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?
Zokon stabs at the nutty angry kobold "Get off our cart, it's hard enough to drive without your help!"
Stabbing the kobold through the back of his clawed hand gets the wee bugger to finally drop off.
Numalar Auritonius wrote:
Numalar ducks as the enraged kobold climbs onto the rear of the cart.
Though I love the visual, Zokon gave him the 'no ticket' routine, so you can restate.
I should also note that there is enough slack in their harpoon line to disengage it with a standard action if you want to cut the warcart loose, with out someone driving it it will eventually slow down.
The gelatinous cube, stopped and leaning slightly to observe the wreck of its fellow cube gets mowed through like a 10 x 10 wall of Jello being hit by a runaway mine cart. *SPLOOSH!!*
Luckier Round 14! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Illthir -0 hp assuming she continues singing
__ Numalar -14 hp
__ Alia
__ Zokon -24 hp, bleed 1
__ Scarlet -4 hp
__ Celyne
__ Luna
__ Mikmek
__ Nakpik
__ Tartuk -11 hp
__ kobold cultists
Faster!:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Not seeing any reason to slow down(Hellish forges or no, there seemed to be no problems or obstacles on the track), Alia maintains her tactic of racing forward by minimizing drag and friction.
After all, the laws of conservation of motion meant that if there was, for example, a sudden turn, it would be Tartuks problem if he slowed down and she didn't...slamming into the back of his cart would cause HIM to be derailed, not her...if she remembered right.
It was a good thing that Illthir was deep in the battle trance otherwise it would really bother her that they seemed to be racing straight into hell. Wait did he... *Splat* He did ...
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' |
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Spell Slots available: 1st: 5/8 2nd: 3/4 Claws: 8/8 rounds left SLAs: Dancing Lights, Prestidigitation, Flare, Produce Flame
RPGGGM wrote:
Though I love the visual, Zokon gave him the 'no ticket' routine, so you can restate.
I should also note that there is enough slack in their harpoon line to disengage it with a standard action if you want to cut the warcart loose, with out someone driving it it will eventually slow down.
Done!
Numalar wiggles the Harpoon, trying to get it loose from the cart.
Which scream like a girl part? There''s even a girl who screams like a girl. No, the bit were the guy gums up the second cart's casters with his mangled body, and sends the hurtling into an abyss.
It's a good thing we imagine our cart as an unstoppable juggernaut ready to crush everything underneath its iron wheels and not some flimsy thing driven by redshirts :P
*ahem*
Dodging thrown kobolds in a minecart - any suggestions?
Well one possible option would be using this round's drive check to deflect the offending pedestrian, or pop a side-wheely, but I am willing entertain to other semi-plausible options for avoiding certain disaster.
Hmm. I would be all for other evasive actions, but it feels wrong if I can just wish away Illthir's poor roll and do something else...
One random thought - Illthir has Grease so what if she cast that just as the kobold hit turning it from an dangerous obstacle into a nice large chunk of lube to feed into our rolling death machine?
I mean it might not really work if you think about it too hard but it feels like it could fit with the spirit we are going for here^^
Though I'm a bit vary of the consequences of doing this once we eventually need to stop thing thing but eh that sounds like a problem for future-Illthir doesn't it :P!
So I blew up my post some how. The big takeaway beyond what follows is that one of Tartuk's drivers got a 25 on their drive check to pull to 60' away from Alia and Illithir's cart.
Grease it is! Illithir magically greases the cart's wheels just as the unfortunate kobold hits. The cart's weight in conjunction with the grease shoots the unfortunate creature's body away from the mine cart like a wet bar of soap across the bottom of a porcelain wash basin.
Alia and Illithir's cart rolls into a vast lava-filled cavern. Ahead the tracks run up to the base of a perilous-looking stone bridge that spans a river of lava. Near the center of the bridge stands a tall, black stone gate house connected to an impressive fortress built into the cavern's opposite wall. Tiny figures can be seen manning the gatehouse and fortress walls.
Alia and Illithir can make the the card challenge checks this round everyone else (except Scarlet) can make them next turn when they arrive. Scarlet, well....
Numalar releases the warcart, but being steam powered it hangs with them a bit.
Scarlet's cart slams into the side of a large translucent gelatin. Fortunately, it is a soft landing. Unfortunately, it is in a gelatinous cube!
Fortitude save (DC 18) or be paralyzed for:3d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 5) = 13rounds!
acid damage:1d6 ⇒ 5
Scarlet is Engulfed! Engulfed creatures are subject to the cube’s paralysis and acid, gain the pinned condition, are in danger of suffocating, and are trapped within its body until they are no longer pinned. The save DC is Strength-based.
Round 15! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Illthir __ Numalar -14 hp
__ Alia
__ Zokon -25 hp, bleed 1
__ Scarlet -9 hp, pinned
__ Celyne
__ Luna
__ Mikmek
__ Nakpik
__ Tartuk -11 hp
__ kobold cultists
__ startled gelatinous cube -24 hp
Numalar gets Zokon's wounds bandaged up as they come out of the bat tunnel. Racing along with several other parallel tracks they note a sharp rise in air temperature and the glowing orange light in the tunnel far ahead.
Scarlet resists a negative ongoing effect! Yay! :)
Scarlet is Engulfed! Engulfed creatures are subject to the cube’s paralysis and acid, gain the pinned condition, are in danger of suffocating, and are trapped within its body until they are no longer pinned. The save DC is Strength-based.
Round 15! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Illthir
__ Numalar -14 hp
__ Alia
__ Zokon -25 hp, bleed 1
__ Scarlet -9 hp, pinned
__ Celyne
__ Luna
__ Mikmek
__ Nakpik
__ Tartuk -11 hp
__ kobold cultists
__ startled gelatinous cube -24 hp
unclear on what you need from Celyne right now in terms of driving her cart... but here is her roll... is it the drive 18 or str 15 option?if so, here is her roll: don't think she gets a bonus to either roll, so we'll go with strength as it's a lower dc...
unclear on what you need from Celyne right now in terms of driving her cart... but here is her roll... is it the drive 18 or str 15 option?if so, here is her roll: don't think she gets a bonus to either roll, so we'll go with strength as it's a lower dc...
Celyne has passed the last challenge before the end, so there isn't much to do in the back seat except aid Mikmek (or Luna/Toonses if she's driving) in going that little bit faster. or doing something else (shifting equipment around, casting spells-difficult in the rocketing cart, etc...) before she gets to the area with the hellish heat ahead.
Celyne helps Mikmek spur the cart, getting a little more speed out of it... the heat ahead has her worried though... Maybe some water would at least keep us cool?
Wait that really doesn't look too good! Illthir notes as the end rapidly approaches. She makes an attempt to pull the breaks but - in the face of the momentum of the cart - her efforts are for naught.
"Great job with that...uhm...obstacle.", Alia comments, interfering with Illthirs attempts to pull the breaks:"We won't catch up if we...SLOW DOWN!", only to try and perform the necessary feat of Driving herself.
Drive DC 18:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Scarlet faces down an agitated shack-sized, killer gelatin cube. bottom of slide 1
Celyne, Numalar, Zokon and their allies race to a sudden stop ahead in a cavern filled with lava! Last challenge card. See slide 3 for the feel of the cavern ahead.Slide 1
Alia, Illithir and Nakpik have come to the end of their line before the great stone bridge. Tartuk rushes ahead heedless of the lava river far beneath him while his allies attempt a desperate rear guard action at the base of the bridge, hissing out a warning to any who approach.
I am going to assume that Alia, Illithir, and Nakpik (with some prodding) disembarked from their cart at the end of last round. You guy are all on slide 2, once it is ready.
Round 16! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Illthir
__ Numalar -14 hp
__ Alia
__ Zokon -25 hp
__ Scarlet -9 hp, grappled
__ Celyne
__ Luna
__ Mikmek
__ Nakpik
__ Tartuk -11 hp
__ kobold cultists
__ agitated gelatinous cube -24 hp, grappled
MegaScarlet continues her rage as she draws a shortsword.
I was pinned last round so I assume I'm still grappled.
Her sword bursts into flames briefly as she strikes the cube. "I ain't in the mood, jelly!"
Aak! I completely forgot the cube's action--we'll just say it was stunned for a moment. Scarlet is not currently in her cart so she isn't squeezed. The cart crashed and Scarlet tumbled out.
Scarlet Scarab wrote:
I actually don't know if the Elemental Strike crits or not. It doesn't say it doesn't? I'll let the GM decide.
BAH! I do not need to figure out your strange rules set! The regular old damage before I need to even consider it is enough.
Scarlet Scarab wrote:
"Get off the track, already! And get offa me!"
Scarlet's searing blade melts through the gelatin like a hot short sword through gelatin and cutting it into two sagging lumps. End that combat.
As she disembarks, Alia chants some more Elvish, and her Blade emanates the cold of winter as she rushes towards the Goblins trying to block pursuit:"You will not stand in my way." Stab:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26Lethal stabbity:2d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4) + 5 = 13Nonlethal Frost:1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Crit?:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14Lethal stabbity:2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 2) + 5 = 9Nonlethal Frost:1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 "Tartuk, you are running out of bodies to use as shield!"
As she disembarks, Alia chants some more Elvish, and her Blade emanates the cold of winter as she rushes towards the Goblins trying to block pursuit:"You will not stand in my way."
"Tartuk, you are running out of bodies to use as shield!"
Alia and her target exchange wounds, with Alia coming out the better for it. The kobold's ally swings wildly at her trying to avoid falling over the precipice and into the lava below.
red scimitar v Alia:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5damage:1d4 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
