Kingmaker. Footsteps to the empty throne. (Inactive)

Game Master DBH

Yeah, push on. We can carry the pelts without much issue.

Johanna assist where she can.

Sounds good to me.

Moving east again. You recognize some of the landscape, this is where you found the barrow containing Darian's sword. The area seems to have gained new problems though, as a large group of Giant spiders swarm up to meet your approach.

Random: 1d100 ⇒ 19
Encounter: 1d100 ⇒ 33
Numbers: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7

What are you doing now?

New map up top.

”Wow...these lands seriously don’t let up, huh?” Darian says as he again inspires the group with his magic.
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Inspire Courage +2

Is this a new day? I figure we would have healed Josef to full before moving on again.

Init: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Johanna moves behind cover drawing her swords preparing to circle around as they approach.

As the wolves turn tail, Josef sits up, and looks down at his mauled leg before turning to Lisl. "I swear I am not doing this over and over again just to get some time with you." The laughter is heartfelt, even as he works his way back to fully vertical, which causes him to cut it short with a sharp intake of breath. "But I would REALLY appreciate some of your tender mercies about now."

He eventually works his way back up onto his horse, mumbling about needing another pair of pants . . ..

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"Great big spiders? Are you sure none of you gentle women don't have a fireball or something handy? Let me guess. These rip the doublet and shirt. I wonder how many outfits I should purchase this time . . .."

He dismounts and readies himself to receive another charge or three . . ..

"Maybe I should just give in and buy a really big suit of armor."

Yes, travelling took a day, so Josef is healed. Waiting for actions from Isabel & Lisl.

"It is the nature of untamed lands," says Lisl casually as she waves and grants Abadar's blessing.

Bless spell for the usual +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

Isabel drops motes of sunlight on the spiders - their eight eyes offering a multitude of targets.

Glitterdust. I think I can get 2, maybe 3 in?

Freya taps Fenrir with a wand, protecting her companion with the wand's enchantment.

"Hold steady, friend, let them come to us. No sense getting swarmed."

Mage Armor on Fenrir. Fenrir readied to bite the first spider that comes in range.

Readied Bite: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 24 (inspire, bless)
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8 (inspire)
Trip?: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 8 (inspire, bless)

Please give me the needed save for your spells.

Will save Orange: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Will save Purple: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Will save Yellow: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

Three spiders writhe in shock as they go blind.

The other three advance carefully towards the party.

What are you doing now?

Lisl moves up to stand near Freya and wait for the spiders' advance.

Readied shield bash, bless, inspired: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 23
Readied shield damage, inspired: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

UMD: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

Johanna prepares for combat drawing and using a charge of her wand to improve her abilities.

Darian steps up between Isabel and the advancing spiders, striking out at one as it advances.
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Readied Attack, Bless, IC: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 17

Isabel loads her crossbow, waits for one of the spiders to close and shoots! Her psychic abilities amplify the damage.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (4) + 5 = 11

Moving past Lisl, and readying to receive the spiders, Josef can't help himself. "Now, if I get knocked down hard again, this won't work if you're knocked down first. STAY BEHIND ME."

Spiders are vermin (even the really big ones), and vermin are mindless, so there's no point in trying to intimidate them, right? I think that's right . . .. Only 1 in range, anyway.

Readied Strike w/ Bless, IC: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 1 + 2 = 30
Damage w/ IC: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 = 11

Freya conjures a ball of ice and hurls it at the spider with a red-hue to its carapace. Meanwhile, Fenrir continues to hold his ground to guard his master.

Snowball: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 26 (inspire, bless, vs. touch AC) - potential crit!
Damage: 5d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 3, 6, 1, 1) + 2 = 19 (inspire)

Fenrir Bite (Readied): 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 27 (inspire, bless)
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6 (inspire)
Trip?[/dice: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 26 (inspire, bless)

Confirm Snowball?: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 23 (inspire, bless, vs. touch AC)
Extra Damage: 5d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6, 5, 1, 1) + 2 = 19 (inspire)

Well that happened.

Josef dashes forward and skewers one of the spiders fatally.

Freya makes one spider actually shatter with a well placed freezing snowball.

When Green skuttles forward Darian cuts it down.

Isabel wounds Blue.

Will save Orange: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
Will save Yellow: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Will save Purple: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

Yellow shakes off the Glitterdust and scurries forward.

Blue hurries towards the one who wounded it.

Double move to close for those two, so no attacks.

The party may now act.

Darian wheels his sword around and thrusts it deep into the spiders thorax! Once it falls, he takes off to intercept the next nearest one.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 26
Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 13

Johanna takes a double move forward getting in place to help Josef

Climb: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8

Lisl tries to clamber over the fallen tree to get into the front lines to aid Josef and Johanna, but slips and is unable to get over it.

The young bravo attempts to reposition himself to take better advantage of Johanna's assistance, before attempting to end the spider between them.

Acrobatics to avoid movement AoO: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 Maybe?

Dueling Sword w/ Bless, IC, Flank: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 32
Damage w/ IC: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 = 13

Darian finishes off Blue as it closes with Isabel. Swatting the pest as a good husband should.

Josef dances around Yellow and easily dispatches it.

The last two are still blind so they die. Fight over.

The spiders seem to have been busy devouring the corpse of an unknown, and unidentifiable adventurer, not enough of him is left to guess at his race or age.

Treasure:
MW leather armor.
Short sword + 1.
250gp.

Everything else is gone or destroyed by time.

What are you doing now?

You travel east again, hills loom in the distance, growing higher the further east they stretch, you turn and make your way south having reached the limit you had set on your easterly path.

As the afternoon draws closer to evening Freya feels uneasy, glancing around her eyes widen as she sees a Wyvern gliding towards the party from behind, riding silently on the winds to strike the party by surprise.

Currently you have two rounds to respond while the Wyvern is airborne. I will put the map up when you tell me what you are doing. You are in open country by a large range of hills. There is no cover around you, it looks as if the Wyvern was in the hills waiting for prey to enter his killing grounds.

And I will just say I hate you Freya!

"Hate me? Why?" Freya asks innocently.

"We have unfriendly company heading this way." Freya says, glancing toward the wyvern.

Reaching for her wand, she protects Fenrir. She then waits for the wyvern to be in range of her spell as she conjures a ball of ice to hurl in the direction of the creature.

Burning a charge off the Mage Armor wand. I need to think about getting another one of those sometime.

Readied Snowbal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 (vs. Touch AC, potentially other bonuses to be added based on actions from others)
Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 2, 1, 3) = 12

Darian reigns his horse around to see what Freya has spotted. He squints his eyes and looks to the sky, and he tightens his grip on the reigns as he watches it's approach.

"We cannot outrun it. We need to bring it down and keep it on the ground. Anyone have any suggestions? A net or something?"

He dismounts and works some magic in preparation...

If time allows, I will do the following preparations in order:
1) Mirror Image, 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 false images.
2) Inspire Courage, ready bow.
3) Allegro, maintain IC.
4) Fire shots with the bow until it is forced to ground or chooses to enter melee on its own. Then drop bow and draw sword.

"I should be able to blind it." Isabel offers. "Holding it in place is much harder though."

"Blinding it could be good enough, as long as we don't run out of arrows."

Josef readies his bow as he dismounts and gets a better view before loosing at the target.

Round 1, dismount fire 1 arrow.
Round 2, Iterative fire w/ IC

Rd1 Shot: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 -2 per 110' increment out
Rd1 Shot Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Rd2 Shot1 w/ IC: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 2 = 29 -2 per 110' increment out
Rd2 Shot1 Damage w/ IC: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 2 = 8

Rd2 Shot2 w/ IC: 1d20 + 9 - 5 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 5 + 2 = 14 -2 per 110' increment out
Rd2 Shot2 Damage w/ IC: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 2 = 10

Plus any other bonuses that get added after I posted but before I act.

Freya, I hate you because you were the only one to spot it. I would have had a free shot on one of the party!

It will be melee in two rounds.

Round one Johanna dismounts. Round two she fires her crossbow

Crossbow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Freya & Josef hit the creature with spell and arrows. Johanna's bolt skids off thick scales.

Waiting on Lisl & Isabel. It's round one action was to fly 60' closer to you.

Map up top

Round 1, hit it with glitterdust. Round two, load crossbow and wait for it to be within 30ft.

Isabel weaves sunlight around the creature, hoping to blind it!

Glitterdust. Will DC15 to avoid being blinded.

Darian will use his Round 3 action as described above to cast Allegro and draw his sword, while moving to protect his wifey-wife.

"All right, who's going to go fight it?" says Lisl.

Who wants to fly?

I think Josef’s the best candidate.

Will save: 1d1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Fly: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

THe Wyvern shrugs off Isabel's spell, but between that, the spells and arrows hurting it. It Fumbles it's flying and crashes into the ground in front of you with a screech of pain.

This is Round two, we will will take all your actions for that round as the situation has changed.

I went ahead and moved Johanna but I am waiting for Josef to 5' step and attack so I can have the flank. I will be taking an AoO planning on parrying and riposte if it attacks as I move around it.

Once Josef engages Johanna moves forward dropping her crossbow and drawing her blades to assist and help slay the beast.

Parry: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 11 + 2 = 28

Riposte: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10

Flank Attack: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 + (1, 6) = 15

Seeing an opportunity, Darian rushes forward and thrusts his blade towards the creature as it struggles on the ground!
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Move Diagonally up andnleft 2 squares, then forward to it and attack!
Attack, IC: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 2 = 18
Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 15

I'm working under the assumption that the snowball was my round 2 action.

"Fenrir, attack!" Freya yells as the wolf lopes toward the downed wyvern.

Bite: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 2 = 18 (inspire)
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 = 11 (inspire)

Since Josef is now the beneficiary of her fly spell, Lisl advances into the fray.

Shield bash attack, bless: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 = 12
Shield bash damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

I resisted commenting about giving Josef the Fly spell originally. It was going to be something about getting there faster so it can drop me sooner . . ..

Josef steps forward, dropping his bow and drawing his sword, then he waits to see if Johanna will close or use her crossbow again. After she closes with her blades, he also swings at the injured beast.

5', ready to attack when Johanna finishes building the flank

Dueling Sword w/ IC, Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 23
Slashing w/ IC: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6

In an obviously frustrated tone, Josef calls out a single word. "Lisl!"

Forgot Bless, so my Attack was a 19. Also, can someone move my token? I had described my movement ending where Fenrir is now, but I could also have went to the square to the left of the wolf.

The downed Wyvern is quickly and efficiently finished off with blades and fangs.

Looking around you can see no sign of any others of it's kind. It seemed to have chosen you as targets of opportunity after it saw you passing it's hilly lair.

What are you doing now?

"We should try and find its lair." Isabel suggests. "If its a parent I don't want a whole clutch of these things growing up to trouble us!"

”Agreed. We got lucky today. The next group of travelers may not be so fortunate...”

Survival: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Freya nods in agreement and begins to try and track the location of the wyvern's nest.

"Given the range these creatures can cover, the nest could be quite some distance from here."

Survival: 1d20 + 11 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 11 + (4) = 20 (free use of inspiration)

"Well, if we're going to start that kind of side trek, think we should harvest some meat, first?" Josef nudges the corpse meaningfully.

Lisl lowers her shield and quickly makes sure that the team was as lucky as Darian said - no injuries.

"Is wyvern edible? Or poisonous?" she asks.

"I don't much like the idea - regardless!" Isabel adds, looking nearly as green as the wyvern!

Knowledge (Arcana) - What do I know about wyverns?: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (13) + 9 + (5) = 27 (spending 1 inspiration)

"I would agree is there not better? Meat to hunt while out. I am fine with rations for now over that."