Kingmaker: The Varnhold Vanishing (Inactive)

Game Master wehrpig

My actual action got missed. In the excitement of figuring out the AoO, I'm still get to attack on my turn before it can withdraw

To hit: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Damage: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (6, 6) + 13 = 25

Connor is able to strike the troll dead before it is able to get away.

"Well, that was easy... but I suppose there are more than two in here." Seres climbs down from above the archway and checks over the bodies of the two trolls.

"Burn them." Connor orders before going to retrieve Cinder.

"I need flint and steel," says Veronica. "Anyone?"

Ezekial fishes in his belt pouch for a moment before offering Veronica the requested items. Thought you were a about nature and survival. he adds with a wry smile as he sheaths a kukri and pulls a throwing knife and eyes the stairs.

Connor said burn "them" but I think there is only one down troll here.

We killed two. You dropped the first one, I killed the second.

Seeing the last troll drop Larisa dismisses her bane as she reloads. "I don't suppose you want to do some scouting Zeke?" She says, walking into the center of the room and taking a look down the corridors.

You find nothing of value on the trolls. Veronica is able to use the flint and steel to ignite the second troll. Connor carefully leads Cinder up the path and into the keep. Larisa finds stairs leading up from both passages.

"Always go left," Seres says, pointing with his gauntleted hand to the south.

"Wasn't there an alchemist at New Hope who wanted a waterskin of Troll's blood?" Larsia says as she watches the trolls burn.

"No shortage here," says Veronica to her friend with a wry grin.

To Zeke she adds, "Thanks - could have sworn I had a kit; must've misplaced it when I repacked."

On it.Zeke bends to the troll and, knife in hand fills a waterskin with the blood. Now this won't regrow to an entire troll will it?

"Gods, I hope not," Connor looks at the troll blood askance as he leads Cinder into the area.

Ceiling height?

Instructing Cinder to defend where she is, Connor picks up his lance in both hands ands starts up the southern stairs

Ceiling heights are 12'.

A wide flight of stone stairs leads up to a circular chamber with a high ceiling. A foul stench fills the air, emanating from the layers of filth caked on the floor. A stairwell winds up the chamber walls to an open trap door in the ceiling - as you enter a troll drops down through the hatch and growls at you. From the western stair you suddenly hear the echo of baying hounds.

Initiatives and first round actions please.

Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Seres clings to the walls as he moves into the room. Hearing the hounds, he casts a spell...

DM, is there enough "natural" growth here for an entangle spell? If so, cast it on the western stairs. If not, cast and hold sleep, targeting any hounds when they appear.

Init: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Larisa trains her weapon down the western corridor, finger on the trigger.
Hold action to fire on the first hostile I see
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Init: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Ezekial steps for a clear shot then throws the dagger in his hand, hoping for a hit before the creature can react. After he pulls a second kukri.

Dagger vs flat footed AC?: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 151d4 + 5 + 3d8 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (5, 5, 2) = 20

Connor rushes forward up the stairs, "Dogs inbound near Cinder!"

Charge vs Troll: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 2 = 20
Damage: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (5, 1) + 13 = 19

Init: Larisa, Ezekial, Seres, Trolls, Connor, Veronica

Round 1

Larisa holds her action until she sees two large troll-like hounds loping down the stairs - she then fires, but her shot is wide.

Ezekial holds his action until the troll descends into his line of sight and then he launches a dagger that lodges deep in the troll's shoulder.

Not finding any vegetation for entanglement, Seres begins casting an enchantment on the incoming hounds.

The troll hounds race down the stairs and lunge at Cinder - one manages to sink its teeth into Cinder's flank (13 hp damage and make a DC 14 fort save.)

The troll drops down from the stairs and hammers Connor with a gigantic fist as it lands (10 hp damge).

Connor counter attacks and drives his lance through the troll's abdomen.

The two troll hounds collapse in a magical slumber as Seres' spell takes effect.

Veronica may take her first round action, Larisa, Ezekial and Seres may take their second round actions.

Seres moves along the wall and hangs from the ceiling above Zeke, firing an arrow at the troll fighting Connor.

Stag Lord's Bow: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 4 = 22; Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 3) + 6 = 15

"Well done Seres." Laris says as she reloads, shooting the troll fighting with Connor.
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Veronica slides over to give Zeke a quick brush of the power of good.

Touch of good on Zeke to give him a +3 sacred bonus on attack rolls, skill checks, ability checks, and saving throws for 1 round.

Are the stairs wide enough for Ezekial to move up and attack the troll? Could he stand beside Connor to his right? If he cannot get by he will try to tumble through the trolls square. Either way he will tumble to avoid an too and try to get behind the troll before attacking.

The knife master tumbles past the troll and ends up behind it, attacking in a flank with Connor.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 19 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 19 + 3 = 37

Kukri: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 11 + 2 + 3 = 301d4 + 5 + 3d8 ⇒ (1) + 5 + (1, 4, 4) = 15

The combined assault from Seres, Larisa and Ezekial bring the troll crashing down on the feces covered floor.

3200 XP

Once again, Veronica brings out the flint and tinder and works to scorch the troll.

"I need a torch or something so that I can keep fire handy for this," she says.

Connor passes Veronica a torch.

"What about the troll hounds?" Seres nods towards the sleeping beasts.

Are they dogs or something else?

"So, ahhh, what about those two?" Larisa says, looking at the two sleeping hounds, hefting her crossbow.

Allow me.

Coup de gras Damage: 2d4 + 10 + 3d8 ⇒ (4, 4) + 10 + (8, 8, 3) = 37 Fort save of 47 or die

Coup de gras Damage: 2d4 + 10 + 3d8 ⇒ (3, 2) + 10 + (6, 7, 8) = 36 Fort save of 46 or die

"They are not natural animals," says Veronica firmly.

I'm presuming that my amount of Knowledge (nature), taking 10, is sufficient to know that whatever they are, they do not qualify as "natural animals." :)

Ezekial quickly snuffs the life from the trollhounds. As they lay bleeding he notices that their wounds are starting to regenerate.

Veronica knows that trollhounds are more troll than hound.

Veronica quickly applies the torch and says, "Keep stabbing them until they're scorched! Otherwise they'll heal, even from mortal injuries."

As the trollhounds are extinguished she adds, "The troll styptic is in them... it makes them more like their masters and less like conventional hounds. My spells to talk to or control animals won't generally work on them."

"Lead on, brave knight," Seres implores Connor, after the troll and hounds are burning. He nocks another arrow and follows, crawling along the wall.

Larisa shoots Seres an envious look as he defies gravity, pulling her weapon into her shoulder as she advances behind Connor. "Right behind you boss."

"Let's not head up the spiral stairs. Seem awfully small for the trolls, eh? They must've commandeered this place from some one else. Anyone know the history on this keep?" Connor muses rhetorically as he gathers up Cinder, checks her wound and leads the party to the west, staying dismounted for now as they move across stairs.

Cinder Fort Save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

I could stealth up the spiral and take a quick look? Ezekial offers.

"Sure, be quick and don't be seen."

Kukri in one hand and throwing dagger in the other Zeke pads up the stairs listening as he goes..

Stealth: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28

Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26

Ezekial finds that the stairs along the wall lead up 100 feet to the sole room at the top of the tower. A trapdoor in the ceiling of the upper level leads to the tower’s roof, 30 feet above the hillside. The watch tower has a commanding view of the fort's approach.

Zeke takes a good look around before descending and rejoining the others.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Ezekial finds nothing of interest in the watch tower.

OK, back to the west then, per my earlier post?

We're on a Journey to the west then.

Dibs on Yulong!

Ascending the western stairs, you find a room with a large stone table that takes up the center of this large chamber. The chamber's walls are decorated with ancient carvings that have been defaced and vandalized with crude graffiti in several languages. A headless humanoid corpse lies atop the bloodstained table. The room has exits to the north and south.

Through the south hall you see a room with stacked boxes, barrels, crates, and bags that fill the stone chamber from floor to ceiling and line the crude wooden shelves along the walls. A rough hole gapes in the southern wall, leading deeper into the hillside. A booming voice echoes down the hall.

The north hall leads to a kennel of sorts. Three thick chains are bolted to the northern wall, and the floor is covered with bones, half-eaten rotting meat, and mounds of foul-smelling dung. Two chained troll dogs begin barking and howling as you come into view. As the troll hounds strain at their constraints, the chains rip free of the walls and the hounds charge towards you.

Initiatives please. You may take your first round action if you beat a 15. You may adjust your token position on Roll 20.

Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Init: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Init: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Ezekiel moves to the wall and readies to step and attack from surprise as the creatures enter the room.