Group 3: Intermission

[Sagar]

You fill 7 bags with your stuff and the lizardmen fill the other two bags with copper and take it, with your permission.

You have a short meeting with the Prince and Minister who thank you for all your efforts and tell you to contact them if they can ever help you.

You ferry out to the ship in 2 stages. There, the crew is memorized by the tales of your adventures and very grateful for the bag of silver.

+50 xp each for the "tip" to the crew.

Back in town, you report to the Mayor of all that transpired. He is suitably impressed and asks to see the dragon scales. Ooing and Ahhhing over them, he manages to cut himself on their sharp edges. He laughs as he sucks the blood off his finger and assures you he will get your reward and deposit to you that evening.

He asks if you are going back to your house or if you are going to hang around town.

[Greebo]

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[Shiz]

House. Time to take a break...until MOnday?

[Sagar]

Break until Monday..

You tell the Mayor that you will come back to town tomorrow. Today, you are going back to the house for a well deserved rest.

When you get back, Michael, Wendy and Alfred are waiting for you just inside the house. Wendy looks excited and a bit proud. Michael and Alfred look just slightly chagrined.

Wendy says, "We were attacked while you were gone!"

Seeing you looking suitable shocked, she goes on, "The ladies and I were practicing early yesterday morning when 5 rough looking guys rode up. We hid our weapons and they started acting like they were just going to barge right into the house. Well Mildred whips out her shortbow and plugged two in the leg and I used Brunhilde's Cleave to hit one and wound another and 3 more of the ladies went after another...
And when Michael came roaring out of the house, they broke and ran!!! Mildred shot a few more arrows after 'em to make sure they KEPT running!!"

She seems elated that she and the "ladies" routed the ruffians.

Alfred adds, "The ladies were most effective, Sirs and Madame. I admit, I watched from the upstairs window and they were very composed and effective.
"But, uhm, that attack was apparently a diversion. While they women were routing the roughnecks, two more snuck in through the back. I was not aware of them until they had reached the basement." Alfred looks mortally embarrassed. "I contacted Michael and tried to scare them away. They would not scare and went directly for the treasure room. I had to use lethal force on both, sirs and madam.
"I am very sorry we could not keep one alive for you."

Michael says, "We searched them thoroughly. We found no personal identification at all. They were curiously clean of anything except weapons. They didn't even have tatoos or scars of any kind. We fed them to the "disposal unit" and we haven't told the Mayor. We wanted to talk to you first."

[EricStratton]

Impressive. A coordinated attack and they knew what they were going for, or at least the room. Sanbalet. Rat bastard.

[Lycos]

Yeah, I have to agree. This was a pretty well organized attack, and I'm sure that it was Sanbalet. He would've known where to tell people to go. Baladir congratulates everyone on their defense, especially the women.

Well, we definitely can't be running out to any new adventures until we wrap this up.

Some things I want to do...

Look over the horses that those guys rode in with, if they left their horses. It sounds like they would not have time to get back on them. Also, the guys that came in the back probably had horses as well. We should look for some papers or personal items that they might have left behind.

Trask and I need to go back to see the priest in town looking over the Malacon stuff. Specifically, I want to ask him what he thought about the light show. Is there some connection between the dragon's life and Malacon? Did we hurt him and possibly make a step in actually killing Malacon? Show him our new upgraded symbols and explain that they sucked in the magic some how.

Fandango, maybe we can find out something about these guys from the descriptions we can get from the ladies and Michael and Alfred. They might have spent some time in town. We could use a ranger. :-/

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Very impressif!" Brunhilde beams. "Not always it is the menfolk who get the glory!"

"Za important part is zat none uff you ver vounded or kilt... I vonder if zey ver after anyzing in particular? Have ve missed the importance of sumpzing vorth coming back for?"

[Asharad]

Fandango, maybe we can find out something about these guys from the descriptions we can get from the ladies and Michael and Alfred. They might have spent some time in town. :-/

I'm on it. I'll hit town, wander around a bit, spread some cash around and try to find out anything about new people who amy have come and gone lately. Streetwise +11

Also, very nicely done ladies and good job guys.

I'll get Alfred and Micheal together, look at them very seriously and let them know that they never have to apologize to me for killing someone who is breaking into our house and feeding them to our pet slime monster. For that matter, that really don't have to aplogize to me for killing someone, as long as it isn't someone I like.

Also 2- We need someone to figure out our mouse for us.
Also 3- We should throw a party of some sort of our brave defenders. At the very least I should get them some presents while I'm in town. hell...maybe new weapons for our all-girl security squad.
Also 4- I was thinking of asking the mayor if there was any small projects that the town needed done but lacked the capital for. We're really flush at the moment. I'm not doing it out of a desire to do good, but rather the more the townspeople love us the better off we are from a security/information.everything standpoint. I'm thinking of hearts and minds here.
Also 5- We should gate, bar and trap that water entrance.
Also 6- fandango would like to name the slme monsters Lavinda, after a girl he once knew who also was made of mucus and who had a habit of devouring every man in her path.

[Lycos]

Also 2- We need someone to figure out our mouse for us.


I'll put that on our shopping list. I know we thought maybe the priest would know something about it. Trask and I will bring it up to him when we go to see him about the other stuff.

[Zyzzyx]

Also 2- We need someone to figure out our mouse for us.

"I had a chance to work on that during the walk back to the caves, and checked it again once we got back here."

"Back in the dragon's cave, I was holding it, and someone, maybe jokingly trying to scare another, I don't know. But, someone said the word 'Boo'. You've seen how lifelike this stone is, but at that point I could feel it quiver, as if it wanted to be alive."

"I let my thoughts wander on what this could mean. On the way back to the lizard caves some words appeared in my mind, spoken by someone else, but as if placed there by The Raven herself. I took out the stone, which is upstairs with my other stuff at the moment. I took it out and said, "Go for the eyes, Boo!" The stone did come to life, and the little thing scurried quicker than most critters, headed straight for a small fox not too far away. He attacked its eyes for a bit and then came back to me, returning to stone once in my hand again. I've been a bit unsure of what I saw, but I just took it out in the fields nearby and tried it again, same thing."


(Daily use, blinds the target for a turn, minor action)

[Sagar]

I'm on it. I'll hit town, wander around a bit, spread some cash around and try to find out anything about new people who may have come and gone lately. Streetwise +11


You find out several seedy looking guys have been hanging around the last few days and asking questions about you guys. You hear this alot.

Another, more disturbing thing you pick up. Some guy or girl (the description varies with each of the 5 people who tell you this) has been asking about you and kind of bad mouthing you.. but not directly.. exactly. Comments you've heard include:
"Wow? You mean they cleared THOUSANDS and only gave those guys that almost died to save them a few gold?"
"Seems kind of dangerous having them around."
"So they cavort with goblins and lizards?"
"They seem awfully knowledgeable about those smugglers...."
"They have a DEVIL with them?"
"They really seem to have the mayor suckered... or is it more than that?..."


I'll get Alfred and Micheal together, look at them very seriously and let them know that they never have to apologize to me for killing someone who is breaking into our house and feeding them to our pet slime monster. For that matter, that really don't have to aplogize to me for killing someone, as long as it isn't someone I like.
LOL
Also 2- We need someone to figure out our mouse for us. done
Also 3- We should throw a party of some sort of our brave defenders. At the very least I should get them some presents while I'm in town. hell...maybe new weapons for our all-girl security squad. You could probably get some from the ranger in town - the one with the shop that sells adventuring goods.
Also 4- I was thinking of asking the mayor if there was any small projects that the town needed done but lacked the capital for. We're really flush at the moment. I'm not doing it out of a desire to do good, but rather the more the townspeople love us the better off we are from a security/information.everything standpoint. I'm thinking of hearts and minds here.
+50 XP
The mayor knows of a couple of widows that have house damage they can't afford to repair - leaking roofs and such. The town also used to have a small communal sail boat that people used to teach their kids the basics of sailing. That sank a few years back and they haven't been able to replace it.
With 100g in materials and the help of your builders, you could fix up 8-10 widow houses in a couple of weeks. And a small sail boat could be had for 250g.

Also 5- We should gate, bar and trap that water entrance. 200g to bar and gate (stong). Trap cost depends on how fancy.

Also 6- fandango would like to name the slme monsters Lavinda, after a girl he once knew who also was made of mucus and who had a habit of devouring every man in her path. LOL part 2

Let me know what, if anything, you decide to do about donating to the town.

[Sagar]

"I had a chance to work on that during the walk back to the caves, and checked it again once we got back here."

"Back in the dragon's cave, I was holding it, and someone, maybe jokingly trying to scare another, I don't know. But, someone said the word 'Boo'. You've seen how lifelike this stone is, but at that point I could feel it quiver, as if it wanted to be alive."

"I let my thoughts wander on what this could mean. On the way back to the lizard caves some words appeared in my mind, spoken by someone else, but as if placed there by The Raven herself. I took out the stone, which is upstairs with my other stuff at the moment. I took it out and said, "Go for the eyes, Boo!" The stone did come to life, and the little thing scurried quicker than most critters, headed straight for a small fox not too far away. He attacked its eyes for a bit and then came back to me, returning to stone once in my hand again. I've been a bit unsure of what I saw, but I just took it out in the fields nearby and tried it again, same thing."


(Daily use, blinds the target for a turn, minor action)

Solak gets 50xp for figuring out Boo.

[Shiz]

Michael and each of the ladies gets 1pp for defending the house, unless anyone objects to that amount. I figure we want to encourage this and it was above and beyond...

[Shiz]

Who is takig Boo? Everyone please update your character sheets for your new magic items.

[Sagar]

1pp would be difficult for them to use.

It would be like someone giving you a $1000 bill. Nice, but very difficult to spend.

Baladir- Insight: A new weapon and personal attention would probably mean more to them than a ton of money.

[Asharad]

We'll go ahead and fix up the widows places and buy a new sailboat.

[Shiz]

1pp would be difficult for them to use.

It would be like someone giving you a $1000 bill. Nice, but very difficult to spend.

Baladir- Insight: A new weapon and personal attention would probably mean more to them than a ton of money.

Do we have any spare weapons? How about we give them each credit at Scorpio's for a non-magical weapon or armor? Michael is probably ok without anything.

I say go on the roof materials and new sailboat. I will deduct from the loot.

Also Sagar, if we want Scorpio to look for a magic item to purchase, what is the markup from the "official" price?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun now has a pair of non-magical hand axes that she can donate.

[Zyzzyx]

Who is takig Boo? Everyone please update your character sheets for your new magic items.
"I've become a bit attached to Boo. And Redd is behaving himself better with Boo around now as well."

The blind effect is for one round, helps out everyone. But if someone else can see a better user for Boo... ??

[Sagar]

Brun now has a pair of non-magical hand axes that she can donate.

I don't think any of your pupils are adept with hand axes.

Swords and bows, yes. Axes.. not yet.

[Lycos]

Baladir- Insight: A new weapon and personal attention would probably mean more to them than a ton of money.

I'm not sure what you mean? What is this in response to?

What happens when Trask and I talk to the priest?

[Lycos]

Also, I will talk to Scorpio to see how difficult it would be to get a higher level mage to put in some protections to our vault area. We need to keep this low key, and trust in the person who does it is very vital.

[Sagar]

Scorpio tells you that he doesn't know any mages that would do such work. If you could find one, it would probably costs more than 10,000 gp.

You and Trask go to town and talk to the Old Man. He is marginally interested in your story until you get to the part about the holy symbols and the dragon glowing. He asks to see Baladir's symbol and you hand it to him. He studies it for some time then looks at you with a thoughtful expression.

He then checks Trask's symbol.

"These, I think, are more than what they appear. They seem to be growing in power as you do. I expect they were significantly drained through the centuries of guarding Malacon. They have absorbed magic from the dragon to replace that which they lost." He pauses and then adds, quietly, "I wonder how powerful they will become.."

Looking up abruptly, he snaps, "You MUST get that book as soon as possible!"

[Sagar]

I'm not sure what you mean? What is this in response to?


The idea of giving all the women 1pp.

It's kind of like having a neighbor that fixed your broken car and covered your roof after a hurricane.
You come home one night and find thieves just about to enter their house.
You chase off the neighbors and, in gratitude, the neighbor gives you $10,000.

It just seems almost insulting, somehow.

Know what I mean?

[Asharad]

It was trasks idea, not lycos's, hence the confusion.

yeah, let's get them credit at scorpio's for one new weapon each. Like Trask said we'll fix the roof and buy the boat. We'll also build the gate at the water entrance. We can bar and lock it from the inside I guess.

[Shiz]

Actually, we should do the whole portcullis thing. Have the release mechanism somewhere in the caverns. It will cost more, but then no one will be able to pick the lock.

[Sagar]

Question: Did the town council ask you to take care of the lizards and offer a reward? They were supposed to but I can't find it in the past threads.
If they did, how much did they offer? (I didn't write it down *blush*)

[Shiz]

I don't recall. The Baron told us to deal with it.

[DinbinFanfoom]

If there is any nearby the town, Brun will volounteer to harvest timber for the fixup project... does the town have a sawmill?

[Asharad]

yeah, and insofar as the town is concern, I think we should tell them "Action is our reward!"

In fact, I'm going to start telling them that.

The baron can pay us if he wants. The baron has scratch.

[Shiz]

Fandango, we need a plan to get that book on Malacon from the temple. I expect you, and only you, can procure it. Time for a Stealth/Bluff skill challenge.

[Asharad]

I totally forget. The temple is the temple here?

[Shiz]

Yes, the temple of Pelor. We were told we would never be able to see the book if we just asked politely. Maybe Baladir can - and should - go and ask nicely once first.

[Asharad]

yeah, but then when I steal it they know it was us.

[Shiz]

See, thinking like a thief already...

Searching the old threads is impossible...needle in a haystack. It only finds the thread, not the post.

[Shiz]

Lycos had the part in the To Do thread this whole time:

If you wish learn more of this Malacon, you must go to Bracken and somehow obtain MacNulty's "Compendium of Sacred Enemies" from the main temple. I know of no other way our search can continue."

The book is in Bracken. We are in Saltmarsh. Let us commission the work that needs to be done and head to Bracken. Saltmarsh should be quiet for awhile now, anyway, with the goblins mollified and Sanbalet's latest escapade a failure.

We could also use the opportunity to meet with the Baron - report in, as they say - and ask about Defiance, too.

[Sagar]

The Baron is in Diert. That is several days east.

Bracken is a day and a half to the west. It's the town you were in when you won the tournament.

After talking to the Old Man, you stop back by the Mayor's as requested. There, you find not only the mayor, but the Captain of the Baron's guard.

The Captain says, "Excellent! I needed to talk to all of you. First, Mayor, I am to tell you that the Baron agrees to pay 1000g for the dispersal of the lizardmen and resolution of the goblin encounters. This, as I understand it, has been accomplished already." He nods in your direction. "The funds will be made available immediately."

"Second," he turns to the party, "We have been informed by a messenger from Defiance that there has been a delay on their end. They are working on the issue and will let us know when they will be able to accept the 'shipment'."

You recall that the 'shipment' was supposed to be weapons which Defiance was going to pay for with gems.

"At this point, the Baron is prepared to wait. Please be available in 2 weeks. If he has not heard any response by then, he will want you to investigate the situation."

He pauses, then smiles at the party. "And I wish to thank you. You have done very well here. Far better than any of us could have expected. And given the way things are going back east, we REALLY don't need trouble here.

"Now, is there anything I can do for you while I'm here? And do you have any messages for me to take back to the Baron?"

[Lycos]

Yes, sir. We do require the assistance of the Baron. Shall we talk in private. This is rather a touchy subject. *pause to wait to see what the Mayor wishes to do as far as privacy*

We fill the mayor in on the situation with the book. And we understand from the old man that there is some politics involved that will make this harder than just asking to borrow the book. Does the baron know whether or not he has enough influence to get the book? And if he can not, he should be notified of what we intend to "borrow". If he can't get the book directly, perhaps, he could arrange it that security in the city is weaker around the temple when Fandango goes to procure the book? And a slow response to the temple's call for help if Fandango is discovered by accident.

Also, we could use some help in finding Sanbalet. He has recently attacked our home in an attempt to get to our protected areas. Any information available would be appreciated.

[Lycos]

Look over the horses that those guys rode in with, if they left their horses. It sounds like they would not have time to get back on them. Also, the guys that came in the back probably had horses as well. We should look for some papers or personal items that they might have left behind.

Sagar, did we get anything on this?

Is there a ranger available in the area? Perhaps, Scorpio or the mayor know of one?

[Lycos]

What I am thinking is if we can get a ranger fast enough, he might be able to do some tracking on those guys.

[Shiz]

"I can track."

[Sagar]

Scorpio is a ranger and a pretty good one.

You did not find any horses anywhere.

The Mayor tactfully excuses himself to go find some beverages for everyone.

The Captain looks at you thoughtfully for a few moments. "The Baron's authority in Bracken is very limited. The Lord of Bracken, while technically a vassal, likes to thwart the Baron whenever he can do so without being openly treasonous or derelict in his duties. If the Baron asked, that book would be conveniently "lost".

"Tread carefully. The head of the Temple of Pelor in Bracken is the Lord's in-law. There is no doubt where his loyalty lies."

[Lycos]

"I can track."

Then you should try tracking before we head out to town.

[Lycos]

The Captain looks at you thoughtfully for a few moments. "The Baron's authority in Bracken is very limited. The Lord of Bracken, while technically a vassal, likes to thwart the Baron whenever he can do so without being openly treasonous or derelict in his duties. If the Baron asked, that book would be conveniently "lost".

"Tread carefully. The head of the Temple of Pelor in Bracken is the Lord's in-law. There is no doubt where his loyalty lies."

Thank you Captain. We are grateful for your advice. :D

[Shiz]

Trask will talk to the ladies to determine from which direction the ruffians came and then backtrack roughly a mile along that route, looking for tracks, Perc +16. I will make a few rolls.

My understanding of Tracking is that I re-roll when the ground cover or the direction changes to see if I make the transition. My passive perception is probably high enough to follow undisguised tracks as long as I can figure out where they are vs regular foot traffic.

[Asharad]

Also, there is this, if nobody else saw it:


You find out several seedy looking guys have been hanging around the last few days and asking questions about you guys. You hear this alot.

Another, more disturbing thing you pick up. Some guy or girl (the description varies with each of the 5 people who tell you this) has been asking about you and kind of bad mouthing you.. but not directly.. exactly. Comments you've heard include:
"Wow? You mean they cleared THOUSANDS and only gave those guys that almost died to save them a few gold?"
"Seems kind of dangerous having them around."
"So they cavort with goblins and lizards?"
"They seem awfully knowledgeable about those smugglers...."
"They have a DEVIL with them?"
"They really seem to have the mayor suckered... or is it more than that?..."

I will ask around again about this and about Sanabelt specifically.

Let me think on the book thing for a bit.

[Shiz]

It should not be hard to find one of those people and grill them.

[Asharad]

I suspect it was Sanabelt.

[Zyzzyx]

"They have a DEVIL with them?"
Mwhahahaaa... errm.. uh, yeah. That'd be me. *stands proud*

Actually, was kinda wondering how 'accepting' general townfolk would be of a tiefling, though this seems planted.

Solak hears of this 'devil' comment, and while understanding it was probably planted against the group, he still doesn't seem to take it well.

[Shiz]

You should hire yourself out for birthday parties.

[Zyzzyx]

"Hrmmph... A year ago I would've just left. Headed back to the wilderness. Maybe return to Defiance. But now... I'll stay."




"No birthday parties though."



For whatever reason, I'm getting a rather anachronistic view of this world. Kinda interesting.

[Lycos]

Baladir got a new vision:


The party is riding into shadow. Light seems to pour from the party, pushing the shadows back and illuminating that which tries to hide in it.

First, the party's light reveals a small figure.. a man.. dressed in a pirates had and surrounded by dog-like humanoids. He scowls at the party and growls..then goes back to chewing on a dry bone.

On the edge of the shadows, you catch glimpses of a very tall, towering figure. When you can see it clearly, it seems to be a puppetmaster. He is controlling strings that disappear into the shadows. At his feet, clearly in the light, lie several broken puppets.

Finally, back in the shadows, you glimpse a 3rd figure - smokey and indistinct. He seems to resent the light and is actively pushing back against it - exerting force to extinguish the light or at least shrink it. The party is almost completely unaware of his presence.


The first one seems to be Sanabelt. The second is definitely Malacon. This third guy is rather new to us. Seems that we may have another foe. Or we have always had this person as an enemy and never knew we had.

The question that brought this vision on was to give us guidance in our endeavors to find the enemy (anyone meaning us harm or plotting against us) who Fandango is going into Bracken to discover. Is there an immediate danger to him? Will his efforts be fruitful? Can it give us an idea of where to focus our efforts?

[Shiz]

Sanbalet is hiding with the gnolls! Should we try and get gnoll intel from the goblins?

[Lycos]

I would prefer to stay away from the goblins.

[Lycos]

Well, do we go looking for gnolls, or do we pretty much know where they live?

What is the result of Fandango's efforts?

[Lycos]

ES and Zyzzyx, are you guys doing anything?

[Shiz]

The gnolls are in the swamp somewhere, I think. I will ask the ladies who are learning how to fight if there is any local awareness of a gnoll tribe.

[Sagar]

Fandango goes back into Saltmarsh but can't find any more information on the rumor mongers. They and the questionable people that have been around since shortly before the party all seem to be gone now.

None of the ladies know anything about gnolls. They don't remember seeing any or remember anyone else claiming too.

[Zyzzyx]

Lets see what Solak knows about gnolls in the area. Figuring nature, and maybe history; since he's been a wanderer all over the place, might have heard of some around.

Solak seems a bit out of sorts, being back at the house, especially when in town. But, he does chime in with what he knows of gnolls.

[Sagar]

Gnolls in general or gnolls in this area, Solak?

[Zyzzyx]

Hmmm... I'd have to say that we're probably more interested in gnolls in the general area. If/when we get involved with gnolls I'll go with a more general knowledge check then.

[Shiz]

I got a clarification that "gnawing on a dry bone" means biding one's time. Therefore, Sanbalet isn't actively pursuing revenge right now. Gnolls are a dead end.

We need to get that book from the Bracken temple. Maybe if we all go, we can create a distraction for Fandango, maybe a Baladir can arrange a mini-festival in front of the Pelor temple...

[Shiz]

Sounds like we are all headed to Bracken. We will bring:

Gems + Jewelry
Captain = 150gp
Mage = 275gp
Mate = 15g
Bosun = 10g
Subtotal = 450gp


32 gems = 500gp
tableware = 250gp
10pp = 1000gp
250gp
boxes = 225gp
Subtotal = 2,225gp


Tableware
Mage silver bowl = 150gp
Mage silver carafe = 150gp
Mage silver goblet = 100g
Lizard silver set = 100gp
Subtotal = 500gp


20 bolts of silk = 1,400gp


TOTAL: 4,575gp


Convert it to cash or barter it for potions and maybe some magic items.

[Lycos]

Sounds like we are all headed to Bracken. We will bring:

Gems + Jewelry
Captain = 150gp
Mage = 275gp
Mate = 15g
Bosun = 10g
Subtotal = 450gp


What does this mean? This was the jewlery that they were wearing?

[Shiz]

Yes. I just cut and pasted from the loot thread.

[Lycos]

Ok, so is there anything left to do? Shall we run off to Bracken?

[Shiz]

Do we still have our horses? Solak needs one, I think.

[Sagar]

Solak has a horse, iirc. You will need a pack animal to carry the silk bolts.

You can get one in town for 30g.

You take a few days to recover from the lizard lair adventure and spend a few nights in the tavern telling your tale to eager patrons. Brunhilde works more with the women, teaching them new techniques to learn and giving them new exercises to improve their muscle tone. Fandango prowls around town looking for more information on the ruffians and rumormongers. Michael and his continue to make progress on the house.

At one point, Trask goes into the house and catches Alfred playing hide and seek with Michael's son. Alfred seems mortally embarrased to be caught at such an activity.

The party also receives their 2500g deposit back and the reward for resolving the Lizard crisis.

The day after returning home, Solak sees the goblin leader while out wandering. The goblin steps out into the light, salutes Solak, and vanishes back into the brush.

On the 4th day, the party sets out for Bracken. The weather is pleasant enough but it's easy to tell that warm weather is coming soon. The first half day passes uneventfully. You pass a few travelers - merchants, farmers, and others on the road. Some heading east, some west. At about noon, you pause to take a lunch break and to water the animals. In the clearing where you stop, you see a group of travelers who have also paused to eat.

They hail you and ask where you are heading and ask about the road to the east.

[Shiz]

Do they know us as The Heroes?

[Asharad]

because if they do, I've commissioned and artist to do little drawings of me on palm sized pieces of parchment and I'm glad to sign one for them.

[Sagar]

They do not seem to recognize you aside from the fact that you are probably adventures (your armor and party makeup kind of give that away).

[Shiz]

Trask isn't inclined to do much but make polite chatter, but someone more social might want to engage them.

[Lycos]

Baladir will ask them about the road West, and if they came from Bracken. He'll ask them if there is any news about Bracken. Any warnings that we should be aware of, etc. Also, we'll untie Amaril from the pack horse.

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Haven't heard uff us?" Brun thinks. "Maybe vhe ver right to take our act 'on za road'..." She laughs to herself. She figures they'll hear of us if they keep going east which is, I assume, where we came from.

She knows she's not very good at small-talk, so she'll just casually observe them to see if all is in order. Anything suspicious about them?

[Sagar]

Baladir will ask them about the road West, and if they came from Bracken. He'll ask them if there is any news about Bracken. Any warnings that we should be aware of, etc. Also, we'll untie Amaril from the pack horse.

"Road is good. No rain to speak of so it's dry. Bandit activity is very low. No issues in a while. Should be smooth sailing for ya.

Bracken is as it always is. A bit quirky but otherwise about the same.

You headin' to Bracken, are ya?"

[Shiz]

"We are stopping there for a night or two, yes. Then on again."

[Lycos]

Quirky? Maybe you can describe by what you mean by "quirky"?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Quirky? Maybe you can describe by what you mean by "quirky"?
OOC: I was hoping someone would ask that. What WE know of the town might be different from that of people who know it better than we do...

[Sagar]

"Quirky? Well, it's close to the frontier so it has more than it's share of eccentrics. Like the guys selling demon exterminating dirt or the baker. Don't eat his cookies, you'll lose your teeth. But a buddy of mine swears they make GREAT sling bullets.

Anyway, if you're going to Bracken, you guys will need to change." He points at Brun and Baladir. "Plate mail is illegal in the city except by permit. Magic, too, for that matter. But at least you can probably get a magic permit. They don't let outsiders get plate permits."

[EricStratton]

"Magic permit? Illegal plate mail? Quirky indeed. Altho that anti-demon dirt might be handy," smirking at Solak.

[Zyzzyx]

Solak sighs, "Its been tried on me already. Those guys are great entertainment for me."

He then takes slightly longing look towards the woods.

[Shiz]

We should not expect special treatment as The Heroes in Bracken, btw. Felstaff(?) will not be especially accomodating towards us.

[Asharad]

"When did all these rules go into effect? Who issues these permits?"

[Sagar]

"These rules have been in effect for.. gosh.. a long time. Decades, anyway.
It's a pretty common set of rules in the bigger cities. What do you need plate mail for in the middle of a large town? Only ones in plate are those preparing to cause serious trouble. And magic in a densly populated area? Nothing but trouble!"

"Oh, as for the permits. I expect the constable issues them. You can ask the guards at the gate. They should know."

[Asharad]

I guess we were too busy being honored guests last time to notice.

[Shiz]

We also didn't have anyone in plate mail.

[Lycos]

I could use a little time out of this tin can anyway.

When Baladir gets a chance, he'll get out of the plate mail.

Any other quirks that we might have to know about being new and all?

[Zyzzyx]

Hmm... trying to figure if, in his years of wandering, Solak has been through Bracken before. I'm not sure if a tiefling would be more accepted (such as they are) in a large town or small village. (this being a general way to ask for background world info from the DM)

[Sagar]

Bracken was the location of the initial competition. The place where officials "lost" your entry so you couldn't compete.

There are at least some people in Bracken that don't like tieflings.

[Lycos]

Unless the people can offer any more news or information for us new folks. I say we move on unless it's night. If it's night time, we could just hang out here with these people.

[Sagar]

Unless the people can offer any more news or information for us new folks. I say we move on unless it's night. If it's night time, we could just hang out here with these people.

You stopped for lunch.

The other group finishes their meal and mounts up to head out. They wish you good travels and, with a wave, depart. You do likewise.

You pass a few more travelers during the afternoon. Most are mounted or pulling carts. A few, like the guy far ahead of you, are trudging along on foot. He disappears around a turn in the road.
As you near the turn, you hear a voice ahead cry out in alarm and pain. Speeding up a bit, you turn the corner to see him being dragged towards nearby trees by what are obviously bandits.
You see no other travelers on the road ahead of you. It seems the bandits took advantage of a lull in traffic to strike a helpless target.

[Lycos]

Great...

Did I have the opportunity to take off my plate yet? I'll let you decide Sagar.

Either way, looks like "It's on!".

Ride close enough so that it doesn't take more than a second or two to engage the bandits. Dismount. Draw my sword. "Flame on!" And put my shield on my arm.

[Shiz]

If I can see a bandit, I will dismount (minor?) and send a Lance of Faith at the one doing the dragging: Lance of Faith, +8 vs REF, R5, d8+6 radiant, hit: +2 bonus vs target to Fandango.

[Sagar]

You guys are about 400 yards away. The bandit's don't seem to have noticed you yet.

Baladir, you are a night and half a day from Bracken. I assume you all are dressed for business until you get to town.

Are you guys going to charge on foot or on horseback?

Are you going quietly or whooping to distract the bandits?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun will charge in on horseback, brandishing her axe and attempting to close to melee range (where the guy-being-dragged-is), yelling fiercely. If it's a trap... well it doesn't matter. This is how she operates.

Edit: Woo! She doesn't see ****, but that **** is worried.

[EricStratton]

Amaril will ride as fast as possible, yelling an ancient Eladrin battle cry (Intimidate roll = 24). As soon as he's w/in 50' of one of the bandits he'll dismount and fire EB at the target.

EB: 23 to hit; 9 dmg.

[Shiz]

CHARGE!

"IN THE NAME OF THE BARON, HALT AND DESIST ON PAIN OF DEATH!"

[Lycos]

I'm a paldin. I charge, but not on top of them. I charge (specifically, horse running) to the point where I can dismount and move to engage.

"In the name of PELOR, surrender or prepare to die."

[Asharad]

Yee-haw!

[Zyzzyx]

Solak certainly doesn't get left behind, though he will bring up the rear, waiting to see how many bandits there are, and scanning to see if it is likely any more are waiting in the woods.

(added Nature roll, thinking it could be a 'nature perception', being near the woods and such *shrug*)

[Shiz]

As Trask gallops up, he tries to look at the bandits to get some sense of whether they are peasant bandits or "professional" bandits. Are they all human? Well armed?

[Sagar]

You see two bandits.. both human. They are roughly dressed but well armed. They toss the traveler into the edge of the woods and turn to meet your charge with weapons drawn. Looking at you barreling down on them, they look uncertain.

They do not have time to flee, however, before you arrive and leap from your horses.

I'll need to finish the map before I go farther. I had to go to a meeting over lunch and didn't get to finish it.

Solak does not see anything in the woods but leaves and trees.

This section of the road is fairly straight and clean. The sides are clear back to the treeline which starts about 20' off the road on either side.

[Shiz]

Someone Bluff or Intimidate them. We shouldn't have to kill them.

[DinbinFanfoom]

I think we just did, but I'm not sure, I didn't see counter rolls (if Sagar uses them, I could be wrong) if that's in play yet... have to wait for map.

[Lycos]

Let me try!

*ugh*

[Greebo]

*Whiff*

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun pats out the flames that have enveloped Baladir's arm. He stops screaming.

[Asharad]

"Throw down your weapons and lay on your faces or we will cut you into little pieces, feed those pieces to our horses, let the horses crap you out, then feed that crap to the nearest group of pigs we can find."

[DinbinFanfoom]

OOC: Nice, Ash! Between that and the intimidate rolls of Brun, Amaril and uh... Baladir... we might give them pause.

[Zyzzyx]

Solak, being fashionably late, finds his way up to the group and parts between them to get a look at the bandits. Hoping on some effect from being a demon, err... tiefling, he chimes in:

"Now then guys... don't I get first shot to tortur... have at them?"

Nice intimidate roll, but really... shouldn't a tiefling have better than just +3 for that?

[Lycos]

OOC:uh... Baladir...

Hopefully, they don't burst out laughing. :roll:

[Greebo]

Hopefully, they don't burst out laughing. :roll:

Why would they be any different from the rest of us? ;)

[Lycos]

Why would they be any different from the rest of us? ;)

[four]

[Sagar]

"Throw down your weapons and lay on your faces or we will cut you into little pieces, feed those pieces to our horses, let the horses crap you out, then feed that crap to the nearest group of pigs we can find."

The bandit looks taken aback. He actually shrinks back a bit.

Then he seems to shake it off and laughs.

"Perhaps I should offer you the same." He waves his hand and, from the trees on either side of the road, archers appear. Another group comes from the woods to cut off your retreat. One of them spooks the horses and they run off.

"You've got some goods there and good gear too, if I don't miss my guess. And I don't. Throw down YOUR weapons and maybe this won't be a terminal encounter for you."

He gestures for you to toss your weapons aside.

You can tell that these men handle their weapons FAR better than anyone else you ever encountered.

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[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun is not dropping her weapon.

[Lycos]

Baladir is not dropping his weapons either.

[Sagar]

Please let me know if you are going to drop your weapon when you roll initiative.

That is, unless you intend the initiative roll to be your answer :p

[DinbinFanfoom]

See above.

[Asharad]

**** these guys.

[Shiz]

Trask will drop his bow and morningstar.

[Shiz]

Baladir will...

Does that mean you are dropping your weapon or queuing up your move? Sometimes your posts are ambiguous.

[Asharad]

Shiz, why are you dropping your weapons AND rolling initiative?

When you say drop do you mean lower? Or do you just have a lot of weapons.

I'm going to fight these guys so I need my weapons. Honestly, I am tired of every mother****er we come across being able to grab someone as a hostage and get what they want. **** these guys and **** that idiot for wandering along alone and getting himself grabbed.

[Shiz]

I don't need my weapons to fight. So I am ready to fight, but making a useless gesture of surrender. It would take a very perceptive enemy to see me as a cleric, not a ranger.

[Asharad]

Gotcha!

[Lycos]

Does that mean you are dropping your weapon or queuing up your move? Sometimes your posts are ambiguous.

See above as well.

Baladir says to the bandit who was speaking, "Leave that person alone, unless you have some good reason that you should attack them."

[Sagar]

The "Victim" stands up and pulls out a wand.

"I told you they would fall for it. Now. Drop your weapons or we drop you."

[Lycos]

Do we recognize said victim?

[Asharad]

Do we recognize said victim?

"I'm not 100% positive, but I think that donkey****er right there," points to the guy with the wand," is the donkey****er who was talking **** about us back at the ranch."

[Sagar]

The mage "victim" says, "Ah screw this farce. Kill them."
He gestures at the bowmen.

AC guys are here. Gotta take care of them, then I'll come check your initiative and finish setting up the encounter.

[Lycos]

Donkey****er! Pelor does not like people who do that to innocent donkeys. *snarl*

And I take it that we don't recognize the "victim"?

[Zyzzyx]

Solak mumbles something about not getting into traps like these when he was on his own, but he's committed now...

[Sagar]

Round 1:
Initiative:

Bowmen (triggered attack)
Archers (triggered attack)
Brunhilde (24)
Solak (20)
Trask (19)
Mage
Fandango (15)
Baladir (15)
Axemen (15)
Amaril (7)
Bandits (4)

At the gesture, the bowman release their queued attacks:

Bowman 1 and 2 shoot at Amaril. Both arrows (19 vs AC 18, 29 vs AC 18) plunk solidly into the warlock (12 damage total).

Bowman 3 and 4 shoot at Baladir (26, 23 vs AC 21). Both of their arrow strike the paladin cleanly (also doing 12 damage, total)

Archer 1 shoots at Trask (31 vs AC 19) with a crossbow and hits him solidly as well (5 damage).

Archer 2 shoots at Fandango (23 vs AC 18) and the quarrel strikes the rogue painfully hard (20 damage, Dazed, save ends) Dazed - grant CA and can only take 1 move.

Brunhilde...

[Sagar]

Solak mumbles something about not getting into traps like these when he was on his own, but he's committed now...
I did not have your init when I was setting up the round so I rolled for you. You got a 12.

[Shiz]

Round 1:

Minor: Trask retrieves his bow (and morningstar if possible)
Std: Shield of Faith, all allies w/in 5 gain +2 AC bonus for the encounter
Move: Follow Brun to J11.

AP: Conjures a hammer on top of the Mage. Elven Accuracy on a miss.

Spiritual Weapon (Implement), R10, +8 vs AC, d10+6, Effect: You conjure a weapon that appears in the target's square and attacks. Your allies gain combat advantage against the target. You can move the weapon up to 10 squares to another enemy's square as a move action. The weapon lasts until the end of your next turn. Sustain Minor: When you sustain the power, repeat the attack. Your allies continue to gain combat advantage against the weapon's target.

Bah. 16 vs mage's AC. Not a good start. If the hammer misses, it is still there as I read it. The CA to allies does not rely on a hit.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brunhilde will growl and CHARGE to K12 (move), the only place she can realistically go without AO's.
She will then fire off Sweeping Blow: +13 vs AC, 1d12+9 dam, close burst 1 (standard).
She will trigger her new stance, Rain of Steel: 1d12 damage to adjacent targets at start of target's turn (minor).
She will mark Axeman 2.

(Edit: That's bowman 3, not 2)
(Edit: I could have gone that way instead, in hindsight, Shiz, leaving wounded Bal to go more S. Sorry. Next round!)
(Edit: Changed my move to a charge... so those +13's are +14's on the ATK)

[Zyzzyx]

Round 1:

Solak pulls vapors from the woods and the ground itself, forming a dark, nasty cloud on the north side of the path, enveloping the archers at the treeline.

- Stinking Cloud; +7 vs Fort, Area Burst 2 (5x5), Range 20, 1d10+6 poison dmg, Effect: zone of poison that blocks line of sight, creatures that enter or start turn in zone take 1d10+6 poison dmg; Sustain: minor, Move: move the zone up to 6 squares

Centered on H4, spanning F2-J6, sustaining the cloud as well.

Quickly recovering from that he moves to I8 and (Action Point) continues to cover the rear, turning towards Bandits 1 and 3 and sending a frosty line of ice their way.

- Icy Rays; +7 vs Ref, target one or two creatures, one attack per target, 1d10+5 cold dmg and immobilized until end of next turn



(not bad, I'll take those rolls. Should help protect us on the backside. I'll let Amaril do the big booms on the bosses. I was thinking of doing Bigby's against the caster, tag-team with the hammer, but don't think I can sustain two things at once (cloud and bigby's))

[Sagar]

Brunhilde charges forward, forgetting the only basic melee attacks can be used with charge.
Using the momentum of her charge, she swing her axe at Bowman 4. Her blow (19+14 vs AC) cuts right through his hastily raised bow and crushes his chest (16 damage). He drops, dead.
Then Brun turns to mock the axeman and weaves her own axe around in a deadly rain of steel.

Solak summons fel energies and creates a cloud of noxious fumes. These, he settles around the northern archers. The archer and a bowman are startled and draw the fumes deeply into their lungs (25, 24 vs Fort). Both cough and stagger (14 damage, each). The bowman clutches his throat, then his chest, and then collapses. Bowman 2 manages to hold his breath and survives... this round.

Not finished, Solak moves northeast through the party and then fires icy rays at the bandits attacking from the rear. The rays (18, 20 vs Ref) strike the two bandits (10 damage) directly over their hearts, killing them instantly.

Trask (minor) retrieves his bow (morningstar is another minor action) and casts Shield of Faith (+2 AC to all allies). He then moves closer to Brunhilde and summons a spiritual weapon to attack the mage. (16 vs AC misses, mage gives CA as he dodges the weapon)

The mage points his wand at Brunhilde and lightning arcs from it's tip. The lightning (18 vs Ref 17) glances off Brun (7 damage) and bounces towards Trask. It shoots through Trasks body (natural 20, 12 damage) and glances off Baladir (20 vs Ref 15, 7 damage).

Fandango...

[Asharad]

I can't pass up a CA. Also, I can only attack or move and so I almost always default to attack.

I will sly flourish the mage

To hit:
+13 vs AC
Damage:1d4+9+2d8

[Lycos]

If the mage is still alive...

Baladir moves to L10. Strikes the mage with Righteous Smite

Righteous Smite (Charisma (+10) V. AC, 2d10 + 5 Damage for charisma and sword)
Effect: You and each ally within 5 squares of you gain temporary hit points equal to 5 + your Wisdom modifier (2). (7 temp hps)

Also, upon hitting, Baladir uses his sword's power, Pelor's Fiery Wrath, for 1d6 + 5 points ongoing.

If the mage is still up, Baladir will use his action point to hit him with Piercing Smite.

Piercing Smite (+10 to hit vs Reflex, 2d10 + 5 Damage for strength and sword)
Adjacent targets are marked until the end of my next turn.

If the mage is not standing then I will use the action point to Second Wind myself. (+2 to Defense until the beginning of my next turn)

[Sagar]

Fandango flips his dagger at the mage with a confident and wry flourish (19 vs AC) but the mage dodges the attack. Fandango forgot his ST so I'll roll it. Fandango (ST 3) does not manage to shake off the daze.

Baladir moves forward and attacks the mage. His righteous smite (15+10 vs AC) hits solidly, causing the mage to grunt (18 damage). A surge of fire erupts from Baladir's sword, burning the mage (4 damage) and setting his robe on fire (5 ongoing fire damage).

The mage is not even bloodied, so Baladir hits him again, this time with a piercing smite (15+10 vs AC). This time, the mage is bloodied (22 damage).

All party members gain 7 temp HP.

Axeman 1, Axeman 2, and the mage are marked by Baladir.

[Lycos]

All party members gain 5 temp HP.

Axeman 1, Axeman 2, and the mage are marked by Baladir.

7 hps. There is the +2 for my Wisdom mod.

49 hps, and this mage is not even reeling. How bad does he look Sagar?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Rain of Steel damage done by Brun to Axeman 2 (start of his turn)
Rain of Steel damage done by Brun to Bowman 3 (start of his turn)

Sorry, I forgot this earlier. I guess it's not really rolled until their turn (Bowman 3 isn't yet) but, whatever.

[Sagar]

Axeman 1 shifts to flank Baladir. He then swings his great axe at the paladin (18 vs AC 23) but Baladir easily blocks the attack.

Axeman 2 swings at Baladir (28 vs AC 23) and slams him hard (14 damage). Baladir is bloodied.

Amaril...

[Sagar]

7 hps. There is the +2 for my Wisdom mod.

49 hps, and this mage is not even reeling. How bad does he look Sagar?

Not bad, actually. He has a red goatee that looks rather dashing.

:p

[Sagar]

Axeman 2, belatedly, yells OUCH and swats at the mosquito that he thinks bit him (3 damage from Brun)

[EricStratton]

Amaril shifts back to H7 using his allies as cover from the southern guys. Then he'll curse Bandit 2 and fire Eyebite at him.

Eyebite: 20 vs WIL; 10+6 (if I'm not too late w/ the curse) dmg and I'm invisible to the target until EONT.

ETA: If it's not too late, I forgot to curse Bandit 2! Damn!!

[Asharad]

Christ, his AC is higher than 19? That's crazy talk!

[EricStratton]

Arcana to try to determine what type of "mage" we're dealing w/. Not that I expect it to explain how bad ass a mage has to be to have AC > 19. :lowlol:

Arcana: 16

Grr, a 3. Well, better it comes now...

[Lycos]

Round 2:

I will be busy from now until later tonight. So here is my move at this point.

Baladir will use Second Wind

+2 Def.
14 hps from a surge.
quaff a potion (+10)

+24 hps total

Oh and move to K10

[Sagar]

Amaril moves bravely behind Fandango, turns, and fires a spell at Bandit 2.
Bandit 2, caught by surprise, takes the spell full bore right up the nostrils (16 damage).
Sparks come out his ears as he falls over dead.

End of round

Round 2:

Bowmen
Archer 1 (14 damage, in cloud)
Archer 2
Brunhilde (7 damage, 7 temp HP)
Solak (7 temp HP)
Trask (12 damage, 7 temp HP)
Mage (44 damage, bloodied, marked - Baladir, 5 ongoing fire, CA Given)
Fandango (20 damage, 7 temp HP, dazed)
Baladir (33 damage, bloodied)
Axeman 1
Axeman 2 (3 damage)
Amaril (12 damage, 7 temp HP)

Bowman 3, at the start of his turn, gets clipped by Brunhilde's axe. Unfortunately for him, he was clipped somewhere between his chin and his solar plexus. Gurgling, he collapses to the ground.

Bowman 2 moves to leave the cloud, stubs his toe and, inhaling deeply to yell OUCH, suddenly turns an interesting shade of lavender before falling to the ground and expiring.

Archer 1 chokes on the fumes (11 damage) as he moves out of the cloud. Setting himself on the road, he raises his crossbow and aims for Trask (30 vs AC 19+2). The bolt slams home, rocking the cleric (15 damage).

Archer 2 takes aim at Trask as well (31-2 vs AC 19+2). This bolt slams hard into Trask's helmet, leaving him dazed (19 damage). Trask is not only dazed, he is bloodied and reeling.

Brun...

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun growls at Trask to get into the woods, though she knows that is what he was trying to do. :D

She shifts E to L12 (move).
She will attempt to use Covering Attack (+11 vs AC, 2d12+7 dam, adjacent target can shift 2) on the bandit mage, which should allow Baladir to shift 2 squares (maybe to K12 or something). She wishes she could use it on Trask, but he's not adjacent to anything.
She'll burn an AP (free)
She'll Cleave (+11 vs AC, 1d12+7 dam, 5 to adjacent target on hit) the mage/axeman.

Edit: Ugh. That sucked.
Edit: Ugh! Double-suck! Only 7 to mage and 5 to axeman. :(
Edit: Durrrr... 9 to mage, 5 to axeman. TGIF... :P

[Shiz]

Round 2:

Solak, seeing Trask in dire straits, will Illusory Ambush; +7 vs Will, 1d6+5 psychic dmg, target takes -2 to attack rolls until end of my next turn against Archer 2. He also moves the cloud east 4 and southeast 2 so the lower west corner is at L8.

Trask, spitting up blood, pulls the bolts from his body while he whispers a Healing Word (surge+2d6+6) on himself, tapping the special power of his Symbol.

Archer 2 takes 9 damage and -2 ATK. Trask heals himself for 20 (11+3+6), to 26hps (12+7-34+20). Temp hps saved me from going down.

[EricStratton]

Don't forget that Solak will also move the cloud (see my post in the discussion thread).

Also, the asterisk means it's a roll made up of more than one die roll. Click on the row to see what each individual die roll was.

[Sagar]

Brunhilde tries to shift east but the bushes are difficult terrain and she can't see a safe wayt to do it.

Brunhilde tries a covering attack for Baladir but, in her haste, tries to step forward with her left.. then can't remember if she was SUPPOSED to start with her right, tries to shuffle her weight balance, then just gives it up as a bad cause (natural 1 - attack never occurred).

Frustrated, she swings at Axeman 2 and just nicks him in passing (9 damage).

Solak casts an illusory ambush on Archer 2 (19 vs Will). The archer begins to squirm as if being attacked by unseen foes (9 damage, -2 to hit EONT). He then (minor) sustains and moves the poison cloud.

Trask uses a healing word on himself (+20 hp). He also shakes off the daze that was dulling his motions.

The mage takes 5 fire damage as he claps his hands together and a thunder burst (blast 1) on Trask (16 vs Fort16) and also encompasses Baladir (18 vs Fort 16) and Brunhilde (16 vs Fort 21). Trask and Baladir take 14 damage are are dazed (save ends). The mage smothers the fire in his robes (ST 12).

Baladir pauses to catch his second wind (+2 defenses, 14 healing). Being dazed, he can't do any other action and he doesn't manage to shake off that daze (ST 7)
I can't find any record that you have a healing potion. You used one to heal the child. I don't remember you getting another. Please verify that you have said potion. Thanks.

[Asharad]

hey, don't forget me! please!

Shagrined by the mage wearing platemail, I'll try something different!

I will try to Deep Cut him. It looks like he is still granting CA? if not, please adjust accordingly, thankyouverymuch

To hit: +11 vs fort
Damage: 2d4 +4 and 7 ongoing (save ends)
Miss:Half damage, no ongoing

if he's Ca then add 2d8 to that, please

[Lycos]

I can't find any record that you have a healing potion. You used one to heal the child. I don't remember you getting another. Please verify that you have said potion. Thanks.



I didn't use one mine on the child. We used Brun's in that one as well. She replenished later in town.

My old .pdf file had me with a speed potion, cure disease and healing potion which I have never used any until now.

And I didn't have it on the transfer. I should've but I thought we were just putting in powers and attributes and such. I'll update it.

[EricStratton]

Amaril Round 2:

Amaril will back up some to G4 triggering Shadow Walk (concealment).

Then he'll curse Archer 1 and fire Witchfire at him.

Witchfire: 8+7 vs REF, 5+5+4 damage and target takes -6 to attack rolls until EONT.

Grr, 15 is probably a miss.

[Sagar]

Sorry, but in this format, it's hard to tell if someone has not given enough information to go on, or someone is just busy in RL.

And yeah, this is going to be a tight battle, so I'm concerned/anxious. :D

OK. You have the healing potion. It turned out not to matter since you were dazed (one action).
I figured you'd rather have the bigger heal+defense of SW.

AFK until this evening. Waiting on Fandango's action.

[Asharad]

Aw crap, your right about the melee.

I just saw "RANGE" on my character sheet and though it said RANGED

I'll just sly flourish

To hit:+13 vs AC
Damage:1d4+9+2d8

Assuming he is still granting CA. if not +11 to hit and lose the 2d8.

Sorry!

[Shiz]

Also, big correction. When I was Dazed last turn and healed myself, my Hammer poofed (sustain minor) so the mage is not longer giving CA.

[Sagar]

Fandango thinks about rushing forward, but changes his mind and whips a dagger at the mage. The dagger (18 vs DC +2 partial cover) glances off an axeman's weapon on the way by and just misses the mage.

Trask, being dazed, could not sustain his attack and he weapon vanished so the mage doesn't give CA anymore.

Axeman 1 tries to finish off Baladir and (27+2 vs AC 21+4) hits him solidly in the back (9 damage). Baladir sways but somehow remains standing.

Axeman 2, thinking Baladir is a goner already, shifts east to take out Trask. He swings at the dazed cleric (20+2 vs AC 19+2), but only gets a glancing blow (7 damage). Trask is reeling. Axeman takes 10 damage from Brun's RoS.

Amaril moves, vanishing into shadows. You hear a curse on Archer 1 and then another curse - this time at something called &*&*^ dice! as Amaril's attack (15 vs Ref) misses.

End of round 2:

[Sagar]

Round 3:

Archer 1 (25 damage)
Archer 2 (11 damage)
Brunhilde (7 damage, 7 temp HP)
Solak (7 temp HP)
Trask (40 damage, bloodied, reeling, dazed until ST)
Mage (49 damage, bloodied, marked - Baladir)
Fandango (20 damage, 7 temp HP, dazed)
Baladir (42 damage, bloodied, dazed, +2 defenses)
Axeman 1
Axeman 2 (24 damage)
Amaril (12 damage, 7 temp HP, concealed)

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(map locations correct. HP, status's not updated).

[Sagar]

Archer 1 moves south to get a clean shot and fires his crossbow at Baladir. The attack (26+2 vs AC 21+4) hits and spins the paladin to the ground (11 damage, now at -10 HP). Baladir is unconcious and dying.

Archer 2 shoots at Trask (23+2-2 vs AC 19+2), striking him solidly (9 damage). Trask crumples to the ground and is also dying (-4 HP).

Brunhilde...

[Shiz]

Round 3

Save vs Death

[Lycos]

Save vs Death

If necessary...

Hopefully, I had to roll high to be successful. :D

[DinbinFanfoom]

OK here goes...

Brun will shift NE to L11. (move)
She will attempt to use Covering Attack (+11 vs AC, 2d12+7 dam, adjacent target can shift 2) on Axeman 2, marking him, and allow Baladir to shift two squares (I'm thinking W might be good).

Time to tank a bit... will someone nuke that dang archer? :D Yeah, I'm flanked by these guys, but they're both in RoS now too...

Edit: ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? :D :D :D OMG if not for RoS, I'd be doing no damage at all.

[Sagar]

Brunhilde, confident now that the covering attack starts with the right foot, steps out smartly with her left foot and promptly crosses herself up (natural 1, no attack used).

Solak....(I know you discussed maybe moving the cloud and other things.. I need the actual post now.)

[Lycos]

I'll stand and go to K10

[Shiz]

Solak is afk so I will move for him:

Move the cloud one square south, sw corner capturing Axeman 1.

Cast Illusory Ambush; +7 vs Will, 1d6+5 psychic dmg, target takes -2 to attack rolls until end of my next turn on Axeman 2.

Review:
Stinking Cloud; +7 vs Fort, Area Burst 2 (5x5), Range 20, 1d10+6 poison dmg, Effect: zone of poison that blocks line of sight, creatures that enter or start turn in zone take 1d10+6 poison dmg; Sustain: minor, Move: move the zone up to 6 squares

I read that as immediate dmg to the axeman, but DM can disagree.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun's shift is not shown. If she can't hit stuff, maybe she can at least get in the way. :P

[Asharad]

I'll take another shot at the mage (since he's in range) and pray that I make my saving throw.

To hit:+11 vs AC
Damage:1d4+9

[Sagar]

Solak: Cloud needs an attack roll when it is moved.
Baladir: You need a save for Dazed.

[Lycos]

Baladir: You need a save for Dazed.

ok.

[Sagar]

Brun shifts to L11.

Solak moves the cloud south to engulf Axeman 1. From within the cloud, you hear coughing and wretching (15 damage). Solak then casts and illusionary ambush on Axeman 2. The attack hits and cuts seem to spring up on the axeman's body (9 damage, -2 to hit until EOST).

Trask lies quietly on the ground.

The mage takes 10 damage from the rain of steel as he orders the axemen to attack "The tiefling mage" and then casts magic missle at Solak. His attack (14 vs Ref) misses. He shifts southwest to get away from Brunhilde.

Baladir hears a voice whisper, "It is not your time, my servant. Return to the fight." and healing energy surges through him (+10 health). Dazed, he shifts west as he stands, then manages to shake off the cobwebs and is ready for battle.

Fandango tries to toss a dagger at the mage but misses badly. Shocked as his uncharacteristic suckiness, he snaps out of his daze.

Axeman 1 coughs more (10 damage), and appears out of the cloud near Solak. His axe attack (24 vs AC) hits Solak hard (14 damage, 7 of it from temp HP).

Axeman 2 takes 8 damage from the rain of steel as he shifts NW away from Brun and towards the mage.
Seeing Baladir standing, he swings (21-2 vs AC 21+2) but because of the party magics at work, misses.
Axeman 2 is bloodied.

[Greebo]

"Trask lies quietly on the ground." Is he wimpering softly for his mother?

[Shiz]

Well, his goddess Sehanine, probably.

Amaril, slide one of the Axemen back into the cloud with Curse of the Dark Dream! They have low WIL.

[Sagar]

"Trask lies quietly on the ground." Is he wimpering softly for his mother?
Only his hairdresser knows for sure.

[EricStratton]

ES was at the gym.

Round 3:

Amaril will move to C7 triggering Shadow Walk (concealment) and fire Curse! Of the Dark Dreeeeeeeeam! at Axeman 1. /fingers crossed....

God dammit!!!!

To hit: 9 vs WIL - 2 (at least according to the DM text on Axeman 1's avatar)
dmg: 24 and slide him to 3 squares to M7.

[Sagar]

Amaril moves and vanishes in a cloud of cursing.

The axemen look disturbed at his odd behavior.

End of Round 3:

Round 4:

Archer 1 (25 damage)
Archer 2 (11 damage)
Brunhilde (7 damage, 7 temp HP)
Solak (7 damage)
Trask (Unconcious, dying, dazed until ST)
Mage (57 damage, bloodied, reeling)
Fandango (20 damage, 7 temp HP)
Baladir (33 damage, bloodied, 10 HP left)
Axeman 1 (25 damage)
Axeman 2 (41 damage, bloodied, -2 to hit)
Amaril (12 damage, 7 temp HP, concealed, cursing a blue streak)

http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene...7785nsbsbe4rhw


Archer 1, seeing Baladir stand up, tries to shoot him again. The crossbow bolt (17 vs AC 21+2) misses badly.

Archer 2, hearing the command to shoot the mage, tries to line up a shot on Solak but can't because Fandango is in the way.
So he aims at Amaril instead. This shot (25 vs AC 18+2) just knicks the warlock (6 damage), though.

Brunhilde...

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brunhilde will shift E to M11 (move).
She will perform Reaping Strike (+11 vs AC, 1d12+7 dam, 5 dam on miss) (standard) on the Mage, marking him. She'll try to knock him out, if possible (for interrogation later, if we survive). How long does unconscious last? If it's only a round or two, she'll go for the kill instead.

Edit: Thank goodness for RS making good of a crappy roll! 5 damage it is!

[Asharad]

I will move to c9

I will Dazing Strike Archer 1

To hit:+11vs ac
Damage:1d4+4 target is dazed.

Lemme roll and see...

Then I will use an AP to sly flourish him

To hit: +13 vs AC
Damage1d4+9+2d8

[Lycos]

Baladir is drinking his healing potion +10 hp.

Then he is going to use Paladin's Judgement on Axeman 2.

Paladin's Judgement (+10 to hit vs AC, 3d10 + 6 Damage for strength and sword) 1 Ally within 5 squares gets a healing surge
Miss: 1 Ally within 5 squares gets a healing surge

Trask will be the recipient of the surge.

If I can add a Divine Challenge onto Axeman 2, I will.

Divine Challenge - Target is -2 to attack anyone other than me and takes 7 pts of damage if they do attack anyone other than me.
I must engage or be adjacent to the target at the end of this round. Target is marked until I mark another target.

[Asharad]

Hooray, Lycos!

[Lycos]

I'm tellin' ya this has been my best encounter for hitting. I haven't missed once yet. :D

[Shiz]

I didn't make a save vs Dazed this round? If the status persists while I am unconscious, shouldn't I have gotten a save for that too?

[Shiz]

I should pop up un-Dazed with 11hps! Thanks Lycos! I am not converting to Pelor but you won't hear anymore snarky cracks about him. For awhile...

[Lycos]

...but you won't hear anymore snarky cracks about him. For awhile...

Translated: For the next 5 minutes... :D

[Sagar]

I don't think unconcious people get saving throws for status effects.
You're too busy trying not to die...

[Sagar]

Will someone make Solak's attack?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Will someone make Solak's attack?
I assume Trask will after he sees what happens with Brun/Magiepoo. That way he'll know where to send the cloud. (Although 2-W wouldn't be bad...)

[Shiz]

Solak will shift to H7 (move), then attack Axeman 1 with Illusory Ambush; +7 vs Will, 1d6+5 psychic dmg, target takes -2 to attack rolls until end of my next turn. Since Axemen 1 is bloodied, he gets +1 ATK due to Bloodhunt.

If Boo! is a minor action, he will then send it at Axeman 1, blinding him.

[Greebo]

I'm tellin' ya this has been my best encounter for hitting. I haven't missed once yet. :D

You did not just say that...

[Asharad]

I picture Fandango standing in the middle of the clearing looking at his dagger with an expression of fear and confusion on this face. The blade has gone all useless and floppy.

He turns to his companions and says, "I...I don't know what to say...this has never happened to me before..."

[Sagar]

I'll have to update the map over lunch, but this is what has happened so far...

Brunhilde shifts (to M11) and swings at the mage. Her main attack misses, but she bashes him in the head with the axe handle (5 damage) and he falls to the ground, unconcious.

Solak move (to H7) and casts Illusory Ambush at Axeman 1. The attack (15 vs will) hits and the axeman begins slapping at himself with his weapon (6 damage, -2 to hit).

Solak then grabs a gem from his pouch and tosses it at Archer 2. As the gem flies through the air, Solak yells" GO for the eyes, BOO!" With a SQUEEK SQUEEK, the hamster arcs through the air (20 vs Ref) and, landing on the archer's head, begins scratching at the foe's forehead. Screaming, the archer slaps at the hamster and tries to wipe the blood out his eyes (blind until EONT - gives CA and all have total concealment).

Trask lies quietly in the grass (ST vs Death - 17. Still stable) you didn't give a death save for this round. You go before Baladir.

The mage lies quietly in the grass as well.

Fandango moves to C9 and launches a dazing strike at archer 1. His dagger hilt (28 vs AC) smacks into the archers head (6 damage), dazing it until EONT. Fandango, emboldened, quickly launches a sly flourish attack but drops his dagger during the flourish part and looks somewhat less than sly.

Baladir grabs and quaffs a healing potion (10 healing) and launches an attack at Axeman 2. His attack is true (29 vs AC) and devastating (20 damage). He yells "DON'T MESS WITH PELOR, BEYOTCH!!" as he sends a healing surge to Trask.

Trask awakens (11 health) and, because the DM is feeling nice, stands and shakes the cobwebs from his head (ST 11). Don't even ask to attack or you can lay back down until your next turn.

[Shiz]

"I gawt betta!"

[Sagar]

Since Solak used Boo this turn, the cloud is not maintained and expires.

Axeman 1 is the one blinded (I accidentally applied that to Archer 1). He staggers around a bit and winds up next to Solak.

Axeman 2 looks at the mage, then at Trask - confused.
Finally, it raises it axe high and attacks Baladir. The swing (22-2 vs AC 21+2) misses, again due to the party magics.

http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=x3feh8xccvkz2qetyxsfr1jhyjyo38qyrng76 iyprplg9jl7qw7785nsbsbe4rhw

Amaril...

[Sagar]

Map should be up to date, now.

[Asharad]

Hmm...if Boo is a minor action, maybe I should take him. I seem to benefit most from the Ca he provides.

I could theoretically release him as a minor action, get my bonus attack in AND get another bonus attack in before the end of my next round.

[Shiz]

Good point, but Solak could also choose a target to maximize your benefits. I chose the Archer to keep him from attacking Trask again.

[Sagar]

Good point, but Solak could also choose a target to maximize your benefits. I chose the Archer to keep him from attacking Trask again.

You posted it would attack Axeman 1.

[Shiz]

Right. Opps. I considered the archer and then changed my mind.

[Asharad]

Good point, but Solak could also choose a target to maximize your benefits.

Yeah, but then we have to co-ordinate, which ends up being a bit like someone else holding your holy symbol.

[Greebo]

Yeah, but then we have to co-ordinate, which ends up being a bit like someone else holding your holy symbol.

Don't touch me there!

[EricStratton]

Round 4:

Amaril moves back to F4 triggering Shadow Walk (concealment) and puts a right nasty curse on Axeman 1 (minor). Then he'll return to his bread and butter and cast Eldritch Blast on Axeman 1.

EB: 6+7 vs REF-2 (CA)
Dmg: 7+ 5 + 5 (curse)

You've gotta be kidding me...

[Lycos]

No luck in getting the Divine Challenge off on Axeman 2?

[Lycos]

Round 5:

Divine Challenge Axeman2 if he didn't get challenged before and he is still alive. If he is not, I will go for Axeman 1.

Divine Challenge.

Holy Strike on the closest Axeman.

Holy Strike! (+10 to hit vs AC, 1d10 + 6 Damage for strength and sword) + 2 more in damage if marked.

[Asharad]

I'll sly flourish this dazed archer. The bastard.

to hit:+13 vs ac
damage:1d4+2d8+9

[Sagar]

No luck in getting the Divine Challenge off on Axeman 2?
I had already resolved combat and posted it before I saw that.. so I am afraid not. :(

[Sagar]

Amaril moves and vanishes in a flash of mist. From the shadows, he curses Axeman 1.. with feeling.
Hot on the heels of the curses, an eldritch blast flies from the shadows. The axeman, staggering in his blindness, walks right into it (13+2 vs Will). The blast hits the axeman hard (17 damage), bloodying him.

Enraged, he lashes out with his axe (22+5 battle fury -5 total concealment) hitting Solak (19+2 AC) hard in return (14 damage). Solak is bloodied.

End of Round 4:

Round 5:

Archer 1 (33 damage, bloodied, -2 to hit)
Archer 2 (11 damage)
Brunhilde (7 damage, 7 temp HP)
Solak (21 damage, bloodied)
Trask (11 hp)
Mage (Unconcious)
Fandango (20 damage, 7 temp HP)
Baladir (23 damage, bloodied)
Axeman 1 (42 damage, bloodied, blinded until EOST5)
Axeman 2 (41 damage, bloodied, -2 to hit)
Amaril (12 damage, 7 temp HP, concealed, feeling a bit better)


(http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene...7785nsbsbe4rhw)

[Shiz]

Solak shifts to G6 and lets the nearest Axeman have it:

- Bloodhunt: +1 ATK vs bloodied foes
- Illusory Ambush; +7 vs Will, 1d6+5 psychic dmg, target takes -2 to attack rolls until end of my next turn

roll 9+INT+staff+Bloodhunt+CA=19. CA only applies to Axeman1.
dmg = 10

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brunhilde will move to J7 (move) flanking Axeman 1.
She will attempt to use Reaping Strike (+11 vs AC, 1d12+7 dam, 5 dam on miss) on him (+2 ATK for CA, I think), marking him.

Seriously? Very sad. Oh well. 5 damage.

[Shiz]

Trask sends a Healing Word at Baladir (20+1d6), shifts to I12 and tries to kill Archer 1 with

Cascade of Light (Implement), +8 vs WIL, R10, 3d8+6, hit: vulnerability 5 vs all my attacks (save ends), miss: 1/2 dmg only

Now that is more like it, bitches!

[Sagar]

Archer 1 shifts towards the woods and shoots at Fandango with his crossbow (16-2 vs AC 18) and misses.

Archer 2 looks between Trask and Solak.. and chooses Solak at the greater danger. His bullseye bolt recharged, he fires (7+14 vs AC 19+2). The bolt slams into... but it misses, somehow. Solak deflects the strike and GRINS.

Incredulous, the archer looks at Solak.. at Baladir.. at Trask.. at the mage.. (4 vs Will) and flees into the woods.

Need Brunhilde attack.
Need new Solak action (dazed) and ST.

[Shiz]

Immediate INterrupt for Solak: +2 to AC. The archer misses.

Staff of Defense; Immediate interrupt, +2AC (Con mod) after damage taken, recalculate ATK

Proceed as directed!

Sagar, you might as well have this power on automatic any time Solak takes a big hit like this and the +2 would save him. It is an encounter power.

[Zyzzyx]

Archer 2 looks between Trask and Solak.. and chooses Solak at the greater danger. His bullseye bolt recharged, he fires (7+14 vs AC 19+2). The bolt slams into Solak (19 damage) leaving him dazed, bloodied and reeling, but still upright.
Solak's first action will be to skillfully whip his staff around and deflect the incoming bolt.

- Staff of Defense; Immediate interrupt, +2AC (Con mod) after damage taken, recalculate ATK

*looking over possible change of main action, gimme a sec*

I'm good with Solak's R5 attack that Shiz posted for me.

[Shiz]

Sorry for jumping on your turn, Zyzz. I didn't know if you were back.

[Zyzzyx]

No prob... yeah, back 'amongst the living' now. Nice to see that you remembered the Staff action, and/or Shield. ;)

I'v decided not to head in to work for the afternoon, even though I'm feeling just fine, but I am going to be AFK for ~1 hour though, headed out for late lunch and a couple errands.

[Sagar]

I don't assume anything is automatic. You need to specifically tell me if you want to use something like the staff. I have no problem editing the results, if necessary :)

Brunhilde moves to flank Axeman 1. There, she swings a reaping strike, but only just taps the guy on the backswing (5 damage).

Solak shifts back a step and then uses another illusion to attack Axeman 1. The attack (9+7+2+1) easily hits and the axeman hurts himself trying to fend off the illusions (10 damage). At the end of the turn, the foe clears the blood from his eyes and is no longer blind.

Trask, fresh from his dirt nap, gives a healing word to Baladir (10+6+4 or 20 total healing). I couldn't figure hout how you got 20+d6. Trask, feeling cocky, now, casts Cascade of Light on archer 1 blasting him in holy fire (23 damage) leaving him bloody.

The mage begins to snore.

Fandango attacks archer 1 with a sly flourish and (21 vs AC) hits solidly (22 damage). The archer drops like a stone.

Baladir issues a divine challenge to Axeman 2. He then strikes the barbarian (29 vs AC) solidly (14 damage).

Axeman 1 takes damage from a rain of steel (2) and attacks Brunhilde. His swing (12 vs AC) misses badly. He then shifts towards Solak.

Axeman 2 swings at Baladir (18 vs AC) but also misses. Both axemen looked too enraged to be unnerved by the change in fortunes.

Amaril...

[Zyzzyx]

[I]...Trask, feeling cocky, now, casts Cascade of Light on.. uhm.. on.. well, Baladir's is the only name in the post...
t'was vs Archer 1, its in his post, #212

[EricStratton]

Amaril seriously considers attempting to stop the fleeing Archer but instead decides to try to help his fellow finger waggler. So he moves to I5 triggering Shadow Walk (concealment), curses Axeman 1, and casts Otherwind Strike teleporting to F11.

About frickin' time!

OS: 25 vs FORT
dmg: 15 and Axeman 1 is immobilized until end of my next turn.

[Sagar]

t'was vs Archer 1, its in his post, #212

Where did that come from.. I swear I read that 5 times looking for a target.

*sigh*

[Sagar]

Amaril glances at the fleeing archer then turns his attention back to Axeman 1. He moves, vanishes, nukes and moves again.

The Axeman can't follow it all. He just takes it in the shorts (hit, 15 damage, immobilized. He is also reeling).


End of Round 5:

Round 6:

Archer 1 (pushing daisies)
Archer 2 (gone)
Brunhilde (7 damage, 7 temp HP)
Solak (21 damage, bloodied)
Trask (11 hp)
Mage (Unconscious)
Fandango (20 damage, 7 temp HP)
Baladir (3 damage)
Axeman 1 (74 damage, bloodied, immobilized)
Axeman 2 (55 damage, bloodied, challenged by Baladir)
Amaril (12 damage, 1 temp HP, concealed, feeling a bit better)

[EricStratton]

Ooh, Archer 1 died. That worked out well! :D

[Zyzzyx]

Round 6:

Solak shifts away to F7. Thinking about putting some flame to Axeman1 you see a subtle glow start to form... but then he changes his mind, decides to stick with what's been working quite well and pulls up yet another illusion to toy with the guy's mind, but only enough to knock him out. (going for unconscious, not a killshot)

- Illusory Ambush; +7 vs Will, 1d6+5 psychic dmg, target takes -2 to attack rolls until end of my next turn, - Bloodhunt: +1 ATK vs bloodied foes


(bleah... oh well)

[Lycos]

Round 5:

Divine Challenge Axeman2 if he didn't get challenged before and he is still alive. If he is not, I will go for Axeman 1.

Divine Challenge.

Holy Strike on the closest Axeman.

Holy Strike! (+10 to hit vs AC, 1d10 + 6 Damage for strength and sword) + 2 more in damage if marked.

Round 6:

Rinse and Repeat on Axeman 2.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brunhilde decides enough is enough.
She shifts NW to I6 (move).
She performs another Reaping Strike (+11 vs AC, 1d12+7 dam, 5 dam on miss) on Axeman 1 (+2 ATK for flanking CA, I think), keeping him marked.

[Asharad]

Assuming he isn't dead I will move to I10 and sly flourish axeman 2.
to hit:
+13 vs ac
damage:1d4+2d8+9

if he is dead I will move to i6 (oa be damned) and do the same to axeman1.

[Shiz]

Heaing Word is surge+6+1d6. Bal surge was 14 I though.

[Shiz]

Trask will attack the nearest living enemy with Thundertusk Boar Strike, +8 vs AC, Two attacks, 1d10+4, hit: push target 1 square or if both hit same target push 5 squares.

First shot missed (even if CA probably) so I didn't roll damage. I did not adjust for possible CA.

[Sagar]

Brunhilde swings and .. it's a hit! Axeman1's head is lopped clean off of his shoulders and rolls across the infield.

Solak can't decide whether to attack the head or the torso and ends up missing both.

Trask tries a double strike against Axeman2. Both attacks hit (vs AC 16) and the damage (21 total) pushes the barbarian into an early grave.

Aside from the unconscious mage, the battlefield is now devoid of active foes.

[Sagar]

Heaing Word is surge+6+1d6. Bal surge was 14 I though.

10, he re-figured and only has 43 HP now.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brunhilde shakes her head wearily.

"Zat..." she pauses, "vhas not zum of our best verk..."

She jerks a thumb at the KO'd mage.

"Maybe zat vill make you happy, Fandango?"

[Sagar]

Each of you get 325 xp for this encounter.

But, thinking about it, they seemed to deliberately target the healers first and then the mages. It's like they knew who you were and who to cull first....

[Asharad]

OKay, I'll strip the mage completelynaked and tie him to a tree.

(Point of information to me: what does a mage need in order to cast a spell? Is it simply a word thing or is it words and using his hands?)

I'm assuming he can't voodoo me from a naked, groggy, tied up position. We should go through all of his stuff very carefully. Trask is our most perceptive, I believe.

We should search everybody else too, I guess.

Once that is done we can wake him up. I'd like to suggest that I question him, as my skills for that sort of thing are probably the best, but lots of you guys have better insight than me, so maybe you can watch and let me know when he is lying?

Sound good?

[Shiz]

Trask will search all the available corpses with Solak's help, looking for magic items. Amaril, why don't you examine our mage friend's equipment? Baladir, try and revive the mage enough for Fandango to talk to him.

"We acted like cocky heroes and it almost killed us. I know I learned a thing or two..."

[DinbinFanfoom]

Sounds good. You might want one other on hand with good intimidate to back you up and keep him from doing anything "magey". I suggest Amaril (+11 intimidate). If you want Brun for "stand behind the tree somewhere and knock him on the head if he gets unruly", she's OK with that too. Otherwise, Brun will help look through the corpses.

[Asharad]

I always welcome Amaril's assistance.

(and Brun's, of course)

Just...don't be squeamish.

I may have to cut on this guy a bit so if somebody's god is going to be upset about us poking at the guy who arranged an attack on our home and tried to kill our friends and their families...maybe wait by the road?

Oh, and I'll surge twice to get me to full.

[Lycos]

Heaing Word is surge+6+1d6. Bal surge was 14 I though.

I thought my "Lay On Hands" power is your surge value not mine. Is that true Sagar?

[Lycos]

10, he re-figured and only has 43 HP now.

Nope, I refigured wrong. The update is on my character sheet in the other thread.

[Greebo]

I thought my "Lay On Hands" power is your surge value not mine. Is that true Sagar?

Correct. Paladin spends the surge, target receives the targets normal surge value.

[Shiz]

So Bal's surge is 14, for the record.

[Lycos]

So Bal's surge is 14, for the record.

But when I give you a surge (Lay On Hands, or other power), it's not 14. It's what you have as a surge value.

[Shiz]

Right. But my heal uses your surge value.

[EricStratton]

Amaril will check the equipment for magic-y stuff (+13 Arcana) and then join Fandango.

I always welcome Amaril's assistance.

"I'm fully prepared to do whatever is necessary," Amaril says cracking his knuckles (wincing a bit b/c, you know, he has little dainty warlock hands).

And he'll use a surge to get to full health.

[Sagar]

The healing surge comes from Baladir's tally.

The surge HP value comes from the recipient.

[Greebo]

Right. But my heal uses your surge value.

No, if the paladin lays hands on you, you do not lose a surge, but you regain YOUR surge hps, not the paladins.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Brun will recover the horses (remember them?) then.

[Lycos]

Right. But my heal uses your surge value.

Ahhh, ok.

[Sagar]

I will assume you all surge to full (or near enough) before searching and dealing with the mage.

The mage is lying mostly face down. When you touch him, he regains conciousness almost instantly. He spins over, but (19 vs Fort) is quickly pinned by Fandango. One of the mages arms is trapped behind his back. The mage winces at the pain, then glares at Fandango.

Trask and Solak go searching through the bodies.

Between them, you find 74g 22s in coins in pouches and pockets.
One of the bowman has a magic shortbow.
And the mages robes are magical.

Other than that, there is a suspicious lack of any kind of personal identifiers (including jewelry or personal effects.)

[Asharad]

Alrighty! I'm going to assume he's nude and tied to the tree.

"First of all, allow me to compliment you on your ambush. This is not our first spring faire and yet we still walked right into it and offered you our women parts. So well done. We know you were the one stirring **** about us back at the village. I understand you are a professional and so I'm going to do you the professional curtosy of saving us some time.

Let's pretend that we've already done the thing where I ask you who you are working for and you snarl something about how I should go have sex with my mother and you don't know what I'm talking about and you'll never tell.

I'll take that as a given. You're, like I said, a professional mercenary and I, as something of a mercenary myself, appreciate that.

So, like I said, we'll assume the preliminaries are over and I'll jump right to the part where I start cutting stuff off of you until you tell me what I need to know."

And then I'll cut off the pointy finger on his right hand.

"Now, who are you working for and where can I find them?"