[GDX] 3-01: Year of Shattered Sanctuaries (Inactive)

Game Master UncleFroggy

As Arlen goes to open the doors, he notices the lock on the door.

Thievery to unlock, Athletics to force it

"Thanks for all yer help. Take care of yerselves, alright?" Miladistra bids the couple a good day and moves on.

Ma and Pa always took good care of each other. They pause to take the time to hold hands, or celebrate a good harvest. Every walk down to the lake was a divine treasure. They got to live another day. Miladistra wonders about her divine treasure. When will she find her reward?

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Whisper Elf gives me +2 to Perception checks to sense undetected creatures.

Today's reward is a dingy warehouse with a boarded up door. Great. She examines the door. Then she keeps her ears open for danger.

"Okay, Deroff. Talk to me. If you smell anything worse than a pig sty, tell me alright?" She ruffles Deroff's head and Speaks with Animals.

Deroff's Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Deroff sniffs around and whines.

I think we have an unresolved successful treat wounds from Martin. Tarkii will take it.

healing: 2d8 ⇒ (3, 7) = 10

Tarkii looks over the door before somebody kicks or picks it open.

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

@GM: Sorry for the confusion. When Martin took the potion, I meant to just have it in his inventory and not consume it right away.

@Tarkii: I did forget to roll for healing but the GM rolled for it. It was also meant for Arlen.

Torrent stands at the ready to cast magic weapon on her gill hook directly before someone opens the door (whether having successfully picked the lock, or about to force the door open).

Not the thievery type, but +11 athletics if needed

@Tarkii -- I rolled the heal for Martin when I noticed he didn't roll it.

So what's the party doing -- you gonna try to pick it or kick it in?

This post assumes no one has Thievery.

"Hold on. Sounds like none of ya'll can open the door quietly." She sighs. "I have an idea. I'm not gonna like it."

Miladistra focus on the First World and casts Summon Monster 2. The scent of fermented berries and a whiff of fungus permeate the air. One spot near the door bursts into smoke as a small purple creature emerges.

"Jenkins the Jinkin, we meet again." Her hands on her hips, she keeps her gaze locked with his. "Now I don't like yer, and you don't like me. But you owe me. Pick the lock on this door, and then yer can hide. Maybe you'll get to stab someone in the meantime, too."

Jenkins begins hopping happily and gets to work on the lock.

Thievery is +7 for the next 10 rounds. Miladistra will concentrate to keep her summon active.

Tarkii notes "I'd make sure to wipe that handle off before touching by the way..."

"You heard 'im, Jenkins. Wipe the handle off first."

Arlen watches as Miladistra begins to summon her fey friend, "If anyone has a thievery kit, I know how to pick a few locks. Unfortunately, I don't tend to carry a kit around with me."

Trained in Thievery +9, but I don't have a kit.

Unless we're waiting on GM to roll some thievery checks for Jenkins, Torrent is just going to bust down the door to keep the game moving

Is this stagnation? Torrent muses internally while the group deliberates over the door. She snaps back to the real world hearing
Arlen's inquiry--

"Can't say I have one of those...", her voice trails off as she casts magic weapon on her gill hook. "Well, Handle bad. Got it" She then kicks the door as hard as she can, repeatedly, while avoiding the door handle.

Athletics to Force Open: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Miladistra, are you asking Jenkins to just touch the door or try to undo whatever Tarkii saw on there?

Now that I know the door handle is poisoned, I'll ask Jenkins to disarm the trap, and then try to unlock the door.

You going to roll the checks? Obviously Thievery to try to disarm, and 3 Thievery to pick. Or alternatively, Torrent can kick the door in

Jenkins mutters, "Alright chumps, let's do this!" and tries to disarm the trap.

Once that's done, Jenkins pulls out his dagger and gets quiet.
Will switch to using Stealth +7 to hide.

With a flourish Jenkins picks the lock and manages to scratch out whatever was on the handle.

I just realized that disarming the trap required Expert Thievery, but the nat 20 kind of decided it. 8 rounds total.

As you open the door, you see over a dozen tables and countless chairs crowd the interior of this tavern, all scattered about in disarray.

Interior Map

Lighting: Anything within 10' of the doorway is in bright light. 10' beyond is in dim light. The rest of the building is in darkness. The ceiling is 15' high. The building is mostly wood except for the chimney and fireplace.

Jenkins fiddles, and fiddles, and fiddles... and the lock pops off. He pulls shortsword and carefully goes through the darkness.

If he sees any creatures with his darkvision, he'll return to Miladistra and point in the direction of the danger.

With that done, Jenkins grabs a chicken wing and melts back into the shadows.

Jinkins speak Undercommon. Miladistra doesn't. Hopefully someone else can understand him. I moved his icon to where he would move to in 2 rounds.

With that done, Miladistra keeps quiet and will Avoid Notice.
Miladistra's Stealth is +7.

Toanthel moves in with shield raised. Defend

Before Toanthel moves in, Martin casts Light on his shield.

Arlen scouts the way forward, heading towards the bar first. "Bar seems like a good place to start. Sure someone's been there recently."

Moved token to where I'm headed.

Torrent cast Magic Weapon before entering, seeing the room is dark she activates her wayfinder, that is attached to her armor, and then looks for any more traps or enemies. searching

Arlen, can you please indicate your path to the bar with arrows

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Toanthel
Tarkii
Miladistra/Deroff

+++

Arlen
Martin / Mavenee
Jenkins
Torrent

As you enter the tavern, you hear a faint voice calling for help.

"Help! Is someone there?"

Miladistra pauses and then focuses her hearing.

As a Whisper Elf, Miladistra can use the Seek action to pinpoint noises. She will Seek in a 60 foot cone covering down and to the right of her. This is a secret check with a +7 Perception bonus.

◆ Direct Animal Companion
◆ Seek
◆ Stride 35 ft towards noise OR Seek in 60 ft cone Up and to the Right if the Seek failed

"Deroff, where's that noise comin' from?" She whines at her lupine friend. He whines back and she nods.

Deroff has 30 ft Scent as an Imprecise Sense. He'll sniff around to look for clues. This is a secret check with a +6 Perception bonus.

◆ Seek
◆ Stride 40 ft towards noise OR Seek again if the first attempt failed

Tarkii moves in and casts dancing lights to illuminate the far corner of the room.

Toanthel draws his weapon in case any prisoners were not alone. He then moves ahead while keeping his shield raised.

◆ Draw Pick
◆ Raise Shield
◆ Stride

Deroff alerts to a presence in the room!

You suddenly see an individual materialize behind Arlen. He growls at Arlen in a strange tongue.

Intimidate; Shadowy Ambush: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 9 - 4 = 22

Arlen - you are now Frightened 1 and flat-footed vs Teeth

He swings a hatchet at Arlen.

Hatchet Attack, vs Arlen AC 21, FF: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27
Hatchet Damage, Slash: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

He swings again.

Hatchet Attack, vs Arlen AC 21, FF, MAP: 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 12 - 4 = 18
Hatchet Damage, Slash: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

Missing, he swings a third time.

Hatchet Attack, vs Arlen AC 21, FF, MAP 2: 1d20 + 12 - 8 ⇒ (11) + 12 - 8 = 15
Hatchet Damage, Slash: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

◇ Shadowy Ambush vs Arlen
◆◆◆ Hatchet Attack vs Arlen x3

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Toanthel
Tarkii
Miladistra/Deroff
Black Teeth

+++

Arlen (-14, Frightened 1)
Martin / Mavenee
Jenkins
Torrent

Torrent Steps forward and then harnesses memories of the sea into her gill hook as she strikes towards the hatchetman

Spellstrike (Hydraulic Push(2nd)) vs Hatchetman, magic weapon: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 P dmg: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (3, 9) + 4 = 16 plus B dmg: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 5, 1, 4) = 16 Plus knocked back 5ft on hit

◆Step ◆◆Spellstrike 2nd lvl Hydraulic Push/Gillhook

"Grrr!" Deroff bares his teeth and Miladistra focuses on Arlen.

You actually hit me with that second attack. 21 FF and F1 is 18, so I have -29 already. I'm struggling to figure out how much health I had recovered across the two threads, but my tracker says 30 so I'm going with that for now, leaving me at 1.

Gravely injured once again, Arlen enters his crane stance and touches his assailant with negative energy, "I'll need healing!"

negative energy damage: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 2) + 3 = 7 DC 18-1 fort

Chill Touch
AC 22

I totally forgot about F1... :)

Feel free to patch yourselves up. I'm adding the last section to keep us moving.

I assumed this meant we had all the time we needed and I could just refocus/lay on hands until everyone was back to full health.

GM Tiger wrote:

Feel free to patch yourselves up. I'm adding the last section to keep us moving.

I assumed this meant we had all the time we needed and I could just refocus/lay on hands until everyone was back to full health.

Pretty much.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Toanthel
Tarkii
Miladistra/Deroff
Hatchetman (-32)

+++

Arlen (-29, Frightened 1)
Martin / Mavenee
Jenkins
Torrent

Still doing the same actions; Crane Stance and Chill Touch. DC 17 fort save for 7 damage. My AC becomes 22 at the end of my turn.

Hatchetman Fort Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

The hatchetman grimaces slightly but shrugs off the negative damage. He grins evilly at Arlen.

Sorry, Arlen. Totally overlooked it

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Toanthel
Tarkii
Miladistra/Deroff
Hatchetman (-32)

+++

Arlen (-29, Frightened 1)
Martin / Mavenee
Jenkins
Torrent

Martin and Mavenee move behind Torrent. Martin then fires a ball of flame at Arlen's attacker.

Produce Flame: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Fire Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Martin hurls a ball of flame at the Hatchetman, but misses.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 1-2
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Toanthel
Tarkii
Miladistra/Deroff/Jenkins
Hatchetman (-32)

+++

Arlen (-29, Frightened 1)
Martin / Mavenee
Torrent

Tarkii fires off a moon beam at the shadowy hatchetman.

spellattack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
fire/silver damage: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 3) = 9 (18)
Critical Success The beam deals double damage, and the target is dazzled for 1 minute.

Tarkii concentrates on his dancing lights as they move around a bit at the back end of the room.

Toanthel rushes ahead and tries to drop this foe with his pick.

◆◆ Sudden Charge

Strike - Pick (fatal d10)
1st Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
Damage (Piercing): 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 = 7
Critical Damage: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (7, 8) + 4 = 19 x 2 +1d10 ⇒ 7

He then prepares his defense.

◆ Raise Shield

"Arlen, you owe me so much rutabaga when this is over!" Miladistra calls upon the last of Mother's strength to close the man's wounds.

Heal: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

◆◆ Miladistra casts Heal on Arlen.
◆ Miladistra directs her animal companion.

She turns to Deroff and growls. The hunt is on.

Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Piercing Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 Critical Hit, please double the damage.

◆ Deroff Strides 40 ft, since he's a wolf.
◆ Strike

Blinking his eyes from the lights dancing in front of his face, (ha!) the hatchetman swings at Deroff.

Hatchet vs Deroff AC 18: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Growling, he tries again.

Hatchet vs Deroff AC 18, MAP: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Concealment: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Slashing Damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

He then turns to Toanthel and tries to attack him as well.

Hatchet vs Toanthel AC 26, MAP, Sweep: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 8 ⇒ (12) + 12 + 1 - 8 = 17

But curses as he misses wide.

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COMBAT TRACKER
Round: 2
Tactical Map
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BOLD may go

Toanthel AC 26 (Shield Raised)
Tarkii
Miladistra/Deroff (-10) /Jenkins
Hatchetman (-58); Dazzled

+++

Arlen (-20)
Martin / Mavenee
Torrent

As combat rages, you also hear a voice coming from the back of the tavern calling for help.

"Help! Is someone there?! Hurry, please, and get me out!"

Torrent diverts the sea's power back through her gill hook and back towards her. She then cycles the energy through her body as she rushes towards the hatchetman and unleashes a strike that vibrates the surrounding air.

Thunderous Strike vs Hatchetman, magic weapon, arcane stance: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 P dmg: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 = 13 +Force: 1 = 1

@Hatchetman (and anyone else in my 15 ft orthogonal cone), DC 18 basic fort save or take sonic dmg: 2 = 2. On crit failure, target(s) falls prone

◆ Arcane Stance (+1 temp hp from inexorable iron hybrid study)
◆ Stride
◆ Thunderous Strike (conflux spell = spellstrike recharged)

Torrent's strike drops the Hatchetman (all of 2 hp left).

COMBAT OVER

With the enemy falling, Arlen tries to find the source of the voice asking for help, "Keep talking so we can find you!"

"Yup, where are ya? We'll be here in a jif. Keep talkin'." Miladistra opens her ears again while Deroff keeps sniffing for danger.

"I'm here in the back! Hurry, before they come back!"

The voice grows louder since the sound of combat has died down.

"Okay, we're coming to meet ya." Miladistra and Deroff walk towards the voice, with Deroff in front.

I'm Unsure which way is the back of the bar, but Miladistra & Deroff would be able to locate the speaker.

"We have a lot of questions for ya, so sorry." She sees if she can easily free the person. "Who are they? Why did they capture ya? Where are they now?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 Miladistra rushes through her questions.