Kobolds of the Crowned King (Inactive)

Game Master Doug Hahn

You mess up the machinery. Hopefully, it's enough the jam up the gates!

Now you feel a bit safer operating here in the fort.

Where to next?

Broomzad also mucks up the machinery with some ectoplasm.

He then looks to the barracks.

How about we check in there?"

You can hear the archer trudging about on the roof above. Make me a stealth check to get across to the barracks again (remember there's a snare at the front door too). Everyone will have to make a check as long as the guards are patrolling on the walls above. Might be a lower DC since they're probably looking out into the forest and not in at their own fort, but then again you might catastrophically fail…

"Maybe we should send someone stealthy to take out the archer first?"

"Yes!" Kadosh agrees, stretching his fangwire into a lethal garotte. He starts sneaking up to the top of the fort.

Probably makes sense for someone to come with, since one-on-one doesn't usually go great.

Stealth (trained): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

Imperius loads his hand crossbow with another poisoned bolt, but doesn't think sneaking is his forte. He does offer to poison someone else's weapon, should they want it.

"I am not much good at climbing, but I can get close in case you get into trouble."

Pepin attempts to sneak close to the barracks wall to give some backup to Kadosh.

Stealth (T): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Kadosh nods, and will accept Imperius' poison on his fangwire.

He creeps up the stairs, quickly deploying his battering snare at the top. I can move that up to 10 feet, so I'm hoping to get up and set it while the guard is at the other side of her route, and then have it close enough I can move it when she gets close.

Zyphlryx agrees to join Kadosh and Pepin.

Stealth (T): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 nice
COVER US! he says in a stage whisper that isn't much of a whisper.

"Stop shouting!" Broomzad wails as he too tries to sneak along.

Stealth: 1d2 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Imperius just watches, shaking his head, as he tries to take aim at the guard.

Kadosh winces. This is why he should work alone. Are they trying to get him killed?!

Kathil — the archer who killed Broomzad, comes around the corner and dashes forward, smiling menacingly at the two kobolds she can see. What're you doing here? I'll make this nice and slow. The last kobold I killed only yelped a little when I shot him through the heart. She doesn't seem to recognize or register the ghost standing nearby on the stairs.

★★★
The Kobold Killer Round 1

Battlemap

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➤ Kadosh (16/16 HP) │ Undetected and Unnoticed
➤ Pepin le Beouf (13/13 HP) │ Undetected and Unnoticed
Kathil the Killer (-0 HP)
Zyphlryx (14/14 HP) │ Observed
Broomzad (26/26 HP) │ Observed
Imperius (14/14 HP) │ Hidden

Considering the situation/positioning, I'm going to assume I don't have my snare deployed.

Stepping to one side of the wannabe Hunger Games star, Kadosh sizes her up, shows her his teeth ... and then strikes with his fangwire! He slashes brutally across her neck, trying to end the fight before she can cry out.

Step, Hunt Prey, Strike
Fangwire (agile, finesse, grapple): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Damage (slashing, backstabber): 1d4 ⇒ 4
Crit (deadly d8)!: 1d8 ⇒ 7

GAK! Kadosh viciouslly garrotes his target! She would probably shout for help, but his fangwire slices her windpipe!

17 damage, but she is still up.

Pepin is up!

the fang wire was poisoned with giant centipede venom

I will make this save because poison isn't allowed to be fun: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

What's Pepin got cooked up!?

"I think you might find me a little spicy for your tastes!"

Pepin steps behind him and bursts with stinging acid, with a hint of balsamic flavouring.

Acidic Burst Reflex DC18 Acid: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11

*her

1d20 ⇒ 16

The archer is surprised to be splashed with boiling balsamic — but manages to dodge out of the way! She gasps for breath and clutches her bruised throat as ease backpedals and fires off an arrow:

Longbow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

It sails over Kadosh's head.

★★★
The Kobold Killer Round 1

Battlemap

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Kadosh (16/16 HP)
Pepin le Beouf (13/13 HP)
Kathil the Killer (-22 HP)
➤ Zyphlryx (14/14 HP)
➤ Broomzad (26/26 HP)
➤ Imperius (14/14 HP)

Imperius moves up, "Vengeance for my good friend Broomzad!"

hand crossbow +6 (range increment 60 feet, reload 1): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
piercing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Plus giant centipede venom

Zyphlryx surveys the scene...

DaS: 1d20 ⇒ 1

...and is certain the idea that just crossed his mind has absolutely no merit whatsoever. Instead, he tries a really stupid gambit to get behind the archer. His short legs don't let him get quite far enough.

Devise a Stratagem, Stride x2.

Bolts clang on the wall and Zyphlryx gives chase.

Broomzad is up!

Broomzad moves closer, but it so enraged by being confronted with his killer, that he is unable to aim!

Telekinetic projectile: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

”You’ll suffer, pinkskin!”

Kadosh rushes after the archer, slashing again with his fangwire. "Don't let her escape!" he hisses to his fellow kobolds. He's so perturbed, however, that his wire goes wide, slicing off a chunk of wood from the palisade.

Stride x2 (provoking if she has an AoO; she was just out of my range with one Stride), Strike
Fangwire (agile, finesse, grapple): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage (slashing, backstabber?, gravity weapon?): 1d4 ⇒ 4

Somehow the Pinkskin escapes your onslaught of attacks.

She moves over and tries to shove Kadosh off the side of the fort!

Shove: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 Not a crit fail

The Truescale stands strong. She grunts in frustration — still unable to use her voice _ as she snaps off a point-blank shot in his face:

Lbow, Volley, MaP 2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Her luck may be running out. Then again…

★★★
The Kobold Killer Round 3

Battlemap

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Kadosh (16/16 HP)
Pepin le Beouf (13/13 HP)
Kathil the Killer (-22 HP)
➤ Zyphlryx (14/14 HP)
➤ Broomzad (26/26 HP)
➤ Imperius (14/14 HP)

Imperius moves up and loads his crossbow, this time with an unpoisoned bolt.

He fires at the woman but the bolt slams into the palisade.
hand crossbow +6 (range increment 60 feet, reload 1): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
piercing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Broomzad moves in close and tries to kill his killer with his ghostly blade.

Shortsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Shortsword: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Zyphlryx looks over the situation...

DaS: 1d20 ⇒ 7

...but clearly that strategy has no place here. Instead, he takes out his probing cane and moves opposite the Apparition Formerly Known as Broomzad, trying to knock the archer to the floor!

Athletics vs. Reflex DC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Interact, Stride, Athletics check to Trip.

I will give Broomzad the flank even though Zyphlryx acted later.

Zyphlryx fails to kick her down. Imperius knows he missed.

The archer's eyes widen in surprise as the finally recognizes the ghost of broomzad! She gurgles in fear as his ectoplasmic blade touches her heart.

Yet, she still fights on…

★★★
The Kobold Killer Round 4

Battlemap

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➤ Kadosh (16/16 HP)
➤ Pepin le Beouf (13/13 HP)
Kathil the Killer (-27 HP)
Zyphlryx (14/14 HP)
Broomzad (26/26 HP)
Imperius (14/14 HP)

Kadosh grins at the scared pinkskin. She [i]should[/b] be scared. He has her RIGHT where he wants her, as he begins slashing with his fangwire.

Fangwire (agile, finesse, grapple): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage (slashing, backstabber?, gravity weapon?): 1d4 ⇒ 3

Fangwire (agile, finesse, grapple), iterative vs. hunted prey: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 - 2 = 18
Damage (slashing, backstabber?, gravity weapon?): 1d4 ⇒ 4

Fangwire (agile, finesse, grapple), iterative 2 vs. hunted prey: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 4 = 22
Damage (slashing, backstabber?, gravity weapon?): 1d4 ⇒ 4

Kadosh finishes the job. Silently, the archer falls. She has a composite longbow (100 arrows — how does she carry all those!?), leather armor, shortsword).

From atop the battlements here, you can hear sousing You can hear shouting in the woods. AHHHH! and It's unkillable! and It went that way! Torches flicker as the pink skins flail and lurch about the forest, hunting for Tombzaad.

Looks lik you have some time before they get back… the gates are stuck shut anyway. You can see two towers atop the battlements here and a door to the closest ones. You can also go back down to the barracks or equipment if you want.

While Broomzaad relishes in his revenge… the next question will inevitably come up. Where to?

Checking to make sure he's OK -- of course he is -- Kadosh spits on the dead pinkskin -- that's what it gets for killing what's-his-name! -- and looks around.

He cocks his head in a gesture toward the nearest tower. Likely something interesting is in there, he tries to intimate to Imperius ...

He'll probably try to lead us somewhere else, though...

Zyphlryx nods and heads toward the tower Kadosh indicated, stealing glances at the woods outside with a sly smile. Stupid pinkskins are stupid, he thinks.

Moved Z's token where I think we are headed.

"Yes, let us go to the nearest tower. That is an amazing idea I just had!"

He winks at Kadosh.

You open the door. This tower seems to be used for storage; pinkskin-sized longbows and barrels full of arrows lie haphazardly on the floor.

While your friends hide in the shadows Imperius notices two shiny crossbow bolts behind a barrel; it's cold to the touch!

Zyphlryx looks around more carefully and notices a secret door in the left wall of the tower, where it abuts the ciff on the outside. It's dusty and well-hidden. Likely the stupid Pinkskins didn't;t even realize it was there, but a Kobold would. Marked with an "S" on the map

Imperius looks carefully at the bolts.
Occultism: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

"Yup. They are something. I'll hang on to them, since I use a crossbow. We may see what they do!"

Zyphlryx checks out the secret door for hidden surprises. Perception +7, Thievery +6.

Imperius tucks the bolts into his quiver. Hopefully they don't blow up or anything.

Zyphlryx detects no traps.

Confident of no concerns, Zyphlryx opens the secret door.

Zyphlryx pushes a crate out if the way and opens the door… inside are three skeletons of squat, medium-sized pinkskins. It looks like they were tortured in here but the manacles long since rotted away. Maybe they're not pink skins? Hard to tell without a closer look but before you can do much two of them rise up and attack! Art on the map, though they don't have weapons.

Blood seeps from their bones as they clamber forward…

Claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
S: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Claw: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 10 - 4 = 16

The creature slashes Zyphlryx's scales!

★★★
Bloody Not-Pinkskin Skeletons! Round 1

Battlemap

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Skeleton 1 (-0 HP)
➤ Broomzad (26/26 HP)
➤ Kadosh (26/26 HP)
➤ Imperius (22/22 HP)
➤ Pepin le Beouf (20/20 HP)
Skeleton 2 (-0 HP)
Zyphlryx (16/22 HP)

"What did you do now?" Kadosh grouses, annoyed that someone has gotten him in trouble again. Is he trying to get him killed? That's the only way this could happen, right?

Sizing up the nearest one, Kadosh lashes out with his fangwire.

Hunt prey, Strike x2
Fangwire (agile, finesse, grapple): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage (slashing?): 1d4 ⇒ 4

Fangwire (agile, finesse, grapple), iterative vs. hunted prey: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 2 = 25
Damage (slashing): 1d4 ⇒ 2

Kadosh snakes his fang wire around the corner to strike the thing; the second attack with the slashing weapon succeeds, but slips harmlessly off the undead's tough bones!

Imperius looks at what he is guessing are rock folk skeletons. But, he uses his esoteric lore to be sure.

Esoteric Lore: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

”Use blunt weapons if you have them!”

He, however, sets up a personal Antithesis on #1, hoping to overcome their resistances with weaknesses.

hand crossbow +7 (range increment 60 feet, reload 1): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
piercing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 weak 3 to this attack

He then reloads.

"Time to heat these up for a little bone broth!"

Pepin steps and then casts a spell on both skeletons.

Microwave on High (Electric Arc) Reflex DC18: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Imperius's bolt sizzles away some of the creature's bone, but the skeleton's natural hardness overcomes much of the damage. 11 gross - 5 resist = 6

2d20 ⇒ (11, 2) = 13 Make, fail

Skeleton proves to be inured against microwaves, though skeleton 2 roasts a bit! Fail; 8-5=3

Broomzad moves forward to try and slash at the thing.

Shortsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Shortsword: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 7 - 4 = 6

Missing badly.

★★★
The Guy Who Opened the Door is Finally Up! Round 1

Battlemap

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Skeleton 1 (-6 HP)
Broomzad (26/26 HP)
Kadosh (26/26 HP) │ Hunting Skelly 1
Imperius (22/22 HP)
Pepin le Beouf (20/20 HP)
Skeleton 2 (-3 HP)
➤ Zyphlryx (16/22 HP)

Zyphlryx lets out a muffled cry, groping at his size and bringing up his probing cane to bash the skeleton.

probing cane: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
bludgeoning: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Then steps back.

Interact to draw, Strike, Step.

Zyphlryx punches through the skeleton's hardness! B seems to work!

The second skeleton comes out of delay, moves out, and tries claw Imperius! It seems consumed with anger and rage.

Failing to do so, it claws at the Thaumaturge!

Claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
S: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Claw: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 10 - 4 = 14

One claw mars the Truescale's beautiful scales.

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Skeleton 1 claws furiously at 1d2 ⇒ 2 Kadosh, then Broomzad, then Kadosh again! As with its companions it lashes out with a fury that isn't very tactical.

Claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
S: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Claw: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 10 - 4 = 18
S: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Claw: 1d20 + 10 - 8 ⇒ (16) + 10 - 8 = 18
S: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

It misses all three times… but the gooey blood that seeps out of its bones begins to knit the cracks together. Fast Healing 2

★★★
Bloody Skeletons! Round 2

Battlemap

There are pieces of broken wood around and pinkskin bows/crossbows around that you cold use as improvised weapons to bludgeon the skellies if needed.

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Skeleton 1 (-4 HP)
➤ Broomzad (26/26 HP)
➤ Kadosh (26/26 HP) │ Hunting Skelly 1
➤ Imperius (17/22 HP)
➤ Pepin le Beouf (20/20 HP)
➤ Zyphlryx (16/22 HP)
Skeleton 2 (-6 HP)