With the heart of the Stolen Lands explored and the bandits who ruled there scattered, the long-contested realm finally lies open for pioneers and settlers to stake their claims.:
Amid the rush of opportunistic travelers, the PCs find themselves stewards over a new domain, tasked with the responsibility of guiding and guarding a fledgling nation struggling to grow upon a treacherous borderland. Yet the threats to this new nation quickly prove themselves greater than mere bandits and wild beasts, as the monstrous natives of the hills and forests rampage forth to slaughter all who have trespassed upon their territory. Can the PCs hold the land they’ve fought so hard to explore and tame? Or will their legend be just one more lost to the fangs of the Stolen Lands?
As the duo return making their way down the tunnel to their fellows they are ambushed from above by a group of mites! Alia hears their scrambling from above, but is too slow to react before the first attack comes. They must of come up from the other fork in the intersection above.
Konzo the Great Hunter lifts his tiny little toy longbow, and fires down upon the pair with what for a mite might be taken for cold studied practice.
Konzo v Alia (point blank shot, v climbing, flat-footed):1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7damage:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
It doesn't help his aim though.
A second mite, wearing a preposterous hat taller than he is drops a sack full something wobbly down the tunnel.
The bag hits Scarlet and covers her in sticky, stinking goo!
Scarlet Reflex save DC 15 - Failure = glued to the walls and unable to move from your current position for 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 rounds.
tanglefooot bag:
A tanglefoot bag is a small sack filled with tar, resin, and other sticky substances. When you throw a tanglefoot bag at a creature (as a ranged touch attack with a range increment of 10 feet), the bag comes apart and goo bursts out, entangling the target and then becoming tough and resilient upon exposure to air. An entangled creature takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity and must make a DC 15 Reflex save or be glued to the floor, unable to move. Even on a successful save, it can move only at half speed. Huge or larger creatures are unaffected by a tanglefoot bag. A flying creature is not stuck to the floor, but it must make a DC 15 Reflex save or be unable to fly (assuming it uses its wings to fly) and fall to the ground. A tanglefoot bag does not function underwater.
A creature that is glued to the floor (or unable to fly) can break free by making a DC 17 Strength check or by dealing 15 points of damage to the goo with a slashing weapon. A creature trying to scrape goo off itself, or another creature assisting, does not need to make an attack roll; hitting the goo is automatic, after which the creature that hit makes a damage roll to see how much of the goo was scraped off. Once free, the creature can move (including flying) at half speed. If the entangled creature attempts to cast a spell, it must make a concentration check with a DC of 15 + the spell’s level or be unable to cast the spell. The goo becomes brittle and fragile after 2d4 rounds, cracking apart and losing its effectiveness. An application of universal solvent to a stuck creature dissolves the alchemical goo immediately.
Finally, a squeaky voiced female mite shouts a gibberish command, and a spider as big as Posh (and with seemingly as many limbs) pounces down the hole after the women!
bite v Alia (v climbing):1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 51d4 ⇒ 3
Alia gets her head out of the way of the spiders initial attack.
Fort save vs poison DC 14 - Failure:
1d2 ⇒ 2 points of Str damage
Knowledge (nature) v spider DC 10+:
It is a giant crab spider. It is of the vermin type and has all the normal traits of such. Crab spiders are ambush predators common in places with dense foliage for them to hide in.
Knowledge (nature) v spider DC 15+:
They are not web spinners, and instead are incredibly gifted climbers, and patient hunters. When standing still in gloomy forested backgrounds they are nearly impossible to spot.
Knowledge (nature) v spider DC 20+:
Their poison damages a victim's strength.
The rest of the party hears the commotion.
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 1
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple)
__ Small Giant Spider (Nula)
__ Scarlet
__ Alia -1 hp
__ Kobold
__ Numalar
__ Celyne
__ Posh
| Bloodrage 12/12 | Fire Strikes 3/3 | HP 43/43 | AC 18 T 14 F 14(Uncanny Dodge) | CMD 19 | Saves 6/4/0 (+1 Will vs Mind Affecting) | Init 3 | Perception 3 | 4 Female Ifrit Bloodrager (elemental, fire) | Spells 2 |
Scarlet takes a look at the spider...
Knowledge(Nature):1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
"Huh. They trained a Giant Crab Spider? Natural ambush predators. They're like little spider vermin- mindless,. So don't bother with illusions or those mind tricks."
The spider chitters and snaps at Alia's silver hair.
bite v Alia (v climbing):1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7damage:1d4 ⇒ 3
A flurry of attacks come at Alia, but none hit square enough to be telling.
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 1
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple readied)
__ Small Giant Spider (Nula)
__ Scarlet
__ Alia -1 hp
__ Kobold
__ Numalar
__ Celyne
__ Posh
I saw what you did there... you anagrammed our names to name the mites! cute
I see Celyne and Luna, and Numalar, but who is Zonko? Oh wait...our ranger!
Also, you probably best watch out down there, Iala, Selcrat and Sohp are probably closing in on you...
Assailed from above and barely able to avoid the barrage of attacks, with Scarlet held in place by a Sticky Bag behind her, Alia considers her actions as mandibles try to get a hold on her once more.
First, the spider...channeling her arcane power into the blade once more, she stabs straight at the creatures head, shouting:"Trouble up here, the Mites circled around" This is bad...but I can't leave Scarlet behind.
On the unlikely case that that finishes the spider(say, because it's an Animal Companion and uses that HD tracking, rather than regular bestiary), I would try and use my move action to get a hold on it's body and use it as cover against the mites/block the tunnel above us.
GGGM: will fire damage break someone out of a tanglefoot bag?
It missed Scarlet and the goop, dropping past them and down to the floor.
Alia of the Blade wrote:
Celyne wrote:
I saw what you did there... you anagrammed our names to name the mites! cute
I see Celyne and Luna, and Numalar, but who is Zonko? Oh wait...our ranger!
Also, you probably best watch out down there, Iala, Selcrat and Sohp are probably closing in on you...
*Cough* Laia, Stracle, and Hops (though Iala, and Selcrat are pretty good). And it's 'Konzo'... 'Zonko' is the name you would give to an evil clown... Hm.
Had the party gone the other way you would have encountered them sitting around a table strewn with, weird books, toy soldiers, and oddly-dimensioned dice, or maybe poking at or pinching lint off of flat rectangular surfaces. But now, they are here--SUPER ADVANCED MITES!
Alia stabs the spider. It crumples up upon itself dead, and falls down into the cave below.
From above comes a bloodcurdling scream "NULA!!!" followed by a weighted, steel-headed dart.
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 1
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple)
__ Scarlet
__ Alia -11 hp
__ Kobold
__ Numalar
__ Celyne
__ Posh
Gnome Sorcerer 4 | AC: 15, TAC: 13, FAC: 13, CMD: 11 | HP 7/23 | Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +6 | Init +5 | Perception +9, Sense Motive +2, Darkvision 60' |
Resources:
Spell Slots available: 1st: 5/8 2nd: 3/4 Claws: 8/8 rounds left SLAs: Dancing Lights, Prestidigitation, Flare, Produce Flame
"We won't be able to get past Scarlet and Alia in that shaft." Numalar looks up, and then down towards the chasm.
"But if those Mites can circle around behind, then so can we. Posh - see if you can help Alia and Scarlet with your performance. The rest of us can try to get across that chasm."
Numalar starts making his way down the slope.
I'll take 10 on two climb checks which should get me to the lip of the chasm.
Aye...if I had managed to use it as cover, I would probably have spent the time after combat meticulously prestidigitating away anything remotely spidery on me...ALSO: if someone has nothing better to do, maybe get ready to catch me? Pretty please? I cannot let go as that's a free action, rather than inmediate, so I will need to take another round of attacks from them while squeezed(-4) and climbing(no Dex) - which incidentally means that the second Arrow should have hit since my AC would be...9 - putting me at 5 HP rather than 11 - and that means it is highly likely I'll come crashing down for 2d6 or 3d6 fall damage during their next round - which could be lethal.
"We won't be able to get past Scarlet and Alia in that shaft."
"Shut yo mouth!" ;)
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 1
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple)
__ Scarlet
__ Alia -17 hp corrected
__ Kobold
__ Numalar
__ Celyne
__ Posh
I hid the dead spider below the tree...it should not be visible on the map, only a corner of white from the frame. @Action: If I fall and Zokon catches me, you could head there and ready healing. If he doesn't catch me, you may have a second attempt, so thats a plus :)
Of course, that would require extraordinary circumstances. Such as an Estoc rapidly approaching your eye and forcing you to step back and lose focus on the also rapidly approaching fully grown elf. I do assume Zokon to be a gentleman standing by his word. But even he can't know which cruelties the GM comes up with to kill the fair elven maiden.
Well she has silver hair and white skin so she would be claasified as fair by medieval terminology?
Fair enough.
Unsure of what to do, the kobold delays this turn.
Numalar hand-over-hand's it across the chasm ceiling.
dice:
perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
1d100 ⇒ 15
About halfway across his hand finds a root handhold that has been sawed through!
Numalar - Reflex save DC 12, to dangle by one hand otherwise...:
...plummet 20 feet for 2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5 points of falling damage.
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 2
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple)
__ Scarlet invisible
__ Alia -17 hp
__ Kobold
__ Numalar
__ Celyne
__ Posh
How do I get to the mites? Wait for Alia and Scarlet to get out of the way? Can i find a spot to shoot at them from?
Zokon could stand under the hole in the ceiling (the "C") and see a sliver of all three mites above, or stand to one side of the hole, and fire at any of them that is not hiding behind the edge of the hole Zokon is hiding behind--that mite would have total cover from Zokon.
Until Scarlet, and Alia get out of the way you have cover standing under the C. If they leave you lose your cover. You can stand under one of the four edges and gain cover, but you might not have the angle to fire on all of the mites (the mites standing on the same edge Zokon is hiding beneath--of course that mite can't hit Zokon either). Be aware there is still a pile of caltrops under one edge.
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 2
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple)
__ Scarlet invisible
__ Alia -17 hp
__ Kobold
__ Numalar -3 hp
__ Other Mites!
__ Celyne
__ Posh
Actually you narrowly miss an AC slightly higher than 14.
In the cramped space Zokon has enough movement to reach the eastern edge of the hole. That basically leaves him with one target--the mite in the big funny hat pulling a Desnan candle out of his hatband.
The dart whips past a spot of air that winces, and Alia who notes it pass-by. It flies up to a point just before the mite in the funny hat where it hits the summit of its arc, flips over, and plunges straight back down!
The loan dart is joined by screams, and a small host of other projectiles.
[dice=Maulnar Desnan candle v Alia (pbs, improvised, v climbing, range, squeezed)]1d20+4+1-2-4[/dice] Damage: 1 point, +1 point fire, +1 point nonlthal
Konzo longbow v Alia (pbs, v climbing, v squeezed):1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 16Damage:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Nylcee dart v Alia (pbs, v climbing, v squeezed):1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 11Damage:1d3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3
Alia drops under the withering assault, tumbling toward the floor.
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 2
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple)
__ Scarlet invisible
__ Alia -31 hp, 1 nonlethal, ko'd
__ Kobold __ Numalar -3 hp
__ Other Mites!
__ Celyne
__ Posh
Catch a Falling Character While Climbing:
If someone climbing above you or adjacent to you falls, you can attempt to catch the falling character if he or she is within your reach. Doing so requires a successful melee touch attack against the falling character (though he or she can voluntarily forgo any Dexterity bonus to AC if desired). If you hit, you must immediately attempt a Climb check (DC = wall’s DC + 10). Success indicates that you catch the falling character, but his total weight, including equipment, cannot exceed your heavy load limit or you automatically fall. If you fail your Climb check by 4 or less, you fail to stop the character’s fall but don’t lose your grip on the wall. If you fail by 5 or more, you fail to stop the character’s fall and begin falling as well.
Much appreciated, Celyne, but first, you guys should see if somebody manages to catch me. I hate when I am right on these things/predict accurately, but 3 points or more of falling damage means you don't need to spend that wand charge. Unless the 2d6 come up as Snake Eyes, that means I'm a goner unless someone manages to stop my descent.
| Bloodrage 12/12 | Fire Strikes 3/3 | HP 43/43 | AC 18 T 14 F 14(Uncanny Dodge) | CMD 19 | Saves 6/4/0 (+1 Will vs Mind Affecting) | Init 3 | Perception 3 | 4 Female Ifrit Bloodrager (elemental, fire) | Spells 2 |
Gravity continues to doom us all.
Melee Touch:1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7
Alia is AC 5, right? She's helpless so she has 0 Dex effectively.
Climb DC 15:1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 2 = 12
Scarlet sees Alia tumble as a dart hits her. She reaches out and catches her armor but isn't able to slow her down. Damn, I shouldn't have retreated...
Celyne (who has not moved her icon in forever. *cough* No spiders, I promise.) leaps in to make the save.
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 3
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon -1 hp
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple)
__ Scarlet invisible, prone
__ Alia -29 hp, 1 nonlethal, ko'd
__ Kobold __ Numalar (still has round 2 actions as well)
__ Other Mites! (orange, red)
__ Celyne
__ Posh (still has round 2 actions as well)
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC.
Round 3
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon -14 hp
__ Mites! (Konzo - lt. blue, Maulnar - teal, and Nylcee - purple)
__ Scarlet invisible, prone
__ Alia -29 hp, 1 nonlethal, ko'd
__ Kobold __ Numalar (still has round 2 actions as well)
__ Other Mites! (orange, red)
__ Celyne
__ Posh (still has round 2 actions as well)
Gnome Sorcerer 4 | AC: 15, TAC: 13, FAC: 13, CMD: 11 | HP 7/23 | Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +6 | Init +5 | Perception +9, Sense Motive +2, Darkvision 60' |
Resources:
Spell Slots available: 1st: 5/8 2nd: 3/4 Claws: 8/8 rounds left SLAs: Dancing Lights, Prestidigitation, Flare, Produce Flame
RPGGGM wrote:
Round 3
__ Numalar (still has round 2 actions as well)
FYI round 1 I made it to the chasm edge, and round 2 I would have started across.
"Throw darts at me, will you?"
Numalar tries to head further across the chasm, watching out for more sawn-off roots. He suspects that the Mites have some way of telling which is which.
Perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9Probably not enough, so:
Not able to ascertain which roots are trapped, he pauses. I need to be more careful. But these mites won't let up with the darts! Numalar tries to hang on with one hand while casting a spell.
I'm assuming I need to rollConcentration:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23And that's probably enough.
He fumbles for his symbol, but manages to grab it and point it at the mites.
"lung wov!"
draconic:
Light of dragons!
A bolt of light streaks towards the thing in a zigzag path and bursts right in the face of one of the mites.
snapdragon fireworks reflex DC16 for half damage and not dazzled:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Aiming at the orange one.
If I have a move action left I will keep looking to try and find the broken roots:
| Bloodrage 12/12 | Fire Strikes 3/3 | HP 43/43 | AC 18 T 14 F 14(Uncanny Dodge) | CMD 19 | Saves 6/4/0 (+1 Will vs Mind Affecting) | Init 3 | Perception 3 | 4 Female Ifrit Bloodrager (elemental, fire) | Spells 2 |
"We gotta move from this hole- they have the high ground." Scarlet stands up and helps Alia up. Zokon notices something is helping displace the elf's weight.
"I'll take care of Alia- you're a better shooter than me. Help Numalar before he falls, too!"
Standing up and grabbing Alia. Dropping Bloodrage.
Alia, unconscious, bleeds on Scarlet, but seems to breathe steadily - without any body tension, but stable, her life literally is in the hands of her bodyguard.
Numalar tries to head further across the chasm, watching out for more sawn-off roots. He suspects that the Mites have some way of telling which is which.
Probably not enough, so:
Not able to ascertain which roots are trapped, he pauses. I need to be more careful. But these mites won't let up with the darts! Numalar tries to hang on with one hand while casting a spell.
He fumbles for his symbol, but manages to grab it and point it at the mites.
"lung wov!"
A bolt of light streaks towards the thing in a zigzag path and bursts right in the face of one of the mites.
*POOF!* The disappears in a puff of smoke like at a magic stage show.
Numalar Auritonius wrote:
If I have a move action left I will keep looking to try and find the broken roots:
