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The passageways between caverns are about 25ft tall, and the cavern chambers are on average about 50ft high. It's pretty roomy in here.
@Astrid: Upon some additional thought and another look at your spell, I think these caverns should still count as mountain terrain.
I will be traveling for a conference on Wednesday, the 11th, and will not be home until the afternoon of Sunday the 15th.
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Can't post today. Back tomorrow.
Hey everyone. This last week I had multiple exposures to covid and, while my rapid test came back negative, I am definitely sick with something and have very little energy. I am waiting on a PCR test to let me know for sure what I do or don't have.
Good luck. I've had it twice now and it knocked me off my feet for a few weeks each time.
Hope it clears up for you quickly Astrid!
Sorry for dropping off the face of the earth. I do indeed have covid, but am slowly getting back to feeling like a human being again. I'll try and get back up to speed again soon.
I'm going to defer to our spellcasters here, who might have a better answer for this situation besides "keep swinging and hope for the best"
Astrid and Kellek, do you have anything you want the fighters to do that would be helpful?
I'll have to get back to you after work.
Okay so we can assume the blue hag can see well enough through sleet to target Kargas from where ever (as no one has eyes on her), alternatively she is (greater) invisible and floating somewhere nearby, which probably is not the case since she sounds to be a fair distance off.
I'm guessing the roof of the actual cave is taller than the roof of the stair down to it, so they just cant fly above the 20' sleet storm and see us while we are on the stair, but us bunching up is not a good idea either for obvious reasons.
Killing the big annis hag broke the coven so there's that at least.
The sleet is an effective delaying tactic as Kellek has no spells available to counter it at present. This will allow the two to get off whatever buffing spells and effects they have (invisibility, mirror images, whatever) before coming for us. We could try to wait them out but a lot of these effects are going to last a while (the sleet storm is probably lasting about a full minute assuming it is a spell and not an ability--and regardless it is a good enough trick that she probably gets to do it more than once).
Kellek could counter it with various cloud spells, making it harder for everyone to see, but if the blue hag can see though weather effects she can probably see through clouds as well and create winds to dissipate them quickly.
He can't interpret the spells they will be casting without line of sight.
Kellek does have scrolls with a few useful spells on him (see invisibility, fireball (CL 6), haste, alarm, fly, web) and can cast any 2nd-level spell out of his various spell books with a round's preparation, but he's used most of his higher level stuff.
Given all of that, Kellek recommends hunkering down as best as possible and letting them come to us in some small cramped place where we might have a chance of trapping them--though the other hag can probably travel ethereally. It is not ideal, but they are likely to use the same tricks again given the way spell-like abilities work.
Beyond that, Astrid might be able to summon up a defensive (call 'em "chaff") line of meager defenders to possibly give us a heads up to the hags' presence, but for time cast and duration (are they going to be around long enough to matter). It might be best to use them for entrapment.
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Since the blue hag used an area effect spell, she could have used some sense other than sight to locate Kargas or just released the spell in the direction of Kargas’ last position before the sleet storm and gotten lucky. I believe Kargas did move out of the sleet storm and Guiness gave telemetry to the spellcasters, so area attacks would be fair game. For that matter, Colvyn could fire at the square Guiness indicated and he might get lucky.
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Sounds like a plan.
** spoiler omitted **
Colvyn hasn't gotten lucky in a while....
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Since Astrid has already gone this round and all your allies are out of the sleet, it seems our DM is waiting on you. Given that you know the location of at least one of the hags from Guiness’ telemetry, you could toss that fireball in there, although I think one of the hags might be resistant to spells or elemental damage…
I could if I had a round and a half to do it in. Otherwise Kellek is left with lightning to throw at the storm hag....
Beneficent GM, question about order of events. Is Kargas able to rage at the start of his turn prior to making the save? That would give me an extra +3 to the save if so, but if not that's understandable.
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Beneficent GM, question about order of events. Is Kargas able to rage at the start of his turn prior to making the save? That would give me an extra +3 to the save if so, but if not that's understandable.
I believe Astrid also cast Communal Protection From Evil on us, so that may affect your Will save and/or the extent of the mental control you are subject to if the spell that made you save has such effects.
"And WHY am I STILL wounded!? Was it just me, or did we have a cleric in this party?"
@Kargas: I'll allow it.
@Guiness: Yep, Kargas already has +2 resistance from his cloak, so the prot:evil doesn't have any further effects in this case. Thanks for the reminder though.
...Kellek inspects the remains and manages to recover several magic items glowing with significant auras. He identifies a headband of vast intelligence +2, keyed to grant insight into nature (KN: Nature), a wand of protection against chaos (18 charges), a mind sentinel medallion, and several vials.
1x Potion of barkskin (CL6)
2x Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds
1x Potion of Keen Senses
1x Potion of Haste
1x Potion of Jump
Kellek already has a fair number of ranks in knowledge (nature) and a fancy headband of vast intelligence +2 (keyed to Use Magic Device).
He's going to claim one potion of cure moderate wounds to make up for the one he used in the dungeon. Other than that nothing really jumps out to him as a must-have, except maybe the wand--but that's just because it is a wand. He'll take anything left over, because he can use it but other than the one potion he's meh about stuff.
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Buffs as I saw them:
- Pass without Trace (Everyone)
- Hunter's Blessing (Everyone), keyed to humanoid(giant) and mountain terrain.
- Ashen Path (Everyone)
- Mirror Image (Kargas)
- Bless (everyone)
- Moment of Greatness (everyone)
- Ironskin (Astrid)
- Shield of faith (Kargas and Guiness)
- Expeditious Retreat (Astrid)
Kellek typically starts every day with extended mage armor.
Before we open the door, Kellek casts
He has access to any 2nd level spell in his books with a full-round's notice, as well as several useful spells in scroll form.
In this case, no difference! You guys definitely delivered a hefty helping of overkill.
I hope he kept a diary, because he didn't tell me his name :(
I hope he kept a diary, because he didn't tell me his name :(
His name was Stone, Bob Stone!
Or Flint! Flint Stone.
Or if he was a famous stone giant he might have been called Cliff Robertson or even Rock Hudson!
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I am leveled up! My Diplomacy, Perception, and Sense Motive are now sky high.
I haven't gotten Kargas leveled up yet but I'll try to get that finished tonight. Lvl10's biggest change is getting 3rd level spells, do we have any buffs or spells not covered by Kellek and Astrid we would like to see?
While you guys are getting leveled up, feel free to discuss in gameplay how you want to tackle your next moves. Lots of options here.
I think I will pick Vampiric Touch and Twilight Dagger for my initial Lvl3 spells.
For his part, Kargas wants to return to Sandpoint as soon as possible. He could be persuaded to stop by Fort Rannick first to alert Jakardros to the ogres' neutralization but he probably won't think of it on his own since he's laser focused on saving the town.
I've got overland flight, but that only helps me, and I won't have wind walk until next level. Best I've got is marching chant, which lets us move overland at double speed.
Kellek could probably pick up teleport as one of his new spells but that's up to him.
I don't mind picking up teleport though I have yet to go through everything in the giant's spell book. I probably won't be leveled until Sunday the way work is working out.
I found out my day off is Thanksgiving so I guess it is now or never.
hp (47 + 4 + 1 Favored Class**) = 52
Saves +1 Will
Combat +1 BAB
Bonus Wizard Feat Intensify Spell
Skill ranks (2 Class + 5 Int* + 1 human + 1 Favored Class**; One rank each to) Fly +10, Knowledge (dungeoneering, local, nature, planes, religion) +15, Perception +10, Sense Motive +10, Use Magic Device +12 (from *headband of vast intellect).
** Kellek has the Fast Learner feat and gets both bonuses.
Background skill ranks (One rank each to) Knowledge (history) +15, Profession (herbalist) +10
Arcane Reservoir 8/13
Free New Spells teleport and roaming pit
He'll take Barl's spellbook, the wand of enervation, and the headband of vast intellect (to sell--he leaves all the heavy stuff for sale for Kargas or Guiness to carry) from this pile of loot.
GM, does Barl's spellbook come with: all the cantrips, all of the cantrips that are not his opposing schools (it appears he was a necromancer), just the necromantic ones (though it says 'level 1-4'), or just whatever was on his spell list (a lot of Pathfinder NPCs seem to have "travel books" to cut down on bookkeeping/word count)? I'm trying to price it out.
@Kellek: The spellbook has all CRB cantrips except those from abjuration and enchantment.
This week has been pretty messy for me, but my day tomorrow is wide open so I'll get Kargas fully leveled up to 10 then. Sorry for the holdup!
Fully leveled up!
Character page (including spells) updated.
a real post incoming, but: Kargas has an adamantine longsword and could probably cut down several dozen trees by himself with an afternoon. Moving & carving/shaping them is a different matter but he can lift 400lbs and drag 2000lbs without raging or being enlarged. If you want a barricade of deadfall he could almost literally throw that together for you.
For a few minutes a Large, raging Kargas could lift 1,840lbs and drag 9,200lbs
Seems like Kargas could move houses, not just trees...
I as a player am not totally sure of what I can/should do to help here, so I'm open to suggestions.
GM, any chance we could get a map for fields of fire, obscuring structures, hard points, exits, areas that could be turned into choke points etc...? Also Kellek will inquire as to how many people live here, how many can fight, and how many are actually trained to.
I as a player am not totally sure of what I can/should do to help here, so I'm open to suggestions.
To start, Astrid has a raven familiar so aerial recon seems a natural to start. Fly him out about a mile and wait for him the empathic jolt when he gets agitated by a column of monsters tromping through the hills.
You might want to check your spell list over and make sure that you are packing for "prolonged city fight".
More to follow.
Thanks, Kellek. That got my brain thinking. I can build some decent fortifications for the town with wall of stone, and stone shape can make them pretty. Depends on how much time we think we have. Maybe worth a divination to ask when the attack will be?
I've also got a fairly spectacular spell lined up for the day of reckoning, but you'll have to wait until then to see what it is.
Don't forget to plan something for the dragon.
Since I don't recall a specific colour, maybe some non-elemental damage spells.