Shipwrecked!

[smeltdm]

Knowledge check:

History:

smeltdm rolled 1d20+3 and got a total of 19.

Planes:

smeltdm rolled 1d20+3 and got a total of 18.

Religion:

smeltdm rolled 1d20+3 and got a total of 10.

Arcana:

smeltdm rolled 1d20+8 and got a total of 16.

[smeltdm]

Straia then follows Mire over the edge trying to be very careful of her hand holds as she goes.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Taking 10 if possible.....

[kabkal]

Gratchl looks about and the says in a very wobbley voice “dog go. Yes take me.” And then she mumbles something, but you have no clue what our if she was even talking to anyone. She then lifts her arms ready to b fe carried down.

[The Hunter]

Volgen holds and waits as the he lets the rest of the group go down before him. He's watchful...watching to make sure they're not having issues, watching for signs of trouble down below, and watching for signs of trouble above where he is.

[scarymike23]

Hela takes 10 to climb down.

[rednick90]

Sefera will instruct her wolf to start down and she will carefully follow.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Takeing 10if possible

[rednetra]

WIll pick up Gratchl and fly her and myself down to the floor of the crater. then go back up and just make sure and know one falls.

[patransom]

Domasa carries Gratchl to the bottom of the crater, while everyone else climbs carefully down the steep cliff. The ground at the bottom of the crater seems strangely out of place here in these lush plains. It is sandy and dry like a desert down here. It's like the ground surrounding the castle walls was dropped here with everything else.

Suddenly, in the shadowy archway leading into the castle grounds, everyone spies something else out of place. Two ridiculously large scorpions are lurking there out of the sun, filling the entire gateway, but unseen beneath the curtain wall during Domasa's aerial scouting. Now that the party has reached the bottom of the crater, they stir and wave their stingers menacingly.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Initiative order will be as follows. This means that Volgen and Sefera will not act in the next sequence of posts. They will go first after my validation of the initial actions. Round 1 Begins Hela Boatfoot (H) Gratchl (G) Sparky (Gratchl's Dog, Sp) Domasa Erawn (D) Straia Allan (St) Mirena Aira (M) Monstrous Scorpions (1, 2) -----> First Validation Round 1 Continues Volgen Holdsson (V) Sefera Sotar (Se) Wolf (W) Round 2 Begins Hela Boatfoot (H) Gratchl (G) Sparky (Gratchl's Dog, Sp) Domasa Erawn (D) Straia Allan (St) Mirena Aira (M) Monstrous Scorpions (1, 2) -----> Next Validation

[scarymike23]

Hela reacts quickly to the threat casting glitterdust on the vile vermin, hoping to blind them.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Glitter dust centered at the top back of 2419, DC 16 will save or be blinded, duration 8 rnds.

[Benji]

“About time!” Mire laughs as she charges straight at the closest Scorpion, swinging her Greataxe.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Charging Scorpion 1

Attack:

Benji rolled 1d20+16 and got a total of 24.

Damage 1:

totalonly    1d12+7

Fire Damage:

Benji rolled 1d6 and got a total of 4.

[Benji]

Oops...

Damage:

Benji rolled 1d12+7 and got a total of 8.

[rednetra]

Domasa should be still off the ground Activating my entangling bracers use my Eldridge blast on Scorpion #1THINKING: By Eros please let my shoot be true

[smeltdm]

Straia stands fast, raises her holy symbol, and casts bless.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Straia & all allies within 50' gets +1 to attacks and saves vs fear for 8 minutes.

[kabkal]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Dont have my sheet in front of me so not sure of roles, but here is my action

Gretchl will look for an opportunity to hide in sight and then move and hide in the shadows to attack from the shadows with surprise if possible.

Sparky will try to move to the other side and offer flank to front line fighters next round.

[patransom]

Round 1 Begins

Hela casts glitterdust on the vermin. One of the scorpions (#1) is blinded. The other is not.

Gratchl orders Sparky to move to attack. He does not obey, preferring to stand there and growl at the giant creatures [Gratchl failed her handle animal check]. Gratchl herself disappears into the shadows. She reappears, as if out of nowhere, next to scorpion #1, but misses with her short sword.

Still in the air, Domasa hits scorpion #1 with an eldritch blast [7 hp damage] that also entangles it.

Straia stands fast, raises her holy symbol, and casts bless.

“About time!” Mire laughs as she charges straight at scorpion #1, swinging her Greataxe. She connects, and does some damage [12 hp total].

Scorpion 1 does not seem at all hindered by being blinded, and only slightly hindered by being entangled. Thus, it attacks Mirena. It misses with its stinger and first claw. It hits with its second claw [7 hp damage] and then grabs hold of her [grapple check won].

With Mire firmly in the clutches of its brother, scorpion 2 scuttles forward and claws Straia, grabbing her up as well [9 hp damage and grapple check won].

Suddenly, the doors of the keep burst open and out scuttles a scorpion so big it makes the other ones look like babies! It moves into the archway and Hela's glitterdust blinds it. This, however, doesn't seem to bother it, as it waves its stinger menacingly.

ACTIVE EFFECTS & CONDITIONS    Glitterdust (yellow area): 7 rounds left Bless (everyone): +1 to attacks & saves vs fear, 8 minutes left Round 1 Continues Volgen Holdsson (V) Sefera Sotar (Se) Wolf (W) Round 2 Begins Hela Boatfoot (H) Gratchl (G) Sparky (Gratchl's Dog, Sp) Domasa Erawn (D) Straia Allan (St) - 9 hp, grappled Mirena Aira (M) - 7 hp, grappled Monstrous Scorpion 1 - 19 hp, blinded 7 rnds, entangled & taking 1 hp/rnd for 2 rnds, grappling Mirena Monstrous Scorpion 2 - grappling Straia Bigger Monstrous Scorpion 3 - blinded 7 rnds -----> Next Validation

 

[Benji]

Growling, Mire struggles to break free of the hold.

Grapple check:

Benji rolled 1d20+12 and got a total of 22.

[The Hunter]

Rage suddenly envelopes Volgen before he can fit even attempt to rationally assess the situation, the one thought that consumes his being voiced in two words roared at the top of his lungs, “Release her!!” And add incentive to his demand he takes two mighty swipes at the beast.

Melee Greataxe 1

The Hunter rolled 1d20+10 and got a total of 28:

Greataxe Damage 1

The Hunter rolled 1d12+13 and got a total of 23:

Melee Greataxe 2

The Hunter rolled 1d20+5 and got a total of 13:

Greataxe Damage 2

The Hunter rolled 1d12+13 and got a total of 16:

[scarymike23]

Hela calmly backs up (5 foot step to 1816) and begins to gesture and vocalize culminating in a flash of light affecting her allies. (Hela casts "Haste", no two can be more than 30 feet apart, so I think all are in range unless something changes before she casts)

[smeltdm]

Straia cast Freedom of Movement
Concentration check:

smeltdm rolled 1d20+13 and got a total of 33.

If successful move to 1817.

[kabkal]

Gratchl will attack #1 again, trying to get into a spot that will give her the biggest fighting advantage if possible (that is a flank, surprise, attack from shadows... if at all possible).

kabkal rolled 1d20+8 and got a total of 9:

with short sword (

kabkal rolled 1d4+2 and got a total of 4:

if hit) ((

kabkal rolled 5d6:

is sneak attack is possible))

[patransom]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    rednick90 is unable to continue playing. We will just pretend that Sefera took her "wolf" and her horse and wandered off in the night after you made camp. She never came to this mysterious castle with you. Straia cannot cast Freedom of Movement. It has somatic components. You cannot cast spells with somatic components while in a grapple. See the rules for grappling: You can attempt to cast a spell while grappling or even while pinned (see below), provided its casting time is no more than 1 standard action, it has no somatic component, and you have in hand any material components or focuses you might need. Any spell that requires precise and careful action is impossible to cast while grappling or being pinned. If the spell is one that you can cast while grappling, you must make a Concentration check (DC 20 + spell level) or lose the spell. You don’t have to make a successful grapple check to cast the spell. Domasa has not posted an action. If her player does not post soon, we will continue without her...

[smeltdm]

Straia's struggles to break free.

Straia's Grapple check:

smeltdm rolled 1d20+9 and got a total of 24.

[patransom]

Round 1 Continues

Rage suddenly envelops Volgen. He yells, “Release her!!” and takes two mighty swipes at the beast holding Straia. His first swing hits for considerable damage. His second misses.

Hela calmly backs up (5 foot step to 1816) and begins to gesture and vocalize culminating in a flash of light affecting her allies. [Everyone is affected by Haste: extra attack when making a full attack, +1 attack, +1 AC, +1 REF, +30' speed]

With Scorpion 1 occupied by grappling with Mirena, Gratchl doesn't need to move to get the fighting advantage she needs. She attacks, but misses.

Domasa does nothing, although her entangling blast does a little damage to Scorpion 1

Straia struggles, and successfully breaks free of the grapple.

Mirena, on the other hand, is not successful.

Scorpion 1, being harassed by the larger creature behind it, attempts to move out of the way. Mirena resists, but the scorpion begins to push her forward. This gives Gratchl the opening she needs, and she stabs the creature to death. [Gratchl’s AoO sneak attack damage killed the scorpion]

Scorpion 2 attacks Straia again. It hits with its first claw and grabs Straia again [9 hp and grappled]. As the creature pounces, on Straia, Volgen gets an opening to attack [AoO], but misses. After this, the scorpion attempts to hit Straia with its other claw and its stinger, but fails.

With its smaller kin out of the way, the even bigger Scorpion 3 attacks Mirena. It hits with its first claw, but rather amazingly, Mirena avoids being grabbed. It misses with its second claw, but hits with its stinger [24 hp total, and Mirena needs a DC18 Fort save or she takes 2 CON damage from the stinger’s poison]

ACTIVE EFFECTS & CONDITIONS    Dashed red line shows the extent of Scorpion 3's reach. Fortunately for Gratchl, it's somewhat restricted by being in the archway. Glitterdust (yellow area): 6 rounds left Bless (everyone): +1 to attacks & saves vs fear, 7.9 minutes left Haste (everyone): extra attack when making a full attack, +1 attack, +1 AC, +1 REF, +30' speed, 7 rounds left Round 2 Continues Volgen Holdsson (V) - raging, 6 rounds left Round 3 Begins Hela Boatfoot (H) Gratchl (G) Sparky (Gratchl's Dog, Sp) Domasa Erawn (D) Straia Allan (St) - 18 hp, grappled Mirena Aira (M) - 31 hp, needs a DC18 Fort save to avoid 2 CON damage Monstrous Scorpion 1 - DEAD Monstrous Scorpion 2 – 23 hp, grappling Straia Bigger Monstrous Scorpion 3 - blinded 6 rnds -----> Next Validation

 

[The Hunter]

Volgen roars in outrage and assaults the creature furiously.

Melee Greataxe 1

The Hunter rolled 1d20+12 and got a total of 29:

Greataxe Damage 1

The Hunter rolled 1d12+13 and got a total of 15:

Melee Greataxe 2

The Hunter rolled 1d20+12 and got a total of 13:

Greataxe Damage 2

The Hunter rolled 1d12+13 and got a total of 15:

Melee Greataxe 3

The Hunter rolled 1d20+7 and got a total of 11:

Greataxe Damage 3

The Hunter rolled 1d12+13 and got a total of 18:

[patransom]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    For everyone who goes after Volgen (which is everyone), his first swing is going to kill Scorpion 2, so you'll only have the Extra Big Scorpion left to worry about. And Straia is free of the grapple. For Volgen, this also means he has a move action left if he wants.

[The Hunter]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    My move action will be determined greatly by the clarification of a rule that I can't seem to find any mention on lol. What kind of action is transforming into bear form while raging? The only thing it says, unless I've missed it, is that it can be done any time the barbarian is raging. My only measuring stick for the ruling would be the druid's wild shape ability, which we've used before to help on rulings with the bear form, which says it takes a standard action to change form. Let me know what your ruling is and I'll accept it.

[scarymike23]

Hella's gloves suddenly swell with light as blue star like bolts launch from her hand smacking solidly into the massive scorpion.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Uses gloves of the starry sky to convert 1st level spell slot into magic missile, CL8 (4 misses).

scarymike23 rolled 4d4+4 and got a total of 12:

[Benji]

Fortitude Save:

Benji rolled 1d20+13 and got a total of 32.

Seeing Volgen's devastating blows out of the corner of her eye, Mire refuses to let herself be outdone by a man. She flies into a rage of her own and steps forward (5 ft to 2317) to attack the bigger enemy.

Power Attack (2)1:

Benji rolled 1d20+16 and got a total of 19.

Damage 1:

Benji rolled 1d12+14 and got a total of 26.

Fire damage 1:

Benji rolled 1d6 and got a total of 5.

Power Attack (2) 2:

Benji rolled 1d20+11 and got a total of 28.

Damage 2:

Benji rolled 1d12+14 and got a total of 22.

Fire damage 2:

Benji rolled 1d6 and got a total of 4.

Haste Power Attack (2):

Benji rolled 1d20+16 and got a total of 32.

Haste damage:

Benji rolled 1d12+14 and got a total of 22.

Haste fire damage:

Benji rolled 1d6 and got a total of 5.

[smeltdm]

Straia lets loose a stream of foul incantations, cursing the Bigger Monstrous Scorpion 3. Straia after casting Curse of Ill Fortune moves to 2015.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    Target cursed with -3 to attacks, saves, skill checks, and ability checks. Will neg DC17.

[The Hunter]

OUT-OF-CHARACTER:    For Volgen's remaining move action.

Volgen plants his foot on the creature's body and pries his axe from it's exoskeleton. He looks to Straia to confirm that after she's freed she is still alive. With that confirmation he redirects his rage towards the newest foe and with an inhuman roar he charges the creature.