KenderKin's Kingmaker Part 1 (Inactive)

Game Master Freddy Honeycutt

Everyone is up!

How many bandits are we currently facing? 3? Kressel and 2 others? Assuming that Kressel is my nearest target...

Eadric circles his horse and charges back at Kressel, Kressel! Your days of villainy are at an end! The Greenbelt Wardens are here to sweep you and your kind from these lands forever!

Eadric gallops at Kressel at full speed bringing the tip of his lance in line with her heart, steadfast determination etched upon his face as he thunders in at her!

Ride check (guide with knees) 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (15) - 2 = 13
Attack with lance 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Damage 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (3, 6) + 3 = 12

EDIT: PS - I'm back from vacation and ready to play! ;)
EDIT #2: Oops! Sorry! I meant to declare smite evil against Kressel. I am a bit rusty with what I have and haven't done in the last two weeks away! Hopefully you will allow me to amend my actions above to include a +3 to hit, +1 damage and include a +3 deflection bonus to AC versus attacks by Kressel (assuming she is evil). Thanks! My apologies again! :)

Eadric's lance slices toward Kressel's heart with little more than flimsy leather armor to stop it.

the map has not changed as the bandits are still in the same place the only one moving seems to be Eadric

Kressel pulls a potion throws it in the air and catches it in her mouth...

The lance bites into her busom and the potion flows down her throat....

Eadrics lance goes through Kressel and at the very last she still remains defiantly spitting in Eadric's face and taking a swing with her axe.

Attack of opportunity
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

The attack catches Eadric off guard at the end of his charge
the evil b!~$~es axe hits him along the clavical nearly making him drop his lance....

Damage
1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Eadric

As Eadric's lance passes through Kressel and then her axe smashes into his clavical everyone is sure that they have just killed each other.

Kressel breaths raggedly and continues to stand atop the wagon gritting her bloodied teeth together....

Eadrics mount carries him carefully toward everyone moving slowly as Eadric slumps over the saddle........

So everyone else is up!

I'll stormburst the same bandit if he's still up
Storm Burst 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 RTouch attack
Damage 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 plus a -2 AB for 1 rd.

Then move closer to engage in melee.

...The attack catches Eadric off guard at the end of his charge...

o_O !?! Um, what?! You got that right...

I'm not even sure where to begin with the questions on what just happened...

As the storm burst envelopes the bandit for the second time he falls to the ground...

Torod

Leaving Kressel who is sorely wounded and (2) bandits to deal with.

The bowman at the front of the wedge and the one on the left hand side.

Eadric's mount brings him to the area in front of you so any other actions can include aid to Eadric.....

Eadric

Garrick, Obi & Ellaria are up!

Obi looks down at the arrow in his chest. It would leave a scar. He had so many scars, all given by someone else.

He looks up at the bandit as he feels heat building up inside of him. He pulls the arrow out of his chest and tosses it aside, not noticing the steam rising from it's tip or the scorched shaft. His hand erupts in fire as he draws it back...

Fire Bolt:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage:1d6 ⇒ 4

..and throws a third bolt of flame directly at the bowman.

Finally! BURN!!!

The bandit still smoldering from the flames of the first time actually catches fire.

"Yearggggggggg!" The bandit screams welcome music to your ears!

1d20 ⇒ 9

The bandit retains a grip on his bow but the carefully strung cordage of the bowstring fails and breaks apart......

Garrick & Ellaria are still up!

Kenderkin

Garric delays till after Ellaria to see if she can disable the bandit leader. If not, apply my attack to her. If so, apply it to the bandit who shot me.

Garric grasps his bow tightly and shoots one of the bandits, his hatred fueling his aim.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20; Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7...add +1 hit and +1 damage if within point blank range!

Garrick

Ellaria

Aids Eadric in taking a potion of healing, immediately healing 8 points of damage.....

Garric delays till after Ellaria to see if she can disable the bandit leader. If not, apply my attack to her. If so, apply it to the bandit who shot me.

Garric grasps his bow tightly and shoots one of the bandits, his hatred fueling his aim.

Attack: 1d20+8; Damage: 1d8+4...add +1 hit and +1 damage if within point blank range!

Your arrow fires true into Kressel catching her in the throat and ensuring that no more potions will save her from the death she deserved

The remaining bandit throws down his weapons and surrenders....

"Kressel made me do this"
"I never thought she would die"
"I can show you to the stash!"

Rather than looking at you while saying this the bandit continues to stare wide-eyed at the fallen Kressel!

The bandit gives up his turn!

You are up!

I'll try to locate some rope to tie up our prisoners. There should be two or three of them. I will aid them in maintaining an unconscious circumstance while tying them up.

Is the bandit surrendering the bowman?

Is the bandit surrendering the bowman?

yes the bowman in the front of the wedge is surrendering, the bandit to the right is unconscious and the one to the left is not acting

Obi

Obi glares at the bandit, the fire in his hands growing white hot... before he throws it out in a cone of multi-colored flame.

The bandit is caught in the spray of colors and not even seeming to resist falls into unconsciousness.

Torod binds the bandit that is still soaked from the storm bursts he received earlier.

Now that the bandits are all secured.....

Don't forget the beat on them a bit to make sure they stay unconscious.
I'll tie them to a tree close to the fire and stay close by.

Eadric regains consciousness and glances about, a mix of surprise and disgust clearly seen upon his face.

He sits in quiet contemplation, examining the horrific wound to his shoulder, while ignoring the commotion in the camp after the battle.

I have one Cure Light prepared. Who wants it? I'll start preparing more tomorrow.

As you are looking at the bandits camp and seeing the areas of the camp clearly....

Overview of the camp

Torod and the others have stripped the bandits of their stuff and tied them under a tree.

Eadric as you consider your wounds. A small voice and face appear in front of you. Imiria stares at you with her big round eyes.

"Let me sing the song my mother used to sing to make things better"

Eadric gains healing
1d8 ⇒ 5

Seeing that Obi is injured Imiria does the say for Obi.

Obi gains healing
1d8 ⇒ 5

"This is tha place where they cut off mah hand, this is where the night it happened everything went crazy and I was lost in tha woods."

Spotting Kressel Imiria hits the corpse with a small wooden club. "Shes a one cut off mah hand."

"She ain't tha boss though the boss is a monster of a man. Calls himself the Stag Lord. He’s supposed tah be a deadeye with the bow, an they say he crushed a prisoner’s hand to mush in one fist. He wears a creepy stag helmet on—some of tha bandits think he ain’t got no face under it, but not me—I think that creepy helm is his face!”

Let's pile the loot into the wagon and cart it to Oleg's. We can take what we need and sell the rest to him.

btw what loot do we get?

As Obi listens to Imiria song and the magic closes his wound, Obi feels himself cooling down, feels his magic recede...

"Thank you Imiria, but you should not have come here, it's no place for a child."

"I know a thing or two about places children shouldn't be too..."

Torod

She eyes Obi and smiles a little

"I was at Oleg's an now I am not, goat an I are going intah tha woods an find a place o our own. Besides three men arrived at Oleg's claiming tah be there tah help with tha bandits, but I don't trust tha look o them!"

She puts her hand on the goat and becons him to explore the camp with her

Pretty soon she has taken a backpack, blanket, and other small items from the bandit camp.

She notices the bandits tied up and some of them are even coming around.

"I am sure we are tah be meetin again, we will be neighbors after all."

First search spoils
There is enough food, firewood, and tents under the platform to meet the needs of about 12 men.

Kressel's gear
studded leather armor,
2 masterwork handaxes,
4 daggers, 85 gp

The bandits (each)
leather armor,
longbow with 15 arrows,
short sword,
2 days of trail rations,
10 gp

One of the bandits coming around says "I told yerselves I would lead you to the loot."

It would be my worst save
Reflex 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Still on vacation, not much internet here, I'm supposed to be home in a couple of days.

Ellaria scans the battlefield and bandit camp, and responds to the bandit: "Well, you say that this <she makes a gesture to the place where the spoils are concentrated> is the loot you've had here?"

To the rest of the group: "I don't like the idea of letting such a small girl go off into the woods. Having a healing song or not, a one armed girl would have a very hard, if not impossible life here..."

The bandit responds to Ellaria

"Tha loot is under tha supplies you ave tah look harder fer it."

As you uncover the additional stuff you find...

As you uncover stuff the bandits continues to talk.......

“The Stag Lord is a bloody drunk. All that booze under the
platform’s for him. He's half of what he used to be, and ain’t
never been right in the head. A few weeks ago he punched
my horse for spittin' in the yard. Personally, I wouldn't careif he dropped dead tomorrow, but even drunk out of his
mind he's still got a fair amount of fight to him.”

"I did not ask yerselves bout where I am tah be goin tha woods seem aright place fer mahself."

Imiria grabs some coins and looks thoughtful...

"A ride back tah Olegs might be in order first since I could ave better supplies"

"I did not ask yerselves bout where I am tah be goin tha woods seem aright place fer mahself."

Imiria grabs some coins and looks thoughtful...

"A ride back tah Olegs might be in order first since I could ave better supplies"

Ellaria looks puzzled, as the child speaks with surprising confidence for a child of her age and situation. "Imiria, How old are you?"

"10" answers Imiria "but ah am older than goat since she's only 3."

Back from vacation!

Garric takes the vial with the markings from the platform and puts in the loot pile. He will then search the other platform as well, collecting arrows and equipment. He will wait for daybreak and search the camp grounds extensively, searching Kressle's tent, the base of the trees, the fallen logs, etc.. Take 20!

Garrick you find about a dozen bear traps most in very poor condition. You find one however that has no rust or signs of wear.

In one tent under the sleeping pad you find.

A set of very nice thieves tools and a very nice flute.

"Imiria, you are good, but you are also very young to out on your own. How about we talk some more about it on the way back to Olegs?"

While in route:
"I'm not trying to trick you or belittle you. You are rather young to be out on your own. Plus you're missing a hand. You could stay around Svetlana and Oleg for a couple of years getting used to it. While doing that you can spend time getting to know the land better, keeping Svetlana busy - I bet she'd like having a kid around -, and we could use someone with your abilities around. In return, you earn money to purchase supplies. You'll need stuff to build a home, furnish it, and keep yourself going. What do you say?"

Eadric is again stunned when Imiria appears. His eyes well up as she sings her song and he feels the surge of healing energy mend his wound. When she finishes her song, Eadric embraces her in a hug before speaking in a quiet voice. Imiria! How is it that you have come to the bandit camp all by yourself? This is indeed not a place for a child, even one as obviously unique as yourself! I agree with the others, it would be best if you would return with us to Oleg's. Furthermore, it is my sincere hope that you might consider the idea of going to live with my parent's and sister in Restov.

Without waiting for her response, Eadric reaches down inside his shirt and retrieves the locket that belonged to Imirai's mother. Here child. This belongs to you now. You should have it! He removes the locket and offers it to her.

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Eadric strides over to Kressle's corpse and reaches down to examine her fingers. Apparently not finding what he was hoping to, he begins searching her body. Assuming he does not find a ring as none has been found by anyone else so far... After a few minutes looking and satisfied she does not possess the ring, Eadric walk over to where the bandits are tied up. I am looking for Svetlana's ring! Her wedding ring! Which of you know what Kressle has done with it?

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Speaking to the party members, Has anyone found any evidence of our missing companions?

Turning to the bandits, You there, I seek the whereabouts of missing friends! A young human man, a female halfling priestess, a ruggged older human man and an elven male. Tell me if you have met them and what became of them or where I might find them! Speak the truth and speak quickly or I will string you up for your crimes from yonder tree!

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Stag Lord eh? It seems that we have out work cut out for us. Looming over the bound bandits, Eadric growls, You are going to tell us everything you know about the Stag Lord! Where he is. How many more bandits he has with him! Everything! Do this and you might just avoid the fate you so richly deserve!

Spoken in Ellaria's direction, You had better get back to Oleg's as soon as you can. You are going to have to get busy building a stockade to hold all 'your' prisoners!

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Spying Obi Eadric offers, Stings a little doesn't it? with a wink. It looks like you are made of stern stuff little one! I would suggest not standing in the path of any more arrows in the future however! Leave that to me! as he laughs heartily.

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Garric! Torod! You have my thanks and blessings for all the good that you have done this night! It is an honor to have fought along side you! Obi and Ellaria! The same as always to you!

We should gather what we can and make for Oleg's. We can regroup and resupply before planning our next step! Garric, Torod, I would hope that you would consider staying on with us. At least for a while.

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What men have come to Oleg's Imiria? Soldiers?

Sorry for the lengthy and disjointed post, I have been really busy this last week and there are a lot of loose ends to deal with. I thought one post to get them all out there again would help organize and speed things up. My availability to post should increase dramatically this week. For those who aren't familiar with Eadric and his extensive verbiage? You have been warned! ;)

"I have felt worse Eadric, I assure you." Obi says quietly as a hand unconsciously adjusts his scarf.

"We should go soon."

"Thank you for the locket it is a treasure. I can find a place maybe closer to Oleg's but not there! The men name themselves as coming to help with bandits but they look as much like bandits as this lot here looks!"

Imiria points at the bandits emphasizing her words.

perception (use your roll already made)
DC 16

Sense motive (only if made perception check)

In eadric's questioning one of the bandits answers...

"Many dangers in this wood not all can be so easily blamed, equally a ring is a small thing to find in this wood."

"I have seen many a traveler and many that might be as those you describe, but I will not incriminate myself."

Another one of the bandits pipes in …

“Wye may not be for telling you a thing but just yesterday a couple of bags of loot
were stolen by a group of filthy mites—the annoying little bastards escaped with both bags, and likely taken it back to their hole under the old sycamore tree. I had not been wanting it back since it had a bunch of coppers and some cheap-looking trinkets.”

“It is hard keeping track of who’s part of this bandit brigade so we use a master phrase as a sort of password to get in to the fort on the northeast shore of the Tuskwater. Unless it’s been changed recently, the current phrase is, ‘By the
Bloody Bones of St. Gilmorg, who wants to know?’ And no, I have no idea who ‘St. Gilmorg’ is.”

“An the last thing I know is the Stag Lord keeps a strange old man locked up in the
basement. I suspect the old guy might actually be running things, with the Stag Lord as a puppet, you know. I got a look into the old guy’s eyes once, and it terrified me. He ain't someone I'd want to cross.”

"I have told you all that I know in hopes you remember when a time for punishment comes!"

Upon hearing Wye's evasion of his question regarding his missing comrades, Eadric's face flushes with anger. He storms over to the bound bandit, looming over him. Incriminate yourself?! I am past worrying about whether you are guilty or not! You have all already been found guilty of banditry by your presence here in this camp and your words and actions here this evening! There is nothing to be gained by denying your actions now. Denying your guilt will not assuage my desire to see your just punishment served upon you! The rights and powers vested in me by the charter which I now carry clearly spells out my duties in this matter! In fact, your words reinforce your position as unrepentant about your banditry! For this I am sworn to hang you or put you to the sword!

Eadric lets the last few words hang ominously in the air. His hand tightens upon his sword for greater effect.

Be it known however, that anyone who wishes a chance at mercy, need only answer my inquiry truthfully! Do any of you know what has become of those I seek?

In response to the other bandit Eadric remarks, Do you think it possible one of these bags may have contained Svetlana's ring?

The bandit looks at Eadric ...

"Who knows tha bag had little o value in it."

The party makes it's way back to Oleg's going at a slow pace for the bandits who are walking and for Imiria and goat to keep pace.

As you go......

"I am not sure why I am going back other than the gold and a chance to buy something for goat. .. I told you there are men there they are supposed to make the place safe from bandits, but I do not trust them at all....."

"They do not even stay at Oleg's they just set up a tent an sleep there... I watched them for awhile and practiced with my club a little..."

Imiria cracks a smile at that remark....

"Then I decided to leave, never been one to sit around...."

"That bandit said that those bottles were liquior of some sort, I always wanted to try some and besides I am thirsty!"

"Not to worry I can get one myself..."