Fortuitous Findings in Foraging: A Study, Part II

[Valwyn]

Spotting the druid, Alex turns to face him and notches an arrow.

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Standard: ready an attack to stop him from casting. Full attack if possible.

Bow Attack 1: (1d20+21)[24]
Bow Damage 1: (1d6+5)[10]

Bow Attack 2: (1d20+16)[32]
Bow Damage 2: (1d6+5)[11]

Arrows shot from a magic bow bypass Protection From Arrows.

Free: 5 foot step away from druid, if possible in the direction with the least amount of orcs.

By the way, do you agree with Alex using these rolls for his new base stats?

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(5d6b3)[14]CON
(5d6b3)[13]WIS
(5d6b3)[16]INT
(5d6b3)[12]CHA
(5d6b3)[17]DEX
(5d6b3)[14]STR

[TheOasysMaster]

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Oh come on! You leave me hanging on that?!

Need Actions for Therandil!

By the way, do you agree with Alex using these rolls for his new base stats?

Yessir!

[A_S]

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Has Therandil also lost track of the druid? If not, his spells target him. If he has, targetting the ghost lord instead. If I can't see either, lemme know what Therandil's current awareness of battle is and I'll give actions according to that.

If he has a target:

Move: Move into range (no move if he's already close enough)
Standard: Arcane Fusion for Orb of Force and Magic Missile

touch attack - (1d20+12)[19]
orb damage - (10d6)[44]
missile damage - (5d4+5)[18]

[Valwyn]

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Okay, I think Alex's sheet is fine now.

Added the feats Blindfight (replaces Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, which doesn't exist any more), Darkstalker (Rogue level 4), and Dive for Cover (Rogue level 8).

His extra skillpoints went to:
Spellcraft +2 (counts as +1)
Disguise +11
Craft Traps +11
Skill Trick: Clever Improviser +2 (can make Open Lock and Disable Device checks without tools at no penalty all day long unless he fails on one of the checks, in which case he has to rest for 8 hours before trying again)

Use Rope +6
Spellcraft +2 (counts as +1)
Disguise +5
Craft Traps +5
Heal +3
Skill Trick: Shrouded Dance +2 (1/encounter make a DC 20 Hide check to gain Concealment until next turn)

By the way, I'm giving Alex a level in Trapsmith next level, how do you want to explain his new spells?

[TheOasysMaster]

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(1d20+16)[36]
(1d20+20)[37] Harley's Attack Roll
(1d12+8)[19]+(2d6+5)[12]* Damage Roll

(1d20+23)[25] Druid's Claw Attack, misses!
(2d6+19)[27] Druid's Damage Roll and Awesome Blow DC
(1d6)[3]
(1d20+23)[29] Alex's Reflex Save

Initiative Order
Alex
Harley
Rangers
Ghost Lord
Orcs
Therandil
Holly
Kurjan
Marros
Brute Troll

For your next actions, everyone needs to roll Initiative first.

By the way, I'm giving Alex a level in Trapsmith next level, how do you want to explain his new spells?

In character! =D


Seriously, A_S, Arcane Fusion is getting annoying...

The druid-bear lunges forward, claws out stretched to rend Alex's flesh from his bones.
Twisting back, he keeps his head, and watches chunks of flesh fly as Therandil's force attacks, punch holes through the bear's chest.
Alex can see the walls of Bloodstone Keep!

The storm winks from sight...
As Harley cleaves an orc warrior in half with an unseen greataxe, Marros attempts to change his position, stepping outside of space, and instead, finds himself and the sorceror falling toward the ground!
Luckily, they avoid landing upon any orcs, but find themselves surrounded by the angered warriors...

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Prone.

[TheOasysMaster]

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(3d6)[7] Falling Damage for Therandil

[Todash]

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Initiative: (1d20+9)[15]

Position relative to the druid/Ghost Lord? New map if possible.

Are our items still active, or is an AMF up?

[TheOasysMaster]

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Position relative to the druid/Ghost Lord? New map if possible.

Unknown.

Are our items still active, or is an AMF up?

AMF

[Valwyn]

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Alex can see the walls of Bloodstone Keep!

So is the druid unalive?

In character! =D

Maybe he had a few tricks under his sleeve he was keeping for later? I guess I'll decide after he levels up.

Seriously, A_S, Arcane Fusion is getting annoying...

Which means he should keep doing it until he runs out of SP!

[TheOasysMaster]

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So is the druid unalive?

Nope!
He's just feeling a little holier than usual.

Maybe he had a few tricks under his sleeve he was keeping for later? I guess I'll decide after he levels up.

Sounds good.

Which means he should keep doing it until he runs out of SP!

[Valwyn]

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Nope!
He's just feeling a little holier than usual.

I hope he enjoys the whole experience.
(Bad puns are bad )

Initiative: (1d20+8)[21]

Alex shoots an arrow at the undead bear before retreating a few feet. While the kind of damage it had suffered would have killed a living creature, the abomination would probably stand up again soon.

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Standard:
Bow Attack 1: (1d20+21)[34]
Bow Damage 1: (1d6+5)[8]

Move: move 30 ft away.

[Todash]

Falling from the sky, Marros reacted instinctively. Catching himself on a single hand, he redirects his momentum, and swings his legs around in a circle, shattering kneecaps, before launching himself at the chest of an Orc warrior, pressing him backwards. Trying to draw their attention away from the fallen sorcerer. Come you cowards! Strike me, if you are able!

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All right Orcs, lets dance.


Free action to stand from prone immediately upon fall, no AoO, (tumble auto-suceeds)

5 foot step towards Therandil, Full attack, fighting defensively. -4 to attacks, Tumble gives me a total of +8 to my AC. Current AC: 41

Attempting to kill Orcs closest to Therandil first, then using Inexorable Progress of Dawn on my last target (assuming I hit him with my flurry) to move another 5 feet.

Rolls:

(1d20+23)[32]
(4d6+21)[37](1d6)[1]fire(1d4)[3]force
(1d20+23)[42]
(4d6+21)[32](1d6)[6]fire(1d4)[4]force
(1d20+23)[29]
(4d6+21)[40](1d6)[4]fire(1d4)[2]force
(1d20+23)[28]
(4d6+21)[42](1d6)[4]fire(1d4)[3]force
(1d20+23)[31]
(4d6+21)[31](1d6)[4]fire(1d4)[1]force
(1d20+23)[36]
(4d6+21)[34](1d6)[2]fire(1d4)[2]force
(1d20+19)[38]
(4d6+21)[39](1d6)[6]fire(1d4)[1]force
(1d20+19)[23]
(4d6+21)[32](1d6)[5]fire(1d4)[4]force

[Todash]

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Confirming crit on Roll #2

(1d20+23)[31]
(4d6+21)[39](1d6)[2](1d10)[6]fire(1d4)[2]force

[TheOasysMaster]

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"I'd be up for it. I'll watch for magic and you watch for bears?"

*Cough*

All right Orcs, lets dance.

I hope he enjoys the whole experience.

Well, if he complains, Therandil can force him to be a little more appreciative of the sorceror's efforts.

[Todash]

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Well, if he won't appreciate our efforts, he'll just have to grin and bear it.

[Valwyn]

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*Cough*

What? Alex said he'd rather look for traps.
...the druid is about to maul Therandil, isn't he?

Well, if he won't appreciate our efforts, he'll just have to grin and bear it.

I'm sure Marros will be more than happy to help him with that. With his bare hands if needed.
()
(The puns! They don't stop!)

[A_S]

Therandil gets shakily back to his feet, looking around for the most immediate threats.

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Splat.

initiative - (1d20+3)[23] (includes the fact that magic no longer works)

Standard action: Total defense (should bring my AC back up to 21).
Move action: Stand up.

perception - (1d20-1)[19] (looking for the druid, Kurjan, anybody about to put a sword through me)

*edit* Of all the times it could have happened, THIS is the post where I roll 2 20s?

[TheOasysMaster]

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Initiative Order
Therandil
Alex
(1d20)[20] Ghost Prisoner
Kurjan (1d20+7)[18]
Marros
Harley (1d20+13)[14]
Holly (1d20+10)[12]

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(1d20)[3] Surprise 1!
(1d20+2)[21] Surprise 3!

(1d20-1)[8] Charred Horror
Rangers (1d20+4)[6], Orcs (1d20-1)[6]
(1d20)[1] Ghost Prisoner

[TheOasysMaster]

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(1d20+5)[19]Druid
(1d20+7)[15]Reg
(1d20+7)[20]Lakkam

(1d20+10)[27] Charred Horror's Climb Check
(1d20+20)[34] Harley's Attack Roll
(1d12+8)[10]+(2d6+5)[16]* Harley's Damage Roll
(15d6)[60] Lightning Damage
(1d20+23)[33] Alex's Reflex Save

Initiative Order
Therandil
Alex
Quan
Ghost Prisoner 1, Lakkam
Druid
Kurjan
Marros
Reg
Harley
Holly
Charred Horror
Rangers, Orcs

Ghost Prisoner 2

The orcs begin to hastily back away, letting Therandil rise to his feet, and not attempting to retaliate against Marros' devastating attacks.
Orc warriors litter the ground at the monk and sorceror's feet, their bodies pulverized by the monk's fast moving blows.
Therandil sees Alex loosing an arrow toward the bear, who bats away the shaft with its claws, and looses another bolt of black lightning toward the thief, who nimbly avoids the powerful attack.
The rangers, bloodied and staggering on their feet, move toward Therandil and Marros, weapons held out in a loose circle, even as Harley moves toward the north building near Alex.
Unseen, he cuts down another orc.
The sorceror sniffs.
Smoke?
A loud creaking sound to the south heralds movement near the wall there, and the orcs, silently holding their weapon in shaking hands, look about nervously, before jeering contemptuously as the assembled invaders.

[Todash]

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Perception: (1d20+33)[34]

Could we get a new map by chance?

[TheOasysMaster]

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Could we get a new map by chance?

Working on it.

[Valwyn]

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A loud creaking sound to the south heralds movement near the wall there,

Great.

and the orcs, silently holding their weapon in shaking hands, look about nervously, before jeering contemptuously as the assembled invaders.

Oh, so now they're jeering? They need an eldritch horror even they are afraid of to back them up? Those orcs are a bunch of whimps.


Is there an AMF active? If so, the druid should go back to it's morhg form. Or did ethereal Kurjan dispel them? In that case, Alex has see invisibility for 5 minutes, which also reveals ethereal creatures.

[TheOasysMaster]

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Oh, so now they're jeering? They need an eldritch horror even they are afraid of to back them up? Those orcs are a bunch of whimps.

They didn't need the back-up, they were winning until the monk arrived!
The 'eldritch horror' is Kurjan/the druid's one up.

Is there an AMF active? If so, the druid should go back to it's morhg form. Or did ethereal Kurjan dispel them? In that case, Alex has see invisibility for 5 minutes, which also reveals ethereal creatures.

He's not in the AMF.

[TheOasysMaster]

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Hey, A_S, have you seen the Out of Character Thread I made, you can introduce yourself to the rest of the players!

[Todash]

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They're all good people. Well, except that weird Todash fellow. And whatever you do, don't get into Elfstone's Homebrew Van.


Oasys, just waiting on the map before I make my next move. What do those Monk eye's see?

[A_S]

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Kinda wanna see the map before I decide which direction to bolt. I'll try to post early in the morning so you guys don't have to wait for tomorrow evening before you get my actions.

[TheOasysMaster]

I lost the map .psd.
FML

[Todash]

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Hmm, is the giant bear druid visible/in range at all? I'd probably just try to charge him, and Therandil may want to follow me out of the AMF.

[TheOasysMaster]

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Okay, so good news and bad news...
The USB holding my digitized Return content is gone...
Maps, appropriately adjusted monsters, templates, and other intricate stuff, all gone.
The good news, is while i foolishly didn't have a back-up, I did make extensive notes on paper.
So, we're still good to go.
I can stat up monsters/characters/traps, whateversas we go, and maps are no issue.
In fact, if it wasn't for 3Fs, we could probably start today, but we have to progress to a certain point, so the March start date is still there.

As somewhat unrelated news, I'm doing test runs on Myth-weavers, to 1. get used to MWs, and 2. have a little fun.
Right now, my Victories have finished their first test runs, wiping the floor with two Monk characters and forcing Harley to flee for his life.
Does anyone else have anything they think they could bring to the table against them?
Victories can be found here.

Secondly, a player on Myth-weavers has expressed interest in challenging Pharrah, does anyone want to give her a run for her money?
Here's the thread, post your character first; I'm not waiting for someone to build a character. It can be as high-level as you need, but not epic, and cannot be a gestalt or a homebrewed one. It has to be one of the one's reverred by the community, if you use a homebrew.

The rules:

1. Your start play with no buffs.
2. You start play in a 10 ft. by 10 ft. by 10 ft. wooden room.
3. The doors, on the north face of the room, will swing open after 5 rounds.
4. The arena is the Tomb of Horrors, vanilla version.
5. The entrance of the boxes are 600 ft. away.
6. All Teleportation magic, and any effects, power, abilities that allows a character to move from one point to another without crossing the intervening space is forbidden. Of course, one can go Ethereal at their own risk.
7. You have seven minutes and 42 seconds. 76 rounds to get through the Tomb, and to the end.
8. At the end of the Tomb, is a red flag, in a Antimagic Cylinder. Take the Flag, and bring it out.
9. Acererak will kill anyone and everyone still in the Tomb after 76 rounds.
10. Do not meta-game. But I advise you to cheat.

A_S, what time are you online? If it's alright, there's something I'd like to do with you concerning Therandil.
Todash and Icanseeuuu... I have no questions for you, tough break.
=P

[Todash]

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run for her money?

If you wanted, Marros could give it a shot. Would you want him as is, or should I level him to 20 first?

However,

Todash and Icanseeuuu... I have no questions for you, tough break.

I'm pretty sure you're sick of me by now. ;)