Victrix:
Thrand:
Rolf:
Garl:
Tanariel:
As the group travels a few more miles down the road Swift begins to sniff in the air. His sniffing becomes even more apparent with every step. As the group begins to wonder about Swift, Victrix's trained northern nose also smells the scent and then soon Garl. It smells like roasting meat and it appears to be nearby...
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CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
EFFECT
Range touch
Target creature touched
Duration 1 minute or until discharged
Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); Spell Resistance yes (harmless)
DESCRIPTION
You imbue the subject with divine diplomacy skills. The creature gets a +2 competence bonus on a single Diplomacy or Intimidate check. It must choose to use the bonus before making the roll to which it applies.
looking towards the small path
in a whisper
anyone else smell that goodness?
preparing Enhanced Diplomacy to cast on myself
swift go check it out
Thrand had been too busy practicing flexing his pecs and abs to notice the smell, but perks up once Garl points it out. "If they are willing to share, I could do with a hot meal. If not, at least we'll know who shares the road with us."
As the cavalier flexes his muscles the elf will ride by, smile, blush and keep on riding.
Thrand smiles back at the elf and quickens his horse's gait to keep up with her.
The elf will approach with caution.
Tanariel moves her horse forward and sees a small fire with a rabbit cooking over it on a stick.
"That rabbit sure smells good!" exclaims Thrand. "Hello! Is anyone here? We mean you no harm."
Thrand gets no response.
The elf will cast detect magic.
"I ain't fer stealing a fellers hard-caught lunch. Tempting as it may be, I think we've made enough enemies fer one day."
Tanariel casts detect magic and does not believe there is any magic in the immediate area. The group advances and checks out the fire and rabbit. Seems it is just a regular fire and rabbit. Swift also sniffs out something else in the air and the party discovers additional fires burning in the area with other small game roasting neat them to give off the smell of cooking meat.
"Now that's odd. Wonder what our druid would have to say about that, eh?"
Thrand replies, "This could be a trap meant to lure travelers who enjoy dining on roasted meats. Let's return to the highway and complete the mission."
before the team can return to the highway, they hear the familiar sound of howling wolves as half a dozen wolves drawn by the smell of the meat descend upon the group from different directions...
Victrix:
Thrand:
Rolfe:
Garl:
Tanariel:
Wolves:
Victrix:
Thrand:
Rolf:
Garl:
Tanariel:
As the wolves come out of the forests you can see the closest on pretty good. The eyes of that beast and the one next to it are not normal wolf eyes, but rather their normal eyes have a deep red glow to them.
Combat
Tanariel
Wolves
Victrix, Rolfe, Thrand, Garl,
"Er... Garl? Think this might be yer department..." he begins. "Hold on. Their eyes meant to be red like that?"
The elf will move her horse up and cast color spray at the two wolves.
Ast ers tert ired as cone of vivid colors bursts forth from her hand.
Will save 15
A vivid cone of clashing colors springs forth from your hand, causing creatures to become stunned, perhaps also blinded, and possibly knocking them unconscious. Each creature within the cone is affected according to its HD.
2 HD or less: The creature is unconscious, blinded, and stunned for 2d4 rounds, then blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, and then stunned for 1 round. (Only living creatures are knocked unconscious.)
3 or 4 HD: The creature is blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, then stunned for 1 round.
5 or more HD: The creature is stunned for 1 round.
Sightless creatures are not affected by color spray.
Tanariel lets loose a spray of vivid colors at the wolves in front of her...the pink one seems bewildered and falls down, the purple one shakes its head and seems unaffected...
You notice the wolves are not acting normally. They do not seem to be under their own mind...your attempt to empathize with them fails..
The purple one lunges forward to attack Tanariel's horse...
...
The red wolf moves to attack Victrix's mount...
...
the other wolves begin to move cautiously against the others...
Combat while Mounted
With a DC 5 Ride check, you can guide your mount with your knees so as to use both hands to attack or defend yourself. This is a free action.
When you attack a creature smaller than your mount that is on foot, you get the +1 bonus on melee attacks for being on higher ground. If your mount moves more than 5 feet, you can only make a single melee attack. Essentially, you have to wait until the mount gets to your enemy before attacking, so you can't make a full attack. Even at your mount's full speed, you don't take any penalty on melee attacks while mounted.
If your mount charges, you also take the AC penalty associated with a charge. If you make an attack at the end of the charge, you receive the bonus gained from the charge. When charging on horseback, you deal double damage with a lance (see Charge).
You can use ranged weapons while your mount is taking a double move, but at a –4 penalty on the attack roll. You can use ranged weapons while your mount is running (quadruple speed) at a –8 penalty. In either case, you make the attack roll when your mount has completed half its movement. You can make a full attack with a ranged weapon while your mount is moving. Likewise, you can take move actions normally.
Casting Spells While Mounted
You can cast a spell normally if your mount moves up to a normal move (its speed) either before or after you cast. If you have your mount move both before and after you cast a spell, then you're casting the spell while the mount is moving, and you have to make a concentration check due to the vigorous motion (DC 10 + spell level) or lose the spell. If the mount is running (quadruple speed), you can cast a spell when your mount has moved up to twice its speed, but your concentration check is more difficult due to the violent motion (DC 15 + spell level).
If Your Mount Falls in Battle
If your mount falls, you have to succeed on a DC 15 Ride check to make a soft fall and take no damage. If the check fails, you take 1d6 points of damage.
If You Are Dropped
If you are knocked unconscious, you have a 50% chance to stay in the saddle (75% if you're in a military saddle). Otherwise you fall and take 1d6 points of damage. Without you to guide it, your mount avoids combat.
"Not the ladies!" thinks Thrand as the women in the party come under attack. "Victrix can handle herself. I should help Tanariel."
"Onward, Valor!" shouts Thrand as he charges his mount toward Tanariel's lupine assailant and sticks it with the pointy end of his lance.
(If it gets an attack.)
Rolfe fumbles with his own lance. Unable to charge in such tight quarters, he spurs himself a few paces back into the clearing, readying his lance to keep the wolves at bay.
The oddly quiet Victrix is finally roused from her daydreaming by the sight of a wolf bearing down on her horse. After it snaps at the horse's legs, she hops off and swings her axe.
@Thrand- you do not have straight line access to the wolf threatening Tanariels mount but you can move and skewer it with your lance. You and Valor put it down.
@Victrix- since the wolf is already threatening your mount if you dismount it will incur an AoO. MISS
The wolf misses vs Victrix but getting off the horse and avoiding the wolf made the valkyrie miss in her attack.
Rolfe prepares for the wolves to lunge at him...
Combat
Garl,Tanariel
Wolves
Victrix, Rolfe, Thrand,
The elf will direct the horse to attack the wolf.
just in case
Garl and Swift attack the teal wolf and miss...Tanariel directs her horse to deliver the Coup D' Grace on the lanced wolf but the horse misses...
The wolves move to attack the party...
... miss
... miss
the orange wolf moves to attack Rolfe but gets skewered by Rolfe's readied attack...
... miss
... miss
Combat
Victrix, Rolfe, Thrand,Garl,Tanariel
Wolves
Pink- unconscious
Purple- dead
Orange- dead
Thrand attacks the pink wolf.
Thrand skewers the disabled wolf...
Victrix grumbles and swings at the wolf attacking her again.
Trying to spur his horse into attacking, Rolfe only succeeds in making the skittish beast rear backward. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he plunges his lance into yellow wolf's heart.
*Garl and Swift tandem the blue wolf bleeding him badly but not enough to drop the beast.
*Rolfe skewers the yellow wolf with apparent ease from the top of his mount...
*Victrix manages to hack into the head of the red wolf and spends some time getting her axe out of the beasts skull...
Combat
Victrix, Rolfe,Thrand, Garl,Tanariel
Wolves
The elf will move her horse back so that it is out of range.
Tanariel moves her mount and the wolves continue to attack Garl and Swift
...
...
...
Swift yelps as the wolf bites deep into Swifts haunch...
and Swift does NOT get tripped...
Combat
Victrix, Rolfe,Thrand, Garl,Tanariel
Wolve
Seeing his beleaguered companion, Rolfe charges to Garl's side, driving his lance into blue wolf's flank, skewering it for good. "Normal beasts would've turned tail by now!"
Rolfe hits the blue wolf squarely in the side but the beast does not fall down...
Thrand turns his mount around and rides to a place where he can better assess the situation.
Thrand spurs his mount to a better position to assess the combat around Garl.
Combat 3rd Rnd
Victrix, Rolfe (attacked),Thrand (moved), Garl,Tanariel
Wolves
Know Arcana to see if she can figure out what is taking place with the wolves.
Tanariel does not know what is occurring with the wolves but does believe it is arcane in nature...
Victrix spins on her heel and runs headlong at another wolf, her axe held high...