#1-06: Lost on the Spirit Road (Inactive)

Game Master Fox--Pantom

Anders raises his hand. I'm a longshanks. He points at his legs and then at Tok'Tok's legs.

Valeros just looks on, growing somewhat impatient. "Did we win?"[b] he asks. [b]"Have there been enough riddles? Or would you prefer that I start some riddling? With steel?"

Tishoki slumps, an impressive sight with 8 legs. Then it disappears.

For a few seconds there is now sign or sound of him...

He then reappears with a sack in his paws.

"You got me. I don't know that one." He drops the sack with a clank in front of Tok'tok. "Thats everything I stole from the stealer. Will you tell me the answer now?"

The sack contains a variety of mundane jewelry and trade goods.

"Horsie." giggles Tok'Tok, as if it was the easiest question in the world.

Hopper looks through the items in the sack.

"Looks good, I think we can head back to the caravan." says goblin.

As you gather your gear to depart and animalistic cry rents the air.
Tishoki looks around, clearly scared. "That might be Doboru! He does NOT play games!"
A kitsune figure comes into view through the trees, accompanied by a large fox.
"You! You tricksy little freak! Give me what is mine!"

Seeing you with the amulet he bares his teeth and charges!
"I'm not losing it again!"

Round 1
Bold may act
Dorobu
Angry Fox
Valeros
Perian-4hp
Tishoki
Anders
Hopper
Tok'tok - Dying 2

Doboru races forward before anyone can react and rips at Tok'tok's throat with his claws dropping him to the ground.

His follows close on his heels and pounces on Perian and sinks its teeth into her arm. 4 damage

"Oh, Tok'tok! That's no way to treat our riddlemaster."

Perian pulls out her bow and calls down a two-action heal on the dying goblin.

heal: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

"Bad fox." cries Valero as he draws his blade and slashes at the animal.

Melee (longsword): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Damage (S): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Melee (longsword): 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 5 = 11
Damage (S): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Team yoyo.....WOOOO!

As Tok'tok gasps back to consciousness Valeros slashes at the little fox but it nimbly avoids the attacks.

Tishoki squeals and disappears.

Round 1
Bold may act
Dorodu
Angry Fox
Valeros
Perian -4
Tishoki - vanished
Anders
Hopper
Tok'tok -6hp Wounded 1

Tok'Tok stands up and then casts burning hands on the creature who charged him.

Burning Hands: DC 17 Ref Save: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8

Doboru howls in pain and glares at Tok'tok with murder in his eyes.

Round 1
Bold may act
Dorodu -8hp
Angry Fox
Valeros
Perian -4
Tishoki - vanished
Anders
Hopper
Tok'tok -6hp Wounded 1

Anders takes off down field to put some distance between himself and the enemies, all while pointing at the fox and commanding Snirt to attack.

Move, Hunt Prey, Command Animal.

Snirt moves around to the foxes northern side and snaps at it with his jaws.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 Piercing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

I believe there's flanking with Valeros.

Hopper moves away from the enemy that dissapeared and runs behind Tok'tok. He pulls out his poisoned dagger, and with his other hand he pulls out alchemist fire and throws it at Dorodu

Attack@Dorodu: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Damage, fire: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 Burning and 2 persistent fire damage if hit. Hopper makes the splash to only be on the target.

Move, pull out dagger and throw alchemists bomb (quick bomber + Burn it!)

In a move the most well trained hunting dog would envy Snirt is upon the fox and quick as a flash tears its throat out.

Round 2
Bold may act
Dorodu -19hp
Angry Fox - dead
Valeros
Perian -4
Tishoki - vanished
Anders
Hopper - dead
Tok'tok - Dying 2, Wounded 1

With a flick of his wrist Doboru sends a blast of water flying into Hopper who is launched backwards through the air. He collides with a tree with a sickening crunch and slumps to the forest floor. Crit with his spell for 40 points of bludgeoning damage. I hope I'm mistaken but seems to be "Massive Damage"

He then turns back to Tok'tok and sends him bleeding to the ground once more. 11 slashing damage

I am so sorry...

Valeros steps to try and protect his goblin ally, then strikes at the kitsune.

Melee (longsword): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Damage (S): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Melee (longsword): 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 5 = 18
Damage (S): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

WOOHOO! Thank you Perian for picking up my mistake. I had the AC of the different characters that Doboru was hitting mixed up and that wasn't a crit!

Round 2
Bold may act
Dorobu -29hp
Angry Fox - dead
Valeros
Perian -4
Tishoki - vanished
[b[Anders[/b]
Hopper - Dying 1 Stabilization check please
Tok'tok - Dying 2, Wounded 1 Stabilization check please

Whether it was vengeance or resuce that guided his blade Valeros struck true and Dorobu reals from the blow.

Anders takes out his bow, designates the kitsune as his new prey and fires two quick shots.

Move, Hunt Prey, Hunted Shot

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18 1d8 ⇒ 1
1d20 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (11) + 7 - 3 = 15 1d8 ⇒ 5

Kitsune probably has at least light cover from the folks inbetween.

Perian will heal Tok'tok, then take one shot at Dorobu.

heal: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

longbow: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 - 2 = 9 for piercing: 1d8 ⇒ 7

As Tok'toks eyes open yet again he sees the figure of Doboru growling as arrows fly past him.

Three misses.

Round 2
Bold may act
Dorodu -29hp
Angry Fox - dead
Valeros
Perian -4
Tishoki - vanished
Anders
Hopper - Dying 1 Stabilization check please
Tok'tok -4hp Wounded 2

What are you talking about? I'm doing great for a sorcerer tank!

Tok'Tok stands and puts another Cone of Ice into the monster attacking him.

DC 17 Ref Save: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7 Bludgeoning damage.

Stabilization, DC11: 1d20 ⇒ 10
Hopper makes some gurgling noises lying somewhere under the tree.

Wow, that was a close one! Thanks Perian

Dorodu casts a spell at Valeros

Will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

and a wave of fear rushes over him leaving him feeling shaken
You are frightened 3 (a -3 status penalty to all your checks and DC) and fleeing for 1 round

And he follows the spell with a claw which sinks deep into Valeros's fleeing back.
30 slashing damage with a critical hit.

Round 3
Bold may act
Valeros -Dying 2
Dorodu -36hp
Angry Fox - dead
Perian -4hp
Tishoki - vanished
Anders
Hopper - Dying 2
Tok'tok -4hp Wounded 2

Anders moves south to get a clearer shot and then fires more arrows at the kitsune, then commands Snirt to "get 'em."

Move so the kitsune hopefully doesn't have cover.

Hunted Shot
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 1d8 ⇒ 3
1d20 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 3 = 23 1d8 ⇒ 2

Command Animal

Snirt darts behind the kitsune and snaps at it's back. Opposite Valeros for flanking hopefully.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Anders and Snirt's attack leave Doboru swaying slightly, bleeding profusely but violent anger still in his eyes.

Round 3
Bold may act
Valeros -Dying 2
Dorodu -44hp
Angry Fox - dead
Perian -4hp
Tishoki - vanished
Anders
Hopper - Dying 2 Roll for Stabilization please
Tok'tok -4hp Wounded 2

Hopper uses his Hero Points pool to stabilize.

I am not sure if that makes me awake or not :( Btw my alchemist fire, gave Dorodu burning condition, which means that at the end of each turn Dorodu should be making flat check DC15 to lose the burning condition or get 2 points of damage. Unless it was done and I missed it :)

Perian sees her friends falling around her and decides the best defense is a good offense, she draws back 30 feet to get better range, then holds her weapon to the sky. (Weapon Surge) and takes a shot at the fox.
Longbow: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 1 = 25 for piercing: 2d8 ⇒ (5, 8) = 13

As Perian holds her bow aloft and the might of Cernunnos fills her and her bow seems to glow for a moment.
As she releases the string there is the faint sound of running hooves and a shimmer that almost looks like a charging stag surrounds her arrow.

The arrow flies straight and true, piercing Doboru's heart and he falls to the ground.

Anders nods at Perian. Good shootin'. He pats Snirt on the head on his way over to Valeros, pulling out his healer's tools.

Medicine to Stabilize: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Well done! That was a rough one. We can leave initiative now.

Hopper wakes and drinks his healing potion

Healing: 1d8 ⇒ 1 1 - awesome

"I think this potion turned bad."

Perian will search the kitsune's remains for clues about his motives.

"Well, we've recovered the stolen items. Perhaps we can guide the caravan out of here, now."

Will spend his hero point for a heroic recovery.

Valeros comes to. "What did I miss?"

Tok'Tok reached down and heals his fellow Goblin.

Heal: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Hopper thanks Tok'tok

"That was a close one. I don't know what was it, but I don't want to face it again. Can we please leave here?" asks concerned and bruised goblin.

With a warm green light, the amulet smoothly ejects a small
humanoid figure with moss-like skin and a conical hat.

Picture in slides

"Greetings. I am honored to speak with you. That creature had made its home here in my grove and its rage formed a barrier for me. But you have freed me. Please take this amulet as token of my thanks and know you are welcome in my stretch of the forests forevermore."

With Doboru defeated and the kami restored you can lead the caravan safely along the remainder of the Spirit Road into Minkai facing nothing worse than the occasional snow drift.
There you find Amara Li waiting. She is relieved to see everyone returning safely, including Lin Po and Ti Lan.
She listens keenly to the tale of you exploits in the Forest of Spirits, fascinated that the relic housed a trapped kami all this time and that neither she nor her benefactor had any idea.

"All in a few days work, My Lady." Valeros replies to Amara Li with a bow. "Now, how about I personally tell you a few more of the details, say over dinner? Just drinks, perhaps?"

"That stretch of forest should be safer for travel now. Curious spirits still abide, but there are friendly villagers."

"Maybe next time Valeros." says Amara with a polite smile. "Well done all of you and thank you for your service."