Tarnbreaker's Trail - GM Wayfinder - Outpost III (Inactive)

Game Master Eric Collins - France

Klatzu cast the striking power of magic on his greatsword before-- and is all pumped up and ready to surge and show his might!

Round 2
The BOLD may act!
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1 - reacted - shield gone - prone - dropped what is in hand
Bear - 17 damage
Frogger
Fin-thir
Coptidel - 14 damage - prone - Retributive Strike from before to roll
Klatzu - magic weapon on sword
Dran’Thil

quick recap of what klatzu did last turn: 1 action heal, Magic Weapon his own greatsword.

Klatzu screams loudly in rage as he charges out onto the ice, throwing his caution to the wind as he tries to draw his greatsword.

Balance: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
Sick! I can't wait to roll bad on the attack roll!

Drawing his Greatsword, he wildly takes a slash as he clumsily skates past the creature on the ice while screaming loudly in a mix of terror and anger.

GREAT SWORD STRIKE: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 13
GREAT SWORD SLASHING DAMAGE: 2d12 + 3 ⇒ (5, 10) + 3 = 18
called it!

Klatzu screams and charges out onto the ice, managing to keep his balance on the dirtied ice.
But as he moves to approach the bear, the beast reacts and swings a paw at the small person coming for it-- clawing Klatzu's leg with a glancing blow, and not grabbing him.
9 damage

Klatzu is not stopped by this, and he draw his greatsword-- but he sadly misses, and then his loud scream off terror and anger also has a bit of pain in it.

Round 2
The BOLD may act!
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1 - reacted - shield gone - prone - dropped what is in hand
Bear - 17 damage - reacted
Frogger
Klatzu - 9 damage - magic weapon on sword
Fin-thir
Coptidel - 14 damage - prone - reacted Retributive Strike from before to roll
Dran’Thil

Coptidel uses the power of his goddess to protect Sylvia but the monster is too strong for the paladin's experience with this ability. Because he is on ice, he cannot steps and attacks the bear.

He gets up and tries to move toward the bear.

acrobatic to balance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

With luck, he finds the right support to move forward.

He than raises his shield.

I can't help anyone if i can't help myself.

Coptidel gets up-- and moves in up to the bear, protected by his shield.

Round 2
The BOLD may act!
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1 - reacted - shield gone - prone - dropped what is in hand
Bear - 17 damage - reacted
Frogger
Klatzu - 9 damage - magic weapon on sword
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil

The elf fires a rain of arrows towards the bear.

Composite shortbow, hunted shot 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Composite shortbow, hunted shot 2: 1d20 + 9 - 3 ⇒ (17) + 9 - 3 = 23

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Composite shortbow: 1d20 + 9 - 6 ⇒ (1) + 9 - 6 = 4

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Composite shortbow: 1d20 + 9 - 6 ⇒ (18) + 9 - 6 = 21

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

The arrows rain down on the bear.
The first two hunted shot arrows hit the beast, thanks to it being flat-footed on the ice--
--and the blow of the arrows unbalance the bear that slides to the side, and goes prone.
10 damage ; failed Reflex for Prone

Then the elven archer, his fingers a bit too cold, is unable to notch the arrow correctly, missing his shot totally-- but he recovers, and manages to get out anyhow, and into the prone bear, again benefitting from it being flat-footed...
Nat' 1, but then 7 more damage

Round 2
The BOLD may act!
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1 - reacted - shield gone - prone - dropped what is in hand
Bear - 34 damage - reacted - prone
Frogger
Klatzu - 9 damage - magic weapon on sword
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil

The dwarf moves, reloads and fires.

Sling: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

The bullet is lost somewhere in the snow.

Round 3
The BOLD may act!
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1 - reacted - shield gone - prone - dropped what is in hand
Bear - 34 damage - reacted - prone
Frogger
Klatzu - 9 damage - magic weapon on sword
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 4

Sylvia stands and calls for her necromantic prowess to weaken the bear.
call of the grave vs FF: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Stand, Call of the Grave

Is it something Sylvia brought back from the River of Souls?
A ray of dark energy hits the bear, thanks to it not being able to move as well as it should-- and the beast seems quite ill after having been hit.
Sickened 1

The bear lumbers back to its feet, and shakes its pelt, trying to rid itself of the necromantic powers that took over it.
When this does not work, it starts to retch--
Sylvia, your DC is currently @18, right?
--and black blobs of sickening energy drop and dissolve on the ice.
Feeling better, the bear shakes its head and looks around at its enemies.

It looks at Fin-thir and seems ready to rush the elf--
--but then turns to Klatzu and his threatening big sword.
The bear opens its maw and clamps down-- HARD, on Klatzu's hands, probably trying to rip the weapon out of the cleric's grip.
The blow is harsh-- nearly killing Klatzu on the spot!
But Coptidel gallantly averts some of the damage and tries to make Klatzu's armor stronger--
I imagine you do your Retributive Strike? That adds 2 AC vs. this attack, is that it? (even if so, it is still a crit' because of the Flat Foot) You reduce 6 dam', and can Strike
--but the bite still takes Klatzu down--
Crit' for 34-6=28 damage
--and he falls down on the ice, his hands letting go of his magicked sword...
Dying 2 ; Prone ; dropped what was in hand
The call of the grave has changed sides!

Coptidel can Strike I believe?

Round 3
The BOLD may act!
Bear - 34 damage
Frogger
Klatzu - 0 hp - dying 2 - prone - hands empty - magic weapon on sword
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 4
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1

Frogger reaches into his bandolier (Interact action) to draw a scroll (of Heal). He'll start reading the words as quickly as he can. Klatzu starts to feel a bit better (two action Heal on Klatzu)

Heal: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Frogger's magic brings Klatzu back to consciousness.
@13 hp ; wounded 1

Round 3
The BOLD may act!
Klatzu - @13 hp - wounded 1 - prone - hands empty - magic weapon on sword
Bear - 34 damage
Frogger
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 4
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1

Retributive strike: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 13 Coptidel tries to hit the bear but miss. RT don't give bonus to AC (none of the champions does this) Only the lay on hands.

"Sylvia... You are a necromancer?", he says with surprise.

intimidate to the bear (no need of language): 1d20 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 15

attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 27
damage cold iron slashing: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4) + 3 = 12

And he raises his shield.

Coptidel's protective strikes misses, and the bear does not seem to care about the harsh stare of the elf--
--but it does care that this blade just chopped a piece of its meat off!
And, though it manages to not slip and fall, it is hurt...
12 damage

Round 3
The BOLD may act!
Klatzu - @13 hp - wounded 1 - prone - hands empty - magic weapon on sword
Bear - 46 damage
Frogger
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up - reacted
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 4
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1

DC 18, correct, will get my turn in later.

Assuming I am reading correctly it's just the ice that's difficult/uneven and I can step onto the snow.

Sylvia responds between breaths to Coptidel "Somebody has to keep the restless dead in the Grand Lodge mortuary under control."

Sylvia slowly backs away from the ferocious bear onto the more stable snow, before speaking a word of power causing a single black dart to strike out at the bear.

MM: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Step, Step, Magic Missile.

Sylvia steps away from the bear, onto the island... which has been trodden on enough by the officials that the b]snow[/b] is packed and easier to walk in.
The bear grunts as it is hit.
2 damage

Round 3
The BOLD may act!
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 4
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1 [acted]
Klatzu - @13 hp - wounded 1 - prone - hands empty - magic weapon on sword
Bear - 48 damage
Frogger
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up - reacted

Once again, the elf fires a rain of arrows towards the bear.

Composite shortbow, hunted shot 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Composite shortbow, hunted shot 2: 1d20 + 9 - 3 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 3 = 12

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Composite shortbow: 1d20 + 9 - 6 ⇒ (11) + 9 - 6 = 14

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Composite shortbow: 1d20 + 9 - 6 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 6 = 11

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

The dwarf loads and fires again with his sling.

Sling: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Then he draws his whip.

This time the Elf's rain of arrows bounces off its hide or is lost in the snow--
--like the Dwarf's bullet.
5 misses

Round 4
The BOLD may act!
Round 4
Klatzu - @13 hp - wounded 1 - prone - hands empty - magic weapon on sword
Bear - 48 damage
Frogger
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up - reacted
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 5
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1

all roads lead to terrible outcomes bar one since this thing hasn't reacted yet, so that's where we'll go.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- Fist Strike, -2 Prone: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Fist Damage Nonlethal: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 -AAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- Fist Strike, -2 Prone: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Fist Damage Nonlethal: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 -AAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- Fist Strike, -2 Prone: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (8) - 3 = 5
Fist Damage Nonlethal: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 -AAAAAAAAUGH!"

the fact that I probably hit two out of three of those attacks has me rolling

Klatzu starts lashing out at the bear, kicking and hitting it and whatever prone battle goblins do!
"AAAAAA!"
And aaa goes the bear when it gets a sturdy hit on its snout!
10 damage
The bear shakes it head, physically hurt, but also hurt in its pride-- but it manages to not slip on the ice from this unexpected powerful blow, and, though flat footed, or pawed, it manages to avoid the next attacks, now that it knows what is coming.
2 misses

Then, following its bear-ish philosophy of give and you shall receive, it gives Klatzu a light pat, so as not to totally squish him. It does like its meat tender, but not mushy...
But a light pat from such a large and heavy beast still hurts.
12 damage
Klatzu is still awake and conscious-- when the bear's claws dig in to him--
Grab
--and THROW the Goblin like some little thing!
As the bear tosses Klatzu, it does not do so delicately, and its claws rip more flesh--
10 damage --> Klatzu @0 hp - wounded 1 - dying 2 - prone
--and Klatzu flies up into the air... before landing on the ice, up against the snow bank on the other side of the bear.

Round 4
The BOLD may act!
Round 4
Frogger
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up - reacted
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 5
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1
Klatzu - @0 hp - wounded 1 - dying 2 - prone
Bear - 58 damage

retributive: 1d20 + 6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 3 + 1 = 16

intimidation: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 20

attack: 1d20 + 6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 3 + 1 = 13
Coptidel is distracted by Klatzu being mauled.

Coptidel's Faith does not falter, but he does hope Divine help will not be taken from him for long-- as he misses the bear, and it does not feel shaken by his dark stare.

Round 4
The BOLD may act!
Round 4
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up - reacted
Frogger
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 5
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1
Klatzu - @0 hp - wounded 1 - dying 2 - prone
Bear - 58 damage

Frogger sees his friend down. Doesn't want him to die.

Cast stabilize on Klatzu. He loses the dying condition but is unconscious at 0 HP.

Maybe I should prepare some goodberries for people.

Interact action to pull out ripe berries - will cast Goodberry next turn

Frogger blocks Klatzu's soul, and stops it from slipping away from the Material Plane.

Round 4
The BOLD may act!
Round 4
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 5
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1
Klatzu - @0 hp - wounded 2 - unconscious - prone
Bear - 58 damage
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up - reacted
Frogger

Once again, the elf fires a rain of arrows towards the bear.

Composite shortbow, hunted shot 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Composite shortbow, hunted shot 2: 1d20 + 9 - 3 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 3 = 25

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Composite shortbow: 1d20 + 9 - 6 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 6 = 10

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Composite shortbow: 1d20 + 9 - 6 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 6 = 17

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

The dwarf steps and uses his whip.

Whip: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Damage, non-lethal: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Whip: 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 8 - 5 = 13

Damage, non-lethal: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

This time one of the Elf's arrows hits-- it knocks the bear over as it tries to avoid the arrow and slips on the ice!
6 damage ; bear prone

The Dwarf moves in but is unable to hurt the bear with the whip.
misses

Round 5
The BOLD may act!
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1
Klatzu - @0 hp - wounded 2 - unconscious - prone
Bear - 64 damage
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up - reacted
Frogger
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 6

Sylvia touches the large black pouch on her hip and drains the power from her spellbook as she fires a trio of magic missiles at the bear.

MM: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3, 3) + 3 = 11

Drain Bonded Item(F), Magic Missile(3)

The bear is buffeted by dark balls of energy--
11 damage
--and, as Klatzu remains dreaming of mighty strikes with his sword--
--the bear faces Coptidel and lashes out with its right paw--
miss
--and its left paw--
miss
--but is unable to connect in any way.
It grumbles... and moves up towards the bridge, its claws getting traction on the ice.

Round 5
The BOLD may act!
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up - reacted
Frogger
Fin-thir
Dran’Thil
Round 6
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1
Klatzu - @0 hp - wounded 2 - unconscious - prone
Bear - 75 damage

The elf steps twice and fires again.

Composite shortbow, hunted shot 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Composite shortbow, hunted shot 2: 1d20 + 9 - 3 ⇒ (9) + 9 - 3 = 15

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

attack: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 10 - 5 = 23
2d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4) + 3 = 12

Seeing the danger, Coptidel stops intimidation the Bear and attempts to hack into his tough hide.

And raises His shield.

Fin-thir's two arrows miss--

--as does Copitdel's first attack.
But his second blow strikes the bear, that remains standing.
12 damage

Round 5
The BOLD may act!
Frogger
Dran’Thil
Round 6
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1
Klatzu - @0 hp - wounded 2 - unconscious - prone
Bear - 87 damage
Coptidel - 14 damage - shield up
Fin-thir

Frogger will step back from the bear. It's a bit intimidating being right up in it's face. His hands start to crackle as an beam of pure energy springs forth from his hands.

Step back then cast Electric Arc vs. bear. It must do basic Reflex save vs DC 18 or take damage

Electric Arc: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Sylvia steps away twice and draws forth a healing potion.

The dwarf lets his whip down, grips his bastard sword, activates its crystal of potency and strikes.

Bastard sword: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Damage: 2d12 + 4 ⇒ (12, 6) + 4 = 22

Then he casts Shield.

Frogger steps back, but not far enough to avoid the bear's reach, and when his hands start to crackle, the beast seems to dislike this and lashes out at Frogger with its paw--
Somatic = Manipulate --> AoO
--which hits the Half-Orc hard--
Crit' for 38 damage
--hard enough so that Frogger's spell is interrupted... and that the druid goes down into the snow.
0 hp ; Prone ; Dying 2; Empty handed

Sylvia steps back and prepares to heal.

When Dran'Thil acts-- and is saved by Frogger's heroic sacrifice!
The Dwarf sees the bear turn its head to him when he grips his sword, but it is not fast enough to react--
(the AoO Frogger took would have triggered here, still critted', and dropped Dran'Thil even w. the DR slashing, but that is only when raging?)
--so the bear can only watch the sword come down at it--
22 damage
--and feel the blade bite into its skull, before collapsing into the snow... at least it does with elegance, not slipping all over and falling on the ice.
(Dran'Thil got it to 109 damage taken, and the bear had 106 HP)

As Dran'Thil raises a shield of force, there is nothing left for him to protect himself by, as the beast dies, for having wanted to gobble Sylvia up... you are now free to rush off and cross the finish line!
You look around, and, seeing no competitors coming, you feel you are enough in the lead that even the coldest and evilest heart amongst you does not need to leave your dropped comrades behind in the snow to rush off and win... but, there can be no evil hearts such as these in the Society!

The Heroic Frogger-- earns a Hero Point for his gallant sacrifice!
--will be talked about in the saga written by the famous skald Sassa Ringbreaker of the Wyrding Wayfinders team about Faergim Axebinder and how the Half-Orc druid invented the "doing a Frogger", taking a blow that put him down, so that Faergim could move up and kill the bear, saving the team of foreign Kebabs. Strangely, Dran'Thil does not seem to be mentioned in this slightly subjective saga.

Combat Over - SWEET VICTORY

Status
Sylvia - @14 hp - wounded 1
Klatzu - @0 hp - wounded 2 - unconscious - prone
Frogger - @0 hp - dying 2 - prone
Coptidel - 14 damage

The DR 1 slashing come from the armor.

Smart move, Dran'Thil!
And Frogger truly put his life on the line for the group's victory!-- and Dran'Thil's mighty blow.

Perhaps Frogger didn't remember that the bear had reach.

Maybe, but he will be remembered as a hero!

I'm assuming we all heal ourselves and Frogger wakes up.

Frogger IS a hero!

*hip hip hurray*

Frogger is now terrified of bears, he thinks to himself. Never again.

You can heal up-- will let people RP how if they wish (maybe avoid using Medicine w/o Assurance since you might pop Frogger's artery and send him to untimely death on a nat' 1 - though I believe that RAW it would only increase from Dying 2 to Dying 3, not straight to Dying 4/dead since your dying condition increases by 1 if you take damage while dying, or by 2 if you take damage from an enemy’s critical hit or a critical failure on your save (and this is neither, since it would be a critical failure on an ally's skill check).

But, yes, the combat is over and Coptidel has a Focus Point left I believe, and Sylvia at least a Healing Potion (use consumables you get for the mission, and not stuff you buy to save some money).
And Frogger got a Hero Point, so, in case you had none, you can use it to stabilize yourself (though you earned it fair and square, and it was time to give one re. the scenario, it was not just given for fluff, but as a safety net).

Frogger has a healing potion (free consumable). Someone can force feed it to him. Then he can use Natural Medicine/Assurance(nature) and Goodberry to heal everyone a bit.

Let's use the potions to heal the unconscious ones and then finish this race. Then we can explore the bear's lair.

Sylvia feeds Frogger his potion.

1d8 ⇒ 7

As mentioned I've also got my school potion, if we need to wake anybody else up.