Shifty Group Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master Nik B.

Yep, it's the next morning, dawn to be precise

Happy for you to assume Ailetha and Kabal were all in the one place if it makes it easier.. poor Karlan has to leg it

Ailetha puts down her mug and sighs:
Figured we would have more time. Oh well, lets see what the Runelord worshippers are tossing at us this time.

First, she will cast Freedom of Motion on Kabal (duration 100 minutes).

Then, just before Celestra cast Teleport, Ailetha will cast Invisibility 10' radius.
All, stay together and we cannot be seen. If you attack someone, the invisibility will end for the attacker. If I attack, it will end for all of us.

Kabal, you should be very difficult to impede or grapple for a while.

Karlan makes a break across the distance (he needs another two rounds to catch you)

From the position they arrive at the party can see the walls still stand. The iron-reinforced oak timbers splinter and crack as the stones hit it, but so far, the gate holds. Militia frantically move wagons into place to help barricade and reinforce the gate.

The terrified guards up on the wall reports there are three giants (they think) around 200' up the road in the treeline lobbing boulders and moving in. Over the noise, you occasionally hear threats and profanities being yelled towards the town in broken common.

Karlan runs as best he's able calling orders adn encouragement to drown the panic.

Ailetha looks to the others.
I may be able to confuse or entertain them so that you all can move in.

If we were not teleporting into danger, Ailetha would not have cast the Invisibility yet.

R6, R7, Karlan joins the group

the shouts from the walls is that the giants are moving closer - maybe 100', still suspected there are three outside the walls - the stones are crashing into the wall periodically, and the timbers are looking very sorry - they have moments before they crumble.

Bree looks to Kabal, "Should we have Celestra take us outside the gate? Maybe we can move in on them from the other side or something?"

"Bree, my dear, I can teleport us only once per day. I cannot get us outside right now. However, the giants sound as if they are nearly through. Draw your weapons and let's prepare for the battle of our lives. I will give you Cayden Cailean's blessing of fervor, but I will wait until the last minute. Ailetha, do you have anything to help slow them down when they break though?"

Celestra casts wall of stone right by the section of the wall that appears to be breaking. She designs it as a small v shaped courtyard so that when they break through her wall of stone, they will hopefully be funneled to come though only one at a time.

"Let's move closer, we will meet them when they break through. Does anyone have caltrops to spread out and hurt their feet?"

Celestra rushes forward with the others to await them at the end of the v shaped wall of stone.

She will ready Blessing of Fervor.

"Oh," She chews on her lip for a moment in thought. "Well, shouldn't we be doing something to keep them from getting through?"

Ailetha looks to the other ladies.

I can get four of out there. Celesta, if you and Sable can fly, we can all get out there quick.

Dimension door - 400+40'/level (800' range). Also, can take self + 1/3 level (Karlan, Kabal, Bree and Ailetha).

I can make the four of us invisible, and then get us right next to one of the giants. I can only do it once, so we will have to get back ourselves. I do have the ability to make us all invisible a few times.

Proposed plan would be to cast Invisibility 10' radius (assuming it was not cast before), then Dimension Door to get the four of us out there.

The guards are calling 100' from the gate, what distance are you Dimension Dooring? - using the gate as a reference point

If everyone, or most everyone, agrees, we will teleport (dimension door), invisibly, to 90' from the gate.

I'm fine with that.

New map slide up

The party lands outside the walls, sans Sable.

They can immediately note the crashing of giants in the undergrowth and cheering from them - looking back the gates have just been cracked!

Three stone giants are advancing on the town.

Yellow pattern is invisibility area

Trees as marked, darker terrain is 'light undergrowth'

R1
Ailetha
Bree
Celestra
Sable
Kabal
Karlan
ENEMY

Not sure how you want to rule. Per RAW, the Dimension Door would be Ailetha's action, and everyone else (Kabal, Karlan and Bree) would have their action still. If it is the next round, Ailetha will cast Haste.

Yeah I had a look at that, but using some Scooby Do powers it was a better narrative just to kick off initiative from when you land. The Round timer has also reset as the preliminary events have now ended and we are at the next stage of the event

Ailetha hastes the party!

The giants hear the sound of the spell being cast and look around, they stop their yelling.

R1
Ailetha - Cast Haste
Bree
Celestra
Sable
Kabal
Karlan
ENEMY

Spell Effects timers/rounds elapsed:
Haste 0

Celestra uses touch of good on herself and boldly steps forward and calls out to the stone giants and tries to talk reason with them.

"Stop, mighty giants of the stone! Why are you attacking Sandpoint?!! You have no need to attack the town. I urge you to stop or we will likely use force which would be most unfortunate! What is prompting such a reasonable race to attack?! You should enjoy your freedom, but not at the expense of others. Speak up and tell me what you need to be able to live in peace! This need not end in violence!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 19 + 1 = 40

"Peace for you in the grave!" they laugh, their eyes scan over the road as they try to make out where you all are.

Bad news is Diplomacy isn't effective against creatures that intend to do you harm, good news is you now know these guys are 100% serious and not up for parley - as such you can show them equal mercy. They also can't see you so a disembodied voice is a little hard to take comfort from...

R1
Ailetha - Cast Haste
Bree
Celestra - Negotiate
Sable
Kabal
Karlan
ENEMY

"Well my friends, I tried my best, but I don't think they are going to listen to reason. They want blood. I think we will need to resort to the blade and the spell. Good luck my friends! I am here to support you."

Celestra draws her rapier and lets out a deep sigh.

"Not exactly sure what you expected to happen. Never worked before."Karlan says as he mutters a prayer and allows the divine power of Iomedae flow through him. "Let's try a different approach. HEY F$~% FACES YOU HAVE 12 SECONDS TO SURRENDER BEFORE WE SHOW YOU SANDPOINTS NUMBER ONE EXPORT!"

Cast Divine Favor

A hysterical giggle escapes Bree's mouth at the Paladin's use of such colorful language. She tries to catch herself, putting a hand up to her lips, but another escapes before she is able to regain her usual stoic control. She draws her daggers, twirling them once in her hands, she is ready to move.

R1
Ailetha - Cast Haste
Bree - readies
Celestra - Negotiate
Sable
Kabal
Karlan - Casts/'negotiate'
ENEMY

The Giants stare into the space occupied by the very noisy party... so far they are being threatened and cajoled by disembodied voices...

giants: Hide

Ailetha groans as the various more religious members of the group shout and threaten from their invisible positions.

Not sure if it matters, but Ailetha could only move herself + 3 others. I thought that Celestra and Sable would use their ability to fly to join the more melee types.

Ahhh my fault, I misread that and brought forward Celestra as well - oh well GM error, play on :)

Someone able to bot Sable/Kabal?

Want to kick this forward and not lose momentum :)

Freedom of Movement, Hasted, Rage rd 1. AC = 23

'Colorful Karlan.', Kabal said with a grin before continuing, 'Y'all stay put if you want but I aint playing hide and seek with these bastards.'

Axe in hand the warrior burst into action and charges the giant flanking the group as he unleashes his anger.

Free action - Rage, Charge and attack. Shifty note Kabal's Nightmare Boots grant 20% concealment while charging if causing an AoO

'Surprise punk!'

Charged attack vs Yellow: 1d20 + 19 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 19 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 36
Damage: 1d12 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 12 + 2 = 23

Bree smiles as she watches Kabal charge into battle, "Hmmm. Felt like 12 seconds to me, let's do this."

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Sable raises into the air, his raven hair floating behind him as the breeze ruffles the feathers that adorn his clothing. Korax flies beside him onward, and into battle.

Kabal manages to negotiate the undergrowth due to his magical abilities, which surprises the Giant somewhat - it also gets surprised by being hit..!

The Giants respond!

The first giant (Red) moves forward and throws a rock at the voices on the roadway!
(Targets Ailetha)
Attack 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 1 = 30
Miss percentile 1-50 miss 1d100 ⇒ 60
Damage 1d8 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 1 = 20
Ailetha gets a rock thrown cleanly at her.

***
The other giant (Orange) responds to Celestra's request for peace...
(Targets Celestra)
Attack 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 1 = 16
The rock smashes into the ground and rolls away...

It throws again!
Attack 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 = 25
Miss percentile 1-50 miss 1d100 ⇒ 78
Damage 1d8 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 12 + 1 = 16
Ailetha gets a rock thrown cleanly at her.

***
Kabal is engaged by the other giant (Yellow))...it draws its club and sets to doing damage...

Attack 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
Damage 2d8 + 12 ⇒ (6, 6) + 12 = 24

Attack 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Damage 2d8 + 12 ⇒ (8, 4) + 12 = 24

A blow connects!

The Giants rejoice at their fruitful opening salvo!

R2
Ailetha
Bree
Celestra
Sable
Kabal
Karlan
ENEMY

Spell timer:
Haste 1
DF 1

Arent the others still Invisible?

Above you'll find a bunch perception checks to identify what squares they were in when they all started yelling, threatening, and casting :) The only ones who didn't make a heap of noise was yourself and Bree - so far they still don't know about Bree. I gave them a 50/50 to either go for you or chance an invisible target. They went the talking noise cluster on the road.

I am confused on the rules for pinpointing an invisible creature. Is the DC20, or 40? There are a whole bunch of number in the RAW. Also, would a stealth check be applicable? Finally, you have one attack that seems to target Celestra, but then says that Ailetha was hit (I think that was copied from the first attack.

The DC is normally 40. casting a spell/talking drops this to 20 (Or yelling out continues lowering the number). In the case of Karlan and Celestra they were calling out to the Giants (and also casting) - hence all the perception checks and the in game warnings that they were now actively looking for you guys...

Correct the second giant was attacking Celestra

Round 2

Celestra continues by channeling positive energy. She is careful to selectively avoid healing any injured giants.

Channel Energy: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 1, 5, 1) = 14

Celestra washes healing energy over her companions.

R2
Ailetha
Bree
Celestra - Channel
Sable
Kabal
Karlan
ENEMY

Spell timer:
Haste 1
DF 1

Well, since Ailetha is ahead of me in initiative I was going to wait and see if she was going to move the group towards the action but I don't want to slow things down and they might be better off moving towards one of the other giants anyway.

Bree rushes out of the shroud of invisibility, and makes her way towards Kabal and the giant he is attacking going wide in attempt to maneuver herself into a flanking position. Double move.

Oops, must have read Shifty's post when I could not post.

Realizing that the giants have a bead on them, Ailetha moves forward with the others, beginning to call out to encourage her companions as she does.

Move group adjacent to the giants, unless anyone does not wish to move.

Other Move: Begin Inspire Courage +2 on lots of stuff.

Without being too cheeky, had you taken 5' steps after speaking the Giants would have had no hope and been merrily attacking empty spaces... just saying :)

Ailetha leads the party, calling encouragement!

Bree punches out and into the undergrowth, fighting her way towards the fray!
Bree. you will end up having to move into the giants reach, you MAY may an acrobatics check at the end of your move to attempt to avoid the AOO

R2
Ailetha - move/bardsone
Bree - moves
Celestra - Channel
Sable
Kabal
Karlan
ENEMY

Spell timer:
Haste 1
DF 1

Didn't think she'd need one yet, my bad!
Acrobatics 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

Not if you were stopping there, but you should have some movement left as you were hasted :) So your base move at the moment is 60' - or were you actually stopping in that location and not locking in the flank now?

[ooc]Waiting to see what Sable does.[/url]

Oh! I totally overlooked the haste when I moved her, I had even been planning on that for awhile while I waited to see what Ailetha was doing but then forgot when I acted! Silly me. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I've moved her further.

Sable still AFK, so feel free to Bot him along

Sable is at work right now, but said he would be posting tonight.

Cool :)

From his vantage point, Sable lowers his bleached staff, and sets a ball of fire hurdling towards the leftwards giant.

Casting Fireball from Staff of Dark Flame, targeting Big Red.

Caster Level Check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Fireball: 8d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 3, 6, 3, 4, 2, 3) = 26
Reflex DC 17

Ref 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 = 21

The giant gets tagged but the trees bear the brunt of the flames!

R2
Ailetha - move/bardsone
Bree - moves
Celestra - Channel
Sable -Fireball!
Kabal
Karlan
ENEMY

Spell timer:
Haste 1
DF 1

R 13
O
Y 23

HP: 145 - 24 = 121, FoM, Haste rd 2, Rage rd 2, IC, AC = 25

With gritted teeth Kabal shrugged off the blow and set to chopping the giant down.

PA vs Yellow: 1d20 + 19 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 19 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 30
PA Damage: 1d12 + 18 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 18 + 2 + 2 = 24

PA vs Yellow: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 29
PA Damage: 1d12 + 18 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 18 + 2 + 2 = 31

Hasted Attack vs Yellow: 1d20 + 19 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 19 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 33
DAmage: 1d12 + 18 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 18 + 2 + 2 = 26

The Giant stops being so belligerent towards Kabal, and instead falls bleeding into the woods!

R2
Ailetha - move/bardsone
Bree - moves
Celestra - Channel
Sable -Fireball!
Kabal - Attack!
Karlan
ENEMY

Spell timer:
Haste 1
DF 1

R 13
O
Y /downed/TKO

Moving out of the sphere and in front of the giant Karlan brings his axe down hard. "Try to take the last one prisoner!"

1d20 + 15 - 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 15 - 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 28 Attack
1d10 + 8 + 9 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 9 + 3 + 2 = 31 Damage

The giant swings for Karlan!

Attack 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35
Damage 2d8 + 12 ⇒ (1, 4) + 12 = 17

Attack 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
Damage 2d8 + 12 ⇒ (4, 8) + 12 = 24

The other giant stops hunting invisible targets and tries for some revenge against Kabal!

Attack 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
Damage 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Attack 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Damage 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

R3
Ailetha
Bree
Celestra
Sable
Kabal
Karlan
ENEMY

Spell timer:
Haste 2
DF 2

R 13
O 31
Y /downed/TKO
1d20 ⇒ 12