Monsters save the world (Inactive)

Game Master caster4life

Unfortunately for Xeria, Snowball has already long since learned the word 'treasure' and tries to pick another fight.
"Snowball can ice resu- residu- other guy. Snowball take shiny."

No no no, dragon Cinder too big, too tough, even for Snowball. If we want to get rid of Cinder and keep cave for ourselves, we need help. We met people in town last time. We go and put up hero bill in tavern, like how we found and fought bandits, we get heroes to fight Cinder.

Somehow remembering her encounter with a strange fellow in the alley, Snowball grumpily replies
"Snowball no want be talky lizard..."

"Hmm. I like your thought Bob, but we might need to go further than that. I doubt Lucian would have permitted anyone to spend much time in the village if they were actually capable of posing a threat to her or even to Cinder."

"We need bigger town? We need... umm.. what they say...we need city. Find big heroes in big city?

Feel free to keep discussing ooc but I'm going to move the story along a bit here.

The monsters discuss their various plans for a while then those who tire are tired enough, especially given the intensity of the day's events, that they break up and head back to their various regions of the dungeon. The next day, you decide to re-convene your discussions near the dungeon's entrance.

In the middle of your conversation however, poor Snowball screeches in pain as she is smacked twice in the back of the neck, hard! Just then, you notice a small creature holding saps in each hand. A few of you react quickly and leap into action!

Cindy, Goldslip, Snowball, and Xeria win init! GO!

I assume it's lethal damage, too? xD
I believe that I did mention that Snowball can sort of almost tank :3
(if you want to play an idiot, make sure they're durable...)
Also, I did I mention that I love that (Su) abilities don't provoke? ^^
HP 35->4->9

Snowball simply turns around and blasts the intruder with a breath of ice air.
Ice Breath (DC 14 reflex to halve): 2d4 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6
Recharge: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Any idea what the creature is?

Xeria barks to Ripper and then casts a spell.

Xeria casts Grease on the thing, Reflex DC 15. I put a gray box where it is on the map.

Ripper maneuvers around the bear trap and comes at the creature from behind.

Talon: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2 + Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Sorry that's non-lethal damage. Forgot to mention. And I suppose that you would be familiar enough to recognize this as a goblin upon a close look.

Cindy's first thought when the creature appears is frustration that their conversation has been interrupted. Rising into the air, she glares at it. "Quiet! We're talking here!"

Intimidate to demoralize: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
In addition to the potential (probable) shaken from Intimidate, frightful presence means an addition DC 13 Will save or be panicked for 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11 rounds
Move action just to fly 10' straight up.

Oh no, this isn't the random goblin that I threw dirt at, is it?

I hope it is, that'd be two encounters you've accidentally conjured up ^_^
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@Cindy: Don't forget that flying straight up is DC 20 Fly check ;p
+20 to fly = you just always fly how you want unless you take a huge penalty somehow :o
@GM: Also, if she makes the check, would flying 10' straight up give a circumstance bonus to the demoralize check?

Yeah the nightmare creature template gives pretty much perfect flying, but only a 10' fly speed. She's creepy not speedy :P

Gorthug shambles around aimlessly, unsure of what to do with his freedom. With the mistress dead his mind was slowly returning, but it was a painful, disjointed, process. He was frustrated, he was scared, and...he was still dead. He couldn’t feel anything physically, and even his emotions felt dull in comparison to how they used to be. He truly hoped that the process would not take too long. The others seemed upset about something. Probably the dragon. But he couldn’t really communicate. He idly wondered where they all were, but decided that he didn’t really care. Wherever they were, they were probably all right.

Goldslip still to go.

"No, you don't want to do that!"

Goldslip casts charm person on the attacking goblin.
I think it gets a +5 bonus to its save because it "is currently being threatened or attacked by you or your allies", but its save should also be reduced by the shaken condition. It is a DC 17 Will save.

The goblin looks much better dressed than those you generally see in Last Hill. It is intimidated by Cindy but shakes off her presence as well as Goldslip's spell. It fails to dodge Snowball's breath, however!

Will finish updating later but needed to save my rolls. Don't go just yet.

The goblin dodges the grease as well and tries to sneak north away from the center of attention but doesn't move as nimbly as she'd like while bleeding from a wound caused by Ripper (aoos for Snowball, Bob, and Ripper if they have 5 ft reach). She then attacks Ripper but misses. It's then you realize the goblin was just a scout as three other adventurers pour into the cavern. A tiefling waves her hand and a ball of light explodes over most of the party (DC 19 will saves or be blinded by glitterdust for everyone but Ripper and Tina, repeat the save at the end of your turn if blinded). An undine holding a crossbow also enters the cavern and starts... preaching? The undine expounds on the virtues of fighting murderers or something like that. It seems to bolster the beefy orc who rushes into the cave, avoiding the traps as if he had been warned, and slices hard into Snowball (19 damage)!

Everyone, GO!!

Bob projects into the minds of everyone there.

"Wait wait wait stop! Launch Bob is not bad. Launch Bob just lives here! Launch Bob likes to eat rats and jump on heads. If you want big bad monster, fight dragon! Also, there is a bad door! Smash it! No fight us!"

I'm already blind by the way

DC 19 Will Save vs glitterdust: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

"Launch Bob is right!" yells Goldslip. "Why are you calling us murderers?" she says looking at the undine, in particular.

This time, the nixie targets the orc when she reaches out with her charming magic.
Same DC 17 Will save with same +5 bonus from the orc. That's the 2nd of my 3 uses per day of the charm person SLA.

Tina turns invisible, and watches cautiously to see if the adventurers take their bait.

Not present, Gorthug stared blankly into space. With no need to eat, sleep, relieve himself, or even blink, it was easy to lose track of time. Coupled with no day or night in the caves...

Let's get a diplomacy roll from Bob.

Gorthug, do you mean you're phsyically not present? I was assuming everyone came to the meeting but I suppose Gorthug is just staying in his spot... XD Well if this continues as a fight, we'll figure out how hard it is to yell to you and how long it takes you to come running.

Nobody told him about the meeting...seeing as how he wandered off from Cinder first. And it seemed meta-gamey to have him teleport over the second he was needed

Bob has a charisma of 1. Why does it have to be roll? Can't... you know...let logic speak for itself?

diplomacy: 1d20 - 5 ⇒ (13) - 5 = 8

@Bob: there's a feat for that :3
And a trait if you just want the one CHA skill to use INT...
With a roll like that, you mustn't sound convinced yourself, so how will you convince others? ;p

Pre-turn Bite AoO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
bite damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Snowball takes a bite out of the goblin at it tries to scuttle away.
Pre-turn Will vs DC 19: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15 Failed will save-> Fractured Mind! confused 1 round.
Hmmm. Glitterdust's nerf might have made it stronger against Snowball...
Dazed and confused moments later by glitterdust, Snowball is soon hit hard and collapses in a heap.

Breath 2->1
HP: 16->21/35
26->21 nonlethal
Snowball had more nonlethal damage than hp until healing this turn, so Snowball was knocked out (and just woke up staggered)
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@GM: Does the healing from Fast Healing happen at the start of turn so that Snowball can possibly spend her Standard Action and act confused? I'll assume so for now xD
Confusion!: 1d100 ⇒ 45 -> babble incoherently!
end of turn Will vs DC 19: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20 whew
As she rouses herself from the orc's blow, Snowball begins babbling instead of standing back up.
"orc. Hit Cinder. Ice Ice no. Good Ice goblin. hit, Mama? goblin. Hit orc mean. ball. Mama? Shiny? No Ma'am. Big orc. snow"

I started with a string of semi-coherent short sentences and then shuffled the words. It turned out better than expected xD

Xeria easily ignores the weak spellcaster.
Will vs GD: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Ripper slices at the goblin as it moves past her.
Ripper Talon AOO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1 + Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 5

However, Ripper doesn't adjust position quickly enough.
Ripper Talon: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6 + Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Ripper Talon: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2 + Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Ripper Bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Lol, well, I'm rolling about average so far :D

Xeria flies up to the roof thinking, "Let's see how powerful that big orc will be if he's taken down a notch." She begins to cast a spell.

Reduce Person on the orc - also a 1 round cast time.

Well they're disinclined to listen to a disembodied voice given the terrible things they've heard about the inhabitants of this dungeon.

The cleric and wizard look to each other and shake their heads. "Some sort of magical enchantment to dissuade us. Ignore it" the wizard proclaims.

Cindy still to go and Bob can take his action. How long range is your telepathy, Bob? Maybe you can call Gorthug? If not, maybe someone can make a con check to see how loud they can yell.

Frustrated that his calls do nothing and that his friends do not help, Bob moves around the cavern and gets close to the orc. Then, he tries to leap on the orc's head!

Opponents can either make an attack of opportunity against the ooze, or a saving throw versus the attack, but not both. If the target forgoes the opportunity attack, it may instead make a DC 13 Reflex save to avoid having its head engulfed. If the save fails, or the target instead opted to make an opportunity attack, the target takes 1d4 acid damage, is blinded, deafened, nauseated, and is in danger of suffocating every round that its head is engulfed. Any attack against a gelatinous orb that has engulfed an opponent’s head has a 50% chance of targeting the engulfed opponent instead.

Skipping Cindy:

The orc shakes off many attacks from Xeria and Goldslip but Bob lands right on his head, completely shutting down the mighty warrior! The cleric and the wizard immediately react to this massive threat to their ally while the rogue attempts to deal with ripper. Ripper is struck once (8 damage) while the cleric shoots an arrow that ends up hitting the orc. The wizard sends a magic missile at Bob, hurting Bob slightly (7 damage).

That failed reflex save totally changed this fight. EVERYONE GO!!!

As Bob holds onto the orc warrior, he mentally picks up a piece of debris and sends it careening at the wizard.

kinetic throw: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 261d6 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 5 = 9

Breath 1->0
HP: 21->26/35
21->16 nonlethal

Her mind and body quickly recovering from the recent onslaught, Snowball unleashes her icey breath on the orc and then stands up.
Ice Breath vs Bob & orc (DC 14 reflex for half): 2d4 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7
Recharge: 1d4 ⇒ 1 Sorry bob...
"Bad orc! Snowball ice orc!"

Dunno if a blinded orc can AoO, but I trigger an AoO after muh ice breath :3

reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

HP: 39/46 (14 damage, +5 fast healing)

Tina yells as loudly as possible, "GORTHUG! Front Entrance! NOW!"
shout (CHA): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

She flies over towards the adventurers, and as she does, a small portal opens up over the grease patch. A young lady with fair hair and fine clothes tumbles out, slipping on the grease and falling hard. "AAAAAHHH, Save Me!" she cries, "I am princess Claudette of Westrovia! Save me and you will be rewarded richly!"

Still invisible, Tina yells at the remaining adventurers, "Lay down your arms and stop your casting, or the princess dies. It would be unfortunate if her death were on your hands. The Westrovia royals are known for being quite a vengeful family."

princess reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Tina Indimdate: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24 (+13 instead if this passes for diplomacy)

This really isn't helping our image as non-murderers... Goldslip thinks as Tina summons the princess of Westrovia and threatens to murder her.

The nixie loads her crossbow and fires it at the goblin rogue attacking Ripper.
Attack: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 5 - 4 = 17
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Gorthug heard his name! Nothing else in the desperate cry made sense, but his name did. The Orcish zombie moved in the direction, assuming that someone wanted him to kill something. At least he hoped that was what was happening. He was quite unhappy with his current situation and was looking forward to hurting something or someone so he could temporarily feel better.

Tina, you need a bluff check along with that, for sure. A bluff check from the princess too.

Gorthug, you appear at the top of the map on the next monster turn.

Bluff (Princess): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Bluff (Tina): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Facepalm

Botting Xeria but it's hard to know how to bot Cindy.

Xeria splashes the barbarian with acid while Ripper manages to land a blow on the rogue. Cindy steps forward slightly. The wizard, cleric, and rogue listen to Piedmontina and the princess's claims and look at each other dubiously. "We have to save Gronk either way" the cleric states. "Let the orc go and we'll talk! In the mean time, we must fight!" The wizard winces in pain from Bob's attack and launches another magic missile, which rips into Bob (7 damage) while the cleric launches a crossbow bolt that misses badly. The rogue smacks Ripper twice hard with her small saps (18 damage) while the orcish barbarian continues to flail around blindly.

Everyone, GO!

The deaf Bob does not hear what they say, for as his friends know, you need to *think* what you are saying around Bob, not just *say it*. He continues to sit on the half-orc...

sense motive: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35
Bob, hop off of there for a minute. I think I might be able to get them to fight Cinder for us.

"Go ahead and stand up princess. And you adventurers, I think there's a better opportunity for you than fighting us. There's a dragon further down this cave. If you leave us alone, you'll be better equipped to fight it."
diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

Xeria finishes casting Reduce Person on the orc - DC 15 fort

Ripper falls to the ground severely injured.

Stabilize: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Xeria shoots a blob of acid at the rogue, "Leave her alone!" And in her anger misses wildly.

Acid Splash: 1d20 ⇒ 5

The orc shakes of Xeria's spell. Meanwhile, the non-not-bobbed adventurers eye Piedmontina, considering her offer. She can tell they are definitely interested in getting Bob off of their barbarian and they seem open to her proposal due to her extremely proficient diplomacy and the fact that the monsters have been trying diplomacy from the first, initiated in the form of a telepathic message from nowhere.

Having heard the commotion, the undead orc lumbered over, holding his rusted axe. Orcish”Gory, gory it’s a helluva way to die!” He chanted in a deathly rattle, a pale imitation of the traditional orc warchant for marching into battle. He looked around expectantly, sizing up who his first victim would be.

Bob hops off. "Launch Bob already told you these things. We don't want to fight! You heroes need to use brains. Launch Bob has so much more brains than you it is sickenly to Launch Bob.

Orcish: "Don't attack, Gorthug--it seems we are reaching a peaceful accord, after all."

Common: "Thank you for hearing us out," Goldslip says to the adventurers as she lowers her crossbow.

The orc gasps for air and grips his axe but snaps his head to look at Goldslip hearing his native language. The undine cleric steps up and grasps the orc's arm. "Wait. We're listening to them. Tell us more about this dragon." The goblin steps back from Ripper's unconscious body but keeps her saps drawn.

Gorthug nodded at Goldslip’s words, and rested his axe on his shoulder. Seeing another orc, he used his free hand to make a fist, which he brought to his chest as a way of greeting. The red flames were his eyes once were stayed focused on his living counterpart.

Tina remains invisible, but takes a drink and explains, "I mean, it's a dragon. Biggish, red, shoots fire from its mouth. It's just down the hallway there. Do you think you can take on a dragon? or do you need to head back to town to get more supplies, and maybe some backup? I don't think he'll be going anywhere soon. He's just taken over control of this cave, and he's taking stock of his new hoard." She lingers on the last word, letting visions of dragon gold take root in the adventurers minds.

The princess stand up, trying to wipe as much grease off of herself as possible, "Tina, can I get out of here? I was in the middle of my one true love's first kiss, before you stole me away."

Tina takes another swig, and yells back, "Button up, buttercup. This is your third 'one true love' this year. But yeah, you can take off. Oh, Hold up." With a Skiddlebobap! the grease on the princess's dress disappears in a flash.

"Thanks, Piedmontina! You're the best Fairy Godmother ever!", the princess yells, as she disintegrates into a cloud of sparks.

Snowball almost unleashes more ice-breath on the adventurers, but stops with her mouth agape at the mention of "a dragon. Biggish, red, shoots fire...".
She closes her mouth for a moment before saying in a cautiously optimistic way "fight Cinder? Can we ice Cinder now? Cinder bad."