GM Frost's B20 Burden in Bloodcove (Inactive)

Game Master Frozen Frost

Yhe paladin will take a fee strpd back, jands on his polearm.

Whatever Ulfgar thinks it might be, he signals everyone to step back which the others are obliged to follow. Sensing danger, Lokoloko plans to burn it with one of his vials, but Ulfgar says like "No, don't do that, it will explode." Eustace explains about it while Rusputen suggests throwing it into the water while Kidron readies his polearm at hand.

I just re-read the text and it says 'dockworkers finish unloading a large oak barrel, heaving beneath its immense weight' but it only shows that it occupies one square on the Map of the bounty itself. Having said that, we say it has 12 bulk of weight occupying four squares (instead of one) in the Map if you wish to carry and push/throw it into the water, as Rusputen suggests. I assume that changes the actions you will decide to do. So what are you all gonna do with the large oak barrel?

Lokoloko continues to back away, following Eustace's lead, though he's a bit disappointed at not being able to burn the barrel.

Blub. "What do you mean by dangerous?" Squish asks of their allies assesment of the large barrel.

does the barrell have somethinh inside?

Like it's going to explode and cause damage to a wide area, mostly likely accompanied by fire Rusputen says to Squish.

Squish blubs back a little bit more.

[b] Do we have someone who can attempt to disarm the barrell? ]/b] he asks.

Lokoloko's eyes perk up. "I's can make things. Maybe I's can disarm barrel. But I's rather make barrel buuuuuuurn." His beady red eyes seem to glow at the thought of engulfing the barrel in flames.

So what does everyone decide to do with the barrel?

Rusputen still thinks it should be punted into the water but he doesn't have the skills for disarming. He'll leave it for those trained in such things. He does start preparing a Ray of Frost in case it does explode.

Lokoloko examines the barrel closely.

Crafting, Fatigued: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Lokoloko attempts to tinker with the barrel, doing his work as he inserts a thin metal between the staves of the barrel, hoping he might defuse something or disable a device in it. Fortunately, he is able to jam the mechanism of one of the spray nozzles, evident by something that snaps and some mechanical clicks. Attempt is a success. Two nozzles left to be disabled.

Lokoloko winks at his companions, stretches his fingers and munches on a pickle. He realizes what the game is and goes back to examining the barrel.

Crafting, Fatigued: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Lokoloko continues to disable what he believes the trigger to the nozzles that might release the flammable oil. He does the same approach but this time to the other nozzle. Fortunately, he is able to unhook whatever connects to the nozzle. Another successful attempt from Lokoloko. One nozzle is left to be disabled.

Lokoloko sighs and drinks more Pickle juice to wake himself up. He again examines the barrel carefully.

Crafting, Fatigued: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Lokoloko takes his moment with the barrel as if it is his own work of art that needs to disassemble. Continuing his work and doing the same approach again, he without a sweat disables the other connection to the nozzle. Attempt is successful. What now?

Lokoloko runs back to where Squish is and drinks some pickle juice to calm his nerves.

"Dwarf want open barrel? Traps probally all fixed."

Blub. "Squish think one more nozzle. Maybe Squish Blub."

Squish squeeks up and tries to work on the last bit.

crafting: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Is it safe now?

The knight nods in approval at the goblin.

Lokoloko fingers a particularly red vial on his bandolier. "I's burn barrel now?" he asks eagerly.

Squish thinks there is more to it other than what Lokoloko has just disabled. Sure enough, with some tinkering again, an unknown mechanism clicks and the lid loosens but still remains closed. (Crafting check is Crit Success, but Squish has no idea yet on what they just disabled. Maybe it is safe to open it now?)

Sorry for my silence guys, for some reason I wasn't getting notifications on this campaign. I assumed I'd just scared everyone off from posting.

Ulfgar watches from a safe distance. When both Lokoloko and Squish have finished their work, he approaches and checks the barrel again for any further dangers.

If he believes it is all clear, he'll open it up.

Squish blubs "Squish thinks its safe now."

Rusputen still eyes the barrel with suspicion.

Kindron will grab his pole arm eith oth hands

Ulfgar waits for everyone to agree if it is already safe to open now. Once he sees them all nod to open the barrel, he raises the lid. Removing the lid breaks a thin lever that initiates a chain reaction. The hoops snap, and the barrel’s staves fall open like the petals of a flower. Two explosive rats are catapulted out in all directions! The crowd on the dock begins to panic and disperse.

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I'M COMING OUT! Round 1
Party Conditions: This music is playing in the background, "I'm Coming Out" by Dianna Ross.
ENCOUNTER MAP

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Character in ➤ BOLD can act!
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➤ Kidron (AC 21) (47/47 HP)
➤ Eustace (AC 20) (39/39 HP)

Barrel (- HP)

Squish (AC 17) (40/40 HP)
Rusputen (AC 17) (29/29 HP)

Rattata A (- HP)
Rattata B (- HP)

Ulfgar (AC 20) (49/49 HP)
Lokoloko (AC 20) (34/34 HP)

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No Nature here

You must be from a really ugly branch of the species.

He will draw his shortsword, attempt to tumble through Rattata A for panache, and strike.

◆ Draw Shortsword

◆ Tumble through, Acrobatics vs Reflex DC
Acrobatics vs A Reflex DC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

Assuming that is a success and he has Panache

◆ Attack with Shortsword and Confident Finisher
+1 Shortsword Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Shortsword piercing damage: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
Confident Finisher precision damage: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7

↺ Opportune Ripost if he is Critically Missed

Seeing the ratfolk spring into action, the paladin will move up to the rat he is attacking, and strike at it with his pole arm, creating a flank with the ratfolk,
-2 rattata AC

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 +1 fauchard with disrupting ally

Missing he attacks again
1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (6) + 10 - 5 = 11 +1 fauchard with disrupting ally

Not having much luck he will ready a reaction to defend with 5 hp of resistance

and the strike 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 +1 fauchard with disrupting ally
-2 to rattata AC for flank

Eustace draws his weapon and attempts to tumble through. His attempt is flawless and gets across the rat. (Tumble Through is crit success, you gain Panache) He then pierces it with his weapon on hand, connecting and piercing into one of its lungs. (Success, 9 total damage to Rattata A) Kidron flanks and attacks the same Rattata but both attacks miss.

The barrel produces a spark with its plug but it has no combustible oil to ignite, thanks to the successful attempts of those who disabled its mechanism.

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I'M COMING OUT! Round 1
Party Conditions: This music is playing in the background,
ENCOUNTER MAP

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BEFORE YOUR TURN:
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Rattata A: FF

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Character in ➤ BOLD can act!
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Kidron (AC 21) (47/47 HP)
Eustace (AC 20) (39/39 HP)

Barrel (- HP)

➤ Squish (AC 17) (40/40 HP)
➤ Rusputen (AC 17) (29/29 HP)

Rattata A (-9 HP)
Rattata B (- HP)

Ulfgar (AC 20) (49/49 HP)
Lokoloko (AC 20) (34/34 HP)

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Rusputen fires a Ray of Cold at B

nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
ray of frost: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29 cold: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 3) + 4 = 8 (Heightened 2)

Great. These things are fire bombs. Do NOT hit them with fire. That means YOU Lokoloko.

Blub.

Squish uses the power of the ooze to rend the rattatas.

Bludgeoning Slashing damage: 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + (4) = 7

Basic Fort DC 19, stunned 1 on a crit fail.

Amped Telekinetic Rend on both rattatas.

Squish then follows up with Guidance on Lokoloko. hoping to encourage them not to explode the rats.

Rusputen is able to recall what exactly the rattatas are, even warning Lokoloko to be careful of throwing things on them, especially those that make fire. He then blasts one of the rats with an icy ray, hitting it squarely and bringing it to its demise. (Rattata B gets eliminated) Anyone close to it can see that the rat is connected to an explosive harness, which displays an ominous 1-minute pocket watch. The watch still keeps ticking.

An adjacent creature can attempt to safely remove the harness from the grappled, restrained, or unconscious rat, and disable the harness with a successful DC 17 Nature or Thievery check or a successful DC 15 Tanning Lore check. An attempt to disable the harness uses two actions.

With only one rattata to deal with, Blub Squish creates a violent axis of motion in a nearby space with their mind, blasting it against the remaining rattata, and it is not quickly to dodge, taking the spell's full damage, cutting the rat into half. Rattata A takes 7 slashing damage. He then follows up with Guidance for Lokoloko.

The explosive harnesses on the unconcious/dead rats are still ticking...

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I'M COMING OUT! Round 1-2
Party Conditions: This music is playing in the background,
ENCOUNTER MAP

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Character in ➤ BOLD can act!
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➤ Kidron (AC 21) (47/47 HP)
➤ Eustace (AC 20) (39/39 HP)
Barrel (- HP)
➤ Squish (AC 17) (40/40 HP)
➤ Rusputen (AC 17) (29/29 HP)
Rattata A (Explosive Rat) (-16 HP) │ Disable the harness with a successful DC 17 Nature or Thievery check or a successful DC 15 Tanning Lore check (for two actions)
Rattata B (Explosive Rat) (-16 HP) │ Disable the harness with a successful DC 17 Nature or Thievery check or a successful DC 15 Tanning Lore check (for two actions)
➤ Ulfgar (AC 20) (49/49 HP)
➤ Lokoloko (AC 20) (34/34 HP) │ Guidance (1 rd)

Rusputen attempts to disable the harness. If that doesn't work, he's going to fling the rat into the water.
Nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Athletics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

He'll probably throw the rat in the harbour anyway.

Feel Free to tell me no, this doesn't work

I think I can do this Eustace says as he blows on his fingers and prepares to try to disable the harness.

Eustace has Tinkering Fingers and I'm hoping you'll let that work here.

Crafting with Tinkering Fingers to disable the explosive harness: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Nope

Lokoloko looks disappointed that he wasn't able to burn the rats. Nevertheless, the goblin looks at Eustace and grabs one end of the rat's harness to drag it to the edge of the harbor to throw it in.

Rusputen is able to deactivate the explosive harness on one of the explosive rats closest to him.

Eustace has Tinkering Fingers and I'm hoping you'll let that work here.

I will rule that it can't be used since it applies on Repair, which is a ten-minute activity. You still have your three actions to disable the harness if you want to.

Kidron, Eustace, Squish, Ulgar, and Lokoloko are up to disable the harness attached to Rattata A (Brown).

Lokoloko moves up to the unconscious rat but runs out of time to do anything else.

◆◆ Stride
(nothing else to do other than end my turn)

Squish blubs over to the remaining harness and attempts to disable it.

Nature(T): 1d209 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Squish successfully disables the last explosive harness.

ENCOUNTER OVER! WELL DONE!

Everyone's health is full.

Once they conclude their inspections, Aayah returns. She praises them for wisely preventing an explosion when she learns of the nature of the said last barrel. "That's a pernicious powder keg, in which a menacing clockwork contraption emerges from that impressively large and heavy-duty oaken barrel. You can see that it has a spring-loaded launcher mechanism that catapults explosive-laden rats, which you just encountered and nozzles spray flammable oil before igniting it, which you fortunately disabled, before they can cause a fire." she explains as she looks at the inactive barrel. She finds that the catapulting device is emblazoned with an insignia of shark jaws closing around a ship — the same design flown by Jaw Lonnesen, a pirate recently slighted by the Consortium. "Thanks to you, he did not cause me any trouble, that Jaw Lonnesen I previously mentioned." she smirks at the failed attempt of the pirate.

She promptly pays them the promised rate of 10 gp and extends her sincere thanks on behalf of the Aspis Consortium. In the evening, they overhear that a subsequent investigation revealed that the chameleons were initially headed to a more appropriate receiving area but were rerouted by falsified documents.

And that's the end of the bounty, actually. You can continue roleplaying if you want. I would like everyone to check your info in the sign-up sheet linked above. I will send the chronicles and report the game on weekend or when the majority gets to confirm that their info is all good.

In a fit of pique, Lokoloko grabs a vial of alchemist fire and hurls it into the sea, watching with satisfaction as the top of the water catches fire...

Rusputen just sighs at the mention of the pirate. Once everything is settled up, he goes looking for the nearest pub.

Well that was certainly interesting, if frustrating at times. Eustace mumbles as he heads off toward the pub behind Rusputen.

As the rest of the team acts so quickly around him, Ulfgar just crosses his arms over his chest, spits to the side and gives one brief, approving nod as the work is done.

He sits down next to Rusputen at the nearest pub, largely just staring straight ahead as he drinks some ale, though he'll listen to just about anything anyone wants to say.

I am happy no one was seriously hurt the paladin states

Eeeeyup Rusputen replies as he sips a beverage imported all the way from Irrisian. You guys did really well with all the trapfinding, disabling and all that. Granny would be pleased.