Saulden Solanus's page

It's a big commitment, but I would be down for Curse of Strahd. I will point out that I own it but I haven't played any of it or read it for a while (similar to Curse of the Crimson Throne).

Hidden Shrine seems cool as well, but I find running dungeon crawls to be a little tougher in pbp than in tabletop.

Popping in to say I'll be on vacation between Sunday and Thursday and may not be able to post too often if we try to get rolling again.

I'm fine with whatever you would like to do. If conversion is taking a lot out of you, I think there's a bunch of quick encounter building guidelines out there. I tend to use this one in my games just to make things easier on me if I want to use some of my older adventures.

"Be careful out there!", Saul calls to the guardsmen as they leave.

"I gotta drop these kids off, then I can help if need be. If Zellaras' is on the way, we could just stop there and hole up with the kids until morning... assuming... she's um, 'around'?"

Saul shrugs as best he can with a comatose kid in his arms.

"Sure man, but don't worry about that. What I meant is... how are you feeling now that Lamm- whatever it was- is gone? Especially given how much shiver that thing was moving it must have been hard to face him and to be around that. I just want to see how you're holding up. You've worked hard to turn this corner in your life, you know?"

Saul keeps heading away from Lamm's toward the orphanage.
"Wow. I hope no one gets hurt...."

As the group continues away from the house of horrors, Saulden falls in line with Red Feather.
"How are you holding up, Red?"

As far as I can tell, there's these two comatose kids and maybe 4 or 5 sleeping in a room on the third story. I think only the comatose kids will need to be carried- Iris and the rest may be groggy but they could likely walk under their own power, at least from what I can recall.

"A fire? Oh man. Officer Paddy, do you want to take charge of... of... Zellara's head and Harrow deck? I'm going to round up the kids and get them back to the orphanage. Not sure where most of them came from, but we can sort that out later."

He picks up one of the comatose kids.
"If one of you guys could pick him up, I'd appreciate it.", he says, nodding to the other comatose kid.

Saul is aghast in horror and disgust, dropping the hatbox and gagging from the sight.
"Dawnflower's mercy! This is awful!"

Regaining his composure, his eyes go wide.
"If Zellara's head is... then who did we... what..."

Saul takes the strong box out, setting it aside for now before gingerly cracking open the hatbox.
[bradpitt]WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOX?![/bradpitt]

Did we dump Yargin in with his dead orc friend?

Bas Utara wrote:

"I'm going to grab the guard. I don't think we want them walking in while we're handling drugged children and the contraband."

If allowed, I'll head over and get the authority to better secure the scene.

Which guard do you mean here? There was the guy that Red Feather knocked out on the porch?

I think he means the Guard, as in more cops.

Once the kids are clearly either beyond immediate medical attention or recovered, Saul start looking around Lamm's suite for Zellara's Harrow deck.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10
Investigation: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

"The drug stuff is your deal, so I'll leave it to you and Paddy what you need to do with it. Do you want to see if he has that fortune teller Zellara's Harrow Deck? It's not her son, but it would probably mean a lot to her to have it back."

Saul kneels down next to one of the comatose kids, placing his hand on his forehead and channeling Saerenrae's healing power.
Using 5 points of Lay on Hands to see if I can snap him out that way.

"Officer, um, Paddy- you're a priest right? Think you could take a look at these kids, maybe see what's wrong with them?"

Saul sheathes his sword, going over to the kids at the table. He gently shakes each of them by the shoulder.

"Hey... you can stop that now.", he says before moving to take the stuffed bear out of the boy's hands.

So mean it broke the dice roller! Should be fixed now.

On his turn:

With Lamm seemingly fallen, Saulden runs for the runes around the portal.

"Get lost, Gobble Gut!", Saul shouts as he hacks at the evil writing.

Divine Favor Radiant damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

On his turn:
With Lamm seemingly fallen, Saulden runs for the runes around the portal.

"Get lost, Gobble Gut!", Saul shouts as he hacks at the evil writing.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 121d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Savage Attacker: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Did leveling up heal our HP?
Con Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Concentration roll for Divine Favor: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Next turn
I'm going to assume we spent a round talking, so this will be round 3/10 for Divine Favor

Saul lashes out at Lamm, his blade crackling with golden light.
"Your foul crimes shall be avenged! I swear it!"
Dropping my remaining spell slot to use Divine Smite and using Inspiration for advantage. +2d8 Radiant Damage, +1d8 if he is undead or a fiend.

Scimitar attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 221d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Inspiration: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Savage Attacker feat reroll: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Hitting with a 22 for 8 slashing damage.

Divine Favor radiant damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Divine Smite radiant damage: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 7) = 14

The Paladin goes nova dealing 8 slashing damage, 18 radiant damage assuming a 22 hits.

Seeing as the time for discussion is over, Saul lays into Lamm with his blade.
"Watch for the little purple guys!"

Scimitar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 111d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Savage Attacker: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Radiant Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Saul stares at Lamm, a perplexed look on his face.

"What happened to your eye, man?! And what did you do to those kids?!"

Saulden chants a prayer to Saerenrae, filling him with her righteous wrath.
Divine Favor, concentration up to one minute. Deal extra 1d4 radiant damage.

With that, he kicks in the door!
Strength: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

"Alright. Gag him again and let's leave him with the Orc. Lamm's in there and something weird's going on..."

Saul listens at the door while Orion plies Yargin.
Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

I'll be out of town from tomorrow (6/13) until 6/20. I should be able to check in at least once a day, but don't let me hold anything up.

I think it's a fairly common drug- Red Feather used to be hooked on it, I think.

Saulden shrugs.
"Sure, man. He did say it was Shiver, though."

Yay!

I'm leveled up. Just to double-check- I can use the Dueling fighting style with a shield, right? Just not another weapon?

Average it is!

Always happy to level up. Are we rolling for HP or taking the average?

"Manacle this guy and we'll pay Lamm a visit.", Saul says as he pulls out Yargin's cravat and gags him with it.

"Sorry I swore at you and tossed you around and stuff, but you're involved in some really bad business here. Drug peddling! Child exploitation! Think about where this kind of life will lead you, you know? Pharasma won't be kind when it's your time unless you change your ways starting today."

Saul sheathes his sword and hauls Yargin to his feet by his collar, shoving him against the wall with his back toward the paladin.
"You make even a fidget that I don't like and you'll end up like your creepy friend upstairs, got it?", he says in his Bad Cop voice.
Intimidation: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

"What have you been feeding to those kids, you sick bastard? How many kids do you have in here?"

We forgot to factor in wind resistance....

Is Yargin still prone? Or does prone not grant advantage for ranged attacks?

Edit: Ah, I see. Orion actually has disadvantage if Yargin is still prone since he's more than 5 feet away from him.

Saul's turn, posted earlier- all attacks vs. Yargin.

When it's my turn.

If there's space-
Saul barrels into the melee, his sword flashing.
[dice=Scimitar vs. Yargin]1d20+4;1d6+3
[dice=Savage Attacker reroll]1d6+3

Using inspiration for the reroll, since this guy could mess us all up.
[dice=Scimitar reroll]1d20+4

But his wild swing misses the mark.

If it's too crowded-
The paladin chucks a javelin at the guy menacing Paddy.
[dice=Javelin]1d20+4;1d6+3

Man, the Paizo website has been pretty rough lately.

When it's my turn.

If there's space-
Saul barrels into the melee, his sword flashing.
Scimitar vs. Yargin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 61d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Savage Attacker reroll: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Using inspiration for the reroll, since this guy could mess us all up.
Scimitar reroll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

But his wild swing misses the mark.

If it's too crowded-
The paladin chucks a javelin at the guy menacing Paddy.
Javelin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 61d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Saulden nods.
"Here comes backup!", he says before stubbing his toe on the doorframe.

"Ah! Dangit..", he mutters before running after Orion down the stairs, sounding like an avalanche of metal.

No problem, I'm ready when you are.

"Yeah, we can work our way down and maybe see about letting the other guys in the front."

Saulden looks aghast.

"Whoa, fire? No way! There could be other kids here! We gotta go room by room and see who else he's got in here. And besides, doesn't your partner want this guy arrested?"

"Let's take some of these bears and keep going. Maybe the others are inside by now, we should try to link up."

Saul drags the dead orc behind some of the boxes, saying a quick prayer once he leaves him.

"Huh. Weird. We're in the right house though- whoa, what are you doing?", Saul says as Orion begins cutting open the teddy bear.

You can always come up the fire escape! It's a party!

Saulden checks the Orc's pulse before turning out his pockets for anything of use.

Saul catches his breath, sheathing his sword for a moment before touching his side where the orc broke his rib. His hand briefly sheds a golden light as the worst of the wound knits itself back together.
Lay on Hands used until I take a long rest.

"Oof. That guy was creepy.. what are all these crates in here?"

Saul grunts, taking the blow and retaliating with his own.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 201d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Savage Attacker: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Yup, no problem for me.