BTW its a dc 15 knowledge nature check or dc20 arcana to know what these creatures are and their abililties, you can make the check when you first see them, if you fail the dc you my still glean some info like a name
for later on your pc's can do a knowledge arcana 15 for the gauth
you know about duerguar so you can read the entry and assume that your pc's know what you know
M Drow Fighter 7
"We should rouse the others" Vhorun signs Charlyl.
"I'll stay here and prepare the welcome. Come back and flank with me" he ends with a sinister smile, silently drawing his sword, and working his way to the right side of the entrance, taking care not to be seen.
actions: draw weapon and silently move to the right side of the cave entrance preparring to charge at the first beast to show it self, expecting Charlyl to wake the others and take up a similar position on the left side of the entrance.
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Did Miu and Ghau'mere get their 8 hours of rest yet?
Charlyl follows Vhorun's suggestion and wakes his companion, he then quietly joins the fighter at the entrance. "I will shoot when they get within 30 ft. Wait for my shot, then charge" He signs.
Raven, can you maybe use borders to show where the cave entrance start and end? I am assuming the shrubs are just outside the cave entrance, but can't really tell. Once we know that, we'll be better at placing ourselves.
the spellcasters have not had enough rest yet as you were on first watch but they should still have a full complement of spells because they have probably not cast any for 8 days
Charlyl Rilynghym wrote: Did Miu and Ghau'mere get their 8 hours of rest yet?
Charlyl follows Vhorun's suggestion and wakes his companion, he then quietly joins the fighter at the entrance. "I will shoot when they get within 30 ft. Wait for my shot, then charge" He signs.
Raven, can you maybe use borders to show where the cave entrance start and end? I am assuming the shrubs are just outside the cave entrance, but can't really tell. Once we know that, we'll be better at placing ourselves.
im not sure what you mean about the entrance? the entire cave is on the battle map and you two are at its mouth
the shrubs are outside the cave (i put them in as possible concealment if one of you wanted to sneak out)
I am sorry if i have not made the map clear enough
ok so one round of actions has been done
and vhorun and charlyl have also done their next actions,
MIU and GHA can have one round of actions before we go to iniative, but it will take the spellcasters a move action to get up
BTW vhorun! the cave mouth is 20ft wide which means only two of the creatures can get at you at once,
but if you leave the cave that is no longer the case
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
My apologies. I viewed the document as HTML, which only showed part of the map. I see everything now that I have downloaded the file.
Personally, I am a bit worried about Charlyl's ability to go toe to toe with these monsters at the cave entrance. But if I leave the cave, the monsters might get to the casters...
M Drow Fighter 7
I will hold my charge untill one of them is close enough that i can hit it and still stay inside the cavern.
If i keep to the back of the cavern i can still move the 10 feet required to charge and I will still block the creatures advance after the charge.
Stealth 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
Vhorun moves into the shadow with his blade ready, and wait for Charlyl to draw the attention of the beasts.
My connection is a bit jumpy so I will roll my attack right away.
initiative 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
power attack 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
1d10 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
I am rolling my attack in the surprise round to speed things up. Vhorun, I think the init for this game is just 10 + your init.
Init: 10 + 10 = 20
Atk & Dmg: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 201d10 + 3d6 ⇒ (5) + (1, 3, 1) = 10
I suppose it could be worse. This message board's dice don't roll very high...
Miu gets up and casts shield of faith on herself
i sent another battlemap which i hope makes things clearer
Just waiting for Ghaun'mere
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
You mean the ones with the mountains?
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Vhorun, after your charge, do we the frontliners want to be standing side by side or have a 5 ft gap between us? I ask cause even if we're side by side, that still leave a 5 ft gap on each side. If we leave a gap in the middle, we might get to flank as the monsters try to get in.
Male Drow Noble Conjurer 7
Ghaun'mere stands up with a stern determination. "Ill'lumena"
Stand up and cast Invisibility.
DM Rav:
Ghaun'mere wrote: Ghaun'mere stands up with a stern determination. "Ill'lumena"
Stand up and cast Invisibility.
DM Rav:
** spoiler omitted **
Ghaun
Charlyl fires his bow and vhorun hacks at one (i will assume it is the same one) the creature looks seriously injured but does not go down
we now go to iniative!
Charlyl 20
Ghaun'mere 14
Vhorun 14
Miu 13
creatures 12
as you all beat the creatures you can all act in order of posting
i will send a new map
edit, trolls are considered flatfooted
miu moves forward and uses a channel smite, infusing her mace with power, she hits the (injured)creature for 24 damage.
she yells i think they are trolls although i cant remember anything else about them (Ghaun can have a +4 on a Arcana roll to rember something about trolls)
the troll Miu hit now looks really hurt
edit having just looked at Ghaun's knowlege arcana, with an addition +4 he will get a minium of 20 anyway!! so Ghaun knows that trolls regenerate everything except acid and fire
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Charlyl drops his crossbow, draws his Elven curve blade, and hacks at the injured troll.
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 241d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
M Drow Fighter 7
DM: I only see one troll in the map and that is the injured.
Charlyl: Since Miu is joining melee i think we should try and flank them
Vhorun whirl around and slashes his blade at the ugly troll.
Full attack, and 5 foot step towards a flanking position
Power attack 1 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Power attack 2 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Damage 1 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Damage 2 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22
Confirm crit 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
crit damage 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
Aw, in it was my first critical hit in a pbp ever..
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Vhorun: If you view the file in HTML, you won't see all the monsters since they are pictures. I had to download the file and view it in excel to see everything. The way the monsters are positioned at the beginning of this round effectively blocks the cave entrance (they each take up a 10x10 square). If my attack kills the seriously injured troll, then you'll have room to 5 ft out. Just keep in mind that the third troll is right behind the uninjured troll.
charlyl the troll still counts as flat footed so thats an extra
3d6 damage, the 10 damage you did will not take the troll out so i will roll the extra 3d6 for you
3d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 2) = 8 the troll goes down!!
Vhorun i will assume that you will attack the other troll who is nearby, is that ok? and do you still want to move 5ft
Charlyl Rilynghym wrote: Vhorun: If you view the file in HTML, you won't see all the monsters since they are pictures. I had to download the file and view it in excel to see everything. The way the monsters are positioned at the beginning of this round effectively blocks the cave entrance (they each take up a 10x10 square). If my attack kills the seriously injured troll, then you'll have room to 5 ft out. Just keep in mind that the third troll is right behind the uninjured troll. can people see the lines and the writing but not the pictures? if it is simply just a case of not seeing the pictures then i can use writing instead
M Drow Fighter 7
Yeah same actions different troll.
I don't see the pictures in html or when i dl the file.
I think the problem may be that i don't have excel, i use Open Office wich is an open source version of the office pack, and obviously has some minor flaws such as this.
I can see everything else than the pictures.
vhorun hacks at a troll and does serious damage to it
i will send out another battlemap without pics
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Just saw the new map and I like it much better. I originally would have recommended that you merge all the cells that belong to a single monster, but the way you're doing it shows each square clearly. Great idea for doing easy visuals on a pbp.
Male Drow Noble Conjurer 7
Knowing what is needed, Gauth'mere begins to chant. "Flear'zeash"
Cast Summon Monster II to summon a small fire elemental into F13.
the trolls attack,
the one that went down has regenerated enough to become concious, he remains prone and attacks Charlyl
two claws hit for 17 damage
and then it rends for an additional 8 damage
the other troll attacks Vhorun and only hits with a claw for 7 damage
the troll at the back is milling around trying to get in on the action
round two!!
Miu attacks the prone troll she uses a channel smite and..... misses! (im really sorry miu you could have only missed on a one and i rolled a one!!)
so it up to the rest of you
(ghaun im fairly sure you cant summon a monster into a square occupied by another creature so you can move where the elemental is being summoned)
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Just double checking, did you take into account the -4 to melee attack for the troll since it's prone? 25 dmg is like, damn...
The savage attacks from the downed troll surprises Charlyl, but years of training keeps the drow focused on the battle at hand. He quickly reverses his blade and stabs the prone monster.
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 321d10 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Does being prone deny the troll of its DEX modifier? If it does, the sneak attack dmg is below.
3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 6) = 16
Confirm crit.
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 141d10 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
He then takes a 5 ft back and yells, "Ghaun'mere! They keep healing! Do something!"
M Drow Fighter 7
Vhorun growl away the pain and bring his sword over his head for an overhand chop, but feints at the last second and puts it between the trolls legs trying to trip it.
According to the rules a trip attack can be made instead of a melee attack. Does that mean I can trip it AND attack it with my second attack, if i use a full attack? If we compare to a grapple, the rules states it's a standard action to start a grapple.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering---final/combat---final#TOC-Trip
Trip attack 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31 if succesfull it provokes an Aoo due to greater trip feat
Attack 2 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Damage 2 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Edit: crit confirmation 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Damage 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
i wish Orrin was with us to see this. I believe that troll needs some cleaning.. :D
charlyl no sneak attack but you do crit! (you get a +4 to hit because it was prone) ( i did remember the -4 to melee for the troll but i dont mind players reminding me, the troll just rolled well)
Vhorun, leave my trolls alone!!
you trip it and you then hit it and crit it!, it goes uncounsious,
you can automatically hit it with your second attack if you like or you can take a move action instead (my understanding is that trip only uses up one attack)
so the front two trolls are down
which means that the small elemental can arrive where Ghaum wanted it in the first place.
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Update on battle map?
"Burn them before they get back up!" Yells Charlyl.
Male Drow Noble Conjurer 7
"FLEAR'ZEASH!!"
A creature of flame and no passion appears on one troll burning with his essence and surges mometarily to the other downed troll.
See that the creature is doing his job, Gaun'mere states, "Sha'meash." At that, his allies begin to move outside of the normal time stream.
I was going to place the elmental there because the troll was down last round.
Assuming the burn ability would apply to the troll under him since it applies to any contact, the elemental attacks the other prone troll.
Fire damage vs. troll it is on top of: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Attack vs. other prone troll w/ +4 bonus: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 171d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Burn (1d4, DC 13)
Stand: Cast haste on allies.
the two trolls that are down catch fire quiclky and are out of action
the remaining troll looks concerned but steps 5ft towards you, he manges not to catch fire and he full attacks Vhorun
pathetic both claws miss!! he bites vhorun for 6 points of damage
Round three
miu does a 5ft step and smashes the remaining troll twice for a total of 31 points of damage
i will send a new battlemap
btw i forgot to say that miu used another channel smite
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Seeing victory is at hand, Charlyl presses the advantage, 5 ft stepping and bringing his blade down
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 221d10 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Charlyl Rilynghym wrote: Seeing victory is at hand, Charlyl presses the advantage, 5 ft stepping and bringing his blade down
1d20 + 12; 1d10 + 2
remember you are hasted, you get another attack
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
Ah, missed that in the excitement of battle. Let me redo my actions then.
Sensing victory, Charlyl decides to gamble on his fellow drows' distractions to acrobatic behind the troll.
1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21
Wow, are you kidding me?
Once Charalyl's flanking the troll with Miu, he will unleash both of his attacks.
1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 341d10 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 6) = 13
3d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 3) = 8
I am keeping my attack and dmg roll from above (if that's ok with the DM).
confirm crit
1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 321d10 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
M Drow Fighter 7
assuming the troll is still standing
Vhorun smiles in pity as the troll lands its attack without bringing him down.
"Well, you had your chance" he taunt befor launching in to a full out attack enhanced by the quickness bestowed upon him.
Attack 1 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
Attack 2 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
Attack 3 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Damage 1 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19
Damage 2 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20
Damage 3 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Confirm crit 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
Crit damage 1d10 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
the troll is cut to bits
and ghaun can get his elemental to sit on the remains
so battle over
btw charlyl you only get the extra attack if you do a full atttack and dont move more than 5ft
well done people!
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
"Priestess Miu, cousin Vhorun and I would humbly request some healing from Lolth, our goddess." Says Charlyl in a respectable tone.
Male Drow Noble Conjurer 7
After the elemental burns the last troll, Ghaun'mere dismisses the elemental. "Well done cousins. Now I will return to me meditations."
to save on some time
there wont be any more encouters until you get to your destination
you are all healed up and you each recieve 1200 exp
Waiting at your rendezvous is Shal
She smiles,
Well done children!
It is good to see you, did you have adventures on the way here,
Tell me later we are in a bit of a hurry!
Shal takes you to into a small forest, two miles south west of you meeting point
When you arrive you see 50 well armed and well equipped dwarves
There are a few tents set up
Shal takes you to one of them inside, is your old “friend” Orrin, with several other dwarves they are looking at a map, they give you a rough copy of it.
Orrin looks different to when you first met him, he is wearing shiny armour and has a massive 2 handed hammer across his back, and he radiates authority and strength. He smiles at you and says “ welcome my friends it is good to see that you have arrived safely
We need you to go in tomorrow mid afternoon so once we have finished our briefing you will probably need to rest, feel free to wander around and chat with some of the warriors. It may help us all to feel a bit more at ease. Tomorrow you will need to scout out the entrance, kill the guards and then make your way to where the younglings are being held. When you have got to them use a sending and we will come at full speed, at which point we will proceed with the rest of the attack. We believe that there are about 100 Deurgar, 8 drow and 2 gauth, Please study the map and ask any questions that you need to” .
I will send you this map soon
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
"The barrack, here," points Charlyl to the room between the back entrance and the younglings, "How many Deurgars might be there? How well-lit is the mine in general? And can anyone give me details on the gauths? Like their strength and weaknesses?"
Our intelligence is far from perfect, we suspect that around a third of the duergar use the barracks near the back entrance. With them being on duty half of the time, so the maxium at any one time would be about 15 but they would mostly be sleeping.
The mine has little lighting, the smithy gives off some light and we use some lighting where the actual mining takes place
any more questions?
Vhroun! some off my fellow dwarves do not think your team are up to the task, i dont suppose you would be up for a demonstration of your talents
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
I asked about the gauths?
we do not know much about these gauths
they look like floating balls with several eyestalks, these eyestalks have different magical powers, we are not sure what they do, I imagine they are quite hard to sneak up on though!
Shal adds, sorry but i have never come across them before, i think they are a bit like small beholders
OOC PC's can make knowledge arcana checks to know more
M Drow Fighter 7
Raven34 wrote: Vhroun! some off my fellow dwarves do not think your team are up to the task, i dont suppose you would be up for a demonstration of your talents "Absolutely. Wich one of them would you like me to kill?" he answers looking around at the dwarves with a mix of disgust and evil glee in his eyes.
Male Noble Drow Rogue 7
"I think what my cousin is implying," say Charlyl as he quickly steps between Vhorun and the host of dwarves, "is that he will kill more duergars in the upcoming battle than the anyone standing here."
Like magic, the drow makes a red ruby (worth 50 gp) appear in his hands and smoothly sets it down on the table. "And I believe he will. Anyone care to wager against me?"
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