Rise of the Runelords Group #1 - adopted by DM Dr Evil (Inactive)

Game Master DM DoctorEvil

" Wait little one...You prune back my pride by trying to shove me so far back! Legends do not hide in the rear!"
Zephir booms out at Mal when he quickly zips in front of him. Pausing he considers Mal for a moment.
" Hah! Maybe one so small also has need of pride of place... Hahaha, ok. You may be my shield...for my knees!"
He relents and lets the Halfling in front.

Tiberiu has a light spell cast on his scarf, as well. Order looks good.

The young Varisian man also glances warily at the tunnel. "Looks shady, all right. The way the bricks are knocked in...something definitely charged through our tunnel into there."

Correct for Slayn.

"Who ever goes matters not just that we go." Slaynn declares though he nods in appreciation towards Tor for making his quarterstaff more....quarterly....

So I have the order something like: Tor, Slaynn, Malkavik, Zephir, Tiberiu with Adjinakou and Qorinae taking up the rear. Didn't hear from either of them about gear in hand, either. Hope they are still with us...

The party, taking Malkavik's suggestion, steps over the broken-in brick wall and moves on the path to the east. It continues that direction for about 50 ft before turning north. The tunnels bears mostly north with a few twists and turns before it turns to the northeast.

After about 30' an opening (the first you've seen since heading this way) appears on your right. It appears another passage on the right is about 10' farther down or the main tunnel continues to the north.

New Map is posted at top margin for your reference.

I have 60' of darkvision, and i'll definitely look down each tunnel we pass to see if anything stands out.

Slaynn marches on like the proper tribal Orc that he is, only ocassionally stoppping to spot or detect anything else unusual.

Perception 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Adjinakou has a lit stone in hand, but otherwise is not holding a weapon.

Tor Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

As the group comes up to first passage and peers inside, Tor is taken aback by what he sees. Moving in the cavern beyond the passage is a pair of hairless humanoid figures lurching on back-bent, dog-like legs, their hideous mouth flanked by tiny arms with three-fingered hands.

pic of creature

The creature eyes burn red, and it growls in a strange language to its companion, as they move to attack the intruders.

Adjinakou whispers a curse at the the purplish creature. -2 to all saves, DC 16, to reduce the duration to one round.

Strange Creatures - Round 1

23 Green Creature
23 Slaynn
18 Qorinae
17 Adjinakou
13 Tiberiu
9 Zephir
9 Malkavik
7 Purple Creature
6 Tor

The Green Creature steps forward and begins attacking Tor, the nearest opponent, with its claws and terrible mouth. One of the claws nicks sensitive skin on the dwarf cleric, wounding him for 2 hp. Fortunately, the dwarf is able to push that horrible grasping mouth away with his shield before it can do any damage.

Green Claw 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Green Claw 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Green Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Claw 1 Dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Rest of the group, except Tor, is up next. Go ahead and post your Round 1 actions, and we'll see what happens with these strange guys.

Free action: drop mace
Move action: put away mutagen
Standard action: Draw, Mix, and throw a precise bomb. Says in bomb description that's all a standard action
range touch attack: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 7 - 4 = 151d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Mal will use precise bombs discovery to make sure 3 allies don't get caught in the blast.

Zephir will slip down the tunnel past the others, staying along the wall.
Can't tell for sure but it looks like he would provoke, the way the tunnel goes.
Once in place he will turn and jab his glowing spear at the monstrosity.
attack cold iron longspear: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
The bad rolls begin again....
" What? By Gozreh, is that?!?"

Tiberiu yelps as the monstrosity appears. "I have no idea what it is, but it's an ugly beastie, all right!" Squeezing his way down the corridor, he takes a probing swing at it with his scarf.

Moving to the space between Tor and Zephir to attack (maybe an AoO).

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Stepping up, Slaynn lends Tor a hand or staff in this matter. Swinging it over his stout friend's head.

"Slaynn will take him down."
Attack with quarterstaff, +1 for masterwork 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 61d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 *facepalm*

Seeing his attack go wide, Slaynn mutters;
"Maybe not...."

Strange Creatures - Round 1 - continued

Slaynn swings over the head of Tor with his staff, but the high attack also misses the hunched over creature and Slaynn whiffs on the swing.

I will run Qorinae for now, but he has been missing for sometime, and may get dropped soon.

Qorinae advances to behind Tor and fires his bow at the monstrosity before him, but his trembling hands cause the shot to go wide.

Adjinakou blows a curse at the aberration, his evil eye affecting the creatures saving throws for 2 rounds.

Tiberiu the square you wanted was taken by Slaynn, who goes first in initiative, I put you in another adjacent square, but it does provoke.

Tiberiu rushes forward, snapping his Varisian scarf. His advance put him perilously close to the evil monster, which snaps at magus as approaches, catching his skin and wounding him for 3 hp.

Tiberiu also needs a DC 12 will save

Zephir's move in the shadow of Tiberiu does not draw a bite, but the oracle's spear fails to find a mark against the strange enemy.

Malkavik sets to work quickly mixing and throwing an incendiary bomb. The bomb strikes the target, burning the creature which howls uncontrollably, sending shivers up all your spines. The precise nature of the throw keeps any splash from affecting the nearby allies.

Rushing up to aid its companion, Purple Creature advances its horrible jaws snapping at Tiberiu also.

That's two DC 12 Will saves for Tiberiu please I have him at 10/16 hp...Tor is up now for the heroes to finish the round.

Qorinae bow, PBS, into melee: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 4 = 4
Green DC 16 Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Green AoO vs Tiberius, bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Tiberiu Dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Purple Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Tiberiu Dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Mal lobs in another precise bomb at the same creature. ranged touch: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 7 - 4 = 191d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 same 3 allies will not take slash. Everything else must roll DC 14 reflex to take half of 5 splash (2).

Will Save DC 12: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 Yikes! Barely scraped through...

Tiberiu grunts in pain as the beasts' jaws tear his flesh. "Nnnnngh. Back into the darkness with you!" He snaps his scarf, arcane runes flaring into life along its length, and whips it at the nearest creature's head.

Swift action to spend a point from my Arcane Pool, then attack the green one.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 1 = 24
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

mother in car accident. Out of town til Sunday night. Bot me as needed. Sorry.

mother in car accident. Out of town til Sunday night. Bot me as needed. Sorry.

Yikes! Hope that all resolves as well as it can. Let us know when you are back in action!

Sorry, I posted that yesterday, and forgot that I hadn't updated the game. Doing so now.I guess I am DM-PCing Tor as well as Qorinae? I guess I will dump players after this combat if they don't check in.

Strange Creatures - Round 1 - concluded

Not knowing what this creature is, only knowing it is an abomination, Tor makes to bash in the head of the beast with his holy weapon. The cleric stumbles on his swing and his attack fails to connect with the shuffling shape in front of him.

End of Round 1

Tor Hammer: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Tiberiu, bit twice, you need two DC 12 Will Saves. Can you roll the other one please?

Strange Creatures - Round 2

23 Green Creature (5hp dmg)
23 Slaynn
18 Qorinae
17 Adjinakou
13 Tiberiu
9 Zephir
9 Malkavik
7 Purple Creature
6 Tor

Angry now and wounded by Malkavik's bomb, Green Creature lashes out wildly at Tor with claws and jaws. Avoiding the worst, Tor is again hit with one claw for 2 more hp. The beast then shuffles backwards 5' beckoning the dwarf forward creepily with one misshapen digit.

Green Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Green Claw 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Green Claw 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Tor dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

All the party except Tor is up.

My last post was for round two. Let me know if i need to repost and or reroll. If neither I will move up as necessary trying to stay behind the melee allies.

I do have the actinos for Malkavik and Tiberiu. Understand Zephir is out of action, so waiting on Adjinakou and Slaynn, and maybe Qorinae if he's out there.

Whispering an invocation to the Night Lord, Adjinakou calls misfortune down on the purple creature and begins to cackle.

The purple monster must make a will check or be forced to reroll every check it makes and take the worst of those rolls. The cackle increases the duration of both curses by 1 round.

Is the map updated?

Slaynn moves in and bashes his quarterstaff hard over the crown of the nearest monster.
Attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 61d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Slamming himself against the wall, Zephir thrusts his glowing longspear around Tiberiu at the strange creature.
" Hello, Ugly!"
attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Mom's out of hospital and doing better. XD. Apparently Zephir still can't hit tho...

Will Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Uh-oh...

Tiberu, you wanna try and switch places Second round free action.

Strange Creatures - Round 2

Slaynn steps forward again swinging his quarterstaff, but the creatures reactions are too fast and it ducks quickly out of the way of the attack.

Qorinae fires his bow once again into the combat, this time striking the Purple Creature, in the neck with his arrow.

Continuing to sling curses, Adjinakou cackles to extend his hexes, and throws Misfortune at the Purple Monster which succumbs to the unlucky curse.

Zephir's attack at the Purple Monster fail again.

Malkavik throws another successful bomb at Green Creature, blasting it with flaming liquid and splashing more on the Purple Creature.

From the creature's bite, feelings of anger and wrath overcome Tiberiu, who is given the sickened condition for 2 rounds.

Before stepping backward, Purple Creature lashes out at Slaynn, who is now in the front with both claws and its ravening jaws. The elf is struck by one claw and the bite of the monster for 8 hp dmg total.

Slaynn needs DC 12 Will save or be sickened like Tiberiu. Tiberiu is now up, but with the sickened condition. Tor can post if is still out there.

Qorinae pbs, into melee: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 6 - 4 = 20
Bow dmg, pbs: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Purple Will DC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Sickened duration: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Purple DC 14 Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Purple Claw 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Purple Claw 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Purple Jaws: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Claw Dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Bite Dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"Nngh!" Toberiu grunts as a wave of rage rushes over him. "F~@# off, newbie--I don't need your help!" he snaps, sounding uncharacteristically harsh. He swings his scarf at the creature in front of him (stepping forward if need be).

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 1 - 2 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 - 2 = 2

Unable to reach the wounded barbarian, Zephir again tries to stab the horrible critter.
attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
But is jostled by the spitting Tiberiu and merely stabs the wall.
" Careful there grumpy one! Aim your energy at the foe!"

Mal moves 5 feet north and throws another bomb at the green creature. ranged touch: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 7 - 4 = 231d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 The splash damage is only 4 with a dc14 reflex save for half. Sorry pbs doesnt count for splash.

Bombs don't crit

Don't they crit?
Slaynn Will save 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 11 Sigh.....

Sorry, for some reason this game showed as inactive in my campaigns tab, so I stopped paying attention to it. and bombs do indeed crit, they just add 1d6+static damage.

Tor will draw upon the power of his god, then reach out and touch Slaynn, closing his wounds.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 TA DA!

I don't mind adding the damage but on the PRD it says "On a direct hit, an alchemist's bomb inflicts 1d6 points of fire damage + additional damage equal to the alchemist's Intelligence modifier. The damage of an alchemist's bomb increases by 1d6 points at every odd-numbered alchemist level (this bonus damage is not multiplied on a critical hit or by using feats such as Vital Strike). " Oh, the BONUS damage is not multiplied.
additional damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 PBS gives me an extra damage on the direct hit, I think.

Umm ranged touch to confirm: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 4 = 20

19 damage plus splash. XD

Strange Creatures - Round 2 - concluded

Tiberiu, sickened with rage, swipes at the Purple thing with his bladed scarf. The scarf strikes true this time, gashing the creature a new wound.

Tor brings forth the healing powers of Torag, sealing the wounds of Slaynn, who is also sickened by the bite of the sinspawn.

End of Round 2

Strange Creatures - Round 3

23 Green Creature (11 hp dmg)
23 Slaynn (sickened)
18 Qorinae
17 Adjinakou
13 Tiberiu (sickened)
9 Zephir
9 Malkavik
7 Purple Creature (12 hp dmg, misfortune)
6 Tor

I realized I forgot to take into account Adjinakou's misfortune hex on purple last round, rather than retcon it, I thought I'd just move it to Green's attacks for this round. ok?

The Green creature slashes at the newly healed, but now sickened Slaynn once more. With uncanny luck passed on from the witch doctor, all of the attacks miss the elven barbarian

Zephir continues his tradition of stabbing all around the enemy, but never actually making contact.

Malkavik however strikes again with his bomb, blowing the Green Creature to pieces and splashing fire on Purple, who avoids most of the splash.

Green Claw 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Green Claw 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 1313
Green Claw 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Green Claw 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 1813
Green Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Green Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 6
Purple Reflex DC 14: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 success

Still pending actions this round from Slaynn and Tiberiu but the alchemist is making quick work of these guys. Tor will act after Purple if he's still around.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 - 2 = 13
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Tiberiu, enraged, lunges at the creature again with his scarf. He stumbles as the rage leaves him in a sudden rush, though, and the swing goes wide. "Wh-what the hell was that?!" he mutters, shaking his head in an attempt to clear it.

Sorry I didn't specify before, but the wrathful (sickened condition) lasts for 1d6 minutes

Tiberiu wrath duration: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Slaynn wrath duration: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Aw, nuts. Thought that was rounds. Strike that, then. :P

Adjinakou will curse the purple creature with sleep (DC 15) and cackle to continue his curses.

Slaynn feeling strange swings his own weapon wildly..

Attack 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 2 = 221d6 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 2 = 7
Confirming Crit 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 4 - 2 = 181d6 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 - 2 = 6

Ya, still here. For some reason I can't get this campaign to update in my campaigns tab, but I have favorite one of my posts and will have to use that as a marker going forward.

Tor will swing his rune-blessed warhammer at the head of the nearest abomination, shouting out "FOR TORAG!"

Attack Roll: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Damage Dice: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Strange Creatures - Round 3 - concluded

Adjinakou's slumber hex is ineffective against this creature.

Tiberiu swings his scarf once again, but this time cannot connect with either of the strange creatures fighting the party.

Tor slips forward and swings his hammer at the aberration, but is unable to make effective contact.

Slaynn slams the creature caving in most of its cranium wiht his quarterstaff and spilling blood and brains all over the cavern floor.

End of Combat

Killing these two creatures earns the group 170xp per player. This moves the total to 1862/3300 or about 28% of the way to level 3. Tiberiu and Slaynnn carry the sickened condition forward for a few minutes longer.

" Those are about the strangest critters I have ever seen..."
Zephir says as he kneels by one and examines it.
" Weird mouth parts and backward knees, but otherwise seemingly humanoid.."
perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
He will then re-light his spear, and look around the room for anything of interest...

Mal will think on what those creatures were...
spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
knowledge arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17