Of Kings and Commoners - Kingmaker AP

Game Master RPGGGM

"B-Bro?" Scarlet yells out. "Stop, you don't have to kill her! What are you doing?" She feels frustration again. "You know that's my charge."

Actually, Blue tried to decapitate Alia's estoc. Given how large Alia's body is that should be obvious to Scarlet. That and of course, Alia's head didn't roll off. ;)

"AND IF WE WEREN'T ALL BLIND, WE'D BE SEEING TO HER!" Blue shouts back rubbing his eyes.

Well in that case, just as a remainder: I am always at one point lower Arcane Pool because I use Fortify Bond each morning, so hardness + hp are +4. And objects are immune to crits. Hang in there, little blade!

I was thinking more of the 1 arcane pool point your sword always keeps to itself that makes it unbreakable (Ex, As long as it has at least 1 point in its arcane pool, a black blade is immune to the broken condition).

"I don't know why you hit her in the first place. Ugh." She peers closely. "Where's Hotspur, anyway? We cleaned up his fiery mess."

"HOW SHOULD I KNOW, I'M BLIND! ANGUS, NEVERMIND THE ELF! FIND THE CLIENT!"

Durgan smacks the wounded dwarf with his battleaxe felling the man, while Serena lends him some strength.

Inspire courage An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Began round 2.

Bless (for most) Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

The area of darkness is dark.

BOSS BATTLE Round 12! (NEW Boss Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Scarlet -5 hp
__ Durgan -2 hp
__ Zokon -16 hp
__ Serena -3 hp
__ Alia -33 hp, 1 nonlethal, unconscious
__ Miles -13 hp, vanished!
__ Numalar -12 hp
__ Illthir
__ Dwarven mercenaries (Warbeard -10 hp, red down, orange -16 hp, green down)
__ Hotspur

Map updated. Note: the elevations of peaked roofs applies to the peak itself. Other spaces will be lower.

Yeah, it will always have that one point, but so far, it has not awakened - none of the bladebound things were active up to this point, so... I was just going with the soul forger aspects that were- that said, if that's a setup to reforge it into Adamantine from Bank, I'm game. I mean, we don't have a proper rogue so stabbing locks would be a decent option, right? ^_^

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Miles just looked to the fey, not knowing why on earth this potential companion to the party is doing nothing, but he had to do something to get Angus out of that darkness since he couldn't see inside. That's when he decided to do something he always had a skill for. Winding people up.

"Hi Angus! I heard the only kind of women you like are goblins!" he starts with a insult most dwarves would take offence to. "I have to say, this is the first time I've ever seen a dwarf flee from a gnome!"

Antagonist (Intimigate): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27 vs 10 + Angus' HD + Angus' Wisdom Modifier

Darn it! She had hoped that at least some of the dwarves wouldn't have perfect awareness of what happened on the other side of the wall trough the din of battle. Maybe they were a hive mind of sort? There weren't much else she could do until she figured out some way to close that darned gate for real...

Maintain concentration and wave around a bit for show

Darn it! She had hoped that at least some of the dwarves wouldn't have perfect awareness of what happened on the other side of the wall trough the din of battle. Maybe they were a hive mind of sort? There weren't much else she could do until she figured out some way to close that darned gate for real...

Maintain concentration and wave around a bit for show

I'm not sure what part of the phrase 'quizzical looks' imparts the idea of omniscience, but there were a number of dwarves dispatched down to the village earlier to rouse the company and prepare them to move as well as few left to watch the approach to the castle. Seeing a calmly (but madly on the inside) gesticulating half-elf on the battlements, shouting a--well, really not at all clear message is a bit confusing to them. They know Hotspur is there, because they're are watching the road. The castle fire just went out, so how someone is burning anything is beyond them (though they certainly hear Arbalasti's bombs--which they know the sound of). They can't really see the portcullis because the "gates" are "closed", which is probably a bigger concern. So it all seems a bit odd and leaves them scratching their helmets, which might be a good thing depending on what Illthir is trying for... maybe? Half-elves. Go figure.

The dwarves doggedly battle on.

orange waraxe v Durgan (rage!): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11 Miss

yellow waraxe v Durgan (rage!): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 Miss

Alabasti barks the command to fire on the interfering gnome sorcerer.

black (tower top) crossbow v Numalar: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4 Hit

The guardsman wings the gnome.

Purple reloads and moves to a better arrow slit. Numalar and Scarlet can hear them rattling and cursing up the tower stair.

Growling at the gnome on the battlements, Arbalasti readies himself to cast a spell.

"Hi Angus! I heard the only kind of women you like are goblins!" he starts with a insult most dwarves would take offence to. "I have to say, this is the first time I've ever seen a dwarf flee from a gnome!"

Bloddy Angus flies into a inarticulate, murderous rage, (this does nothing to abate his song however and actually only improves the rageful song) but he can't find the target of his sputtering Scottish-sounding aggression.

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

Following his captain's orders, Warbeard snatches up Alia's blade and stows it.

Blue staggers to the guardhouse wall, through the open door and inside where he tries to clear his eyes.

Will save v glitterdust blindness: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

1d20 + 16 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 16 + 20 = 41
1d20 + 16 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 16 + 20 = 54

Inspire courage An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Began round 2.

Bless (for most) Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

The area of darkness is dark.

BOSS BATTLE Round 13! (NEW Boss Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Scarlet -5 hp
__ Durgan -2 hp
__ Zokon -16 hp
__ Serena -3 hp
__ Alia -33 hp, 1 nonlethal, unconscious
__ Miles -13 hp, vanished!
__ Numalar -16 hp
__ Illthir
__ Dwarven mercenaries (Arbalasti readied, Warbeard -10 hp, red down, orange -16 hp, green down)
__ Hotspur

Map updated. Note: the elevations of peaked roofs applies to the peak itself. Other spaces will be lower.

"You cad! The least you could do is wait for me!" Lady Luljeta shouts at Zokon.

"Ummm.. you seem to have the situation confused.. your lover boy is trying to kill us and your trying to help him... why pray tell do I need to help you?" he says as he draws his sword/rapier while moving up the tower

Blue staggers to the guardhouse wall, through the open door and inside where he tries to clear his eyes.

[dice=Will save v glitterdust blindness: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Well, that didn't last long. Damn those dwarves and their save bonuses!

Growling at the gnome on the battlements, Arbalasti readies himself to cast a spell.

"I see you there, dog boy! Growl all you like!"

Numalar ducks back behind the corner of the roof and readies his own spell.

I'm going to ready snapdragon fireworks, and cast it when I see Arbalasti actually cast. Maybe it will force a concentration check. Hoping the sloping roof will give me some cover.

Scarlet finds something to tie the rope to (one of the stones?) and climbs down towards Alia.

Climb: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

If she can't climb down, Scarlet will deliberately jump down. She has a +9 Acrobatics check.

"Zokon, can you clear me a path?"
Delaying until after Zokon.

I'm still holding a charge - being unconscious or previously disarmed does not alter that. :P He touches my precious, precious gives him frostbite! Unless my blade is also unconscious - but hey, worth a try, I think it would be thematically fitting for my Estoc to use the charge funnneled through it in self-defense :P
Nonlethal Cold + Fatigue vs Warbeard!: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Scarlet finds something to tie the rope to (one of the stones?) and climbs down towards Alia.

If she can't climb down, Scarlet will deliberately jump down. She has a +9 Acrobatics check.

With a rope and wall to brace against Scarlet descends 10 feet.

Running out of rounds here. I've only got 15 in total and I'm on 11 now, if my calculations are correct

Miles continues his performance, losing more words and knowing that the performance was coming to an end. He could probably keep it up, but there'd be no benefit to anyone and he had to deal with Angus somehow. He stepped to the side and used his gnomish powers to throw his voice by the well.

Ghost Sound. Will save DC 16 to Disbelief

"Angus! I think I see your wife down here!" the sound goes off, appearing to come from the well "Big and green, just like you like them!"

** spoiler omitted **

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Miles ghost sound doesn't allow you to throw your voice (that's ventriloquism), so it is still coming form your mouth, you can make other non-distinct verbal noises, or just noises if you like.

Angus spins in the direction of the noise.

Zokon, Durgan is waiting on you.

Inspire courage An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Began round 2.

Bless (for most) Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

The area of darkness is dark.

BOSS BATTLE Round 13! (NEW Boss Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Scarlet -5 hp
__ Durgan -2 hp
__ Zokon -16 hp
__ Serena -3 hp
__ Alia -33 hp, 1 nonlethal, unconscious
__ Miles -13 hp, vanished!
__ Numalar -16 hp, readied
__ Illthir
__ Dwarven mercenaries (Arbalasti readied, Warbeard -10 hp, red down, orange -16 hp, green down)
__ Hotspur

Map updated. Note: the elevations of peaked roofs applies to the peak itself. Other spaces will be lower.

Zokon keeps moving up.. I'm not sure how far there is to go

I had hoped Zokon could clear a path so I could a double move around the courtyard and use the Invisibility Purge effect to find Hotspur.
Durgan attacks Orange.
Attack, IC, Bless, Higher Ground: 1d20 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 3 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Well, it's a lousy attack roll, but they are raging so maybe.

Zokon keeps moving up.. I'm not sure how far there is to go

The courtyard is actually down at the bottom of some stairs currently occupied by your comrades and bottlenecked by some angry dwarves. There is no up the tower until you go down, unless Zokon is climbing its outside.

What can Zokon see of the bottleneck when he gets to it, are the angry dwarves between him and his friends or behind them?

Well, there's this map thing you see. It is meant to save me about a thousand words every time I draw a player's attention to it. If anyone at anytime has trouble viewing the map let me know. I know Google Slides sometimes does not update the maps as they change on phones, and I occasionally have to shut the app off and reopen it to get things to change.

In short, Zokon is at the top of a very steep stair about 30-and-change-feet up above the courtyard. Down a few steps from Zokon is Serena, and down from her is Durgan. Down at the foot of the stairs are a couple of dwarven mercenaries swinging axes at Durgan. It looks like he has felled a third dwarf. If Zokon is trying to get to the top of the church bell/beacon tower he needs to get down the stairs and into the cathedral and then up a long spiral stairwell that runs along the tower's inside wall.

His other options are climbing the outside of the tower (there's still a rope), or move south along the battlements to the square southern tower and down the stairs there and through the great hall where he had supper and out into the courtyard and from there into the cathedral and up the tower. Jumping down a few stories is also a possibility.

I believe Durgan was hoping you could open a way for him to move by firing down at the dwarves keeping him on the stair.

Yes the map thing that helps, unless it's an up down map thing and then.. blarg.. generally you do excellent map things..

Zokon fires a pair of arrows at the first dwarf

Comp Bow+pbs+bl+inco-da-rs: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 Damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Comp Bow+pbs+bl+inco-da-rs: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 Damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Zokon's arrows have difficulty finding a mark around his friends, but Durgan's axe finds a helmet. There is a sickening crunch and a dwarf topples.

Inspire courage An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Began round 2.

Bless (for most) Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

The area of darkness is dark.

BOSS BATTLE Round 13! (NEW Boss Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Scarlet -5 hp
__ Durgan -2 hp
__ Zokon -16 hp
__ Serena -3 hp
__ Alia -33 hp, 1 nonlethal, unconscious
__ Miles -13 hp, vanished!
__ Numalar -16 hp, readied
__ Illthir
__ Dwarven mercenaries (Arbalasti readied, Warbeard -10 hp, red down, orange down, green down)
__ Hotspur

Map updated. Note: the elevations of peaked roofs applies to the peak itself. Other spaces will be lower.

While Illthirbot concentrates on her illusion and wave away the dwarves outside the keep, Serenabot rushes down the stairs to engage the last dwarven defender.

yellow waraxe v Serena (AoO, rage!): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 Miss

Serena v yellow (inspire, bless): 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 22 Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8 Hit

The dwarf of course strikes back and a melee is joined.

yellow waraxe v Serena (rage!): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 Miss

Alabasti barks another command phrase dismissing the web. The mercenary crossbowmen turn their bows toward Illthir who is suddenly bereft of cover!

black (tower top) crossbow v Illthir: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8 Miss

purple (arrow slit inside tower) crossbow v Illthir: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2 Miss

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Meanwhile, a few of the dwarves outside take an interest in all the commotion and begin moving toward the gates, with one rushing off toward the village.

perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Angus advances out of the darkness seething.

Warbeard takes a slug of one of his potions.

cmw: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (4, 7) + 3 = 14

"LORD HOTSPUR!" Beetle calls.

With no response he heads out to aid his men.

He comes out, drops his sword, and pulls a potion off his belt.

1d20 + 16 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 16 + 20 = 44
1d20 + 16 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 16 + 20 = 39

Inspire courage An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Began round 2.

Bless (for most) Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

The area of darkness is dark. The area between the guardhouse and the cathedral is dim.

BOSS BATTLE Round 14! (NEW Boss Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Scarlet -5 hp, climbing +30'
__ Durgan -2 hp
__ Zokon -16 hp
__ Serena -3 hp
__ Alia -33 hp, 1 nonlethal, unconscious
__ Miles -13 hp, vanished!
__ Numalar -16 hp
__ Illthir
__ Dwarven mercenaries (red down, orange down, green down, yellow -8 hp)
__ Hotspur

Map updated. Note: the elevations of peaked roofs applies to the peak itself. Other spaces will be lower.

Durgan takes a double move (provoking an AOO from Yellow), trying to get his Invisibility Purge to reveal Hotspur. Along the way he accidentally reveals Miles, but moves again to hide the bard.
If he reveals Hotspur within a 25' radius of his path, he will change his movement to go closer to the noble.

Climb: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Scarlet finishes climbing down. "Alia... damn it."

With no wait to heal her, she just cries "I need a medic, fast!"

Zokon takes another pair of shots at yellow

Comp Bow+pbs+bl+inco-da-rs: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 Damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Comp Bow+pbs+bl+inco-da-rs: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 Damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

"Trying to help Serena.. not working too well."

The dwarf takes a wild swipe at Durgan as he passes between the two combatants.

yellow waraxe v Durgan (AoO, rage!): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Miss

A moment later Zokon's second arrow pierces the dwarf's side under his armor, but the sturdy warrior still stands.

How's Zokon doing on arrows?

Scarlet finishes climbing down.

Well, not really.... When climbing you roll each time you take a move action to move (or when you get jostled), and normally you move at 1/4 speed, so Scarlet is still 20' up with a standard action available.

Does Durgan reveal an invisible Hotspur within 25' of his path at any point in his meandering?

Go fish.

Serena sings a song of glory to Sarenrae as she slashes at the foe (yellow). Unfortunately, her vigor for the song causes her to miss-time her attack.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Inspire courage An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Began round 2.

Bless (for most) Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

The area of darkness is dark. The area between the guardhouse and the cathedral is dim.

BOSS BATTLE Round 14! (NEW Boss Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Scarlet -5 hp, still climbing +20', still has a standard action left (see above)
__ Durgan -2 hp
__ Zokon -16 hp
__ Serena -3 hp
__ Alia -33 hp, 1 nonlethal, unconscious
__ Miles -13 hp, vanished!
__ Numalar -16 hp
__ Illthir
__ Dwarven mercenaries (red down, orange down, green down, yellow -18 hp)
__ Hotspur

Map updated. Note: the elevations of peaked roofs applies to the peak itself. Other spaces will be lower.

Scarlet continues to climb down.

Climb: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10