The Horn of Aroden PbP (Inactive)

Game Master James Martin

Karos, we'll put you in when you post!

Round 3:
20 Quinton
19 Rekgar
16 Aldona and Brigands
12 Gaius
8 Hagrym
7 Karos

Quinton swings at the werewolf, but she is too swift for his blow. Similarly Rekgar cannot seem to lay hands upon her.

Aldona grins and continues to assault Quinton! Sword: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 14 + 2 = 24, dealing 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 damage! Seeing Quinton fall, she rounds on Hagrym and attempts to rip his flesh with her teeth! 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15, dealing 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 if she hits!

The brigand closest to Quinton laughs as he falls and steps up to assault Rekgar! Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16, dealing 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 damage!

The brigand near Gaius similarly steps forward and swings at him! 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 = 26 Crit confirm: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 2 = 24, dealing a whopping 2d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (7, 4) + 4 + 2 = 17 damage!

Gaius, Hagrym and Karos (two rounds worth) are up!

Round 3, Initiative 12
hp 1/18; AC 18/14T/14FF; +3F/+7R/+2W

5' back
FRA: Rapid Shot
Longbow vs. Brigand 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 8 - 2 = 17
> Damage 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Longbow vs. Brigand 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 8 - 2 = 11
> Damage 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Gaius feels his jaw break when the thug slams a mace into his chin. His head swims from the concussion, barely remaining standing. He spits out the blood, trying to maintain consciousness long enough to skewer his attacker with arrows. He grunts as he stumbles backwards, pulling out one of his arrows and nocking it in a smooth motion. He pulls back and shoots with the bow from point blank range, then brings out another arrow and sends it straight after. His body nearly betrays him on the second one, with a wave of pain pushing his aim too low to hit even from this close range.

Seeing that Gaius is in trouble, Karos runs towards him, raises his musket and fires.

Edit: Based on Gaius' comments below, Karos will wait until he sees Gaius step back and then immediately fire.[/ooc

Musket, point blanks shot, Judgment of Destruction: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 1 = 16 <- v. Touch AC

Damage: 1d12 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

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[ooc]2nd round

Karos reloads and fires at the same target.

Musket, point blanks shot, Judgment of Destruction: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11 <- v. Touch AC

Damage: 1d12 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 + 1 = 11

At Initiative 7 of both rounds, the brigands weren't in melee with Gauis, who took a 5' step away at Initiative 12. So that would be a 16 and an 11 against touch AC.

Sir Quinton lets out a grunt of pain, his eyes widening in surprise as he falls. He continues to bleed out on the hard ground.

-6 hp

Stabilization check: 1d20 + 2 - 6 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 6 = -1

Karos' first shot barely misses, but his second hits the brigand menacing Gaius and grazes his arm!

Gaius' first shot hits the man in the shoulder and spins him slightly, enough that the second shot goes wide.

Hagrym, then round 4 Rekgar!

Two Men Down!!!

On his turn
Rekgar turns and narrows his eyes. It seems that his foe is far tougher than he expected. Leaning back slightly he slaps away a blade looking to visit itself upon him. Taking a careful step to flank with Hagrym, he unleashes twin jabs towards the crazy woman!

Flurry of defensive blows 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 4 + 2 = 221d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Confirm Crit Flurry of defensive blows 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 4 + 2 = 51d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Flurry of defensive blows 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 - 4 + 2 = 141d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Bleed damage if both hits. 2d6 ⇒ (6, 4) = 10

Hagrym appreciates the flank and tries his best to hit the werewolf.

Attack 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 + 2 = 22

Damage 2d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (2, 4) + 5 + 1 = 12

Current HP 12\35

Hagrym swings at the were-woman, hitting her, but his blade doesn't penetrate as deeply as it normally should...

Round 4:
20 Quinton
19 Rekgar
16 Aldona and Brigands
12 Gaius
8 Hagrym
7 Karos

Quinton clings to life, but barely! Rekgar strikes the woman with a masterful jab, but she shrugs off the attack!

Aldona strikes and bites at Rekgar, while the brigand attacks the flanked Hagrym! Aldona sword: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18 and bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 The sword deals 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 and the bite deals 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 damage and threatens to pull the monk from his feet! Trip: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

The brigand swings at Hagrym! Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 = 26, Confirm?: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 = 17 He swings hard, dealing 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (7, 8) + 4 = 19 damage!

The other brigand steps up and attacks Gaius! Swing!: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 2 = 15 Still, Gaius is cautious and dodges the attack!

Gaius, Hagrym and Karos are up!

Hagrym falls to the ground, barely clinging to life, but amazingly stabilizes.

Current Hp -7

Constitution check 1d20 + 2 - 7 ⇒ (15) + 2 - 7 = 10

Wow....we're barely scratching her and we're all going down.......this is a reason I dislike Season 5s lol. She's a damm werewolf...There'll be no one to go for part 3 I guess. That bite and sword is way too high for us lol.

Con Check 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 Rekgar falls, his life blood flows outwards however he manages to stop bleeding...

Round 4, Initiative 12
hp 1/18; AC 18/14T/14FF; +3F/+7R/+2W

5' step back
FRA: Rapid Shot
Longbow vs. Brigand 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 8 - 2 = 26
> Damage 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
> Critical Confirmation 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
>> Critical Damage 2d8 + 8 ⇒ (4, 8) + 8 = 20
Longbow vs. Brigand 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 - 2 = 18
> Damage 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Gaius takes a step back, navigating the ground as best he can, and takes a deadly aim. The arrow sails out of his bow and buries itself in the brigand's left eye. The man keeps standing, so Gaius nocks another arrow and lets it loose. It hits him in the right eye and kills him quickly. Gaius lets out a hard breath, badly injured. "Ova tha," he tries to warn Karos about their injured friends with his broken jaw.

She's not an easy foe.. And you're playing up. And those were some nasty crits!

As the comrades fall, Gaius takes out the brigand menacing him!

Karos, then Round 5!

Sadly, Karos knows he cannot make that shot, through foliage and into combat. He moves and reloads, preparing for the attack.

Round 5:
20 Quinton
19 Rekgar
16 Aldona and Brigands
12 Gaius
8 Hagrym
7 Karos

Aldona stares hard at the bound Wicent. He begins to blubber and attempt to explain, at least until she steps up and rips his throat out. The other brigand moves toward Karos and swings! Mace: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6, but his mace catches on a branch and is ineffective!

Gaius and Karos are up!

Sir Quinton's wounds stop pulsing blood, as his heart slows, though he continues his labored breathing.

Con check: 1d20 + 2 - 7 ⇒ (18) + 2 - 7 = 13
stable at -7 hp

"Now's the time to start running," says Karos to the brigand. He then ignores the man as an irrelevance, steps sideways, bringing his musket to his shoulder and praising his patron as he takes aim against the werewolf.

"Cayden! Look down and see where many fought bravely against evil!"

He squeezes the trigger gently, pausing his breath to steady the shot.

Musket & PBS: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 1 = 23 <- v. Touch AC
Damage, PBS & Judgment of Destruction: 1d12 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 + 1 = 12

Yeah. That'll do nicely.

Karos' shot hits the werewolf in the shoulder and nearly spins her around to face the gunslinger. She snarls and wipes the blood of Wicent from her mouth.

Gaius is up!

Round 5, Initiative 12
hp 1/18; AC 18/14T/14FF; +3F/+7R/+2W

MA: move 30'
SA: Longbow vs. Aldona (cover from Karos) 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 8 - 4 = 8
> Damage 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Gaius runs into the camp, trying to get a clear shot on the werewolf. He sends an arrow at the werewolf, trying his best to avoid Karos. He has to shoot too quickly and aims fairly wide, hitting a tree off several feet to the left of the bandit leader.

Gaius's shot goes wide, thunking into a tree.

Round 6:
20 Quinton
19 Rekgar
16 Aldona and Brigands
12 Gaius
8 Hagrym
7 Karos

The brigand, looking pale after seeing his former lieutenant eaten by Aldona, moves away from her and attacks Gaius! Mace: 1d20 + 4 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 2 - 2 = 23 , dealing 1d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 2 = 9 damage to him!
Aldona growls deeply and leaps over the fallen Pathfinders to attack Karos! Attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20 She connects, dealing 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 damage to Karos!

Karos is up!

Round 6, Initiative 12
-9/18 hp; +3F/+7R/+2W; unconscious, dying

Fortitude check (DC 10) 1d20 + 3 - 8 ⇒ (2) + 3 - 8 = -3

Gaius falls with broken ribs and his broken jaw, unable to dodge the bandit's attack. He bleeds heavily, spitting up blood - badly wounded and most likely about to die.

Dead in one round, as I think we all might be. Nothing we can do against such rolls here.

Getting this out of the way now.

Round 7 Fortitude check (DC 10) 1d20 + 3 - 9 ⇒ (16) + 3 - 9 = 10

Gaius stops spitting up blood, breathing in a ragged breath. Blood oozes from his mouth, nose, and ears. He may not be dead, but he will not wake up without medical care - if at all.

So -that's- what a TPK smells like.

Coughing blood, Karos steps back and lines up his shot, an eerie calm falling over him. "For glory," he whispers, and squeezes the trigger.

Musket&PBS: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 1 = 24 <- v. Touch AC
Damage, PBS & Judgment of Destruction: 1d12 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 1 = 9

The gunshot opens a bleeding hole in Ardona's side, but she's not stopping.

Round 7:
20 Quinton
19 Rekgar
16 Aldona and Brigands
12 Gaius
8 Hagrym
7 Karos

The brigand steps up behind Karos and swings! 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 Karos takes 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 non-lethal damage and crumples to the ground, unconscious.

Okay, let's see how this goes...

Karos is the first to awaken. Bruised and somewhat battered, he comes awake in time to see his friends tied up and slumped over next to the campfire. The werewolf is nowhere to be seen, but the brigand is busy dragging bodies away toward the west, where a shovel can be seen sticking out of the ground. He piles the bodies, then resumes shoveling, grumbling loudly all the time. "... Goes off and leaves me to dig graves. All because SHE ate the damn pigeons. Gods be praised, I hate this job..."

Karos, your non-lethal damage is healed. You suspect it's only been a couple hours since you were knocked out. You're tied up, but you can tell it wasn't done particularly well. You can see a pile of your and your companions' items has been made across the fire. What would you like to do?

Karos will wait for the digging to begin, so that the noise covers him. He then tries to slip his bonds when the guard isn't looking. If he succeeds, he will move quietly to the pile of gear and retrieve his musket and ammunition.

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Slipping the bonds proves easier than Karos originally thought. Simply a twist here, a stretch there and... free!

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Karos Stealth: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Moving silently, Karos is able to retrieve his musket and ammunition from the pile of items. The brigand seems pretty focused on digging his friends' grave and muttering to himself over how he's not getting nearly enough of the loot for this. Your friends are still unconscious, and looks like they will be for at least a little while. What do you do?

Sir Quinton continues on in blessed unconsciousness.

Karos considers his options. His companions would be a huge boon in escaping. But might groan or make other noises as they woke. Karos considers taking on the guard silently, but reflects that no follower of Cayden Cailean should be shooting people in the back.

Also, he doesn't know where the werewolf is, although from the guard's words she may be far enough away not to interfere in this fight.

Karos makes a decision and drinks his potion of cure moderate wounds.

Then he moves to Rekgar, whom he believes to be the least wounded, and uses his wand of [i]cure light wounds[/dice].

Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds to Karos: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (2, 5) + 3 = 10
Wand of Cure Light Wounds to Rekgar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Stealth: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 Uh-oh.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

From the grave the sound of shoveling suddenly stops. The brigand turns and sees Karos crouching over Rekgar. "SONUVA!" He shouts and fumbles for his bow!

Initiative!

Karos: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Rekgar: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
Brigand: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Round 1:
13 Brigand
12 Rekgar
11 Karos

The brigand draws his bow and fires at Karos! Ranged: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11 The arrow goes wide over Karos' head, but it does provide a very sharp warning that he's been seen!

Rekgar and Karos are up!

Fist 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 5 - 4 = 71d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 His fist is unfocused, he cannot get a his punch to connect.

"Don't let him escape," says Karos, reloading and firing.

Not sure if the brigand is within 30' or if Karos can close with him. If so, he'd do that for the Point-Blank Shot and the ability to ignore armor. I assume that 1) my Judgment of Destruction has ended and 2) that it is still the same day.

Musket&PBS, firing into melee: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 1 - 4 = 20 <- v. Touch AC
Damage, PBS: 1d12 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Rekgar moves up and punches, but the unconsciousness is still thickening his sense and he can't land a punch. Karos has better luck, firing and hitting the brigand in the gut.

The brigand cries out, dropping his bow and drawing his mace and attacking Rekgar! Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 He connects, dealing 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 damage and staggering Rekgar!

Karos and Rekgar are up!

Bah!!! Tis only a flesh wound lol. My dice roller hates me.

Rekgar feels the hit all too keenly as he lashes out with his own strike!
Unarmed Blury strike......1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 5 - 4 = 31d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Seriously...

Rekgar does lash out, but he's taken some distinctly painful wounds and his accuracy is less than wonderful!

Karos! FINISH HIM!

"You sure you wouldn't rather just hit him with a lead pipe or something?" asks Karos, with a bit of his usual humor.

He levels his musket and waits for the perfect moment.

Musket&PBS, firing into melee: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 - 4 = 14 <- v. Touch AC
Damage, PBS: 1d12 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

The musket roars and when the puff of gunsmoke clears, the brigand lies dead on the ground, a confused look permanently etched on his face and a convenient grave dug only a few feet away...

END OF COMBAT! Now what would you like to do? There is still a sound of thumping coming from the largest tent and there's no sign of the werewolf to be seen.

Karos knows he's made a lot of noise, but his best bet is still to get his compatriots up and armed. He moves among them with his wand of cure light wounds, starting with Hargrym.

It's got 38 charges and I'm okay with burning them all.

Rekgar dumps the body into the freshly made grave and then covers it up...all the while keeping any eye or ear out for trouble.

Perception 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 <---OMG!!!!! NO!!!!!

Give yourself to the dice-gods, Rekgar. Surrender to the ones...

Rekgar rolls the body into the newly dug grave, along with the bodies of the other brigands and Wicent, and covers them with a fresh pile of dirt. Karos moves among his injured compatriots, healing them with his wand. Soon, they are all up and rubbing wrists that are raw from being tied up. Feel free to roll out the healing to determine how many charges it takes, but let's move on in the meantime.

Investigating the larger tent shows a messy tent, an empty bird cage, several pieces of discarded paper and two trunks. One is small, about the size of a footlocker. The other is a huge sea chest, and it's currently emitting thumping sounds along with a muffled voice cursing.

Karos wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Karos wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Quinton wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Quinton wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Quinton wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Quinton wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Quinton wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Back to full health; just two charges from Karos' wand

Groaning, as he wakes, Sir Quinton blinks rapidly.

"What happened? I remember the gnoll, and then I believe I was somehow magicked to the Darklands. I couldn't see anything ... and I don't remember anything."

He stops Karos as the man goes to apply his wand more and reclaims his own, asking the gunslinger to use that to help him.

"And what is that thumping?" he asks as he begins getting back into his armor, bony white limbs showing through his linen undergarments.

The sea chest is locked with a heavy lock, but it's not even closed, just stuck through to keep the chest shut. When you remove it, a handsome young man with mussed hair and one eye swollen shut pops free. He looks around at all of you with confusion, then looks sullen. "It's about time you people opened the chest. Where's my sword?"

The smaller footlocker holds what appears to be Lander Lebeda's gear. His sword, like all the weapons of the brigands, bears the same maker's mark: the mark of Marek. In addition, while several of the papers are simply angry scrawlings or scribbles, one is a note. It reads 'M,
Wicent found some rich whelp snooping around our watering hole. We roughed him up and have stashed him away while we figure out how to make some coin off of him. Who do you think we can ransom him off to? That lordly pet hanging around your shop probably knows someone we could get in touch with, right?
Aldona'

"By my mustache, it looks like the shopkeeper is in cahoots with the gnoll!"

CLW to Karos: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Fully healed
CLW to Hargrym: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
CLW to Hargrym: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW to Hargrym: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW to Hargrym: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 <-31 points to Hargrym
CLW to Gaius: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW to Gaius: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
CLW to Gaius: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW to Gaius: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW to Gaius: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW to Gaius: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 <-33 points to Gaius.
CLW to Rekgar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW to Rekgar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW to Rekgar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
CLW to Rekgar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW to Rekgar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW to Rekgar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW to Rekgar: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 <-34 points to Rekgar.

With Quinton's rolls, that's 20 charges (and 2 minutes). Everyone should be at or near fully healed.

Remind me that I owe you a few Wand charges if you get injured, Karos!

Hagrym opens one eye. "What the hell happened back there? I feel like I've been run over by a herd of aurochs! Last thing I remember is that werewolf cutting me down. How were the rest of you?"

Once upright and apprised of the situation, Hagrym swears loudly at the realization. "We've been sent to bring you back home, young fella. If we can kill that damn werewolf while we are at it, that would be great, through."

"Anyone know what kills a werewolf?" asks Karos. "Because it sure isn't musket rounds."

"Werewolf? Where?" Sir Quinton exclaims, looking around as he draws his sword.

"The woman..." Rekgar groans...
Excuse me as I sob to the dice gods on my rolls in this game....I need to go shopping...

"We've being sent to take you back young lord." Rekgar replies to the young noble...

"Werewolf? Oh yes, that furry woman with the growling voice. She stuffed me in here and kept mumbling about writing to Marek..." His voice trails off and a hurt expression covers his face for a moment, followed by anger. "But I'm not going back! Not yet! The werewolf yet lives and I still need to test my steel!"

OK, thematically, I need someone to talk him out of this, as Hagrym who follows Gorum, would be all for the young man's goal here. Hagrym will be silent, but he's not going to discourage someone who wants battle.