The 5th Mendevian Crusade (Inactive)

Game Master Brian Minhinnick

Spells: 1st: 6/day 2nd: 6/day 3rd: 4/day

Viorel starts walking after Nathaniel to check on the corpse. "If somebody knows how, we might want to collect the poison. It might be worth something to someone back at the keep." He notes before starting his stride.

Cinderfang Knowledge Nature check to see if he knows how to harvest the poison
1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

"I think I can handle it from here, thanks everyone."

Torin casts cure serious wounds (spontaneous casting, swapping out Blindness/Deafness)

CSW: 3d8 + 5 ⇒ (5, 7, 5) + 5 = 22 @full hp

"Good dwarf, next time stop playing with the wild life and hammer it"

She winks at him.

"Nathaniel, A word about tactics, scouting is what your good at and your skills in that area are outstanding, but a word to the wise, being brave is good, standing all alone out front wile the rest of us make a defensive position is not so good, it means we have to stop what we are doing and come save your backside. So next time could I suggest you stay in the air until your back in formation, now be a dear and pop back in the air to see nothing more pays us a visit wile we get on with things for a wile"

Rosa stands tall and dos aa 360 look around, checking they all fine.

The scorpions were eating a dead dinosaur. Those of you with knowledge nature know it's a stegosaurus. Other than the half-rotten, half-eaten corpse there's not much to see here.

Get ready to move out again

"Let's Press on."

Nathaniel nods and rises a few feet above the plains, scanning the horizon as they move on.

once the poison collecting is done Rosa heads out once more.

"yes lets Torin"

GM how many days we out now?

Everyone gets 1100 more XP

08/20/4712 15:50

The group finishes up with the scorpions and presses on. Everyone continues for about an hour before it's time to stop and make camp and eat dinner. The camp is assembled, and watches are set.

Another night of shivering in the cold mists passes without incident.

08/21/4712 07:00

It's been three days since the crusaders left the keep, this will be the final day of exploration to finish the demarcated area on the map. They set out after a quick repast and the preparation of spells.

Post your memorized spells as always.

09:30

The group is following a gully between two low hills when they come around a curve and see a globular area of darkness in front of them about seventy feet away.

Rosa whispers,

"Holt, back, lets have a look what we have where"

Rosa backs up.

Nathaniel drops to a crouch and peers deeply into the globe.

"Curious...

How big is the globe?

"well that looks to me like deeper darkness, so unless you can see in the dark your going to be bland."

Rosa looks at it, GM Rolls no Idea what I need

"Luckily, I can... though only within sixty feet I am afraid."

"Nathaniel, have a fly around that thing at distance and tell us how big that thing is and whats on the other side. we need to know the lay of the land?"

"She turns to Torin do you have any magical light spells from your sun goddess, if this thing uses darkness to hid in be good to remove it"

She says this will moving back until they are some way away.

Nathaniel nods curtly and takes off, circling the globe at a distance of 200ft.

It's only about 40 foot across. It's dark, but those of you with darkvision think you could make out what's inside if you were close enough.

Nathaniel Spellcraft 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 Looks like a common darkness spell to you. Also, you realize at a distance of 200 feet you're taking -20 distance penalties to perception right? On top of the fact that you can't even see inside it from that far away, and that the rest of the party is only 70 feet away. It doesn't matter anyway, because...

Nathaniel begins to fly out to make a wide circle around the the darkness. He gets about a hundred feet from the group before a piercing screech fills the air and a large black and red form plummets down into him like a cruise missle.

Initiative:
Cinderfang 23
Rosa 21
Torin 15
K 12
Viorel 11
Barek 6
Nathaniel 3

Knowledge (Planes) on this bad boy. Counts as a demon if that matters.

Map

Begin Surprise Round

Initiative 12

The creature, is a cross between a black eagle and a red lion. It also has two sturdy antelope-like horns, and large crocodilian scales on its long thin tail.

Bite on Nathaniel 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31
Damage 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Talon 1 on Nathaniel 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
Talon 2 on Nathaniel 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
Rake 1 on Nathaniel 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Damage 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Rake 2 on Nathaniel 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22

End Surprise Round
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Begin Round 1

Cinderfang, Rosa and Torin you're up.

Torin starts the day with an endure elements.

Round 1:INIT 15

Torin casts Align Weapon(Good) and waits.

Round 1 Init 21
feck me I have a good Init for once,

1d20 + 14 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 14 + 3 + 2 = 35 Kn-Planes roll
is the thing on the ground?

Spell craft to know if its summoned?
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22 Spell craft

Will post actions after get GM post on above.

Knowledge Planes 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Thought I should post that before my turn comes up in case it would have an effect on it.(And by looking at that result most likely not)

Viorel you have no idea what it is. Rosa recognizes it as a Karadoon. Which is a half griffon-half fiend. It's resistant to magic, cold, fire, electricty, and acid. Only magical weapons can harm them easily.

It's 55' feet up, as stated on the map. You have no way of knowing if it's summoned Rosa, but since they are native outsiders it's highly unlikely.

Round 1 Init 23

Cinderfang starts casting Summon Nature's Ally III (swapping out Spike Growth) as a full round action.

"Demon Karadoon, resistant to magic, cold, fire, get it grounded, magic weapon only, summon any thing that can fly, swarm, bat any thing, cold iron works"

Rosa is holding her action and move till later in the round

Round 1 Initi 3

Nathaniel yelps loudly in surprise as the drops out of the sky on him and begins chomping. He turns and streaks off, heading to his companions.

Full-round action, Withdrawing to Rosa and such, heading for about K41.
Also aware of the penalty but given I was not aware how far away we were I thought I would be discreet to start things off.

Sorry Rosa will not hold.
Rosa will cost Protection from Chaos on self on her init forgot she had not done that.

Round 1
Initiative 23

Cinderfang begins summoning a beast to aid the group.

Initiative 21

I said it was vulnerable to magic weapons, not cold iron.

Rosa casts a spell of protection on herself.

Initiative 15

Torin casts a spell on his weapon, which begins twinkling with a holy light

Initiative 12

The Karadoon tears into Nathaniel again, now growling and roaring like a lion.

Bite 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
Talon 1 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Talon 2 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
Damage 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Map

Need actions from Viorel and Barek (though I think he might be gone on a trip or something, we'll see how quickly he answers)

missed out Copy cat comes on For Rosa as her move action

DM, just to make sure you know, my AC should be 31 due to Mage Armor. Just wanted to make sure you were calculating damage right.

Yelping again, Nathaniel begins leaking blue blood as the creature attacks him.

HP: 50 Temp HP: 16

Round 1 Init 11

Viorel thinks for a moment should he enhance his own defenses since this beast can fly or try to hurt it. He opts for the latter and unleashes the familiar four magical darts towards the beast, altough this time he modifies the spell overcharging it with power hoping it will hasten their victory.

Empowered Magic missile. Might as well use those 3rd spell slots once in a while.
CL check1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Damage6d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1) + 6 = 18

Nathaniel - I didn't realize you had mage armor up. Your flat-footed AC (you haven't acted yet) should be 27 (11 NA, 4 armor, 2 shield) and your normal AC should be 29 (11 NA, 2 dex, 4 armor, 2 shield). Your sheet says you have +23 NA, I don't know why I didn't notice that until just now, but your AC has been wrong this entire game ~_~. Without mage armor your ac is 25. So the last attack didn't hit you, but the first two still did. If you have buffs up please list them in your combat post or on your sheet, otherwise I will forget them.

Rosa, you can do that this time. Next time if you don't put it up in your first post (or before I update) it won't happen.

Let me see.
StandardAC+Biped+NatArmorBonus+Evolution+Dexbonus+ShieldedMeld+MageArmor+Na tArmorAmulet=10+2+4+4+2+2+4+1=29. You are correct. Damnation. I am extremely sorry, i'll make the amendments and begin mentioning the casting each day.

Ok GM to keep game fair then she dos postpone her action to Init 1 when she casts spell and Copay cat comes on, as that way she dos all as stated and it means her Init now is 1

Rosa gets big, tell em GM just how big she gets.

Sorry she stays the same shes all ready big,:)

why have we stalled?

Barek seems to have gone AFK.

Barek said he was going on vacation from the 14-23 and to DM-PC him if we want until he gets back.

Sorry for the delay, I'll get things moving again.

Round 1
Initiative 11

Viorel fires off several magical bolts at the Karadoon, they fizzle out harmlessly against its hide with a quick series of sizzling pops.

Initiative 6

Barek moves forward drawing his bow and fires off a shots at the evil griffon.

Attack 1 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 Miss.

Initiative 3

Nathaniel withdraws towards his companions.

End of Round 1
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Begin Round 2

Cinderfang 23
Torin 15
K 12
Viorel 11
Barek 6
Nathaniel 3
Rosa 1

Map

Cinderfang and Torin, you're up.

Sorry GM, I neglected to mention I wanted to be on the ground with them; is it too late to shift me about 45' downwards? Do I have enough move to do so?

It was your whole move to get there, you can be on the ground, but you'd be about 50' back towards the griffon. Up to you.

I'll say where I am, thank you.

Round 2
Initiative 3

Still slightly panicked from that damned... thing... Nathaniel drops like a stone through the skies, coming to a halt barely two feet above the ground. Panting, he rests on his haunches and waves a hand through the air. "Some help, fellows?" he calls as he bends over.

Move action- drop 45'
Standard action- cast Haste on everyone I can, excluding Sun-Eater if it'll mean it can affect Rosa.

Round 2: Init15

Torin will cast fly on himself and rise 20 ft up.

Round 2 Init 23

Cinderfang finishes his summoning spell, and suddenly a large Dire Bat appears in the sky at Q47. It immediately double moves to Q60 to threaten the Karadoon.

Cinderfang commands (free action) Sun-Eater to guard Viorel. Sun-Eater moves to M41. He also yells out to the group, "I'll reach it up there and try to bring it to the ground!"

Cinderfang moves forward to P45, and Casts Aspect of the Bear on himself (standard).
Next round he'll transform into his flying form and wrestle it to the ground.

Rosa gets ready to move on her init

Round 2
Initiative 23

Cinderfang finishes his summoning and after commanding Sun-Eater, moves and casts another spell on himself.

Initiative 15

Torin intones a prayer and then floats up into the air.

Initiative 12

The Karadoon ignores the bat completely...

Acrobatics 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27

outmaneuvering it with ease. It flies upward and towards the group at an angle.

Viorel, Barek, Nathaniel and Rosa can act now.

Map

Rosa moves to 43-K and
Sword now is casting Guidance every round on Rosa, she will cast
Bull's Strength on herself 5mins, +4Str +2 to hit +3DMG with sword.

Round 2 init 11

Yes Rosa did say it was resistant to magic, don't have lot of choice. I do not carry magical weapons and I could not even hit that thing from this distance. I better just hope they can bring it down. As the thoughts ran trough his head he snatches alchemist fire in to his hand wanting to make sure that if he got the chance it would count. After he started to cast his spell and soon there were six more of him, of coarse they were illusions. That should free the others for offensive purposes.

Mirror image1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

who we waiting on?