Motteditor's Savage Tide (Inactive)

Game Master motteditor

Round 2, initiative 13 (or lower)
ac 17, touch 13, fleet-footed 14
cmd 17
hp 20/20
effects:

"Let Silvio through and Silvio will deal with this monstrosity", Silvio says impatiently as he tries to see a way past Sekathral to get to the wolf.

Delay initiative. Will act when there is a possiblity for Silvio to reach the wolf

Round 2, Init 21, HP 11/13, AC 16

Sekathral will attempt to vault over the wolf Acrobatics 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23 , land lightly on the other side and then stab it Attk 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 2 = 18 Dmg 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 1 + (3) = 9

Zstelian will delay and leave the opening to Silvio.

Round 2

Kyson delays.

Stupid wolf! What is a wolf even doing down here, underground?
Wait. Dargon called it a 'pup'.
A young wolf...that explains it...it's a *miner*.

Kyson titters gently to himself.

Sekathral vaults over the surprised wolf, slashing at it from behind and opening a vicious cut on its flank and causing it to roar in pain. 9 hp

As Dargon carefully, but ineffectually, cuts at the wolf, it growls wetly, but in Common, in return -- "Bah. Down, dwarf!" -- then snaps quickly before spinning to face Sekathral. Dang, that'd have been cooler if he'd hit and tripped Dargon.

Silvio manages to get close enough to attempt a sword thrust, but is hampered by the doorway.

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Talking wolf!?! Awesome.

Round 3

Kyson continues to delay.

"It's okay if you want to hit it, Dargon. Maybe then it will stop biting."

Round 3, Init 21, HP 11/13, AC 16 (20)

Sekathral concentrates solely on defending himself (taking total defence, so +4 to AC for this round) , backing up into the room as he does so in an attempt to let his companions in.

Round 3, Init 20
HP 22/22
AC 17 (25), touch 16 (20), flat-footed 14 (18), (Mage Armor Potion, full defensive)
Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +6
CMD 21 (25)

"It's a talking dog!" Dargon exclaims. Then looking over his shoulder for a second to Zstelian, "You seem to have a way with animals, maybe you can reason with it. Let him know we'll help free him if he let's us."

Dargon takes a full defensive this round with the hope that Zstelian can reason with the wolf.

Zstelian notes the wolf's aggressive posture.

"I think it's a bit late for that. You're going to have to put it down", the Varisian says.

Zstelian continues to delay.

Round 3, initiative 13
ac 17, touch 13, fleet-footed 14
cmd 17
hp 17/20
effects:

"Ha, so the big dog can talk! Perhaps it can reason to. The dog should yield unless it wants to crown the mantle piece of Silvio's future manor!", Silvio commands the wolf and makes a few thrusts in the air to show of his skill and emphasize his threat.

Standard action to try and intimidate the wolf: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15 vs 10 + wolf CR + wolf wis mod to make the wolf shaken, if i remember my mechanics correctly (although i think i'll take a -4 penalty if the wolf is larger than me).

round 3; Init 5

"Ha, so the big dog can talk! Perhaps it can reason to. The dog should yield unless it wants to crown the mantle piece of Silvio's future manor!", Silvio commands the wolf and makes a few thrusts in the air to show of his skill and emphasize his threat.

Khaz shakes off her shock at the talking wolf, growling back to emphasize Silvio's point:

" Best to listen to Silvio, pup, or warm the inside of my next pair of footwear!

To Aid Silvio's Intimidation check 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

of course, that would work better if I could roll something above 5.

As Sekathral and Dargon back off, the wolf spins and snaps at the dwarf again, seeming to ignore the elf in favor of keeping its advantageous location.

"Grrr," it growls in frustration as it's unable to connect with its foe, then seeming to hunch in a little on itself at Silvio's threats before howling again, a noise that continues to echo through the chambers.

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Round 4, Init 21, HP 13/13, AC 16

"Oh, just stab the bloody thing before its mates turn up!"

Sekathral attempts to lead by example.

Attk 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 2 = 24 Dmg 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (5) = 8

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 Perception

"Uhm...guy. GUYS!? Uhm...there might be people coming from this way. Uh..."

Is Kyson in back? He might be.

Sorry, we've got to get an official marching order for when you're all in single file. At this point, I'm assuming Sekathral's in the room. Dargon's in front, fighting the wolf, with Silvio next. Then it's actually probably Kyson in the northwest corner (since he shot the fireball earlier), Zstelian and Khazmia in the little square south of D14.

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"Uhm...guy. GUYS!? Uhm...there might be people coming from this way. Uh..."

"What? Where?Where?"

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 18

Turning to face the new threat, Khaz concentrates, summoning her dwindling memories of the sand at sunset.

Trusting Kyson's self preservation instincts, Khaz readies to color spray any people coming up behind them.

"Look out, Khaz!"

Kyson, seeing Khaz in harms way, moves to stand in front of her, his shield up.

Take total defense.

This was probably a bad idea.

"Kyson! what in the swirling sands are you doing???What? Where are they? Where?"

Stepping 5 feet up and to the side, Khaz spins wildly from side to side, looking for the likely target.

Round 4, Init 21, HP 13/13, AC 16

"Oh, just stab the bloody thing before its mates turn up!"

Sekathral attempts to lead by example.

Attk 1d20+5+2 Dmg 1d6+1 + 1d6

Round 3, Init 20

"Right you are elf!" Dargon agrees as he sends out a pair of uppercuts.

1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 2 = 15
1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 2 = 20
1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Sekathral and Dargon close again with the wolf, taking advantage of their positions around it to land vicious cuts. 15 hp from two hits; 24 total

The wolf, badly injured, spins again, snapping at Sekathral. "I may day here, but I'll go out with elf meat on my tongue!" 9 hp damage The creature almost manages to trip you as well, but you manage to keep your feet.

Behind the group, three Lotus Dragons run into the hall, the one in front firing his hand crossbow at Khazmia. The bolt painfully slams into the half-orc sorceress's shoulder 4 hp but doesn't distract her from her spell, which sends forth a splash of color down the halls. The first two thieves, caught in the blast, drop unconscious.

Zstelian rushes forward to deal with the last man standing, cutting him down with a swipe of his falchion, as Dargon finally puts down the wolf. He was all but dead so I just did the top of Round 5 myself; Sekathral missed with is attack before Dargon hit.

HP 2/13

"If I had a choice, I'd rather die of natural causes in a bath of whisky with two gold-medal Kyonin harlots, not being chewed up by a sodding talking dog. I'll give you elf-meat, you fleabag"

He kicks the dead wolf, then turns to Zstelian.

"Give us a blast of that wand, mate. I'm nearly for it here. If anybody wants me to finish off the pipsqueaks Khaz put to sleep, fine, then you'll have to excuse me for a brace of ticks, 'cause I'm going to pee in this thing's eye before we go"

Zstelian wipes his blade clean first before drawing the wand and approaching the elf.

"Anyone else hurt?"

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"Anyone else hurt?"

"N-n-not nearly as bad as I could have been, " Khaz shoots a bemused but grateful glance at Kyson. "Thanks."

Leaning against the wall, she continues, "But yes, Zstelian, could you..." Her voice trails off as she takes in the blood upon what had once been her favorite scarf.

Kyson moves to tend to Khaz's wound, his hands trying to delicately extract the bolt while Zstelian heal with the wand.

"Why didn't stay behind me? It should have been me who was hit."

What am I saying? Are you stupid? Shuddap.

Kyson looks at the wound and smiles.

"Nope, you'll be fine. Unlike those guys," Kyson looks at the stunned guys on the ground.

"Does anyone know how that wolf could talk? Maybe it was a princess trapped into a wolf's body or something. Maybe a pretty princess?"

Wand of CLW: 19/50 charges left.

Kyson moves to tend to Khaz's wound, his hands trying to delicately extract the bolt while Zstelian heal with the wand.

"Why didn't stay behind me? It should have been me who was hit."

Kyson looks at the wound and smiles.
"Nope, you'll be fine. Unlike those guys," Kyson looks at the stunned guys on the ground.

" You were blocking my view" she says through a whimper as the bolt is pulled clear. "I didn't want to catch you in the color spray."

Khaz flashes a smile and a relieved "Thank you" to Zstelian and Kyson, but grows quietly as he continues.

"Does anyone know how that wolf could talk? Maybe it was a princess trapped into a wolf's body or something. Maybe a pretty princess?"

"*That* was no princess!" Stepping delicately around the carnage, Khaz moves out of the area of conflict, muttering to herself. Harrumph! Kyson wouldn't know a princess if she *bit* him!

"Whatever it was, it'd sure make fer a warm cloak," Dargon says as he eyes it up and down trying to figure how much of the worg's hide could be salvaged.

"'Fore you piss in 'is eyes, put 'em out of our misery." Dargon responds to Sekathral as he points to the unconscious Lotus Dragons.

Sekathral shrugs. "Alright, or I can just tie 'em up and take the sharp things away from them. I don't care."

"Does anyone know how that wolf could talk? Maybe it was a princess trapped into a wolf's body or something. Maybe a pretty princess?"

"Try kissing it and see what happens, mate. Hurry up, though, 'cause I'm bursting. Same goes for you if you want to skin the thing, Dargon"

Zstelian ponders Kyson's question.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

"I'm not sure. It just looks like a big wolf to me, but you all say you could understand it? Strange", the Varisian comments.

Brandishing the wand again, Zstelian tends to the sorceress's wounds.

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

18/50 charges left

Please feel free to continue deciding what happens with the two unconscious men, but I figured I'd move you on as well.

The door on the other side of the room with the wolf leads to more twisting halls. The first door you arrive at opens into a small chamber with a a pair of candles lying on the floor; a chair stands upright on one side of the room, while another lies on the ground a few feet away.

The hallway also continues around that room to the north, ending in a door. Sorry; don't have a map while at work. You can basically backtrack or there's one way to move forward.

"Why didn't stay behind me? It should have been me who was hit."

"Haha! Some of Silvio's heroism has rubbed off on the boy. Placing yourself forth to protect the lovely Khazima. Silvio predicts a bright future for you", the chelaxian announces with joyous laughter.

He looks at the two men lying at the partys feet. "We tie these up, continue to explore the dungeon then come back to collect them for the local law enforcers, right?" Silvio assumes.

I think tieing up rather than slaying in cold blood might be a better idea - I'm going to do that unless anyone else wants to, taking 20 on the roll... After that, I suppose we'll be at the door Motte mentioned above unless anything happens inbetween

I think tieing up rather than slaying in cold blood might be a better idea - I'm going to do that unless anyone else wants to, taking 20 on the roll... After that, I suppose we'll be at the door Motte mentioned above unless anything happens inbetween

sounds like a plan. Khaz stays outside of the area until Sekathral's done doing whatever it is he was going to do to whoever it was he was going to do it to.

Dargon doesn't think that they have anymore right to live than the guy who didn't fall alseep. But being asleep means they don't have the chance to yield so Dargon's ok with tying them up.

"Do what ya want wit' da beast. I'm no good at skinnin' an' don't care ta carry da hide 'round down 'ere anyway. Dargon answers Sekathral.

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Once that's done Dargon says, "Let's move."

Kyson abashes at Silvio's praise.

"Uhm...I didn't mean to. She might have been hurt worse, I think." Kyson looks at the dazed men that Sekathral is 'tending' to. "Seems like she can handle herself..." Kyson's eyes go to the wound right above Khaz', uhm, boobies, and quickly takes his eyes away. "I didn't block that bolt though. Sorry."

I wish that had hit my shield.

When Seka finishes with the men, Kyson will look for any missed valuables on them before following the party to the next area.

Kyson abashes at Silvio's praise.

"Uhm...I didn't mean to. She might have been hurt worse, I think."

"There is no need to play humble, my friend. It is not unusual to become inspired by the heroics of Silvio and strive towards similar feats. Of course there is but one Silvio, but there is no shame in taking second place", Silvio tells the young cleric and finishes with an approving slap on the back before turning his attention elsewhere.

"Perhaps our friend the taxidermist can turn it into a fine trophy. Leave it here with the defeated and we can deal with both issues later. But until then Silvio belives there is still things that require Silvio's attention in these halls", the chelaxian says to Dargon and moves towards the unexplored regions of the dungeon.

Moving forward, open the door

Kyson, the men each have a rapier, hand crossbow, 10 bolts, thieves' tools and 10 gp.

As Silvio opens the door, a half dozen small bolts come flying from a group hiding behind a table that's been turned on its side. Half of them hit the cocky Chelaxian in the torso, sending blood flying. 14 hp

Zstelian surges forward and slams the offending door shut.

He quickly retrives the wand again.

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

15/50 charges

"Let's not do that again", the Varisian suggests.

"Did anyone see what shot those?" Kaz says, moving to help hold the door closed.

Perception 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Is there anything large nearby we could hold in front of us as a shield (not Silvio), then charge into the room?

OUCH!

Silvio looks more surprised than anything else as he sags to the floor from barrage of bolts. Fortunetly he is quickly up on his feet thanks to the fast reactions of Zstelian. Just enough healing to get me back to 20 :)

"It is no surprise that the corwards need to resort to such bastardly tactics when confronted with Silvio", he says then takes a breather before continueing. "Do you have some kind of magic trick to conceal our entry or perhaps disorient the cowards hiding inside?" Silvio asks Khazmia.

Round S, Init X
HP 22/22
AC 17 (21), touch 16, flat-footed 14 (18), (Mage Armor Potion)
Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +6
CMD 21

We wait a sec and if they don't come banging down the door...

Dargon looks to the patched up Silvio, "I'ma go draw their fire, ya charge in after."

Right before Dargon goes charging in, he looks to the half-orc, "Khazmia, if ya got any more tricks to keep 'em busy, don't be shy."

As Dargon enters the room he makes his way to his left, if possible, to make room for the others, and shouts out, "Cowards!" Deflect Arrows!!!

"I've got one of these..."

Sekathral displays his remaining thunderstone to Dargon.

"Want me to bung this in when you go for them?"

Unless instructed to the contrary (and assuming the Dragons don't come after us), Sekathral will throw the thunderstone at the party's foes as soon as Dargon makes his move

"I've got one of these..."

Sekathral displays his remaining thunderstone to Dargon.

"Want me to bung this in when you go for them?"

Unless instructed to the contrary (and assuming the Dragons don't come after us), Sekathral will throw the thunderstone at the party's foes as soon as Dargon makes his move

Dargon nodes to Sekathral in agreement.

"Wait, Dargon!" Kyson shouts urgently before lowering his voice. "Uhm, wait. Hold on."

Holding his holy symbol before him, Kyson casts Shield of Faith on Dargon. +2 deflection bonus to AC for 2 minutes.

Kyson nods and gets out of the lines of fire.

"Okay, Dargon...you're ready now."

Brave. Sarenrae bless him. Bless all of us.

"I can try," Khaz readies to cast a color spray through the door when it opens, preferably before anyone else goes in.

Seka/Khaz/Dargon?

Initiative:
Dargon: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Khazmia: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Kyson: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Sekathral: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Silvio: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Zstelian: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Locust Dragons: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

After Kyson bestows Sarenrae's blessing on Dargon, the dwarf opens the door. Before Sekathral or Khazmia has a chance to react, the bolts fly, but Dargon's able to deflect the only one that flies true.

Moments later, Sekathral throws the thunderstone and Khazmia casts her spell. Three of the Dragons cry out at the loud bang, two of them then falling unconscious at Khazmia's spell. Leaving four thieves still conscious, one of them deaf.

I think we'll call that a suprise round, leaving us at the start of Round 1, with Dargon standing right in front of the door. Also, thanks to the various held actions in the surprise round, Initiative order will be the rogues, Dargon, Sekathral, Khazmia, Kyson, Zstelian, Silvio.

Round 1, Init 12, HP 13/13, AC 16

Sekathral will wait until Dargon has engaged the rogues, then tumble into a flanking position Acrobatics 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 and attack Attk 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 2 = 13 Dmg 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (1) = 3

If this isn't possible (for any reason), I'll have to think again...

Round 1, Init 18
HP 22/22
AC 17 (23), touch 16, flat-footed 14 (20), (Mage Armor Potion, Shield of Faith +2)
Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +6
CMD 21

Dargon moves up and attacks one of the thieves with an overhead chop from his handax, keeping his other hand free to deflect the next barrage of arrows.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Round 1, Init 24

Kyson uncovers his eyes slowly, peeking through his fingers to see how dead Dargon is.

Oh, he's less dead than I thought he would be. Good for him. Probably Sarenrae's work. Good for her too!

Kyson will take total defense.

I'll get in there next turn. Definitely. After its safe.