Of Kings and Commoners - Kingmaker AP

Game Master RPGGGM

Nothing I can really do without a weapon. Well, there's one thing I can do.

"Whoa, that thing's got reach. Someone give me a weapon so I can smash it."
Scarlet takes a step back and then concentrates...

Using my spell like ability to activate enlarge person. Takes 1 full round.

Concentration Check (If needed): 1d20 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 2 + 3 = 14

@Scarlet: You are not grabbing a weapon because that would provoke, but you are using a SLA and provoking? If you truly intend to do so, let me act first...unless it crits me I should survive even a good hit(while anything more than minimum damage will outright drop you into dying, with minimum damage staggering you). Honestly I hoped Celyne's summon would have to make a hover check right away and potentially provoke for not hovering, but...yeah.
Edit: Nevermind, I see you added an unlucky concentration check there to try and do so defensively-

@Scarlet: You are not grabbing a weapon because that would provoke, but you are using a SLA and provoking? If you truly intend to do so, let me act first...unless it crits me I should survive even a good hit(while anything more than minimum damage will outright drop you into dying, with minimum damage staggering you). Honestly I hoped Celyne's summon would have to make a hover check right away and potentially provoke for not hovering, but...yeah.

Edit: Nevermind, I see you added an unlucky concentration check there to try and do so defensively-

Unless it has 15 ft reach I should be out of range. No one made their K. Nature check so I don't know if it has Combat Reflexes or good reach.

I should check map before posting. I had expected it was right next to you, and you only stepped away once, putting you at the same range as Numalar- Oh well, if the little birdies don't provoke, I may as well have a go.

Alia steps forward, murmuring in Elvish, and stabbing at the beast in one fluid motion.
Concentration Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22 Regular Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 3) + 5 = 10 +Non-lethal Cold Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Arcane Pool, 5-foot step, spellstrike with frostbite
If it takes cold damage, it's fatigued

Zokon will step out of his tent

Rapier in hand only.. with his armour light.. but no buckler

He flicks a dagger out from his quickdraw sheath uses studied target on the beast and throws the dagger at it

Thrown Dagger+st+pbs: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 8 - 2 = 121d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

"Posh! That's my underwear!" Normally she wouldn't have screamed it but these are not normal circumstances.

The thing dimly notes Celyne's strange threat display but does not act upon it not really connecting it to the weird feathered gnats that are pecking it so.

The magically summoned "gnats" gang up on the thing.

Zokon's dagger sails through the things coils unheeded.

Scarlet begins the process of growing larger. If the thing could think it would think: Now that's more like it! Otherwise it is barely a mouthful; hardly worth the bother really. Pity it moves so much though.

Seeing the head dart toward her with cobra-like speed, Scarlet quickly rolls out of the way!

AoO Bite v Scarlet (prone): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 2) + 7 = 12 miss.

I should check map before posting. I had expected it was right next to you, and you only stepped away once, putting you at the same range as Numalar- Oh well, if the little birdies don't provoke, I may as well have a go.

The front of the tent is facing the fire meaning you have a "10-foot step" to reach melee distance. Did you still want to have a go?

Conditions Normal light out to a radius of 20' from the campfire. Many folks are prone and may not have all their armor or equipment readily available. People can't sleep in medium or heavier armor without the Endurance feat and not suffer fatigue the next day.

Round 2
The Bold May Act!
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__ The Thing in the Leaves! -32 hp
__ Posh
__ Scarlet prone
__ Zokon
__ Alia
__ Celyne/Luna
__ Numalar -4 hp, -2 nonlethal, prone/Sir Didymus
__ Naleksa

I had expected I would not have to step INTO the fire to get out of my tent, though. Last round I did two move actions to get up and open the tent, and a five-foot step to get out and see whats going on. The map position does not reflect that since I was not certain WHERE the opening was.(the pointy end? the flat end?), so last round I would have five-foot stepped towards Scarlet, and this round diagonally down towards the thing.

Fine by me. :)

Alia steps forward and as the thing recoils from smashing its claw-like face into the ground next to Scarlet she separates it's front half from its tail.

Both ends coil into themselves and several seconds later finally stop moving.

END COMBAT

Alia, having sliced the creature, turns around to look if everybody is ok. Seeing Scarlet hurt, she starts:"Are you okay? Do you...", before suddenly remembering first that the situation between them was still awkward for a reason she did not quite understand, quickly followed by the realization that her current state of dress would not be acceptable in most civilized places, except those specialising in that kind of thing(like, Naleksa's tent). Stopping mid-sentence, Alia hurries back inside her tent, closing up and forcing Vega to cuddle.

"REEOWW! HISSSSSS! SPT! SPT!"

Round 1
The Bold May Act!
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__ Alia
__ Greebo Vega

Combat Maneuver Grapple 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Whats the strenght of a kitty? If I hit him with a Ray of Enfeeblement, will he turn into a cuddle pillow while it lasts?
Combat Maneuver Grapple 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Combat Maneuver Grapple 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Combat Maneuver Grapple 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
If I have not managed to pin him by round 4, I'll probably give up and cuddle the anvil.

Scarlet continues to grow I already began casting, so why not? before taking a look around for new threats. With the creature dead, Scarlet picks up her swords, and checks around for more danger.

"I should've been more careful." She mutters before turning to Alia. "Alia, you alright? Thanks for the save-" only to see the elf dart back into her tent. "Uh...I guess she likes her beauty sleep. Wait, elves don't really sleep."

Hearing the cat hiss, Scarlet nods understandingly. "Oh, I guess she's getting Vega under control. Good idea. Hey Alia, you need any help in there? I think I have about another minute before I turn back to normal."

Strength of kitty? You guess it could work. It would certainly make him easier to wrestle.

AoO claws: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 damage: 1d2 - 4 ⇒ (2) - 4 = -2

confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 damage: 1d2 - 4 ⇒ (2) - 4 = -2

2 nonlethal

Alia manages to grab him.

escape artist DC 11: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (19) - 2 = 17

But he gets away!

Round 2

Alia manages to grab him again.

escape artist DC 21: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (9) - 2 = 7

He doesn't get away this time. Need another check to pin him.

CMB: Pin!: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Handle Animal: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 //to make it feel good for him, too- scratch behind ears, rub belly, force him to accept my love!
"Everything fine in here! Everything great! Don't come in here! A..uh...Anvil Leak! Very dangerous! Everything under control, but give me a few minutes to calm down Vega!"

"Alright. Call me if you need me." Scarlet peeks around the treeline to watch for more invading centipedes.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

//to make it feel good for him, too- scratch behind ears, rub belly, force him to accept my love!

"Everything fine in here! Everything great! Don't come in here! A..uh...Anvil Leak! Very dangerous! Everything under control, but give me a few minutes to calm down Vega!"

Vega gives Alia the look and rumbles deep in his tummy.

END COMBAT

Scarlet does not see any more of the wormy things lurking about.

Alia of the Blade wrote:

//to make it feel good for him, too- scratch behind ears, rub belly, force him to accept my love!

"Everything fine in here! Everything great! Don't come in here! A..uh...Anvil Leak! Very dangerous! Everything under control, but give me a few minutes to calm down Vega!"

Vega gives Alia the look and rumbles deep in his tummy.

END COMBAT

Scarlet does not see any more of the wormy things lurking about.

I guess things resume as before.

"Um, my panties?"

"Um, my panties?"

"Sorry just...in the moment of being attacked..." Posh appears to stamer, but sooner or later it appears things have calmed down for the moment.

Now if I had him as a follower of Arshae I'm sure he wouldn't mind wearing them...but of course the website is PG-13 so that's as far as I'll go with any suggestions...

Zokon stabs the freature in the head a few times before getting a rope(s) and several horses and dragging the body a couple hundred meters away.

"Hey all lets get this smelly thing away from camp"

Then he will come back and find his flung dagger.

"Looks like it came alone. Let's get it out of here." Scarlet helps Zokon drag the centipede away from the camp.

"I don't suppose anyone can heal this bite wound?" She asks.

"Alright, back to sleep."

4d100 ⇒ (90, 42, 100, 90) = 322

Scarlet's bite does look pretty bad.

Those in the party that can sleep after battling a 10-meter-long centipede do so and the night passes without further incident.

The next day brings the ominous prospect of the strange haunted woodland and its creased and craggy hills and cavernous darkened recesses.

The group breaks camp under the threat of rain. The threat bears out and by mid-morning the company is soaked under a constant gray precipitation that follows them under the forest branches, slipping through breaks in the canopy and forming streams where it can't. The poor light and racket of the rain constantly hammering on the leaves makes the going tough.

The party finds their way to the picked over moon radish patch where they met the Sootscale kobolds a few days before.

Let me know if you want to do anything specific (beyond exploring) for the day. If you press on for the day I need the following rolls:

Survival DC 19 and...

Updated your location on the area map.

Scarlet wakes up from her own snoring, like clockwork as the daybreaks. "It's gonna rain, ain't it?"

By the midday she's proven correct.

Survival: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
"When is this blasted rain going to end?"

What did we plan to do at the moon radish patch? Harvest food for Svetlana?

Survival: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
I can't make a DC 29 perception check.
Scarlet seems especially clumsy and makes wild predictions about the weather.

There's a side quest involving getting Svetlana some moon radishes but the Sootscale kobolds harvested all of them a few days ago.

Maybe it will rain radishes?

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

"Seems the rain will persist for another day or so, we might want to find somewhere to bivouac until it blows over."

There's a side quest involving getting Svetlana some moon radishes but the Sootscale kobolds harvested all of them a few days ago.

Maybe it will rain radishes?

If we had a high enough level Druid, she could just cast "Quicken Growth" on them and we'd have some new Radishes.

Sorry not to post sooner, guys... had a really exhausting weekend.

"Seems the rain will persist for another day or so, we might want to find somewhere to bivouac until it blows over."

Numalar, soaking, his moustaches drooping with moisture, nods.

"I wouldn't mind getting out of the weather myself. And I'm sure Sir Didymus wouldn't mind either. A nice fire would be very welcome."

I can't make a DC 29 perception check.

Nor can I. IIRC the only one in the party who can is Celyne, on a natural 20.

Can she, even? I thought rain carries a penalty on visibility/perception checks...

Not being very knowledgeable about surviving in the wild on her own, Alia just chimes in with a few pieces she remembers...Omitting making a Survival Check on my own on both accounts, instead Take-10 aiding whoever usually does that stuff(probably Zokon the Ranger?)
@Perception, just to give us even a theoretical chance to make the check, I'll also omit my own check, also Taking 10 to aid Celyne.

"It'll probably be spotty tomorrow, rain no rain... but we'll want a dry place for tonight..is there any place around or that we've been past that would do for shelter? "

Can she, even? I thought rain carries a penalty on visibility/perception checks...

Celyne is the only one with a +9 or better. I suspect the rain has been factored into the DC of the check but if not then no, she can't make it either. If it is allowed, Numalar will also aid Celyne.

Zokon looking around will aid Celyne's eventual spotting attempt

Perception Aid for Celyne: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

The perception check is not so much a focused on as it is a random one made over the course of 8 hours of exploration, so no aid is really possible. You either notice it or not. Were it more of a focused search in a small area you could certainly aid one-another.

Rain does impose a -4 penalty on perception checks (among other things) and is taken into account in some of the above DCs.

Given the vote to wait it out is one to nil with three abstaining we'll go with that.

The group hunkers down to wait out the rain.

If anyone has any plans for the day besides wishing they had brought or bought a tent (RP, short ventures out of camp, playing cards, crafting horseshoes, etc...) let me know. Otherwise, next post in 12ish hours.

"I don't mind sleeping under the stars, but..." Rain accumulating on a branch splashes on Scarlet. "My gear gets wet. Hey Naleksa, you still have one of those tents?"

Scarlet buys a single-person tent for 11 gp.

1d100 ⇒ 62

Yes, she does.

Relenting to the desire to stay dry, Celyne will buy a tent from Naleksa... either one person or two matters not, as the horse can carry it, two would be better so Luna can stay dry as well.

No real plans for Posh, which is the main reason I've not posted in a while. Possibly another 3sp for more rhythmic pounding or has Naleska been freaked out with what happened during the situation with the giant centipede and Posh accidently grabbing the wrong underwear?

Relenting to the desire to stay dry, Celyne will buy a tent from Naleksa... either one person or two matters not, as the horse can carry it, two would be better so Luna can stay dry as well.

availability: 1d100 ⇒ 11

"Why yes, I still have one." Two-(medium)-person tent: -16 gp 5 sp

No real plans for Posh, which is the main reason I've not posted in a while. Possibly another 3sp for more rhythmic pounding or has Naleska been freaked out with what happened during the situation with the giant centipede and Posh accidently grabbing the wrong underwear?

availability: 1d100 ⇒ 48

"Would you like a pair for yourself?" Halfling or human-sized women's underwear: 1 sp?

"Thanks, I'll take it!"

1d9 ⇒ 7

The gray soggy day passes into a damp starless night.

Alia and Posh are sitting the final (and knowing Alia--silent, perhaps even awkward) watch.

During the Watch

Posh sits for a while, sighing as he grows a little bored as everything seems quiet to him and decides to pass the time.
"So Alia...This might seem a strange question to ask but what's it like...having parents?" he asks, more of an assumption and resumes looking out into the darkness for anything of notice.

Earlier during the watch:

"It is a strange question, mostly because I think it's difficult to answer. I feel one would need to know both sides, to be aware of the difference...but I can try. It is safety. Warmth. Unconditional love. All things one can never cherish while young, because it's always been that way. You only notice when you strike out on one's own path in life, far from family...I understand you grew up without parents? Siblings?"

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Later during the watch:

"Something's coming!", Alia states as she stands and throws the stone she cast light on earlier towards the western underbrush, readying her Estoc:"Posh, wake up Zokon!"
Stone Light duration remaining: 20 - 1d20 ⇒ 20 - (3) = 17 minutes

Earlier during the watch:

"It is a strange question, mostly because I think it's difficult to answer. I feel one would need to know both sides, to be aware of the difference...but I can try. It is safety. Warmth. Unconditional love. All things one can never cherish while young, because it's always been that way. You only notice when you strike out on one's own path in life, far from family...I understand you grew up without parents? Siblings?"

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Later during the watch:

"Something's coming!", Alia states as she stands and throws the stone she cast light on earlier towards the western underbrush, readying her Estoc:"Posh, wake up Zokon!"
Stone Light duration remaining: 20-1d20 minutes

Earlier during the watch:

Posh simply shakes his head.
"No Siblings or parents. There were a group of people I worked with and often called themselves a 'family' but it had none of those things. Possibly safety when we were hidden from authorities." he thinks very hard for a moment as to what else he should say on the matter. "As stupid as this may sound, I feel more at home here with you and everyone than back then, even at the point when I was living in noble attire, large bedroom, any woman I wanted and more gold than a Dragon's horde I still felt something was...wrong? Missing? I still never felt safe, just alone."

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Later during the watch:

At this Posh gets up and heads for Zokon first and attempts to wake him up best he can.
"Zokon, something is coming. I didn't see it, but Alia's got her blade ready!" he shouts, attempting to wake up Zokon, but also hoping to wake up everyone else with his shouting.

Scarlet dreams of herself in a big pile of dirt, rolling around, building mud sculptures and lying around without a care in the world. She stares up into the sky and smiles, glad to watch the clear blue sky. Everything is so peaceful, so quiet...

Scarlet since you didn't travel very much during the day and no-one seems to love you (aside from Alia of course) you may heal up as if you had a whole day of rest. And since I'm botting Celyne while she's not looking....

cure light wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Sleep easier little blood rager. You deserve it.

The GM is offering me generous healing opportunity? Uhoh.

Is there a save point nearby?...If so, I know what's up...

Zokon wakes and puts on his weapon belt if he has more time he grabs his bow and arrows.

A sound like Tuskgutter's bigger meaner shreiking brother awkens the camp!

Round 1
The bold may act!
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__ the Party
__ the big charging thing

Scarlet grabs her pair of swords (move action since she has Two-Weapon Fighting), stands up and steps out of the tent.

"Bah! What now? Had a great dream about dir- I mean, uh, killing badguys."

Bluff: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20