Rising Shadows: Moonshae Isles (5e) (Inactive)

Game Master Donnell "The Fox"

Gideon begins his retreat... then seeing nobody else is interested in living stops 60' away and loads his bow looking for someone to shoot.

He spends a round running away before turning wondering why his companions have such a deathwish.

I hope he asks Toki! Toki has an answer for him! ^_^

Jaylen feels like he’s stuck between and orc and a hard place atm.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 another Primal Savagery.
Jaylen turns to face the orc that asked about his wound and swipes with a feral swing, hopeful to at the least, keep the orc backed away. If successfull: 1d10 ⇒ 2 acid damage.

fyi, I shifted the map north by 20' to accommodate Gideon's retreat.

Toki's axe does indeed catch the orc on the chin, and while it's not enough to fell the creature, it is no longer very steady on its feet.

hmmm I wasn't sure what Braith would want to do this round, but I think I'll have to bot her anyway.

Mace: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Surprised that her last attack hit, Braith almost drops her mace!

Jaylen turns back to the other orc, and just catches it on the arm as it tries to leap out of the way. They do a lot of damage, but fortunately their AC is terrible

@Jacka-Lope: Rabbit Hop is actually 5 feet * proficiency, so I'll move you back 10'. Also, don't forget that the goblin is Hexed -- I assume that the extra damage applies to spell attacks, so that's an extra 1d6 ⇒ 4 damage.

The black orc is so surprised by Jaylen's attack, that his great axe gets tangled in the bush next to him.

The blue orc glares at Toki, spits a mouthful of blood and teeth into the warrior's eyes, blinding Toki so that he cannot defend himself from the greataxe that nearly chops him in half.

The goblin leader is unimpressed by Jacka-Lope's backward leap -- stalking up to the warlock, he takes two swipes at Jacka-Lope, his scimitar slicing across a thigh. 4 damage

Round 4
Jacka-Lope -4

Orc 1 (Black) -10
Orc 2 (Blue) -20

Goblin 1 (Yellow) -3 [escaped]
Goblin 2 (Orange) [Hexed] -13
Goblin 3 (Blue) [escaped]

Gideon -2
Toki [unconscious]
Braith -3
Jaylen -1

Wow, I rolled a lot of 1s this round

Everyone is up! Please post your actions.

Sorry, I thought my last action counted for this round!

Mace again: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

She continues to bash at the orc, recovering a little but still shaken.

Death Save 1: 1d20 ⇒ 20 Holy moley!

Toki finds himself standing at giant oaken doors, sounds of revelry from within... He bangs on the door, and after a moment it opens and a tall Northman looks at him and shakes his head, Not your time, boy.

The door slams shut with a thunderous boom and his eyes flutter open! No! It was in my grasp!

The sounds of battle around them draw his attention back to the task at hand... Well... back to work!

hp 1/12; prone

The bunny makes a jump to put some space between him and the goblin and then blows out his breathe so that as he exhales it takes on a frosty tinge as he tries to freeze the goblin to death

Frostbite
You cause numbing frost to form on one creature that you can see within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 1d6 cold damage, and it has disadvantage on the next weapon attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.

CON DC 13
1d6 ⇒ 5 cold
1d6 ⇒ 3 hex

Gideon: Shortbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 251d6 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 6 = 10
Crit! Gideon's arrow kills the orange goblin.

Braith's attack kills the blue orc.

Jaylen: Primal Savagery: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 231d10 ⇒ 5
Hit!

Black Orc v Jaylen: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 171d12 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Miss!

Round 5
Jacka-Lope -4

Orc 1 (Black) -15
Orc 2 (Blue) [dead]

Goblin 1 (Yellow) -3 [escaped]
Goblin 2 (Orange) [dead]
Goblin 3 (Blue) [escaped]

Gideon -2
Toki [prone]
Braith -3
Jaylen -1

Only the Black Orc remains. Please post your actions for this round.

did his spell go off or was tbe goblin killed before it did?

bonus action hex to orc

He manifests a big golf clib to smack the orc
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 eldritch blast

1d10 ⇒ 5 force
1d6 ⇒ 5 hex

Snatching up his axe, Toki stands behind the orc, And Hela spat me out...

Handaxe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Dammit! Can't let me be cool for one moment, can you, Diceroller? >.< My only hope is that it is enough of a distraction for Jaylen to finish the job!
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

His wounds prove too much for the young raider, and his axe bangs ineffectually on the black orc... Swaying, Toki taunts, Are you good enough to finish the job?

Starting to get a little more confidence since some of the enemy was losing confidence, Gideon releases another arrow at the remaining orc.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 Bow
1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Arrow

But it seems that his bow had only one last hurrah before giving up the ghost as the bowstring snaps and the arrow only travels a couple of feet in front of him before lodging in the ground... then falling over.

Okay GM you have to roll all Gideon's attack rolls from this time forward. :-)

However it needs to shake out - if Toki moved up or was swinging against a dead orc :-p...

Braith walks up behind Toki and asks her god to bind the wounds of the courageous fighter. Cure Wounds 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

If we've all moved up, Braith is there in case the (black) orc fells Toki, but otherwise is not adjacent.

I think the Black orc is the one that dropped me and is still the one remaining, I think. Yay, back to full! Thanks, Braith!

Correct! Also, I moved Toki and Braith as described.
@Gideon: From your current position, you can't see the remaining orc (and it would be long distance if you could -- you are more than 80' away).
@Jacka-Lope: You hit the orc because of the 20, but fyi, it has 3/4 cover from where you are currently standing.

Jaylen: Primal Savagery: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 201d10 ⇒ 1

The orc calls out: "Boss? Chi yno? Rwy'n cadw torri'r f$@%ers hyn yn eu hanner ac maent yn dal i godi yn ôl ..."

And, when there's no response, mutters in Common: "Well to hell with this..." before disengaging and running off toward the mountains.

End of combat, unless you plan to pursue / attack with ranged

fyi, I will be away next week, likely without internet access. Feel free to post your plans / next steps.

Toki sits down, Whoo, that was crazy. I have got to get stronger... How's everyone doing?

did his spell go off or was tbe goblin killed before it did?

I am not sure that this question was answered.

Oh right -- sorry about that. I think by the order of initiative, the goblin would have died first. Frostbite is a cantrip, right? so no loss of spell slot.

Feeling assured that the orc is not going to come right back, Braith looks around and sees that no one is terribly injured, but asks anyways. I don't have any clerical healing left, but I do have some bandages. Is everyone okay? She starts cleaning her own wounds.

No, but it would have changed his actions

Thanks to your god, I am full of vigor and could pull the ears off a baby troll! Toki laughs. Well, maybe we should take a breather and figure out our next move. Eh, lass? What does your mission entail now?

Toki looks at the dwarven priestess meaningfully, awaiting his answer...

Winnow looks up from where she has been seeking guidance from her deity: "First, I must also apologize -- like Braith, I also no more access to healing magic today. I'm sorry that so many of you were hurt on what was meant to be a short trip to the shoreline."

"Given that raiding parties have made it so far from the mountains, I think that I ought to return to the clan and speak with my father. We might have to advance our plans reclaim the Fairheights before the orc tribes are further emboldened."

"My plan was to retrieve a special red pearl to use in a ritual communion, but perhaps Berronar Truesilver has answered my questions, if indirectly. I have a new question, however: What is your interest in helping us in our greater goal of reclaiming the Fairheight Range and, ultimately, making our way back through the Tunnels of Dwarvenholm to our rightful home on the isle of Gwynneth?"

The seer told us that it was our fate Toki says with a shrug, as if it was no big deal.

The bunny replies, I like caves, well really more burrows than caves, but what are caves if not really deep down burrows?

Now that the combat is over Gideon feels a bit emboldened.

"In the name of the Dawnbringers I pledge to help to eliminate any threats to the empire".

It does appear that this is where our path is taking us. After a quick rest, where to next? Sounds like you, Winnow, are headed back home?

Winnow raises both hands "Now, I know that you have your own quest to complete, and I don't want to stand in the way of that. As well... well, I ought not to speak ill of my father and his advisors, but the clan will likely deliberate for some time over this -- heading off the conflicting advice was the reason I hoped to seek the counsel of The Revered Mother. Best if you continue your mission from the Earthmother -- I will contact you when we are ready."

Toki nods and looks to the others, Well then, what other locations did we need to visit?

The bunnu waveams at the dwarf, Toodles!

OK I haz the dumb, where is the prophesy we were given? I'm sure I'm just missing it in the history somewhere.

Handouts / Slides link under DM's handle. ^_^

Let me know what the plan is here -- Winnow is happy to take a rest here and/or chat further, but she plans to head back to town. Are you going back to the ship?

Toki unfurls the scroll in his belt and reads the prophecy again, then placing some stones at the edges for weight, he unrolls the map, Well, we could continue on to try and find the red pearl she was looking for, but I feel like without her, we cannot be sure where to go.

We could either look for the goblin's eye or find the weapon of the god exiled from the heavens... On the map it looks like Bluto's Base or Bulak's Manor?

The little bunny dances around the group singing Goblin's eye, goblins eyes while trying to stretch his eyes out to look like a goblin's/

Re the red pearl: You could easily convince Winnow to continue with this mission if you want. Otherwise, you can consider this part of the quest complete -- it's sort of up to you.

Also, just a reminder of Captain Poppie's advice back at the start: she recommended looking for a druid near Lehigh for help with the "goblin eye."

Winnie, we have come so far. After a short rest, we are up to continue, if you want to be nabbing that pearl... Toki says without looking up from the map.

Well we did promise to help Winnow here gather that pearl, but the druid place is apiece from here. Our bunny friend is right, the goblin eye seems the next part to seek. Perhaps we should part ways, at least for now? We can surely return to help?

If we intend to short rest, does anyone have HD remaining to heal? If not Jaylen has one spell slot remaining I believe.

It seems to me that recovering the goblins eye could be helpful for the future, why not help while we are here?

The bunny got smacked and a short rest will help him get his spell slots back

Gideon was also injured though he makes the wound seem much worse than it really is. I would assume a short rest before venturing onward.

"The Goblin's Eye... That sounds interesting. Let us now forget our original quest. I say back to the ship and onward to Lehigh".

Okay, it sounds like people are more for moving on, so I'll push forward a bit.

After a short rest, you accompany Winnow back to Highrock, where she sees to it that you have accommodations for the evening. You send a message to the Shantu to let the captain know that you will be ready to depart with the morning tide. Winnow sends word to her father and will likely be meeting with the war council through the night (and probably for many days).

Welcome to Level 2! Everyone may level up -- feel free to post your new abilities in the Discussion or to RP it here.

I'll pick this up in a day or two, once everyone has had a chance to figure out the new level.

On the boat, as they travel from point A to point B, Toki spars heavily with his companions. Wielding a padded club and his shield, the warrior tries to improve his footwork and spotting openings in his opponents' defenses!

Toki updated! Only gained hp and Action Surge.

The bunny spends some time resting to recooperate from his battle. As he dreams his patron provides him with the knowledge to protect himself a bit better and to illumine things that are hidden. The patron also strengthens his eldritch constructs.

@Toki We’re not on the boat but Jaylen will spar with you a bit.

During their sparring, Toki, being the far better swordsman swats at Jaylen and knocks him off balance and then tripping then tripping the Druid. To Toki’s suprise and a little to Jaylens, Jaylen’s face and body transformed very quickly and an angry bear stands before Toki menacingly as if taunting Toki to try that again.

2nd level Druid of the Moon coming online.

I figured that was the consensus, move to the next location. If not, we can do it here in the mountains... ^_^

Whoa! Toki stumbles back, then laughs, Well played, Bjern... Let us try this again!

Braith will join in the sparing if you'll have her, being at first wary but then quite intrigued with Jaylen's newfound ability. Hopefully Toki has some pointers for the team!

Being a spiritual person, she spends a bit more time in meditation and prayer, trying to understand a new ability she's been granted. Though there are no undead to turn, she practices this new spell anyways - some of you may feel the magical spiritual tingle. And she figures out that sometimes, this power can instead be used to heal! Channel Divinity: Preserve Life.

I really wish they had something like tactics, that we could practice together and gain a small benefit in battle... :(

oh whoops! Sorry, there was something that I wanted to post and I got ahead of myself. So, just a short detour into the past:

Back at the site of your last battle, Toki unfurls a small scroll and rereads Sister Barley's prophecy.

As the Northman reaches the end of the second stanza, "The wisdom of the Fairheight Peaks," you all feel a deep thrum; a hum, a buzz, somewhere behind your navel that draws you to the body of the goblin. Looking now more closely, you see that she must have been in a command position, as she's armed with a light crossbow, scimitar, and chain shirt that are all in good condition (if you recall, the other goblins wore leather armour and used shortbows).

Searching the body for items of more particular interest, you discover a silver locket in a hidden pouch. As you touch it, the buzzing feeling disappears. You ponder over the significance of this for several minutes, but decide that you should should figure out your next steps first -- no sense spending too much time waiting for the orc and goblin to return with reinforcements!

Returning to the prophecy, you read the next stanza, and argue about whether to search for the "goblin's eye" next. Toki continues: "'Witwulf's power'... blah blah we did this one blah... 'Of Blodvahrer's legendary force'..." As he reaches the end of the sentence, the warhammer, which had been securely strapped to Jaylen's pack, falls to the ground with a loud clank.

It is with these new mysteries on your hands that you board the Shantu and set sail for Caer Calidyrr. As you board, Captain Poppie warns that she will have to take you out a bit farther from shore, as "There's a storm blowing in from the nor'east, an' I don' fancy bein' crusht again' t'cliffs." Your day-long trip is likely to turn into a day and a half, but this gives you time to spar and discuss the events of the last week.

So this locket seems to be what we needed from this quest? That leaves the goblin's eye and then off to find the Wanderer's weapon?

The adventure as written isn't really to find specific items; in this case, helping Winnow leads to a plot hook later on. I just thought it would be fun to have a little prize at the end of each mini-adventure :D