Draalush, the dragon gets an attack of opportunity off on you for the ranged attack. it misses
the dragon full attacks Adriala again and hits with a claw for damage
Haashik, next round the cart will be out of sight from you due to the caravan still moving. you need to take a move action keep within range and an acrobatics check to prevent from being prone
ROUND 3
Samias will move off of the cart provoking an attack, he is missed. and shoots for a miss
Adriala attacks again and gouges a piece of it's shoulder and back off
Draalûsh shoots at the dragon with his crossbow (keeping out of reach of its claws):
Karla keeps moving and keeps casting
Hashik tried to stick the landing getting off the wagon.
”Oh gods bless it!”
that is correct Hashik, but you failed the check, so you fall prone.
you are using a crossbow so you do still get to attack. with Draalush off the wagon now, the AC penalty disappears. you miss
on the dragon's turn it takes a withdraw action swiftly into the air. it's now around 250 ft. away from everybody. thoroughly out of spell range
ROUND 4
Adriala flips it the bird as it flies off
Samias takes one last shot with the crossbow in the second range increment, . and hits
edit: forgot bless for one of the rolls
Draalûsh tries a parting shot at the retreating dragon:
well, hells. Damn thing got away.
Hashik lays in the dirt in defeat for a bit.
”Well that sucked. I am learning new spells as soon as possible.”
"Well, it's not all bad. We did hurt it some."
"And we definitely know what we're up against now."
Samias pokes in to say "hurt it some? I daresay that thing was more than half dead. dragons are prideful creatures, they don't retreat easily. I'm gonna go track down that horse now."
anything else before other things happen?
"We better check the wagon it was hiding under."
"Just to be sure it didn't do any mischief to the contents."
there is just a few claw marks under it nothing too interesting
the caravan is starting to slow down. one of the drivers ask "hey are you guys all right?"
Hashik is furiously dusting off his clothing.
”I am fine, but my starched whites most definitely are not! Gods free me of this endless wasteland.”
He wipes down his scimitar and gathers the rest of his belongings.
”But then again we did just drive off a dragon, so I’d say we are rather magnificent.”, he smiles, rather smugly.
Hashik internally though is beginning to wonder if the small fortune they had found was actually a tiny dragons hoard. His mind calculated the cost of having such an enemy.
”If it returns be ready to kill it. Everyone with a bow must stand ready.”
the caravan stops dead, and for the next hour everything is fine.
Samias comes back and says "it turned our horse into a charred husk. we'll have to get another one from the caravan."
the caravan will be ready to move out shortly
Karla dusts herself off.
well, if we had to fight a dragon, at leat it was a little one. Stories I have heard say they can be bigger than a house.
She looks up.
shame about the horse
"I guess we need to keep a constant watch on the wagons."
"It got under one undetected. But, as I said, at least we know for sure what we're dealing with now."
you make your way after the dragon attack and you start to see looted caravans full of dried out corpses
1 day after the dragon attack a straw filled scarecrow figure just lands on top of your cart. missing Adriala by inches. there is a flapping silhouette streaking away from the caravan straight up
”That little bastard!”
Hashik eyeballs the straw man.
”What’s with the scarecrow? You think it’s diseased, poisoned or animated?”
”Crap! Get that thing off the cart before he sets it on fire!”
damn dragon!
If the dragon (or whatever flying thing it was) is in range, Karla will magic missile it.
If she cannot, then mage armour on herself.
Draalûsh gives the scarecrow the boot to get it off the wagon:
"Damned nusiance, that!"
He then readies his crossbow...
it is very much not in range of anything
so you're kicking it off the cart?
Yes I am (and I hope I don't regret that; much)
one of the guards goes up to it and shakes it up, and tears it apart. the straw comes back together like magnetic shavings. they start to pass it around. one guy starts walking around with it tied to his back and starts walking backwards.
anything else?
what an odd thing for a dragon to do. Better check it.
Karla casts detect magic and looks at it.
it is evidently magical, but has no magic aura
knowledge arcana?
it's a scarecrow construct. usually unassuming when posted to guard something, and enchanted to go about its business unmolested. but very hostile when given a target and a competent combatant. it appears to be stuck in passive mode
anything to be done about it?
Hashik goes to his companions and speaks in a whisper.
”I am worried we have taken this dragons hoard. Why else would he be targeting our cart so specifically? What do we do about this magical scarecrow? Can we set it alight?”
How can we have its hoard? More likely it's trying to expand its hoard. As for the scarecrow thing, get away from everyone and I'll try to burn it up
Draalûsh yells at the guards playing with the scarecrow:
"Hey! You lot playing with the scarecrow! We have to destroy it.
"Now get away from it before it becomes animated and dangerous!"
you are successful in your intimidation. they back off and the soldier it was tied to look particularly dejected.
you're all gonna have to make a will save. Karla twice.
roll initiative
”Adriana, Samias, keep any eye on the cart this might be a diversion!”
”Ooooooohh poop! It’s about to go sideways.”
Adriala
Samias
Karla already won the initiative for everyone
ROUND 1
Samias is driving and Adriala is riding on the side of the cart both of which are currently chugging along with the flow of the caravan
I'm gonna assume a fairly spread out formation for the rest of you
Samias asks "what the hell is going on back there?"
everyone else except Draalush is fascinated by this suddenly animate scarecrow. no actions allowed. standard action to shake someone out of it
"That damned dragon dropped an animated scarecrow on us."
"Seems to be distracting the others."
Draalûsh will then try to shake Karla out of it (mostly because she's got the fire spells to torch the scarecrow)
so pretty
the scarecrow moves up and tries to punch Karla with it's comically flimsy arms, but just manages to graze the top of your hair
this snaps Hashik out of it
ROUND 2
the cart is now 60 feet away
Adriala giggles at you
Samias yells out "DO YOU NEED ME TO TURN THIS THING AROUND? I'M KINDA IN A CARAVAN AT THE MOMENT."
"MAYBE!" shouts back to Samias.
"A TORCH WOULD BE REALLY HANDY. THIS SCARECROW HAS KARLA AND ADRIALA UNDER SOME SORT OF SPELL"
[/b]Hashik! Got anything to burn that scarecrow with?[/b]
With that, Draalûsh casts a spell at the scarecrow: « ٹھنڈی ایسڈ کی کرن » . .
”Standback! It’s time to turn up the heat!”
Hashik unleashes burning hands on the construct.
”Burn mothertrucker!”
Draalush got you out of it
Burn in the hells!
Karla lowers her hands a flame gushes out
dc15 reflex for half
gonna assume you 5 ft stepped away
the scarecrow looks between Karla and Hashik, but keeps going after Karla. it 5 ft steps forward, threatening Karla and Draalush now, and attacks twice. bouncing off of Karla's magical defenses.
ROUND 3
Samias starts to heavily veer off of the caravan in an arc and is now 30 ft away.
Adriala clings on to the cart and shrieks in delight.