Kingmaker. Footsteps to the empty throne. (Inactive)

Game Master DBH

People, your actions?

Nothing until Darian signals he's about to charge, then cast Silence on him - which should protect him and everyone within 20ft from the Leu... things cries!

Bless as usual, magic weapon on Josef's dueling sword.

Josef pulls a potion the group gave him weeks ago (Shield of Faith), and drinks it before moving forward in front of Darian.

"Thank you, Lisl."

Puts him at AC22, T16, F19, CMD23+, because I haven't changed his armor numbers out yet for the Breastplate! D'oh! I should do that next, I guess.

You make your preparations, the two creatures circle the party, watching but not coming closer.

What are you doing?

Prepped for battle Johanna moves toward one of the creatures.

Double moved

Darian points his sword towards the other Leucrotta to his right. ”Josef, Lisl! Take that one while Johanna and I deal with this one!” before darting off in a blur! He rushes straight for the other Leucrotta and engages it, thrusting his sword into it’s side!
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Attack, IC, Bless, Charge, Allegro: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 29
Damage, IC, AS: 1d10 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 19

Someone please move my token. I am charging the one near Johanna, moving to the square off of its lower left corner.

As he speaks, Isabel hits her husband with a Silence spell, hopefully shielding him from the Leucrotta's vocal abilities.

Freya bids Fenrir to come with her as she attempts to deal with the yellow tinged creature by trying to blind it.

Fenrir, readied vs hostile approach. Glitterdust, Will Save DC 15

Readied Bite: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 23 (inspire, bless)
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7 (inspire)

Josef moves to close, but has significantly further to go than Darian did, so he can't easily get there for now. Since he expects the beast to cause trouble, the blade begins a defensive spin . . ..

single move, Full Defense (standard action) - AC26, T20, F19, CMD 27+.

"How far away does that vocal trick work? Anyone?"

"Roughly sixty feet." Freya says to Josef's question.

He sighs. "Great."

If you're within 20ft of Darian you can't hear anything when you speak :)

Yellow seeing the party moving with purpose charges at Josef

Freya's spell goes off as it closes.
Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Shrugging off the blindness it lunges at Josef with it's deadly bite.
Bite + charge: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 10 + 2 = 28
Damage + charge: 2d6 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (1, 1) + 7 + 2 = 11

Red wounded badly by Darian shrieks silently and turns to attack him.
Bite: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
hoof: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
hoof: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 My dice have betrayed me!!

The party may now act.

Darius moves to the far side of the creature, slashing at it twice with his blade.

5’ step down and right, Attack,
Attack, Allegro, IC, Bless: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 17
Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 19
Attack, Allegro, IC, Bless: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 10 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 14

Isabel closes and attempts to shoot the creature attacking Joseph.

Xbow: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 1 - 4 = 13 Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (2) + 2 = 6

"Fenrir, flank!" the Ulfen woman calls out and her faithful companion moves off to enter a flanking position with Josef.

Afterwords, Freya moves ever so closer and hurls a ball of conjured ice at the leucrotta.

Fenrir moves at 50, and as such has enough movement to get into position without drawing an AoO

Bite: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 29 (inspire, bless, flank)
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 = 10 (inspire)
Trip?: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 27 (inspire, bless, flank)

Snowball: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 + 1 - 4 = 8 (inspire, bless, firing into melee, vs. touch AC)
Damage: 5d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 6, 6, 2, 4) + 2 = 25 (inspire)

Well...at least Fenrir did his job...

"Gah! Why does everything need a taste of Josef?!? Back down you stupid lookie-whatever!"

Full attack
Dueling Sword w/ IC, Bless: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 32
Slashing, Magical w/ IC, MW: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 9

Iterative w/ IC, Bless: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 14
Slashing, Magical w/ IC, MW: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 15

Again. A 5 on attack and minimum damage on the one that actually hit! No wonder the Bard looks like a better combatant! <grin>

Defensive Parry puts AC @ AC23, T17, F20, CMD24+ vs melee until my next turn.

With unhurried but strangely quick movements Lisl moves to aid Josef against his large foe.

Shield bash: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 = 13

... or not.

Seems like everyone is being hammered by the RNG. It's not just me! :)

Josef gets a light cut in, his form wonderful, his damage less so.

Yellow shrieks in an oddly human voice as Fenrir darts in and tears at a leg so badly it tumbles to the ground.

Lisl & Freya are there as well.

Isabel misses.

Darian lands his second blow, again cutting deep.

Red tries again to rid its self of Darian
Bite: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
hoof: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
hoof: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 1) + 7 = 12

12 damage to Darian

Yellow struggles to it's feet.

AOO for Fenrir, Lisl & Josef

bite vs Josef: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20 Missing, even if it survives getting up. After all Fenrir is there. :)

The party may now act.

Darian cries out from the pain of the bite, but the silence spell from his wife prevents it from escaping his throat. He attempts to slash into its torso twice more...
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Attack, Allegro, IC, Bless: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 25
Damage, AS, IC: 1d10 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 17
Attack, Allegro, IC, Bless: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 22
Damage, AS, IC: 1d10 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 12

Fenrir continues to bite and tear at the leucrotta while Freya glances over her shoulder to see how things go with Darian and the other leucrotta. Seeing blood pour from the open wounds of the Baron, she begins to make her way over to him to see if she can help.

Fenrir AoO: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 20 (inspire, bless, flank, vs. prone AC)
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9 (inspire)

Bite: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 18 (inspire, bless, flank)
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8 (inspire)
Trip?: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 22 (inspire, bless, flank)

Sorry bad network issues at work yesterday so didn't get to post.

Round 2

Johanna moves up and stabs at one of the creatures.

Attack: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 14 + 1 + 2 = 31(Inspire, Bless)
Damage: 1d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 = 14(Inspire)

Round 3

Johanna steps to flank the creature. (This would put her off the map)

TWF Attack 1: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 35(Bless,Inspire,Flank)
TWF Attack 2: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 31(Bless,Inspire,Flank)

TWF Attack 1 Confirmation: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 32(Bless,Inspire,Flank)

Damage attack 1: 2d6 + 12 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 2) + 12 + 4 + (6, 5) = 31(Inspire,Sneak Attack)
Damage attack 1: 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 + (6, 1) = 17(Inspire,Sneak Attack)

Taking a quick swipe as the creature tries to regain its feet, Josef sees no reason to slow the attack unless the creature is vanquished first!

AoO
Dueling Sword w/ IC, Bless vs Prone: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 24
Slashing, Magical w/ IC, M: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 16

Next Round, Full attack
Dueling Sword w/ IC, Bless: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 26
Slashing, Magical w/ IC, M: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 9

Iterative w/ IC, Bless: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 24
Slashing, Magical w/ IC, M: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 16

Defensive Parry puts AC @ AC23, T17, F20, CMD24+ vs melee until my next turn.

With the initial surprise the party quickly overcomes the magical beasts. Darian cutting down Red, while Fenrir & Josef dispose of Yellow

It is easy enough to back track the creatures to their resting area, discovering some loot among the grisly remains of their previous victims.

Loot
Coins 66 gp, 248 sp, 230 cp
Gems
Rhodochrosite (10 gp)
Sard (55 gp)
Turquoise (11 gp)
Total value = 76 gp

Masterwork Items
Masterwork Lance (310 gp)
Masterwork Light Crossbow (335 gp)
Masterwork Longsword (315 gp)
Total value = 960 gp

Magic Items
Potion of Protection from Chaos (cr, 50 gp)
Scroll of Daze (cr, 12 gp 5 gp)
Scroll of Resistance (cr, 12 gp 5 sp)
Wand of Purify Food and Drink (cr, 375 gp)
Total value = 449 gp 5 sp

Total value 1578 gp 6 sp

What now?

Darian sheaths his sword and places a hand over his injured shoulder. He makes his way back to the others, asking ”Is everyone okay?”

Seeing that they are more or less fine, he sets to collecting the pelts from these creatures to add to the collection of furs they have acquired before leading the team to finish exploring this area and then making camp to continue their trek the next morning.

On to the next hex unless anyone has anything further to do here?

"Strange creatures. The land here is quite wild. It is good we continue to make it safe for people wishing to travel or visit."

On to the next hex I believe.

"Well that's one less danger we face in future." Isabel points out, determined to look on the bright side. "We should proceed, I don't want to leave Silverhold too long."

"Okay? Yeah, I guess. That's another shirt ruined, though."

Surely someone in our group has a Mending cantrip...lol!

Moving SE to Hex28. Then onto Hex27.

You cross the Little Sellen river and explore the area, finding nothing more than the usual wildlife.

Heading West you again have to cross the river, Johanna, Lisl & Freya all spot a cave, well hidden by the vegetation that overgrows the entrance. Making it very hard to see.

What are you doing now?

So looks like I get 2 nights worth of resting...so 12 HP back and full health once again!

Darian dismounts bear the cave the women point out. ”Good eyes, ladies! I never even noticed this behind all this brush...” He placed his shield sconce on his shield as well as retrieves one of his Sunrods. He looks to the others and asks ”Perhaps we should check it out? These wilds have proven dangerous enough...we shouldn’t risk too many dangerous predators to harm our people. I think it’s at least worth a look...”

"We should investigate it. For completeness in our mapping if nothing else." Isabel agrees. She's been keeping her cartographic efforts up to date as they travel, measuring, surveying and recording all manner of landmarks.

Freya nods.

"Agreed." she says as she, Fenrir, and Muninn approach the cave entrance.

Perception Freya: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
Perception Fenrir: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Perception Muninn: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Cave? I don't see a cave. What in the world are they talki . . .. Oh.

"Aren't caves usually used as dens by one hungry beast or another? We should take it carefully, and be ready to defend ourselves."

Josef will keep himself towards the front of the group, but not argue with letting the more observant women keeping the least obstructed view.

V1. Bloody Feathers
A dark, gaping hole yawns in the side of a large, rocky hillock.
Once past the concealing trees the earth in front of the cave has been trampled flat, and shattered trees and stumps bear the marks of powerful claws.
Tufts of dark fur are snagged in branches, and huge feathers litter the ground.

What are you doing now?

"Not sure what this may be besides big. Anyone else have a clue to what we are dealing with?"

”No idea...” Darian says quietly as he readies his sword and moves forward alongside Josef.

Take 10 on the Knowledge check

"Owlbear." Isabel says quietly. "We'd best be on the look-out. This is the sort of place they'd raise young and a nesting mother will be fiercely protective."

"Owlbear? I kind always figured those were a bad story made up to scare people. they really 7 feet tall with all the strength of a bear and the constant hunger of an owl?" He pulls his sword out and starts checking the edge.

"I wonder what happens when they fall off a cliff?" Lisl whispers idly. "Do they just flap their arms, thinking that they can fly?"

Hearing Lisl's comment Freya glances in her direction, at first she looks a bit annoyed but then grins and softly laughs at the mental image the comment provided.

”Lady Velson. Is there any chance that we can put this creature to use for the benefit of Silverhold? Or is it too large of a threat?” Darian asks as he moves slowly forward further into the cave.

The annoyed look returns to Freya's face, this time at the thought of being called "Lady Velson".

Knowledge (Arcana): 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 10 + (5) = 18 (spending 1 inspiration)

"If it is full grown owlbear, it would be difficult to train to any benefit and I would advise putting it down if that is the case...just as we did with the one the Stag Lord had captured. "

"As I remember things, that one was in a cage and couldn't fight back. I doubt this will be so easy."

"If there are any chicks though..." Isabel says, "Training them can be done I believe, and not with the Stag Lord's methods either."

V2. Midden
The cave mouth widens into a large cavern filthy with carrion and offal. A bewildering variety of molds and fungi grow on the floor and walls, some as big as a person, and countless insects scuttle about underfoot, feeding on the mounds of waste. A large tunnel slopes down to the south, with a similar opening to the north.

What are you doing now?

New map up top for this cave.

Johanna continues to move forward with the others ready to defend against the creature.

Getting closer to the mouth of the cave and seeing the potential size of the cave, Freya retrieves her wand and uses it on herself and Fenrir.

Using two charges from the Mage Armor Wand

The bravo moves forward, sword in constant motion. After the first step or so into the cave, he does express a desire, though. "Hey. Anybody got a light?"