Treasurefox's Rise of the Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master TreasureFox

That poop headed green freak removed Cleo's blessing?!? Furnok kill that thing!

"You have made a mistake in coming to this place" - Helgarr growls at the armored goblins facing her - "And you will pay for it"

Dropping the polearm, the barbarian reaches for the massive club at her back, the gleam in her eyes revealing the fire within.

Free Action: Controlled Rage
Standard: Attack
Effects: Bless, Crowd Control (AC17)

Greatclub Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Ali pulled his crossbow out as he walked up to Azeri, pulling the unfamiliar runes in to being and focusing his power, before laying his palm on the Eidolons shoulder once again, calling forth his magics in a burst. Runes of Shielding, Deflection and Force sprung in to being before him and wove together in to a shimmering shield.

"Huh... so that is what that does!"

Ali Casts Shield on Azeri after moving 10ft.

Azeri current AC-25

"Get in there big guy!"

Reeling from her wounds, Helgarr focuses all her attention on a single armored goblin. Her bardiche clangs against the stone floor as she reaches for a massive wooden club strapped to her back. Swinging with all her might, Helgarr yells as she pulls the club over her head to smash the now-terrified goblin into jelly.

Jeaux continues her relentless assault on the goblin standing to Helgarr's side. Although previously she only did little jabs and slices, this time she swings her glaive right over her head, just like Helgarr. The blade slices right down the goblin's shoulder, all the way down to its spine, it crumbles to the floor lifeless. Behind Jeaux, Vandra conjures another globe of acid and launches it at the scarred spellcasting goblin. It clips the creature across its arm, dealing minimal damage. Still, the goblin flinches before cursing at Vandra.

Outside of the glassworks, Azeri stalls for just a moment while Ali catches up and casts a spell on him. At the end of the spellcasting, Azeri is now protected both by an aura of light, and a floating shield of force. Ready to clean up the fight, Azeri runs into the Glassworks at full speed.

Cleo, Furnok, and Maria's turn. Ali and Azeri have already posted. Goblins turn after that.

Ali, I have a question because I have never played a Summoner - is the spell cast on Azeri, or you and shared with Azeri?

It is cast on Azeri. I don't benefit from it personally. The ability is called "Shared Spell" but it only refers to the fact that you can use spells with the Range-Personal, on your Eidolon as well, as long as they are on your Summoner Spell list.

This is an ability of the Eidolon, correct?

Yes, it is.

Thanks Ali ;)

Maria tajes a five foot step to the side and draws her arrow back and shioots at the scarred spellcaster. Shortbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Furnok puts his back into hit and strieks at Goblin4
Falchion,PA: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 202d4 + 7 ⇒ (2, 3) + 7 = 12

Cleo will follow Maria lead and try to peg the scarred goblin. ranged: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 181d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Forgot small size so it really is a 19 to hit.

A great and powerful strike as Furnok slices through the goblin like it was butter! His blade completely ignores the creature's protection magic, Furnok's pure strength giving him the edge. Meanwhile, Maria and Cleo combine their efforts to take down the scarred spellcaster. Although Maria's shot flies into the wall, Cleo gets a good *thwack* into the goblin's thigh. It hisses at her with bloodshot eyes, clearly marking the halfling as it's next target.

Maria, if you wouldn't mind, could you break down your attack roll for me please? I was expecting your shot to be at a +4

Enemy Turn

"Keep at least one of them alive!" - Helgarr roars - "We need information!"

Helgarr watches the madness seep into the warrior's mind before it shrieks without warning and lunges towards Helgarr. Again, Helgarr feels a sickening tinge as the curved dagger cuts into her side, drawing even more blood. The goblin laughs maniacally, like it has lost all sanity. But that's not the worst of it.

Screaming out a berserk warcry, the falchion wielding goblin finally charges forwards to strike. Helgarr was too focused on her injuries to notice in time, but the falchion makes an unbelievably powerful cleave across Helgarr's chest. Human blood sprays like a fountain as it covers the ecstatic goblins like the wet season's first shower. They dance around, cheering as the powerful woman falls to the ground completely defeated. Once they regain their composure, the goblin licks its black and orange flaming blade, searching for its next victim. Helgarr, I'm assuming you put your controlled rage bonus completely into Strength, but in the future please let me know so I can calculate your hitpoints more accurately

Helgarr, Vandra, and Jeaux are next, followed by everyone else.

Honestly, I expect something is f$~#ed up, but I haven't had a chance to break it down yet and figure where I messed up

How close is Helgarr to me? Would I be able to safely pour a potion down her throat?

She's got two goblins adjacent to her, wouldn't that give them an attack of opportunity?

I would rule that it does in this situation. Spells and wands only require a touch, but to pour a potion down someone's throat requires too much interaction to not have an attack of opportunity.

I will do next time TreasureFox - if there is one.

I do have a couple of questions though (sometimes I get confused when there is no map :D):

- Helgarr is 5-10' behind Furnok. The falchion guy that charged at me, shouldn't he be eating an AoO from, say... Furnok?
- My second question is: there are three goblins left, and they are all focusing on me. Is this correct?

No worries, Helgarr. Ask away!! I understand your frustration with a lack of maps, and as our combats begin to get more and more complex, I am seriously considering pulling up my big boy pants and creating some maps for you.

Furnok, as of this turn, is now 10 ft. to the right of Helgarr. He's not been making attacks of opportunity because he has been using his falchion. If he was using a reach weapon, the potion-drinking goblin would have provoked several AoOs, but he still wouldn't have been able to help Helgarr against the remaining 3 goblins.

Two of the goblins are focusing you, and the 3rd is right behind them providing magical benefits. If you can keep player and character knowledge separate, you are fighting a fighter, a warpriest, and a cleric. That crit was incredibly brutal.

Yeah... I got really unlucky there. And on top of that, I forgot that Helgarr now has DR 1/- (since level 2). Wouldn't make a difference though, since she was only hit twice.

Thanks for the explanations TreasureFox, though if we assume good and bad guys are two fronts it is not too bad, but it gets hard to understand left/right distances - for future reference, and because it is important for a reach fighter, how do I garner that information from the 'Positioning' spoiler?

Stabilization?: 1d20 + 3 - 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 - 3 = 5

Helgarr bleeds a tad more.

Well, the positioning spoiler is a recent idea I came up with on the spot while working on the new Hell's Rebels game with Vandra. It's essentially a written version of a map, that lists everyone's position relative to each other. Still, it's far from perfect, and I'll be either modifying it further or I'll make a map.

Is there a way for me to position myself to have all three remaining goblins within a 15-foot cone without hitting any of my allies? Gonna try something to hopefully give us a bit of breathing room.

Yes, you can go 10 ft. to Helgarr's left. That should work.

probably won't be on any later tonight so once Vandra's done Cleo will cast cure light wounds on Helgarr.

cure: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Vandra was horrified. Helgarr, the large Shoanti woman who cared about them all, was dying next to him. How could that be? She was so full of life! Something inside him snapped at that moment. With a cold look in his eyes, he moved around Helgarr's prone form and glared at the goblins, especially the one who did that to her. Reaching deep within his anger and hate, he pulled it out and gave it form, twisting the magic in his hands before releasing it as a spread of colors from his finger tips at the remaining goblins!

Vs 1-2HD, Unconscious Blinded Stunned: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3
Vs 1-2HD, Blinded Stunned: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Vs 3-4HD, Blinded Stunned: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Action: Moved to position myself 10ft to Helgarr's left, then used the spell Color Spray. Enemies with 2 or less HD are unconscious, blinded, and stunned for 2d4 rounds, blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, then stunned for 1 round. Enemies with 3-4 HD are blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds then stunned for 1 round. Enemies with 5 or more HD are stunned for 1 round. They each get a Will save to negate it all at DC 15.

While her son was casting his spell, Jeaux decided to exact a little of her own revenge for the fallen woman. Positioning her self for a good strike, she lashed out with her glaive at the falchion-wielding goblin.

Attack vs Falchion Goblin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Ali wathes Helgarr go down and growls sharply, moving up to a better position and aiming his crossbow at the Goblin that put her there. "Scum! WHERE IS AMEIKO?!"

Ranged Attack-1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d8 ⇒ 3

Azeri steps forward, past Vandra and in to range of two of the Goblins, lashing out with his claws at first the Falchion wielding Goblin, then the other.

Claw-1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 161d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Claw-1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 91d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

When his last attack misses, he lunges forward, using his body to crush the heavily armored Goblin.

Slam-1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 231d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Maria growls and unleashes another arrow at the scarred Goblin. Shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 C.Confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20 Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 3) = 9

For your safety, I'd wait to move in front of me until after my spell activates, otherwise you'd be hit too.

That was the idea yeah.

remember treasure will be out of pocket for a bit. Doesn't hurt to have everything lined up ready for his return.

True, I had forgotten he would be gone for a bit.

See I think of him as fox, when you said treasure was out of pocket I was thinking of shiny clanky gold

A wild assassin appears!

Lol! Well Maria, I'll see what I can do for shiny clanky gold =P

As Helgarr gets downed by the cruel goblins, the team rallies and gets serious. With their anger boiling over, Vandra launches from his hand a spray of various colors that smash into the warpriest's face, downing the terror instantly. With the creature down, the team gangs up on it. Jeaux swipes at it with her glaive, making a small gash across its back, while Azeri moves in and takes a swing at it with his claws. Ali tries to get in a good shot, but with the creature being face first in the stone floor, his bolt smashes against the far wall. The evil cleric laughs as Ali screams for Ameiko. "Ahahaha! Her flesh, so soft..." it was going to continue, but all of a sudden an arrow from Maria rips right through its side. "I curse you Longshanks! Mother eat the meat from your corpse!"

During this time, Cleo rushes over to Helgarr. Whispering a prayer to Erastil, her hands glow softly before washing over the downed warrior. Helgarr's eyes open and her head pangs from where she fell.

Waiting on Furnok, then enemies

Azeri, unfortunately you were too far away to make a full attack, but the first claw was a hit.

Alis face goes cold, his eyes sharp and flinty in his head. He glared at the Goblin who had spoken, before glancing at the others. "This one is mine. Azeri, take him alive, let's have a little conversation with our friend!"

Furnok moves over to the fighter and hacks
Falchion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 132d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 1) + 5 = 9

Another powerful swing from Furnok, but the goblin warrior simply deflects it with its heavy shield. With absolutely no sense of honor or self preservation, the goblin stabs at Helgarr with its curved dagger, taking another slice of flesh in the process.

The cleric laughs hysterically like a maniac after a gruesome murder. Suddenly, it stops and gazes deep into Ali's eyes. In a raspy voice, it says slowly in common, "My life... for the mother." With a terrible toothy grin, it binds in its hands an ever growing ball of pure black energy. As the ball grows larger and larger, the goblin doesn't immediately release it. Instead, the goblin opens its maw and eats the ball of energy, swallowing with a loud gulp. It only has enough time to give Ali a wink before its red-green flesh erupts, spraying everyone with flesh, blood, and dark energy.

Everyone's turn. Azeri, Helgarr, Vandra, and Jeaux are treated as first.

Helgarr doesn't even stand up, spitting blood through her gritted teeth, she roars at the fighter who keeps on attacking her - "You will DIE here, like all of your companions, dog!" - grabbing her weapon, and waiting for the next attack.

Free: Controlled Rage - all on Con (+4 = +4hp)
Full Round: Full defense (+4 to AC = 17)

Furnok keeps on hacking.
Hacknslash: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 82d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 2) + 5 = 10

Azeri switched his focus to the Warpriest, going all out on the Goblin, but controlling his attacks so as to bruise, not bleed.

Claw-1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 151d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Claw-1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 161d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Slam-1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 61d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

All non-lethal

"You will not touch her again!" Vandra screamed at the goblin, momentarily ignoring the gore that just splattered against him and the others. Turning to his mother, he laid his hand on her shoulder before pumping magic into her body, boosting her skills.

Action: True Strike on Jeaux, giving her a +20 on her next attack roll.

Jeaux, feeling bolstered by the magic of her son, swung her glaive at the falchion-wielding goblin.

Attack: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (3) + 25 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Cleo does not like goblins... not in the least. Trying to ignore the horrible feeling the dark energy gives off, she concentrates on her faith, and pours more energy into her large friend. cure: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

While Cleo administers more healing for Helgarr, Azeri pummels and bashes the warpriest. By the end of his spree, the warpriest not only looks bruised and beaten, but is also bleeding out. It seems like it was already nearing death even before Azeri started attacking.

Although Furnok can't seem to get past the fighter's armor, Vandra whispers a prediction to his mother. Taking the advice from her son, Jeaux waits for the goblin to make a critical error with its shield before she pokes the goblin in the shoulder. It looks rather ragged and tired by now, but doesn't even seem to recognize Helgarr's threats, yet alone be afraid of them.

Still need actions from Ali and Maria, then it's the goblin's turn... assuming they get one =P

Maria happier with the results of her archery again draws an arrow and pulls it taut before releasing it at the fighter.

Shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 Damage that probably doesn't hit: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Cleo, how do you feel about having your own personal Barbarian bodyguard - you've just earned one, trying to keep me alive as TreasureFox tries to kill me :D