Sivantanpisil swims through the tunnel towards the aggressive sea creature.
Jirah falls prey to the monster's howl, dropping her bow and fleeing from it.
Frēodwēn attempts to counter the howl with some singing, but he's currently off-key.
The weird sea creature dives under the water and moves to bite Xakon. It manages to leave a savage bite on the rogue's left shoulder and neck, but fortunately misses an artery. Xakon takes 9 damage from the bite. He will take an additional 1d6 ⇒ 2 bleed damage on his next turn.
Initiative (Rounds 2-3)
Jirah [Panicked for 2 additional rounds]
Mudk <= Up
Sivantanpisil <= Up
Frēodwēn <= Up
Xakon [11 dmg with bleed] <= Up
Water Monster
Sugar/Truffles [T: 6 Dmg]
Effects
Bless: +1 morale bonus to attacks and fear saves.
Yes, I failed to mention it, but Mudk does still have Bull Strength active.
Xakon tumbles through the water to avoid the creature's bite and stabs it in the heart, while Sivantanpisil hits it in the throat with her longspear, killing it.
Combat is over, but Xakon is still bleeding. Unless someone who hasn't acted yet can make it over to him to do a Heal skill check or heal him with magic, he takes another 1d6 ⇒ 5 bleed damage this round.
Since it will take a round for Sugarsnap to make her way to Xakon, he takes the 5 additional bleed damage before she heals him. My math indicates that he still has 7 damage after that and Truffles is still sitting at 6 damage
There's two doors in this room, one to the north which probably leads to the flooded hallway, the other west door probably to an unexplored area. You have about two minutes left of Bless and Mudk's Bull Strength. Let me know what you're doing.
Xakon finds no traps on the door and opens it to reveal a flooded hallway. Thanks to whatever magical barrier exists, the water on the other side does not pour into your dry room. There does not appear to be any immediate dangers in the hallway, but there are three doors: one to the west, two to the south.
As before, you'd need to make a Strength check to push through the barrier and swim checks to move down the hallway. As long as we are out of combat, we can forgo both checks for now assuming you get them eventually. Once we're back in combat, you'll need to make them again as the situation warrents.
Once you move into the flooded hall, you can feel a strong current pulling water through the grate on the west door.
Swimming through the hallway, the group discovers the north door leads to the long hallway they were in previously, while the two doors to the south only lead to empty storage closets.
The west door, however, leads to another enclosed space. This room is octagonal, shorter than it is wide, with a small platform overlooking the water. Near the floor on the west side is another magical portal.
Unfortunately there is no magic barrier here and all the water from your hallway rushes into it, threatening to carry those in the front into the waiting jaws of a sixteen foot long eel!
Xakon and Mudk need to make DC 15 swim checks immediately or be swept adjacent to the eel. You cannot take 10 since combat is starting. If you fail the swim check, you can make a DC 20 Reflex save to grab the doorway and stop in one of the squares by the doorway. If you choose to fail both checks for a quick way into the melee, that's fine, but you may provoke from the eel.
Anyone who moves into two squares above the doorway (i.e., the squares Xakon and Mudk are in at the time of this post) this round or the next needs also to make the same checks listed above to stop from being flushed into the room.
The eel opens it mouth wide, perhaps waiting for a tasty morsel to come straight to it. Readying an action, so it may interrupt your initiative sequence.
Initiative (Round 1)
Giant Eel
Sivantanpisil <= Up
Jirah <= Up
Xakon <= Up
Frēodwēn <= Up
Mudk [Bull's Strength active] <= Up
Sugar/Truffles [T: 6 Dmg] <= Up
Before Mudk can attack, the eel attempts to snatch him in its jaws. Somehow, the winds of fate are in the unarmored paladin's favor and the powerful bite misses!
Mudk then proceeds to take out a significant hunk out of the eel with his falchion.
Sugar is toward the back, she barely can hear what Xak is saying, looking a bit confused, as to what she should do, Ahhh, Eel, Back Off! she says rather commandingly.
handle animal just for fun:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 Ok if that actually worked, I will declare Sugar as the Eel Lord!
Sugar simply delays as there isn't much room for her right now.
since I didn't see the map before people moved I have no idea how far I can move before the swim check
As Xakon is pulled forward he can't quite tumble well enough in the water to avoid the opportunity attack. The eel tries to bite him, but the halfling rogue manages to dodge the attack.
Xakon returns the favor by stabbing the monster with his rapier.
From her position in the back, Jirah begins casting a Sleep spell.
Sugarsnap attempts to befriend the eel from behind Jirah, but the eel doesn't seem to notice her and is undoubtedly too angry to be tamed if it did. Truffles stares patiently at her as he awaits her whims.
The two squares with the current are now indicated by a purple circle next to them. If you move into them, you'll be pulled forward unless you make a Swim check.
GM Screen:
AoO Bite:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Siv is up, then I believe Freod plans to come out of delay.
Human Cleric/9 - Core | Int +4 | Per +14 | AC 22/20fl/13t | HP 49/66| Fort +10 | Ref +10 | Will +14 | CMB: +10, CMD:23 | Move 50' | Normal Vision
Savvy calls upon the power of Desna then moves effortlessly through the water to the edge of the room. Walking south along the walkway she drops off the platform into the water out of reach from the eel. Finally, she approaches from south and attacks.
Liberation 2/3
Blessed Power Attack with Longspear:1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 = 17 for damage of :1d8 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
Frēodwēn moves slightly forward in the hallway before quickly loosing two arrows at the eel.
Crunch:
Notes: if the water is too difficult for Frēodwēn to take the 5' step, please undo it; it shouldn't affect any of the crunch
Round 1 action: 5' step closer to eel
Rapid shot at eel
I'm wondering; since the allies are lower to the ground, Frēodwēn has high ground, and the eel is large, will their Still be soft cover penalties
Since a minute has passed, I believe the Alter Self spell has warn off on Freod. So, no 5 foot steps in the hallway since it's still mostly full of water and you'll need to make a swim check to move.
Also, I'll say no soft cover at the moment, but water is flowing into the room is increasing the water level so this may change.
Sivantanpisil calls upon the power of Desna to ignore the flow of the water and moves into the room. She then attempts to hit the eel with her longspear, but misses.
Frēodwēn fires two arrows at the eel from his position in the hallway, and the first one is a solid hit.
Angry at the hard hitting paladin, the eel tries to bit Mudk again. This is time it if unfortunately much more successful as its rows of teeth lock themselves into Mudk flesh and grapple him. Mudk takes 13 damage from the attack and is grappled.
Initiative (Round 2)
Giant Eel
Sivantanpisil <= Up
Jirah <= Up
Xakon <= Up
Frēodwēn <= Up
Mudk [13 Dmg; Bull's Strength active] <= Up
Sugar/Truffles [T: 6 Dmg] <= Up
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
the minimum caster level for alter self is 3, so it has a duration of 3 minutes, unless casting from a scroll allows a caster to use their higher CL, then it is 4 minutes
If you could please include the DC's of your spells in your posts, it makes things a little faster/easier for me.
With the eel unable to attack Xakon with a paladin in its jaws, the halfling makes good use of the distraction and Sivantanpisil's flank to injury the oversized fish with his rapier.
Although Mudk is unable to pry himself from the eel's teeth, he does manage to heal himself a little.
Jirah spell goes off and the eel appears completely immune to it. Mudk, on the other hand, finds himself getting sleepy, but is able to quickly shake it off.
After asking Truffles to stay put, Sugarsnap advances down the hall and casts a Produce Flame spell. She then attempts to launch a small ball of fire at the eel, but a wave of water snuffs it out before it can hit.
Sivantanpisil moves to form a better flank with Xakon, but her subsequent attack fails to hit the quick eel on its home turf.
Jirah fires an arrow at the eel, but she also misses.
The eel easily maintains Mudk in its jaws, as its teeth begin to saw through the paladin. As it swallows a bit more of Mudk, his body endures more injury from another set of back jaws. Mudk is still grappled, and takes 20 damage total from the eel's two sets of jaws.
Initiative (Round 3)
Giant Eel
Sivantanpisil <= Up
Jirah <= Up
Xakon <= Up
Frēodwēn <= Up
Mudk [27 Dmg; Grappled; Bull's Strength active] <= Up
Sugar/Truffles [T: 6 Dmg] <= Up
Human Cleric/9 - Core | Int +4 | Per +14 | AC 22/20fl/13t | HP 49/66| Fort +10 | Ref +10 | Will +14 | CMB: +10, CMD:23 | Move 50' | Normal Vision
No day job. I'll take B6 land rush.
I noticed that my chronicle from level 2 didn't have the Hex. I'm sure this was due to being absent at the end due to the birth of my daughter. I would have taken B1.
I took D2 in my GMed level 3 chronicle and B5 in my GMed level 4 chronicle. Just FYI.
So, I would now have A, B1, D2, B5, and B6.
I'll be applying both of the level 3 & 4 chronicles at "slow" progression. So, along with this one, I'll be level 5 for the next level of Emerald Spire.
I'm going to have a bunch of purchases as I've built up gold with 3 chronicles being applied at once. I'll work up a list this week.
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
Also picking between Deadly Aim and Arcane Strike. I'm not using swifts for anything yet so the choice is basically whether I want to take -2 attack to get +2 damage. I'm not sure it's worth it. Yet. Arcane Strike would also work for melee weapons.
I'll have the Chronicle sheets out on or around Wednesday. I anticipate starting Level 6 probably on Monday the 25th. That should give a week to start in before Gen Con potentially disrupts posting in the first week of August.
Your pally is pretty awesome. Weapon focus falchion or Tougness is recommended for 5th level feat. I suggest saving for a adamantine full plate to soak damage.
Sugar, you can roll to combat train (DC 20) as a general purpose your pets for a slew of learned tricks.
Combat Trained:
An animal trained to bear a rider into combat knows the tricks attack, come, defend, down, guard, and heel. Training an animal for combat riding takes 6 weeks. You may also "upgrade" an animal trained for riding to one trained for combat by spending 3 weeks and making a successful DC 20 Handle Animal check. The new general purpose and tricks completely replace the animal's previous purpose and any tricks it once knew. Many horses and riding dogs are trained in this way.
I'm going to change course and take 6 levels of barbarian and 6 rogue. Backstabbing has been uncommon and stealth opportunities have been virtually impossible. Uncanny dodge and trap sense stack with both classes. Probably use a lance for reach and double damage on charges. Going to buy a my lil' war pony until I can afford an ebony fly or Sugar grants me a friendly mount.
The session has been reported and Chronicle sheets have been sent out via email to everyone but Jirah. Once Jirah gets me her Day Job and Hex information, I'll send one to her. As always, let me know if there are any issues with the Chronicle Sheets.
We'll get started on the next level on Monday May 25th. That should give everyone plenty of time to level up and make purchases.
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
Leveled up. Took Deadly Aim as level 5 feat and added Comprehend Languages to Spells Known. Also bought a belt of dexterity, which bumped up a bunch of stats (and made me feel comfortable with taking Deadly Aim). Should be really meting out some damage for our next module.
Is there a 1800gp item that would be useful? It turns out the Adaptive quality for composite bows is not CORE.
Maybe a magic buckler to bump AC up by 2. If I remember the rules correctly archers can benefit from those while attacking. Would take a -1 to melee attacks rolls while wearing it, but true opportunities to switch-hit have been few and far between.
My laptop crashed over the weekend, so I will level and have my hex info up as soon as I get the games I'm running caught up. As for my hex, I'll take hex G with the training grounds benefit.
Day Job-Sculptor:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
looks like Xakon can ride truffles into battle. should I get barding for Truffles?
Yes, barding is essential to keeping Truffles alive. I recommend masterwork studded leather at 200 gp for +3 AC if you want to avoid the armor check penalty. Or if you're feeling REALLY generous, taking mithril breastplate for 5,400 gp for +6 AC. It only has -1 ACP.
As soon as I get enough prestige, I will retrain and take the Mounted Combat feat to help with his survival.
I am purchasing a darkwood lance +1 and upgrading cloak of resistance to +2.
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
Or mithral chain barding as the middling option. It might actually be cheaper (in the short term) to do that and give it a +2 magical enhancement than to do the breastplate.
I'm all about the long game. +2 Mithril breast plate barding grants +8 AC and costs 9400 gp. +3 Mithral shirt barding is grants +7 AC and costs 10,200.
Human Cleric/9 - Core | Int +4 | Per +14 | AC 22/20fl/13t | HP 49/66| Fort +10 | Ref +10 | Will +14 | CMB: +10, CMD:23 | Move 50' | Normal Vision
Sivantanpisil wrote:
No day job. I'll take B6 land rush.
I noticed that my chronicle from level 2 didn't have the Hex. I'm sure this was due to being absent at the end due to the birth of my daughter. I would have taken B1.
I took D2 in my GMed level 3 chronicle and B5 in my GMed level 4 chronicle. Just FYI.
So, I would now have A, B1, D2, B5, and B6.
I'll be applying both of the level 3 & 4 chronicles at "slow" progression. So, along with this one, I'll be level 5 for the next level of Emerald Spire.
I'm going to have a bunch of purchases as I've built up gold with 3 chronicles being applied at once. I'll work up a list this week.
Thanks.
Other than the above, I'll be doing the following.
Selling:
Mwk Chain Shirt for 125gp
Scroll of Water Breathing for 187gp 5sp
Buying:
+1 Mithril Breastplate for 5,200gp
Scroll of Bane for 25gp
Scroll of Comprehend Languages for 25gp
Scroll of Deathwatch for 25gp
Wand of Bless (2PP)
I'm not sure why you are asking that, Xakon, but I don't believe there is anything specific in the Guide to Organized Play. As a general rule, however, it's frowned upon and if taken to extremes, it's seen as a form of cheating.
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
I will be at GenCon this week, and it is already taking a lot of my time. I imagine I will still be able to get posts in but I don't know when they will be or how long/thorough they will be. Please bot me as necessary.
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
It is unrelated to this campaign (or any I am playing with you, Harker). A GM was upset about some character creation choices I made when playing the Confirmation. In retrospect I would have made different choices but I was surprised that it was an issue; live and learn.
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
I am doing a special training thing at work. It is pretty disruptive to my normal schedule, so I don't know what posting will look like for me this week. Bot me if necessary.
Also, since Jirah disappeared do you all want to try to find a 6th player? If so, do you want to look specifically for an arcane character or just open it up to anyone with a 5-7 Core Character? I don't have a preference, other than to keep it at 6 or less players.
Male NG Human Ranger/Bard 2/12 - HP 112 - AC 21/T:16/FF:15 - Perception: +16 - Fort: +14, Ref: +22 Will: +12; +4 vs. bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects - CMB: +14, CMD 30 - Speed 30 ft. - Init. +8
I'm fine with finding a replacement, I think. A pure arcane caster would be great, but I would be fine with any level of arcane skill. We have combat ability pretty well covered I think.
