The Horn of Aroden (Inactive)

Game Master Baerlie

The halflings stabilize sooner or later, one of them is in a really bad condition.

Jaegar has a look around and asks passer-bys. Some of them point at the boat right at the spot where you defeated the halflings. the boat is behind you :D

Capped by a bloody-mouthed dragon ram and carrying a 15-foot fighting tower around her mast, the lateen rigged Katapeshi slave galley, No Return, floats dockside, tethered by four mooring lines. She’s 130 feet long and 20 feet wide, her deck nearly level with the dock, with crew access across three gangplanks: a wide plank mid-deck, and two narrow planks fore and aft. Steep stairs in two narrow hatches, fore and aft, lead to the hold.

"Are you going to try to finesse this Gilfroy? I'm not sure we will be able to overcome all the guards that must be aboard such a large vessel."

From his tone, Vrald probably wouldn't really object to trying.

Gilfroy nods. Turning his back on the ship, he casts a spell, and Hubert the half-orc ninja slips around from behind a building and trots up.

"Finally!" Gilfroy says, slightly exasperated. "We nearly get skewered by a pack of feral halflings, and now you deign to show up?"

Hubert just looks from Gilfroy to the halflings and back, shrugging and offering an insolent grin.

"Perhaps since he's been so late in joining us, Hubert could scout out aboard the ship?" Gilfroy suggests to the others.

"It's unlikely the ship will be too busy. Most of it's crew are likely halfway to the bottom of a bottle."

Still with his axe in hand, Gudrun sneaks forward using any crowds, crates or alleys for cover.

"Let me get a look."

Stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

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"Well, that was the most successful search I've ever conducted. Maybe this Pathfinder business just comes naturally." Jaegar snickers at his own foolishness, and attempts to watch over Gudrun during his infiltration of the No Return.

Gudrum sneaks onto the ship, hides behind barrels and crates. He spots two human sailors on board, wiping the deck and a gnoll up high in the fighting tower. Suddenly he hears a voice. "Hey, what do you think you are doing here!" one of the sailors shouts. He spotted Gudrun and draws his weapon.

Round 1
Jaegar
Sailor blue
Gnoll
Gudrun
Sailor green
Gilfroy
Vrald

"Erastil, guide me on this hunt." Jaeger mutters under his breath.

Jaeger casts Divine Favor and positions himself on the boat.

Vrald runs along the dock towards the main loading ramp.

Unfortunately his heavy armour slows him down quite a bit.

While Jaegar casts a spell on himself he moves onto the boat. The fastest sailor throws a javelin at Vrald but misses.
Javelin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

The gnoll at the tower climbs down.

Round 1
Jaegar
Sailor blue
Gnoll
Gudrun
Sailor green
Gilfroy
Vrald

Hubert, the half Orc ninja casts his silent SLA, vanishing in a silent puff of smoke, reappearing right in front of the grill, blocking him from getting at Jeagar and Gundrun.

Gilfroy moves up and hides behind one of the barrels on the dock.

I don't have access to the map, please could someone move me up to the red enemy.

Keeping his head down, Gudrun dashes across the ship, drawing his battleaxe as he prepares to engage.

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Gudrun moves up close to the gnoll drawing his battleaxe. The second sailor steps up to the main plank and throws his javelin at Vrald. He also misses.
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Round 2
Jaegar
Sailor blue
Gnoll
Gudrun
Sailor green
Gilfroy
Vrald

Jaegar moves to point blank range from the Sailor Green, and lets an arrow fly. Seeing Gudrun and Huburt working together, he tries to support Vrald.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Arrow Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Vrald moves up to the blue sailor who threw a javlin and attacks with his sword.

"Sticks and stones... actually they won't hurt me at all."

attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Jaegar shoots another arrow at one of the sailors and hits him in the side. The sailor growls but continues to fight. The blue sailor moves up to Vrald and draws his light hammer while doing so. He swings the hammer. "What about metal?" he asks.
Blue vs. Vrald: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

The gnoll captain tries to hit Gudrun with his handaxe.
Gnoll vs. Gudrun: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Vrald hits the blue sailor on the head, he is seriously wounded, but is still fighting.

Round 2
Jaegar
Sailor blue -11HP
Gnoll
Gudrun
Sailor green -7HP
Gilfroy
Vrald

With Gudrun blocking in the gnoll and occupying his attention, Hubert the half-orc ninja slips around the mast and takes a swing at green.

Gilfroy sends a glob of acid at the green guy.

Touch: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Gudrun howls in pain as the blow hits, barely managing to stay conscious.

That's 12 lethal and 2 nonlethal I've taken, leaving me at 1 hp.

Feeling the blood poor from the wound Gudrun clutches the injury and disengages in the hopes his allies will pick up the slack.

Withdraw action 40 ft away!

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Jaegar fires another arrow at the green sailor, hoping to drop one opponent. He watches Gudrun withdraw and asks Gilfroy for help, "Huburt, can you stop the Gnoll?"

Jaegar utilizes his Deadeye Bowman trait to ignore Huburt for cover to the Green Sailor.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Arrow Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Okay, since Gudrun is before Gilfroy, that happens first, which means instead of moving Hubert to the green guy, Hubert steps in to the space Gudrun has left and attacks the gnoll, missing.

Gilfroy still flings his acid at the green guy, however. Missing badly.

Vrald snarls out at the gnoll.

"Come over here you cowardly pup and fight someone your own size!"

Gudrun is badly wounded and withdraws to the other side of the ship and down the ramp. Another sailor moves up to Vrald and swings his hammer almost dropping it into the water.
Green vs. Vrald: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Gilfroy tells Huber to attack the gnoll why he throws an orb of acid at the sailor near Vrald. The acid melts some wood.

Jaegar shoots at the sailor Gilfroy just missed and almost kills him. The arrow sticks in the sailor's side and you can see a big red spot on his shirt.

The other sailor continues to swing his hammer against Vrald but misses again. The gnoll strikes his handaxe against Hubert.
blue vs. Vrald: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Will gnoll: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 1

Round 3
Jaegar
Sailor blue -11HP
Gnoll
Gudrun
Sailor green -12HP
Gilfroy
Vrald

As long as Beatrice keeps rolling 1s and 2s, I think we'll be OK.

Gudrun hooks his battleaxe back onto hid belt and pulls one of his daggers from the same belt, intending to offer what support he can from a distance.

"We got any curative magic with us? This is a bloody nasty wound!"

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"I can cauterize it with acid," Gilfroy offers as he moves 20 feet east.

"Vrald! Hit him and back up." Gilfroy readies a colour spray for when Vrald backs up 5 feet. He can just get both green and blue. DC 18

Vrald continues to attack the sailor in blue, before stepping backwards.

attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Gudrun changes his weapons and asks for healing while the green sailor tries to get away, seriously wounded. aoo for Vrald

Vrald attacks the blue sailor and finally defeates him.

Round 3
Jaegar
Sailor blue defeated
Gnoll
Gudrun
Sailor green -12HP
Gilfroy
Vrald

Gilfroy just stays where he is. Delay.

Gilfroy waits to see what's going to happen next.

Round 4
Jaegar
Gnoll
Gudrun
Sailor green -12HP
Gilfroy delay
Vrald + AoO

"Gudrun, I can heal you when we're done, but for now we need to defeat this gnoll. Get back in the fight!" Jaegar urges his comrade to keep hope.

Jaegar moves to fire an arrow, using his Deadeye Bowman trait to ignore Huburt for cover.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Arrow Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Jaegar shoots another arrow at the gnoll and the arrow hits the beast in front of Hubert. The gnoll roars and tries to hit Hubert with his handaxe. After the attack he does not believe Hubert is a real threat.
Will: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20

Round 4
Jaegar
Gnoll -10HP
Gudrun
Sailor green -12HP
Gilfroy delay
Vrald + AoO

Vrald tries to down the fleeing sailor, hitting with the flat of his blade.

attack: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 4 = 11
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

He then closes on the dangerous gnoll.

I posted yesterday and deleted my post. I didn't want to skip the initiative...

I'll have Gudrun delay for now

Vrald tries to hit the sailor on his way down the plank but misses. The sailor gets away with his life. Vrald moves up to the gnoll.

Round 4
Jaegar
Gnoll -10HP
Sailor green -12HP
Gilfroy delay
Vrald + AoO
Gudrun

Gudrun is full defense atm. At 1 hp he's in no condition to fight.

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Ok, thanks for the info. Waiting for Gilfroy :)

Gilfroy said he would delay, I guess we'll move on?

Jaegar fires another arrow, using his Deadeye Bowman to avoid Huburt.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 8 - 4 = 24 Shooting into Melee

Confirm Critical Threat: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 8 - 4 = 11

Arrow Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 Assuming 11 misses

If 11 confirms: 3d8 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1, 4) + 6 = 15

Gilfroy hides behind barrels and crates while Jaegar continues to shoot arrows at the gnoll and hits. The gnoll attacks Vrald with his handaxe but misses.
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Round 5
Jaegar
Gnoll -19HP
Sailor green fled
Gilfroy delay
Vrald
Gudrun

Continue to delay. Not much Gilfroy can do except get in the way.

Vrald snarls at the gnoll.

"Throw down your axe and live."

And swings away with killings blows.

attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

I guess if Gudrun is full defense across the ship, and Gilfroy is indefinitely delaying, it's only 3 combatants: Jaegar, Vrald, Gnoll.

Jaegar shoots at the Gnoll again, hopefully dropping it soon!

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 8 - 4 = 15

Arrow Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

If this is the case, please post if you keep up full defense/delay etc. In PbP I don't know if you are waiting or if you did not read my postings.

Gilfroy and Gudrun still hide and wait for Jaegar and Vrald to finish the Gnoll. Vrald's attack gets deflected by the gnoll's armor but Jaegar's arrow hits the target. The gnoll swings his handaxe at Vrald, but he misses.
Handaxe vs. Vrald: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Round 6
Jaegar
Gnoll -25HP
Gilfroy
Vrald
Gudrun

Still full defense for the moment. Obviously if things get rough for the other guys I will step back in, but I think you've got it.

Gudrun grunts encouragement from afar, frustrated at his wounds preventing his involvement.

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Continuing to delay. If one of them goes down, he'll step in and fling acid.

Vrald swings again at the gnoll.

"Give up!

attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Vrald makes another attempt to defeat the gnoll with his sword and finally he drops to the floor, heavily wounded.

combat over

Jaegar busts out his wand to heal Gudrun.

Charge 1: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Charge 2: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Hopefully 10 hit points fixes the problem. If not, he can always burn another charge.

10 hp heals me to 11/15. One more would be appreciated.

Gudrun nods gratefully to his ally, looking uncharacteristically embarrassed.

"Sorry I wasn't much use their lads. That bugger got the better of me."

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Jaegar eyes the Dwarf with scrutiny. "Next time, just fight til your down and we'll heal you after. One more hit from you could have ended the battle much sooner."

Charge 3: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

In our area, it's pretty common for the first two prestige points to go into a wand of CLW. That means everyone has a way to heal themselves, even if another party member has to use the wand itself. It's a pretty courteous method of managing resources. No worries ;-)

I used to do that on my characters, but I found alot of healers commented that it made them feel redundant. Can't please everyone I'm afraid.

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