Reign of Winter with GM Deadly Secret - Table 3 - The Snows of Summer (Inactive)

Game Master Deadly secret

Rikiru just isn't used to the snow :) Did anyone else want to take a surprise action before the Eagle is summoned?

I'll pass. Since their attention is on Mina, they'll surely open fire on her if she begins any spellcasting. Her shield spell should remain active for a few seconds more.

Rerdahl sights along his crossbow, ready to fire, but draws on his magic to try and put the enemy down without killing....

Standard Action(SU) Slumber Hex on the nearest enemy. Will Save DC14 or he falls asleep for 1 round.

Do we have a combat slide? And how do we get 16 posts in the 2 1/2 days that I missed? Wow! This group is awesome. I'll try harder to keep up....

Asric is waiting on the others. He'll be shot for sure if he starts moving toward them without a distraction
@Rikaru: btw, take "5"... cackle!!

Slide 1 & 2

Rikiru throws a shirken but it misses. The men notice the weapon flying at them.

Rerdahl uses slumber on the nearest man (red) and he falls asleep.

Initiative
Asric Swain 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
Rerdahl Tollan 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Mina Javid 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Rikiru 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Durra 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Raiders (red), (orange) & (yellow) 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Round 1

Durra's eagle will arrive mid your turn, as the initial round was a surprise aka single standard or move only.

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Up next, Rikiru!

Knowing that his hex won't work again on the same target Rerdahl tries to pay attention to which man is which. The slumber will only last for a few seconds, but the man will have to stand and retrieve his weapons. Rerdahl moves forward and targets another man with his hex. {ooc]Orange?

[ooc]The sleeper should be an easy target for Rikiru, if he can get the dice to stop hating him....

Same as before: Standard Action(SU) Slumber Hex on the nearest enemy. Will Save DC14 or he falls asleep for 1 round.

Yeah, but that'd be a waste of crowd control, since he's not likely to die in one hit. Besides, being prone actually gives a penalty to ranged if I remember right.

Rikiru curses under his breath, flips another shuriken into his palm and throws it.

shuriken, FOR REAL THIS TIME, PLEASE: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
damage, including sneak attack: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 all that for 4 measly damage. Don't ever tell me rogue-types don't work for a living...

Wow! I'm usually better at using the tags....

Correct that prone gives him +4 to AC vs missiles. However, unconscious negates any DEX bonus that he had and adds an additional -5 to AC for the Helpless condition. (DEX of 0) And you get your sneak attack damage. Pity nobody is close enough for CDG, but that draws an AoO.

Still not diving into melee versus 3 as a little ratfolk, sleeper or no...

On her turn, Mina will drop prone to make herself a harder target for the bows. Assuming shield is still active, she'll begin casting summon monster I (a full-round action).

the slides are missing. I need to wait for them to act.

The slides load OK for me.... Try clearing your cache?

The slides load OK for me.... Try clearing your cache?

:) I wait for the enemies to act

Rikiru hits (orange) and does some damage.

Raider (orange) fires an arrow at Asric AC 18
Ranged shortbow: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2 20/x3
Miss

Raider (red) is asleep.

Raider (yellow) fires an arrow at Mina AC 15
Ranged shortbow: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (8) - 2 = 6 20/x3
Miss

Rerdahl hexes (orange) and he falls asleep.

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Up next, Asric, Mina, Durra!

Brugh Ini: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Durra moves into battle as her summoned eagle arrives ontop of the 1d3 ⇒ 3 orange raider. She steps over the people sleeping in the snow and threatens the third one. double move

The summoned eagle knew what to do and in that one round that it was in their realm, it wentfull on frenzy on the sleeping guy.

Eagle talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
talon damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Eagle talon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
talon damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Eagle bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
bite damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Shield raised, Asric moves forward to engage the rogues as quickly as he can. double move

Out of nowhere, a massive rat appears next to one of the bandits and attacks the man!

In the same instant, Mina quickly speaks another word of power, and a blob of caustic liquid heads for the same foe.

A celestial dire rat appears in the spot just north of the one standing bandit (thus providing flanking with Kurra). It attempts to bite!
Dire Rat Bite: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 - add +2 if flanking
Bite Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Mina attacks the same target with acid blast. Since this is happening at the same time as the rat attack, I'm hoping that the +4 for firing into melee won't apply.
Acid Blast touch attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 - ay yi yi!
Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2

I’m sorry Durra, but your animal is just a pet and will go on your initiative to make things easier on everyone.

Asric double moves.

Mina summons and misses with her attack. The rat misses the target.

Durra summons an eagle then double moves. The eagle hits and the man might be unconscious.

Round 2

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Up next, Rikiru!

I’m sorry Durra, but your animal is just a pet and will go on your initiative to make things easier on everyone.

no problem. Even better. I rolled just in case.

Emboldened by the appearance of reinforcements, Rikiru draws his wakizashi and moves among the trees towards a flanking position.

My GOD it is painful having to use a move action to draw a weapon...

Emboldened by the appearance of reinforcements, Rikiru draws his wakizashi and moves among the trees towards a flanking position.

My GOD it is painful having to use a move action to draw a weapon...

Being level 1 is just a mess. More adventures should start later. For the GM it is a test of the resilience of their players. Testing if they are worthy for the rest of the campaign

BAB +0 is always hard on rogues.

Rikiru moves and pulls out weapon.

Raider (yellow) drops his bow and pulls out a shortsword and swings at Durra AC 16
Melee short sword: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 19-20/x2
Miss

Raider (red) is asleep.

Raider (orange) is unconscious.

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Up next, Asric, Rerdahl, Mina & Durra!

Asric delivers a coup de grace to the ("red") raider.
longsword PA damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 6) + 10 = 17

Raider (red) dies as Asric finishes him off.

"ya should've listened to the lady"
Attack yellow, flanking: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 2 = 17
damage: 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

With an angry noise that's half-snarl and half-squeak, the fearsome, massive rat tries again to bite the one standing bandit.

Dire Rat attack, flanking: 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 2 = 11
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Mina pulls out her dagger and rushes toward the still-sleeping bandit. She holds the tip to his throat. "Keep this one alive!" she says to her companions.

One move action to draw the weapon, and another to close the distance to the sleeping bandit.

Rerdahl calls on his magic again, this time glaring at the standing bandit, "Your defenses are slipping old boy!"

Evil Eye hex. -2 to his AC for 6 rounds. Will Save DC14 reduces the effect to just one round.

Rerdahl hexes the last man standing and the man seems distracted by your evil eye.

Mina moves and draws weapon. The rat misses.

Durra hits (yellow) and the man falls unconscious.

Out of Combat!

Orange and Yellow are bleeding out at the moment, do you stabilize or kill them?

What would you like to do?

With the combat over Rerdahl moves up to the dying men. "We don't know if these men were truly evil. I think they could be saved."

Unless someone stops him Rerdahl will cast Stabilize on both men

Asric doesn't mind Rerdahl saving the men, but he removes their weapons and ties them up as best he can.

"We do need information, but we don't need anyone running back to their masters and warning them of our attack. If our quarry isn't dead already then they most certainly will be if we let them go."

Rikiru helps gather up the weapons and arrows, turning to Durra. "The town would appreciate these more than bandits would, I think. Is there room in your friend's pack?"

Would've posted earlier, but it's been one S#!^storm of a night.

Mina assists Asric in restraining the bandits. "Evil or not, they would've been happy to kill us. We need to find out who they were hoping to get their 'ransom' for, and where she is."

She looks around at her companions. "You know, that fight went fairly well." She offers a smile. "I think we're warming up to each other."

"My father's axe does cut like butter, doesn't it?" Durra responds to Mina and softly touches the blade.

"Of course, Rikiru. Look at him, he can carry us all if he wanted...Btw guys, I'm out of spells. But here are the rations of the day." She spoke a spell that was known by now and created 2d4 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8 Goodberries. She quickly ate two and offered the rest.

Reminder: each berry heals one hp and counts as a full day meal.

Rerdahl points to the sleeping bandit. "Disarm and wake him. He can see that we are tending to the wounds of his companions. He might be more willing to talk...."

Rerdahl stabilizes the men. They are still unconscious. One of the men is dead.

Asric will gladly take a few of those berries. "Many thanks."
he'll take 2 if he can
"Now what to do with these?" he asks, pointing to the unconscious enemies. "Anyone good at interrogation?"

"Tie up, put on Brugh and go on?"

Asric nods. "Okay, let's do that."
if anyone IS good at interrogation, we should ask them questions at some point

"Is anyone good at tracking?" asks Mina. "We might be able to follow their tracks back to where their 'hostage' is."

Rikiru accepts a berry, tapping his chin as he chews. "Hmmm...I am no tracker; I know the snow works against us in that as well. We may have better luck questioning the survivors. Whatever we do, we need to make haste."

Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
"look, there are some tracks."

Mina bends down to look. "Well spotted, Durra!" Her gaze follows the tracks in the direction from which the bandits came.

"I suggest we go in that direction, at least until our new 'friends' decide to wake up and give us more information. I'm sure they'll be happy to do so, given a little persuading."

Durra does indeed see foot prints heading in the direction of where you know the Lodge is supposed to be.

Rerdahl follows along knowing that he'd have trouble following his own tracks.... He watches up in the trees for any other dangers.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 Ha! At least I got rid of THAT bad roll....

After fixing the unconcious bodies on top of Brugh, the party moved on. Towards the lodge, to finally find shelter.

Asric trusts the eyes of the others to point him in the right direction.

Rikiru nods and falls in step, staying next to Durra opposite the wind when he can.

Mina walks alongside her companions. Every few minutes, she checks to see whether either of their captives has regained consciousness.

"Well, at least we finally have enemies we can speak to," she says with a smile. "Evil snowmen, fey creatures... I'm done with them!"

One of the men wakes up as you are tossing him onto Bruh. He struggles in the bonds and shouts, "Hey what are you doing, stop that." He begins kicking at you trying his hardest to be difficult.