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"I meant earlier, before the jakal was summoned. You attacked the wrathspawn. You know what, nevermind, we have to deal with this situation now. Let's try to get rid of these creatures first." He takes a step back, loads in another bolt and fires at the freshly summoned beast.
fractional rules. I'm sorry, seems like the very first h in the link had disappeared somehow. Hopefully this works better. I'll just go with whatever it is now.
I'm getting my +1 bab from the previous gm allowing using fractional rules for calculating bab and saves.
"You're the only one who can truly harm the quasit Masdok! If you had focused on attacking it first instead of the wrathspawn, we might not have had to deal with the jackal at all. Now it's casting again, likely another summon." Acharn says as he moves towards the imp, drops his rapier, picks up his loaded crossbow and fires at the quasit.
The little wasp buzzes around the vile creature, trying to distract it from hitting it's master. Acharn tumbles underneath the creature, trying to avoid it striking at him as he moves into position to flank with Masdok. Once in position the elf jabs out with his rapier, striking at the vulnerable backside of the creatures.
I'm waiting for Masdok, since my action largely depends on the result of his.
The little wasp flies around the wrathspawn, trying to distract it away from hitting it's master.
"It's a quasit! It cast hold person on Grulyn. I don't know what it's casting now, but it can't be good. Strike at it to stop it. But you need to use cold iron." He moves to the south, to get in better position to flank next turn and starts chanting in elvish: "Kauniit varit sokeavat ja tuhoavat viholliseni!" A brilliant spray of colours burst forth, enveloping both creatures in front of him.
"This is Waters of Lamashtu. Unholy water that can transform someone into a monstrous version of themselves. We could collect it and use it as a weapon. But I think it's better to get rid of it somehow. Though I'm not sure how to best do that. Lamashtu is the mother of monstes and it seems like she is actively worshipped here." Acharn remarks after a moment spent in quiet contemplation.
Acharn mutters a quick prayer to Calistria for guidance before examining the altar. "Calistria, i pray to thee for insight to figure out what's going on with this unholy altar."
"I have no idea unfortunately. I've studied many tomes to learn about many different creatures, but it seems like I got still more to learn. Well, hopefully this trip will be a learning experience." Acharn sighs as he looks at the fallen creature on the ground.
"Ouch, damn that stings." Acharn cries out as he's bitten. After the combat he smiles at Grulyn "Good job master dwarf. Your axe arm is strong. But why are you still using the axe? The enchanted blade we found earlier is much more powerful, it'll both make it easier to hit and deal more damage." "Damn, the way is blocked again. We probably have to turn back. Let me check out if there's anything hidden here first though." Acharn says as they get to the blocked stairwell.
When they found the wand Acharn smiled and remarked. "This is great, it'll work excellent with my fighting style, especially against armored opponents."
"We have to kill it quickly to free Masdok." Acharn says as he moves to flank with Grulyn. His wasp moves in to distract the creature, making it easier for him to hit it. It buzzes around the bat, pretending to sting at it. "Gar-energui" He proclaims while waving his new wand and a cackle of lightning engulfs his free hand as he reaches out to try to touch the flapping bat.
Acharn studies the sword to trying to figure out the exact magic on it. "This weapon is too heavy for me to use effectively." He says and hands it to Grulyn after inspecting it. Once they get to the room with all the floating objects Acharn will again chant and scan the room for magical auras, trying to figure out what's up.
Acharn shrugs. "It's just a wierd goblin. Maybe it did some wierd experiment to itself to grow extra arms? There's enough things going on that wierd goblins doesn't come close to the top of the list." He shakes his head as he looks through the room and dead goblin for any loot.
"Nice job. Sneaking up on opponents makes these fights much easier. We can't expect to succeed at that every time though. Let's see what might be of interest here before we move on. Masdok, can you finish off the zombies while I do so?" Acharn bends down to examine the corpse for anything interesting then scans the room for magic. Once he's done he'll say. "My shield won't last long. Let's hurry on to explore more." Before moving forward as before.
Taking a moment to collect himself, he studies his target before thrusting out again, aiming to pierce the goblin right through the chest.
Acharn sneaks around the goblin, being careful to step around the hatches on the ground he's quick to strike when he realize they are in danger. With fluid movements he flows forward and stab the creature.
Going through the portal Acharn deftly sidesteps the tumbling men. He grabs hold of Blaze's arm to help her avoid them as well. "Fooling around in the grass is not the best start to this mission." He remarks dryly. Acharn smiles as he sees the crates. "It's indeed good to see they have put a bit more thought to this than our rapid departure would suggest. The portal they sent us through was interesting. I hope I can learn some from the magic they obviously possess. I agree that we should go investigate the crates." He moves over to check them out.
"It's sleeping, just be careful and it should go fine." Archarn says before preparing for combat.
Acharn returns to the others to tell what he has seen so they can prepare for an ambush.
Good luck with the birth and congratulations on the baby! You're correct that neither of us have it right now, but we can both get it in the future. I don't get a lot of cantrips so I'll only prepare it if we end up with a lot of unidentified scrolls. Simflay could pick it up at some point though.
At the torture room Archarn pauses as unpleasant memories resurface. He shakes his head slightly. "It's a bit odd to find these things down here. To think that there are these horrible tools rusting away down here right under peaceful Sandpoint. I guess this really is relics from an ancient civilization, sadly, these are not relics we can use." He pauses when the scroll is discovered. "Except for this will l scroll I guess. Let me see if I can help to identify it." He jumps into chanting to use his magic.
"It's best to buff ourselves up first. Let's at least use guidance, though we could do more as well. I could enlarge either or both of you with the wand or I could improve my defenses with a shield spell. Together with the mage armour I have already, that'll make me very hard to hit. Unfortunately I can't use the shield spell on any of you. It might be best that I throw up the shield, then scout the area. If anything happens, I'll be protected until you can join me. The shield will only last for three minutes though. So it might be best to hurry once it's up." He proceeds to cast guidance on himself and Masdok, letting Simflay handle herself and Grulyn. If no one comes with a different plan, he'll cast shield then sneak forward to investigate the sound.
It's a difficult balance to strike. Pbp can get tedious if the same things are happening over and over. At the same time it's kinda up to us to spice it up. No one is going to know about our character's personality, motivations and thoughts if we don't play them out. We as players are responsible for pushing the story forward, but also for interacting with each other. I think this guide and the predecessor by doomed hero are great guides on how to make pbp flow better.
I prefer daily posts. I also prefer that GM rolls for intiative and that players post intended actions before they're actually up in initiative order to speed things up.
The familiar continues to buzz around the head of the creature, looking to make an opening for her master.
"If we can surround it, I'll be much more effective!" Acharn says as he tries to jump down next to the creature, on the opposite side of Masdok.
Currently Simflay is blocking Masdok from moving back a square in order to actually attack the enemy. Simflay would you be willing to move to the side and bluedove, would you allow it?
Acharn curses as one of the creatures manage to avoid their trap. He tries to dodge the incoming ranseur attack, but he's too slow. Luckily the weapon bounces of the protective layer of force around him instead of cutting of his leg. With a sigh of relief he steps further along the walkway so he can easier crouch down and stab at the creature with his rapier. His familiar, the tiny wasps, flies down to distract the creature, trying to make it easier for her master to land his blow.
You should figure out who to contact to officialy take over the game.
Thanks so much for doing this. I tried to put the tokens in their appropriate places. It surprisingly works to edit the map from the phone even though it's a bit cumbersome. I'm unsure if Grulyn just moved up or also readied an attack. Since he's after the spawn in initiative this would let him attack if they try to approach before they get to. He moved 5 feet, so can do it, while I moved 10 so I can't.
I'm not familiar with 2E and don't really have a desire to learn it.
The question is, do we try to petition for a new DM, or do we just let it go if he doesn't come back?
"Let's keep the high ground and fell them as they come towards us." Acharn calls out as he moves to get in position.
Acharn will move three squares north as I don't thnk I can see the enemies from my current position unfortunatly, I assume Masdok has the squares 2 north and the squares nw/nnw.
Acharn smiles as he sees Masdok's nod and pulls out a slender oaken wand with a slightly green sheen to it. He points it as Masdok and focuses for a moment while moving it around in the air and says "Grow!". Suddenly Masdok starts growing, increasing in height and width, towering over the party and the spawn down below.
Seeing that the enemies are distracted, Acharn gets an idea. "I think enlarge could work in this situation. With your huge spear, you could stab them from up here Masdok, they'll be forced to rush at us, which would let you get in extra opportunties to hit them. What do you think?" Acharn whispers. If Masdok agrees, he'll use his wand of enlarge person on him.
"We should start marking our passage so we're not lost. In hindsight we should have done his sooner, but at least we can start now." Acharn says and pulls out a piece of chalk to mark where they came from and where they're going to. He examines the door closely for traps before opening it carefully, muttering arcane words as he does so.
"Unfortunately I don't actually know what the statue is supposed to represent, but I sense no magic, so likely there's no trap. Sadly that also means the Ranseur is not magical, though it does look of fine make. I'll go with you to make extra sure there's no non-magical trap though." Acharn moves with Masdok to the statue to examine it more closely, looking for traps or anything else escaping immediate notice. He mutters a quick arcane word as he approaches the statue to focus his mind.
"I don't have anything unfortunately. Sorry. Let's continue." Acharn says as he tries to sneak ahead into the tunnel, hoping to get warning again if they encounter anything dangerous.
Sorry to hear that, my condolences to you both. |
