Skull & shackles (Inactive)

Game Master DBH

Niobe casts another spell and points at the weapons of the cyclopes, both of which start to glow red.

Heat metal on all of their weapons; Will save DC 17 to negate.

Maddie will move up and cast Glitterdust, targeting Yellow.

DC 19 Will save or enjoy your blindness. Also, I wasn't sure which map up top is the correct one.

Ruins of Sumitha is the current map.

Kung moves up and around the foliage, following the path blazed by the other pirates to avoid the trap. He comes around Marnir's far side to stand beside his captain and drives his greatsword forward in a powerful blow at the attendant cyclops.

Got it, thanks!

Maddie & Niobe. As Kung slaughtered Yellow I'm ruling you didn't use those spells.

Kung sprints up and shows the Cyclops that size matters, the size of the wound he inflicts as he cuts the Cyclops down with one strike.

Red hustles back. "S~+$!" He curses as his companion dies bloodily. He takes a position by the rubble, waiting for his fellwo Cyclopes to join him.

Four more of the Giants pour out of the next room, racing to join the battle.

The party may now act.

Kung wastes no time, his fury driving him forward without though to reason or strategy. Moving as quickly as he can through the rubble, he comes upon the next cyclops with his blade ready, and drives it home point first.

Splat!

Kung is a crit machine right now.

Jane moves up to the broken wall and waits

I'll switch my heat metal to the new arrivals. I can hit up to 5 targets.

Maddie will move up and ready her glitterdust to smack the first two enemies with it that she can see within range.

Marnir grunts in pain as the cyclops cuts him but uses his pain to fuel his strength and resolve. As Kung cuts down the nearest cyclops Marnir rushes through the ruined wall, sped by Maddie's magic, and launches himself at the next cyclops he meets.

Free Action to continue inspired rage which activates fast healing from Skald's Vigour, Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Move Action to move 45ft into contact with green (could someone move me please?), Standard Action to attack green.

Axe attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20

Maddie, please put the save DC for your spells in your post.

As the Cyclopes charge into the room Niobe casts her spell. Green & Orange hurriedly drop their red hot axes. Blue & Purple howl in pain as their hands cook.
Damage: 5d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 3, 1) = 12

Maddie adds to their woes by coating them in glittering motes. Orange cries out in panic as he is blinded!

Marnir sprints into the room and hacks into Green with a solid strike.

Green picks up his great axe.
AOO for Marnir
And swings at the captain.
Confirm: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 Not confirming.
damage: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 3, 6) + 7 = 18

Blue moves up beside his fellow giant and attack Marnir
Confirm: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 No confirm.[/b]
Damage: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 6, 5) + 7 = 22

Purple joins the line and also attacks Marnir
Confirm: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
Damage: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 4, 1) + 7 = 14

Marnir has taken 54 damage. [ooc]But not one damn crit!

The party may now act.

Heat metal doesn't do damage immediately, but does cause uncomfortable heat in the first round. It has a duration and on subsequent rounds causes damage, so continuing to hold your weapon hurts!

Sorry, I had posted it earlier.

Maddie flies forward and touches Marnir, and Orcish rage floods into his system.

I am using my Touch of Rage bloodline power on you, which gives you a +5 morale bonus to attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, and will saves for 1 round.

Awesome ability - thanks Maddie!

AoO: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25

Marnir takes the opportunity to strike at the cyclops as he lets his guard down but quickly finds himself swamped by more giants which slash and hack at him. He howls in pain as their axe blades score his skin.

He continues singing, holding the line to protect his crew, when he feels a gentle touch on his back. His mind is overwhelmed by a rage greater than any he has felt before and he roars at the cyclopses as he brings his axe down again and again.

Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Full Round Action to full attack. I'll start with green and if he dies I'll 5ft step and continue my attacks against blue.

Axe attack: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 24 ⇒ (2) + 24 = 26

Axe attack: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 24 ⇒ (7) + 24 = 31

Axe attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 24 ⇒ (3) + 24 = 27

Kung sprints forward to take on one of the cyclops that are harrying Marnir.

Jane move up to beside Maddie. She tosses a bomb at the foe in the back, getting where it would splash the two in front.

Bomb: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 Dmg: 4d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4, 4, 4) + 3 = 19 5 dmg splash, DC 14 Ref dazed: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Climb: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Niobe clambers over the rubble as she moves into a position from which she can try to support Marnir directly.

Double move.

You are most welcome. I love the Orc bloodline. It's amazing.

Sorry Niobe, I got Heat metal mixed up with Burning disarm. That also means your AOO never happened Marnir.

Ref Purple: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Marnir Cuts down Green with several savage blows of his trusty black axe. His last strike wounding Blue.

Kung sprints to join his captain and cuts down the wounded Blue.

Jane lobs her bomb and makes Orange howl as he burns. The splash damage barely touching Purple.

Niobe & Maddie move up in support.

Will Orange: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Orange shakes his head, trying to clear his eye but fails.

Purple growls in fury and swings at Marnir
Axe: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
Axe: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

His wild swings not connecting.

Both Cyclopes feel their axes growing uncomfortably hot in their grasp.

The party may now act.

As two of the cyclops fall beneath Marnir and Kung's blades, Marnir step forward to confront the last. With the magic of his song soothing his pain and healing his wounds he swings his axe with abandon.

Free Action to 5ft step, Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Full Round Action to full attack purple.
Forgot the fast healing from Skald's Vigour last round, so I'll add on the 8HP this round if that's OK?

Axe attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (8) + 19 = 27

Axe attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (4) + 19 = 23

Axe attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25

That's fine.

Marnir continues his tradition of slaughtering anything in front of him and turns Purple into a bleeding sack of meat.

Kung begins moving up to finish off the last cyclops standing.

If another party member wants Kung to stop so that we can capture instead of kill this essentially helpless cyclops, he will stop if commanded. But he's not going to make that choice on his own during his rage.

I don't really care, and Maddie agrees with me on this.

Jane moves up and tosses another bomb at the remaining for.

Bomb touch: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 Dmg: 4d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 2, 3, 4) + 3 = 14 5 dmg splash, DC 14 Ref dazed: 1d4 ⇒ 3

The last Cyclops is finished off without any problems, you strain your ears but hear no sounds of any more of the Giants coming towards your position.

G2. Guard Post
The southwest wall of this building lies open to the elements.
Several stones lie stacked together to create a low rampart with a clear view of the valley entrance.

G3. Slaughterhouse
A charnel stench fills this long, rectangular chamber, where the discarded carcass of a huge, unidentifiable beast lies on the floor.

G4 Larder
Twelve sets of shackles of varying sizes hang from the walls of this room, all lying unused on the chamber floor.

Judging by the empty state of the larder the Cyclopes are very low on food.

Where are you going now?

No loot of any worth from these grunts.

"Let's check through here," Marnir suggests, heading towards the door, wrinkling his nose at the stink coming from the dead beast on the floor.

Heading towards the door leading east out of G3.

G5. Cesspool
The smell of stagnant water and discarded offal fills this lowlying cave. A wide pool takes up the eastern part of the chamber, while scattered bones lie strewn across the rest of the floor.
Among the bones, a bejeweled short sword glints between two passageways leading north.

What are you doing now?

"Must've been something they hunted," says Niobe. "They don't have a lot left to eat. Desperation setting in?"

She avoids touching the corpse, though, and follows Marnir to the cesspool.

"Ugh. It's their bilge."

As the party enters to unpleasant smelling room what appeared to be rubble strewn floor suddenly erupts into a hideous creature and lashes out at Kung!

Attack: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (5) + 19 = 24
Damage: 3d8 + 21 ⇒ (5, 8, 5) + 21 = 39
Grab: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (16) + 31 = 47

Kung is hammered by the creatures leathery folds and grappled, it seems to be attempting to wrap him in it's folds.

What are you doing now?

Marnir nearly physically recoils from the stink of rotting flesh and rank water. "I hope our bilge doesn't smell like this," he says to Niobe, but before he can say any more the floor surges upwards and grabs hold of Kung, wrapping him in it's thick hide. Marnir reacts quickly, leaping into the fray to cut his master-at-arms free, his warsong echoing loudly across the chamber.

Inspired rage starts without an action, Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Full Round Action to full attack the creature.
I assume haste and other round/level spells will have ended by now?

Axe attack: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (5) + 19 = 24

Axe attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 19 ⇒ (3) + 19 = 22

Is Kung wholly enveloped, or just partially grappled right now? 'cuz if I can touch any part of him, freedom of movement!

Grappled for this round, so you can spell him.

Niobe gently moves up by Kung and says, "Hold still a second, I just need to touch..."

*ding*

"Oh, gods, it's a poop monster! It's even uglier than it smells!"

Maddie will caste Haste again and then move into the room, while staying out of the creature's reach.

Jane & Kung need to get their actions in.

[ooc]Botting Kung & Jane.[/b]

Freed by Niobe's spell Kung slips into his rage and swings savagely at the thing that had hurt him.

attack: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (7) + 26 = 33
attack Hasted: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (13) + 26 = 39
attack: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31

Damage: 2d6 + 26 ⇒ (3, 1) + 26 = 30
Damage: 2d6 + 26 ⇒ (3, 2) + 26 = 31
Damage: 2d6 + 26 ⇒ (6, 5) + 26 = 37

His blows hitting hard.

Marnir hit once, his second blow skidding off the leathery hide.

Badly wounded the thing decides that this meal isn't one it wants and tries to flee, withdrawing to the north.

The party may now act.

"I trust you boys have this under control," says Niobe, confident that Marnir and Kung can handle this without requiring her to use any other magic.

Kung moves up as swiftly as he can, following the large and disturbing creature closely, and slicing at it with his greatsword in a furious swipe.

Sorry... combination of a long holiday week and the boards not updating.

Jane sees the big tentacle monster fighting Kung. She raises her hand and chants a spell before letting a dark purple ray out of her hand.

No need for that spell Jane.

Kung ends the creature with one last blow before it can escape.

Treasure: The jeweled short sword is actually a Large +2 Dagger.

G6. Forum
Two doors enter this vaulted chamber, one to the north and another to the southwest. Frescoes of cyclopes are etched into the polished walls to the southeast where a natural stone tunnel leads deeper into the mountain.

G7. Rotunda
An open-air rotunda capped by a small dome overlooks the valley and ruined streets here, connecting to a short rectangular hallwhere exits lead north, south, and east. A collection of clay tablets, each marked with strange runes, lie neatly stacked in the northeast corner of the hall.

What are you doing now?

Jane will look around for traps and secrets around the area.

take 10 for a 24 result.

The area isn't trapped, the trap at the entrance is for food.

Back now. Glad to see that our group steamrolls stuff.

Marnir is about to follow the creature but doesn't make it more than a few steps before Kung cuts it down. He instead moves over to the shiny sword and hefts it, giving it a few test swings. "This is balanced oddly," he says, unsatisfied. "Is it magic?" he asks, looking toward Maddie and Niobe.

Once it's been identified and stowed away for later.

"I'm not feeling in top form," Marnir says, a slight limp and extensive bruising plentiful evidence of the battering he'd taken at the hands of the cyclopses. "I could do with some of your healing," he says to Niobe.

Currently sitting at 25/93, not keen for another fight at that level.

"Yes, of course," says Niobe. "Those cyclopes had some uncanny shots!" She produces her wand and expends a good amount of its magic to bring Marnir back to top form.

Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

48 points enough for now?

"Much better, thanks Niobe," Marnir says, looking healthier already. Let's get going," he suggests, heading onwards into the ruins.

"These look interesting," Marnir mutters as he sees the pile of clay tablets with their arcane sigils. "Wonder what all this means?"

Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

Kung looks at the frescos of cyclops with curiousity as they pass through the forum, and exhibits the same befuddlement as they examine the tablets in the rotunda.

He sees Niobe healing Marnir, but his own ills were nothing to speak of, not when compared to the rest of the team. He'd be fine, so he holds his tongue. 71/110, with temp HP added on when he rages; he's better off than most of you, so will sit tight on healing for now.