Hollow's Last Hope (Inactive)

Game Master Seldlon the Swift

"The murderers have returned. How goes the housekeeping?"

"It was a bit of a challenge, but obviously nothing our party could not handle. Now, on to more pressing matters. Your errands have been expertly handledn but our mission still presses upon us. We require the iron bloom as agreed and we will be quit of your den."

The large beast raises its nose to the air. He smells the recent kills upon you. " "You speak the truth this time, mycophagist. Your cause is noble and it is my honor to help with this. But, there is one more thing. A little thing I thought I could resist. There is one thing I like more than ironbloom mushrooms. You smell heavily of it. As if you have been riding it for days. I even smell its excrement on one of you...hiding your true scent, are you, woodsman? Bring me the pony and you shall have what you came for."

Zevon shakes his head.

"Would it only be that I was in a position to do so. Unfortunately, my reasons for protest are twofold. Firstly, be beast is not ours to give. It was lent for the second reason, to hasten our travel. I fear that without the mobility afforded, we would unnecessarily delay our return. As I have said, time is of the utmost importance. Surely you see our reasoning is far beyond a base desire to deny you a meal."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

"You make good arguments, mycophagist. I suppose I can do without pony today. Send your most talented picker over here. They are yours."

you set me up haha

"Pony? Wha... oh that pony. That Pony ain't ours, it belongs to another, little girl. Would you be takin' that pony from a little girl? Same as it would be if we be takin' food away from ye or yer consort." Rhen looks defiantly at the big wolf.

stealth check: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Bulgard notices that there's is a pillar between himself and the warg, so he uses the blind spot to conceal himself in the shadows, picking up some stray wolf dung and rubbing it on his clothes for scent cover.

"Glad we could come to an accord. I will collect the fungus and be off."

Zevon carefully approaches the patch, wary of the wild animals. He will move to the spores farthest from the wolf.

Full Defense: +4 AC

The pillar casts no shadow as the light in this room is from Rhen's torch. Do you have another light source?

The worg watches the woodsman as he looks about for a hiding spot. He salivates. " Right over here, mycophagist. "

bluff: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

rolling sense motive v bluff

Reinar 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Zevon 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
Bulgard 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Rhen 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

My pebble is a source.

That was to see who gets to move in the surprise round. That would be none of you.

As Zevon approaches, the large worg snarls and growls at all of you, showing its large fangs.

Zevon is shaken for one round.

rolling initiative

Round 1

Wolf <-------------
Reinar, Zevon, Bulgard,
Greypelt
Rhen

The wolf attacks Zevon
bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
bite damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
trip v cmd 13: 1d20 ⇒ 13

The wolf misses

Round 1

Wolf
Reinar, Zevon, Bulgard, <-------------
Greypelt
Rhen

Zevon hops back, narrowly avoiding he wolf's jaws.

"So the beast's nature is revealed! To the task my friends!. For the Hollow!"

Inspire courage: Affected allies receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Reinar grins.

"Worst decision you ever made, vegetarian wolf. Lets see how long you last!", he advances towards greypelt (provokes from the wolf, i believe), and then lets out a bestial shout before swinging his longsword against the warg.

Attack(Rage, Inspire Courage, Power Attack): 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 16

AC is back to 17/12/15 due to rage, +2 temp hp and +2 will

The barbarian warrior draws an attack of opportunity as he moves past the wolf
bite v ac17: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The warrior takes 2 hp of damage, the worg 16

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh"

Bulgard screams in the rage of betrayal and lets an arrow fly at the worg, aiming for its exposed throat.

composite bow, point blank, inspire courage: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 26
confirm crit?: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 19
damage: 3d8 + 6 ⇒ (4, 6, 8) + 6 = 24

Bulgard's arrow flies true and deals some significant damage.

"Greypelt shall savor your organs, jester."

Greypelt assaults Reinar

Power Attack Bite v ac17: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

He misses. Rhen is up.

Rhen slides into place behind the smaller wolf, short sword gleeming as he does. Rhen then smiles at the larger wolf and cuts in the hind quarters of the consort.

Short sword+IC+Flank+SA: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 151d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (3) = 7

Rhen kills the consort.

Round 2

Reinar, Zevon, Bulgard, <-------------
Greypelt
Rhen

"Who is the jester now, weakling!?", Reinar roars and swings his sword again.

Attack(Rage, Inspire Courage, Power Attack): 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 11

The great beast falls.

Too bad. I was about to drop that scream again.

"Unfortunate. This could have been avoided if it were not for the deception."

Zevon begins to gather the ironbloom and search the area for anything else of interest.

Tucked behind the pillar are a few things of value hidden by Graypelt, including a bag with 354 gp, a masterwork light crossbow, a potion of bull’s strength, and a wand (DC 16). In the dark corner of the room grows a small patch of ironbloom mushrooms, six in all. If you just had one more....

there are stairs?

"We be needin' one more? Down below I be guessin'?

Rhen moves to the top of the stairs.

There are stairs leading down about 20ft into....you cannot tell from here.

Rhen will look back at the group, then slowly he will move down the stairs.

Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

"Before we delve into what lies beneath, I believe there was another door in the hallway where we fought the bats. Perhaps this fungus grows there as well. Also, I think we should search the room where we first encountered the wolves."

Zevon hands the potion of bull's strength to Rhen, moves back into the adjoining room and searches it.

As Rhen silently moves halfway down the stairs, he sees part of a large chamber. He makes out the bottom half of a large broken ob­sidian obelisk before Zevon calls him back.

Zevon takes his time (20) searching the stone desk in the adjoining room. The desk is completely empty save for a few scraps of ancient parchment and an old quill. One of the drawers has a secret compartment, though. Inside is a +1 handaxe, a small pouch containing 100 pp, and a prayer book. The book is written in dwarven and

"A fitting reward for what we have encountered thus far! The axe is of fine make to be sure. Now, on to the neighboring room or into the darkness?"

Knowledge (arcana) on the wand: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

"This prayer book is to Droskar, might be worth a pretty penny."

Rhen looks through the other items passing over them.

Rhen looks back at the stairs then moves out of the room with the others.

"Let's clear this floor before we drop into the darkness"

As the group searches the room, Reinar is off in a corner, panting and recovering from his battle rage. As he is able to catch his breath, he stands up and aproaches the group.

"As much as i would love to go down and face whatever challengers await me, i think it would be better to find this mushroom at this floor and bring the cure back right away."

"I agree let's get these ingredients back to the Hollow and we can return for the last room."

I believe we're one mushroom short, what Reinar meant was to check the last room, hopefully find the mushroom there and then go back, leaving the stairs for another time.

I think the door drill with Zevon opening the door for Reinar's polearm has worked well in the past.

Zevon will again position himself adjacent to the door and wait for the barbarian's signal to swing it open.

After switching back to his trusted glaive, Reinar positions himself and nods to Zevon.

The half-elf uncoils his whip and pushes the door open.

Reinar sees that old cobweb covered racks and armor stands dominate much of this small chamber. What must have once been a well-tended armory is now devoid of arms and armor. No apparent enemies present.

"Seems safe.", he steps in and waits for a lightsource in order to search the room.

Rhen will walk in with a torch in his left hand sword in his right.

"Think another mushroom 'ill be in here?"

Zevon begins searching the room.
"One can hope. With any luck we can gather the last bit here and return to the Hollow. Perhaps once that is done, we can return and reclaim this site."

Taking your time to search, you notice that this chamber was pillaged long ago by a group of explorers. A secret door is located in the northeast corner of the room. 4 +1 flaming bolts ended up underneath one of the racks and were never discovered

"Another door here.", he says, waiting for the group to be in position.

Zevon nods to the barbarian. Before moving, he coils his whip and loads the previously obtained crossbow with one of the bolts. Positioning himself beside the hidden door, he pushes the wall open.