Motteditor's Realm of the Fellknight Queen (Inactive)

Game Master motteditor

Koremar, you don't really see anything in the kitchen to tie up the satyr.

Kregimie, you're able to find your missing companions in the garden balcony where you entered.

With a saddened frown Koremar stabs the satyr in its heart. He just simply couldnt afford leaving such a capable enemy behind them in their quest to finish the Queen.

Coup de Grace

Kreg waves frantically at his companions in an effort to silently get their attention and usher them to join Koremar and himself.

Thunder Rolling moved to pick up his axe, then moved quietly to join Kreg and Koremar.

Abigail keeps her head down, feeling ashamed somewhat. She picks up her bow and places the cold iron arrows closer at hand in her quiver.

She pats Sacha behind the ears and nods, ready to go.

Map

With the group back together; Koremar was confident that they could finish their task.

Can you check these doors in the kitchen Kreg?

I thought we had seen something already in the area north of where Kreg is shown on the map but maybe not.

Kreg quietly moves to the two doors ahead to check for traps or locks.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33
Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35
Disable device: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30
Disable device: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37

None of the doors is trapped or locked. You can hear sounds of the orchestra you heard earlier from the door to the east.

There is also another set of double doors that weren't visible on the map. I assume you checked those as well.

Map

I say we go through the set of double doors on the west side. No log-jam to get through the door.

Koremar nods at the doors that Kreg is pointing at.

Looks good friend. Lets go.

Thunder Rolling took a firmer grip on his axe and then nodded his assent.

Abigail and Sacha stand ready.

The doors open into a large, round tower, stairs leading both up and down.

Map

Kreg inspects the stairs for any alarms or traps and stability. He then holds his ear up the stairs and listens for any sounds emanating down.

perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27

He then turns and whispers to his friends. "I suppose it's deal with the dancing creatures in the other room or sneak up on whatever is upstairs. What do you all think? I'd like to see what is up there."

"Upstairs is fine. Good defensive position. Limited space to run." Thunder Rolling sounds more than a little chagrined at his earlier performance.

Abigail feels the shame in her new friend's voice. It resonates with her own, cutting the words in her throat. Unable to speak, she simply nods in agreement.

Koremar follows along behind the eager gnome up the stairs.

The stairs lead upward to a third floor, where a single door sits in the east wall and double doors in the south wall.

From the southern doors, Kregimie hears the sound of footsteps.

1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32

Kreg moves behind Thunder as quietly as he can. "I hear footsteps!" he whispers to the group.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31

Abigail readies an arrow, her tension is felt by Sacha who stands ready to pounce on an intruder.

Koremar tightens his grip on Mai'Tahl and readies himself to face whatever is approaching.

After a few moments, nothing seems to happen. The footsteps appear to be moving away from the door -- possibly a patrol on the room on the other side (which if your recollection from entering is correct may have been another sort of balcony similar to the one you entered on).

Kreg hears the footsteps moving away. He turns to his friends and throws his shoulders up in a shrug.

Abigail nods and indicates to keep going.

Koremar indicates the single door and takes position facing the southern doors in case the patrol returned and surprised them.

"Here we go again!" Kreg thinks to himself. Slowing moving up the stairs as quietly as he can.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21
Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30 (+3 more for traps)

You guys already went up to the third floor. There're doors to the east and south, the latter of which is where you heard the sounds of the patrol. You didn't spot any traps on any of the doors.

Once Kreg gives the ok on the door Koremar eases the southern door open and peers inside.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Abigail shifts her fingers on the string of her bow, bringing a light tension to it. Sacha senses her focus and lowers its body.

South it is

Thunder Rolling hefts his axe and nods to Koremar to open the Southern doors. As soon as the door is open, he will charge any enemy that is visible.

Kreg peeks inside the door along with Koremor.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27

*sigh* I prod you all and then the message boards never showed that you posted. My apologies.

The door opens onto a wide parapet covered by a lattice roof of tangled limbs, vines and leaves. The battlements offer a commanding view of the courtyard and valley beyond the palace gates.

You can't see what was making the noise Kregimie heard earlier.

I gave you the full view of the balcony on the map but you can't actually see anything that's not immediately to the south as long as you're only peeking through the doors. Note that you're in the section to the right, which is the third floor. The section to the left is the second floor.

With no immediate threat visible; Koremar steps fully through the door with Mai'Tahl at the ready and his eyes ever vigilant.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Koremar, as you enter, you see four Spriggans about 45 feet away. They seem to notice you as well, and shout out an alarm.

Koremar is right in front of the door; everyone else is right behind them. Spriggans are 45 feet away.

Initiative:
Abigail: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Koremar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Kregimie: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Thunder: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Spriggans: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Abigail utters a short prayer to Erastil while touching Sacha's neck. Its pelt darkens somewhat as it stiffens.

Cast Barkskin on Sacha, +3 natural AC, duration is 70 min.

She then prepares her arrows, while Sacha gets ready to pounce at anyone coming through the door.

Ready Pounce:
claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22; 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 grab if hit ; 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28; 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 grab if hit ; 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23
rake: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21; 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
rake: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20; 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21; 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

"Koremar-friend, step aside!" Thunder hefted his axe and motioned for Koremar to give him a clear path. Then, he raised the axe and charged the nearest spriggan. The axe whistled through the air at the last minute and slammed into the creature.

At Thunder's urging; the elven magus sidesteps out of the way and moves forward towards the spriggans.

Move 30' and Ready an attack if any get within melee range.

Kreg moves up towards the Spriggans and braces his long spear in case any of them decide to charge.

Thunder charges the spriggans, his axe slamming into one of them, decapitating the creature in a single blow and drawing cries of outrage from the three remaining.

As Sacha guards the door and Kregimie and Koremar move closer, the remaining fey cluster around Thunder Rolling, attacking the Mwangi warrior. Two move to either side, slashing with deadly precision, though Thunder manages to shrug off their attempts to grab him. 25 hp total

The final spriggan steps back and gestures, and the copious vegetation surrounding Thunder seems to reach out and grab at him, ignoring the trio of fey. Entangle, Reflex save DC 10 (see spoilers)

At work, so no map.

Abigail signals Sacha to charge one of the two spriggans while she lets loose two arrows towards the other.

Rapid Shot and Point Blank Shot:
1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 271d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 181d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Pounce:
claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22; 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 grab if hit ; 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25; 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 grab if hit ; 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
rake: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18; 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
rake: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14; 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10; 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Snarling, the big mwangi lashed out again with his greataxe, sending it at the foes to either side. The axe ripped into his foes and then into the writhing vine around him as he struggled to remain free.

Kreg moves into position opposite Thunder and strikes out at the spriggan threatening his with his longspear.

Longspear: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11, damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 plus 1d6 ⇒ 1 acid damage, plus 4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 6, 4) = 19 sneak attack

@%#*!!!

Here's the map at the start of Round 1. Sorry it took so long -- my girlfriend surprised me by coming over, so I was in a rush while I was doing it. I don't have the entangle area shown, but it's a 40-foot radius spread centered on Thunder.

Thanks! It changes things a bit. Abigail would move forward to get in range, but not in the entangle. She would then only fire one arrow, and no point blank shot (-1 hit, -1 dam), so AC 26, Dam 7. Sacha probably won't be able to charge (plus the whole area is difficult terrain...), so no pounce, and a save needed: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 Ouch! Sacha doesn't make it to the spriggan (I needed a 2...) and is entangled for now. Move action to try to break free (str check): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 Ahah! Stuck again!!!

Sacha growls in anger as it gets snagged in a bad way by a stubborn thorn.

Koremar watched as the creepers seemed to swarm around the group and nimbly avoided them as he moved to flank Thunder on the north.

Reflex DC 10: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Coming up he slashed at the spriggan with his trusty long sword.

Mai'Tahl attack: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 2 = 15

Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Thunder slams the spriggan with the axe, but just misses with the backswing. 18 hp

Abigail's arrow hits the same fey 7 hp, but Sacha's quickly grabbed by the clinging plants and held fast.

At the same time, Kregimie and Koremar's attacks miss, with the latter being caught by the vines. Need a Reflex save from Kregimie

The two spriggans in combat dart back -- not hampered by the vines -- and all three suddenly grow, reaching almost 10 feet high, as they get ready for the continued assault.

Sacha tries to get out of the vines' grip and advance.

Str check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

It finally gets a chance to move and makes its way to the fight.

Move action for the check, move to get in melee with the spriggan farther from Thunder. Do I need another save?

Abigail, fires two arrows at the spriggan Sacha is moving towards.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 241d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 191d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

When you say "dart back", are they moving (and thus provoking AoOs)? Or are they taking 5' steps back? If 5' step, then Thunder will use his Step Up/Following Step/Step Up and Strike abilities to put a hit on the wounded one. Either way, the wounded one should get an AoO of 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27, damage 1d12 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

It's a 40-foot radius spread for the entangle, so basically the entire balcony except right near the door is under the spell's effects. So, yes, need another save, please.

They took a five-foot step, but your feat will allow you to follow and attack, which kills the fey. Two remain.

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Longspear: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24, damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 plus 1d6 ⇒ 1 acid damage, plus 4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 4, 3) = 15 sneak attack