Of Kings and Commoners - Kingmaker AP

Game Master RPGGGM

Fergus pulls a scroll out and summons the magic within it. casting monkey fish via scroll, gives 10ft climb+swim speed, do you I still need to make the swim check?

Fergus pulls a scroll out and summons the magic within it. casting monkey fish via scroll, gives 10ft climb+swim speed, do you I still need to make the swim check?

Only if Fergus jumps/falls in.

With the group consolidated again at the water's edge and the wolves barking and howling in frustration behind them, the party moves to cross the swift stream with the aid of Alia's rope.

Balance! Acrobatics (balance) DC 18 (+5 bonus to cross using the rope).

or
Jump! Acrobatics (standing long jump) DC 22.
or
Swim! Swim DC 15.
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Or for the full-round action, you can choose to do any two.

Party map updated

Further back some of the group are still picking themselves up from their fall at the base of the cliff. Spending a move to do so for this round of the chase.

The wolves seem closer. But the sudden briar patch invoked by Balzeros's magic seems to have slowed them as they begin barking from the far edge.

With a rope already set up, Balzeros wastes no time waiting to cross. Grabbing hold of the rope, he tries to walk across the squirrel bridge. I'm getting to old for this sort of thing...

Deciding to lend credence to his thoughts, the poor man's feet misstep shortly after starting and he flops right into the drink.
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Acrobatics (Rope, ACP), DC 15: 1d20 + 2 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 5 - 4 = 4 XD
Haha this chase is just not Balzeros' shining moment, is it?

Balzeros falls off the 4" wide branch and rolls down the bank.

Balzeros can get back up and try again next round. Anyone else wanna try?

The swim and balance DCs are inverted on the map compared to your post!

Come on elven genes don't fail me now! Illthir tried to wobble her way across the log without taking a bath. Not that she minded a bit of water - but it looked awfully cold!

Acrobatics: Balance!: 1d20 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 5 = 22

ACP should take 3 off the roll above! Agile only helps with acrobatics to jump apparently

Serena waits for everyone else to cross before she makes her attempt. She takes hold of the rope and tries to walk the log. As much to her own surprise as anyone else's, she makes the journey without any missteps!

Acrobatics: 1d20 - 6 + 5 ⇒ (20) - 6 + 5 = 19

The swim and balance DCs are inverted on the map compared to your post!

Thanks! Corrected. The post is right.

Illthir makes it across.

Serena stand guard.

Once again, Alia rushes on ahead to see what more lies in store for the group. If I spent the standard this turn to fix the rope in place, I should still have the move left, right?

Once again, Alia rushes on ahead to see what more lies in store for the group. If I spent the standard this turn to fix the rope in place, I should still have the move left, right?

Alia rushes ahead while nearly everyone else waits on the far side of the makeshift bridge for her to report back? So in part to reiterate:

Illthir crosses the log bridge.

Serena begins looking impatient as the group's rear guard. Come on. Come on.

Alia rushes down a path that seems familiar except for the wall of foliage up ahead.

The wolves draw closer.

What? Knowledge (nature) DC 18.

or
Hm. Survival DC 20.
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Or for the full-round action, you can choose to do any two.

Meanwhile:

Balance! Acrobatics (balance) DC 18 (+5 bonus to cross using the rope).

or
Jump! Acrobatics (standing long jump) DC 22.
or
Swim! Swim DC 15.
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Or for the full-round action, you can choose to do any two.

Party map updated

"Bawl-Zeroes." Erevenywg helpfully suggests that Balzeros does not use one particularly handy branch on the log for balance.

She casts guidance on Balzeros.

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Seeing that the people appear to have help or picked themselves up he reacts to Alia's words and runs to the water and assists her with the tying of the rope to a suitable tree unless erevenwyg has done it in which case he crosses the log and gets ready to assist any that need it.

acrobatics balance: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Zokon uses the long stick he has maybe found to help any that he can, if he can.

Taking Erevenywg's advice (and possibly any aid from Zokon), Balzeros tries surmounting the latest test of his patience. He immediately slips off the first time around, his hands not even able to take hold of the rope, but the second time he takes the rope in hand first and manages to get across.
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Acrobatics (Rope, Guidance, ACP), DC 18: 1d20 + 2 + 5 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 5 + 1 - 4 = 5
Acrobatics (Rope, ACP), DC 18: 1d20 + 2 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 2 + 5 - 4 = 20
GM, I've rolled twice based on the last line in your Challenge Summary. If I've misinterpreted it, I apologize!

"What? Hmm..." Illthir scratched her head and peered into the gloom. Where were they supposed to go?

Know:Nature!: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

My Previous post

Seeing that the people appear to have help or picked themselves up he reacts to Alia's words and runs to the water and assists her with the tying of the rope to a suitable tree unless erevenwyg has done it in which case he crosses the log and gets ready to assist any that need it.

acrobatics balance: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

My bad. Zokon can run along to the next challenge or....

Zokon uses the long stick he has maybe found to help any that he can, if he can.

Make an aid another check.

Taking Erevenywg's advice (and possibly any aid from Zokon), Balzeros tries surmounting the latest test of his patience. He immediately slips off the first time around, his hands not even able to take hold of the rope, but the second time he takes the rope in hand first and manages to get across.

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GM, I've rolled twice based on the last line in your Challenge Summary. If I've misinterpreted it, I apologize!

That's as per the following bit of rules (essentially it is a way to catapult your PC ahead two spaces on the game board).

A character who wants to attempt to move three cards during his turn can do so by taking a full-round action. That character must overcome both obstacles on the card he is leaving. In this case, if a character fails either obstacle check by 5 or less, he only moves one card forward and his turn ends. If a character fails either obstacle check by more than 5, he cannot move at all that turn. A character unfortunate enough to fail two obstacle checks in a turn becomes mired in his current square (he might have fallen from a ledge, gotten a foot stuck amid roots, or got caught in a crowd, for example). A character who is mired must spend another full-round action becoming unmired and effectively loses his next turn in the chase. In some cases, becoming mired might impart additional penalties (such as falling damage).

You can decide if you want to do that or not but, it looks like Balzeros might be in trouble regardless.

"What? Hmm..." Illthir scratched her head and peered into the gloom. Where were they supposed to go?

Zokon aids

Acro aid: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Oh, I see. In that case, he only would have made the one check. He wants to catch up, but at the time he was only one behind. Now that he is two behind, he is probably going to take more risks to not get eaten by wolves :)

Even with Zokon's and Erevenywg's aid Balzeros rolls down the bank.

"No, no, no. Bawl-Zeroes I said 'do not' touch that branch." says Erevenywg.

Serena begins moving from one foot to the other while bidding her time to cross.

"So uh. Got some good news and some bad news. Let's start with the later; that's a man eating plant right over there. Good news is that it looks kinda sluggish - so *maybe* we can run through it..." Illthir shared while pondering if there were no better way. Well she could wait for the wolves to try and eat them instead ...

At hearing Illthirs words and then giving a startled look at the plant "Damn.. lets get Balzeros out, he'll know more."

Zokon moves to help Balzeros get out of the water..

Moving along after work.

Technically, this is after work.

Zokon acrobatics aid: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Zokon reaches out a hand. "Just run across, I'll catch you."

Balzeros acrobatics (balance, rope): 1d20 + 2 + 5 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 5 + 1 - 4 = 10

Balzeros stops though stuck in the middle of the crossing trying to regain his tenuous footing.

Serene clears her throat loudly wanting to get across the make-shift bridge before being forced to fight with her back against the stream.

Fergusbot looks up from his papers and finally takes the hint. He carefully puts all of his parchment away as sound of wolves draws closer. Then satisfied he steps out onto the bridge and begins wobbling.

Fergus acrobatics (balance, rope): 1d20 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 5 = 11

Grasping the nearest branch (and making Erevenwyg put her hand up to her face like Dr. Fauchi at a White House Covid 19 briefing) he stops and regains his balance.

The waif grows increasingly fidgety.

{Looks nervously over her shoulder}

What? Knowledge (nature) DC 18.

or
Hm. Survival DC 20.
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Part 2: Speed or Strength
Speed Acrobatics DC 15.
or
Strength. Bull Rush DC 15.

Still meanwhile:

Balance! Acrobatics (balance) DC 18 (+5 bonus to cross using the rope).

or
Jump! Acrobatics (standing long jump) DC 22.
or
Swim! Swim DC 15.
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Or for the full-round action, you can choose to do any two.

Party map updated

Aliabot sprints ahead, executes a twirling jump and....

Alia acrobatics: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15

And...

....

....

"I'm all right!" she shouts back from the other side of the carnivorous hedge.

Zokon will remain even after helping Balzeros as the delay may land SErena in trouble and he will be ready in case his bow is needed.

HE continues to aid Balzeros in getting through "You must hurry Balzeros, the delay is putting Serena in danger."

My bad, didn't realize you were waiting on a roll from me earlier!

"I'm trying my best, leave me if you must!" Balzeros focuses as hard as he can on getting across, but still does nothing more than block the path for others. GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO, why has my body frozen? It's like moving through thick mud! WHAT IS HAPPENING?!
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Acrobatics (Balance, Rope), DC 18: 1d20 + 2 + 5 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 5 + 1 - 4 = 16
UUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH

Seeing the shaman about to freeze up Illthir casts a small spell to push him ahead. Come!

Casting Gallant Inspiration for +2d4 on a failed skill check as an intermediate action.

Bonus!: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4

Then the skald takes a deep breath and hopes she too can make it through the flesh-eating bush. Please please please!!

Bull Rush!: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Apologies, have been ill.
Knowledge Nature DC 18 OR Acrobatics DC 15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 (+4 knowledge/+13 acrobatics)
Survival DC 20 or Bull Rush DC 15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 (+0 Survival/+6 CMB)
So, I can jump ahead 3 cards? :) Or can I punch a hole in the foliage that makes it easier for others to follow?
Dunno how beating both challenges works with the duplicate, or if I need the "Hmwhat" after Illthir did it - but I think I'm acing them.

"A tendriculos, is it? I looks torpid. Wish me luck."

Using her amazing speed and the trained strenght of a warrior-smith, Alia evades the creatures vines and spends a moment identifying the weakest spots of the foliage, trying to rush through in a way that breaks the branches.

Then the skald takes a deep breath and hopes she too can make it through the flesh-eating bush. Please please please!!

Illthir crashes through the scrub.

Glad to hear you are felling better, Alia. Going with that whole 'scouting' thing, I actually moved Alia along past the tendriculos yesterday. There are ways Alia can help others cross through, as well as info only she from her (and Illthir's) position can pass on to the others. At this point there is no '3rd card'.

"I'm trying my best, leave me if you must!" Balzeros focuses as hard as he can on getting across, but still does nothing more than block the path for others. GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO, why has my body frozen? It's like moving through thick mud! WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

Is Zokon aiding this attempt? You can aid only once a turn, but Z can't fail to aid.

Zokon shall aid again

"Cmon lets go. together."

So according to Illthir on the discussion thread, Balzeors makes it across. Now for Fergus....

The short wizard makes it as well.

Fergus acrobatics (rope): 1d20 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 2 + 5 = 20

Erevenwyg acrobatics (rope): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

"It is not as easy as it looks." says the gangly fairy woman who suddenly seems to be all elbows and knees.

The girl next to her looks as though she is trying make her self as small as possible as the sound of the baying wolves draws nearer.

Everyone is up again.

Map updated

Now this is the kind of thing I can solve! Finally reaching the man-eating plant Illthir pointed out, identified as a Tendriculos by Alia, Balzeros grabs his jaw.

After a moment, he starts to speak, but his tongue is now a thick, green vine!

What's the test to get past the Tendriculous plz?

Serena continues to act as rear guard until the rest of her group is across, before crossing herself. Once she herself has made the crossing, she attempts to shove the log into the river from her side.

What's the test to get past the Tendriculous plz?

It's on the Google Slides in a callout:

What's the test to get past the Tendriculous plz?

What Balzeros said. It is a two-parter though someone who knows can just impart part 1 to you.

Part 1: The Obstacle

What? Knowledge (nature) DC 18.
or
Hm. Survival DC 20.
or
Someone who knows what it is can just tell you.
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Part 2: Speed or Strength
Speed Acrobatics DC 15.
or
Strength. Bull Rush DC 15.

Fergusbot explains in a professorial tone that the shrub ahead seems to be a "euonymus reptans legio," a sort of huge carnivorous plant from the south. The late winter chill seems to have stunned it a bit. You might be able to get by rushing through it before it's awakens.

knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Serena continues to act as rear guard until the rest of her group is across, before crossing herself. Once she herself has made the crossing, she attempts to shove the log into the river from her side.

That leaves Serena, Erevenywg, and the girl.

Serena Mistcastle wrote:

Serena continues to act as rear guard until the rest of her group is across, before crossing herself. Once she herself has made the crossing, she attempts to shove the log into the river from her side.

That leaves Serena, Erevenywg, and the girl.

PS I'll get them moving once I get home.

Erevenwyg acrobatics (rope): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

"It's really not as easy as it looks." says the gangly fairy woman who remains all elbows and knees.

The girl next to her looks as though she is trying make her self as small as possible as the sound of the baying wolves draws nearer.

Everyone is still up.

Map updated

"We can see the barge from here!", Alia shouts back to her comrades, then refreshes her "Expeditious Advance"-Spell using her pearl of power.
Seeing some struggle at the River crossing, she sighs and prepares to return to help.
I guess that means doing the checks in reverse order? Or can I pass back freely from this side?

Illthir fidgets nervously with her hair and bites her lips. She had really hoped the rest of the team would show up by now! Ohoohohoohoh darn. She looked to Alia whom appeared to want to rush back. Through the flesh eating plant. Towards the wolves. The half elf squirmed. She *really* didn't want to do that. But she didn't want to listen to someone else get eaten either ...

Mm. Or ponder what we can do to help from this side. Illthir can sing for a str bonus. But singing might not help with the sleeping plant ...

GM, did this have any effect?

My bad. Will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

The tendriclous chortles and waves the party into its mouth.

I guess that means doing the checks in reverse order?

Yes.

Also, Zokon can just aid Erevenywg to pass (she only missed by 1), though that still leaves the girl behind, and I wasn't sure what he had in mind to do about that. The wolves are very close now.

Still waiting on Zokon, and Fergus, and if others still want to take actions. I'll thrust us forward later tonight.

Zokonbot pulls Erevenwyg across.

Fergusbot rushes forward and attempts to crash through the plant, but only bounces off.

Fergus bull rush: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Serena hears the wolves come around the bend at a run!

Conditions aside from the party's lights it is Dark out, and forest terrain

Round 1! (BOSS Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Illthir
__ Zokon
__ Alia
__ Balzeros
__ Fergus
__ Serena
__ Erevenywg
__ "Girl"
__ Winter Wolves!

Map updated.

"Come! Zoh-Khan will catch you!" cries Erevenywg to the girl, but the girl shrinks back, too terrified to move.

"By all that is holy!" Balzeros stomps his foot and turns back towards the sound of closing wolves.

Pointing in their direction he directs his anger into the plants around them. That should give us more damn time!
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Dang! That would have been so sweet! He'll try to Bull Rush when the time comes then. In the mean time, move back a card and cast Thorny Entanglement! The goal is to have Serena at the edge, but otherwise as close to the wolves as he can get it.

With a sigh, Alia breaks into a sprint and crashes through the Tentriculous once more, using her momentum to try and jump the River as well. (so there's no collision with someone walking over)

Acrobatics DC 15: 1d20 + 13 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 6 = 32
Bull Rush DC 15: 1d20 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 6 = 19

By my understanding I can move 2 cards by doing both challenges like this? so get back to the girl?