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Game Master Egoish

not as terrible as my roll apparently. :(

Swim: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0
Attack with masterwork throwing axe: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 23

Not sure what round we are in.

You had a readied shot from last round Maksim, so if you wish to you can shoot again.

Silva manages to land a solid blow on the second frog and more blood fills the water, Maksims arrow buries itself in the injured frogs hide but it seems to shake off the damage.

Yep. totally repulsed by being inside a creature.
Inside a frog, no one can hear you scream.

I'll go ahead and give her next slashing attemot
attack 1d20 ⇒ 13
damage 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

We're waiting on Egan at the moment, Maksim has another shot if he choses to take it. Then i'll do the frogs, and Andrej if he does not have time to post.

Was thinking the frog on the surface was dead.

Egan will fire his ready crossbow at the now visible target.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d8 ⇒ 8

Still not sure what round we are in.

Andrej stabs at it, trying to open it up.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Swim
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Crit confirm 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Egan and Maksim's attacks bounce harmlessly from the frogs thick hide but Andrej drives his dagger into its head finishing the creature off.

Silva tries to strike at the remaining from with his axe but find himself sinking as he lines up his strike, there is still no sign of Arielle though blood begins to fill the water.

swim 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

Confused by witch direction is up after freeing herself from the frogs stomach, Arielle fails to make it to the surface.

Everyone is up, earn those frogs legs!

Paladin of Erastil-2/ Init:+1, Perception:-1, AC:18/11/17, CMD:18, HP:20, Fort:6 (11 vs cold), Ref:3, Will:4

Swim: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (19) - 2 = 17
Attack with masterwork throwing axe: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 100

It only would post the rolls in preview. I copy and pasted the preview above. I keep having problems posting rolls in this game thread.

Egan loads and readies for a shot. Oh, and he continues to rant in Ignan, looking worried.

next swim check 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

Arielle is still having problems figuring out which way is up.

Silva bursts from the water and brings his axe down in a deadly arch, finishing off the last frog. Arielle however still does not appear from the murky waters.

swim again? 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (17) - 1 = 16

There we go, I was wondering how many times in a row I could manage to fail such an easy check.

Though there is a minor chance that Silva could drown before he reaches the shore i'm happy to skip the rolls.

"So, frog for dinner?" Anza says as Arielle pops up from the waters covered in blood and slime.

Gasping for air as her little head breaks the surface of the water, Arielle begins to paddle towards the shore.

As Egan begins to calm down his words revert back to common. He helps people out of the water casting healing on them as them come out. That was so brave Arielle. I wish I could swim, but this armor would pull me down like a rock.

Cure Light Wounds Andrej: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Cure Light Wounds Arielle: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Did Silva take damage?

After things calm down Egan gets to thinking that maybe the frogs had been successful in the past and some adventurer's gear could be lost on the bottom somewhere. He casts Detect Magic and checks out as much of the pond as he can manage from the shore and, since he is already somewhat wet, from wading in chest deep.

Down 8 HP

Silva helps lift Arielle out of the water as she swims to the shore. You young lady are a warrior. You have earned my respect. It takes courage and honor to sacrifice your safety with reckless abandon for the welfare of a companion. Silva bows to the gnome.

Arielle accepts the help out of the water.

"Maybe that was a little too brave of me? That frog swallowed me whole, like a normal one does a bug. It was so gross. I was inside of that things stomach and had to cut myself out."

Cure Light Wounds Silva: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Maksim, perhaps a channel to finish my attempt at healing? It swallowed you whole? Egan has to think about this for a moment.

Arielle nods with a look of extreme disgust upon her face.

"It grabbed me with its tongue and pulled me right in. I'm just lucky that frogs don't chew their food."

As the fight ends Maksim seems a bit shocked at all that happened. "At every turn there is some danger lurking, every day we see why this land remains wild. It will take some time and many hands to tame this land." At Egan request. "Of course Egan, glad to help."

Maksim channel Erastil's favor.
Channel healing 1d6 ⇒ 6 damage.
Channel positive energy:1 of 4 used.

Andrej, sits, still naked by the fire - trying to dry off.

A good nights sleep will see me right - You sure you are alright Arielle?.

Arielle turns to answer Andrej, notices he is still naked and looks down at her boots instead.

"Yeah, I'll be alright, Egan did a great job healing me up. Just need to clean up and dry off. Though I may have a nightmare later about being swallowed whole."

Arielle castes Prestidigitation upon herself to clean up and then takes off her boots and outer clothing. Hanging her stuff up to dry on some low-hanging branches, she gets her blanket to wrap around herself as she sits near the fire.

Andrej dresses and sharpens his dagger again.

You guys can take a swim now - I'll get dinner going in a minute, he says seemingly unperturbed.

Arielle looks out at the water.

"Do you think there are any more of those frog in there? I really don't want something trying to swallow me again."

Pretty sure you won't find two as big as that in there... curious why it wasn't cooked by the water though. Anyways its your call. I can play bait tomorrow morning if you want.

"Well, maybe, if you check the water first."

Andrej give a shrug and a nod and starts food preparation.

Maksim assists with camp duties keeping a wary eye on the water.

You spend the evening feasting on giant frog before setting watches. Anza suggests using this area as a camp while Arielle and herself map the area, resulting in you spending a couple of uneventful but pleasant days by the springs.

"We have this part mapped but i think there is some rain coming, do you want to march on through the rain or try and wait it out?" Anza asks over breakfast on the third day.

It is very pleasant here Anza, but I will pack up and ride in the rain if you recommend it.

"What kind of rain are we talking about? A light shower or heavy downpour with lots of lightening?"

"The air feels heavy so i'd say its going to come down, we sometimes get lightening in spring but i can't tell until the storm breaks." Anza looks unworried as she delivers her estimations, "I'll happily travel in it, just thought you might want to stay here another day or two and avoid the worst of it."

Egan looks at Arielle shyly and adds It would be very pleasant to stay here and relax.

Arielle smiles over at Egan. "I think so too, so I think I'll vote to wait out the storm here. Besides, running into any deep mud made by the storm is a bit more problematic for us on dogs than you big folks on your tall horses."

Lets avoid it - last storm we ran into was deadly. That snow was nearly the death of us all.

Tightening your ropes and stocking up on firewood takes up most of the day, securing your camp against the coming storm under Anza's guidance. Overnight the clouds gather and by mid morning it begins to rain in ernest, vision is reduced to less than ten feet as the storm grows and you end up spending most of the next two days in your tents.

The storm begins to settle on the third day, "Shall we strike camp in the morning and move out, we still have over 20 miles of wood between us and the boar and more mapping to do..."

Sorry finding the boards a bit slow to post on.

Maksim says, "With that done we best be off as soon as we can. Much still to be done. We need to get some more O'maps so the swordlords can't complain."

As you strike camp and prepare to set off Maksim finds some tracks heading to the south west, indistinct from the rain they are hard to place.

Knowledge nature dc 20.

know nature 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Arielle would have used the time stuck in the tent to double-check her maps, take some more lessons in Ignan from Egan and get to know him a bit better. Asking things like: Where is he from originally? Does he have family or a special someone awaiting his return?

Anyone else?

Looking over the tracks you cannot work out what made them, the soft ground has been churned up within 50ft of your camp but the prints are indistinct.

Completing breaking camp and packing to set off you head south and then east deeper into ancient forest, the trees here are huge and gnarled, light filters down from the heights as dim green glow and occasional shafts of sunlight break through where the forest has not yet rejoined over a deadfall.

For a day you travel with no idea how Arielle and Anza are keeping you on course, nevermind the mapping they are also doing. Then after one of her ranging Amza returns with her horse in a lather, "There are some ruins up ahead, and smoke from a fire."

Could be friendlies. Could be anything. We need to scout this.

"Yes we do, I'll try to see what's over there."

Maksim dismounts, tying off his horse's reins on a nearby tree. Sticking to cover as much as possible he tries to close to a range where he can see who are what is about the campfire, and maybe assess the ruins.

Stealth 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Perception 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

Erastil's favor seems to have returned.

Hey look. Someone switched out Maksim with a woodsman. :P