Rogan makes a quick search of the room for the (seven) arrows that missed their intended targets.
Perception Check: 1d20+11=20
Rogan finds only two of the seven to be in tact. The rest seem to have been damaged by hitting the stone walls, except for two which landed in the fiery portal in the next room.
You now stand in the chamber alone aside from the bodies of several kobolds. Three hallways to the north, west, and east lie before you with the eastern corridor leading to a room aglow with the light from a wide open pit of lava intermingled with blood.
"This one suggests we go the way these... hrmmm... kobolds came from," as he points toward the eastern passageway. He'll kneel down and search the body of the kobold at his feet.
I created a simple spreadsheet battlegrid with google's docs. I can't access it at work, but i could email it to myself as an attachment from home beforehand if it's up.
We don't need to do anything fancy except maybe make the squares we can't cross though (like.. oh.. walls!) dark, and then we can move around with battleship-like grid coordinates.
Like "I move from D6 to F9 and cast sleep on the kobold in G5."
Thought this might be a helpful, albeit simple, tool to aid us in our pbp'ing.
I created a simple spreadsheet battlegrid with google's docs. I can't access it at work, but i could email it to myself as an attachment from home beforehand if it's up.
We don't need to do anything fancy except maybe make the squares we can't cross though (like.. oh.. walls!) dark, and then we can move around with battleship-like grid coordinates.
Like "I move from D6 to F9 and cast sleep on the kobold in G5."
Thought this might be a helpful, albeit simple, tool to aid us in our pbp'ing.
"This one suggests we go the way these... hrmmm... kobolds came from," as he points toward the eastern passageway. He'll kneel down and search the body of the kobold at his feet.
You search through the kobold bodies and find small-sized suits of leather armor along with small spears. On the two workers you find slings along with seven bullets on one and three on the other.
The popping and hissing of the molten pool in the eastern passageway gradually grows louder as you approach. The intense heat of the substance is felt on your face and the ash in the air slightly burns your eyes. As you enter the room, you spot three narrow chutes open in the ceiling directly above the pit. Two other narrow chutes open up on the other side of the pit that seem to curve upward toward the surface.
Hmmm... didn't realize I had to enable sharing. I'll take care of that when I get home. The filter here at the office won't let me access it =\
Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering)
Knowledge (Engineering): (1d20+1=7)
They appear to be man-made to you as they are unnaturally round and symmetrical openings.
Omen glances up to the narrow chutes set in the ceiling and offers a puzzled look before muttering, "Unnatural." He will shake his head in bewilderment before moving onward, keeping a wary eye on the lava.
Omen glances up to the narrow chutes set in the ceiling and offers a puzzled look before muttering, "Unnatural." He will shake his head in bewilderment before moving onward, keeping a wary eye on the lava.
As you keep your eyes on the lava pool below, you hear a screech as suddenly, a worm-like monster drops from the ceiling to the floor below. The creature has a body as long as a man is tall, with four tentacles a little longer than human forearms. The tentacles, located on its head along either side of its jaws, are segmented, as is the body itself.
Make Knowledge (Dungeoneering) check.
Roll Initiative!
Knowledge (Dungeoneering): (1d20+1=19)
Rogan Knowledge (Dungeoneering)1d20+1:[4,1] = (5)
Omen
Initiative: (1d20+0=9)
Creature Initiative:1d20+2:[7,2] = (9)
Rogan Initiative:1d20+4:[17,4] = (21)
Rogan charges the creature and thrusts his clenched fist at it's mouth.
He makes contact and causes the creature to hiss as it sprays saliva out of his gaping beak of a mouth.
The creature retaliates and lands three scraping attacks with it's tentacles against Rogan:
1d20+3:[16,3] = (19)
1d20+3:[18,3] = (21)
1d20+3:[16,3] = (19)
1d20+3:[6,3] = (9)
Damage roll=
1d4+2:[1,2] = (3)
1d4+2:[1,2] = (3)
1d4+2:[2,2] = (4)
Total damage =(10)
Ah, frig. Edited!
Omen advances cautiously on the beast, drawing the hand axe from his belt once more. He approaches the grick and swings...
weakly, the blow glancing off the creature's rubbery hide.
evenly, the handaxe biting through the grick's tough hide. Damage Roll: (1d6+2=4)
Gentlemen, I am stuck in the office until 9pm tonight. I will work on the battlegrid and the sharing when I get home.
Feel free to post lots in the meantime... the call volume tends to drop after 6 =\
Omen advances cautiously on the beast, drawing the hand axe from his belt once more. He approaches the grick and swings...
weakly, the blow glancing off the creature's rubbery hide.
evenly, the handaxe biting through the grick's tough hide. Damage Roll: (1d6+2=4)
Unfortunately Omen misses; the swing of the sharp handaxe was not enough to penetrate the rubbery exterior of the Grick.
Rogan withdraws five feet(free action), drops into a defensive stance (dodge, swift action), draws his MW shortbow and an arrow, and fires one arrow at the hideous conglomeration of beak and tentacles.
Attack Roll: 1d20+9=24
Damage Roll (if applicable): 1d8+1=8
Rogan's arrow lances home, just to the right of the massive beak, sinking almost half of it's length into the rubbery hide from firing at such close range. Rogan lowers his bow slightly. "I do not know if you are a bird or a squid, but either way you are a less than fair specimen of both species."
Can we make it standard operating procedure that Rogan makes a perception check as soon as he enters a room/hallway? I'm sick of these easily avoided surprise attacks.
Rogan's arrow lances home, just to the right of the massive beak, sinking almost half of it's length into the rubbery hide from firing at such close range. Rogan lowers his bow slightly. "I do not know if you are a bird or a squid, but either way you are a less than fair specimen of both species."
The arrow's bite is enough to fell the creature as it spasmodically twitches after it flops to the ground. A green ooze-like substance pours out of it's mortal wound.
Rogan moves as close to the pit as the heat and ash will allow for a better look at it.
Perception check: 1d20+11=18
Rogan moves as close to the pit as the heat and ash will allow for a better look at it.
Perception check: 1d20+11=18
Rogan finds nothing more than a bubbling and steaming pool of lava intermingled with blood. Bloodstains mark the surrounding edge of the pool indicating it appears to be used for some vile, nefarious purpose.
Rogan stares for a moment at the blood stains, muttering to himself, "I was afraid of that."
He turns from the fiery portal and strides purposefully back toward Omen. "I think I should bring Noctum down here to try and track the girl. We may not have enough time to wander these halls searching for her. I'm afraid we may already be too late."
"This one... hrmmm... hears wisdom in friend Rogan's words. The horses will either... hrmmm.. be there when we emerge or not. Better to walk back to the pack of Falcon's Hollow with the children well than... hrmmm... ride back with their corpses."
We don't need to do anything fancy except maybe make the squares we can't cross though (like.. oh.. walls!) dark, and then we can move around with battleship-like grid coordinates.
Like "I move from D6 to F9 and cast sleep on the kobold in G5."
Thought this might be a helpful, albeit simple, tool to aid us in our pbp'ing.
Rogan will return to the surface via the stairwell we entered through. If Noctum is not immediately visible, he will give one short blast on the signal whistle. When he appears, they will head back down and Rogan will ask him to try to follow the scent.
Rogan will return to the surface via the stairwell we entered through. If Noctum is not immediately visible, he will give one short blast on the signal whistle. When he appears, they will head back down and Rogan will ask him to try to follow the scent.
Rogan will return to the surface via the stairwell we entered through. If Noctum is not immediately visible, he will give one short blast on the signal whistle. When he appears, they will head back down and Rogan will ask him to try to follow the scent.
Rogan returns down the stairs with Noctum.
Rogan
Noctum moves ahead of Rogan as he returns to the room with the foreboding lava pool. The wolf stays low to the ground and sniffs heavily for several seconds.
Rogan
The wolf sits and makes a few low growling noises at Rogan.
Rogan and Omen
Rogan speaks briefly to his companion the wolf and then turns to Omen. "I think we should return to the main chamber. Noctum is not catching any scent here, though I think it a good sign that they were not taken into this chamber."
Can we make it standard operating procedure that Rogan makes a perception check as soon as he enters a room/hallway? I'm sick of these easily avoided surprise attacks.
"This one... hrmmm... agrees and will follow the lead of our wolf-brother and friend Rogan." He offers one last perplexed glance toward the chutes above the lava before following the elf and enigmatic wolf from the chamber.
Jared and Steve
"This one... hrmmm... agrees and will follow the lead of our wolf-brother and friend Rogan." He offers one last perplexed glance toward the chutes above the lava before following the elf and enigmatic wolf from the chamber.
Led by Noctum, you follow Rogan out to the main chamber. Noctum pauses and sniffs around a bit near the broken obsidian obelisk. Rogan seems to speak with him briefly and then turns to you.
"It looks like most of the tracks head down the eastern passage. There are other tracks which head north, but the scent is strongest with these." He points down to the few visible tracks made from the crushed fragments of obsidian.
With Omen's agreement, Rogan will head down the passage to the left keeping as quiet as possible.
Omen stares at Rogan stoically, then nods once in agreement. He will remain a short distance back (40 ft) to ensure he does not spoil their silence.
Omen stares at Rogan stoically, then nods once in agreement. He will remain a short distance back (40 ft) to ensure he does not spoil their silence.
The hallway leads about 20 feet until it reaches another hallway which heads to the north. At the other side of the hallway is a set of double-doors marked in what appear to be dwarven runes engraved into the stone.
Rogan stops and you can see him peer around the corner to the right. He then turns and waves you on. You hear him whisper, "Coast is clear at the moment. The tracks continue north."
Rogan disappears around the corner and you continue to follow him to the next hallway. This hall is pitch black, however your keen orc senses allow you to see several beyond Noctum. They allow you to see a T-intersection up ahead.
Noctum continues slowly down the hall, keeping mostly to the right until he suddenly stops. Rogan follows suit, placing himself up against the wall as an evil hiss rises from the darkness ahead. A floating dwarven form shrouded in full plate rounds the corner. The air about this dwarven specter shimmers eerily, and the walls and floor sizzle and smoke where it passes. The thing's boots scorn the earth, gliding a full foot above the masonry floor. It drags a cruel bloodletter axe in the air behind it. As you take a closer look, it appears the armor and axe are encased in a large cube. It slides forward and gets ready to attack.
Initiative.
Floating armor Initiative: 1d20=20-5=(15)
DM
Well after it rounded the bend, Omen finally notices the appearance of the dwarven figure. Confused by what he sees, Omen is caught off guard and reacts sluggishly.
After a few moments of delay, he'll bark a cautionary warning to Rogan as storm clouds begin to fill his eyes.
DM*spoiler*
Omen
DM
DM** spoiler omitted **
Omen
"Rogan! There is no hiding from that creature! This one suggests we fall back to more advantageous grounds!" Omen's voice fills the passageway with urgency, alarm hinting at the edges of his tone.
"Rogan! There is no hiding from that creature! This one suggests we fall back to more advantageous grounds!" Omen's voice fills the passageway with urgency, alarm hinting at the edges of his tone.
"Agreed!" Replies Rogan as he turns around to head back to the main chamber. "What should we do, take the route through the pit chamber?"
"Back to the first chamber at the least, this one hopes it will gorge itself on the corpses of the fallen," with that he turns and quickly retreats to the larger chamber they entered first.
"Back to the first chamber at the least, this one hopes it will gorge itself on the corpses of the fallen," with that he turns and quickly retreats to the larger chamber they entered first.
You both return to the main chamber where the felled kobolds litter the room.
"Perhaps if we allow it to follow us here and then head through to the north passage, it may connect with that hallway. It can't be that intelligent."
"Hrmmm.... we will try as you suggest."
"It can't be that intelligent."
If those aren't famous last words, I don't know what words are. I have probably just doomed the both of us, Johnny.
I'll be at church until about 8:30 tonight, men.
Omen and KotT
"Hrmmm.... we will try as you suggest."
Rogan and Noctum lead the way through the northern hallway into a t-intersection. Omen, as you look back, you spot a growing shadow coming from the eastern hall slowly moving into the main chamber. The cube seems to be moving quite slowly.
Noctum takes a left at the intersection and begins heading several feet until he reaches another t-intersection. As you pass down the hall, you see a sort of gooey residue left by the cube which then passes around the corner down the left hallway where you were when you encountered the thing.
Noctum pauses and sniffs the floor and then turns down the right passage. You both follow cautiously for several feet down the hall until you spot a light source several feet away. As you gain closer, you hear what sounds like a pitched battle. The sounds of the language of kobolds is heard yelling across a wide room along with what sounds like a small humanoid voice yelling in common,
"Back, you foul critters! If I must die here this day, then I shall do so! But, not until I dispatch as many of you as I can!"
Before charging into the next chamber, Omen will reverently call upon his ancestors for aid once more. Once White Ear materializes beside him, Omen will look to Rogan and nod, offering little more than a grim nod to his friend and companion.
Rogan nods back and grimly sets an arrow to his bow. "Feast on the scale skinned to your hearts content, brother." He whispers to Noctem. . Without another word, he draws the arrow back and steps into the room.
Initiative (if applicable): 1d20+4=12