"Felicitas, watch your back!"
Karnog whirls to scan the area for threats.
"Something thinks to sneak up on us, smelling of blood and sweat..."
Desmond
Nym
Adv Dire Boar
Karnog
Felic
Grung
Kalim
Suddenly out of from the left backside comes a massive male dire boar in heat and it's bearing down on those in the rear of the troup. This boar has a 15 foot reach and it's the size of a horse .
Desmond normally assumes point, followed by Grung. I assume Nym would be out near the middle tlaking to Karnog or Kalim.
[ooc]I need to work on putting a map together. For now assume Desmond and Grung are 30 and 20 feet ahead of the others. The creature is charginin form the left Karnog and Felic would be the closest. Nym and Kalim are a bit farther away.
Seeing the beast spring from the bush Nym reaches down and grab his cross bow *thiwg* a looses a bolt at the creature.
If hit
and save Fort DC 13 (Drow Poison)
Nym's hand arrow skims off the feral beast's hide without leaving a mark, twanging away harmlessly.
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"A baby crossbow?!? That's funny, Nym, real funny!"
Karnog laughs out loud as the drowning shots with a pistol sized crossbow.
"A baby crossbow?!? That's funny, Nym, real funny!"
Karnog laughs out loud as the drowning shots with a pistol sized crossbow.
The massive dire boar scraps it's foot on the ground and begins it's charge, snorting and huffing as it barrels towards the flat-footed Felicitas. If it wasn't angry before the baby bolt dinked off it, it is now. Dust stirs as it shakes the ground.
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* 15 foot reach
**This ain't no cuddly little dire boar
The boar's tusk screwers the bard and blood splatters everywhere as it viciously shakes its head.
Karnog casts blessing of fervor and draws his hammer.
"Oi! Ya big old pig, you picked the wrong team to try and eat. We're gonna eat good tonight!"
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, DF
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Targets one creature/level, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart
Duration 1 round/level
Saving Throw Fortitude negates (harmless); Spell Resistance yes (harmless)
With this blessing, you call your allies to move forth and empower them to conquer and become victorious. Each round for the duration of this spell, each of your allies can choose one of the following bonuses for that round at the beginning of its turn (their choice).
Increase its speed by 30 feet.
Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
These effects are not cumulative with similar effects, such as those provided by haste or a speed weapon, nor do they actually grant an extra action, so you can't use it to cast a second spell or otherwise take an extra action in the round. Blessing of fervor does not stack with haste.
Me turn!!
Grung charges swinging Croaker wildly
for
Grung charges and hits the creature hard but the hack barely fazes it.
The boar will take the AOO on Grung for rushing inside its reach.
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Just as Grung dashes to Felicitas' defense, the beast turns a bit late to try to spear the dwarf.
Grung laughs as he trhwos up his shield casually. Enjoying the clang
Updated Map after Grung Charges
*I'm starting to get a hang of the new mapping with google drive. I still prefer the ease of the old dropbox but this will do for now.
Kalim takes Su'ara kasā'ī, his magic boar spear off his back. "I hate these things!"
He then casts Phantasmal Killer on the boar.
DC 23
*YES!!!!! It disbelieves the sight of the massive boar spear.
RD 1 Update
Desmond -
Nym - baby crossbow clanks harmlessly
Adv Dire Boar - gored Felic for 32 HP
Karnog - casts a spell of Blessing of Fevor
Felic -
Grung - charges and whacks the boar with Croaker for 27 HP
Kalim - casts phantasmal killer to try to suck the fun out fo the combat.
Desmond and Felic are up.
If you click on my profile it is at the top. Says armored fighter 13 the. Right below it tells you Croaker would you like it somewhere easier to find? Just let me now where
If you click on my profile it is at the top. Says armored fighter 13 the. Right below it tells you Croaker would you like it somewhere easier to find? Just let me now where
"Something was just eating a person over there!" Desmond shouts as he charges into the fray.
The deft rogue slips under the defense from the backside and jams his short sword in deep, piercing the thick hide and drawing spurt of fresh blood. The creature bucks in anger as it thrashes.
Now in position to do some real damage, Desmond brings out his tornado of steel!
Desmond finishes fileting the boar and the combat comes to an end.
"We'll be eating good tonight! Plenty of pork to go round, the let's divvy up this beast."
Karnog casts CMW to heal Felicitas from her boar tusk wounds, silently since he can.
HP healed
He then casts ant haul on King Grungsdi, extending it.
"What was that about eating people? Were you talking about this thing, Desmond?"
Healing herself with two cure light wounds, she looks at the boar. "This did hurt, stupid one. But at least tonight we feast plenty!" she then casts extend heroism on herself
Desmond points off to the trees. "Over there, an arm bone. Looks fresh." Desmond leads the others to the area, looking around cautiously.
Desmond as you rummage through the thistle bush you pull out the discarded humerus bone. I looks like it's only a few hours old as maggots and grub worms are actively picking the the sinewy remains.
survival
survival
heal
"What's that you found? Is that the person you were talking about?"
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Grung looses interest as he sees the maggots on the humerus bone. Bah, just a maggoty ol' bone.
Meanwhile, Karnog takes a closer look at the bone and teeth markets.
You figure if you all look hard enough you should come across the ambush or battle site but it is dark now, so your chances of finding the site is greatly reduced.
Several of you notice that Felicitas has now positioned herself in the middle of group, rather than walking on the outside. She clearly favors walking three abreast with herself in middle.
"Ork bones, and freshly chewed. Looks like a giant gnawed on this person raw, and recent. I imagine we'd find more evidence nearby, but with the dark it's likely a fools errand. We should press on, no sense letting any more citizens get attacked."
The party hustles forward till it hits the end of Orctown. As you break out of the wooded area, you remember the stream that flows through the ruined remains of an ancient village. You remember how perfectly it was suited for a killing field before the entrance to the cavern stronghold formerly used by Daarog's as his hideout.
Now to your surprise you can see the outer defenses of the 3 foot wall surrounding the area. It looks as if there is work to raise the wall that is in the planning stage. You also notice one wooden out building near the entry way to the village. There is activity near the building and the entry.
Additonally, you can see several new wood building under construction and a late harvest coming in along with some farm animals.
As you approach you can see a guard on a balcony at the gatehouse. That orc is shouting down to others on the ground. The orcs on the ground begin to scurry around in response. You also notice a few heads pop up from behind the 3 foot protective wall. Quite few of those heads have oversized beady eyes...goblins.
Karnog calls put to the community, beginning with ork, then common, then undercommon.
"Hoi, Orctown! Karnog, Kalim, and the rest of us return! We have brought a large pig to eat, and have many stories to share."
Karnog smiles as he sees the defenses raised, looking askance at the big-headed goblin faces.
"What news do you have to share? Any missing scouts or outriders? Any sign of giants or other dangerous foes?"
Heading into Orctown, Karnog moves to drop his gear off and settle down at a large table with a grunt.
"It's good to be back."
The guard at gate scrunches his brow, "Missun hunters...no come back, go long time."
Three other orcs gather around as you move inside the gate. They've heard of you but not seen the legends known as Kalim and Karnog. "Fathers of the City". Then suddenly another 8 goblins appear out of nowhere. Goblins are new here.
"Fuud...guud." The orc looks at one of the goblins. "goblun go git Meath'd."
It's still a bit unsettling seeing "non-violent orcs and now goblins" living in a community.
Once inside you can see they have an agri-business going: some limited crops and farm animals. Being the first year of the community this is impressive. There are signs of other trade occurring in the town.
Without warning everyone draws a weapon when they notice the drow. "Who he?" One shouts, "Not going back...slaver...bounty hunt'r....no go!" Clearly everyone is concerned with Nym's presence. Tension spikes.