The Moar Core Tour (Inactive)

Game Master BretI

Verrix steps forward and says, "We would like to speak with your boss. Could you ask your boss to come out from the tent and talk to us?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

“Well, it don’t sound like the boss is wanting ta’ be disturbed right now.” the one in green replies in a haughty manner.

He stands up and pulls out a sword. “Now I might just be willing ask her ta’ grant you folks an audience if’n yew can pay a small fee.”

His compatriot in a magenta also stands and gets his weapon ready.

They are both smiling, but more in the way you would imagine a predator would smile at prey.

"Of course he wants t' shake us down," Shieara groans quietly to herself from her position a few feet further back from Verrix. "Bandits is bandits is bandits...go figure..."

Still, she waits to see what Verrix or one of her other companions has to say about Green's demand.

"A fee? I thought you were ascetics! Perhaps I misunderstood." Kleines frowns slightly, then pulls out one gold piece. "I suppose even those who eschew 'getting rich quick' need to eat, though. Now, if you would be so good as to introduce us to your boss, I'm sure we could arrange a small gift to your order. Why, I bet this shiny gold piece I have here could be made to feed all of you for a week, were you to spend it wisely!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Phinellippa tries to hiss quietly at her companions, "There's one more of them, hidden up in the trees."

Much louder, she tries to reason with the bandits. "Yes, I'm sure we can come to some kind of arrangement!"

Diplomacy to aid: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

With a growl, someone comes out of the large tent yelling “Just kill them already! ”

Round 1
Nico
Damiar, unaware of Red
Phinellippa
Garif
Magenta w/ sword
Rees no line of sight to Red
Shieara unaware of Red
Aldona
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree
Verrix unaware of Red
Green w/ sword
Kleines unaware of Red

Let’s try that again...bolded may act.

Round 1

Nico
Damiar unaware of Red
Phinellippa
Garif
Magenta w/ sword
Rees no line of sight to Red
Shieara unaware of Red
Aldona
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree
Verrix unaware of Red
Green w/ sword
Kleines unaware of Red

Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

“Aack, it’s a werewolf! If you have silver, use it!”

Damiar sings to inspire courage.

Song coming later! Meanwhile, +1 to attack and damage everyone!

...and we have a more appropriate avatar for Aldona now.

Phinellippa will use a charge from her wand of magic missile to hit Red.
pew!: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Phinellippa releases a magical missile that sails into the trees.

At this point I’m going to say everyone has a fair idea where to look for Red. There are still a few that don’t see him in the tree but you know where he is supposed to be,

Round 1
Inspire Courage active

Damiar Can’t see Red
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Magenta w/ sword
Rees no line of sight to Red
Shieara can’t see Red
Aldona
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -5
Verrix Can’t see Red
Green w/ sword
Kleines Can’t see Red

Garif says, ”Nico, attack!“ then bends at the waist, reaching down and laying a hand on the ground as he mutters a few words. A ripple travels through the grass towards the bandits and their leader, and the grass suddenly springs to life and grasps at those who would attack Garif and his friends!

Cast entangle to affect both bandits and Aldona, just catching them at the edge of the 40’ radius. DC 15 Reflex save. If it’s possible in terms of distance and the fact that red is up a tree, I’d like to catch red also, but I can’t really sort out the measurements on my tiny phone screen.

At Garif’s urging, Nico bounds forward and bites at the nearest bandit!

Move up and attack magenta.

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

40’ radius spell template in place. I will allow it to entangle the archer as well.

Garif casts his spell, capturing the bandits in the area of grasping plants.

Aldona reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Green reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Magenta reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Red reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Nico misses Magenta.

Magenta swings at Nico. “Cat, you are going to be in big trouble when Aldona bites back!”
Longsword: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 3 - 2 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Round 1
Inspire Courage active

Damiar Can’t see Red
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Magenta w/ sword Entangled
Rees no line of sight to Red
Shieara can’t see Red
Aldona
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -5 Entangled
Verrix Can’t see Red
Green w/ sword Entangled
Kleines Can’t see Red

"Heh! That's a nice trick, wish I could do that," Shieara laughs as Garif's magic promptly entangles nearly all of the bandits except for the one called Aldona. She hustles over to stand a few paces behind Nico and begins casting, pointing her finger at the supposed she-wolf.

"Down, girl!"
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Shieara moves to her current map position and casts Command on Aldona; DC 13 on the Will save.

Rees strides forward, gripping his newly-restrung bow. Taking a deep breath, he pulls a wide draw and fires! Attacking green.

Pew! (favored enemy, PBS, inspire): 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 12

Shieara casts her spell.
Will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11 That could have been better...

The arrow from Rees’s bow flies true and hits green.

Aldona drops to the ground, then growls “I’m going to enjoy digging your heart out of your chest and biting into it!” while glaring daggers at Shieara.
Intimidate Shieara: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Red fires at Rees, and in doing so gives away his position.
Bow, Entangled, Dex penalty from Entangled: 1d20 + 3 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 3 - 2 - 2 = 15
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Round 1
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Magenta w/ sword Entangled
Rees
Shieara shake for 2 rounds
Aldona prone, intent on doing harm to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -5 Entangled
Verrix
Green w/ sword -12 Entangled
Kleines

Oops, forgot to save again for Aldona since she didn’t leave the area.

Save vs Entangled: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 Now she is Entangled too!

Verrix strides forward to the edge of the area of magically enhanced plants, and swings his warhammer at Green. "You should have surrendered!"

Two-handed power attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Damage if hits: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Verrix smashes his hammer into the side of green and he goes down hard!

Round 1 & 2
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Magenta w/ sword Entangled
Rees
Shieara shake for 2 rounds
Aldona prone, Entangled, intent on doing harm to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -5 Entangled
Verrix
Green Dead
Kleines

Though pleased that her magic did the trick, Shieara feels a swooping sensation in her stomach as said trick draws the ire of Aldona. The woman's glare made her feel like prey...and she didn't like it, not one bit!

"H-hey, Garif? How long do those vines 'o yours hold? And, uh...are they pretty strong?" she calls nervously.

Kleines moves up next to Nico (double move), positioning himself between Aldona and Shieara. "You would be wise to stay down, and stop threatening my friends." Reach weapon threatens Aldona, in case she tries to get up. Improved Unarmed threatens the one in front of Nico.

Garif grins in pleased surprise at how effective his spell has been. With a shrug to Shieara, he says, ”They’re pretty strong, yeah. Just depends if these folks are stronger. Or slipperier. But they seem to be holding pretty well at the moment!“

Moving a bit closer to the fray, he calls a ball of fire into his hand, preparing to throw it at the werewolf - and hoping not to set the forest on fire.

Move action to get closer, standard to cast produce flame.

Nico keeps up his biting and clawing at the bandit before him!!

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Claw: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Claw: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Kleines moves up to where his weapon can hit Aldona.

Garif moves up and summons some flame to hand while Nico takes a bite and claw swipe out of Magenta.

Round 2
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Magenta w/ sword -5 Entangled
Rees
Shieara shake for 2 rounds
Aldona prone, Entangled, intent on doing harm to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -5 Entangled
Verrix
Green Dead
Kleines

Since the enemy in the tree is tied up right now, Phinellippa will instead use another charge from her wand of magic missile against Aldona.

pew!: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Damiar moves forward and shoots at Magenta while continuing her song.

Longbow+IC+PBS: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 13
Damage+IC+PBS: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 11

Phinellippa hits Aldona with her magic.

Damiar’s arrow is enough to take Magenta out of the fight.

Round 2
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Magenta w/ sword Unconscious
Rees
Shieara shaken until round 4
Aldona -4 prone, Entangled, intent on doing harm to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -5 Entangled
Verrix
Green Dead
Kleines

"H-hey, there's somethin' or someone thumpin' around in th' tent over there," Shieara calls out as she moves a little closer to Aldona and readies her longspear should the woman regain her footing and try to charge.

Shieara alerts everyone to a noise she hears coming from the big tent and then moves up to threaten the prone wolf-woman Aldona.

Aldona let’s out a growl and says “I guess after this I will have to teach someone what it means to be quiet!”

I assume attempting to stand would trigger your readied action. Since Aldona is prone and in difficult terrain, she can’t charge.

Round 2
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Magenta w/ sword Unconscious
Rees
Shieara shaken until round 4 Readied attack
Aldona -4 prone, Entangled, intent on doing harm to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -5 Entangled
Verrix
Kleines

Rees takes a few steps forward and sends an arrow sailing toward the treed bandit. (Red.)

Can't edit the map at the moment... Rees is moving 15' north and 5' west, for a total of 15'. Should put him in range for Point Blank Shot, but if not, subtract 1/1 from the below.

Pew (favored enemy, PBS, inspire): 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 25
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 7

Rees hits Red.

Aldona tries to free herself of the plants grasping at her and manages to do so!
Strength check: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

She then tries to stand and Shieara tries to keep her down! The spear hits, but does much less damage than expected.
Shieara and Kleines can take AoO
As she stands, she steps back between two of the tents.
Reflex for staying in Entangle: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

Red tries to break free from the entangling branches.
Strength: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Strength: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Round 2
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Rees
Shieara shaken until round 4 Take AoO against prone Aldona
Aldona -8 intent on doing harm to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -12 Entangled
Verrix
Kleines Take AoO against prone Aldona

Verrix moves into the area overgrown with grasping foliage.

Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

He immediately finds himself unable to move farther because of the plants grasping at his legs, but he accepts this, as he's close enough to attack Aldona.

Attack includes -2 for being entangled
2-handed power attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Damage if hits: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Verrix misses with his hammer.

Round 2 & 3
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Rees
Shieara shaken until round 4 Take AoO against prone Aldona
Aldona -8 intent on doing harm to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up a tree -12 Entangled
Verrix Entangled
Kleines Take AoO against prone Aldona

“Doesn’t anyone have silver weapons these days? I have a silver mace on my belt!”

Meanwhile Damiar continues to inspire courage and moves up to shoot at Red, the annoyance in the tree.
Longbow+IC+PBS: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 19
Damage+IC+PBS: 1d8 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5

Damiar’s arrow hits and Red goes unconscious from his injuries. He is too entangled by the branches of the tree that fall out of it.

Round 2 & 3
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Rees
Shieara shaken until round 4 Take AoO against prone Aldona
Aldona -8 intent on doing harm to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up, held in the branches, unconscious
Verrix Entangled
Kleines Take AoO against prone Aldona

Phinellippa fires another (wand) magic missile at Aldona!

pew!: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

I spoilered my AoO on my last turn.

After his opportunistic strike with the glaive, Kleines finally processes Damiar's words. He drops the reach weapon, drawing his silver light mace as he steps forward next to Verrix and swings again.

silver light mace: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Thanks, I had forgotten that.

Phinellippa’s wand continues to do the job.

Kleines lands a solid his with his glaive as Aldona stood.

Kleines reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Stepping into the area with the writhing grass makes it more difficult to hit his target, but he perseveres.

Aldona looks to be staggered.

Round 3
Inspire Courage active

Damiar
Phinellippa
Nico
Garif
Rees
Shieara shaken until round 4 Take AoO against prone Aldona
Aldona -19 doesn’t look like they will be carrying out their promise to Shieara
Red w/ bow about 15’ up, held in the branches, unconscious
Verrix Entangled
Kleines Entangled

Botting the AoO against Aldona

Longspear, IC, Bless?, vs prone: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 25
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Aldona falls unconscious!

Combat over!

Now that the noise of combat is over, you can all easily hear a thumping sound, sort of like someone hitting a wooden table or something, from within the large tent.

Garif, now holding an unneeded ball of fire in his hand, waves with his free hand, causing the writhing grass and branches to go still. Still carrying his flame, he hurries up to the large tent, calling Nico to join him.

Dismiss entangle.

"We should find out what that noise is!" he calls out, gesturing for the stouter - or at least stronger - party members to lead the way.

Inside the large tent you find a large, locked trunk. That is where the pounding sound is coming from. A set of keys hangs on a peg set into one of the tent’s support poles. There is a bedroll covered in matted fur, a table with what looks like a smashed bird cage on it. The table is covered and surrounded by pigeon feathers, splintered avian bones, and a few fragments of the cage.

There is a crumpled note on the table.

It is also in the slides.

"Can someone figure out getting that chest open?" Garif asks the others. "Probably with those keys, but if not, we'll wish we had Iovo with us, I bet." He considers the shattered cage and bird remnants a moment, shaking his head in puzzlement, then picks up the note.

"Hmm," Garif says, scratching his beard in thought as he reads the note, "I hate to say this, but we know someone whose name begins with M, who has a shop where a lordling hangs out." He glances at Kleines, then offers another clue, in case the burly fellow hasn't quite sorted it out, "He drinks mare's milk?"

Looking around the tent, you also spot a heap of equipment and clothing.

There is a set of medium sized studded leather, a buckler, a masterwork aldori dueling sword, a potion vial, a nobles outfit with the crest of House Lebeda — a white swan on a blue background with a rising sun in the background, a signet ring with the same crest, three daggers, five sunrods, and assorted jewelry.

To my knowledge, no one has inspected the bandit's gear.

Oh, and I hate how older modules split descriptions!

Garif sets down the note, and moves to inspect the bandit's gear, trying out the keys on the locked chest while he's at it.

One of the keys opens the chest.

When Garif opens it, he finds a young human with a bag over their head, hands and legs bound, and stripped of clothing other than a cheap nightshirt.

The person sits up as best they can.

"Well, that went better'n I thought it would," Shieara remarks with a sigh of relief as she peeps inside the tent to see Garif fling open the chest and the person inside of it sit up.

Heh...guess maybe I can hold my own with the rest of 'em after all, even if they do got more experience.

She carefully makes her way inside the tent and pulls the bag off of the person's head. "Hey ho, Silverhall Salvations, here for all yer rescuin' needs," Shieara sings cheerfully. "Everythin' okay? Nothin' broken or in need of mendin' is there?"