GM Zero/GL's Giantslayer! (Inactive)

Game Master GM_Grandlounge

@ Lidia. One of the sailors says, "Yea, you can have it 'ery'night, but da night shift sleeps where they like durin' da day."

Does Ben hear from anyone about the antics of Thyste?

This is a good question I will let Thyste and Kioshi' decide. But for the sake of pace, we will say you were all tired and went to bed and if it comes out it will be during the day, next day.

"Son, you are not being offensive. You are curious and not make presumptions, that is all we can ask. I would rather not give some sailors magic food and others not. You want to keep equanimity among the crew. If your team eats them and I can give the crew a little extra meat they will be very happy with you. Or, give them to the captain for emergency first aid. Both options are great."

Thyste basically falls right into her bunk, facedown, and starts snoring, her tail waving slowly above her for about a minute before it wavers and falls beside her to dangle over the edge. If any antics were had, she doesn't share them with the group.

Conversely, she's too conked-out to prevent Kioshi from sharing.

When the next morning comes, she eyes Lydia's handiwork with dead-tired eyes. "Oh, jeez," she says, rubbing her chin. "Now this bunk can only belong to people with LB initials. ...Which means we have a place for Ben's dinosaur to sleep during the day," she adds.

It occurs to me that she never actually answered Lydia's question about her sleepiness earlier :D whoops

Real Reason: she's part fox, and foxes sleep about as much as cats do. Somewhere between the 8 hours for humans and the 14-16 for foxes is the 12 from the Sleepy drawback. Seemed right!

I love drawbacks that come up in gameplay. It is the reason I think that oracles are the best-designed class in the game. I think sleep works great for Thyste.

In the morning, very early, Lidia rises and makes her way out of the crew quarters. She seems half-awake and grumpy, as if she didn't sleep well. She stops in the galley looking for coffee.

"Thyste snores." she grumbles, by way of explanation to the cook. "I mean, everyone was snoring some, but that halfling... I wouldn't have thought it was possible."

She shakes her head ruefully and slurps.

"I would have bet the gnoll would be the noisy one." she muses, half to herself.

"There's some kind of creature in the room at the other end from the one with all the supplies and things on the bottom floor of the boat. It's big but whatever it is isn't a herd animal. Watch your back," Ulretha says as he comes into the bunk room, likely interrupting Lidia's handiwork and talking to Thyste's sleeping back.

He finds the biggest, most comfortable bunk, taking his time with it then strips out of his armor and putting it, his shield, his hammer and his other weapons underneath.

Someone might be tempted to steal them, but they're going to have to figure out how to get them and get them back without losing a hand to a set of powerful hyena jaws since Fazingar and Crezobill sleep on the floor on either side of the bunk.

Onnikka takes up space on the bunk and, from the way she watches Ulretha, she isn't entirely convinced he should get to be in it.

In the morning, he has to be rousted out of bed, not because he's sleeping like Thyste but just because he doesn't want to get up. He moves much quicker if food is involved, though. He takes the time to get his armor on again, reviewing a book as he does so.

Then, up on deck, he enjoys more than his fair share of fish.

"Really? Maybe the captain will give me a look. Maybe its a dinosaur! I like dinosaurs the best."

"There's some kind of creature in the room at the other end from the one with all the supplies and things on the bottom floor of the boat. It's big but whatever it is isn't a herd animal. Watch your back,"

Lidia narrows her eyes dubiously.

"Why would they have a large animal locked up in the storage room?" she asks.

"Maybe it is just a pig that they want to eat at a later point in time?" he muses.

"But why lock a pig up in a storage room? You were on mucking duty yesterday--did anyone ask you to clean up after a pig? Either they're hiding something, or whatever is in there is dangerous."

Thyste shrugs. "I'm not all that worried about it. If you're going to transport something big, you're not just going to have it walk around on the deck," she says, "and if it's dangerous to other animals... heck, even if it's just a bull, I'd keep it away from the cows, you know?"

"There's a stable full of horses up here on deck. Why not keep it up here?" persists Lidia. "And why lock it up?"

She turns back to the gnoll. "Ulretha, are you sure about this?"

Thyste clears her throat. "I'm just saying, you keep the stallion away from the mares if you want a safe journey," she points out. "We're not exactly in wide-open spaces."

"Yup. I didn't see it but I heard it breathing in there. And if I could hear it breathing, it had to be big. When I knocked, it didn't make any noise, so either it's sedated or it's a predator. Something big and prey would make some kind of noise out of fright or warning or curiosity," Ulretha answers.

"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I think it's sedated. Even if its a predator, it would be tearing things up in that tiny space with no wind and light coming in."

You hear Bloodtusk's booming voice, "Alright everyone up on deck. Time to shove off. You all know what to do anchors up, oars in the water, unfurl the sails, then nets down. Help the new people if they get confused."

Thyste eats quickly, but when Bloodtusk says it's time to go, she gets a single piece of toast to hang from her mouth while she's late to school the crow's nest.

She hustles up the rigging-- with a penalty for fatigue:
Climb: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Climb: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Climb: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Kinda don't like my worst check being the last one! Hopefully it's an easy climb, since it's designed to be climbed...

...I completely forgot that Take 10 was probably an option. Presuming she 1: falls and 2: isn't prevented from trying again, I'll take 10 on the next three climb checks.

Grumpy and sleepy as Lidia is feeling, she doesn't bother to continue arguing about the animal in the closet, but nods when Ulretha expresses his thoughts. She looks out toward the river, perhaps wondering why she ever agreed to board a boat.

But when the captain's voice calls out, she moves immediately to the forecastle and resumes her duties, looking for rocks and shallows. Her attention drifts periodically throughout the day, but never for long.

Perception (Sounding): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Kioshi is uncertain. He approaches the kitchen and asks if he can be of any help!

“I have little experience and do not want to hide that I once burned a whole kitchen but I think that I could nonetheless be of service to you! Let me try!“ he pleads.

intelligence : 0 + 1d20 + 5 ⇒ 0 + (12) + 5 = 17

In the morning Ben memorizes his goodberry spell and makes a gift of it to the cook. Then takes his turn at mucking.
handle animal: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
As usual he is very distracted. He's not the type to hold down a job and be productive. This time he keeps wondering about the animal that is locked up, looking for signs, asking veiled questions like "Are these all the animals on board?"

Thyste, you stumble a bit climbing but only enough to slow your progress, not enough to fall. You shake your head clear and make ou way to the top.

Lidia the moring in uneventful, a few rocks here and there your keep the boat pointed to the fast-moving med depth water where the ship is best suited to sail.

Gashnakh says to Kioshi, "Wow, boy, you are good at this. I think tomorrow you will be the head cook, and I will 'supervise'."

Gashnakh thanks Ben, "I will be keeping these on hand. Thank you."

Ben, give me a diplomacy check (gather information), please, and we will see how open people are to your questions.

Thyste takes a quick look as far as she can see--

Take 10 Perception: 10 + 7 = 17

--and promptly finds a cozy enough position to sleep in.

Consider Thyste "out" for the next 4 hours!

Thyste is curled up cozy listening to the breeze as her eyes get heavy and she drifts off to sleep.

It is a fortunate thing that Ulretha cannot see Thyste. It hasn't occurred to him to duck out on work and take a nap. And while he'd never rat Lil' Foxy out, he would certainly start working harder to figure out a way to skip out on work than he would ever actually do the work he's assigned.

Instead, he starts looking down at the water, catching himself after certain moments as he realizes he's leaning on the railing and straightens up.

He looks around for any signs of fish and starts casting the nets.

Survival: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Ben, give me a diplomacy check (gather information), please, and we will see how open people are to your questions.

diplo: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

I'd get luckier rolling an eight sided die the way things are going.

tUlretha has an unproductive morning; either the river is devoid of fish, or there is the odd snoring noise that is scaring them away. Meanwhile, Ben is keeping up with the stables, but in his quick interactions with people is finding it hard to pull any information from the crew.

GM: 1d12 ⇒ 3

About 3 hours into the workday, the sound of the wind starts to change. Suddenly three blue scaled flying dragon-like creatures swoop the ship using the sun at their back to obscure their approach. One creature swoops toward the sleeping Thyste. The other flys to the stern and the third toward the horses.

The largest creature 50ft up fires Caustic Mucus at Ben, who seems to be near it pray.

Acid damage DC 16 ref for half damage and no entangle: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 5) = 12

The bold may act!
Big mini Dragon
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Kioshi
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Small Mini Dragons
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Lidia
Ben
Ulretha
Thyste

"HnnkkkKKKkAAAWWwww…" snores Thyste.

ref st: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Kioshi hears the scream and opens the kitchen door!

He then runs on deck!

Ben gets hit with a blast of sticky acid that impairs his movement and keeps corroding (you can act the only way to get unentangled is another save on your turn.

Acid: 1d4 ⇒ 4

The first small dragon spits on the sleeping Thyste.
Make a ref save but your dex mod is a -5 for being 'helpless'.

Acid Damage DC 14 ref: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 1) = 8

The second of the small dragons spits at Ulretha.

Acid Damage DC 14 ref: 2d8 ⇒ (3, 7) = 10

The bold may act!
Big mini Dragon +45ft
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Kiosh
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Small Mini Dragons (g +45ft, r + 75ft)
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Lidia
Ben -12 entangled
Ulretha
Thyste

Do I get to use Charmed Life on that?

Charmed life is an immediate action which you normally can't use flatfoot however I want the drawback to come into play not be crazy detrimental so let go with yes. You were stirred from your sleep just enough to react.

Usually I would just eat it, but I like the idea that Charmed Life isn't really something that a swashbuckler has control over, they're just naturally lucky :P

...With the drawback being that if I dodged it, I'd remain asleep.

Charmed Helpless Reflex Save: 1d20 + 8 - 5 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 8 - 5 + 3 = 11

For a brief second, it looks like Thyste might happen to roll onto her other side just in time to avoid the acid.

She does not, however, and wakes up screaming obscenities and scrabbling for her bow!

That's gonna be a Move to grab the bow and a Move to stand from prone!

I was really hoping that you would roll over and it would inexplicably miss you.

Me too!

Lidia pivots around in shock toward the attacking creatures, then pulls out her fancy new bow and nocks up an arrow. She draws a bead on the biggest of the drakes and fires.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

"Thyste! I thought you were on lookout duty!"

"Must've come from the other side of the... pole... thingy! The mast? Whatever this thing's connected to!"

"Gosh darn it! Where did those things come from?"

Ben struggles with the tendrils while Little Buddy looks on with confusion.

reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 I knew that was going to happen. Can't use escape artist or strength? Not that would help Ben, but I ask for others that might have the skill.

Ben is going to use the enlarge ability provided by the chronicle 'Power of the Giants' as his action(s).

concentration check, DC 16: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20 Now that I wasn't expecting.

Seeing where the creatures are headed, Ben gives the dinosaur the command to guard the animals.

Is that big mini dragon really large or is it just small instead of tiny? Couldn't resist.

"Must've come from the other side of the... pole... thingy! The mast? Whatever this thing's connected to!"

"All three of them?!"

Ulretha snarls up at the hovering lizard as it spits at him. Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Surprising to no one he is not able to dodge out of the way of the caustic saliva.

"Come down here so I can bash your skull in!" he demands, annoyed that his opponent isn't going to give him a chance to use his hammer.

Instead, he pulls out his bow and takes a shot.

Longbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Lidia spares a look at Ulretha to see if he's yelling at the drake or at Thyste.

Lida looks at the Drake, makes eye contact and strikes it with an arrow. She has its attention.

Sorry Ben the Drakes have specific rules it's a ref save. Ben everybody knows a mini dragon is medium and a supermini dragon is tiny.

Ben grows to eight times his mass but finds his feet no less glued to the deck. But sets his companion to guard duty.

Ulretha also manages to plant an arrow deep within one of the creatures seemingly attracting its ire.

Lidia< I had to move you to make your attack work. I hope that is ok.

The drake descends on Lidia biting at her but she ducks behind the walk narrowly avoiding the attack.

Bite Pounce: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 192d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 3) + 5 = 11
Tail Pounce: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 111d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The bold may act!
Big mini Dragon +45ft (-9)
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Kiosh
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Small Mini Dragons (g +45ft -4, r + 75ft)
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Lidia
Ben -12 entangled
Ulretha -10
Thyste -8

Now that the drake is directly attacking her, Lidia is all business. She hops back deftly, goes to one knee, and fires two arrows in rapid succession toward its throat and chest.

5 foot step back, then rapid shot

Ranged Attack #1, rapid shot, point blank: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 10 - 2 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Ranged Attack #2, rapid shot, point blank: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 10 - 2 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Confirm?: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 10 - 2 = 10
Crit Damage, if applicable: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (7, 7) + 6 = 20

Kioshi walks forward and casts a spell to hit one of these beings with thousands of overwhelming colors!

Color Spray, 1 arcane reservoir for DC+2 with potent magic, DC 19 will save for red .

I have to adjust actions to make them work.

Kioshi moves to the center of the boat and waits for one of the dragons to descend the hits it with a rainbow of colour. When the drake swoop it resists the spell and pounces Ulretha. The drake bites him but fails to dig its tail into the body.

Will Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Bite Pounce: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 242d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2) + 3 = 8
Tail Pounce: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 151d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The second Drake pounces Thyste. Landing an enormous bite on her shoulder.

Bite Pounce: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 302d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 1) + 3 = 8
Bite Pounce Confirmaiton: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 282d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3) + 3 = 7

Tail Pounce: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 71d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The bold may act!
Big mini Dragon +5ft (-19)
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Kiosh
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Small Mini Dragons (g +5ft -4, r + 35ft)
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Lidia
Ben -12 entangled
Ulretha -18 entangled
Thyste -23 entangled

Lidia drives on an arrow deep into the creature's chest.

You guys can do it the dice will turn in your favour.

"Ow, my most of me!" howls Thyste, stowing her bow and grabbing her dory. She hikes it up and does her best to strike back!

Dory Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
That probably works!
Dory Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
But that could have been better!

Meanwhile, she considers her options. What do we have in the way of "big swingy ropes" or "quick descent ropes"?

The dory cuts deep across the face of the Drakes it reals in anger and roars at Thyste.

There are big swingy ropes, if you dare!

Thyste will keep that in mind for if she needs to get fancy next turn!

"Why do things with scales keep biting me?" Ulretha shouts as the drake sinks its teeth into him.

While he doesn't like the wound, obviously, he does appreciate the fact that it obeyed him and came down so that he could cave its skull in.

Unlike Thyste, he doesn't bother stowing his bow. He just drops it and pulls out his hammer and swings.

Aggrimosh minus Entangled: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 11 - 2 = 13
Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 2) + 7 = 14

He also calls the Pack over to show the beast what real biting is.

The Pack have been watching with varying levels of curiosity as the swooping beasts have laid into the two legged members of their pack. As in most situations, they are considering whether or not they can eat these things.

Since it seems like they're going to try to eat them, they decide to try the eating first.

Onnikka Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 plus Trip: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Fazingar Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 plus Trip: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Crezobill Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 plus Trip: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

reflex, enlarged, entangled: 1d20 + 5 - 1 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 5 - 1 - 2 = 11

"Guys, unless this thing comes to me, I'm not going to be much use!"