A Push of the Fates.... Zakhara... You Jewel!

Game Master Insnare

Nura staggers slightly under the weight of her wound, but wills herself to keep her feet. In the confusion fo melee, she tries to pick out a corsair as her target.

Attack: 19 - 1d20 ⇒ 19 - (4) = 15 Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Nura staggers slightly under the weight of her wound, but wills herself to keep her feet. In the confusion of melee, she tries to pick out a corsair as her target.

Attack: 19 - 1d20 ⇒ 19 - (17) = 2 Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Falidah keeps her head down as chaos surges around her.

Been debating, but I would rather Nura doesn't drop and I have no melee ability just yet...

"Great Najm, hear my plea! Heal this woman so that she can continue to unravel new mysteries!" Nabila realizes ouches Nura on the shoulder, channeling the divine into the woman

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Taking the "drop their bows" literally...

He slinked into melee like the slimy scumbag he's always been, filching one of the forgotten bows and a few arrows stuck in the sand for his own profit...

20 - 1d20 - 3 + 3 - 1 ⇒ 20 - (17) - 3 + 3 - 1 = 2 dex bonus, non-proficient penalty, elf
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 3
20 - 1d20 - 3 + 3 - 1 ⇒ 20 - (9) - 3 + 3 - 1 = 10
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Maudril will stay near Nabila and protect her attacking any enemy who come near her first with bow then with melee (any targets?)

attack: 1d20 - 20 - 3 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 20 - 3 - 1 = -19

damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Nura pauses for a half-second, feeling renewed energy in her body. She nods her thanks to Nabila.

Nura's and Maudril's attacks miss and CHipluck is successful with one of his arrows on Corsair 1d5 ⇒ 1 which means number 3 which is on Maudril.

Corsair 3 attacks Maudril with his sword 19 - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ 19 - (14) - 1 = 4 hit 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Corsair 5 attacks Mamluk 1 19 - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ 19 - (6) - 1 = 12 miss

Corsair 7 attacks Mamluk 3 19 - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ 19 - (12) - 1 = 6 hit 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Corsair 8 attacks Mamluk 4 19 - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ 19 - (10) - 1 = 8 miss

Round 4

Initiative:

Party 1d10 ⇒ 4, Mamluks 1d10 ⇒ 9, Enemy 1d10 ⇒ 3

Nudar looses two arrows at corsair 1d4 ⇒ 4 = 8 17 - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ 17 - (6) - 1 = 10 miss

and 17 - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ 17 - (20) - 1 = -4 crit 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

Mamluks 5d20 ⇒ (7, 18, 18, 10, 17) = 70 doing 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (7, 7, 2) + 3 = 19 killing corsair #8[/dice]

Party

Nura moves to assist mamluk 1 against corsair 5.

19-1d20 1d8+1

What the ding-dong? Anyone else having trouble with the die roller?

Test: 19 - 1d20 ⇒ 19 - (13) = 6
Test: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Try attack and damage as separate lines each with their own pair of code braces.

Nura vs. Corsair 5: 19 - 1d20 ⇒ 19 - (17) = 2
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Okay, it worked that time, but I've done it the other way before and had no problems.

Nabila ducks and weaves and tries to keep herself behind the warriors. She wants to rush to Maudril's aid, but feels drained from channeling her deity so much recently.

If I had a minute of people not trying to kill me I could treat his wound! she thinks in frustration.

Just focusing on defense, so parrying for a +1 AC.

Maudril is seriously injured by the attack and will step back and shoot the Corsair who just attacked him

attack: 1d20 - 4 - 1 - 20 ⇒ (5) - 4 - 1 - 20 = -20

damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Note to self, if me and Maudril can be away from the melee a round, use Healing to restore a handful of hps...

Maudril, you are in melee and really cannot just pick up your bow from the ground when being attacked by a man on a camel. Also, the dice formula is THAC0-1d20-or+ the modifiers.

Chipluck

Attack 1: 20 - 1d20 - 3 + 3 - 1 ⇒ 20 - (17) - 3 + 3 - 1 = 2
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Attack 2: 20 - 1d20 - 3 + 3 - 1 ⇒ 20 - (6) - 3 + 3 - 1 = 13
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Backpedalling out of the battle, barefoot across the soft sand, Chipluck deftly unleashes a few parting shots.

Nura kills Corsair #5, Chipluck is able to score one arrow strike on COrsair 3, Maudril's blade is parried by Corsair 3.

Corsair 3 attacks Maudril with his sword 19 - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ 19 - (10) - 1 = 8 miss

Corsair 7 attacks Mamluk 3 19 - 1d20 - 1 ⇒ 19 - (13) - 1 = 5hit 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 slaying Mamluk # 3

Round 5

Initiative: Party 1d10 ⇒ 4, Mamluks 1d10 ⇒ 5, Enemy 1d10 ⇒ 5...

The two remaining Corsair drop their weapons and are quickly apprehended by the Mamluks.

They says, "We give up."

Combat Over

"Maudril!" Nabila grabs the half-orc and spins him about, "Sit!" She grabs some bandages and works to patch his wound.

Healing NWP Wis-2=14: 1d20 ⇒ 16

Well, not going to get the 1d3 back, but she can still get you back 3 HP overnight without needing to make a check.

Maudril sits down quite done with this combat having done his best for the priestess and glad to have lived. thank Najm that is over with he grumbles

Chipluck is among the first to search the corsairs under the pretense of disarming their weapons...but of course is truly looking for other objects of special value.

Appraise: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Nura cleans her blade on the clothing of one of the fallen corsairs. "We should question them, find out what they know," she says, indicating the captured corsairs. "I'll do it, if no one else wants to." She draws her jambiya meaningfully.

GM Rolls

Chipluck rummages through the pockets of the two captured Corsairs and finds a silver Jambiya and 32 Electrum. And a map. CorsairMap

The other mamluks just finish cleaning up their fight and all in all there are about 7 captured Corsairs and the Badriyah, the halfling woman who is in charge of the Caravan, has a large smile on her face and she says, "You are a blessing from Najm... It has been brought to my attention that not only did you suss out who was in poisoned the camels and stopped his plot to poison us, you were the first to stop the Corsair raid before reaching Adhal."

"Curiosity pushes us toward greatness," Nabila says with a placid smile. "These raiders appear to be rather well organized," she says glancing at the map Chipluck is staring at. "It is sad so many must cause trouble for honest people." Oh, that map looks interesting. Really, interesting. Where is this? And where does that go? She gradually moves to stand beside Chip looking at the map.

Chip offered the electrum and silvered jambiya to any in the party that would hold them. He wasn't sure why he was still putting on airs of poverty out here on the caravan, just habit perhaps.

Unfurling the map subserviently for Nabila and anyone else, Chip struggled to place themselves on it. He motioned where the thieve's route intersected the normal caravan route "Pardon my most profound idiocy, my most pure ineptitude...but could it be where the thieve's route intersects the caravan route is our current location? Our destination, Adhal, just beyond?"

Then, while they were distracted, he collected his trusty rusty daggers from the dead and re-concealed them on his person, along with the Grand Caliph's dagger. While he was at it, he searched the dead.

Falidah finally stands up from the sands behind the dune and brushes off the worst of it. Looking around for her gen, which is still missing, she finally rejoins the group once the corsairs have surrendered. She looks quite subdued; clearly, hiding in a sand-dune is not the heroic role that she envisioned for a magician-poet based on the fanciful stories of yore.

Badriyah says, "That intersection of our route to Qudra with their route going to... it looks like Al-Gamal is approximately where we are."

Do you want to help in the interrogation? Go to Al Gamal?

Ooops thought we were coming from the northern river

"What is known of this...thieve's bay, Al-Gamal? How is it these corsairs so brazenly attack a caravan of the Grand Caliph?"

An hour later Fadilah's gen returns.

55% fetch Charm Person: 1d100 ⇒ 72
35% fetch Suggestion: 1d100 ⇒ 38
45% fetch ESP: 1d100 ⇒ 96

Since she still can't get any of the spells that she actually needs, she has no advice regarding the interrogation.

You haven't levelled up yet.

Maudril stands after being tended and bandaged and helps gather up the dead and their equipment as well

Fadi's gen returns with Suggestion. You are now 2nd level which means 38% is a success because you have 40% chance to get it.

"Mistress, I have what you are looking for."

Badriyah says to you, "So here is the good news. We have recovered more than enough camels to proceed with our march to Qudra. It seems as though your street rat has uncovered a map saying where the Corsairs had planned to onload the Calipha's weapons. We could interrogate them now or you could use that spell that the Sha'ira's gen has come back with. Or you could just come with us or you could take Nudar and the third cohort to hunt down the rest of the corsairs."

"What does this spell do?" Nura asks somewhat suspiciously. She is not entirely trusting of genies.

Fadilah says, "This spell makes someone very pliable to a simple suggestion. For instance, I could suggest to him that he should answer all of our questions as it's the best way for him to win our favor and get out of trouble. Something that seems like it could be reasonable - it pushes them to do it without giving it due consideration for caution."

To pick which captured corsair would be best to use the spell on, please give me a Wisdom roll.

Wisdom check vs. 13: 1d20 ⇒ 1

Fadilah looks over the different corsairs that have been captured and judging by quality of equipment and judging from how astute they look, she has found the perfect candidate to "suggest". Critical Success

Fadilah huddles with her team and says, "I looked for someone who's a bit scared and a bit looking like they want a way out. That should make the suggestion most effective. I can only suggest a very brief phrase - what should we suggest? That they cooperate? That they answer our questions truthfully?"

"That seems reasonable enough. Cooperating honestly will make us merciful." Nabila shrugs, unsure of how a gen's magic worked.

Chipluck was always unable to suppress greed, it was his 2nd Achilles's heel. The first was to exploit people's sense of empathy with poverty.

"...just think of it. The corsair's booty. Choice wares and pilferings for perhaps years. If only we knew more of this Al-Gamal, its worth...specific treasures within. All to recover in the name of the Grand Caliph, of course..."

Id be down for raiding the corsair hideout, not sure what everyone else wants to do.

"As much I as I would like to see more about these alleged treasures, we have a job to do. Perhaps after we see the caravan safely delivered..."

So do you want him to answer you questions?

Badriyah(the leader of the caravan) says, "If you want to strike out against the Corsairs, you have my blessing and we can meet you in Qudra. "

"Then let us be off before they can mount another offensive. We can use the magic to convince them to tell us where they are based, yes?"

"And how many there are!" Nabila chimes in.

Fadi, just tell me how you want to use the spell.

Handful says to Nabila we are hired to be guards, we should finish our assigned task and not be distracted from it

Badriyah crinkles her eyes at the orc and says, "Son, I am your paymaster and I have given you leave to pursue the corsairs, if you are not up to the task or do not want to do the task, that is fine, however do not pretend to speak for me and our employment contract."

Fadilah nods in response to Nabila, then turns to the prisoner and says, "You are in a bad situation. We might be merciful... if you cooperate."

"Cooperation is in your best interest. You should cooperate."

Fadilah's words seem eerily resonant, almost as if they have an echo.

The corsair says, "I will try my best how can I spare my life?"