Myrial, City of Rogues (Inactive)

Game Master Rynjin

You know a guy who knows a guy who can get you in contact with Shadowmaster.

Chimon gets in contact with the guy and asks him to ask the second guy to get him into contact with the Shadowmaster. "Requesting information regarding den of 'ophidian.'"

"I know of no snake-men in the city. Why are you bothering me with this?"

Presume they're secure channels. Say what you mean. =)

snake-men

Hence the ''s!

"Where does the 'Viper' live?"

"Where does the 'Viper' live?"

In a different campaign...

Ah, Viper. The assassin? He lives out of town, on a piece of empty farmland. 5000 acres, ruined by a battle about 50 years ago. Can't give you any more specifics than that, he moves around a bunch on that area. Coordinates included in this message.

Knowledge (geography)!: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15 and Knowledge (history): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

Chimon goes to an apothecary recommended by his aging supervisor. He purchases four bottles of an emerald green antitoxin.

He then regroups at Myrial headquarters. He informs the team that, "'Shadowmaster' believes 'Viper' lives somewhere on a forsaken ranch outside town. I thank Abadar that the priest of Torag does not also have an obtuse sobriquet."

Chimon doesn't know a whole lot except that it was the site of one of the deciding battles between the Chelaxian Empire's colonial force that founded Myrial, and the last of the indigenous people's that had settled here and were run out when the city was built. It was essentially the culmination of a 25 year genocide, the now extinct barbarian tribe's last stand. By the end of the battle, their forces had been slain to the last man, fields drenched in blood and rendered unusable.

"Well... Let's find him through more conventional means..." says Korak "But first! Let's find a way to deal with poison. Assassins aren't known for playing fair."

I suggest we split 750gp among ourselves to get a wand of delay poison. It's about 188gp each.

Anyway, after that... I take 10 on Survival to try and track the assassin (total 20 + Scent)

Or you could get the significantly cheaper Antitoxin.

I don't have 188 gp. Actually, I just noticed I only had enough for two bottles of antitoxin.

"Sorry, but I have already procured protection for myself. You three must find your own solutions."

Anti-Toxin is nice... But the wand of Delay Poison makes you basically immune to poison for 1 hours... It costs the same as 1 Anti-Toxins, though. :/

I've always thought delay poison was a pretty s!%!ty spell. But I can prepare it for you three this in-game afternoon if you want.

It's actually pretty good, as it makes you "immune" to poison for 1h per level. However, you probably have better spells to prepare, so don't worry. Thanks for the offer, anyway.

"Immune" until the duration ends, yeah. I guess we could use it to just delay your saves until Chimon can prepare lesser restoration, then have him spam it on you when you guys need to start rolling.

That's the basic idea... Which is why I added the quotation marks on the word "immune". But don't worry. We can make do with the anti-toxins.

Anyway... As much as I like Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Skull Girls, I really gotta go to bed now... See you guys later.

So, A graveyard?, pfff, hope there are no stupid undeads - How much money do we have after all?

"Well... The whole reason we are looking for the guy is because we suspect he is killing people and turning them into undead, so... I wouldn't have high hopes."

I have 428gp. Going to buy 2 anti-toxins.

Jo also buy 2 of those anti-toxins.

Ok then, but we sould go by day, some undeads don't like sunlight

"My thoughts as well. We can be there an hour before noon, canvas, and return before it gets dark."

Could my Knowledge (geography) roll turn up anything about the distance to this place?

It's about 10 miles outside of town. It'd take you about 3 and a half hours to get there walking, or faster if you rent a horse or something. About an hour and a half if you Hustle for an hour, or an hour and 15 if you Hustle on a horse

Chimon looks at the sun. "Maybe noon sharp. We'd best get moving."

We head there on foot, stopping to buy you guys antitoxins on the way?

Jo would walk if there is no money to rent the horses, but otherwise she would insist in going by horse. Walking if for poor people.

"Walking is healthy. It refines one's muscles, strengthens one's endurance. Horses perspire too much." Chimon sighs. "But if you insist, we will rent some."

Where are the bargain pony rentals around here?

You can buy one for 30 gp, so I'll say a gp a day for rental?

Chimon picks the least mangy pony and the most clean-looking riding saddle. He gives the stablemaster 12 silver pieces and mounts up.

"Come along, team. We ride to face the Viper!"

When the group reach the place Jo cast Armor on herself

Perception: 10 + 7 = 17 Stealth: 10 + 7 = 17

Chimon ties his pony up at the border. He leads the team into the center of Viper's land, then fishes his key out of his pocket. "Hold for a second. I wish to know if our snake has a burrow nearby."

Casting locate object to find poison (or a vial of poison, if that's too general).

Chimon doesn't detect anything.

However, given this area is nearly 8 square miles, that's not unexpected.

Korak is immune to fatigue, so I'm tempted to grab Chimon, carry him overhead and run as fast as possible to use him as a poison-detecting radar! LOL!

What is in the palce?

The area is about as expected, overgrown farmland, barren in places, with deep weeds in others, and a few scraggly trees. Further towards the center are the remains of some sort of orchard, a sickly looking pseudo-forest, bearing no fruit.

Korak si immune to fatigue, so I'm tempted to grab Chimon, carry him overhead and run as fast as possible to use him as a poison-detecting radar! lol.

Run's mechanics aren't based on fatigue as far as I know. But actually, if you guys kept your horses . . .

Chimon frowns. "I detect nothing yet. But Talryn, may I borrow your steed? Korat, follow after me." If the warrior agrees, Chimon climbs onto the horse, making a mental note to give Talryn a copper in recompense when he returns, and gallops off to the north.

A light horse can run for 17 rounds before it needs to make a Constitution check. Then to speed this up, here are the checks for Korak's and "my" horses.

"Now, this is going to sound weird but . . . would you carry me? Just as long as you can run, and then I will run as far as I can on my own."

To Talryn after seeing Korak carryng Chimon: If somebody ask, I don't know those two

1d100 ⇒ 32

The group finds no poison, and loses their dignity.

THere is the detect poison spell but it would take like forever

I was joking about carrying you, you know... -.-'. The spell only lasts 6 minutes, so it wouldn't make much of a difference in a 8 sq. mile area. ><'

"Yeah... No. I'm sure I can carry you, but... No. Just... No."

Besides, I don't think I'd be able to carry the whole party... And splitting the party is never a good idea.

I take 10 in Perception/Survival/Stealth... Total 22, 20 and 26, respectively.

I just wanted to find the guy . . .

Chimon nods and pats the tiefling's knee. "It's okay. We will find another way." He gets out one of his antitoxins and drinks it down.

"I doubt we can lure Viper into the open in daylight, all together like this. I propose that Talryn walks transects through the farmland. He should make copious noise. We three will follow sixty feet behind him, moving quietly and watching for sign of our quarry."

Take 10 in Perception and Stealth as before, for 17 and 17. Or if Talryn would rather Chimon be the bait, he can take off his armor and do a bit better.

I know. But a 0.4% chance isn't worth splitting the party. Korak is unlikely to accept carrying a grown man unless absolutely necessary (e.g.: if you fall unconscious or we if need to escape ASAP).

- - -

If Korak sees anything unusual, unnatural or otherwise suspicious as well if he detects any sign of intelligent life, he will drink his Anti-toxin.

"Now, I'm not the most cunning individual, but it'd be pretty suspicious to see a heavily armored man walking in your domain." He then pauses.

"I don't feel comfortable doing this..."

In no time at all, Talryn's armor mists into ash and disappears.

"...But any threat to the Mandrigal must be eliminated. I'll leave my weapons with you Korak. I can make do without them for a time."

Before departing, he spends a moment and focuses deeply.
Used a use of Reconfigure to drop Improved Armor for Spiked Carapace.

Without his armor, Talryn is a good deal less impressive and actually appears visibly weaker. Still, he walks confidently and looks about uninterestedly.

AC is 15 unarmored and unshielded. My Fort save is one lower as well.

So Talryn's leading the way? Everyone else roll Stealth if you're not taking 10.

Taking 10 for 22 in stealth

Talryn, do you want me to lead then? I'm more likely to draw attention to the stealth group.

Talryn, do you want me to lead then? I'm more likely to draw attention to the stealth group.

I can rearmor almost instantly and have a weapon ready in case something happens. I'm also a lot tougher even without armor so long as I don't go from 100% to dead. I can also get out of dodge easier without needing to cast a spell. No Chimon, rest easy. Talryn Ironflesh will not die today. Also your stealth is better than mine.

My Stealth is worse if you've got your armor off :U But okay.

Talryn goes tromping through the farmland.

It quickly becomes apparent that doing so unarmored is not the greatest idea.

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

2d8 + 5 ⇒ (4, 7) + 5 = 16

A nasty looking bear trap, larger than usual with wickedly curved teeth closes around Talryn's leg with a *SNAP*.

1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

It drips a nasty yellow looking poison into the wound when it closes.

1d2 ⇒ 1

Talryn takes 16 damage and 1 Dex damage.

How do you proceed? Your leg is caught in a bear trap. You need a DC 23 Disable Device check, DC 25 Escape Artist check, or DC 29 Strength check to get free.

Chimon quietly runs up to Talryn and tries to help him extricate himself.

Strength aid: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2 or Escape Artist aid: 1 + 12 = 13 +4 to Talryn's check if he uses Escape Artist

He closes most of the man's injuries with a wand.

Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 38

"Perhaps I should take the lead now, Talryn. I would not like to see you stuck in another one of these things."

Ouch... - Liberating command, +12 to the check.

"This...is...nothing." Talryn grits his teeth through the pain.

In reality however, I'm pretty f!!@ed. DC 29? Holy crap. Guess I'll try to escape artist.

Talryn tries to wiggle out.

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 3 + 4 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 4 + 12 = 30

Much appreciated Jo

"Lets just find where this guy lives and sack the place."

Talryn rearmors in a flash, but this time has accompanying spikes in various places.

"I've been poisoned by the way, but it shouldn't be a problem...yet."

Since 2 rounds have passed, two more rounds of poison.

1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

2d2 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

2 more Dex damage, for a total of 3 Dex damage.

Do you continue onward?