Red Hand of Doom [E6] (Inactive)

Game Master Aldizog

Do we know which invasion day we are on? By my reckoning, it should take a day's slow hike to return to Drellin's Ferry, then a day and a half to get to the bridge. Do we want to buy scrolls and other useful items?

We don't know which day we're on, other than its not the 1st anymore.

Looks like we know now, since Bran can read the papers! It's Day 2. That gives us some time.

Any more questions for the bugbear? If we're going to go back to the bridge and try to free some prisoners, I recommend we finish off the bugbear. Too risky to enter another fight with him still alive.

I can agree with that, he's done some murder and we have been deputized by the law. I don't think Bran would have an issue with it after the current events (though he won't agree to torture or a painful death).

Also I'm shocked I can read them!

Zelligar is fine with killing the bugbear.
He thought maybe the town mage would want a chance to question him, but if it isn't feasible, then no problem. It's not like the bugbear surrendered in good faith (we knocked him out), nor did we gave our word he wouldn't be harmed.

He was at very low HP and didn't get any rest and is tied up; a CdG from Tal'ariel would do it. Zelligar will make sure to take the head with us so the enemy cannot use Speak With Dead on the corpse.

Iris is a vicious little thing, isn't she?

Speaking of Iris, did she pick up Debilitating Injury at 5th level? Isn't on the sheet, but it's a nice option to have.

That Wormlord Koth line killed me, too good Zelligar.

Thanks for adding me to your group of stalwart (and scary---I'm looking at you Iris!) adventures!!

Welcome to Dai and Lavinia! You'll start off this encounter without your stuff - the hobgoblins have confiscated most of it. That said, let's say that each of you can have 1 thing of yours hidden on your person, no larger than a dagger.

Welcome, Dai and Lavinia! I still don't know how we fight this dragon. Really hope this adventure doesn't end before it gets started!

Maybe Iris can talk her way into an audience?

Edit: By the by, if you want to cast pre-buff spells, you can get away with doing so from where the party is hiding right now. Iris has already cast Disguise Self.

Bran chokes the dragon out - at least, that's Zelligar's plan. That would be awesome.

While Bran's warrior pride might prefer to tackle the dragon without Bless, Enlarge, Fly, Resist Energy, and Barkskin, he's a smart enough man to welcome the assistance, I think.

Had we time to prep spells accordingly, Zelligar would also have Bull's Strength and Prayer.

I'll get a proper post up when I get home. Just visiting some family. I need to take a look at the combat list for a possible option for this combat.

Also hello to the new members!

Anyone have a way to get Bran invisible? One can always hope to CDG the dragon. (Sadly, my throwback wizard archetype means I straight up can't cast illusion/evocation spells, even from a scroll or wand.)

Lavinia checking in. Hello all. *waves*

I figured that we wouldn't have our belongings with us to start, so I left off the bonus from my headband of intellect for now.

Is my familiar a captive with me?

They overlooked your familiar. It's small enough to go unnoticed, and I figure it's been scouting the camp for you and stuff, right?

I'll get a proper post up when I get home. Just visiting some family. I need to take a look at the combat list for a possible option for this combat.

Dedicated Adversary is hard to beat, I think. A +2 to grapple the dragon will likely be quite important. Unless anything else gives a bigger bonus.

We have only the one Fly spell, so I think our strategy has to depend on making Bran able to solo the dragon. We can't count on being able to flank or aid another, unless he can drag it down to the ground.

If we're lucky, maybe Iris can convince the dragon to fly to investigate, and then we intercept it while he's away from his allies. Or maybe he just flies away and we do our rescue. Or maybe Iris gets eaten as a snack. So many possibilities.

I'm in favor of the eating thing. It sounds like fun.

Hold up a second. I'm going to tweak my lies a little.

Okay, ready to proceed. That is a better lie.

Ideally yes, my sprite would have been scouting around for me and helping me plot an escape. I just need to come up with a name for it still.

I check this morning on mobile, 8 new posts, I log in to post and 6 new posts!
Oh boy I need to keep up! This is getting dangeresque (too).

As far as I can tell, Bran has a surprise round left. Lavinia and Dai are surprised along with all the bad guys (and the other prisoners).

Yup sorry about that, just had to get my ducks in a row for spells active. Good hunting to our new ones, hopefully Iris can get you out of there and you can have a merry old time.

Initiative order:

1:Tal'ariel
2:Sergeant + guards
3:Dai + Bran
4:Ozzyrandion
5:Iris + Lavinia + Zelligar
6:The Other prisoners.

For our new members, if you're on the same initiative "step" as someone else, you act in order of posting within that step. So when we get to step 3, even though Dai beat Bran in initiative, whoever posts first still gets to act first, as you're on the same side. It's just to speed up combat a little bit.

Is it too late to revise Tal'ariel's action to not draw her sword? I just realized she might want to draw her longbow, and is better off leaving her options open.

Eh, sure. It does not change much.

Not much to do here, seems to be a little further than expected.
I suppose I can gain some height to get to a more even footing.

How high is the top of the bluff here and would I be able to stealthily make my way up? If not I can move like normal, perhaps I can draw it away from our nice cone of allies here.

Sorry about sending the dragon your way. I thought you might try to hide. Leading it away would be perfect. Divide and conquer.

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I didn't think we would be lucky enough to have all of our Stealth checks beat its Perception. I guessed someone would roll low. At least we got it far away from its martial support.

Stealth... Uh right. As he flies up as high as possible, in tasty form

I'm going to be on the road for the next couple of hours, hopefully this is a decent enough play. We're both too far to engage each other but someone has to move eventually... I hope.

3-D combat is a pain to run. The dragon is faster than you, but you are more maneuverable (and don't have to make Fly checks when you take damage or collide with something).

Hopefully it won't spend too much time on Flyby Attack strafing. But if it does, you can ready to move into its path to block its movement.

This is sort of what the cage looks like, for context.

Edit: Except of course it hasn't got those convenient hinges and the latch that allows for easy opening.

50ft. is plenty to clear the peak shown on the map, by the way.

Re: Dai - the bars are fit too close together for you to squeeze through. You'll have to break at least two bars to get out of there. Either way, you pretty much spent your turn's worth of actions already (draw hidden weapon + cut Lavinia's bonds + give her the dagger)

Re: Lavinia - Dai just cut the ropes that tie your wrists together. You can easily remove the gag by yourself. Let's call it a move action.

Ok, thanks, i missed that.

I'm going on vacation tomorrow. I don't know if there'll be wifi. If there is, I'll give this some attention in the evenings.

Have a great time!
Gone for a week?

Have a great time!

Gone for a week?

I'll be back by next sunday, yeah.

I've wifi! Yay. Update coming soon.

Yippie!

I just realized I forgot about the hellhounds. They'll have taken non-actions so far.

Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Didn't see we were back in the game! Posted up, sorry to keep y'all.

How does Bran get a constrict attack?

Edit: nevermind, just noted raging grappler rage power. Carry on.

Raging Grappler Rage Power. Allows you to deal damage as through you succeeded a Grapple when you start the Grapple, and only on start. Its not really Constrict as you don't get it every time you succeed a check... because that would be obscene.

Oh boy, I need to Hover too on my coming turn unless I move us with a successful Grapple. I didn't think this far ahead; let the Hover Wars begin.

I'd like to thank the good people at Arcane and Divine Inc. for making this dream possible.

The hellhounds are busy eating their snacks. Koth's head was laced with tryptophan, so they should fall asleep after that.

@Zelligar: I don't think I can move to Pin, if I do I don't think I can make the Hover check, but I will try to move him in.

Wait, so if one of the folks fails the hover check and not the other, what happens?