U1:The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh 5E (Inactive)

Game Master nilesr

Round 1
Rolen moves in and engages the Spiders to protect Kirian Longsword2h: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 hitting for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Carric moves and fires his bow, missing.
Peren moves into the room and fires his bow, hitting.
Habbi steps up and crunches a Spider (a held action would have been wasted since I moved Rolen into the room)
Kirian hurls fire but misses.
Spiders
1 bites at Habbi 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18 hitting the cleric for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 and Con: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 poison courses through Habbi and he takes 2d8 ⇒ (6, 2) = 8 damage and is unconscious, stable and paralyzed.
2 bites at Rolen 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 missing the Ranger.

Round 2
Rolen
Carric
Peren
Habbi [unconscious, paralyzed]
Kirian
Spiders

Map is updated. Good guys are up.

Round 2

Carric fires at the spider attacking Rolen.

LB Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
LB Dam: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Kirian hurls another Fire Bolt at the spider that attacked Habbi.

FB Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
FB Dam: 1d10 ⇒ 6

Death Save: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Ugh.

"No! No! NO! It's happening again!"

The halfling rogue takes aim at the spider that took down his friend and releases another arrow.

Attack-ranged: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Round 2
Rolen hacks at a Spider 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 hitting for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7. One spider squeals its death rattle.
Carric dishes some pain with his bow!
Peren follows suit!
Habbi [unconscious, paralyzed] No DST needed, the poison is a paralytic and stabilized you...
Kirian hurls deadly fire at the remaining spider.
Spider bites at Rolen 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 striking the Ranger for 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (6, 8) + 3 = 17 Rolen collapses to the ground.

Round 3
Rolen [prone, dying] DST: 1d20 ⇒ 13 +1
Carric
Peren
Habbi [prone,unconscious, paralyzed]
Kirian
Spider

Good guys are up. The Spider has 1HP and AC14....first hit kills it!

"DIE ALREADY!" Kirian screams at the spider, hurling another Fire Bolt.

FB Att: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
FB Dam: 1d10 ⇒ 5

Kirian gasps for a moment, catching his breath.

"Peren, we need that healing potion you found, quickly."

Kirian thinks for a moment...

Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

"We need to give the potion to Rolen before he dies. If I'm remembering right, that spider poison should wear off Habbi in about an hour."

"I hope I'm remembering it right."

Peren retrieves the potion from his pack and hands it to Kirian.

"Will he be ok? Darn those spiders!"

"Cross your fingers."

Kirian braces Rolen's head and slowly pours the healing potion down his throat.

Oh, According to your post I took 14 damage, so I thought that meant I was at 0 hp. I am confused.

Yeah it was the poison that dropped you to 0HP. The poison reads If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way. So, I interpret that to mean, even at 0HP you are stable but paralyzed for 1 hour.

Kirian cooks the last spider in its own juices. Everyone gets 50XP...I think this means you all level up right?

Healing Potion: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 = 8

Rolen splutters into consciousness.

If you take a short rest you can level up

I've got total XP at 300 now, which puts us at level 2. Huzzah!

Kirian sits watch over Habbi and Rolen, trying to ignore the smell of cooked spiders in the corner. As he rests, meditates and studies his spellbook, he feels different -- decisions become clearer to him, his spell recollection improves, and he feels a bit heartier.

Level 2 HP: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

I'm still mulling over Kirian's Arcane Tradition - it's down to Abjuration vs. Enchantment.

Gained Fighting Style (Archery) and two Spells (Hunter's Mark and Cure Wounds)

HP: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

School of Abjuration it is! Kirian adds Shield to his prepared spells and gains Arcane Ward, which will add an additional 8HP when he next casts an abjuration spell.

Gained Cunning Action; HP 1d8 ⇒ 5

That is funky. Sounds cool to me, though, I will have to take my short rest after the hour of being poisoned, correct?

HD lvl 2: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Gained channel divinity (turn undead, and preserve life) and picked up detect magic and can cast it as a ritual.

EDIT: As he lay there, paralyzed, Habbi runs through prayers in his head. Over and over, he begins to understand the wisdom of Al'Asran and feels closer to his god.

Kirian continues to keep watch over Habbi and Rolen, waiting for one of them to awaken. He pulls out one of the books he found the previous day, The Magical Properties of Herbs and Flowers and peruses the pages.

Waiting on Rolen to catch up. I'll move us along Tomorrow, just tell me where you go next

+7 HP, Gained Action Surge and I am have been so out of it I have been forgetting Second Wind so I am going to actually get gud at fighting now, lol.

Rolen sits up, again, with a look of consternation on his face as he rubs his head, I haven't been unconscious this much since training. I'm not enjoying it.

Where are you guys going to go next? I've updated everyone stuff on the map. @Rolen we roll for HP

What is our hp totals at? We don't just refresh up to max, right? Do we get what we rolled for our new HD? I will also be using my second HD as well, which should bring me to...

HD: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

14 hp.

EDIT: "Well then, let's check the East end of the house, then come back to that big Northern room."

Kirian packs up his gear.

"Well, we probably have more spiders to kill."

"Good to see you're both better."

He starts to walk down the hall to the far East end of the house, checking the floorboards along the way with his quarterstaff.

Investigation: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Carric leans close to Rolen.

Thought I lost you there for a moment, friend. Glad to have you back.

He then resumes his position, bow at the ready to guard the party from range.

Habbi and Kirian lead the way to inspect the eastern edge of the Haunted House

Room 11

Kirian stays in the doorway, careful to avoid the missing floorboards. He casts a Mage Hand to open the cupboard slowly and examine its contents, hoping that nothing will jump out at him.

"If it's all the same to everyone, I think I'll leave the fireplace alone this time."

Room 11

Peren again checks the floorboards for weakness before entering the room. He creeps up to the cupboard and examines it before opening it.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Habbi holds back and readies a spell in case another creature emerges!

Roll!: 1d10 ⇒ 7 +8 HP then HUZZAH!

Rolen nods at Carric emphatically then stands and readies himself once more, sword in hand.

Rolen falls in near Habbi, prepared to move into the room if Peren requires aid.

Peren opens the cupboard to reveal two items: a pair of old, cracked leather boots, and a dirty, ragged, stained cloak hanging on a peg.

Habbi moves gingerly into the room, taking care to avoid the missing floorboards and approaches the chimney. "Take care, folks. Be ready, in case more nasty critters come out of here."

Casting a quick light orison on his mace, the cleric looks back to his companions and makes sure that they are ready before shoving his mace up the chimney!

Kirian stands ready behind Habbi and listens carefully for creatures.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Rolen, sword in hand, nods at Habbi in readiness.

Habbi inspects the fireplace and finds naught but dust.

Peren will carefully remove the cloak and boots and will examine the interior of the wardrobe for any hidden compartments.

Perception?: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Investigation: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Rolen offers a "harumph" at the anti-climactic search.

Habbi laughs, "If you all are willing to wait a bit, I can perform a ritual to detect magical auras for a bit, but it doesn't last long."

To Habbi, "I can do the same, but I can tell you're itching to try out your new gift, so after you."

Habbi smiles sheepishly and sits down, crosslegged in the hall and whispers prayers over and over for about 10 minutes.

The cleric's eyes flutter open and he looks around to see if he can find any magic around...

Peren removes the smelly boots and just before he takes the cloak off the hook he notices some mold growing on the inside. Wis DC5: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Something tells him he might not want to mess with the cloak...

"Perhaps we walk away from this one and leave it for the next group of scavengers."

Peren very carefully moves away from the moody boots and cloak and exits the room.

Intelligence (Nature): 1d20 ⇒ 16

"I got this," Habbi says with a wink and as everyone backs away from the cloak and boots he calls down a sacred flame to destroy the mold and spores.

"Shall we move on to the next room?" the cleric says as he continues to scan the area for magic.

Rolen simply nods

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Kirian walks to the back section of the house, checking floorboards along the way. He walks down the hallway, past the two doors on the right and carefully peers around the corner.

Investigation: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Habbi destroys the Mold Everyone gets 50XP and then.

Kirian walks to the end of the hall and peers around the corner.

Area 18
Along the north wall of this area a staircase descends to ground floor of the rear of the house. The treads appear to be insecure.
Another staircase along the east wall climbs to the upper level. This has mostly collapsed -- only the lowest six steps are still intact and there is no easy access to the hole in the ceiling to where the staircase used to lead. A heap of rotten timber lies in the northeast corner.
Closer examination of the staircase down to the kitchen reveals that a few of the treads are missing. These stairs are, however, passable with difficulty, whereas the party will have to find other ways of ascending to the attic if they wish to do so.

Area 16

Kirian carefully steps into the doorway of this room and casts a Mage Hand with which he attempts to open the chest, provided it's not locked nor too heavy. He looks to see the contents.

Investigation: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Any magic radiating from either of these rooms? (Assuming this is before the 10 mins are up?)

Peren waits to see if Kirian can open the chest before entering the room.

Rolen hovers like the others as the wizard opens the box. Whats in the box?!?!