[PBP GameDay V] GM.Kashka's 4-19 The Night March of Kalkamedes [CORE] (Inactive)

Game Master Andrew Torgerud

Azdaja moves swiftly to the point in which the path is safe and throws a rope. "Tie the ropes that the sleepwalker and I'll help pull him." she shouts out to her comrades. She doesn't like to show it, but her strength is not half bad for a noble.

Krixit heaves on the rope, in the direction Cratis suggested.

Strength: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Let me edit this in...

Upon seeing the extra line, Krixit shifts focus to tie it to their current rope. If no one else would have a chance beforehand.

Through determination and teamwork, the party manages to pull Kalkamedes around the deepest part of the bog. It is hard going through knee deep sludge, but the party continues onward.

anyone can heal blood oxe if they choose.

Kalkamedes’s path winds westward into a steep mountain pass that climbs several hundred feet. The surface levels out only to terminate fifty feet ahead with a precipitous drop into a thirty-foot wide canyon.

Kalkamedes appears to be trying to walk straight off a cliff, and there is no way around it this time!

"Gah! Grab the rope guys! Let's tie the other end to something again so we can look around and find a path down!
She starts to grab the rope.

"Anyone have a healing wand? I am going to climb down to help on the lower end. Then I'll climb up the other side, and fix a rope that we can use to get him up."

Ver'Yanion looks down the 70' deep ravine, and realizes that any failure would certainly kill him. "We need a lot more rope."

i believe mirima is -2 str check not 4.
Check the tactical map for a diagram

Upon scooting up to the edge.... Ver sees a sheer drop that would kill any party member. Maybe even Kalkamedes. not an easy climb, no on take ten due to Kalkamedes' immediate peril.

The wily elf pulls out a 50' length of silken rope, and secures it with a piton at the top of the ravine. "Anyone got any more rope? I can make it down to a manageable drop, but it is still going to hurt!"

He ponders the problem. "Blood Oxe, could you, and probably everyone else, use the rope to lower him down? Assuming we have enough rope, I'll climb down, and start making my way up the other side. I've got three pitons left... hopefully someone else has more. This isn't going to be easy."

Azdaja pulls a wand from her side and twists it ibetween her fingers. "I have one, but I can't use it. Anyone else can give him a pop to see if it will work for them. As for the rope, I have a coil of silk we used earlier." despite this being the most she has said to anyone so far, her mood was deteriorating more than it was when they started.

Mind yourself, Black. You are your father's daughter and here, somewhere in this team, you can prove it. If not to him than to yourself.

Ver'Yanion attempts to use the wand. He takes it in his hand, and focuses his will upon it. 'You will work for me, wand. My will is strong."
UMD DC20: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
UMD DC20: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
CLW on Blood Oxe: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"Azdaja, would you mind me taking it down to the bottom of the crevasse so that I could heal anyone who falls?"

Still confused, Ver'Yanion looks closely at Azdaja as she hands him the wand, wondering why the elves of Kyonin would hate her so...

kn:local: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 (what race is she?)

Blood Oxe has a wand of his own you can use. Please another charge would be appreciated. Azdaja the Black is a half-elf, as is seen in the spoiler for Tracked Resources.

Blood Oxe looks at the cliff bug eyed! "Ha! You want me to what?!"

Thinking quickly to find another way to help out, he realizes he's the largest one here and starts to walk forward slowly. He leaves a bit of slack at the end of his rope so that someone can tie their length to his.

"Yer Lady Black! I would very much appreciate it if you'd tie your rope to the end of mine so's I can lower our charge into the ravine!"

As he walks forward, he tries to keep enough tension on the rope that Kalkamedes can walk down the cliff wall.

"Someone may need to help me here, he's pretty heavy!"

Strength: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

UMD: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
UMD: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
UMD: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Ver'Yanion struggles with the half-orc's wand before finally getting it to work. "This one don't work so good. Got it to do its thing, but maybe you should get it checked when you get home. " he starts putting the wand into his backpack absentmindedly before hearing a grumble from Blood Oxe. He hands it back, saying, "Sorry. Honest mistake, really. I meant to get one before I left.... but they were fresh out!"
cure light wound wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

"Say, anyone got a climbing kit, or additional pitons? They may come in handy. "

Blood Oxe guffaws, "Ha! Ver'Yanion, I'm kinda busy right now!" Breathing heavily from Kalkamedes weight, "Look in my pack! I got all kinds of stuff in there!"

take a look at my profile for something useful

Krixit takes this as her cue to start rummaging through Blood Oxe's pack. She clambers up and pulls out... a climber's kit, a handful of pitons, and a grappling hook.

"Oo, lots of neat stuff here! Do you think a ladder would help too? 'Cause our walkin' store has that too!" she giggles.

Handing the stuff over to Ver'Yanion, she joins up with Blood Oxe to help lower their charge down, when the time is right.

Strength Assist: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

"I got your back, big guy!" she exclaims, before sneezing the dropping the rope.

As Ver looks over the cliff and ties his rope, Krixit pulls out Blood Oxe's gear.
Kalkamedes str check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Blood oxe is not able to hold him back. Kalkamedes goes tumbling over the cliff!

Keixit and Blood Oxe grab as quickly as they can to the slipping rope... as well as the rest of the party.

Blood Oxe roll another Str check. Everyone else roll assist

"O! I LOVE magic items! I can do all the wand fiddling in the future, my specialty!" Then she sees the two men start to fall down the cliff.. "but I don't know if we have anything that can fix you two up after this!" Mirima leaps and grabs onto the rope but is dragged by it across the dirt on her belly.

STRENGTH!: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2

"Oops!" She grabs at the rope. "Heave ho!"

Strength assist: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Seeing their charge falling over the side, Ver'Yanion dives for the rope, hoping to have the chance to help.
STR Assist: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Once the fall has been dealt with (or not), Ver'Yanion will grab his rope and piton, and quickly put on Blood Oxe's climbing kit. With that in place, he will start making his way down the side of the wall.

(take ten, for an 18... if that doesn't cause him to fall to his death, and he makes progress, he'll just climb down the rest of the way)

As he climbs down, he addresses Gamin, "So other than talk, and maybe be used as a weapon, what is it that you do?"

Blood Oxe bellows in consternation and fear for Kalkamedes, "Ha! Oh sweet Kurgess don't fail me now!"

Strength: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 2 + 2 = 19 plus any other aids

"Pharasma... You... Are... Not... Welcome... Here... Today!"

Cords stand out on Blood Oxe's forearms and neck as he strains to keep Kalkamedes from falling to his death.

Ha! Dear Desna please grace me with your luck this morning!

The party successfully manages to get a hold of the rope.... but not before Kalkamedes fell...
feet: 1d30 + 20 ⇒ (23) + 20 = 43 43 feet and slams hard into the wall.
impact damage, circ: 4d6 - 2 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 2) - 2 = 8

Determined as ever... Kalkamedes appears to collect himself relatively quickly, and strains against the rope. what does everyone want to do next?

Blood Oxe begins to let out the rope at an appropriate speed so Kalkamedes can walk down the cliff face but won't feel the need to yank it out of his hands again.

"Folks, let him down slowly," Ver'Yanion says, as he lets go and starts putting on the climbing gear. "I'll go down and set things up on the other side. Once he is down, we should keep him down there, but hopefully he can't climb up. I'll heal him when I get down. Fair enough."

See above for my plan.

Kalkamedes spends his turn climbing down while Blood Oxe notices the end of the 50 feet of rope is now in his hands.. while verbally requested, no action upon said request occurred.

Ver takes another 50 foot length and ties it to his rope before throwing the rope off the cliff reaching the bottom.
climb half speed dc 10, guidance: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 = 21
He climbs down 15 feet.

Cratis observes what is going on and takes in everyone's plans. Seeing the need for extra rope she digs in her pouch and begins tying the end of her rope to the end near where Blood Oxe is lowering Kalkamedes from.

Noticing that the climb is now easier than he thought it would be, he Ver'Yanion starts increasing his speed. In the back of his head there is a little voice screaming at him to be more cautious, but he hasn't spent the last fifty years ignoring it to listen to it now.

climb, double speed (15') DC10: 1d20 + 2 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 6 + 1 = 23

Azdaja is half elf. The shorter ears and the larger girth was a dead give away. She is still beautiful with larger eyes and fine skin. But her aditude persisted. It isn't a matter of dislike on her part. She seems to dislike everything, like a discontented youth.

Having been buried in her thoughts, she missed the dinamic rescue of her comrade and charge. So, she waited patiently for the others to get down before getting on the rope. She would wait so the rope would not have too much strain on it.

Climb take 10: 1d20 + 2 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 10 = 17

I'm assuming the rope I'm holding is 'spare' right now.

"You got him, right Blood Oxe?"

Assuming the answer is yes, Krixit goes to the edge of the cliff and tosses down the rope and some climbing equipment once Ver'Yanion reaches the bottom, taking care not to hit him or their charge. "Use these for the other side!" she hollers.

She then ever so carefully climbs down the rope to the bottom of the cliff, taking every precaution to move slowly. She may be strong, but scale mail making climbing tricky! Take 10 climb for 8, with AC penalty. Definitely going quarter speed, will take 7 rounds to get down. If Blood Oxe needed help up top she'll stay until she needs to head down.

Krixit tosses the rope to the bottom of the ravine. As he attempts to climb the rope Ver is using, he makes no progress. i dont see anyone's rope say knotted, so it is dc10

Seeing Krixit having trouble, Azdaja goes ahead of him successfully climbing 15 feet down.

With the additional rope from Cratis, Blood Oxe lowers Kalkamedes another 15 feet.

"Hey, guys! Slow it down a little... I need to catch up to him!"

Seeing as Kalkamedes is being lowered down faster than he is climb down, he attempts to climb faster. (Not taking 10 as the GM has said not to). He makes it down another 30' (currently at 60' down), and is almost to the bottom.

Climb, w/ Guidance, kit, DC10, fast: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 2 + 1 - 5 = 21
Climb, w/ Guidance, kit, DC10, fast: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 2 + 1 - 5 = 14

Mirima looks around thinking of how she can help, other than making sure the ropes don't knot she feels pretty useless waiting for everyone to climb down. Maybe I can bolster their spirits?

"Good job everyone.. you know this reminds me of a good climbing story, and since you're all such captive listeners right now it'd be a waste not to tell it..."

Oh, I thought the rope was against the cliff wall for making climbing easier.

Getting a little woozy just looking down, Krixit goes back to assist Blood Oxe with lowering Kalimedes via the rope.

"My!" she exclaims after hearing Mirima's stories. "Seems your parents tell ya different bedtime stories than mine did! Kids these days..."

you are right - my bad it is dc5

Krixit continues climbing down with Azdaja.

I need Blood Oxe's action before giving everyone another turn

Afraid that Kalkamedes will yank out of his grip again, he continues letting him walk down the wall, guffawing, "Ha! Go faster Ver'Yanion!"

Kalkamedes reaches the bottom and continues walking accross the bottom of the ravine.

next round of actions!

Ver'Yanion throws himself off of the cliff face, performing a delicate flip as he lands next to Kalkamedes, pulling the wand he was given as he does.
acrobatics DC15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

He then attempts to heal their charge, taking the help of Gamin as he does it. "Damned thing is defective!" he says, as the wand fails to actiate.
UMD DC20: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 = 15

Cratis moves towards the anchored rope and begins climbing down.

Climb: 1d20 ⇒ 16

choice is limited, so i'll expedite this round.

Krixit, Azdaja, Cratis, Blood Oxe, and Mirima start/continue climbing down the rope.

Kalkamedes reaches the other side and begins climbing climb: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 but fails to make progress.

Party is up

Seeing that Kalkamedes hasn't made any progress, Ver'Yanion will keep trying to heal him. However, the workings of this wand are still beyond the elf's ability to activate. He almost, but not quite, "breaks" it for himself.

UMD, w/ Guidance DC20: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
He will also wishes he knew what this stuff called alchemical grease was, so that he could apply some to his charge.

Mirima continues to climb down, calling to Ver'Yanion, "I'm coming, one second and I can get that thing to work."
Climb: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 4

The story brings a small smirk to her face. Maybe the small one should have been a bard.

Climb: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

With Krixit leading the way, most of the party climbs down slowly.

Kalkamedes continues to attempt to climb the far side.

climb: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Tumbles down on his latest attempt

Ver'Yanion tries again with the wand, before starting to climb up.
clw wand activate: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7

He shakes his head, and tucks the wand away, looking at the cliff wall, picking out a route. 'Hopefully I have enough pitons! At least it will help part way up.'

The rest of the party is stuck behind Krixit's slow pace.

Kalkamedes continues to try to start climbing climb: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 but he lands on his butt again.

With his... er... Blood Oxe's climbing kit on, Ver'Yanion starts making his way up the canyon wall. He realizes now that his rope is tied to the other cliff wall, but he does have the rope from the climbing kit. He secures that to himself, and then climbs up 7.5 feet. "Guys, attach more rope to this one! You'll need it!"

take ten on climb, guidance: 10 + 6 + 1 + 2 = 19 +7.5 feet

Not waiting for the others to get down, he then keeps climbing.

take ten on climb, guidance: 10 + 6 + 1 + 2 = 19 +15 feet
take ten on climb, guidance: 10 + 6 + 1 + 2 = 19 +22.5 feet

While 5 members climb down for 2 more turns, Ver starts climbing up.

Kalkamedes attempts to climb climb: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
makes no progress...

and then...
climb: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

He lands on his butt yet again!

Everyone is up - party is on the ground!

Mirima gets to the bottom half out of breath, "Ok..who...needed..to..use..a..wand..again?"

Blood Oxe ties his grappling hook to his rope.

"Ha! When I'm done, someone tie the rope around Kalkamedes! I'll toss the grapple up above!"

"Blood Oxe, it is seventy feet up to the top! You'll never make that throw!" Ver'Yanion yells down. "Just tie the rope to the one that I am dangling below myself... We'll use that. Mirima, heal Kalkamedes!"

Ver'Yanion carefully picks his route up the cliff face. He stops when the rope is barely off the ground at the bottom of the cliff (assume about 45' up)
Take 10 for 19, then 18 to climb 15'.

Pausing at 42.5 feet.

"Of course, who has the wand?"

Mirima takes the wands and taps Kalkamedes.
Heals: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Ver is now at 37.5 feet.

The wand is in Ver's pocket.