Age of Ashes - PF2 AP by DM Doctor Evil

Game Master DM DoctorEvil

"That mud drake thing in the courtyard was from the jungle, too. I'm betting there's a connection there," She comments distractedly, moving quickly toward Serpens' unconscious body. She kneels down next to him, frowning deeply.

"Valdrin, anything you can do for him? I couldn't face my family again if something happened with him while we're out here," she says, a little pleadingly. "Ugh, remind me to get a first aid kid next time we're in town."

Fentus watches Trist begin plucking the bird of its prized feathers, eying the remains of the bird hungrily, "Do you think it tastes any good?"

Looking to Valdrin, then to Mr. Serpens, "We should be able to wake 'em up, doesn't look like he was hurt too bad, just knocked out,"

Since Valdrin has been tied up, I will post his quick action to get Serpens up again, so you can move on.

Valdrin kneels beside the wounded elf, and dresses the wounds as best he can based on his healing training and divine gifts. He spends 10 minutes or so ministering to Serpens, who eventually coughs, sputters, and returns to consciousness.

The elf rises, grabs his cane, and announces. "What are you all waiting for? Let's go, let's go!" in his playfully arrogant way.

There are 3 passages to the north, and three to the south that lead off from this large vaulted hallway. At the far eastern end, there are three wooden doors adjacent to each other. Near the doors, a pile of rubble indicates where the stairs from above have fallen or been filled in with masonry and detritus from the battlement collapse above. They do not seem passable without days of effort to clear.

Treat Wound DC 15: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Hp restored to Serpens: 2d8 ⇒ (8, 7) = 15 NICE

He has Assurance on Healing so the first roll isn't really necessary. He cannot use Treat Wounds on Serpens again for at least 10 more minutes. Serpens is at 15/26hp

During the time while Valdrin is tending to Mr. Serpens, Fentus will take a plucked bird and use his firey magic to cook the bird.

Holding a torch in one hand, and a chicken/turkey/emeperor bird Leg in the other hand he says "We know that the Goblins home was north, they claim Undead to the south and Monsters to the East, I'd suggest we go North and investigate their home. If we can clear it out of any cultists it could be a decent base camp and place to rest if we need too,"

"Good idea, Fentus," Elise comments, glancing about their current vicinity. "If you all let me scout ahead quietly, I can give things a look and make sure we don't run into any traps or anything."

DM, which exploration action would be best for looking around for traps and the like while also being stealthy? I was looking at the exploration actions, and Search seems most appropriate, but Scout has the stealth aspect...just doesn't say anything about traps. Do we sacrifice stealth for searching when searching for traps ahead?

"And we might be able to meet Big Bumble!" Trista adds, excitedly as the group makes its way toward the goblin territory.

You would use Search to continue to scour, like looking for traps or secret doors. Scout would be to work ahead, but more on recon or forward observation than continuous Seek actions. Either way you'll move at half-speed or slower.

If I understand right, you'll go north towards the Bumblebrashers lair first, but which of the three passages do you try?

After finishing up patching Serpens up, Valdrin looks around at the others, hands still in his bag, "Does anyone need patching up as well? I hate to take too much time down here, but will if in need. Other than that, I think we should take the middle path to see our friend's home."

Always searching and on the look out!

"Middle path sounds excellent," Elise replies, taking point to slowly search the middle path ahead of the party for any traps or nasty surprises.

Elise has the +1 circumstance bonus on trap finding

"Let's try the left door first!"

Trista will Scout as her exploration activity.

The group comes to consensus on the middle hallway towards the Bumblebrashers' lair. Elise takes the lead, creeping along slowly checking regularly for traps or other hidden surprises along the narrow, dark hallway.

The passage runs northeast, then after 20' or so, turns true north, but only for about another 10 feet before ending in a door that is closed.

This is a 10' wide hallway, so need to establish marching order. Sounds like Elise is in the lead, who is next etc?

Olaf heads in with the main group, shield raised while the scouts did their thing.

Id lead the main the group with the defend action, if the group is fine with the slower speed, while Elise scouts

Trista follows along, eyes and ears peeled.

Trista would go just next to Olaf. Scouting

Elise stops at the door, and as others watch (there is artificial light from spells and torches, otherwise pitch dark), she looks for traps and tests the lock on the door. Finding no traps, and determining the door is not locked, she slowly opens the door, the light spilling into this long, narrow room.

This room is filled with once-fine seating made from mahogany and velvet which has been broken into pieces and used to fashion crude shelters along the floor. To the north, a door is heavily barricaded by crates, trash, and other detritus. There are doors on both the east and west side of this room as well.

Standing in the room, prepared for your arrival from the noise in the central hall way, are three humanoid figures. One is a tall, lanky frog-like amphibian looking foe with a bow and a club. Behind him are two simian looking humanoids who cavort about wildly. They carry sickles and whips along with hide armor.

All three of the creatures in this room prepare to attack upon the door opening.

Will move to initiative and encounter mode with first post upcoming. Tactical map is updated, as is the dungeon level map.

Antechamber - Round 1

24 Werrt, Amphibian
20 Fentus
19 Venak, Red Simian
16 Elise
16 Serpens
12 Valdrin
12 Skorp, Blue Simian
7 Trista
6 Olaf

The amphibious humanoid croaks in a strange language, making attack motions at the simians. It then fires its bow at Elise who is first in the door. The foe then drops his bow, and draws a club, emitting a very loud croaking sound that instills fear in all within 30'

Elise takes 8hp dmg, and is at 10/26hp. All within 30' (Elise, Olaf, Trista) must make a DC 18 Will save or be frightened 1. Fentus is up next, but he starts well back in the narrow hallway.

Werrt bow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Elise Piercing Dmg: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Fentus unable to really see what's happening but hears Elise cry out after the "Thwip" of a bow goes off, casts a spell offering her divine guidance against whatever threat she faces farther in the room.

I cast guidance on Elise, grants a +1 on a single Attack/Saving Throw/Skill check or ability check for the next round.

Fentus unable to really see what's happening but hears Elise cry out after the "Thwip" of a bow goes off, casts a spell offering her divine guidance against whatever threat she faces farther in the room.

I cast guidance on Elise, grants a +1 on a single Attack/Saving Throw/Skill check or ability check for the next round.

That's just one action. Want to take any others?

Yeah just a bit of a pickle, being crammed into this hallway, don't want to move into the front and clog things up and I can't totally see the enemies from where I'm at either, so not too much I can do.

Elise gasps with blinding pain, an arrow slamming into her shoulder. "Three enemies ahead," She cries, taking a moment to assess the amphibian in front of her before moving in to stab at the creature.

Society, plus guidance: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 = 13 womp womp.

Rapier: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Rapier damage, piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Actions: Recall knowledge, stride, strike

Antechamber - Round 1 - continued

After Elise takes an arrow to the shoulder, Fentus feels a little hemmed in by the hallway and the party, but he casts a cantrip on Elise, giving her just a little more ability with whatever she chooses to do.

The Red Simian is up next. But you notice some hesitancy in the baboon-like creature before it attacks. It spends a few precious seconds not attacking, but just waiting and watching. The monkey-man shrieks loudly and beats its chest in a show of defiance. When it does act, it grabs a large chunk of furniture detritus and throws it at the doorway where the party entered, but misses quite badly it seems, as the furniture crashes into the nearby wall, loudly but harmlessly.

Elise tries to place the amphibian creature, and even with a touch of magical aid, she cannot place this creature. Maybe she doesn't know much about the wider world at all, so far? She then rushes in, knowing the others are stuck behind her and assaults the frog-thing, hitting it with her rapier for slight damage.

Serpens and Valdrin are up next. I will wait till tomorrow to see if they are both back active before botting them if needed.

Valdrin will move forward, and looking at the grouping will aim a spell towards the blue simian. "These things don't look friendly, be careful!"

ACTIONS

◆ Stride
◆◆ Cast Daze DC 18 Will (-4 HP Nonlethal | Crit Fail is Stunned 1)

Antechamber - Round 1 - continued

Valdrin steps to the threshold of the narrow room and casts a spell meant to mentally damage the ape-creature's mind. The spell has good effect and he can see the monkey wincing in internal pain.

Serpens strides forward twice, into melee range with the simian and raps it really hard with both hands swinging like a baseball bat. The poor victim reaches to cover his head, but drops to the ground a second later, apparently stunned to death.

Blue Simian DC 18 Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Serpens Cane strike: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29 CRITICAL
Bludgeoning dmg to Blue: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 18 dmg

With Blue Simian dead, Trista and Olaf are up next.

Trista consults her tome about the amphibious creature, then advances on it and takes a swing.

Esoteric Lore: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Regular failure, triggering Personal Antithesis.

short sword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 for slashing: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4
And 3 weakness

Exploit Vulnerability, Stride, Strike

Unable to come to grips with either of the remaining creatures, Olaf strides forward as best he can and casts as spell, electric arcs shooting from his outstretched blade.

Stride, Cast Electric Arc

Damage, Electric Arc: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Both red and black, Basic Reflex save for half (I think none on a critical), Class DC 18

Antechamber - Round 1 - concluded

Knowledge of the amphibious humanoid escapes Trista for now, but she moves in to attack physically anyway. She scores a hit on the frog-man, exploiting weakness a bit to get extra damage.

Olaf enters the narrow room, and since he can't get into melee, he casts a spell sending a bolt of electrical energy arcing from foe to foe. The amphibian takes limited damage, but the full bolt and then some. The simian target lets out a loud screech, and all its fur seems to stand on end as the electricity courses through it.

End of Round 1

Werrt DC 18 Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Venak DC 18 Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 Critical Fail

Electic Arc is a basic save, so critical fail is double damage. Success means half damage.

Antechamber - Round 2

24 Werrt, Amphibian (11hp dmg)
20 Fentus
19 Venak, Red Simian (12hp dmg)
16 Elise (10hp remaining)
16 Serpens
12 Valdrin
7 Trista (frightened 1, fading)
6 Olaf

Not sure any of Olaf, Trista, or Elise rolled DC 18 Will saves from last round, so will do so now.

Elise DC 18 Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Trista DC 18 Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 Fail
Olaf DC 18 Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

The croak of the great frog thing fades but Trista was frightened throwing off her memory of the beast. Werrt moves back from the melee, finding a more advantageous position. Its tongue shoots out of the mouth, striking Serpens and grabbing him -- holding him still and flat footed. The amphibian follows up with a strike from his club that flattens Serpens, knocking him unconscious.

Serpens is unconscious and dying 1 again. Fentus is up for the good guys.

Werrt Tongue: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Werrt Club vs grabbed Serpens, 2nd strike: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (20) + 10 - 5 = 25 Critical Hit
Critical Bludgeoning Dmg vs Serpens: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 18hp dmg

Running into the room, dropping his half-eaten drumstick, shocked to see Mr. Serpens down again, then eying the half-frog warily. Summoning a ball of flame he throws it at the Frog creature.

Produce Flame Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
Produce Flame: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Looking to the others, "Its wrong to eat this thing right? We can't just consider it big frog legs?"

* Stride
** Produce Flame

Antechamber - Round 2 - continued

Fentus pushes into the room, and flings a ball of conjured flame at the amphibian, hitting and mildly burning the slimy skin.

Where the Red Simian was perhaps hesitant before, the killing of its kin, and the electrical arc on it, have brought it whole-heartedly into the fray now. The monkey-man grabs a chunk of masonry and hurls it at Elise, trying to smash her skull with it. Luckily the stonework only grazes Elise, but she is still pretty wobbly after. The simian then moves farther back, shrieking loudly and tosses more debris at Trista, but this pile of rubble misses.

Elise is at 2hp by my reckoning. The rest of the party is up now. I will bot Serpens again (for a death save) if he doesn't join by the time everyone is ready.

Venak thrown debris: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Elise Bludgeoning dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Venak thrown debris, 2nd strike: 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 8 - 5 = 10

Trista steps up to the amphibious creature and slashes again.

short sword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 for slashing: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6
short sword: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 7 - 4 = 23 for slashing: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 = 5
Weakness 3 to me

Reaching into his divine powers, Valdrin send forth the warm energy into Serpens, stabilizing the elf before moving into the room. "Might need another break after this!"

"Ohhh, you may need to be stabilizing me soon," Elise groans, staggering forward over Serpens and stabbing into the amphibian.

Rapier: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Rapier: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

I feel like at this point if Elise dies, she deserves it. These rolls...

Actions: Stride, Strike 2x

Antechamber - Round 2 - continued

As the fight continues, Trista stabs out at Werrt, missing with one strike, but skewering the frog-thing on the second as it blurts out a loud croak.

Valdrin uses his divine healing to stop the bleeding on the fallen Serpens and stabilize him for the time being.

Heedless of her own wounds, Elise continues to press the amphibian, but her strikes are both affected by her pain, and she misses twice.

Trista's second strike is a nat 20, so Critical (does the weakness damage double?). Looking for a post from Olaf, or I will run him later today.

Olaf strides forward as the combat intensifies and stands over Mr Serpen's prone form, shield raised and blade flashing.

Stride, Strike, Raise Shield

Attack, Bastard Sword: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Guessing that's a crit
Damage, S, Critical hit assumed in the dice: 2d8 + 8 ⇒ (8, 5) + 8 = 21
Hope that's enough, of course this time I didn't spell strike and get the crit

Shield Raised, AC 20, will use the Shield Block action if attacked to negate 5 damage

Antechamber - Round 2 - concluded

Stepping over the body of the unconscious but stable Serpens, Olaf lunges with his bastard sword hitting the wounded frog-man in the midsection and tearing a mortal wound into its innards. Werrt drops to the ground dead, while Olaf raises his shield to protect against any thrown missiles from the remaining foe.

End of Round 2

Antechamber - Round 3

20 Fentus
19 Venak, Red Simian (12hp dmg)
16 Elise (2hp remaining)
16 Serpens (unconscious, stable)
12 Valdrin
7 Trista
6 Olaf

With the death of the frog, Fentus is up first to start Round 3, with just one baboon foe remaining.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Roaring at the remaining Simean creature, "Surrender or be damned to Hell! the Hellknights that lived here cursed anyone who died within to eternal Damnation!"

Demoralize, if successfully beat its will dc (10 + will save) then its frightened 1, or frightened 2 if crit success.

He then throws a fireball at it, grinning wickedly.

Produce Flame attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

* Demoralize
** Produce Flame

Antechamber - Round 3 - concluded

Fentus shouts curses at the ape-like creature, and while it does not seem to understand the spoken language, the body language is clear enough. The baboon thing seems to shrink inside itself a bit, cowering somewhat in fear of the roaring sorceror. Then Fentus pitches fire at the last foe, and with the pungent smell of monkey fur filling the room, the bit of fire is the end of Venak.

End of Combat

Well done!. Took some hits, but cleared this room. Out of Encounter mode now and back to exploration. What is next for each of you in any order?

As the smoking creature falls, Fentus casts his gaze at the creatures bodies, "Truth be told, I made that last bit up," He says with a slight chuckle.

Moving forward to Mr. Serpens, looking to Valdrin, "Is there anything I can do to help you with him? I'm not much of a healer but I can offer you guidance while you try,"

Elise takes a deep breath and leans against the wall, still holding her rapier, and moves over by where Serpens lays, sinking down onto the ground next to him. "Gods, again...yes, please, anything you can do for him," She says, trying to put pressure on her own wounds. She looks around at the rest, her face drawn and exhausted. "I don't know what's wrong with me, but I can't hit anything and it's driving me mad," she grumbles, leaning against the wall and working to catch her breath.

Trista surveys the scene, and she attempts to console Elise, "Well, we're dealing with such unfamiliar foes. Have you ever seen such a thing? I haven't, and my education was very thorough. What are all these strange creatures doing in the middle of nowhere?"

She looks over the fallen creatures and there equipment, searching for anything interesting or useful. "It's no wonder the resident goblins fled. These intruders were as fierce as they were unusual."

Making his way to Serpens, Valdrin looks at Elise while pulling out bandages and ointments, "Have the entrances covered, and I suggest we all sit tight for a while. I only have one spell left, and it isn't the healing variety. It looks like mostly everyone here needs some treatment, though I'll see what I can do to help our elf first." Chuckling a bit, he looks at the two ladies as he starts to treat Serpens' wounds, "Honestly, the both of you frighten me more than these creatures. While your aim hasn't been as true as the others Elise, your tenacity is quite something to watch. Trista, you seemed aloof when we met, but your skill with the knowledge you have, is quite something to behold."

Bandaging the elf, Valdrin sighs a bit, "This venture has become more challenging than expected. Should we find a better spot to rest up a bit, or should we continue?"

Treat Wounds Serpens | Assurance: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9
Treat Wounds Serpens | Assurance: 2d8 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5
Treat Wounds Serpens | Assurance: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 8) = 9

That's 30 minutes of treat wounds if we aren't interrupted. We should stay a little longer for more heals, or at least move somewhere more defendable, so we can get all wounds dressed.

Elise is at 2/26 HP - I don't have it updated in my status bar. DM, what's the time of day right now?

Elise sighs again, adjusting painfully as she watches Valdrin work on her guardian. "I don't know how much further I can go in this state," She admits. "It might be a good idea to find somewhere to properly rest up."

Oh boy! You're getting treated next!

As the sounds of melee die down in the cluttered antechamber, you can clearly the angry roar of a big animal behind the barricaded door to the north. It seems the door is secure enough for now, so the group hunkers down as Valdrin tends to the wounds of Mr Serpens. The elf fight comes to after a few minutes, but the priest continues to spend time with him, restoring most of his lost vitality in the process.

As Trista searches over the bodies of the fallen foes, she finds the usual mundane weapons: club, bow & arrows, whips, sickles and the like. One thing of note: each of the fallen foes wears a similar symbol on a thong about their necks. It appears to be a smoking dragon claw.

In addition to the door you entered, the room has the barricaded door to the norht, and one each on the east and west walls as well.

After 30 minutes or so of rest, nothing has interrupted your rest...yet.

Its hard to tell the exact time in the underground dungeon, but given the Call for Heroes was at noon, and you fought a fire, found the ruins, captured Calmont (and let him go again) and explored so far, I'd say its early evening -- around 5-6 pm.

I'm also not sure any one attempted the DC15 Society check to ID the monkey things, so that's still possible if you wish it.

Religion: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Checking the holy symbols while Valdrin heals up Mr. Serpens and Elise, "I've seen a lot of temples in Absalom, but nothing for whoever this is,"

While wondering around waiting, Fentus will return to his dropped drumstick on the floor and pick it up, brushing it off, scorching it a bit more before continuing to finish eating it.

A little annoyed he let another get in front of the enemy and get hurt while he was stuck back in the hall, Olaf stands guard in the middle of the room in such a place where he can quickly charge any of the doors while the group rests, heals and loots the bodies.

Dont have anything I need to be doing during the rest time so I’ll keep watch

oh, I am trained in society, didn’t think I was

Society, DC 15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

While watching for danger, Olaf does get a better look at the simian things and eventually grunts, ”Oh, right. Those are Charau-Ka, also from Mwangi. Fascinating. They are supposed to be real good at throwing stuff, as we’ve learned. Wonder if that strange symbol has anything to do with why creatures from so far away are here.”

Elise shakes her head at Fentus, frowning at the holy symbols. "I don't know much about religion, honestly. Seems more Valdrin's wheelhouse." She watches the sorcerer's slightly feral behavior with mild amusement, huffing with pained laughter.

At Olaf's words, Elise purses her lips and furrows her brows in thought, adjusting her seat on the ground painfully. "Everything odd we have encountered so far is from the Mwangi Expanse. How in the world is it all getting here in Breachill?"

Esoteric Lore: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 - 2 = 12

Trista compares the symbol to illustrations in her book, but she doesn't find anything that matches.

"I don't want to press beyond our capacity, but I am so curious about what is behind that door."

Trista points at the barricaded door to the north.

Serpens smarts at all the beatings he is taking.

Given the fact that this is a hellknight's citadel its probably some form of devil, if not asmodeus himself. We should be careful we dont get the evil on us

Once everyone is ready he gets ready to work on the door

Thievery: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Just a note - the school year started up again for me, so I will be more of an evening poster unless students are working independently. :)

Those sound like the right options. I assume a bucket is big and heavy enough to require both hands to manuever it well, so just one bucket per person.

The townspeople are already working on the bucket brigade, and it will be at the southern door soon. Can keep extending also, and PCs can join in if needed.

Good luck with school year, I do not envy you that job, not one bit

PS: I am back at home today, so should have regular posting for a while.

Ah, school starts for me tomorrow. Year 17 teaching and I'm going to a new school!

Good luck with your school year.

Ah, school starts for me tomorrow. Year 17 teaching and I'm going to a new school!

Good luck with your school year.

Year 4 for me (it's a second career) & it's just the pre-student week. Meetings, moving back into my classroom after a remodel (construction isn't done AT ALL).

Good luck with yours, too.

https://kanka.io/en-US/campaign/146317/overview

Good luck on the new school year!
I have part of the wiki up, but will be working on it more when the time allows.

Valdrin, check the link for your wiki. It just leads back here for me.

Wiki

My bad, I got the order reversed. Link should work now.

I get a "permission denied" screen when I click the link

Okay, I think I may have fixed it! I'm still new to it, so mucking about with the settings is a thing. I'm also still messing about with the settings and whatnot, but hopefully folks can at least configure their characters and whatnot.

Invitation!

Works now! Yay! That's really cool. It's going to be fun when we can fill more of it out as time goes on.

Let me know if you can't access certain areas and whatnot. I haven't done a proper wiki in a while, so it'll be a little slow at first getting things updated and accessible.

Was able to log in and view. Looks like a good start. Excited to see how it develops as you progress in the AP. Thanks for the homework!

While this is looking pretty rough, I think you are just about to turn the corner on it. Let's just say a bucket arrives at each end each turn for now. A bucket douses 4 squares per bucket.

I'll be getting prepared to get more people, then channel if need be, but we should almost be there!

Oops, I got a little turned around about what Round I was in, haha - had a really long day today.

No worries! Once everyone is out, I'll probably use my two prayers for the day. Some Full Round Heals might help out quite a bit.

After being out of town last week, I am just around the house this holiday weekend (in the US at least) and will continue to post, unless someone expresses they need a break.

Almost done with opening encounter, and then things get more interesting.

Talked to Serpens' player. He had a really busy week and will be back at it asap.

Just to clarify, does Trista get two buckets, or does each front of the line get one?

Each end of the alternates between getting 1 or 2, this round Trista gets 2 so does the other end. It's perhaps a concession from text as written.

Thanks for checking in with Serpens. I will give him time to post and then run him if he is away as to not slow down the whole game.

Awesome. I updated the fire on the map.

I'm out of town this morning, but I'll be home and by myself tonight (no kids) so I'll probably be bored and checking a lot for posts :)

Let's hope we get this fire section handled today so we CAN post a lot :P

Was up pretty much 24 hours and just got home. I’ll post when I can, but brain not working atm, lol.

Take care of yourself. <3

Snickers in the Smoke - Post Encounter Summary

Health, Resources Used etc
Valdrin (6hp dmg)
Olaf (3hp dmg, hero point used)
Elise (9hp dmg, 4 arrows fired)
Fentus (3hp dmg)
Mr Serpens (14hp dmg)
Trista (7hp dmg)

XP granted
Fire mephit & fire hazard - Moderate - 80XP
Saving spectators 5 per person; 20 people saved - 100XP
Completely dousing the fire - 30 XP

Total: 210XP
Cumulative Total: 210/1000

FYI, we will be leveling by benchmarks, not purely XP, but thought you'd like the frame of reference.

Loot Gained
none (so far)

Please let me know if I have something wrong, and let's use these summaries to reset and be on the same page going forward.

I think you're the first DM who's ever had me track ammo. :P I'll have to be better about remembering that. I'm glad you paid attention.

Was definitely a more challenging initial encounter, my initial build didn't have much in the way of non battlefield support. Definitely something to consider for future levels

Yeah, that was an interesting one. Sort of a fight with a hazard.

Oh, I failed to mention that i scaled the fire mephit up to Elite for this encounter, since there are six of you, instead of the pre-programmed 4. I have seen other GMs add a second instead, but same net effect on encounter complexity. You handled that part pretty easily regardless.

Of course just when I thought I had a nice quiet night to watch movies and refresh the campaign page constantly, I decided to have a few beers with the neighbor then get deep into video games until late.

Didn't even turn on my computer :)

Good thing about PBP I guess, is that you can do that and not really skip a beat. Sounds like more fun than just mashing Refresh

Ooooh, what video games are you playing? :D

Finally getting around to finishing Kingmaker on PS4 before Wrath, allegedly, eventually comes out. And some FIFA ‘22

I played them on the PC, really enjoyed Kingmaker, Wrath was 10x better. I have some 400 hours in Kingmaker and like 250 in Wrath. Love them both, wrath has so much replayability

The school year starts up for me tomorrow. I am usually dead on my feet upon returning home during this first week, so please feel free to bot me should you need to in order to keep things moving. PBP is one of my big joys right now, so I imagine I won't neglect it, but there's a good chance the first couple of days will be me coming home and passing out from exhaustion :P I'm the assistant esports coach and we are holding tryouts this week. Going to be a busy one.

Hope you survive your first day, Elise. Sounds like a challenge.

Just FYI, I updated the Loot Tracker (link at top margin) with the goods received from the town and 50 silver pieces you each received. You can shop for items if you need any -- most common things will be at Quarters and Bits, and you've already met the proprietor Crink.

That said, the items in the first page of the Loot Tracker are held by the party, but considered unassigned. That means, that no on in particular is holding them, so they cannot be used in Encounter mode. You can assign them (just be claiming or saying so) to individuals then they move to the 3rd page, and if held by you, can be used in combat etc with an Interact action (or as noted in the description).

Assigning and valuing things is important.

Internet is down at home today, no idea why (but I suspect some construction killed a tower) so I don’t know what my posting is going to be like on the near future. Bot as needed.

Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully its very temporary.

I did move the antiplague and antidote (think I said antivenom before), both are lesser, to Valdrin's possession, but the minor healing potions have not been distributed yet.

I'll take one!

If nobody else wants to claim it, Elise can take one of the minor potions as well.

I'm fine with anyone taking the minor potions as well. I can use heals and treat wounds fairly well. I should have major out of combat healing taken care of starting level two.

Looks like I’m back, I’ll have to catch up (20 posts! Nice!) once I get back from picking my kids up from school in the next hour here.

Not sure if 2g is worth worrying about, but according to Pathbuilder I had 1.2 GP left after creation, not the 3.2 you have listed, GM.

I am wondering if your herolab or whatever didn't calculate the cost of my second steel shield.

I will go with your number

Elise "Finch" Grimms wrote:

ooooooooooooooof...if we have more than one hero point in our pool, I'll use it...I read that 3 was standard but everyone else has 1 and I can't remember/find if you said anything about it. I'm totally fine if that's the case, it'll be comical lol

Per the Core Rulebook regarding character creation, "Your character usually begins each game session with 1 Hero Point, and you can gain additional Hero Points during sessions by performing heroic deeds or devising clever strategies.

Not sure i ruled anything different, so start with 1 Hero Point, which has already been expended.

Sounds good! I got mixed up because my other games had house ruled more points and I was used to that. <3

Sorry for missing yesteday, got sidetracked on a work thing and never made over here.

No worries about Hero Point confusion. One to start and then awarded for good deeds after (like sneaking into the bookseller's place - successfully).

Its amazing how much fun you can have with simple side interactions.

Rofl, honestly, I think her getting caught was almost better than if she had done it successfully.

I mean, not succeeding can be quite fun in the narrative. Tends to make things more memorable, and is a reminder that not everyone is perfect. Elise getting caught, and the door being slammed before anyone else could talk to Voz, I'm already loving the dynamics so far, lol.