GM Corwyn's Jade Regent (2) (Inactive)

Game Master corwyn42

The creature has to escape Walnut's grab before it can flee.

CMB: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

It fails to break Walnut's grapple Its standard action

Everyone else is up.

Not sure if that failure to break grapple cancels the AoO...

Taking advantage of Walnut occupying the thing's attention (grappled creatures can't take AoO's), Caladorn moves to a position where he can flank the creature, and stabs again.

To Hit: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9 vs grappled target
+3 dex +2 flank
damage: 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + (5) = 11
extra d6 from SA

Walnut will attempt to maintain the grapple...

CMB (grapple): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Walnut's Bite Hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Walnut's Bite Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4 1 CON, Grab

If that hits, 1 point of CON is drained, and Walnut will attempt a grab/grapple...

CMB (grapple): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

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Posh will again slice at the creature...

Dogslicer Hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Dogslicer Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 19-20 x2 S

"Someone look after Walthus!"

Heal Check DC10: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Of course the cleric has to miss the heal check by 1!

He looks like he'll be fine after a few hours rest. Gundar replies to Posh after a quick look-over.

He will then try to get into the fray with his hammer!

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

The multiple attacks bash and slice into the strange creature which twitches and flails before it falls to the ground.

Gundar checks the creature and finds it is dead.

Congratulations! You have defeated the creature and advanced to Level 2.

Walthus is wounded and tries to tell you the story of how he came to this mound/hut but instead falls back into unconsciousness.

Filona asks Gundar "Is he going to be ok?" Her voice is scared.

Posh dismounts and attempts to staunch any wounds that Walthus has...

Heal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 +1 on others

As Posh is seeing to poor Walthus, Caladorn knows better than to get in the way. He does comment "I don't know if this guy has really bad luck, or really good luck. He keeps on getting attacked by monsters, but we keep on showing up in time to rescue him..." He does take the opportunity to search the mound/hut (and Galaditar buzzes around as well).

Perception: 1d20 + 2 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 + 3 + 2 = 25
2 rank +3 trained +2 racial

Perception, Galaditar: 1d20 + 2 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 3 + 4 = 15
2 rank +3 trained +4 racial

Posh staunches Walthus' wounds and Caladorn searches the mound/hut to find what appears to be the bow and handaxe that belong to Walthus. A more detailed search finds a silver ring among the muck.

Gundar will expend a charge from the wand provided to him by Father Zantus and heals Walthus.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Walthus regains conscious and says

"Whoa, what happened? The last thing I remember is tracking tonight's dinner."

Caladorn replies to Walthus: "Well, we were going to meet up with you to track that bunch of skeletons that had been at the goblin village. When we got to your place, there was a note saying you'd gone hunting and would be back soon. After a while, we got bored with waiting ... and here we are rescuing you again. You sure you're cut out for being a hermit?"

Posh checks on Walnut...

Heal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 +1 on others

Filona says "Are you ok, Walthus? You keep getting into trouble!"

"I guess I am getting careless in my old age or this swamp is getting more dangerous - probably both. I guess Chaldira has been looking out for me by sending you into the swamp. Let's get back to my house so I can rest and recover from this ordeal. I can't thank you enough."

@Posh: Can you clarify what kind of heal check you were attempting? Treat Deadly Wounds requires a healing kit - which your character sheet doesn't include (or did you want to take a -4 penalty on your check?).

"Sure, sure. Come on, you need to tend to your snakes, who else is going to feed them?", Filona says as she helps Walthus get on his feet. Before they leave, however, the gnome looks at the silver ring more closely.

Detect Magic: Is the ring magical?

Simply first aid. She wasn't actually injured, I'm just being a good rider!

Filona does not detect any magic on the ring.

Caladorn will look over the ring with Filona,

Appraise: 1d20 + 1 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 1 + 3 + 4 = 23
1 rank +3 trained +4 int

After doing so, and hearing Walthus's comment about going back to his house, he asks: "Can you walk Walthus, or do we need to figure something out?"

Walthus responds to Caladorn's question:

"I think I can walk ok - but I will probably go a little slower than usual. A good nights rest should be enough to put me right."

Caladorn looks over the ring and thinks the ring may be worth around 200 gp.

"Well, I got your bow and your handaxe, so let's get back to your house, before the mosquitoes bleed me dry.

Unless anyone else has a bright idea, shall we head back to Walthus's house?
Other Q's: 1) When we get back, can Gundar give us a cross-check on Walthus's estimate of his recovery? 2) Anybody got K Nobility? Not I. 3) Tactically, do we want to spend another day letting Walthus recover, or do we want to use magical healing and track the skeletons ASAP?

As they walk back, Filona suggests "Well, we should magically heal Walthus. Navigating the swamp will get us tired and we may have to rest, which recovers any magical healing used."

About the ring, she says "We could ask around town in Sandpoint to see if anyone knows this ring. Maybe the mayor will. For now, let's focus on helping Walthus."

Walthus lets you know that he has a couple of healing potions hidden away at his house. He bought them from the caravan that took you back to Sandpoint. You don't have to worry about slowing down for his health.

You are pretty sure that Father Zantus might be able to tell you about the ring once you get back to Sandpoint.

No healing here. No knowledge(N) either.

Is anyone else hurt besides Walthus? If they are I can do a burst. If not I will cast a CLW...

Go ahead and burst. He doesn't need to be full I think.

Is anyone else hurt besides Walthus? If they are I can do a burst. If not I will cast a CLW...

I think Walthus is the only one hurt... I suspect that if we go pick up the skeletons' trail, we will end up resting before we get to the end of it, unless we want to try following them in the dark (I do not recommend)

"I'd be willing to head directly to the goblin village now if that is what you want to do."

If Gundar heals Walthus he will reply

"Thanks again! I think I am in good enough shape to hold off on retrieving my potions."

Walthus looks over the mound built by the creature thinking about something and after a moment he perks up with

"I think I might be able to use some of the wood/mud/muck used to put this 'hut' together to build a crude raft. It would allow us to get to the village much quicker. Does anyone here any have skill building rafts who might be able to assist me?"

A Survival check of 15+ will aid Walthus in construction and reduce its construction time. Multiple aid attempts can be made to further reduce the time. Construction time = 2 hrs, each successful aid reduces the time by 30 min to a 30 min minimum.

I don't have survival but I have Craft (carpentry). Does that help?

In this case, yes. You can make a crafting check to assist. Your DC is only 10 if you have your crafting tools, 14 if you don't.

Posh and Walnut will be happy to chip in and work...

Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Do work with his hands! That's for lesser folk!, but Caladorn doesn't want to admit a failure of elven superiority, so "Not what I'd usually get involved with, but I'll see what I can do..."

Caladorn has no ranks in survival or craft (carpentry), he will however, make an untrained aid another check to help Filona. Meanwhile, Galaditar will keep watch...

Craft Carpentry, Untrained, Aid Another: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
+4 int

Perception, Galaditar: 1d20 + 2 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 3 + 4 = 23
2 ranks +3 trained +4 racial

EDIT: Clearly Caladorn is not cut out for manual labor...

Filona adds what she knows about woodworking.

Craft carpentry (with tools): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

botting Gundar's check: survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

With everyone assistance the raft creation goes extremely fast and creates a sturdy platform that can hold the entire group in only 30 minutes.

You set out towards the goblin village using the water as the fastest mode of travel.

You navigate up a small tributary and land the raft without incident.

Walthus looks pleased as they arrive at what is now a stream and watches you pull the raft from the water.

"Well that went extremely well. Couldn't have done that by myself. We might be able to use it again, it looks to be in good shape."

You are now about 100 feet from the New Fish trail and the village is within sight. You need to decide if you want to carry the raft with you or leave it here. You estimate it weighs about 100 pounds. Caladorn guesses the trip only took another 30 minutes.

Do we have the muscle to carry the raft with us? I certainly don't have a lot of carrying capacity to spare (10 Str = 33 lbs light load...) and several of us are small (3/4 carrying capacity)... Although in a metagame sense, I suspect a hint here...

Nothing special about the raft. Not even mentioned in the AP. Wasn't sure how much Walnut could drag/pull, so I left the choice up to you. It isn't required to accomplish your objectives, but it has its own advantages and disadvantages.

I think we can leave the raft for now..

Maybe hide it?

When someone suggested Walnut be enlisted to drag the raft, Posh replied vehemently, "Walnut is no draughtweasel!"

"Well, I ain't carrying it. So if Walthus want's it, lets drag it far enough onto the shore that it won't float away, and then let's get going on with tracking these skeletons - we got four hours of light left maybe (I'm guessing it's about 1400), so let's get on with it... Walthus, you're by far the most experienced in the marsh, so can you follow the trail?"

Caladorn will help drag the raft to a safe spot to leave it.

Tracking though, is not Caladorn's gig... Walthus is probably our best tracker, and I think Posh has second place.

The group hides the raft and then proceeds to the spot south of the Goblin village to look for the trail they spotted last time.

Walthus Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

"The tracks are here - they lead into the water. I can't tell if they start again on the other side of the river. We need to get across - should we go back and get the raft?"

Posh gives it a look...

Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

How big (wide and deep) is the river ? I doubt it's fast (it's in a swamp), but? The map suggests that the river is large - 300 ft or so across... So I think we might have to.

"Erhghm" Caladorn groans at the thought of the manual labor involved and then agrees "I think we have to, a couple of hundred feet with god knows what in the water with us is not something I'm comfortable swimming."

Assuming the others agree, we will go back and get the raft. If Gundar and I work together we can carry it as a medium load I believe. I can take 33 lbs to the top of medium load, and Gundar (whose speed isn't affected by load as he is a dwarf), can take the remaining 67, assuming he's at a medium load now.

I believe I am at a medium load...

Posh spots what appears to be skeletal footprints heading into the water. He thinks he sees something on the far side of the river that could be footprints, but it is too far to be sure.

The river is barely moving, but you can see small ripples being made in various places.

You successfully drag the raft from the hiding spot and Walthus gathers some branches from a small tree nearby.

"We can use these to help us get to the other side. Someone should stand guard while we cross. "

Filona asks Walthus "What about those ripples? Are we going to find crocodiles? Crocodiles scare me."

I'll stand guard while you cross Gundar offers.

Posh agrees, "let's go then."

At his master's unspoken command, Galaditar takes to the air to look for trouble...

Perception,Galaditar: 1d20 + 2 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 3 + 4 = 15
2 ranks +3 trained +4 racial

Meanwhile, Caladorn looks curiously at Gundar and asks, while readying his longbow: "If the raft gets attacked in the middle of the river, what exactly are you going to do on the shore here?"

Yes, I am proposing a change in jobs.

Well I'd hit 'em with my hammer!

Gundar would not mind trading jobs.

Walthus clarifies his last statement

"I meant that someone on the raft should keep an eye out while we try to paddle with these."

Walthus shows the tree branches

"These things aren't going to work that well and it may take a lot of effort to keep the raft from drifting towards the sea."

Filona is the first to comment "Well, I'm not a very good paddler. But... I'm not a very good lookout either. I get distracted easily..."