Giantslayer by DM DoctorEvil

Game Master DM DoctorEvil

No worries GM. Glad to see you back.

And ouch! At least Acacius has one hit point left.

Guardian Chamber - Post Combat Summary

Defeated: 1 hill giant skeleton and 1 shadow dire rat. Combined these foes are worth 500xp per player. This new amount moves your cumulative total to 8402/9000 or 85% to level 4. Getting close again!

Injured:
Nakoma: 20/24 hp remaining; 7 STR dmg
Zeke: 26/27hp remaining; 1 STR dmg
Acacius: 7/31hp remaining

Resources Used:
Nakoma: 1 charge of CLW wand, 1 charge remaining
Zeke: CLW scroll consumed; none left
Azen: 5 blunt arrows fired; 39 remaining

As much as I'd love to start suggesting niche polearms, those are large and wouldn't be much use to him.

And level 4 looms!

FYI: It's both of my kids birthdays tomorrow and we have a lot of parties to attend this month. It's unlikely Zeke or I will be able to post any weekend in March (but we'll try our best), starting with this one. And we definitely won't be posting tomorrow. Bot us as needed, please.

Thanks!

Birthday wishes to the little ones. Will keep your weekend availability in mind as we progress.

To all my games, two pieces of news:

1) I'm currently job hunting, though that is going well. That said, I might have less free time than usual.

2) I'll be at a gaming convention this weekend, so I'll likely be less active online.

Best of luck with the search and with the con!

Just checking before my turn comes up. As long as your BAB is a +1 you can draw a weapon as part of a move, any chance this would stretch to a potion. I'm hoping to move action while drawing the potion of cure light wounds towards Acacius then standard action give it to him. It wont get him back in the fight but it will stabilize him.

Cheers, the hunt continues. :)

Just to check, while Skreed did a 5ft step back that still puts him in range of Acacius' halberd.

However, checking the AOO roll, this is more a concern for the future.

Just checking before my turn comes up. As long as your BAB is a +1 you can draw a weapon as part of a move, any chance this would stretch to a potion. I'm hoping to move action while drawing the potion of cure light wounds towards Acacius then standard action give it to him. It wont get him back in the fight but it will stabilize him.

pretty sure the rules only allow you to draw a weapon as part of a movement, not any other item. Taking things out of your pack, etc will still be a separate move action

Cheers, the hunt continues. :)

Just to check, while Skreed did a 5ft step back that still puts him in range of Acacius' halberd.

However, checking the AOO roll, this is more a concern for the future.

I looked at the AoO spoiler, but it a) was a miss roll and b) said Shield Bash only. Even if I gave the pole arm an AoO, it would've been a miss this time. Then to get critted by his bomb is just insult to injury.

It was worth asking.

That's fair enough, just checking. :)

I will be on vacation starting tomorrow through Sunday night. Will return Monday. Will be unlikely to post at all during my time away.

Enjoy your vacation.

Enjoy!

Have a great trip!

"May Arqueros bless your vacation!"

Yes, well someone had to go to Florida for Spring Break...Anyway, after a couple days of theme parks, a day at the beach, and a college trip for my oldest, we are back home. It seems she will be attending college on the east coast of Florida, so I may have to return a few times a year and see where all my money goes...how sad for all of us.

Anyway, on with the game!

The foe has a clear run out of the caves, argh!

He's only down by 4, and we have three people down. If he runs, that actually might be good for the survival of the party. They were guarding the entrance above, so if he runs towards the village, they should have it covered, and if he runs elsewhere, at least we might have a chance to sleep and recover spells before going after him.

Good points, Azen.

And I'll be in a new job on Monday. :)

Congratulations on a new job. :)

Cheers!

We have a crazy busy weekend coming up (last one for a while, I hope!) and will probably be unable to get a post in. Should be back to normal posting Monday.

Thanks!

Good luck!

I can't edit my profile on my phone so -1HP and -1Ray

I moved Grauk 20ft west, so 10ft east of Skreed. That okay?

Thanks

Reminder for later when off phone. -1 Elemental Ray... which are doing insanely well this fight.

Acacius should be able to attack Skreed. Could someone move him west?

Moved, but not sure there was a straight line to your target there... also don't know the rules of charge, so just assumed you made it. :)

Burial Chamber - Post Combat Summary

Defeated- Skreed Gorewillos, level 4 half-orc alchemist and all around bad dude, plus his 2 dire wolf pets Defeating them earns the group 600xp per player moving the cumulative total to 9002/9000 or just enough to slip to Level 4!

Injured:
Grauk: 19/20hp remaining
Zeke: 24/27 hp remaining
Acacius: 5/31hp remaining
Azen: 1/18hp remaininig
Nakoma: 9/24hp remaining

Resources Used:
Grauk: 2 elemental rays used
Zeke: all spells and channels used
Azen: potion of CMW used; 8 arrows fired; 30 remaining
Nakoma: 3 charges of CLW wand used (17 remain)

Please post your level up improvements and changes here. Will assume you can add HP and abilities on the fly, unless you are prepared caster, then you can add the slots, but not the spells. Mostly the end of the action for a bit anyway...

HP: 6=4+2. New Total 26
BAB: +1
Will Save +1
Stat Increase: +1 Charisma
Bluff +1, Knowledge Arcana +1, Spellcraft +1, Use Magic Device +1,

Spell Slots
1st +1
2nd +4

Spells Known
Cantrip +1 -Ghost Sound
1st Level +1* From favoured class bonus. -Grease
2nd Level +1 -Glitterdust

Hurrah! I'll level up this evening or tomorrow.

Cleric LV 4

HP: +5 +1 con +1 favoured +1 toughness = +8 = 35 HP
+1 BAB
+1 Fort , +1 Will

+1 1st level spell slot
+1 2nd level spell slot

Skills: Heal +1, Perception +1, Sense Motive +1

+1 Charisma
+1 use of channeled energy and DC is now 14

Awesome! I'll level up this weekend

Level 4 Phalanx Fighter

40 hp (31+9)

BAB +1
Fort +1

Str 19 (18+1)

Skills

Climb
Swim

Bonus Feat

Power Attack

Can't level up just now, but will try to get it before the weekend is over. Sorry.

HP: 6=4+2. New Total 26

BAB: +1
Will Save +1
Stat Increase: +1 Charisma
Bluff +1, Knowledge Arcana +1, Spellcraft +1, Use Magic Device +1,

Spell Slots
1st +1
2nd +4

Spells Known
Cantrip +1 -Ghost Sound
1st Level +1* From favoured class bonus. -Grease
2nd Level +1 -Glitterdust

This all looks good to me.

Cleric LV 4

HP: +5 +1 con +1 favoured +1 toughness = +8 = 35 HP
+1 BAB
+1 Fort , +1 Will

+1 1st level spell slot
+1 2nd level spell slot

Skills: Heal +1, Perception +1, Sense Motive +1

+1 Charisma
+1 use of channeled energy and DC is now 14

Good to go. When we can re-fill spell slots, just let me know what you take.

Level 4 Phalanx Fighter

40 hp (31+9)

BAB +1
Fort +1

Str 19 (18+1)

Skills

Climb
Swim

Bonus Feat

Power Attack

Acacius is good for 4th level!

Azen Level 4:

Eye for Detail goes up to +2
Skill points: 9 (Diplomacy, Perception, Spellcraft (3), Disable Device, Bluff, Climb, Escape Artist)
+1 BAB, +1 to Reflex and Will saves
+1 to CHA (doesn't change any skills, because it takes it to an odd number)
+5 HP
+2 2nd level spells per day (with ability score bonus)
+2 2nd level spells known:
Cure Moderate Wounds
Invisibility
+1 1st level spell known (favored class bonus)
Unseen Servant

Edit: oh, and +2 rounds of Bardic Performance.

Azen Level 4:

Eye for Detail goes up to +2
Skill points: 9 (Diplomacy, Perception, Spellcraft (3), Disable Device, Bluff, Climb, Escape Artist)
+1 BAB, +1 to Reflex and Will saves
+1 to CHA (doesn't change any skills, because it takes it to an odd number)
+5 HP
+2 2nd level spells per day (with ability score bonus)
+2 2nd level spells known:
Cure Moderate Wounds
Invisibility
+1 1st level spell known (favored class bonus)
Unseen Servant

Edit: oh, and +2 rounds of Bardic Performance.

All good!

Warpriest 4

+1 Dex

5+2 hp = +7 hp. New total: 31
Skills: +1 Acrobatics, +1 Climb, +2 Swim
BAB +1
+1 Fort, +1 Will

+1 use of blessings, +1 higher DC
+1 use of fervor
+1 use of guided star
Channel Energy
Sacred Weapon +1 (4 rounds/day)

2nd Level Spells Per Day: +2

Besides filling the spell slots, Nakoma is good to go.

A heads up. I won't be available to post at all on Friday, and I likely won't have much availability until Sunday evening or Monday evening.

I don't think Grauk was about for any of the investigation into Rodrik's fate so it'd be more sensible to leave it to someone else.

Thinking back on it I'm not sure I can figure out a linear timeline. I don't feel like we know all that much more than we had figured out halfway through the investigations. Rodrik's investigations uncovered some suspicious activity, possibly the excavation of the ruins. Skreed's minions killed him and set it up as a suicide.

With the nature of the medium I think I forgot a bunch of details as we went along and it would take a long time to read through the posts again.

No worries. I have caught you up with some long expository posts. This is really the end of Book 1 of the AP. On to Book 2 - The Hill Giant's Pledge.

Feel free to react or ask questions in the Council. Will have a bit more later today.

If anyone wants to discuss PFS credit for completing Book 1, let me know.

I would like PFS credit, please. Thank you.