Gallows of Madness - CORE

Game Master Thrawn007

Initiative (bold may post)
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Goblin Dog (no rider) (Purple)
Goblin Dog Rider (Pink)
Goblin Dog Rider (Blue-Green)
Tanin (surprised)
Galahad (surprise round)
Bani
Manus
Helios (5 dmg)
Bjorn (6 dmg)

Bani makes a 5-ft step once again and tries to hit the purple goblin dog.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Manus sends a magical missile into the chest of one of the goblins, but he keeps coming. Helios has more luck striking down the riderless dog. Bjorn uses the distraction of the missile to blindside the goblin, knocking him dead from his saddle.

mace: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Bjorn manages to fend off the attacks by the goblin, it's mount, and the riderless goblin dog.

Initiative (bold may post)
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Goblin Dog Rider (Pink) (riderless)
Goblin Dog Rider (Blue-Green)
Tanin
Galahad
Bani
Manus
Helios (5 dmg)
Bjorn (6 dmg)

Galahad strides forward, and takes a swing at the remaining goblin.

MW Cold Iron Glaive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20, for 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 damage.

"Let us bravely smash the remaining dogs!"
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 251d12 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Bjorn smashes his gore-caked weapon into yet another goblin. "Gods! Is there no end to the vermin?"

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 6 = 18

Galahad kills the final goblin, and Helios and Bjorn kill the mounts.

"Gods! Is there no end to the vermin?" ... As if to answer the northman's question, another round of goblins jump the eastern fence and start charging across the field.

Initiative (bold may post)
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Armored Goblin (Yellow)
Goblin Dog (red)
Goblin (Orange)
Goblin (Green)
Goblin (Blue)
Tanin
Galahad
Bani
Manus
Helios (5 dmg)
Bjorn (6 dmg)

Galahad bulldozes his way across the stream, ready to face the next wave of goblins.

Double move.

AoO, if any approach: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19, for 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 damage.

Bani fires an arrow at the green goblin.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 + 1 = 21

Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Manus aims his wand at the red goblin dog.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Not, sure how I missed Bani's post. Please change my target to the green goblin.

Shaking his head in wonder Helios follows the Paladin with a double move of his own.

Initiative (bold may post)
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Armored Goblin (Yellow)
Goblin Dog (red)
Goblin (Orange)
Goblin (Green)
Goblin (Blue)
Tanin
Galahad
Bani
Manus
Helios (5 dmg)
Bjorn (6 dmg)

Tanin moves to a better position.

Bjorn joins the others in hustling across the water.

Double moving.

An armored goblin gives a smile and a warcry as she sees Galahad and Bjorn cross the stream to bring the fight. She charges forward in a frothing rage, using her horse chopper to strike a two handed blow from a distance.

horsechopper, rage, charge, smite good, power attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 0 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 2 + 0 - 1 = 26
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horsechopper, rage, charge, smite good, power attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 0 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 + 0 - 1 = 10
for horsechopper,rage,smite,power attack: 1d8 + 4 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 + 3 = 15 damage

Her charge is quickly followed by a goblin dog, who is cut down mid charge by Galahad's strike. Three goblins follow closely behind, mobbing Bjorn, but not managing to strike any serious blows.

dogslicer: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
dogslicer: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
dogslicer: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Initiative (bold may post)
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Armored Goblin (Yellow) (rage,charge)
Goblin (Orange)
Goblin (Green)
Goblin (Blue)
Tanin
Galahad (15 dmg)
Bani
Manus
Helios (5 dmg)
Bjorn (6 dmg)

GM Thrawn007, is there any penalty for crossing the river?

Couldn´t move on map because I posted on cell phone.
Moving a bit closer Helios hammers his polearm into the green goblin.
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 251d12 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Assuming Helios dropped Green...

Galahad narrows his eyes, and takes a swing at Yellow, before it has a chance to recover from its charge!

MW Cold Iron Glaive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22, for 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 damage.

He then touches himself.

Lay on Hands: 1d6 ⇒ 6 Healing.

Bani hits the yellow goblin.

Attack: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 + 1 = 21

Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

River = difficult terrain

Manus moves up. Done

Initiative (bold may post)
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Armored Goblin (Yellow) (rage,charge)
Goblin (Orange)
Goblin (Green)
Goblin (Blue)
Tanin
Galahad (15 dmg)
Bani
Manus
Helios (5 dmg)
Bjorn (6 dmg)

Who was that horsechopper attack against?

Bjorn joins his companions in finishing off the last of the goblin menace.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 5) + 6 = 17

Tannin moves up behind Galahad and casts cure light wounds.

Cure light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Galahad was the proud recipient of the horsechopper

In a flurry of blades and arrows, the goblin threat is cut down. The fields is littered with the bodies of goblins from the multiple charges of the creatures, leaving you to treat the minor wounds remaining.

The shepard boy is nowhere to be seen, having run northwest of the field, presumably towards his home.

Out of initiative
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Tanin
Galahad (2 dmg)
Bani
Manus
Helios (5 dmg)
Bjorn (6 dmg)

Galahad breathes a sigh of relief when the last goblin goes down.

"Those creatures were surprisingly feisty! Goblins are usually fairly cowardly..."

He then starts poking around among the bodies, looking for clues (and loot).

Once that is done, he turns to the others.

"We should probably check on that shepherd-boy, in case there are more goblins in the area..."

Most of the goblins (goblins I sheep clothing + goblin minions from wave 3 for a total of 8 of them) carried horse choppers (small) and wore shoddy looking leather armor (small). They all have traces of purple goo on them.

The riders (3) were better armed as each had a masterwork heavy mace (small), a shortbow (small) with 20 arrows, a potion each, 2 alchemist fires, a tanglefoot bag, a thunderstone, and leather armor. They also have demon bile traces.

The heavier armored goblin looks to be covered in scars (and demon bile), and carried 2 potions, 3 alchemists fire, 3 acid flasks, a smokestick, a tanglefoot bag, scale male, a horsechopper, and 4 more javelins.

Galahad carefully sniffs each of the potions.

Perception 'Take 10' = 19, to identify them.

Noting the demon bile, he starts smacking it with great gusto with his cold iron glaive.

Once that task is finished, he looks around.

Survival: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1.

He then looks vaguely in a north-easterly direction.

"Should we head over there...?"

All potions found were cure light wounds

Manus mutters something about "I could swear I used to know more about this...".

Survival: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

surv: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 Smilingly Helios remarks how satisfieng the crjnch was with that his best friend smashed bones and ccaved in heads

Bjorn steps in front of the others before they get the party lost.

"No, that's all wrong. [i]Those[i] are tracks. That's just a pile of wolf s*%&", he explains.

Survival: 10 + 5 = 15

Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 +1 track, +3 track humans

"G@*&*%n goblins!!! There was a 4th goblin rider who avoided the fight in order to pursue the farmer!"

We should follow the tracks and kill it!

I don't know how many posts Paizo ate this week, where I typed up posts and Paizo was back down when I submitted. It was frustrating, but I hope that things get smoother, and the game can pick back up better.

You rush off across the fields following he tracks of the goblin dogrider. As you cross the fields, a farmhouse comes into view. You can hear a goblin shouting (in goblin) at someone giving you an element of surprise as you approach through a cluster of trees.

In addition to the main farm house, you can hear a horse in a nearby barn. It seems to be going nuts at the presence of a nearby goblin. A fence surrounds the buildings with open gates on both the north and east sides.

Map

I don't have us in initiative yet until I know how you want to handle things.

Not wanting to risk the farmers being murdered by the goblin, Galahad hustles forward, ready to attack.

Also Bani is ready to attack and holdes the bow.

Manus will keep moving with the bulk of the party, with his wand at the ready.

Wordlessly Bjorn hustles alongside the others.

Tanin follows as well. If he gets the chance to get the injured party members in range at the same time he channels healing.
Channel Healing: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Channel is fine as you travel.

The party approaches the farm taking the goblin by surprise.

Everyone can take a surprise round action. I'll worry about initiative if the goblin is still up at that point depending on what you do. You all can reach the fence before starting the surprise round.

Galahad calmly moves forward.

Move.

Helios follows Galahad.

Manus uses his wand on the goblin.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Bani runs in order to approach the goblin.

The goblin is busy hurling insults at the door to the farmhouse, and is caught by surprise both by warriors pouring in through the gate, and the magic missile that almost knocks him off his mount.

Still waiting to see what actions Bjorn and Tanin will take, then the goblin is up in initiative. I'll give to tomorrow morning, then have them delay if needed.

Initiative
SURPRISE ROUND
Bjorn
Tanin

ROUND 1
Goblin Dog Rider (3 damage)
Bjorn
Helios
Tanin
Galahad
Bani
Manus

GM Thrawn007, my initiative modifier doesn't look correct, although that won't affect things this time.

Woah. I seem to be off by a lot on yours. I'll get it fixed before "real fights"

Bjorn gives an ursine growl and brandishes his goblin-blood coated blade at one of the goblins.

Intimidate (+4 for size): 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 4 = 25

Hopefully Paizo issues are clearing up now. It's been rough with the number of posts that have been eaten accross games. Going to pass for Tanin

Frightened by the sudden attack and more importantly the huge Ulfen man, the goblin rider attempts to get away by riding through the northern gate of the farmhouse.

Initiative
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ROUND 1

Bjorn
Helios
Tanin
Galahad
Bani
Manus

ROUND 2
Goblin Dog Rider (3 damage)