Nightflier's A Hope Reborn - Midnight Campaign Setting

Game Master nightflier

Seeing the turtle come out of the water, she tries to identify it.

Knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Chilled by the creature's speed, Rÿarkaelin nevertheless didn't hesitate. She lunged forward, unfurling her whip and snapping it at the beast to distract it from the unfortunate gnome.

If Lantesh successfully rescues Eadfaas, Rÿar will try to distract one of the heads from a safe-ish distance. If not, she'll move in and attack with the whip.

whip attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7
whip damage (nonlethal): 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 Reach weapon

How far from the tunnel entrance to gnome and turtle? Therudrim was at the tunnel entrance to give delicious food to everyone.

One move action.

How close is Eadfaas to the Turtle (is he in a "threatened square?")? Can he move and/or use a spell-like ability without provoking an AOO? If he IS in a threatened square, can he execute a Withdraw action without provoking?

How close is Eadfaas to the Turtle (is he in a "threatened square?")? Can he move and/or use a spell-like ability without provoking an AOO? If he IS in a threatened square, can he execute a Withdraw action without provoking?

You can withdraw easily, using someone who is bigger (everyone?) as cover.

Chilled by the creature's speed, Rÿarkaelin nevertheless didn't hesitate. She lunged forward, unfurling her whip and snapping it at the beast to distract it from the unfortunate gnome.

If Lantesh successfully rescues Eadfaas, Rÿar will try to distract one of the heads from a safe-ish distance. If not, she'll move in and attack with the whip.

[dice=whip attack]1d20-1
[dice=whip damage (nonlethal)]1d3+2 Reach weapon

The whip lashes at the turtle, bus snaps harmlessly on its shell...

Seeing Eadfaas in danger, Alan wills his tired body to move, although slower than the rest, and stands in front of the creature, but outside his reach, trying to, at least attract its attention, if not stopping it.

Cha 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

"We mean you no harm, and I do know that you are not of Shadow. Please, let us just pass"

He slightly spreads his lowered arms trying to appear as calming and non-threatening as possible.

Hearing the splash Lantesh notices the source of the noise. Before he can react the mysterious creature apparently comes out of the water and moves toward the little one.

He instantly becomes focused and moves toward the turtle thing. He gets within attack range and claws at it.

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The bloody fool! He will get himself killed!!

Anwyn is shocked at hearing Alan's pleas. To the best of her (admittedly limited) knowledge, that beast was not intelligent. Still he has done stunts like this before...

Moving closer to the scene of the action, the obsidian blade balanced on her shoulder, she readies to summon her seldom-used eldritch powers against the turtle.

Ready action to fire Ray of Frost should it attack Alan or Lantesh.
Ranged touch: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 - 1 = 14
Damage: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Taking advantage of the distraction provided by the others, Eadfaas scrambled back, out of the big turtle's reach. Then, calling upon his people's connection to the animal world, he tried to communicate - wincing as Lantesh started swinging claws.

"Not Food! Eadfaas yelled at the giant turtle's nearest head, his voice magically enchanted to be understandable by the animal brain, "We not food! But we want to help find food for you! We want be friends!"

Speak With Animals, if possible. Eadfaas is thinking this thing might make a decent taxi, if he can keep it from eating them.

Hearing the splash Lantesh notices the source of the noise. Before he can react the mysterious creature apparently comes out of the water and moves toward the little one.

He instantly becomes focused and moves toward the turtle thing. He gets within attack range and claws at it.

[dice=Claw Attack]1d20+4

[dice=Damage]1d4+3

[dice=Claw Attack]1d20+4

[dice=Damage]1d4+3

I'm sorry, did I miss when you changed shapes? You need to use standard action to do so?

The ill-tempered monster ignores Alan's pleas and snaps at him with both heads.

Turtle: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 161d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Turtle: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 161d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Arcane blast leave Anwyn's fingers and strikes the two-headed turtle with such strength that the beast stumbles and its shell crackles and becomes covered with frost.

Reflex Save: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Lantesh's claws scratch the surface of turtle's shell, leaving deep marks in the golden-green pattern, but it seems that the monster is not harmed.

A Channeler? Or was that fey magic? If she is one of the gifted, she may be of far greater importance to the resistance than the rest of the group... I'll have to watch and see, and perhaps do what I can to watch over her if she is truly empowered so.

As for the monster... don't want to get too close just yet.

Taemon'dow scoops down low, near the entrance of the cave tunnel, where he is still standing. He picks up a couple of good sized rocks, and taking a step or two forward, lobs one at the turtle's closest head.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 Don't know if rocks count as improvised weapons or not. Apply the necessary minus if they are.
Damage: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 41d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 Don't know what damage should be for a big rock, so take the one you like better.

In order to allow you more freedom in describing what you're doing in your posts, the turtle has AC 20 and 18 hp. Currently it has 11, after Anwyn dealt it damage.

Taemon's rocks bounce of turtle's shell quite harmlessly.

As turtle's beaks rip through his flesh, he groans, but the the thought that springs in his mind through the pain is "Better me than the gnome, he doesn't look like he could have taken that attack and lived"

He stumbles backwards as the others attack the beast, stopping by Anwyn, eyeing the blade on her shoulder, realizing that the strongest weapon that they have is probably not going to be used by anyone unless he tries to wield it. But, the pain in his tired body tells him that he should go back into the fray only if the others start failing.

Yardiff Bey shakes his head at both the gnome and Alan's foolhardy bravery.

He follows his training and seeks the shadows away from the turtle, aiming to come up on its flank.

Stealth 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Seeing the human taking a bite from the large two-headed turtle, she quickly moves to stand behind the group at the turtle searching for one who has taken serious damage to heal.

Therudrim: I originally read your entry as if you meant "the human took a bite out of the turtle." Haha! Now THERE'S an unusual image! ;)

Hearing Alan claim that the creature was not Shadow-spawned, Rÿarkaelin gave him a look of disbelief. However, whatever it was, it was clearly hungry. She backed away with her nearly-useless whip, waiting to see if it would follow or perhaps be tamed by the skills the rest of the group brought to bear. If Alan spoke true, and the twisted creature somehow wasn't of the Shadow, it might prove a valuable ally against pursuit if nothing else... if, at the end of their encounter, both parties remained alive.

Rÿar withdraws, and looks around for something a turtle might be hungry for (a giant two-headed lettuce?): Knowledge:nature: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 or Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Therudrim: I originally read your entry as if you meant "the human took a bite out of the turtle." Haha! Now THERE'S an unusual image! ;)

I did the same thing. Grammatically, it could be correctly interpreted that way. English is a stupid language.

GM: Is it a new round yet, or are we still waiting on anyone?

Sorry. I had to work yesterday far longer than expected. It's new round.

Any reaction to Eadfaas' Speak With Animals ability (even a clear knowledge that the ability did or didn't work)? Or to Ryar's search for food?

Sorry. I'm swamped with work, so I forget to post some things. The turtle is not an animal but rather Magical Beast so the ability won't work. I'm gonna post more on that tomorrow, as well as a response to Ryar's rolls.

Thanks for the update. Once everything from the first round is resolved I will post my next action.

No worries at all! I'll echo Lantesh - thanks for the update, and I'll post Eadfaas once the first round is resolved.

Taking advantage of the distraction provided by the others, Eadfaas scrambled back, out of the big turtle's reach. Then, calling upon his people's connection to the animal world, he tried to communicate - wincing as Lantesh started swinging claws.

"Not Food! Eadfaas yelled at the giant turtle's nearest head, his voice magically enchanted to be understandable by the animal brain, "We not food! But we want to help find food for you! We want be friends!"

Speak With Animals, if possible. Eadfaas is thinking this thing might make a decent taxi, if he can keep it from eating them.

Eadfaas tries to communicate with the beast, but his attempt hits a wall of non-understanding. It seems that the beast is far from natural animal.

Therudrim: I originally read your entry as if you meant "the human took a bite out of the turtle." Haha! Now THERE'S an unusual image! ;)

Hearing Alan claim that the creature was not Shadow-spawned, Rÿarkaelin gave him a look of disbelief. However, whatever it was, it was clearly hungry. She backed away with her nearly-useless whip, waiting to see if it would follow or perhaps be tamed by the skills the rest of the group brought to bear. If Alan spoke true, and the twisted creature somehow wasn't of the Shadow, it might prove a valuable ally against pursuit if nothing else... if, at the end of their encounter, both parties remained alive.

Rÿar withdraws, and looks around for something a turtle might be hungry for (a giant two-headed lettuce?): [dice=Knowledge:nature]1d20+7 or [dice=Perception]1d20+12

I think that does if for the 1st round.

"I think it is defending its territory - if we back away, it may not follow," Rÿarkaelin called to the others, suiting words to action. "Perhaps if we were to distract it with food and approach the island on the far side from where it was eating, it might not notice our intrusion. Then we would have at least a warning system should anything pursue us, though if nothing does, we might have trouble getting off the island again."

She gestured with some distaste at the surrounding Bog. "There is plenty here that might serve as food to tempt such a creature."

Rÿar withdraws from the turtle's vicinity.

Taemon'dow is still no where near the creature, so at Rÿarkaelin's advice to back down, he lowers his arm, and instead of throwing the rock, merely bounces it on his palm.

Actions, guys?

Well I am by the end of initiative order, after the turtle. Currently without ranged weapon, she is focussed on healing those with serious wounds. Oh not to be bitten by turtle too. Also she would not know what is being discussed either.

Eadfaas, having already gotten himself out of what he thought of as "one-gulp range," backed further away and added his voice to Ryar's. "Back away! See if it will let us be!"

He readied a stone, just in case.

Anwyn watches Alan get savaged by the turtle and her heart nearly stops. Seeing him retreat away from it filled her with a sense of relief. She reads the look in his eye and silently offers him the obsidian blade, hilt first. The look in her eyes is full of concern though.

"Take this blade, Alan. It should help you if the others cannot calm the beast down."

If Alan takes the blade, she will draw her improvised chain.

Yardiff Bey continues his stealthy trek to the rear of the aquatic monster.

Stealth 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Alan takes the sword and gives Anwyn a reassuring look.

"This had better work."

Lantesh backs off from the turtle-like creature.

Withdraw action, moving 40' away.

The turtle remains near the water, snapping and snarling with both heads.

Rÿarkaelin relaxed slightly when the giant turtle didn't follow them. "Let us see if it can be distracted from the island with food. Therudrim, can you find more?"

Assume Rÿar is repeating herself in jungle mouth for Therudrim's benefit for simplicity's sake. Rÿar will also gather food for the turtle.

As Rÿarkaelin speaks in the jungle tongue, Anwyn interrupts in an acerbic tone, "Be sure you gather enough food for that beast, I do not wish to lose any of our fellowship here. I believe you may have better results with live meat instead of plants." She then readies her improvised chain, just in case.

"If we are decided on the island, I suggest we try circling around and trying to gain it from the other side. If the creature follows us, perhaps we can try to provide a distraction for it on one side, while the rest of the party moves around the lake to the far side."

Eadfaas nodded. "I'm with him," he said, hooking a thumb at the big, pale elf.

Seeing that the creature has stopped it's attack, for now, Yardiff Bey continues to watch from concealment, ready to move with the others. He keeps his senses alert to any other dangers.

Perception 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

"We are not feeding it out of pity. A distraction is the food's purpose."

"I don't have gear to obtain more meaty meals even for us, thus the bugs that I collect with plant bits.", speaking softly in jungle tongue to Rÿarkaelin, with a smile before continuing , "Can sure try to make a bigger pile of leaves and bugs for it. Someone with me would help get the food pile bigger faster."

Therudrim returns to the spots where she collected editable plant bits and bugs to collect. She pulls her cloak around her body, exposing her wings once more, so to make a make shift bag to hold the larger collection.

Rÿarkaelin nodded seriously, and helped Therudrim in her efforts to quickly gather matter the turtle would find edible.

Once they had a decent pile, she motioned to the others. "Some of you must help us deposit the food quickly and get away; the others can go now to the far side of the pond. We must move quickly to take advantage of any chance the food might give us."

Rÿar's plan is to dump the food near the turtle, then sprint to the opposite edge of the pond while the turtle hopefully is distracted, and try to reach the island from there. Any other suggestions?

"That beast is massive. I doubt we could gather enough food to interest it. I suggest we head round the other side and see what we can find."

Taemon'dow steps down the slope, and starts walking around the shore of the lake, trying to venture neither too close to the edge, or too close to the foliage.

The beast is seriously wounded. 11/18 hp currently. In this highly agitated state it will not even consider the food, especially not now after it has tasted blood. You may try to engage it in some other way but food will not work. Also, remember that it has two heads.

Clarification: 11/18 is how much damage it's taken, or how many hp it has left?
If it's the former, and we can't feed it to sneak past it to the island, that nifty big-ass sword would probably kill it pretty quickly.
Eadfaas is happy to throw rocks.