Seeker's 5e Reign of Winter (Inactive)

Game Master seekerofshadowlight

Kat hangs back by Barl, watching Vic and Jack curiously as they work, seeming to step on each other's toes as often as not. "This could be bad." She murmers softly to no one in particular.

Also did not take anything from the frozen guy.

I've got no use for longswords or breastplates, so I didn't mess with the frozen guy either.

Helen clenches in place at Vic's warning, unsure how to proceed.

Vic slowly approaches Jack.

Here allow me.

He unrolls a weathered leather case that display small pockets with multiple finely crafted tools. He selects a small saw and sets to work disabling the trapped chest.

Sleight of Hand: 1d20 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 4 = 24

assuming victor didn't disable it, I assist
sleight of hand: 5 + 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + 2 + (9) = 16 I assume 5 is your sleight of hand number, and 4 is your thieves tools number as you have double proficiency with that?

This would be a straight dex check, not a sleight of hand check, but its good enough either way

Vic can spot the trap on a closer inspection. The snow is holding up the heavy chest on two piles of stones. It the chests weight shifts( from being opened, moved or the like) or the snow was removed, causing it to slide forward it would trigger. The rope could be detached and with some help from the stronger folks, held, as Vic reties it to the tree, removing any chance of it being triggered.

Once that is done the chest is safe to open and inside seems to be piled with stolen gear, you would guess came from the dead and stripped guards.You find five sets of leather armor,three sets of studded leather armor, a well made chain shirt, two light wooden shields, seven longswords, two handaxes, a dagger, and three light crossbows with a total of 25 bolts.

That is correct, Jack.

Tursk frowns at the sight of all the gear.

"The thought that these guards were taken down so easily is beginning to unnerve me. We need to be prepared. All of you, go through the leathers, I beg, and if you can move about in the heavier weight, take it and feel no shame in donning another's armor. We have no time for shame. Only survival for ourselves and home matters now. The same goes for their weapons."

Anyone wearing light armor should grab a studded leather. Funnily enough, the chain shirt is a medium armor in 5E.

"Here lemme grab that for you!" Barl imagines that everyone is looking on with admiration at his great strength while he lifts the chest so that Vic and Jack can undo the trap.

Seeing the chain shirt, Barls eyes widen. Anyone mind if I take this? My hide armors have gotten a little ehh.. ripe. Keep forgetting to wash them." Anyone that has been within a few feet of The Boulder within the past couple of days know this to be true.

"I'll take the hand axes too if there is no objection!" Barl pick one up and attempts to shave the hair from his face to test the edge. An action completely wasted since he is freshly shaven.

Oh, good idea
Jack unequips his leather armor to don a studded leather. ajusted the ac

A few of you gathered some of the gear from the chest, but most of it remains left behind in the cold. Most of you are bundled up to the ever increasing winter weather, Barl and kat are well under-dressed for such weather, yet seem fine with it. You push onward thought the boarder forest and the snow grows deeper, and it falls from the sky as if the dead of winter.

You follow the path to were a windswept gully carves a path though the snow covered trees. You slush though the snow that is halfway to some of your knees. The wind howls and its frozen breath bites at any exposed flesh upon your face. As you make your way though a soft cascade of snow falls from an overhead branch,it hisses softly as it hits the ground and then a thing is among you.

A white scales snake-like thing with an over-sized head and a greenish gas exhaling from its very toothed an wide open mouth falls upon Barl

Barl has been hit for 4 damage, he needs to make a save. Now starts round one. I am assuming you were in a close marching order so you all should be close by each other

Round one Init
Kat, Helen,Barl( If still up), Vic and Jack in any order
The Snake thing
Tursk,Olybrius in whatever order

Constitution Save:: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Barl spits out any of the green mist that he got in his mouth. "Ptui! Ugh, that stuff tastes horrible! You're dead stupid snake thing!!"

Ulga Attack!: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 4) + 3 = 9

Reroll 2 on damage 1d6 ⇒ 2 Lol, didn't matter

K Arcana to identify?: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

"Look out!" Kat exclaims, far too late to do Barl any good. A swirling ice-blue bolt erupts from her out-flung hand and hurtles towards the serpent in retaliation of its attack.

Eldritch Blast: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 61d10 ⇒ 8

If there is a tree or boulder or the like within reach, she runs towards it, seeking to use it for cover.

Round 1, Sneak Attack

Vic slips in nimbly and attempts to stab the snake-like creature with his rapier.

Rapier Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Rapier Dam: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 3 + (2) = 12

Jack moves into melee range as well hit: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (14) = 19
dmg: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 3 + (1) = 12 as he tries to stab with this rapier. that is a good hit too, low sneak attack dmg, but still max on the d8 there.

Helen's eyes go wide at the sudden appearance of the monster, then she tries firing a bolt of flame at it. Any check to ID?

Fire Bolt: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6, Fire Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 8

Round in in progress
Barl swings Ulga down, connecting with the vile Snake thing as Kat tries to connect with a blue bolt, but the snake thing twists out of the way and she only manages to remove bark from a distant tree. Vic tries to land a blow but the thing dances out of the way, right into Jacks blade and he digs into the snake thing.

The Snake-thing turns on jack, dropping him, Helen keeping back fires off a bolt, but like Kat before her she just ends up burning some trees.

A Nature check will work here, not an Arcane check. Even with a base Int check, Kat or anyone else will note its coloration and the fact you have never heard the hunters speak of it to know this is not native to the Boarder forest.

Round 1
(went)Kat, Helen,Barl( If still up), Vic and Jack in any order
(went)The Snake thing
Tursk,Olybrius in whatever order
Round 2
Kat, Helen,Barl( If still up), Vic and Jack in any order
The Snake thing
Tursk,Olybrius in whatever order

"Hey! Get off of Jack ya stupid snake!! Whatever you do, don't get that stuff in your mouth Jack!"

Barl tries to squish the snake creatures tail while it's focused on Jack.

Ulga: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 2) + 3 = 10

Rerolling 2: 1d6 ⇒ 5 So 13 Damage total

Round 2, Sneak Attack

Vic repositions and sticks the snake.

Rapier Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Rapier Dam: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (6) = 15

Round 1

Tursk wastes no time as he immediately draws his mace and tries to smash the creature. But his aim is awkward and merely glances off it.

Mace: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Round 2

Kat fires off another bolt of energy at the beast... or rather, at the same tree she hat hit moments before, sending bark and pieces of branches flying into the air.

She stares morosely at the carnage done to the tree for a second. Why can I not control this? What good is magic if it does what it wants instead of what I tell it?!?

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 61d10 ⇒ 6

Seriously? 2 1s in a row? :P

Round 2

Helen frantically flings ferocious fire forward.

Fire Bolt: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21, Fire Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 8

Need a death save from Jack too.

con: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
death saving throw: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Tursk draws and swings his mace, but does little more than scatter snow as the Snake things curls and slithers away. Olybrius joins in and slashes away with his sword but catches nothing but air.

round 2
Barl gets in another solid hit as Kat and Helen both fire off bolts. Kats once more kills a small tree as Helen roasts the snake-thing , already hurt by Bars hit. What is left in the melting snow is a burned and very dead, snake- like thing. Jake meanwhile lays unmoving in the snow.

The snake thing is dead and Jack has one failed save.

Vic bends over Jack on one knee.

Does anyone have some healing for Jack? I feel we may lose him.

Medicine: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

"Let me see, I think remember a little first aid..." Helen says, half to herself, as she rushes over and tries her best to at least stabilize the dying man.

Tursk, you are a cleric right?

Tursk observes Helen skillfully stabilize Jack.

"Well done." He then closes his eyes and chants to Old Dead Eye for his healing warmth to embrace Jack.

A 10 stabilized Jack.

Cure Wounds: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Hmm. Not much. But at least Jack is back on his feet.

Helen gives a slight start at the sudden magical healing. "Oh! Well, that does certainly seem more helpful than anything I've ever learned to do. Good work, Mr. Krune. Now then, should we press on, or do we need to rest here a bit?"

Dunno whether anyone needs a short rest to spend HD. If we do rest, I'll cast mage armor first and then get a spell slot back from the rest, but if not, I'm good with just pressing on.

I am good to go!

thanks for the help lets take a short rest for when we need it, when we are actually getting our butts kicked

Also good to go when everyone else is

"Glad to see you up and at 'em Jack, that green stuff is nasty. If you're alright, let's head out."

Good to go!

"Yes, glad you're better! Trusk is good at that sort of thing, looks like. Whether wagons or people!" Kat smirks then pokes at the dead creature with a stick before tossing the stick aside and glancing at the others. "I'm ready too. Think we're gaining on them at all?"

With Jack back on his feet and no other threat in the area, you leave the burned corpse of the snake-thing behind. In time you climb back out of the ravine and are once more among flatter land in the forest. The trail is still easy to follow and the snow is growing deeper and the air even colder. Soon you are among the trees, but theses trees are not empty. Feathered bundles of strange fetishes hang from the lowest branches of the trees in this part of the forest, swaying in the shifting wind. All seem to be stuck trough with small pins, holding pieces of leather bound around them.

Tursk takes a moment to study the odd fetishes.

Intelligence: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

Vic also approaches the fetishes to see if he can discern their origin or any reason why they may be here.

Intelligence: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

These are strange. Hey, Boulder or Helen, ever see anything like this in the North?

Helen narrows her eyes and adjusts her glasses, looking closely at the odd hangings.

Investigation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Kat joins the others in inspecting the strange bundles, peering up at one with hands on her hips.

Arcana: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 or 11 Int check if arcana isn't relevant

perception: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (18) = 23 for traps
investigation: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (3) = 3 examine the pins.

The fetishes you notice are not what you first thought. They are small frozen corpses of birds, pinned together by long , slender pins with tiny fletching along its notched rear. Near everyone gathered around the fetishes, Helen and Kat can tell they are the work of a very small folk, the only thing that makes sense is tiny fey of some type as nothing larger than a rabbit crafted "arrows" so tiny. That gathering is cu short by high pitched , child-like laughter echoing though the forest and a hail of tiny arrows falling upon you.

Both Helen and Kat are stuck by the tiny arrows, they feel the tiny chill of winters grasp as it pores into them. Barl is missed by the in like arrow as it buries itself into a tree near his left eye

Helen and Kat both took 1 HP of damage and need both make a DC 11 con save

Init order round 1
Vic,Tursk, Olybrius, Kat, Jack and Helen any order
The fey( I rolled a 3..really?)
Barl

Tursk says a word of power and sets the ground beneath the tree to shake. The fetishes rattle as they shake back and forth in cadence with Tursk's righteous fury.

Cast Thaumaturgy for small ground shakes.

"You dare profane this tree with your cruelty? This forest and all in it, belong to Old Deadeye, to Erastil. And you trespass in his domain? Murder its creatures, not for food, but for sport? And then you attack us? Here? You will leave this place now!"

Hoping I get advantage on my Charisma intimidate check. If not, just ignore the second roll.

Charisma (intimidate): 1d20 ⇒ 12
Charisma (intimidate): 1d20 ⇒ 10

Con: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Eww that's probably not good... I'll go ahead and post my action in case whatever that save was for doesn't hinder it...

Kat brushes her hand up to her neck, plucking the tiny dart from her skin. She glares about furiously in the direction the arrows came from. If she spots one of the creatures with bow in hand, she lets out a growl, and another of her bolts of energy hurtles towards it.

Perception (if needed): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Eldritch Blast: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 211d10 ⇒ 5

CON save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Can we see where the arrows came from?

You can make a check if you like, but they came from out of the trees. Just make a perception check as Kat did. I will update this at midnight, in about 2 hours.

Round 1

Vic quickly looks for the certainly small enemy as he draws his bow.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

If that spots them...

Vic fires at the nearest.

SB Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
SB Dam: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"Ow!" Helen yelps as something pokes her. "Where in the blazes did that come from?"

Round 1

Tursk start by threatening to bring the wrath of Erastil down upon who ever is shooting at them, hi threats seems to have no effect. Kay now racked with cold she rarely has felt spots one of the small creatures, a tiny winged, blue skinned humanoid,flirting around the trees. Even shaking she hits the creature with her icy blast, but that does not seem to drop it. Vic gets a clear shot, but totally misses one of the tiny winged beings as it flies about the branches.

Helen does not have a good view at all but fires off a bolt into the trees,scorching some branches but none of the attacker. Jack draws his bow and fires at the attackers, but the things are darting in and out of the trees too fast. Olybrius, only has javelins but he throws one as best as he can at the darting forums. His attack at lest grazes one of the tiny forums.

This time, the tiny attackers seem to target Helen and Kat. Both are stung once and feel the icy burn once more.

Ok here is the layout. You are all pretty close to one another, the attackers are tiny winged humanoids darting back and forth though the branches of the trees. As these guys are flying in and out of the trees here is what we are going to do. If you make a DC 10 perception you get a clean shot at them. Otherwise they will get cover. If they try to hide, this will change but right now they are simply shooting at you all.

Init order round 1
Vic,Tursk, Olybrius, Kat, Jack and Helen any order (went)
The fey( went)
Barl
Init order round 2
Vic,Tursk, Olybrius, Kat, Jack and Helen any order
The fey
Barl

Kat now has level 1 exhaustion and so is at a disadvantage with her rolls. Both Kat and Helen need another DC 11 con sav and both took 1 hp of damage

Remembering the cold iron arrows that he purchased, Barl attemps to take a shot with his longbow.
Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Cold Iron Arrow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

JUst in case Barl has disadvantage for cover: Cold Iron Arrow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Round 2

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Tursk spots one of the creatures and unleashes a burst of radiant energy.

DC 13 Dexterity Save for Sacred Flame. Success negates damage.

Sacred Flame: 1d8 ⇒ 1

::sigh::