You move there slowly, get close (about 60'), and are undetected. The glow of the fire reveals 9 creatures. They look like bipedal frogs, surrounding the fire and tossing wood on it. Two of them are putting large sticks in the ground, with a spear running across it over the fire, like a spit. They chat in a strange language you've never heard before. Some of them have heads hanging on their belts; two goblins heads, a lizard head, and a human one.
One of the frog creatures is a little bigger than the rest, with more distinct markings. It carries a morningstar, rather than the clubs the other ones carry on their belts. About 20 feet behind it, you see two goblins who don't appear to be moving. You can't tell if they're alive or dead, but their heads still look like they're attached.
You can make a stealth roll, then another perception roll from another vantage point, then make another stealth roll to leave the area undetected. Or, you can roll to leave now and let it go at that.
The rest of you are far enough away and covered in night's darkness. Not a problem for you, but your mounts have little to go by. There's some light, but not a lot.
Male Goblin Rogue(Knife Master and Scout) lvl 5 Assassin lvl 1
For the delay, Had a new game night tonight. Also I had forgot to mention, The things Klepy collected are on his mount.
Klepy sneaks closer to the frog leader. He then reaches out to take the Morningstar on his belt. It's shiny and he wants it.
Sneak to get close:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (9) + 21 = 30
Slight of Hand To take the Morningstar. 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Sneak to get away back to the group. I checked the weight and it wont encumber me.1d20 + 21 ⇒ (17) + 21 = 38
Male Goblin Rogue(Knife Master and Scout) lvl 5 Assassin lvl 1
Tark Bashflat wrote:
Here's what I have to say about Klepy's stealthy adventure: Link
Lol. Yeah that pretty much sums up the personality. I hope I got the morning star, I don't think I could have rolled any better on the slight of hand check. It is the first stealth check that makes me nervous but that is still a gosh darn high score. I love being sneaky.
Velag whispers to Bucko while waiting, "You fix him from shiny-staring yet? Me not sure him not just staring at pretty rock when supposed to be sneasking. Next time, me should go too, just in case."
Here's what I have to say about Klepy's stealthy adventure: Link
Lol. Yeah that pretty much sums up the personality. I hope I got the morning star, I don't think I could have rolled any better on the slight of hand check. It is the first stealth check that makes me nervous but that is still a gosh darn high score. I love being sneaky.
But you're not invisible... and if someone took 6 lbs. off your belt, you'd notice. Rethink this.
Male Goblin Rogue(Knife Master and Scout) lvl 5 Assassin lvl 1
Okay, here's the problem with this, Klepy ain't the wisest or most clever, he sees something he wants, he takes. Since this is what he would do, what is the best way for me to correct the problem and remain IC? In my experience, it depends on how perceptive the target is. If your really not paying attention, you can miss anything. Also, if he notices it went missing, will he know where it went?
You'd lose your cover if you went right up to him. Sneaking around, you can assess the situation and report back. If you get fascinated by the shiny now, I'm afraid your cover will be blown and you won't live through the round.
Your choice, but Klepy knows what he's looking at. The other goblins you see also give you a chance at some more sneakiness. They're about 20' from the big frog, and are tied up and unconscious. If you can get them up and healed, with a little help, they might be able to help you.
There's nothing stopping you from getting the shiny now, or later. Play it how you want to, but it won't be pretty if Klepy's seen.
Male Goblin Rogue(Knife Master and Scout) lvl 5 Assassin lvl 1
okay I'm sorry I've been holding this up. Different DM different rules. Plus you got me on the cover thing anyways. Here is a "smart" Klepy action
Klepy will continue to observe the campsite. Klepy wants the morning star but a pang of good judgement and gets an idea. He then moves to Only if possible. the captives and attempts to untie them but not wake them. using my stealth and slight of hand checks from earlier. Klepy will then sneak back to the others.
Klepy approaches from the shadows to Bucko and Tark. "Klepy finds shiny and wants it. Big frogs haves them....oh and patol is der an alive. We save too. So me say we sneak attack and kill quickly. We throw tings and den we attack. Do much damage. Other gobbies frees just sweeping. Dey wake and helps us too. So what you tink? Good plans? Klepy waits to see what the others think.
Again, if untying the other gobbies compramises Klepy's stealth then he wont do it. Klepy wont risk being seen over his greed. He will still perpose the ambush though.
With his rolls so far, they have no real chance of spotting the sneaky psycho. Klepy can untie the others and even make it look like they're still tied up. Going right up to the leader would put him in the open with no cover, thus no stealth.
male Goblin Witch / 8 // Init +6/ HP 49/49 // AC: 22/T:20/FF:15 - Percep: +7// F +3/R +8/W +6 /CMB +0 - CMD 13/ Speed 30
"Plan is we ride in tark bask, velag judge, Klepy shiny, an I heals other gobby prisoners. Youses gives me spare dogslicers I gives tah gobbies injured in tha camp."
"Me think Froggies in swamp is bad. This a gobbie place, not for forggies... They not even tasty.. So, we free gobbies and kill froggies. That learn them. Klepy right, though, if there lots of them, we start from sneaksies -- they be all surprised and then when they try find sneaksie us, they not expect Tark!"
"Oki, me git plan. Yous' all sneaki in. Me wait a little bit, then come ride'n in wit Fangz. Oki, dat shuld werk. Yous' all go sneaki up dere now."
As the goblins vanish into the night, Tark then ponders how long he should wait. Should he count his fingers several times -- nah, counting hurts the head too much. Should he eat his snack that he brought -- nah, he wants to save that for after the bashing -- frogs take so long to cook so he will want a snack. Bucko! That sneaky goblin is going to kill frogmen before Tark can! It was a trick. Damn sneaky Bucko! Tark starts charging his way to the light.
This contemplation and sudden realization takes about 3 rounds.
Male Goblin Rogue(Knife Master and Scout) lvl 5 Assassin lvl 1
"Yes Klepy good at sneak. Good at throw lil stickies too." Klepy pulls out two of his throwing daggers and will sneak towards the froggies camp. Once everyone else is in place Klepy will attack froggies leader by throwing both his daggers.
Velag sneaks around the camp, putting himself a distance from Klepy but still far enough away from Tark's planned entry route that the froggies will have their back turned.
Stealth roll... 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
Mmmm... Themses looks all slimy. Maybe they is tasty.
Velag gets close to his goal position and quietly casts divine favour.
Assuming he can get close enough to strike one, when he thinks everyone's in position, he activates Copycat and jumps out at the nearest froggie with his shortsword...
However - If he can't hit one from ambush (after the 5' step, since you only get 1 action in a surprise round), he'll use his sling instead 1d3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4 and then draw his shortsword.
Surprise round: Klepy hits the big frog once for good damage, and if he makes his stealth roll (at -20), he can hide and snipe again next round.
Velag darts out from cover and stabs one of the frogmen.
Tark charges into the camp, swinging at the first one he sees. (Roll hit and damage for Tark and Fangz, then move and roll again for round 1.)
Bucko gets into position to heal one of the goblins and drop the dogslicers next to both of them. (Roll healing.)
The other frogmen look around, surprised.
Round 1:Init: Velag, Bucko, (presumably) healed goblin, big frog, other frogs, Klepy, Tark
I've got little figures in place for this one, to keep me straight. They're all pretty close together right now. I'm assuming only Tark brought his mount. If the others did, the mounts would have to make stealth rolls.
If you've already successfully used Stealth at least 10 feet from your target, you can make one ranged attack and then immediately use Stealth again. You take a –20 penalty on your Stealth check to maintain your obscured location.
This says you attack, then make your check immediately, since you were already hidden. Since you have TWF, you can draw both daggers at once (your move action), and attack with both as if it were one attack (at -2, of course).
Frog boy already failed to see you using that roll, so you can attack this round (1), and try to hide again. You go after the frogs.
@ Bucko: Both goblins get up and grab their dogslicers. They can attack next round. One's at full, the other could use another heal.
Then, he leaps back, landing 10' from one of the goblins. He still hasn't seen the hiding goblins near him (Bucko and Klepy). Klepy will take a -2, since the dude is further away, now.
The other frogmen all jump, too, and draw their clubs, landing 10-15 feet away from their first positions.
Tark hasn't attacked from the surprise round, yet, so we'll see if he killed one, or if it jumped, too.
If Tark spots the toughest looking or most "in-charge" looking frogman, he will then change his focus to him, even if it means giving one an attack of opportunity. Spewing words of hate and rage, Tark will charge at the leader.
Earthbreaker (rage, power attack, challenge): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 (+2 if able to charge at him, +1 if only one attacking him)
Damage: 1d10 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 (+2 if only one attacking him)
Tark kills one of the frogs, makes his save, and attacks and misses the boss frog.
@ Velag: You get an AoO, albeit at a -2 to hit, since you're shaken (-2 to everything, basically). Go ahead and roll it.
Klepy hits the boss frog twice, but doesn't kill it. It seems very upset that it can't figure out where all those little flying daggers are coming from.
Will saves, Bucko and Klepy! Then, we'll start round 2. I'm so exci-dit!
Velag feels his heart tense up at the froggie-croak, but still jabs at the frog trying to leap away from him, "Come back, Froggie! Me not eated you yetses!"
The two noobs each run forward and attack. One hits the boss for 1 damage, the other attacks another frog and misses.
The boss swings his weapon at the diminutive unarmed goblin...and misses! Same story for the other gobbie. Missed!
Two more flank Velag...and miss...
Two more flank Tark, and one hits him for 1 (yes, 1) damage. Another runs up and confirms a crit and does 6 more damage to the leadership-savvy goblin, for a total of 7.
Surprise: Klepy attacks the boss and Velag attack another. Tark kills one. Bucko heals a goblin.
1: Velag kills one with an AO, in spite of the croak effect, and attacks and injures another. Klepy attacks the boss again, but doesn't kill him. Tark and Fangz miss the boss. Bucko revives the 2nd goblin.
2: Bucko fires and misses. Klepy goes ahead of Tark and kills the boss. Tark's roll is good enough to kill another one next to him, and he's no longer flanked. 4 down, one injured. There are still 3 fighting Klepy, Tark, Bucko, and the two goblins.
We don't usually post in initiative order, so I take actions as occurring on their turns. Tark attacked, so it counted on one next to him. Velag killed one and hurt another, Klepy killed the boss in 3 rounds, and Tark killed 2.
Velag hasn't gone yet in this round (2), but he's flanked by 2 and away from the rest of you. He can move and try to finish off the injured one.
There were 9 total, and 5 still standing.
Edit: Ninja'd by the other two! Hang on a minute! LOL!
Velag missed, and Bucko already did something in surprise, and rounds 1 and 2, so no 2nd shot. He's away from the fighting, so I'll assume he's reloading. Melee really isn't his thing...
We start Round 3:Init: Velag, Bucko, healed goblins, frog-mans, Klepy, Tark
NO ONE has acted yet in round 3. Post whenever, but actions follow initiative order. if your kill gets stolen, I'll give you the most advantageous alternative action, or let you do something else.
