What happens when the heroes chartered to explore the Stolen lands make treaties with locals and end up dead with the charter passing into the hands of goblins???
Eidolon - Colvin's Eidolon leaps from a small tree and attempts to Bull Rush one of the horse into a pit!
Bull Rush 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
If that is not possible it will simply leap onto the other Rider which was not stunned by the Color Spray.
Leaping Bite Attack - 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Damage - 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Colvin
Colvin summons forth another rat from the ether and it attacks flanking with the first such summoned creature and smiting the rider!
The four bandits under the effect of the color spray are spared temporarily as Colvin's summoned creatures and Eidolon focus on riders who were not effected and Kressel.
The two bandits who were not effected by the color spray are torn to shreds quickly (-5,-8 & -6,-6) with the Kressel taking more damage as well.
Right now you have four blinded bandits and an angry Kressel to deal with.....
.....oh and another group that will be here shortly!!!
When Gufi gets the ball rolling, Quuroog begins summoning a fire beetle, which appears during the first round. Meanwhile, Scratch scuttles down a tree branch and stings a stunned bandit.
Poison Sting:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Poison: 1/round for 6 rounds; Fort DC 10, failure means he is sickened for 1 round; Cure: One save
First round:
Fire beetle attacks Kressel.
Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Damage:1d4 ⇒ 3
How does Smite Evil work when the creature has a Charisma of 7?
When the summoning is complete, Quuroog calls her innate ability to doom a foe, recognizing Kressel as the most formidable opponent from the now-dead bandit's description. Will DC 13 to resist or become shaken
Quuroog was hiding, also. Her action was to summon a critter, so she's not necessarily drawing attention. There are more obvious targets, summoned critters, that they might fire at.
Y's musket was a crit threat, so unless Kressel is dead, we might be interested in seeing if it confirmed.
If Quuroog was attacked, that was a crit threat, also.
sorry Q I had your last action as using doom on Kressel. On a natural 20 I automatically make it confirm and just double the damage already rolled.....
sorry Q I had your last action as using doom on Kressel. On a natural 20 I automatically make it confirm and just double the damage already rolled.....
Doom is a spell-like ability for Q. I don't think that would necessarily give away her position. I lost track of her actions taken. 4 points of damage, then.
Just to make sure we are on the same page: Quuroog started casting summon monster 1 during the surprise round so that the critter would appear during the first round, when it would have attacked the bandit leader. Then she used her SLA on Kressell to complete her available actions for the first round. She remains hidden in the trees with a Stealth check of 36 other than the vocalization necessary for her summoning, which tells them she's there, but not necessarily where, especially if they are riding in. But that ship has sailed.
How far are they from her and the summoned fire beetle?
Colvin still hidden in a tree summons one more Celestial Dire Rat
Summoned Dire Rat - 1 returns to the nether from whence it came!
Eidolon - Seeing the riders rush in with their bows, the Eidolon presses changes tactics to attack them and slow down their attacks on Colvin's companions.
How far are they from her and the summoned fire beetle?
Since we are going freeform (map less) in most encounters you can have your fire bettle go after whomever you like, a nonspecific blinded bandit, nonspecific approaching bandit or Happs himself, just declare the target and roll the attacks.... [ooc]
[ooc]The map we are using for "reference" the bandit camp, should put the riders within 30
The riders were coming in fast, but the traps along with Gufi's iceball and then Kelvaalpaaz'smusket finishing off Happs at a distance.
The near bandits die horribly at the hands of a goblin and summoned creatures, the Eidolon misses, and the swarm of rats seems to as well, save one who strikes true.
One of the remaining bandits yells out...
"Ambush! Retreat!"
The riders turn their horses to ride away and fire arrows towards the group!
The riders are approximately 30 away
Arrows~
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 211d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 111d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 61d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 You realize too late they had focused their shots on the Eidlon
Colvin decides that the distance the bandits have created calls for yet one more summoned creature before he joins the fray.
Summon Monster 1/6 for the day.
From behind a Celestial Eagle flashes down attempting to disarm one of the attackers.
Disarm - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
As Colvin's second and third summoned dire rat departs, the 4th charges forward at the riders each facing off against an individual bandit to draw their fire away from Colvin's companions!
"We make place to gather dropped things, away from camp, yes? Get things, make sure bandits dead, wait for those to try again? Or follow them?"
What has become of the bandits' horses?
Thinking we should cache anything we found in one place until we know what we have and whether we will come under attack again. Immediately-useful stuff like potions we would hand out, but over-sized (for us) weapons do us little good.
Kel moves to the krenshar, to tend to its wound. "Soggy has been hit; if any has a method of magical healing, he could use it."
Observing the situation, the kobold counts the numerous bodies of fallen bandits, watching as many of their horses have since calmed and graze about nearby. He stares at the backs of the fleeing, before addressing his comrades again.
"We should gather, yes Quuroog. The horses as well; my tribe, and certainly Gufi's, would enjoy the feast. Perhaps we can take them back to our hidden wagon, as we prepare for the return of their friends."
"We should also report back to the chiefs. We need to warn our home of the possible dangers ahead."
Colvin's tail twitches, "We should eat some horsemeat for sure but they have value we can sell them, better to eat the humans. I hear they are delicious but we will need to skin and clean them quickly!"
Colvin holds his position and look to Quuroog, "First you are right Mite. Let's gather up all of the goods they have dropped and hide them with the rest. We should clear all signs of battle so they have a hard time locating where our ambush took place".
Colvin will also check the traps they created to see if any bandits did indeed fall in.
She was down six, I think; I only saw the one spot at the beginning of this page where she got hit, but it all happened before I actually joined. At any rate, I don't think she was dying, so I'm sure 5's good enough. And "sips;" I think I read that meant 1HP/per sip, right? Just for the future.
Kel makes use of his animal magnetism and fast (for a little guy) speed to round up some of the stray horses.
Quuroog will channel to heal once everyone gets together to discuss the situation.
[dice=Channel to heal]1d6
[dice=Channel to heal]1d6
[dice=Channel to heal]1d6
She obviously needs some practice. How badly is Soggy hurt?
You can do average +1/level per channel and just state it rather than rolling. Yes I know that makes channel 4 points per use at first level, 5 points at second.....the +1 resets when you gain another die, but it applies to both dice so at third level the 2d6 is always 8, 4th level jumps to 10.....fifth level 3d6, the bonus resets to +1....12 point of healing......or you can roll it.
The horses are gathered, which also turned out to be a haul for treasure as well since the saddlebags were full of I'll gotten gains, and some had hides (5) strapped to the horse, another a medium tent, 5 wool blankets, and most of them (9) wineskins full of wine!
Colvin shrugs as it seems no one else is interested in man flesh, "These Bandits are quite busy it seems! I wonder how many more there are beyond the four who got away? Though we should start to head somewhere in case they come back in greater numbers but where to?"/
Out of timing, but I honestly overlooked the comment about eating the people! I'll just throw this in there, and we can pretend he said it when he should have.
Kel sniffs the corpses of the bandits. "The meat may be good, but tall folk, particularly wicked ones such as these, may have disease as well. Prepare them now if you'd like, but I would prefer one more familiar with cooking them to do so. I would hate to be sickened by their rotting flesh."
Kel leads the herd of equines around the battlefield, aiding his comrades in gathering the supplies from the fallen and loading them onto the beasts. He nods at Colvin and the others once the scene is clean.
"We should get the wagon, and visit Baron Oleg. He must be informed of what happened here, and we must remove this evidence from our possession."
Quuroog is quiet when she returns from her prayers and helps the others gather up bandit bodies and gear. She climbs down into the pits to strip those bodies, then once the other bodies have been thrown into the hole, she commits them collectively to The One Below with a short but fervent prayer followed by a handful of dirt thrown in.
She gets an odd look in her eye and nods as though in response to a suggestion, then begins intently gathering tall grass from around the battlefield, here and there, and carrying it back to the burial pit. She asks for no aid and does not respond to offers of same, but doesn't tell anyone to stop, either.
When she's done, there is a noticeable depression where the pit is, but unless someone rides or walks into it, they won't realize how deep it is - or what it contains.
Job done, the frenzied look fades and the timid little cleric is herself once more.
