D&D beginners' game

[Savannah]

Just so you know, the dots on the map are stalagmites or columns. They all provide a cover bonus: +2 AC and +1 Reflex if you are standing in their square. Also, each square is 5'.

You are standing just below where the map begins. Because you are not actually fighting anything there, I'm going to assume that you can push past each other without trouble, so everyone effectively starts their movement in D8.

Initiative:
{table]Jess | 23
Miralynn | 22
Centipedes| 20
Telim | 11
Jorkan | 10
Priya | 4[/table]

Jess is up.

[Turk Mannion]

Eager to end this before someone got hurt, especially the innocent child, Jess slid past the others, heading for the closest beast and sliced at it with his rapier.

"Someone get the child out of here quickly!"

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Move Action:
Move 25' to C3.

Standard Action:
Rapier (d20+2)[10]
Damage if hit (1d6+2)[7] + sneak attack (since they are flat footed) (1d6)[3]

[Derjuin]

Miralynn moves forward and left, behind the stalagmite at C5. She hesitates with her crossbow, and instead begins to sing a song, one that hopefully inspires both Kara and her comrades.

(Inspire Courage +1)

"Fear nary a fright,
And show them your might,
Our courage, it shines so bright!

Rescue that girl,
For she's no churl,
Rather, the prettiest pearl!"

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Bah, it took me forever to come up with that song...

[Savannah]

Unfortunately for Jess, you are all moving at 1/2 speed due to the extremely uneven floors. Do you want to move to C3 and wait until next round to attack, or end your movement somewhere else?

Derjuin - You actually came up with a song for this situation! I'm really impressed. (The lag time in pbp actually came in handy for once!)
Everyone gets +1 attack, damage, and saves against charm/fear.

The centipedes will attack when I know where Jess is.

[Turk Mannion]

Seeing the rough ground and fearful of taking a spill before reaching the creatures, he positions himself in a strategic place and readies his weapon.

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Sorry, I missed that in your post.

He will move to D5 to bottle neck things and ready an action to attack the first bad thing to come within reach.

[Savannah]

The centipedes all turn and move towards you.

MC moves to B4 and bites at Miralynn:
Attack: (1d20+2)[3]
Damage: (1d6-1)[3]
If it hits, you need to make a Fortitude save.

The SC at B3 moves to C4 and bites at Jess:
Attack: (1d20+3)[9]
Damage: 1
If it hits, you need to make a Fortitude save.

The SC at B3 moves to D4 and bites at Jess:
Attack: (1d20+3)[18]
Damage: 1
If it hits, you need to make a Fortitude save.

Telim's turn.

[Dada]

"Don't worry Kara, we'll have you out of here in no time!" He places his lantern on the rugged cavefloor, then advances to D6 with mace in hand.

Edit: Jorkan is up.

[Savannah]

As Dada pointed out, Jess gets to use his readied attack against one of the centipedes. They all moved at about the same time, so your pick of either one that bit at you.

[Kumo]

Jorkan ran forward and slashed his blade at the centipede, snarling as he brought the other side around for a second blow.

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Moves from D8 to D4 and attacks the monster at D5 with his sword, dual wielding.

Attack
(1d20+1)[3]
(1d6+1)[5]
(1d20+1)[12]
(1d6+1)[6]

[Turk Mannion]

As Dada pointed out, Jess gets to use his readied attack against one of the centipedes. They all moved at about the same time, so your pick of either one that bit at you.

Jess watched as the two centipedes wiggled there way toward him, the legs undulating over the rocky surface. As they reached him, Jess slashed with his rapier, hoping to kill it before it could attack. His lunge left him open to the other vermin, as it stretched out and sunk its teeth into his exposed leg above his boot. Jess quickly shook it loose as he wondered what foul poison might course through the centipedes mouth.

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Fort Save: [roll]1d20+1[roll]

Attack Centipede at C4: (1d20+2)[12]
Damage: (1d6+2)[5]

[Turk Mannion]

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screwed up the fort role:

(1d20+2)[14]

[Savannah]

Jess's blade slides across the centipede's thick scales without effect. He does not feel any effect from the poison.

Jorkan can't move all the way to D4 and attack, as he has to move at 1/2 speed (it takes him 2 move actions to reach D4, and he can move there without attacking).

Priya is up (I think Strawberries should be back now).

[Strawberries]

"Stay there, Kara, don't move!" Priya runs forward, past Jess and attacks with her rapier the centipede who bit him.

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Moving to E5 and attacking the centipede in D4
EDIT=messwd up the code, see next post

[Strawberries]

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Attack (1d20+5)[16] Damage (1d6+2)[5]

[Savannah]

Priya plunges her rapier in a gap the in centipede's exoskeleton. It convulses and dies.

Kara scrambles further back into the cave now that the centipedes do not surround her.

End of round 1 (all players):

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Jess D5
Miralynn C5
MC B4
SC C4
Telim D6
Jorkan D4
Priya E5
Kara C1

DM only:

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Jess makes another fort in 1 min
Both centipedes full health

Jess is up again.

[Turk Mannion]

Have to protect the girl

Taking a deep breathe, Jess tumbles past his comrade, scraping his shoulder across the rocky ground, but ignoring the pain, as he moved into a flanking position with Miralyn. This also placed him between Kara and the two centipedes. Again, he lashed out with his rapier.

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Tumble check (1d20+7)[8]
Moving from D5 to D7, through Jorkan and trying to avoid any AaO from SC with the tumble check. Then moving to C3. 15' feet of total movement, due to tumbling and rough terrain.

Rapier Attack (adding +2 for flank) (1d20+4)[8]
Damage if hit (with sneak) [roll]1d6+1d6[/roll]

[Turk Mannion]

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OH, that tumble check is not going to do me any good.....

messed up on the damage roll:

(1d6)[2] + (1d6)[5]

[Savannah]

The centipede snaps at you as you move past it.
Attack (1d20+3)[12]
Damage 1
Fort save if hit

OOC: For the record, I did not know your character history when I made this adventure. I did when I saw your history, however. Gotta love perfect plot hooks!

Miralynn is up.

[Derjuin]

Miralynn continues her song (this is a free action since it doesn't require concentration, right?), threads a bolt onto her crossbow, and fires it into the the centipede at B4.

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Eep, messed up the roll

(Spoilered above in case the song actually takes up my ability to attack).

"Give 'em hell!
And save the belle,
Now sound their death-knell!"

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[Savannah]

I don't see anything in the inspire courage description about it requiring concentration, so you should be able to attack. However, both loading a crossbow and making a ranged attack provoke attacks of opportunity, so you may not want to do those while you are next to the centipede (each centipede would only get one attack of opportunity, but there are two in position to make an attack of opportunity against you).

I don't think there is anyone in D6 at the moment, so you could take a 5' step back, then load and fire your crossbow. Never mind, Telim is there.

[Derjuin]

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Ah, okay, I think I'll do something else instead of load and fight then...

As she sings, Miralynn keeps her eyes on the centipede between herself and Jess.

(Fighting defensively vs. that centipede, -4 attack to get +2 AC vs. it)

[Savannah]

If you are not attacking, may I suggest total defense? No attack and +4 AC.

The centipede in B4 bites at Miralynn again:
Attack (1d20+2)[17]
Damage (1d6-1)[5]
If hit, roll Fortitude.

The centipede in C4 bites at Jorkan:
Attack (1d20+3)[15]
Damage 1
If hit, you know the drill

Telim is up!

[Derjuin]

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Yeah, total defense is better...where's that rule at?

With total defense, my AC is 19, do I keep that number for this turn?

[Dada]

With one of the centipedes down, Telim presses the advantage and brings down his mace on the monster in C4. His lack of combat practice shows, however, as he swings wide and lose his footing on the rough ground.

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Assuming it is my go - if more things need to be cleared up, just disregard this post.

Attack: (1d20+2)[3] (+1 str, +1 inspire courage) Edit: *Swears*
Damage: (1d8+2)[9] (see above)

Note: Telim does not wield his shield, and recieves no AC bonus from it.

[Savannah]

Derjuin: Yes, you keep that AC as for this round. Total defense is on page 142 of my player's handbook, or try searching the SRD.

Dada: Roll your attack again to see if you have a critical failure.

[Dada]

Eep!

Confirm: (1d20+2)[15]

[Savannah]

Fortunately for you, Telim manages to recover from his mis-swing without hurting himself or his allies.

Jorkan's turn.

[Kumo]

Jorkan snarled at the centipede that just attacked him (despite the fact that it didn't work) and slashed his blade back at it.

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Attack
(1d20+1)[18]
(1d20+1)[17]

Damage
(1d6)[5]
(1d6)[4]

[Savannah]

Jorkan's attack is far more effective than that of the centipede, and he chops it into several pieces.

Next would be Priya.

[Strawberries]

With a last look to make sure Kara is alright, Pryia advances towards the last centipede, slashing at it with her rapier.

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(1d20+5)[18] (1d6+2)[8] OOps, I forgot to add: moving to C4