RelicBlackOUTs Old School Modules (Inactive)

Game Master RelicBlackOUT

I was thinking you since your prone....
duh, just looked at that, hoping she's not Heeling anyone...

Barnabus and Dalron lets their respective ranged attacks fly. Both of them unfortunately miss the mark. The remaining hobgoblin steps up to block the opening and attacks out at Brunner.

“Ha, I am going to make a little wall of you and your friends. Help keep those young goblin pups out of here.” The hobgoblins attack strikes true and Brunner takes 8 more damage.

Initiative Order
Round 3
Lanliss
Brunner
Scarlet
Round 4
Evia
Barnabus
Dalron
Hobgoblin

I assumed Brunner would bear the brunt of the attacks, so wanted to Target him with the heal.

Scarlet thrust his rapier toward the hobgoblin still in a prone position as Brunner is still standing over him.

Rapier -4 Prone: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 2 - 4 = 13
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

I assumed Brunner would bear the brunt of the attacks, so wanted to Target him with the heal.

OK, thank you :-) Also I missed that you were using inspire, I will not miss it this round.

'Blast the sword bit deep, I'm glad Evia has that wand.' flinch from the gash in his leg, Brunner lifts his hammer and snarls. "Dobber hobGobo, Yer kin' will ne'er win." He then swings his hammer at the hobgoblins exposed side. Missing entirely, the hammer swinging so hard, he nearly losses it, practically spinning himself about.

attack:MW Dw Warhammer, hatred, inspired
attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 1 = 7 for damage: 1d10 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10

"Lady Desna, we could use a bit of luck." Lanliss reaches forward and pats Barnabus on the shoulder.

Using the "bit of luck" domain ability. Barnabus' next d20 will be rolled twice, and he can use the higher roll.

Between Scarlet’s missed jab, and Brunner’s hammer whiff, the hobgoblin lets out a bellowing laugh. “Ha! Is this the best you’ve got!

Initiative Order
Round 4
Evia
Barnabus
Dalron
Hobgoblin
Lanliss
Brunner
Scarlet

"Hate to waste that Lanliss, but I've got another trick."

Barnabus pulls out his scroll of Grease from his belt pouch.

He unrolls it and chants the arcane words, directing the spell at the haft of the Hobgoblin's weapon.

DC11 Reflex or be disarmed.

Hobgoblin Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

The hobgoblin hears Barnabus’ arcane words as he cast the spell; “Oh magic dwarf, I will have some fun with you once I am finished with your brother here!

Yes, everyone remember the inspire! I don't have many rounds left, though.

Evia touches Brunner with the wand again. "Don't think so mud face!"

wand of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

As Dalron's anger builds up from letting these two fowl pigs causing harm to his friends and not able to stop it.

He nocks another arrow and aim for in between a Hobgoblin's beady eyes.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 12

Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

I would like a new set of attack dice please.

I know, right. The Dice Gods have forsaken us. Or the GM stole the good dice. :P

Grunting and sniffing the air “Is that elf blood I smell in you? I will save you for last!”

The hobgoblin strikes out once again at Brunner, this strike was looking like it was poised to kill but the armor from Torag’s temple saves the dwarfs hide. The attack still does hit and strikes Brunner for 12 damage.

If my math is correct, with the CLW wand from Evia Brunner would be at 0 after that hit. You can make a standard action before falling to negative and to start to bleed out.

Initiative Order
Round 4
Lanliss
Brunner
Scarlet
Round 5
Evia
Barnabus
Dalron
Hobgoblin

You guys do need some new dice. :-/

Judging his distance from the hobgoglins, Lanliss bursts forth another radius of positive energy, healing everyone in the party for...

this many points: 1d6 ⇒ 1

... that's... that's great.

Once again Scarlet tries to stab the hobgoblin from his prone position but can't quite reach the hobgoblin's groin.

Rapier -4 Prone: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 2 - 4 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

That is where I had him as well. So Lanliss healed him one.

"Ooch!!" As the sword drives over his shield and pierces the gap between the pauldron and breastplate, Brunner's eyes glaze over. The hobgoblin pulls the sword loose and the blood begins to flow freely. His left arm limp and the shield hanging useless. Gritting his teeth, he fells Lanlis' prayer take effect. He again swings the great hammer at the goblin, "We're nae dain yit ya dobber"

attack:MW Dw Warhammer, hatred, inspired
attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 = 12 for damage: 1d10 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

GM, Is there a way you could draw a simple map, so may be we could figure out if we can get into flank or out into the open? Our die rolls are just killing us and I think we need to take advantage of every possibility we can at this point.

You are all in a tight tunnel that leads into a room. The hobgoblin is currently standing at the enterence to that room with no way around him. When the battle kicked off the party became bottle necked at this point.

The hobgoblin smirks at all of the missed attacks and swings out towards Brunner, but swings wide when it realizes that the young one is striking out at him from on the ground.

Initiative Order
Round 5
Evia
Barnabus
Dalron
Hobgoblin
Lanliss
Brunner
Scarlet

Barnabus throws a force missile into the hobgoblin's face.

force missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

I disbelieve the tunnel is this small
Disbelieve: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Ok guys the dice are working better, lets play ;o)

Dalron being a little frazzled with is arrows going wide. He takes a deep breath and he pulls back on another arrow and aims for right between the hobgoblin's eyes.

Here it goes

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

SON OF A BIT..!!!

really? you wasted that 12 on a joke and then rolled a 3....

Evia taps Brunner on the shoulder again with the wand.

"We can do it everyone! My voice is starting to get hoarse though!"

Wand of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

really? you wasted that 12 on a joke and then rolled a 3....

hehe... that seems to be our luck.

Oh man I cannot believe that just happened....

Evia steps forward and heals Brunner with the wand. The hobgoblin dodges in time before receiving an arrow in the eye. He strikes out at Brunner, but swings wide. Brunner is now at 8 HP

Initiative Order
Round 5
Lanliss
Brunner
Scarlet
Round 6
Evia
Barnabus
Dalron
Hobgoblin

Once Lanliss, Brunner, and Scarlet goes. Evia Barnabus and Dalron can go ahead with their turn incase I don’t respond in between. Sorry about missing the other day. I had taken youth on a weekend retreat and was tied up all weekend.

Seeing the hobgoblin take an arrow to the face, Brunner snorts, "It doesnae feel guid diz it." Blood is still pouring from his shoulder, however his arm is healed enough to lift the shield, he swings his hammer at the goblins blind side.

attack:MW Dw Warhammer, hatred, inspired
attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 = 18 for damage: 1d10 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 = 11

Still prone on the ground, Scarlet once again tries to hamstring the hobgoblin but misses his mark again.

Rapier -Prone: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 2 - 4 = 8
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Dalron breaks out pom poms and chears "Go Brunner Go!"

Brunner, beaten and battered swings his hammer. Fortunately, the hobgoblin ducked from Dalrons arrow leaving him slightly unaware of the hammer. It strikes him true in his ribs, you hear multiple cracks followed by the exhale from the hobgoblin with blood spouting from its mouth. He crumples to the ground lifeless.

If/When the party entered the room you come into a 20 ft wide by 30 ft deep room. The entry way you came through is on the south end of the room. There are three different openings. On the east wall there is hall away. To the west there are two paths. The first on at the corner of the south and west wall is a staircase that leads down ten, and moving north up the west wall you find a dark tunnel that slopes down.

Looking around this room you see a large wooden table and three chairs that have been shuffled around and tipped over from the hobgoblins dueling before the fight. Searching the Hobgoblins you friend two longswords, two studded leather armors, two light steel shields, and a key. In the north east corner of this room you find a large chest.

Congrats guys, that was one heck of a battle. I cannot believe how bad some of those rolls were. Thank goodness for the wand that was found, that really was a saving grace. It is up to you to do what you would like, but you remember the goblin told you to go up then left for find Darax and Noak.

Scarlet slowly gets up and prods the two hobgoblins to be sure they are dead. He then strips them and prepares their equipment for looting.

Scarlet debates with himself on putting one of the studded leather armors on but decides against it. He then picks up the key. "Maybe this opens the chest over there."

Scarlet limps over to the chest and checks it for traps.

Perception (Traps): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

He then sees if the chest is locked, if it is, he uses the key off the hobgoblins to see if it opens it.

Loot Updated and Why couldn't I get those rolls for combat... That would've been a critical hit.

Barnabus will help search and will cast a Detect Magic spell.

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Barnabus detects magic on the chest and finds nothing magical about it. As he is examining the chest Scarlet looks it over then holds his arm out keeping Barnabus from getting closer to the chest. Scarlet finds that this chest is trapped, and it is trapped with a rather lethal one. Any wrong move in the slightest will trigger the trap. Scarlet is able to disarm the trap.

Checking the chest, Scarlet notices that it is indeed locked. Trying the key, the party hears a click as it unlocks the chest. Looking inside, Scarlet finds a nice catch of gear within.

Scarlet starts to unload the chest and this is what he brings out. A fine set up Studded Leather Armor, a Longsword with ivy ingrained through the blade that leads to the ivy leaf guard. There are two separate quivers of arrows. The first one has 10 silver arrows within, the second has 20 blunt arrows. Also within are two bedrolls, four bottles of wine, flint & steel, a small steel mirror, 50-foot silk rope, a cracked hourglass that leaks sand, a belt pouch with 82 gold, a belt pouch with 47 silver, a belt pouch of 312 copper.

"Scarlet that Studded Leather from the chest looks to be your size, you should try it on. It looks better than the ones on the hobgoblins and does not need cleaning."

"Barnabus, Lanliss that sword almost looks Elven. What do you two think?"

Taking the arrows and spliting them up

"With Lanliss, Evia, and myself being the main archers we could use these unless anyone else has other ideas.

If everyone agrees, Dalron Hands Evia 4 silver and 7 blunt arrows, Lanliss gets 3 silver and 7 blunt arrows, and Dalron will take 3 silver and 6 blunt arrows.

"Spell casters, do any of you have that spell that fixes items? This could be worth a lot if fixed"

Dalron says as he is holding up the Hourglass.

Barnabus checks to see if any of the items radiate magic.

If/When the party entered the room you come into a 20 ft wide by 30 ft deep room. The entry way you came through is on the south end of the room. There are three different openings. On the east wall there is hall away. To the west there are two paths. The first on at the corner of the south and west wall is a staircase that leads down ten, and moving north up the west wall you find a dark tunnel that slopes down....remember the goblin told you to go up then left for find Darax and Noak.

It says the two on the west both go down?

'Just in time, Thank Torag' Breathing a heavy sigh of relief, Brunner gives Scarlet and hand to get up. "'at was a roogh barnie reit laddie."

As Scarlet begins to investigate the bodies, Brunner turns to Evia "Cheers lass, ye an' 'at wain kept me alife. Onie chance ye can hit me wi' it again, aam still fairly busted up."

Once he's healed a little more he will moves toward the hallway on the eastern wall, looking down the hall. He then moves toward the southwestern door looking up she stairs. Finally he goes to the northwestern tunnel that slopes down and looks there.

perception: hall: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
perception: stairs: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
perception: tunnel: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

As Dalron sorts out the arrows and other loot, Barnabus looks over the items to see if anything is magical. Both the studded leather armor and the longsword radiate light evocation magic.

Brunner goes a quick lap around the room and checks out the three other entries into this room.
Going to the hall to the east you hear and see nothing, 15 feet into the hall way it takes a turn south.
Going to the tunnel you notice that this is an even tighter cramped spot that the way the party just came from. For Brunner and Barnabus you would be able to stand straight, but everyone else would need to crouch.
Going to the stairs you see that it descends down 10 feet into a lower level. You don’t hear anything but you see the flicker of light coming from that room.

The stairs and tunnel both do head in a downward. The stairs go to a lower level, the tunnel goes.... well, why don’t you go and find out ;-)

Scarlet nods at Dalron with his suggestion about the studded leather armor from the chest and starts taking off his torn and bloodied leather armor.

Still suffering from wounds, he carefully puts on the set of studded leather armor. "Hopefully this will provide a better defense."

Sorry for the absence. Busy weekend and busy Monday.

As Scarlet begins to investigate the bodies, Brunner turns to Evia "Cheers lass, ye an' 'at wain kept me alife. Onie chance ye can hit me wi' it again, aam still fairly busted up."

"So is Scarlet," Lanliss mentions to Evia with a smile. "Brunner, may I speak with you a moment?"

The elf leads Brunner to the side out of earshot of the others.

"My friend, you were amazing during that battle. You stood in front of the enemy and protected the rest of us, especially young Scarlet. I am so glad that you were at our side for that battle.

"Your stand kept the rest of us trapped in the tunnel, unable to be fully effective. I am not a tactician nor do I want to tell anybody what to do, but I think that should have tried to push one or both of the bugbears back into this room so that the rest of us could exit the tunnel and better attack. You may have taken a blow for doing so, but this would likely have been countered by allowing all of us to defeat the bugbears faster. As the rest of us saw, with you being the only fully engaged combatant, you took plenty of blows during the fighting."

Lanliss tries smiles at Brunner when he says this, trying to convey that there is no offense intended.

"Barnabus, Lanliss that sword almost looks Elven. What do you two think?"

Lanliss shrugs self-consciously.

"I'm terrible at being an elf, my friend," he smiles. "I couldn't tell you."

Taking the arrows and spliting them up

"With Lanliss, Evia, and myself being the main archers we could use these unless anyone else has other ideas.

Lanliss agrees and stows the offered arrows.

Then he goes over to the stairway to see if there might be a hidden way "up."

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 <--Look at that amazing die roll...

spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

"This sword and leather armor ar both enchanted to increase their efficacy."

Barnabus shares the details of what he has learned.

As Brunner inspects the entrances, Moving from doorway to doorway, trying to guarantee the groups safety, he stops long enough to listen Lanliss. Nodding his head in agreement. "Yer reit laddie, Ah shoods hae gotten ye an' th' other archers a cleaner shot. but Ah coods nae abandon Scarlit, Layin' oan th' grin thaur. Better Ah tak' th' blaw than he."

"Tunnel fighting is a hard thing to do. You did well Brunner sometimes thing just don't go the way we would like. If fighting was was easy orcs would rule the world.
But for now lets get patched up and go see a man about a dragon.
Is that wand still usable or did we burn it out?"

Being informed of the magical nature of two of the items, especially the armor he just donned. "Oh wow. Magical armor. Hope this protects me better than the torn and bloodied armor I just discarded."

Going from AC 15 to 17 is good. Hehe.. now just need a Ring of Protecting +1 and Necklace of Natural Armor +1. :P

While the others are looking at the various exits to the room, Scarlet approaches Lanliss and Evia. "Hate to ask of this, since you have kept us alive admirably so far. But I could use some more divine healing. These wounds I have are making it hard to move somewhat."

At 3/8 HP.

"Um... with that magical sword with the fancy design. Should Brunner use?"

Unfortunately, Scarlet is not proficient with long swords.

'What the blazes?' hearing Scarlet's well intended words, Brunner hugs his hammer. Looking from Lanliss to Scarlet then Dalron and back to Lanliss, he leans in toward the elf. "Ack, teel heem ye want it, ur Dalron shoods hae it ur somethin'!"

Smiling at Scarlet's comment

"I think Brunner is very happy with his gifts from Torag. As for me unless it has a bow string on it, I really have no use for it.

Lanliss is it something you could use? If not, Scarlet do you know how to use one?

Looking from Dalron to Lanliss, "One's ay ye strin' pluckers shoods carry it, fa knows ye micht hae tae use some other weapon eventually."

Lanliss takes a look around seeing if there is a possible way up. Even with such a close examination, he does not find any hidden doors.

"Well... if nobody else would use it, then I would rather carry such a beautiful sword than this bugbear's morningstar."

Lanliss stows away the morningstar and straps the longsword to his belt.

While the others are looking at the various exits to the room, Scarlet approaches Lanliss and Evia. "Hate to ask of this, since you have kept us alive admirably so far. But I could use some more divine healing. These wounds I have are making it hard to move somewhat."

At 3/8 HP.

I would rather Evia use the wand to heal Scarlet and Brunner. I only have two bursts of positive energy left (and no spells), which can heal multiple people at a time and do so from a distance. I think they should be saved for a battle.