The Crucible of Freya (Inactive)

Game Master Grimmy

I am moving stealthily back.

Ok sounds good guys. Give me a hand with the counting the squares of movement and so forth, I am logging in from borrowed mobile devices at the moment, wifi is no good where I am.

Edit: I counted one half move (2 squares) and one full move (4 squares)

ROUND 1 orcs

orcs stay or go?: 1d100 ⇒ 69

The grumbling orcs seem to reach an agreement, and proceed up the stairs.

I moved the tokens on the map, I gave them a single move action after wasting time arguing with each other, so they haven't burst out the door at the top of the stairs yet.

Round 2
Damien <<<<
Sam <<<<
Kev <<<<
Spiders
Leo
Vhillish
Janna
Jerrid
Orcs

Damien, Sam & Kev go!

Round 1

Remember that I delayed

Escape artist: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

No problem Leo! Looks like you are still stuck.

Round 2

Knowledge (local): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

The former Lieutenant curses at the Deputies report, "Black orcs? This better not be Herron's Canyon all over again. Right, pull back to us. The hall will bottleneck the pricks."

Sidestepping a poorly aimed glob of webbing, Damien relays the info to Kev, "Get Leo free, squad of pikers on their way up. Dark, rough and stubborn these ones. We'll need the boy with his wits about him!"

Turning his attention back to the spider, Damien looks to finish this quickly, his mind already on the orcs. His lucern hammer arcs high, crushing the second spider (blue) against the nearby rafter, sickly yellow ichor spilling to the floor.

Swift Action : Arcane Strike
Standard Action : Attack blue spider

Lucern Hammer: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 2 = 23
Damage: 1d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 1 = 14
Crit. COnfirmation: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 5 - 2 = 17
Crit. Damage: 1d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8

Sam crouches in the alcove to the right, waiting to surprise the orcs when the come close.

Moved to the alcove at the bottom of the map

stealth: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23

Did the door at the top of the stairs have a lock?

Round 2

Kevezyat nods at the news of new combants, pulls an arrow from her quiver and smoothly nocks ,aims and fires at the other spider hiding in the rafters....

Attack, longbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

She then steps over globs of webbing to help Leo extricate himself...

Round 2

Oh Thyr...
Escape artist: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
The clumsy priest seems to be entangling himself further and further.

[dice=Perception]1d20+14

Did the door at the top of the stairs have a lock?

It looks like it could be jiggered with a disable device check.

Round Two

Posting out of turn because Jerrid isn't in with the spiders and later I am pretty busy. Rather not slow things down.

Jerrid legs it back down to the door and tries to lock the basement door temporarily. He works quickly, feverishly with the guttural sounds of the orcs getting closer.

Disable device: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

But the pick twists in his gnarled fingers and gets stuck in his haste!

Round 2
The last spider desperately tries to snare it's prey again. Janna looks pretty tasty.

Web vs Janna: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 stuck!

Round 2
Damien (wacks a spider)
Sam (crouches around the corner)
Kev (pops a shot)
Spider (hurl web at janna)
Leo (still stuck)
Vhillish
Janna
Jerrid (tries to jigger the door)
Orcs

Ready for Vhillish and Janna

getting deja-vu of another combat....

janna was about to electrify the last spider or at least help her healer from his sticky situation.

damn it, this was not in the forcast! as she struggles to get free once again

escape artist: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Remember guys, the Entangled condition isn't actually all that debilitating :)

Let's put Vhillish down for a delay wot!

Round 2 Orcs

As Jerrid stands at the door trying to jigger the lock shut, he hears the orcs tramp up the stair and the door swings open. A hulking black orc towers over him.

Grapple: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

The orc picks Jerrid up by the scruff of the neck, and growls back at it's fellow orcs in their ugly sounding language. Jerrid can see that they are gesturing to back up down the stair.

I suppose there is a chance you would get an AoO here Jerrid, if you think you would have been wielding a melee weapon while doing a disable device check. What do you think? Is thieves tools on lock a two hand job? Or would jerrid still have a knife at the ready while he worked? You decide.

The rest of the orcs seem to be tramping back down the stairs, with the next in line behind the one that grabbed up Jerrid staying to make sure the deep gnome can't slip free.

Grapple: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Round 3
Damien <<<<
Sam <<<<
Kev <<<<
Spider
Leo
Vhillish
Janna
Jerrid
Orcs

Damien, Sam, Kev, go!

Round 3

Damien crosses over to protect Janna. His swing is fouled by a rafter however, a string of quietly uttered curses following after.

"What's the status on those tuskers deputy?

Move Action : Move beside Janna
Swift Action : Arcane Strike
Standard Action : Attack red spider

Lucern Hammer: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 2 = 4
Damage: 1d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

No weapon but there is a 20% miss chance due to blur he says grasping at straws.

Round 3

Kevezyat approaches Leo, keeping an eye on the remaining spider scuttling about in the rafters.

Looking down at the webs sticking the priest to the floor, Kevezyat brings Valkyria up and runs the blade along the webs at Leo's feet, surmising the sword's antipathy towards spiders may also apply to the sticky webs.

Miss chance coming up Jerrid

Miss?: 1d100 ⇒ 61
Miss?: 1d100 ⇒ 42

The deep gnome is picked up by the scruff of his neck.

Where did that straw go? Oh dear this is bad.

Apologies gang - home interwebs is kaput and opportunity at work is minimal right now

Vhillish would have been on "covering overwatch" whilst the sneakers tried to gemmy the lock

Rounds 2 & 3

As the tusker-noir grabs for Jerrid, Vhillish curses under his breath;

"Rumbled sah! I'll try and buy the malingerers some time! Best you breach from your side also - double time!!"

The gnome then raises his arbalest at the offending black orc and steps forward and calls out the brute;

"Trust you speeky Common yes? Drop the gnomiz... or I skewer your blakk chops in the name of those who fell at Herron's Canyon whot!"

Sam takes out his crossbow and readies an ambush.

Do I have a shot at the orc?

The orc had to lean through the doorway to snatch Jerrid. By peering around the corner, Sam can get line of site to that orc. However, it is a bit of a trick shot. -4 penalty to hit.

The orc grunts when Vhillish announces himself. It is plain to see he doesn't intend to obey the deputy. The orcs are still planning to withdraw down the stair into the basement level with Jerrid.

Sam and Vhillish still have standard actions available to them if they desire.

Kevezyat Web Burst: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Kevezyat fails to free Leoven.

Damien swings to the rafters but misses with his hammer.

Round 3 Spiders

The sole remaining scuttles out of reach of the hammer and chucks a web at Damien.

Web: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 - 2 = 10 miss

Entangled characters can roll escape artist or strength -4 to burst the webs. Other characters can roll strength chefcks to burst the entangled characters without penalty.

Ready for Leo, Vhillish, Janna & Jerrid. Sam & Vhillish also have an extra action available to them still.

Round 3

Jerrid goes limp then launches himself like an eel at the open doorway.

Escape Artist 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 vs Orc CMD

When and if he gets free, Jerrid legs it back twenty feet to the others. He pulls out his gray skinned sickle on the move.

Wow, Jerrid does pop free with that roll. I thought it was opposed versus the grapple roll, but I checked. It is vs CMD. Jerrid is loose.

Jerrid makes it just past the deputy before drawing his sickle.

Round 4

Realizing that the sword wasn't especialy useful for dealing with webs, Kevezyat returns it to its harness and commences to tear at the webs confining Leo.

Web Burst: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Round 3 Sam
Sam pops up around the corner to take a shot at the orc that grabbed Jerrid with his small crossbow.

att no penalties added/bolt/precision damage: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 261d6 ⇒ 12d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11

confirm/xtra damage: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 251d6 ⇒ 2

"That looks to have hurt."

Round 3

Please miss Kev, don't worry about me- Leoven moves to get away from the spider reach

str check: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (9) - 4 = 5

Round 3

here is the question.. the concentration check to use my SLA is 15 plus spell level, but it does not have a spell level. so what to roll?

concentration: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
well that is good up to level 4 though.

in any event, Janna struggles to get a view of the remaining spider. I never get the weather wrong, and today looks like a lightning storm.

a bolt of lightning erupts from Janna striking the spider. I hope

ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
electrical damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

I'm fairly certain it should act as a first level spell Janna. You should be good with that roll no matter what.

Personally I'm a little amazed a how badly the random number gods are treating us with those escape checks. I'm sure you'll be free eventually Leo :P

Round 3

Vhillish warily eyes the tuskers as they back off:

Sense Motive DC12: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

"Ho-ho! These savages don't speak the Duchy's tongue! Cave dwelling sub-tuskers! Have at them!!"

The veteran lets fly a bolt at the clearest target (Extra Action)

Ranged: MW Arbalest: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 2 = 27
Small Heavy Crossbow Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Before reloading and letting fly again;

"Rapid fire! Whot! Whot!"

Ranged: MW Arbalest: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 2 = 15
Small Heavy Crossbow Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

"I do not think they are just orcs. These ones have skills." Jerrid's voice trembles a little at the near miss.

He twirls the sickle briefly to help narrow his focus back into battle.

OK Janna's concentration check looks good, but did she apply the penalty to the attack roll? Those webs impair your aim.

Samduc's surprise shot hits the orcs in the throat. It gurgles blood from it's mouth. To everyone's amazement, the foul orc staggers forward despite the seemingly fatal wound.

These things have DR 1/- but sam still dropped him to negative HP. However, they have orc ferocity as well.

The orc steps forward. And Vhillish shoots. snarl

It steps forward again. Another quarrel flies but this one sticks in the armor.

This thing is at -6 and still coming at you.

The orc howls something in it's foul tongue. The footsteps receding on the stairway stop, and start coming back up. Closer.

Round 3 - Orcs

The wounded orc advances on Vhillish, dropping it's spear and lunging in to bite with it's tusky maw. It is slow though from it's wounds and pauses, choking on blood. staggered

Behind it, the others flood out into the hall, lining up and thrusting past it with their spears.

Longspear: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 miss

Out in the courtyard a cheer from the bandits is heard.

Round 4 Go Damien, Sam, Kev

Round 4

Damien sidesteps another glob of webbing, his hammer sweeping up towards to smash into it's source. His eyes meet the Paladin's, "Go! We've got this. You look after the runts, they're in a heap of trouble!"

He reaches out to Vhillish, "Holy reinforcement incoming Deputy. Just hold a little longer!"

Swift Action : Arcane Strike
Standard Action : Attack red spider

Lucern Hammer: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 5 - 2 = 16
Damage: 1d12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10

oh crap, I forgot about that, really sorry that would be -4 total to hit, thus dropping the 16 to a 12 possibly a miss then?

DMGrimmy could Jerrid send a cone from where he is down the corridor? It wouldn't hit Vhillish just the first three orcs I'm thinking.

Im on mobile but I'm thinking it would catch two orcs Jerrid. Looks like Janna's shot is a miss guys. The hammer hits though. Spider lives though.

Round 4 Spider

The little bugger scuttles into a far high corner and cowers behind the protection of the rafters.

withdraw

Go go go!

I'm not going to try to update the init table from mobile but you guys know what's goin on. Party's up, then orcs.

Kevezyat nods to Damien, then Leo and steps away, returning her sword to its harness as she walked quickly to the door.

Once there she breaks into a run as she heard the guttural voiced of the orcs and Vhillish's own pithy comments...

Not exactly sure how far she can get...

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Round 4

Calm under the face of the pain resistant uber orc phalanx, Vhillish hears his CO's orders;

"Right you are sah! Bloody bounders are made of tough stuff whot! But not tougher than our collective steel by jingo!"

Seeing his primary foe is spearless the canny veteran shifts back to give himself some firing room (5ft Step backward) and reloads as he does (Move Action)

Then lets fly again at the persistant brute:

Ranged: MW Arbalest: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 2 = 27
Small Heavy Crossbow Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

You can get all the way into the room with a double move Kev. I imagine you'd like to be behind either Jerrid or Sam? Sam being further into the room. Which would you prefer?

I'm correct in reading that the last spider is now out of reach of Damien's hammer DMG?

Damien smiles slightly at the Deputy's unflappable optimism, "You remember what Captain Krills used to say, "If the enemy won't stay down, get off your ass and hit 'em harder!""