More or less the same here. The biggest thing is getting the trap spotter talent.
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Happy Thanksgiving everybody. :-)
Khazak looks thoughtful. He says, "Kaxidin himself referred to the Master now that I think on it. Kaxidin claimed that the Master would somehow gain power over our souls if Kaxidin killed us and ate us. While that is obviously nonsense, nevertheless this "Master" may be somebody with enough magical ability that Kaxidin was impressed."
Khazak comments, "There may be something else going on there. One of the goblins we engaged was more scared of failing his "master" than dying. I'm not totally sure, but I don't think Shadowash was who the goblin was referring to. It is possible there may be a wounded goblin on our back trail. If so you may want to round him up and question him."
Khazak says, "I am Khazak Ironaxe from the Lonely Mountain. And all in all I am very glad to have met you. I thank you all again for your help."
I found the encounter with Kaxidin to be somewhat disheartening. Khazak was doing everything he could and the goblin not only would not go down, he didn't even seem to have been affected that badly. Khazak also couldn't handle the level of damage it was dishing out. I was wondering what it was we were supposed to be doing that would have made any real difference. I don't like having to be saved by GM fiat. Other than that I think that things went pretty well. That the game went into hiatus for a while and might have to do so again occasionally is the sort of thing one has to expect in PbP games. Whether or not more characters might be needed is going to depend on what the encounters are going to be like. If there are more "Kaxidin" like encounters out there we're going to need at least two more heavy infantry fighters to stand a chance. If we're going to be dealing with more balanced scenarios then that might not be necessary.
Khazak says, "I thank you for the aid and comfort you have provided. I realize that I would almost certainly have died if you had not helped my friends and I out. Still though, for a dwarf to be saved from a single goblin by elves is something that I find to be slightly embarrassing." "Regardless, that was the toughest goblin I have ever encountered or heard of. I hit him with my axe hard enough to have felled an orc in chain mail twice and it didn't seem to affect him that much. I hope there aren't too many more like him running around."
Khazak takes one last swing at the goblin, but his wound interferes with his ability to attack and he misses rather badly. Khazak collapses on the ground at -1 hit point.
With Peony no longer able to fight Khazak positions himself so that he and Grifo are flanking Kaxidin. Khazak says to Kaxidin, "The only thing you're going to eat is my axe."
Khazak takes his AOO at the goblin.
Khazak then goes ahead and takes his regular attack against the goblin.
Khazak draws his battleaxe and holds it in a two handed grip. He moves 20 feet closer to Kaxidin and positions himself so that he is flanking Kaxidin with Peony. He says, "Before you dine on hobbit you're going to have to eat my axe."
Khazak slings his crossbow over his shoulder and advances another 20 feet.
Khazak takes careful aim with his heavy crossbow and shoots at Kaxidin.
Khazak then advances 20 feet.
I'll stick with just playing Khazak. I'd say GM Pc Peony unless one of the other players wants to run her.
Khazak says to Jadaxeez, "Shut up and lie still." Khazak then proceeds to reload his heavy crossbow. He will be able to fire it next round.
Still here and still interested.
Thanks for letting us know what's happening. Hope you can get things to work out well in a timely manner.
Khazak will move as necessary so that he will not be close enough to the goblin for it to get an AOO on him and also so that Tobold will not be unintentionally providing the goblin any cover. Then he will shoot at the goblin with his heavy crossbow.
If that hits:
Any more these days the government is letting everybody else into the country, why not an Australian too? :-)
Khazak will attempt to move through the brambles picking his way carefully.
And he makes it with relative ease. He decides to hold there and not press his luck. Perhaps he can get a shot at the goblin next round.
Khazak mutters under his breath and again attempts to climb the hill.
Khazak gathers up his strength and tries again.
And once again finds himself sliding back down the hill muttering bad words in Dwarven.
Khazak starts up the bluff.
But the slope is just a little too slippery and Khazak's backpack encumbers him.
Gee, practically next door neighbors as far as the Internet is concerned. But that is the strange thing about the internet, it can be easier to interact with people half way around the world from you than it is trying to meet people who live on your street by using the web.
Ahem. Three hobbits and a dwarf aren't going to end up going all that fast anyway. :-)
Khazak follows Peony as quietly as he can.
Khazak says to Peony, "You're better at tracking than I am so I'll let you take the lead this time."
Khazak whispers to Grifo, "You might just have to put the poor critter out of his misery."
Khazak whispers, "Looks like we might need weapons after all."
Why do I have a sneaking suspicion there might be slightly more involved?
Khazak says, still keeping his voice low, "The closest he got to being specific was telling us to bring our weapons."
Khazak says, "I think leaving the guy alone is probably the best idea. Let's just head north and see what we find."
Khazak shrugs. He whispers, "They say they heard something like a branch breaking somewhere to the north. Any place there more likely to have branches than any other?"
Khazak replies in a whisper, "As soon as the lady returns we'll move out."
Khazak stealthily moves back to Tobold and Grifo to let them know what he has learned.
When he gets to them he will whisper, "Just some old guy staying home because he has a cold."
My apologies, I should have made that clear. It's just that I've been generating a lot of characters to experiment with different builds and options and I take the Favored class bonus as a skill point so often that it's something I take for granted. Note for the other players, when I generate a small size character I always try to take the Escape Artist skill if there's any way I can shoehorn it in.
Khazak will stealthily approach the door to the hobbit hole and see what state the door is in (open, closed, broken down, lock obviously tampered with, etc.)
Khazak says, "I'm not only stealthy, I can see in the dark. If no one objects I'll take point."
Khazak says, "There's somebody in that house over there." Temporarily shifting to a one handed grip on his crossbow so he can point at it with his then free hand.
Khazak nods towards the hobbits who have gathered with him and says "Khazak Ironaxe here to help you all out. I'm not sure what all the fuss and bother is about, but Gandalf usually doesn't jump at shadows."
I didn't do too much better. Perhaps we should get seeing eye dogs? :-)
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