Session 134 To 15/4/47 - Land of the Black Sun

XP Sandor Ursa & Ajax + 6K
Sandor L10 XP 6K+70K=76K/85K
Ajax & Ursa L9 XP 55K/64K

7:13pm  2017-10-02 Smon Has entered the room
Smon: Hello
sandor sunneson: Evening Simon
chris107: Hi Simon
chris107: Not Edinburgh then?
sandor sunneson: Hope your typing pain that you had has gone away?
sandor sunneson: Probably not
Smon: Seems a lot less
sandor sunneson: You'd have had your tea there, unless you go to Simon's parents, where you are inundated with the stuff
sandor sunneson: good
chris107:
sandor sunneson: Morning tea, afternoon tea, tea at lunch and breakfast too and after dinner.
Smon:
chris107: Fergus & I were just speculating on the events at Highhaven..
chris107: Sounds like a visit to my parents too!
sandor sunneson: was it a close fight? Do we see the XP for Ursa and Ajax on our character sheets or not as action occurred behind closed doors?
Smon: It was off camera so no XP
chris107: Did the Spectre escape?
chris107: Did they see it?
Smon: Looks like I levelled you to 10 Sandor http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/sandor-sunnesons-adventuring-party-pcs.html
chris107: Time to release Sandor's inner Barbarian!
Smon: Ursa & Ajax destroyed the Spectre.
sandor sunneson: good
chris107: Wow
Smon: end of last session Smon: Minars: "Must have been some fight, you and Kainos! We heard the ground shake ten miles off!" chris107: "I assume you had a victory feast planned?" He asks Lord Bronze Smon: Namelin: "Aye! Tonight we feast!"
chris107: Did we recover the body of Kainos?
Smon: 4/4/47 You wake late the next morning, the armies of daylight more than a little hungover after celebrating their great victory.
chris107: And put the heads of our own heroes to rest?
Smon: It's lying out there.
sandor sunneson: Sandor will go and collect
Smon: Yes you recovered the heads & the rites are observed that their souls may pass on.
chris107: "We better do something about that. Don't want Crowfinger bringing him back to life."
Smon: Dyson: "The lizardmen could eat him?"
7:23pm  2017-10-02 chris107 Has exited the room
sandor sunneson: Is he not banished from this planet for so many years like in 1e?
Smon: Namelin: "Kainos' skull would look fine mounted over the west gate..."
Smon: Not to your knowledge.
7:24pm  2017-10-02 chris107 Has entered the room
Smon: Smon: Dyson: "The lizardmen could eat him?" 7:23pm 2017-10-02 chris107 Has exited the room sandor sunneson: Is he not banished from this planet for so many years like in 1e? Smon: Namelin: "Kainos' skull would look fine mounted over the west gate..." Smon: Not to your knowledge. 7:24pm 2017-10-02 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: Thanks.
sandor sunneson: I was asking generically Simon, but yes why would a thick barbarian know about that
Smon: The hungover leaders of the three armies groggily assemble at Dyson's kennel in the centre of Hara.
Smon: Laurana: "Today I must return to Highhaven. Be good, Sandor." She says with a sardonic grin.
chris107: "Let them feast but I fear it will be tainted meat. Better we burn him to ashes and scatter him to the four winds."
Smon: Namelin nods. "Agreed!"
Smon: Namelin orders his men to burn Kainos on a great pyre, then bring him the skull.
chris107: "Good bye Queen Laurana. Call if you need me."
Smon: Laurana mock-curtsies. "Yes, King Hakeem."
sandor sunneson: Sandor will go and chat with Lauranna
chris107: Hakeem has a slightshudder when he recalls the mighty blows that rained down upon him.
Smon: Sandor catches up with Laurana as she's saddling Goldmane, her griffon.
chris107: "Go well sister."
chris107: Hakeem shouts after Sandor "Get them to send Ursa and that wizard of yours back here!"
Smon: "Aye, brother..." She hesitates a moment, then her slender arms enfold mighty Hakeem in a big hug. "Don't stay too long away from your wife, brother."
sandor sunneson: I'll really miss you, just wish you would do what you want rather than what your brother wants. All these weeks you've been mithering me about my world and all of a sudden, that's not happening.
Smon: Laurana regards Sandor, head cocked to one side. "Mmm. I have to do it, Sandor. I was born to rule."
chris107: Hakeem iseager to once more hold his wife in his arms and has every intention of doing so very soon. He feels he has earned it
sandor sunneson: Not denying that, are you ready for it? I don't feel I am, one do I will be.
sandor sunneson: When you follow a dream and become obsessed by a legend, look at what happened to Artmesia.
Smon: Laurana: "No one is ever ready, Sandor."
Smon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z-qM5GepCY
chris107: very atmospheric
Smon: Laurana looks to the south. "My people need me... My brother needs me. The orcs of Arang-Tok are still a threat."
sandor sunneson: He'll kiss her on the lips, and after say hope you were ready for that. Don't ever think they'll defeat you
Smon: Laurana responds passionately to Sandor's kiss, eyes wide.
Smon: Then she steps back. "You take care of yourself, Sandor. We all have our kingdoms to claim."
Smon: She mounts up on Goldmane.
chris107: Hakeem waves her off.
sandor sunneson: I'll see you at somepoint and he waves her off
Smon: "Be seeing you!" Laurana spurs the griffon to flight, along with a dozen of her amazon sisters they head south for Highhaven.
chris107: "You let a fine woman go there, Prince sandor."
Smon: Minars Rapak joins Hakeem on the battlements to watch the griffons fly away. "Your sister is a fine one... A bit slim for my tastes." He grins.
sandor sunneson: We'll be together again. The journey of love is never smooth and easy
chris107: Hakeem nods. "True-true."
sandor sunneson: There is a bigger threat that needs to be dealt with at the moment
Smon: Minars: "Aye... Are we chasing them over Madcat Mountain?"
sandor sunneson: Yes, shall we wait for Ursa to get back?
chris107: Hakeems thoughts are turning to Malenn... "I think it's time some one else did a bit of bleeding, Minars." He looks at Sandor... "Time to make a name for yourself?"
sandor sunneson: I miss the smelly bastard
chris107: hehe
sandor sunneson: I feel I am ready,
chris107: "Then go forth and smite the bastards into a bloody paste."
sandor sunneson: I hesitate by thinking, Ursa is already fighting and I join in and we win. That's how it seems to roll
chris107: Hakeem looks out as the body of Kainos is split asunder and the pyre built. "He was a fine warrior."
Smon: Minars: "Not good enough."
chris107: "Ursa loves to fight, you'll do fine."
chris107: "Minars?"
Smon: Minars: "Just tell me what to do with the Altani. They're still eager for a fight."
chris107: Hakeem looks around to make sure they are out of earshot.
Smon: "We're ready to march on Bisgen. They don't fear the Undead."
chris107: "Dyson and Bronze now have a large army, they may start thinking twice about the value of alliance. I would not have us break the strength of Altan just to find our victory has been for their benefit only."
Smon: "Mmm. You make a good point."
chris107: Hakeem sighs..... "Bisgen must fall, you are right." Lustful thouights of Malenn are once more put on the back burner
chris107: "If we are to raze Bisgen and restore the temple of Bondorr then it must be with a coalition force."
chris107: "Dyson's new recruits will know the way better than we do."
chris107: "Sandor?"
sandor sunneson: I'm on board, not going home yet
sandor sunneson: Are we waiting for Ursa or do we leave without him?
chris107: "Will you scout ahead and find us a path to fallen Bisgen?"
sandor sunneson: Of course
sandor sunneson: Am I waiting for the smelly one or is Minars joining me
sandor sunneson: ?
chris107: The Madcat or the worm holes to Ractuan may give passage?"
Smon: Minars: "I'll have Ernsorn Send to Laurana, get her to send Ursa north on a griffon."
chris107: "I wouldn't ask you to do this alone. "
chris107: "Your Druid proved loyal and resourceful. He was invaluable in our victory and he has my thanks. I misjudged him."
Smon: Minars grins: "Ernsorn is not the easiest of men... He has his ambitions... But he is loyal."
chris107: "When Ursa and the wizard arrive, then make a start. You're in charge. Get word to us when you find a safe passage for our armies."
Smon: Minars: "Very well then. I'll tell Namelin and the Ghinarians."
chris107: "Minars, you and I need to keep an eye on the Bronzes and put together the finest fighting force we can. We march on Bisgen."
chris107: Hakeem is also eager or news from the North. The red priestess stiring up the Skandics.
sandor sunneson: Sandor will get ready for this scouting mission
Smon: 7/4/47 Ursa & Ajax arrive on griffonback from Highhaven, brought by two buxom amazon griffon-riders.
chris107: Ursa holds on tight
Smon: Chris do you need to collect Kyle?
chris107: "Don't woryy it's only my warhammer"
Smon:
sandor sunneson: lol
chris107: He's going to message me five minutes before he finishes and I'll drive over and collect him.
chris107: Probs about 9
chris107: will only take 10 mins there and back.
Smon: Is Hakeem returning to Malenn or staying with the army?
sandor sunneson: Got the Selatine map, where is Bisgen on it?
Smon: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiQ65tQRavW6GWrA-LKHdOxzz_OaKf6ks8f1d9usalh6AO-fgpTrk6hbjx2YdRp_8RZQ4KgmMXDlCpR_yNM6QUzsz9S77UUWVtQXfIlv_JX4ncfaXBUObLb2msdMx41O2VSeaE0bO82k/s640/WESTERN+ALTANIS.jpg
chris107: As we have a couple of Griffon riders he will pay a flying visit to his wife and son.
chris107: He's sure their new Queen won't mind
sandor sunneson: cheers
sandor sunneson: Can we have any healing potions as part of the mission?
sandor sunneson: BBC4 Tunes for Tyrants, wonder if Hakeem will be mentioned
Smon: OK Hakeem pays a flying visit to Malenn. Lady Meda is aware of recent events, but seems worried. "I have consulted with Livilla, the priestess of Erathis. I fear without the Cormarrin princes to restrain him, Crowfinger will unleash the full power of Undeath upon Nerath."
Smon: /roll 3d6
Smon rolls 3d6 and gets: 6, 2, 3, = 11
Smon: 11 healing potions
sandor sunneson: ta
chris107: "Then we must fight them. They can be no worse than the Warbringer. Believe me."
Smon: Meda nods: "I will come with you to Hara. I must consult with Dyson Logos."
chris107: "His blows could shatter the very Earth, Lady Meda. He was terrible."
Smon: Meda nods. "But you won."
chris107: "Then you will excuse me while I visit my wife and son? It has been too long."
Smon: Meda smiles: "Of course."
chris107: "Aye and I'd do it again, ten times over to stop the Black Sun and to protect my family."
sandor sunneson: So in Sandor's scouting party, Ursa and Minars joining the scout, anyone else?
Smon: 10/7/47 Hakeem spends quality time with a very relieved Malenn, then he Meda & Livilla return from Thusia to Hara.
Smon: Meda consults with the great dragon and Livilla.
Smon: The next day Dyson asks to speak with Hakeem.
chris107: Minars is coming?
chris107: Hakeem is happy to speak with Dyson.
sandor sunneson: I don't know, asked allowed??
Smon: Minars & the Altani are camped at Hara ready to march west.
sandor sunneson: Ok, so Ursa and Sandor
chris107: He's a mighty war chief and will be needed with the soldiers.
chris107:
chris107: The old team back together
chris107: Kyle ready, I'll be 10 minutes
Smon: Dyson: "The young priestess Livilla has a plan to minimise bloodshed. The city of Renth is held by the Nerathi General Kogol Vergath. His daughter Analise was married to Prince Halvath Cormarrin, but she believes his loyalty to the Black Sun is less than wholhearted..."
Smon: "She wants to fly there with me and persuade him to join us, encircling Bisgen from the west."
sandor sunneson: where is Bisgen in relation to Madcat Mountain? Trying to work out where the maps join together
Smon: Madcat is on both maps
sandor sunneson: cool, see it now, merci
Smon: GM: Hakeem sends Sandor Ursa & Ajax to scout ahead. Are you mounted or on foot?
sandor sunneson: We'll go on foot, probably easier to remain undetected
Smon: 12/7/47 Sandor Ursa & Ajax pass through the broad vale east of Madcat Mountain, so named for its strange twin rocky tufts that resemble cats' ears against the skyline.
sandor sunneson: but slower
sandor sunneson: Any sort of tracks on the ground or footprints?
Smon: 14/7/47 After a hard climb up into the mountains and over a rocky saddle, following a steep and narrow trail followed by the armies of the Black Sun, they reach the gates of the Altan Vault on the mountainside, rent aunder by the power of the Warbringer.
sandor sunneson: evidence of mass movement?
Smon: Clearly many men and horses have gone this way.
sandor sunneson: lol, nothing there now though?
Smon: Inside the Vault all is ruin, the stench of human death and oil from fallen Warforged.
Smon: make Perception rolls (WIS+Prof)
sandor sunneson: The 3 will enter the vault
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 18,
Smon: Deep inside the Vault, Sandor is the first to spot it - an armoured figure praying before a foul altar stacked high with Warforged skulls, the Banner of the Black Sun on the wall above.
sandor sunneson: think +4=22
sandor sunneson: human figure?
Smon: About 7' tall. Make stealth checks DEX+Prof
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 11, (+4) = 15
Smon: Sandor pass (even though you are not +4)
sandor sunneson: Sandor that is, roll for other 2?
Smon: http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/sandor-sunnesons-adventuring-party-pcs.html
Smon: +7
sandor sunneson: prof plus dex, yes
Smon: Ajax http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ajax-of-rallu-fergus-pc.html has +5
Smon: DC 13
sandor sunneson: 16
Smon: roll for ajax
sandor sunneson: checks, sorry
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 14, (+5) = 19
Smon: pass
sandor sunneson: Ursa
Smon: +4 look like
sandor sunneson: Yeah
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 8, (+4) = 12
Smon: roll
Smon: aw
sandor sunneson: lol
Smon: A pebble skitters across the floor at Ursa's heavy tread.
chris107: Back @_
Smon: The figure rises and turns - it appears to be a Warforged, stitched together from the parts of many fallen, but its face is a blank mask.
Smon: It calls out across the ruined temple deep within the Altan Vault.
Smon: "WELCOME. I AM THE SPIRIT OF OBLIVION. YOU WILL JOIN THE FALLEN."
chris107: Eek
sandor sunneson: OOC- I remember a really cool aracade game called Oblivion
Smon: The undead warforged moves towards you. A wispy purple blade appears in its right hand; its left a spiked gauntlet.
Smon: "WHEN YOU ARE GONE, NONE WILL KNOW YOU EVER LIVED. CROWFINGER SENDS HIS REGARDS."
sandor sunneson: anyway, attack and rage
chris107: Ursa hefts Grond, two handed and rages.
Smon: The strange entity advances with menacing intent.
Smon: ok can roll init
chris107 Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
2 (+1) = 3
6 (+1) = 7
chris107:
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 15, (+4) = 19
chris107: AC 16
Smon: Sandor +3 w advtg, Ajax +2
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 8, (+3) = 11
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 13, (+2) = 15
Smon: advtg roll x2
Smon: "ALL FOLLOWERS OF CURSED HAKEEM SHALL MEET THY DOOM."
Smon: roll again for sandor
Smon: barb level 7 power
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 7, (+3) = 10
chris107: "BAH! Shut yer mouth ya pile o'scrap!"
Smon: The blank helm splits open, revealing within a starry void...
Smon: Make a DC 17 CHA+Prof save
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 1, (+2) = 3
Smon: Your minds reel at the sight of Oblivion...
chris107: Hmmm not Ursa's night for the dice
Smon: Ursa takes 65 Psychic dmg
chris107: 36/101
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 6, (+4) = 10
chris107: "AARRGGHHHHH! DOOM IS UPON ME!"
Smon: Sandor takes 65 Psychic dmg
chris107: Make this save Ajax!
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 1,
sandor sunneson: lol
chris107:
chris107: Two blinking ones and a six?
sandor sunneson: -7
Smon: Blood comes from Ajax's eyes and he topples over at -7.
chris107: Ursa, now raging leaps at the metal monster!
Smon: Ajax's body begins to fade - from both the cold stone and from your minds...
Smon: Your goes
Smon: Ajax make a death save, need 10+
chris107: reckless
Smon: on d20, no mods
Smon: The Oblivion Wight is AC 19
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 5,
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
8 (+8) = 16
13 (+8) = 21
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
5 (+8) = 13
1 (+8) = 9
Smon: 1 hit ursa
chris107: one hit
chris107 rolls 1d10+7 and gets: 4, (+7) = 11
Smon: "NOT IMPRESSED."
chris107: "Grrrrrr!"
Smon: Sandor can attack
sandor sunneson Rolls 1d8+9x2 and gets:
6 (+9) = 15
4 (+9) = 13
sandor sunneson Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
14 (+9) = 23
14 (+9) = 23
sandor sunneson: is warforge a spellcaster?#
Smon: 2 hits, not reckless I assume
Smon: Yes he is
sandor sunneson: not reckless
Smon: He parries with his ethereal blade, but you batter and bash his armoured form.
sandor sunneson: so 6d8+8 damage?
chris107: nice!
sandor sunneson: no +10
sandor sunneson: not crit
Smon: yes
sandor sunneson rolls 6d8 and gets: 5, 8, 5, 3, 4, 8, = 33
Smon: 6d8+16
sandor sunneson: +10=43
Smon: +8 per hit
Smon: 3d8+8 / hit
sandor sunneson: 33+16=49
Smon: "BETTER..."
Smon: r2
Smon: Oblivion recharge check
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: nope, he attacks with sword & fist.
Smon: 1-3 Ursa 4-6 Sandor
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
Smon: vs Sandor
Smon: Oblivion sword lances at Sandor
Smon: /roll d20+11
Smon rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 17, (+11) = 28
Smon: hit
chris107: Ouch
Smon: 19 dmg & CHA save or something you love vanishes from the universe...
Smon: 19/2=9 raging
chris107: Nasty!
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 5,
Smon: any suggestions? Not alive or on your person
sandor sunneson: something he loves?
Smon: yes
sandor sunneson: The old hobgoblin lady who told us where Dyson was to be found
Smon: Your favourite hunting spot back in Soderfjord where you used to make love to your mother in law vanishes from the universe
chris107: weirdo
Smon: (not alive I said)
Smon: Spiked gauntlet
Smon: /roll d20+11
Smon rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 5, (+11) = 16
Smon: Sandor parries it
Smon: Ajax make a death save
sandor sunneson:
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 14,
Smon: pass
Smon: your goes
chris107: Now within 5' of Sandor, Ursa need not reckless to gain advantage?
Smon: yup
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
8 (+8) = 16
9 (+8) = 17
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
9 (+8) = 17
1 (+8) = 9
Smon: miss x2
Smon: "PATHETIC DWARF."
chris107: Shocking dice
sandor sunneson Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
20 (+9) = 29
19 (+9) = 28
Smon: crit!
chris107: Yay!
chris107: Nicely done Fergus!
sandor sunneson: 9d8+16?
Smon: crit 7d8+8 I count
Smon: +3d8+8 = 10d8+16
sandor sunneson rolls 10d8 and gets: 1, 5, 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 5, 4, 8, = 34
chris107:
sandor sunneson: +16=50 damage
Smon: 50 dmg
Smon: Its armoured form is cracked now, oozing Warforged lubricants.
Smon: "YOU SHALL PAY FOR THAT."
Smon: r3
Smon: Oblivion recharge roll
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: nope
chris107: phew
Smon: lucky as it'd kill you all for sure...
Smon: needs a 6
Smon: Attacks Sandor w sword & fist
Smon: /roll d20+11x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
3 (+11) = 14
5 (+11) = 16
Smon: LOL
Smon: "DRAT"
chris107: yay!
Smon: Ajax death save
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 14,
chris107: yay!
Smon: You can attack
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
8 (+8) = 16
16 (+8) = 24
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
16 (+8) = 24
19 (+8) = 27
Smon: hit
Smon: x2
chris107 rolls 2d10+14 and gets: 6, 9, (+14) = 29
sandor sunneson: nice
Smon: 139 so far, Ursa batters the Oblivion wight
chris107: Thanks
Smon: Sandor
sandor sunneson Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
20 (+9) = 29
4 (+9) = 13
Smon: crit!
chris107: "KILL IT SANDOR!"
chris107: YAY!
sandor sunneson: 6d8+16?
Smon: 7d8+8, & roll 2nd attack (!!!!!!!)
sandor sunneson rolls 6d8 and gets: 7, 1, 7, 6, 1, 5, = 27
sandor sunneson rolls 1d8 and gets: 8,
Smon: oh you not reckless
Smon: 1 hit then
sandor sunneson: 43 from crit
Smon: 35+8=43
Smon: 182 dmg.
chris107: That's good damage!
Smon: Sandor's silvery blade pierces and slashes the armoured carapace. It should fall... Yet it fights on!
Smon: "FOOLS! YOU CANNOT DEFEAT DEATH!"
chris107: "We shall see!"
Smon: r4
Smon: Oblivion charge:
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Smon:
Smon: Attacks Sandor:
Smon: /roll d20+11x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
15 (+11) = 26
4 (+11) = 15
chris107: Nerve racking knowing we all die if you roll a 6!
Smon: Well you MIGHT save...
chris107:
Smon: Oblivion blade hits for 19/2=9 dmg
Smon: Sandor on 12 hp
Smon: DC 17 WIS save Sandor
chris107: "Come on Sandor! We can do this!"
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 8,
Smon: fail, 1 more fail & Ajax NEVER EXISTED
sandor sunneson: the cave he landed in when first arriving in Wilderlands world
Smon: Does he LOVE that cave?
Smon: Has to be cherished
sandor sunneson: YES!
Smon: Why?
sandor sunneson: The stalagtites looked magnificent, the stalagmites too. Calcinous perfection
chris107:
Smon: OOC listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhkfnPVQyaY
Smon: ok then
Smon: Your goes
chris107: nice music
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
20 (+8) = 28
20 (+8) = 28
Smon: LOL
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
19 (+8) = 27
17 (+8) = 25
Smon: wasted a 20 there
Smon: crit & hit
chris107: 5d10+14?
Smon: ok
chris107 rolls 5d10+14 and gets: 2, 9, 3, 4, 5, (+14) = 37
Smon: Ursa's mighty blow takes the head clean off the Oblivion Wight; the lifeless carcass crashes to the ground.
Smon: Sandor your go
chris107: "We did it Prince sandor!"
sandor sunneson: I'll take some healing potions
sandor sunneson: and we'll feed some to Ajax too
Smon: OK Sandor takes a healing potion, Ajax roll a death save
chris107: Ursa watches the horrid machine for signs of it moving again.
chris107: good luck
sandor sunneson rolls 1d8 and gets: 1,
Smon: d20 need 10+
sandor sunneson: ??
sandor sunneson: oh, ok, that first
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 10,
Smon: Just made it...
chris107: phew!
sandor sunneson: next, easy
chris107: cutting it fine!
sandor sunneson: minimal effort
Smon: Ajax's ghostly form resolidifies as Sandor saunters over and administers healing draft (2d4+2 each I believe)
sandor sunneson: Ursa, /roll 2d4+2
sandor sunneson rolls 2d4+2 and gets: 3, 3, (+2) = 8
Smon: Sandor & Ursa get 5,000 xp each, Ajax 2,500
chris107: nice
sandor sunneson: we need to get you home Ajax
chris107: I'll wait and use healing dice thanks. Save the potions for emergencies.
sandor sunneson: of course, forgot about that
Smon: The halls of the Warforged seem otherwise abandoned, but you do turn up some treasure both Warforged and Black Sun -522 Copper 4,667 Silver 346 Gold 2 set(s) of fine clothes (30 gp) 1 lute (35 gp) 4 lbs. of copper trade bars (2 gp) 3 flask(s) of alchemists' fire (150 gp) 3 bolt(s) of fine silk (300 gp) 6 green spinel worth 100 gp each This Magic +1 maul gleams black and wicked in the light, with a prominent decoration of a leering face, and glows when a Draconic is within 120 feet.
sandor sunneson: not played for yonks
chris107: Nice stuff
sandor sunneson: what's a maul?
chris107: A big hammer
Smon: West of Madcat mountain the path descends through the hills towards the distant plain.
sandor sunneson: ok, +1 hammer
Smon: Giant 2d6 2h hammer
chris107: Like Zagaar uses
sandor sunneson: ok, can we retrieve HP through healing
Smon: Far off over the plain you see roiling black clouds, from which flash forks of lightning.
Smon: Distant thunder reaches your ears.
chris107: Ursa uses 6 healing dice
Smon: The sorcerous storm hangs over Bisgen.
Smon: some 75 miles away.
chris107: "Fallen Bisgen, where Necromancers carry out their foul work."
chris107 rolls 6d12+30 and gets: 6, 6, 8, 6, 9, 10, (+30) = 75
chris107: 101/101
Smon: The path winds down through the hills, flanked by spikes on which hang tattered Altani corpses - the remnants of the Winged Ape, Tigerclaw and much of the Mountain Lion clans.
chris107: The Maul is too big for Ursa I'm guessing?
Smon: Are you pressing on or reporting back?
Smon: He can use it fine
chris107: Cool
sandor sunneson: I'll roll 6 healing dice too
Smon: It looks warforged make, about 4' long with a heavy black steel head in the shape of a leering robotic demon.
chris107: Not sure if it's as practical as Grond but I love the description.
chris107: "What do you rckon, Sandor? Should we press on?"
sandor sunneson rolls 6d10 and gets: 10, 2, 4, 10, 8, 8, = 42
chris107: d12's
sandor sunneson rolls 6d12+10 and gets: 3, 12, 11, 8, 3, 10, (+10) = 57
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 3,
sandor sunneson: happy to press on Chris, have 77 hp (Sandor)
sandor sunneson: Yes we press on,
Smon: You descend the blighted path...
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
sandor sunneson: Ajax wll roll all 8HD to retrieve HP
Smon: Soon night falls, you search for a well secluded camp?
chris107: "We best get out of sight, though the dead may walk around us this night I fear."
sandor sunneson rolls 8d6+24 and gets: 4, 1, 6, 4, 3, 3, 6, 5, (+24) = 56
Smon: You set a cold camp.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Smon: Your dreams are disturbed by visions of horror and death.
Smon: A dreary grey dawn rises over the blasted land.
Smon: OOC getting pretty tired, ok if stop soon?
sandor sunneson: No
chris107: "Are we to walk right to the gates of Bisgen my friend?"
chris107: Sure
sandor sunneson: of course, say 2230? We have been asked to scout ahead
sandor sunneson: Do we scout ahead to the road that leads to Bisgen?
sandor sunneson: The defeat of that thing will hopefully make the road clearer for the big attack
chris107: "I think they meant, find a pass through the mountains. Not go bang on Crowfinger's front door."
chris107: "But I am with you Prince Sandor. To the end."
sandor sunneson: OOC- does Crowfinger live in Bisgen?
Smon: You descend through the hills until around noon you see ahead broad sweep of the plains that lie between the River Endgate & Onslaught Stream.
chris107: OOC - wa are assuming so.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
sandor sunneson: That's what I thought,
sandor sunneson: we find a path through the mountains then
Smon: In the distance you see what looks like a column of cavalry, heading in your direction across the plain.
chris107: Do we see signs that a great hoste of cavalrey past back this way recently?
chris107: Ah...
Smon: You're about 55-60 miles from Bisgen
chris107: A long column?
sandor sunneson: a column? That about 40?
Smon: Yes the path is well travelled.
Smon: A squadron - 30-40 maybe
Smon: Hard to tell in the hazy grey light.
Smon: They're still a couple miles off.
sandor sunneson: Any identifying flags?
chris107: "Maybe now's the time for your fireball, Ajax?"
chris107: (When in range)
sandor sunneson: or banners?
Smon: Steel-grey armour
Smon: banners too far to see
chris107: "Your call Prince sandor."
sandor sunneson: Ajax could cast Invisibility on himself with fly,
sandor sunneson: stop, they are mental spells
sandor sunneson: shit
chris107: concentration?
sandor sunneson: yeah that's the word
sandor sunneson: he'll cast shield on himself
Smon: that's a reaction spell
chris107: That's a reaction
sandor sunneson: and mage armour
sandor sunneson: ok, shield then
Smon: LOL
chris107:
sandor sunneson: and then get ready to fireball
Smon: The figures ride slowly towards you as you watch from the crags.
chris107: Ursa will stand shoulder to shoulder with Sandor but suggest we find some cover, boulders maybe that will stop us been crushed beneath their charging hooves.
chris107: "Are they likely friends?"
Smon: From about a quarter mile off you can see their mounts are clearly undead, horses almost skeletal, red light glimmers in their eyes.
chris107: "From Renth?"
chris107: (I only glanced the earlier stuff on Renth on my way out of the door)
chris107: (Not friends then  )
Smon: On them ride knights in rusted plate armour, bearing lances, swords, axes and maces.
sandor sunneson: how many are there?
Smon: The column reaches the foot of the hills. You count 32
Smon: You can make stealth rolls w advtg, DC 13
chris107: "How far can you throw your ball of fire, Ajax?"
sandor sunneson: 150 feet
chris107: Ursa awaits his leaders orders.
sandor sunneson: how far would the furthest one be from Ajax?
Smon: They'll come within 90' as they pass along the road below the crag from which you are watching them
chris107 Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
10 (+1) = 11
9 (+1) = 10
Smon: Roll stealth to see if they spot you - DEX + Prof
sandor sunneson: So they have no way of getting up the crags?
chris107: Oh well
Smon: You got up there, they could get up too
chris107: 14 then with prof
Smon: Would take several rounds though most likely
chris107: "How many will your flames engulf?"
Smon: Sandor & Ursa
Smon: 4
Smon: 40' fireball, single file, 10' between them
chris107: "I await your command."
sandor sunneson: I'm checking PC sheet
sandor sunneson: hang on
Smon: 3 mins
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 8, (+7) = 15
Smon: & Ajax
Smon: if not Invis
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 15, (+5) = 20
sandor sunneson: Ajax will get ready to fireball, Sandor and Ursa will positon themselves in a place where only a minimum amount can attack them
Smon: OK the column begins to pass by your hiding place, heading up towards Madcat Mountain to the east along the trail of impaled corpses.
Smon: Stopping there