Scene: Race Among The Ruins (Bazaar)

[DinbinFanfoom]

At the bottom of the stone steps, the corridor turns south, and opens into another long, dark room. Tiny bits of light filter down from small vents placed far above in the ceiling. Here and there along both walls are broken down wooden crates and torn, dried fabrics... it looks like some kind of marketplace. At the edge of your vision, you can see that a corridor leaves this room to the west, but you cannot see the far southern wall... the room is long.

[Shiz]

Proceed south slowly, staying in the middle, single file

Damelon
Sigurd
Crashing
squishies

[Greebo]

Bards are not squishy!!

[DinbinFanfoom]

Bards are not squishy!!
As Cape Guy, RAWR Guy, Mojo Guy, Conehead, Pimphat and Jungleboobs move south into the room, Mojo Guy hears faint chittering above them.

Initiative!

[Asharad]

initiative! (5)

[Greebo]

Wait, so am I Jungleboobs? Or RAWRguy?

[EricStratton]

Chittering? Monkey brains for lunch!

Init: 8+2

[Shiz]

I do not have a cape, damnit!

init +3 = 5

glad we got the **** rolls out of the way

[Lycos]

Init!

LOL... 2

[DinbinFanfoom]

Lamsi yells something and points up. In unison, the rest of the party looks up and utters a collective "Awwwww!" (those were some seriously bad init rolls) Three black bundles of shrieking death bear down on them.

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Shadowhunter Bat 10????-?19Shadowhunter Bat 20????-?19Shadowhunter Bat 30????-?17Lamsi0????-?10Erik25/250160--8KT25/250162/2--5Damelon25/250170--5Crashing27/270182/2--2Sigurd28/280150--

The bats...

[Asharad]

What do I know about these bats? (nature 28)

[Greebo]

Same as before, right din?

[Asharad]

As I understand it, the better the role the more you know. I'm hoping I have some greater insight.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Round 1

Bat 1 swoops down towards KT. Throwing his arms in the air, the bard manages to brush away the attack and the vermin flutters off (15 vs AC: miss).

Bat 2 makes a bee-line (bat-line?) for Sigurd. Raising the haft of his weapon, the barbarian manages to ward off the claws and teeth (14 vs AC: miss). The bat zips off into a nearby alcove.

Bat 3 targets the first one in line, Damelon. Partially distracted by the other bats, the rogue is not able to avoid the oncoming black creature (17 vs AC, DAM: 8) and is bitten savagely.

Lamsi, unable to draw a bead (designate quarry) on the closest bat, fires instead on Bat 3. The arrow strikes home (26 vs AC, DAM: 9)

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Shadowhunter Bat 10????-?19Shadowhunter Bat 20????-?19Shadowhunter Bat 39????-?17Lamsi0????-?10Erik25/250160--8KT25/250162/2--5Damelon17/250170--5Crashing27/270182/2--2Sigurd28/280150--
Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=w2ti7okinetyoy51nuez4on8k6r3get9cwv7c q8ytyl7izogdz7jdgqi136hgz93)

Crashing, examining the bats (Nature 28) remembers only that these supposedly "mythical" creatures are called Shadowhunter bats... perhaps if he were examining it from the arcane angle instead...

Erik...

[EricStratton]

Can I get a map link? I'm not at my computer.

[Greebo]

Don't see a map link anywhere so since it attacked me, i'll attack bat 1:
Vicious Mockery +4 vs. will

1d6+4 and -2 to attack EONT

17 vs will, 8 dmg, -2 to all attacks for 1 round

[EricStratton]

Since I'm short on time, here's Erik's turn. Edit: Having seen the map Erik will target Bat 1.

Chaos Bolt: 16+4 vs WIL
Dmg: 1d10 + 6 = 11 dmg

B/c I rolled an even Erik gets +1 to AC until SoNT (I think it's start).

And b/c he rolled an even number (and hit I assume) he gets to make a secondary attack this time against Bat 3 since (I think) it doesn't have cover from me.

CB 2: 2+4 vs WIL
Dmg: 1d6

Bah, ok all done.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Map link is above, if you care to modify.

[Shiz]

If I may, Erik will make an arcana check on the bats, 18+5=23

[Greebo]

I'll search my memory too:
Arcana +7

[DinbinFanfoom]

Round 1

Erik thinks hard (Arcana 23). He comes up with the following:

Shadowhunter Bats linger near places touched by the Shadowfell. They hunt alone or in small groups sometimes acting at the behest of other shadow creatures or undead masters. Erik has never seen one before in person... only in old dusty books that concerned themselves with legends.

Regardless, he fires a zigzagging bolt at one of the bats still in the big room. (20 vs WIL, DAM: 11, 6 vs WIL: miss) The bat screams in agony.

KT hurls curses at the same bat (17 vs WIL, DAM: 8) and it's sensitive ears are seared. He thinks about Shadowhunters as well, but comes up with nothing new.

Damelon...

[Shiz]

Damelon delays until after Sigurd or Crashing so he can get CA hopefully.

[Lycos]

Sigurd will delay his attack until a bat comes within distance again.

Attack:

Recuperating Strike; +6 attack, 1d12+4 damage, on hitting you gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier (+1). If you are raging, the number of temporary hit points you gain equals 5 + your Constitution modifier (+1).

21 to hit
16 points damage

[Shiz]

Sigurd, you need to engage one in melee so Dam can get CA.

[Lycos]

Sigurd, you need to engage one in melee so Dam can get CA.

If Bat 2 is reachable with his axe, Sigurd will move to B14 and attack it with my attack above.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon starts to move toward a bat, but think better of it and decides to let either Crashing or Sigurd get closer first (delay).

Crashing...

[Asharad]

Papa Gator to c14.

Haunting Spirits on Bat one with CA going to Dam.

attack:21
damage:7

[DinbinFanfoom]

Does PG need to be adjacent to a mob to grant CA to Dam?

[Shiz]

Haunting Spirits has no link to PG.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Ah, OK.

Crashing summons forth his guardian reptile just as Sigurd vacates it (why not... I don't wanna move him back). Mumbling "Cuzi hohlter sohtyt nezxtame" towards the south end of the room, cauling forth wispy shards of darkness which dance around Bat 1, which howls in protest (21 vs AC, DAM: 7).

Damelon...

[Shiz]

Damelon moves to engage Bat 1 at B16 and uses his encounter power King's Castle, 18+7 vs REF, 5d6+6

wow som bad rolls, 14 dmg

edit: I made a mistake. Damage is 4d6+6 (2[W]+sneak attack), not 5d6+6. The good news is my first and last roll were both 1s so the adjustment is easy!

[Lycos]

For my action, please refer to post #25.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon slinks forward and right and lashes out at the nearest bat, hovering before him. He decapitates it handily. (25 vs REF, DAM: 14)

Sigurd likewise meets with success... addressing the bat in the hallway with his axe. (21 vs AC?, DAM: 16) And he addresses it mightily, cleaving it in twain.

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Shadowhunter Bat 132????Bloodied; Dead?19Shadowhunter Bat 232????Bloodied; Dead?19Shadowhunter Bat 39????-?17Lamsi0????-?10Erik25/25017/70+1 AC until SoNT-8KT25/25018/82/2--5Crashing27/27019/92/2--2Sigurd28/28019/90--1Damelon17/25017/70--

Round 2

The remaining bat zooms in at Damelon, who is fresh on his victory over Bat 1. The fluttering mammal swoops in and rakes it's claws across the upper arm of the rogue (23 vs AC, DAM: 8). It wheels and darts south, out of sight into the darkness.

Lamsi moves south as far as she can, but without a torch, she cannot see the bat.

Erik...

[EricStratton]

IIRC, Erik has one of the torches so...

*gulp* Erik moves up as far as B17 or until he can see the bat.

If he eventually can see the bat he'll cast Chaos Bolt on it.

CB: 17+4 vs WIL
Dmg: 1d10 + 6 = 6+6 = 12 psychic dmg

[Greebo]

I'll move to maintain position just in front of Erik (B18) and if I can see the bat,

Vicious Mockery +4 vs. will

1d6+4 and -2 to attack EONT

If we both could see the bat, that's one sorry bat now! :D

21 vs. will
10 damage

[DinbinFanfoom]

Erik moves cautiously forward. As the torchlight expands, he can finally see the other end of the room, and the bat, who appears to be headed for an opening in the east wall. Catching sight of the receding tail of the creature, he fires another chaos bolt at it (21 vs WIL, DAM: 12). The blast strikes the bat squarely in one wing, and spins it around a few times.

KT strides forward and takes a shot as well, sending some particularly scathing words at the departing creature. (21 vs WIL, DAM: 10) The bat is in very, very bad shape now. It wings are in tatters.

InitCombatantDmgTHPA/PSurgesHealsEffectsDailies Used19Shadowhunter Bat 132????Bloodied; Dead?19Shadowhunter Bat 232????Bloodied; Dead?19Shadowhunter Bat 331????Bloodied; -?17Lamsi0????-?10Erik25/25017/70+1 AC until SoNT-8KT25/25018/82/2--5Crashing27/27019/92/2--2Sigurd28/28019/90--1Damelon17/25017/70--

Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=w2ti7okinetyoy51nuez4on8k6r3get9cwv7c q8ytyl7izogdz7jdgqi136hgz93)


Crashing...

[Lycos]

If the bat is still alive after Crashing, Sigurd will move to B19.

That's it. He'll ready an attack at the bat if he gets near.

- Recuperating Strike; +6 attack, 1d12+4 damage, on hitting you gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier (+1). If you are raging, the number of temporary hit points you gain equals 5 + your Constitution modifier (+1).

I'm assuming a miss of 10.

[Asharad]

PG will move to C20 and use Protecting Strike.

[Shiz]

And since it seems like everyone will miss, Damelon will draw a dagger, move to B18 and throw it at the bat, +8 vs AC, d4+3

13 vs AC has to miss.

[Greebo]

Is this our first fight since sleeping?

Can I retroactively use an action point and miss the bat too?

[DinbinFanfoom]

As the bat flounders around, PG closes in and with a snap of it's jaws, the vermin is gone. PG looks pleased, and well fed.

End of Encounter

[Asharad]

"Goooood gator."

[Greebo]

Search routine!

[DinbinFanfoom]

Near the top of the pile of rubble in the SE corner of the room (near the doorway) you find another scrap of paper.

"I've had to lock Mira in her room, she may be completely deranged. I found a huge spider in the pantry too, I have no idea where it came from. I was able to kill it with the help of the fire monkey, and we found it's flesh to be succulent."

Near the note is a small alcove in the wall. Jammed into it is a crumbling leather sack. Inside is a gem probably worth 100gp.

[Greebo]

Quick peek to the east to ensure the hallways connect and there are no off shoots - then head west

[DinbinFanfoom]

Quick peek to the east to ensure the hallways connect and there are no off shoots - then head west
It does meet up as it appears to on the map, and is almost entirely blocked due to an old collapse. Only enough room for a bat to fly through...

[EricStratton]

Erik wants a fire monkey!

[Shiz]

Damelon makes sure the gem isn't left behind...(adding it to his inventory with the other gem we found).

We take a 5 minute rest and Dam surges once (17+6=23hp).

[Lycos]

Where to now? Back to the fountain?

[EricStratton]

Where to now? Back to the fountain?
There's a path to the west (A14 on the map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=w2ti7okinetyoy51nuez4on8k6r3get9cwv7c q8ytyl7izogdz7jdgqi136hgz93)).

[DinbinFanfoom]

So...

West?

Back?

[Greebo]

So...

West?

Back?

West like I said earlier. :)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Turning their attention to the opening in the west wall, the party picks it's way past the remains of what must have been bazaar stalls long ago... All that's left is bits of metal and wood. Nothing really significant. The western passage doesn't go very far before the party enters a square room with a stone staircase sprialling up (counterclockwise). Far above, light streams down from a skylight in the ceiling. The staircase has a few gaps but looks like it could be traversed, if carefully.

[Greebo]

Is up the only exit?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Is up the only exit?Yes.

[Greebo]

To up the stairs, and beyond, then.

[Lycos]

We're heading out to get our next level on?

[Greebo]

Are we? We just had a rest a bit ago - it can't have been 12 hours yet can it?

[EricStratton]

No, let's keep going. As much Erik wants to be level 2, let's wait until we actually need ot rest to do so.

[Lycos]

To up the stairs, and beyond, then.

That's what I took from this decision and the comments about the exit.

I'm ok with carrying on.

So. we're going just one level up?

[Greebo]

That's what I took from this decision and the comments about the exit.

I'm ok with carrying on.

So. we're going just one level up?

Is there more than one?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Is there more than one?
You'll know when you get there. Gimme some acro rolls.

[Asharad]

Wait, can we look around the square room first for other scraps of paper/clues?

[Greebo]

KT climb stairs! (Acro+0)

[Shiz]

Damelon acro +8 (still level 1) = 17

[Asharad]

acrobats=4

I am not good at climbing things.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Wait, can we look around the square room first for other scraps of paper/clues?
Crashing finds another on one of the steps:
"This is the saddest time. We are packing our belongings up for the long walk to the ships, to leave this place forever. The new High One will leave a warning for those who find this place in the future... it's probably best for them if they stay away. I do not think I can write any more today... I feel too sad... it is actually making my belly hurt, I believe; so great is my grief. At least, I hope it is grief?"

[EricStratton]

Erik's not really the limber type. Acro 11+2

[Lycos]

Acro 17 + 0 = 17

[Lycos]

Did we lose something here? I thought there was a post about Crashing... crashing, but now it seems to be gone?

[Shiz]

I am on a plane all day. Ash can play Damelon for scouting and skills rolls.