Acrobatics +5, Bluff +8, Diplomacy +5, Disable Device +8, Disguise +8, Escape Artist +7, Knowledge (Local) +6, Linguistics +7, Perception +6, Sense Motive +8, Slight of Hand +7, UMD +6
Condition: -none-
even on a critical hit, Shiori would have done a max of 12, including sneak attack. Also, any chance I could try to taste test the potions to determine what they do? Without chugging them that is, hopefully with a Use Magic Device check or a perception check. Use Magic device/Perception:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18 Use Magic device/Perception:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Shiori takes each potion from the collection of assorted loot, and attempts to determine what they do by taste testing.
There's also Tripp, but I'm not sure he's coming back. LOL on the map it says he went for a swim. We're tracking who's taken what from group loot on the loot sheet, so I for one am not too worried about you taking stuff only you can use.
Shiori is going to find that one of them was black lotus extract... ;)
Human Dragon Disciple 2| hp 22/22 | AC 15 (13 t, 12 ff) | Fort:+2 Ref:+3 Will: +1 | CMB:+3 CMD: 15 | Perception: +4 | Init: +2 | -
Tracked Resources:
Claws 6/6 Spells:0-@ | 1-3/3
Darinius will get detect magic next level too. We should be much better off once our arcane spellcasters get their spells.
As the party berates Gorou for executing the goblin, Darinius looks exasperated for a moment then takes the newly severed head and punts it out the door and into the water of the pond. Punctuating his kick with some profanity shouted in draconic.
He turns to Gorou You're right. Very cathartic. He states before going to examine the "treasury" of the goblins.
I'll take the fireworks. Hopefully I'll get a chance to fire one at something before long.
I'll also try the knowledge check on that chest, though it's also untrained:
Knowledge Geography:1d20 ⇒ 5
Exiel also inspects the map, trying to see if it resembles any place he, or anyone else in the party, recognises.
If we can't make it out, chances are that Shalelu would know. She knows these lands better than just about anyone in all of Varisia.
AC 15, T 10, FF 15 // Fort +1, Ref +0, Will +1 // CMD 13 // Init +2 // Perception +3
Gorou is content to let the others loot the place. He walks outside and removes his helmet, splashing his face with some water from the pond. Glad that's over with...
nah you are done, i just haven't moved them yet. You have murdered everything here, other than one baby, and there is no one left to interrogate about what happened. only thing left is to see if someone gets a good enough local to ID the map
"Hey, I hear you're quite the reader. Why don't you take a look at this map and see if you know where it is for?"
Aye, well, I was aiming for a 10. Well, seems like Exiel has a talent for appraisal, but sucks at knowing stuff. XD
Oh and since I can, perception checks to identify potions by taste (apparently at least one of them is above caster level 3 since Shiori failed to identify it, so I'm probably gonna fail, but hey, I might get lucky):
Gorou realizes quickly that it is a crude map of the marsh that apparently has the locations of two shipwrecks and a cave on it. One of the ships has a bizarre picture of goblins running away from a burning ship with crates., suggesting that the goblins burned it.
"Hmm...Sheriff Hemlock said they managed to secure a crate of fireworks and they think they are gods now," Exiel says as he mimics the sheriff's gruff voice. Poorly.
"It's possible that the map shows us where the goblins found the fireworks, as well as the rest of this treasure...treasure which you usually would not find in such a goblin den. "
He shrugs.
"Might be worth checking out, either before or after going back to Sandpoint to rest up."
coward! what kind of adventurer are you. then you might have to share the loot...and I bet Shalelu would be super impressed if you did something so awesome as find treasure...
Acrobatics +5, Bluff +8, Diplomacy +5, Disable Device +8, Disguise +8, Escape Artist +7, Knowledge (Local) +6, Linguistics +7, Perception +6, Sense Motive +8, Slight of Hand +7, UMD +6
Condition: -none-
"I think we'll need to rest before going back to Sandpoint, but it is entirely possible that these goblins were not the only ones to know the location of these." Shiori says, though she's not sure how anyone could decipher, it indeed create such a crude map.
a little fast forward magic. There are two encounters in the swamp, that I just don't like, I think they will be a cake walk and just take days of game time. so as our heroes explore the swamp they come across a shack, that used to belong to the old witch menus. Our heroes approach tentatively and discover that the witch is long dead, there is a brief scuffle with her familiar that lives on, though in the end it is no match for the heroes.
they discover the following
33 gp, a masterwork dagger in a
steel scabbard worth 15 gp, and a scroll tube containing two
scrolls of cure light wounds, two scrolls of false life, and a scroll of
water walk (all of these scrolls function at caster level 7th). though i know you can't read the scrolls yet
The PC's also explore the other shipwreck, and with the exception of two skeletons wielding wakizashis, that are rusted but useful they find nothing of interest. If anything is to be found it will be at the cave.
Bleeding Touch; (6/6), Rebuke Death (5/6); Channel Energy (1/5); Deathwatch (1/1); Comprehend Languages (1/1); Stabilize (1/1)
Mostly I need food. I need to buy three rations per day for me and my goblin. Where we get it from doesn't matter to me. Btw, was there any goblin food stored in the kings hut?
AC 15, T 10, FF 15 // Fort +1, Ref +0, Will +1 // CMD 13 // Init +2 // Perception +3
How many days total rations have we used since we left Sandpoint? How many did Walthus give us? I've only marked off half a day from my original 5 days worth so far.
If we have the food, I am for pressing on to the cave before returning to Sandpoint.
Human Dragon Disciple 2| hp 22/22 | AC 15 (13 t, 12 ff) | Fort:+2 Ref:+3 Will: +1 | CMB:+3 CMD: 15 | Perception: +4 | Init: +2 | -
Tracked Resources:
Claws 6/6 Spells:0-@ | 1-3/3
Can we at least take a day or two at Walthus' before we go on to the cave. I'd like Thribden to make some holy water with some of the silver we have now. Also I am going to run out of food soon.
Otherwise I am ready to fast forward to the caves.
The spell 'bless water' requires powdered silver specifically, and without proper tools it'll take a long time to convert silver pieces into powdered silver (it'd probably take less time & effort to go back to Sandpoint and buy the powdered silver than it would to try to shave the silver pieces down to powder using improvised tools).
Also, I reckon we'll be fine without holy water for now. Holy water isn't really worth the cost except against incorporeal enemies (against corporeals I'd do more damage on average with a club[7.5 vs 5], as would you with your spear[5.5 vs 5]), and I highly doubt we'll be encountering incorporeal enemies at level 1.
If you really want some for future use, you can get some powdered silver after the shipwreck/cave when we get back to Sandpoint and ask Thribden to cast the spell then? Heh. Who knows, you may even find the powdered silver at the cave. XD
Human Dragon Disciple 2| hp 22/22 | AC 15 (13 t, 12 ff) | Fort:+2 Ref:+3 Will: +1 | CMB:+3 CMD: 15 | Perception: +4 | Init: +2 | -
Tracked Resources:
Claws 6/6 Spells:0-@ | 1-3/3
The Holy Water is one of those things that I like to have along with a few other alchemical items that I like to have as soon as I have some treasure. The holy water is just the only one which it might be feasible to get without going back to town.
I think that in general it is a bad idea to rush ahead when we have the time and it would be good to go back if for no other reason than Shalelu might know something about the wrecks and cave in the swamp. Just my 2cp.
My main point was that we don't have the material components for the spell. It requires powdered silver. We have silver pieces, which would take hours if not days to shave down to powder using improvised tools. If we want holy water or the material components for the 'bless water' spell, we'll need to go back to Sandpoint, not Walthus' shack as was originally suggested.
I don't mind too much either way, though I note that it would likely mean even more random encounters, both on the way back and then out again to the shipwreck. MiniGM seemed to be suggesting (about 20 posts earlier) that we should just press on, but if Darinius wants to go back to Sandpoint to buy alchemical items, we can do that too.
OK looks like it was go hang out with Walthus for a couple of days to heal and get more food, which you are able to do.
There is one slight delay before we can do the cave.
The first night the goblin baby sneaks out while everyone is dining and...
A goblin! Kill it! Walthus leaps up from the table and races into the kitchen and returns with a cleaver in hand, raging. The baby clambers behind Thribdens legs and peers out.
Human Dragon Disciple 2| hp 22/22 | AC 15 (13 t, 12 ff) | Fort:+2 Ref:+3 Will: +1 | CMB:+3 CMD: 15 | Perception: +4 | Init: +2 | -
Tracked Resources:
Claws 6/6 Spells:0-@ | 1-3/3
Darinius looks up at the unfolding situation and then back down at his food. Told you so. he points out to the party members who wanted to adopt the goblin.
He is remarkably calm for there being someone chasing a goblin around with a meat cleaver in the room.
Bleeding Touch; (6/6), Rebuke Death (5/6); Channel Energy (1/5); Deathwatch (1/1); Comprehend Languages (1/1); Stabilize (1/1)
Thribden stands, holding out her hand. She's only a baby. I'm going to raise her and teach her right. She picks up the baby, holding her and comforting her.
