Heathy's Isle of Dread Thread

Game Master Heathansson

uuuuh....I think I'm gonna make a command decision, and say this website is apparently hosed for the time being, and trying to run a pbp is nothing but a frustrating waste of time and call off any updates for tonight.
I'm assuming the lack of activity is a unanimous agreement with this sentiment.
See you guys tomorrow.

uuuuh....I think I'm gonna make a command decision, and say this website is apparently hosed for the time being, and trying to run a pbp is nothing but a frustrating waste of time and call off any updates for tonight.

I'm assuming the lack of activity is a unanimous agreement with this sentiment.
See you guys tomorrow.

Yeah, it’s been on and off for me for the past few days. Seems to be working ok at the moment – bit sluggish but at least pages are loading and I can access the messageboards. Was stuffed when I tried to jump back on last night.

Potato mash the mofo at e6 if he's still up after Beldan hits him (and hey I forgot my cleave last round):

att1 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38
dam1 2d6 + 24 ⇒ (3, 3) + 24 = 30

att2 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17
dam2 2d6 + 24 ⇒ (1, 1) + 24 = 26

att3 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
dam3 2d6 + 24 ⇒ (2, 6) + 24 = 32

Maiden

BAYYYYUM!
Stiggy can only hit her one good time.....she's still up, but if she had a bone scan with Tc 99m MDP, she'd have a circular break pattern on the front of her ribcage with an identical circumference to Stiggy's hammer.

"You six arms, me just two. But me still kill you!!!" Gittik slashes maniacally at the new opponent.

Kukri (RH):
A: 13+21+3(bard)+1(Haste)=AC 38, damage 1+10+3(bard)=14.
B: 7+16+3+1=AC 27, damage 2+10+3=15.
C: 15+11+3+1=AC 29, crit confirm 11+11+3+1=AC 26, damage 3+10+3=16x2=32.
D(bonus from Haste): 12+21+3+1=AC 37, damage 2+10+3=15.
Kukri (LH):
E: 12+19+3+1=AC 35, , damage 3+4+3=10+4 electricity.
F: 7+14+3+1=AC 27, damage 1+4+3=8+2 electricity.

Potato mash the mofo at e6 if he's still up after Beldan hits him (and hey I forgot my cleave last round):

Psssssst! Cleave doesn't work that way anymore.

Altai watches the unfolding carnage in front of him with detached interest. "Soooo...", he asks the drow in a conversational tone. "The Vudran battle-daemons I understand. But what is the shaitan genie doing here? Does the rakshasa have a treaty of sorts with the princes of elemental earth?"

I'm not doing much this turn, and, as the enemies are out of reach, neither is Claw.

Forgot to remind you that Oso still has Magic Circle vs Evil running so everyone within ten feet gets a +2 deflection bonus and +2 resistance bonus to their saves.

Oso steps up behind Gittik and touches him lightly on the shoulder. "Kelanen bless this glorious killer, he fights, he wins."

Convert neutralise poison into healing 4d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 5, 6, 6) + 10 = 28

Gittik shreds through his opponent, and there's just one left for Elgan, the golem, Pip, and anybody I'm forgetting at the moment.
Oh, Altai....
who isn't doing anything.....(I'll throw together her monologue in a few)

It's up to Elgan!

The drow, to Altai;
"Bahor had a Farizzim in his employ.....a fire wizard. His cadre, a Circle of Four, they summoned shaitani and efreeti to help with the building of this place. THAT'S why it went up so fast. Artisans and craftsmen from the City of Brass and elsewhere,....

Bahor took a liking to her....Vimanda did too apparently.
Owell; she's wherever dead jinnfolk go now...."

After looking a little closer at the map, I changed my mind. Claw moves to BC 4-5 and lashes out at the last Vudran.

Attack 1: 13+16+1(haste)+3(bard)=AC 33, damage 18+8+3(bard)=29.

Claw lifts her in the air and brings her crashing down hard. There's a twitch, then nothing.

end of combat.

exp/treasure/at home; will update later.

All is silent....then, somewhere in the general direction of "left" (north is now a confused issue) there is the tinkling of a twangy alien stringed instrument and cymbals being clapped together...

note to self.....update xp and treasure!!!

exp 11,000 each

gear...

+3 scimitar
+3 buckler
+2 mithral shirt
on the dao shaitan

30,000 gold worth of jewelry, ornately decorated temple swords, kukris, and spears on the 5.....beatific ones.

huzzah!

The room the multiarmers poured out of looks much like the previous room, with statues mobbing the walls.....a plethora of Vudran divinity, hero, scoundrel and fiend.

We'll quickly scoop up the treasure and the troop into the next room. If it doesn't spin, we'll go towards the sound of odd music.

It doesn't spin. The alcove to the back seems to be hooked up to a hallway that proceeds 15 feet and then turns left. The hall then runs straight 30 feet and opens into another room, circular, about 30 foot diameter. There's a 20 foot diameter fountain in it, about 3 foot tall, and in the middle of that is a 9 foot tall yuan ti(?) statue with huge emerald eyes. The statue seems poised with it's scimitar in the high guard.
There's a door out of the room; in is from the south, and out is to the north.

And as you go the sitar music seems to be getting louder.....

"Huh." Altai turns to the drow again. "Considering that you forgot to tell us about the rakshasas and their genie buddies, perhaps you'd like to make up for that unfortunate slip by telling us something interesting about this room?" He mutters a few arcane syllables and casts a cantrip as he talks.

One Detect magic coming up. This is too odd to be entirely mundane.

"They always....do something before they come into this room. On the wall.
I'm not sure what though."

It's not lupus.
I mean,
It's not magic.

"That was the only genie though. I thought you knew about her."

Beldan’ll creep forward and check out the door. Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25, Stealth: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (16) + 30 = 46

Beldan just notices, before he creeps, that there's a pressure plate in the floor; it encompasses the first 10 feet in either direction around the well from the door.

“Trap,” Beldan whispers, pointing to the pressure plate. He takes out his thieving tools and crouches down beside the plate, trying to figure out how to disarm it, or whether it can be easily bypassed.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (14) + 28 = 42

Interminable minutes go by....he does find a bypass switch in the wall; it turns out to be foolswitched, with one pullwire dividing into three on a balanced flange, but Beldan believes that he's able to pin all three down and disengage the pressure plate.
He also sees a release bevel, that would reset the pressure plate; it's bifurcated into two lines (ostensibly leading one to believe that the other door has a similar pressure plate right before it).

Interminable minutes go by....he does find a bypass switch in the wall; it turns out to be foolswitched, with one pullwire dividing into three on a balanced flange, but Beldan believes that he's able to pin all three down and disengage the pressure plate.

He also sees a release bevel, that would reset the pressure plate; it's bifurcated into two lines (ostensibly leading one to believe that the other door has a similar pressure plate right before it).

Disengage.

*chk! chk! fshhhhhhhh!*
the plates sink down into their recesses about 2 centimeters. Something twangs in the fountain, like numerous fish splashing.....then nothing.

“Alright. Seems safe now ... I think ...”

Beldan carefully heads towards the door and checks it for more traps, locks etc. Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

It's unlocked. The sitar is louder now.

back in an hour or so

Psssssst! Cleave doesn't work that way anymore.

Ooops.

huzzah!

what now, o brave ones?...

Elgan creeps along with the rest, staying in his (normal-sized) wolf form for now. When Altai asks the drow a question and she seems to avoid answering, he growls.
In unison with Tenser.
The druid and the dog are having a buddy-bonding moment. ;)

Otherwise, he simply keeps an eye out, ready to leap wherever he;s needed.

The drow speaks;

"There's not too many left. Up ahead,....Vimanda, and a fire giant, and another....giant that I don't altogether recognize the species;
there's another too. It is like a ghost, though it wields a blade. A blade of Graz'zt.
There's a few more; I think just servants, or concubines; and of course the weavers..."

"A ghost giant? Interesting..."

"The ghost....I...I don't think it's a ghost;...it's not giant though.
It's your size. Human sized."

Elgan -puppy looks a little crestfallen at this final statement. It seems he was looking forward to seeing a ghost-giant.

I don't know why, but that's freakin hilarious.
"I....I wanted *snif*...."

it...is now my....sleep phase,....adieu, adieu...

<While the other sneak and investigate: Stig, using his free time wisely, struggles to increase his blood alcohol level.>

There's a NPC in the awesome Soul for Smuggler's Shiv that is an alcoholic and spends most of the adventure sloshed. She's treated as Sickened while pissed, but Stig clearly far too tough for that kind of pansy-assed crap.

<Seems like I roll enough 1s and 2s lately to account for Stig's intoxication.>

Please leave my wallet alone Vatnisse. Kingmaker is killing it already without me wanting the next one.

Oso checks everyone over to see if he has their wounds covered.

I think a couple of us are down a few hits but that is all?

I think Gittik and Stiggy took some; no biggy....let's save busy parents a lot of paperwork and bump everybody up to max with the scratch of one channel energy.

Going forward up the hall?

back in an hour

going forward up the hall?

oh; remember to copy anything you try to post....I just lost the last two posts I tried.
Had to redo Aleph's....royal fun...

<While the other sneak and investigate: Stig, using his free time wisely, struggles to increase his blood alcohol level.>

Every cure light wounds he receives reduces the damage to his liver, thus nullifying much of the gain.

Please leave my wallet alone Vatnisse. Kingmaker is killing it already without me wanting the next one.

Oso checks everyone over to see if he has their wounds covered.

I think a couple of us are down a few hits but that is all?

I reckon this'll be AP #2 I haveta skip out on.

Going forward up the hall?

back in an hour

Let's do it.

The hallway ends in a big 25 by 25 foot room.

Theres a 15 foot wide set of double doors on the west wall..

Whosoever entereth this barely lit room,
perception/stealth rolls please.