"The dwarf is so noisy we could hear him a mile away. Could smell him almost as far."
well we must thank you for providing him with an escort then. I of course feel sorry for what you're ears had to endure, for while he may have bardic pretentions his voice is sorely lacking. And who might you be, if you don't mind me asking?
"If you drink enough his singing isn't so bad. I know this from experience. "
"So his singing produces harmful sonic damage to those who listen?"
”Well heck, looks like you have enough members to actually threaten the denizens down there with more than your imminent death. Hey, you find a cleric and a way to see invisible enemies kicking our ass for the fourth room in a row?”
”Heh heh.”
"I am a priest of Vanitthu, although I was not warned that there were invisble creatures, so I have not prepared Vanitthu's ward against such magic."
[b]"You're Baltor are you. I'm Grelldar. At this rate, we're going to end up with a platoon, especially if your elven keepers are coming along..." [/c]
"No, we will take our leave."
”Yeah, these guys are great to drink, finger paint and write poetry with, but they aren’t into going underground, digging through rat warrens or feeding ogre parts to strange three legged beasts with hoarding tendencies.”
"So you're saying they're no fun?"
"Well then, we're on our way again, now with more dwarf!"
"Well then, we're on our way again, now with more dwarf!"
" A key ingredient - tough for slow chewing, and short-legged for easy outrunning..."
" A key ingredient - tough for slow chewing, and short-legged for easy outrunning...""Well then, we're on our way again, now with more dwarf!"
OK, camp time. You have watches?
Lom (low light vis), Bastion (good perc, darkviz)
Sorek (good perc), Grelldar (darkviz)
Lars (good perc), Fantora, Baltor (darkviz)
We'll go with this for now. If anyone has other suggestions for future watches we can discuss in the discussion thread.
No encounters overnight.
a peaceful night on the road with our new companions... This bodes well
Onwards towards RA
"Assuming that our enemies are not trying to lull us into a false sense of security before they strike." said Bastion.
"It's just the devil saving trouble for tomorrow."
”Heh! If you are worried about your safety out here, you are gonna love it down there!”
”Heh heh heh!” the dwarf chuckles.
”Nowhere to really run down there, except into the next ambush or back to the last safe room you know of, that’s often now inhabited by new and unspeakably evil housemates. But hey! The treasure is good and so is the challenge!”
”Besides! If I die I get to go live with my ancestors, don’t know about what will happen to the rest of you, I bet Sorek has a spot in the afterlife that includes incense, yoga pants and Tai Chi in the clouds or something.”
No encounters for day two or the night. On to day three.
On to day three and the next encounter indeed!
Lom have you mastered that Teleport spell yet?
Lomyldyr shakes his head at Sorek. "I fear that teleportation is still beyond my capability. But not for long. Until then, we are doomed to walked these blasted lands."
Ok, I am not even going to roll this out. On the third night, Sorek and Grelldar dispatch a half a dozen CR1 giant spiders.
Nothing to see here folks...Back to bed
Lars, sleeps through the incident.
Near end of day the next day Grendar and Bastion roll perception please.
Near end of day the next day Grendar and Bastion roll perception please.
+11 skill +2 alertness (from tumour familiar)
A further +2 applies for hidden objects (such as traps)
You see four huge bears to the NE. Roll init.
surprise round
"Beware, there are likely druids preparing to attack us, as they have summoned and sent massive bears against us!"
"Don't know much about druids or bears, but I doubt the bears were summoned; they would have popped right in on top of us if they were. Still, something strange is going on, as bears aren't normally pack animals."
In the surprise round, Grelldar casts Alchemical Allocation, taking a hit of his potion of Barkskin.
The bears close the distance.
Bastion and then the rest can roll init.
Slow down Yogi (bear) not having the talents of a ranger or druid, Sorek nevertheless is not eager to harm mundane wildlife, but will do what is needed to survive
Sorek 5fts forward next to Baltor and settles into a defensive stance letting the bears come to him...Ready to attack once the bears are in range
Brace: If you use a readied action to set a brace weapon against a charge, you deal double damage on a successful hit against a charging creature (see Combat).
double damage if Brace applies
Grelldar takes a 5' step, to cover Lomyldyr, and readies a bomb to attack the bears as they close. The bomb will be a Tanglefoot bomb detonated as a directed blast ; he will hit as many as possible as they close...
+2 int +3 Orc FCB
Primary Target needs to make a reflex save vs entangled and glued to the ground (as a tanglefoot bag), DC 16
Bomb Splash Damage = 9
Splash targets need to make a reflex save vs entangled DC 16.
After detonating his bomb, Grelldar will grab his longspear with now free primary hand
Fantora smiles gleefully at the approaching bears! "Finally, something to do!" She steps out from behind her companions and looses a volley of arrows at the closer of the bears to the west.
”Okay, we are forming a Phalanx Sorek! Ha! I’ve always wanted to try this!”
”You know what’s really great!? These bears are not invisible AND are not illusionary this time. Um, right? The bears are real right?”
So they both save vs the bomb. Sorek hits, but they are not evil.
One attacks Sorek
One on Baltor
And one on Bastion
Sorek is hit so it attempts a grapple
Sorek is grappled
Fantora
Lars
Baltor
Bastion
Ok, I took off 60 damage. The bear is still coming.