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Red Hand Of Doom - Part One: The Witchwood
Anonymous
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No.133942
133953
Greetings. Welcome to the first session of /mlpol/'s first running of the classic third edition d&d campaign Red Hand Of Doom.
On this adventure, our heroes, currently three strong, will encounter dozens of trials that will test their strength, cunning, and friendship as they face an army of goblins.

If you'd like to join, there's still room for more in the party. Don't be shy to ask.

Our story begins in Elsir Vale, with our three heroes on the road to the town of Drellin’s Ferry. The three are seasoned adventurers, and exated heroes to boot. Having fought many battles together before, they are confident in their strength. Legend has it of a vast treasure in the Vault of Vraath Keep, hidden deep in the Witchwood; our heroes, have journeyed all this way to seize the vault for their own.
Despite that, they all have their own motivations to travel to Drellin's Ferry:
Sir Whiskers, a cunning and charismatic Tibbet Jester, is travelling to meet up with an old friend of his: Princess Princess Bagel Jennifurr Fluffykinz the fourth. He hasn't met his old friend since he was a kitten, and he's eager to meet with her again. She has arranged to meet up with him in Drellin's Ferry, and to accompany him on his adventure.
Sir Brozal, a mighty Orc Crusader of Pelor, has received a mission from a high-ranking Cleric of his order has received a powerful vision of war descending on Elsir Vale under the banner of a clawed red hand, and has sent Brolaz to the far reaches of Elsir Vale to avert impending disaster... Brozal isn't exactly sure if the vision was real, or if his master just wanted to get rid of him for the year, but he never turns down a good crusade.
Brother Chad, a wise and powerful Druid, has chosen to accompany his companions on their hunt for the lost treasure in the Witchwood. Sir Whiskers requested his aid because Chad is the most experienced woodsman he knows. Chad is wary of this region, for he's heard that it is ruled by a fierce and territorial Druid, but he embarks upon this jouney nonetheless, the secrets of the Witchwood too tempting to ignore.
...So tempting that he seems to have drifted off somewhere with his horse; probably fucking it again or something. Stupid hippie.

And so, let's begin:
>The afternoon sun beats down on you; the air is hot and still. The sparsely settled lands of Elsir Vale are starting to grow monotonous, with a seemingly endless line of dusty flyspecks of towns. The town of Drellin’s Ferry lies a few miles ahead of you. It’s a settlement hard on the borders of the Witchwood, and the best place from which to begin exploring the nearby forest.
This is the part where the players ask obvious questions that I thoughtlessly ignored in the first post, as well as implore about their surroundings.
1820 replies and 76 files omitted.
Anonymous
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No.133943
here
Anonymous
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No.133944
133945 133947 133953
Lets look around for things to explore.
Brozal
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No.133945
133947
>>133944
Brozal is marching in the front most rank

Appearance and backstory:
>mlpol.net/vx/132102#133785
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133947
133951
>>133944
Roll Listen
>>133945
Got a horse??
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133948
I'm playing the orc
!roll 1d20-8
44eee0f
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No.133949
133952 133958
!roll 1d20-8
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133950
Rolled a -3
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.133951
>>133947
Also I have no horse
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133952
133958
>>133949
It's "Dice 1d20+modifier"

Also, since I neglected to print maneuver cards for you, I'm going to allow you to manage them yourself for this encounter alone.
Whiskers
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No.133953
133954
>>133942
>>133944
The bold black and white housecat is content with strutting behind Brozal, items jingling on his quadruped body. He made extra sure to brush his coat with his tongue extensively before setting off in the hopes not to come to his friend in an uncool, dirty fashion.
With an excited strut and raised up tail, Whiskers seems pretty happy to let the orc do the scouting while Chad did his human stuff.
(...Humans are a curious bunch, I must say,) he thought to himself.

The kitty simply looks around the path, mainly to avoid any tiny pebbles that could hurt his paws as well as ensure not to mess up his hard grooming work.
Anonymous
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No.133954
133957
>>133953
Roll Spot
Whiskers
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No.133957
>>133954
[1d20-1 = 19]<Spot roll
Anonymous
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No.133958
>>133949
>>133952
[ 1d20+mod ] (without the spaces also works - if you want to roll in text)
[1d20+9000 = 9005] [1d20 = 8]
648ae9c
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No.133959
133960
[1d20-3 = 1]
>>133955
It goes in the email field.
I'm going to roll for you.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.133960
>>133959
My mod for listen is -8. I think this is hilarious.
Anonymous
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No.133962
133967
61ede602bd9b8d7063a2e76371788f69.jpg
And so, it begins.

Whiskers feels like he see's some rustling in the bushes beside him. He is not flat-footed this round.

Brozal, you take...
13 damage as multiple projectiles wiz out of the bushes from either side of the road, followed by a flash of bright hot light, only two arrows meeting their mark. You suddenly feel great that you invested so much in that Banded Mail.
This of course triggers furious counterstrike.

Bro, you're going to need to roll 2 reflex saves, at a -2 penalty because you're a Water Orc.

Whiskers, I'm going to need you to roll one to avoid the fire.

Everyone roll initiative.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133966
I'm sorry. That's only one reflex save.
Whiskers you don't need to roll.
>>133963
It's "dice 1d20+4" in the email field, no quotations.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.133967
133973
>>133962
[1d20+7 = 24]<Reflex Save
[1d20+6 = 25]<Initiative
44eee0f
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No.133968
133969 133970 133973
[1d20+4 = 8]

ref
44eee0f
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No.133969
133972
[1d20+2 = 13]
>>133968
init
Brozal
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No.133970
>>133968
*6
Brozal
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No.133971
there was some collateral damage.jpg
https://youtu.be/KtJ79ZjJ3lM
Current theme
Anonymous
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No.133972
>>133969
My initiative roll was 13.
Anonymous
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No.133973
133976
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>>133967
Indeed.
The road crests a small rise and descends into a dusty grove in a large, shallow dell. An abandoned farmhouse, partially visible through the trees, stands on one side of the road. You’ve passed a dozen spots much like this one already today, but this one feels wrong.
Brozal, however, is nonethewiser, and your nervousness is confirmed as he's suddenly shot.

Following the source of the arrows, you glimpse the glint of mail through the brush by the side of the road. Eight fierce warriors—tall, hairy humanoids with wide mouths and flat faces—are lying in wait!
>>133968
Fail.
You take 7 fire damage as a burst of fire launches towards you from ahead of the path. A barking growl sounds ahead of you and you hear shouting.

Whiskers turn.
The road is roughly ~20 ft across, with yourself in the middle of it. Marauders appear to be lurking some 15-25 ft away, only barely recognizable with partial concealment.
Anonymous
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No.133974
133975
Gosh, this is not going nearly as well as I had hoped it would...
Anonymous
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No.133975
133977
>>133974
It can be salvaged... I drew fire riposte, mountain hammer, and stone bones for my first three moves.
Whiskers
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No.133976
133977
>>133973
With a swift arc of the back as the hairs on his tail poofen up in the surprise and fear of being attack, Whiskers moves his tiny body to hide somewhere in order to stealthily approach the band of marauders.
"Green human! Get to cover!" The cat tells the orc, mostly hoping he could weaken or lure the marauders to them for an easier battle.
Anonymous
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No.133977
133979
>>133975
I meant in terms of speed and clarity... Perhaps it would be better done in voicechat.

Anyway, a farmhouse is barely visible to your left
>>133976
There is no cover that you can see, or at least none that wouldn't lead you closer to the enemy. The enemy has partial concealment, but you can make out nine of them.
[Barking sounds]
No, ten creatures, at least four on either side of you.

It's still your turn. If you may elect to take the total defense action if you please.
Anonymous
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No.133978
>Anyway, a farmhouse is barely visible to your left
Up a steep hill
Whiskers
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No.133979
133980
>>133977
Quickly taking a defensive stance to the extreme, mostly to recover from the shock, the kitty casts Instant of Power on Brozal, enhancing his next attack roll by +4.
After this, the kitty draws his small crossbow, getting ready to battle.
Anonymous
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No.133980
133981
>>133979
That's an immediate action. I'll let you hold that until he attacks, while giving you the benefit of the total defense action.
Roll slight of hand to draw your crossbow discreetly.
Whiskers
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No.133981
133984
>>133980
[1d20+13 = 31]<Sleight of Paw check Such a comedian I am.
Anonymous
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No.133982
133983 133984

Brozal charges forward and makes a full attack against any enemy in distance. Using Stone Bones for my strike, and keep in mind that I will be using fire riposte against any enemy that attacks me. So if an enemy hits me, let me make my touch attack then roll 4d6 fire damage for the one that hit me.
44eee0f
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No.133983
>>133982
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.133984
133987 133999
>>133981
None of the marauders see the tabby cat draw his weapon.
>>133982
Left or right?
More arrows rain down on you, but none manage to pierce your armor.
Anonymous
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No.133985
133986 133991
Rolled 20 on both attack rolls. If both hit, I deal 26 damage. I will be getting +5 DR on my next round.
Anonymous
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No.133986
>>133985
Which way are you running?
Anonymous
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No.133987
133994
>>133984
Either left or right. I don't mind either way. I have 23 AC for fighting defensively.
Anonymous
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No.133988
I went ahead and rolled the melee touch attack for fire riposte when it comes up. Rolled a 17. Fire riposte will deal 8 damage.
Anonymous
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No.133990
133999
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Whiskers hears annoyed shouting in a language he doesn't understand. Around the curve of the road, one of pic related makes itself visible, while another steps out of the bushes to his left.
Anonymous
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No.133991
>>133985
*+5 dr until my next round
Anonymous
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No.133992
133993
I'll go left. Also my attack rolls were actually 24 on both. Fire riposte is still 17.
Anonymous
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No.133993
>>133992
Fire riposte uses touch AC though, so it should land.
Anonymous
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No.133994
133996 133999
>>133987
You need to specify which way you are charging.
Youu can perceive four creature to the left, and at least four to the right, and a doglike monster out in the road right ahead of you.

Also, roll a reflex save. I never announced your turn.

Whiskers, you're going to need to roll too this time.
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No.133996
133997 134000
[1d20+4 = 16]
>>133994
I will charge left
Anonymous
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No.133997
>>133996
Alright. You spot three humanoid archers behind cover and a doglike monster that just shot fire at you, dealing 3 additional fire damage. The dog appears to be staring down the cat.
Anonymous
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No.133998
134001
Assume I am in the martial spirit stance
Whiskers
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No.133999
134001
>>133984
>>133990
>>133994
With a startled look, Whiskers casts Grease by the right side of their position, hoping to slow down any attackers from that direction while the orc dukes it out with the leftmost individuals.
[1d20+7 = 25]<Reflex Save
Anonymous
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No.134000
>>133996
That roll was my reflex
Anonymous
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No.134001
134002 134004
>>133998
>>133998
Who/what do you target? The archers or the dog?
>>133999
Pass, you only take three damage as the canine attempts to roast you.
Anonymous
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No.134002
134003
>>134001
Archers
Anonymous
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No.134003
134006
One of the archers appears to be yelling in frustration at the monster. The monster has it's eyes fixed on Whiskers. It's brother ahead is doing the same, it's mouth frothing with magmal drool as flames lick its teeth.

>>134002
NOW it's your turn.
You charge past the hound, getting to an archer's right at the end of your movement.
Now you may make your attack roll.
Whiskers
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No.134004
134012
>>134001
The kitty's morale was getting mildly hammered by all the potential harm coming his way without his consent.
Deciding he's had enough of passive actions at how hard they were coming for them, he finally lets a bolt out to the dog that fired on him while voluntarily going prone.
[1d20+7 = 17]<Ranged Attack
Anonymous
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No.134006
134012
>>134003
I already made all of my rolls for attacks, damage, etc. I also told you the results.
Anonymous
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No.134007
Unless the archers have more than 24 AC, one of them will take 26 damage. If I am attacked, whoever attacked me will be taking 8 fire damage from a melee touch attack with a roll of 17.
Anonymous
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No.134008
134009
I have 23 AC at the moment, and a DR of 5 due to Stone Bones.
Anonymous
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No.134009
134012
>>134008
Oh, I also regain 4 HP because of Martial Spirit. 6 HP if the melee touch attack lands against the first person who attacks me.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134010
134011
A hulking mass of metal and meat charges at the line of archers while screaming, "FIRE IS COMING!" The archers are then tore into by a flurry of stabs from a flaming trident.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134011
>>134010
The melee touch attack from fire riposte is a particularly vigorous slash that tears through their armor.
Anonymous
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No.134012
134014 134015 134019
>>134006
You rolled while it wasn't your turn, but I'm going to give it to you.
You hit the target easily, impaling him with your trident. He goes down, spitting up blood.

Sadly, the next archer is too far away to cleave with a non-reach weapon.
You regain 1 HP from martial spirit.
>>134004
You hit.

You hear shouts from the archers, and they fix on you.
Arrows rain down on you, only two hitting. You take 8 damage between the two of them.
The dog closes in with a bite attack. It's fiery bite deals 9 damage.
It's brother charges you, its attack dealing an additional 3 damage.

>>134009
I thought it was only 1, but sure.
Btw, you might want to help out the poor kitty currently being dogpiled (lol) by hellhounds...
Anonymous
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No.134014
134016
>>134012
You regain 2 HP from each strike while using Martial Spirit. I regain four HP from landing two attacks. I'll be marking down a gain of 4 HP.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134015
>>134012
*additional 8 damage
Whiskers isn't doing so well... The hellhounds (it's hellhounds, btw) are currently flanking him.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134016
134018
>>134014
You can't make a full attack on a charge, but I'm going to give you the extra since I gave you action points for this battle.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134017
Oh yeah, it's Bro's turn again.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134018
>>134016
It wasn't an actual charge because I didn't add the +2 mod from charging
Whiskers
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No.134019
134021
>>134012
Not feeling comfortable with the current situation, Whiskers has this overwhelming feeling that his presence isn't wanted, so he does the nice thing of casting Invisibility, Swift on himself and moving away from danger as far as he can while going towards the orc.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134021
Gosh, I anhor splitting initiatives.
Bro, it's your turn to move, then we can start the next round with Whiskers.

>>134019
Wait until Bro moves.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134022
134023
With everything added up, I'm back up to 53 HP and will take seven damage next round. After this point, I'll probably start to rapidly die. I will begin by moving towards the hellhound and using Mountain Hammer while fighting defensively.
Anonymous
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No.134023
134024
>>134022
Roll to attack
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134024
134025 134027
>>134023
I rolled my two attacks. They are 21 and 19 respectively. The first will deal 23 damage, and the second will deal 14 damage.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134025
>>134024
Since I was unable to use Fire Riposte, I still have that card and will be using it to counter any hits from the hellhound.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134026
I have 23 AC at the moment
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134027
134028
The hellhound is 10 feet behind you. You would have to move into its square, which means you can only make one attack normally, but I'm going to let you burn another action point.
>>134024
Is that all piercing damage?
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134028
134029 134031
>>134027
I didn't do a real charge so I still have 2 action points. It is a mix of piercing and fire damage.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134029
134030 134031
>>134028
12 points of fire damage
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134030
>>134029
the rest is piercing
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134031
134032 134035
>>134028
You can't make a full attack after moving.
>>134029
The fire does not seem to affect the beast. It howls in pain as the trident pierces it, losing focus on the cat it was mauling.

You can select either yourself or Whiskers to heal with martial spirit,

Whisker's turn
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134032
>>134031
I heal myself because I'm going to need it with all of the attacks coming in
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134033
134034
Should we open voicechat?
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134034
>>134033
I think it would make things faster. Yes.
Whiskers
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No.134035
134037
>>134031
(I certainly don't like this amount of aggressive attention,) Whiskers thinks to himself, quickly casting Swift Invisibility to safely get out of dodge, hopefully in a spot where the orc can cover him when it inevitably runs out.
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134036

Speaking is faster than typing.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134037
134038
>>134035
Roll concentration
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134038
134039
>>134037
[1d20+11 = 31]<Concentration Check
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134039
134041
Okay, this didn't go nearly as well as I planned...
>>134038
Success. You avoid AoO by the skin on your teeth, and are able to retreat while invisible.
With 30 ft of movement, you could attempt to hide in the bushes on the other side of the street before your invisibility runs out.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134041
134042
>>134039
He definitely takes the chance to hide, already feeling the mortalitly of his existence.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134042
>>134041
Alright.
Whiskers hides not 5 ft away from an archer, who takes a shot at Bro, managing to be the only who hit in a volloey of 7 arrows.

The dogs flank bro. He takes 5 damage from the attack, triggering furious counterstrike.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134043
134044
The two of you hear more shouting from the right side of the road.

Bro lands a hit on a dog with revitalizing strike, healing himself a little. He promptly takes another arrow.

And it is whiskers turn.
Whiskers
e87ecff
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No.134044
134045
>>134043
Realizing the orc's being the sole center of attention, Whiskers discreetly casts Silent Image of an extra humanoid that is seen charging at the dogs currently biting his travelling companion's ankles from behind them, appearing from a feasible location,.
(That should divert some attacks.)
Anonymous
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No.134045
"Gobbo GOb Goboogob gob!" A warrior steps out of the forrest on the left side of the road, it's ki charged sword shining brightly in the dim light between the trees.

He points his sword directly at Bro. Bro i need you to roll an intimidate check.

>>134044
The archers appear to be fooled, the one next to you firing at the illusion, missing it comically.
Anonymous
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No.134046
c5acca405302011e097c105ac6905b1c (1).jpg
Pic
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134047
134048
It looks like I screwed up the rules for duels of wills, so that doesn't actually do anything.
The Samurai-lookalike charges at bro, moving at surprising speed as he lashes out with his sword.
Bro takes 8 slashing damage, and it is his turn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134048
134050
>>134047
Okay, bro makes two swings at a dog, it takes minor damage, and he heals himself a small amount.

The hounds continue to flank him, one managing to land a bite on him, dealing 9 damage.

The archers continue to fire at the illusion, though it seems they're no longer fooled. One fires at bro and misses
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134050
134051
>>134048
With a heavy heart, Whiskers aims his crossbow at the most wounded hound in order to maybe lessen his damage providers.
[1d20+7 = 11]<Crossbow Shot
With that, he sneaks back into his bush once more
[1d20+5 = 10]<Hide again (-10 Mod)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134051
>>134050
Miss.

The seemingly dead hobobin rises again, healed by an unknown force.

Two wolves pop into existence from nowhere. One immediately turning its head towards the bush where Whiskers is hiding.

Another bites at bro, but doesn't manage to pierce his armor.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134053
The other wolf, to its summoner's dismay walks right up to the bush where mittens is hiding, although it hasn't seen him yet.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134054
134056
Okay, Bro's attack hits the Bladebearer, dealing damage, but not enought to drop him.

He then attempts to move towards the barn, but is stopped with an attack of opportunity.

Twelve archers focus fire on Bro, but miraculously only three of them hit, dealing 13 damage.

Then he takes 8 damage from a dog, 13 damage from the samurai, then 10 from a dog, then a missed attack from a wolf.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134055
*11 damage from the samurai
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134056
134057
>>134054
Fishing for his vigor potion to drink, he drinks it before trying to sneak off the wolf's search radius before he accidentally finds him.
[1d20+2 = 8]<Move Silently roll
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134057
>>134056
The wolf hears you.
It moves it with a smiting bite, but misses.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134059
134060
Okay, Bro burn an action point to attack after he uses Crusader's strike, healing 18 hp and saving himself. One of the hellhounds goes down.

And because I gummed-up the turn order, it's Whiskers's turn now. I'll just decide that the archers didn't want to fire into the melee.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134060
134061
>>134059
Figuring anywhere's better than here, Whiskers whisks off towards the barn, hoping to find anything that could help either of them in this precarious situation.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134061
>>134060
Okay, that's a retreat action, to move uphill at one half speed, the wolf snarls after you.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134063
134066
The Samurai juggles his blades and strikes twice, one attack hitting for 12 damage.
9 archers fire into the melee, all of them missing like chumps.
Both hounds miss.

Three archers turn around after Whiskers, seemingly alerted by something. They follow the wolf after him, drawing their katanas.
I'm going to let Whiskers roll a hide check right now, with a +8 bonus.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134064
It is Bro's turn
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134065
Bro manages to hit the samurai, visibly wounding him, but not dropping him.
Three archers fire down at Bro, one hitting, the damage being reduced to zero by Stone bones.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134066
>>134063
[1d20+23 = 39]<Hide Check V2
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134067
Sorry guys, this didn't start out as smoothely as I planned.

We'll come back to this encounter tomorrow. Hopefully our caster will have shown up by then, and I'll be a little more prepared.
Anonymous
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No.134154
134155 134157
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Okay, here's how it's going to go down.
I know I said at the beginning that I would reset if the two of you died horribly in the first encounter, but I still want to see it until the end. Ultimately, nothing has been spoiled so far except that "You get ambushed by goblins in the woods" Spoiler Alter: It's going to happen a lot
This encounter has artificially high CR because it's meant to be a large source of your XP, since you won't have that many hard battles for a while after this.

You have 8 Action points for this level. Brozal has used three. Whiskers hasn't used any.
Be aware that an action point can be used to refresh all of your maneuvers as a free action, or to initiate an extra maneuver in one round.

Currently, the archers are closing in and making a 9-fold phalanx around Brozal with their longspears, who is currently squaring of against a Hobgoblin Bladebearer, and being flanked by a hellhound. The Bladebearer juggles his ki-charged swords and prepares his stance to finish Brozal himself with his special move (spoiler alert). One of his wounds appears to be closing, healed by a mysterious unseen force. He is completely surrounded as is. Trying to escape would be his death, so he may as well go down fighting.
The g

Brozal, idk when you last read the houserules, but I did give you all, improved Shield Bash, Two-Weapon-Fighting, and Combat Expertise as bonus feats, without having to meet the prerequisites. You could be making shield bash attacks at minimal penalty this whole time, without losing AC (remember, you heal every hit with martial spirit). You could also gain up to 5 AC with Combat Expertise if you take a -5 penalty to your attack rolls.
You also get a +1 bonus to hit creatures with the Fire subtype. I've been factoring it in automatically into your attacks against the hellhounds, and your saving throws against their breath weapons.

Whiskers, since you can't see the grid map right now (my failure as a DM, I'm going to address this next session), I'm going to inform you right now that if you cast Glitterdust on the ring, the radius spread would encompass all of the hobgoblin troops flanking Brozal, the Hellhound, the Bladebearer, one of the wolves flanking Brozal, one of the three hobgoblins that's about to pursue you up the hill, and Brozal himself.
You could also choose to direct fire at the three hobgoblins that are searching for you and the summoned wolf. The hobgoblins haven't found you yet, but the wolf may reveal your location with it's scent if you stay too close to it. The hobgoblins pursuing you have effectively left combat this round as they leave their comrades to pursue the strange cat: they would be flat-footed if you attacked them from concealment (which means iajutsu focus). Be reminded that you have three attacks in your cat form

I will let you roll spellcraft to determine the the caster level of the wolves's summoning, and thus the remaining duration. I should have pointed that out to you this round.

You can use one of your action points to recover a spell slot after you use it as a free action, but you can still only use one action point per round.

If the two of you get through this battle alive without me having to fudge dicerolls or reset the game, I'll give you both ranking affiliation scores in the churches of your deities (that means membership in the Shining Light of Pelor and Bast's Trickery Domain Affiliation), without making you pay for tithes. Consider that bonus treasure, because it's several thousand gold pieces worth of mechanical bonuses and roleplay perks.
If you die, I'll just reset and wait for a complete party.
Anonymous
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No.134155
>>134154
>The g
*The goblin troops appear visibly empowered by the Red Leader's commanding aura, and gobble among-st themselves reveling in their impending victory. Although Brozal can't speak goblinoid, he can vaguely make out that they're bickering about how to split his loot.
Anonymous
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No.134156
134159
It's Whiskers turn, btw. His decision could decide this encounter.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134157
134158 134162
>>134154
I'm here.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134158
134162
>>134157
Oh good joy.
You're about 300 feet off of the map, basking in the afterglow of a very intimate brushing session with your prized white mare, Misty.

I'm going to roll some dice to see what you hear. I did max out your perception skills.
Whiskers
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No.134159
134160
>>134156
The kitty feels the chills of uncool crawling up his spine.
Before running a further 45 feet, Whiskers casts Glitterdust on the orc and the entire blob of enemies surrounding him.
(Ugh... can't even remember his name... must be all the tension,) the cat worriedly thought to himself as he ran further towards the sacred barn.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134160
134161
>>134159
You can move up to 35 feet if you want to cast a spell in the same round (30 ft movement, plus your five foot step).
Since the underbrush provides you cover, you may retreat while sneaking, albeit at only one half your normal speed.
If you wish to move in this fashion, roll Move Silently; if not, roll a caster level check (1d20+6) as you fire your AoE.
I'm not going to penalize you for moving uphill because I don't feel like looking that shit up right now.
Whiskers
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No.134161
134162
>>134160
I'll give sneaking another shot.
[1d20+1 = 11]<Move Clumsily Roll
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134162
134163 134165
>>134157
>>134158
Your horse hears some commotion ahead of the curve. She describes it "like a flock of giant turkeys", but you understand that your friends seem to have run into trouble.
Misty, with her 90 ft walking speed (wow!), could be all the way there in one round if she took the run action.

What do you do?

>>134161
The wolf doesn't hear you as you leave the range of its scent, but one of the goblins seems to have heard rustling in the bushes and points towards you. The troops growl, directing the wolf with a pointed finger as they close in towards you with their swords drawn.
Roll that caster level check, btw.
Whiskers
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No.134163
134164
>>134162
[1d20+6 = 20]<Caster check
Anonymous
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No.134164
glitterdust.jpg
>>134163
Nice. You successfully beat the Fiendish Wolf's spell resistance.
One Of the goblins pursuing you near the edge of the blast screams in pain as he's blinded, crit-failing the save with his -1 modifier on top of it.

Now let me figure out if I'm supposed to roll all these saves separately or if I roll them as one together. I'm lowkey stalling for Bro and chad to make themselves apparent.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134165
134167 134168
>>134162
I mount Misty and run towards the turkeys.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134166
134168
doom hand cleric.jpg
The ball of golden dust hits right in the center of the kill-circle.
A new figure appears behind the samurai guy, he looks a bit like this, only covered in golden spray-paint, with some invisible patches. It seems as though this bad boy has been buffing and healing the warriors this whole time.
He claws at his eyes, apparently blinded by the spell. Most of the marauders do, actually. Everyone but the Samurai.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134167
134168 134170
>>134165
You appear just in time to see a circle of red-skinned, hairy warriors encircling your friend Brozal, along with a black wolf and another doglike monster. Before your eyes, a flash-bang goes off in the middle of the circle, covering them all in golden dust. Most of them appear to be blinded.
Roll 1d20+2 to make an intellence check concerning these marauders.

The movement was Misty's action. You were already mounted.
You still have an action. What do you do?
You could:
>cast a ranged spell (see >>133933 → )
>Dismount and enter Wildshape (small or medium animals only)
>Give up one of your spells to summon a monster to help
>Shoot a sling bullet
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134168
134170
>>134166
The wolf flanking Brozar is blinded.
Ah, the Hellhound is not actually blinded. It saved heroically.

The warriors all shriek in pain, pointing their spears in random directions, no longer threatening Brolaz. Some step away rubbing at their eyes. The Red Leader Barks at them, to no avail.
The Goblin Priest, now visible, also paws at his eyes. Unable to really do anything else. He utters a prayers and in an instant melds into the crowd, uniform to the rest of the regulars.

I think I'll just roll Brozal's saving throw for him.

>>134167
>>134165
You are about 30-40 ft away from the kill-circle, btw.
Anonymous
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No.134169
Brolaz manages to pass his saving throw, but only with Pelor's grace, as he burns another action point to regain a use of Zealous Surge. He barely avoids being blinded.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134170
134171 134175
>>134167
[1d20+2 = 9]
I cast call lightning on the group of warriors.
>>134168
Okay.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134171
134175 134176
>>134170
Call lightning is a 5 foot wide burst. You could normally target only one guy, but I'm going to let you hit too since these guys were close together.
Do you have a particular target in mind?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134172
The wolf growls at Whiskers and finally lunges towards his hiding place, the goblins following him.
The wolf's teeth surge with dark energy as it smites him with it's bite attack, dealing 9 damage.
I already rolled his check modifier to avoid being tripped. He passed.
Whiskers, don't forget you healed 2 HP that last round.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134173
Both the pursuing hobgoblins strike at you with longswords, comically missing like stormtroopers.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134174
Bro's turn...
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134175
134176
>>134171
>>134170
You see 9 blinded regulars, one wolf, one fire-dog, one not-blinded Samurai, and one blinded priest in the kill circle.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134176
134177 134181
>>134171
>>134175
>Do you have a particular target in mind?
The priest and the fire dog.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134177
134184
>>134176
The They on opposite sides of Brozal, so I'll just have you target the priest and the regular next to him.
The lightning hits the priest's mace like a lightning rod. I neglected to mention he was disguised, but you had a decent chance of hitting him anyway.
Regular was already wounded, and is KO'd from the shock.

The priest is visibly damaged, but doesn't drop.
"Raagh! You'll have to do more than that!" he bellows in common, before he downs a potion.

The fire-dog bites at Brozal, but fails to pierce his armor.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134178
Fuck it, I'm just going to have Brozal do a full attack while fighting defensively with full combat expertise.
All of them miss, but his AC is high this turn.

The Red Leader clashes his blades together and taunts Brozal.
"You! You dare fight me?!”
He counters with his own combo, but Brozal manages to block each hit.
Brozal takes the damage from his delayed damage pool. His HP is pretty low now.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134179
134182
Whiskers is currently being attacked by one wold and two goblins. He could step out of their melee range with his 5 ft step if he wants to cast a spell without provoking AoO's

He could also elect to take the retreat action, and move 60 ft uphill.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134180
134181
The blinded regulars scramble ineffectively to return to their previous formation. With a bark from the red leader, they form a haphazard spear wall around the priest the red leader.

Chad, you can move again right after Whiskers.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134181
134184
>>134180
>>134176
Also, be aware that you can use Call Lightning again every round, and drop up to 6 bolts.
Anonymous
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No.134182
134183
>>134179
Whiskers will continue to retreat, always searching somewhere to hide inside the farthest away these interlopers and towards the barn again.
[1d20+23 = 40]<Preemptive Hide Check
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134183
134185
>>134182
With a check like that, you're able to gain concealment in the bushes by the barn, but the Hobgoblins see where you went.

Both wolves vanish in a puff of black smoke.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134184
134186 134192
>>134177
>>134181
I cast call lightning on the regulars
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134185
134186
>>134183
Meow takes the opportunity to reload the crossbow and switch to the rapier, readying a melee attack the moment the icky, uncool hobgoblins keep their harrassment.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134186
134187 134191
>>134184
You manage to damage two, but that's not enough to drop them.
>>134185
Technically you can't use weapons in cat form, but I neglected to mention that earlier, so go ahead and do it.
You can't ready an attack after taking a full round action though.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134187
>>134186
Crud.
Let's pretend Whiskers simply holstered the crossbow for instant scratching action instead.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134188
134190
The Priest takes the total defense action, and casts and Orison.
A shadowy area covers the kill-circle.
....
And is completely negated by the everburning torches that Brozal strapped to himself...

"REEEEEE stupid Orc! Muh Doom!"
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134189
.... I really wish Brozal's player were here... e_e
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134190
>>134188
I've been neglecting to mention that Brozal has been suffering from his light sensitivity.
Brozal manages to hit the Bladebearer twice, critically wounding him, but not dropping him. He heals 4 HP with from Martial Spirit.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134191
134192
>>134186
I cast plant growth in the area around the regulars.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134192
134193 134195
The Bladebearer takes a 5 ft step back and barks orders at his regulars before taking a potion and moving back towards the priest. The regulars manage to get between Brozal and the Bladebearer, still blinded.
Brozal makes an attack of opportunity at a blinded goblin and drops him. There are regulars left in the road.

The hellhound fires his breath weapon towards Brozal, who manages to save ad only takes 4 damage.
He's at like 15 HP, with 4 points in his delayed damage pool.

Whiskers already declared his turn

>>134184
Chad's turn. You don't have to use all your lightning at once. It'll last 4 minutes (40 rounds). You can cast another spell or summon a monster.
>>134191
Ah
Thick bushes and tall grass spring up all over the road, making the terrain difficult for the already blinded goblins.
Next round, this would be perfect terrain to cast entangle on.

The Bladebearer and the Cleric stand back to back, surrounded by what remains of their kill-circle.

The bladebearer shouts something in goblinoid
"Gobble gobble gobble gobble Tiamat gobble!"
The blinded goblins on the side of the road draws his sword and waddles towards Chad, although not moving very fast.

The goblins pursuing Whiskers give up on him and leave.
They immediately see Chad and fire arrows at him.
One magages to hit him, dealing 9 damage. Another bounces off of Misty's flank, spooking her.
Chad, roll a Ride check. For you that's 1d20+3
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134193
>>134192
*8 regulars left on the road.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134194
134196
With a bark from the Priest, the hellhound leaves the killcircle and charges right towards misty, biting into her leg with its fiery maw.

It would be Bro's turn, but idk where his player is...
He fights defensively and takes a potion. With no non-blind creature threatening him, doesn't provoke AoO. He regains 2 HP, but takes 4 damage from his delayed damage pool. He's at like 11 HP, really fucked-up.

Whiskers's turn
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
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No.134195
134197 134200 134204
>>134192
[1d20+3 = 15]
I cast entangle on the area.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134196
134197
>>134194
Feeling it's about time to give these now disinterested ranged goblins the spook after the dogs went away as well as his hurt pride in need of mending, Whiskers decide to follow the ranged hobgolbins, preparing the biggest spook (Intimidate) imaginable.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134197
134198 134199
Vine Growth.jpg
>>134195
The Effect of the entangle spell is augmented by the thick brush.
All of the hobgoblin regulars are entangled. Unable to move or see, they are visibly distressed.
The Priest is similarly affected, as is the bladebearer.

Thing is, Brozal is caught in the nasty nest as well. He struggles against the angry vines.

>>134196
You can sneak up behind them with your movement.
Anonymous
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No.134198
134200 134201
>>134197
Ooh, boy. Time to roll Move Silently!
[1d20+2 = 15]<You know what I'm rolling here.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134199
134200
>>134197
I cast flaming sphere on the entangled priest.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134200
134203 134204
The bladebearer bursts out of the sea of vines, but the Priest remains entangled. Both of them appear to be regaining HP as their spells heal them.
>>134195
>>134199
I rolled Chad's ride check because you didn't. He failed his ride check as misky pancicked from the hellhound bite right after he cast his last spell. He falls prone beside her.
Both of the archer goblins fire arrows at him, both hitting and dealing 11 damage. The dog closes in with a bite attack, and sinks his teeth into him.
He's taken 29 damage and is now down below half health. He could die the next round if he doesn't think fast.

Remember, casting a spell in melee range provokes attacks of opportunity from the hellhound. So would standing up in your position.
Misty is not trained to attack, but you can handle her as a free action to push her to do so.

Wildshape would not provoke attacks of opportunity, however.
>>134198
B
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134201
>>134198
pass
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134202
All of the goblin regulars remain blinded, and entangled. Some of them fall prone.

Brolaz manages to burst free from the vines binding him, but still cant move, sourrounded by Brush and panicking goblins. He regains another 2 HP from his potion.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134203
134205
>>134200
With a swift lick and a mighty yet silent exhale, Whiskers jumps forth, claws detracted into one of the hobgoblins' faces, using his super cool Iaijutsu focus he saw on theaters.
[1d20+7 = 25]<Melee Attack
[1d20+5 = 21]<Iaijustu Focus
I dunno if this is how it works, so feel free to correct me.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134204
134205
>>134200
The dice roll in >>134195
was meant to be the ride check.

I use wild shape to change into a black bear.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134205
134206
>>134203
It's technically chad's turn, but I'm going to let you attack, since you still had a standard action left that turn.
Roll damage for your claw attack in cat form

I wouldn't normally consider these guys flat-footed, but I'm going to let you auto-pass a Sleight Of Hand check to do the flick of the wrist trick, at the cost of an action point.
Roll damage for your cat claw attack, plus 3d6 Iajutsu damage.
>>134204
Oh
well, he probably would have failed to stay mounted after that, so I'm going to roll with this.
You regain 8 HP while turning into a bear. I'm going to rule that you're no longer prone.

Would you like to Handle misty to attack this turn? Your modifier would be +10. It's a free action.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134206
134207
>>134205
Good to know for the future.
[1d2+3d6]<Raw Clawing Action
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134207
134208
>>134206
Shit.
[1d2 = 1]<Raw claw damage
[3d6 = 13]<Iaijustu damage mod
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134208
>>134207
You slash an archer in half, killing him instantly.
The other archer recoils in fright.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134209
134210
I'm going to roll that Misty attacks, because that'll get us through this faster.
She makes a full rounds attack, bearing down on the hellhound with both hooves. With sanctify natural attack and Smite Evil, the doggo didn't stand a chance. Its fiery innards spill out of its ribcage as she crushes it.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134210
134212
>>134209
Alright, what happens next?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134211
134212
A Hobgoblins draws his sword and dagger and attacks Whiskers, both attacks missing him.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134212
>>134210
>>134211
That was some pretty good timing.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134213
134214
Pretty sure the blindness should have worn off by now. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The Bladebearer regains his footing, and spends his turn cutting the priest out of the vines.
The Priest draws a pre-read scroll and shouts a prayer. A Massive Sword of pure darkness forms in the air and bears down on Brozal
... and misses.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134214
134216
>>134213
Should last 6 rounds (1 round/level)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134215
134219
Brozal Crit-fails his save and can't do shit this round, vines debuffing him. He does heal 2 HP though.

I will remind Chad that he can still invoke lightning in bear form.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134216
>>134214
Shit, I guess we've got about two more rounds then.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134217
134218
The regulars, still blinded, entangled, and prone, flop about helplessly.

Whisker's turn.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134218
134220
>>134217
Being the bold kitty that he is and seeing the horrified hobgoblin after seeing his indomitable spirit, Whiskers arches his back on the floor, hissing threateningly at the remaining archer in the hopes to destroying his will to fleeing.
[1d20+16 = 30]<Intimidate Check.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134219
134220
>>134215
I call lightning on the priest.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134220
134221
>>134218
Even with the -8 size penalty, you successfully demoralize the goblins.
That triggers Imperious Command.
The goblins drops his weapons, falls to the ground, and cowers in fear before the "lion".
>>134219
Thanks to the vines holding him down, the priest fails his save against the lightning. Were it not for his potion, he'd be dead by now.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134221
>>134220
I call lightning on the blade bearer.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134222
134224
Can i call a lightning storm?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134223
The Bladebearer saves against the vine heroically and slashes straight through the brush at Brozal, slicing through his armor with the emerald razor technique.
Brozal takes a katana to the stomach and would be dying were it not for his delayed damage (thank Pelor).

The Sword of darkness attempts to finish him, but manages to kill goblin regular instead, since the Cleric is still blinded.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134224
134227
>>134222
Brozal fails his save against the vines and still can't move. Still fighting defensively, he heals 2 HP from his potion.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134225
The regulars are visibly shaken. Unable to see or move as the spiritual weapon picks them off in an attempt to smite Brozal.
"Gobblegobblegobblegobblegobble!"
The Red leader roars in anger
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134226
Whiskers turn
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134227
134229
>>134224
Did the lightning hit him?
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134228
134230
(the blade bearer)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134229
134231
>>134227
No. Sorry.
You hit the priest, but not hard enough to drop him. He's sizzling, on his last leg.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134230
134231 134234
>>134228
Wait until next turn for that. You move after Whiskers.
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134231
>>134229
>>134230
*waiting*
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134233
134234
>>134232
That can't work twice in a row, sorry. You'll need to wait a couple rounds.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134234
134235
>>134230
>>134233
Whiskers, feeling the need to help Brozar further, runs at the scene at an appropriate distance for his intimidating presence to hit as many, if not all, enemies around him before doing the usual angry cat expression.
[1d20+8 = 18]<Intimidate Check (-8 included.)
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134235
134236 134242
>>134234
I'm not going to count the penalty when you're up against Blinded enemies.
The goblins hear the roar of a manticore, and are all sent cowering, including the Red Leader who wasn't facing you.

The red leader takes damage from lightning, but doesn't drop yet.

The spiritual weapon stands srill as the Cleric cowers
....

everybody cowers... and
Brozal, heroically bursts out of the vines this round.
He finishes the Red Leader with a Coup-de-grace, just in time to do it without provoking AoO, as the blindness wears off this round.
With Revitalizing strike and Martial Spirit, he just barely manages to avoid passing out, with 3 HP left.

Some of the regulars have left the kill-circle trying to escape, but dropped prone at the sound of the roar.

Whisker's turn again. All of the enemies are shaken, dead, prone, and/or disarmed. the Priest still lives though.
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134236
134238
>>134235
With a mighty charge, the cat lunges at the Priest, biting him on the arm in order to maybe incapacitate him for good.
[1d20+9 = 19]<CHAAAAAAAARGE Bite Attack
Anonymous
44eee0f
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No.134237
I'm here now. What can I attack?
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134238
134240
>>134236
Roll Jump
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134239
134240
+8 racial bonus
Anonymous
e87ecff
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No.134240
134243
>>134238
>>134239
[1d20+6 = 20]<Jump roll comboing into a bluff check to pretend that was my plan.
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.134241
134243
please
Chaddy Daddy of the Pussy Kissed Mist
a897a3c
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No.134242
134243
>>134235
I change from wild shape back to normal.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134243
134244 134245
>>134241
You could attack a regular or the cleric. They are all shaken and prone.
>>134242
Got it.
>>134240
Roll damage
Anonymous
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No.134244
134246
>>134243
[1d3 = 1]<Epic cat time damage
Brozal
44eee0f
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No.134245
134247 134248
>>134243
Okay I'll attack the cleric with revitalizing strike, and then I'll burn an action point to hit him again with crusader's strike.
Anonymous
648ae9c
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No.134246
>>134244
Doesn't drop, even as you bite him in the spinal cord.
The Cleric attacks back with the spiritual weapon, but it misses you.

Bro's turn. You see the Cleric right at your feet