Shards of the Titanswar

Game Master EldonG

Stuff: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Stuff: 1d20 ⇒ 19
Stuff: 1d20 ⇒ 19
Stuff: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Stuff: 1d20 ⇒ 4

The ogres seem to be a pretty tight group when they can first be seen, some 300 feet from the barricades.

Careful not to waste arrows!

Tania calls out, and Manton echoes her words anxiously.

Nia'Nikta would scan the group then looks around for other groups and possible different attack areas.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Sakuro took a deep breath as she focused her energies, preparing to cast a Grease spell as soon as the ogres came into range. She only had two of her stronger spells left today, and...

"If somebody has a torch, can you throw it at my grease after I make it?" she asked quietly, doing her best to remain completely hidden from the ogres for now. If it ignited properly, that could be a lot of fun...

Ready Action: Cast Grease when the ogres are 30 feet away from her.

Nobody fires up to the time they reach 200 feet, moving at what seems to be an annoyingly casual pace. At that point, a handful split off heading west, toward the lake.

A couple of the ogres hang back at that range.

A few moments later, the mass of them starts moving quicker, as all along the far eastern barricades, the grasses and underbrush turn against everyone there, winding up around feet and lower legs!

DC 14 Reflex for everyone around the barricades or Alyra!

Ref: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Auric looses his knocked arrow as soon as they begin to move aiming at whichever ogre he guesses might possibly be the leader from this range, maybe the one casting if he can see that

longbow (-2 range increment): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
for: 1d8 ⇒ 6

reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

Deftly avoiding the creeping vines, he drops his bow and draws his greatsword. As he does so, the gold of his hair fades to blond and his frame seems to grow somehow thicker or heavier... used Alter Self SLA to become humanoid version of self

I'll still allow other actions if anybody has one to take, but in addition to saves, let's get initiative out of the way.

Patriarch: 1d20 ⇒ 6
Warrior: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Others: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Tania: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Alyra: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

Nia'Nikta shifted as the plants rose against them trying to look at the group going a separate way.

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

With a huge chunk of the defenders wrapped up that other group could cause havoc.

Knowledge:Nature: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 To identify the ogres for the bardic performance to work. Woot by the skin of my teeth

"Watch it they are big creatures but if you aim for their legs and knees you can hamstring them easily." Nia's voice range out as she started her bardic performance

She said as everyone struggled from the vines though she had the sneaking suspicion they would just go around as the defenders were locked up.

Do we actually have a combat map? Cause How close/far from the edge of the entangle am I?

Also Nia and any allies within 30 feet gain a +1 insight bonus to AC and on attack rolls and saving throws against exceptional, supernatural, and spell-like abilities used by creatures of that specific kind of monster

Initiative: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Sakuro continued waiting in the tree - her magic was unfortunately close-range, and there was no sense in casting it until they were close enough to actually be tripped up by the power of her enchantments. For now... watch, wait, and keep an eye on the ones headed for the lack.

Continue Readied Action.

initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Being careful to try to stay within 30' of both Nia and Jun, Auric maneuvers out of the enchanted overgrowth and prepares to do battle with any ogres that come his way. assuming I can make it out in a single move (in a direction that keeps me in N&J's ranges) I'll ready an action to attack the first ogre I can, otherwise I'll double move to that spot.

"Tania," he calls out, "can you see the leader? Which one is he?"

Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

At the first sign of ogres, Baldek prepares his sling for a "welcoming shot" and waits for them to reach the fifty yard range. When the vines catch him, he curses loudly, forgets about his sling, and just tries to get out.

MvA to get out with a Str check.
First MvA: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

"Ahah!! Ready for you!!" he shouts and lets the stone fly, even though it's still quite far to the ogres...

Sling: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 231d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 Please adjust for range if needed.

At 140' range (-4), one of the ogres is mighty irritated to be hit with a slingstone.

Pretty sure he's the one way back there in the back! Hey - what's goin' on, down there? Looks strange.

Tania's voice carries all the way to the barricades - about 60' - even though it comes from her tiny frame.

The entangle is virtually centered on Alyra, so probably not less than 30'.

Moving on, the ogres continue to close to 80', and the patriarch and remaining warrior close to 170', where the patriarch casts again, this time catching the area around the road - but not the road itself, where there are no plants.

It's obvious that the bulk are headed your way, while some go for the road, and some that split off angle toward a ways farther west, while a couple of them seem to be trying to skirt the barricades completely.

I'll post initiative order in the morning.

Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Reflex save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 He just slips free of the twisting vegetation.

Init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Jun gets caught up in the vegetation.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

At 100 ft Aya's sleep spell goes off, centered on the group of advancing ogres.

"Tania! What do you see?" Yelled Antonio, who itched to just go run down after the group that went towards the lake, but knew they had to concentrate their forces to have any chance to take down the ogre forces at all.

Antonio takes a bead on the caster and shoots.
light crossbow attack: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 5 - 4 = 10 for a possible 1d8 ⇒ 7 points of piercing damage.

"We are being entangled by the plant life. We need to take out that spellcaster."

Init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Adrenaline began pumping through Sakuro's body as things got started, but her magic was of limited range - especially right now - and rushing things wouldn't help protect anyone. Instead, with a grim determination that was quite at odds with her normal demeanor, the girl continued to wait for the ogres to approach within 30 feet of her hiding place in the trees.

Continue Readied Action.

Keep in mind - anybody in the area of the trees is outside of the entangle, but also about 60' farther back - so the ogres are 140 feet from the trees at 80 feet from the barricades. Anybody that didn't leave the entangle now needs to save again, and this will continue for every round of the fight, unless it takes a very long time. Auric has (bravely? Foolishly?) come out from behind the barricades, so he's free, for now.

Entangled condition

Please read up on it. There are significant penalties.

i'm unclear... Does that GM post mean we can post next round actions now, or will there be a post that says to go ahead?

Auric quickly surveys his situation am I the only one clear of the entangle/barricade over here, and how many ogres are coming at me?

Please check the initiative list. If you aren't on it, and have rolled Init, let me know. If you haven't rolled Init, please do!

I'd like to leave that up for a little while, so that folks get a better idea of what the situation is before moving ahead. I'll start with a post announcing the new round probably around noon, and take into account any revised actions, then.

The DC on the sleep spell is 16. What was the result? How many ogres do we see? I understand that there are 2 groups plus some scattered. Right?

Aya, if you're back in the trees, that's 60' behind the barricades, and the ogres have 80' to get to the barricades. That's 140' feet. They'll close to 80' to you (and 20' to the barricades) very soon. I'm assuming your casting goes off as they hit that 100' mark (40' to the barricades).

Ok, let's get into what amounts to the third round - Alyra will follow Auric - quickly, if she makes the roll, slowly if not.

Ref: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

We may have to abandon the barricades! This isn't good.

There are half a dozen ogres headed for the eastern edge of the barricades - and it looks like the leader and his escort are going to be following them. There are three other groups of three or four, the group headed for the road, and the two heading farther west. The younger ones are scattered through those groups.

so there's 6 normal ogres charging us, plus the warrior and leader behind them? and our party members are the only ones at this barricade?

Stay behind me, Alyra, I'll do my best to protect you while the others get clear... Jun, Baldek, Nia, this way!

Auric switches his stance and holds his greatsword high and forward in a very defensive position taking Total Defense action. He stands where the barricade will protect him from being flanked (as long as that still doesn't take him past 30' from Nia and Jun).

If you have any defensive magic, now is the time to use it! ARCHERS, WE NEED ARROWS RAINING DOWN NOW, PLEASE!

Baldek, when you save this time remember its a magical effect, so you get the +2 racial bonus

Dwarves also get +4 AC vs giants - which includes ogres. DEFINITELY don't forget that. ;)

Intitiave: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Reiko shouts from his position by Sakuro, where he is trying to keep her defended.
Where are they? What's going on?

Under a hundred feet from the barricades and closing - but the leader's hanging back!

Alyra supplies the requested information as she works her way out of the entangle.

Sakuro shut her mouth as Alyra answered the question, and... well, with their distance back from the barricades, maybe this wouldn't be working so well after all. Grease wasn't a long-range spell, after all, though a better arcanist than she could probably have tossed it somewhat further out. "You want some Mage Armor after all?" she called down towards Auric.

I have armor, but I'd take just about anything else you might be able to do...

Baldek and Antonio still have their round, but note that the warrior moves up another 30' on his turn - 140' from the barricades.

Strength Check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Jun is having luck getting untangled, though he has nothing he can do at the moment anyways.

Reflex save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Antonio moves another 30 feet back and shoots the caster again.
light crossbow attack: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 5 - 4 = 10 for a possible 1d8 ⇒ 7 points of piercing damage.

Jun is tangled up in the vegetation despite how much he squirms and no 5' step even if I wanted to since it is difficult terrain

Strength Check (Standard Action): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

The patriarch closes another 30', and casts again. This time, the effects are not as noticeable - his skin does appear to darken, or perhaps it's the light.

I'll go ahead and bot Baldek.

Grabbing the barricade, Baldek clambers onto it.

Str: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

But the weeds won't let him free.

Damnit, damnit, damnit. Always somethin'!

Or something like that. Just trying to match personality...if he says no...maybe Baldek just thought it. :p

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

i didn't mean you could take a 5' step- I meant you might be able to move 5' as a move action (1/2 speed from entangle puts you at 10' which is enough to move 5' in difficult terrain...)

"Okay, it would have been nice to know he was a caster. But remember Ogres are large and depend on their brute strength and tend to attack from above. Aim low." Maintaining performance

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Nia manages to not get grabbed and makes her way after Alyra and out of the entangle.

The ogres continued to approach, and with her lack of truly long-range magic prepared (and limited arcane energies anyway), Sakuro simply began biting her lower lip and waiting for when the enemy would finally be in position to be struck by her spread of magic. On the bright side, nothing magic happening for so long probably meant that they wouldn't be expecting it later... and it was hard to resist the voice telling her to rush out and do something, anything, that would make everything she'd been waiting for pointless.

The ogres actually slow down, at this point, and you see javelins coming out - at 50', they throw!

Random determination of targets:

Target: 1d5 ⇒ 1
Target: 1d5 ⇒ 4
Target: 1d5 ⇒ 1
Target: 1d5 ⇒ 2
Target: 1d5 ⇒ 2
Target: 1d5 ⇒ 3

Two throw at Auric:
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Two at Alyra:

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

One at Nia:

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

And one at Baldek:

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Aya casts sleep from the scroll at the group of ogres that are 110 ft from her. Will save DC 16

At this point, they're 50' from the barricades, which are 60' from the trees, for 110'. That is, incidentally, the range for a 1st lvl sleep. Keep in mind that scrolls cast at minimum stats for saves, not your own.

Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20