Rise of the Runelords (Slow Game) (Inactive)

Game Master MayDay

--------------------round 6 bad guys------------------

Menelei sees the dwarf stagger under the doubled assault and winces. She steps back into the doorway of the inn, whispering prayers to Desna and leaning down to let the Goddess' strength flow into Thumparr.
stepping back into G1, spontaneous casting CLW on Thumparr, burning Longstrider
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

The dice seem to be telling me to s*@# up and be a heal-bot.

stupid dice.

"This is not your fight!" she calls out to the thugs. "Your own employer attacks you with his unholy power. Lower your weapons and I will heal your wounds when that despicable, old, paranoid bastard is dead!"

Long-shot Diplomacy, but maybe with some help since they just got negative channelled from behind? 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

The Core rule book says reflex save vs dc10.

Okay, so that's a reflex save, 1d20=>3+2=>5, which fails by 5 or more, so he's fallen. I think that means +4 to melee attacks against him. He's also flat footed while greased so AC17 for arrows. Now he's a 'greasy' , old, paranoid bastard.

Any successful 'aid another' diplomacy check (DC10) adds 2 to Menelei's offer of healing to the thugs. DC23 to reduce their attitude from Hostile. (They would have been DC25 but Lonjiku caused -2 when he channeled against his own crew.)

"It's a good offer and she is very nice. She would totally do that."

1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4 because Tinuviel is a boss at Diplomacy. ;)

Thumparr lies on the ground, no longer breathing, but not really about to do anything.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when a character falls below 0 hp, a healing spell only brings them back to "0" thereby stabilizing them...right?

I hope you're wrong! That's a huge waste of my only good roll this fight! Plus, I just peeked in the CRB, and I don't think that rule exists.

Dying, stable, unconsious...oh my!

I don't see any rule that says magic healing does not heal above zero. Take a look at the section titled "stable characters and recovery" in the CRB combat chapter. Unless I someone knows otherwise, I read:

so I have to think that magical healing can raise you above 0 or else they wouldn't have bothered mentioning healing that does.

Alrighty then! He's up! And he attacked "the thug directly in front of him" which was #3 - he did 8 pts damage and the thug only had 8 pots to start the round. Shouldn't that have taken him down? At any rate, his actions are...

Thumparr shakes his head and rolls to his feet, lurching and driving his shield into the thug in front of him (same as last time, unless he died, then thug #2).

Shield bash 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 201d4 ⇒ 2

Okay, I got mixed up between Dair's 7 and Thumparr's 8. So Thug 3 went to Zero HP, which meant disabled (staggered), then he made a standard action (attack) which means Thug 3 is now at -1HP and dying. Then the shield bash hit's thug 2. Something like this:

Thug 3: Hans, I don't think I can take any more...maybe we should take the elf-cleric's offer!

Thug 1: Bite your tongue Jorgan! Lord Lonjiku is paying you good money...keep swinging!

Thug 3 (swings at Thumpar last): Ahhhhh.... falls dying

Thug 2: bastard dwarf, that was my friend! Does damage that drops Thumparr.

Menelei casts cure light wounds

Thumparr rises like Jim Carey in Dumb and Dumber during that kung fu fight daydream at the Chinese restaurant...aweeeeeee... shield bashes Thug 2...

Thug 2: Hans, we can't beat these guys, they have a butterfly cleric! Let's give in!

Looking for Dair and Eyotah's actions. Then I'll post how/if Lonjiku 'disciplines' his useless mercenaries!

Don't mess with the butterfly cleric

Eyotah stays silent but aims at a thug again, this time targeting the most loyal: number 1.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Tinuviel has yet to use lethal force, but fondling greasy statuettes in public is just beyond the pale, so she flings an acid dart at the despicable, old, paranoid, perverted bastard.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20 for 1d6 ⇒ 3 damage.

I should have been more specific in saying who I attacked in each round...

Dair still needs to post his round 6 actions, and I'll apply them when he does. But since Boo and Eyotah didn't try/succeed in Diplomacy with these terrorists, Dair's Aid wouldn't make Menelei's check high enough to make the thugs quit this round. Soooooo,

-------------------round 7 PC results-------------------
-Thumparr shield bashes thug 2 for 2hp
-Eyotah plunks an arrow into thug 1 for 4hp. I think it drops him.
-Boo flings acid all over Lonjiku for 3hp. sssssssss.

------------------round 7 bad guys--------------------

I'm sure I missed something. I'm going to need a better way to track stuff as you guys level higher, hehe.

"Good for you, you nasty pervert you! Wouldn't you rather just discuss this? It would distress me no end to kill all of you. And mar my nail polish."

Acid dart to Longitude's face.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14 for 1d6 ⇒ 6 damage.

Thumparr grins and says, "Time to die, boy!" With a grunt, Thumparr swings his hammer at the thug's head.

Hammer attack on Thug #2 > 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

The acrobatic halfling easily dances out of the way of the thug's poor attempt to hit him, then backs off from combat. Withdraw to E5

"I am not going to continue this pointless fight. We have clearly bested your guards Sir Kaijatso, end this now before they all die"

From the doorway of the tavern, Menelei sees that thugs not laying down their arms. As the halfling slips away, she shoots an arrow into the back of the one that bashed her as she went to heal the dwarf.

With Dairkal withdrawn, Thug 4 is no longer engaged in Melee, so no penalty!
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
1d8 ⇒ 6

Jingles! I think all 4 thugs are down dying now.

Kaijatsu's last thug hits the ground with an arrow in his back, shot from Menelei as Dair stepped away. Still covered in grease Kaijatsu visibly gives up. He sits down dejected in a lotus position.

I have no honor left. Kill me quickly. It is better for me to die than live.

Coup de gras now available on Lonjiku Kaijatsu. The thugs will fail their constitution checks and all be dead in about 2 minutes unless they are stabilized.

Thumparr spits on the last thug he clocked and walks toward Lonjiku. "Hold still then 'cause this is gonna hurt ye more than it does me!"

If no one stops him, Thumparr will bash in Lonjiku's face!

Lonjiku Kaijatso closes his eyes, tilts his head back, and leans into Thumparr's blow. Ancestors receive my soul!
Just at the last moment, Dairkal leaps in front of Thumparr and stops him from delivering the killing blow!!!

Lonjiku opens his eyes in disbeliefI...i'm still alive?
QUEST LIST UPDATED.

Whoa! I would have stopped Thumparr!!

I was pretty quick on the draw with the last post. Thumparr didn't actually post that he delivered the killing blow, but that he WOULD if now one stopped him, so I edited Lonjiku's last post. Lonjiku is alive.

Menelei walks around the battlefield, kicking the weapons of the fallen thugs out of their reach. She stows her bow and draws her rapier.

"Starsong, stop these wounds. Spare their lives," she says, raising her arm overhead, displaying the butterfly embroidered on her sleeve.

If we allow Dairkal to stop Thumparr's CDG, she will exclude Lonjiku from her channel. 1d6 ⇒ 4

She lets the point of the rapier rest on the tip of the thug's (thug #2) nose as he opens his eyes. "I have saved your lives, this time, because I am not a loathesome creature like your former employer," she says. "Can I count on you to respect the gift you have been given, and not to trouble us further?"

Dair kneels down in front of Lonjiku "You say you have no honor left, yet I do not believe that. You could have chosen to die, but instead, you gave us a chance to spare your life. Perhaps that choice can be the first in repairing the rift between you and Ameiko? Her and I have spent many days and long nights talking of all manner of things, and I believe owning up to your mistakes and perhaps eventually healing the wound in each others heart's will gain you both much honor"

"Why on earth did you think your daughter going to visit your son placed her in peril?"

The question had been gnawing at Boo like a rabid goblin and niow she could finally ask it. The relief in so doing was fairly tangible.

"Bunch o' pansies! Thumparr growls, stepping away from Dairkal and the other girls. He walks over to Menelei as she questions the thug. "Fer saving me life, I thankee. But sparing these lowlifes will come back to haunt us, mark me words."
Then he looks at the thugs as they stir and says, "Leave yer weapons and empty yer pockets! Then go!"

"Um. Thumparr, just because we haven't killed them, does not mean we have spared them from all justice. You dwarves only kill people huh? No jails or prisons? I was unaware your people were so bloodthirsty"

"Me kin do a whole helluva lot more than kill people. But when some piece of dog s%@#e threatens our lives, yes, we kill them! Better them than us! I guess you were too busy fixing yer hair and painting yer toes when they were teaching that lesson, eh?"

Eyotah shoulders her bow and turns to the doorway to her room, heading down to the others and grabbing her spears on her way. She emerges into the light just in time to see Dair jump in front of the elf. The dwarf is right, she says. the only true punishments are death or banishment. Inprisonment is inhuman - worse than death!

"Being well groomed is the hallmark of a proper young lady, my mother always says. And good posture. And fresh breath and wearing clean underwear. Who would want everyone to think they weren't a proper young lady?"

Tinuviel blinks, then clamps her mouth firmly shut.

Thumparr gives Eyotah a nod of respect and then looks at Tinuviel, opens his mouth to say something, and instead just shakes his head and returns to checking through the thugs' possessions.

Menelei watches the argument and decides that resisting the urge to laugh has been the toughest battle of the day. After Tinuviel's contribution, she feels it is a battle she may lose after all.

"Well?" she says. Her voice is thick, as if she were struggling to hold back tears, or something. "Shall I leave you to trust in dwarven mercy while I fetch the law? Or do we have an understanding."

Thug 2 looks thoughtfully at the pointy end of Menelei's sword and considers it. He looks at Thumparr's grim bearded face...and considers it too. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! We have an understanding. Leave me with the the elf-wizard, or the halfling, but not the dwarf or the noble tribes women!!! He empties his pockets. The other bloody nuckles thugs do the same. All told they pile up:

That's all we have, honestly! Are you going to fetch the watch? Are you going to kill us? May we go home? I've a wife and two kids...mouths to feed you understand! I don't do this kind of work every day, just when times get tough and... He babbles for a while, begging for his life. The others join in of course. Lonjiku sits sternly in his lotus position, ignoring everything.

[ooc]nice exchanges between characters. Boo's post made me lol!

That's all we have, honestly! Are you going to fetch the watch? Are you going to kill us? May we go home? I've a wife and two kids...mouths to feed you understand! I don't do this kind of work every day, just when times get tough and... He babbles for a while, begging for his life. The others join in of course. Lonjiku sits sternly in his lotus position, ignoring everything.

"Then ye ought to be ashamed of ye damn selves! What would yer children think if they knew ye had thrown in with scum like him? Threatening and strong-arming innocent folk! Get outta here afore I change me mind!"

Thumparr picks up all of the gold and both potions, keeping the oil of lesser confusion for himself, and offers the other potion to Menelei or Eyotah.

Lonjiku slowly rises from his seated position. He looks at Dair. Perhaps you would be right, but for such as me there can be no redemption. Then he looks at Boo. And wizard, I know that you do not know my family history, why my son and daughter are so dangerous to eachother. And you do not know of the troubles plaguing this town these past years. But I assure you, If I do not go to save my daughter, she will either be enslaved to the god of monsters, or imprisoned until death. If I was wrong about you all then I... But before an apology can slip from his mouth his face becomes stern again. His pride gets the better of him.

He turns and begins to walks slowly away...

In the direction of Sandpoint's Glassworks.

Tinuviel shrugs a tiny bit, then sets after the old perverted bastard. If he believes his family is in peril, then perhaps they are. Doubtless from people he has offended over the years.

"There's no way I'm letting Ameiko go off to any sort of danger alone. Come on!" He shouts to the others, than races off to the Glassworks.

Thumparr stuffs all of the coins in his pack and takes off after his companions. "C'mon, Mene, Eyotah! Them two is gonna need us to bail 'em out of trouble fer sure!"

" We will follow to make sure that your daughter is safe, Eyotah shouts after Lonjiku as she hurries tomorrow. "but you will still face this town for your crimes.

As Tinuviel hurries after the dirty old perverted bastard she sends Kvothe to go scout the glassworks.

"Excuse me sir, but do you happen to know which god of monsters is the peril here? That might prove to be important."

Whiny, narcissistic old men always forget to mention the important details she thought as she gathered her robes and trotted after the geezer.

well I caught the flew 24 hours after we brought babies home so i'm banished to a back room until i get better, so that's why I haven't posted. But Lonjiku does have an answer for Boo and the bird will report back soon:( In the mean time: as you approach the glassworks the events of the past 24 hours begin to turn over in your minds. You remember lessons from you childhood, you body feels more powerful, feats and skills youve tried to master for years suddenly come into focus.

Everyone now has 1300XP and has acheived level 2. You will need the level to make it alive through the glassworks and the 'Catecombs of Wrath' underneath...

Menelei is distracted for a moment by a cloud in the shape of a butterfly, but when it becomes a bear, she looks and sees the others heading off towards the glassworks.

Catching up to them, she murmurs a prayer to Desna and lets the goddess' blessing flow through her, into all but the despicable, old, paranoid bastard.

Selective Channel 1d6 ⇒ 2 If anyone needs more, I think I have 2 left.

"Old man!" she snaps. "What God of Monsters do you speak of?" And what makes you think being enslaved by you is so much better?

Possibility of a knowledge, religion roll to know what in Lamashtu's sweaty navel he's talking about? 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

As you walk Lonjiku tries to answer your questions about the 'god of monsters.'

The backstories on everything in ROTRL is extremely complex, so i'm boiling things down

My family moved the glassworks factory into this old building 50 years ago, just after the founding of Sandpoint. Not long after, my father found out some of his employees were engaged in smuggling within ancient tunnels underneath the factory. He had the smugglers arrested, then took a team of adventurers down there to explore. They found something: a well, surrounded by archaic runes. And a monster so terrible it scared the adventurer's out. They bricked up the entrance to the tunnels trapping the monster inside. Then about 5 years ago I heard sounds coming from those catecombs. I investigated with some trusted Bloodynuckles and found that B%tch Nualia, who burned down the cathedral. She had been given horrible powers under the tutalage of the monster in the catecombs. These powers came from her new diety, Lamashtu, the godess of monsters. It took all our effort to drag Nualia from the catacombs, fight off the beast, and re-brick the wall. Now Nualia is back and I know she has dark plans for this down. Yesterday while the goblins raided she sent my son Tsuto to steel the body of Nualia's stepfather, priest of Desna, in order to perform some dark ritual. Tsuto has always loved Ameiko. If she agrees to join him in serving Nualia she will surely be lost in slavery to Lamastu as he is. If she says no, then she will know too much and Tsuto will not keep her alive.

Just then Kvothe flys back and alights on Boo's shoulder.

You arrive at the front door to the glassworks factory. MAP UPDATED. Lonjiku takes a large iron key ring from his robes.

Once we enter here Tsuto will not let us leave alive. We will need to defeat him to save my daughter Ameiko. Do you have any more questions for me before we enter?

"Just don't get in the way of whatever we have to do to save Ameiko," Thumparr says, raising his shield and gripping his hammer, ready to step through the door when Lonjiku opens it.

Very well, brave Dwarf Lonjiku says. He unlocks the door to the circular tower that leads to the lobby of the glassworks, and steps aside. The door stands open. Inside you can see a room, dark from the drawn drapes on all windows. Finished glass products, car-boys, jars, window pane, stained glass, adorn this room. It is a showroom. There are 2 exits on the north walls.

MAP UPDATED

what do you do?