Adventure: Hey! That's Not Wayne's Basement! (DM: H.M.Gimlord, Judge: Ozymandias79)

[BenBrown]

Fenwick perks up. "Beer a consumable Fenwick really enjoy," he says. "Fenwick come from regional area, where no beer, only fermented elk milk. It drinkable, but no trade value. We try fermented bear milk once to see if more palatable. Milking she-bear not an experience Fenwick wish to repeat. " He turns to Riardon then, and says "Fenwick been thinking about tactics. Fenwick conclude that best he hit things hard with big axe before they hit back. Fenwick good at charging in. Also have little axes to throw, if target unreachable with big axe. Hit things with big axe, hit one thing, then hit other thing with big axe, charge with big axe. That cover most of it. Sometimes get very mad, then not remember what happened. You say charge, Fenwick charge. Good?"

 

[H.M.Gimlord]

Fenwick perks up. "Beer a consumable Fenwick really enjoy," he says. "Fenwick come from regional area, where no beer, only fermented elk milk. It drinkable, but no trade value. We try fermented bear milk once to see if more palatable. Milking she-bear not an experience Fenwick wish to repeat. "

Varquat stifles the urge to roll his eyes and give a low whistle.

We go' ourselves a loiv one 'ere we does.

"Oi'll keep tha' i'moind. No' thinkin' 'bout branchin' ou' inta bearbeer, bu' glad ta know i' ain' 'seasy 'si' lookses."

[sblock=OOC] Hope nobody's getting impatient. I'm just waiting for Jin to get a chance to interact, and then we'll arrive at our destination. [/sblock]

 

[BenBrown]

[sblock=ministats]Fenwick Male Orc Barbarian 1
Initiative: +1, Passive Perception: 10, Passive Insight: 10, Senses: Low-light
AC:15, Fort:15, Reflex:12, Will:13
HP:31/31, Bloodied:15, Surge Value:7, Surges left:11/11
Action Points: 1
Powers:
Howling Strike
Recuperating Strike
Warrior's Surge
Vault the Fallen
Swift Panther Rage

Conditions:

Full sheet: L4WC:Fenwick (BenBrown) - ENWiki [/sblock]

 

[Theroc]

Rujah listens to the Orc's description of fermented milk and stifles the urge to spew the acidic contents of his stomach on the ground before him. Blanching visibly before regaining his composure, he replied to Fenwick.

"Your people must have stomach's of iron..." The large being complimented, before responding to the other portions of the discussion. "It would seem that most of us favor the front lines in combat..." He noted, stating the rather obvious conclusion. Rujah didn't mind, that simply meant his enemies would be more likely to stay somewhat near him... which meant he could draw them closer and smash them with his hammer.

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Rujah Neth Male Dragonborn Warden 1
Initiative: +0, Passive Perception: 10, Passive Insight: 10, Senses: Normal
AC:18, Fort:15, Reflex:12, Will:13
HP:34/34, Bloodied:17, Surge Value:11, Surges left:12/12
Action Points: 1
Powers:
Warden's Fury
Warden's Grasp
Thornstrike
Weight of Earth
Thunder Ram Assault
Dragon Breath
Form of Winter's Herald

Conditions:
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[Walking Dad]

Riardon

"Sounds like we all should only use some range attacks to soften our targets up, but should try to get into melee combat as fast as possible. Ore are you a bow specialist?" Riardon aks, looking at the human woodsman.

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Wishlist: Looking for a good neck-item. Prefer property over item powers.


Has still to be approved to 2nd level.
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Everyone in 20 sq around Riardon gets a +2 to initiative.
When you spend an AP, you get a +3 on attacks.

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Riardon
Perception: 17 Insight: 12 Low-light Vision
AC 18 Fortitude 16 Reflex 14 Will 14
Hit Points: 34 / 34 Bloodied: 17
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Resist: -
Saving Throw: +5 vs Charm
Action Points: 1 Second Wind: 1
Healing Surge:6 Surges per day: 8 / 8
At-Will Powers: Commander's Strike, Opening Shove
Encounter Powers: Inspiring Word 2/2, Aid the Injured, Chilling Cloud, Warlords Favor, Feystep
Daily Powers: Calculated Assault

Condition: -
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[H.M.Gimlord]

[sblock=OOC]Since Walking Dad can't post on Weekends, I'll give Tenchuu until this evening (some time around mindnight GMT) to to post. If I don't hear from him, I'll RP his reply to to Walking Dad's comments, and begin the adventure. That way, Walking Dad can post his response to the openner and has until Monday to post with his actions.


One other thing:

For the sake of brevity, I would love to use abbreviations for players' names. Suggestions

WD = Walking Dad
P8 = Pheonix8008
THC = Theroc
BB = BenBrown
TCU = Tenchuu
HMG = H.M.Gimlord

If you have a preferred abbreviation, let me know.

Character names used in spoilers will be the names you use yourself when you RP your character. For example:

Jin = Ashikaga Jin'emon

BTW. If any of you have an interesting story behind your character's name, feel free to share it OOC with the group.

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[H.M.Gimlord]

Riardon

"Ore are you a bow specialist?" Riardon asks, looking at the human woodsman.

Jin puffs his lips into a thin, tight frown of resignation as he produces two katana's from beneath his cloak. "Sorry to disappoint you." He shrugs as he twirls the blades simultaneously and tucks them back into their sheaths beneath his cloak. "Don't worry." He grins, "It's a cellar. As long as we don't get mowed down coming through the door, there'll always be something we can use for cover. That'll force them to close."

[sblock=OOC]
All right. Here we go. Tenchuu, forgive me, but I can't keep the group waiting. If you let me know when you'll be away for more than two days, I can possibly design the adventure to give you more time.


I'll be posting the intro to the first encounter in about two hours.
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[Tenchuu]

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No worries. I wasn't expecting the game to start so quickly. Sorry for my delay. I plan on checking daily for the rest of the adventure.
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[H.M.Gimlord]

Varquat leads you to the Stark Brewery, an establishment cobbled out of a side street along the main thoroughfare that runs through Daunton’s Commons district. The smell of hot, malted steam permeates the air, and mechanical noises, mingled with the hiss of steam come from inside the building.

The Brewery has the look of an old fire station. It’s a weathered 4-story warehouse-like structure with big livery doors, presently closed, that face the street. Wooden walls with flaking paint skirt down around a block-and-mortar foundation. To the right of the livery doors, cut into the side of the foundation, a large, double cellar door stands open as if someone had run off and neglected to close it (which is, of course, exactly what happened).

“Aye. 'ere we are. Moi ole brewry. Now Oi shows you wot Oi mean 'bout th'cellar.” Varquat makes his way to the cellar doors, and points, looking down the keg ramp leading to the cellar, “See. That ain’ moi cellar,” he pauses, doubletakes and shouts down into the cellar, “‘Ey! Fatso! Where’d y’go!?” He turns back toward you, “Eh. ‘E bugga’d off Oi s’pose. Bu’ th’cellar’s still owl wrong.”

[sblock=OOC: Tenchuu]Sorry to be more abrupt that you were expecting. Normally I would wait, but WD had already told me weekends were tight for him, so I figured I'd start before he got left out for two days. Thanks for the commitment of daily checks. It's easier for me because I'm laid up on account of my back.
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[BenBrown]

Fenwick looks down into the hole.

"Hmm. Look like regular basement to Fenwick. Nothing anomalous that Fenwick have in field of view. You sure something unusual here?"

He pokes cautiously at the top step with the butt of his axe.