Adventure: Get Me to the Church on Time (DM: BenBrown, Judge: Renau1g)

[horticulture]

Seeing Eraden aiding Zardi and Goldenhorn, Graval moves toward Jarro instantly. With a subtle jab of his axe and some deft toe-tapping (for a dwarf), the fighter draws the bugbear to a more advantageous position.

"Ye get behind 'im an' show me whut tha inside o' his head looks like, ye treetrunk!" the dwarf shouts, hacking wildly at the bugbear, connecting yet again.[sblock=Actions]Move - L10 > L9 > L8
Standard -

• Target - Bugbear (L7)
• Attack - Footwork Lure vs. AC 16; 1d20+7=20
• Damage - Battleaxe; 1d10+4+2=10 (forgot the +2 from Goldenhorn's Rune of Mending)
• Misc - Shift > L9, slide Bugbear > L8; Bugbear (L8) marked by Graval

Action Point! -

• Target - Bugbear (L8)
• Attack - Brash Strike vs. AC 16; 1d20+9=20
• Damage - Battleaxe; 1d10+9=16
• Misc - Bugbear (L8) has CA vs. Graval until SONT

[/sblock][sblock=Graval]Graval Metalrent - Male Dwarf Fighter 1
Init: +2, Passive Percept: 17, Passive Insight: 12
AC: 21, F: 16, R: 14, W: 12, Spd: 5
HP: 27/31, Blood: 15, Surge: 7, Surges left: 12/12
Second Wind: Used, AP: 0/1, Milestones: 0
Str: 18, Con: 16, Dex: 14, Int: 8, Wis: 14, Cha: 11

Basic Attacks:
Basic Melee Attack: +7 vs AC - Battleaxe; 1d10+4
Ranged Basic Attack: +7 vs AC - Throwing Hammer; 1d6+4

Powers:
Combat Challenge, Brash Strike, Footwork Lure
Hack and Hew, Dwarven Resilience
Driving Attack, Dwarven Armor

Misc: If an enemy marked by Graval shifts or makes an attack that doesn't include him, he uses Combat Challenge (+9 vs. AC; 1d10+4) as an Immediate Interrupt against them. If hit, and a shift or move action caused the attack, they lose the action.

Conditions:
Nil
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[Tenchuu]

OOC: Ugg. Maybe I should read the other posts more closely, because that ready was a waste.

"BUMBACLUT!" Spider screamed, with blood running down his face. Standing upright, Spider lashes out with the huge sword in a horizontal slash. Seeing his foe bleeding and reeling, Spider pressed the attack, raising the sword overhead and slicing down, cutting the creature's face in two.

The Slayer switched stances, ready to run to his next opponent.

OOC: Hopefully we killed it. Me and Graval did 67. DM, can we get a pulse over here? It its not dead, it must be close to dead, and we'll want someone else who wasn't acted yet to try and finish it off.

[sblock=Action Block, Mini-Stats]

[sblock=Action Block]
Free: Half-Orc Resistance - Gain 5 THP
Free: Heal 16 from Goldenhorn
Minor: Poised Assault Stance
Standard: MBA on Bugbear

• Target: Bugbear
• Attack: 1d20+9=19
• Damage: 1d12+8=11

Free: Furious Assault: 1d12=7
Free: Power Strike: 1d12=8

AP: MBA on Bugbear

• Target: Bugbear
• Attack: 1d20+9=23
• Damage: 1d12+8=15

Move: Minor: Berserker's Charge Stance
[/sblock][sblock=Spider Stat block]Jarro 'Spider' Sarak - Male Half-Orc Slayer 1
Initiative: +4, Passive Perception: +10, Passive Insight: +10

Defenses:
AC: 17, Fort: 16, Reflex: 14, Will: 11 -- Speed: 6 (+2 Charging)

Vitality:
HP: 24/27, THP: 5/5 Bloodied: 13, Surge Value: 6, Surges left: 6/9
Action Points: 0/1, Second Wind: not used

Languages:
Allarian (Common), Giant

Basic Attacks:
Basic Melee Attack: +8 vs AC - Fullblade 1d12+8
Ranged Basic Attack: +8 vs AC - Dagger 1d4+8

Powers:
At-Will: MBA, Charge MBA, RBA, Berserker's Charge Stance, Poised Assault Stance
Encounter: Furious Assault, Power Strike, Half-Orc Resilience
Daily:

Weapons:
1 Fullblade 1d12
1 Dagger 1d4

[/sblock][sblock=Spider's Journal]
1. Lord Adelin Mallaby recruits me and some other adventurers from the Tavern. He asked for protection, on a trip to Allaria. He is to be wed to Elena of Terconis, daughter of the Count of Terconis. According to tradition, the wedding must take place at the ancient chapel of the Terconis family, and the chapel in Count's Crovale lies in the high hills of old Allaria. The lady and the Count are already there.
2. The adventurers board Starlight's Veil, Mallaby's brig. The ship is built for speed, not cargo or battle.
3. Intended Path: Land at Ristaren (100 miles south of Fromish), and make our way up the old highway to here. A mile or two off the highway is the village of Achirem, which is still thriving in the midst of rough country, so they say. From there we cross Derianis ridge, and then down to Crovale. The last part through the hills may be dangerous.
4. We land at Ristaren, and it is a small, poor town.
5. We killed a bunch of spiders.
6. We arrived at Achirem, where Kelvan told us to watch out for:
a. Bramble scar: some kind of trap/pit thing we can't avoid.
b. Hzaka Raiders
c. Ismene: Local robin hood bandit type. Lady, with a band of rugged ladies.
7. Get Jumped, or try to Jump, some Hzaka Raiders.

NickNames
Grava
God Sword
Mount'in-mon
Gold'orn
Mista Magi
Lor' Malabee
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[BenBrown]

OOC: Hopefully we killed it. Me and Graval did 67. DM, can we get a pulse over here? It its not dead, it must be close to dead, and we'll want someone else who wasn't acted yet to try and finish it off.

GM: Yep, that last blow did for it.

 

[bluesfella]

OOC: I just noticed that I hadn't taken into account the damage that Hobgoblin Longsword did to me, so I reported my hp as 15+3 in my stat block. I just edited to 10+3. Goldenhorn has since healed me, so I'm up to 17+3 temp as of now. Just wanted to make that correction...

 

[BenBrown]

Perin slides up against a large tree, and unleashes a blast of lightning at the now isolated hobgoblin, but the shot goes wide.[sblock=Perin's attack]Lightning Strike vs. Flail 1 (1d20+4=7, 1d8+7=15)[/sblock]"Concentrate fire!" the lead hobgoblin shouts. "Harak, get over here!"

The archer in the center steps to his left to get a better bead on Zardi, and one of the ones attacking Goldenhorn moves likewise to his right. Then all of the archers fire, three at Zardi, two at Goldenhorn. A rain of arrows flies through the air, mostly ending up stuck in tree trunks, as not a single shaft hits its target.

The Hobgoblin with the flail adjacent to Zardi tries to hit him again, and would have hit, had not the big barbarian adopted a defensive stance. One of the sword wielders breaks off and moves around the tree to strike at Zardi, and finally hits.

On the other side of the tree, the other remaining swords cuts Goldenhorn, then steps out of the way as his superior moves in and nearly gets the minotaur with his flail. But the blow does not tell.[sblock=enemy actions]Goblin 5
Move: to G13
Standard: Shortbow vs. Zardi (1d20+8=11), miss.
Goblin 1
Move: to F7
Standard: Shortbow vs. Goldenhorn (1d20+8=10), miss.
Goblin 2
Standard: Shortbow vs. Zardi (1d20+8=10), miss.
Goblin 3
Standard: Shortbow vs. Zardi (1d20+8=9), miss
Goblin 4
Standard: Shortbow vs. Goldenhorn (1d20+8=16), miss.

Flail 1
Standard: Flail vs. Zardi (1d20+8=16)miss.
Sword 3
Move: to I12
Standard: Longsword vs. Zardi (1d20+6=20), 5 damage.

Sword 4
Standard: Longsword vs. Goldenhorn (1d20+6=21), 5 damage.
Move: Shift to I8
Flail 2
Move: to I9
Standard: Flail vs. Goldenhorn (1d20+8=16), miss.[/sblock][sblock=map]

The brown circles are tree trunks, which are impassible and block line of sight.
The groups of brown rectangles are brush piles. They're difficult terrain to move through and standing behind them provides cover against ranged attacks.
The gold colored lines across the map are contour lines indicating a change in elevation. When moving uphill (towards the top of the map) they cost an extra square of movement to cross, except when on the trail (the swath down the middle of the map).
[/sblock][sblock=status]Eraden: K11 HP 41+10/41, Surges 11/12, AP 1, second wind unused, +2 to attack, +2 to damage (end of Goldenhorn's next turn)
Goldenhorn: J10 HP 12/27, Surges 10/10, AP 1, second wind unused, +2 to damage (eont)
Graval: L9 HP 27/31, Surges 12/12, AP 0, second wind unused, +2 to damage (end of Goldenhorn's next turn)
Perin: Q10 HP 25/25, Surges 7/7, AP 1, second wind unused
Spider: M8 HP 24+5/27, Surges 8/9, AP 0, second wind unused, +2 to damage (end of Goldenhorn's next turn)
Zardi: R11 HP 15/31, Surges 9/11, AP 0, second wind used, resist 5 all (sont), +2 to defenses,(eont); +2 to attack, +2 to damage (end of Goldenhorn's next turn)

Mallaby: R13 HP 26/26, Surges 5/5, AP 0, second wind unused

Bugbear: L8 HP 0/65, dead.
Flail Hobgoblin #1: J12 HP 17 damage taken
Flail Hobgoblin #2: I9 HP undamaged
Sword Hobgoblin #1: I12 HP 0/1, dead.
Sword Hobgoblin #2: K12 HP 0/1, dead.
Sword Hobgoblin #3: I12 HP 1/1
Sword Hobgoblin #4: I8 HP 1/1
Goblin #1: F7 HP undamaged
Goblin #2: F15 HP undamaged
Goblin #3: F16 HP undamaged
Goblin #4: E8 HP undamaged
Goblin #5: G13 HP undamaged[/sblock][sblock=Mallaby]Lord Adelin Mallaby
AC: 15, Fort: 12, Ref: 13, Will: 14
Rapier +6 vs. AC, 1d8+4
Speed 6
HP: 26, Surge Value 6, Surges per day 5
Second Wind: unused

Mallaby is not a fully trained fighter. He will only defend himself on his own. He will however, follow orders.
As a minor action, any character can have Mallaby spend an action. He can't use more than the usual complement (standard, move, minor) in one turn, but a PC's minor action can be used for any of them.

Try not to get him killed. He is paying for this, after all.[/sblock][sblock=enemies]Flail Hobgoblin: AC 19, Fort 17, Ref 15, Will 15
+8 vs. AC, 1d10+5 and target is marked until the beginning of the Hobgoblin's next turn.
These guys have an immediate interrupt, the result of which the first time in a round that one of their adjacent allies would be hit by an attack vs. AC or Ref that hits by a margin of less than two, the attack misses.

Sword Hobgoblin: AC 17, Fort 15, Ref 13, Will 12
+2 to AC if adjacent to at least one hobgoblin ally.
+6 vs. AC, 5 damage.

Goblin: AC 13, Fort 13, Ref 14, Will 12[/sblock]

 

[Mewness]

Goldenhorn aims a blow at the hobgoblin, but having to lean around the tree foils his aim. He steps back, hurt. "Graval! I need you in this breach, to prevent them from flanking our comrades," he calls.

[sblock=actions]Standard: righteous brand vs flail 2; damage (+2 damage from rune of destruction, +4 from defiant word) (1d20+7=10, 1d8+4+2+4=11) misses.

Move: shift to K10[/sblock]
[sblock=Goldenhorn]Ingvar Goldenhorn Male Minotaur Cleric|Runepriest 1
Initiative: +0, Passive Perception: 16, Passive Insight: 14, Senses: Normal
AC:17, Fort:14, Reflex:11, Will:16
HP:12/27, Bloodied:13, Surge Value:6, Surges left:10/10
Action Points: 1
Righteous Brand
Word of Binding
Goring Charge
Divine Glow
Healing Word
Rune of Mending
Second Wind
Moment of Glory

Conditions: bloodied

Defiant Word: Whenever an enemy misses Goldenhorn with an attack, he gains a +4 (non-cumulative) bonus to damage rolls against that enemy until the end of his next turn.

Full sheet: Goldenhorn[/sblock]

 

[horticulture]

"On da way, Gol'enhorn," the dwarf says as he barrels around the tree. "Yer not fer worryin' while meself is 'round, don' fer doubtin'."

The heavy blade of his axe slams into the hobgoblin and let's out a loud bark of a laugh.

"Careful o' dem gobbos, boys! They got us sighted but good."

[sblock=Actions]Move - K10 > J10
Standard -

• Target - Flail Hobgoblin #2 (I9)
• Attack - Brash Strike vs. AC 19; 1d20+9=21
• Damage - Battleaxe; 1d10+7=14
• Misc - Flail Hobgoblin #2 (I9) marked by Graval; Flail Hobgoblin #2 (I9) has CA vs. Graval until SONT.

[/sblock][sblock=Graval]Graval Metalrent - Male Dwarf Fighter 1
Init: +2, Passive Percept: 17, Passive Insight: 12
AC: 21, F: 16, R: 14, W: 12, Spd: 5
HP: 27/31, Blood: 15, Surge: 7, Surges left: 12/12
Second Wind: Used, AP: 0/1, Milestones: 0
Str: 18, Con: 16, Dex: 14, Int: 8, Wis: 14, Cha: 11

Basic Attacks:
Basic Melee Attack: +7 vs AC - Battleaxe; 1d10+4
Ranged Basic Attack: +7 vs AC - Throwing Hammer; 1d6+4

Powers:
Combat Challenge, Brash Strike, Footwork Lure
Hack and Hew, Dwarven Resilience
Driving Attack, Dwarven Armor

Misc: If an enemy marked by Graval shifts or makes an attack that doesn't include him, he uses Combat Challenge (+9 vs. AC; 1d10+4) as an Immediate Interrupt against them. If hit, and a shift or move action caused the attack, they lose the action.

Conditions:
Nil
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[bluesfella]

Zardi leaps forward, pushing his way between the two hobgoblins and knocking them off balance just enough to prevent them from stopping him. As he lands behind them, he uses his momentum to swing his axe around in an arc to hit the larger one in the back.[sblock=Actions]Standard: Pressing Strike vs. Flail 1 (power includes a shift 2 to I13)
Minor:none
Move:none
Special: IF my hit drops this gob, I'd like to use my Swift Charge power to charge Goblin 5[/sblock][sblock=Rolls]Pressing Strike vs. Flail 1 (1d20+11, 1d12+7=[10, 11], [11, 7]) Hit for 18 damage
IF Flail 1 is dead, charge vs. Goblin 5: Charge vs. Goblin 5 (1d20+10=21, 1d12+1d6+7=14) Hit![/sblock][sblock=Zardi's Stats]Zardi - Goliath Barbarian 1
Initiative: +0, Passive Perception: 10, Passive Insight: 10, Senses: Normal vision
AC:16, Fort:17, Reflex:10, Will:12
Basic Attack Greataxe: +7 vs AC, 1d12 +5 damage (When charging, add 1d6 damage from Howling Strike)
Ranged Basic Attack Throwing Hammer: +7 vs AC, 1d6+5 damage
HP:17+3/31, Bloodied:15, Surge Value:7, Surges left:9/11
Action Points: 0, Second Wind: used
Powers: Howling Strike, Pressing Strike, Rageblood Vigor
[-]Stone's Endurance[/-], Feral Might: Swift Charge, [-]Great Cleave[/-]
Bloodhunt Rage

Conditions:none[/sblock]

OOC: As my minor action last turn, I used my Stone's Endurance power, which gave me resist 5 to all damage, so my hp should still be at 17+3 temp.

 

[bluesfella]

OOC: Crap, I just realized that Goldenhorn has already gone this round, which means we all lost our bonuses from his "Rune of Mending" and "Divine Glow". (I'm assuming, anyway...how do you do rule EONT bonuses in a PBP game?) So my maths are all wrong. Luckily it doesn't change too much: My attack vs. Flail 1 is now 19 vs. AC (still hits, thankfully) and 16 damage. If that dropped him, my charge attack vs. Goblin 5 would also be 19 vs. AC. Damage doesn't matter since I believe it's a minion, but for the record it would now be 12. This is my first play by post game ever, so I apologize for not getting all this right the first time...

 

[Mewness]

OOC: Actually under these rules (Mal's rules) you get an EONT bonus for your next turn, no matter what the order. The people who acted after Goldenhorn last turn should have gotten the bonuses on that turn, but not this one; the people who acted before Goldenhorn last get the bonuses this turn.