In the begining, the group came together to defend Sandpoint from a goblin raid, becoming local heroes.  After killing a hiding goblin and rescuing a farming family, the group found the Glassworks infested with goblins committing atrocities on the bodies of the dead workers.  There, they killed Tsuto, Amieko's brother and the mastermind behind the previous raid.  Which was only a cover for the theft of a body.  Finally, delving into long forgotten catacombs from a long ago age, the group encountered horrid Sinspawn, a mutant goblin "hero" and their leader, the Quasit Queen.

  The Quasit Queen was in league with Nualia, a woman of celestial descent (asamir) who is wanting to sacrifice the town to Lamashhtu (an evil "Mother of Monsters" Goddess) to finally rid herself of her celestial "taint" and become fiendish.  She apparently burnt down the temple, killing her adopted father, 5 years ago before becoming the Quasit Queen's apprentice.  Now she has organized the local goblins into a force that threatens Sandpoint, centered at Thistletop.

   It is now a few days later, after Naomi's funeral. The group has had time to do some training, copy spells, shop, recover from being paralyzed, etc...
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Glum is surprisingly resilient even to this.  The stranger in his head, while not necessarily having been a dwarf, was at least similar in terms of philosophy.  Glum took quite easily to meditation and the stranger took as easily to going often unarmed.  The idea of channelling magic from the gods themselves, or, as the cleric inside suggested, from the spirit within, almost as if it were Chi, now that was fascinating.  Glum threw himself into religious studies and the stranger, well the stranger too became Glum, an entity stronger than before, a gestalt.

Zer-wedula had heard of a man once who said he had the strength of a grown man and a baby for some disgusting medical reason.  That being said, he now had a loud barbaric voice telling him to practice his weapons and stop making scrolls to accompany the chittering of Willi.  It would be trying, but he really did see himself becoming better out of this intrigiung bargain.

[Zer-wedula gets to work making scrolls of Bulls Strength, True Strike, Mage Armor, and Shield, alternatively and in that order.]

Glum
   is told that a member of his order has arrived in town and is asking about him.

Catessa Fallowfield
   receives an invitation from Madame Mvashti to have a chat.

Zer-wedula
   is approached by a young woman, "Zer-wedula, sir, I have a big problem. The other day I was in my father's stores basement and saw a rat that was huge.  He won't listen to me, he never listens to me.  A powerful wizard such as yourself should easily be able to handle such a thing, and then I can prove to my father that I wasn't lying.  Please help me."  She looks at you with her soft eyes.  She is a pretty young lady, dressed in a plain gray dress.

Talis
   is going to bed in his room at the Rusty Dragon, when he overhears a conversation.  A Varisian man is just leaving her office, "Think about it, it's a generous offer and you really don't want to make a mistake about this."  Ameiko replies "I have, now get out."  If Talis didn't know any better, he would swear the temperature just dropped to freezing.

Garth
Is involved in something in town, but is off screen until his player returns.




Lets continue these in your personal threads, the ones starting with 1.2

In reply to DM (msg #4):

Talis casually pulls his hat down over his face and tails the miscreant(?) outof the bar and down the street

Ok, I want start the next section while we are finishing up the other stuff.  We will run both at the same time.

   The group comes together with the Sheriff (who has returned with some troops), Mayor Deverin and the ranger Shalelu Andosana.  Their consensus is that what makes the goblins dangerous is Nualia.  If she wasn't around, they would go back to their usual ways of fighting each other.  However, they don't have enough men to stage an attack and defend the city.  So they would like you to stage a raid, capture or kill Nualia, and end her threat to the town.
   Thistletop itself is a curiously round island about 60 feet off shore, connected to the mainland by a rope bridge.  It has a stockade on top and chambers beneath.  It is on the coast, a few hours away, through the Nettlewood.  "Any questions?"

Feel free to shop and such, you have several days.
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Talis will go shopping for tanglefoot bags and thunder stones.

Zer-wedula returns the defunct wand of electric orb, sets to work making scrolls of Bulls Strength, True Strike, Mage Armor, and Shield, alternatively and in that order, and scouts about for the possibility of a better weapon than the masterwork ranseur, or at least a Screaming Bolt.

Don't forget, Zer-wedula has Enlarge Person as a spell from Talis.  What sort of weapon are you looking for?

Zer-wedula ponders the scroll at great length (takes 10) and copies it into his spellbook.

He is looking for anything of a magical nature, the larger the better.

From his wizard friends, Zer-wedula finds out there are only a few magic weapons in town and only 1 that might be bought.  Savah's Armory has a +1 repeating heavy crossbow with a darkwood and ivory stock that bears the name “Vansaya” for sale, 2700gp.  Now, Savah's also has a wide variety of masterwork weapons for sale (pick one, and don't forget you get a 20% discount).  Most magic weapons are considered family heirlooms and such, Zer-wedula would have a better chance in a larger city.

How about a masterwork falchion, trading the ranseur for it?

Sure.

So the group prepares to raid the goblin lair at Thistletop.  Following directions, they follow the Lost Coast Road east and reach the Thistle River crossing relatively quickly—it’s a six mile journey.  The tangles of Nettlewood are impressive and dangerous looking, but are easily avoided by a group led by a druid.

Give me spot checks, Cat- give me 1 for Garious, Zer-wedula give me 1 for Willi.
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spot 22

15:31, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 14 using 1d20+5. Spot for Spot (Gar).
 15:30, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 19 using 1d20+6. Spot.

[17:28, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 7 using 1d20+4. Willi spot roll.
17:27, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 14 using 1d20+4. Z-w spot roll. ]


They proceeded along, Willi occasionally lifting her head drowsily to look about and take a sniff of the air.  Zer-wedula occasionally lightly swung his new falchion to test its balance.

Cat finds a game path through the undergrowth.  It allows for single file, what is your marching order.

Both Talis and Cat detect a group of goblins 50' away.  They too are in single file on 5' wide path around a slight curve.

There is no surprise round and you may not charge the goblins (and they can't charge you.

Talis, Catessa Fallowfield  & Garious and Glum may post actions before the goblins go.

Any square except the path is considered obstructed for everyone except Cat (who can use normal movement for herself, but not Garious).  No charging, cost x2 movement and provides 20% concealment against missle fire.

Glum attempts to move as stealthily as he can, not along the curve of the path, but along a route that curves just as gently in the opposite direction to the path.  He is attempting to get within 20 feet of the goblins undetected.

Cat edges to the side of the trail, allowing others to pass if they wish. She holds Garious' leash. The goblins are just close enough. She lets loose with her new found power.

07:51, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 13 using 1d20+5. attack. eldritch blast
07:51, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 5 using 2d6. damage ?.

    Taking advantge of the clear path Talis will move forward to within 20' drawing out a dagger and throwing it at the 2nd goblin letting the point goblin think he missed.  Then will get a 2-handed grip on his guisarme.

12:37, Today: Talis Revain rolled 10 using 1d20+4. to hit.
12:36, Today: Talis Revain rolled 20 using 1d20+8. bluff.

Round 1
Talis moves forward, but misses with his dagger.

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious drops the lead goblin before it even gets a chance to act.

Glum moves into the underbrush and vanishes from sight.
[Private to Glum: The underbrush makes for very slow going, particularly when trying to be stealthy.  Due to the thickness you don't have o make a hide check, but you do need a move silent and a listen(to keep track of the battle).]

Goblin1 crawls into the undergrowth (at 0hp).

Goblin2-6 throw their javelins. Talis takes 2, Cat takes 1 and Garious takes 3 dam(I did take Mounted combat into account, the goblin just rolled really good), the other 2 miss.  Then they all draw dogslicers and move to engage.  Talis takes 1 out with his polearms reach, but the rest stop just outside his reach saying stuff to each other in goblin.  They seem to hesitate and start arguing.
[Private to Glum: At first the goblins said "Longshanks, get'em"  But after Talis kills 1 they started saying "you go first, no you..."]

Tactical Situation
            dam      status
Goblin1 -   5         at 0 hp
Goblin2 -   8         dying
Goblin3 -
Goblin4 -
Goblin5 -
Goblin6 -

[Private to DM: 21:41, Today: Glum rolled 10 using 1d20+5. Listen.
21:40, Today: Glum rolled 16 using 1d20+5. Move Silently. ]
Glum sneaks through the undergrowth.  Glum calls his spiritual Nunchuks into existence and sends them toward the second nearest goblin.  He himself prepares to engage the nearest.
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     Talis moves forward 5' and swings his polearm at the lead goblin and slices in half with 18 hp dam (crit).  "Concentrate on the back, I can handle the front ones."

Zer-wedula casts sleep on the goblins in the rear.  "I will put those in back to sleep for you, Talis," he calls.

Cat lets Garious loose as she sends a blast towards a nearby goblin. Gar, hackles raised, also attacks.

rolls

08:20, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 9 using 1d20+5. attack. *looks like a miss*
08:21, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 15 using 1d20+1. attack for Gar.
08:22, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 7 using 1d6+3. damage for Gar?.

Round 1
Zer-wedula summons his arcane energies and 2 of the 4 drop too the ground like a puppet whse string has been cut.

Round 2
Talis moves forward 5' and swings his polearm at the lead goblin3 and slices in half with 18 hp dam (crit).

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious combine for a miss on her blast (though it has close) and a hit by the dog for 7 damage on goblin4.

Glum summons forth a magical Nunchuk that strikes goblin5, reducing him to 0hp.
[Private to Glum: Glum learns the hard way why it's called the "Nettlewood".  He stumbles through a patch of thorny bushes and suffers 1 dam.  But still manages to get into position to use his spell.  It will take Glum a full round of movement to reach the path at full speed(2 if he wants stealth).]

Goblin1 hides, anyone who wants to deal with him must make a dc15 spot check.

Goblin5 moves away up the trail as fast as his wounds will let him, which is only 30', screaming, "ahhhh".

Goblin6 is asleep.

Tactical Situation
goblin1 is hiding somewhere in the underbrush.
goblin5 is on the trail fleeing, 40' from Talis(who can't charge), 35' from Garious, 30' from Glum's magic Nunchuk, 70' from Cat and Zer-wedula(and they need to move to see him)
goblin6 is asleep 10' from Talis
            dam      status
Goblin1 -   5         at 0 hp
Goblin2 -   8         dying +1
Goblin3 -   18        dead
Goblin4 -   7         dying
Goblin5 -   5         at 0 hp
Goblin6 -             asleep

"I sense a rout," Zer-wedula called out.  "Perhaps the dog can lead us to the one in the bush whilst the sleeper is bound for some questioning.  I don't think the lone survivor will be given much credence by his masters."

Glum stops trying to be stealthy saying, "Not sure the dog'll enjoy these thickets of thorns."  He prays for a detect goblin spell but to no avail, so he begins searching in the old-fashioned way although not necessarily in the right area.  Meanwhile, he lets his nunchuks pop out of existence.

10:46, Today: Glum rolled 5 using 1d20+1. Search for a goblin in the brush.
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Cat starts motioning, "We need to find the hidden goblins." She directs Gar to do the same.

rolls
11:19, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 24 using 1d20+5. Spot for Spot.
11:19, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 7 using 1d20+6. Spot.
Blind Cat with a seeing eye dog.

Talis will chase after the fleeing goblin.

next attack is 22

Talis chases down the fleeing goblin and cuts him down.  Garious finds and Cat blasts the hiding goblin.  Glum makes it to the trail without further damage.  Zer-wedula ties up the sleeping goblin with Willi peeking his head out to see what is going on.

So what would you like to ask of this goblin?
roll intimidation or diplomacy (but not both for the same character).
And once you are done, what are you going to do with the prisoner.
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Zer-wedula calmly kneels in front of the bound goblin.  "Be truthful with us and you will be treated as you deserve," he said with a smile. "Your friends are dead and yet you live.  You may live further by telling us how many more of you goblins there are at your fort and all you know of your ever powerful leader."

21:42, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 23 using 1d20+4. Diplomacy.

While the group interrogates the prisoner Talis goes around making sure all the other goblins are dead and the bodies hidden in the underbrush.  [Private to GM: ...and hiding a few goblin weapons at the same time.]

The goblin doesn't know how many other goblins there are.  "Many" is the only answer you get because once you get past 10, that is the only answer he's got.  "We even got whats left of the Birdcrunchers tribe."

His leader is Warchief Riphugget, who will ride his giant lizard into battle and "rip your nuggets as he rides by".  He seems confident that you can't defeat his chief.  Even the bugbear defers to the chief, though he does hesitate for a moment before continuing.  The Chief wears some longshanks metal armor he got off a halfling, "Thems good eating", and bears the clans magical dogslicer.  Ripnugget became Chief when he killed a "Bird woman who had ate the other 2 Chiefs and many other goblins".

Cat thinks goblins are an affront to nature and doesn't understand them. But she does pick up on a few things. "What bugbear? And what bird woman?"

"Bruthazmus the bugbear trapper who kills elves, he came with the longshanks woman".  He is also the elven ranger Shalelu's nemesis.

"The bird woman who ate a bunch of goblins of course", with exasperation.  He really doesn't know much more than that.  A guess off of a (poor)description might indicate a harpy, but that would just be a guess.

Glum nodded, "Bruthazmus the bugbear, a human(?) woman of some kind and Ripnugget, the goblin warlord, who killed a woman with the ferocity of a bird... perhaps a celestial heritage.  Was there an elf with her by any chance?"

He shrugged, "Dangerous by any account, and inimical to all that is good and right and holy".

After much thinking and prompting, it's not that he is being cagey or deceptive, he's just stupid, he finally admits that she had an elf and a couple of other longshanks with her.  The elf is the one who led the raid on Sandpoint.  He doesn't know more because he didn't have much interaction with them.
-They(all the longshanks) stay in the underground areas.
-The Chief is lusting after the human, disgusting.
-There is a fort on top of the island including the Chiefs room, his throne room, storage, barracks (with many goblins), goblin dog kennels and a trophy room.
-Underground there are the Chiefs Harem, the Feast Hall (which they haven't used since the human female came), the nursery, Brunkels room(was the 2nd toughest goblin in the tribe, he's dead), the prison, a chapel to "Our Mother", the War Room and stairs down to another level.
-All he knows about the lower level is that She, Nualia, spends most of her time down there.

You can try to have him draw a map, but he is still a goblin, so the result is worse than useless.

"Any other powerful leaders in your tribe that we can't defeat or powerful magics."

"Gogmurt talks to the spirits and has powerful magic.  He best hunter in tribe and he have big cat he keeps around.  Dogs don't like it much."

- there's the howling hole which, depending on which rumor you believe, has a ghost in it, or maybe just a fish or crab.  That is in the thistle tunnels on the mainland.
- Malfeshnekor is our guardian ancestor.
- The lower levels are rumored to be highly magical (and the stories he tells are highly unbelievable).
- The She human is a powerful cleric of "Our Mother".

There are a few areas in a thistle thicket on the mainland that lead to a bridge to the island fort.
Gogmurt, the Birdcruncher refugees, the Holing Hole and some more dogs are all in this hidden thistle thicket.

"Well, maybe we burn the thicket and kill anything that pops out," Zer-wedula mused out loud.  "If illusion magic had any real power I might know a spell to disguise us as goblins, but alas, I do not."

He paused to scratch at Willi.

"I suppose we don't have to burn the thicket.  But I would like to save my spells for the fort."

Cat starts and looks at Zer, "There's no need to burn the plants." She turns to the goblin, "You can tell us how to get through the thickets, yes?"

Belatedly realizing he is saying to much, the goblin clams up.

That's as much information as you will get without application of magic or a 25 or greater intimidation or diplomacy roll.

What do you want to do with the goblin if you have no further questions?

"We can take him back to town or we can kill him", said Glum.  "Who prefers what?  I assume by his lack of co-operation that our little friend here votes for "kill", but I personally vote for "town"."

"Well, part of my says stake him out and see if his gods keep him safe until we return, and part of me says take him back town," Zer-wedula muttered.  "It seems illogical to go back to town with him."

"Or perhaps I can make him friendlier through the use of arcane means?"

15:14, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 17 using 1d20. Goblins save vs DC14 Charm .


Zer-wedula cast a spell upon the goblin and baarely avoid being spat upon by the ungrateful creature.

"Very well," he sniffed, turning away in as haughty a manner as he could muster.  "You may do as you wish, Talis."

  Talis will place a dogslicer at the goblins feet and then ask you to untie him and step back.  The goblin looks at you and after a moments hesitation grabs for the weapon with a laugh.  He comes up with the dagger in hand, but his triumph is cut short when Talis shows how fast his reactions are and sticks his sword through the goblin.

Do you want to rest before the assault, or try to catch them before they have time to miss the patrol?  What time of day do you want to do the assault?

  Garious can easily follow the goblin's trail and you back track them to the coast.  With the smell of salt water in your nostrils you are confronted by a "wall" of thorns.  The briars and thistles that grow so rampantly in Nettlewood grow even more dense and tangled here, close to the shore. Although not quite dense enough to block the sound of waves crashing on the unseen shores to the west, the undergrowth is certainly thick enough to block sight and access to the coast. Few trees grow this close to the edge of the sea, but the briars themselves often reach heights to rival them; here, the patch is nearly twenty feet high.
  With a simple search check the group finds the "cleverly" constructed rigid mat of thistles and nettles that hides the entrance to the tunnels.  Opening this "Thistle Door" requires a full round action and care (Ref save dc15 or suffer 1 dam), which Talis performs with ease.  Setting the "Thistle Door" aside the group sees a four-foot-high tunnel winding through the dense briars and nettles. The floor is hard-packed earth, with patches of wiry plants growing stubbornly here and there.  You see 3 tunnels heading off and you hear the distant(?) sound of goblin voices.  It's hard to tell where they are and what they are saying since they are muffled by distance and undergrowth.

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Cat sighs at the killing of the goblin but understands the need. "Well, shall we?"
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"Shouldn't we consider resting so that spells can be recovered and the like?" asked Glum, almost glumly for once.

Ok, you rested before you arrived without incident (regaining spells, hp) and have arrived in the morning.

Left, ahead or right?  Or do you have another idea?
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Talis quietly says "Cat, you're blessed of the nature spirits, why don't you scout out through the thistle wall with any camouflage spell you might have.  But don't expose yourself unnecessarily."

Cat nods, "I can do that, sure." She gives Gar a long look, "Stay put unless I call." She readies her weapon and heads off slowly towards the fortress, finding paths.

Good question. Which way are we headed?

Eena meena mina mo... that way.  (left)?

Cat please PM a detailed description of what you are doing.  Currently you are in a "dungeon" where the walls and ceiling are made of living bramble.  Druids can, "walk through walls" here.

Bipedal Medium creatures can navigate them by stooping over and hunkering down, effectively squeezing to move, and thus taking a –4 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to AC; such characters must spend 2 squares of movement for each square traveled. Small and smaller creatures can move about normally, as can most quadrupedal Medium creatures (including goblin dogs). The larger chambers within all have higher ceilings, wherein these penalties do not apply to Medium creatures.

[Private to Glum; Talis Revain; Zer-wedula:    As Cat heads off down the left tunnel, the group waits.  A dozen breaths later there is a frightening bellow from somewhere to the north and off to your right (through the walls).
   The bellow was not made by a natural creature, of that everyone is sure.  It had a strange quality that makes them think it is coming from a cave or hole.  Probably the Howling Hole their captive told them about.  Garious jumps up...

What do you do. ]

Zer-wedula shrugs at the odd sound and then casts Mage Armor on himself.

"When the time comes I can cast Bull's Strength on one of us and Enlarge also," he casually offers.

Talis will hiss a command at Garious to prevent him from barking, and it does.  "Excellent, I'll let you know when to enlarge me.  Thanks."
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A little while later Cat return.

Waiting for Cats report...

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Cat pants from running. "Back south, there's ... something. Sounded big and underground. So, I shall scout eastwards now."

And cat heads up the right tunnel.

While Cat is gone, what do you guys do and where are you located, what are you doing.  Please refer to the following map;  Please make your replies private to DM, Talis, Zer-wedula and Glum

http://www2.snapfish.com/views...1/otsc=SYE/otsi=SPIC
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     Talis will suggest in hushed tones;  "We should replace the door in case a hunting party comes back, that way we will have warning if some one comes from behind us.  Then we can each keep which on one of the three tunnels leading in." Talis will then put away his polearm and string his bow and give some advice on where to take cover.  (Aid another on hide checks)

Glum nodded.  He chose the south "tunnel" but even with Talis help, his hiding is not exactly expert.

20:16, Today: Glum rolled 7 using 1d20+3. Hide (w aid from Talis).

Cat comes sneaking down the tunnel and makes her report;
Northwest there is a group of goblins
Northeast there is a group of goblin dogs (at least 4)
the path to the bridge leads right past the goblin dogs
there are goblins and goblin dogs outside on the island

Discussion?  Actions?

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"The goblins can think, if you can prescribe that attribute to them, is more dangerous then animals.  Let's go take out the goblins to the Northwest.  Zer do you have a sleep spell handy?"

Glum grinned, "Goblins it is."  He thought for a moment and then said, "I think maybe I could enthrall them."

Cat is stunned, "Why waste time with the goblins when we have access to the bridge that leads to the fort? I don't know how many goblins are in the room, other than the sentry outside."
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"Never leave an enemy behind you.  Wait, that's never leave an enemy ALIVE behind you."

Cat would guess 6-12 goblins in the room by the sound of them.

"Yes, I have a sleep spell.  Do we have a way to quickly deal with the goblin dogs after that?"

Cat nods to Talis, "That is a good thought. Using that logic, we'll need to search out this entire area and kill what all we find. That could take several hours. Do we really to take the time and damage for that?" A look to Zer, "I think they were chained up, so shouldn't be too hard to deal with. As for quickly, I'm not sure."
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So, you have the map, what is your plan?

"Cat knows the way, let her lead us," said Glum.  "I guess the goblins will be a headless rabble once their leaders are dead."

Cat peers at Glum, "I don't know if these are the leaders or the followers. But if you really want to take them on, I'll lead the way." She doesn't sound happy about it though.
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Cat leads the group around to the left and cautiously approaches the corner where the goblin was.  As luck would have it, the goblin is looking south when Cat peeks around the corner, their eyes meet.  He is surprised.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...=161694151_161694151

(finally got a good spot check)
roll for initiative (goblins go on 4) and post your surprise round actions.

Glum blessed the party [ooc +1 to all attack rolls and saves versus fear for 3 minutes or 18 rounds?]

23:51, Today: Glum rolled 19 using 1d20+2. Initiative.

19:39, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 15 using 1d20+1. Initiative.

Seeing but one goblin, perhaps a lookout, Zer-wedula charges, and if possible, attacks.

[19:41, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 8 using 1d20+3. Bash the goblin.
It looks like 35' to the goblin.  But I only get one action, the move right?  So maybe nop attack]

If the sentry is still there, Cat and Gar will attack it.
If it's dead, Cat moves to where she can attack into the room. They will not yet enter.

rolls
07:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 2d6.
07:10, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 20 using 1d20+6. attack.
07:09, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 11 using 1d20+3. Init.
07:14, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 6 using 1d6+3. damage for Gar.
07:13, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 22 using 1d20+2. attack for Garious.
07:12, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 18 using 1d20+2. Init for Gar.

Round surprise
Talis moves forward so he can target the goblin with his bow.

Glum calls on his divine powers for a blessing.
Everyone gets a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects

Zer-wedula moves up

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious Garious moves up to the goblin while Cat drops it with 1 blast of her energy.


Tactical Situation
This thirty-foot-diameter, low-ceilinged chamber stinks of smoke. A shallow fire pit smolders in the center of the floor, while many tangled reed and leaf nests line the walls.  There are 9 goblins sitting/lying around, all hear/see the attack, but can't quite yet do anything about it.  They are even more dirty and beraggled than other goblins.  One looks at you and licks his lips in hunger.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...=161694151_161694151

            dam      status
Goblin1 -
Goblin2 -
Goblin3 -
Goblin4 -
Goblin5 -
Goblin6 -
Goblin7 -
Goblin8 -
Goblin9 -

Everyone post,

<AND DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE AC AND HP(CURRENT/TOTAL)>

AC15, 33 hp

"No hand waving needed!" Zer-wedula laughs as he moves to the nearest goblin and swings at it.


17:50, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 5 using 2d4. Falchion damage.
17:49, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 19 using 1d20+3. attack a goblin.

AC15 HPts 28

Glum moved to a point where he could see into the room full of hungry goblins.  Then he shruged.  "Perhaps", he said to Cat, "You were right.  I suppose we'd better wait for Zer Wedula to finish before moving on to the bridge."
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Cat:               Gar:
AC:    16          18
HP:    20/21       27/30

Cat grins at Glum, "Perhaps. Perhaps not." Holding Gar tightly, she sends another blast of energy into the room, after a 5' advance.

06:36, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 25 using 1d20+6. attack.
06:37, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 3 using 2d6. damage. *sigh*

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Bless:29 Everyone gets a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects

Round 1
Talis moves forward and shoots a flat footed goblin through the eye.

Glum moves into the combat.

Zer-wedula attacks and skewers a goblin who collapses, blood seeping from the wound.

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious Garious wants to chomp some goblin, but obeys Cats order to stay back, while Cat hits, but doesn't drop a goblin with her blast of energy.

goblins 1-7 stand up and draw weapons (the 4 by the campfire pull out burning hunks of wood), advancing menacingly.  They jabber in goblin, but do not cry out for help.  [Private to Glum: "Longshanks, if we kill them Ripnugget will favor us and let us join.  Kill them."]  Zer-wedula misses the goblin that moves in on Cat, as does Garious with his readied action.


Tactical Situation
This thirty-foot-diameter, low-ceilinged chamber stinks of smoke. A shallow fire pit smolders in the center of the floor, while many tangled reed and leaf nests line the walls.  There are 7 goblins, weapons drawn attacking the party.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...=161694151_161694151

            dam      status
Goblin1 -     3
Goblin2 -
Goblin3 -
Goblin4 -
Goblin5 -
Goblin6 -
Goblin7 -
Goblin8 -     6      dying
Goblin9 -    16      dead

Everyone post,
<AND DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE AC AND HP(CURRENT/TOTAL)>

AC 15, 33 hp

[17:38, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 5 using 2d4.
17:37, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 21 using 1d20+3.  ]


"I am goblin-bane!  They are falchion fodder!" Zer-wedula cried out as he laid out another goblin

Cat:               Gar:
AC:    16          18
HP:    20/21       27/30

Seeing no one else going to help Zer, Cat mounts Gar and advances up with Zer, allowing room for someone else to fill the breach, while firing off another blast of energy.
06:52, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 3 using 1d20+2. attack for Garious.
06:51, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 11 using 2d6. damage ?.
06:51, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 6 using 1d6. damage ?.
06:51, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 16 using 1d20+6. attack.

Glum stepped into the breach and hurled a shuriken into the mass of goblins.  It does not matter much which one he was aiming at.  He missed all of them.  Now he stood with fists ready to keep the goblins penned in.

12:55, Today: Glum rolled 6 using 1d20+4. Shuriken.

Bless:29 Everyone gets a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects

Round 2
Talis moves forward and takes a goblin down with an arrow.

Glum moves and misses.

Zer-wedula attacks and skewers a goblin who collapses, blood seeping from the wound.

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious hits drops a goblin with her blast of energy which opens the are for Garious to advance.  But Garious is overeager and misses on his attack.

goblins 4-7 are to stupid or desperate to quit, so they attack.  Swinging wildly, 1 hits Zer-wedula with a lucky shot doing 2(+1 fire) damage.  The goblin in the rear throws his burning "torch", missing.  Then, he runs over to a wall and looks back over his shoulder at the combat.


Tactical Situation
This thirty-foot-diameter, low-ceilinged chamber stinks of smoke. A shallow fire pit smolders in the center of the floor, while many tangled reed and leaf nests line the walls.  There are 4 goblins, weapons drawn attacking the party.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...=161694151_161694151

            dam      status
Goblin1 -     9      dying
Goblin2 -     6      dying
Goblin3 -     6      dying
Goblin4 -
Goblin5 -
Goblin6 -
Goblin7 -
Goblin8 -     7      dying
Goblin9 -    16      dead

Everyone post,
<AND DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE AC AND HP(CURRENT/TOTAL)>

Bless:29 Everyone gets a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects

Tactical Situation
   This thirty-foot-diameter, low-ceilinged chamber stinks of smoke. A shallow fire pit smolders in the center of the floor, while many tangled reed and leaf nests line the walls.
   It takes a couple of rounds to take down the 3 goblins, the 4th tries to hack his way through the wall, but dies from the blood loss of damage from the thorns.  You pause, but hear no cries of alarm.  Of course goblins are sneaky and quite, when it suits their purposes, so silence is no guarantee of anything.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...=161694151_161694151

Where to now?

"Why don't we head for the bridge?  It seems these foes are weak and disorganized.  I fear we waste time here when we could be bringing down the leaders," Zer-wedula suggested.

Glum nods. "Which way?" he asks.

Cat shakes her head at her companions, who can't make up their minds. For good measure, she throws an Invocation at the goblins. She wrestles Garious around, "Eastwards!"

11:33, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 13 using 1d20+6. A.ttack, Frightful blast.
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Cat realizes the path goes right by the Goblin Dog den, do you want to attack or sneak?

"If goblin dogs eat goblins, and I suspect they might," Zer-wedula observes.  "We may just want to throw some of these dead goblins yo the beasts as a distraction."

"Let us at least TRY to sneak", suggested Glum.

Again Cat shakes her head, "I doubt these dogs eat goblins, just us. Nasty critters."
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"Glum has a point, I guess we can try sneaking first, then if they raise the alarm we can kill them.  How are we going to sneak across a rope bridge again?"
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Cat nods, "Sneaking past the dogs is a good idea. As for the bridge, it looks ... well, goblin made. As for sneaking across, it'll be luck, hoping the goblins are all in this pitiful shape."
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:27, Thu 23 July 2009.

Glum attempted to sneak as sneakily as he could but unfortunately, a big bumblebee flew into his underpants and made a futile but heartfelt attempt to sting him.

14:01, Today: Glum rolled 7 using 1d20+5. Sneaking sneaky silentness.

  The floor and walls of this musty-smelling chamber are covered with matted, wiry fur. Well-gnawed bones lie scattered about the floor, and a dozen wooden stakes have been driven into the ground near the walls.  4 dogs lay curled up and scattered about the room.

  The group attempts to sneak past the Goblin Dogs, but in the middle of the sneak Glum starts slapping his pants and dancing a jig (or something) before freezing again.  For a heartbeat nothing happens.  Then, 4 heads pop up in unison and look directly at Glum who has become the center of attention.  Yes, the necks appear to have ropes around them.  The nearest "dog" is 20' from Glum in a "room".


Surprise round everyone may post a surprise round action, and Glum may also post the next rounds action as he is the only 1 who beat the dogs initiative.

Funny, very funny.
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Cursing softly to himself, Zer-wedula loads his crossbow and adjust back five feet.

Charges forward as best he can in a tunnel, but misses his swing on the nearest dog.

Glum considers attempting to scare the dogs into submission but on looking at the situation from an outside perspective, he realised that he was about as scary as a limp dishrag.  Instead, availing himself of the wisdom bestowed upon him by the gods, he calls his spiritual nunchaku into existence and sends it to fight the nearest dog.

First Round
23:44, Today: Glum rolled 3 using 1d8+1. Spiritual Damage.
23:44, Today: Glum rolled 16 using 1d20+5. Spiritual Nunchaku.
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Cat rides in with Zer, using the other as cover. She fires off another eldritch blast. If they are close enough, she'll have Gar attack as well.


21:29, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 5 using 1d6+3. damage for Gar.
21:28, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 20 using 1d20+3. attack.
21:27, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 10 using 2d6. damage.
21:27, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 23 using 1d20+6. attack. 

Passage: Bipedal Medium creatures can navigate them by stooping over and hunkering down, effectively squeezing to move, and thus taking a –4 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to AC; such characters must spend 2 squares of movement for each square traveled. Small and smaller creatures can move about normally, as can most quadrupedal Medium creatures (including goblin dogs). The larger chambers within all have higher ceilings, wherein these penalties do not apply to Medium creatures.


Round Surprise
Glum summons a spiritual nunchaku and smites GoblinDog2 a blow, 3 dam

Talis moves forward, but due to the tight passage just gets in range and doesn't get an attack

Zer-wedula loads his crossbow

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious Garious moves up to the target while Cat gives GoblinDog4 a blast of her energy, it does not look well.
10 hp put it at 0hp, conscious, but disabled.

Round 1
Glum strikes again, this time for 8 damage.  This drops GoblinDog2.  Glum moves his weapon to another target.

GoblinDog1 stands up to attack but never makes it as he is pulled up after 5' by a rope.  He stands there coughing/squeaking wildly (which is what passes for barking among GoblinDogs).

GoblinDog3 stands up to attack but never makes it as Garious and Talis combine to drop it like a bad habit.  Garious manages to do so without getting any dander on himself, thus he doesn't suffer the usual allergic rash.

GoblinDog4 snaps out at Garious from on the ground, but misses.

Tactical Situation
The floor and walls of this musty-smelling chamber are covered with matted, wiry fur. Well-gnawed bones lie scattered about the floor, and a dozen wooden stakes have been driven into the ground near the walls.  There are 2 Goblin dogs, 1 who can't reach you and the other disabled (at 0hp) on the ground at Cat/Garious' feet.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...=161694151_161694151

            dam      status
GoblinDog1 -
GoblinDog2 - 11     dying
GoblinDog3 - 17     dying
GoblinDog4 - 10     disabled


Everyone post and
Give me a spot check

Glum looks around for another target.

21:04, Today: Glum rolled 12 using 1d20+4. Spot.

AC 15, 33 hp

16:38, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 1 using 1d8. Damage.
16:37, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 18 using 1d20+4. Shooting the gobdog.
16:37, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 23 using 1d20+6. Spot.


Zer-wedula casually shoots at the goblin dog that is out of reach as he looks around, "This is almost too easy," he frowns.  "What else could be about?"

Cat and Gar go after the last dog.

11:42, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 25 using 1d20+5. attack. Do eldritch blasts have crits?
11:43, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 8 using 1d20. critical check. At least not this one.
11:45, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 8 using 2d6. damage.
11:46, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 18 using 1d20+2. attack for Garious.
11:47, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 9 using 1d6+3. damage for Gar.
11:48, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 1d20+6. Spot.
11:49, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 1d20+5. Spot for Spot.

Passage: Bipedal Medium creatures can navigate them by stooping over and hunkering down, effectively squeezing to move, and thus taking a –4 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to AC; such characters must spend 2 squares of movement for each square traveled. Small and smaller creatures can move about normally, as can most quadrupedal Medium creatures (including goblin dogs). The larger chambers within all have higher ceilings, wherein these penalties do not apply to Medium creatures.


Round 1
Talis moves forward, and drops the wounded animal.

Zer-wedula hits the last dog with his crossbow, but just scratches it.  Then he reloads his crossbow.

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious Garious moves up to the last dog.  Working as a team they drop it fast. however, in doing so Garious has picked up a rash to their highly allergic dander.
Yes, your blast is 20/x2 crits

Garious is at -2 chr and dex for 1 day from itching.

Round 2
Glum moves his weapon looking for another target, maybe a 5th dog hidden in the bushes.

[Private to Zer-wedula: You see a goblin face peek out of the bushes to your right, stare at you and then pull back in.  It is obviously using magic to move through the walls.  Probably a druid.]

Tactical Situation
The floor and walls of this musty-smelling chamber are covered with matted, wiry fur. Well-gnawed bones lie scattered about the floor, and a dozen wooden stakes have been driven into the ground near the walls.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...=161694151_161694151

            dam      status
GoblinDogs -         dying or dead



We are staying in combat mode for now, wait for Zer-wedula to post.  When you post, say what you are doing and give me a spot check.

AC 15, 33 hp

"Over here," Zer-wedula shouts, dropping his crossbow and pulling his falchion.  He moves to where he saw the goblin.  "A goblin is lurking throughout these bushes.  Come out, you stupid thorn hugger!"

Talis quickly takes in the scene and remembers what their goblin prisoner said.  "Cat, go up the middle THROUGH the wall, while I go around.  Glum, with me if you please."
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Glum nods and follows Talis

Zer-wedula carefully watches Cat to see if she truly goes through the wall.  If able, he will follow.  If necessary, he chops a better way through.

That's a dangerous plan, but Cat is willing to try. She hops off of Gar, "Follow Glum." Drawing her mundane weapon, she heads through the thicket.
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Passage: Bipedal Medium creatures can navigate them by stooping over and hunkering down, effectively squeezing to move, and thus taking a –4 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to AC; such characters must spend 2 squares of movement for each square traveled. Small and smaller creatures can move about normally, as can most quadrupedal Medium creatures (including goblin dogs). The larger chambers within all have higher ceilings, wherein these penalties do not apply to Medium creatures.


Round 2

[Private to Glum; Talis Revain:Talis moves forward as fast as he can in such a hunched over position.]

[Private to Zer-wedula: Zer-wedula starts to hack at the thorny brush, trying to make a hole.  He manages to avoid taking damage, but doesn't like how the thorny branches jump around as he hacks at them.  He figures it could take many rounds to hack through just a few (5) feet of this stuff and who knows how wide it is here.]


Catessa Fallowfield & Garious Garious moves up to the wall and Cat jumps off into the wall (successfully using fast dismount).  Garious moves behnd Glum, with a low growl in his throat.  [Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Cat moves through the brush and ends up at the edge of a room, right next to a goblin who is busy casting a spell (It sounds familiar, but she can't identify the spell off hand).  She lashes out with her spear while a goblin is distracted (Aoo while casting a spell, he did not cast defensively because he did not expect anyone to get here so soon), hitting him with a solid blow for 7 dam.]
Garious is at -2 chr and dex for 1 day from itching.

Round 3
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain:
Glum follows Talis as fast as he can in such a hunched over position.

Puma charges at Talis, just as he gets to the entrance to a room.  It hits a couple of times for 7 dam.
A cloying musky scent lies heavy in the air here. A matted nest of red and
black hair sits to the east.]


[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Cat hears growls(big cat) and combat from the other room.

Gogmurt attempts to cast a spell, but is disrupted by Cat.  He holds a flame blade in 1 hand.  In goblin-accented common "I told him you would come, but he wouldn't listen to me.  Stupid longshanks."  He seems tired and distracted.
A tangle of vines hang from the thorny ceiling of this chamber, each suspending a clattering collection of bird skulls, rib bones, teeth, and other bits of gruesome decor. In a few places the vines droop all the way to the floor. A large nest of nettles and thorny vines sits to the south, a halo of half-eaten dead birds and rats indicating that whatever sleeps there eats in its bed.]
[Private to Zer-wedula: Hears combat from where Glum and Talis went, with animal growls.]
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain: You hear a goblin voice say something from the next room but are to distracted by the cat trying to kill you that you can't make it out.]



Tactical Situation
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain: Fighting a puma at the entrance to a room.]
[Private to Zer-wedula: Hacking at the wall, no opponents in sight.]
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: In melee with a goblin druid.]
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            dam      status
GoblinDogs -         dying or dead
Puma       -
Gogmurt    - 7

Post next round

While he enjoys the physical nature of hacking at the thorns he had been so tempted to burn, Zer-wedula hears some large animal growling off where Talis and Glum sauntered off to.  He shakes his head at the undefeatable brush wall and makes haste to join his comrades.

This is right where Cat didn't want to be. Alone with a goblin. She steeps back towards the thorn wall, firing off an eldritch blast towards her foe.

08:54, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 6 using 1d20+5. attack. *a miss I'm sure.*

Dropping his bow, Talis stylishly tumbles around the snarling puma, drawing forth his sword, to a flanking position and scores a near perfect hit.  "Bad kitty."

crit+sneak attack for 31 dam

Glum strikes at the puma with first one end, then the other end of his quarterstaff.  He misses on both occasions.

22:19, Today: Glum rolled 7 using 1d20+2. second blow.
22:19, Today: Glum rolled 11 using 1d20+2. First Blow.

Passage: Bipedal Medium creatures can navigate them by stooping over and hunkering down, effectively squeezing to move, and thus taking a –4 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to AC; such characters must spend 2 squares of movement for each square traveled. Small and smaller creatures can move about normally, as can most quadrupedal Medium creatures (including goblin dogs). The larger chambers within all have higher ceilings, wherein these penalties do not apply to Medium creatures.


Round 3
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain; Zer-wedula:Talis dropping his bow, tumbles forward (drawing his sword 2 handed) and delivers a nasty wound to the big cat, crit+sneak attack for 31 damage.

Zer-wedula moves through the passages as best he can, arriving just in time to see Talis seriously wound the cat.

Garious, growling viciously, moves to where Talis had been and attacks, downing the puma with a bite.]


[Private to Catessa Fallowfield:Catessa Fallowfield After shooting in the direction of the goblin, Cat stumbles back into the bushes.  Losing her way she ends up where Zer-wedula had been chopping]
Garious is at -2 chr and dex for 1 day from itching.

Round 4
A tangle of vines hang from the thorny ceiling of this chamber, each suspending a clattering collection of bird skulls, rib bones, teeth, and other bits of gruesome decor. In a few places the vines droop all the way to the floor. A large nest of nettles and thorny vines sits to the south, a halo of half-eaten dead birds and rats indicating that whatever sleeps there eats in its bed.
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain; Zer-wedula: Glum moves past the dying cat and into the next room where he sees a goblin(Gogmurt), but no sign of Cat (the halfling).  He has enough movement to get next to the druid.

Gogmurt was looking at the wall, but shifts his focus to Glum.  He holds a flame blade in 1 hand.  In common, he continues a rant "Stupid Chief, should listen to Gogmurt, not to ugly longshanks female" with disdain.  He seems tired and distracted.  But this goblin is smarter than average.  Giving Glum an Aoo (which he misses by a large margin), he moves to where he can see the rest of the group and crys "Tangletooth!"  Then he casts a spell.  The plants begin to grab at your feet and any part they can reach.  Everyone needs to make a Ref save, see below for details.]
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield:Catessa Fallowfield The plants begin to grab at you with an Entangle spell, see below for details.]


Tactical Situation
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain; Zer-wedula: "Fighting" the plants in an entangle spell, have the goblin druid in sight, but not in melee.]
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Alone in an entangle spell, can hear sounds of struggling from her right.]
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            dam      status
GoblinDogs -         dying or dead
Puma       - 40      dying
Gogmurt    - 7

Post next round

Entangle: (dc 13)
Saving Throw: Reflex partial; see text
Spell Resistance: No
Grasses, weeds, bushes, and even trees wrap, twist, and entwine about creatures in the area or those that enter the area, holding them fast and causing them to become entangled. The creature can break free and move half its normal speed by using a full-round action to make a DC 20 Strength check or a DC 20 Escape Artist check. A creature that succeeds on a Reflex save is not entangled but can still move at only half speed through the area. Each round on your turn, the plants once again attempt to entangle all creatures that have avoided or escaped entanglement.

 Entangled: The character is ensnared. Being entangled impedes movement, but does not entirely prevent it unless the bonds are anchored to an immobile object or tethered by an opposing force. An entangled creature moves at half speed, cannot run or charge, and takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity. An entangled character who attempts to cast a spell must make a Concentration check (DC 15 + the spell’s level) or lose the spell.
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Glum jumped as the goblin threw his spell.  He moved carefully forward through the snaring bushes but, instead of casting a spell of his own, or making any hostile action, he said in goblin, [Private to GM: "Look at that.  He's ignored you, shafted you yet again, listened to some human bint instead of you.  Are you sure you're on the right side Gogmurt?".]
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[16:21, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 19 using 1d20+4. Reflex vs DC 13. ]


Almost simultaneously with Glum's action Zer-wedula picks his way forward towards Gogmurt and casts Daze, since Gogmurt, did, indeed, seem dazed.

[DC 13]

Talis makes his save and "charges" at the goblin.  Snarling incredulously at Glum, and then to the goblin "Far be it from me to separate a druid from his animal friend, I will do my utmost to reunite you", but has used all his movement and can't attack.  Then at Glum, "My friend Glum, if you want to talk to him, we can do so...after we beat him unconscious."

[Private to GM: next attack= natural 6
saved vs daze(rolled11)
Cat 1 on save
7 on spellcraft
17+3 and uses escape artist to free herself]
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Passage: Bipedal Medium creatures can navigate them by stooping over and hunkering down, effectively squeezing to move, and thus taking a –4 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to AC; such characters must spend 2 squares of movement for each square traveled. Small and smaller creatures can move about normally, as can most quadrupedal Medium creatures (including goblin dogs). The larger chambers within all have higher ceilings, wherein these penalties do not apply to Medium creatures.

Round 4
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain; Zer-wedula:Talis moves as fast as he can through the grasping plants toward the Gogmurt.  Near the end, he finds he is out of the spell and tumbles next to the goblin.

Zer-wedula moves a few feet so he can see the goblin that he heard and casts a spell.  it seems to have no effect.

Garious, is entangled by the plants, but manages to break loose and move 5' toward the goblin.]


[Private to Catessa Fallowfield:Catessa Fallowfield fails her save and is entangled, but manages to escape the entangle and move 5' toward the sounds of battle.]
Garious is at -2 chr and dex for 1 day from itching.

Round 5
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain; Zer-wedula: Glum moves out of the spell and next to the Gogmurt, speaking to the goblin in goblin.  He is not in attack posture.

Gogmurt refocuses on Glum and replies in common "Damn right he should listen to me.  She doesn't care about us, she only cares about her own plan."  He gets a desperate look in his eye, "Longshanks here to kill all the goblins, must warn the Chief."  He will lash out at Talis "For Tangletooth." (hitting and doing 6 dam, missing a crit confirmation by 1) before moving into the bushes (where only Cat can follow).
Talis misses on his Aoo

Glum attempted to grapple Gogmurt as he came close enough.  He spoke in goblin.  [Private to GM: "I don't wanna kill all goblins", he said, "But I'd quite like to kill the Longshanks female."  Who grabs him.]

21:01, Today: Glum rolled 18 using 1d20+6. Grapple Gogmurt (as AOO).]


Tactical Situation
[Private to Glum; Talis Revain; Zer-wedula: Zer-wedula and Garious are still in the entangle spell(make another ref dc 13).  Talis and Glum are not in the spell, but must make the save if they enter it.  Gogmurt is grappled by(and in the same square as) Glum]
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Alone in an entangle spell, can hear sounds of struggling from her right.(make another ref dc 13)]

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...=161694151_161694151


            dam      status
GoblinDogs -         dying or dead
Puma       - 40      dying
Gogmurt    - 7       grappled by Glum

Post next round

Entangle: (dc 13)
Saving Throw: Reflex partial; see text
Spell Resistance: No
Grasses, weeds, bushes, and even trees wrap, twist, and entwine about creatures in the area or those that enter the area, holding them fast and causing them to become entangled. The creature can break free and move half its normal speed by using a full-round action to make a DC 20 Strength check or a DC 20 Escape Artist check. A creature that succeeds on a Reflex save is not entangled but can still move at only half speed through the area. Each round on your turn, the plants once again attempt to entangle all creatures that have avoided or escaped entanglement.

 Entangled: The character is ensnared. Being entangled impedes movement, but does not entirely prevent it unless the bonds are anchored to an immobile object or tethered by an opposing force. An entangled creature moves at half speed, cannot run or charge, and takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity. An entangled character who attempts to cast a spell must make a Concentration check (DC 15 + the spell’s level) or lose the spell.
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Glum, I edited your Aoo into the previous post, everyone may post next rounds actions.

Glum has captured Gogmurt and seeks to render him unconscious with non-lethal blows.

22:44, Today: Glum rolled 6 using 1d6. damage Gogmurt. (non-lethal)
22:44, Today: Glum rolled 18 using 1d20+6. Grapple to damage (non lethal).

Talis will use 1 hand to draw forth a Sap and whack the goblin for subdual damage.  Hitting for 15 dam.

[Private to Talis Revain: maybe we are on the same side, maybe offer him the chiefdom]
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  The goblin struggles in Glum grasp, but can't get free.  Talis comes in and expertly whacks in on the head, knocking him out.  While disarming him and securing him with a rope, the missing party members manage to slog their way through the entangle spell to the room.
  A quick search produces a spear, sling/stones, 5 unmarked vile looking potions(obviously of goblin manufacture), halfling made/shaped mw/(magic?) leather armor, a wand and a really nice elven made-small sized cloak (Magic?).

A tangle of vines hang from the thorny ceiling of this chamber, each suspending a clattering collection of bird skulls, rib bones, teeth, and other bits of gruesome decor. In a few places the vines droop all the way to the floor. A large nest of nettles and thorny vines sits to the south, a halo of half-eaten dead birds and rats indicating that whatever sleeps there eats in its bed.  A search reveals potion making and druid stuff.

Cat slips free of the bushes and looks at the group, "Ready to move?"
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Glum nodded and said, "I suggest when we've got rid of herself, rather than try to kill all the goblins (which is a mugs' game anyway) we put this bloke in charge and get him to take them away."

Talis will talk to Glum "If we could get some help across the bridge that could be good, because it will be hard to maintain the element of surprise crossing that. But on the other hand, I trust this blighter about as far as he can throw me.  If you can convince me that this plan will work, fine.  Convince me."  Talis will play with his dagger while looking at the goblin.

ooc:How can we be sure he will uphold his part of the bargain.  We kill the Chief and go downstairs and deal with Nualia an her longshank allies, coming up battered and bloody, what do you expect a NE or CN- goblin druid to do in that situation.  We can get more good information from him by pushing his buttons (Chief and Longshanks woman), but then kill him.
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"Perhaps he can tell us what guards there are on the bridge.  We may just be able to storm across and be over before they know it."
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Cat shakes her head, "Trust it? You must be joking. They have been trying to kill us if you hadn't notice. What makes you think this one will be any different?" She glares at the goblin, asking it in odd language, [Private to GM: In druidic, "Am I right?"]
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"The point is not to trust him", said Glum, "as to engineer a situation where our interests coincide.  He has an idiot for a commander" Glum helpfully translated for Gogmurt's benefit beginning with that last sentence. "And feels that it would be in the goblins' best interests to tell the demon woman to get the heck away from the goblin tribes.  Am I right so far, Gogmurt?"

Glum paused to let Gogmurt answer.  "So, without the idiots that have the ear of Gogmurt's current commander, the goblins could go back to raiding underground and the occasional foray.  I'm sure that Gogmurt knows that the course the longshanks female has led the goblins on can only lead to the annihiliation of the tribe... and even worse, to them being weakened relative to their goblin neighbours."

"Still with me Gogmurt?" he asked.

"I am going to go and keep an eye out whilst you finish your convincing," Zer-wedula said.  He proceeded to as well a concealed place as he could find from which to watch the bridge and wait for his comrades.

"Yes our interests coincide, up until we kill the priestess.  Then out interests diverge.  How do you (Glum) purpose to protect our interests once they diverge?"
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So after awhile, giving the Entangle spell time to run out, you wake up the tied up goblin and make your offer.  When Cat asks a question, he responds in the same language.  [Private to Catessa Fallowfield:"That was not my doing, that was the Longshanks witch."  ]


Gogmurt says "Demon woman leading goblins to destruction, yes."

Gogmurt looks suspicious, but nods.  When Talis speaks, he looks wary and focuses on Cat and Glum.  "Gogmurt will go with you Longshanks and help kill this demon woman.  He swears on the spirits of mother earth to do so."  He says something in another language, [Private to Catessa Fallowfield: In druidic, "I so swear."]


Meanwhile, Zer-wedula hides himself in the bushes and watches the fort.  There are 2 guard towers with good views of the bridge, 1 on the left and 1 on the right.  He has seen no movement from the tower on the left and only sporadic movement from the 1 on the right (very sporadically, giving plenty of time to get across the bridge).  Of more concern are the goblins outside the fort.  He sees 4 goblins and 4 goblin dogs catch a seagull and tie some twine to it's leg.  Then they let the bird try to fly away.  The 3 not holding the twine try to hit the noisy bird with rocks and fail.  Then the goblin holding the twine, pulls in the bird and messily starts eating it, while it still lives.

 "Wise priestess (Cat), if you think we can trust him, I vote with you.  If you think we should kill him, I vote with you", and Talis picks up his bow and moves off so he can watch/cover Zer-wedula and the negotiations.
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"Talis", says Glum, "I believe you are mistaken.  Once we kill the Priestess, Gogmurt's interests coincide with ours because he will be linked with us in the eyes of the tribe.  Moreover, he's innately conservative.  Goblins live by raiding, not by forming hordes and trying to conquer.  That's Orc behaviousr and a wise goblin like Gogmurt (and he must be wise, he's able to wield Divine magic) would be shamed by the idea of behaving like orcs."

(OOC He only translates into goblin the bits underlined.)

Cat is torn. She doesn't trust goblins but this one seems different, a bit. She queries him further, [Private to DM: "What witch? You know if you betray us, these people will kill you. Slowly."]
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[Private to Glum: You do realize the goblin can speak and understand common?  He has spoken in it before.]

Gogmurt looks desperately between Glum and Cat, "Yes, of course the dwarf is right.  You make me Chief and not hurt any more goblins and me promise no more attacking Longshanks.  I swear."  He seems to be telling the truth (I rolled everyones sense motive).  Then he looks at Talis and back to Cat and says "Yes, Gogmurt understands, you probably kill him anyway, just for being born what he is.  How is that different from what we do?"

Zer-wedula sees the 3 who aren't eating grab bits and pieces from the dying bird and start to move around the edge, evidentially hunting for another seagull.  The 4 goblin dogs are watching the eating and licking their lips.

"I honestly don't think we can hold you to never attacking surface folk, Gogmurt, and even if we could, I don't think goblins work like that.  You wouldn't attack, but there would still be raiding and the like.  Don't worry, I'm not attacking you for it, merely recognising something of goblin nature.  I think what we can establish is an area where no goblin will attack, a limit on the size of such raids outside that area for a certain period, and perhaps some consideration toward how we could establish trade in order to reduce conflict between goblins and surface dwellers."

Glum was silent a moment or two then added, "Cat and Gogmurt, I realise that sounded insane but I have a feeling it might actually work.  What do you think?"

Cat nods to Glum, "I don't fully like it but am willing to try. I suspect that if this works, we can at least tone down the goblin attacks. Doubt they'll end fully." A pause, "Anyone have a metal necklace or bits of armor that we can drape on our friend?" She figures the metal will annoy him and hopefully cut off his druid powers.
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Talis will speak up, "Before you do that, why don't we test him.  Do you have any healing spells?  Then heal me.  Try anything tricky, and talking won't save you, and I will steal your soul by writing your name."  He will put down his bow, come over and free the goblin with his dagger, making sure the goblin is surrounded.

[Private to GM: once healed, grunt, how can you get us across the bridge with  minimum of violence]
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Cat, it doesn't quite work like that, or else druids can't use most magic rings (and a few other magic items).  You have to use a forbidden weapon or wear forbidden armor/shield.  The easiest way might be to put some metal on a shield and have him carry it.  That would work, good idea Cat.

A hopeful look crosses his face and he will proceed to start casting a spell...[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: clw, please use green for talking, it makes it easier for me to read, thanks.][Private to Talis Revain: clw]any reactions.
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...and Talis has most of his wounds healed.  Gogmurt will then say in an effort to please,"See, Gogmurt be trusted.  Gogmurt lead you over and say you friends of Longshanks woman.  Good plan, you like?"

Glum shrugged.  "It sounds a mad plan Gogmurt, and none of us trust you but it just might work.  If it doesn't though, you do realise your erstwhile friends will fire arrows at you, n'est-ce pas?"

Cat looks at Glum as he converses in Dwarven, "Let's get Gogmurt a metal shield and let's be on our way."

Sorry for the delay, lets call it the "Way too hot summer doldrums", but the weather has cooled down some.

   So you strap Talis' buckler(with a metal edge) to Gogmurt's arm and give him his spear back (it would look suspicious, even to a goblin, if he was unarmed).  The potions are 2 clw(1d8+4), 1 speak with animal and 2 tree shape (all at 4th level), the cloak is +1 to saves, the wand is produce flame.  With a little judicious application of the disguise skill, Talis thinks the group can avoid being recognized by ordinary goblins.
   Off you go with Gogmurt in the lead followed by Glum, Talis, Zer-wedula and finally Cat/Garious.  As he reaches the rope bridge, Gogmurt says "only so many at once", indicating that Cat and Zer-wedula should wait for the others to cross before using the bridge.

A rope bridge spans the gulf between the cliff and a roundish, flat-topped
island sixty some feet to the north. Thick patches of nettles and briars grow
here and there atop the island, but its most impressive feature is a wooden
one-story stockade. Two thirty-foot-tall watchtowers guard the stockade’s
southern facade. The rope bridge itself is made of hairy rope and thick
wooden planks; the whole thing creaks and sways in the wind above the
churning surf eighty feet below.

   As you begin to cross, his caution seems justified as the bridge does not appear very sturdy or well made.  But you make it cross safely.  Shortly after starting across, you are noticed by the goblin dogs, who start whining and alert their riders (4 riders and 4 dogs).  Gogmurt says something in goblin, [Private to Glum: "These Longshanks with me"]that Glum signals is ok .  None of the goblins seem inclined to dispute this, but do start jabbering among themselves and take a step back when they catch sight of Garious.  2 goblins appear in the watch tower to the right, but none in the tower to the left.  Gogmurt gives them an order in goblin,[Private to Glum: "I will tell the Chief we are here, go back about your business"], Glum doesn't react and the goblins, muttering among themselves, turn and go about their business.

The stockade is made of thick wood. Closer inspection reveals that most
of the wood seems to have been scavenged from ships—a few nameplates
remain affixed to some of the timbers, while others look like they might
have once been masts.

   Gogmurt leads you to the front door, which is open.  As he approaches Gogmurt just shakes his head and mutters something under his breath in goblin [Private to Glum: "Told them Longshank heroes would come, stupid Chief wouldn't listen.  Just wait till Gogmurt Chief."]

The floor of this room is hard-packed soil, as if the builders either ran out of
lumber after building the walls and roof, or as if they simply never thought
about building a floor. A number of poorly preserved horse and dog heads
are mounted along the eastern wall, while along the southern wall hangs a
pair of large batlike wings tacked to the wall with daggers.

[Private to Catessa Fallowfield; Talis Revain: You notice 1 of the daggers holding the bat wings to the wall has a pearl handle]
[Private to Glum; Zer-wedula; Talis Revain: You hear a horse's neigh and some goblin dogs "barking", very muffled, coming from the north through one of the doors.]  Gogmurt leads you to he double doors to the north, "Chief through here."

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Cat really has bad feelings about this whole endeavor. She doesn't like having to trust a goblin to lead them into a goblin fort. At least there hasn't been fighting yet, so maybe it'll work out. The room with wings and heads gives her the creeps. She quietly points out a dagger with a pearl in the handle, as it's too high for her to reach. She asks Gogmurt, "How do we deal with the chief without bringing every near by goblin in to check on things?"

ooc: If people don't object, Cat will keep the potions, passing out the other stuff as needed or at the next down time.

Glum sighs.  "Sometimes, much as it galls me, we have to act like heroes.  It's a good day to die, don't you think?"

Talis goes over and pulls the ivory handled dagger from the wall and hands it to Cat with a flourish.  "So Gogmurt, fill us in on the layout of this place and was that a horse I heard?"

   "Yes, you heard horse, goblins...." as he searches for a lie to replace "stole", "....found.  It tougher than Chief thought, and he couldn't kill it.    Stupid Chief got many goblins killed over a horse.  He wanted me to help, but I say "Get your Longshanks woman to help".  She not help him."  He shrugs.
   He points left/west "Guard tower and food".  Northwest door "dogs exercise yard".  To the door to the right/east of the double doors, "stairs down".  To the hallway (with 2 more doors) to the right/east "Barracks and guard tower."

While the knife is fancy, it isn't particularly well balanced.  Probably a decorative dagger used for social occasions rather than a blade made to kill.  It does look like it could be worth a goodly amount.  Gogmurt starts to react, but then thinks better of it and just keeps his mouth shut.
Jeweled Dagger has stats of a dagger, but worth more
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Motioning to the north, Talis says "Shall we ask the Chief to dance".

[Private to GM: nat 13 o ht ff warchanter, ]
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The double doors open onto a 15'long x 10' wide hallway that ends in 2 more double doors.  As soon as everyone is ready (weapons, spells, etc...), the doors will open.

This large throne room is decorated with hanging furs along its walls, mostly
black and red-striped firepelt skins, various dog pelts, and in some cases,
what look like horse hides. Four square timbers support the ceiling, their
faces studded with dozens of iron spikes, with the lower reaches decorated
with dozens of impaled and severed hands in various stages of decay. To
the northeast, a wooden platform supports a throne heaped with dog pelts
and horse hides. Dog skulls adorn the armrests and a horse skull leers over
the throne’s back.

The room is 30'x30'.  In the middle are 3 goblins with horsechoppers fighting Garth.  Diagonally across the room is a large goblin sitting on the throne wearing  a breatplate.  On 1 side is a medium sized lizard with a saddle and on the other is a female goblin warchanter (bard with whip). She has a wand out and is concentrating on the fight.

You have caught them by surprise, please post what you prepared and what you action is and initiative.
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Talis will move in 5' and throws a dagger at the warchanter, hitting (17 to hit) for 17 dam (sneak attack).

Glum casts Magic Weapon on his fists. [For 3 minutes (18 rounds?), he'll get +1 to hit and damage bonus in unarmed combat]

Zer-wedula pulls out his wand of shocking grasp he was holding and his scroll of True Strike.

PMs for everyone
[Private to Glum: That is what you did before the door opened, What do you do during the surprise round?  You recognize the Garth as an illusion.]
[Private to Zer-wedula: That is what you did before the door opened, What do you do during the surprise round?]
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: What do you do before the door opens, What do you do during the surprise round?  You recognize the Garth as an illusion.]
[Private to Talis Revain:  You recognize the Garth as an illusion.]

Cat mounts Gar and readies her sling. It may be a good day to die, but she doesn't want to waste her life. As the doors open, she nudges Gar in a bit. She sends a energy blast towards the war chanter, "The sparer is an illusion." Odd, very odd.

Sorry, jumped to conclusions. Was a bit confused on who is whom.
18:47, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 10 using 1d20+5. attack. *I assume that's a miss/*
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Round Surprise
Glum casts a spell (magic weapon) while keeping an eye on Gogmurt.

Talis steps into the room and throws a dagger through the throat of the Warchanter, who dosen't even have time to look surprised before she dies.  As she dies, the image of Garth vanishes.

Zer-wedula casts a spell on himself [Private to Zer-wedula: (true strike is "personal" and can't be cast on anyone else)].

Gogmurt stays behind Talis and says something in goblin, [Private to Glum: "I told you Chief, the Longshanks come.  And they are here to kill you."] and then laughs at the Chief, "hahaha".

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious, move into the room, but her shot goes over the head of the Chief.
Garious is at -2 chr and dex for 1 day from itching.


Tactical Situation
You got initiative on the goblins who are still flat-footed and can't react yet.
On the opposite corner of the room is the Chief in  metal breastplate armor and his pet medium sized lizard (Gecko).  In the middle of the room are 3 goblins with drawn horsechoppers.

Everyone post, Include AC nd current hp

AC 15, 33 hp

18:49, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 1 using 1d8.
18:49, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 32 using 1d20+24. Crossbow, true strike.



Zer-wedule loads and shoots his crossbow, hitting the chief.  "True Strike does not mean potent strike, it would seem," he mutters.

"I am thinking of using the charm of the electrical grip on the three in front.  Does anyone have a better plan?"

Cat: AC: 16  HP 20/21
Gar: AC: 17  HP 27/30


Cat keeps Gar behind the larger members of the group as she fires off an energy blast towards the chief.

12:28, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 6 using 1d20+5. attack. *die roller hates me.*

Round 1
Glum says, "You wanted to be Chief, so get out there and fight" and delays until Gogmurt moves.

Talis draws another dagger and throws it at the Chief, who manages to avoid most of the blade and only takes a minor cut.  Hit, sneak attack for 13 damage.

Zer-wedula shoots and scores a scratch on the Chief, 1 dam.

Gogmurt glares at Glum, but hesitantly moves out along the wall Past Talis.

Glum moves forward and engages the goblins, hitting goblin1 for 5 dam

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious, again shots and misses.
Garious is at -2 chr and dex for 1 day from itching.
With so few party members, there really isn't anyone to get behind.

Chief & Giant gecko The chief fast mounts the Gecko and directs the gecko up the pillar.  He seems to be pulling a potion out and drinking it.  "Treachery druid, kill them all, but kill the druid first."  A second later you hear a glass vial hit the ground.
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Goblin1 decides to take care of the dwarf in front of him first, but misses his attack.

Goblin2 & 3 Move around the Glum/goblin1 fight and attack Gogmurt, who attacks back with his readied action, doing 5 dam to goblin2.  1 hits for 10 dam.


Tactical Situation
Cat, Zer and Talis are gathered by the door in 1 corner, Gogmurt is fighting 2 goblin commandos in another corner, Glum is fighting a 3rd commando in the middle and the Chief (and his mount) have full cover behind a pillar that his Gecko is climbing.

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            dam      status
Chief      - 14
Giant gecko-
Gogmurt    - 17
Goblin1    - 5
Goblin2    - 5
Goblin3    -

Everyone post, Include AC nd current hp

Talis says, "I'm ok, I need to separate a goblin from his pet" with a rakish smile and flashes the hook on his polearm.  Then he moves around to the left and tries to pull the Chief of his mount with a trip attack.

to hit 9(natural)
natural trip roll 20

AC 15, 33 hp

Zerwedula moves up to Glum's aid and touches his opponent.

07:08, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 16 using 5d6. damage, assuming CL 5 on wand.
07:07, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 13 using 1d20+3. Touch attack, wand of shocking grasp.

AC 15 HPts 28

Glum aims a blow at goblin 3 who ducks.

18:46, Today: Glum rolled 7 using 1d20+5. Thump goblin 3.
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Cat: AC: 16  HP 20/21
Gar: AC: 17  HP 27/30

What a mess! Cat feared things were only going to get worse. She half felt bad for Gogmort and sends an energy blast at his attackers, keeping Gar near Zer.

20:28, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 16 using 1d20+5. attack. *a hit?*
20:30, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 2d6. damage ?.

Round 2
Talis moves around the room and uses his polearm to pull the Chief from his mount, but the Chief knows how to take a fall and suffers no damage.  However, Talis is quite adept at hitting people while they are down (improved trip) and smacks the goblin Chief for 10 dam.

Zer-wedula moves forward with barbarian speed to a flanking position, casting a spell.  With a touch (which barely hit) he sends the goblin on Glum to the next world, "arghhhh".

Gogmurt attacks 1 of his attackers, hitting for 7 damage, and goblin2 goes down.

Glum attacks, but misses

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious, moves and shots, scoring a hit on goblin3 for 5 dam
+1 dam for point blank
Garious is at -2 chr and dex for 1 day from itching.

Chief & Giant gecko With cover from the pillar, the Chief stands up and with a word in goblin  [Private to Glum: "Here Stickfoot"], fast mounts the Gecko as it goes by and up the wall over toward Gogmurt.  They engage in a heated conversation in goblin.[Private to Glum: Chief "Using Longshanks, stupid druid, they enemy."  Gogmurt "You have your Longshank woman, now my longshanks kill you and her."  Chief "You, go get others."]  The Chief pulls out another vial as he rides.  He stops above Gogmurt and has the Gecko attack, but he misses.

Goblin3 tries to withdraw yelling in Goblin [Private to Glum: "Longshanks attacking"], so Gogmurt doesn't get an Aoo, but Glum is in a better tactical position and does get an Aoo.  If not stopped he will getto the 2nd set of double doors and open them.


Tactical Situation
Cat, Zer and Talis are gathered in the middle of the room, Gogmurt is fighting the Chief/Stickfoot (who are on the wall) in a corner, Glum has a chance to attack the last commando as he moves to alert the rest of the tribe.  The last commando is at the indicated location only if Glum manages to stop him, otherwise he is at the 2nd set of double doors, having just opened them (so odds are the tribe will be alerted).

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            dam      status
Chief      - 36
Giant gecko-
Gogmurt    - 17
Goblin1    - 18      dead
Goblin2    - 12      dying
Goblin3    -  5

Everyone
 post, Include AC and current hp

Glum, don't forget your Aoo,
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Glum grabs hold of the commando and drags him into his embrace before the goblin can get to help.  He then squeezes the bejazus out of the grappled goblin.

21:38, Today: Glum rolled 10 using 1d20+5. Thump grappled commando.
21:37, Today: Glum rolled 22 using 1d20+6. AoO grapple Commando.
00:20, Today: Glum rolled 5 using 1d6+1. Damage goblin.
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Glum manages to hold onto the commando with Glum having size and skill going for him, the Commando has to get an lucky to break it.  And actually, a 10 succeeds because you can make a grapple check to do your damage instead of a to hit roll and you get more +'s on that roll vs goblins.  I'm not sure I would recommend this tactic except vs small humanoids. and on his turn does damage to the goblin.  Go ahead and roll dam Glum.

AC 15, 33 hp

Zer-wedula surveys the situation and surmises that if the gecko can reach tiny, wizened, shriveled old Gogmurt it must be low enough for a mighty barbarian to reach.  He strides over to it, wand in hand.

"Remove the mount, remove the rider," he chortles as he touches the gecko.

18:42, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 20 using 5d6. Wand of shocking grasp!  Geico!.
18:42, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 19 using 1d20+3. Touch attack on giant gecko.

Talis follows the Chief and reaches out with his Guisarme, catching the Chief with a solid hit (rolled natural 20 (failed confirmation with a 1, 11 dam).

Talis catches the Chief right below the breast plate and sweeps him off his mount, again.  This time, he hits the ground like a sack of potatoes and just lies there, blood quickly begining to pool around him.  Without the Chief to guide it, the Gecko is easy pickings for Zer-wedula, who shocks the thing which falls to the ground on top of the Chief.  Gogmurt quickly stabs the Chief in the throat with his spear and says something in goblin, [Private to Glum: "Where's your Longshanks witch now?"].  Then looks around and sees Glum grappling with the commando.  His eyes grow cold, "That one you can kill.  Hurry before the rest get here.  Quick, hide in there" as he points to the door on the opposite side of where you entered "while I deal with my tribe."
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Well, that was quite a turn of events. Cat nudges Gar towards the rear, figuring Gogmurt won't betray them now. He did kill the chief after all. There is still a bit of doubt.

talis will look around at his companions and shrug (and if Glum doesn't kill the commando, he will), then shrug.  "Well, if he betrays us all the goblins will be in one place."  Then head to the indicated door, "If I can't see you, I will assume you are betraying us and we both know what will happen then" collecting his daggers on the way.

Glum does indeed kill the commando, strangling the life out of him and then checking his pulse before letting his inert body fall to the floor.  He waits to follow Talis into the place Gogmurt indicated, although at this point he is less trusting than before, simply because he entertains the possibility that Gogmurt may be an idiot and not recognise where his self-interest lies.

10:58, Today: Glum rolled 7 using 1d6+1. Killing the commando (damage).
10:57, Today: Glum rolled 12 using 1d20+7. Strangling the commando.

   Since you seem to be going along, though he does flinch when Talis makes his threat, Gogmurt will quickly search the Chief and throws Talis a set of keys.  Then he draws forth the Chiefs dogslicer.  Even from a distance you can see this dogslicer is different than most.  It is very well made, masterwork quality at least (though how masterwork and dogslicer go together is mind boggling).  So you go to the indicated door, unlock it and enter.  There are no obvious traps or threats.
   Several rugs made from dog or horse hide lie strewn over the dirt floor
of this room. Against the north wall stands an impressive collection of
horseshoes, each nailed to the wall. To the east sits a ragged padded
chair next to a rickety desk that may have once been an expensive antique.
To the west sits a canopied bed covered with silk sheets and sporting a
once-impressive headboard that featured nymphs and satyrs cavorting in
a forest. The bed’s sheets are stained with dirt, while the headboard is
bashed and battered.
   Talis keeps the door slightly open (using hide skill) and keeps an eye on Gogmurt with his bow and everyone holds their breath to see what will happen.
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   The room you are in is probably the Chiefs bedroom, 10'x20' with no other exits.  The once nice things having suffered much abuse from the nasty goblin.  Talis and Glum keep watch on Gogmurt, who is nervously standing in front of the Chiefs chair.  He isn't very good at this because he keeps nervously glancing at the partially open door.  The seconds pass and about the time you think nobody heard, you hear a door open and a pair of goblin voice speak.  Glum narrates;
   "The goblins heard yelling, and are now screaming at Gogmurt asking who killed the Chief.  Gogmurt is saying he did and that 1 of them should go gather the tribe to pay homage to their new Chief.  I can't quite make out what the others are saying, but they seem to be arguing.  Gogmurt is saying, he killed the Chief and do they want to fight him.  Apparently they don't.  I think they just don't like Gogmurt.  Ok, 1 has gone off to gather the tribe while the other has been told to pull the bodies to the foot of the dais."  You can tell Gogmurt is doing something, but his back is toward you and you can't see what it is(he isn't casting a spell, at least not one with a verbal component).
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Zer-wedula moves back to where he can easily drop a flaming sphere in the doorway should goblins start boiling out in an unfriendly manner.  The scroll is ready in his hand.

Glum looks around for somewhere, anywhere, other than the Chief's bedroom to hide. Finding nowhere suitable, he shrugs and stands in the room, facing the door, ready to kick in the heads of any goblin approaching through Zer-wedula's flames.

11:47, Today: Glum rolled 9 using 1d20+2. Hide somewhere else.

Talis doesn't like how he can't see what Gogmurt is doing, but lets it go...for now.
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After a while, goblins start coming in and you don't need to speak goblin to understand they are confused and angry.  Glum continues to narrate the discussion.
  "They are angry, wait, goblin dogs.  They could give us away.  Gogmurt is telling them to keep the dogs out in the entrance.  I'm not sure I understand this part, he has sent someone to bring him his new wives?  Few believe he killed the Chief and 1 fellow asked where "those longshanks" are.  He says we have gone below to bring retribution onto the woman for tempting the Chief into ungoblin lusts.  He is going to show them that he is worthy to lead them and he wants them to follow him."  At this point, Gogmurt discards the shield (thats what he was doing) and starts moving out of sight.  By the sound of it there are at least a dozen goblins and many goblin dogs in the other room.  Apparently you have attracted the whole tribe to 1 room.

Next post will be tomorrow.  I thought I would give you a day to respond to this one if you want.
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"I am confused.  Is Gogmurt to lead the goblins into battle against their queen with us?  For my part, I would rather they not be in our way."

Glum grins and whispers... "Whole tribe in one room... do you know the fireball spell, Zer-wedula?"

Cat groans quietly, "We need a distraction of some sort, outside. Else Gogmurt may die, then us."

To Zer-wedula "You got a burning hands?"  As Gogmurt throws down the shield, Talis twitches and glances at Glum.  [Private to Glum: In a whisper to Glum, "are we going to dance with the goblins or not?"  ooc: Do you want to attack, or see how this plays out.]

Glum whispers. "Let's see how this pans out.  If Gogmurt leads 'em all away, we'll sneak out, job done."

You hear the goblin voice fade as Gogmurt leads them out of the room.  A quick glance reveals the room to be empty of goblins, living goblins that is.  The dead Chief is on the ground in front of the chair, along with the 3 commandos and the warchanter.  Talis retrieves his now ruined buckler (it will need to be repaired before he can use it again as Gogmurt cut the straps to free himself.)  The door in the corner where the Chief died is open and leads to a hallway.  Goblin sounds can be heard coming through the double doors, but they have a distant, outdoorsy quality and you can see daylight coming through those doors as well.  Suddenly there is a collective "ahhh" from the goblin tribe.  The goblin voices are joined by a demanding, deeper voice.  The goblins have been joined by someone or some thing that is most definitely not a goblin.  Glum says "Bruthazmus, the bugbear ranger is demanding to know what has happened.  Gogmurt is claiming he killed the Chief and he, Gogmurt now controls this magnificent horse.  Bruthazmus is coming in here to see for himself if the Chief is dead!"  You see a shadow move against the sunlight coming from the doors, what do you do.

[Private to Glum:
Glum, I am narrating for you to save time.  I hope that's ok with you?]

You have a few rounds between the goblins leaving and the bugbear arriving, what do you do in that time?

Zer-wedula readies his scroll of Bull's Strength for casting on either Talis, Glum, or himself.

"Do any of you think you can benefit more from enhanced strength than I myself?" he asks.

Glum whispers, "I don't think it would benefit me, what about you Talis."

[ooc, I've just realised I haven't been using the dwarven +1 v goblinoids and orcs at all in this campaign]

[Private to DM: No worries, that's fine]

Talis whispers "Save it, let's see if we can put him down quietly first" as he moves into an ambush position.
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Zer-wedula nods and loads his crossbow.

   Talis seems to know what he is talking about, so Glum hides behind 1 door, Talis behind the other and Zer-wedula and Cat hide behind pillars.  Breathlessly you arrive at your hiding places just in time as the surprisingly soft footfall herald the bugbears arrival.
   Bruthazmus is a medium sized bugbear wearing studded leather armor and carrying a heavy flail.  Across his back is a truly massive masterwork composite longbow. Around his neck is a necklace made of elf ears.  He has a particularly disturbing stench about him, composed of sweat and perfume.  He doesn't even see the first blows as he stares at the dead goblin bodies.


Everyone gets a surprise round attack and everyone except Glum get initiative on round 1 as well, so they can also post your actions during the 1st round.

[Private to GM: Talis; nat 14 on attack, 2 hand grip +21,
hits with 2nd attack as well]

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Zer-wedula eagerly fired his crossbow, sending a bolt wide of the bugbear.  Softly cursing his luck, he reloads and fires again.

05:51, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 3 using 1d8+1. Crossbow damage, point blank shot.
05:50, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 18 using 1d20+4. Dang!  Reload and make another attack.
05:49, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 9 using 1d20+4. Surprise crossbow attack.

If Cat remembered what Gogmurt had said, the bugbear was a major ally to the old chief, thus a major foe to the group. Peeking out, she sends an energy blast towards the beast. She fears the rest of the tribe will descend upon them soon.

14:06, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 2d6. damage.
14:05, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 16 using 1d20. critical check.
14:05, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 24 using 1d20+5. attack. 

The bugbear has no time to react and barely enough time to realize death is upon him before he goes down in a barrage of energy blasts, crossbow blots and melee attacks from Glum and Talis, all he can get out is a startled "Wha..." before he hits the floor with a thud.  You glance at the doorway, but the ambush happened so fast  and there is, by the sound of it, enough to hold the goblins attention outside that you seem to have gotten away with it.  Quickly you pull the bugbears body into the Chiefs bedroom, and ransack it while a couple of you ransack the other bodies as well.

I will let you know what you find tomorrow.

Quietly, Talis says, "Let's just try to sneak downstairs.  Is that ok with everyone?"

[Private to GM: Will secretly collect goblin weapons.]
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"Seems favourite to me", said Glum.  "If Gogmurt hopes to negotiate a trade deal, he can send ambassadors.  If he wants peace, then we can gived that to him.  That or the other thing."

Cat looks about, "Down works as long as the goblins don't pin us in. If we could take out a few first, I'd feel more comfortable. We need to find the winged woman or what ever she is to help neutralize this tribe, too."

Talis smiles at Cats wanting to kill goblins, but says "Goblins weren't that big of threat to Sandpoint before Nualia came along and she is planning to release Malfeshnekor.  That sounds like much more of a threat to me.  Let's just coast on down while things are nice and quite.  You can always try to kill after talking, but it's harder to talk after you try to kill."

from bugbear;
potion marked as "cure wounds", heavy flail, mw (+4str)comp longbow, 20 arrows, 4 magic/evil looking arrows, 4pp (looking new and shiny)

from the goblins;
wand, 3+1+1 potions (unmarked 1 from each goblin, though 3 are identical), mw(magical?) breastplate, ring of keys

In the background you can hear the goblins yelling, goblin dogs yelping and a horse neighing.  Glum says, "They are celebrating a new Chief."
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Glum grins, "They're celebrating a new chief, so it's time for us to go down.  Maybe there'll be another way up."

Cat gives a light frown, then nods, "Lead the way."

   You sneak out to the entrance room with the stench of Bruthazmus, the bugbear, still fresh in your noses.  Through the open door you can sense goblins moving about and doing goblin stuff.  They are busy and don't notice as the group opens the previously indicated door and slips downstairs.
   The construction on this level is decent, from modern times.  Your information is that this level and the fort above were built by a group of Varisian Lamashtu cultist about 200 years ago.  The stairs show signs of use and even have a lite lantern to provide light.

   A single lantern hangs from a hook on the wall
next to where the stairs enterthis room from the north.
Six rickety doors open into this room, and a
few discarded dog pelt rugs lie forgotten in the northeast corner.

   This 25' x 15' room has a single door in 3 wall(N,E,W), while the wall opposite the stairs(S) has 3, 2 of which are partially open. As you move to investigate the open door, you begin to smell that same hideous stench that was on the bugbear.

   Dozens of ratty cushions, lumpy pillows,
and rumpled dogskin furs lie heaped in the south
half of this chamber, which smells of a nauseating
mixture of vinegar and rotten flowers.

   This does not look like a bugbear lair, it looks like perhaps a female goblins den, several in fact.  The comment Glum heard about Gogmurt summoning his (the Chiefs) wives makes sense.  But why did Bruthazmus smell so heavily of this room?   The very thought just makes you want to gag.

   The other partially open door leads to a
room whose walls are lined with small wooden cages.
Inside each cage is a dirty mound of straw.

   Horrifyingly, this is the Thistletop nursery. Most goblin tribes have equally reprehensible methods of raising children—very few tribes actually coddle and protect their young, since the theory is that such activity only results in adult goblins who can’t defend themselves. Goblin wisdom instead supports methods like these cages, where fast-growing goblin babies and children are raised like animals on daily regimens of raw meat and abuse so they grow up properly mean and strong.  Thankfully, there are no young ones at this time.
   The rest of the doors all appear well used, none are locked.  Examinations reveal light coming from the doors to the north and south.  No sounds are heard from any door.


Pick a direction, N, S, E, W?  1st post chooses.

north

   The rickety door opens onto a 15' long passage that opens into a small(10x10) room with a lit lantern providing faint light.  Two large stone doors sit in the western walls here, their faces carved with images of horrific, deformed monsters clawing their way out of pregnant women of all races.  All the wooden doors have been of poor construction, consistent with goblins.  These doors are well made and obviously of non-goblin make.  The images are easily identified as being associated with the cult of Lamashtu, Mother of Monsters.
   To the north there is a passage leading to a rickety door and to the east a passage leads to a stronger looking door that is secured with a stout beam to prevent it from being opened from the other side.  There is a faint smell of saltwater coming from this door.

choose, evil door, closed door, plain door

Plain door please.

I am assuming you are doing cursory searches of most rooms, which will be good enough to find anything that is not intentionally hidden.  If you wish to do a more complete search of a room, or want to examine something more closely, I will edit stuff in.

The lower four feet of the walls in this empty room are covered with crude
drawings in mud, blood, and paint. Most of the drawings show goblins
engaged in some sort of violence against humans, horses, or dogs. One
picture on the north wall is at least three times the size and complexity of
the other scrawlings. This image shows Thistletop from the side, the goblin
stockade perched atop it like a crown. A cave has been drawn into the
center of the image, and looming inside is what appears to be an immense,
muscular goblin with snake-like eyes and a dogslicer in each taloned hand.
If the scale compared to the rest of the drawing is to be believed, this
goblin must be at least thirty feet tall.  Perhaps this is Malfeshnekor.

   There is 1 other door leading out of this room to the left that leads to a 10' long passage, ending in a door with light coming from under it.  No sound can be heard from the other side, so with your hearts pounding and weapons ready you open it.

A large table surrounded by chairs fills much of this room. A slateboard to
the north is covered with scribblings in chalk, but the map of Sandpoint
that has been carefully inscribed on it leaves no doubt as to the purpose of
this room—this is doubtless where the recent raid was planned.

   There are 2 doors leading out of this room, 1 leads to stairs going up.  As the group is listening at the other door, you hear someone on the other side say in common "What Skivver?  Strangers with a dog, damn that little druid was right" and you hear spellcasting (though with the penalties for not seeing the caster, no one can identify the spell).

We will be using initiative, though whether you actually attack or not is up to you, so combat may or may not happen.  Don't wait to post, but if you want to post some options, I will choose the appropriate one.
Voice (already gone)
Glum
Zer-wedula
Talis
Catessa Fallowfield  & Garious
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Without waiting to see whether or not there would be violence, Glum bowed his head and, drawing on the power of his innate goodness, blessed the party.

[casts bless]

Zer-wedula casts Bull's Strength on Talis!

Talis puts his shoulder into the door and blows it down, he will then melee/throw a dagger at the closest target as appropriate, figuring anyone down here is most likely an ally of Nualia.

to hit roll 15

A large wooden worktable sits in the middle of this 10x15 room, its surface cluttered with scrolls, books, stone tablets covered with dense, spiky runes, and fragments of carvings that appear to have been chipped off of statues or bas-reliefs. To the north, a floor-to-ceiling set of wooden shelves sag with picks, shovels, brushes, lanterns, and other equipment one might expect to see at an archaeological site.  In the far corner a human female hides behind a chair with a wand out in 1 hand and an everburning torch in the other.  You see no one else in the room.
There is an open secret door across from the door you entered.  The female is young, wears a stylish silk gown and nice cloak.  She looks scared when Talis bursts into the room and throws his dagger at her.  She has not been caught flat-footed and he only has a small opening and his dagger deflects off of her mage armor spell.

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Cat rides Gar into the room, holding hands up, confused and trying to make sense of the situation, "Whoa! Are you working with the goblins?"

Glum follows Cat but waits at the doorway to see if there was an answer to Cat's question.

The woman reacts with fear at being attacked and her eyes grow bigger when Cat and Garious enter, and bigger when Glum appears in the door.  Outnumbered 4 to 1, she looks at the secret door and screams "Assassins, run Skivver" as she bolts for the secret door.  The table between her and the party provides enough cover to "prevent" (cause to miss) Aoo and she darts out of sight around the corner and down the stairs.  A heretofore unseen cat (cats really have obnoxious hide scores), bolts down the stairs ahead of her.

"Come with me, Glum!" Zer-wedula shouts as he runs after the woman  He figures that the stubby monk's improved speed will allow him to keep up.  At the top of the stairs he draws his falchion.

Talis looks at Cat with amazement "Uh, yeah she's alone and in the middle of a goblin fortress, still armed and clothed."  With a polite gesture he indicates that she should proceed him down the stairs, "I'll watch the back."  As he follows the group, he wll close the secret door behind him.
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Glum follows Zer-wedula, drawing nothing and looking for an opportunity to tackle the girl and bring her to the ground.

Catessa Fallowfield  & Garious
Talis
Woman and cat
Glum
Zer-wedula

Zer-wedula and Glum manage to keep right on the womans heels with their superior skill, speed and vision, even though she knows these stairs well.

Cat rides Garius down the stairs in order to not get left behind. This was so strange. She called out, "Mistress? Stop, please. We aren't here to hurt you." Assuming you aren't helping the goblins.

Zer-wedula giggles at Cat's commentary and plans which vertebrae he will cut between as soon as he catches the woman.

  The stairs are steep and have landings with turns every 10' or so.  But so long as you don't try to go to fast, it's not dangerously steep.  Cat and Garious follow the moving light and her 2 allies down the stairs, but her words don't seem to be having much effect.  Perhaps it is because she if focused on not getting killed by the 2 men chasing her, 1 waving around a BIG sword.  Talis follows and carefully, making sure he can open it, closes the door behind him.
  The woman continues down the stairs, running from the men chasing her.  She arrives at a stone door hanging ajar that open into a room, lit by a lantern.  As she enters the room she yells "Help Nualia, they're here to kill me."  She runs next to a wall and starts casting a spell.  As Cat, Zer-wedula and Glum enter the room, there are suddenly 5 women where 1 had been before.  They are all identical, with identical scared expressions and all move as 1 (mirror image).

She is 30' from Glum, 35' from Zer-wedula and 40' from Cat/Garious, though Talis is a round behind (dealing with the door).
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Glum has no idea which of the mirror images is the real woman, but that doesn't matter.  He throws a mental die and it comes down four, so he charges the second from the right, aiming to run through her if she's an illusion or grapple her if she's not.

22:45, Today: Glum rolled 14 using 1d20+7. Grapple (incl Bless Bonus).
22:45, Today: Glum rolled 21 using 1d20+6. Will Save.
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AC15, 33 hp

Zer-wedula splits from Glum and decides to work down the line from the opposite end.  He runs to the nearest woman and swings, keeping his eyes open for a chance to aim a kick at a cat.



14:01, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 3 using 2d4. Dmamge?.
14:01, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 14 using 1d20+4. Whacking the cat lover!.

Cat sighs at her companions. She rides towards woman 2 while drawing her spear, calling out, "Can't we talk!?"

  The room you are fighting in has statues, alcoves, a door at the far end and is sloped.  The slope doesn't appreciably effect movement, but does give a +1 to hit on the up hill side.  You have entered the downhill side, so are fighting up hill.  That is all you notice while in combat.
  Glum and Zer-wedula hit...air, as you hit the illusions they vanish.  2 down, 3 targets left.  Talis hears sounds of combat as he comes down the stairs.  The woman seems to finally hear what Cat has to say "Sure, but first call off your assassins" as she tries to avoid blows.

What does Cat say and do.  Then the woman will do her action.

Catessa Fallowfield  & Garious(Have used a move action to move forward and draw weapon, Cat still has a standard action left (to get into attack position Garious has to move around Glum and Zer-wedula)
Talis
Woman and cat
Glum
Zer-wedula
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My assassins? If things weren't so dire, Cat would laugh. Then what the woman said earlier clicks in. Cat charges towards the second "woman", yelling, "Nualia is the enemy of us all!!!" She fires an energy bolt along her arm with the spear at the target.

16:00, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 2d6. damage ?.
16:00, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 18 using 1d20+5. attack.

Glum
Zer-wedula
Catessa Fallowfield  & Garious
Talis
Woman and cat

  Cat also hit an illusion, so now there are only 2.  Garious move around her to block(get an aoo) her movement.  The woman crows triumphantly, "Ha, I knew you were just trying to trick me."  Her smile fades as the odds are still really bad.  A look of resignation crosses her face, "I'll take some of you with me you bastards."  She moves and places her back to the far wall, next to the door, yelling "Help."  Then, she casts a spell (defensively, so no aoo) and a fan of flames shoots from her fingers.  She manages to catch everyone in the flames.
  She is in a corner, so no flanking.  2 people (Cat/Garious and Glum(unless he lets Zer-wedula) can attack freely, the 3rd must deal with some cover provided by a column.  Talis arrives in time to see the woman cast her spell and move.

1- Aoo from movement from everyone (including Garious).
Assuming she survives-
2- ref save dc 14 for half damage, (fire) dam full=12, half=6

Everyone post, Glum- do you take the better position or let Zer have it?
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Glum keeps moving through the now disappeared illusory girl and makes his way through to the door on the opposite side.  The real girl backs into the corner and catches him with her flame.  "Excuse me", he said, "But would you mind doing that elsewhere?"  He tries to open the door, leaving space for Zer-wedula to come through.
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Cat attacks the real target with an eldrich blast, letting Gar attack as well,  "Thought ... you ... were ...  hostage"

11:35, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 10 using 2d6.
11:35, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 1d20. critical check.
11:35, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 19 using 1d20+5 attack
11:42, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 8 using 1d6+3. damage for Gar.
11:42, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 18 using 1d20+1. gar attack.
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Talis will try to attack in any place Zer-wedula leaves for him, but misses horribly (rolls a 1). "Whoops" with a rueful grin.

19:09, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 5 using 2d4. Damage!.
19:08, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 16 using 1d20+4. And the attack.
19:08, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 7 using 1d20+4. Reflex save.


AC 15, 21 hp


Zer-wedula cries out from the pain of the flames and shouts, "Now you're dead!" as he cuts at the girl.

Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects

  The woman manages to move away without getting hit as she has quite the talent for zigging when you zag (she has mobility and gets +4 ac vs these Aoos).  So she gets to her corner and casts her spell.  Cat, Zer-wedula(already noted) and Glum takes 12 (fire)damage, but Garious manages to duck under the flame and takes none. (evasion rocks)
  Glum moves next to the door, leaving Zer-wedula enough room to attack, and opens the next door onto another lit room.  This room is much smaller with 3 statues and 2 doors and another lantern in front of 1 of the other doors, but with the distraction of combat, thats all you notice.
  The rest of the group attack the woman, but only Cat hits.  Though she does seriously injury the woman for 10 dam.  The woman is now desperate, gasping for breath from the pain of the injury.  But like a cornered animal, she fights back, "I won't give you bastards the satisfaction".  She casts  (defensively, no aoo, success), shatter on the biggest weapon (sometimes bigger isn't better), Talis polearm.  (dc 15 will save or the polearm is destroyed).
  At this point, the door in the other opens and a woman appears in the door, a scowl on her pretty face.  "Lyrie, this had better be important, I...", then she notices the open door and the fight going on and stops midsentence.  Tsuto was a good artist and you recognize her from her pictures in his notebook.  Nualia has silver hair, violet eyes, and a shapely figure as part of her angelic heritage.  Her left hand has been transformed into a demonic red talon.  With the exception of her demonic hand and her scarred belly, the rest of her body is incongruously beautiful.  She wears a breast plate that leaves her scarred belly exposed, a fancy medallion around her neck and bears a nice looking bastard sword.

Tactical Situation
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Glum
Zer-wedula
Catessa Fallowfield  & Garious
(You can only take aoo with melee weapons, you don't threaten with you eldrich blast)
Talis
Lyrie and Skivver
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Nualia
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AC15, 21 hit points.

Zer-wedula takes a five foot step from the girl and cat, towards Nualia, and casts flaming sphere off his scroll to envelop Nualia.

15 will save

AC15 HPts 16/28 (before) 28/28 (after)

20:12, Today: Glum rolled 13 using 2d8+3. Cure own burns [cure moderate wounds].

Glum senses that Zer-Wedula's newfound barbarism will lead him to hurl fire at Nualia, and so for his own part, he stays back and prays diligently, the prayer producing a coruscating light that surrounds him and restores the damage done by Lyrie's fire.

Cat: AC: 16  HP 8/21
Gar: AC: 17  HP 27/30
Cat is tempted to try and heal her wounds as well but decides to deal with this wounded foe first. She and Gar both attack.

I assume I can use an eldritch attack now.
06:50, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 1d20+2. attack for Garious.
06:49, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 7 using 2d6. damage.
06:49, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 21 using 1d20+5. attack. *gatta be a miss :(*

Talis steps over the body of Lyrie, "Nothing personal miss, you just choose the wrong side."  Then Talis moves forward, passing Zer-wedula and drawing his magic sword and swings it at Nualia.

to hit 29 (natural 19)
crit to confirm 26
dam if not a crit 11
    if a crit    +15 = 26

Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects
Bulls Str on Talis, +4 str (enhancement)

Round 6
Glum Stays where he is and heals his own wounds.

Zer-wedula moves toward Nualia, pulling out his scroll and creates a sphere of flame in her square which she manages to avoid, but in avoiding moves toward him (instead of back into the room).  So now the sphere is between her and the room she just came from.

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious, attack Lyrie.  Garious misses, but Cat scores a hit and she falls to the ground, bleeding.  Then they move behind Zer-wedula.

Talis moves toward Nualia, but as he steps onto the square in front of Zer-wedula, 2 iron portcullises start to drop down from the ceiling, threatening to trap him in.  Quickly realizing their was no room behind, he tumbles forward (makes his ref save).  Nualia was not expecting him to get through the trap and he catches her off her guard for a critical hit, adding a bleeding scar to her already hideously scarred belly.

Nualia snarls "More meat to sacrifice unto my Mother" before she tries to jump over the sphere, but only manages to jump through it for 12 dam.  She hisses in pain, "arghh".  Talis takes advantage of her lapse in focus, but misses, moves out of Talis' (and the groups) vision, where you hear her casting a spell (which no one can identify).  There is blood on Talis' sword.

Flying Hound before anyone can move, you hear a chilling bay, "awrrooooo" which sends chills down everyones spine, but no one runs away (everyone saved).  Then, Talis is confronted by a flying, snarling hound.  It looks something like a large, black greyhound with an almost humanoid face with glowing red eyes.  It doesn't attack, but puts itself into a position to attack if anyone trys to get around the sphere and into the room, licking it's lips with anticipation.

Tactical Situation
Cat, Zer-wedula and Glum are on 1 side of 2 iron portcullises and Talis is on the other, all alone with a nasty flying dog(?) and Nualia.  Only Talis has Line of Sight to the Flying Hound.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...161694151_161694151/

            dam      status
Nualia     - 38
Hound      -

Everyone
 post, Include AC and current hp

"Zer, can you move this (flaming Sphere), I'm a little busy up here", with a note of worry and concern in his voice.

AC15 HP28/28 Spells used L0 0/4 L1 1/3 L2 2/2
Magical Effects- Bless 15 rounds remaining.

Glum moves to the nearest portcullis and attempts to lift it.  Calling out to Talis, "If you were closer, I could protect you from evil."
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"If I move closer, the evil will eat my face", he says, obviously concentrating on something just inside the doorway.

AC15, 21/33 hit points.


"I need some specifics, Talis," Zer-wedula replied.

He will attempt to move to see what Talis is dealing with, and if possible, move the Falming Sphere to engulf the opponent./

Flaming Sphere
A burning globe of fire rolls in whichever direction you point and burns those it strikes. It moves 30 feet per round. As part of this movement, it can ascend or jump up to 30 feet to strike a target. If it enters a space with a creature, it stops moving for the round and deals 2d6 points of fire damage to that creature, though a successful Reflex save negates that damage. A flaming sphere rolls over barriers less than 4 feet tall. It ignites flammable substances it touches and illuminates the same area as a torch would.
The sphere moves as long as you actively direct it (a move action for you); otherwise, it merely stays at rest and burns. It can be extinguished by any means that would put out a normal fire of its size. The surface of the sphere has a spongy, yielding consistency and so does not cause damage except by its flame. It cannot push aside unwilling creatures or batter down large obstacles. A flaming sphere winks out if it exceeds the spell’s range.

You have to actively direct it for the sphere to move.  Once you have lost line of sight/effect, it stops moving.  So you could move it 5' more into the room, but that is all, or you can move it out into the hall.

Talis may make no more in character statements until next turn.  There is a limit on free actions at DM's discretion.
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"A pox upon my elven teachers and their limitations on my arcane might!" Zer-wedula murmured.

He moves the Flaming Sphere out into the hall.  "It may buy us some time to buff before we deal with Nualia."

"Thanks....down puppy", as Talis moves into the room and slashes another hit at the dog, for 27 damage.

28 to hit (19)
25 to confirm
10+17 damage

Cat: AC: 16  HP 8/21
Gar: AC: 17  HP 27/30
Cat has the beginnings of a plan. Not a grand one, but a simple one. First, she goes about summoning some allies that can hopefully get past the gate.

ooc: casting Summon Nature’s Ally II - Celestial giant bee
12:12, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 3 using 1d3. summoning # of allies.
I assume the first woman is dead.
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Post coming, but if you read this before I am through,
Zer still has a standard action left
Cat need to choose what she is summoning (or I will randomly roll)
The wizard woman is down and bleeding, dead?  You haven't stopped to check.
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18:04, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 13 using 1d20+4. spot cat.


Zer-wedula casts his gaze about, looking for the cat, which he is sure is a familiar.

Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects
Bulls Str on Talis, +4 str (enhancement)

Round 7
Zer-wedula moves the Flaming Sphere into the hallway, bouncing it over Talis.  Then moves back to look around for the cat and give Glum a chance at the bars.  There aren't that many places it could be hiding, but evidently it is in 1 of them because he spots nothing.  He does notice that Lyrie is still breathing, but is still pooling blood beneath her.  Because he is looking around, he does hear a noise from up the stairs.  Maybe the door opening.
At negative hp and mortally wounded, but not dead yet

Glum waits for Zer-wedula to give him room, then moves in and lifts with all his might, but fails to budge the iron portcullises.  He just doesn't have the strength.
(rolled a str check, but it was not good enough)

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious, begins the process of summoning some allies for Talis while Garious carefully moves around avoiding Glum and Zer.
1 round spell, which will happen at the start of your next turn

Talis moves forward and engages something about 5' off the ground, but just out of sight.  The group can still see Talis, but what he is fighting is still out of sight.  Talis does not do nearly as much damage as he should (DR 10).

Nualia sneers "You dare to strike me, you will pay for that affront." she casts another spell (again, not identified, but it has a visible effect- Shield of Faith).  She appears to have mostly healed the wound Talis gave her.

Flying Hound drops down 5' to better block the rooms entrance and attacks Talis, just hitting for 8 damage.  Like normal guard dogs and wolves, he seems to be adept at going for the legs and gets a trip attempt, which Talis neatly avoids.

Tactical Situation
   Cat, Zer-wedula and Glum are on 1 side of 2 iron portcullises and Talis is on the other, all alone with a nasty flying dog(?) and Nualia.  Only Talis has Line of Sight to the Flying Hound and Nualia.
   The statues on either side of the enclosed 5x5 square start mechanically slashing into the area, over and over again.  It sure is a good thing nothing was in that area.

Was unable to upload the updated tactical map, will try tomorrow.

            dam      status
Nualia     - 38      -healing
Hound      - 17
Lyrie      - 17      dying+2

Everyone
 post, Include AC and current hp

Up to 2 people could try to lift the bars, either separately or with 1 aiding the other.  In any case, you need to roll a str check (1d20+str mod)

Cat, on your turn, roll 3 attack rolls for you summons]
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Talis swing a 2-handed blow at the black hound, "Many thanks little mother".

If this takes it down, he will move over to Nualia to make her think twice about casting any more spells.


hit 23
17 dam +4 if those allys flank

[Private to GM: hound rolled a 1 on aoo]

AC15 HP28/28 Spells used L0 0/4 L1 1/3 L2 2/2
Magical Effects- Bless 14 rounds remaining.

Glum shifted to get a better grip and tried once more to shift the bars. "Help", he muttered embarrasedly.

09:49, Today: Glum rolled 16 using 1d20. Strength Check.
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Cat: AC: 16  HP 8/21
Gar: AC: 17  HP 27/30

The first part of her plan goes well enough as she get 3 rats. She sends them forth to help Talis. The second part of her plan is to start healing herself. In stead of using a potion, she casts a healing spell.

15:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 1d4. damage for rat 3.
15:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 18 using 1d20. attack dire rat  3.
15:10, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 1d20. attack dire rat  2.
15:10, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 11 using 1d20. attack dire rat  1.
Cast Cure Light Wounds

Zer-wedula loads his crossbow and takes a step to see better what the noise up the stairs is.

"We may have company coming behind us," he warns the others.

Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects
Bulls Str on Talis, +4 str (enhancement)

Round 8
Zer-wedula readies his crossbow.
You may attack the dog as a readied action if you want.  Please specify in your next post if you are doing so or not.

Glum trys again and this time he was careful and lifted with his legs, but still fails to budge the iron portcullises.  He just doesn't have the strength.
(the dc is in the 20's, without aid you can't lift it)

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious
rats 1, 2, 3
finishes her summoning and the 3 rats immediately start moving.  They ignore Talis because Cat recognizes him as a friend, so they swarm over the flying hound from positions on the shelves and behind.  The Hound tries to attack 1 as it moves by, but is distracted by the confusion of 3 rats and Talis all attacking it and misses (natural 1).  Rat 3 does hit, but does no damage thanks to the hounds unearthly nature (damage reduction).
You can't summon a rat in the fire or in an occupied square. But I think you could summon 2 in the square with the statue, 1 on top and 1 on the floor.
Garious alerts on the stairs now, letting Cat know you are about to have company.

Talis with the distraction of the rats, Talis is able to land a precisely aimed blow (sneak attack) and the hound vanishes back to it's home plane.  He moves next to Nualia.

Nualia with no where to go.  Her back against a wall and an enemy in front, the evil woman with the angelic heritage readies her bastard sword and attacks "You're not the one.  Where's that gnome, she understands what I am going through, this curse of my old mother.  Well, I have a new mother now.  Welcome to the embrace of my new and true mother Lamashtu".  The last word sounds harsh, gravelly and strangely hollow, as if echoing across more than just this room.  She misses with the sword, but hits with the claw for 4 damage.  Talis begins to feel strange and his eyes begin to glow an evil looking red (-1 chr).

Dog a large dog comes bursting into the room and starts furiously barking.  From up the stairs you hear a mans voice say, "What's wrong Bobbin, what has Lyrie gotten herself into now."

Tactical Situation
   Cat, Zer-wedula and Glum are on 1 side of 2 iron portcullises with a dog and someone coming down the stairs.  Talis and 3 rats are on the other with Nualia.
   The statues on either side of the enclosed 5x5 square continue to mechanically slash into the area, over and over again.  At the end of the round a trap door open into a pit.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...161694151_161694151/

            dam          status
Nualia     - 38-healing
Lyrie      - 17          dying+3
Dog        -
Man        -

Everyone
 post, Include AC and current hp

Up to 2 people could try to lift the bars, either separately or with 1 aiding the other.  In any case, you need to roll a str check (1d20+str mod)

Cat, on your turn, roll 3 attack rolls for you summons]
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AC 15, 21/33 hp

18:40, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 8 using 1d20+5. Shoot dog with point blank shot.



Zer-wedula shoots at the dog, but its' sudden entrance throws off his aim.  "Um, the girl's father may be joining us," he warns his comrades.  "Unfortunately for him," he adds in a soft voice.

He then takes a five foot step towards the stairs and readies his wand of shocking grasp.

AC15 HP28/28 Spells used L0 0/4 L1 1/3 L2 2/2
Magical Effects- Bless 13 rounds remaining.

Glum abandons all attempts to lift the portcullis and moves over to examine Lyrie instead, making sure she's not dead, and staunching any wounds.  "We may be able to get him onside" he said.

Talis swings, but misses.

13 to hit

Cat: AC: 16  HP 18/21
Gar: AC: 17  HP 27/30

Cat feels better after the heal spell. But trapped with the dog and foot steps coming down. Both she and Garious attack the dog.

19:16, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 10 using 1d8+3. heal thyself.
19:24, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 1 using 1d4. damage for rat 1. *sigh*
19:23, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 1d20+1. attack dire rat  3.
19:23, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 9 using 1d20+1. attack dire rat  2.
19:23, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 19 using 1d20+1. attack dire rat  1.
19:26, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 2d6. damage - eldritch blast. *sigh*
19:25, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 17 using 1d20. critical?.
19:25, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 25 using 1d20+6. attack.
19:28, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 1d20+2. attack for Gar.

Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects
Bulls Str on Talis, +4 str (enhancement)

Round 9
Zer-wedula shoots at the dog, but misses.  Then readies an attack against the man, (since if you wanted to attack the dog you could).

Glum try's, but fails to staunch the bleeding with a heal check.  Lyrie is still bleeding and is almost gone.  You may have 1 more round to save her.
(Since you didn't specify you were casting a spell, I assume you will you are using the heal skill, dc 15.  Any healing spell (including a o level will stabilize her and save her life)

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious
rats 1, 2
the 3 rats move to swarm over Nualia, who dispatches 1 with her sword, though another does manage to give her a bite for 1 dam.  Meanwhile, in the other room, Cat and Garious double team the big dog, for 5 dam from Cats blast as she moves in.

Talis swings at Nualia, but misses.
eyes glow an evil looking red (-1 chr)

Nualia is attacked on all 3 sides, to many attackers for her to try and cast a spell, so she tries to thin them out.  Attacking with both sword and claw, she manages to dispatch a rat.  "Soon you will be all alone hero, just like I was always alone.  Does this body please you?  I know it does.  Have you known the humiliation of being an object?  An object of lust or worse an object of veneration.  I was never allowed to be just a girl...and now I can make them pay.".

Man A ruggedly handsome human male enters the room.  He has a bastard sword in 1 hand and a large steel shield in the other.  He wears fine looking banded armor.  He takes in the room with a professional glance and readies his sword, but doesn't attack. He is about Lyrie's age, so I doubt he is her father.  He speaks in a harsh voice, "What have you done to Lyrie" and apparently as an after thought "and Nualia?"  He stays in the doorway, not exposing his sides to possible flanking action.

Dog tears into Garious, but misses.



Tactical Situation
   Cat, Zer-wedula and Glum are on 1 side of 2 iron portcullises with a dog and a man.  Talis and 1 rats are on the other with Nualia.
   The statues on either side of the enclosed 5x5 square stop slashing and the trap door over the pit begins to close.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slide...161694151_161694151/

            dam          status
Nualia     - 39-healing
Lyrie      - 17          dying+3
Dog        - 5
Man        -

Everyone
 post, Include AC and current hp

Up to 2 people could try to lift the bars, either separately or with 1 aiding the other.  In any case, you need to roll a str check (1d20+str mod)

Cat, on your turn, roll attack rolls for your rat]

AC 15
HP 21/33

"Well, perhaps there is ensorcellement afoot," Zer-wedula mutters as he touches the man with his wand.  "But, these things all tend to be best sorted out when the combat is over."




22:19, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 25 using 5d6. Wand of shocking grasp!.
22:17, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 21 using 1d20+3. Touch attack on man with wand.

AC15 HP28/28 Spells used L0 1/4 L1 1/3 L2 2/2
Magical Effects- Bless 12 rounds remaining.

Glum looked down in horror at the rate at which Lyrie was bleeding.  He channeled the corruscating energy that grew from his innate goodness into his fingertips and adjusted her flesh slightly, just enough to knit the ragged edges of the worst wound and stop the bleeding.

"Lyrie will live", he said, "but the other must not live".

ooc cast cure minor wounds to restore 1 hitpoint to Lyrie

Talis swings at Nualia,

21 to hit
15 dam

if it downs her he will say "May you find the peace you never knew in life".  He shakes the blood off his blade "Nothing  personal", and moves back toward the other room.
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Cat: AC: 16  HP 18/21
Gar: AC: 17  HP 27/30
Cat tries not to panic. Two foes here and Glum is helping the third! They'll be lucky to live. She and Gar press the attack against the dog.

16:47, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 8 using 1d20+1. attack dire rat  1.
16:48, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 7 using 1d20+6. attack  *sigh*
16:49, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 5 using 1d20+2. attack for Gar.  *die roller hates me.*

Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects
Bulls Str on Talis, +4 str (enhancement)

Round 10
Zer-wedula easily hits the man with a huge jolt of electricity (25 dam).  Surprisingly, the man does NOT go down, but is seriously hurt.

Glum does stop Lyrie's bleeding.  She is now unconscious, but alive.

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious just have bad luck all around and everybody misses, the rat sniffs around a second before disappearing as the duration on the summons runs out.

Talis swings at Nualia and puts his magic sword through her gut.  With a surprised look she quietly whispers, "Mother, help" before she slides off the sword and falls to the ground.  Talis will say "May you find the peace you never knew in life".  He shakes the blood off his blade "Nothing  personal", and moves back toward the other room.  As he arrives where the trap is he yells, "Everything ok over there?"
eyes glow an evil looking red (-1 chr)

Nualia bleeds.

Man reacts to Glum's words "So you're going to kill me dwarf?  Fine, bring it on.  Just leave her to die in peace."  He steps 5' back, takes out a potion and drinks it.  The mark the wand's jolt left mostly fades away.

Dog hits Garious with a critical hit(hoot,2 20's) for 11 damage, but does not manage to trip him.



Tactical Situation
   Cat, Zer-wedula and Glum are on 1 side of 2 iron portcullises with a dog and a man.  Talis is on the other with a dying Nualia.
   The trap door over the pit of the enclosed 5x5 square closes and the portcullises start to raise.  The area looks normal, just waiting for the next person to activate it.

will update the map later

            dam          status
Nualia     - 54-healing  dying
Lyrie      - 19          stabilized
Dog        - 5
Man        - 25-healing

Everyone
 post, Include AC and current hp

Up to 2 people could try to lift the bars, either separately or with 1 aiding the other.  In any case, you need to roll a str check (1d20+str mod)]

Glum sighed theatrically.  "Not you imbecile!", he pointed through the doors at the dying Nualia. "Her!.  I've stopped the bleeding and your daughter will recover".  He moved to the portcullis once more and began again to try to lift them.  "Now would SOMEBODY help me lift this damn' ... oh."  Then he noticed that Nualia was dead and the portcullis was up.  He did not turn to face the man but tensed for the fight he could see in Talis's eyes.  "Nualia is dead, your daughter will be fine.  Put down your weapon."

21:15, Today: Glum rolled 3 using 1d20+2. Diplomacy.
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Cat: AC: 16  HP 18/21
Gar: AC: 17  HP 16/30
Cat doesn't get Glum. First, he heals their enemy and now he's working on the gate. Well, it is keeping him out of the fight, so maybe there is a method. Garious howls as he's hurt. Cat lets him attack the dog as she sends an energy blast at it.

10:09, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 9 using 2d6. damage ?.
10:08, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 17 using 1d20+6. attack.
10:10, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 7 using 1d6+3. damage for Gat?.
10:10, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 15 using 1d20+2. attack for Gar.

When Glum looks toward the gates he finds them up and the pit is closed, and Talis coming out of the room.  There is blood on his sword and he has evilly glowing red eyes.

The Flaming Sphere expired a couple of rounds ago, but I forgot to mention it.
Glum, you may do something else.  Edit the previous post or post a new action.
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Talis begins to look around for a means to disable the trap, search check 17.
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"My good man," Zer-wedula offers, "You can put down your sword or I can continue to feed you draughts of the storm from my wand.  Surrender, and walk out of here.  Attack, and follow Nualia into Hell."

He readies an action to touch the man should the fool attack.




AC 15, 21/33 hp

The man does not put down his sword, but he doesn't look like he is going to attack.  "So Nualias dead?  Hmmm, she was begining to creep me out with all her religious talk and that arm and belly..." and the man shudders.  In the background Cat/Garious and the big dog are still going at it with snarls.   "...how do I know she's dead?"
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"Because I killed her.  Do you think she would be cowering back there while I was out here?"  Talis continues to search, "Where's the damn off switch...ah, here it is" and he reaches back into the room and pulls a lever.  "That should do it."


natural 19 to find off switch (disable or search)
rolled a 15 natural for diplomacy

Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects
Bulls Str on Talis, +4 str (enhancement)

Round 11
Zer-wedula readies an attack.

Glum readies to attack Talis and is ignored by the man.
ouch, a 3

Catessa Fallowfield & Garious drops him with her magical blast and  Garious rips his throat out.
The dog is hurt and dying, fast

Talis finds the off lever and turns the trap off.

Nualia bleeds.

Man notices Talis for the first time, but doesn't take his eyes off the elf with the wand.  "You have a point" and he thinks for a moment.  "Look, I was just hired as a bodyguard for Nualia.  Lyrie was hired for her knowledge of ancient magics and relics.  We had nothing to do with the raid.  All I want to do is leave this stinking place and go somewhere civilized.  Maybe we can come to an agreement, since my former employer seems to be unable to pay us."     Talis and the man both have similar Riddleport accents.

Dog bleeds.


Tactical Situation
   Nualia is dying, Lyrie is stabilized, the dog is down and the man is in the hallway.


            dam          status
Nualia     - 54-healing  dying+2
Lyrie      - 19          stabilized
Dog        - 21          dying+1
Man        - 25-healing

Unless someone attacks we will now be out of combat.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:02, Wed 16 Sept 2009.

Glum moves toward Nualia and makes sure she's dead.  If there is a pulse, he will end it.

Talis sees the way Glum is looking at him and checks his clothes, "What...what, do I have something in my teeth?"

19 know(local) to recognize the man
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:54, Wed 16 Sept 2009.

Glum grins at Talis.  "Just naturally suspicious around a bitch like Nualia... she was a tricky little thing for all she was weak-willed and pathetic."

Glum; examines Nualia.[Private to Glum: Finds Nualia should already be dead.  She must have a spell giving her temporary life.  You can get your hands dirty and kill her, or wait for the spell to expire (which could take minutes or hours).]

Talis; carefully steps on the trap...and nothing happens.  He moves in to the room to get a better look at the man.  [Private to Talis Revain: You recognize him, he is Orik Vancaskerkin, a mercenary from Riddleport who has a 500gp price on his head for murdering the brother of Crimelord Clegg Zincher when the man tried to cheat him.]