Miteke's Legacy of Fire

Game Master miteke

AC is 20, does he really have to look at the thing to claw and bite at it?

You are allowed to attack while averting your eyes, but the penalty is worse, raising your miss chances to 25% or 50%, I forget which. I've been in more than a few scenarios where we are dealing with a medusae or something and with a gaze attack and it can be quite annoying.

No point is specifying low is bad. I always do it based on the description. if it says 10% chance of something then that something happens on a 1-10/100.

Confusion dice love me! Do I have to attack with a single strike or full attack?

Since the spell does not say, I am going to be lenient. One attack is adequate. I must say that this confusion has worked spectacularly well, at least from his perspective.

Confused and injured, Tarak let’s his wild form take control for a moment and lash out at the nearest thing. A confused and bloodraging Gnasher.

Bite, confused, bulls strength: 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 2 - 1 = 19
Damage, bulls strength: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
I had him bite for flavor, but it feels gamey to not use my highest damage attack so I’m using my claw attacks 1d8, not that that 1 makes any difference

Malgrim enjoys the scenary while Gnasher adds injury to insult and smacks Xulthos around a bit. Tarak gets turned around and somehow gets Gnasher's confused with Kaardswan. Or was it Xulthos? Anyway, gnolls are bad so he lashes out ineffectively at Gnasher.

With the one point of fast healing and the 11 HP he gets back, I think Gnasher is at -38 HP

Combat Card
Ongoing effects:
Tarak, Gnasher and Mei: Barkskin (+2 natural armor)
Tarak and Mei: Bulls Strength (+4 STR)
Tarak: Dino form
All: 10% miss chance and a -1 penalty on attack rolls while looking at it
All Confusion: -1 penalty on all attack rolls, skill checks, and saving throws plus normal problems from spell.

Bold may go.

Mei Yonsa (-19 HP, confused)
Urah Pyr (-0 HP, confused)

Xulthos (-53 HP)

Malgrim Gryh (-0 HP, confused)
Tarak (-12 HP, confused)
Gnasher (-38 HP, confused)

Confusion effects:
01-25 Act normally
26-50 Do nothing but babble incoherently
51-75 Deal 1d8 points of damage + Str modifier to self with item in hand
76-100 Attack nearest creature

Confusion 1d100 ⇒ 63
Slap mah own face 1d8 ⇒ 7 Dammmm....

Urah grins for some reason as his hand rushes towards his own cheeks!

1d100 ⇒ 80 1 Gnasher,2 Malgrim: 1d2 ⇒ 2

The chaos continues as Urah smacks himself and Mei? well, Mei gets tired of
smacking himself and, hearing Malgrim level a deadly insult, instead stabs Malgrim with her spear.

to hit on Malgrim, bull's strength: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 2 = 27
damage, bull's strength: 1d8 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 2 = 18

Xulthos downs Gnasher with a series of well placed attacks and then crawls over his prone body to get to Malgrim.

to hit bite: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 5) + 6 = 12

to hit claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

to hit claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

1 Mei, 2 Malgrim, 3 Tarak: 1d3 ⇒ 2
"Now, let me see. Who else had the temerity to hit me." Which was a poor choice since if he would have left them alone, Malgrim and Mei would have probably finished each other off.
to hit tail on Malgrim: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34
damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2) + 3 = 9

Combat Card
Ongoing effects:
Tarak, Gnasher and Mei: Barkskin (+2 natural armor)
Tarak and Mei: Bulls Strength (+4 STR)
Tarak: Dino form
All: 10% miss chance and a -1 penalty on attack rolls while looking at it
All Confusion: -1 penalty on all attack rolls, skill checks, and saving throws plus normal problems from spell.

Bold may go.

Malgrim Gryh (-27 HP, confused)
Tarak (-12 HP, confused)
Gnasher (-63 HP, confused, unconcious)
Mei Yonsa (-19 HP, confused)
Urah Pyr (-0 HP, confused)

Xulthos (-53 HP)

Confusion effects:
01-25 Act normally
26-50 Do nothing but babble incoherently
51-75 Deal 1d8 points of damage + Str modifier to self with item in hand
76-100 Attack nearest creature (for this purpose, a familiar counts as part of the subject's self)

confused: 1d100 ⇒ 23

Regaining composure for a moment, Tarak notices the demon thing standing over a fallen Gnasher and just lets the animal go again, bursting into a flurry of teeth and claws.

Bite, Bulls Strength, Confused: 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 2 - 2 = 8
Damage, B+P, Bulls: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7
Miss? Low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 32

Claw 1, Bulls Strength, Confused: 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 2 - 2 = 15
Damage, B+P, Bulls: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7
Miss? Low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 95

Claw 2, Bulls Strength, Confused: 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 - 2 = 9
Damage, B+P, Bulls: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6
Miss? Low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 17

Foreclaws, Bulls Strength, Confused: 1d20 + 0 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 0 + 2 - 2 = 18
Damage, B+P, Bulls: 1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6
Miss? Low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 88

Don't have many better options with Gnasher in the line of fire, lightning bolt will probably finish him off. I'll start rolling up that Cleric now :)

Dino's attacks all just simply bounce off the carapace. But I'm wondering if Gnasher shrinks back to normal size when he loses consciousness. If so, you may be able to get a lightning bolt off without harming him. On the one hand it says it works like enlarge person which has a duration. On the other hand it is a rage induced ability and the rage has ended.

whatever this is seems like it has a decent reflex save, and looks demonish so probably has resistance anyway.

Dino's attacks all just simply bounce off the carapace. But I'm wondering if Gnasher shrinks back to normal size when he loses consciousness. If so, you may be able to get a lightning bolt off without harming him. On the one hand it says it works like enlarge person which has a duration. On the other hand it is a rage induced ability and the rage has ended.

I assumed that since is rage induced that he would return to normal size

Bleeding from several wounds, the unconscious gnoll drops to the ground, returning to his normal size a pool of blood gathering under him.

stabilize?: 1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 - 1 = 3 nope

I'll take the kindly GM's offer of a redo of my completely pointless full attack and 5' step back and cast Lightning Bolt

REWIND

Tarak shakes out of his confusion, swearing he attacked this thing and had his teeth and claws bounce off its armored hide. Doing the dinosaur version of a shrug, he steps back slightly and roars in a strangely melodic fashion, ending with his mouth open wide and a bolt of lightning arcing out of his throat to the thing savaging the group.

CL 5, +1 for Mages Tattoo, popping Beacon of Faith for another +2 CL on my domain Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt, Electrictiy, DC 18 reflex for half damage: 8d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 2, 6, 2, 2, 6, 5) = 28

Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 51

Malgrim smacks himself in the face as Gnasher goes down.

Confused Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

Amazingly, Xulthos does not have spell resistance, but, as suspected, he is nimble and with a flutter of his wings, does manage to avoid the brunt of the attack. Also, the creature seems to shrug off some of the electricity as well (5 ER). Still, he pauses for a second having been bloodied more than expected in the fight.

Xulthos (-62 HP)
Gnasher (-64 HP)

Malgrim was attacked by Xulthos and will attack back this round and not beat himself up. Fire away!

Sorry, I was in a rush and skimming and thought it just attacked Gnasher.

Malgrim yells in rage and bashes the creature with water.

I would just use a kinetic blade attack. I do not believe I can do anything special with it. Elemental Overflow is just on.

Kinetic Blade w/Elemental Overflow: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 = 18

Damage, B, Kinetic Blade w/ Elemental Overflow: 3d6 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 6, 3) + 8 + 2 = 24

Did you add the penalties for the confusion and dazzling colors? AC is 19 so you miss anyway which is too bad because that was a really nice hit.

@Tarak
Remember you have some luck feats you could use

Combat Card
Ongoing effects:
Tarak, Gnasher and Mei: Barkskin (+2 natural armor)
Tarak and Mei: Bulls Strength (+4 STR)
Tarak: Dino form
All: 10% miss chance and a -1 penalty on attack rolls while looking at it
All Confusion: -1 penalty on all attack rolls, skill checks, and saving throws plus normal problems from spell.

Bold may go.

Mei Yonsa (-19 HP, confused)
Urah Pyr (-0 HP, confused)

Xulthos (-62 HP)

Malgrim Gryh (-27 HP, confused)
Tarak (-12 HP, confused)
Gnasher (-64 HP, confused, unconcious)

Confusion effects:
01-25 Act normally
26-50 Do nothing but babble incoherently
51-75 Deal 1d8 points of damage + Str modifier to self with item in hand
76-100 Attack nearest creature (for this purpose, a familiar counts as part of the subject's self)

Already used the inexplicable luck today. I certainly am keeping the other in mind.

I totally forgot the penalties. so I swing very wildly.

Confusion!!! 1d200 ⇒ 3

Urah sees that the situation is not good and chooses the wisest course of action to him.

He flees.

Mei confusion effects: 1d100 ⇒ 86
Mei target, 1=Magrim, 2=Xulthos: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Meibot once gain can't keep who's his enemy and who's his friend and whacks her erstwhile travelling companion feebly. That is enough for Urah and he peels out of there as fast as his legs can carry him. Until he gets to the 60' rope up and a flying daemon behind him. Things do not look good for him if the heroes fail.

to hit on Malgrim, bull's strength: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 12 + 2 = 16
damage, bull's strength: 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

Xulthos knows a good thing when he sees one and leaves Mei to herself. Frankly, he's beginning to think of her as more of an ally than an enemy. Instead he bites Malgrim, and slices and shreds and obliterates the poor man. (30 points of damage)

With a sigh of contentment he moves on to the dinosaur and ladles out a claw and a tail sting (14 points of damage) and he wobbles (I think the HP are wrong and he should have 7 more and still be standing).

to hit bite: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23
damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 2) + 6 = 14

to hit claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
confirm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

to hit claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

to hit tail: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25
damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1) + 3 = 6

Turning his attention to Mei, he beckons with a claw.

Combat Card
Ongoing effects:
Tarak, Gnasher and Mei: Barkskin (+2 natural armor)
Tarak and Mei: Bulls Strength (+4 STR)
Tarak: Dino form
All: 10% miss chance and a -1 penalty on attack rolls while looking at it
All Confusion: -1 penalty on all attack rolls, skill checks, and saving throws plus normal problems from spell.

Bold may go.

Mei Yonsa (-19 HP, confused)
Urah Pyr (-0 HP, confused, running)
Malgrim Gryh (-57 HP, confused, unconscious, need stabilization roll)
Tarak (-40 HP, confused, unconscious?, need stabilization roll)
Gnasher (-64 HP, confused, unconscious, need stabilization roll)

Xulthos (-62 HP)

Confusion effects:
01-25 Act normally
26-50 Do nothing but babble incoherently
51-75 Deal 1d8 points of damage + Str modifier to self with item in hand
76-100 Attack nearest creature (for this purpose, a familiar counts as part of the subject's self)

stabilize?: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 - 2 = 1

Confusion has too many rounds lol. Gonna be a party wipe here.

Actually, if you could just get one break you could make it. So far it has been mostly bad luck. All of you failed your STs. Mei continually rolls bad on the confusion effects and she is the one that could really make a huge difference in the fight at this point. Just one lousy result where she attacks Xulthos and rolls OK and I think you guys would win. The dice are rally killing you. I've been sorely tempted to fudge the results a bit, let me tell you. But in the long run, if I do that then there is no sense of challenge if you know I will just bail you out.

I’ll have to double check my all when I get home tomorrow night or possibly Monday but I think 35 is the correct number of HPs

Stabilize: 1d20 + 5 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 - 5 = 7

Stabilize: 1d20 - 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) - 5 + 1 = 2

So, after scanning the battle I see these two hits that should have connected. And the 10% miss change was already rolled on these.

claw: 18 for damage: 12
confirm crit: 18 for damage: 13

That should have put Xulthos at -82 HP

IC I'm going to give everyone a round of clear vision, completely free of the confusion, and this is what happens...

Mei's eyes clear for a moment and she turns her spear on Xulthos for the first time.

to hit, bull's strength, dazzling: 1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 10 + 2 - 1 = 31
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 46
confirm: 1d20 + 10 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 10 - 1 = 26
damage, bull's strength: 2d8 + 16 + 4 ⇒ (3, 6) + 16 + 4 = 29

to hit, bull's strength, dazzling: 1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 2 - 1 = 22
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 26
damage, bull's strength: 1d8 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 9

And in one round scores two lethal hits that leaves the creature bleeding profusely. This terrifies the Daemon and he turns to flee.

"Agh. Sooo close. Still, I know where you live and I will be back."

to hit, bull's strength, dazzling: 1d20 + 10 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 2 - 1 = 18
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 59

The sudden flight surprises Mei and she misses her final opportunity to strike a blow, but there are still two of the adventurers still capable of launching a final attack.

Tarak (provided I am right about the HP, and I think I am) and Urah, you can get off one parting shot before he escapes. If you hit you will down him. If you miss he will escape.

So, after scanning the battle I see these two hits that should have connected. And the 10% miss change was already rolled on these.

claw: 18 for damage: 12
confirm crit: 18 for damage: 13

That should have put Xulthos at -82 HP

All right, I gotta ask, was it Gnasher that hit?

yeah, I love his natural attacks, but if he's fighting something that has DR magic, it really limits him, he'd be better off to stick with the bardiche or another two handed weapon.

random lobbing off a snowball? Ranged touch. 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 193d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 5) = 8
Miss Chance 1d100 ⇒ 81
Spell Resistance 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Feeling invigorated as his companions manages to deal enough damage to deter the creature, Urah flicks him a snowball which seems half formed....

OOC it was Gnasher that would have scored an additional 15-20 points of damage and he really deserved the credit, but IC, so that I did not have to retro everything, I decided to see if Mei could turn the battle if she actually got a chance to swing at it and she did. If she had whiffed I would have had to think of some other way of adding the additional damage.

Mei is sorely tempted to chase after the fleeing Daemon but with all the rapidly expiring allies, she decides to rescue them first. After she scrambles around in her backpack and finds a potion of CLW, she feeds it to the druid. Tarak opens his groggy eyes to the worried look of the fighter who has already moved on to Malgrim with her second potion.

After that she is out of the room like a shot arrow in pursuit of the daemon.

Urah is half way to the rope when the Daemon passes over head and takes a parting shot at him with his tail (flyby attack) wounding him and bringing him to a screeching halt.

to hit tail: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3) + 3 = 10

Finding his courage upon seeing the thing flee (and galvanized into action by the attack, which cuts through the confusion), he takes a parting shot himself and strike the creature in the back between it's wings and it looses consciousness and crashes into the wall at the end of the hall. Still and quiet. Threats no longer a concern.

Tarak shakes his head groggily for an instant and sees Mei rush off to help the new hobgoblin, gathering his wits, the Druid shifts back to his normal form.

Urah Wails in pain as the tail takes a solid chunk out of him!

He screams as the body crashes into the wall and runs back to his companions the other way convinced that this time the creature was after him to finish the job!!!

and digs in his pouches, finding his small store of potions (I guess I didn’t buy scrolls this level) and wand, and turns to the very wounded gnoll and starts dumping potions down his throat.

I have 2 CMW, 2 CLW potions and a wand of CLW with 4/5 charges on it. He’ll use all of it to get the group on their feet. I’m in transit tonight and pretty under the weather and can’t recall the rolls off the top of my head, so anyone can feel free to roll and distribute the heals as needed if we need to keep moving before I get back online tomorrow afternoon

Malgrim has two wands that we can spread out as well. Maybe see how we are doing after those charges before we use the potions. When he is up he will just hand them to Tarak to use since he has to do UMD to get them to work. So 5 charges to Gnasher and 5 for Malgrim, and Tarak can put his 4 Wand charges into himself. I will leave it to others to roll their healing.

1 Potion and 5 Wand Charges for Malgrim: 6d8 + 6 ⇒ (6, 8, 1, 6, 5, 8) + 6 = 40

My coward self can get you all up. Just not fully healed.

cmw potion: 2d8 + 8 ⇒ (1, 1) + 8 = 10
wow, Tarak, keep the CMW I'll take one out of Gnasher's inventory.

After Tarak dumps a potion down his throat, Gnasher begins to cough, pushing the second potion away. Standing up he looks about for the enemy. "Save potions, where Bug-demon?"

As he glances towards the others, he casts infernal healing. Still fatigued, he pulls out one of his own cmw potion handing it towards Tarak. "Thank you Tarak for saving Gnasher, take Gnasher's potion please."

He points towards Malgrim, who is extending one of his wands, "Gnasher used spell to heal some, us wand to heal more, save potions for emergency." As Tarak uses the wand, Gnasher asks, "What happened?"

clw wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
clw wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
clw wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
clw wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
clw wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
between the potion, the five wand usages and the infernal healing he'll be at 50 HP

The group has no idea what to expect when they leave the place so they heal up as best as they can, which is pretty darn good. With Xulthos out of commission and showing no signs of regeneration they turn their attention to looting. First on Xulthos, since they most probably want to make sure he stays down (Anyone want to make absolutely sure by mangling the body?). On his body they find a magical amulet and a magical ring. The room is barren, but then again that stupid illusion spell makes everything light up with magic so a detect magic is of limited use.

Malgrim takes time to search the whole room that Xulthos was in.

I am going to take 20 for a 34 in the entire room.

Urah had come screaming into the room, babbling about how the great demon tried to kill him but slipped and crashed into the wall.

bluff, his death had nothing to do with Urah 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

With his own skills, He had aided the group after seeing with great relief that some of you were up. His own healing powers come into play as he heals himself upon calming down and realizing that the great demon wasn't getting up anymore.

Cure Light Wounds 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 full heal. yay.
Does anyone else needs healing?
Spellcraft Amulet 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Spellcraft Ring 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Currently, Malgrim is at 35/44 possible. I am not sure he is the worst off though.

Realizing Urah had babbled something about the great demon crashing into the wall, Gnasher picks up his magical bardiche and slowly moves into the hall. Finding the thing dead, Gnasher nods approvingly. Raising his bardiche he chops off it's head. Returning to Urah he holds the head up, "Firestarter kill bug-demon." Holding the head out towards his friend. "Fire starter want trophy to show Lady Almah?"

If Urah doesn't want it Gnasher will pick it back up when they leave to show Lady Almah

Setting the head down, Gnasher then begins to search the bodies of the zombie-like creatures that attacked them, and the niches' where they had been standing.

Taking 10(18) on perception

Tarak accepts Gnashers potion and drinks it down.

CMW: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 8) + 2 = 15

Feeling a lot better, he offers his potions to anyone who might need more healing and gets to using the various wands the group starts handing him.

wand of clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
wand of clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
wand of clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
wand of clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

That fills Tarak up, still have a CMW and 2 CLW pots if you need them malgrim

Fully healed he looks about as Gnasher finishes off the monster thing and inspects the magic items.

Spellcraft, amulet: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Spellcraft, ring: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

After poking around the room the pirate looks to the group and asks, ”So that was the evil thing we were to kill, aye? There more of this place to check?”

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

we’ve checked this place over now right?

"Firestarter kill bug-demon." Holding the head out towards his friend. "Fire starter want trophy to show Lady Almah?"

Just to be clear, this would be an assumption on Gnasher's part. Though OOC we all know Urah's final snowball KOed the thing, IC he ran screaming back into the room saying it accidentally crashed into a wall and killed itself. For some reason Urah is not interested in the glory. Probably raises expectations too much for his liking :)

Your searches do not turn up anything else. The analysis of the magic items turn up nothing. Too fancy for Urah's limited understanding of magic (and bad rolls).

There is nothing else to find in the crypt. Since we are not levelling up at this time it is worth figuring out what the magic items are and then distributing them.

”OK then. Looks like this place is tapped. Let’s get out and give the boss the good news, aye? She’ll like that.” Tarak finishes, pointing to the thing’s head in Gnashers paws.

guess it’s time to report in then

Indeed, eventually you all come to the same conclusion. Gnasher nabs another trophy to bring back if Urah declines (who I am going to guess will) and you all make your way back to the Monastery. The 60' rope climb is a lot more difficult going up than down and some of you struggle, perhaps even fall, but eventually you navigate the treacherous climb with or without aid.

Garavan greets you with excitement and leads you immediately to Almah's office who has already pushed her papers aside in anticipation of good news. Then princess Almah smiles broadly. "I am thrilled that the take over of Kelmarane worked out so smoothly and that none of you were killed in the process. Truly you are heroes and have earned your rewards."

"With the gnolls gone, and the evil that threw Kelmarane into chaos defeated, a new era can begin. I will report to Katapesh of our success. This will set many things in motion to make this town a prospering trade post between Katapesh and Osirion again."

"But this new era raises also the question what your role will be. Before you answer that, let me tell you what I have to offer. First, for your services each of you will receive 100 platinum. Further, you get the Manor house close to the bridge. You can do with it as you see fit, but my hope is of course that you move in and stay in Kelmarane. Last but not least, I'll name each of you officially 'Knight Protector of Kelmarane'."

"In this new era many positions are open to be taken by the courageous. Positions in the administration, or guard that has to be founded. Or the stalls in the battle market that need to be filled with stores again. Speaking of which, I'm not sure the current inhabitants should remain. They seem a bit... unsavory. Whatever you set your mind to do, if it adds to the good of getting Kelmarane back to its former glory or beyond, you have my support."

To be honest I pirated a lot of that text from another GMs thread. I will do that occasionally.

Earlier
Looking up from the bodies, Gnasher Joins Tarak in the final search. Not finding anything more, he nods his head in agreement with Tarak. "Chief right, time to go." Returning to the large room, Gnasher picks up his bardiche, seeing Urah had left the head, he picks it up as well to show it to lady Almah. Once they arrive at the rope, Gnasher holds the bug-head in his mouth as he climbs the knotted rope. Waiting at the top, rolling his eyes as the others have difficulty with the simple task.

Now
Entering the lady's office Gnasher lays the bug-head on her desk as proof that they had succeeded in their task. As she begins to explain their reward, Gnasher raises an eyebrow in surprise. He ponders for a moment looking from Tarak to Urah, then to the newcomers Malgrim and Mei. As Lady Almah finishes Gnasher lifts a paw, waiting for her to acknowledge him. "Gnasher will stay." He quickly looks at Tarak, then back towards the lady. "Hope other do as well." He clears his throat, looking down. "Gnasher not know anything about being knight or running town. But Gnasher know how to hunt gnolls." He gestures towards the bridge. "Gnasher accept small house. Gnasher help find guides to Osirion and punish any gnolls who attack Kelmarane or merchants."

Earlier in the cave.
Urah vehemently refuses the head trophy once again stating that he's not the killer and having nearly lost his own life to it would rather not be close to it at all.

Heading back to report, Urah reports the battle as truthfully as he can with embellishments on how Gnasher and his companions dealt mortal blows to the demon. He of course skips the part where they were hitting each other due to the demon's spell.

With that done, after dismissal he heads for a good long bath and rest. With an eye of getting someone else to identify what they found if someone else hasn't done so already.

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Now.
"I'll stay. This place seems good enough to keep my feet planted down. I could act as a link to the various merchants and guards. I'm sure having someone to act as a link would better serve Kelmarane."

So this is what I have so far for downtime:

Gnasher: Patrol
Magrim: Travel
Urah: Administration
Tarak: ?
Mei: ?

Malgrim travels to try and help guide caravans.

Sorry, I had an unplanned family ice fishing event this weekend and didn't have good reception/didn't want to type out posts in the cold

With Alma

Tarak glances up at the sky for a long moment while the rest of the group answers. Finally, looking down, he speaks up "Aye, I'll stay for a spell. It seems my work isn't done yet.'

During the intervening year Tarak spends time trying to get some local crops and produce to grow in the area, as well as spending long hours scouting the surrounding area from the air in his eagle form, relishing the freedom to fly.

So... patrol? agriculture? planting a ready supply of gooseberry patch?

@Gasher
Your efforts provide a stipend in the form of 250gp per month. Since I do wealth by level I am going to give you a 10% bonus to your WBL effective immediately (along with the opportunity to reconstruct your inventory).

@Magrim and Tarak
Your travels provide you a +1 circumstance bonus to survival skill rolls and any one other skill (with an appropriate explanation).

@Urah
Urah befriends Garavel and gains Almah's trust as he makes himself useful in the administration of the town. Reports of his usefulness reach the ears of the Pactmasters of Katepesh, a boon that will come into play in a later adventure.

Book 2: House of the Beast

After several months of tending to your travels, battles, and reconstruction, the town of Kelmarane has grown to include about 500 industrious souls (meaning a cap of 200gp for item purchases made there), well on the road to recovery. Towards the end of Spring the town is visited by a travelling priest named Zayifed, a self-proclaimed prophet of Sarenrae and compared in size to Gnasher. While visiting the tavern in the battle market he spreads tales of doom and gloom, claiming that the gnoll tribes are gathering on the far slopes of the Pale Mountain, and the Carrion King is preparing to attack Kelmarane and retake it with an army of gnolls. This, combined with the reports (and in some cases personal experience of the PCs) of increased gnoll activity in the area. It does not take long for the news to reach Almah, Garavel, and, of course, you all.