Samnell's Dragonlance Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Samnell

Hmm. I imagine with Mariel and Mittens channeling, they're all gone at this point. But, if not, Loren will continue as before...

Loren continues swinging, prioritizing spirits closest to Mariel.

Primary Attack, Hasted, Two-Handed Power Attack: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 10 + 1 = 16
Damage with Ghost Touch: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21
Hasted Attack, Hasted, Two-Handed Power Attack: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 10 + 1 = 31
Damage with Ghost Touch: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24

Loren, cant you channel or is that only lay on hands?

It only does 2d6 damage, although to each of them. It has a save too so might do half damage, highly debatable if it's worth it...

Exactly as Caitlyn says. Only 2d6 plus a saving throw, versus a ghost touch attack (for full damage). That said, I'm still learning the character so any suggestions as to other things I can do with him are VERY welcome.

Thistletorp grits his teeth, a dark look burning in his eyes. He thrusts his blade into one of the ghosts and knocks it to wisps that sigh away into nothing. Mittens smiles at ghosts salutes them sending forth the bison god's might. An animal musk fills the chamber, accompanied by the sound of a distant stampede as something unseen tears the last two ghosts to nothing.

And had I realized that happened so early in the init, I'd have resolved it already. :)

Exhausted the Revered Daughter looks around to see who needs healing.

Exhausted the Revered Daughter looks around to see who needs healing.

Caitlyn has 9 Con drain

Aside damage due to Con drain: Thistle 64/70, Loren 71/84, Caitlyn 108/119, Mittens 63/78, Mariel 57/65, Jakun 79/82

The Revered Daughter of Paladine invokes Paladine to undo the damage the undead did to Caitlyn and casts lesser restoration
1d4 ⇒ 2 CON

Jakun frowns, "Revered Daughter, Caitlyn, are you both well enough to continue? We may need to rest so that you can prat for spells to heal the damage these creatures perpetrated upon you.

A brief search of this area and then a withdrawal? No victory will come of this if we lose ourselves to this dark place..."

Jakun will search the immediate area in the meantime with Kossel's assistance of course.

Perception 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30.

Caitlyn shivered as she scraped the frost off her skin. Mariel's prayer had been welcome, but she still felt terribly cold. Her mind slowed, she didn't immediately respond to Jackun's question. Instead she glanced at Mariel who looked more like a block of carved ice than a living being. With great effort Caitlyn managed to reply, "We must rest, essentially you Mariel."

Doh! Android auto-correct strikes again. I meant to say especially you

Lol. I figured, but I was still entertained by the Auto-Error.

The knight takes a breath as he looks around. "We only just entered and already nearly lost ourselves to this place. What other foulness awaits? Are we sure this is the only path to the dwarves? How much longer can the refugees wait while we lick our wounds?" His tone is not one of panic, but rather of a person trying to think his way through the options and measure the risks. As he chews on that, he pauses to look at Mariel, "Miss Caitlyn is right, Revered Daughter. The spirits seemed enraged by your presence in particular, for obvious reasons. To press on now would seem to flirt with death, for you and Miss Caitlyn."

Caitlyn has 7 Con drain
Mariel has 10 Con drain
Jakun has 3 Con drain
Aside damage due to Con drain: Thistle 64/70, Loren 71/84, Caitlyn 108/119, Mittens 63/78, Mariel 57/65, Jakun 79/82

Jakun frowns, "Revered Daughter, Caitlyn, are you both well enough to continue? We may need to rest so that you can prat for spells to heal the damage these creatures perpetrated upon you.

A brief search of this area and then a withdrawal? No victory will come of this if we lose ourselves to this dark place..."

Jakun will search the immediate area in the meantime with Kossel's assistance of course.

Perception 1d20+10.

Jakun marked cunningly hidden arrow slits in the walls, almost invisible against the dark stone. They were angled away from the Companion's direction, out into the unknown past the doors ahead.

I will be fine, Paladine will protect me she syas The refugees needs must come before my own she says in a tired voice.

I will be fine, Paladine will protect me she syas The refugees needs must come before my own she says in a tired voice.

FYI: Mariel has 2 Con. If you meet more of these things, they can do 1d6 her touch. Zero con kills. Still good?

She is trying to be selfless

Jakun points out the arrow slits to his Companions, "That sort of foolish Nobility is reserved for Knights Revered Daughter. No offense uth Brasel.

And we must debate".

Jakun swallows and continues, "During my test, the being once known as Fistandantilus, the one I mentioned to you was the creator of the Nightblue Bound book I showed you, latched onto me.

The question I pose to all of you is, should I attempt to tap into this forbidden knowledge?"

I vote we rest

Loren listens to the others and studies Mariel. He knows enough about battlefield medicine to see she is at death's door. "It seems to me pressing on at this moment is out of the question, notions of 'foolish nobility' aside. The wizard is right... again. As for letting some ancient spirit take control of your body," he says to Jakun, "we may as well just slit our own throats and be done with it. Also out of the question. We rest. I'll take the watch."

You are correct. Is there a safe, defensible place to rest?

I would not tap into the darker forces. Using the knowledge from the Dark One would not be wise. He was, in life, a powerful archmage of the Black Robes. He cannot be trusted

Jakun nods to Loren, "Good, thank you for saving me from myself Sir Knight. Pride goeth before the fall and for a moment I thought to test myself and my will against this creature but your Wisdom in this I shall abide by".

He looks around the gloomy hall and turns to Caitlyn, "Do we attempt to rest in this place or go outside on the plains to do so and return to this place in the early hours of the morning?"

Caitlyn shivered again, there was only one sensible answer to that question, but she didn't like it. Sounding resigned she said, "Outside. No shelter, but with luck no undead. I can only hope overnight Mariel will be granted miracles to ward us."

Jakun nods, "I suspected as much, let us head out now before we have further potentially disastrous encounters..."

Caitlyn leads the party back outside, but before she leaves she tries to find some way of attaching ropes to make the return journey easier. Can we drive some metal pitons into the wall or something?

Survival check to try and find a suitable camp place.: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Caitlyn leads the party back outside, but before she leaves she tries to find some way of attaching ropes to make the return journey easier. Can we drive some metal pitons into the wall or something?

[dice=Survival check to try and find a suitable camp place.]1d20+12

I think you drive pitons in when you first climbed up into the eye. So you're good there. Do you want to set watches or anything before I pop ahead?

The Revered Daughter will probably need assistance getting up.

Absolutely we should set watches. Jakun will also utilize one of his scrolls of Alarm to set up a perimeter. We regain one point of the Ability Damage with a night of sleep as well so that'll help.

Thistletorp should probably not be in watch alone

Maybe set double watches? It slows things down but paranoia! How about two hour watches:
Jackun & Loren
Loren & Caitlyn
Caitlyn & Thistle
Thistle & Mittens
Mittens & Mariel
That gives 8h solid for both Jackun & Mariel. Everyone else gets 6 hours.

she will need to [ray for restoration spells correct?

she will need to [ray for restoration spells correct?

She will. This is Con drain, which doesn't come back on its own like Con damage would. But Mariel has slots for Restoration. Each cast will wipe all the drain on one person. (Technically one ability score,

She needs 3 of them? Me, Caitlyn and ?

I double checked her list, she had one already memorized. She will use it on Caitlyn,

She needs 3 of them? Me, Caitlyn and ?

Jakun. So that's one Restoration for today and two in the morning.

Autumn Twilight 8, Day 28

The Companions set their watches and sleep uneasily through the night, chilled twice over by the late season and Skullcap so near. The worst that comes out of the darkness, fortunately, is the occasional screech of bats.

Actually, I think 2 of Restoration and 1 Lesser Restoration for Jakun would be sufficient.

Autumn Twilight 8, Day 28

Jakun wakes a bit early to memorize a set of spells he hopes will be most effective for the further delving.

"Well, at least we know which way NOT to go today..."

So she cast Lesser and then restoration yesterday. All she needs is one today?

Actually, I think 2 of Restoration and 1 Lesser Restoration for Jakun would be sufficient.

Autumn Twilight 8, Day 28

Jakun wakes a bit early to memorize a set of spells he hopes will be most effective for the further delving.

"Well, at least we know which way NOT to go today..."

It needs to be full-on Restoration. Here's lesser: "Lesser restoration dispels any magical effects reducing one of the subject’s ability scores or cures 1d4 points of temporary ability damage to one of the subject’s ability scores. It also eliminates any fatigue suffered by the character, and improves an exhausted condition to fatigued. It does not restore permanent ability drain."

How are we doing on hitpoints? I'm down a little but could use some of my points to channel some healing.

Loren finds his sleep troubled but wakes the next morning relieved that no more foul luck has befallen them. He listens to Jakun, "You could be right. Or, having dealt with those spirits, it's the exactly the way to go. Master Babblebrook, any thoughts?"

As he talks, he inspects his injuries before donning his armor and readying the rest of his gear.

She will only be able to do 2 Restorations since she cannot undo her domain spell
One on her and one on Caitlyn.

How are we doing on hitpoints? I'm down a little but could use some of my points to channel some healing.

The regular hp damage is enough to get through with a night's rest and a channel energy or something before bedtime. Consider everyone maxed to what their current Con permits.

Thistletorp's topknot bobs as he shakes his head eagerly. Yup yup yup! I think that's the way to go! I'll go check it out!

He bounds off sneakily

Thistletorp's topknot bobs as he shakes his head eagerly. Yup yup yup! I think that's the way to go! I'll go check it out!

He bounds off sneakily

What way do you want to try?

"The way we went in yesterday is still the best way to get in, we should just avid the chamber we stepped into yesterday..."

The knight eyes Jakun curiously. He didn't think it likely the minotaur was afraid of that path. Whatever else, the wizard and Mittens both exhibited an abundance of confidence. "Can I ask why you'd like to avoid it, Jakun, rather than finish what we started? I realize we nearly died trying to breach it last night, but given the volume of spirits we confronted, do you think it likely there are still more along that path? If we take another route, are we not just as likely to encounter similar spirits?"

His tone is respectful and not at all argumentative and, as he speaks, he heads back towards the ropes they will need to ascend.

Can the pally cast restoration?

Paladins get restoration at level 13 at the earliest, unless there's some new lay on hands option I'm not aware of.

Caitlyn listened to Loren's argument, and she found herself nodding, it seemed to have merit. Still she wasn't sure if they had settled the matter of the augury... Leaning on her hammer she told the others, "The Augury suggested the middle way was safest, are we sure we where going the right way? If we are then heaven help anyone who went the wrong way..."

Paladins get restoration at level 13 at the earliest, unless there's some new lay on hands option I'm not aware of.

Caitlyn listened to Loren's argument, and she found herself nodding, it seemed to have merit. Still she wasn't sure if they had settled the matter of the augury... Leaning on her hammer she told the others, "The Augury suggested the middle way was safest, are we sure we where going the right way? If we are then heaven help anyone who went the wrong way..."

The augury is in respect to entering Skullcap from without, with the middle way being the eye sockets. Inside, you've done a circuit of the big room in the middle and checked the far east (gold on an island in a pond that you think is a trap) and center north (ghostopolis).

Noting the funny look Jackun gave her, Caitlyn smiles, "Oh so we are going the right way. I think Loren is right we should go back the same way. Now I am tempted to lead you back there myself but it's probably best if Master Babblebrook went first in case of any any tricksky things..."

Probably need to get con damage sorted out first though. Mittens can't get this yet, but Paladins recently got a bunch of new options for lay on hands.