GM Badblood's Scions of the Sky Key - Part III - The Golden Guardian (Inactive)

Game Master Lance K

A wand of bless pops out from Bocke's spring loaded wrist sheath, and he casts bless.

"Easy there, my friend," he says to the kobold (in Common - unfortunately, he does not know Draconic), "We are not here for you. We are looking for the smooth-skinned ones."

Bocke blesses himself and the people near him. The red sniper cries out in surprise and there are noises of other creatures scurrying about.

The bless only hits Bocke, Bask and Salim. Everyone else is out of range or behind a solid wall.

A creature steps into view from behind the closed porticullus and fires a bolt down the hallway towards Sinaryn, then reloads the weapon. The undine jumps in surprise as the missile bounces off her buckler. An inch or two over and it would have struck her.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 4

ROUND 1
Blue Sniper
Laafdahni
Toral
Bocke -bless
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold
Sinaryn
Red Sniper

Well, that sounds like a fight. Not surprised. Oh, well. Unable to see what's going on from her vantage point, Laafdahni takes the moment of relative safety to draw her wand and cast Mage Armor on herself.

Bask still has the crowbar ready, and upon hearing Bocke's alarm and the sounds of a crossbow firing, he attempts to burst through the door with haste, first taking a second to give himself the aspect of the bull.

Strength, crowbar: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 = 19

assuming that opens it...
He then drops his any-tool, and moves in drawing his scimitar, commanding Salim to "Flank!"

Swift action aspect of the bull (using the same action to switch Salim's aspect to Bull), standard to burst through, free action to drop, move action to move and draw, free action to command. That's a lot of actions!

Salim bounds in, provoking from the kobold, and as he survives any traps, he takes a bite!

I've been forgetting Salim's smite-evil, but I think he'd instinctively use it on the first enemy of the day. So he'll activate that too

Bite, outflank,PA: 1d20 + 7 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 4 - 1 = 26
Bite damage P/B/S, PA: 1d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6
Plus another 5 smite damage if it were evil

Hearing the sounds of combat and seeing the bolt come out of the darkness, Guy directs his glowing orbs down to the portcullis and starts up a song.

Lighted up the kobolds and Inspire Courage, +2 attack, damage,Fear saves.

Toral moves forward!!

Double move.

”What is happening here!!“

ROUND 1 - Inspire Courage +2
Blue Sniper
Laafdahni
Toral
Bocke -bless
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold
Sinaryn
Red Sniper -11

Bask busts the door open with his crowbar and sends Salim in. The cat bites the kobold sentry, who is severely injured but still standing. Guido's voice fills the hallways with a rousing tune as Toral runs up to the open door and Laafdahni casts a protection spell on herself.

Bocke is still up!

Bocke will move into the room and fire and arrow at Red.

Longbow, bless, PBS, PS, CS: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 0 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 0 + 2 = 24
Damage, PBS: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

Bocke moves into the room and fires an arrow at the wounded kobold, who collapses with a squeak as the arrow strike him in the shoulder.

There is a sound of a heavy stone door opening and slamming shut from the southwest.

ROUND 1 - Inspire Courage +2
Blue Sniper
Laafdahni
Toral
Bocke -bless
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold
Sinaryn
Red Sniper -14

Sinaryn is up next!

Sinaryn races back through the newly opened door to get out of sight of the kobold.

Blue fires another bolt at Guy from between the bars of the porticullus. The bolt hits the floor tiles about a foot from where the bard is standing and bounces between his legs.

Xbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 5

ROUND 2 - Inspire Courage +2
Blue Sniper
Laafdahni
Toral
Bocke -bless
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold
Sinaryn

Bocke will wait for Bask and Salim, so he doesn't end up blocking where they want to go.

Seeing the other doors and knowing how hard they were to burst through, and not liking his chances of getting through the cracks, Bask moves with all haste back toward the sounds of combat! He goes all the way back to the door they entered by and then upon seeing the kobold starts heading toward them.

"Salim!"

The tone of Basks voice conveys the come command and Salim follows.

Double move for both

Bocke moves up to where Salim stood. He peeks through the hole in the wall and fires an arrow at Tough Kobold.

Longbow, PBS, bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 18
Damage, PBS: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8

Craning her neck to see around Bask toward the end of the hall, Laafdahni spies the flash of an arrow at the far end of the corridor that clearly was not fired by a kobold. Is that Bocke? Did he find a door down there?

Well, I'm not going to be stuck at the back doing nothing again! Making a rash decision and deliberately NOT letting herself think about it, she dashes into the side room and follows the trail of her fellows to the room where Bocke stands, poised at the crack in the wall. Oh. No door. Shoving the disgust at her foolishness deep down (to be haunted by it later), she decides to try squeezing through the crack next round.

Double move

Toral moves forward to the door and slumber hexes the Kobold with the Rapier.

Slumber DC 18 Will save or asleep 5 rounds.

”Try to get some rest my friend!!“

Confused as Bask and Salim come back into the hall, Guy asks "Where are you going? The portcullis at the end of the hall prevents us from getting to them. Isn't there a way through?"

Continuing his song, Guy decides to shoot at the kobold he can see on the other side of the portcullis. He adjusts the light so it is behind the kobolds on the other side of the portcullis.
+1 darkwood composite shortbow, Inspire Courage: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 2 = 26
Cold Iron arrow, Piercing damage, Inspire Courage, Arcane Strike: 1d6 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10

Bask and Salim move out of the room while Bocke leans into the crack in the wall and fires an arrow at the toughest looking kobold in the room, a relatively large looking warrior in an ancient looking breastplate. The arrow is high and clatters off the wall after sailing over the warrior's head.

Guy fires an arrow through the crossed metal bars of the rusty gateway, striking the creature in the eye. It is an incredible shot, but the creature is amazingly still standing despite the horrific wound.

Laafdahni moves into the room with Bocke and Toral.

26 is what you needed due to him having improved cover.

Toral, you can't target someone through a solid wall. You have to have line of sight. The only place you're going to be able to get line of sight is where Bocke is standing. I'm delaying your action to after the Tough Kobold.

The kobold in the breastplate unleashing a flurry of bolts towards Bocke, reloading his bow and winding it back with lightning speed.

Rapid Shot, PBS: 1d20 + 11 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 11 + 1 - 2 = 30
Bolt: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7

Rapid Shot, PBS: 1d20 + 11 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 1 - 2 = 26
Bolt: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 11 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 11 + 1 - 2 = 24
Bolt: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

The first bolt slams into his chest and another bolt flies straight through his bicep.

Cover does apply to both Bocke and the kobold, but he rolled high enough to hit despite that.

ROUND 2 - Inspire Courage +2
Blue Sniper -10
Laafdahni
Bocke -bless -19
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold
Toral
Sinaryn

Sinaryn moves further in to reach her allies but with the way crowded, she pauses.

Toral stops behind Bocke and then casts a false life spell.

temp hp, 5 hours : 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Bocke will return a few arrows, and then step out of the way.

Longbow, PBS, bless, RS: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 25
Damage, PBS: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

Longbow, PBS, bless, RS: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 24
Damage, PBS: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 = 7

Toral fills his body with necromantic energy, protecting him from further damage. Bocke fires two arrows at the armored crossbowman and both arrows manage to connect.

The wounded sniper drops down to the ground and fires another bolt through the grate and down the hallway. Bocke steps to the side and the bolt flies by his head.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 2

ROUND 3 - Inspire Courage +2
Blue Sniper -10, prone
Laafdahni
Bocke -bless -19
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold -12
Toral
Sinaryn

Laafdahni's heart is beating more quickly than it ever has, her palms are sweating profusely, her breathing is rapid and shallow, her eyes are dilated... She's thoroughly panicking about what she's chosen to do. As usual, rational thought doesn't work so well in such a state, so it doesn't occur to her that discretion is the better part of valor. Trying to prove that you're not useless by throwing yourself heedlessly into danger is quite dysfunctional. Oh, well. There she goes.

Trembling, with teeth chattering, Laafdahni takes the final step toward the crack in the wall and takes a deep breath, preparing to squeeze through. It is at this moment, however, that she sees how close the kobolds are. She pokes her head through, and warm relief washes over her. Instead of standing in the hall like a pincushion waiting to be filled, she can cast a spell from the relative safety of the other side of this wall!

Freezing Hands: 3d4 ⇒ (3, 4, 4) = 11
DC 16 Reflex save for half damage. Works like Burning Hands, but because of her bloodline arcana the energy type is changed to cold.

Sniper Ref: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Tough: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Laafdahni blasts the kobolds with a her freezing hands. Both of them are surprised by the blast of energy and the sniper is frozen solid. The tough looking kobold in armor is still standing and screams in rage as he raises his loaded crossbow.

ROUND 3 - Inspire Courage +2
Blue Sniper -21, prone
Laafdahni
Bocke -bless -19
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold -23
Toral
Sinaryn

Deciding shooting though the portcullis really isn't working, Guy goes through the door and across the chamber. Even while hustling like that, he maintains the song.
Double move

Having run toward the sounds of fighting back in the corridor, Bask immediately sees the enemies on the far side of the portcullis and does an about face, running back the way he came toward the rest of the party, ready to smash a door down. Salim pads along at his heels

Double-move again, apologies for the poor reading comprehension

Bocke and Guy move into position, crowding into the room in front of the crack in the wall. The injured kobold sucks in a lungful of air before blasting Laafdahni with a gout of hot flames. Then the kobold runs deeper into the room.

Fire Damage, Reflex DC 13 for half, +2 cover bonus: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 6) = 23

Laafdahni needs to make a save, but gets a +2 bonus for having cover. Good luck! That blast did a ton of damage.

ROUND 3 - Inspire Courage +2
Blue Sniper -21, prone
Laafdahni
Bocke -bless -19
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold -23
Toral
Sinaryn

ROUND 4 - Inspire Courage +2
Laafdahni
Bocke -bless -19
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold -23
Toral
Sinaryn

Going to wait for result of Laafdahni's save so I know if she is still conscious or not.
I will still continue the song.

Good idea. If she fails that save, she's 1 hp away from death. That was a nasty hit.

Toral moves forward through the crack and slumber hexes the Kobold with the Rapier.

Slumber DC 18 Will save or asleep 5 rounds.

”Try to get some rest my friend!!“

Bocke moves through the crack.

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

He spies the kobold around the corner and takes a shot.

Longbow, PBS, bless: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 26 minus cover
Damage, PBS: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

I believe I should be able to make a shot - I'm not very good at applying the cover rule but I think one of my corners can see two of its corners. Let me know if I don't see enough to make the shot.

So, it's a move action to squeeze through the crack. I'll let you split your movement between getting to the crack and after getting through it, but you're not going to be able to move through it AND move AND get a standard action. And Toral will need to make an Escape Artist. Yeah, this a pain in the butt if you don't have any Small characters in the party, but you are dealing with kobolds after all.

Bocke manages to squeeze through the incredibly tight hole and emerges on the other side. It was harder than expected and he has to take a deep breath before finding his target hiding in the room up ahead.

Decided it doesn’t matter, Laaf is either at 3 hp or nearly dead. Either way she requires healing.

Guy continues his song. Seeing how badly hurt Laafdahni is, he goes to her and uses his wand to heal her.
5’ step and draw wand, use wand.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

escape artist : 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (16) - 6 = 10

Not enough to get through I assume. :-)

Reflex DC 13: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 3 + 2 = 18

"Aaaaah!" That was a very bad idea! Laafdahni steps back from the opening, shakily draws her wand of Infernal Healing, and taps herself with it. Ow ow ow! Gasping in pain, she nods to Guy. "Thanks, Guy. Hoo. That was stupid."

Fast Healing round 1/10

Bask steps up to the door in the direction of the kobold and puts his shoulder to it.

Strength: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Shirt re-roll!

Strength, GM stars: 1d20 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 3 = 21

Unable to see the enemy, he tells Salim to "Defend!" Bocke, who moves to his side.

Perhaps he could ready a move action to move toward anyone who attacked Bocke?

Noticing what wand Laafdahni uses to heal herself, Guy says “Might want to consider what that wand does to you. Ever wonder why there are so many tieflings born in Chelliax?”

"It certainly gives you a rush. Watching my blood crawl back into the wounds on their own is a wild sight. Damn, all these doors and walls are making this fight a pain in the arse for me...where are they again?" Sinaryn quips and complains as she looks for a target. She squeezes through after the others.

Laafahni jumps back behind the stone wall as the flame strikes her and avoids the worst of the kobold's fiery breath. She fishes out a wand and heals herself, as does the bard Guy. Toral attempts to squeeze through the narrow gap in the wall but finds his breastplate seems to be too thick to get through the hole.

Meanwhile Bask leans into the door and slams it with his shoulder. Miraculously, the door bursts off its hinges and slides across the floor, striking the wall.

As the party closes in on him, the last remaining kobold fires a flurry of missiles at the group before stepping further into the room. Both shots just barely miss Bocke but he is sure that both of them would have hit if the kobold's aim wasn't obstructed by the dungeon wall.

Bocke receives cover from his relative position.

Xbow, Rapid Shot, PbS: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 - 2 + 1 = 21
Piercing: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Xbow, Rapid Shot, PbS: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 11 - 2 + 1 = 19
Piercing: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bocke I see that you have +15 temporary HP in your stat block, but you would not have been a legal target for the false life spell as it has a range of Personal. I had assumed that Toral meant to cast the spell on himself. Luckily neither shot hit you.

ROUND 4 - Inspire Courage +2
Laafdahni
Bocke -bless -19
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold -23
Toral
Sinaryn

ROUND 5 - Inspire Courage +2
Laafdahni
Bocke -bless -19
Bask-bless
Salim -bless
Guy
Tough Kobold -23
Toral
Sinaryn

“Damn it!!! Need more exercise! Ha ha ... “ he says laughing at his own ridiculous statement.

Total gets back from the crack and circles around.

double move

Bask runs through the open door toward the action, scimitar in hand. He moves in I don't think it provokes due to the cover, commands Salim to "Attack!" and strikes at him with the flat of his blade.

Scimitar, inspire, bless, PA: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 2 + 1 - 1 = 24
Damage (magical slashing non-lethal), inspire, PA: 1d6 + 8 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 2 + 3 = 15

Salim roars with excitement and bounds through, attempting to dodge out of the way of an attack before tearing a chunk out of the enemy with his jaws

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
Bite, inspire, bless, PA: 1d20 + 7 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 2 - 1 = 28
B/P/S, inspire, PA: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 2 = 9

Critical threat, if only they were flanking
Bite confirm, inspire, bless, PA: 1d20 + 7 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 2 - 1 = 24
B/P/S, inspire, PA: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 + 2 = 11

Bask, you also don't provoke because he has a crossbow in his hands.

Bask moves in and knocks the kobold unconscious with his blade.

Combat is over! I'll have a description for these rooms soon.

Okay, I guess it's too late to retcon, but Bocke wouldn't have stepped out without the temp HP. I'll take a turn to heal now, which is what I would have done last turn without aid.

Bocke draws a potion from his belt and drinks it.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Double-Move.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Sinaryn continues to swear as she gives chase to the group hoping to get a shot off. Coming around the corner she attempts to slide by without being struck.

Guy sheaths his wand, continues his song, and goes through the door Bask opened to find where the fighting is.

Toral starts clapping sarcastically.

"Well, that was pathetic ... on my end as well ... " he says and shakes his head.

"Let us start searching this place!"

perception - rooms : 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

perception - enemies : 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

Oops! Missed that combat was over!

"We heard the doors, so by now the warning has gone out. Someone should stay watching those doors." He points to the double doors to the west. "The rest of us can search."

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

It was probably my bad. My post crossed with GM's so it looks like I was still in initiative.

Are any of the kobolda alive?

Heal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Bocke will try to stabilize them.