Session 55 30/4/4446 Long Day's Journey into the Black Sun

Meet & befriend zombie T-Rex: 1950
Wipe out 20-orc patrol: 1900+1100+50=3050
Gain location of Black Sun Castle: 600
Cross river, reach road: 1900
Talk way past bridge tower: 1200
Fight 6 giant ticks, lose Feani, put zombie to rest: 900
Total: 9600/3=3200 each

Time: 3:45pm on 30/4/4446.

Hakeem, Barbarian LEVEL 11 XP 3200+86775=89975/100,000
Thuruar, Cleric LEVEL 9 XP 3200+55581=58781/64000
Zombie T-Rex HD 13 XP 3200+130,000=133200/140,000

Rey, Rogue LEVEL 9 XP 2271+61488=63759/64000
   
Next game 14th Jan 2016.

7:00pm  2016-1-03 Smon Has entered the room
7:01pm  2016-1-03 Kjato Ragfoot Has entered the room
Smon: Hi Kjato
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello Smon and Happy New Year!
Smon: Happy New Year!
Smon: Chris should be here in a few mins.
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah. Good. What about Graham?
Smon: Not heard from him.
7:20pm  2016-1-03 chris107 Has entered the room
Smon: Hi Chris!
Smon: Happy New Year!
chris107: Hi guys, Happy New Year. Sorry I'm a bit late.
Smon: We were just waiting for you.
chris107: 2 mins, just got to switch the heating up.
Smon: Me too!
Smon: ok ready.
Smon: Area map - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6_iMeif4jGjS0YQq5YieivJH5A2PcdVXzIkHAiNsQBAO4QQiu-T58vXiP3LuooVthYvDRH2IH33MIiIgXbp8N2sy1-oH6govs8hqSDvA-F_QdyhG4QbI9V8LvtsHc5PlxtgeGysL7k4/s1600/Screenshot+2015-12-23+at+17.25.29+-+Edited.png
chris107: back
Kjato Ragfoot: All right. Then, let's strengthen the hold of the NErathi Empire on the world some more by behaving like the evil guys they need us to be for their propaganda.
Kjato Ragfoot: IT would be boring if we solved the main conflict in Smons campaign, wouldn't it.
Smon: >>Smon: "Tell Hakeem I love him too - I think I felt the baby..." Amalric: thanks all, always a pleasure! A merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you chris107: H wipes away a tear Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will relay that message to Hakeem.<<
chris107: We're in 2006?
chris107:
Smon: >>let's strengthen the hold of the NErathi Empire on the world some more by behaving like the evil guys they need us to be for their propaganda.<< That's what the last group did IMC ca 2010... but I guess maybe Chris is referring to RL politics?
7:29pm  2016-1-03 Oculus Orbus Has entered the room
Smon: Hi Oc
Oculus Orbus: Symon
chris107: OCCLES!
Oculus Orbus: Chris 107th!
chris107: yay
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello Oc
Oculus Orbus: howdoyoudo?
chris107: I meant hex
Smon: GM: 30/4/4446: After resting overnight in the faerie grotto, you rise the next morning fully refreshed (full hp & hd).
Oculus Orbus: Simon, you got room for another player?
chris107: (Did H get T-Rex teeth for M's necklace?)
Smon: Feani: "I don't know these lands well, but we could return to the road and follow it to Strantath. There'll be a bridge over the Greyrush there. Or we can head north from here and try to swim the river directly, hope to find someone who knows where the Gate Castle is?"
chris107: Swimming?
chris107: I thought we had directions?
Smon: Oc - I have room for another player. You could play Feani the cute elven scout?  Or what kind of PC would you like?
Smon: Directions - you know it's north of you in the Domain of Morthor Cof. That's about all.
Smon: You COULD of course have got directions from the dwarf scout Daximus Shadowborne, who has been there...
Kjato Ragfoot: We wanted to hire a scout in the dwarf halls (and sell a breastplate) but had to leave in a hurry.
Smon: (Epic Fail)
chris107: (I saw the update on Morthor Cof. 11th level  )
Oculus Orbus: I am physically unable to play a Tolkienite character. I am, however, very interested in playing a Giff, if you'd allow it.
Smon: Are those the giant hippos? No,
Smon: no way.
Oculus Orbus:
Oculus Orbus: aw, c'mon!
Kjato Ragfoot: Those are giant flintlock pistol wielding hippos.
Oculus Orbus: I'm no munchkin/power gamer
Oculus Orbus: I can forego the guns
Smon: No.
Oculus Orbus: well, poop
Smon: You could play a unicorn, a pixie, or an elf girl.
Oculus Orbus: I'll just observe, then
chris107: Hakeem Hippo Slayer
Smon: That's what's in the grotto.
Oculus Orbus:  
Kjato Ragfoot: Or and undead T-Rex, that is not far from the grotto.
Oculus Orbus: no sir, no.
Smon: A toothless undead t-rex.
Oculus Orbus: undead t-rex...
Oculus Orbus: hmmmm
Oculus Orbus: deal!
Oculus Orbus: where do i sign?
Smon: OK, you can be a zombie t-rex - probably not for long...
Kjato Ragfoot: How broad is that river? If necessary, I can always use Control Water to ensure we get across on dry feet.
Smon: Feani: "I've not seen it - I think it's pretty big?"
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
chris107: mmm
Smon: She shrugs.
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex: "Hhhrrrrnk..."
chris107: H tries to remember the stuff he was told at the Clanmoot.
Smon: GM: Out in the forest by the ancient raised road, the dark necrotic energies of the Black Sun converge on the ruined corpse of the great beast, and it lurches to life...
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex gurgles
Smon: Zombie Rex sniffs the morning air.. he seems to be missing some teeth... and his rotting intestines are spilling out across the ground.
chris107: OOps
Smon: He smells life! That way - a faint trail...
Oculus Orbus: I try to eat them
chris107: H makes a sign to ward off evil
Smon: Z-rex chows down on his own guts. Tasty.
Oculus Orbus: "RrrrONK! RONK!"
chris107: yum
Smon: Inside the cave, Hakeem Thuruar & co hear the distant familiar roar.
Oculus Orbus: (what are its stats?)
Oculus Orbus: INT, at elast
Oculus Orbus: *least
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmm. It seems T-Rex's mom is mourning his demise.
Smon: 147 hp AC 13 INT 2
chris107: Mummy T-Rex?
chris107: hehe Kjato!
Oculus Orbus: and I'm literally just an undead T-Rex?
Oculus Orbus: oh!
chris107: Occs has killed Simon
Smon: Outside the grotto, the horses whinny nervously. Suddenly a Faerie appears in the grotto, she looks worried. "The dragon! He's come back to life!"
Oculus Orbus: You did. You burned down his kitchen.
chris107: "Thur is indeed powerful."
chris107: (Barbarian awe(
Oculus Orbus: Z-rex: http://zombieportraits.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/T-rex-Zombie-dinosaur-500x351.jpg
Oculus Orbus: 'cept for the teef
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
chris107: Eek! SAorry about the teef
Smon: Zombie t-rex, you can smell horses on the morning breeze.
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 15, (+1) = 16
Smon: & you hear a slight sound nearby as of tiny wings, but can't see anything.
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmm. Let's look into this, that is probably evil Black Sun sorcery.
Smon: You are in the forest by the old raised road where nasty humans killed you yesterday.
Oculus Orbus: "Hrnk?" Z-rex sowly shuffles in the direction of the smelly horses
Oculus Orbus: *slowly
Smon: Leaving Rey still sleeping in the arms of Alicia, Thuruar Feani & Hakeem head down the trail - a minute later they see the great beast moving towards them with surprising stealth for such an enormous corpse.
Smon: Its dead eyes alight on three tasty morsels.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 1, 2, = 3
Oculus Orbus: what's my Move?
Smon: You're only 30' apart, the soft ground & trees hid your approach.
Smon: 50'.
chris107: Is that Occs?
Smon: Human move is 30'.
Oculus Orbus: oh, my!
Oculus Orbus:
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will move toward the undead beast and poke it with his undead annihilating magic sword.
Smon: Zombie T-rex, you see two human males, one with a nasty metal skin, and a small pointy-eared female.
Oculus Orbus: awww
Smon: roll init (d20)
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 13,
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 10, (+2) = 12
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
3 (+2) = 5
7 (+2) = 9
Oculus Orbus: Lucky 13!
Smon: Feani:
Smon: /roll d20+3
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 18, (+2) = 20
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 11, (+3) = 14
Smon: What was that 3rd roll chris?
chris107: 2nd I think?
chris107: Ah yes sorry
chris107: Poor H
Smon: Feani raises her bow and shoots up at the monster...
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
19 (+5) = 24
11 (+5) = 16
Oculus Orbus: Z-rex scans the area for smelly horses
Smon: 2 arrows hit Z-rex in its mutilated throat.
Smon: /roll 2d8+6
Smon rolls 2d8+6 and gets: 6, 7, (+6) = 19
Smon: 19 dmg.
chris107: Mmmm are we killing OCCLES?
Smon: The horses are not far off, past the 3 humans attacking you.
Oculus Orbus: "NO KILL I"
Oculus Orbus: (that's a Star Trek joke  )
Smon: The t-rex couldn't talk when alive, it does no better now, just a gurgling sound.
Smon: Oc are you attacking or doing something else?
Kjato Ragfoot: We better do, before he panics our horses.
Oculus Orbus: Just looking around.
chris107: H had better rage then.
chris107: Hack-hack-hack
Smon: So you're ignoring the arrows in your throat, just going to let them kill you?
Oculus Orbus: I was gonna try to play as a PC, but I'll bow out if I'm a moving target
Oculus Orbus: I don't want to fight them
Smon: What are you going to do then?
chris107: I don't want to kill OCCLES
Oculus Orbus: Beats me. Who zombied me? Am I under someone's control?
Smon: You have free will (at INT 2).
Smon: You are hungry though, before they killed you yesterday.
Smon: You don't know who reanimated you.
Oculus Orbus: But I just ate my own guts
Smon: That does help.
Oculus Orbus: I just need a little player knowledge background, I reckon
Smon: You were animated by necrotic energy from a parrallel dimension via the Gate Castle of the Black Sun.
Oculus Orbus: Ooohhh, that's new.
chris107: Sorry OCCLES. You got to die.
chris107:
Oculus Orbus: So, I'm a free agent zombie
Smon: Yes.
chris107: Hakeem is confused
chris107: Does he kill the dragon again?
chris107: Or is it on our side?
Oculus Orbus: I'd like to play along side you guys
Smon: It seems to be just standing there, looking confused.
chris107: H looks at Thur...
chris107: "Is this your doing?"
Oculus Orbus: Z-rex tries to pull the arrow from his neck
Smon: Claws can't reach.
Kjato Ragfoot: No. I do not know how to turn T-Rex into zombies.
Oculus Orbus: "Hrnk"
Smon: Feani stops shooting, looking bewildered.
chris107: mmm
Smon: Feani: "Can you Speak with Animals, Thuruar?"
Kjato Ragfoot: No, I can only speak with Dead.
Smon: "Well, it looks pretty dead..."
Oculus Orbus:
Kjato Ragfoot: That is true.
chris107: hehe
Kjato Ragfoot: I will try.
chris107:
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar casts Speak with Dead and tries to communicate with the Z-Rex that way.
Smon: Normally the spell doesn't work on undead, but since it's TRYING to talk to you...
Smon: Make a spell check (same as your spell attack roll).
Oculus Orbus: is Z-rex Neutral?
Smon: yes
chris107: Z-Rex
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 12, (+9) = 21
Smon: Nice
Smon: Thuruar opens a communication channel to the monster's spirit, granting it the semblance of intelligence & ability to communicate.
Oculus Orbus: neat!
Smon: For 10 minutes.
Smon: "Neat!" says T-Rex.
chris107: hehe
Smon: Feani: "This is turning into a strange day..."
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello Z-Rex.
chris107: H nods sadly
chris107: Yup
Oculus Orbus: Z-rex: "..tree...rock...other rock..."
Kjato Ragfoot: The Z-Rex wants a tree and two rocks.
chris107: Hakeem is baffled
Oculus Orbus: "Elf..."
chris107: He's not good at thinking
Kjato Ragfoot: No, we do not give you our elves. We need those ourselves.
Smon: Feani takes a step back!
Oculus Orbus: "...sky...more tree...man.."
chris107: Hakeem growls
Oculus Orbus: Is this convo being broadcast?
Kjato Ragfoot: Even with your height, the sky is out of reach.
chris107: yeah. gone viral
Kjato Ragfoot: But I will ask Hakeem if he wants to ride a dinosaur.
chris107: Oooooooooooooooo
chris107:
Smon: You hear a distant sound from the road, like chanting...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SXQ2rwxCpw
Kjato Ragfoot: Hakeem, do you want to ride a Z-Rex?
chris107: To KILL Morthor? You bet!
Smon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SXQ2rwxCpw
chris107: No link Simon
chris107: Got it.
chris107: Time to kill stuff!
chris107: H mounts OCCLES
Kjato Ragfoot: Of course. Riding a dinosaur on any but an epic battle would be a fail.
chris107: erm....Z-Rex
Oculus Orbus: OOC: I have no intention of attacking you guys
chris107: "Tally-Ho!"
Oculus Orbus: btw, how long has Z been dead?
Smon: Hakeem clambers up onto the back of the Z-Rex.
Kjato Ragfoot: Yesterevening.
Smon: About 14 hours.
Smon: Bit less maybe.
Oculus Orbus: so he's still fresh. good to know.
chris107: "Yehaw!"
Smon: Well your guts were already rotting in the heat - the rest of you will take longer.
chris107: H rides Z-Rex towards an epic battle
Oculus Orbus: "Tally...haw..."
Smon: GM: Hakeem & Z-Rex head towards the raised roadway, where the sound is growing louder, followed by Thuruar & Feani.
chris107: "KILL-KILL-KILL!"
Smon: Within a couple minutes you burst out of the trees to see a column of green-skinned, grey-uniformed, halberd-wielding Orcs marching along, singing...
Kjato Ragfoot: We are going to kill the wizard, the powerful wizard of Moth.
Smon: "We don't want to go to war today..."
Smon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
chris107: H races towards the Orcs
Smon: They are approaching from the north and have not quite reached your location.
Oculus Orbus: "...walking...wa-SCREAMING IN THE VOID-lking.."
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 4, 6, = 10
Smon: 100' away.
chris107: Cool vid!
Smon: The orcs stop, looking relieved to stop marching - they must have been going all night.
chris107: As Z-Rex bends to bite the buggers, H will rage and slash at them.
Oculus Orbus: "...orc...other orc...etc..."
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, you know, we should make sure they are minions of the Black Sun.
Smon: As Hakeem & T-Rex races towards them across the grass, the orc squadron of 20 lower halberds at their leader's command (readying).
chris107: KILL!
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh well.
Oculus Orbus: haha
Smon: In round 1 Feani & Thuruar can cast spells/shoot/etc while the others are moving to close.
Kjato Ragfoot: Insect Plague on the orcish formation.
Smon: Feani 2 shots:
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
7 (+5) = 12
11 (+5) = 16
Oculus Orbus: Z-rex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLp5oQWDAWk
chris107: Go Z-Rex!
Smon: Feani gets 1 hit.
Smon: /roll d8+3
Oculus Orbus: heh heh
Smon rolls 1d8+3 and gets: 2, (+3) = 5
Smon: scratches an orc.
Oculus Orbus: lemme know when to attack
Smon: Insect Plague... ok 16 of the orcs are enveloped in a cloud of biting stinging insects.
Smon: Roll 4d10 for damage Kjato.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 4d10 and gets: 9, 1, 2, 8, = 20
Smon: /roll d20+3x16
chris107: Go Thur!
Smon Rolls 1d20+3x10 and gets:
5 (+3) = 8
15 (+3) = 18
4 (+3) = 7
17 (+3) = 20
5 (+3) = 8
4 (+3) = 7
10 (+3) = 13
14 (+3) = 17
16 (+3) = 19
4 (+3) = 7
Smon: save DC?
Kjato Ragfoot: 15
Smon: /roll d20+3x6
Smon Rolls 1d20+3x6 and gets:
7 (+3) = 10
18 (+3) = 21
17 (+3) = 20
18 (+3) = 21
2 (+3) = 5
20 (+3) = 23
Smon: The orcs scream as the deadly poisonous locusts envelop them.
chris107: Yay!
Oculus Orbus: locusts are fuckerz
Smon: Many fall, the others slap in panic at the swarm. The halberd formation disintegrates as they flee the swarm.
Smon: Z-Rex reaches the roadway. Ok roll init everyone.
Smon: The orcs are falling back north in panic along the road.
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
Smon: Orcs:
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
4 (+2) = 6
18 (+2) = 20
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 14, (+2) = 16
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 20, (+1) = 21
Smon: feani:
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 6, (+3) = 9
Smon: Orcs first then - their leader yells an order and they re-form as the Z-rex bounds towards them.
Smon: As it reaches the roadway to attack, a swarm of deadly halberd blades lunge at it & its rider...
Oculus Orbus: "HhhhrrrRRRONK!"
Oculus Orbus: (I just watched Jurassic World last night)
Smon: The orc leader yells his inspiring Battle Cry: "Get Da Rubes!!" - giving his men Advantage...
chris107: (You're a great Z-Rex Occs)
Smon: & swings up at Hakeem (bonus action):
chris107:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
13 (+6) = 19
8 (+6) = 14
Smon: hit
Oculus Orbus: (thanks!  )
Smon: /roll d12+9
Smon rolls 1d12+9 and gets: 2, (+9) = 11
Smon: 11/2=5 dmg
chris107: AC19
Smon: Oh, not raging yet, 11 dmg
Smon: (otherwise would have lost Rage last round)
chris107: okay
chris107: 114/125
Smon: 2 more orcs lunge up at Hakeem:
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
7 (+5) = 12
19 (+5) = 24
Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll d10+3
Smon rolls 1d10+3 and gets: 9, (+3) = 12
Smon: 12 dmg
Smon: 7 can attack Z-Rex.
chris107: 102/125
Smon: (2 more can't get close enough to attack Z-Rex)
Oculus Orbus: like fun, they can!
Smon: oops, forgot about their advtg.
Smon: 1 more on H:
Oculus Orbus: "RRRAAAAARRRRRRGH!"
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
2 (+5) = 7
10 (+5) = 15
Smon: miss
Smon: On Z-Rex:
Smon: /roll d20+5x14
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x10 and gets:
8 (+5) = 13
5 (+5) = 10
17 (+5) = 22
3 (+5) = 8
6 (+5) = 11
6 (+5) = 11
20 (+5) = 25
14 (+5) = 19
2 (+5) = 7
14 (+5) = 19
Smon: 4 hit from first 5
Smon: /roll d20+5x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x4 and gets:
10 (+5) = 15
8 (+5) = 13
16 (+5) = 21
14 (+5) = 19
Oculus Orbus: ouchie
Smon: 6 hits
chris107:
Smon: /roll 6d10+18
chris107: Poor Z-Rex
Smon rolls 6d10+18 and gets: 1, 2, 8, 10, 3, 3, (+18) = 45
Smon: 45 dmg. Still up.
Oculus Orbus: I'm still in the game!
Smon: 82/147 hp.
Smon: Let's do Hakeem & Z-Rex now.
Smon: Z-Rex you can stomp & bite (2 attacks)
Oculus Orbus: Ladies first
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: roll d20+11 each attack, hit on 13+
Oculus Orbus: oh, okay
Smon: bite does 4d12+8, stomp 3d8+8
Oculus Orbus: Stomp: /roll d20+11
chris107 Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
10 (+10) = 20
15 (+10) = 25
Smon: vs war chief or mooks?
chris107: Chief
Oculus Orbus: oops
Smon: war chief ac 16
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 5, (+11) = 16
chris107 rolls 2d8+12 and gets: 6, 6, (+12) = 24
Smon: Hakeem hacks down at the enemy leader.
Smon: He yells, cut but still up.
Smon: Oc are you attacking the mooks?
chris107: Grrr
Oculus Orbus: "RASKH! RASKH!" Translation: "Get een mah BELLEH you dirtborne motherf&#@ers!"
Oculus Orbus: oh, my yes
Smon: stomp hits, splatting an orc (it had 5 hp left).
chris107: KEWL Dino spek
Smon: Bite a 2nd mook?
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 6, (+11) = 17
Oculus Orbus: bite, yeah
Smon: Z-Rex bites an orc in half (5 hp vs 4d12+8 dmg)
Oculus Orbus: Huzzah!
Smon: Feani is shooting at orcs at the back, out of melee:
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
2 (+5) = 7
1 (+5) = 6
Smon: lol
chris107:
Smon: Feani: "Something wrong with this bow..."
Smon: Thuruar what are you doing this round?
Smon: Half the orcs are already down.
Kjato Ragfoot: I will simply wade in an hack at the orc chief.
Kjato Ragfoot: (With guidance)
Smon: Thuruar runs forward - I'll say you moved last round too, so you get to within 20' after running this round. That's your go.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+116 and gets: 16, (+116) = 132
Smon: Next round.
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah. OK.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
19 (+10) = 29
2 (+10) = 12
Smon: The disciplined orcs continue their assault.
Smon: Rem they won init.
Smon: Chief attacks Hakeem, trying to pull him from the Z-Re with a great hooked blade...
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
8 (+6) = 14
2 (+6) = 8
Smon: no luck.
Oculus Orbus: The hell, you say!
Smon: 2 orc mooks attack Hakeem:
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Oculus Orbus: Luck is on the side of the dead this day
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
5 (+5) = 10
10 (+5) = 15
Smon: no luck.
Oculus Orbus: or undead
Smon: 7 orcs attack the Z-rex:
Smon: /roll d20+5x7
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x7 and gets:
18 (+5) = 23
14 (+5) = 19
16 (+5) = 21
8 (+5) = 13
6 (+5) = 11
17 (+5) = 22
6 (+5) = 11
Smon: 5 hits.
chris107 rolls 1d8+6 and gets: 8, (+6) = 14
Smon: /roll 5d10+15
Smon rolls 5d10+15 and gets: 3, 10, 6, 10, 8, (+15) = 52
Smon: Z-rex takes 52 dmg, 30 hp left. Your goes.
Oculus Orbus: ARGH!
Oculus Orbus: Init?
Smon: The orcs sing happily as they stab.
Smon: You can make your attacks now,
chris107: 14 damage on boss from H I think?
Oculus Orbus: brb
Smon: ok chris.
Smon: Thuruar clambers up the slope of the raised roadway and reaches the battlefield, he pushes into the throng & attacks the chief?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Smon: The chief turns, red eyes glimmering, as the priest comes at him...
Smon: T can roll attack, ac 16.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 10, (+16) = 26
Oculus Orbus: (I'd like to do a tail swipe at a group of them)
Oculus Orbus: Fight like a Rex
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d6+2 and gets: 1, (+2) = 3
chris107: Nice Kjato
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
Smon: ok I'll let you have 3 tail attacks instead of bite & stomp oc.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
chris107: Oops
Oculus Orbus: cool
Oculus Orbus: 19!
Smon: Is that 10 dmg kjato?
chris107: Whoop!
Smon: roll twice more oc.
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 9,
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 6,
Oculus Orbus: feh!
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Smon: Z-rex's tail sweeps away 3 of the already-wounded orcs... (3d8+8 vs 5 hp)
Kjato Ragfoot: 10 DMG on the orc leader.
Smon: Feani moves around, trying to get a shot into the melee to pick off wounded orcs.... they get +2 to their AC so 15.
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
18 (+5) = 23
2 (+5) = 7
Oculus Orbus: s'LAP!
Smon: 1 hit
chris107: 2 mins brb
Smon: /roll d8+3
Smon rolls 1d8+3 and gets: 5, (+3) = 8
Smon: Another orc drops, only 6 left now.
Smon: Orc leader, 4 in 6 attacks Thuruar:
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon: no
Smon: Attacks Hakeem:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
8 (+6) = 14
5 (+6) = 11
Smon: misses.
chris107: back
chris107: yay!
Smon: 2 with him, 4 in 6 attack Thuruar.
Smon: /roll d6x2
Smon Rolls 1d6x2 and gets:
4 = 4
6 = 6
Smon: 1 vs T 1 vs H
Smon: vs T:
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 2, (+5) = 7
Smon: vs H
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 12, (+5) = 17
Smon: Hakeem's shield takes the halberd strike.
Smon: 3 are still stabbing at Z-Rex's mangled flanks.
Smon: /roll d20+5x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x3 and gets:
1 (+5) = 6
5 (+5) = 10
2 (+5) = 7
Smon: LOL
Smon: morale check...
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 1, 5, = 6
Smon: The orcs look shaken, the leader is yelling at them to keep fighting.
Oculus Orbus: "Hrunkh!"
Smon: They look ready to break, but not yet - your attacks,
Smon: Tail sweep again?
chris107 Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
3 (+10) = 13
14 (+10) = 24
chris107 rolls 1d8+6 and gets: 4, (+6) = 10
Smon: H hits the leader, a tough old coot,
Smon: still up.
Smon: T can attack.
Oculus Orbus: how many are left?
Smon: 3 attacking Z-Rex, 3 more vs H & T inc the leader.
Smon: 6 total.
Smon: 14 corpses scattered around.
Oculus Orbus: sweep a the three on Z
Kjato Ragfoot: The orcs are all standing in rather close formation?
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 10,
Oculus Orbus: hmm
Smon: Everyone is within about 25', yes.
Smon: Roll 2 more Oc.
Smon: You're all mixed up running around & hacking, stabbing.
chris107: yay! {D
chris107:
Smon: Tail sweep is 3 rolls.
Oculus Orbus: very well
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 15,
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 15,
Oculus Orbus: HA!
Smon: Z-Rex squashes 2 wounded orcs.
Smon: roll 3d8+8 for dmg vs 3rd.
Oculus Orbus: "RRRAAAAAARRRRNK!"
chris107: Yay!
Oculus Orbus rolls 3d8+8 and gets: 7, 6, 1, (+8) = 22
Oculus Orbus: eh, could be worse
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: Z-Rex crushes his last tormentor, leaving a bloody swathe of squashed and mangled orcs.
Smon: H & T to attack.
Kjato Ragfoot: OK. Guided Inflict Wounds on the Orc Leader.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+19 and gets: 20, (+19) = 39
chris107 Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
6 (+10) = 16
19 (+10) = 29
Smon: sorry, H already attacked I think?
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 6d10 and gets: 9, 4, 2, 8, 7, 2, = 32
chris107 rolls 2d8+12 and gets: 3, 6, (+12) = 21
Oculus Orbus: "Lapland for the Laps!"
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d8 and gets: 5,
Smon: How much dmg T?
chris107: Ahn yes sorry
chris107: hit once earlier
Smon: My fault
Kjato Ragfoot: 37
Smon: The orc leader had 35 hp left... His eyes go wide and bug out as his heart stops beating... then he topples over, dead.
chris107: YAY!
Smon: The last 2 orcs fling down their halberds and flee north, back up the road (Withdraw action).
Smon: Feani shoots after them...
chris107: Eat then Z-Rex!
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
14 (+5) = 19
2 (+5) = 7
Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll d8+3
Smon rolls 1d8+3 and gets: 4, (+3) = 7
Smon: Is Z-Rex chasing them?
Oculus Orbus: Z-rex: "...dirt...blood...poop...rocks..."
Oculus Orbus: no, his attention just went elsewhere
chris107: hehe
Oculus Orbus: (see above)
chris107: H spurs Z-Rex on
Smon: Hakeem is left standing on a distracted Z-Rex as the orcs disappear around the north bend.
chris107: KILL-KILL-KILL
Smon: Thuruar what are you doing?
Oculus Orbus: Okay, I'll give chase
Oculus Orbus: how much meat do I have left on my legs?
Smon: (not too much). After a few seconds delay, Hakeem spurs Z-Rex into action.
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will search the orcs for insignia and loot.
Smon: Coming around the bend, you see the fleeing orcs ahead, Z-Rex is a lot faster and quickly gaining on them.
chris107: hehe
Oculus Orbus: HANG ON!
chris107: KILL!
Oculus Orbus: WOAH!
Smon: What does Z-rex do?
Oculus Orbus: I thought I was being spurred. Is anyone on my back?
Smon: yes, Hakeem.
chris107: yup
Oculus Orbus: ah, okay
Oculus Orbus: I give chase
Smon: Thuruar kneels to search the orcs. The leader has the Black Sun Wheel insignia on his tabard, an amulet at his throat.
chris107: haha
chris107: see?
Kjato Ragfoot: Then quickly destroy the amulet with Sacred Flames.
Smon: The orcs break for the trees, Z-Rex lumbering after - Z-Re gets 1 bite & 1 stomp before they get to cover.
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh wait. That is no Black Sun amulet?
Smon: Thuruar checks the amulet - it does have the Black Sun sigil.
chris107: H?
Smon: Oc roll 2 d20.
Smon: H without a spear you are actually too high up to attack right now.
Oculus Orbus rolls 2d20 and gets: 7, 4, = 11
chris107: okay
Smon: From atop a running Z-Rex.
Oculus Orbus: ugh
Oculus Orbus: haha
Smon: 2+ to hit... you stomp one, bite the other...
Smon: /roll 4d12+8
Smon rolls 4d12+8 and gets: 5, 3, 12, 6, (+8) = 34
Smon: Bite it in two.
Oculus Orbus: really? sweet!
Smon: Both are dead.
Oculus Orbus: 🐲
Smon: Silence falls. You just wiped out 20 Black Sun Orc soldiery,
chris107: KEWL
Smon: Of course Z-Rex took 97 dmg...
Oculus Orbus: blimey
Oculus Orbus: do undead heal?
Oculus Orbus: or, uh, repair?
Kjato Ragfoot: Does the amulet somehow react to the orc leaders death?
chris107: good question
Oculus Orbus: 🐷 🌚
Smon: The Black Sun amulet glimmers slightly.
Oculus Orbus: Orcs of the Black Sun
Smon: Thuruar make a Religion check.
Smon:
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 2, (+5) = 7
chris107:
Smon: The Black Sun - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Black_Sun.svg/220px-Black_Sun.svg.png
Oculus Orbus: Look, Chris! It's a Golli!
Oculus Orbus: oh, that's a lot angrier than mine
Smon: Thuruar senses the amulet has necrotic power, but can't tell more than that.
Smon: Feani helps Thuruar loot the orcs...
Oculus Orbus: how does Z react to it?
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. Good question.
Kjato Ragfoot: How does Z-Rex react to the amulet?
Smon: Orcs have 2,400 copper pieces and 30gp on the leader.
Smon: H & Z return to the battlefield.
Smon: Z-Re sees the amulet glimmering at him, enticing him with its Necrotic power... He senses it can heal his terrible wounds!
Oculus Orbus: oh, right
Oculus Orbus: HUZZAH!
Smon: Feani looks at the wounded Z-Re staring entranced at the amulet Thuruar is holding.
Smon: She shivers.
Oculus Orbus: Z tries to eat the amulet
Oculus Orbus: cuz it's a stoopid zombeh
Kjato Ragfoot: No. Bad Z-Rex!
Oculus Orbus: lol
Smon: Z-Re lumbers towards Thuruar, mouth agape...
Oculus Orbus: INT 2, my friends
Kjato Ragfoot: Sit!
Oculus Orbus: should I make an INT roll?
Smon: It'll be hard to eat it w/out taking T's arm off...
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: ok INT check d20-4, need 10+ to pass.
Oculus Orbus: "Bad zombie! Bad! Bad!"
chris107: hehe
Smon: 5 or less he bites.
Oculus Orbus: T, you could preemptively throw it down my throat
Oculus Orbus: also, does he really have no teeth? just curious.
Smon: He has most of his teeth, Hakeem took some of the smaller ones.
Smon: For decoration.
Smon: They were hard to remove from a fresh T-Rex.
Oculus Orbus: Rags, throw me the amulet, I throw you the whi- uh, wait...
Oculus Orbus: Right on
Smon: roll INT check.
Oculus Orbus: ok
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20-4 and gets: 13, (-4) = 9
Smon: Z-Rex pauses, unsure what to do.
Smon: He senses eating the amulet will heal him!
Oculus Orbus: Rags! Where are you?!
Smon: Surely this nice human will give him it?!
Kjato Ragfoot: OK.
Oculus Orbus:
Kjato Ragfoot: Sit and I will hang it around your arm.
Smon: Thuruar, you sense you had better either destroy it or let the Z-Rex have it, or it'll chomp your arm off.
Kjato Ragfoot: OK. Then I will destroy it.
Smon: roll init then.
Oculus Orbus: dude!
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: You're damning Z-Rex!! :_O
chris107:
Smon: The Necrotic energy from the amulet will form a nexus with the world of the Black Sun, allowing him to heal!
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh well. Feeding time it is.
Smon: You feed it to Z-Rex?
Oculus Orbus: Hurray!
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Oculus Orbus: Hurray?
Oculus Orbus: Hurray!
Kjato Ragfoot: Before I get my arm bitten off or the group angry.
Smon: As Z-Re gulps down the Black Sun amulet, necrotic energy washes through the great beast...
Oculus Orbus: You guys will have to think up a clever way to get it out of Z
Smon: /roll 6d12+26
Oculus Orbus: To Mega Therion!
Smon rolls 6d12+26 and gets: 8, 7, 11, 9, 2, 7, (+26) = 70
Smon: Z-Rex recovers 70 hp (used 6 of 13 healing dice).
chris107:
Smon: At 100 hp.
Oculus Orbus: Oooh. I didn't know.
Oculus Orbus: Groovy
Smon: You can heal more if you rest for an hour.
Smon: Feani looks up the road.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Oculus Orbus: I don't think Z has any pressing engagements
Smon: It's starting to rain.
Oculus Orbus: Naptime
Smon: Feani: "What now?"
Smon: She watches as Z-Re settles down for a nap by the road.
Kjato Ragfoot: Well. We now have a walking bridge.
*Kjato Ragfoot points at Z-Rex*
Smon: Feani: "He could walk us over the river, no trouble..."
Oculus Orbus: that's the spirit!
Smon: Are you all resting?
Smon: Only Hakeem & Z-Rex are wounded I think.
Oculus Orbus: like a wee bairn
chris107: Oh yeah!
Smon: Z-Rex snuggles up in a fetal position.
Smon: Snoring gently.
Oculus Orbus: "Coo!"
Smon: You rest for an hour (Speak w Dead wears off).
Kjato Ragfoot: The orcs did not have march orders by chance?
Smon: H can spend hd as desired.
Smon: You could ask them?
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. True.
Kjato Ragfoot: I will interrogate the Orc Chief.
Smon: Z-Rex spends 3 more hd,
Smon: /roll 3d12+15
Smon rolls 3d12+15 and gets: 5, 3, 9, (+15) = 32
Smon: 32 hp back, at 132 hp.
chris107: H spends 2 HD
chris107 rolls 2d12+10 and gets: 11, 7, (+10) = 28
chris107: 125/125
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex dreams...https://youtu.be/30TQ-zSfwgs?t=45s
Smon: Z-Re has 4 healing dice left (d12+5 hp each)
Oculus Orbus: https://youtu.be/30TQ-zSfwgs?t=45s
Kjato Ragfoot: Speak with Dead on Orc Chieftain.
Oculus Orbus: I don't want to fuck up whatever the guys had in mind about the amulet, so if there's a way to return it?
Smon: Meanwhile, Thuruat leans over the Orc commander. His dead eyes flick open.
Smon: (Those amulets are a dime a dozen among the Black Sun, Oc.)
Kjato Ragfoot: (There is a way, but I am not sure you would like it)
Oculus Orbus: Oh, shit!
Smon: Orc Chief: "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
Kjato Ragfoot: What is your name and your military rank?
Kjato Ragfoot: Whom do you serve?
Kjato Ragfoot: What were your orders?
Kjato Ragfoot: How do we get to the Black Sun portal from here?
Smon: "Captain Goltok of the Black Sun! I serve Prazat, Chief of Little Kor. Our orders were go south to Kukul. Stupid Goblins getting eaten by Dragon-Lizard. We kill it..."
Smon: The orc sighs sadly. "It killed us instead."
chris107:
Smon: It glares at Thuruar. "To get to Black Sun Portal, go north."
Kjato Ragfoot: How do we go to Little Kor?
Smon: "Follow road to Strantath, go over bridges, then along road. At crossroads to Palen Spring turn north instead, go past Gate Castle of the Black Sun, then you right there.... oh..."
Smon: The dead orc falls silent. "I say too much." It looks sad.
Oculus Orbus: I'll bet!
Smon: The orc's eyes roll up as it returns to death.
Kjato Ragfoot: That orc was not particularly clever.
Smon: Feani: "Did it tell you how to find the Gate Castle?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Kjato Ragfoot: We cross the river, follow the road to Palen Spring.
Kjato Ragfoot: Before we reach Palen Spring, there is another street leading north to Little Kor.
Smon: Feani: "Ok... If we go straight north we should hit the river soon, avoid Strantath? It's an Altanian town, but vassal to Morthor Cof."
Kjato Ragfoot: At crossroads to Palen Spring turn north instead, go past Gate Castle of the Black Sun, then you right there
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, with Z-Rex, our allied walking bridge, we should easily be able to cross the Greyrush.
Smon: "I think Palen Spring is on the coast - so the road from there to Strantath should be north of the river."
chris107: That sounds good
Smon: Feani nods.
Oculus Orbus: "Rrrrrr"
Smon: GM: You set off through the rain into the woods, heading north with spirits high.
Smon: With a skilled scout ahead you make decent progress, after about 5 hours the dense forest gives way to light woodland and you see ahead the silver thread of the broad Greyrush river.
Smon: Feani adjusts your course to north-west and you soon come down to the water's edge, it's still only early afternoon. You have your horses?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Oculus Orbus: What all can Z carry?
Smon: The trees along the shore have weird bulbous, spongelike roots for sucking up water.
Smon: Floating above the broad, calmly flowing river you see strange ghostly forms - flying jellyfish!
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
Smon: Z can can carry 4 people max, no horses.
Oculus Orbus: translate that into weight and I will make you breakfast
chris107: Time to leave the horsies?
Smon: Hakeem's keen sense of survival warns him of danger. He watches as a jellyfish tendril brushing the water suddenly stiffens, then reels in to a paralysed carp.
Oculus Orbus: ooc: no leave horses
Oculus Orbus: NO!
chris107: Can undead be paralysed?
Smon: Several more jellyfish settle on the fish, holding it above the water they seem to be feeding on it.
Oculus Orbus: good question
Oculus Orbus: probably not, but...
Smon: Undead are immune to poison so Z-Rex should be fine.
Smon: Feani: "I don't like the look of those critters..."
chris107: Depends how deep it is I guess?
Smon: The jellyfish seem to have a faint glow.
chris107: 2 mins, need a top up.
Smon: (I'll get a drink too)
Kjato Ragfoot: The jellyfish seem not to be the problem, but whatever paralyzed it worries me.
Smon: Hakeem & Feani can tell it was the jellyfish tendril paralysed the carp.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah. Then I misunderstood the description, I thought the Jellyfish got paralyzed.
Smon: ok
Smon: Feani: "If they only float over the water we might be able to swim under them? Or else just hang on to zombie dragon-lizard and hope for the best?"
chris107: hang on
Kjato Ragfoot: How far above the water do they swim?
Kjato Ragfoot: And how many are there?
Smon: There seem to be dozens, hovering about 3' over the water, tendrils trailing in it.
Smon: Hard to tell how deep the water is - Z-Rex might even keep you above the danger zone, if they don't levitate higher?
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex: "0+0=0"
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, I could create a 20 feet high flood wave, that should simply sweep them away so that we can cross the river unharmed?
chris107: KRWL#
Oculus Orbus: ?
chris107: KEWL
Smon: Feani: "er... sounds good, Thuruar!"
Smon: What spell are you casting, T?
Kjato Ragfoot: OK. Thuruar will cast "Control Water" to create a floodwave that sweeps the jellyfish downriver.
Smon: Thuruar concentrates... by the power of Athena, the water surges!
Oculus Orbus: boosh!
Smon: The poor jellyfish are swept away by the sudden torrent...
Smon: Are you lowering the water too to make a dry crossing?
Kjato Ragfoot: I will. That way, we can take our horses with us.
Kjato Ragfoot: Every priest should lead his people through the sea once in a while.
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: The great Patriarch of Athena lowers the waters... once a dry passage appears through the river you quickly cross the pebbly riverbed.
chris107: Very
Smon: Behind you there is a crash as the water surges, resuming its flow.
Smon: (The river was just over 100' wide so your feet got slightly damp crossing the shallows on the far side)
Smon: Just a little way beyond the river you come to a paved roadway that runs parallel to its course, SW to NE.
Smon: Beyond to the north is a dark treeline.
Kjato Ragfoot: SW should be the wayto Palen Springs.
Smon: Feani: "North-east should be Strantath, so we go south-west towards the coast?"
Smon: She nods.
Smon: You turn left and ride SW along the road, making good time.
Kjato Ragfoot: The orc told us the Black Sun Gate would be north of Palen Springs, so let us go SW:
chris107: yup
Smon: After about 8 miles heading SW you see ahead of you the road comes to a large stone bridge crossing a tributary river that runs south into the Greyrush. Armoured figures stand guard on the bridge, harness glittering in the sunlight (the rain having eased off).
Smon: It's about 2pm or so.
chris107: haha! Z-Rex!
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Oculus Orbus: Woo!
Smon: There is a small stone tower on the far side of the bridge, to the right of the road.
Kjato Ragfoot: We will pretend to be a wandering circus and simply pass the bridge.
Kjato Ragfoot: Z-Rex is obviously our trained undead monstrosity for the horror show.
Oculus Orbus: "AROOOO!"
Oculus Orbus: wait, that's not right
Smon: You approach the bridge... The guards, in polished black armour, stand very still... unnaturally still.
Oculus Orbus: "ARUKK!"
Smon: You count 6 on the bridge.
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmm. That is strange.
chris107: KILL THEM!
Smon: A penant flies from the tower, emblazoned with the Black Sun.
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
Oculus Orbus: lemme know when to make the charge
Smon: You spot a Ballista atop the tower, and several armoured figures watching you as you near the bridge.
Smon: Are you attacking, or trying to talk your way over?
chris107: Get close, then attack?
Oculus Orbus: Me?
Kjato Ragfoot: Hakeem, let us at least try to talk our way over.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 2, 4, = 6
chris107: Taking in undead recruits?
chris107: H follows the wise clerics lead
Smon: You are 60' from the bridge when a man calls down from the tower: "Halt in the name of Morthor Cof!"
Smon: You halt?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Kjato Ragfoot: They have a ballista pointed at us after all.
Smon: A burly, dark-bearded fellow in scarlet plumed helm is addressing you from the tower top.
Smon: "Who are you and what are you doing with that undead tyrannosaurus?!"
Smon: The 6 on the bridge wear full visors that cover their faces.
Kjato Ragfoot: We are just a circus troupe on our way to Palen Springs. The undead tyrannosaurus is our attraction for the show of Birham the Barbarian's fight against the evil Dracolich.
Smon: The ones up on the tower look like these guys: http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/42721/blackCo.jpg
Kjato Ragfoot: If you have the luck to find an undead tyrannosaurus that does not eat you, you better turn it into some coin, don't you?
Oculus Orbus: "...rrrrrrrrrrr..."
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
Smon: "Is that the dragon-lizard been eating goblins near Kukul?"
Kjato Ragfoot: We found it near Kukul, with a lot of dead orc soldiers around it.
Oculus Orbus: "Heh heh heh"
Oculus Orbus: j/k
Smon: "Ah, I see... those goobers passed through two days back! It was undead when you found it? How'd you tame it?"
Smon: The T-Rex is making an odd snuffling sound, almost like laughter.
Kjato Ragfoot: We are not sure. Basically, we tossed it some food as we thought it was just badly wounded and hoped to escape.
Kjato Ragfoot: But since, it follows us. Perhaps the spirit of a puppy got trapped in there? I have no clue.
Smon: "Hmmm..."
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: Thuruar make Persuasion check (CHA + Prof).
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 20, (+6) = 26
Smon: LOL
Oculus Orbus: YOW!
Smon: "Well then, I guess I can let you past without charging the toll."
chris107: Yay!
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. Thanks. That is very nice.
Smon: "Hurry on to Palen Spring - there's a reward for slaying the beast, and I reckon subduing it counts! Ask for Captain Kronath, the half-orc, he'll see you paid."
Oculus Orbus: "Hurmph"
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh! We will check that out, for sure!
Smon: "And say hello to Captain Rosgar the Antillian if you see him - he's a friend of mine, I bet he'll be watching your show."
Smon: The Nerathi captain yells out to the 6 silent guards on the bridge: "Stand to!"
Smon: They move back, opening a path for you to cross the bridge.
Smon: You depart in peace?
Kjato Ragfoot: Impressive, this discipline.
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes. Let's get over the bridge and out of sight before we all explode with laughter.
Smon: "Aye - Risen Legionaries, they are. More and more of them these days!"
Smon: "Fare well my friends!"
Smon: The watch captain waves you goodbye as you cross the bridge.
chris107: H sighs
Kjato Ragfoot: Farewell!
chris107: unhappy that we can't smash more of the infernal servants of the Black Sun.
Oculus Orbus: awww
Smon: Past the bridge the road turns north, roughly parralleling the tributary river, and the tower is soon out of sight among the trees.
Kjato Ragfoot: Once we are out of hearing of the bridge, I will cheer Hakeem up by telling him that they will still be there on our way back.
chris107:
Smon: You ride for about 8 miles, lunching on horseback. It's about 3.30pm when ahead you spot a body, in the rushes just off the road to your right, near the edge of the riverbank.
Smon: Brightly clad in gay motley - a troubadour, perhaps?
Kjato Ragfoot: Let's check that out.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: Thuruar dismounts to check out the body.
Kjato Ragfoot: We could use an announcer for our circus troupe.
Smon: As he nears it, it lurches to its feet - you see the face of a neat-bearded man, ghost-white, bloodless.
chris107: hehe Thur the necromancer
Smon: Clearly dead, perhaps two days.
Smon: He moans slightly, reaching towards Thuruar. There are large bite marks on his neck.
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 9,
chris107: eek!
chris107: OOC of course
Oculus Orbus: Hm?
Oculus Orbus: oh
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah, those annoying iron teethed frog vampires again.
Smon: Suddenly pale forms, 4' long and bloated, drop down from the trees all around you - Giant Ticks!
Smon: They get a surprise round...
chris107: Grrrr!
Smon: (I'll say Rey & Alicia are lagging behind)
Smon: They ignore zombie-dino...
Smon: /roll 1d3x6
Smon Rolls 1d3x6 and gets:
1 = 1
3 = 3
3 = 3
3 = 3
2 = 2
2 = 2
Oculus Orbus: Like HELL they will
Smon: 1 vs Feani, 2 vs Hakeem, 3 vs Thuruar.
Smon: vs Feani: /roll d20+6
Smon: /roll d20+6
Smon rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 7, (+6) = 13
Smon: AC 13, hit!
Oculus Orbus: Puny mortals, ignore Z-Rex at your own peril!
chris107: Z-Rex
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 2, (+1) = 3
Smon: it lands on Feani, fangs sink into her neck and suck her sweet elf blood...
Smon: /roll 3d6+6
Smon rolls 3d6+6 and gets: 2, 6, 4, (+6) = 18
chris107:
Smon: 18 dmg, 4 hp left!
Smon: 2 vs Hakeem:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
3 (+6) = 9
3 (+6) = 9
Smon: miss, land to either side.
chris107: ac19
Smon: 3 drop on Thuruar
Smon: /roll d20+6x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x3 and gets:
11 (+6) = 17
10 (+6) = 16
14 (+6) = 20
Smon: AC 18?
Kjato Ragfoot: (AC 18=
Smon: 2 bounce off, 1 gets a hold, fangs finding a gap in your harness.
Smon: make a CON save.
Smon: DC 11
Smon: add prof
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 2, (+6) = 8
Smon: fail
Smon: /roll 3d6+6
Smon rolls 3d6+6 and gets: 6, 1, 1, (+6) = 14
Smon: 14 dmg to T.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
Smon: roll init
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 19, (+4) = 23
Smon: Feani:
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 18, (+2) = 20
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 6, (+3) = 9
Smon: zombie minstrel:
Smon: /roll d20-2
Smon rolls 1d20-2 and gets: 3, (-2) = 1
Oculus Orbus: heh
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
10 (+2) = 12
3 (+2) = 5
Smon: Oc roll d20
Smon: well you lose anyway as they got 23
Oculus Orbus: NEVER!
Oculus Orbus:
Smon:
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 16,
Oculus Orbus: not bad
Smon: Yup, they got 23.
Smon: The foul ticks strike again...
Smon: 3 vs Thuruar:
Smon: /roll d20+6x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x3 and gets:
7 (+6) = 13
8 (+6) = 14
1 (+6) = 7
Smon: He fends them off.
Smon: 2 jump up vs Hakeem
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
12 (+6) = 18
6 (+6) = 12
chris107: ac19
Smon: Just fends one off, one misses.
chris107: phew
Smon: 1 vs Feani
Smon: /roll d20+6
Smon rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 9, (+6) = 15
chris107: Hakeem hates Ticks
Smon: hit...
Smon: sucking merrily... her CON save...
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 13, (+1) = 14
Smon: pass, half dmg as she tears it off
Smon: /roll 3d6
Smon rolls 3d6 and gets: 6, 6, 3, = 15
Smon: 15/2=7, plus 6 = 13, she slumps, tumbling from her saddle.
Smon: /roll d3
Smon rolls 1d3 and gets: 2
Smon: At -9 with a tick feasting on her.
Smon: Your goes.
chris107: rage
chris107 Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
18 (+10) = 28
3 (+10) = 13
Smon: Oc, too confined to do tail sweep here, but you can bite & claw, roll d20 for each.
Smon: AC 14
Oculus Orbus: Batter up!
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will conjure Spirit Guardians (as the spell)
Smon: Hakeem hits one.
Smon: Thuruar's spirit guardians attack the 3 around him.
chris107 rolls 1d10+9 and gets: 4, (+9) = 13
Smon: Make an Insight check Thuruar (WIS + Prof)
chris107 rolls 1d8 and gets: 6,
Smon: Hakeem how much dmg?
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 14, (+9) = 23
Kjato Ragfoot: (Shouldn't they attack the zombie minstrel as well?)
chris107: 6+9
chris107: 17
Smon: Thuruar realises that the zombie bard is glaring angrily at the ticks, advancing towards them with fists raised.
Oculus Orbus: "Kiss 'em goodbye, boys! Z-Rex has arrive to RUIN YOUR FUCKING NIGHT!"
Smon: It seems intent on attacking the ticks!
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 13,
Smon: Hakeem bursts a tick! Blood splatters!
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 14,
Kjato Ragfoot: Well. I won't stop it from doing that.
Oculus Orbus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhJljblPcY
Smon: Z-Rex steps on the other tick attacking Hakeem.
Smon: Thuruar roll your Spirit Guardian attacks vs the 3 ticks on you.
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: roll 3d8 for dmg t
Smon: or however much
Kjato Ragfoot: I do not roll an attack, they need to roll WIS saves.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 3d8 and gets: 1, 6, 8, = 15
Smon: Z-Rex are you biting the tick that is sucking Feani dry?
Smon: /roll d203
Smon rolls 1d203 and gets: 91
Smon: /roll d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
18 = 18
20 = 20
17 = 17
Oculus Orbus: I don't think that's a good idea
Smon: Ticks all pass & take 7 dmg from T, still alive.
Oculus Orbus: whichever one is running about
Smon: You can bite one attacking Thuruar then.
Smon: roll d20
Oculus Orbus: I need to get dinner started. Can someone take over for me for a few minutes? I won't be long.
Smon: 3 to hit
Smon: roll d20!
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 16,
Smon: It bursts!
Smon:
Oculus Orbus: BAM!
Smon: Go get dinner
Oculus Orbus: goddamn right it does!
Oculus Orbus: okay afk
Smon: The zombie swings at a wounded tick...
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 7, (+3) = 10
Smon: misses
Smon: Tick sucks Feani...
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 5, (+1) = 6
Smon: /roll 2d4+4
Smon rolls 2d4+4 and gets: 1, 4, (+4) = 9
Smon: /roll 3d6
Smon rolls 3d6 and gets: 2, 5, 6, = 13
Smon: Feani dies.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 3, 6, = 9
chris107: NO!
Smon: The other two ticks Disengage, hopping away into the rushes.
Smon: Zombie minstrel shakes an impotent undead fist after them. "Grrr...." he says.
Smon: Your go.
Kjato Ragfoot: After the ticks.
Kjato Ragfoot: Those are toast.
Smon: Thuruar chases after the ticks, immediately sinking waist deep in the swampy bullrush water at the river's edge.
Smon: He can't see them in the rushes - clearly they chose their ambush point well.
Kjato Ragfoot: Damn it. I cannot see them anymore, I take it?
Smon: Hakeem there is still a tick feasting on Feani.
Smon: Would you like to try to kill it before it ticks off?
Smon: stopping 11.20pm.
chris107: Yes
chris107 rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 4, (+10) = 14
chris107: grrr
Smon: AC 14, hit
Smon: roll dmg
chris107 rolls 1d8+9 and gets: 3, (+9) = 12
chris107 rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 14, (+10) = 24
Smon: It bursts, splattering Feani's blood over her lifeless form.
chris107: (cripes forgetting 2 attacks!)
Smon: LOL
Smon: It had 11 hp
chris107: Poor Feani!
Smon: Thuruar, re-emerges from the marsh, lower half splattered in mud.
Smon: The zombie is still standing there.
Smon: He opens his mouth as if to speak, emitting a low gurgling sound.
chris107: The minstral or the z-Rex?
chris107: ah
Smon: Minstrel.
chris107: Maybe Thur can chat to him?
Kjato Ragfoot: Actually, I can once more today speak with dead. If the GM allows the spell to work that way as with the T-Rex.
Smon: yup
Kjato Ragfoot: I will definitely try.
Smon: Thuruar casts Speak w Dead...
chris107:
Smon: The zombie looks sadly at Thuruar. "KILL.... ME..."
Kjato Ragfoot: Sure. No problem.
Smon: GM: OK, stopping there.
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will go toward him, speak a prayer to Athena and put his sword through the zombies heart.
Smon: "Urk" says the zombie. "THANK... YOU."
Smon: It expires.
chris107: Nice game
chris107: Thanks guys
Smon:  OK, well done!
Smon: Are you going to try to raise Feani? Or she might self-animate?
chris107: I'm back from holiday 14th
Kjato Ragfoot: Wel, need to steal a diamond worth 500 gp to raise her.
chris107: See you all then! G'night
Kjato Ragfoot: Night!
Smon: Next game Thursday 14th then.
11:23pm  2016-1-03 chris107 Has exited the room