Rappan Athuk Old School

Game Master brvheart

Elathras steps back and attacks the rat in front of him with his Guisarme.

5 ft step, Guisarme, power attack attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 for damage: 2d4 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 + 3 = 14

Virgil drops his shortbow and makes his way through the throng, slashing his falchion into the nearest zombie.

"Never seem to get away from these guys!"

Falchion attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 2 = 282d4 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 2) + 6 + 2 = 14

Critical confirmation: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 = 172d4 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 + 2 = 11

Guys, I think this Falchion might be meta-magical. To clarify, Virgil is attacking the south-western zombie.

Certainly seems magical lol

Removing some of the dead rats. Three dire rats and the big one attack Katzor

bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3 plus disease
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4 plus disease
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2 plus disease
bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
One attacks Virgil and a zombie
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4 plus disease
slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 plus fort

Both Katzor and Virgil need to make fort saves.

Initiative Order Round Three
Mitleid
Gruk
Irenicus
Virgil
Elathras
Katzor
rats
zombies

You need to see if that rat had a successful crit on me, DM.

Fort save 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Kaz tries to squash the closest rat with his hammer.

Attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Damage 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Possible crit 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Damage 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (5, 3) + 4 = 12

Same for that zombie on Virgil. Ouch! Also, is that two fortitude saves?

Fortitude save 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Fortitude save 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

I forgot to make my save vs. disease earlier, when I got one bite.
fortitude save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Hope that's good enough

Yes Virgil, they are two separate diseases

confirm crit: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14 extra damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3 on Katzor

Both are DC 11, just different diseases. I have had players crawl out of here with four different ones!

Maintaining his lesser bloodrage, Wdrozgrúk, will step back diagonally five feet to try chopping the big dire rat again. If it's already dead, the nearest dire rat will do.
falchion (lesser bloodrage,with fire damage): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 162d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 + (3) = 14

That zombie landed a crit on Virgil as well.

Virgil slashes at the second zombie before stepping further into the room.

Falchion attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 2 = 212d4 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 4) + 6 + 2 = 16

"Blessed be the sun, buddy."

I hope my Falchion swing was good enough to hit a dire rat.

falchion, falchion, falchion, falchion,

Elathras smiles as he sees Virgil slash the zombie, "Good job Virgil!" realizing to stay close to the rat he would need to use a different weapon, he drops the guisarme, drawing his own orc falchion and slashes at the rat at his feet.

free action: drops guisarme, move action: draws falchion, Attack action: falchion, power attack, furious focus
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 for damage: 2d4 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 2) + 6 + 3 = 13

confirm crit on Virgil: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 extra damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Irenicus realizes the situation could easily get out of hand as both Kaztor and Virgil take blows, and sends three more orbs at the big day with a snarl of draconic.

Magic Missle: 3d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4, 3) + 4 = 12
Trip: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

The big rat is dead and both zombies. Just three dire rats left. Waiting on Mitleid.

Huzzah!

A man needs his beauty sleep. Especially with a toddler... Moving a step forward Mitleid kicks the rat infront of him.
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 171d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Tumble: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 But his tumble fails.....

bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4 plus disease On Mitleid AOO

1 attack on Gruk
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2 plus disease
2 attacks on Katzor
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2 plus disease
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4 plus disease
1 attack on Mitleid
bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3 plus disease

Initiative Order Round Four
Mitleid
Gruk
Irenicus
Virgil
Elathras
Katzor
rats

Maintaining his lesser bloodrage and staying where he is, Wdrozgrúk, try chopping the big nearest rat.
falchion (lesser bloodrage, with fire damage): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 242d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 + (4) = 13
falchion (lesser bloodrage, critical confirm): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 162d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 + (6) = 16
That's my third and last use of fire damage for the day, and I only have one more round of the lesser bloodrage left.

Elathras moves after the rat that he and Mitlied had attacked, "Falchion go chop-chop right Wdrozgruk?" as he slashes at the rat with the large curved Orkish sword.

move action, attack action: Falchion, power attack
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 for damage: 2d4 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 4) + 6 + 3 = 15

Kaz keeps trying to squash the closest rat.

Attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Damage 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Possible critcal 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Damage 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (6, 8) + 4 = 18

Hearing an odd crunching sound behind him Elathras turns to see Kaztor splatter a rat with his warhammer smiling he calls out "Nice hit Kaztor," pointing at the hammer and smiling he continues "You nailed it!"

Nodding at how satisfactorily the team is dispatching the remaining foes, with a falchion fetish apparently, Irenicus goes back to studying the shorthand notes after he looks around briefly for any magical signatures. peering into the room they came from with detect magic

Know Arcana: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

One rat left waiting on Virgil. No magic Irenicus.

Virgil moves up on the rat opposite Kaztor, bringing his fachion down with finality.

Falchion attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 2 = 222d4 + 6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 6 = 11

Virgil kills the last rat. XP=370 each.

When constructing the nest, the barely-intelligent plague zombies did not particularly distinguish items that would make good nesting material, and collected several bizarre oddments in addition to wood and cloth. The items in the nest include: an iron kettle, a small earthenware statue of the healer-god (1 gp), seven forks, one spoon, one utensil that seems to be a mix of fork and spoon (a spork), 272 cp, 307 sp, 256 gp, a sapphire gem (100 gp), a jeweled coronet (400 gp), six daggers, and a scrap of gold-embroidered cloth (200 gp). The gold-embroidered cloth is hung on a nail in the nest, and there is a 25% chance that it is ripped when removed, cutting its value in half.
There is also a bas relief carving in the center of the western wall.

hhhmm and iron kettle, is that for cooking the rats in, well at least they supplied eating utensils while Elathras helps gather all the coins laying around in the rats nest his eyes settle on the bas relief carving my isn't that interesting calling out "Hey Virgil, who do you think carved the wall?" Enjoying art, he then goes over and takes a long look at it.

perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

Kaz tries to remove the cloth on the nail, ever so carefully.

Percentage. High is good. 1d100 ⇒ 44

Poof! Elathras is gone!

Virgil shrugs, digging through the pile of things. "Who built this whole damn place? Maybe Kaztor or Irenicus cares," he says, nudging the wizard: "but I sure don't."

The mercenary twiddles the spork around in his fingers: "This is pretty cool: Elathras, come see this! Irenicus, is any of this stuff magical?"

Moments later... "Elathras?"

"Ela, where did you go? Look everyone, he just vanished into thin air?"

His body turned to dust and then the dust was sucked into the painting.

Hmm, I just detected magic in that room and got nothing. Doing so again on the treasure and carving he didn't touch it right just looked at it?.

"Beware. No one look or touch that carving until I can try to determine what has occurred."

Ummm is it time to role my new goblin thief? Or Maybe a Aasimar paladin?

does the party have any light since Elathras' torch was turned to dust with him?

Irenicus snaps his fingers and summons an orb of light. He then detects magic once again on the room and the contents, studying the bad relief area without directly looking at or approaching it. Is it not radiating magic?? I got none last time I checked

I apparently misunderstood where you were detecting magic. The bas relief, one of the daggers and the spork radiate magic.

SPOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRK! Virgil calls dibs on the magic spork!

It does a d2 damage and is a great eating utensil!

Does the spork or the dagger glow? Please let it be the spork.

After calming down from melee, Wdrozgrúk too realizes that Elathras has just vanished.

"Elathras?!"

And hearing Irenicus' warning, he reluctantly moves away from the painting.

"Irenicus: you're more likely to figure out that painting than me. I'll see if I can see anything in this loot that's magical. Hopefully, it's something that might be able to return Elathras to us."

"IF he's still alive. Poor sod!" whispers Gruk, with a rueful sigh.

Wdrozgrúk will cast Detect Magic himself on the treasure, including the gold cloth, trying to see if he can find anything that might help find Elathras.

spellcraft *: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 (if needed)

Not even close on the spellcraft, sorry Gruk.

It was worth a try

Irenicus is spending rounds studying the aura of the relief.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Know arcana: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

That would be a DC 25 knowledge Arcana. You either know it or you don't. Spell in place.

Oh, so I didn't even need the spellcraft check... There goes my 27 for absolutely no purpose.

Irenicus shrugs, having no idea what is going on.

Well the 27 spellcraft will tell you it is a +1 spork!