Year of the Shadow Lodge (tier 1-2) (Inactive)

Game Master SkipperD

""Many thanks Marsius"

"Appreciated, but not needed. We are comrades: you sing, I block and heal, Lad sneaks. 'Cooperate': that is what these Shadow men do not underst...."

Marsius' lack of ears do not prevent him from cocking his head towards a door to the north adn his speech trails off. "More goblins. Maybe priests too. We are not alone."

The paladin places his wand back in his belt loop and takes his sword back from Hasshin.

I'm fine being right at the door when we open it, unless someone else would prefer. Marsius is fairly armored, and would like to blunt a surprise assault from getting to you.

Valyssa also moves forward but leaves space between her and Marsius for the other martial member of the team.

So, what's the plan? Investigate the goblins, or skulk about some more?

"We should probably clear out the goblins here? Best not leave them here to cause more trouble."

Marsius is ready to burst open the door. We've got to find Chavion, and he might be back there!

"Make it safer for the others. I like it," she says to Yyrkoon with a smile.

I vote goblins.

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"Open the door Marsius" Valyssa encourages the man to her front.

Marsius gives a silent nod to Valyssa, then opens the door wide, revealing...

Goblins it is then!

This cavernous hallway is contains a number of elaborate skeletal displays. The reassembled creations consist of both accurate assemblies and imaginative creation built from the bones of multiple specimens. Several large, glass cylinders contain colonies of dermestid beetles for cleaning bones. Several have actively decaying specimens. Arches along the side lead to small workstations. Near the back sits another, larger work area filled with kilns, a hearth, and some large iron vats. In the middle of the floor, six corpses lie piled together is a pool of blood.

A pair of goblins, seemingly awaiting your arrival, topple two of the glass cylinders, sloshing semi decomposed remains, beatles and unwholesome fluids throughout the room. The beatles coalesce into a swarm while the goblins shriek with glee.

The fluids spilled from the cylinders affects the floor of the room as a Grease spell.

Combat round 1
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad (5 damage), Laiashi (3 damage), Marsius (3 damage), Valyssa
Goblins
Swarm
Hasshin, Yyrkoon

Marsius lets out a loud hiss as hundred of beetles coalesce together. "Swarm!"

His eyes dart northward, noticing an open archway at the other end of the room. "I do not care for swarms." the nagaji says as he stows his sword temporarily and pulls out his alchemiist's fire. "And there is entrance to the north. Perhaps simply shut the door, let the goblins have to take care of their own mess?"

Move action put away weapon, move action draw flask

"Another entrance north? Hmm... If that door will hold them, maybe they'll attack the goblins for us. If not... we'll handle both problems at once." Lai turns and moves up the side wall and around the corner, slowing as she gets to the other entrance.

Stealth (-5 for movement): 1d20 + 6 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 5 = 3

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Valyssa moves to support Laiashi.

Lad can't really see any enemies right now, so she'll just draw and drink a clw potion.
cure light: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3
Well, with the penalties for distance and the wall, the goblins don't hear the flanking team.

The goblins gleefully rush towards Marsius, dogslicers raised high.
Arcobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Arcobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
The blue goblin slips in the muck, and stands up again.

The other goblin takes a swing at Marsius
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19, but the nagaji is too well armored.

Random!: 1d2 ⇒ 1

The beetles swarm out through the northern entrance and engulf Laiashi and Valyssa.
Damage v Laiashi and Valyssa: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Fort v poison (Laiashi): 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (2) + 0 = 2
Fort v poison (Valyssa): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Fort v distraction (Laiashi): 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (18) + 0 = 18
Fort v distraction (Valyssa): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Str damage (Laiashi): 1d2 ⇒ 2

Combat round 1/2
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (7 damage, 2 Str damage, poisoned), Marsius (3 damage), Valyssa (4 damage)
Goblins
Swarm
Hasshin, Yyrkoon

Round 1 Reach; Cover
Yyrkoon strikes at the goblin from the back row ...
Lg Spear: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 2 - 4 = 10 for Piercing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

round 1

Hasshin moves into the room on the left then back out to attack the goblin from the side
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
damage : 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (5, 1) + 5 = 11

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"Back away Laiashi and I will throw some alchi fire on it!" Valyssa says while retreating away from the swarm back towards the party...

Remember that the entire room is under a grease like effect.
Acrobatics (Hasshin): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Hasshin moves unsteadily up to the goblin, but misses it by a hairs breadth.

Combat round 2
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (7 damage, 2 Str damage, poisoned), Marsius (3 damage), Valyssa (4 damage)
Goblins
Swarm
Hasshin, Yyrkoon

Well, that didn't go as planned. Marisus think as he stands impotently with flask in one hand and sword at his belt. He awkwardly shifts the two back to where they were, but that takes time - time he can hear Laishi may not have.

Did not expect the swarm to head north. Dumb beetles: don't they know how tasty golbins are?"

Move action stow Fire, move action draw sword. Getting sense of deja vu

Dumb beetles indeed -.-

"Yaaaaah!" Lai yells out in pain, compromising her position, as the beetles overtake her. With nothing to attack them with, she retreats back to where she was before.

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Valyssa will dig through her gear, pull out her alchi fire, and take a 5 ft step back...she will have a readied action of the swarm comes closer to the group down the hallway...

Valyssa, go ahead and resolve your readied attack now, since it's more or less guarantied to go off.

Oh, and Laiashi needs another Fort save against the poison: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (15) + 0 = 15

Combat round 2
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (7 damage, 2 Str damage), Marsius (3 damage), Valyssa (4 damage)
Goblins
Swarm
Hasshin, Yyrkoon

apologies, i should have posted that readied attack when i stated it but forgot in my haste to post

Ranged touch vs swarm square: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13...Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Botting Lad:

Lad moves around the nagajis and into flanking position before giving the goblin a good stab.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 = 11

The blue tries moving in the muck once more.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5, but slips and falls again.

The other goblin takes a swing at Hasshin.
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

The swarm rounds the corner, where Valyssa throws a alchemists fire and splashes it. I then moves down and engulfs her and Laiashi again.
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Fort v poison (Laiashi): 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (16) + 0 = 16
Fort v poison (Valyssa): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Fort v distraction (Laiashi): 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 11
Fort v distraction (Valyssa): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Combat round 2/3
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (8 damage, 2 Str damage), Marsius (3 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblins
Swarm (2 damge)
Hasshin, Yyrkoon

Hasshin attacks the fool that attacked him
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (6, 4) + 5 = 15

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crit comfirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 2) + 5 = 10
in no way needed but I never crit...

Round 2 Reach; Flanking; Cover
Yyrkoon strikes at the goblin again from the back row ...
Lg Spear: 1d20 + 2 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 2 + 2 - 4 = 18 for Piercing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Hasshin and Yyrkoon tag team the goblin, and it is no more.

Combat round 3
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (8 damage, 2 Str damage), Marsius (3 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblins
Swarm (2 damge)
Hasshin, Yyrkoon

Valyssa double moves away from the swarms reach down the hallway to the north...she already used her swarm weapon... cant fight it now

Stupid swarm.
When the goblin falls, Lai moves into the room past her allies. "Those bugs are still on the move," she says weakly, covered in flecks of her own blood.

Holding action if the goblin comes around the corner.
Held action: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 -4 cover?
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

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You guys keep forgetting the grease in the room...
Acrobatics, Laiashi: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Combat round 3
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (8 damage, 2 Str damage), Marsius (3 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblins
Swarm (2 damge)
Hasshin, Yyrkoon

Lad fires her bow that she had out, and not her dagger that apparently attacked of its own will from her pocket...

shortbow vs Blue goblin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 -4 cover?

damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Letting out a larger snarl (mostly at himself) in frustration, Marisus simply drops his sword to fetch out his flask once again then throws it at the writhing ball of vermin.

Ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 for fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3 x1.5 if it hits

"Mage," he says to Yrkoon as he braces himself for an assault. "You would not happen to have flames in your weaponry, would you?"

I have acid flasks, and it was my plan to throw them from the door where I was stood, but my post failed and by the time I checked I had been moved. It'll be a few turns before I'm in position to throw them at the swarm.
Sorry. I hope everyone else can deal with it.

@Lad: Whoops! At least you got line of sight to the other goblin now...

Lad's arrow flies true and strikes the goblin, but it's not enough to stop it yet.

Marsius scores a direct hit with his alchemist's fire and fries many a beetle.

The wounded goblin tries once more to maneuver through the muck.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
It carefully walks up to Laiashi and stabs in her general direction.
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

The beetles spill out from the hallway and engulf Marsius and Yyrkoon.
Damge: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Distraction v Marsius: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Poison v Marsius: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Distraction v Yyrkoon: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Poison v Yyrkoon: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Combat round 3/4
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (12 damage, 2 Str damage), Marsius (5 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblin (4 damage)
Swarm (6 damge)
Hasshin, Yyrkoon (2 damage, nauseated)

Seeing Laishi fall, Marsius draws his wand and tries to get to Laiashi.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 1 - 6 ⇒ (15) + 1 - 6 = 10

Improbably, the lumbering armored warrior reaches the rogue and 'bops' her with healing energy.

CLW for Laishi: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

He also call out to the Lad. "If you have acid or fire, now is the time!"

The paladin barely keeps his balance, but he manages to reach his ally and stabilizes her.

Combat round 3/4
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (10 damage, stable, 2 Str damage), Marsius (5 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblin (4 damage)
Swarm (6 damge)
Hasshin, Yyrkoon (2 damage, nauseated)

"Earghhh! What is that?!" As she notices the swarm is coming, she instinctively grabs the acid flask in her pocket, and flings it at it.

Acid Flask vs swarm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5 x 1.5 on hit.

scatter direction: 1d8 ⇒ 4 (1 is away from Lad)

Whoops. Reflex saves for marsius, laiashi and hasshin...

The splash is only 5 feet, so luckily the unconscious Laiashi is unaffected. Furthermore there is no reflex save for the splash damage from alchemist's fire; it's just 1 damage. But you will splash the swarm as well though.
Edit: Since Marsius scored a direct hit, the swarm is in fact on fire for a single round, so there's that.

Combat round 3/4
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (10 damage, stable, 2 Str damage), Marsius (1 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblin (4 damage)
Swarm (7 damge, on fire)
Hasshin (1 damage), Yyrkoon (2 damage, nauseated)

Since I hit the swarm on my turn the previous round, I think that the 'on fire' burning would have kicked n on my turn this turn, right? If so...

MORE fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2x1.5

@Marsius: You're completely right, which actually means that Lad's botched attack just exactly disperses the swarm.

Combat round 3/4
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (10 damage, stable, 2 Str damage), Marsius (6 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblin (4 damage)
Hasshin (1 damage), Yyrkoon (2 damage, nauseated)

Valyssa moves into the room to attack the goblin...

acrobatics: 1d20 - 5 ⇒ (14) - 5 = 9...

is she gets there...

LS: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19..DMG: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Valyssa steps in the muck and immediately falls on her face.
You can stand up as a move action in place of your attack.

Combat round 3/4
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (10 damage, stable, 2 Str damage), Marsius (6 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblin (4 damage)
Hasshin (1 damage), Yyrkoon (2 damage, nauseated)

she will stand up then

ahh, yes sorry. I was thinking of alchemist bombs.

Round 3 Nauseated; 13/15 HP
The swarm surrounds Yyrkoon before he could get his burning hands spell started, and the accompanying wave of nausea makes such a plan impossible. Fortunately his companions effectively deal with the remaining swarm and Yyrkoon stumbles into the room with the goblin ...
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

acro: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 attack : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Hasshin nimbly skates across the to the goblin but can't find good footing when he attacks

on my phone plea see move me 10 ft stiaght up ty

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Laiashi takes a swipe at the goblin, but the greased floor causes her to miss her swing. The goblin, however, gets under her defenses and takes her down with a well-placed (or perhaps just lucky) stroke. Marsius's wand stops the bleeding, but unfortunately isn't enough to bring her back to consciousness.

Guess I'm unable to do anything until someone heals me more.

The goblins shrieks triumphantly; he took one longshanks down, and now there are even more targets!
Firstly, he takes an opportunistic stab at Hasshin as he skates by.
AOO v Hasshin: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Then he takes another stab at the towering nagaji.
Attack v Hasshin: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Combat round 4/5
Bold may act
Current effects: Grease in the entire room
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Lad, Laiashi (10 damage, stable, 2 Str damage), Marsius (6 damage), Valyssa (5 damage)
Goblin (4 damage)
Hasshin (1 damage), Yyrkoon (2 damage)

shortbow vs goblin: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 5 - 4 = 11
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Draw shortsword, but stay in place.