GM TK-421 Agents of Edgewatch

Game Master CtotheZ

Is that a cockatrice?  Wonderful creature for medical professionals.  Someone suffering from toxins or disease can voluntarily go into a state of calcification to delay more harmful effects.  Hopefully by the time they come out of calcification there is more proper treatment available.  Just need to keep them from shattering the statue and eating the fragments.  Let me give you a hand.  With that Aeric will cheerfully help either fold the creature into a container, or find some cloth to bind it on the chance it wakes up.

I guess searching +9 w Trapfinder

The pool is hard to peer into on account of the blood and gore in the water. Something definitely happened here, but you aren't sure of the cause. There is the frantic looking penguin perched at the highest peak of the lone island near the center.

Would it be Diplomacy or Nature to try to calm the creature down.

You could use nature to try to influence the animal.

Hey little guy don't be afraid, we won't hurt you.

Nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Despite his impressive display of empathy and compassion towards the penguin, the flightless bird remains overtly agitated by something.

Roscoe will try to look for what is agitating the penguin trying to read his body language to see if it helps find what it is.
Perception +6

The blood and gore of the fellow penguins floating in the water seems to be the source of the distress.

Hey guys let's clean up the blood and gore if we can, it will call the penguin down a bit.

"As much as I would like to, one, how do you propose we do that? And two, it seems upset, but at least it's in one place. We could press on and see if there are others that are in a worse situation. Plus, we still need to locate someone that is in charge of this disaster. But, I'm amenable to whatever."

Mason shrugs his shoulders to see what they others say.

Yeah that makes sense. Let's move on to see if anything else is in a worse situation.

Aeric moves closer to the water edge. Maybe what is disturbing the penguin is under the water? With that being said, he looks into the depths. +9E.

As Aeric closes in on the pool of water a large snake flashes out from the depths and strikes at him.
◆ Fangs: 1d20 ⇒ 7
Hit
Piercing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

◆ Then it retracts back under the water and strikes again.

◆ Fangs: 1d20 - 5 ⇒ (4) - 5 = -1
Miss

*** Round 1 ***
Bold may act!

Orange
Ialtag
Mason
Rocky
Aeric (-11 hp, Fort Save)
Roscoe (-10 hp, Wounded 1)

◆ Recall knowledge. Nature +4T?

◆ Devise a Stratagem: 1d20 ⇒ 13

◆ Strategic Strike, total result of 20
Piercing w/Precision: 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + (5) = 11

Mason is startled for a moment, but recovers quickly, trying to work out if he know anything about this type of creature and then how best to stop it with an arrow.

*** Round 1 ***
Bold may act!

Orange (-11 hp?)
Ialtag
Mason
Rocky
Aeric (-11 hp, Fort Save)
Roscoe (-10 hp, Wounded 1)

◆Roscoe will Stride

◆◆Then cast Ray of Frost
Spell Attack Ray of Frost: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Cold Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Of course it is Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Powerful blows! I suggest ranged only. If you can't maybe keep Seeking it out, so it does not hide in the depths again.

With that, Aeric steps away from the pond and sends bolts of electricity into the water.

Electric Arc DC 17: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Step, 2 action Cast

Rocky will stride over and retrieving a spiked dart from her belt and throw it at the snake

Dart Throw: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Dart Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Mason and Roscoe land solid hits of the mundane and arcane, respectively.

Aeric fights off what must be the snake's venom. He fires off an arc of electricity.
Reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 13
The snake avoids some of the damage but is still zapped.

Rocky plucks a dart from her belt and throws it at the snake, landing it between its scales.

The snake goes limp and bobs on the surface of the water.

Ialtag
Mason
Rocky
Aeric (-11 hp, Fort Save Sucess!)
Roscoe (-10 hp, Wounded 1)

Hey Aeric, Welcome to the group. Your going to fit in perfectly. Roscoe will chuckle and then grab his ribs in pain.

Let's take another look at this water to see if that was the only snake.

Roscoe will search. Perception +6

As before, Roscoe doesn't see anything in the water beyond the obvious. He does come to the conclusion that the snake will likely drown if left unconscious in the water.

Hey guys help me pull this thing out of the water. Roscoe will (with help) pull the snake out of the water.

Athletics checks from those involved please. It is a large creature.

s!+$ that thing still has my dart inside it!

Athletics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Motioning to Aeric. "Let them do their thing for a moment, while we get some bandages on those bites."

Mason holds out the tools and starts cleaning the injury.

Medicine, DC15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14 crap...
Heal: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8

Since Rocky doesn't have magic extendo arms I moved her over the edge of the water where she could conceivably grab the snake and pull without actually getting in the water. But you should develop the habit of moving your own token because in future endeavors, if I'm left to do it, I may just parade you over a trap and not feel guilty about it one bit. ;)

Rocky sends a lot of time and effort to pull the snake up onto the shore line of the penguin pool. Its difficult and exhausing work made all the more time consuming because she had to do it without any help from any of the other Agents who watched her labors.

Mason wraps bandages around Aeric's snake bite, but doesn't seem to do much good.

Ialtag
Mason
Rocky
Aeric (-11 hp)
Roscoe (-10 hp, Wounded 1)

don't worry guys I got the big f&!~ing snake out of the water.

Rocky will retrieve her dart and stash it back on her belt

The countdown timers for healing have lapsed as follows: Rocky is free and clear, Ialtag has 10 minutes left, Roscoe has 30 minutes, and Aeric has 50 minutes.

Thanks sir!

Where to next? I will follow

Aeric looks up from where the blood is already starting to soak through the bandages. Impressive. I would have been there as soon as this gets under control. He looks at the red cloth and shrugs. We got pressure on it, about all we can do for now. Does anything around here look like where we could find the manager?

Medicine to Aid: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Medicine: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 Aiming for the DC 12 to aid in Medicine

So Aeric does start gameplay with a hero point if you wish to use it. Also let's hand out hero points to Roscoe and Mason.

Done. Will cash it in.

Medicine: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 Aiming for the DC 12 to aid in Medicine

lol. Of course.

thanks kindly. i'll hold onto mine for now.

Mason clears his throat.

"Well... at least that'll keep it from getting worse."

He chuckles uneasily.

"Maybe our little friend here could find a nearby shop and pick up some elixirs? Your wings should get you there and back in no time. Meanwhile, we can press on. Carefully, of course."

i only have 1 gp remaining, but if we pool up resources, we could possibly afford some. @3gp each for the elixirs of life

Mason moves towards the "mysterious shed"
Perception +6E

Assuming we are all following as a group I moved us up behind Mason. Also I have 11gp to contribute.

7 gold to contribute here

OK we can "bot" Ialtag for now and send him shopping. I'll let you all decide how to pool your coins and what to purchase then send him off to buy it. I'll rule on a time limit after you make up your shopping list. I sure hope the player is ok since he's been incommunicado for a while now.

We aren't in combat so we go back to our default exploration activities unless you want to do another.

Mason doesn't discern any additional details about the shed as he closes the distance.

Roscoe and Rocky will pool money together to get a total of 5 elixirs of life. Rocky will have 2gp left and Roscoe will have 1gp left.

Rocky lead the way.

The sprite collects the coins and nod his acceptance of the task then takes off at a brisk pace.
Since its not too complicated of an order the original 30 min time span will hold.

Aeric moves to the door of the smaller building. Agents of Edgewatch! Does anyone in there need assistance? We will be coming in unless told otherwise!

There is no response. Aeric detects a foul odor from around the corner to the north.

Aeric circles his arm over his head. Tapping his nose, he points toward the north side of the building. Might have to hold off on this door a moment. I think there is something around the corner.

Aeric will wait a moment for people to reposition themselves. Then he would set his shield and move 10 ft north.

Roscoe will move up a bit still keeping a healthy distance.

Mason nods to indicate he is ready, bow in hand.

A large, pungent mound of animal dung is piled near the north wall.

That's a big pile of s#+&

Be careful if there is a big pile then there might be something big nearby or alot of them.

I really hope that is just the muck pile for the stalls.  I do not want to meet a creature that can do that in one sitting!

Will do a survival check to see if this is the storage area, or if we need to be really, really careful.  I have +7T for this.

Well, after that snake, I had to look.  Shall I try that door now?

If someone could put me back at the door I guess we go in the small building unless the survival check comes up goofy.

This does indeed appear to be the collecting area for the combined production across the menagerie’s inhabitants.