. His eyes widen in some surprise, however, when the archer does not yet drop!

Valgrim, Achmed!

Achmed moves forward and attempts to stab with his longspear.

attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 = 17

damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Valgrim moves closer to the lead kobold and lets loose an arrow...

LB+PBS: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 1 = 20...DMG: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Achmed's spear glances off the kobold's filthy suit of studded leather, but Valgrim's arrow lands right in her gullet and she collapses to the ground!

Out of combat!

"That was nearly disastrous. I apologize for being so eager to push on. The potions would obviously help, but perhaps we ought to save them for now. The way back is reasonably safe. I'd like to search a couple of places on the way."

Definitely need to rest and recover! I request Mordenaar holding one potion. We have 225 Gold worth of things to sell. Not sure what's for sale, but scroll os CLW or saving for a wand is high on my list.

Right after Valgrim drops the last foe he will rush over and say a quick prayer for the deceased and consume some of the sins to heal himself...
Eat Sin: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Valgrim eats the kobold's sin but is hungry again in a half hour since it's only a Small meal.

Where would Mordenaar like to search on the way back through?

I vote for saving for a wand of CLW.

Kinn sheathes his sword the moment the fight is done and attends to the healthiest looking kobold, Heal: 2d20 ⇒ (7, 19) = 26 stopping the bleeding after a moment or two. He fishes around for some rope and binds the creature's hands and feet before shoving it wholesale into his backpack. Looking up, he notices the others looking at him funny. "Answers." He shrugs and stands.

On the way out he looks for something to plug the well(?) up with. Any big rocks?

Torture room, as I don't that we didn't miss something after that game of musical chairs.

Also now that we're clear, the rubble in the first cave room. I thought this was a cave, but now we know it's a man made structure. (Is that a collapsed hall to the west?)

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Before leaving, I'll search all the kobolds again for any keys, or anything else that might fit in those two slots in the treasure room.

Mordenaar doesn't find any keys. Each of the kobolds have Small daggers as well as Small spears. The archer had a functional Small-sized bow and some Small arrows.

"Not even any treasure! What useless little dragon-lings these were!"

Do the daggers fit the slots?

Mordenaar returns to the room where the party encountered the ghoul, trying the kobold daggers in the slots just east and west of the cage.

Each slides into the slot easily enough, but each is too small to fit snugly within.

"hmmmm perplexing riddle to say the least. Have we searched everything down here already?"

Kinn notices the weight of his pack now. His sword-arm aches -- it's been ages since he's had to use it -- but he tries not to show it and waits patiently for his ad hoc companions to complete their search.

Will Take 10 for Perception aids as necessary.

"Perhaps we need to have a more detailed search"

perception: 1d20 ⇒ 4

If it's not something in the torture room, I don't know where the key could be (I just checked the thread, and we didn't search for stuff in there, just the door.)

Kind benevolent GM throws a bone to his players.

The party examines the places they have been in the dungeon thoroughly, but don't find anything that seems to be a way to get into the cage.

Glumly, they trudge back out, unhappy about the rewards they've unearthed. Hardly seems worth it, risking our lives for just these baubles, thinks everyone except Kinn, who's clearly above such material things. ;-)

At the base of the ladder that leads up from the torture room. Mordenaar sits to rest a bit, idly balancing his gladius on his fingertips. His balance is not perfect, however, and the blade falls, embedding itself in a pile of dirt near the collapsed wall.

Mordenaar looks at it a moment. Then...

That's it! he exclaims, leaping to his feet. He leads the party back to the cage room and has Achmed slide a dagger into one slot while he slides one into another. With a groan and a noisy grinding of gears, the bars slowly begin to descend into the ground, revealing access to the chests within!

Endar makes quick work of the getting into the seven chests, inside which cam be found 18,500 copper pieces; 4,000 silver pieces; 115 gold pieces; 14 platinum pieces; and a teak case with a score and a half of gems (total value for gems and case is 800 gp).

Thank Desna for kind and benevolent DMs!

Mordenaar thrusts his blade into the air. "Now we can go back like adventurers!" The slayer looks about at all the coin, realizing how heavy it all is. "Worth it, he muses aloud.

That's 328 Gp apiece and plenty of intel for the lady in charge.

Let's get back to Bellheim.

Oh, I thought we tried that. Thanks GM for your beneficence! :)

"There are yet more depths to plumb," Kinn gently reminds Mordenaar, yet his expression betrays that he is not sorry for the find. A fresh set of boots would be nice. Perhaps this is what the Dawnflower intended.

"Why, we obviously should have tried that! Well done, Mordenaar!"

"Shall we return to the lady?"

Achmed turns to Valgrim.

"Good idea...perhaps we can replenish some items in town with our new found wealth!"

And maybe that little disgusting creature on Endar will LEAVE

Achmed seems to frown and walks on.

Aww, poor Compy! He's just misunderstood! When Endar gets to second level he'll actually be useful, but for now he's not at all a combat pet. :)

"to the lady! "

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You return and report to the baroness at her home, who promptly provides your promised reward. She has the napping kobold taken into custody and looks thoughtful as you report. If you would like, Lady Origena says, a slight smile showing, I may have a job where you can earn a fair bit more.

I've long been suspicious of the local kobold tribe; they took up residence near the flooded quarry some years back, but before now they've never caused trouble so there was no need to drive them away. The time for that has come, I think. She thinks a moment, then continues as she rises and crosses to a portrait of a dapper, smirking man who resembles her son Arnholde. Belhaim is not a rich community, but this service is worth quite a bit to us. Lady Origena cants the portrait to the side, revealing a hole in the wall. She reaches in and retrieves a handsome wooden box. If you can drive these pests off, I can offer you this: a gift from my late husband. She opens the box to reveal a thick golden chain strung with a dozen dark amethysts.

She confirms that the human body found matches the appearance of the wizard Balthus Hunclay, and her face darkens a bit. I'm sure that old fool had something to do with this; it's too coincidental for him to be in the company of those things. For the time being, however, please stay clear of his manor. Hunclay was a misanthropic loner, and a wizard besides; his home is no doubt filled with traps and dangers. I would not want to be responsible for any of you turning into a toad.

Appraise: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

"Seems pretty." Mordenaar turns away from the reward and addresses the Baroness. "We've got to purchase some supplies. I don't know if you understand how dangerous this place is. Aye, we'll check it out."

To the party after, "I suggest we use that reward to see if we can get our hands on a curative wand." It's not enough, but maybe there's a hand-me-down we can score.

"You honor us with your kindness my Lady. We shall do what we can to assist the community."

addressing the party- "Agreed, a heal stick with some juice left may help us out in the coming trials. Where to look though, is the question as I am not familiar with this place."

And with Valgrim's acceptance on behalf of the party, everyone can level up 2!

HUZZAH!

Will be ready later today.

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Awesome! Do we get to keep any of the cooper pieces? I just leveled up. I took Draconic as a language among other things. If thats OK GM?

You can keep everything you found in the dungeon, plus what she gave you.

You can keep everything you found in the dungeon, plus what she gave you.

k. If I can I wanted to use some of the loot to get a potion of CLW for myself?

Endar is updated, and will definitely want to buy some things. Not sure yet exactly what.

Mordenaar has been eyeing the masterwork gladius in the store...

Actually, whilst spending his hard earned cash, he'll ask around for any rumors that have popped up since our return. Diplomacy (Gather Information): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6

Does Endar have Trapsotter?

Untrained Appraise: 1d20 ⇒ 12 ha!

Kinn keeps his observation to himself and shifts uncomfortably. "What sorts of trouble have these kobolds caused?" Let us not be quick to judge.

When the Lady urges the party to stay away from the manor, Kinn shakes his head. "No, we must return. There was a well in the cavern that we have not seen to its bottom. There we may find answers."

Endar does have the trapfinding feature, yes. And I think I've decided to hold onto his part of the gold. Has anyone calculated how much that is, perchance?

The flooded quarry is located a quarter mile from Belhaim. The Old Quarry Road is no longer used, and has become quite overgrown; few from Belhaim have had any reason to head out there for some time.

Your party makes its way along the path, moving ever closer to the lake formed when the quarry flooded. A fifty-foot-wide strip of shore stretches between the lake's edge and the forty-foot-high quarry wall. It's strewn with stony debris, the result of centuries of rockslides. Several larger boulders stand against the middle of the quarry wall.

Map updated.