Second Wave

Game Master Mervikoth

Round 4
HP 22/34
AC 21

”Move over Odie! Hit him!”
Handle Odie: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Wow...

Seeing that Odie will not be moving, he jostles around Odie awkwardly and takes another swing, this time at the Flail Zombie.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 1 = 15
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 + 1 = 14

oops, now...
AC 25

Flail zombie dies.

Round 4

Zombies attack.
Slam Ood: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Slam Odie: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Slam Stonewall: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Odie takes a hit.

Party is up.

Round 4 | AC 17+1 | HP 40/40 | Arrows 36/40 | LoH 5/5 | Smite 2/2

Alset lays his hands on Ood for a quick heal.

Heal - LoH: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5

I never really understood why healing was a dice roll, especially a touch action. It's not like the recipient is trying to defend against being healed. Stupid dice!

Round 4
HP 22/34

Having gained some confidence, Stonewall takes another swing aiming at the zombie that hit Odie.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 = 10

In his overconfidence, Stonewall forgot to swing with all his force and the terbutje does negligible damage to the zombie.

”Attack, curse you!” Stonewall yells at Odie.

Handle Odie: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Probably not needed since Odie was attacked but I thought it was funny.

Odie HP 37/48
Stop Drool: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Round 4
PH 15/35

Ood strikes with fist at the foe in front.

ki strike flurry: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 1 = 191d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24

damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 111d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13

Ood cymbal-crashes his fists into the zombie's skull, popping the creature into gooey bits.

Remembering that these Berrymusk zombies aim to disarm instead of slam, the one nearest Stonewall attempts to disarm him. The other two lunge at Odie and Ood.
Disarm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Slam Odie: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Slam Ood: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Damage Odie: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Round 5
Party is up. Odie can attack whatever is attacking him consciously, he's not *that* unintelligent. Remember, all animals have either a 1 or 2 intelligence, so if a dolphin/wolf/raven is smart enough to attack back at something attacking it, so is Odie.

Round 5
HP 15/35

Ood strikes hard and fast at the next foe to approach.

ki strike flurry: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 1 = 271d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 1 = 29
non crit: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8

crit confirm: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 1 = 17
crit: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6

Round 5
Odie HP 29/48

Odie, using all his brain power to change over the greatclub and attack, does not scream or say anything when attacking his attacker.

Greatclub attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Damage: 2d8 + 13 ⇒ (8, 5) + 13 = 26

Immediate Action
Stonewall's shield swings out to defend Odie from the Zombie's slam (Saving Shield-+2 AC)

Round 5
HP 22/34

Stonewall takes another swing at the other zombie.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 = 18
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 + 1 = 11

Round 5 | AC 17+1 | HP 40/40 | Arrows 36/40 | LoH 5/5 | Smite 2/2
Alset aims and releases an arrow at the remaining zombie standing in front of Ood. Assuming a crit with full damage will dispatch the closer zombie.

Attack - Bow: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 26

Damage - Arrow: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 10

Alset's arrow swiftly finds it target.

Three meaty thuds and the whir of an arrow echo throughout the cavern. Almost simultaneously, all four zombies fall to the ground, dead.

2400 XP.

The room is full of various mining supplies in boxes, crates, and barrels. The space is moldy and smells of mildew. Smaller, less violent plants grow from cracks and crevices in the walls and floor. Yellow berry juice is splattered all over everything, including yourselves.

Alset uses the wand of CLW seven times to heal Ood (20), Stony (12), and Odie (19). There are nine charges remaining.

Heal - Wand CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 Stony is healed!

Heal - Wand CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Heal - Wand CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Heal - Wand CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 Odie is healed!

Heal - Wand CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Heal - Wand CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Heal - Wand CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 Ood is healed!

Alset helps Odie put down his weapons and then drink Odie's own potion of lesser restoration.
Restore Odie's Intelligence: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Not sure how many of these restoration potions Odie will need. How much Int. did he lose? <The GM will need to roll for 25% hallucination.>

Alset begins to dig up the roots of the yellow musk creeper plants, chop them into small pieces with his nifty dagger, and burn them. "Destroying the root is the only way to get rid of these permanently."

Do we need to burn the zombies as well? If so, we'll move them to a fire pit and do them all at once.

Odie looks around the area to see if there is anything worth seeing/keeping/eating.

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

Odie does not clean the yellow off himself.
These yellow berries are different than the ones Tub-O,the fat gnome, is stress eating right?

Alset senses that Odie isn't quite himself yet and gives him another lesser restoration potion out of Odie's own backpack.

"Hey big guy, drink this. You'll feel more like yourself."

Restore more of Odie's Intelligence: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Alset questions the skill and wisdom of the maker of these potions. "Idiots!"

Alset pulls out the last of the restoration potions and has Odie drink it as well.

Restore Odie's Intelligence, please: 1d4 ⇒ 3

In a rare show of strong emotion, "YES! Thank Iomedae, Odie IS back!" Complete with a raised fist.

Ood searches for a good method of removing plant remnant, and in the absence of better options pulls out a water flask and uses the water. Ood replaces the likely empty flask, looks a at his companions and says, “it worked, could have worked better though. What do we have here?”

perception regarding the state of the mine: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Odie and Ood see nothing out of the ordinary. The mine is in good shape, though these two side-rooms were used as storage and are not very informative as to the state of the rest of the quarry/mine.

Hallucinations: 1d100 ⇒ 661d100 ⇒ 341d100 ⇒ 44
No hallucinations.
The yellow berries are different than the ones the gnome was eating, correct.

Ood and Alset, with much burning, digging, and washing, are able to fully remove all parts of the plant so that none will grow again. You wonder just how a plant grew here without any sunlight, but then remember this plant also grew roots in solid rock and is sentient and then made zombies so it's best not to think too hard about it.

"Alset, for a few seconds there, I felt true bliss. Like all the cares I have were gone and the only thing that mattered was that I was finally at peace with the world. On well. I guess we should go back to the cart and keep on going down the spiral."
Odie heads to the cart if there are no objections from the party.

While the others search the storage rooms for anything interesting, Stonewall goes to the entrance to the side tunnel to just listen and watch the "abandoned" quarry.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

If there is nothing of interest, Stonewall will suggest moving on.

"Ready to move onward, let's go." Ood lines up behind Alset wary of the way behind.

"Line up everybody. Line up. Line up."

We are lined up and ready to move down the tracks with Odie leading the way.

Stonewall hears nothing of interest.

"Line up everybody. Line up. Line up."

...Bubble Guppies?

As you walk under the bridge, you see a ledge to the east, where two shining glass bottles sparkle in the air before crashing down on top of the party, shattering and spraying green acid. One splatters against Stonewall, splashing Odie, Alset, and Mud with acid. The other crashes on Odie, a few droplets of caustic liquid hitting Stonewall in the face. The stench of ammonia fills the air, your clothes and skin smoking.
Bombs (touch AC): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 121d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Acid damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 51d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Odie Ref DC 13: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Alset Ref DC 13: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Mud Ref DC 13: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Stonewall Ref DC 13: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Summary: Stonewall takes 5 acid damage, plus 3 acid damage from Odie's splash. Odie takes 7 acid damage, plus 1 acid damage from Stonewall's splash. Alset takes 3 acid damage from Stonewall's splash. Mud takes 3 acid damage from Stonewall's splash. Ood is far enough away to not worry about anything.

Round 1
Odie and Alset are up.

The ledge is 50' above you.

Oops, I have +1 to Reflex, not Fortitude against Burst effects, that would make my save 13 if it changes anything, i just edited my profile.

Round 1
HP: 41/48

Odie roars in anger at being burned. Unable to see a quick path to climb up to them, sprints full tilt up the track or path towards them.

Climbing in DnD is dumb. 50' would take me 5 rounds if I passed my climb check each time, ugh. Instead I run up the spiral, maybe they'll be dead or gone by the time I get there, but I'll 100% set off some traps. haha!

Round 1 | HP 37/40 | Arrows 35/40 | LoH 5/5 | Smite 2/2 | Wand CLW 9/50 | Wand CMW 2/50

Alset looks up, and if he sees an enemy, he will fire an arrow at what he expects to be a kobold.

Attack - Bow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Alset will be very unhappy if his cloak of elvinkind is damaged by the acid.

Technically, the bomb and splash is not a burst effect. Bursts refers to spells and spell-like abilities, like a fireball. Alchemist bombs are like throwing acid flasks, so a splash weapon.

You'll also be out of the range of their bombs, which is nice. Also you can only "run" in a straight line, so I just double moved you instead.

You cannot see them, but I'll say you've readied an action to shoot when they pop their heads over.

Under his breath, Alset whispers, "Show yourselves!"

His bow is at the ready.

Round 1

Two kobolds creep up and peer over the edge of the cliff. One has burn marks over his snout (North) and the other has mulitcolored stains all over his arms and fingers (south).

"They're still here!" the burned one hisses in Draconic.

"Yes, but the big one is running toward us!" the stained one says.

In common, the burned kobold shouts, "Leave our quarry, now!"

If you respond in the negative or make no motion to leave, they hurl their bombs at you. You can't get a free turn in, is what I'm saying. I'm assuming you guys are not going to retreat, but you can't buy time for Odie to get around unless you all turn around and "leave."

Bombs: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 241d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 51d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Both bombs smash into Alset, dousing his elven cloak in acid.

Reflex save DC 13 Ood: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Reflex save DC 13 Ood: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Reflex save DC 13 Stonewall: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Reflex save DC 13 Stonewall: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Alset 5+5 acid damage. Ood 1+1 acid damage. Stonewall 3+1 acid damage.

Alset's arrow whizzes by the stained one's head. He curses at you in Draconic.

"Alright, alright, stop throwing your acid bombs! We're leaving."

Alset pulls Stony and Ood back up the track. He whispers to them, "We'll distract them so Odie can make his charge, then we'll take them out. Move but not too quickly. When we get around to the bridge, I'll try to sneak across. This slightly damaged elvin cloak should hide me."

Round 1
HP 22/34

Stonewall turns toward Ood and says, ”I’ll boost you up Ood. You should be able to climb up the support structure fastest of all of us.”

I assume there is some sort of support structure to climb so that maybe I could boost him up 10 ft or so, if not...

Back Up Plan

Stonewall moves away from Alset and draws a javelin. He hurls it toward the stained Kobold.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Just saw Alset’s post and I’m not sure what to do...

Round 1?
HP 33/35

Good thinking Alset. Ood nods toward Alset and goes forward toward the entryway.

"Alright, alright, stop throwing your acid bombs! We're leaving."

Alset pulls Stony and Ood back up the track. He whispers to them, "We'll distract them so Odie can make his charge, then we'll take them out. Move but not too quickly. When we get around to the bridge, I'll try to sneak across. This slightly damaged elvin cloak should hide me."

Bluff check please.

Round 1 or so | HP 27/40 | Arrows 35/40 | LoH 5/5 | Smite 2/2 | Wand CLW 9/50 | Wand CMW 2/50

Bluff: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 Hoping the kobolds fall for it, but . . .

Since Stony went with plan B, Alset steps out of sight and slips the elvin cloak hood over his head and uses stealth to step unnoticed back into attack range so he can release another arrow without being seen.

Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Stonewall sees Alset and Ood movies no away and decides he should just go with them.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

The two kobolds hold tight to their bombs and leer down at the three of you. "Stay away from the Ashwalker Mine! The Ashwalker tribe will suffer no trespassers!"

They watch you walk away.

Round 2

Everyone is up.

Are the 2 kobolds on the same level as the bridge across the pit?

Yes. The bridge runs straight across to the ledge. The tracks circling are all that slope downward.

Another rules question: Can Odie and Stony cross the bridge? How does their size impact this movement when the bridge is one square wide?

Round 2
HP: 41/48

Odie continues his headlong rush to the kobolds.

As has been the case since Odie and Stonewall grew, they will be squeezing in spaces smaller than their size, taking appropriate penalties when they do so. The bridge is sturdy enough to carry loads of metal ore.

Well, can’t let Odie run off alone, best to let him lead though...

round 2
Hp 33/35

Ood follows Odie trying to stay out of splash range

Round 2 | HP 27/40 | Arrows 35/40 | LoH 4/5 | Smite 2/2 | Wand CLW 9/50 | Wand CMW 2/50

Alset will wait undercover of stealthiness to see if the kobolds notice Odie and the dwarves and how they respond. His arrow is nocked and ready to fire.

As a swift action, Alset heals himself with a quick LoH.

Heal - LoH: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12

HP back up to 39.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Perception: 2d20 + 2 ⇒ (4, 17) + 2 = 23
Alset remains hidden.

"Hey, they came around on the bridge!"

"...Perfect..."

Stonewall moves 40 closer to the bridge. After Stonewall's turn, the below happens:

The kobolds crouch down around the bridge and set about some kind of contraption on the bridge.

Round 3
Party is up.

Round 3 | HP 39/40 | Arrows 35/40 | LoH 3/5 | Smite Evil 2/2 | Wand CLW 9/50 | Wand CMW 2/50

Seeing the contraption/trap/bridge-destroyer, Alset fears for Odie and shoots an arrow at the closest kobold on the bridge, while still attempting to remain hidden.

Attack | Bow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Damage | Arrow: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Round 3
HP 33/35 | Ki 6/6

Ood looks at the bridge carefully and conditionally continues to follow Odie I'm assuming Odie keeps onward

Round 3
HP: 41/48

Odie, not having gone into a full RAGE yet, has the presence of mind to at least glance at what they're setting up, while he continues his charge.

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22

Odie can reach the badies by the end of this turn, so if he thinks they'll cut the bridge out from under him, he'll get between them on the rock. Otherwise, he'll stop when he gets in striking distance.

Can we hear them?

Round 3
HP 22/34

Stonewall runs around the tunnel only just making it through the tight squeeze. You'd think being bigger would help me move faster!