A Few Brave Souls -- PbP

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra fires her crossbow at the keep guard as he flees up the stairs. As he turns a corner in the stairs, he looks down in astonishment at Liandra just in time to get a bolt through the neck. He continues to move out of sight and Liandra does not think that was forward momentum as he had been spinning around the corner.

Galadar sees that the 4-inch-thick doors can be locked and barred. They seem pretty solid.

Knotty notices the T-shaped entrance hall is decorated by two tapestries of crows with black gemstones for eyes -- one with a white background, the other with a crimson background.

Hru and Eria can join them in the entrance hall any time.

[Eria]

"So what now?" Eria asks when she enters the hall

[Sir Manfred VonFalkenburg]

Sir Manfred tries to look like a guard as he jogs after Hru.

[Galadar]

Once all the companions are in, I bar the door and then attempt to lock it.

"The doors won't stay closed for long," I say, "Liandra is trying top stop the guard that went to warn the Baron. We need to see about moving quickly after her. And find out if he went upstairs or downstairs."

"Now that the whole courtyard is on the alert, we can expect heavy opposition. I'm afraid that what was a mission of stealth now must be one of speed."

I try not to glare at Knotty too fiercely.

[Knotty Ashe]

Tarren

Spoiler:

Can Knotty web the doorway or will it just collapse? Depends on the height and width of the door area. If its a small hallway then Knotty will use his wand of web on it.

The halfling concentrates on the locked door and the walls around.

[Liandra Nightwind]

Liandra warily creeps up the stairs to ensure the guard's death.

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Knotty Ashe wrote:

Tarren

** spoiler omitted **

The halfling concentrates on the locked door and the walls around.

Knotty:

Spoiler:

Knotty can web either the doorway, or move just down the hall past the tapestries and web the corridor. Either one is fine.

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

Liandra warily creeps up the stairs to ensure the guard's death.

The guard has managed to drag himself down a long hallway. He's pounding on a door. Liandra can hear voices demanding an explanation for the interruption but the crossbow bolt in the throat is making it difficult for the guard to answer.

[Knotty Ashe]

Knotty calls on everyone to get away from the door. He does a quick head count to see that Eria, Manfred and Hru have made it inside. "Stand back, this should hold it for a while."

He points his wand at the top of the doorway and sprays green and white webbing all down the door. Soon the area is filled with spidersilk.

With a nod of satisfaction, Knotty turns back to see what's next.

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

The party (except for Liandra) stands in a T shaped entrance. Tapestries hang on both sides of the wide foyer. A long hallway descends from the T with doors on the right and left of the hallway. Liandra ran down the hallway an went North.
SPACER
SPACER

TAPDOORDOORTAP
TAP---------TAP
00000---00000
00000---00000
DOOR---DOOR
00000---00000
00000---00000
00000---00000
NORTH---00000

[Liandra Nightwind]

Hoping Galadar notices her dropped khukri, Liandra walks up behind him, crossbow aimed at the door (readied action), ready to fire the moment it opens.

Stealth 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

Hoping Galadar notices her dropped khukri, Liandra walks up behind him, crossbow aimed at the door (readied action), ready to fire the moment it opens.

Stealth 1d20+14

Liandra:

Spoiler:

The guard in the hall notices you approach, but pounds on the door even harder, unable to articulate his fear to those inside. Bumbo opens the door. Across the room, standing by a fire, is a tall, bearded man in white silk shirts and a red cloak. You have the element of surprise.

[Eria]

Whilst Knotty and the others seal the door Eria has a look around the main hall for trouble (Keeping an ear out for enemies, Having a look behind the tapestries for secret doors etc)

Perception

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Eria wrote:

Whilst Knotty and the others seal the door Eria has a look around the main hall for trouble (Keeping an ear out for enemies, Having a look behind the tapestries for secret doors etc)

Perception

1d20 + 6

Eria:

Spoiler:

A stalking darkness emerges from the tapestries as you touch them.
Make a Will save please

[Eria]

Will save

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 +2 if it is a fear affect

[Galadar]

I assume Knotty waited till I had actually barred the door shut before casting his spell.

"Let's move - quietly."

Then I rush down the hallway in the direction Liandra went, pausing just a moment to pick up her dropped weapons.

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Eria wrote:

Will save

1d20 + 7 +2 if it is a fear affect

Ouch. Please make a fortitude save.

[Eria]

Fort save

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Eria screams as the nightmare assails her

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Eria wrote:

Fort save

1d20 + 7

Eria screams as the nightmare assails her

Thank goodness!

Eria is assaulted on all sides by what appears one moment to be a flock of crows but then gathers in a form that only she recognizes ... The darkness tears and scratches at her from the inside. Although no visible scars appear, she is wracked by pain.

Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 5) = 11

[Hru Gorumgrag]

Being as I'm right there, would a knowledge religion give me any insight into what happened to Mistress Eria or did I actually see anything? (not that Hru's Knowledge has ever helped before, but there's a first time for everything- as in knowing I should channel/turn undead)

Hru stands at the ready waiting for a sign from Our Lord in Iron.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 perception

1d20 ⇒ 1 knowledge: religion

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Hru Gorumgrag wrote:

Being as I'm right there, would a knowledge religion give me any insight into what happened to Mistress Eria or did I actually see anything? (not that Hru's Knowledge has ever helped before, but there's a first time for everything- as in knowing I should channel/turn undead)

Hru stands at the ready waiting for a sign from Our Lord in Iron.

1d20+9 perception

1d20 knowledge: religion

Nope, knowledge:religion isn't going to help.

Hru, and anyone else looking Eria's way, sees that she's experienced great pain. They do not see what caused it.

Sorry, I should have spoilered my previous post as that was intended for Eria only.

[Liandra Nightwind]

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
1d10 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (7) + 1 + (3, 1) = 12

Liandra fires at the bearded man, preparing her next shot for Bumpo

[Knotty Ashe]

Knotty does wait for the door to be locked.

Then he grabs Eria by the shoulder as she is screaming and follows Galadar. "Come on girl, we have to stick together."

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

The crossbow bolt is surprisingly well-aimed. It penetrates the bierded man's chest just below the right shoulder. Blood spreads out turning the white silk shirt red.

Initiative for the guy in silks: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Initiative for Bumbo: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

[Galadar]

I assume, not noticing Eria's plight, I continue to follow Liandra, hoping to catch up with her before things get too complicated for her.

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Galadar wrote:

I assume, not noticing Eria's plight, I continue to follow Liandra, hoping to catch up with her before things get too complicated for her.

If you do double moves, you should be able to enter combat at the top of Round 3.

[Galadar]

Run. At least until I see her.

[Hru Gorumgrag]

"Mistress Eria!!" Hru shouts in alarm scanning for the source of the attck.

[Liandra Nightwind]

Initiative 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

Initiative 1d20+4

The man in silks, who Liandra know recognizes from descriptions as Baron Galdur Vendikon, utters a few words in an alien tongue and gestures towards Liandra.

Will save DC 14.

[Liandra Nightwind]

Will save 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Ignoring the Baron's finger waggling, Liandra fires aother shot.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
1d10 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

Anticipating Bumpo's charging into the way she drops her crossbow, in the blink of an eye, Drawing her short sword and a dagger.

[Galadar]

Initiative (for when appropriate): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

Will save 1d20+3

Ignoring the Baron's finger waggling, Liandra fires aother shot.

1d20+9
1d10+1

Anticipating Bumpo's charging into the way she drops her crossbow, in the blink of an eye, Drawing her short sword and a dagger.

Bumpo seems to leap out of his skin trying to dive over Liandra's shortsword and out the door. Unfortunately for him, this gives Liandra a perfect target.

Acrobatics check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Take a AoO.

[Sir Manfred VonFalkenburg]

Sir Manfred follows Hru. Making sure not to get in front of him.

[Liandra Nightwind]

Liandra thrusts upward at the fleeing Bumpo, while trying to keep her eyes on all theee men before her.

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Crit confirmation: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

Liandra thrusts upward at the fleeing Bumpo, while trying to keep her eyes on all theee men before her.

1d20+10
1d6+2

Crit confirmation: 1d20+10
1d6+2

Bumpo recoils, bleeding and stumbles back into the room. He pulls a vial from his pouch and tries to gulp it down. Liandra catches a glimpse of the baron reading something before he disappears.

[Liandra Nightwind]

Knowing her time to act is limited, Liandra goes into a spin, slashing at Bumpo as she completes her movement to hurl her dagger at the Baron's last location.

Attack on Bumpo 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Attack on Baron 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
miss chance roll 1d100 ⇒ 4 if invisible

Ok, I might be stretching the limits of TWF. Please advise

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

Knowing her time to act is limited, Liandra goes into a spin, slashing at Bumpo as she completes her movement to hurl her dagger at the Baron's last location.

Attack on Bumpo 1d20+10
1d6+2

Attack on Baron 1d20+8
1d4+1
miss chance roll 1d100 if invisible

Ok, I might be stretching the limits of TWF. Please advise

I've always thought of TWF as applying to melee only, not ranged attacks. Thoughts? In the end, it won't make a difference for the attack on the baron.

Bumpo manages to avoid choking up the potion he was drinking as he Liandra slashes him. He disappears as well. She can hear him whimpering though and knows he, at least, is still in the room. She hears nothing from the baron.

The guard Liandra wounded is crawling down the hall, hoping Liandra ignores him just as he ignored her when she moved by him into the room to attack Bumpo.

The rest of you can join Liandra.

[Knotty Ashe]

Knotty lets go of Eria at the doorway and looks at the way the men are positioned without opponents.

"What gives here? Where are they?"

[Liandra Nightwind]

As the others enter Liandra speaks rapidly over her shoulder.

"Bumpo's here in this room,I tagged him but he's invisible. Don't let him leave! Baron's invisible a caster, and rabbiting, bleeding bad. I'm going after him. Sombody get my cross bow."

Pulling her dagger out of a cabinet door she takes off in the direction the Baron was last headed, looking for a blood trail.

Tracking survival check 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

[Knotty Ashe]

"So somewhere in this room is an invisible," murmurs the halfling. He casts and a halo of light appears between his fingers which Knotty uses to scan the area.

First round detect magic. He will also try to hear or see any movement from the Baron or Bumpo, Perception check 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11. Start scan before Liandra's exit.

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

As the others enter Liandra speaks rapidly over her shoulder.

"Bumpo's here in this room,I tagged him but he's invisible. Don't let him leave! Baron's invisible a caster, and rabbiting, bleeding bad. I'm going after him. Sombody get my cross bow."

Pulling her dagger out of a cabinet door she takes off in the direction the Baron was last headed, looking for a blood trail.

Tracking survival check 1d20+9

The Baron was in the room when he disappeared. There is no blood trail.

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Knotty Ashe wrote:

"So somewhere in this room is an invisible," murmurs the halfling. He casts and a halo of light appears between his fingers which Knotty uses to scan the area.

First round detect magic. He will also try to hear or see any movement from the Baron or Bumpo, Perception check 1d20+4. Start scan before Liandra's exit.

Knotty detects three different magical auras, two that are fading fast and one that is staying constant. The hooded lantern on the table emits a magical aura.

You hear a thud as an invisible person bumps into a bedside table.

[Galadar]

As the others spill into the room with our invisible foes, I quickly follow the crawling guard. Intercepting him, I brandish Liandra's Kukris.

"See here man, if you surrender right now I won't have to kill a fellow son of liberty. We're here to see the town back in Andoran hands with a minimum of bloodshed - be a good chap and make it easy on yourself."

If he surrenders, I'll take his weapons and march him back towards the room.

[Knotty Ashe]

"There's one!" Knotty points at the bedside table.

[Liandra Nightwind]

Liandra hurls her dagger in the indicated direction.

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
percentile1d100 ⇒ 79

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Galadar wrote:

As the others spill into the room with our invisible foes, I quickly follow the crawling guard. Intercepting him, I brandish Liandra's Kukris.

"See here man, if you surrender right now I won't have to kill a fellow son of liberty. We're here to see the town back in Andoran hands with a minimum of bloodshed - be a good chap and make it easy on yourself."

If he surrenders, I'll take his weapons and march him back towards the room.

The man surrenders quietly and allows Galadar to guide him back to the room.

[Tarren the Dungeon Master]

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

Liandra hurls her dagger in the indicated direction.

1d20+10
1d4+2
percentile1d100

Are we trying to roll high or low for our miss chances?

[Liandra Nightwind]

Tarren the Dungeon Master wrote:

Liandra Nightwind wrote:

Liandra hurls her dagger in the indicated direction.

1d20+10
1d4+2
percentile1d100

Are we trying to roll high or low for our miss chances?

Well last time I rolled a 4 and it was a miss. I usually do 1-50 miss, 51-100 hit but it's up to you.

[Knotty Ashe]

Same here. Low is a miss in my games.

The halfling keeps using his detection spell and focusses in on the area around the stand now.