Temple of Elemental Evil - Delving the depths of the Abyss on Golarian.

Game Master Tirion Jörðhár

You need to roll a Concentration check for the shaman since she took damage; DC is 10 + damage dealt + spell level.

It was a spell-like ability, not an actual spell. I don't think I need a concentration check for that. If I do, someone correct me and shoot me the cite/link. Thanks.

Sorry, here is the Battlemap

Supernatural abilities do not require concentration checks and can't be counterspelled.

Didn't know it was an SLA. Also, I'm not on the map when I should be up next to Glorfin.

Maegge - you are on the map, for some reason the dead goblin is on top of you in the token order, I have fixed it on my map. Perhaps you are trying to hide under it.

Maegge takes a swing at the goblin in front of him, hoping to clear the way for the bigger folk to deal with the shaman.

Attack (Club): 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Arindale shifts over -C,7 and attacks the Goblin in front of Glorf. -C,6
moringstar atk inspire dfavor 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 16 dam 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 8

Yeah, an average roll!!!!! lol

Effects:
HP: 11/11
AC: 18
Divine Favor: 2/10r
Inspire Courage: 0/3r (last attack with it due to lingering performance)
Agile Feet: 3/5
Ferosity: 2/5
Channels: 4/5

Round 7

Ranim continues raising the uplifting meldoy of her song, moving with magical grace with her dance, letting it's power strengthen her allies.

Bardic music so it remains active, move to -D,10 (should be able to without provoking.

Round 7
Smiling after finally feeling his hammer strike true, Glorfin turns and assaults the goblin in front of Maegge.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 4 - 1 + 1 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 7

Once again, his DM guided hammer strikes true.

Round 7 - recap

The party continues its unabated assault on the rapidly diminishing tribe of goblins.

Tybek once again scares the dickens out of the goblin. Unfortunately while dodging the dwarf's axe and laughing at him, the goblin steps directly into the path of Arindale's descending morningstar which puts a quick end to the gloating.

At the same time, Maegge swings his tiny wooden club which hits the goblin in the knee making it unable to dodge Glorfin's celestial powered strike with makes the evil little creature crumble to the ground.

Seeing the other's fall, Zert raises his sword overhead and charges at the shaman.
Attach-Zert-charge:1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 10
Damage: 1d8 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 1 = 14

Crit Miss: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Unfortunately, he almost trips on his charge and the swing goes completely wide.

The shaman grins as Zert swings and then casts a spell which causes a blackness to creep from her hands and into Zert's body.

Cast Defensively: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Attack-Touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Braden still has an action in Round 7. Party up for Round 8. Only the Shaman is left.

Rnd 7: Status=Inspired, +1/8hp
Braden calmly reloads and fires his crossbow at the shaman through the crowd.
to hit/damage1d20 + 3 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 - 4 = 21d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Yeh - I think that one missed.

Arindale moves to the Shamen into another open space.

moringstar atk ferosity inspire dfavor1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 22 dam 1d8 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 7

Take that Goblin witch!

Current Effects:
HP: 11/11
AC: 18
Inspire Courage: 3/3r (minimum due to lingering performance)
Agile Feet: 3/5
Ferosity: 1/5
CPE: 4/5
Divine Favor: 1/10r

Round 8

Tybek carefully moves forward through the grease and approaches the Shaman with his battle axe drawn.

Double move to -E5.

Acrobatics Check DC 10 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

"Oi'm comin tae get yae, witch, and Oi dannae like whit yae've done tae mae friends! Noo it's yae're turn tae meet mae axe!"

Round 8: HP: 7/15

As the only foe remaining is the most dangerous that they have seen, Glorfin channels the divinity of Ogoun into his next strike - his warhammer taking on the weight and momentum of stone as is sings through the air...
Power Attack Stone Strike Warhammer: 1d20 + 4 - 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 - 1 + 1 + 1 = 11 for 1d8 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 8
...and makes an impressive hole in the stone floor as it bypasses the enemy entirely.

Miss Shaman... perhaps I should have left it to the DM to bot...

The hobbit wizard jumps up and dusts himself off reloading his crossbow.
rnd 8:1/8hp

As the big folk finally figure how how to wield their weapons, Maegge holds back to let them do what they were supposed to do best.

actions will be to move away from the shaman a square or two, nothing else.

Round 8

Ranim lets her song linger while she moves in and attempts to strike the goblin shaman with her whip.

Whip...: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 1 = 15
...lash!: 1d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8

Round 8 - recap

Once the last of the guards goes down, the brave heros move toward the diminutive shaman and the numerous evil looking trinkets hanging from her clothes and hair.

As Arindale and Glorfin approach, she simply starts to laugh.

You no win. Z'gmy returns.

Then Arindale swings his morningstar opening a bloody would on her shoulder. This attack seems to almost make her happier as the crazy goblin simply laughs more.

Glorfin also charges in with his hammer raised, unfortunately Arindale's strike move the shaman resulting in the warhammer once again causing more damage to the floor than its intended target. Tybek carefully moves around the slick surface on the floor, but is unable to reach the shaman to introduce her to his axe.

At the same time as Glorfin attempts to put the shaman down with his hammer, Ramin renews her attack from afar with her nasty barbed whip.

Ramin-whip: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 1 = 15
Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7

While her strike is true, it defects harmlessly off one of the metal baubles hanging from her hair.

Zert, even more enraged that his previous strike missed, again raises his sword with two hands and swings at the shaman.

Zert-sword-w/2hands: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 1 = 12

Zert-crit confirm: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 1 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 = 11

Zert's blow lands and opens a huge gash across the shaman's midsection. You do not know how she continues to stand after taking so much damage, but she does as she raises a hideous black unholy symbol before her and then speaks in a horrid evil tongue.

As she does so, you see green aura spring forth from the symbol. The glow is the color of stagnant scum covered water and smells like fungus.

Channel Negative Energy: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7 <-- DC13 Will for 1/2 damage. Effects everyone but Braden.

Zert Save: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13

After she does this, she sinks to the floor bleeding profusely from her wounds, but still cackling maniacally. Zert also collapses to the floor after being drained by the negative energy.

Party up - at least I assume a few of you are still up.

EDIT - Ramin ninjaed me - however since she very kindly got exactly the same attack roll I do not have to edit anything.

Fortitude Save 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

The aura burns Arindale...in response he brings his Moringstar down on her head with full force.

Take that you old Goblin hag! Finish the others and I will heal the group.

The next round Arindale will stabilize Zert unless someone else needs it worse? After they end the other Goblins he channels.

channel positive energy 1d6 ⇒ 3
channel positive energy 1d6 ⇒ 5
channel positive energy 1d6 ⇒ 6

You channeling will stabilize them as it is magic healing I believe.

Zert sits up and looks at the blackened mark on his chest as he smells the air which now smells of ale, but still with a underlying stench of something rotten.

What did that monster do?

Will Save (DC 13): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 F'r serious...?! A 20 on an easy save? Le sigh.

Feeling burned and singed from the creepy green light from the goblin shaman, Maegge is only slightly hurt before the world spins around him - the damage fading away in a haze of short-lived inebriation.

Will Save 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Ach! Yae damn creepy shaman gobbie fiend and yer green disgustin magic willnae stop me fer long!"

Does Arindale's channel positive energy counteract the wounds of the Shaman's negative energy.

Round 9

Tybek now steps up and introduces the shaman to his axe.

Battleaxe 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 1 = 22
Damage 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

"Shaman Beastie, Oi wid loik yae tae meet a gud friend o mine, but dannae worry, its bark is worse than its bite!"

Braden quickly gets in the 'circle of healing' as he is quite wobbly after his shot of dark energy.

Everyone except Braden should have taken 7 damage, 4 if they made their save. Then they all were healed by Arindale a round later. Braden you will have been healed as well as long as you moved into the aura of brew.

Arindale caves in the shaman's skull and Tybek follows this up by surgically removing her head from her green neck.

Once you finish dismembering the shaman, you search the cave and find the following.

In addition, you find a partially destroyed note in some strange script:

Ranim resists some of the negative influence from the shaman, yet still feels it's pain wash over her. Fortunately Arindale counters the pain with bliss, healing the wounds.

Will Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

As the others set to work finishing the goblins, Ranim aids in the corpse hunting, calling forth a song of revelations to seek out magical auras.

Cast Detect Magic, though I can't identify anything.

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

"Aye mae friends. This is a gud start tae oor adventure! At least Oi mae be able tae purchase a pint of King's Mead with mae share! Let's gather the loot and divide it up!"

Tybek will pick up the stones and gems and begin looking over them for quality, properties and attempts to appraise them.

Appraise 2 bluish stones 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Appraise 3 red gems 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Appraise 1 white gem 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Tybek will then proceed to count out the coins and begin stacking them into piles.

Tybek counts out 50 sails, and 79 wolves.

"Aye, this is a pretty sight!"

He then divides the coins up into seven equal piles.

"Ane fer yae, twa fer mae. Hehe! Oi'm a kidder! Ane fer me, "

When he finishes counting he distributes shares of coins to everyone.

"Here yae gae my friends! And these twa wee coins will mak a noice start tae the company drinking fund!"

7 gold sails, 11 silver wolves each. 1 gold and 1 silver go into the party fund. Please add this wealth to your character sheets and I will keep the party fund on my character sheet.

Braden casts Detect Magic too
ID roll: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 251d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 251d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
"That was near thing, quite a good showing. I thought those second set of goblins fought well."

Just take aa 10 on appraise. I will guidance you and the smart people can assist....that's NOT Arindale fo course...lol.

Maegge heads back outside to check on the animals once it was clear there was no longer any need, or use, for him to remain inside.

Troll ambush?

The scarab is not magic.

Braden figures that the wand is a wand of CLW (15 charges, CL1).
The light blue potions are CLW (CL1)
The red potion is Restore, Lesser.

No troll ambushes until at least second level.

The blue stones are just pretty stones, but probably worth 5gp each to the right person.
Red gems are Cuprite and estimated at 10 gp each.
The white stone looks to be quartz which Tybek figures is worth perhaps 10 gp.

Most of the goblin equipment is in fair condition, but not great.

No troll ambushes until at least second level.

Oops, thought that was dragon ambushes. Can't complain!

Outside the cave, Maegge will begin setting up a camp for them to rest and clean themselves up after yet another bloody battle.

Braden explains, "Arindale's new wand is a basic cure wand almost one third full of charges. These light blue potions can do the same.
"

Addressing Zert directly:
"Zert, you are a fierce fighter. This wand can heal and can be used by our drinking holy man. You probably want at least one of these wonderful light blue potions that does the same."

Old school D&D--keep the hirelings and henchmen happy.

I thought old-school D&D hirelings were synonymous with trapfinders! Or was that goblin on a pole? Or herds of sheep?

They are not trapfinders. More like red shirts from the original Star Trek.

They are not trapfinders. More like red shirts from the original Star Trek.

Hirelings find traps by setting them off, so what's the difference? :D

They fill the same purpose, either way, by finding the traps by setting them off!

"Well, let's take this loot and load it up on Arin's mule. Oi mebbae able tae negotiate a gud price fer this gobbie equipment.

Tybek continues searching each of the rooms for secret passages or hidden treasure niches.

Perception 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 add +2 for stonework

Arindale takes the wand and suggest the others take the potions of CLW...I will add it to my character.

Nothing else special in cave other than that listed. Let me know what you all want to do.

We will head back and sell our booty.

"Let's let Ranim negotiate this time."

NOOOOOO - don't let the intelligent member of the party make decisions.

"Let's let Ranim negotiate this time."

"Dae yae hae an issue with the price Oi got yae on the loot, halfling? Oi argued strong on yer behalf. Dannae get greedy on mae!"

After clearing the lair of loot and searching for any hidden treasures, Tybek will help load up Arindale's mule and prepare to head back to civilization.

"We've done a thorough job Oi'd say! Shall we head back tae Hommlet, mae friends?"

"Well, I have a basic understanding of what things are worth. We didn't do very well last time. A very intelligent man said: Insanity is doing the same thing again and expecting different results."

Braden reminds Tybek, "The last bit of treasure included one of those bows especially made for strong people and other stuff. I received 25gp. If I tried to by a bow like that, I would probably have to pay 15 to 20 times my last share to get one. Let's try it differently this time. We can't change what happened last time, but we sure can change what happens this time."

Don't listen to him, the reason why we need Ranim to negotiate this time is because you haggled with him so hard he is going to have his back up against the wall and try to make up his money on the next load.
Best to have a fresh and pretty face to put him at ease...don't you think?

BTW not sure if it is really best out of character for Arindale to have the wand but with as much combat as he is likely to see but he really like the thought of owning a magic wand.

"The last bit of treasure included one of those bows especially made for strong people and other stuff. I received 25gp. If I tried to by a bow like that, I would probably have to pay 15 to 20 times my last share to get one. Let's try it differently this time. We can't change what happened last time, but we sure can change what happens this time."

"Aye, but yae must realize that we were tryin tae unload a boat load o' crap! The bow was likely the most valuable o' thae items, but even so, yae realize that yae wid be lucky tae get five wolves on the sail. The merchant always like tae tak his cut and jacks his price fer sellin. That's whair hagglin comes in!"

"Don't listen to him, the reason why we need Ranim to negotiate this time is because you haggled with him so hard he is going to have his back up against the wall and try to make up his money on the next load. Best to have a fresh and pretty face to put him at ease...don't you think?"

"Aye that's a gud point. Merchants always dae loik a pretty lass. Oi ken that Oi'm handsome wid mae beard an all, but Oi admit that Oi'm nae quite as cute as the lass. Mind yae, Oi dae try tae mak up fer that wid mae charm and wit!"

The DM is sitting back and enjoying the interaction.

Ranim supresses several giggles as Arindle and Braden argue on behalf of her doing the negotiating. "Master Odeon, I would be honored if you would allow me to handle the negotiations this time. I can only hope to do you proud."

Glorfin's face looks mostly passive... but with a tinge of consternation.

Sick kids, man-flu and crappy internet connectivity is rife at present, so will remain intermittent throughout holiday timeframe.
Sorry for missing the denoument - Glorfin is fine with wrapping up, though perhaps spending a night and seeing if any stragglers come back?

"Master Odeon, I would be honored if you would allow me to handle the negotiations this time. I can only hope to do you proud."

"Well, if yae wantae and yae think yae ken what yer daein! Then alricht! But yae better nae screw up and gie the goods awa. Yae hae tae ken hae tae handle the greedy bastards!"

Tybek pulls out his pocket watch and declares, "Oi'd say it is time tae get oot of this short wee cavern and mak oor way back towards civilization. Can we gae now or are yae all enjoyin the scenery?!"

Yae hae tae ken hae tae

Wax on, wax off? :D

Arindale thinks at some point he may have to pray for comprehend languages....