- Oreo churros for Katie's 30th!
- Thessalie wakes up warm and comfy in a soft bed - She enjoys this for a brief moment before realizing that she went to sleep on the cold, rocky ground, so this is probably bad.
- She sits up slowly and looks around for her elven companions.
- Felosyal and Sharai are also asleep in beds over there similar to T's. They are probably also warm and comfy.
- This is doubly disconcerting since elves don't actually sleep.
- T dashes over and to S who is closer "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" (But gently, she is a healer after all.) A very groggy S mutters something about only using a bed for fucking.
- F also wakes up and attempts to draw a couple of daggers, but she doesn't have any. No one is wearing armor either. All the girls are pretty much in their underthings.
- All their stuff is just in a pile over there, though. FST gather their things and get dressed.
- They've started discussing where they might be when the door opens and a very tall, broad-shouldered man with a long, red beard (with the pale complexion to match) enters the nicely decorated room.
- He found them passed out in the rocky plains where the volcano off-gases.
- S can sense that he positively drips with magic.
- Lionshead Island may have some patchy connections to the Elemental Chaos, especially near the volcano, Gerard informs them when they ask about the rock monsters.
- S & T are being awfully chatty and silly. They start pondering back and forth if Gerard is to be trusted and what all that magic might mean.
- S: "Maybe he is Lellzutho." G: "I'm standing right here!"
- F asks him about the artifact they came to find.
- Gerard says that if there is anything that seems like a precious gem, the dragon Daganth has probably found it and added it to his collection.
- T asks how he knows Daganth's name.
- "We've met."
- T asks Gerard if he's a dragon.
- He answers vaguely and evasively without actually answering the question.
- T decides he is definitely a dragon in human form and ask if he's really Daganth. He is not Daganth. She is nearly exploding with excitement to tell her brother Eldon that she's been to a volcano and talked to a dragon. Gerard winks at her. Then she remembers that Eldon took a treasure map to the Emberwood in Rhoanor and probably needs rescuing and gets sad.
- S asks Gerard if he could tell the other dragon to put special spells and traps and things on the Heart (assuming that he has it). If not, they will give it to him, since they don't want it to have, they only want it to keep Talathon from having it.
- Gerard invites S to use his library if she'll be extremely careful with some of the older manuscripts (down the hall and on the left) and T can make a cake (down the hall on the right) as she likes, but he has an errand to run as it's getting on towards the middle of the afternoon and excuses himself.
- T chatters a bit more while making the beds, and she sees a green dragon fly past the glazed windows (this cave is very swanky). She gets super excited again, and extra wants to make him a cake so that she can tell Eldon she had cake with a dragon.
- FST go to explore the library and kitchen.
- The library is huge. Hugely massive. The biggest room any of them have ever seen. The library that the Beast gives Belle could fit into it at least four times, maybe more. It's five or six stories tall with mezzanines and spiral staircases and sliding ladders. It's very irregularly shaped with lots of nooks and crannies, though the central area is as big as two royal ballrooms combined (not that FS or T have ever been in a royal ballroom, but they can imagine.)
- T is boggled. She was going to see if he had a book on healing lore which she didn't already know, but she immediately wonder how she would ever find such a thing.
- S examines a few of the nearer shelves to get an idea of the organizational scheme and after a bit decides to start looks through that shelf over there to see if there is any information about the Keepers of Lellzutho.
- S finds a book that looks pretty promising information-wise, but is afraid to touch it because it looks like it's going to fall apart.
- S calls over T from where she was looking at the spines of some books over there to see if she can Mend it.
- T comes over from her unfruitful search, and Mends the book. Her powers have improved enough the the book looks as good as new. Considering the size of this library, she decided Gerard must really love books, so if she can repair some of his books that would be better for him than a cake to thank him for saving them. She goes on a Mending spree on all the books she can easily reach (the bottom three shelves.)
- S starts to say that maybe T shouldn't mess with someone else's stuff, but there is no stopping the tiny power house when she gets an idea like this one. She gives up and goes over to a convenient table to read about Lellzutho.
- Neither S nor T notice F leave the library after a very short time to investigate the kitchen. She finds a banquet table covered with a selection of meats, vegetables, cheeses, and fruits. She has a nice meal and then sets to repairing and cleaning her equipment with the odd snack here and there. While getting another apple, she realizes that it looks exactly like the first apple she had a few hours ago and is in exactly the same location in the bowl from which she took the first one. On a closer examination it doesn't look like anyone has taken any food off the table at all though she has been enjoying eating not-travel-rations. She concludes the table must be enchanted to never run out of food, though she doesn't catch it regrowing anything.
- S discovers that Lellzutho was a minor god of destruction and chaos and the Keepers were a group who defeated him and are (supposedly) trying to keep him from returning to reek havock on the world (again).
- Near the end of the afternoon a few hours later, Gerard comes back to find S pouring over a stack of books nearish the door. He asks her if she's found what she was looking for, and she starts to explain to him what's she found, and about how she thinks she and her companions have made an error in their judgement about Talathon belonging to the Keepers of Lellzutho, and now she believes he is stealing from the Keepers, when T runs up.
- T skids to a stop in front of Gerard and says "Gerard! Gerard! Gerard" This started before the skidding to a stop, "I the-opposite-of-damaged your books!" She puts both of her tiny little fists under her chin to frame the ear to ear grin.
- Gerard and S follow the dashing T back to where she has been Mending the oldest books she could find for several hours.
- Gerard's face goes very blank for a moment, giving Sharai a bit of a quiver before he says "This is glorious! Can you do more?"
- He shows T to his bookshelf of extremely worn favorites and she gets to work Mending those.
- G then tells S that he spoke to Daganth who refused to admit if he owned or even knew about the Heart, but from his knowledge of the dragon and his behaviors, he suspects that Daganth does indeed possess the Heart.
- S is worried that even if they warn Daganth Talathon will somehow be able to steal the Heart from him, and that it and all the other artifacts should probably be destroyed to prevent them from bring even more death and destruction than they once did.
- F asks Gerard if he's really a dragon where his treasure is.
- Gerard says that dragons don't necessarily hold treasure per se. They tend to collect things which they believe possess value.
- T: "You're a book wyrm! You collect books! That's way better than gold!"
- F twists her mouth into a disagreeing shape, but doesn't say anything.
- 1000 XP ea. - 11,410 XP total ea.
Friday, March 4, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Lionshead Island - February 12, 2016
- Cake cookies and jolly ranchers!
- When did blue raspberry become a flavor?
- SKILL CHALLENGE
- Goal: Get the girls, the halflings, and the unhypnotized sailors to the pirate ship and away from the monsters in the hold
- Need 6 successes before 3 failures
- Felosyal is awake, but weak and woozy
- S (Arcana) - Scorching Ray at the pirate who opened the hold to give the swarms and swarms of spiders something to eat besides the fleeing victims - 15 is a success - The pirate falls over and is quickly lost to sight from the hundreds and hundreds of spiders that cover him
- T (Medicine) - Cure Wounds on F - 22 is a success - Felosyal shakes her head and jumps to her feet
- F (Persuasion) - Get the surviving pirates to help defend the ship - 11 is not a success - The pirates are too freaked out to do anything useful
- S (Nature) - Identify the spiders because knowledge is power - 16 is a success - They are enormous Jumping Spiders who eat lungs - EEK!
- T (Acrobatics) - Climbs into the rigging to get a lose rope and throws it to S on the other ship as the spiders are about to reach her (earns a +1 for being awesome) - NAT 20! - S successfully swings across the gap before the spiders reach her, though they are beginning to cross the gangplank after the sailors
- F (Animal Handling) - Safely capture and throw overboard the largest spider who followed the last sailor across the gangplank (it is about the size of a dog, and not a little dog, either) - 14 is not a success - She is now riding the spider like a bucking bronco, and it is chasing halflings around the deck
- S (Arcana) Burning Hands on the gangplank and cross spiders - 22 is a success - the gangplank and several hundred spiders and incinerated
- T (Insight) Figure out which of the sailors was the captain and snap him into action to get us away from the spider-monster ship - 18 is a success - The sailors jump to follow her orders while FST squish and throw overboard spiders as they manage to jump cross until the distance is too great for the spiders to jump any more
- SUCCESS
- The two surviving pirates go up to F and ask her for her orders Cap'n
- The sailors ask where we're headed and when they hear Fort Whitkow, they say Lionshead Island is dangerous.
- F offers to sell them the ship, which they can do with the proceeds from the pirates' carrrgo (the tea only, not the halflings).
- T puts one of the halflings in charge of the galley with one of the pirates as sous chef (to prevent the halfling from eating all the food himself)
- FST take a tender to shore - They land on the beach near the fort. There is a small amount of smoke up the beach; it looks like a small camp fire.
- There are three figures silhouetted by the setting sun around the small fire as the girls approach it.
- F sneaks over to the group - 3 men - One is Tyron Hiram (the merchant who gave F her necklace) Wilbur and Lee his guards are the other two.
- FST approach them. They are here exploring.
- S thinks the guys are being pretty straight-forward, but she doesn't trust them.
- T doesn't notice a spell on them (They spent a little time in Rhoanor recently), or at least, if there is a spell on the three men, it's much subtler than the one that was on the sailors.
- The merchants ran into a group of 30 wolves just over the border in Rhoanor - a very large (unusually so) pack
- Hiram hits on F some more - T is confused at first "Oh, you're asking her for sex!"
- During the night F notices a large dragon flying high overhead - S didn't notice it because "the first was in [her] eyes"
- The next morning the guys are gone. With all their stuff. There are footprints on the beach parallel to the shore.
- S goes over and bangs on the gate of the fort. No one answers and the sound echoes hollowly back at them.
- FST head inward and upward
- S starts to feel some sort of magical aura as they move inland. - S orients herself and the girl start moving in the direction where it feels stongest
- As they are walking, the girls come to a rocky area and three somethings (that look like rocks) rise up and head directly for the girls.
- The things look like flying piles of rocks in a sort of humanoid shape (no legs, though). It looks like they are wearing rock armor, but where on a human you would see skin it looks molten. - No face, just molten orbs.
Battle of the Bands
- First Stanza
- T casts Spiritual Weapon on Rock Monster 2 for 6 force dmg then she casts Guiding Bolt on RM1
- S thinks they look like elemental, but not what they are exactly. She casts Melf's Acid Arrow on RM2 for 12 acid dmg.
- All the RM's for from where a mouth ought to be long flaming tongue-things which fall to the ground and rise up as flaming snakes (FS1, 2, &3)
- RM2 moves and breathes fire @ S & F - 6 fire dmg to S, 3 to F
- RM1 extends a flamey tongue thing and heats F's sword up to red hot. She takes 9 fire dmg, but doesn't drop it.
- F moves to RM1 and slashes it for 21 dmg, exploding (literally). She takes 5 fire dmg from the explosion.
- FS1 move to F and bites her for 3 piercing and 3 fire dmg, then misses with its tail
- FS2 moves to S and misses biting her, but smacks her with its tails for 3 bldg dmg & 5 fire dmg
- FS3 moves to T and bites her for 3 piercing and 5 fire dmg, then misses with its tail
- RM3 heats F's sword and she drops it taking 15 fire dmg
- Chorus
- T misses FS3 with her SW then casts Bless on FST
- S casts Shocking Grasp on FS2 for 12 lightning dmg and she takes 4 fire dmg then she runs into the nearby trees for cover
- RM2 breathes fire at T and takes 2 fire dmg then moves to flank her in melee
- F grabs her sword and swings it into FS1 for 11 slashing dmg then runs into the cover of the trees after S
- FS1 follows F into the trees and then misses both biting and tail attacking her
- FS2 follows S into the trees and bites her for 2 piercing dmg & 6 fire dmg then misses with its tail
- FS 3 completely misses T
- RM 3 flares F's sword and she takes 10 fire dmg then moves and breathes fire on S & F and they each take 4 fire dmg - F is KO'ed!
- Third Stanza
- T hit RM2 for 5 force dmg then she stabs it with her dagger for 12 piercing dmg and it explodes giving her 4 fire dmg
- S casts Shocking Grasp on FS2 for 8 lightning dmg and takes 2 fire dmg then she moves and tries to hide, but the FS's and the RM's can still see her
- F fails her first Death ST (Dun duh. . .)
- FS1 moves to S, misses biting her, and then smack her with its tail for 5 bludgeoning and 2 fire dmg
- FS3 bites T for 3 piercing and 5 fire dmg then misses with its tail
- RM3 moves to flank T and misses her
- Chorus
- T misses RM3 with her SW and then uses Channel Divinity - Preserve Life on F giving her 25 HP
- S casts Magic Missile on FS1 for 7 force dmg
- F stands and moves to flank FS1 with S then slashes it for 14 dmg
- FS3 misses T with bit then hits her with its tail for 2 bldg and 3 fire dmg
- RM3 claws T for 2 slashing and 1 fire dmg
- Fifth Stanza
- T hits FS3 for 4 force dmg with her SW then stabs RM3 for 6 piercing dmg
- S casts Magic Missile on FS3 for 12 force dmg
- F moves to flank RM3 with T then slashes it for 12 dmg
- FS3 bites T for 4 piercing and 4 fire dmg then hits her with its tail for 4 bldg and 1 fire dmg
- RM3 claws T for 4 slashing and 4 fire dmg - She finally loses Concentration on her Bless spell
- Final Chorus
- T hits FS3 for 4 force dmg then uses Cure Wounds on herself
- S casts Magic Missile, FS3 takes 3 force dmg & RM3 takes 7
- F smashes the RM3 into smithereens (Critical Hit for 30 dmg!) - She and T both take 3 fire dmg from the explosion
- FS3 bites T for 3 piercing and 1 fire dmg and then hits her with his tail for 3 bldg and 6 fire dmg
- T kills FS3 with her SW
- Prayer of Healing on the girls for 16HP each.
- 800 XP for 10,410 XP total ea.
- When did blue raspberry become a flavor?
- SKILL CHALLENGE
- Goal: Get the girls, the halflings, and the unhypnotized sailors to the pirate ship and away from the monsters in the hold
- Need 6 successes before 3 failures
- Felosyal is awake, but weak and woozy
- S (Arcana) - Scorching Ray at the pirate who opened the hold to give the swarms and swarms of spiders something to eat besides the fleeing victims - 15 is a success - The pirate falls over and is quickly lost to sight from the hundreds and hundreds of spiders that cover him
- T (Medicine) - Cure Wounds on F - 22 is a success - Felosyal shakes her head and jumps to her feet
- F (Persuasion) - Get the surviving pirates to help defend the ship - 11 is not a success - The pirates are too freaked out to do anything useful
- S (Nature) - Identify the spiders because knowledge is power - 16 is a success - They are enormous Jumping Spiders who eat lungs - EEK!
- T (Acrobatics) - Climbs into the rigging to get a lose rope and throws it to S on the other ship as the spiders are about to reach her (earns a +1 for being awesome) - NAT 20! - S successfully swings across the gap before the spiders reach her, though they are beginning to cross the gangplank after the sailors
- F (Animal Handling) - Safely capture and throw overboard the largest spider who followed the last sailor across the gangplank (it is about the size of a dog, and not a little dog, either) - 14 is not a success - She is now riding the spider like a bucking bronco, and it is chasing halflings around the deck
- S (Arcana) Burning Hands on the gangplank and cross spiders - 22 is a success - the gangplank and several hundred spiders and incinerated
- T (Insight) Figure out which of the sailors was the captain and snap him into action to get us away from the spider-monster ship - 18 is a success - The sailors jump to follow her orders while FST squish and throw overboard spiders as they manage to jump cross until the distance is too great for the spiders to jump any more
- SUCCESS
- The two surviving pirates go up to F and ask her for her orders Cap'n
- The sailors ask where we're headed and when they hear Fort Whitkow, they say Lionshead Island is dangerous.
- F offers to sell them the ship, which they can do with the proceeds from the pirates' carrrgo (the tea only, not the halflings).
- T puts one of the halflings in charge of the galley with one of the pirates as sous chef (to prevent the halfling from eating all the food himself)
- FST take a tender to shore - They land on the beach near the fort. There is a small amount of smoke up the beach; it looks like a small camp fire.
- There are three figures silhouetted by the setting sun around the small fire as the girls approach it.
- F sneaks over to the group - 3 men - One is Tyron Hiram (the merchant who gave F her necklace) Wilbur and Lee his guards are the other two.
- FST approach them. They are here exploring.
- S thinks the guys are being pretty straight-forward, but she doesn't trust them.
- T doesn't notice a spell on them (They spent a little time in Rhoanor recently), or at least, if there is a spell on the three men, it's much subtler than the one that was on the sailors.
- The merchants ran into a group of 30 wolves just over the border in Rhoanor - a very large (unusually so) pack
- Hiram hits on F some more - T is confused at first "Oh, you're asking her for sex!"
- During the night F notices a large dragon flying high overhead - S didn't notice it because "the first was in [her] eyes"
- The next morning the guys are gone. With all their stuff. There are footprints on the beach parallel to the shore.
- S goes over and bangs on the gate of the fort. No one answers and the sound echoes hollowly back at them.
- FST head inward and upward
- S starts to feel some sort of magical aura as they move inland. - S orients herself and the girl start moving in the direction where it feels stongest
- As they are walking, the girls come to a rocky area and three somethings (that look like rocks) rise up and head directly for the girls.
- The things look like flying piles of rocks in a sort of humanoid shape (no legs, though). It looks like they are wearing rock armor, but where on a human you would see skin it looks molten. - No face, just molten orbs.
Battle of the Bands
- First Stanza
- T casts Spiritual Weapon on Rock Monster 2 for 6 force dmg then she casts Guiding Bolt on RM1
- S thinks they look like elemental, but not what they are exactly. She casts Melf's Acid Arrow on RM2 for 12 acid dmg.
- All the RM's for from where a mouth ought to be long flaming tongue-things which fall to the ground and rise up as flaming snakes (FS1, 2, &3)
- RM2 moves and breathes fire @ S & F - 6 fire dmg to S, 3 to F
- RM1 extends a flamey tongue thing and heats F's sword up to red hot. She takes 9 fire dmg, but doesn't drop it.
- F moves to RM1 and slashes it for 21 dmg, exploding (literally). She takes 5 fire dmg from the explosion.
- FS1 move to F and bites her for 3 piercing and 3 fire dmg, then misses with its tail
- FS2 moves to S and misses biting her, but smacks her with its tails for 3 bldg dmg & 5 fire dmg
- FS3 moves to T and bites her for 3 piercing and 5 fire dmg, then misses with its tail
- RM3 heats F's sword and she drops it taking 15 fire dmg
- Chorus
- T misses FS3 with her SW then casts Bless on FST
- S casts Shocking Grasp on FS2 for 12 lightning dmg and she takes 4 fire dmg then she runs into the nearby trees for cover
- RM2 breathes fire at T and takes 2 fire dmg then moves to flank her in melee
- F grabs her sword and swings it into FS1 for 11 slashing dmg then runs into the cover of the trees after S
- FS1 follows F into the trees and then misses both biting and tail attacking her
- FS2 follows S into the trees and bites her for 2 piercing dmg & 6 fire dmg then misses with its tail
- FS 3 completely misses T
- RM 3 flares F's sword and she takes 10 fire dmg then moves and breathes fire on S & F and they each take 4 fire dmg - F is KO'ed!
- Third Stanza
- T hit RM2 for 5 force dmg then she stabs it with her dagger for 12 piercing dmg and it explodes giving her 4 fire dmg
- S casts Shocking Grasp on FS2 for 8 lightning dmg and takes 2 fire dmg then she moves and tries to hide, but the FS's and the RM's can still see her
- F fails her first Death ST (Dun duh. . .)
- FS1 moves to S, misses biting her, and then smack her with its tail for 5 bludgeoning and 2 fire dmg
- FS3 bites T for 3 piercing and 5 fire dmg then misses with its tail
- RM3 moves to flank T and misses her
- Chorus
- T misses RM3 with her SW and then uses Channel Divinity - Preserve Life on F giving her 25 HP
- S casts Magic Missile on FS1 for 7 force dmg
- F stands and moves to flank FS1 with S then slashes it for 14 dmg
- FS3 misses T with bit then hits her with its tail for 2 bldg and 3 fire dmg
- RM3 claws T for 2 slashing and 1 fire dmg
- Fifth Stanza
- T hits FS3 for 4 force dmg with her SW then stabs RM3 for 6 piercing dmg
- S casts Magic Missile on FS3 for 12 force dmg
- F moves to flank RM3 with T then slashes it for 12 dmg
- FS3 bites T for 4 piercing and 4 fire dmg then hits her with its tail for 4 bldg and 1 fire dmg
- RM3 claws T for 4 slashing and 4 fire dmg - She finally loses Concentration on her Bless spell
- Final Chorus
- T hits FS3 for 4 force dmg then uses Cure Wounds on herself
- S casts Magic Missile, FS3 takes 3 force dmg & RM3 takes 7
- F smashes the RM3 into smithereens (Critical Hit for 30 dmg!) - She and T both take 3 fire dmg from the explosion
- FS3 bites T for 3 piercing and 1 fire dmg and then hits her with his tail for 3 bldg and 6 fire dmg
- T kills FS3 with her SW
- Prayer of Healing on the girls for 16HP each.
- 800 XP for 10,410 XP total ea.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Can't Leave Well Enough Alone - February 05, 2016
- Continental style knitting versus English style knitting
- Strawberry cider!
- Chinese Red Bean Cake recipe - a steamed gummy cake
- Two days out from Lionshead Island
- Girls wake up to lots of commotion on deck
- Two ballista on deck loaded with grappling hooks!
- Another ship from Rhoanor name the Sea Star
- Pirates switch flag to match the other ship
- "I didn't choose the pirate's life. The pirate's life chose me."
- T is VERY UPSET
- S suggests they get the halfling onto the other ship
- T says it might do if they can't stop the attack itself
- F says they can't stop the attack or the pirates will probably just through them overboard
- F goes to the hold to try to release the halfling captives
- S & T go to the captain's cabin to see if they can find the key(s) to the cages - S finds nothing in the deck except rat droppings - T finds some clothing and 300GP of coin - nothing in his ratty mattress either - S says if the keys aren't here they're either in the hold or in the galley
- S goes to help F in the hold, T goes to search the galley
- F does not do well at picking the locks
- S shows up and starts asking the halflings abotu the key or who might have the key - the key is hanging on the wall near the cages in the hold
- T finally shows up and they start whispering about how to get the halflings onto the other ship so they can get away
- They take the halflings up to the deck and S casts a flash bang illusion to get the captain to look away from the battle on the other ship, then uses the Hand to paralyze him (F takes 5 necrotic dmg)
- The halflings dash across and hide amongst the things on the deck of the Sea Star
- As they are hiding S sees a couple of pirates go into the hold of the other ship, and then she hears TERRIFIED screams that cut off abrubtly
- The captain then sends another two pirates down into the hold to investigate. More screaming. The pirates are quite spooked now.
- T marches across the gang plank an shakes one of the other sailors and asks him what's in the hold - he answers foggily that it's just trade goods bound for Port Carling
- S comes and looks the sailors over and realizes they are under a magically induced hypnosis
- T casts Dispel Magic on the sailors (Nat 20!) and a misty blueness rises from the sailors and dissipates into nothing
- The sailors have no memory of leaving Rhoanor
- T pretends to call for Mishakal's aid while S casts a bluey glowing orb down through the entrance and into the hold (S then tries to use the Hand to paralyze the bit of movement that can be seen in the shadows, but it is gone too fast)
- S create an illusion of a newborn halfling child (Baby! Thessalie almost dives into the hold, but F stops her), some spiders about an inch across immediately attempt to scurry across it, but as it is an illusion they merely skitter through it
- The captain then sends Jackson to go get one of the littl'uns from the carrrgo to send into the hold
- Some of the halflings who had come out from hiding to watch the precedings now dive back into hiding once prompted by T
- Jackson returns and says the halflings are missing. Jackson and Callahan decide it must be the visitors who haven't been "followin' the rules"
- The pirates try to order the girls into the hold, but the girls refuse on account of S "doesn't do spiders"
- The pirates draw swords
Une battaille sur la mer
Le tour un
- Pirate4 - slices T with scimitar for 5 dmg then gets her with his other scimitar for 3 slashing dmg
- S casts Burning Hands on P1 and P2, P2 takes 15 fire dmg, P1 takes 7 fire dmg
- T casts Spiritual Weapon on P4 for 4 force dmg then casts Spirit Guardians
- The SGs deal 12 radiant dmg to P1 then he hits T with a club for 5 bludgeoning dmg (she loses Concentration, no more SG :-( ) then he hits her again for 4 bldg dmg
- F then OVERKILLS P1 (Critical Hit!), 41 dmg
- P2 misses F then slashes her for 7 dmg
- Jackson then casts Guiding Bolt at S for 14 radiant dmg then he casts Spiritual Weapon and deals 11 force dmg to S
- Captain Callahan moves to flank F and slashes her for 11 dmg then again for another 11
- P3 slashes T for 4 dmg and again for 4
Le tour deux
- P4 misses then slashes for 4 dmg
- S casts Burning Hands again on P2, P3, and P4 for 8 fire dmg each
- T hits P4 w/ SW for 7 force dmg then she hits CC for 14 radiant dmg with Guiding Bolt (There's a lotta that going around today!)
- F then turns and slashes CC for 13 dmg then she Disengagesa and runs to flank P4
- P2 moves to T and deals 4 slashing dmg then 8
- J misses S with his SW then casts Cure Wounds on CC for 13 HP
- CC misses F with his crossbow
- P3 misses T then slashes her for 7 dmg
Le tour trois
- P4 slashes F for 3 then 3 again dmg
- S moves to a position where she can get P2, P3, and P4 in Burnings Hands again, P2 and P3 take 12 fire dmg while P4 only takes 6
- T misses P4 with her SW then kills P2 with Sacred Flame
- F murderizes P4 with her longsword
- J casts Guiding Bolt @ S missing, then smacks her with his SW for 6 force dmg
- CC moves to flank T, misses, then slashes her for 10 dmg
- P3 misses T twice
Le tour quatre
- S moves to flank CC then casts Scorching Ray on his for 23 fire dmg
- T uses her SW on CC for 9 force dmg then totally kills him with Guiding Bolt (yay Critical Hit!) - Jackson is very upset by this (Noooooooo!!!1!)
- F moves to block J's path across the gang plank then misses him with her longsword
- J misses her with his SW then Disengages and runs across the gang plank to his own ship
- P3 surrenders, so the girls all turn their attention to Jackson
Le tour cinq
- S casts Magic Missile for 21 force dmg on J
- T runs onto gang plank then casts Guiding Bolt at J and misses
- F runs up to the escaping pirate and misses (Stupid rocking boats. . . )
- J misses F with his SW and then KO's her with Guiding Bolt
- P3 runs over and opens the hold (Stupid sneaky pirate!)
- S kills Jackson then runs over and unties the sailors yelling all the while for every to abandon ship to the pirate vessel!
- 1050 XP ea. for 9610 total ea.
- Strawberry cider!
- Chinese Red Bean Cake recipe - a steamed gummy cake
- Two days out from Lionshead Island
- Girls wake up to lots of commotion on deck
- Two ballista on deck loaded with grappling hooks!
- Another ship from Rhoanor name the Sea Star
- Pirates switch flag to match the other ship
- "I didn't choose the pirate's life. The pirate's life chose me."
- T is VERY UPSET
- S suggests they get the halfling onto the other ship
- T says it might do if they can't stop the attack itself
- F says they can't stop the attack or the pirates will probably just through them overboard
- F goes to the hold to try to release the halfling captives
- S & T go to the captain's cabin to see if they can find the key(s) to the cages - S finds nothing in the deck except rat droppings - T finds some clothing and 300GP of coin - nothing in his ratty mattress either - S says if the keys aren't here they're either in the hold or in the galley
- S goes to help F in the hold, T goes to search the galley
- F does not do well at picking the locks
- S shows up and starts asking the halflings abotu the key or who might have the key - the key is hanging on the wall near the cages in the hold
- T finally shows up and they start whispering about how to get the halflings onto the other ship so they can get away
- They take the halflings up to the deck and S casts a flash bang illusion to get the captain to look away from the battle on the other ship, then uses the Hand to paralyze him (F takes 5 necrotic dmg)
- The halflings dash across and hide amongst the things on the deck of the Sea Star
- As they are hiding S sees a couple of pirates go into the hold of the other ship, and then she hears TERRIFIED screams that cut off abrubtly
- The captain then sends another two pirates down into the hold to investigate. More screaming. The pirates are quite spooked now.
- T marches across the gang plank an shakes one of the other sailors and asks him what's in the hold - he answers foggily that it's just trade goods bound for Port Carling
- S comes and looks the sailors over and realizes they are under a magically induced hypnosis
- T casts Dispel Magic on the sailors (Nat 20!) and a misty blueness rises from the sailors and dissipates into nothing
- The sailors have no memory of leaving Rhoanor
- T pretends to call for Mishakal's aid while S casts a bluey glowing orb down through the entrance and into the hold (S then tries to use the Hand to paralyze the bit of movement that can be seen in the shadows, but it is gone too fast)
- S create an illusion of a newborn halfling child (Baby! Thessalie almost dives into the hold, but F stops her), some spiders about an inch across immediately attempt to scurry across it, but as it is an illusion they merely skitter through it
- The captain then sends Jackson to go get one of the littl'uns from the carrrgo to send into the hold
- Some of the halflings who had come out from hiding to watch the precedings now dive back into hiding once prompted by T
- Jackson returns and says the halflings are missing. Jackson and Callahan decide it must be the visitors who haven't been "followin' the rules"
- The pirates try to order the girls into the hold, but the girls refuse on account of S "doesn't do spiders"
- The pirates draw swords
Une battaille sur la mer
Le tour un
- Pirate4 - slices T with scimitar for 5 dmg then gets her with his other scimitar for 3 slashing dmg
- S casts Burning Hands on P1 and P2, P2 takes 15 fire dmg, P1 takes 7 fire dmg
- T casts Spiritual Weapon on P4 for 4 force dmg then casts Spirit Guardians
- The SGs deal 12 radiant dmg to P1 then he hits T with a club for 5 bludgeoning dmg (she loses Concentration, no more SG :-( ) then he hits her again for 4 bldg dmg
- F then OVERKILLS P1 (Critical Hit!), 41 dmg
- P2 misses F then slashes her for 7 dmg
- Jackson then casts Guiding Bolt at S for 14 radiant dmg then he casts Spiritual Weapon and deals 11 force dmg to S
- Captain Callahan moves to flank F and slashes her for 11 dmg then again for another 11
- P3 slashes T for 4 dmg and again for 4
Le tour deux
- P4 misses then slashes for 4 dmg
- S casts Burning Hands again on P2, P3, and P4 for 8 fire dmg each
- T hits P4 w/ SW for 7 force dmg then she hits CC for 14 radiant dmg with Guiding Bolt (There's a lotta that going around today!)
- F then turns and slashes CC for 13 dmg then she Disengagesa and runs to flank P4
- P2 moves to T and deals 4 slashing dmg then 8
- J misses S with his SW then casts Cure Wounds on CC for 13 HP
- CC misses F with his crossbow
- P3 misses T then slashes her for 7 dmg
Le tour trois
- P4 slashes F for 3 then 3 again dmg
- S moves to a position where she can get P2, P3, and P4 in Burnings Hands again, P2 and P3 take 12 fire dmg while P4 only takes 6
- T misses P4 with her SW then kills P2 with Sacred Flame
- F murderizes P4 with her longsword
- J casts Guiding Bolt @ S missing, then smacks her with his SW for 6 force dmg
- CC moves to flank T, misses, then slashes her for 10 dmg
- P3 misses T twice
Le tour quatre
- S moves to flank CC then casts Scorching Ray on his for 23 fire dmg
- T uses her SW on CC for 9 force dmg then totally kills him with Guiding Bolt (yay Critical Hit!) - Jackson is very upset by this (Noooooooo!!!1!)
- F moves to block J's path across the gang plank then misses him with her longsword
- J misses her with his SW then Disengages and runs across the gang plank to his own ship
- P3 surrenders, so the girls all turn their attention to Jackson
Le tour cinq
- S casts Magic Missile for 21 force dmg on J
- T runs onto gang plank then casts Guiding Bolt at J and misses
- F runs up to the escaping pirate and misses (Stupid rocking boats. . . )
- J misses F with his SW and then KO's her with Guiding Bolt
- P3 runs over and opens the hold (Stupid sneaky pirate!)
- S kills Jackson then runs over and unties the sailors yelling all the while for every to abandon ship to the pirate vessel!
- 1050 XP ea. for 9610 total ea.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
The Three Rules of the Ocean Blade - January 29, 2015
- Pregame talking: Jim's bad handwriting and the Thingamajig
- T asks S what the thing in the Emberwood is. The thing that goes with the Hand.
- The Mouth is in the Emberwood S reminds T that the Mouth is the thing that bring information to the bearer and may even portend the future
- T clearly forgot all of this so S also reminds her that the fourth of the creepy, dismembered body-part artifacts is the Arm, a relic of great destructive powers, which is hidden on the largest island of the central finger of the Grasping Claw Cape
- T nods in that way the means she really did forget everything
- F reminds T that the girls are headed towards Lionshead Island to get the Heart which is supposed to have some sort of power over life and death
- The group finally bids adieu to the Groundswallows and heads to the docks
- Captain Callahan greats them and asks for their fee, so they give him 30GP now and tell him that he'll get the other 30GP on their safe arrival to the island
- The rules of the Ocean Blade:
1. As this is a pirate ship yeh must talk like a pirate.
2. In bad weather, stay in yer cabin and out from underfoot
3. Stay outta the hold as carrrgo may shift durin' transport
- T begs not to attack people. Captain C assures her that she doesn't have to attack anyone she doesn't want to. F is perfectly willing to attack people as long as she gets share of the loot.
- The pirate are going to share their booty. Tee hee hee.
- The girls stow their things in the passenger cabin, which has four hammocks. F takes on of the two top hammocks, and the backpacks are safely tied in the other top hammock.
- FST begin exploring the ship, F tries to sneak into the hold to see what's down there (5 minutes in and already breaking the rules, SMH)
- F gets caught immediately (Crit Fail), says she was looking for the bathroom - she gets walked to the privy, which is a tiny room with a bench with a hold in it and a bucket under the bench
- T distracts the Captain who comes to see what the commotion is by going on about how she's a cleric, not a pirate, and talking like a pirate hurts her throat and can they please not attack anyone because she can't bear to see anyone get hurt and it's not worth it for stuff and she doesn't want Stuff!
- F wants Stuff, especially if its gold stuff.
- S goes back to the cabin to read while lounging in her hammock
- F skulks around
- T sulks against the railing a while then goes around Mending things (The Ocean Blade has never looked better!)
- In the evening, Captain C invites the girls to sitting with him at the Captain's Table along with the first mate, Jackson
- Roast pork and potatoes in a sort of gravy for dinner
- Jeremiah cannot talk like a Scottish, Sean Connery pirate. We know because he tried and failed.
- S asks how long until we get to Lionshead Island - "If the wind is with us and we don't stop to make any booty calls, we should be there in five or six days."
- No entertainment tonight as its the first night, but most nights there's singing and sometimes some of the men dress up and put on a cabaret.
- S tries to bribe and sweet talk a random pirate to show her what's in the hold on her way back to the cabin from the mess. She is very unsuccessful.
- Meanwhile back in the mess, pirate are very sloppy drunks. T starts walking up and down the table leading the pirate shanties. Loudly. Out of key. No one really notices since no one two pirate are singing in the same key either.
- F finds the drunkest pirate and gives him another stein of ale. Then she inexpertly flirts with him until he says, "There's mostly tea in the hold right now, but it's not worth half so much as the littl'uns." Slurp. Glug. Pass out.
- Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
- F then attempts to pretend to seduce a pirate, thinking that may there is a door into the hold from the crew's quarters, but as there's connection between the two, so she leave the pirate on the pretense of getting more ale, and then sneaks through the mess without any of the carousing pirates (or cleric) noticing her.
- T eventually gives up singing and goes to the cabin and is surprised to see F there. They are agree that now that they know this is a pirate ship, they are determined to see what is in the hold. Especially, after F tells what she heard from the drunkest of the drunks.
- There is a brainstorming session to figure out how this might be done. S suggests either using her spells Disguise Self to look like one of the pirates and going into the hold that way or perhaps causing some chaos with an Unseen Servant.
- FST decide to go with the Unseen Servant for now and keep the other spell in their back pocket once they see what's really down there.
- More brainstorming about what the US will do to the pirates. They decide that it should go around stealing all the pirates' left shoes and then throw them into the cargo hold.
- S, "Tomorrow all the left shoes will be vanquished!"
- S puts the left shoe plan into action the next morning after she's tranced and prepared her spells for the day.
- The girls go to breakfast and on the way witness a pirate get dragged by his left boots and thrown into the hold. The girls suddenly realize how difficult the next hour is going to be as they cannot laugh at the hi-jinx that are about to ensue or they will give themselves away.
- At breakfast various pirates are accosted and their shoes stolen, if they can get them off in time, or, if they can't, they are dragged up the stairs out of the mess and thrown into the carrrgo hold.
- T declares that this sort of thing looks like the work of Nuitari, the god of evil magic, and that perhaps if they pray to Solinari, the goddess of good magic and the arch-enemy of Nuitari, the curse will be broken
- For the next fifteen minutes T leads the pirates in pray while she prays to Mishakal in their name to remove the bad magic affecting the sailors of this ship.
- The US finally steals the captain's left boot and the praying gets very vigorous indeed, and the spell animating the US ends, and the captain's boot drops with a thud on the stairs. His sock is in very bad disrepair.
- T tells him to sit down and Mends his sock. He is very impressed and asks her to do the other one too. She complies nicely and tells him that "That's the power of good magic."
- The pirates are very nervous for the next few hours.
- The girls go back to their cabin and brainstorm again.
- The next morning S gives the US servant the following set of commands:
- If someone opens the hold's hatch, slam it closed.
- If someone closes the hold's hatch, open it.
- If no one is interacting with the hatch, open it or slam it closed every five minutes.
- It does not take long before there's a crowd watching the pirate Davies trying very unsuccessfully to close the hatch that leads into the hold. He closes it and latches it shut only to have the latch undo itself and fly opening again.
- Captain C comes over to see what the commotion is this time, and after trying himself to close the hatch, tells everyone to get back to work and sets one of the pirates to guard the hatch. He goes off muttering about what he could have done to anger Zeboim.
- That pirates watches bemusedly and then very boredly as the hatch opens and closes itself.
- S keeps the US servant going all morning and into the afternoon. She and T finally move in and distract the pirate guard with a game of throwing daggers while F sneaks into the hold while the hatch is conveniently open.
- At the very back of the hold there are five cages and two at the sides. There are two little people in each cage. One asks in a very quiet voice who F is. She talks to them and discovers that they are halflings from Koswattagoda. Other than being in cages the halflings are tolerably well fed and not being treated too badly.
- F successfully sneaks back out when the hatch is opened again and disappears into the cabin for a few minutes before coming "to see what her companions are up to" - S has soundly defeated the pirate who was bad enough to have lost his best dagger over the side.
- S gestures at T to pretend to do magic. T does, "invoking" Mishakal's aid, and S performs a small spell to retrieve the dagger, which flies into T hand only a little wet. She hands it back to the pirate.
- T finally walks over and banishes the "evil spirit" so that S can stop spending 10 minutes out of every hours renewing the spell.
- The next morning S creates 3 Unseen Servants and has them steal the pirates' food every time one of them starts to take a bite and bring the food to the halflings in the hold.
- There is much pandemonium.
- The next afternoon the captain gives to order to make for Port Carling to drop off the carrrgo, S and T give him 50GP not to stop in port because they don't yet have a plan to save the halflings.
- 1000 XP ea. 8560 XP total ea.
- T asks S what the thing in the Emberwood is. The thing that goes with the Hand.
- The Mouth is in the Emberwood S reminds T that the Mouth is the thing that bring information to the bearer and may even portend the future
- T clearly forgot all of this so S also reminds her that the fourth of the creepy, dismembered body-part artifacts is the Arm, a relic of great destructive powers, which is hidden on the largest island of the central finger of the Grasping Claw Cape
- T nods in that way the means she really did forget everything
- F reminds T that the girls are headed towards Lionshead Island to get the Heart which is supposed to have some sort of power over life and death
- The group finally bids adieu to the Groundswallows and heads to the docks
- Captain Callahan greats them and asks for their fee, so they give him 30GP now and tell him that he'll get the other 30GP on their safe arrival to the island
- The rules of the Ocean Blade:
1. As this is a pirate ship yeh must talk like a pirate.
2. In bad weather, stay in yer cabin and out from underfoot
3. Stay outta the hold as carrrgo may shift durin' transport
- T begs not to attack people. Captain C assures her that she doesn't have to attack anyone she doesn't want to. F is perfectly willing to attack people as long as she gets share of the loot.
- The pirate are going to share their booty. Tee hee hee.
- The girls stow their things in the passenger cabin, which has four hammocks. F takes on of the two top hammocks, and the backpacks are safely tied in the other top hammock.
- FST begin exploring the ship, F tries to sneak into the hold to see what's down there (5 minutes in and already breaking the rules, SMH)
- F gets caught immediately (Crit Fail), says she was looking for the bathroom - she gets walked to the privy, which is a tiny room with a bench with a hold in it and a bucket under the bench
- T distracts the Captain who comes to see what the commotion is by going on about how she's a cleric, not a pirate, and talking like a pirate hurts her throat and can they please not attack anyone because she can't bear to see anyone get hurt and it's not worth it for stuff and she doesn't want Stuff!
- F wants Stuff, especially if its gold stuff.
- S goes back to the cabin to read while lounging in her hammock
- F skulks around
- T sulks against the railing a while then goes around Mending things (The Ocean Blade has never looked better!)
- In the evening, Captain C invites the girls to sitting with him at the Captain's Table along with the first mate, Jackson
- Roast pork and potatoes in a sort of gravy for dinner
- Jeremiah cannot talk like a Scottish, Sean Connery pirate. We know because he tried and failed.
- S asks how long until we get to Lionshead Island - "If the wind is with us and we don't stop to make any booty calls, we should be there in five or six days."
- No entertainment tonight as its the first night, but most nights there's singing and sometimes some of the men dress up and put on a cabaret.
- S tries to bribe and sweet talk a random pirate to show her what's in the hold on her way back to the cabin from the mess. She is very unsuccessful.
- Meanwhile back in the mess, pirate are very sloppy drunks. T starts walking up and down the table leading the pirate shanties. Loudly. Out of key. No one really notices since no one two pirate are singing in the same key either.
- F finds the drunkest pirate and gives him another stein of ale. Then she inexpertly flirts with him until he says, "There's mostly tea in the hold right now, but it's not worth half so much as the littl'uns." Slurp. Glug. Pass out.
- Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
- F then attempts to pretend to seduce a pirate, thinking that may there is a door into the hold from the crew's quarters, but as there's connection between the two, so she leave the pirate on the pretense of getting more ale, and then sneaks through the mess without any of the carousing pirates (or cleric) noticing her.
- T eventually gives up singing and goes to the cabin and is surprised to see F there. They are agree that now that they know this is a pirate ship, they are determined to see what is in the hold. Especially, after F tells what she heard from the drunkest of the drunks.
- There is a brainstorming session to figure out how this might be done. S suggests either using her spells Disguise Self to look like one of the pirates and going into the hold that way or perhaps causing some chaos with an Unseen Servant.
- FST decide to go with the Unseen Servant for now and keep the other spell in their back pocket once they see what's really down there.
- More brainstorming about what the US will do to the pirates. They decide that it should go around stealing all the pirates' left shoes and then throw them into the cargo hold.
- S, "Tomorrow all the left shoes will be vanquished!"
- S puts the left shoe plan into action the next morning after she's tranced and prepared her spells for the day.
- The girls go to breakfast and on the way witness a pirate get dragged by his left boots and thrown into the hold. The girls suddenly realize how difficult the next hour is going to be as they cannot laugh at the hi-jinx that are about to ensue or they will give themselves away.
- At breakfast various pirates are accosted and their shoes stolen, if they can get them off in time, or, if they can't, they are dragged up the stairs out of the mess and thrown into the carrrgo hold.
- T declares that this sort of thing looks like the work of Nuitari, the god of evil magic, and that perhaps if they pray to Solinari, the goddess of good magic and the arch-enemy of Nuitari, the curse will be broken
- For the next fifteen minutes T leads the pirates in pray while she prays to Mishakal in their name to remove the bad magic affecting the sailors of this ship.
- The US finally steals the captain's left boot and the praying gets very vigorous indeed, and the spell animating the US ends, and the captain's boot drops with a thud on the stairs. His sock is in very bad disrepair.
- T tells him to sit down and Mends his sock. He is very impressed and asks her to do the other one too. She complies nicely and tells him that "That's the power of good magic."
- The pirates are very nervous for the next few hours.
- The girls go back to their cabin and brainstorm again.
- The next morning S gives the US servant the following set of commands:
- If someone opens the hold's hatch, slam it closed.
- If someone closes the hold's hatch, open it.
- If no one is interacting with the hatch, open it or slam it closed every five minutes.
- It does not take long before there's a crowd watching the pirate Davies trying very unsuccessfully to close the hatch that leads into the hold. He closes it and latches it shut only to have the latch undo itself and fly opening again.
- Captain C comes over to see what the commotion is this time, and after trying himself to close the hatch, tells everyone to get back to work and sets one of the pirates to guard the hatch. He goes off muttering about what he could have done to anger Zeboim.
- That pirates watches bemusedly and then very boredly as the hatch opens and closes itself.
- S keeps the US servant going all morning and into the afternoon. She and T finally move in and distract the pirate guard with a game of throwing daggers while F sneaks into the hold while the hatch is conveniently open.
- At the very back of the hold there are five cages and two at the sides. There are two little people in each cage. One asks in a very quiet voice who F is. She talks to them and discovers that they are halflings from Koswattagoda. Other than being in cages the halflings are tolerably well fed and not being treated too badly.
- F successfully sneaks back out when the hatch is opened again and disappears into the cabin for a few minutes before coming "to see what her companions are up to" - S has soundly defeated the pirate who was bad enough to have lost his best dagger over the side.
- S gestures at T to pretend to do magic. T does, "invoking" Mishakal's aid, and S performs a small spell to retrieve the dagger, which flies into T hand only a little wet. She hands it back to the pirate.
- T finally walks over and banishes the "evil spirit" so that S can stop spending 10 minutes out of every hours renewing the spell.
- The next morning S creates 3 Unseen Servants and has them steal the pirates' food every time one of them starts to take a bite and bring the food to the halflings in the hold.
- There is much pandemonium.
- The next afternoon the captain gives to order to make for Port Carling to drop off the carrrgo, S and T give him 50GP not to stop in port because they don't yet have a plan to save the halflings.
- 1000 XP ea. 8560 XP total ea.
Friday, January 29, 2016
Hobgoblins and Ogres on the Bridge, Oh My! - January 15, 2016
- It's been two months!
- FST stay with the Groundswallow Traveling Tinkers and Traders for a few days
- During that time the girls manage to find a captain who has agreed to take them directly to Lionshead Island - He seems shady / cagey and his boat is a bit run down
- There is a large commotion by the bridge over the river - the girls head that direction, but it's hard to get through the crowds of people fleeing and it takes them nearly twenty minutes before they can see what is going on.
- There are two large creatures - 10' tall humanoid-type creatures that are extremely beefy - surrounded by dead or injured people / guards, one of whom is snacking on a corpse
- F also notices some hobgoblins hanging around the bigger creatures
- Thessalie yells "You leave him alone!" and runs toward the thing
Round 1 - Fight!
- T casts Spiritual Weapon next to Big Thing1 for 9 force dmg then casts Bless on herself and her friends
- S casts Slow on BT1, BT2, HobGoblin1, and HG2 - only HG1 is affected
- BT1 charges T and slams his club into her for 13 bludgeoning dmg
- BT2 charges S for 19 bludgeoning dmg
- HG4 shoots and misses F with a long bow
- F moves to flank BT2 with S and slashes him for 18 dmg
- HG1 moves a couple of feet and shoots @ F and misses
- HG2 shoots @ F and misses
- HG3 shoots @ T and hits her for 6 piercing dmg
(Round 2)
- T attacks H1 with SW for 9 force dmg killing it then she casts Spirit Guardians on herself
- S casts Burning Hands on BT2 for 13 fire dmg
- BT1 takes 14 radiant dmg then misses T with his club
- BT2 takes 4 radiant dmg then smashes S for 13 bludgeoning dmg
- HG4 misses F with long bow
- F slashes BT2 for 17 dmg then moves to flank BT1 with T instead
- HG2 misses F with longbow
- HG3 shoots T for 2 piercing dmg
(Round 3)
- T hits HG2 for 7 force dmg then casts Guiding Bolt on BT1 for 15 radiant dmg
- S casts Magic Missile on BT2 for 9 force dmg
- BT1 misses T with club
- BT2 misses S with club
- HG4 shoots S for 6 piercing dmg - NOT DEAD YET
- F slashes BT1 for 16 dmg
- HG3 moves to flank T and slashes her with a longsword for 7 dmg
- HG2 misses F with longbow
(Round 4)
- T kills HG2 with SW then casts Guiding Bolt on BT1 for 13 radiant dmg
- S casts Scorching Ray on BT2 and kills it!
- BT1 misses T with his club
- HG4 shoots S for 7 piercing dmg
- F misses BT1 with her longsword
- HG3 slashes T for 10 dmg then SG kill it
(Round 5)
-T hits HG4 for 6 force dmg with SW then casts Spirit Guardians correctly this time
- BT1 - the SG kill it
- HG4 runs for the bridge
- F shoots HG4 for 5 piercing dmg then runs to his face
- HG3 misses T with longsword
(Round 6)
- T heals S for 11 HP
- S casts Fire Bolt on HG4 for 3 dmg killing it
SUCCESS!
- T runs around and stabilizes anybody who looks like they might be alive
- S examines the Big Things and tells F that they are ogres. Also, it's somewhat unusual for an ogre to attack in an urban area and as well as with another if its kind. They tend to be loners out in the wilderness.
- F and S search the hobgoblins - they find a total of 12GP, 6SP, and 42CP
- Once people finally start showing up, T breathlessly directs any healers to the people she managed to stabilize then she casts Prayer of Healing on herself, F, S and 4 of the downed citizens
- Fried corkscrew penis on YouTube - Duck?
- 1060XP ea. - 7560 XP total ea.
- During that time the girls manage to find a captain who has agreed to take them directly to Lionshead Island - He seems shady / cagey and his boat is a bit run down
- There is a large commotion by the bridge over the river - the girls head that direction, but it's hard to get through the crowds of people fleeing and it takes them nearly twenty minutes before they can see what is going on.
- There are two large creatures - 10' tall humanoid-type creatures that are extremely beefy - surrounded by dead or injured people / guards, one of whom is snacking on a corpse
- F also notices some hobgoblins hanging around the bigger creatures
- Thessalie yells "You leave him alone!" and runs toward the thing
Round 1 - Fight!
- T casts Spiritual Weapon next to Big Thing1 for 9 force dmg then casts Bless on herself and her friends
- S casts Slow on BT1, BT2, HobGoblin1, and HG2 - only HG1 is affected
- BT1 charges T and slams his club into her for 13 bludgeoning dmg
- BT2 charges S for 19 bludgeoning dmg
- HG4 shoots and misses F with a long bow
- F moves to flank BT2 with S and slashes him for 18 dmg
- HG1 moves a couple of feet and shoots @ F and misses
- HG2 shoots @ F and misses
- HG3 shoots @ T and hits her for 6 piercing dmg
(Round 2)
- T attacks H1 with SW for 9 force dmg killing it then she casts Spirit Guardians on herself
- S casts Burning Hands on BT2 for 13 fire dmg
- BT1 takes 14 radiant dmg then misses T with his club
- BT2 takes 4 radiant dmg then smashes S for 13 bludgeoning dmg
- HG4 misses F with long bow
- F slashes BT2 for 17 dmg then moves to flank BT1 with T instead
- HG2 misses F with longbow
- HG3 shoots T for 2 piercing dmg
(Round 3)
- T hits HG2 for 7 force dmg then casts Guiding Bolt on BT1 for 15 radiant dmg
- S casts Magic Missile on BT2 for 9 force dmg
- BT1 misses T with club
- BT2 misses S with club
- HG4 shoots S for 6 piercing dmg - NOT DEAD YET
- F slashes BT1 for 16 dmg
- HG3 moves to flank T and slashes her with a longsword for 7 dmg
- HG2 misses F with longbow
(Round 4)
- T kills HG2 with SW then casts Guiding Bolt on BT1 for 13 radiant dmg
- S casts Scorching Ray on BT2 and kills it!
- BT1 misses T with his club
- HG4 shoots S for 7 piercing dmg
- F misses BT1 with her longsword
- HG3 slashes T for 10 dmg then SG kill it
(Round 5)
-T hits HG4 for 6 force dmg with SW then casts Spirit Guardians correctly this time
- BT1 - the SG kill it
- HG4 runs for the bridge
- F shoots HG4 for 5 piercing dmg then runs to his face
- HG3 misses T with longsword
(Round 6)
- T heals S for 11 HP
- S casts Fire Bolt on HG4 for 3 dmg killing it
SUCCESS!
- T runs around and stabilizes anybody who looks like they might be alive
- S examines the Big Things and tells F that they are ogres. Also, it's somewhat unusual for an ogre to attack in an urban area and as well as with another if its kind. They tend to be loners out in the wilderness.
- F and S search the hobgoblins - they find a total of 12GP, 6SP, and 42CP
- Once people finally start showing up, T breathlessly directs any healers to the people she managed to stabilize then she casts Prayer of Healing on herself, F, S and 4 of the downed citizens
- Fried corkscrew penis on YouTube - Duck?
- 1060XP ea. - 7560 XP total ea.
Friday, January 15, 2016
Traveling Tinkers and a Thief - November 13, 2016
- Traveling Tinklers...
- Thessalie gets buried in a group hug - lots of family history - older sister Cora settled near Arrondale - Eldon set off to the Emberwood with a possible treasure map
- Counsel has closed the roads to Rhoanor - guards at the bridges over the Sapphire and other roads
- T heads to the temple while F & S hang out in the marketplace
- F asks an elven merchant about Rhoanor - Jeff the iron merchant might know something (Stupid phone - Not a EWER merchant)
- Jeff hits on F pretty hard
- Might be a plague, but he didn't see any sick people - might be an invasion, but they are not a particularly war-like people - Can't be sure really
- Snack break!
- T reports All the Things to Alethra - All. The. Things. - Alethra can't help much but she blesses T's quest
- T returns and they sup - much chatting - Welby asks if F stabbed anybody
- The next day at lunch F catches a teenage kid with his hand in S's pack - They chase him into a dead end alley where there are a couple of other thugs already waiting and a couple who fall in behind trapping them in an ambush
-Battle!
- F shoots the boy who stole from S, but misses
- T casts her Spiritual Weapon on the balcony and hits W1 for 7 force dmg then she Casts Spirit Guardians
- S casts Slow and catches B1, W1, & W2 off their guards
- W2 shoots S with his bow and misses
- B3 (thief) turns and slashes @F with his scimitar twice missing took times then he finally manages to stab her with his dagger for 6 piercing dmg
- B2 slashes S for 4 dmg with scimitar (no Concentration break) then misses with both his other attacks (14 radiant dmg from Spirit Guardians)
- W1 hits S with his bow for 1 piercing dmg
- F Disengages and Moves then shes hits him but GOOD (critical hit!) for 34 slashing dmg
- T - Sw hits Wl for 4 force dmg - then she moves next to S and casts Warding Bond on her
- S casts Shocking Grasp on B2 for 6 lightning dmg
- W2 shoots S for 4 piercing dmg (con lost)
- B3 moves to flank s and deals 3 slashing dmg then 4 slashing dmg then 2 piercing with his dagger
- B2 misses then gets s for 2 slashing dmg then misseswith dagger
- Bl hits T for 8 slashing drug then 5 slashing dmg then 6 piercing dmg
- W1 hits F for 1 piercing dmg
- F slashes B2 for 14 dmg and kills him
- T hits Wl with Sw for 5 force dmg and use Cure Wounds on S for 14 HP
- S catches W2 with Slow again
- W2 hits F for 9 piercing dmg
- B3 moves and F uses the opportunity to slash him for 17 dmg -moves to flank T - miss - 7 slashing dmg -7 piercing
- Bl - 5 slashing to T - 10 slashing - miss with dagger
- WI shoots F for 9 piercing
- F moves to flank B3 and slashes him for 20
- T Disengages from flanking and runs dway while having SW hit Wl for 4 force
- S moves towards the wall and casts Burning Hands - 13 fire to Bl and B2
- W2 shoots at S but misses
- B3 misses F
- Bl moves to F and slashes her for 9 then again for 4 then 5 piercing
- Wl shoots S and misses
- F Moves to flank B3 then slashes him to death then Disengages from Bl and runs away
- T misses with Spiritual Weapon then uses Cure Wounds on herself (16 Hp)
- S cast Magic Missile a Bl for 10 force dmg
- LAST TWO ROUNDS lost to F'ING writing thing's issues! But we won
- The thief had taken the book about the Hand, etc. and their scimitars have the eye engraved into their hilts
- T casts Prayer of Healing and they head back to the Groundswallows' wagon
- Counsel has closed the roads to Rhoanor - guards at the bridges over the Sapphire and other roads
- T heads to the temple while F & S hang out in the marketplace
- F asks an elven merchant about Rhoanor - Jeff the iron merchant might know something (Stupid phone - Not a EWER merchant)
- Jeff hits on F pretty hard
- Might be a plague, but he didn't see any sick people - might be an invasion, but they are not a particularly war-like people - Can't be sure really
- T returns and they sup - much chatting - Welby asks if F stabbed anybody
- The next day at lunch F catches a teenage kid with his hand in S's pack - They chase him into a dead end alley where there are a couple of other thugs already waiting and a couple who fall in behind trapping them in an ambush
- F shoots the boy who stole from S, but misses
- T casts her Spiritual Weapon on the balcony and hits W1 for 7 force dmg then she Casts Spirit Guardians
- S casts Slow and catches B1, W1, & W2 off their guards
- W2 shoots S with his bow and misses
- B3 (thief) turns and slashes @F with his scimitar twice missing took times then he finally manages to stab her with his dagger for 6 piercing dmg
- B2 slashes S for 4 dmg with scimitar (no Concentration break) then misses with both his other attacks (14 radiant dmg from Spirit Guardians)
- W1 hits S with his bow for 1 piercing dmg
- F Disengages and Moves then shes hits him but GOOD (critical hit!) for 34 slashing dmg
- T - Sw hits Wl for 4 force dmg - then she moves next to S and casts Warding Bond on her
- S casts Shocking Grasp on B2 for 6 lightning dmg
- W2 shoots S for 4 piercing dmg (con lost)
- B3 moves to flank s and deals 3 slashing dmg then 4 slashing dmg then 2 piercing with his dagger
- B2 misses then gets s for 2 slashing dmg then misseswith dagger
- Bl hits T for 8 slashing drug then 5 slashing dmg then 6 piercing dmg
- W1 hits F for 1 piercing dmg
- F slashes B2 for 14 dmg and kills him
- T hits Wl with Sw for 5 force dmg and use Cure Wounds on S for 14 HP
- S catches W2 with Slow again
- W2 hits F for 9 piercing dmg
- B3 moves and F uses the opportunity to slash him for 17 dmg -moves to flank T - miss - 7 slashing dmg -7 piercing
- Bl - 5 slashing to T - 10 slashing - miss with dagger
- WI shoots F for 9 piercing
- F moves to flank B3 and slashes him for 20
- T Disengages from flanking and runs dway while having SW hit Wl for 4 force
- S moves towards the wall and casts Burning Hands - 13 fire to Bl and B2
- W2 shoots at S but misses
- B3 misses F
- Bl moves to F and slashes her for 9 then again for 4 then 5 piercing
- Wl shoots S and misses
- F Moves to flank B3 then slashes him to death then Disengages from Bl and runs away
- T misses with Spiritual Weapon then uses Cure Wounds on herself (16 Hp)
- S cast Magic Missile a Bl for 10 force dmg
- LAST TWO ROUNDS lost to F'ING writing thing's issues! But we won
- T casts Prayer of Healing and they head back to the Groundswallows' wagon
Friday, November 13, 2015
What a Cliffhanger! - October 30, 2015
- Dice addiction
- "Vocabulary of a fresh water fish"
- Two days later the barge pulls into the docks at Eaglesham
- Freddie's adventure will be to travel back up the river to his family
- O stays to unload the barge and watch the horses
- FST & Freddie find a small temple to Branchala - the priest says he knows a ranger who might be willing to wander north to Clearwater with Freddie
- Weird animal penises
- The Sapphire River is huge! - At least a mile across
- S asks a dock worker for the shipping office and he directs them
- The first office (very busy) is for cargo - T "they need better signage!"
- The next place is empty except for one employee (Darren) - he is very attentive - he directs the girls to The Figure Head (inn) and tells them to tell Francisco (innkeeper) that he sent to maybe get a discount
- The inn has a large common room - tidy and warm - Francisco is tall and thin with a big bushy mustache
- Weird animal penises again. They're strangely fascinating. . .
- Orgul got a job at the docks because he was so good at carrying heavy things
- the temple is going to take care of getting Freddie home to his parents
- FST get a good night's rest, have a good breakfast, and head to Captain Gerard's sloop as arranged through Darren.
- The estimate to get to Mistverge is 3 days.
- Gerard and Belton (ship's hand) cast off
- T sits near the open hatch to the hold to make sure the horses are all right.
- Over the course of the trip S studies the book and practices with the Hand - She can now use the Hand to cast "Hold Person" but it will draw life force from either the caster or an ally within 10' of the caster at random - this consequences will deal 1d10 damage at 2nd level and an additional 1d10 per level above 2nd
- Mistverge is a really big city.
- On the way to the central temple of Mishakal FST cross a large market square where T sees a very familiar wagon - She runs as fast as she possibly can across the square until she can she read the words "Groundswallow Travelling Tinkers and Traders" on the side
- 390 XP ea. - 6500 XP ea. - Level up to 5.
- "Vocabulary of a fresh water fish"
- Freddie's adventure will be to travel back up the river to his family
- O stays to unload the barge and watch the horses
- FST & Freddie find a small temple to Branchala - the priest says he knows a ranger who might be willing to wander north to Clearwater with Freddie
- S asks a dock worker for the shipping office and he directs them
- The first office (very busy) is for cargo - T "they need better signage!"
- The next place is empty except for one employee (Darren) - he is very attentive - he directs the girls to The Figure Head (inn) and tells them to tell Francisco (innkeeper) that he sent to maybe get a discount
- The inn has a large common room - tidy and warm - Francisco is tall and thin with a big bushy mustache
- the temple is going to take care of getting Freddie home to his parents
- FST get a good night's rest, have a good breakfast, and head to Captain Gerard's sloop as arranged through Darren.
- The estimate to get to Mistverge is 3 days.
- Gerard and Belton (ship's hand) cast off
- T sits near the open hatch to the hold to make sure the horses are all right.
- Over the course of the trip S studies the book and practices with the Hand - She can now use the Hand to cast "Hold Person" but it will draw life force from either the caster or an ally within 10' of the caster at random - this consequences will deal 1d10 damage at 2nd level and an additional 1d10 per level above 2nd
- Mistverge is a really big city.
- On the way to the central temple of Mishakal FST cross a large market square where T sees a very familiar wagon - She runs as fast as she possibly can across the square until she can she read the words "Groundswallow Travelling Tinkers and Traders" on the side
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