Miteke's Core Fangwood Keep (Inactive)

Game Master miteke

Mao kneels beside the down man and shares a day's worth of rations. "Eat. You've done what you can. We'll see what we can do to help."

Oddly enough, though the module says he is heavily wounded, it does not say exactly how much. But with those two very fine healing rolls, I'm going to say he is fully healed.

The man gives a heavy sigh of relief and eats slowly, savoring every bite.

"Ah! that feels better. Now, how can I help? I can fight, of course, now that I've been healed and got some food under my belt. And I've told you what I know. So, mind if I tag a long and kick some gobbutt with you?"

Jack pats the man on the back.

"I wouldn't dream of denying a man a shot at revenge. That said, you *have* had the wind knocked out of your sails... so it might be best if you adopted a ranged focus, rather than melee; assuming you are skilled with a crossbow/bow, and have one, of course."

If he doesn't, that is all the more reason to check the armouries.

Aurus nods at Jack's magnanimity before addressing the soldier. "Yeah, you should definitely keep yer head down. I'd lend you my bow, but..." He gestures at the composite bow, tightly strung and made of dark lacquered hardwood. "She's tempermental, little tough to use. I don't even think Jack here could draw her full."

Goldur unslings his shortbow. The worst that could happen, he thinks, is that it gets turned against us-- and it would take more than one arrow to bring this dwarf down. "Here, young man, take mine. These hands aren't as steady as they used to be anyway."

My strength is in my magic, not my axe.
Says Nemrok.

Akre takes the bow and nods. "Every little bit helps. I look forward to turning the tables on them."

He waits on the pathfinders to lead the way.

There is not a consensus yet, but entering the armory was suggested.

I second the armory.

Mao helps the man to his feet and asks direction to the armory. "We should prepare ourselves for anything."

I'll third the armory.

Aurus stands in wait at the bottom of the ladder up into the armory.

room: 1d2 ⇒ 1
You all line up and head up the western most ladder to the second floor and through an inconspicuous trap door into the upper level. Unfortunately for you as soon as the first one of you pops through the door, he or she is immediately set upon.

Now would be a good time to pick a marching order and the first person through the door needs to roll Perception (DC 20) and Knowledge Arcana (DC 13). Please verify your init rolls below when you post - no hurry.

If the lead person rolls a DC 20 perception and beats the init of the attackers, he or she could feasibly dive for cover and avoid the attacks, or move forward and make room for the others

I assumed Aurus would be going first, on account of the heavy armor.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Kn: Arcana: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Aurus opens the trap door and comes out quickly and quietly, hauling himself up the ladder and making sure that if there's trouble, he's going to be right in the middle of it.

Looks like I beat them on initiative too, so I will move into melee with both of them if possible, drawing the greatsword as I go.

@GM the map can't be edited.

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14

Nemrok puts himself in third position.

Please verify your init rolls below when you post.

Uldar has a +2 trait bonus to initiative, but for these rolls it doesn't matter

Uldar will be in 5th place.

Goldur would probably bring up the rear— he’s sturdy enough to take a hit if we get attacked from behind, but also doesn’t want to take up space for the melee folks. And yes, my Initiative is right.

It is now editable. This is a surprise round. Since only Aurus could see anything, he is the only one to react. (I believe that is how it should work).

I do not believe you get a 5' step as part of a surprise round so even 5' would count as a move, right? Which would mean that if an enemy is forced to move 5' they would also be denied an attack in the surprise round.

Aurus, now that the doc can be edited, please put your icon where you want it. Since you got the jump on them there will be no AoO and you can go anywhere you want in the room without fear of (immediate) reprisal.

a 5ft. step is not an action, so you can do a 5ft. step and attack during a surprise round (you can also do swift and free).

Unsure where we came out, but I'm assuming we came from the F on the map? Intent is to put myself past the enemies, adjacent to both of them so they're in between me and the ladder.

Aurus moves decisively into the room, unsheathing his sword as he moves. If he's surprised by the soldiers in there, he doesn't show it, instead giving them a cocky grin. "Hullo, lads - last chance to stand down," the paladin says.

The two suits of armor, apparently empty, swing their metal fists at aurus. Luckily they are not wielding weapons.

to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

One of them lands a lucky blow injuring the light-footed fellow. Aurus recognizes these as animated objects, probably enchanted by some over protective wizard. (you forgot to add the +9 to your roll before so you just made the DC. You can ask a question about them)

COMBAT CARD
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Aurus (-7 HP)
Mao
Jack
blue enemy
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy

Bold may go and we are out of the surprise round. The rest of the party is surprised to see Aurus leap from the top of the ladder rushing off followed by the sounds of clanking, a violent sounding *thud*, and some quip about standing down.

Jack sighs.

"Paladins do have a tendency to put themselves face-first into trouble..."

He then climbs up the ladder, and surveys the room...

Climbing a ladder should be only DC 5, so I don't believe I can fail.

...before gamely taking a shot at Blue.

+1 Mighty [+2] Darkwood Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 1 = 27, for 1d8 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 = 11 damage.

Oh! Right! I forgot that Aurus does know a lot about magic - it's the one skill I regularly put ranks in. Do they have any DR?

The grin slips from Aurus' face as he realizes he can't banter with animated objects. "Good news guys," he says as quietly as he can over the armor's creaking and clanging. "We didn't get caught by guards, per se..." He swings his adamantine greatsword at the blue target.

Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (2, 3) + 13 = 18

As a matter of fact they do, in fact Aurus knows that animated objects made of metal, which an animated suit of armor certainly is, are harder than most animated objects and nearly impossible for a normal person to harm (i.e. hardness 10). Please include in your attack posts whether your weapon is adamantine as that will bypass hardness.

Jack is quite disappointed by the tiny cut his powerful arrow puts into the suit he aimed at, but Aurus swings his big honkin' ADAMANTINE sword at it and spins the helmet 45 degrees as well as cleaving the top of it right off like butter giving it a rather spooky appearance. Aurus definitely has the right tool for the job.

COMBAT CARD
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Aurus (-7 HP)
Mao
Jack
blue enemy (-19 HP)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy

Mao is up!

"Aurus what is going on..."

He hears the sound of combat and immediately rushes to aid Aurus. "Here, I'll hold 'em while you swing that sword of yours."

Grapple: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Mao rushes up and latches onto the blue suit with ease, partially because it does not seem like the thing really cares. It's attention is diverted from Aurus though and it lashes out with a gauntleted... gauntlet, but is rather inaccurate.

to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

COMBAT CARD
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Aurus (-7 HP)
Mao (grappling blue)
Jack
blue enemy (-19 HP, grappled)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy

Uldar, Goldur, and Nemrok are up!

Uldar will start to inspire courage.

Goldur makes it to the top and draws one of his hammers.

Warhammer vs red: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 1 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

Confirm crit: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10
Extra damage: 2d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1) + 2 + 2 = 11

Nemrok moves and strikes the armor. red

cold iron Greataxe: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 1 = 19
Damages: 1d12 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9

Know. Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Like hornets out of a nest, the rest of the party (sans Uldar, who seems content to sing a lovely song from the bottom of the ladder, swarm up the steps to engage, buzzing around the two suits of armor. Both suits try to take a swat at the first one to pass by them, Goldur…

to hit red: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

… but Blue is having a bit of trouble moving its limbs, being all tangled up with Mao, and Red is too distracted by the change in targets to be accurate enough to score a hit. Unfortunately for the party Goldur's hammer proves ineffective against the suit and the well placed blow simply bounces off. Nemrok's blow also glances off and proves (barely) inadequate.

target: 1d3 ⇒ 1 - Aurus
Sticking with it's original target (as Aurus' luck would have it - seems only to common. I think his coat of arms must be red and white concentric circles), red lashes out again and barely connects (unless the AC cited in the tag line is incorrect). Still, Aurus looks in far better shape than the half-headless suit of armor in Mao's grip.

to hit red: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

COMBAT CARD
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Conditions: Uldar/Bardic performance, inspire courage +1

Aurus (-14 HP)
Mao (grappling blue)
Jack
blue enemy (-19 HP, grappled)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy

Mao is up!

Jack keeps up a steady stream of arrows at Blue...

+1 Mighty [+2] Darkwood Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 20, for 1d8 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 16 damage.
+1 Mighty [+2] Darkwood Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 14, for 1d8 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 16 damage.

Mao holds the suit of armor in place, facing him towards Jack who introduces a couple of additional holes into the suit.

When you attack can you start with your normal attack and add in (by name) any situational bonuses. Example:
To Hit Longbow, inspired, bless: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 23
that way I know if you have included the special conditions and also remind me that they are in effect. I'm pretty sure the first +1 for Jack is from the inspire and the second +1 is from point blank, but its nice to be sure and not have to try and figure it out.

COMBAT CARD
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Conditions: Uldar/Bardic performance, inspire courage +1

Aurus (-14 HP)
Mao (grappling blue)
Jack
blue enemy (-31 HP, grappled)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy

Mao and Aurus are up!

Mao attempts to disable the armor by pinning it to the ground.

Grapple, IC, retain: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 1 + 5 = 19

In spite of its durability the suit of armor is not all that strong. Mao finds it child's play to put a lock on it's arms and throw it up against the wall where it squirms ineffectually.

Mao, please remember to cite situational bonuses in your rolls as requested above. I suspect the +1 is from the inspire, but I don't know where the +5 came from. Help out your poor GM.

COMBAT CARD
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Conditions: Uldar/Bardic performance, inspire courage +1

Aurus (-14 HP)
Mao (pinning blue)
Jack
blue enemy (-31 HP, pinned)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy

Aurus is up!

Aurus brings the sword up over blue. "Get ready to grab the other one, Mao!"

Power attack, inspire: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 1 = 13
Damage: 2d6 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (5, 2) + 13 + 1 = 21

Mao attempts to disable the armor by pinning it to the ground.

Grapple, IC, retain

Aha! I think that is supposed to read or mean Grapple, inspire courage, maintain!

Power attack, inspire

Damage

Aurus, put situational bonuses in both the to hit and damage rolls, though in this case it was obvious.

Unfortunately the very maneuver that presented such a nice target to the bowman, jerked the opponent in such a way that Aurus was forced to abort the blow to avoid taking out a chunk of Mao's arm.

Just BARELY missed. AC 16 -2 dex penalty leaves an AC of 14.

cmb to escape: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

Somehow, in the confusion of the raining blows coming from everywhere, the armor pops loose from Aurus grip.

COMBAT CARD
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Conditions: Uldar/Bardic performance, inspire courage +1

Aurus (-14 HP)
Mao
Jack
blue enemy (-31 HP)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy

Uldar, Goldur, and Nemrok are up!

Maintain! That was the word I was looking for. Hehe. Thanks GM, I did mean to say maintain.

"Woah! Careful Aurus, almost took my arm off. Let's try that again." Mao tries to restrain the armor once more.

Grapple, IC: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24

Goldur curses silently when his trusty hammer bounces off the animated armor with no effect. If I can't hurt it, I'll have to lend a hand to someone who can. He swings again, trying to give Aurus an opening.

Aid another (Aurus, attack roll): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 = 17

Nemrok tries again to damage the armor with his weapon.

Greataxe, Inspire: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 16
Damages, Inspire: 1d12 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 1 = 13

Uldar keeps his performance running

Mao Asaka wrote:

Mao attempts to disable the armor by pinning it to the ground.

Grapple, IC, retain

Aha! I think that is supposed to read or mean Grapple, inspire courage, maintain!

Aurus Goldson wrote:

Power attack, inspire

Damage

Aurus, put situational bonuses in both the to hit and damage rolls, though in this case it was obvious.

Sorry, normally better about that - was posting quick yesterday

Unfortunately the very maneuver that presented such a nice target to the bowman, jerked the opponent in such a way that Aurus was forced to abort the blow to avoid taking out a chunk of Mao's arm.

Just BARELY missed. AC 16 -2 dex penalty leaves an AC of 14.

Was the armor pinned? Cuz that does apply another -4 to AC if it was.

Was the armor pinned? Cuz that does apply another -4 to AC if it was.

Good question. You go before Mao in the init order, but typically it's OK to allow players to auto-shift their ordering if it makes common sense to do so. In this case I think letting Mao go first would have been obviously to the parties advantage but I just didn't think of it. I don't even have the excuse that you posted in a different order. In post order, it was pinned before you struck. meh. As a compromise and to compensate and avoid confusion I'm going to have red auto-miss.

Aurus's back-swing catches red a glancing blow that throws it completely off-balance and it spends the next few seconds righting itself.

Nemrok puts another small dent into the armor's chin, giving it a pouty look, or what would have been a pouty look had the rest of the head been there.

Uldar keeps up the magically infused encouraging words while Mao quickly resstablishes his hold and Goldur helps to steady the armor for the next whallop from Aurus.

COMBAT CARD
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Conditions: Uldar/Bardic performance, inspire courage +1

Aurus (-14 HP)
Mao
Jack
blue enemy (-34 HP)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy

Aurus and Jack are up!

Aurus squares up and sets his feet to deliver one final final blow to the blue armor.

Power attack, inspire: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 1 = 22
Damage, Power attack + Inspire: 2d6 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (6, 5) + 13 + 1 = 25

Figuring that Aurus has demolished Blue, Jack turns his attention to Red.

+1 Mighty [+2] Darkwood Composite Longbow, PBS, IC: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 24, for 1d8 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 10 damage.
+1 Mighty [+2] Darkwood Composite Longbow, PBS, IC: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 11, for 1d8 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 13 damage.

Indeed, mere steel cannot and did not stand up to the mighty adamantine greatsword. This time a vertical stroke sheers one quarter of the armor from the other and saps the last of the enchantment from it. Mao is all that is left holding the two pieces together.

Jack turns his attention to the remaining annoyance and puts a hole in its thigh with one arrow and ricochets the other off the main torso.

COMBAT CARD
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Conditions: Uldar/Bardic performance, inspire courage +1

Aurus (-14 HP)
Mao
Jack
blue enemy (disenchanted)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy (-4 HP)

Uldar, Goldur, and Nemrok are up!

Again, Nemrok tries to dent the last animated armor!

Greataxe, Inspire: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 1 = 19
Damages: 1d12 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 1 = 15

Uldar continues his performance.

"Let Mao grapple the thing and then trip it and then let Aurus smash it to bits!"

Goldur swings his hammer in aid of Aurus again.

Aid another (Aurus, attack roll): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 = 18

One more dent is added encouraging red to attack him.

target: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Indeed, though fairness is not something an animated suit of armor would consider, it does decide that the most recent attacker = most reasonable target and it tries to smack Goldur back.

to hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

but alas I fear its makers would be disappointed in it as the thing fails to return the favor and no new dents are made.

COMBAT CARD
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Conditions: Uldar/Bardic performance, inspire courage +1

Mao
Aurus (-14 HP)
Jack
blue enemy (disenchanted)
Uldar
Goldur
Nemrok
red enemy (-9 HP)

Mao, Aurus, and Jack are up!

Jack keeps up the steady stream of arrows...

+1 Mighty [+2] Darkwood Composite Longbow, PBS, IC: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 13, for 1d8 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 13 damage.
+1 Mighty [+2] Darkwood Composite Longbow, PBS, IC: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 17, for 1d8 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 17 damage.

Power attack, inspire: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 = 12
Damage, Power attack + Inspire: 2d6 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (4, 3) + 13 + 1 = 21

Aurus pulls his sword from the downed blue enemy and swings at the dinged-up red enemy. "Don't worry Goldur, I'll get this tin can's attention!"

*Cough* Aurus, I think you forgot the 'aid another' from Goldur...?

And hopefully Mao will grapple it again and add more bonuses. But yes, good catch and why its nice to include those bonus names in your die rolls!

mysterious GM roll for bad things: 1d6 ⇒ 1