[Adventure]: Land Ho! FWBTHW (DM:H.M.Gimlord,Judge:Ozymandias79)

H.M.Gimlord · Nov 19, 2010

Land Ho!

(Finding Wayne's Basement the Hard Way)

Part II

This is a continuation of the original thread, which can be found here.

GM:

All: I retconned the last update. Mervin is at AA4, and Riardon is alone on the other side. The urgency is now not so much to keep Mervin from being pushed into the pit, but to keep Riardon from being sealed off from the group.

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[/sblock][sblock=Skill Challenge Rules]The slab is considered a masonry wall (DC 35/Nat 20 Strength Check to break)

The large wall is not breakable. It is moving to the east at a rate of 1 square a round.

Skill Challenge: Stop the Trap and Reunite the Party with Riardon

Complexity 3 (8 successes before 3 failures)

Primary Skills:

Athletics DC 18
Nature DC 12
Thievery DC 12
Dungeoneering DC 15
Perception DC 15

Note:

There are no secondary skills.
All checks must be rolled (no taking 10).
Each skill can only be used twice, except for Thievery (can be used 3 times).

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GM:

So far: 3 successes, 0 Failures

Skills Used:
1 Perception
2 Nature

Skills Remaining:
2 Athletics
2 Dungeoneering
3 Thievery
1 Perception

Tenchuu · Nov 20, 2010

[sblock=OOC for the other players]
I don't want to screw this up for everyone.

When I look at the skill list, I am bad at all of them; my only trained skill in the group is athletics, but at +8, it's still only a 50/50.

I'm planing to go Thievery, even though I only have a +3, it's a 11/9 odds in my favor, best I can roll (now that nature is exhuasted).

I did a quick analysis.
Riardon is good at Perception, and should take both of those.
Fenwick is good at athletics and should take both of those.
Nature is already done.
Mervin and I are equi-good at theivery, and we should take those.
Dungeoneering is the dump skill. Everyone has bad odds on it, Rujah the worst, but he should probably focus on it now so the rest of us have a chance at the others.

This is going to be so hard!
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Tenchuu · Nov 20, 2010

Panic stuck the ronin as the slab fell and he was separated from the rest of the group. He searched the slab frantically for a mechanism to disable the trap, but found none. In frustration, he pounded his fist against the stone.

"Master Mervin!"

[sblock=Action Block, Mini-Stats]
Thievery: 1d20+3=11

Miss by 1, I hate you IC!

Ignore the rest of the action block.

[sblock=Action Block]
Standard: Booming Blade vs Snake (AC)

Target: Snake AA
Attack: 1d20+14=18
Damage: 1d8+6= 9
Effect: if the target is adjacent to you at the start of its next turn and moves away during that turn, it takes 1d6+3 thunder damage.

Move: ???
Minor: Aegis of Shielding on Snake AA
[/sblock][sblock=Gensai Stat block]Ashikaga Gensai - Male Human Swordmage 6
Initiative: +3, Passive Perception: +13, Passive Insight: +19
Death Penalty: –1 to all attack rolls, skill checks, saving throws, and ability checks. This death penalty fades after reaching two milestones (0/2).

Defenses:
AC: 24, Fort: 18, Reflex: 20, Will: 17 -- Speed: 6
Note: Using Borrowed Cloak of the Walking Wounded +1

Vitality:
HP: 56/62, THP: 0/3 Bloodied: 31, Surge Value: 15, Surges left: 11/11
Action Points: 1/1, Second Wind: not used
Note: Using Borrowed Cloak of the Walking Wounded: Property: If you use your second wind while bloodied, you can expend two healing surges instead of one (gaining hit points from both).

Languages:
Common, Primordial

Basic Attacks:
:bmelee:

Basic Melee Attack: +13 vs AC - Fey Strike Katana 1d8+6
:ranged:

Ranged Basic Attack: +13 vs AC - Fey Strike Katana 1d8+6 (1x Enc)

Powers:
At-Will: Sword Burst, Booming Blade, Lightning Lure, Aegis of Shielding, White Lotus Riposte, Boots of the Fencing Master (Move Effect)
Encounter: Sword of Sigils, Dimensional Vortex, Channeling Shield, Fey Strike Ranged Attack, Armathor's Step, Warded Vambraces, Boots of the Fencing Master, Fireheart Tattoo AP,
Daily: Frost Backlash, Swordmage Shielding Fire, Armor of Sudden Recovery, Fey Strike Teleport, Healing Infusion: Resistive Formula

Weapons:
1 Fey Strike Katana (Fey Strike Longsword +1 stats)

Note: Gensai's Iaido-like style is for color purposes only. He is wielding one weapon and his off-hand is free. But, I think my color description makes more sense for swordmage abilities.
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BenBrown · Nov 20, 2010

Fenwick grunts loudly, and tries to slip his hands under the fallen slab and lift, but the slab does not move more than a fraction of an inch above the floor.

"Fenwick despises trap with big stone things falling!" he yells.[sblock=roll]Athletics roll #1 for skill challenge (1d20+10=13)[/sblock]

Tenchuu · Nov 20, 2010

[sblock=ooc]two misses out of three... ouch.

Riardon, turn back while you can.

Mervin, you don't happen to have Tenser's Floating Disc do you?

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H.M.Gimlord · Nov 21, 2010

The scraping of stone on stone rises to a deafening roar, as the wall moves further in, threatening to permanently block Riardon off from his friends. Try as he might, Fenwick is unable to lift the stone slab, and Gensai seems unable to find a catch anywhere that can halt the trap, that is until he hears Rujah call to him from behind.

[sblock=Rujah (Nature)]The wall of the passageway is stratified from eons of sedimentary deposits, they run the length of the passage from beginning to end. The lines are not quite parallel with the floor of the passage, suggesting that the bedrock was formed as the result of some geological upheaval in the distant past.

Inspecting these lines closely, you notice that there is an area, roughly a one-foot square, where the grain seems to break.

This is definitely an unnatural, tool-wrought formation.
[/sblock][sblock=Mervin (Nature)]Above the rumble caused by the sliding wall beyond the slab, you hear the sound of cascading rocks as if small boulders are tumbling down to displace the weight of the wall. This part of the trap is not created by the arcane energy you detected earlier. That magic still exists, but it has not yet been brought to bear.[/sblock][sblock=Riardon (Perception)]From your perspective, your keen eyes notice grooves along the floor of the landing over which the wall is sliding. Evidently, this trap has been triggered before, but the grooves stop about 3-5 feet short of the pit's edge, suggesting that the wall did not go all the way to the edge.

Keep in mind that if you want to communicate with your friends, they will have to hear you over noise being made by the wall. Roll 1d20-[Con]+5. If the result is less than one of your companions' passive perception, they will be able to hear you. Notice that, in this case, you are hoping for a low roll.

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GM:

Status:

3 Successes, 2 Failures

Skills Used:
1 Perceptoin
2 Nature
1 Thievery
1 Athletics

Skills Remaining
1 Perception
2 Thievery
1 Athletics
2 Dungeoneering

Tenchuu · Nov 21, 2010

"No, no, no!" the swordmage muttered urgently to himself. He looked at the slab, and above where it exited the ceiling, looking for some kind of mechanism to trigger it to open.

[sblock=Action Block, Mini-Stats]
Thievery: 1d20+3=21

Ignore the rest of the action block.

[sblock=Action Block]
Standard: Booming Blade vs Snake (AC)

Target: Snake AA
Attack: 1d20+14=18
Damage: 1d8+6= 9
Effect: if the target is adjacent to you at the start of its next turn and moves away during that turn, it takes 1d6+3 thunder damage.

Move: ???
Minor: Aegis of Shielding on Snake AA
[/sblock][sblock=Gensai Stat block]Ashikaga Gensai - Male Human Swordmage 6
Initiative: +3, Passive Perception: +13, Passive Insight: +19
Death Penalty: –1 to all attack rolls, skill checks, saving throws, and ability checks. This death penalty fades after reaching two milestones (0/2).

Defenses:
AC: 24, Fort: 18, Reflex: 20, Will: 17 -- Speed: 6
Note: Using Borrowed Cloak of the Walking Wounded +1

Vitality:
HP: 56/62, THP: 0/3 Bloodied: 31, Surge Value: 15, Surges left: 11/11
Action Points: 1/1, Second Wind: not used
Note: Using Borrowed Cloak of the Walking Wounded: Property: If you use your second wind while bloodied, you can expend two healing surges instead of one (gaining hit points from both).

Languages:
Common, Primordial

Basic Attacks:
:bmelee:

Basic Melee Attack: +13 vs AC - Fey Strike Katana 1d8+6
:ranged:

Ranged Basic Attack: +13 vs AC - Fey Strike Katana 1d8+6 (1x Enc)

Powers:
At-Will: Sword Burst, Booming Blade, Lightning Lure, Aegis of Shielding, White Lotus Riposte, Boots of the Fencing Master (Move Effect)
Encounter: Sword of Sigils, Dimensional Vortex, Channeling Shield, Fey Strike Ranged Attack, Armathor's Step, Warded Vambraces, Boots of the Fencing Master, Fireheart Tattoo AP,
Daily: Frost Backlash, Swordmage Shielding Fire, Armor of Sudden Recovery, Fey Strike Teleport, Healing Infusion: Resistive Formula

Weapons:
1 Fey Strike Katana (Fey Strike Longsword +1 stats)

Note: Gensai's Iaido-like style is for color purposes only. He is wielding one weapon and his off-hand is free. But, I think my color description makes more sense for swordmage abilities.
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Walking Dad · Nov 22, 2010

Riardon

"Hey, I can see something" Looks like the wall stops one step before the edge... and I see one thing more..." Riardon shouts, clearly audible to the others.

[sblock=OOC]

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When you spend an AP, you get a +1 on attacks.

[sblock=Mini stat block]
Riardon d'Caelis
Perception: 19 Insight: 14 Low-light Vision
AC 22 Fortitude 19 Reflex 19 Will 17
Initiative: +3
Hit Points: 54 / 54 Bloodied: 27
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Resist: -
Saving Throw: +5 vs Charm
Action Points: 1 Second Wind: 1
Healing Surge:13 Surges per day: 8 / 8
At-Will Powers: Directing Strike, Intuitive Strike
Encounter Powers: Inspiring Word 2/2, Battlefront Shift, Arcane Mutterings, Chilling Cloud, Warlords Favor, Steel Monsoon, ~~Feystep~~, Rousing Words, Amulet of Life
Daily Powers: Calculated Assault, Stand the Fallen, Sunblade Burst

Condition:

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Walking Dad · Nov 22, 2010

Rujah

Rujah tries to help Fenwick lift the slab, but to no avail.

[sblock=OOC]

I think one can pass a turn in a skill challenge. If this is right I will do it for Rujah, if not, he will try to assist Fenwick in further Athletics checks.

[sblock=Mini stat block]Rujah
Perception: 12 Insight: 12 Normal Vision
AC 21 Fortitude 17 Reflex 15 Will 15
Initiative: +3
Hit Points: 32 / 62 Bloodied: 31
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Resist: -
Saving Throw: -
Action Points: 1 Second Wind: 1
Healing Surge:18 Surges per day: 12 / 12
At-Will Powers: Warden's Fury, Warden's Grasp, Warden's Lunge, Tempest assault
Encounter Powers: ~~Dragonbreath, Gale Strike, Violent Bolt~~, WH attack, ~~Erupting Font~~
Daily Powers: Form of Winter's Herald, Thunder Step

Condition:

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evilbob · Nov 22, 2010

[sblock=ooc]Ok so one round has passed, correct? And now we have 5 successes and 2 failures, right? Mervin will wait until everyone else has rolled since his odds are so poor. However, it's honestly getting tricky for me to tell when that's happened since we have several double-players, so please everyone be extra clear about who is doing what.[/sblock]