Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Upaynao

Kiera lashes out at the dog again with her shocking wand!

Touch attack: 1d20 ⇒ 8

Whisssh!

Sorry about that, guys. I am back, and things will be back to normal!!

Daelric steps in, swinging hard with his new sword. He just barely manages to hit the beast, laying open its flank!

Kiera tries to shock the dog again, but the dog easily jumps out of the way.

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Doggies
~Red- 6 dmg
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- 7 dmg, Prone, Panicked x1
Daelric
Kiera
Andrezi- 4 Dmg, shaken

Andrezi, still wounded himself and seeing the condition of Volkar, channels Desna's healing grace again.

Channel Positive Energy: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7

There was a tingle that passed through Volkar and he flexed his fingers. He shivered and then looked about. He was huddled on the floor and his breathing started to calm.

Ok, not much he can do. THANKS ANDREZI

Volkar: Good news is that I think thats the 2nd round, so you should be good now.

Andrezi channels out his divine blessings, helping to heal the party while Volkar stays put.

The hounds continue their assault!
1d2 ⇒ 1
R vs D: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
B vs K: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Confirm D: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Trip vs D: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
DMG vs D: 4d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 1, 1, 5) + 8 = 17

Trip vs K: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Dmg vs K: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 = 10

The dogs tear into Daelric and Kiera. Daelric takes an extremely nasty bite, but keeps his feet under him as the dog tries to pull him down. Kiera is not so lucky, being pulled to the ground and savaged! Both of them feel the incredible evil of the hounds exuded from the very pours and breath of the creatures, threatening to shake their nerve.
Sinister bite: a good-aligned creature bitten by a yeth hound must make a DC 14 Will save or be shaken for 1 round

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Doggies
~Red- 6 dmg
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- dmg, Prone
Daelric- 16 dmg DC 14 WS or be shaken
Kiera- 10 Dmg, Prone, DC 14 WS or be shaken
Andrezi- Dmg,

GMDevildoc, you need to roll a d100 for that crit, on a 1-25 the crit is negated and is a normal hit.

I am shocked by how much the bite of this hound hurts, especially through armour. I quickly bring my sword up and try to end the find quickly so that no one else receives such a wound.

Longsword Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

I am so shocked by the attack though, that may swing goes wide, very wide.

Volkar pulled himself up with the help of the pillar next to him as the hound lept after Daelric. The hounds were vicious in their attack on his colleages. He manages to get his footing and turns to see where the hell beast is.

So standing is a move action, and can prevoke AoO yet not sure where Red is actually. So, going to leave my turn open. If the beast is next to me, then I would attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 141d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 otherwise, I would shift five feet towards Daelric.

"Gods, these beasts are vicious." Andrezi comments before calling for Desna's healing grace yet again.

CPE: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5 Excluding the hounds.

Will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Though dragged down, Kiera swings wildly with the still-charged wand, since she missed before.

Prone touch attack: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (6) - 4 = 2

Whifff!

Daelric: Glad to! Thank you for calling my attention to that.. I had no idea about that ability!
1d100 ⇒ 94
Damn...

Volkar: The hound is on the ground beside you. Standing or crawling will provoke an AOO, but you can swing at it from the ground with a -4 to hit. I will leave the choice to you.

Daelric swings and misses, while Andrezi channels more healing energy.
Kiera is unable to hit the hound from her awkward position on the floor.

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Doggies
~Red- 6 dmg
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- dmg, Prone
Daelric- 11 dmg DC 14 WS or be shaken
Kiera- 5 Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- Dmg,

Volkar remained crouched, missing with his last swing, he attempted another swing at the hound.

Volkar brings his weapon around, determined to make up for missing the last swing. This time, he just barely lands a good solid blow onto the creature.

Daelric WS: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Daelric shakes of the evil breath of the creature that bit him.

1d2 ⇒ 1
The hound howls as Volkar stikes it, before turning back to Daelric. Meanwhile, the other dog creature keeps harassing poor Kiera.
R vs D: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
B vs K: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Trip vs D: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

D: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 = 8
K: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 = 10

Daelric manages to keep his feet again, but both dwarf and woman are now bleeding heavily onto the stone floor.

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Doggies
~Red- 10 dmg
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- dmg, Prone
Daelric- 19 dmg
Kiera- 15 Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- Dmg,

Kiera lets out a pained grunt-howl and swings again with the shocking touch.

Prone touch attack: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (8) - 4 = 4

I didn't roll the save as I previously mentioned due to being a Paladin I am immune to ALL fear effects.

I take yet another swing at the hound that is able to bypass my armour so easily, yet evade my attacks with ease.

Longsword Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Longsword Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

I then place my hand on my shoulder quickly and let Kols aid me in this difficult fight.

Lay on Hands: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Using Lay on Hands on myself is a swift action which doesn't provoke.

Daelric: and on a 4th (maybe 5th) read through, I find at the very end of the description that this is, indeed a fear effect. The entire rest of the text is all about good vs evil.. My apologies.

Kiera tries again with her wand, but still can't touch the beast.
Daelric, on the other hand, lays open the beast with a nasty stroke that finally kills it.

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Doggies
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- dmg, Prone
Daelric- 16 dmg
Kiera- 15 Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- Dmg,

That's okay. Shaken is the less severe of the Fear effects. But that is a nasty creature ability!

Volkar stands and looks at Daelric. He digs into his pouchs and pulls out a cork stopped vial. "Here friend, drink this, it will help."

He passes the vial to the bleeding dwarf.

Handing Daelric the one cure moderate wounds potion I made. crossing it off my sheet. The standing take a standard action and I just cant see me being able to move while getting the potion out. If I can I will move towards the blue dog.

Andrezi shakes his head as he once again call upon Desna's grace, "My Song of the Spheres, I know you have to be getting tired of hearing from this humble servant, but we are again in desperate need of your aid!"

CPE: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11 excluding the hounds

Daelric: Yes it is.. really. This creature is one of the nastier.. but not the nastiest.. in this dungeon.

Volkar stands and offers Daelric a vial, but Andrezi channels more healing energy to everyone.

The dog continues to worry at Kiera even as her wounds heal. Thankfully, the dog slips on the bloodslick floor and is unable to keep tearing at her.
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

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Doggies
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- dmg
Daelric- 5 dmg
Kiera- 4 Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- Dmg

Kiera continues to struggle with the awful hound.

Touch attack: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (12) - 4 = 8

Whiff!

Volkar ran across the room toward the hound that continued to bite at Kiera. He came up against the pillar running from the floor to the ceiling and tried to catch the dog with his axe.

Kiera whiffs again, while Volkar runs over to help the fallen woman. Unfortunately, his strike doesn't do much good either, clanging off of the stone floor.

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Doggies
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- dmg
Daelric- 5 dmg
Kiera- 4 Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- Dmg

Grateful for the wave of energy that is being released and healing up the majority of my wounds I move in, to attack again.

Longsword Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Longsword Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

+2 If I can get into flanking. I will move my character once I get home tonight as currently at work on my phone.

No flanking available from your position, Daelric. I've moved you already.

Daelric moves in on the remaining beast, succeeding where Volkar and Kiera could not. His sword takes a nasty chunk out of the beast, but it is still standing.

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Doggies
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- dmg
Daelric- 5 dmg
Kiera- 4 Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- Dmg

Andrezi, finally able to stop bothering his goddess for a moment or two, steps over and takes a swing at the hound with his staff, but misses badly. "Okay, mental note. Stick to the divine stuff and leave the fighting to the dwarves."

Staff: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Andrezi tries to smack the dog with his staff, but misses completely! In return, the dog drags Andrezi to the ground, gnawing him like a chew toy.

1d4 ⇒ 3
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Trip: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Dmg: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 = 8

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Doggies
~Blue- 5 dmg
Volkar- dmg
Daelric- 5 dmg
Kiera- 4 Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- 8 Dmg, prone

"Like I said, I'll stick to the divine stuff." Andrezi quips as he channels energy (again).

CPE: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

"We need to send this beast back to the void that it called home," Volkar said as he swung his ax at the beast.

I nod at Volkar and move around the beast so that it is between the two of us before striking at the foe again.

Longsword Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 = 11

If I can 5 foot step so that we are flanking, I will. If not, then my movement will provoke an attack.

Touch attack: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (13) - 4 = 9

Wiff!

Andrezi channels more energy from his goddess, topping everyone else off, and healing most of his own wounds.

Volkar lands a solid chop, he was aiming for the beasts neck, but it turned at the last minute, leaving just another nasty wound.

Daelric tries to emulate Volkar, but is unsuccessful.
Unfortunately, flanking is not possible in this arrangement. yall basically have it backed into a corner.

Kiera keeps swatting at flies.

Trapped now, the hound can't even fly out of its corner, and attacks with a renewed viciousness. It turns to Daelric, teeth bared and muzzle slick with the blood of his friends. The animal tears into Daelric again, but once more the dwarf is able to keep his feet.
1d4 ⇒ 1
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Trip: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Dmg: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 3) + 4 = 8

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Doggies
~Blue- 12 dmg
Volkar- dmg
Daelric- 7 dmg
Kiera- Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- 3 Dmg, prone

I grimace as once again the dogs fangs managed to pierce through my armour, worrying about the state of my srmour I strike out with my blade quickly.

Longsword Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

The dogthing turned back on Daelric and in a blur of fangs and claws it landed another deep bite between the paladin's armor. Volkar slashed forward with his ax trying to end this nightmare that they had walked into.

Touch attack: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (8) - 4 = 4

Stuck on the floor, unable to escape without giving the dog an opening, Kiera waves her charged bolt in its general direction again, futilely.

Andrezi points at Daelric, granting him a bit of luck.

The team keeps swinging, and the dog keeps dodging!
Andrezi grants a bit of luck to Daelric, hoping to turn the tide.

1d4 ⇒ 3
This time, the dog goes for Andrezi! It latches onto the holy mans outstretched arm and begins to gnaw.
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Dmg: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 5) + 4 = 15

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Doggies
~Blue- 12 dmg
Volkar- dmg
Daelric- 7 dmg
Kiera- Dmg, Prone,
Andrezi- 18 Dmg, prone

"Someone kill that damned thing!" Andrezi yells as he begins casting a curative spell on himself.

Sacrificing Resist Energy for Cure Moderate Wounds.

Concentration (Casting Defensively): 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 1 = 21 (Student of Faith)

Cure Moderate Wounds: 2d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4, 2) + 3 + 1 = 10 (Student of Faith)

Eager to be done with the vile hound myself, I bring my sword down hoping to strike its neck.

Longsword Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Bit of Luck: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Longsword Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Touch attack: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (7) - 4 = 3

Kiera continues her pathetic charade of attempting to do anything useful.

Volkar shifted and swung his ax at the hound as he saw Daelric's blade bite deep into the creature's body.

Finally, Daelric and Volkar end the horrendous beast terrorizing the group.. it finally falls under the weight of heavy blows and lies still.

Daelric- 7 dmg
Andrezi- 8 dmg

Kiera pants on the ground for a few seconds, then says, "Someone help me up, please.. No, wait."

She discharges the held charge of her shocking grasp and says, "Now someone help me up, please."

I sheath my blade and reach down to grasp Kiera's hand before pulling her to her feet. I then redraw my blade, "Thank Kols that's over! I am definitely getting that new armour as soon as I can!"

"That was brutal to say the least." Andrezi complains.

"All right, Kiera, Daelric come here let's heal those wounds." the priest says retrieving his curative wand.

Wand of CLW - Kiera: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Wand of CLW - Daelric: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Wand of CLW - Andrezi: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Volkar looked about as the excitement of the battle began to pass and his breathing began to slow. As Andrezi began the process of healing the othrs, Volkar walked acros the room and up the stairs to the dias and the alter. He looked about as he walked to get some sense of how old this room was.
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"I'm all right. Thanks for keeping us going with that holy power, Andrezi," says Kiera. She accepts Daelric's hand up. "And thank you two for finishing that thing. What the heck were those? I've never met a dog that angry."

The team gets to their feet and heals up.. they are winded, but their spirit is not broken. Volkar begins to inspect the alter, trying to determine its age.. he can't tell for sure, but the worn stones and archaic stone methods he notices tells him that this shrine is as old as the "island" is rumored to be.. possibly centuries old.

Sorry for leaving yall hanging yesterday. I signed on and went to post.. and fell asleep at my laptop!

I nearly missed it, and wanted to point it out to you since there is some overlap on the map. Exiting this room, you have two choices. You can go back the way you came, or there is a door on southern wall of the Dais. I have marked this with an arrow for clarity.

As my wounds begin to knit themselves together I let out a sigh as the pain also recedes into nothingness, "Thank you." I stretch my leg a couple of times and the other parts were I was bitten, "All I know is I don't want to fight those things again! We should search this room and then head through that door over there." I point to the door by the dais.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

No worries, at least you are feeling well enough to post today and that is the important thing. Your health always comes first.

"Right," says Kiera with an absent nod. Then she mumbles and flexes her fingers slightly.

Cast detect magic.

She turns and surveys the rooms slowly, with a slight frown.

While Daelric inspects the door on the dais, Kiera casts detect magic and begins to scan the room. Although there is no active enchantments within the chapel, the lingering auras of magical workings still cling to the alter.

Daelric does not find any traps on the door, nor is he able to hear anything from the other side.

Just reread the post.. nothing of note in the chapel either.