Rise of the Run Lords and Beyond! #2

Game Master Fedorian Silverleaf

Suddenly from the north you hear the sounds of a dog Frantically Barking, and a mans voice screaming for help..

Father Zantus looks at the group and and says:

"Hurry!!..I will stay here and tend to the wounded and do what I can for them..but you must Hurry!!..and save whoever that is..may the gods bless and Protect you!"

The group Heads off to the north out of the festival square and finds themselves just east of the White Deer, and close to the North gate of Sandpoint..

North Gate

Can I move Karl and have him hide behind one of the tents?

yes..you can make any move you want before we start, Before this next battle I will ask all of you to please confirm your starting positions..thanks..=}

Did I run myself out of the fight? I'm not there

Loupe runs with Zander to the north.
As he runs the seriousness of the situation starts to strike home - his last serious spell is expended and he is running into combat. He doesn't fight the fear that pushes through his drunken haze - it is after all the only way to call his familiar, Maug.

Sten moves with purpose and as much stoic dignity as a dwarf can manage having to run full bore to keep up with such long legged companions. Weapon drawn and face stern, he is ready for whatever may come his way.

I am going to let the others get a handle on their locations as it will influence mine.

Zander, i just put you in..sorry bout that..=}

Stuck myself closer to the NPC's. Not sure what they are, but I was the first to dash off, so I figure it makes sense to be closer to them

Is it okay to have Maug?

Vishoon mumbles "Mother heal me." and Cast Cure light wounds on himself
Cure Light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Then moves forward with the rest of "His New Companions" looking them over. I wonder if any of these people are Tevok?

I'm fine with where Vishoon is, i assume he caught up after casting his cure.

Im not familiar with what Maug is?

Loupe's familiar

Dairkal moves quickly towards the commotion, rapier out, ready for more trouble.

Moved him into pre-battle position

Loupe im not familiar with how familiars work I've never played a character that has one or GMd a game in which there was one.. but if you want to use a familiar for battle and such, ill need you to make a alias for it with its stats and stuff for me look at, once you do that and post with it i will make a token and add it to the battle map and you can play it...if it doesnt do battle and just obeys simple commands or whatever, you dont need to do that just specify what it is that hes doing..but like i said if hes going to fight in battle Ill need an alias made with stats..Thanks..=}

Here I am!

Excellent, please put his stats in the stat bar and he should be good to go, i will make him a token tomorrow and get this fight started for you guys..=}

Thanks! Should be okay now. He's a tiny and flying critter - can make it a little difficult to put him on the map. Might be worth making a smaller token? Given Maug and Loupe have the same init mod I strongly suggest having them act on the same tick - that way you are only waiting on me (Harakani) once per round.

Ok, placement should be fine where I am at considering everyone else.

Is everyone ok with their placement? Hopefully once BigBusMan is ready we can get this show on the road

Will be ready later today after work, probably closer to this evening I have some stuff I need to get done today as well, will try not to make u wait very long

I appreciate the effort you putting into this, gming two Rotrl games can get hectic and once you add real life responsibilities into the mix...I was just trying to get my fellow players ready for the upcoming fight. I hope I didn't come off sounding whiny, if I did I apologize, I meant no disrespect

Nope not at all, I was just feeling bad that I couldnt devote my usual time to the boards today and didn't want to keep all you guys waiting too long..=}..and yes im doing 2 RotRL and im also doing a Hollows last hope..so I have a tone to keep up with..lol

Maugore has been added to the map, and you will both move on same init

If everyone is OK with their starting sponts..lets begin..ROUND #3

"As the you arrive on the scene, you are just in time to see A goblin riding a goblin dog, kill the dog who was barking with his horse chopper. With a Blood Curdling Yelp,the dog crashes dying to the ground. As the goblins kin (who were themselves cowering nearby as the dog was handled) throw up a cheer and emerge from hiding."

"The Goblins are distracted by their kill, they turn their attention to a man who is hiding behind a couple barrels, they do not hear you approach and you have an opportunity to strike them.."

All Players can act in the surprise round in order that you post, after you all have acted I will roll initiative, and we will go from there.

Loupe darts forward in what will prove a futile attempt to save the dog's life. Furiously he incants, points and strikes at the lead goblin.
fear my Ray of Frost! touch attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Maug follows in his master's wake, gently gaining height as he prepares to strike
move 60ft, up 5ft

Zander uses the moment of distraction to dart forward, glaive in hand, to stab at the goblin dog, hoping it's death with distract and confuse the rider. The thrust comes so close to the dog's undercarriage, Zander cannot tell if he scored a hit.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 = 131d10 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Sorry, I am using my phone right now and it doesn't let me interact with the Google docs. Just let's me see it.

Sten charges head long into battle. A battle cry as loud as an avalanche and as deep as a mountain fissure utters forth from him, For the forge father." He was swings the chain of his weapon out and brings it crashing into one of the goblins before him.

Attack1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage1d10 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Vishoon seeing the goblins, More Gobbies for the roasting fire....ha ha ha

Looks at the goblin rider, "You first.. and charges

Attack: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 2 + 1 = 19 (+2 for charging, +1 for bless(assuming its still up)
Damage: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 3 = 8

The goblins attention was clutched by something, Karl did not know what and he honestly did not care, it was their chance to obtain an advantageous position in this fight, bearing his shield in his left arm and his axe in his right, the mercenary emerged from the curtain of shadows and moved in to get closer to the action.

It was at this time that he noticed his companions for this battle charge at a goblin who was riding a dog Best to stay back and let the goblins react, when they do Karl gripped his axe tighter and kept his eyes trained on the battle ahead of him, it was then that he noticed a tiny flying scaly dragon like creature fly close by Loupe's side He deals in exotic animals as well? Karl wondered momentary before refocusing on the battle.

Vishoon, they are beyond 30', so you cannot charge into range to hit someone.

Damnit. Surprise rounds are standard actions only, aren't they. In which case I guess Loupe didn't shoot, but Maug should still be okay.

Yep missed the surprise round. Moving up 20' and waiting for initiative.

Can you charge during a surprise round? It's "one action" but a full round, not a standard. Zander charged because I thought you could, but now I'm not so sure. If you can't, I'll ask how much time is left on Bless, and recast if it has worn off or is close to. That would cause me to move back 3 squares to the west again.

You can as a standard action during surprise but only as a single move

Not sure if its cuz I'm on my cell or not, but I keep gettin a error message while tryin to view the map

In the surprise round you can only make a "Move" or an "Attack"..But not both..However I found this on the boards "If you are able to take only a standard action on your turn, you can still charge, but you are only allowed to move up to your speed (instead of up to double your speed) and you cannot draw a weapon unless you possess the Quick Draw feat. You can't use this option unless you are restricted to taking only a standard action on your turn."..so im going to make the call that Charging in surprise rounds is allowed but only up to your normal movement, so the ones that charged will need to figure out if they were within their normal movement zone and adjust accordingly

Zander was in range, I made sure of that when I moved him to his starting location.

We're still in the same initiative order? Also, it looks like the background is a movable object. I might have accidentally shifted everyone by moving it under the tokens when I misclicked.

Red sees some kind of goblin leader riding a dog, and charges with the fury of flame in his veins.

Charge goblin on dog.
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Well it was a semi successful surprise round, seriously I think the die system of this site really hates our guts

Red, I don't know where everyone was at, but it looks ok to me?..Im trying now to go through the last posts and see who did what, Ive gotten thoroughly confused..lol..As soon as I figure out what everyone did..I will di INIT for the this fight and you can bash away..=}

loupe, Karl, sten, vishoon, and dark moved, Zander and red were in charge range due to reach weapons and attacked

Just for ease of trying to figure out this charging question and trying to figure out peoples moves, for this battle only, Im going to run everyones move as they made them, I think this will break the charging rule for Vishoons movement..but ill allow it just this once..Next time we have a surprise round, we will need to stick to the rule..you can charge and do one attack, If you are within your normal range and already have drawn your weapon..Im only doing it this once so that we can keep the game moving and I dont have to spend 20 minutes trying to figure out who did what..lol..Any Objections?

..OH..OK thank you Zander that helps a lot..so ignore previous post..and ill run damage for Zander and red, everyone else just made a move..Ill do that and then post INIT here in just a minute

my statement was made based on a few failed charges. If you let them go this time, well, you're the bigbossman err bigbusman for a reason.

INIT: Goblin Commando, Loupe,Karl,Vishoon,Red,Sten,Dairkal,Goblins1,2,3,Zander

Also keep in mind that the Goblin Dog and the Goblin commando are two different foes, with the other group I had them act on same INIT until one or the other is killed, then I had whatever was left just act alone..also The bless is still good for 3 more rounds.

"Zanders spell went just wide barely missing the Goblin"

"Red Swings and Hits his target..catching the riding goblin square in the chest..the goblin slumps over for a minute but regains himself and continues on"

"The Goblin Commando takes off on his Mount and moves north about 45 feet, he then stops turns and Fires his bow at Zander..
Attack roll: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (13) - 4 = 9

But his arrows flys wide.."

aww, I missed a flatfooted goblin, I should hang up my adventuring boots. Did Red or I get an AoO when the goblin moved out of our threat range?

Loupe advances slowly, firing at one of the less agile goblins
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
damage: 1d3 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
if I get out of this I am going to scribe a decent combat spell he promises himself

Maug dives at the same goblin
special ability on charge means does not provoke. Higher ground for dive bombing
attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 + 1 = 20damage: 1d3 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 + 2 = 3

The wound the goblin rider suffered did not go unnoticed by the ex-guard, he watched as it tried to build distance between it self and his group Retreating already? A fang filled smile came over the mercenary's face as he followed the goblin's movements with his grey eyes, and finally he caught it slowing down its retreat, without warning a 6'5 foot human wrecking ball dashed across the field at a speed that belied his large frame, Karl left nothing behind him but a trail of disturbed dust and the hammering echo of his boots.

In only a few moments he was within range to strike, his arm was drawn back as he tried to gain as much momentum as possible before unleashed his axe upon the goblin's head.

attack roll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

But a small crevice in the ground close to the goblin caused him to almost trip over himself, and swing way too early, this lead him to miss the goblin by a large margin.

:(

I always forget about AoO..lol..go ahead and make them if you wish

"Loupe Misses..but his Familiar hits its mark causing the goblin to bleed heavily from its nose.."