Howl of the Carrion King

Game Master Ira kroll

Oops, missed the unluck roll earlier.

Unluck attack: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 + 1 = 16

The unluck critter has moved back, and it is lucky for him that his unluck was in effect making Bahram miss.

With a glance toward where he went, Bahram notices Kat fighting another one.

With an acrobatic flair, Bahram moves toward Mokknokk

attack rapier: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
unluck rapier: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

damage just in case: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Anaara cackles and saves Morrigan's life

Noonan hits but does no damage to the tough hide of the pugwampi.

Belros GMBOT shoots at Mokknokk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 251d8 ⇒ 3
Confirmation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Critical damage: 2d8 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8
King Mokknokk takes an arrow in his chest, but continues to fight.

Bahram moves along the rafter. It creaks under his feet: 1d100 ⇒ 41 It breaks under him. He attempts to grab another piece of wood: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 Unfortunately, he fails and falls to the floor below: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9 He takes 9 damage.

Boramyr misses the pugwampi

Katenui hits solidly with her mace, but it bounces off the breastplate of King Mokknokk.

Morrigan is unconscious on the floor.

Mokknokk (-2 to saves - 4 rounds) (-2 to AC - 6 rounds) (6+9) swings at Katenui: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 101d6 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Pugwampi 7 (2+4) -- disappears into the nest.

Anaara
Noonan
Belros
Bahram
Boramyr
Katenui
Morrigan

Everyone is up

Noonan shoots at the king
Ping: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 201d6 ⇒ 5
unluck: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Kat continues to attempt to harm the king. Once more she raises her mace and . . .

Attack-mace: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 + 1 = 15
Unluck: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

. . . and once more she completely misses as a piece of the unstable flooring twists beneath her foot and sending her attack far wide or its mark.

Anarra, over here

Boramyr indicates Bahram who just fell from the rafters.
He then moves up, to get a better shot, and quickly reloads his crossbow.

Healing is...not my specialization. My curative magics are limited, and expended. Anaara refocuses on Moknokk, extending the length of her previous curses and adding another layer of disruptive energy.

Cackle, then Evil Eye to attacks.

stabilize DC 12: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20

unless the unluck aura effects this as well this is good

Bahram lets loose a short string of Kelish curses as he falls to the floor.

The impact knocks him out cold, a cut on the back of his head bleeds out for a bit, but luckily it wasn't as deep as it looked, and he soon is stable but unconscious still.

EDIT: drat Kat unlucky death DC 12: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (15) + 0 = 15
Yayyy still alive

TechnoDM said that unluck affects stabilize rolls here.

Anarra, as is my healing magics.

Anaara cackles and casts her evil eye on King Mokknokk: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Noonan shoots and misses.

Belros GMBOT shoots at Mokknokk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 151d8 ⇒ 8

Bahram stabilizes.

Boramyr reloads

Katenui misses King Mokknokk.

Morrigan is unconscious on the floor.

Mokknokk (-2 to saves - 3 rounds) (-2 to AC - 5 rounds) (-2 to attack - 7 rounds) (6+9) swings at Katenui: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 41d6 ⇒ 1

Anaara
Noonan
Belros
Bahram
Boramyr
Katenui
Morrigan

Everyone is up

Round ?

Readjusting her grip on the mace, once more Kat swings at the fat pugwampi's head.

Attack-mace: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 + 1 = 11
Unluck-mace: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 = 7
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Unfortunately, her sing catches on a string of rags comprising part of the next, deflecting the blow wide of its intended target.

Ping: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 171d6 ⇒ 2
Unluck: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Willing her curses to continue longer, Anaara decides to try a different method. She begins a different chant, and a bit of wool in her hand begins to float and glow with an unearthly light. Go! she finishes the chant, and the mote zips with incredible speed, seeming to aim itself straight for Moknokk's forehead.

Move action to cackle, standard action to cast Daze, DC14.

Anaara cackles and casts daze at Mokknokk.
Anaara's spell gets through the pugwampi king's spell resistance: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
But, the spell is unable: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 3 - 2 = 16 to affect him.

Noonan hits, but does no damage.

Belros GMBOT shoots at Mokknokk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 191d8 ⇒ 1, but also does no damage

Bahram is unconscious.

Boramyr GMBOT shoots: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (13) + 0 = 131d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 111d8 ⇒ 1

Katenui misses King Mokknokk.

Morrigan is unconscious on the floor.

Mokknokk (-2 to saves - 2 rounds) (-2 to AC - 4 rounds) (-2 to attack - 6 rounds) (6+9) swings at Katenui: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 - 2 = 81d6 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Anaara
Noonan
Belros
Bahram - unconscious
Boramyr
Katenui
Morrigan - unconscious

Everyone is up

Writes the songs that make the whole world sing: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 71d6 ⇒ 4
Unluck: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Happy in his spot, where he has a line of fire, Boramyr quickly reloads and then fires at the the king.

attack: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8
unluck: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (13) + 0 = 13
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Anaara wills her hexes to continue and lets out a shout of frustration. You f@~&ing piece of s!+&... Then she remembers herself and claps a hand over her mouth, glancing sideways at Noonan and Boramyr, as if hoping they didn't notice her outburst. She produces another piece of wool and chants, and it again transmutes to a mote of light and darts toward Moknokk.

Move action to cackle, standard action to cast Daze. Ain't much, but it's what I've got.

Do I overcome spell resistance?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

Noonan arches an eyebrow

Boramyr grins at Anaara, and continues to work with his crossbow.

I agree with the sentiment

Continuing to growl, probably quite loudly although she cannot hear so, Kat continues swinging her mace at that annoyance before her hoping that sooner or later she will manage to land a blow, or one of her companions will be able to get an arrow in.

Attack-Mace: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Unluck: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Her swing looks like it may hit, but she is suddenly distracted by the horrible stench of the unwashed pugwampi, which throws off her swing by a wide margin.

So can we just do several rounds of attacks to speed things along?

Works for me. The king needs a fairly high roll to hit Kat, and she has decent HP, so I assume she will be able to face him for a few rounds.

Noonan fires three rounds of arrows.

1.Bow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 231d6 ⇒ 3
Unluck: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

2.Bow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 221d6 ⇒ 4
Unluck: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

3.Bow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 141d6 ⇒ 6
Unluck: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Just botting Belros if that is ok

Round 1
Longbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 201d8 ⇒ 5

Round 2
Longbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 121d8 ⇒ 3

Round 3
Longbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 81d8 ⇒ 5

Anaara cackles and casts daze at Mokknokk.
Anaara's spell gets through the pugwampi king's spell resistance.
The spell: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 3 - 2 = 10 looks like it dazes him.

Noonan misses.

Belros shoots at Mokknokk and hits

Bahram is unconscious.

Boramyr misses

Katenui misses.

Morrigan is unconscious on the floor.

Mokknokk's eyes grow large as the spell hits him.

Knowledge Nature to know why it didn't work
(-2 to saves - 1 rounds) (-2 to AC - 3 rounds) (-2 to attack - 5 rounds) (6+9+3) He swings at Katenui: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 - 2 = 121d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

Anaara
Noonan
Belros
Bahram - unconscious
Boramyr
Katenui
Morrigan - unconscious

Anaara and Boramyr and Katenui are up

Sighing, Boramyr continues to fire at the king.

attack: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14
unluck: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (2) + 0 = 2
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Next Round

Kat continues to swing her mace, wondering what her silent companions behind and below her are up to.

Attack-mace: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Unluck: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Once more her mace just misses, this time getting caught in some cobwebs which coat the top of the nest.

Wait, what does he mean human spells won't work on him?

Totally speak Gnoll. :)

Knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Anaara racks her brain for any obscure knowledge related to gnolls and magic, while willing her hexes to continue.

Anaara cackles

Noonan misses.

Belros misses

Bahram is unconscious.

Boramyr misses

Katenui misses.

Morrigan is unconscious on the floor.

Mokknokk (-2 to saves) (-2 to AC - 2 rounds) (-2 to attack - 4 rounds) (6+9+3) swings at Katenui: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 - 2 = 91d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

Anaara
Noonan
Belros
Bahram - unconscious
Boramyr
Katenui
Morrigan - unconscious

Anaara and Boramyr and Katenui are up

Damn it, how did I forget these wouldn't be affected? Anaara curses to herself. She remembers her task, though, and continues to keep the weakening curses active.

Second verse, same as the first - cackle. Not much else I can do at this point. Observation, though - shouldn't the round count on my hexes be staying the same, since I've cackled each round to extend them by 1 each time?

These seemed to have a better affect.

Boramyr reaches down and picks up a cold iron bolt as he goes through the reload proceedure, and shoots at the king.

attack: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (18) + 0 = 18
unluck: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14
cold iron damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Kat, starting to get bored of swinging at the pugwampi, yawns at its inability to hit her, and once more swings her mace, expecting, and being rewarded, with the mace somehow missing when it should have hit.

Attack-mace: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
Unluck: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Your fighting worse than your ugly. She insults the pugwampi as her mace glances off a bone hanging from a post, that the pugwampis must have caught and gnawed on at some point in the past.

Anaara cackles

Noonan misses.

Belros misses

Bahram is unconscious.

Boramyr misses

Katenui misses.

Morrigan is unconscious on the floor.

Mokknokk (-2 to saves) (-2 to AC - 1 rounds) (-2 to attack - 3 rounds) (6+9+3) swings at Katenui: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 - 2 = 71d6 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Anaara
Noonan
Belros
Bahram - unconscious
Boramyr
Katenui
Morrigan - unconscious

Everyone is up! If you want to speed this up, please give me three rounds of actions (including Belros), and we'll do three rounds at a time.

Cackle, cackle, cackle. I'm a simple creature. Did you see my question about the duration of my hexes? The round count should have been staying the same, since I've cackled every round.

Kat continues to swing at the annoyance before her.

Round 1
Attack-mace: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Unluck: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Round 2
Attack-mace: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
Unluck: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Round 3
Attack-mace: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Unluck: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Might actually hit in rounds 2 and 3.

Cursing under his breath, Boramyr continues to go through the load and shoot proceedure picking up another bolt from morrigan.

attack: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3
unluck: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2Cold Iron

Sigh, yet another bad roll. :(

Round 1: unconscious

Round 2: unconscious

Round 3: unconscious

This is the part about PbP that actually causes players to drop, I have not checked in much knowing that we can't hit them thanks to the unluck aura and the crappy dice roller.

and I am unable to participate due to "unconscious"

Anaara cackles
Noonan misses.
Belros [GMBOT] shoots: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 231d8 ⇒ 7 and "King" Mokknokk falls, dead, to the floor below.

You find on him a small breastplate, a small, magical warhammer, and a small longbow with 20 arrows.

Combat is over.

You have a choice. You may investigate the "King's" quarters in the rafters or carry the unconscious back to camp to get them healed.

Either way, you have gained a level.

I think we should take the others back to camp and get some healing.

Boramyr will take the time to gather up the gear to bring to camp.

Will go with majority though, if they want to stay to investigate

I agree, sir dwarf. The needs of the fallen are more pressing. We shall return later and see what may be left in their lair. She eyes the dead pugwampi with distaste. Anything worth the keeping, at least.

As the pugwampi falls, Kevi rushes over to Bacon, fretting over Morrigan's still form, and nudges the pig in what looks like an attempt to comfort him. Here, baby mine, Anaara calls, and Kevi darts back over, looking at Morrigan and Bahram with concern. We'll take them back, don't fret, sweet.

Anaara lifts Kevi to her shoulders, then moves to grab the half-orc woman's feet. Come, sir dwarf, help me with the girl.

Barring any one who decides to investigate instead, your trip back to camp is relatively uneventful.

Almah and Garavel are shocked at the condition you return in, and summon Father Zastoran, who is able to heal most of your wounds. "Tomorrow is another day," she says after she hears your account of what happened in the chapel. "Although you were able to get rid of those, pug... pugwampis, I still need you to clear out the rest before we can move in there with our entire entourage."

Dashki, overhearing your account, says to the others, "See! See! I told you how nasty the pugwampis are."

The next morning, a dry and crisp breeze comes from the east. The camel drivers Hadrah and Hadrod, have a big breakfast all prepared for you, and some wrapped cheese and bread for later.

Unless there were more of them, so I suggest that we look at that area first thing tomorrow, before we look into the rest of the monastary.
Father, I thank you for the healing that you have provided.

Boramyr sits down to breakfast, and starts to dig in.

So can I mark myself as fully healed ?

Agreed, Boramyr. Searching their nest seems prudent, to ensure no more surprises from it. Anaara nibbles daintily at the breakfast provided by Hadrah and Hadrod, sneaking choice morsels to her fox sitting in her lap.

On my phone, but Kat has 2 level 1spells still. She could not cast from the rafters.

CLW Bahram: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

CLW Morrigan: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Hopefully both can walk and we can search the nest before returning to the camp.

Kat heals Bahram, his eye slowly open and his first sight is Kat (considering she has just healed him). He gives her a smile. knowing she can read his lips, Thanks Kat, I knew you cared.

Morrigan awakens and thanks Kat and Father Zastoran for their healing. She then sullenly sulks away from the party feeling like she failed again and broods about how she can prove herself next time.

The next day, fully healed, you go back to the monastery, and (very) carefully investigate the nest in the rafters.

There, secreted under the chieftain's makeshift throne is a small padded chest containing a magical phylactery and a magical ring. Two spellcraft checks please

Additionally, in the center of the grisly jumble of gnoll skulls, nestled within a mostly dried gnoll lung, is an uncut garnet worth 150 gp. An examination of the far eastern end, on the dais, you find torn-out pages of The Birth of light and Truth (Sarenrae's holy book) strewn about the altar, which has been smeared with excrement.

A total salvage of the chapel turns up 47 gp worth of assorted religious objects, loose coins, and random trinkets.

The chamber on the north of the nave (before the chapel) has a huge bas-relief statue on the ceiling of a muscular humanoid man with a pointy beard gesturing toward a huge mountain in the background, his face a picture of mortal concern. Knowledge local and Knowledge religion.

The southern chamber has a similar statue along the eastern wall, in this case with the bearded figure appearing on a hilltop to a group of robed pilgrims. The being holds up his hands, palms out, in a sign of peace. Though many of the faces and limbs on the bas-relief have been worn down or cut away, the expressions of those range from beatific to horrified. A crude stone stele that seems to have been erected more recently than the abandonment of the monastery stands here as well. Its graven inscription reads: "A ghost of unholy mien was purged from this place by Theodephus Estrovan, servant of Aroden, 4691 A.R." Perception checks, please

Then, from there, you can decide what else to investigate in the monastery.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Nice rolls.

"Perhaps we can check the two alcoves to the north and south of the chapel area we were just in briefly then go from there?"

The two items are a phylactery of faithfulness and a ring of feather fall