Sellswords of Punjar- Final Stats

[Goonalan]

A swarm, and them without a wizard. They are going to have soooo much fun.

Make that two Swarms and double the fun...



DCC53 Sellswords of Punjar
Encounter #5 Area 1-10 The Store Room.

Round #2.

Riardon- Careful Attack Quarry RS1; Hit 7 damage (29 HP). Shift back.

Corrin- RS2 Swarm of Teeth Aura Bite Corrin; Hit - 2nd Chance - Miss. Shift. Shielding Smite RS2; Hit 5 damage (31 HP) & Kathra +3 to AC.

Tira- Curse RS1. Eyebite Cursed RS2; Hit 5 Psychic damage (26 HP) & Invisible to RS2. Shift back.

Kathra- 3 Ongoing damage (22 HP). RS1 Swarm of Teeth Aura Bite Kathra; Miss. Passing Attack RS1; Miss. Marked. Save vs Ongoing damage- Success.

Erais- Lance of Faith RS1; Crit 8 Radiant damage (21 HP). Move back.

RS1- Bite Kathra; Hit 7 damage (15 HP bloodied) and Ongoing 3 damage.

RS2- Bite Corrin; Miss. Shift.

Time to play 9 minutes.

End of Turn-

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP27)
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP15/33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 250XP Level 1 Encounter.
Rat Swarm Level 2 Skirmisher [RS] (x2) (HP21/36 & 26/36)

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 0 Total 0
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 1 Total 1
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0
Bad Guys Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Bad Guys Crit 0 Total 0

Comment: The players weren't that fond of the Rat Swarm in KOTS, now two of them, and these PCs are short of a bit of fire power, or so it seems.

 

[Goonalan]

DCC53 Sellswords of Punjar
Encounter #5 Area 1-10 The Store Room.

Round #3.

Riardon- Careful Attack Quarry RS1; Hit 10 damage (11 HP bloodied). Move back.

Corrin- RS2 Swarm of Teeth Aura Bite Corrin; Miss. Shift. Holy Strike RS2; Hit 5 Radiant damage (21 HP).

Tira- Eyebite Cursed RS2; Miss. Move back.

Kathra- 3 Ongoing damage (12 HP bloodied). RS1 Swarm of Teeth Aura Bite Kathra; Hit 6 damage (6 HP bloodied). RS2 Swarm of Teeth Aura Bite Kathra; (Immediate Interrupt Divine Challenge Corrin- -2 To Hit & 3 Radiant damage (18 HP bloodied)) Bite Kathra; Hit 5 damage (1 HP bloodied) and 3 Ongoing damage. Cleave RS1 Hit 6 damage (5 HP bloodied) and Marked & RS2; Hit 1 damage (17 HP bloodied). 2nd Wind (9 HP bloodied). Save vs Ongoing damage (x2)- Success (x1).

Erais- Move. Lance of Faith RS2; Hit 5 Radiant damage (12 HP bloodied). Healing Word +10 Hit Points Kathra (27 HP).

RS1- Bite Kathra; Miss.

RS2- Bite Corrin; Crit 9 damage (18 HP) & Ongoing 3 damage.

Time to play 12 minutes, we got a little confused on Kathra's turn.

End of Turn-

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP18/27)
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP27/33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 250XP Level 1 Encounter.
Rat Swarm Level 2 Skirmisher [RS] (x2) (HP5/36 & 12/36)

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 1 Total 1
2nd Winds 1 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 1
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0
Bad Guys Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Bad Guys Crit 1 Total 1

Comment: The PCs seem to have things a little more under control, although Kathra came very close to being unconscious in her first fracas. Also if the Pcs had focussed fire they may have got one of the Swarms down by now.

 

[Goonalan]

DCC53 Sellswords of Punjar
Encounter #5 Area 1-10 The Store Room.

Round #4.

Riardon- Quarry RS2. Careful Attack Quarry RS2; Hit 6 damage (6 HP bloodied).

Corrin- Ongoing 3 damage (15 HP). RS2 Swarm of Teeth Aura Bite Corrin; Crit 9 damage (6 HP bloodied). Holy Strike RS2; Hit 4 Radiant damage (2 HP bloodied). Save vs Ongoing damage- Success.

Tira- Eyebite Curse RS2; Hit 4 Psychic damage- DEAD & Misty Step- Teleport 3 squares.

Kathra- 3 Ongoing damage (24 HP). RS1 Swarm of Teeth Aura Bite Kathra; Miss. Tide of Iron RS1; Hit 6 damage- DEAD. Save vs Ongoing damage- Success.

Time to play 5 minute.
Total time to play 32 minutes.

End of Encounter-

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP6/27)
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP24/33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 250XP Level 1 Encounter.
Rat Swarm Level 2 Skirmisher [RS] (x2) (HP36) 2 DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 0 Total 1
2nd Winds 0 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 1
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0
Bad Guys Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Bad Guys Crit 1 Total 2

Comment: Victory, at last, 32 minutes for 250XP, that's 50XP each.

Stats: 63.16% connection rate from the PCs, only doing 18.75 points of damage, on average, per turn. The bad guys however only connected 46.15% of the time, but managed to keep up, almost, with the PCs- 14 points of damage, on average, per turn.

Nasty things swarms, particularly when none of the PCs have Close or Area attacks, you just have to stand there and take it, keep dishing out half damage till they go away.

Combined Stats: There's not the great divide here that we saw in KOTS, PCs connecting 60.68% of the time, bad guys 56.16% of the time. Damage/turn for the good guys- 28.24, for the bad guys 11.08. Obviously Encounter #3 is having a massive effect, 18 turns of attrition with only one PC left standing for the last three or so turns, and with two deaths. These guys are not getting the big numbers.

 

[Goonalan]

DCC53 Sellswords of Punjar
Encounter #6 Area 1-12 Zeb'oltha the Demon-Bound.

There's a light ahead, after the PCs exit the store room, Riardon creeps forward- he's the stealthiest, through a make shift bunk room to an open doorway- beyond some mad laboratory, a pair of waddling Humans in diapers and an equally fat female Tiefling.

Riardon returns and relays the new info- a shoot first ask questions later policy is decided upon, the PCs close quickly and get in a surprise round.

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP27)
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 375XP Level 1 Encounter.
Human Eunuch Bodyguard Level 1 Soldier [EB] (x2) (HP29)
Madam Zeb'oltha, Tiefling Warlock Level 4 Artillery [MZ] (HP46)

Initiative 20 Eunuch Bodyguards 15 Corrin 12 Tira 6 Riardon 4 Mother Zeb 3 Kathra 1 Erais

Surprise Round- shoot first ask questions later.

Corrin- Charge EB2; Hit 7 damage (22 HP). Yells for surrender- Diplomacy 20.

Tira- Eldritch Blast EB2; Hit 15 damage (7 HP bloodied).

Riardon- Careful Attack EB2; Miss.

Kathra- Move in.

Erais- Cause Fear EB2; Hit- Runs- Corrin AoO Combat Advantage EB2; Hit 8 damage- DEAD.

Time to play 5 minute including setting up minis and map.

End of Turn-

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP27)
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 375XP Level 1 Encounter.
Human Eunuch Bodyguard Level 1 Soldier [EB] (x2) (HP29) 1 DEAD
Madam Zeb'oltha, Tiefling Warlock Level 4 Artillery [MZ] (HP46)

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 0 Total 0
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0
Bad Guys Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Bad Guys Crit 0 Total 0

Comment: And Dave wasn't even in the room (or the game) when the shoot first ask questions later policy was agreed, I guess they're feeling a little fragile. Corrin, plyed by Iain is convinced that Diplomacy is the answer the other PCs don't even know what the question is- I remind the players that a Diplomacy roll followed by Eldritch Blasts et al is not going to get them in a position to chat...

 

[Goonalan]

DCC53 Sellswords of Punjar
Encounter #6 Area 1-12 Zeb'oltha the Demon-Bound.

Madam/Mother Zeb screams for the Eunuch (singular) to destroy the interlopers- then she gets all angsty herself.

Round #1.

EB1- Move. Tripping Strike (with Spiked Chain) Corrin; Hit 7 damage (17 HP) & kncoked Prone.

EB2- DEAD.

Corrin- Stand. Divine Challenge MZ. Charge MZ; Hit 4 damage (42 HP). Yells again for surrender- Diplomacy 14.

Tira- Move. Curse EB1. Witchfire EB1; Hit 17 Fire damage (12 HP bloodied) & -4 to hit.

Riardon- Quarry EB1. Careful Attack EB1; Miss.

MZ- Shift back. Curse Corrin. Flames of Phlegathos Corrin; Hit 24 Fire damage (-7 HP dying) & ongoing 5 Fire damage & she Heals 3 Hit Points (45 HP).

Kathra- Move. Tide of Iron EB1; Miss. Marked.

Erais- Move. Lance of Faith Hit EB1; Hit with Power of Amaunator 17 Radiant damage- DEAD. Healing Word +6 HP Corrin (12 HP bloodied).

Time to play 8 minutes.

End of Turn-

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP12/27)
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 375XP Level 1 Encounter.
Human Eunuch Bodyguard Level 1 Soldier [EB] (x2) (HP29) 2 DEAD
Madam Zeb'oltha, Tiefling Warlock Level 4 Artillery [MZ] (HP45/46)

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 1 Total 1
2nd Winds 0 Total 0
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 1 Total 1
Bad Guys Daily Powers 1 Total 1
Bad Guys Crit 0 Total 0

Comment: Flames of what? Oh!

 

[Goonalan]

DCC53 Sellswords of Punjar
Encounter #6 Area 1-12 Zeb'oltha the Demon-Bound.

Round #2.

EB1- DEAD.

EB2- DEAD.

Corrin- Ongoing 5 Fire damage (7 HP bloodied). Stand. 2nd Wind (13 HP bloodied). Screams for Madam Zeb to give up- Intimidate 15. Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Fail.

Tira- Move. Curse MZ. Ray of Frost MZ; Miss.

Riardon- Quarry MZ; Careful Attack MZ; Miss.

MZ- Shift back. Curse Kathra. Diabolic Grasp Cursed Corrin; Miss.

Kathra- Move. Tide of Iron MZ; Miss. Marked.

Erais- Move. Lance of Faith MZ; Miss.

Time to play 7 minutes.

End of Turn-

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP13/27)
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 375XP Level 1 Encounter.
Human Eunuch Bodyguard Level 1 Soldier [EB] (x2) (HP29) 2 DEAD
Madam Zeb'oltha, Tiefling Warlock Level 4 Artillery [MZ] (HP45/46)

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 0 Total 1
2nd Winds 1 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 1
Bad Guys Daily Powers 0 Total 1
Bad Guys Crit 0 Total 0

Comment: Not a single connection, and these are mostly Pregen characters I got from somewhere else, they're not pimped but neither are they under-powered, all the stats are in the right places.

 

[Goonalan]

DCC53 Sellswords of Punjar
Encounter #6 Area 1-12 Zeb'oltha the Demon-Bound.

Round #3.

EB1- DEAD.

EB2- DEAD.

Corrin- Ongoing 5 Fire damage (8 HP bloodied). Move. Divine Challenge MZ. Holy Strike MZ; Hit 13 Radiant damage (32 HP). Save vs Ongoing Fire damage- Success.

Tira- Eyebite Cursed MZ; Miss.

Riardon- Move. Careful Attack Quarry MZ; Miss.

That's four attacks Riardon has made and not rolled over a '6'.

MZ- Shift back. Curse Riardon. Hellish Rebuke Cursed Corrin; Hit 11 Fire damage (-3 HP dying) & MZ Heals 3 HP (again) (35 HP).

Kathra- Move. Tide of Iron MZ; Hit 9 damage (26 HP) & Hellish Rebuke- Corrin takes a further 10 HP damage (-13 HP)- DEAD.

That's Corrin's bloodied state in negative Hit Points- he's dead.

There follows a brief interlude for the throwing of things- dice, miniatures etc.

The rule is fully explained to Iain, who plays Corrin, it turns out he did know the rule but... he's less than happy.

It should be noted that Iain was 'botting' Kathra for the above, he in effect, killed his own character.

Erais- Move. Lance of Faith MZ; Miss.

Time to play 15 minutes, including tantrum.

End of Turn-

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP27) DEAD
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 375XP Level 1 Encounter.
Human Eunuch Bodyguard Level 1 Soldier [EB] (x2) (HP29) 2 DEAD
Madam Zeb'oltha, Tiefling Warlock Level 4 Artillery [MZ] (HP26/46)

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 0 Total 1
2nd Winds 0 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 1 Total 2
Bad Guys Daily Powers 0 Total 1
Bad Guys Crit 0 Total 0

Comment: Another one bites the dust, and another, and another one etc.

Iain is now playing Kathra, and is out for vengeance.

 

[Goonalan]

DCC53 Sellswords of Punjar
Encounter #6 Area 1-12 Zeb'oltha the Demon-Bound.

Corrin, who's dead, declares- 'no prisoners', his last words...

Round #4.

EB1- DEAD.

EB2- DEAD.

Corrin- DEAD.

Tira- Move. Eyebite Cursed MZ; Hit 8 Psychic damage (18 HP bloodied).

Madam Zeb screams for surrender- the PCs are not listening.

Riardon- Move. Careful Attack Quarry MZ; Hit 13 damage (5 HP bloodied).

Riardon hits!

MZ- Screams at Kathra to allow her to surrender- Kathra (Iain) just shakes his head (actually there were a few choice words to accompany the head shaking but none of them repeatable here). Run for the door. Kathra AoO Combat Advantage MZ; Hit 8 damage- DEAD.

Kathra (Iain) dances about on Madam Zeb'oltha's corpse.

Time to play 5 minutes.
Total time to play 40 minutes.

End of Encounter-

The Good Guys...
Corrin Reedson, Male Halfling Paladin of Tymora 1 (HP27) DEAD
Riardon Brightvale, Male Eladrin Ranger 1 (HP23)
Erais the Sunlord, Male Human Cleric of Amaunator 1 (HP24)
Kathra Dyk, Male Dwarf Fighter 1 (HP33)
Tira Duskmeadow, Female Half-Elf Warlock 1 (HP28)

The Bad Guys... 375XP Level 1 Encounter.
Human Eunuch Bodyguard Level 1 Soldier [EB] (x2) (HP29) 2 DEAD
Madam Zeb'oltha, Tiefling Warlock Level 4 Artillery [MZ] (HP46) DEAD

Action Points 0 Total 0
Daily Powers 0 Total 0
Healing Surges 0 Total 1
2nd Winds 0 Total 1
Crits 0 Total 0
PCs Ko'd 0 Total 2
Bad Guys Daily Powers 0 Total 1
Bad Guys Crit 0 Total 0

Comment: And that's the third PC down in only six encounters, only four of which were combat encounters, bad dice- naughty dice, tee-hee-hee.

Corrin's stuff is duly ransacked, his Potion of Healing taken by Kathra, his +1 Short Sword taken as party spoils. We had one extra character in-game already- five PCs with only four players, Dave's not returned to the fold. Therefore Ian (who guided Corrin to an early grave) takes control of Kathra.

The PCs go on to ransack Mother Zeb'oltha's quarters and discover all manner of odd things, including a Scythe made from the fused (partial) skeleton of a Bone Devil, an unhatched, and still warm, (pseudo-dragon) egg, a set of +1 Cloth Armour (covered in all manner of mystical sigils- and blood/food stains), and a skull topped Rod which allows the wielder to re-use already cast Encounter powers (it has a finite number of charges). Quite a haul- oh and don't Goodman Games do interesting treasures (and fluff) much better than Wizards.

Kathra eats the egg- no really, Iain is channelling Dave.

Sated, and ready to move on the PCs head out a door and shamble across a dirty courtyard, it begins to rain- a lot, they head towards a warehouse like structure.

Stats: The monsters hit 75% of the time, which sounds a lot until you realise they only made four attacks, which as it turned out for Corrin, was still too many. It really didn't help that all of the attacks were against our Halfling Paladin, who although he had a good AC, had very few hit points; too few in fact.

The PCs managed to connect 54.55% of the time, 12 hits from 22 attacks, and still managed to dish out (nearly) twice as much damage/round as the bad guys, but when all the bad guys damage is concentrated in one spot, it makes no difference.

Corrin did manage to hit with 100% of his attacks, four from four, for a total of 32 points of damage, only Tira did more damage- 40. Corrin however took 62 hit points damage in five rounds, and as he only started with 27 Hit Points...

He should obviously be a little more careful with his Divine Challenge in future, er... scratch the future remark.

Combined Stats: The PCs are still failing to pull away from the bad guys, PC connection rate overall 59.71% (83 hits from 139 attacks), the bad guys 57.14% (44 hits from 77 attacks). On a round by round basis the PCs are having trouble, although they're still dishing out twice as much damage per turn-PCs- 27.5, bad guys- 11.3; the monsters go into the encounter with quite a few more hit points to play with than the PCs.

Just a brief look at the PCs connection rates with specific attacks to date (minimum 5 attacks made)-

28.57% Scurvy Acrobatic Strike (2 from 7) average 17.5 damage... DEAD though.

40% Kathra Tide of Iron (2 from 5) average 7.5 damage.

50% Erais Lance of Faith (5 from 10) average 10.6 damage.

57.14% Skamos Magic Missile (4 from 7) average 11.25 damage... DEAD, again.

58.82% Corrin Holy Strike (10 from 17) average 10.2 damage... DEAD.

60% Tira Eyebite (3 from 5) average 5.67 damage.

66.67% Riardon's Carefull Attack (18 from 27) average 11.33 damage.

85.71% Skamos Scorching Burst (12 from 14) average 9.33 damage... DEAD.

100% Skamos Force Orb (5 from 5) average 11.6 damage... and DEAD.

And that's the lot, after 30 turns of combat, and if you take away the dead PCs, in particular Skamos, then things are not looking good.

 

[Mircoles]

The Dice gods can be fickle sometimes.

 

[Aran Thule]

So of the original party that started the adventure there are few survivers... will any make it through.