Dragons of Autumn-DragonLance II

[Annalia]

Hector

"Imagine that: you know that even while dying you're a weapon. That's what you call fighting 'til the end."

Hector strapped his shovel back to his pack, taking care to make it easier to grab for the next fight. He then returned to his loyal ranseur and picked his favourite weapon back up.

[wxdruid]

Tygerlilly jumps up and down, Oh, Oh, I can do that! It’ll be great fun! She immediately starts climbing on the wicker dragon.

Kalrin searches through the pouches and finds: 3 clear crystals, 4 miniature cloaks, and 10 gold pieces. He recognizes the items as spell components, but they’re not on his spell list.

Gneiss takes a good look around. There is a thin shaft of light overhead dimly outlining the courtyard. Broken cobblestone streets run in several directions and ruined walls sag threateningly toward the streets. When he looks up, there are two giant pots suspended in mid air above him. He can guess that they were the pot and pulley system they sabotaged on another level of the city. The draconians were likely trying to figure out how to fix it.

Tygerlilly reaches the large metal plate on the dragon’s chest and she raps it with her knuckles, it makes a nice ringing sound. Ohhhh, that’s cool, I wonder how it’s attached. She starts trying to figure it out, she probably wants to carry it off.

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Hector 18
Pearl 18 (dam: 2)
Bryce 17 (dam: 2)
Gneiss 14 (dam: 4)
Kalrin 12
Lagri 5 (dam: 4)
Tygerlilly
Draconians (B1-exploded, D1-dust, D2-dust, D3-dead, D4-dead)

[SilentNight]

Kalrin pockets the components, perhaps they'd be of use later. He then walks over to the wicker dragon and inspects the plate as well as he can.

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[Toliudar]

Pearl

Since no one else seemed inclined to, Pearl took her lamp and opened the door north of the wicker dragon.

[GrassyGnoll]

Lagri,still specked with gravel shrapnel and clutching his halberd eagerly, lopes after Pearl.

"So veak un strange, zey must be led by cowardly kirjanik vit var magic. Is for vat they use tricks un not strenf."

The icefolk huffs in disgust. He takes account of the empty corridors and the party rummaging through the draconians' remains. Lagri watches Kalrin shake down the dead spellcaster's fetishes and altar with careful attention.

"Kalrin, hyu know zis 'stone-dyink' spell? “

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Spot: (1d20)[9]
Listen: (1d20+6)[8]

[SilentNight]

Kalrin shakes his head. "Not like this, it makes no sense. The version I'm familiar with is intended for use on an enemy, not yourself. Using it in this manner just seems like a waste of resources.

[codexgigas]

Bryce

Walking over to Kalrin and Lagri, the knight shakes his head. "'Evil feeds upon itself,'" he quotes. "If Takhisis is behind these dragon-men, I think we can expect to find schemes within schemes. Just because it doesn't make any sense to us doesn't mean that it doesn't serve her sinister purposes."

[wxdruid]

Kalrin inspects the wicker dragon with Tygerlilly. It towers over them and the inside is hollow. When Kalrin shines his light inside there is a lot of empty space. Tygerlilly is a bit disappointed. The gong is too big for her to carry around easily and there’s nothing else of interest.

Pearl walks over to the door north of the wicker dragon and opens it. The space inside is small and there are remains of a desk in one corner. In the other corner there are 3 figures, wings folded flat against their backs, tossing something on the floor. They aren’t paying much attention to the door. In the corner with the remains of the desk there is a single short figure bound head to toe. His eyes glitter in the light with suppressed energy above the gag binding his mouth. One draconian says to the others with a laugh, ”All right boys, let’s see who gets a change of diet tonight.” They face away from the door and begin throwing something small against the wall.

Out in the courtyard there is no one else in sight.

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Hector
Pearl (dam: 2)
Bryce (dam: 2)
Gneiss (dam: 11)
Kalrin
Lagri (dam: 4)
Tygerlilly
Draconians (B1-exploded, D1-dust, D2-dust, D3-dead, D4-dust)

[Toliudar]

Pearl

As quietly as she can, Pearl turns towards her companions and gestures into the room, holding up three fingers. She sets down her lantern and bow, and, fearful of losing the advantage of surprise at any moment, draws her blade and charges into the room.

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I'm not sure if charging is possible: If not, her attack, below, drops by 2 and her AC stays at 20. 2 points of power attack. She is moving to I5 in order to try to interpose herself between the dragon-men and their hostage.

Attack: (1d20+10)[29]
Damage: (2d6+9)[20]

I'm assuming/hoping/praying this is a surprise round. After this, initiative: (1d20+1)[7]

[Toliudar]

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Holy COW. Near max damage, and a potential crit.

Crit confirm: (1d20+10)[11]
Extra damage, if successful: (2d6+9)[14]

[Annalia]

Hector

Nothing gets Hector's interest like a fight. He had been watching Pearl anyway, and when she gestures about enemies, he is swift to close the distance, ranseur out.

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You sure won't get a crit, Toli.
Moving in after Pearl (delay if needed). Here is my attack, Power Attack -3/+6.

Initiative - (1d20+1)[18]
AttackRoll - (1d20+7)[16] and DamageRoll - (2d4+14)[16]

EDIT: Forgot the position. I'll take the corner, H3.

[wxdruid]

Pearl carefully puts down her bow and lantern, but she accidently jars it against the doorway. One of the draconians turns around from their game at the unexpected sound, Hey! He doesn’t have enough time to pick up his weapon before Pearl charges. There’s barely enough space inside the small room as she gets between the enemy and their intended dinner. The others turn as she almost cuts down one of them. The door slowly swings shut behind her, cutting off the light from the lantern.

Hector comes running when she charges into the room. He flings open the door and takes a step inside and to one side so he isn’t blocking the door. The door will close again if he doesn’t stop it.

These draconians resemble the robed one you already killed.

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---------- Surprise Round ----------

Hector 18
Pearl 7 (dam: 2)

Bryce (dam: 2)
Gneiss (dam: 11)
Kalrin
Lagri (dam: 4)
Tygerlilly
Draconians (D1, D2, D3)
Hostage (H2)

[Toliudar]

Pearl

Smiling briefly and gratefully at Hector, Pearl turns back to the business at hand. Three more exploding dragon-men. She deliberately nudges the small bound figure behind her.

"Cover yourself."

She swings again at the dragon-man, although with perhaps a little less force than the last time.

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I'm assuming that she attacked D2 last round. She will do so again this round, without power attack this time:
Attack: (1d20+10)[18]
Damage: (2d6+5)[9]

[Annalia]

Hector

"Bryce, a little help here!" Hector called as he set his foot in the way to keep the door open. He had barely enough room for his tall ranseur, but he stabbed forward nonetheless.

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Let's use PA -2/+4 this time.

AttackRoll - (1d20+8)[21] and Damage - (2d4+13)[18]

[SilentNight]

Kalrin looks up from the dragon and moves over to the room Pearl and Hector have vanished into. Upon looking inside and remembering the explosions, he merely stands at the ready, keeping the door open and the room illuminated.

[codexgigas]

Bryce

Bryce hurries into the room, drawing sword and shield as he runs. "Huma!" he cries out, giving his enemies warning of his approach, as honor required, as he enters the small room. He slashes at the nearest dragon-man.

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Bryce moves to I4, attacking D2 (or D1 if Pearl drops D2 this round).

Power attacking for -2/+2.

Attack (Longsword): (1d20+7)[22]
Damage (Longsword)L (1d8+6)[8]

[wxdruid]

Hector has one foot in the door as he stabs at the first draconian. The point finds a way past the robes and into the creature’s ribs. He roughly yanks out his weapon out of the draconian.

Kalrin follows and keeps the door open, letting in the feeble light from the lantern and from above.

Bryce yells his war cry and joins Hector and Pearl inside the small room. He slashes at the same one that Hector attacked and deals the final blow. The scaly flesh shrivels and crumbles from its bones and the bones explode in a cloud of dust. (For those w/in 10 ft of D1 - dam: 2, reflex save DC 14 for dam: 1)

Pearl kills her opponent as well, the flesh shrivels off his bones as the robes collapse around him. Dust explodes outwards as the bones explode, sending shrapnel outwards (For those w/in 10 ft of D2 - dam: 4, reflex save DC 14 for dam: 2)

Not sure what the rest of you are doing for now.

Tygerlilly bounces forward and follows Kalrin. At the door she looks around him and her eyes widen. Oh, he looks like the exploding kind!

There’s only one draconian left. He attempts to defensively cast a spell, but he loses his concentration and the spell fizzles.

The hostage on the floor is watching all of the action with wide eyes. He looks like he’d love to help if he could, but the draconians wrapped him up to tightly and he’s having trouble escaping. He tries to duck the explosion, but he has no where to go.

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---------- Round 1 ----------

Hector 18
Bryce 18 (dam: 2)
Pearl 7 (dam: 2)

Gneiss (dam: 11)
Kalrin
Lagri (dam: 4)
Tygerlilly
Draconians (D1-dead, D2-dead, D3)
Hostage (H2) (dam: 3)

[codexgigas]

Bryce

Bryce steps forward and attacks the remaining draconian.

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Reflex Save 1: (1d20+1)[6]
Reflex Save 2: (1d20+1)[5]

5-ft step forward.

Attack (Longsword): (1d20+7)[21]
Damage (Longsword): (1d8+4)[8]

Attack (Shield Bash): (1d20+6)[15]
Damage (Shield Bash): (1d4+1)[5]

[Toliudar]

Pearl

Doing her best to shield the bound-up hostage from any explosions, Pearl swings again at the third dragon-man. After all the trouble that they had with Vleric, there could be no thought of prisoners - at least, not until the dragon was dealt with.

Note to self: Shoot the skinny ones with arrows next time.

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Reflex Saves: (1d20+5)[7] (1d20+5)[7]. If she thinks that ducking out of the way endangers the prisoner, Pearl will stand and take the blast.

Attack (no power attack): (1d20+10)[27]
Damage: (2d6+5)[13]

[Philistine]

Gneiss

At the sound of renewed fighting, Gneiss looks up in surprise. He shifts his dagger to his main hand, keenly feeling the lack of his sword - still embedded in his last foe as he rushes toward the next fight. By the time he ducks past Kalrin into the room, the 'clank-when-they-walk' group have trapped the last remaining draconian against the far wall. With that situation apparently under control, he kneels to cut the hostage free.

[SilentNight]

As Gneiss brushes past him, Kalrin puts out a hand, "They've got it Gneiss, so glad you could join us."

[Annalia]

Hector

Hector goes from one corner of the room to the other and presses the attack, certain that between Bryce, Pearl and him, the exploding dragonman would not escape.

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Reflex - (1d20+2)[6] for D1 exploding.
Moving to K3 and attacking D3 at PA -2/+4.
AttackRoll - (1d20+8)[17] and Damage - (2d4+13)[19]

[wxdruid]

Hector, Bryce, Pearl and now Lagri surround the last draconian and everyone attacks. Hector stabs with his ranseur, Bryce and Pearl with their longswords and Lagri with his halberd. The robes collapse as the draconian dies and his bones explode outward. (For those w/in 10 ft of D3 - dam: 6, reflex save DC 14 for dam: 3)

Gneiss kneels and starts untying the hostage and he’ll realize he’s a Kender… As soon as his mouth is free he starts jabbering. Oh, that was great! Did you see that? They exploded! Thanks for saving me from being dinner. While it is an interesting thought, I think I’d rather not be dinner.

Kalrin and Tygerlilly are by the door, holding it open and letting in the light.

---------- Round 2 ----------

Hector 18 (dam: 2)
Bryce 18 (dam: 8)
Pearl 7 (dam: 8)

Gneiss (dam: 11)
Kalrin
Lagri (dam: 4)
Tygerlilly
Draconians (D1-dead, D2-dead, D3-dead)
Hostage (H2) (dam: 6)

[Toliudar]

Pearl

Reflex save: (1d20+5)[11]

Pearl nods uncertainly at the Kender's questions. Rummaging in her pack, the young woman pulls out her waterflask and offers it to him. She extends a hand to help the kender to his feet, working hard to ignore the faint throbbing of the vein in her temple.

"Hello. Uh. I'm Pearl. These are Gneiss, Hector, Bryce, Kalrin, Lagri and Tygerlily. I'll bet the story of how you got here is a really, really good one. Care to tell it?"

[SilentNight]

Kalrin squats down next to the hostage, Please do my little friend," he prompts

[codexgigas]

Bryce

Bryce groans audibly as he realizes that he now has to deal with another kender.

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Reflex: (1d20+1)[16]

[GrassyGnoll]

Lagri dusts the accumulating draconian dust off his chest. He turns to Kalrin again to speak, but the half-man and his story preclude his question.

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Reflex: (1d20+4)[14]

[wxdruid]

The Kender hops up and down and Tygerlilly greets him with an enthusiastic hug. Hi everyone, I’m Hugon Barker, it’s so great to see you all. I really wasn’t interested in being dinner! I came here through a smelly swamp, very icky if I do say so. Then I found this fascinating cave and just had to explore and I climbed down a giant chain and then they tied me up and wanted to eat me for dinner! He greets Tygerlilly with an enthusiastic hug in return, and an exchange of belongings as they ‘handle’ each others belongings in the process. Both of them promptly sit down to discuss this and more. ((He’ll answer any questions you have.))

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Hector (dam: 2) -
Bryce (dam: 11)
Pearl (dam: 14)
Gneiss (dam: 11)
Kalrin
Lagri (dam: 7)
Tygerlilly
Hugon Barker (dam: 6)

[Annalia]

Hector

When he notes the hostage was a second kender, Hector groans and steps back. "It's a miracle you weren't eaten by the dragon already."

He gave a kick in the pile of dust that had been his adversary, wishing he could deal with another draconian rather than with the kender. "I miss Vleric already."

[wxdruid]

Really? Eaten by a dragon? There's a dragon down here? Where? I thought there were just these weird guys with wings. Well, maybe I don't want to be eaten by a dragon, after all, the exploding guys wanted to eat me and I'd rather not be eaten by anyone. He pats himself down to reassure himself that he is all in one piece.

Tygerlilly pipes up, You miss Vleric? Why? He wasn't any fun at all!

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Hector (dam: 2) -
Bryce (dam: 11)
Pearl (dam: 14)
Gneiss (dam: 11)
Kalrin
Lagri (dam: 7)
Tygerlilly
Hugon Barker (dam: 6)