Ironperenti's Rise of the Runelords Campaign

Game Master Ironperenti

@Kizzy
Are you inspiring courage?

Kizzy, do you have something to allow you to use the wand at caster level?

Isabella unleashes her healing powers (excluding the enemy, of course) to keep the group in fighting form.

Channel energy: Healing: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 4, 4) = 15

ugh… no, sorry; it should be 1d8+1; so it would have been 9, not 13

Runt, yes. +1… I think Iron has it in his list

Camil moves up and lashes out at Lucretia, his studied target. His scarf snaps wide.

Camil: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 12 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 231d6 + 1 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 3 + 4 = 13

Is Zherxikas going to take an action this round or just move on?

Round 3
Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.8mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 6rds
Lucretia -104 seriously injured
Kizzy 36/56(36); -4 levels
Forest 92/92; -5 Wis
Zherxikas 54/54; (holding action) <<<
Camil 60/60;
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.8min, heroism 64.8min, clayskin (40/40) 64.8min, divine favor 8rds
Isabella 36/62;
Vale 45/62; light,

move on

Lucretia continues her dangerous dance of defense and again reaches out to touch Forest. She succeeds and for Forest the world continues to be harder to comprehend and his thoughts become foggier (-3 Wis).

Round 4
Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.7mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 5rds
Lucretia -104 seriously injured
Kizzy 36/56(36); -4 levels <<<
Forest 92/92; -8 Wis <<<
Zherxikas 54/54; <<<
Camil 60/60;mutagen 79.8 <<<
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.7min, heroism 64.7min, clayskin (40/40) 64.7min, divine favor 7rds <<<
Isabella 36/62; <<<
Vale 45/62; light, <<<

Runt finally moves up and delivers her awesomely accurate strike, giving the scorpion a nudge to get it to move out of her way. It climbs up on the wall and also attacks.

to hit adamantine mace, heroism, divine favor, haste, battle cry, inspire courage, monster hunter, true strike: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 = 47
damage bashing, divine favor, inspire courage, monster hunter: 1d6 + 10 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 17

to hit claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
damage, primordial: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9; +grab
grab: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

to hit claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
damage, primordial: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14; +grab
grab: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22

If a grab succeeded...
constrict, primordial: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

to hit sting: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
damage, primordial: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10; +poison
Poison (Ex) Sting—injury; save Fort DC 17; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Strength damage; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +2 racial bonus.

Kizzy continues her song and taps Vale with the wand again.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Hmm. Maybe Forest IS using the wise part of his brain right now...

Forest 92/92; -8 Wis <<<

heckin rude

Longsword 1 (Battle Cry, Inspire Courage, Favored Enemy +2, Haste): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
S Damage (Magic, Adamantine): 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Longsword 2 (Battle Cry, Inspire Courage, Favored Enemy +2, Haste, - 5 MAP): 1d20 + 19 - 5 ⇒ (20) + 19 - 5 = 34
S Damage (Magic, Adamantine): 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Longsword Haste (Battle Cry, Inspire Courage, Favored Enemy +2, Haste): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20
S Damage (Magic, Adamantine: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Shield Bash 1 (Battle Cry, Inspire Courage, Favored Enemy +2, Haste): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26
P Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Crit Conf Longsword 2 (Battle Cry, Inspire Courage, Favored Enemy +2, Haste, - 5 MAP): 1d20 + 19 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 19 - 5 = 16
S Damage (Magic, Adamantine): 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

The dice have turned...

Don't forget to roll your crit threat from the second attack.

Runt's magically guided strike hits Lucretia followed by one of Forest's flurrying attacks. Obviously Lucretia is grievously injured and likely if she thought you would let her live she might have given up but she has no such illusions. Instead she glances at the door and sends hatred toward Runt and Forest with her eyes. Vale tries to get past her defenses but she easily parries his blows.

Round 4
Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.7mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 5rds
Lucretia -141 seriously injured
Kizzy 36/56(36); -4 levels <<<
Forest 92/92; -8 Wis
Zherxikas 54/54; <<<
Camil 60/60;mutagen 79.8 <<<
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.7min, heroism 64.7min, clayskin (40/40) 64.7min, divine favor 7rds
Isabella 36/62; <<<
Vale 45/62; light,

Kizzy went in round 4; +7 ho for Vale.

Don't forget to roll your crit threat from the second attack.

I did! Twas the last attack. But I appreciate it!

Camil sees the opportunity and lashes out with everything he's got on Lucretia...

Attack1: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30
Attack 2: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25
Attack 3: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Damage1: 1d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 4 = 11
Damage 2: 1d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 4 = 12
Damage 3: 1d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 4 = 10

Camil finds Lucretia's defense near impossible to penetrate. Then Isabella channels positive energy again healing nearly all remaining physical damage of the party (Isabella is still down 6).

channel: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 5, 5) = 20

Zherxikas?

Round 4
Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.7mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 5rds
Lucretia -141 seriously injured
Kizzy 56/56(36); -4 levels
Forest 92/92; -8 Wis
Zherxikas 54/54; <<<
Camil 60/60;mutagen 79.8
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.7min, heroism 64.7min, clayskin (40/40) 64.7min, divine favor 7rds
Isabella 56/62;
Vale 62/62; light,

Sorry about that, wanted to give Z time to respond.

Zherxikas launches a force missile at the beastly woman. It hits drawing a grunt from her battered form. She again focuses on Forest because of the beating he gave her earlier. She reaches for him. This time the hand holding the dagger with three fingers free touches his face. Forest blanches at the touch, looks around him as if nothing makes any sense, and then tumbles over face first (6 pts of Wis dmg, minimum Wis 0). Even as he falls she continues her defensive fighting.

force missile: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Caster level check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Round 5
Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.6mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 4rds
Lucretia -147 critically injured
Kizzy 56/56(36); -4 levels<<<
Forest 92/92; -14 Wis, unconscious
Zherxikas 54/54; <<<
Camil 60/60; mutagen 79.7<<<
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.6min, heroism 64.6min, clayskin (40/40) 64.6min, divine favor 6rds<<<
Scorpion <<<
Isabella 56/62;<<<
Vale 62/62; light <<<

Runt casts True strike defensively.

concentration: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

Even as the scorpion struggles to hit.

to hit claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
damage, primordial: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7; +grab
grab: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18

to hit claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
damage, primordial: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7; +grab
grab: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27

If a grab succeeded...
constrict, primordial: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

to hit sting: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
damage, primordial: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7; +poison
Poison (Ex) Sting—injury; save Fort DC 17; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Strength damage; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +2 racial bonus.

Apparently I need to learn a summons that can do an area effect attack.

Isabella casts a bless spell, continuing the enhancements in preparation for a slog of a fight.

Sorry about that, wanted to give Z time to respond.

Zherxikas launches a force missile at the beastly woman. It hits drawing a grunt from her battered form.

That was fine... been bouncing between PCs while trying to get main PC fixed, so forgot to check since it wasnt an open tab

Wouldn't lesser resto on Forest been better than bless? cant tell if its perm or temp, but even a few points if its temp would make Forest concious

I did not include the to hit bonus for the bless because it does not stack with battle cry. Speaking of battle cry, does it last as long as you perform? How many HP does your scorpion have?

The scorpion's attacks are batted away as Runt safely casts her spell. Then an additional wave of energy washes over the group as Isabella casts bless. Vale swings wildly at the lamia but fails to penetrate her defenses.

Vale battle axe: 1d20 + 9 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 3 = 191d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 12
Vale battle axe: 1d20 + 9 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 3 = 131d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 9
Vale hand axe: 1d20 + 9 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 3 = 201d6 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 6

Round 5
Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.6mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 4rds, Bless (+1 to dmg morale bonus, +1 save vs fear)
Lucretia -147 critically injured
Kizzy 56/56(36); -4 levels<<<
Forest 92/92; -14 Wis, unconscious
Zherxikas 54/54; <<<
Camil 60/60; mutagen 79.7<<<
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.6min, heroism 64.6min, clayskin (40/40) 64.6min, divine favor 6rds
Scorpion
Isabella 56/62;
Vale 62/62; light

Wouldn't lesser resto on Forest been better than bless? cant tell if its perm or temp, but even a few points if its temp would make Forest concious

Lesser restoration has a casting time of 3 rounds.

How many HP does your scorpion have?

Not sure if you are asking about Runt's scorpion, but here are the stats...

Camil, looking down at the unconscious Forrest, lashes out again, while crying out, Anyone got any good ideas?!?

attack 1: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23
Damage 1: 1d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 4 = 11
Attack 2: 1d20 + 15 + 1d6 ⇒ (13) + 15 + (3) = 31
Damage 2: 1d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 4 = 8
attack 3: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Damage 3: 1d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 4 = 12

spend 2 inspiration for attack 2

"Yea, rummage through her stuff and see if she has any restoration stuff after we beat the snot out of her."

I was hoping the inspiration would add to the 31 but it is what got you up to a 31.

Camil comes close to striking Lucretia but at the last moment she deflects the bladed scarf.

Round 5
Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.6mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 4rds, Bless (+1 to dmg morale bonus, +1 save vs fear)
Lucretia -147 critically injured
Kizzy 56/56(36); -4 levels<<<
Forest 92/92; -14 Wis, unconscious
Zherxikas 54/54; <<<
Camil 60/60; mutagen 79.7
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.6min, heroism 64.6min, clayskin (40/40) 64.6min, divine favor 6rds
Scorpion
Isabella 56/62;
Vale 62/62; light

Magically conjures missiles of force against the lucretia.

ff: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
sr: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Zherxikas' missile strikes true. Kizzy just watches at the moment, ready with the wand in case someone is injured. Lucretia for her part tries to casts a spell defensively but does not do a good job of it. Vale takes a swing at her when she stops focusing on him and lands a stinging blow (dmg 11).

Runt, Camil, and the Scorpion get an AOO against her at AC 29

Round 6
Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.5mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 3rds, Bless (+1 to dmg morale bonus, +1 save vs fear)
Lucretia -167 critically injured <<<
Kizzy 56/56(36); -4 levels
Forest 92/92; -14 Wis, unconscious
Zherxikas 54/54;
Camil 60/60; mutagen 79.6
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.5min, heroism 64.5min, clayskin (40/40) 64.5min, divine favor 5rds
Scorpion 47/47
Isabella 56/62;
Vale 62/62; light

Runt uses the true strike she just cast to time the perfect strike to get past her dancing...

to hit adamantine mace, heroism, divine favor, haste, battle cry, inspire courage, monster hunter, true strike: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 20 = 57
damage bashing, divine favor, inspire courage, monster hunter: 1d6 + 10 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 10 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 19

The scorpion flails about uselessly again.

to hit claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
damage, primordial: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12; +grab
grab: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

If a grab succeeded...
constrict, primordial: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Continues to toss force missiles lucretia's way...

fm: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
sr: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

AoO: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 4 = 12

Runt and Camil pile on taking advatage of Lucretia’s moment of inattention. With a scream of rage she collapses, dead. If aomeone had not heard the sounds of battle, they definitely heard that.

"Well, now to see if she had any scrolls of restoration."

Runt evaluates Forest to see if the damage to his psyche will heal.

heal: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

Now that time pressure is less of an issue, Isabella moves up to Forest and takes the extra time to cast a lesser restoration spell in hopes of getting him sensate once more.

Lesser restoration ability damage healed: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Kizzy will cast detect magic and help loot, searing in Varisian about snekladies.

Forest opens his eyes but doesn't move. He stares at everyone and drools a bit. Lucretia had a few magic and masterwork items: wand of scorching ray (22 charges), +1 keen rapier, masterwork dagger, Sihedron medallion (+1 resistance bonus on all saves, false life as free action 1/day at CL 5th).

Kuthona 20th, Early winter
1100, 36 degrees, heavy thunderstorms
Group mods: battle cry (+1 to hit morale, +4 vs fear), inspire courage (+1 hit/dmg competence bonus), magic circle against evil 79.5mins (+2 deflection, +2 all saves, see circle around Isabella), haste (+1 to hit, +1 dodge, +1 REF, +30' move) 3rds, Bless (+1 to dmg morale bonus, +1 save vs fear)
Kizzy 56/56(36); -4 levels
Forest 92/92; -12 Wis
Zherxikas 54/54;
Camil 60/60; mutagen 79.6
Runt 69/69; light, heightened awareness 64.5min, heroism 64.5min, clayskin (40/40) 64.5min, divine favor 5rds
Scorpion 47/47
Isabella 56/62;
Vale 62/62; light

Are the weapons sized for a large creature? Runt already has one of those medallions so someone else should take the other one.

"Nothing here that will help Forest. I'm thinking we toss the body to the lizards and clean up the mess. Leave a mystery for whoever might come along."

The weapons are all medium sized. While she had a large seroentine body, her humanoid upper half was medium sized.

Toss the body in the ghost cavern or the crevasse under the bridge.

Toss the body in the ghost cavern or the crevasse under the bridge.

My thoughts exactly. Under the bridge!

Several of you work together to pull her body back to the bridge and toss her into the crevice. This takes about 15 minutes with Vale working with Kizzy to redirect shocker lizards.

Does Isabella have another restoration spell?

You find that Forest is capable of getting up and seems quite healthy other than the mental fog he seems to have.

(In game terms: Someone must take a move action to tell Forest what to do. He will then continue doing this thing until he is told to stop or he gets too tired to do it. He recognizes his more constant companions but not anyone else and will not oblige others. This means Vale cannot give him directions nor will he take directions from newly encountered beings. I'm trying to determine how much access to his special skills he has. His intelligence is fine but a 2 Wis is on par with a shrieker fungus. I will try to look at his character sheet today to determine. In general, gross motor functions are easy, anything requiring mental prowess will be sorely limited.)

A little huffing and puffing later, Runt looks around and suggests, "Well, the room the serpent gal was in had a couple of doors. shall we go back and check them out? Or would it be better to wait a day so we can restore Forrest?"

I put Runt next to the door to open if we go that route.

Doesn't sound like our main battle wagon is in much of a shape to fight right now.

Vale lets you know the west door leads to the dungeon, the north to the stairs up.

"Unfortunately there is nothing more that I can do for him today," says Isabella. "I'll help lead him for now. It is probably... unwise... for us to press on in this state, though."

"Who else needs further healing?"

"I'm fine. Could press on, but you are probably right. Let's see if we can get Forest in working order before pressing on."

I am still suffering from the specter; but getting Forest better is the priority. I can also take care of Forest when needed.

"It does seem like we are getting a bit messed up. But, though a more immediate problem, Forrest will recover over time. Yours is more serious. I'm thinking the next 24 hours is critical for you. Unfortunately, I have nothing that I can use to help you with. Heroism would help, but I'm out and, besides, the best I can do is 3 hours per casting which won't cut it."

Isabella knows that bedrest and particular herbs (longterm care if you have a kit) would help Forest recover much more quickly. As for Kizzy, both Runt and Isabella feel that magical aid would best be used at sunrise.