GM ShadowLord's Rise of the Runelords Campaign - Group 2 (Inactive)

Game Master The Rising Phoenix

Nadesico holds her staff high and shouts a quick prayer to Torag. His light shines down upon her, bolstering her defenses:

{Surprise Rnd} Nadesico casts "Shield of Faith" on herself: AC now 24

"Go get them Big Kitty! I will stay back and guard the weakened friends!"

Nadesico stays farther back on the trail, taking up a position to defend the recently freed bear.

{Move}Position self to defend the bear.
{Action} Total Defense: AC Now 28

Akivar looks up the path at the incoming hounds. Waving one hand and muttering an incantation with a suppressed grin, he finishes his spell and comments wryly to his friends, "Mind the tentacles!"

Black Tentacles CMB: 1d20 + 8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 8 + 4 + 1 = 27

Hedge, eager to test out his new gear, charges directly into the pack of snarling hounds. Reaching deep into his repertoire, he decides to try a technique he's never used in combat before, the Horn of the Criosphinx.

Envisioning a criosphinx's horns, Hedge attempts to smash the first dog's skull into the dirt. Failing to make contact, his momentum brings him around and his next attack, an attempted kick, doesn't come near anything that could be considered a target.

He snarls and barks at the dogs around him, his outward aggression a superficial facade to intimidate his foes as he recenters his mind.

By the time another dog is brave enough to attack Hedge feels ready, but when faced with the lightning-fast creature he finds he's still unable to connect.

Surprise Round
Horn of the Criosphinx (charge + extra STR damage, unarmed)
Horn of the Criosphinx: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Horn of the Criosphinx: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Bonus attack (haste, unarmed)
Bonus attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Bonus attack: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

R1
Furry 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Furry 1 damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Furry 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Furry 2 damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Furry 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Furry 3 damage: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10
Furry 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Furry 4 damage: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Bonus: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Bonus damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Syrenna jumps down from the tree to surprise them and attacks! "hi!" she exclaims.

Surprise Round
30' move

R1

Attack #1 MH, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Attack #2 MH, Power Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Attack #1 OH, Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Damage #1 MH, Power Attack: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
Damage #2 MH, Power Attack: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Damage #1 OH, Power Attack: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Five hounds burst out of the woods to the west, barreling straight towards you. They are moving so quickly that most of them don't have time to adjust before stumbling into Akivar's magical tentacles. Four of them get caught up and become entangled Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

5d20 ⇒ (3, 16, 2, 8, 3) = 32

Behind the hounds is another creature, its body twisted and deformed, this lumbering giant has tiny eyes and a mouth of jagged teeth presented in a furious roar. Pointing at you it hollers "Get off my land!" before moving through the woods around the black tentacle goodness.

With the preparation and the hounds caught in the crushing tentacles, you easily dispatch all five of them within the first five seconds of battle, leaving only the angry spear-wielding mini-ogre in the woods to deal with.

He's 30' away from you in the woods. Has cover and difficult terrain to traverse. Everyone up.

Nadesico shouts back at the giant creature. "We don't intend to harm your land, merely to help heal it. There is some curse, some disease infecting it. We want only to repair this land back to its natual beauty!"

diplo: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Not sure if he is going to give us the time of day to even talk or not, but figure its worth a shot.

Edit - except maybe not with a roll like that!

TrennaCat races off into the woods to get behind the ogre.

Move ~45' and climb a tree to get in a position to support Nadesico's stellar diplo roll.

Climb: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34
Woodland Stride so no difficult terrain.

"As the cat said with such poor grace, we are not here to harm anyone. Perhaps you could see your way to helping us get through your land as fast as possible, minimizing our impact on you and yours?"

As he was trying to talk their way out of this, Dorian got distracted by the dogs perishing in a horrid squelching sound.

diplomacy: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18

"You's be da infections in my's land! I'd be burryin' you's soon 'nuff!" he shouts angrily, clearly no intention of negotiating with you.

Syrenna, Hedge, Akivar?

Dorian looked nonplussed, compounding his social gaff with "Is that some form of Common? Did any of you understand that? Sounded like an owlbear trying to mate with one of those dead dogs."

Akivar casts Hold Person on the charging mini-ogre, adding a pinch of magical essence into the mix to empower the spell slightly.

-1 Arcane Reservoir point. DC 21 Will save or suck.

"Well if he isn't interested in talking maybe a moment of relaxation will help."

Hedge moves back from the creature, looking to maintain distance and a clear line of sight. His shuriken are ready, instinctively drawn in a flash, but holds his attack. Akivar is casting something, and Hedge knows better than to interrupt the spell by hurting the monster.

Move to range while maintaining line of sight (up to 30', no ki speed)
Attack if creature appears aggressive and moves from its current position

Flurry, Power attack
Shuriken Main: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Shuriken Off: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Shuriken Flurry 1: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
Shuriken Flurry 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Shuriken Main damage: 1d2 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Shuriken Off damage: 1d2 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Shuriken Flurry 1 damage: 1d2 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Shuriken Flurry 2 damage: 1d2 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Seeing the mini-ugly big thing. "Holy moly!" she exclaims, she retreats with Hedge, but keeping a weapon ready in case they attack.