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Once more he remembers each of his friends that had given their lives in the battle against the Black Sun.
“Bondorr!”Hakeem sees the swirling choking spirits of Borritt's countless victims close on him...he feels dreadful pain as they try to leech out his very soul, he swings wildly with his mighty blade, driving them back.The spirits fade away as a ray of light shines through a broken window
catching the tip of Hakeem's blade.
In despair he sees the headless corpses of his friends jerking, rising...
Hakeem summons every ounce of hate “YOU AND ALL YOUR WORKS ARE FINISHED, CROWFINGER. NOW DIE!”
"Fie on you!" replied the fearsome Lich.
Hakeem unleashed a frenzied series of blows, one for each friend who had fallen!
The Sword of Bondorr plunges deep into Crowfinger's withered chest. With an anguished wail he jerks, then begins to crumble away. Around Hakeem he hears the clang of armour as the empty suits that once held ghost knights hit the floor. Outside you hear the clattering of dozens of bones.
Thunder rolls. A hard wind blows, blowing away the foul green clouds. Clean white lightning lances over the roof tops of Bisgen.
Then as Borritt finishes turning into a pile of dust the black clouds part and sunlight lances through.
Hakeem grimly searches for the Phylactery that bold Prince Sandor so bravely discovered, he finds the little box amongst the ashes as Minars and Kaag burst in, covered in cuts. "The Skels! They're collapsing!" Kaag cries out “You did it, Hakeem?"
The Barbarian sits among the destruction, allowing himself to grieve for his lost friends, he builds a little pyre, burning the horrible thing. The box starts to char on the pyre, It bulges, cracks open. A wisp of parchment within. It blackens, bursts into flame and Crowfinger is gone. Now Hakeem stands tall knowing that a great Evil has been destroyed for ever.
The war is over, the portal closed, the undead legions of the Black Sun at final rest.
In the north Kaystar Saru and Black Sun remnants doubtless remain, but nothing to challenge your power.
7:06pm 2017-10-27 Smon Has entered the room
chris107: Aye, and Lilith is swooping in on her Giant Owl
Sandor Sunneson: On Simon's Saturday group, it took them a good while to kill off the evil leader of the Mystara world
chris107: Hopefully armed with good advice from uncle Thuruar
Sandor Sunneson: A good looking lady. Looks a bit stuck up though, lol
chris107: Oh Iâm pretty sure if Crowfinger wants to survive he certainly can. We wouldnât have a lot of say in the matter.
Smon: Crowfinger has been kicking PC butt since 2011 when he conquered Bisgen & killed Varek Tigerclaw.
chris107: But we have stripped away his power at every turn. Iâm hoping Bisgen is his final bolt hole and chance to cling onto power.
Smon: GM: End of last session you returned to your army.
Smon: GM: Lord Bronze has them set to out of artillery range of Bisgen, sending out pickets and scouts.
Smon: Dyson is confident the Nerathi of Renth will soon join you.
Smon: That evening Shieldbiter mysteriously vanishes, called by the Dragon Gods to fight elsewhere.
Smon: And Lilith swoops in on her Owl.
chris107:
Sandor Sunneson: Are Sandor and Ajax back with Hakeem?
Sandor Sunneson: is it a tawny oil she travels on?
Sandor Sunneson: giant tawny oil even?
Smon: Bisgen map - you arrive SE of town
chris107: Could well be.
Smon: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3O65HqGDjq8CsugaGSHWxKloYkcS6b510ZLIgnamPaLLy7qtD_gGd3SCvSLiI8rsz-yKQ1sJuKB55bSxK7sew-nVuZ4PObD5oWr9Wz87aIswsfTJ6b61Jf-DItG5i2nElhQrV3OX0j8/s1600/Bisgen.bmp
Sandor Sunneson: or a giant long eared oil>
Sandor Sunneson: By the estates?
Smon: Yes the estates are to your west, raided by Sarene & now abandoned, but still offering good shelter from the horrible green storm.
chris107: Heading towards the east gate I think?
Smon: With the roiling green lightning racked clouds above you, the army is nervous.
Smon: Men have been lost to lightning strikes, a few even to zombies erupting from the earth, as I said.
chris107: Hakeem walks among them with encouraging words.
Smon: Just pinpricks, but enough to lower morale.
Smon: Hakeem make CHA+Prof check
Sandor Sunneson: How many HP do Ajax and Sandor have left? Think Ajax has less than 20
chris107 rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 3, (+8) = 11
Smon: You can spend hd + overnight rest get back 1 hp/level free.
chris107: Hmmm
Smon: The Altanians seem keen but the Nerathi & Ghinorans much less so.
Smon: The Harans and the Ghinarian levies look like they'd much rather be elsewhere.
Smon: Dyson Logos calls the leader together.
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor goes to find Hakeem to tell him the news about Ursa
chris107: âMighty Dyson.â
Smon: The leaders listen to Sandor's news of the attack.
chris107: Hakeem is stunned. His silence fills the room ominously
Smon: Dyson: "Hmm... His power is focused in the Throneroom. His Lair... As he grows in power, it will expand to encompass the Palace, then the Town..."
Smon: Dyson: "You did well to face him and return, Sir Sandor, Mr Ajax."
chris107: âCrowfinger will pay for this.â He says quietly. None who hear it would doubt his words.
Smon: Namelin eyes Hakeem nervously, looks up at Dyson.
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor apologises for running away, but felt let down by SB, he is not willing to pass comment on SB not joining the combat, but felt with him there victory was achievable
Smon: Dyson nods to Hakeem. "Good, good."
Sandor Sunneson: We will probably have a zombie dwarf to fight, the thought turns my stomach
Smon: Dyson: "It's clear to me that Crowfinger has created a Negative Energy nexus over Bisgen, allowing him to field substantial numbers of Undead... It should close if we can destroy him, or even drive him off. His presence at the centre point will be indispensable."
Smon: Namelin: "Scouts report hundreds of skeletons on the walls; small numbers of battle wights and ghost knights."
chris107: Hakeem listens, nodding.
Smon: Dyson: "Too small a force to defeat us in the field. Hmmm... Why does Crowfinger make a stand here? Surely he could flee."
chris107: Lilith introduces herself to those who have not met her.
Sandor Sunneson: The town was plagued with undead, we saw it from the wyvern
Smon: Namelin: "This was the scene of his greatest triumph, the heart of his empire..."
Smon: Dyson nods cordially to Lilith.
Smon: Dyson: "Who here knows Crowfinger best?"
Smon: He eyes the Nerathi priestess Livilla. "You, perhaps?"
chris107: âAthena, who you call Erathis has gifted me with power. Perhaps this power could answer some of our questions?â
Smon: Livilla looks pale and nervous. She looks to Lilith. "I agree, a Commune?"
chris107: âFor the Crowfinger is legend. The mother of wisdom will have some lore concerning him and his motives?â
Sandor Sunneson rolls 8d12+16 and gets: 9, 1, 9, 1, 2, 3, 3, 8, (+16) = 52
Sandor Sunneson: 52 HP back
Smon: Dyson Logos nods. "Very good. I can't help feeling Crowfinger is waiting for something. Something not good for us."
chris107: (I was thinking Legend Lore as itâs in her 5th level spell list)
Smon: OK she can cast LL next day at dawn as the sun rises over the eastern mountains.
Sandor Sunneson: Father of Kainos perhaps?
chris107: (And the 5e LL spell looks ideal for this)
chris107: Lilithâs own guess is it will have something to do with the Ilheidrin Codex...
Sandor Sunneson rolls 9d6+27 and gets: 3, 6, 2, 1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 6, (+27) = 59
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax back at full
Smon: Livilla's mind is full of images of Borritt Crowfinger, his rise from obscurity, his mentoring the talented young Tal Lorvas, his contacts with Morthor Coff, the acquisition of the Ilhiedrin Codex from Kaystar Saru, the opening of the Black Sun Gate, years of study...
chris107: âEven if Ares himself is here, Prince Sandor. He will not stand before my wrath.â
Smon: She sees him on the Carnelian Plain north of Bisgen, wielding the power of the Codex, destroying a Vampire Lord and using his power to raise an army of ghouls to storm Bisgen.
7:29pm 2017-10-27 Sandor Sunneson Has exited the room
chris107: Interesting..
Smon: The same ghouls, a thousand strong, ravaging the Carnelian Plain, hunting the Altanian tribes to near extinction.
Smon: Then the Black Sun Gate is closed. All across the Carnelian Plain the ghoul horde collapses and lies still. Dust blows over the bodies...
chris107: âCould he be trying to open a second gate? Here in Bisgen?â Wonders Lilith aloud.
Smon: Then... almost at the present day now... a terrible ritual, the sacrifice of a queen - Cormarrin's bride - the opening of a new portal over Bisgen...
Smon: This one ragged, unstable, maintained only by his iron will.
Smon: But it is enough.
chris107: (No fool this Lilith )
Smon: The Necrotic Energies of the Black Sun threading out over the Carnelian Plain at his direction, touching the withered corpses of his Ghoul Horde...
Smon: And they rise...
Smon: The vision of Athena ends.
chris107: OOC what does Lilith know of Lichâs
Smon: Super powered undead wizards. Dyson says they have a Lair where they're more powerful.
chris107: âA thousand Ghouls have been risen? We must strike quickly, Hakeem!â
Smon: Some kind of negative energy nexus point.
chris107: âIf Crowfinger is destroyed his power will fail. â
Smon: Livilla: "Crowfinger intends to repeat his great victory over Parre and Varek Tigerclaw!"
chris107: OOC Does she know about their Phylactories?
Smon: Some say the power of a Lich is maintained by a phylactery.
chris107: âScuse spelling
7:36pm 2017-10-27 Sandor Sunneson Has entered the room
chris107: wb Fergus
Sandor Sunneson: Is he dead yet?
Smon: Did you miss all that Fergus?
Sandor Sunneson: ta, screen froze
chris107: âThen both Lich and Phylactery must be destroyed?â
Smon: Livilla's mind is full of images of Borritt Crowfinger, his rise from obscurity, his mentoring the talented young Tal Lorvas, his contacts with Morthor Coff, the acquisition of the Ilhiedrin Codex from Kaystar Saru, the opening of the Black Sun Gate, years of study... chris107: âEven if Ares himself is here, Prince Sandor. He will not stand before my wrath.â Smon: She sees him on the Carnelian Plain north of Bisgen, wielding the power of the Codex, destroying a Vampire Lord and using his power to raise an army of ghouls to storm Bisgen. 7:29pm 2017-10-27 Sandor Sunneson Has exited the room chris107: Interesting.. Smon: The same ghouls, a thousand strong, ravaging the Carnelian Plain, hunting the Altanian tribes to near extinction. Smon: Then the Black Sun Gate is closed. All across the Carnelian Plain the ghoul horde collapses and lies still. Dust blows over the bodies... chris107: âCould he be trying to open a second gate? Here in Bisgen?â Wonders Lilith aloud. Smon: Then... almost at the present day now... a terrible ritual, the sacrifice of a queen - Cormarrin's bride - the opening of a new portal over Bisgen... Smon: This one ragged, unstable, maintained only by his iron will. Smon: But it is enough. chris107: (No fool this Lilith ) Smon: The Necrotic Energies of the Black Sun threading out over the Carnelian Plain at his direction, touching the withered corpses of his Ghoul Horde... Smon: And they rise... Smon: The vision of Athena ends. chris107: OOC what does Lilith know of Lichâs Smon: Super powered undead wizards. Dyson says they have a Lair where they're more powerful. chris107: âA thousand Ghouls have been risen? We must strike quickly, Hakeem!â Smon: Some kind of negative energy nexus point. chris107: âIf Crowfinger is destroyed his power will fail. â Smon: Livilla: "Crowfinger intends to repeat his great victory over Parre and Varek Tigerclaw!" chris107: OOC Does she know about their Phylactories? Smon: Some say the power of a Lich is maintained by a phylactery. chris107: âScuse spelling 7:36pm 2017-10-27 Sandor Sunneson Has entered the room
chris107: âHow will we recognise such a thing?â
Smon: Dyson looks at Lilith. "Oh, that's just an old wive's tale. Some fool didn't know what a Phylactery was, thought it was like a Magic Jar you can bury. A Phylactery must be attached to wrist or forehead."
Sandor Sunneson: OOC- going to google phylactery
chris107: Among the great lords and princes, Lilithâs clear voice speaks again.
Sandor Sunneson: (A box)
Smon: Dyson: "If you kill him and find a phylactery on him, kill him and burn the parchment within. Just to be safe."
Sandor Sunneson: Did Sandor perhaps notice that when in the presence of CF?
Sandor Sunneson: int test?
Smon: ok
chris107: âThank you, Father if Nerath. Then I would beg to go with Lord Hakeem to face this horror. Athena, Erathis united against this common foe and for the empire my master Thuruar has dreamed of for so long.â
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 17,
Sandor Sunneson: OMG! passed
Smon: Yes, when he raised his red eye to look at you, beneath his wide hat you think you glimpsed a headband with a little box type thingy on his forehead.
Sandor Sunneson: +1
chris107: âThough I fear I shall not live to see it.â She adds sadly
Sandor Sunneson: 18
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor will mention this to the others
chris107: Nice one! Great roll Fergus
Sandor Sunneson: His int ain't too bad, 13, WIS is 10, lol
Smon: Dyson steeples his claws. "Well it seems to me we need to winkle him out of there, sooner the better. Now he'll not be able to Power Word Kill anyone again just yet."
chris107: Lilith looks impressed that this barbarous prince from another world stood against Crowfinger and lived to tell of it.
Smon: Dyson: "By all accounts his Lichhood is very recent - I suspect he's barely in control of his new powers."
Smon: Namelin: "My men have spent the night crafting siege ladders and rams, if you wish to attack, Lord Hakeem?"
chris107: Hakeem speaks for the first time. âJust get me close to him. Iâll do the rest.â
chris107: âAre the men of Renth with us?â
Smon: Dyson: "Hmm, a direct assault will cost dear... I'm willing to fly you in. Let's hope these old scales hold up, eh? "
Smon: Dyson: "Not yet. "
Smon: "If you don't need me I could fly over and check on them?" He asks hopefully.
chris107: âThen hold the attack as long as you dare. I will go in with Dyson and whichever great heroes will risk all for me, for our empire.â
Sandor Sunneson: I will come with you Hakeem
Sandor Sunneson: I too says Ajax
Smon: Namelin nods. "Aye." Minars also nods, as do the Ghinarian leaders.
chris107: âThank you, brave Sandor, Ajax.â
Smon: You notice the Selatine group are led by Epicaste the Thracian, Jana Vex is not here for some reason.
chris107: âAnd I will come as representative of Athena and Erathis. One Goddess, one empire!â
chris107:
chris107: Nice how it all ties together!
Smon: Minars: "And I!" He hefts his axe. "You'll need someone to watch your back while you take out this Lich. Kaag, you with me?"
Smon: Kaag Tigerkiller grunts and nods, hefting his own axe.
Smon: Namelin Bronze: "Good luck, then."
chris107: Hakeem is impresses. Though it seems that no man of Hara will join us?
Smon: Lilith reckons it's best to wait until just before noon, when the undead are weakest.
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax asks anyone if they would like to be touched by the Bulls Penis for strength?
Smon: Namelin sees Hakeem's look. "Rasgar? Job for you?"
Sandor Sunneson: (13 charges left)
chris107:
Smon: Rasgar Skarrison shakes his head. "My job is to guard you, Lord Bronze!"
Smon: Minars: "We don't need any soft Nerathi or Skandiks weighing Dyson down. Let's go!"
chris107: âMaybe later, Ajax. Thanksâ
chris107: âThen let it be shown in the records and the histories! Who were those brave men that faced the forces of darkness!â
Smon: GM: As the sun rises towards noon, struggling to pierce through the roilling clouds above, Hakeem Ajax Sandor Dyson Minars & Kaag mount up on Dyson Logos' broad back.
chris107: âCome, Crowfingerâs time is at an end.â
chris107: And Lilith?
chris107: She represents Thuruar after all
Smon: (& Lilith) The great dragon races across the ground then takes to flight, heading north-west over Bisgen's wall and descending towards the palace.
Smon: As he comes in, skeleton bows twang and dozens of arrows rise to meet him from the walls and towers.
Sandor Sunneson: Can Ajax touch up Hakeem with the Bulls penis whilst in flight?
Sandor Sunneson: and others?
chris107:
Smon: 16+ to hit
Smon: /roll 50d20
Smon rolls 50d20 and gets: 18, 14, 20, 13, 3, 10, 13, 15, 12, 1, 19, 11, 5, 9, 19, 14, 15, 12, 13, 19, 16, 16, 16, 18, 10, 20, 1, 4, 20, 11, 15, 18, 4, 15, 10, 6, 4, 2, 1, 16, 3, 19, 6, 8, 8, 5, 2, 3, 17, 14 = 563
Smon: 15 hits inc 2 crits
chris107: Ouch!
Smon: /roll 17d6+30
Smon rolls 17d6+30 and gets: 3, 6, 1, 6, 2, 1, 4, 6, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 5, 2, 4, 1, (+30) = 82
Smon: Dyson: "Ow!"
Smon: d6 arrows pass by his body at each of you.
Smon: Sandor
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon:
Smon: /roll d20+4x6
Smon Rolls 1d20+4x6 and gets:
3 (+4) = 7
8 (+4) = 12
6 (+4) = 10
9 (+4) = 13
18 (+4) = 22
6 (+4) = 10
Smon: 1 hit?
Smon: /roll d6+2
Smon rolls 1d6+2 and gets: 2, (+2) = 4
Smon: 4 dmg to Sandor
Smon: at Ajax
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon:
Smon: /roll d20+4x6
Smon Rolls 1d20+4x6 and gets:
12 (+4) = 16
16 (+4) = 20
7 (+4) = 11
4 (+4) = 8
15 (+4) = 19
10 (+4) = 14
Smon: 3 hits?
Sandor Sunneson: can he say shield
Smon: sure
Sandor Sunneson: to protect himelf?
Smon: what AC then?
chris107: Lilith AC 11, Hakeem 25
Smon: Lilith could put on armour before the suicide mission?
chris107: She doesnât own any. Amazon type if she did I guess?
Smon: say bronze breastplate AC 14+dex?
chris107: Fine with me
Sandor Sunneson: Think it was 16
chris107: +1 dex
Smon: Ajax AC 15 it says on his sheet
Smon: http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ajax-of-rallu-fergus-pc.html
Smon: So 1 hit on Ajax
Smon: /roll d6+1
Smon rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 5, (+1) = 6
Smon: 6 dmg Ajax
Smon: please track your hp
Sandor Sunneson: will do
chris107: Will do
Smon: Sandor http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/sandor-sunnesons-adventuring-party-pcs.html
Smon: At Livilla
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: /roll d20+4x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+4x4 and gets:
8 (+4) = 12
8 (+4) = 12
8 (+4) = 12
9 (+4) = 13
Smon:
Smon: At Hakeem
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
chris107: Blessed by the gods
Smon: /roll d20+4x5
Smon Rolls 1d20+4x5 and gets:
13 (+4) = 17
17 (+4) = 21
11 (+4) = 15
12 (+4) = 16
1 (+4) = 5
Smon: no hits?
chris107: AC 25
Smon: Kaag & Minars take a few scratches as Dyson lands atop the palace.
chris107: No hits
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor has told them the way
Smon: Roaring angrily he breathes fire, sweeping a couple burning skeletons from the battlements, and tears open a hole in the wall to a passage not far from the throneroom.
Sandor Sunneson: gosh
Smon: Make a DC 12 Athletics check to scrabble off Dyson & into the passage.
Smon: couple dozen burning skeletons I meant.
Smon: STR+Prof
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
chris107: Hakeem gets 20 regardless
chris107: Lilith
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax
chris107 rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 14, (+4) = 18
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 20,
Sandor Sunneson: +4=24
Smon: Kaag
Smon: /roll d20+8
Smon rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 10, (+8) = 18
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax backflips off the Dragon landing on his 2 feet
Smon: Minars
Smon: /roll d20+9
chris107:
Smon rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 20, (+9) = 29
Smon: Minars leaps through the air with amazing grace.
chris107: Good start lads!
Smon: Everyone made it?
chris107: Yup
Sandor Sunneson: oui
Smon: You assemble in the passage as Dyson turns into a small bird and flies away, dozens of arrows peppering the walls where he was a moment ago.
Smon: Sandor points the way towards the throneroom.
Smon: You are nearly there when you hear a clattering of dozens of bony feet behind you - a small arrmy of skeleton guards.
Smon: Minars: "Kaag and I will hold this lot off - you go kill Crowfinger before he finds something nastier!"
chris107: Lilith will cast Sanctuary on herself at initiative.
chris107: Before entering the throne room.
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax will cast Haste on Hakeem before entering the throne room
Smon: Minars and Kaag heft their axes and prepare to fend off the skeletons - in the 10' wide tunnel they should hold them a good while.
chris107: H âGood luck my old friends. Today we make a legend!â
Smon: OK you cast your spells as you approach the brass doors to Parre's throneroom.
Smon: You throw open the doors?
Sandor Sunneson: Ja
Smon: The doors open wide,
chris107: RAGE
Sandor Sunneson: and rage
Smon: Beyond in the green-lit throneroom you see a double rank of a dozen Ghost Knights, the small but sturdy form of Ursa now amongst them, blocking your approach to the throne where Crowfinger sits, waiting for you...
chris107: Lilith remains just outside the room
chris107: Hanging back for her moment.
chris107: How far to Crowfinger and how high the ceiling?
Smon: It's a nice high ceiling for an athletic jump.
Smon: DC 20 Athletics check to reach him, Hakeem auto-pass.
chris107: Hakeem is grim at the sight of his friend.
chris107: Thatâs what I was thinking
Smon: roll inits
chris107: Lilith
chris107 rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 12, (+1) = 13
chris107: Hakeem
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 2, (+2) = 4
Sandor Sunneson: Snador
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
17 (+2) = 19
17 (+2) = 19
Sandor Sunneson: Yuk
Sandor Sunneson: second roll Sandor
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 20,
Smon:
Sandor Sunneson: +2=22
chris107: Thatâs better!
chris107:
Smon: +3 DEX I thought Sandor?
Sandor Sunneson: see, no +
Sandor Sunneson: add it seperatley
Smon: Ajax?
Sandor Sunneson: yes, sorry, was thinking his CON
Sandor Sunneson: _16 Dex+3
Smon: Ghost Knights
chris107: (As a DM it drives me crazy, Fergus! ð)
Smon: /roll d20+2
Smon rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 11, (+2) = 13
Smon: Me too
Smon: lilith roll off
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
chris107: She got 13
Smon: so did I
chris107: 12+1
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 16,
Sandor Sunneson: +2=18
chris107: Oh sorry
chris107 rolls 1d20 and gets: 10,
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax got 18
Smon: Lilith beats ghost knights
Smon: Crowfinger
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 14, (+3) = 17
Smon: OK Sandor first
Smon: #23
Smon: Crowfinger has his images round him again
Sandor Sunneson: To go for Crowfinger, could he get to him?
Sandor Sunneson: Athletics check, I'll go for that
Smon: As I said there is a 30' wide 10' deep rank of plate armoured ghost knights in the way
Smon: Do you have striding & springing boots?
chris107: (Hakeem has jumping boots, Fergus)
Sandor Sunneson: nope, Ajax does
Sandor Sunneson: Unless Hakeem passed them onto him before they set off?
chris107: If he did then Hakeem wouldnât be able to leap at Crowfinger
chris107: So no
Sandor Sunneson: Leave it as is, as Hakeem is hasted
Smon: What do you do Sandor?
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor will attack the knights
chris107: (You can haste more than 1 canât you?)
Smon: Sandor flings himself into the ranks of the undead warriors.
Sandor Sunneson: 1 per round
Smon: AC 17
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 6,
Sandor Sunneson: +9=15
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 4, (+9) = 13
Sandor Sunneson: just missed
chris107: Hard lines
Sandor Sunneson: he'll be in a position where he is not surrounded entirely by them
Smon: hm - ok Sandor takes a position by a pillar so only 5 can attack him at once
chris107: The battle rage of the berserker fills Hakeem as his hasteâs form leaps into battle with the hated Lich.
Smon: lich legendary action #1, he casts a ray of frost at Hakeem
Smon: /roll d20+12
Smon rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 8, (+12) = 20
chris107: Magic Resistance through his armour, AC25
Smon: AC counts not MR, it's a miss
chris107: Yay!
Smon: init 20 - Lich Lair Action - a Necrotic energy tendril snakes out from Crowfinger and tethers to Sandor's chest.
Smon: init 19 - Hakeem
chris107: Haste and berserk = 4 attacks?
Smon: sounds right
chris107 Rolls 1d20+16x4 and gets:
14 (+16) = 30
7 (+16) = 23
19 (+16) = 35
6 (+16) = 22
Smon: You run forward, leap over the ghost knights, land beside Borritt & attack?
chris107: Yup
Smon: Borritt looks a little surprised
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 8,
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 4,
chris107: Hasted move 80â so big jump if needed
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 17,
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 5,
Smon: All images down, 1 hit on Borritt
Smon: roll dmg.
Smon: Black energy tugs at Sandor - Sandor make DC 18 CON save
chris107: He forgot to start his sword crackling! So only 1d8 this round
chris107 rolls 1d8+14 and gets: 6, (+14) = 20
Smon: sandor roll
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 16,
chris107: Noice
Smon: Sandor resists the energy tendril, Borritt takes 20 dmg
chris107: First blood!
Smon: His form seems surprisingly frail (he had a lot more hp as a mortal)
chris107:
Smon: Lich legendary action - he reaches out to paralyse Hakeem with his deadly touch.
Smon: /roll d20+12
Smon rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 4, (+12) = 16
Smon: miss
Smon: #17 - Ajax
chris107: Phew
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax will lightning bolt CF, but sculpt the bolt that it won't hurt any ofg his side standing withini bolt shot
Smon: ok, he can zap 4 ghost knights too
Sandor Sunneson: will cast it at 5th level
Sandor Sunneson: so 10d6 damage
Sandor Sunneson rolls 10d6 and gets: 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 5, 6, = 41
chris107: Nice rolls!
Sandor Sunneson: that's his one and only L5 spell cast
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 4, (+3) = 7
Sandor Sunneson: Ajax wanted to magic missile him to destroy images, but Hakeem was greedy and did that for him
Smon: Crowfinger uses Legendary Resistance to make the save, he takes 10 lightning damage.
Smon: /roll d20+2x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+2x4 and gets:
10 (+2) = 12
16 (+2) = 18
2 (+2) = 4
9 (+2) = 11
Smon: Some knights are scorched.
Smon: #17 Crowfinger retaliates with a Disintegrate ray at Ajax....
chris107: Ouch
Smon: DC 20 DEX save Ajax
chris107: Good luck!
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 14,
Sandor Sunneson: DEX 15
chris107: With prof thatâs a save!
chris107: Just 20?
Smon: 14+2 DEX +4 prof = 20 exactly!
chris107: Yay!
Smon: /roll 13d6+40
Smon rolls 13d6+40 and gets: 5, 3, 6, 6, 2, 6, 2, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4, (+40) = 100
Sandor Sunneson: lol
Smon: Ajax takes 100 dmg/2 for save = 50 dmg
Smon: What's he at?
chris107: Ouchers
Sandor Sunneson: 9 left
Sandor Sunneson: was at 59
Smon: Ajax is laughing as he sidesteps most of the ray... then looks down to see his robes tattered
Smon: You took off the arrow dmg earlier?
Sandor Sunneson: yes, 6
Smon: ok
Sandor Sunneson: 65-6=59
Smon: Borritt: "Knew I should've used a level 8 slot...!"
chris107:
Smon: #13 - Lilith
chris107: Reverse casting of Binding at Crowfinger
chris107: DC17 Cha save
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 13, (+3) = 16
Smon: Borritt: "What is this tomfoolery?!"
chris107: Yes!
Smon: Silvery lines crisscross his form.
Smon: "Kill them! Kill them all!"
Sandor Sunneson: He's got an impressive vocabulary BCF
Smon: The Ghost Knights attack...
Smon: 4 Sandor 4 Hakeem 2 Ajax 2 Lilith
Smon: vs Sandor
chris107: Lilith still has Sanctuary running, it doesnât require concentration
Smon: /roll 12d20
Smon rolls 12d20 and gets: 1, 17, 1, 12, 8, 12, 19, 18, 10, 7, 10, 1, = 116
Smon: ac 21? 15 to hit
Sandor Sunneson: yes
Smon: 3 hits, w rage = 15 +30 necrotic, 45 total to sandor
Smon: 4 charge Hakeem
Smon: /roll 12d20
Smon rolls 12d20 and gets: 20, 7, 17, 7, 11, 12, 11, 8, 13, 8, 3, 20, = 137
Smon: 2 hits!
chris107: Ouch
chris107: AC25
Smon: /roll 8d6+6
Smon rolls 8d6+6 and gets: 5, 1, 2, 6, 4, 6, 6, 5, (+6) = 41
Smon: 41 slashing > 20
chris107: Riposte v 1
Smon: /roll 12d6
Smon rolls 12d6 and gets: 1, 5, 5, 1, 5, 4, 1, 5, 6, 2, 2, 5, = 42
Smon: 42 necrotic, so total 62 dmg
Smon: ok
chris107: 263/325
Smon: LOL
chris107: Riposte
chris107 rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 8, (+16) = 24
Smon: hit
chris107 rolls 1d8+14 and gets: 3, (+14) = 17
Smon: R2 - Outside you hear the sound of barbarians cleaving through mounds of skeletons, and Minars terrible singing.
Smon: Hakeem hit a lightning-scorched knight.
chris107:
Smon: He notices among the 4 attacking him the short sturdy shade-form of Ursa.
Smon: #23 - Sandor your go
Smon: oops
chris107: âI will avenge you, my friend.â
Smon: forgot other knights
Smon: 2 vs Ajax
Smon: /roll d20+6x6
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x6 and gets:
4 (+6) = 10
15 (+6) = 21
8 (+6) = 14
7 (+6) = 13
5 (+6) = 11
15 (+6) = 21
Smon: Ajax takes 20 dmg & goes down from 2nd attack.
chris107:
Sandor Sunneson: -11
Smon: /roll d20+6x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x4 and gets:
10 (+6) = 16
10 (+6) = 16
2 (+6) = 8
6 (+6) = 12
chris107: Sanctuary save?
Smon: Then 3 crits as they stab his fallen form
chris107: If not AC15
Smon: /roll 30d6+9
Smon rolls 30d6+9 and gets: 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 6, 2, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1 (+9) = 104
Smon: Ajax is stabbed to death.
chris107: Oh, sorry. Thought those were v Lilith
Sandor Sunneson: lol
Sandor Sunneson: ah well
Smon: vs Lilith WIS save DC 16?
chris107: Another death to avenge
chris107: DC17
Smon: /roll d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
20 = 20
15 = 15
Smon: One staggers back, the other forces through the Sanctuary.
Smon: "THERE IS NO SANCTUARY!"
Smon: it whispers in her ear.
Smon: (Logan's Run)
Smon: /roll d20+6x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x3 and gets:
17 (+6) = 23
16 (+6) = 22
19 (+6) = 25
Smon: ouch
chris107: âATHENA! Protect me!â
Smon: 60 dmg to Lilith
chris107: Or not
Smon: ok, NOW rnd 2
chris107: -15
chris107: -17
Smon: Borritt: "Bring me their heads! I have plans for these wretches..."
Smon: #23 - Sandor's go
Sandor Sunneson: is it possible for Sandor with extra attack or fast movement to get to BCF?
Sandor Sunneson: Fast movement eevn?
Smon: Yes, the enemy line broke up. You'll take 4 opportunity attacks
Smon: ok?
Smon: Sandor turns and sprints for Crowfinger...
Sandor Sunneson: Yeah go for it
Smon: /roll d20+6x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x4 and gets:
15 (+6) = 21
1 (+6) = 7
19 (+6) = 25
14 (+6) = 20
chris107: Good luck, mate!
Smon: 45 dmg to Sandor after rage reduction
Smon: sorry 30
Smon: AC 21
Sandor Sunneson: well he would have had 1HP left lol
chris107: Cripes!
Sandor Sunneson: so 16
Smon: Sandor races round the lumbering ghost knights & reaches Crowfinger.
chris107: Get that wizard slaying blade swinging!
Sandor Sunneson: Did you do rage reduction in previous round?
Smon: The black tendril attaches them
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 15,
Smon: yes 20 > 15 w rage
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 7,
Smon: ac 17
Sandor Sunneson: 22 and 16
Smon: 1 hit
Smon: roll dmg
Smon: Sandor feels the tendril tug at him, make DC 18 CON save Sandor
Sandor Sunneson rolls 3d8 and gets: 2, 6, 5, = 13
Sandor Sunneson: 13+8=21
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 12,
Smon: 17?
Sandor Sunneson: 18
Sandor Sunneson: just CON
Sandor Sunneson: ?\
Smon: No 19 I get - Sandor still has Meda's ring of protection, +2 CON +4 Prof +1 ring
Sandor Sunneson: No prof bonus?
Sandor Sunneson: :), thought so
Smon: Sandor resists the tug & gives Borritt a powerful strike with Spellbane.
Smon: Spellbane: "YAAY!"
Smon: Borritt: "Agh!"
chris107: Yay!
Smon: Necrotic energies swirl around Hakeem & Sandor, make DC 18 CON saves
chris107 rolls 1d20+13 and gets: 4, (+13) = 17
chris107: Fail
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 20,
Smon: /roll 6d6
Smon rolls 6d6 and gets: 1, 1, 4, 5, 4, 5, = 20
chris107: Nice roll!
chris107:
Smon: Hakeem 20 necrotic dmg, Sandor 10 necrotic dmg
chris107: 243/325
Sandor Sunneson: 6
Smon: Borritt grins at Sandor, yellow skin stretched tight over his skull. "Die..."
Smon: Sandor sees the ghostly form of Ursa and countless other victims reaching for him, smothering him...
chris107: âNNNOOOOOOO!â
Smon: DC 18 CON save Sandor
Smon: "YES...."
Smon: /roll 15d6
Smon rolls 15d6 and gets: 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 2, 3, = 60
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
Sandor Sunneson: lol
Sandor Sunneson: hey ho
chris107: Arrgghhh! What a time for a 2!
Smon: Sandor takes 60 Necrotic damage from the smothering ghosts.
Smon: Borritt eyes Hakeem as he retreats from Bondor's blade... "Just one left..."
chris107: âNOW I SEND YOUR SOUL TO HELL! BOOONNNDDDDOOORRRR!â
Smon: "The souls of your companions feed my strength! Ia!"
Smon: #19 Hakeem
Smon: (he has lightning resistance btw)
chris107 Rolls 1d20+16x4 and gets:
18 (+16) = 34
3 (+16) = 19
17 (+16) = 33
12 (+16) = 28
Sandor Sunneson: nice
Smon: chop chop chop chop
chris107: (Bugger! )
Smon: roll regular dmg
chris107 rolls 4d8+56 and gets: 8, 3, 3, 4, (+56) = 74
chris107: Lightning damage
Smon: oops sorry he uses Shield so AC 22, 2nd missed
chris107 rolls 4d8 and gets: 5, 5, 5, 7, = 22
chris107: -20 from total then?
chris107: 17+ half of 5
Smon: -16 blade dmg (3+13) so 58 blade.
Smon: 17/2=8 lightning
chris107: 15+42+8
Smon: I get 66
Smon: What is your dmg bonus?
chris107: That works for me
Smon: +14?
Smon: -17 then yup
chris107: +14
Smon: 65 dmg
Smon: Borritt staggers back, badly wounded now. "Kill him! Kill him now!"
chris107: ......
chris107: âRrraarrrgghhhhhhhhh!â
chris107: I havenât used a bonus action yet this round?
Smon: You rolled 4 attacks (haste + bonus) #17 Borritt uses Disintegrate on Hakeem
Smon: at level 8
chris107: If not, then Bondorrâs Lightning will Blast Borrit Crowfinger into the History books!
chris107: On Init #19
Smon: You used it to make 4th attack
Smon: chris107 Rolls 1d20+16x4 and gets: 18 (+16) = 34 3 (+16) = 19 17 (+16) = 33 12 (+16) = 28
chris107: Okay, no probs
Smon: DC 20 spell save vs disintegrate
chris107: Of course, frenzy attack is bonus action. Soz
Smon: /roll 16d6+40
Smon rolls 16d6+40 and gets: 5, 3, 3, 5, 1, 5, 6, 5, 6, 3, 6, 2, 4, 5, 1, 2, (+40) = 102
chris107: Dex?
Smon: dex
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
10 (+8) = 18
3 (+8) = 11
chris107: Fail
Smon: Hakeem takes 102 Force dmg
Smon: Borritt: "You're a tough one... Finish him!"
chris107: 141/325
Smon: 7 Ghost Knights close in around Hakeem while their companions hack the heads off Sandor Ajax & Lilith.
Smon: /roll 21d20
Smon rolls 21d20 and gets: 12, 12, 14, 18, 8, 14, 11, 15, 1, 5, 1, 17, 3, 1, 3, 20, 8, 12, 19, 6, 20 = 220
chris107: AC25
Smon: 2 hits
Smon: /roll 8d6+6
Smon rolls 8d6+6 and gets: 2, 6, 3, 4, 4, 6, 4, 5, (+6) = 40
Smon: 40 slashing > 20
Smon: /roll 12d6
Smon rolls 12d6 and gets: 5, 4, 2, 6, 2, 3, 4, 3, 5, 1, 2, 6, = 43
chris107: 121
Smon: 43 necrotic
Smon: 78?
chris107: 77
Smon: Round 3
chris107: 77/325
Smon: Hakeem hears Minars singing happily.
Smon: Sounds like Hakeem got the tough job.
Smon: #20 BOrritt Lair Action
Smon: "Spirits of the Dead! Finish him!"
chris107: Once more he remembers each of his friends that have given their lives in the battle against the Black Sun.
chris107: âBONDORR!â
Smon: Hakeem sees the swirling choking spirits of Borritt's countless victims close on him...
Smon: DC 18 CON save, armour grants resistance
Smon: /roll 15d6
Smon rolls 15d6 and gets: 3, 3, 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 4, 6, 1, 6, 2, 2, 3, 2, = 54
chris107 Rolls 1d20+13x2 and gets:
13 (+13) = 26
7 (+13) = 20
Smon: 27 Necrotic dmg
chris107: 50/325
Smon: The spirits fade away as a ray of light shines through a broken window
Smon: catching the tip of Hakeem's blade.
Smon: He sees the headless corpses of his friends jerking, rising...
Smon: #19 Hakeem
chris107: âYOU AND ALL YOUR WORKS ARE FINISHED, CROWFINGER. NOW YOU FIE!â
Smon: "Fie on you too!"
chris107 Rolls 1d20+16x4 and gets:
4 (+16) = 20
12 (+16) = 28
7 (+16) = 23
19 (+16) = 35
Smon: AC 22 w Shield
Smon: 3 hits
chris107 rolls 3d8+42 and gets: 1, 2, 8, (+42) = 53
chris107 rolls 3d8 and gets: 2, 7, 3, = 12
Smon: The Sword of Bondorr plunges deep into Crowfinger's withered chest. With an anguished wail he jerks, then begins to crumble away.
Sandor Sunneson: well done!
Smon: Around Hakeem he hears the clang of armour as the empty suits that once held ghost knights hit the floor.
Smon: Outside you hear the clattering of dozens of bones.
chris107: Just a dozen Ghost Knights to deal with now
chris107: Oh?
Smon: Thunder rolls. A hard wind blows, blowing away the foul green clouds.
Smon: Clean white lightning lances over the roof off Bisgen
chris107: Hakeem grimly searches for the Phylactery that bold Prince Sandor so bravely discovered
Smon: Then as Borritt finishes turning into a pile of dust the black clouds part and sunlight lances through.
Smon: Hakeem finds the little box amongst the ashes.
Smon: Minars and Kaag burst in, covered in cuts. "The Skels! They're collapsing!"
Smon: Kaag: "You did it, Hakeem?"
Sandor Sunneson: Any chance of resurrecting Sandor
chris107: Sitting, allowing himself to grieve for his lost friends, he builds a little pyre
chris107: Burning the horrible thing
Sandor Sunneson: well done Chris
chris107: We did it Fergus.
chris107: As a team!
Smon: The box starts to char on the pyre, It bulges, cracks open.
Smon: A wisp of parchment within.
Smon: It blackens, bursts into flame.
chris107: Hakeem will try get Meda/Thuruar to do what they can for his fallen comrades
Smon: And Crowfinger is gone.
Sandor Sunneson: yIP, ACCUMULATIVE damage
chris107: Hakeem stands tall now he knows the great Evil has been destroyed for ever.
Smon: It would take a full Resurrect - Thuruar might do it, with 3 1000gp diamonds.
Smon: The war is over, the portal closed, the undead legions of the Black Sun at final rest.
chris107: Then the bodies shall be held in great honour until such time as they can be ministered to.
Smon: In the north Kaystar Saru and Black Sun remnants doubtless remain, but nothing to challenge your power.
chris107: That was as well a DMâd session as Iâve ever had the privilege to play in.
Smon: Cheers
Smon: People complain liches are too weak. "Not enough hp!" they say.
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor has the cash to pay should he rise
Sandor Sunneson:
Smon: The clearly aren't playing them right.
chris107: Hard lines Fergus, H will do what ever he can to help
Sandor Sunneson: how many did he have left before he was attacked in R3?
Sandor Sunneson: HP
Sandor Sunneson: I enjoyed that, was good
chris107: Now we must search fallen Bisgen for The Ilheidrin Codex and loot it of an empires treasure!
chris107: Pretty epic ending to an epic storyline!
Smon: stopping there obvs
chris107: Restoring Bondorrâs Temple is pretty urgent too
Smon: Borritt's library holds the codex
chris107: Jolly well done, chaps!
Sandor Sunneson: hopefully Sandor would get some XP if ressurected
chris107: Seriously EPIC!
Sandor Sunneson: was excellent game
Sandor Sunneson: don't mind dying in that way
Smon: Borritt's staff Skull Staff of Crowfinger - +2 Quarterstaff, +2 with ranged spell attacks, Animate Dead (Level 9 slot) 1/LR.
chris107:
Smon: other stuff Scarab of protection, Potion of speed, Potion of supreme healing x2, Potion of flying
Smon: In his treasury: 8,500 Gold 1,950 Platinum 1 disguise kit (25 gp) 2 lbs. of silver trade bars (10 gp) 1 spyglass (1000 gp) 1 lyre (30 gp) 1 bottle(s) of fine wine (10 gp) 1 set of thieves' tools (25 gp) 5 fire opal worth 1000 gp each exotic wood ring set with small gemstones worth 250gp cloth-of-gold necklace with a gemstone pendant worth 250gp glass bird cage worth 250gp gold large bracelet worth 250gp glass set of animal figurines worth 250gp bloodstone bird cage worth 250gp carved bone set of animal figurines worth 250gp bloodstone-plated sword with a gemmed hilt worth 750gp glass harp with decorative inlay worth 750gp bloodstone fine chain set with a fire opal worth 2500gp hoard total: 39,850.00 gp
chris107: Ursaâs Hammers?
Sandor Sunneson: can he even drink the wine? Guess not as that's why it's there
Smon: The Scarab has the Zehir infinity symbol on it & looks a bit sinister
Smon: Yes you can recover PC gear
chris107: Anything even remotely connected with the Black Sun, Hakeem orders destroyed. Staff, Scarab etc. Included
chris107: âWe will wipe the stain of the Black Sun from our world as if it had never existed.â
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor has a 3000GP diamond encrusted sword that could cover cost of resurrection
Smon: Hakeem gains the Epic Boon of Perfect Health - immune to disease, immune to poison(!), and advantage on all CON saves.
chris107: Hakeem will take no treasure but the Codex.
chris107: Wow! Yay!
Sandor Sunneson: what a hunk!!
chris107: Oriax or Saru next?
chris107: Codex probs best in the hands of Lady Meda
chris107: But we can sort all that out I guess?
chris107: But the remains of our fallen are the main priority
Smon: XP is 14,250 each to Hakeem & the 3 dead ones
chris107: Wow!
Sandor Sunneson: Are resurection rules same as in 1e? e.g. Max times allowed = same as CON if I remember correctly?
Sandor Sunneson: gosh
chris107: Lord Bronze has better start towing the line now
Smon: Not officially Fergus
Sandor Sunneson: Can we not just kill him Chris
chris107: The Heroes of Bisgen just doubled the size of our empire
chris107: Hakeemâs one of the good guys Fergus
Sandor Sunneson: Hmmm, Lord Bronze reminds me of a GoT type, he's waiting for his opportuntity.......
Sandor Sunneson: I knew that would be your response
Sandor Sunneson:
chris107: Hopefully fear of Altani wrath will keep his double crossing in check.
Smon: So, while Hakeem cleans up the mess in the west I'll focus on the low level group next few weeks, at least until timeline catches up.
Smon: What are you calling the new empire?
chris107: He always has been, Fergus. Pretty proud of it too
Smon: Malenn is very proud of Hakeem.
Sandor Sunneson: Do resurrection rolls need to be rolled for the deceased
Sandor Sunneson: ?
Smon: I'm sure she'll bear him plenty more fine sons & daughters now!
chris107: The Empire of Altani-Nerath. Iâll think of a catchy title
Sandor Sunneson: She can move into Bisgen Chateau now
Smon: not normally, BUT Borritt had begun to reanimate you as undead, which makes raising impossible
Smon: So there will be checks.
Smon: With your luck Sandor will be the one who fails
Sandor Sunneson: probably
chris107:
Smon: But you can make success more likely by eg Blessing the bodies, gives +d4 to check
Sandor Sunneson: lets see i guess
Smon: Anyway getting them north to the Temple of Wisdom will take awhile.
chris107: Can we fly Thuruar in? First Class of course
Smon: Maybe.
Smon: He no longer has to maintain the warding ritual.
Sandor Sunneson: Sandor is potentially only 2000 XP of L12
chris107:
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